HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-05 - Declaring the end of the Local EmergencyRESOLUTION NO. 2023-05
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, DECLARING THE TERMINATION OF THE LOCAL STATE OF
EMERGENCY DECLARED BY PROCLAMATION 2020-01 AND RATIFIED BY
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-09, RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2020-09 AND
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-24
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, Costa Mesa Municipal Code Section 6-6 empowers the City Manager,
as the Director of Emergency Services, to declare the existence or threatened existence
of a local emergency when the City is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity;
and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 8550, et seq., including Section 8558(c),
authorize the City Council to proclaim a local emergency when the City is threatened by
conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City
that are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities
of the City; and
WHEREAS, a novel coronavirus, COVID-19, causes infectious disease and was
first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in December 2019, and on January
30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a "public health
emergency of international concern" and on March 11, 2020, the WHO elevated the public
health emergency to the status of a pandemic; and
WHEREAS, On January 31, 2020, former United States Health and Human
Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II declared a public health emergency for the United
States to aid the nation's healthcare community in responding to COVID-19. On February
26, 2020 the County of Orange declared a local emergency and a local health emergency.
On March 4, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency in
California; and
WHEREAS, on March 12, pursuant to Proclamation No. 2020-01, the City
Manager did proclaim the existence of a local emergency pursuant to Title 6 of the Costa
Mesa Municipal Code; and
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WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020 the City Council pursuant to Resolution No. 2020-
09 did ratify Emergency Proclamation No. 2020-01; and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the President of the United States of America
declared a national emergency; and
WHEREAS, California's State of Emergency was terminated effective February
28, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager, as Director of Emergency Services, has
recommended that the City Council terminate the local State of Emergency by rescinding
Resolution No. 2020-09 and to allow the termination of all remaining urgency measures
taken in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, except Urgency Ordinance No. 2022-
08.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa that Resolution No. 2020-09 is hereby rescinded, allowing for the expiration on their
own terms of Urgency Ordinance No. 2020-09, Ordinance No. 2020-12, and Urgency
Ordinance No. 2020-13; and
BE IT FURTHER ORDERED that Resolution No. 2021-24 is hereby rescinded.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of March, 2023:
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Brenda Green City Clerk
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Jo p ens, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Kimberly HA Barlow, City Attorney
I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 2023-05 and was duly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
held on 21 st day of March, 2023, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: CHAVEZ, GAMEROS, HARPER, MARR, REYNOLDS,
HARLAN, AND STEPHENS.
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE.
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 22"d day of March, 2023.
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BRENDA GRE N, CITY CLERK
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