HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019/10/08 City Council Resolution 2019-126RESOLUTION NO. 2019-126
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
BY THE CITY MANAGER IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES
WHEREAS, Section 2.52.050 of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code designates the City
Manager as the Director of Emergency Services; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.52.060 of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code empowers the
Director of Emergency Services to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local
emergency when said city is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity and;
WHEREAS, Section 8558 of the Government Code defines a local emergency as
including a sudden and severe energy shortage; and
WHEREAS, the Director received notification on or about 2:43 p.m. on October 7, 2019
from the electric utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) that PG&E will suddenly stop providing
electricity to approximately 100,000 customers within our County due to forecasted high wind
speeds, low humidity, and high temperature conditions that increase the risk of wildfire to the
City. The electric outages may impact many tens of thousands of PG&E customers within the
City and the immediately surrounding areas. The cessation of electrical service will result in a
sudden and severe energy shortage likely to create conditions of disaster or extreme peril which
will be beyond the services, personnel and equipment and facilities of the City, creating the
potential for significant impacts to the health and safety of City residents as well as critical public
services and infrastructure; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park may need to promulgate emergency orders and
regulations to facilitate the maintenance of order and reduction in potential loss of life and
property; and
WHEREAS, on October 8th, 2019, at 8:40 a.m., the City Manager, in his capacity as
Director of Emergency Services, proclaimed the existence of local emergency in the City of
Rohnert Park, after determining that the cessation of electrical service was a sudden and severe
energy shortage likely to create conditions of disaster or extreme peril which will be beyond the
services, personnel and equipment and facilities of the City; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.52.060 states that the City Council shall take action to ratify the
proclamation of the Director of Emergency Services within seven days thereafter or the
proclamation shall have no further force or effect.
WHEREAS, the Rohnert Park City Council does hereby find that the aforesaid
conditions did warrant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency;
and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services of the City of Rohnert Park did
proclaim the existence of a local emergency within said city on the 8th day of October, 2019;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that said proclamation of existence of a
local emergency, as issued by said City Manager/Emergency Services Director, is hereby ratified
by the Rohnert Park City Council; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said local emergency shall be deemed to continue
to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park,
Sonoma County, California.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 8th day of October, 2019.
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
ATTEST:
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WHEREAS, Section 2.52.060 of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code empowers the City
Manager, as the Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim (subject to ratification by the City
Council within seven days) the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when said
City is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity and the City Council is not in session;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, the Director of Emergency Services finds that:
A. That at the time of this proclamation, the City Council is not in session (and cannot
immediately be called into session);
B. As contemplated in the Emergency Service Act contained in Government Code
Section 8550 et seq., including Section 8558(c), a local emergency exists because Pacific Gas &-
Electric's (PG&E) has provided notification to the City that PG&E will suddenly stop providing
electricity to a significant portion of the City due to forecasted high wind speeds, low humidity,
and high temperature conditions that increase the risk of wildfire to the City. The electric outages
may impact many tens of thousands of PG&E customers within the City and the immediately
surrounding areas. The absence of electricity may last an indefinite period, and significantly
impact the health and safety of City residents as well as critical public services and infrastructure.
The cessation of electrical service will result in a sudden and severe energy shortage likely to
create conditions of disaster or extreme peril which will be beyond the services, personnel and
equipment and facilities of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that a local emergency exists in
accordance with the findings set forth above.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of this
local emergency, the powers, functions, and duties of the emergency organization of this City shall
be those prescribed by state law, by ordinances and resolutions of this City, and by the City's
Emergency Operations Plan.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that this local emergency shall
continue to exist not longer than seven days, unless this action is further ratified by the City
Council. The City Council shall terminate the local emergency at the earliest possible date that
conditions warrant.
Date and time: (.
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Director of 1 i ier g„enc�y Services
Darrin W. Jetl(i.ns
ATTEST:
Sylvia 1 napez AIM v.is, Assistant t' ly Clerk