HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 29-2024 (24-169)CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
A PROCLAMATION OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR PROCLAIMING
THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO MAJOR STORM AND
FLOODING EVENTS
WHEREAS, Government Code sections 8630 and 8634, contained within Article 14 of the
California Emergency Services Act, empower the City Council and Director of Emergency
Services to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a Local Emergency when the City of
South San Francisco (“City”) is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity; and
WHEREAS Section 2.72.050 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code (SSFMC)
establishes the City Manager as the Director of Emergency Services; and
WHEREAS, SSFMC Section 2.72.060 empowers the Director of Emergency Services to
proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a Local Emergency when the City is affected or
likely to be affected by a public calamity and the City Council is not in session;
WHEREAS, South San Francisco Municipal Code section 2.72.060 (a)(1) provides that
whenever a local emergency is proclaimed by the Director of Emergency Services, the City
Council shall take action to ratify the proclamation within seven (7) days thereafter or the
proclamation shall have no further force or effect;
WHEREAS, South San Francisco Municipal Code section 2.72.020 defines “emergency”
for the purposes of proclaiming a Local Emergency as “the actual or threatened existence of
conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within this city
caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and
severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease or earthquake, or other conditions,
including conditions resulting from war or imminent threat of war, but other than conditions
resulting from a labor controversy, which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of
the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of this city, requiring the combined forces of other
political subdivisions to combat”;
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services finds:
(1) That at the time of this proclamation the City Council is not in session.
(2) That conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within
the City caused by major storm and wind events. Specifically, the City has experienced
significant atmospheric river conditions including storm, heavy rainfall and damaging
winds during the past few days, which weather conditions have resulted in severe
related incidents. These incidents include: electrical outages, fallen trees in public right
of ways and on residential properties. The City and County are expected to or have
already commenced Emergency Operations Center (EOC) operations at the time of this
proclamation. In response to the major storm event, the City will need to take
preventive and remedial actions, such as: establishing Temporary Evacuation Points,
undertake street, storm drain, and public facility repairs; removal of fallen or otherwise
hazardous trees; debris clean-up; outreach and communication to the public regarding
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weather conditions and incidents; conduct damage assessments for facilities and
locations impacted by storm, wind or flooding incidents; and staffing the EOC
operations.
(3) That the aforesaid conditions of extreme peril warrant and necessitate the proclamation
of a Local Emergency.
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services intends to proclaim the existence of a
Local Emergency to ensure the availability of mutual aid; the ability to enter into necessary
contracts pursuant to the provisions and restrictions of California Public Contract Code Section
22050; and an effective response to potential injuries or property damage resulting from the major
storm and flooding events or other related conditions thereto which would constitute “extreme
peril to the safety of persons and property within the City” as described herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED by the Director of Emergency
Services of the City of South San Francisco that:
1. The foregoing above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by this
reference.
2. A Local Emergency exists throughout the City of South San Francisco.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of said
Local Emergency, the powers, functions, and duties of the Director of Emergency Services shall
be those prescribed by state law and the ordinances, resolutions, and approved plan of the City in
order to mitigate the effects of said Local Emergency.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that said Local Emergency shall
become effective immediately and shall remain in effect for the next seven (7) days, and thereafter
by ratification of the City Council in accordance with the provisions of Government Code section
8630 until its termination or extension is proclaimed by the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco.
Approved and issued on the 7th day of February, 2024.
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Sharon Ranals
City Manager and Director of Emergency Services
Attest:
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Rosa Govea-Acosta, City Clerk
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