CC Resolution EM 2020-003 Local Emrg Waive 14-daysEMERGENCY RESOLUTION NO. EM 2020 – 003
AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA,
CALIFORNIA, WAIVING THE REQUIREMENT TO
REVIEW THE NEED FOR A LOCAL EMERGENCY
EVERY 14 DAYS PURSUANT TO SECTION
2.20.080, SUBSECTION (B) OF THE LA QUINTA
MUNICIPAL CODE FOR THE DURATION OF THE
STATEWIDE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATED
TO NOVEL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19)
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 8630 and La Quinta Municipal
Code Section 2.20.080 authorizes the La Quinta City Council to proclaim the
existence of a local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, at its regular meeting, the City
Council adopted Emergency Resolution No. EM 2020-001, proclaiming a local
emergency as defined in La Quinta Municipal Code Section 2.20.020, due to
the threat of the existence and spread of novel coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19);and
WHEREAS, the Recitals in Emergency Resolution No. EM 2020-001 set
forth facts and responses, guidelines, and orders of federal, state, and
regional public health officials relating to limiting the spread of COVID-19, all
of which Recitals are hereby incorporated by reference into this Resolution;
and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Governor of California proclaimed a
State of Emergency; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of California has waived the 30-day time
period in Health and Safety Code section 101080, within which a local
governing health authority must review and local health emergency, for the
duration of the statewide emergency, and further, has ordered that any such
local health emergency will remain in effect until each local governing health
authority terminates its respective local emergency; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of California has waived the 60-day time
period in Government Code Section 8630, subdivision (c), within which a
governing body of a city, county, or city and county, must renew a local
emergency, for the duration of the statewide emergency, and further, has
Resolution No. EM 2020 – 003
Waiving 14-Day Requirement to Review Local Emergency under Section 2.20.080
Adopted: April 7, 2020
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ordered that any such local emergency will remain in effect until each
governing body of a city, county, or city and county, terminates its
respective local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2020, at an emergency meeting, the City
Council adopted Emergency Resolution No. EM 2020-002, directing the City
Manager in his capacity as the Emergency Corps Commander to oversee the
implementation of California Governor Executive Order N-33-20 issued on
March 19, 2020, ordering all individuals living in the State of California to
stay home or at their place of residence except as needed to maintain
continuity of operations of the federal critical infrastructure sectors and
essential services, as identified therein; and
WHEREAS, the City Council would like to waive the 14-day time-
period requirement under Section 2.20.080, Subsection (B) of the La Quinta
Municipal Code, within which the City Council is to review the need for
continuing the local emergency, for the duration of the statewide and local
emergency related to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in line with the
similar time-period waivers issued by the Governor of California; and
WHEREAS, the statewide and local emergency due to COVID-19 is
unprecedented in modern times and will require oversight, information
gathering, providing reports to and receiving reports from other public
agencies, coordination of all city departments and resources, and periodic
adjustments based upon future guidance from the County of Riverside, State
of California, and United States public health agencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of La Quinta, California, as follows:
SECTION 1. Emergency Resolution Nos. EM 2020-001 and EM 2020-
002 remain in full force and effect, and the Emergency Corps Commander
and City Manager shall continue to have the full authority and power granted
to them therein.
SECTION 2. The 14-day time-period requirement under Section
2.20.080, Subsection (B), of the La Quinta Municipal Code, within which the
City Council shall review the need for continuing the local emergency is
hereby waived for the duration of the statewide and local emergency related
to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
SECTION 3. This Resolution, and the powers, duties, response efforts,
and immunities available by its adoption, shall remain in place for as long as