HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2003-448RESOLUTION NO. 2003-448
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF
LOCAL EMERGENCY ISSUED BY THE CITY DIRECTOR OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES AND EXTENDING THE
PROCLAMATION UNTIL NOVEMBER 5, 2003 AT 12:00 A.M.
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.14 of the City of Chnla Vista ("City") Municipal Code empowers
the Director of Emergency Services (the City Manager) 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; and
WHEREAS, a meeting of the City Disaster Council was convened by the Chair (the
Mayor) and the Director of Emergency Services at or around 9:00 a.m. on October 26, 2003 in
order to access the threat posed by multiple uncontrolled fires burning at and around the
perimeter of the City, which began on October 25th and 26th, 2003 ("Fires"); and
WHEREAS, based upon the input and analysis of the various members of the Disaster
Council, including City Fire and Police Depa~huent personnel, as of 10:00 a.m. October 26,
2003, the Director of Emergency Services determined that (1) conditions of extreme peril to the
safety of persons and property had arisen within the City of Chula Vista caused by the Fires; and
(2) these conditions were likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment,
and facilities of the City; and
WHEREAS, at that time the City Council was not in session and could not immediately
be called into session; and
WHEREAS, based upon the facts and circumstances set forth above, the Director of
Emergency Services declared a local state of emergency throughout the City effective as of
10:00 a.m. on October 26, 2003, pursuant to that certain Proclamation of Local Emergency
attached hereto as Exhibit A ("Proclamation"); and
WHEREAS, the Proclamation shall expire at 12:00 a.m. on October 29, 2003 unless
extended by action of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista; and
WHEREAS pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.5 an emergency
meeting was properly noticed by the City Clerk and called by a majority of the City Council at
2:00 p.m. on October 28, 2003, in order to reassess the threat posed by the multiple fires and the
state of local emergency; and
WHEREAS such reassessment requires the prompt action by the City Council in order to
protect the public health and safety; and
WHEREAS, at the emergency meeting the Director of Emergency Services presented to
the City Council the following information:
Several large fires are currently burning simultaneously throughout the County of
San Diego requiring all available emergency personnel to immediately respond on
a mutual aid basis.
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2. The Chula Vista Fire Department has currently deployed resources necessary to
provide immediate assistance for the Cedar Fire and surrounding community.
3. Chula Vista Engines 51, 52, 55, 57, 257 and Brash Engine 54 are currently
assigned to the Cedar Fire for structure protection and brash firefighting.
4. Chula Vista Engine 53 was also released from the Camp Pendleton Fire and
reassigned to the Paradise Fire in Valley Center near Paradise Creek.
5. The combined fires throughout the County of San Diego burned over
approximately 300,000 acres and resulted in the rapid lost of approximately 1,000
structures and the loss of 12 lives.
6. The Otay Fire posed an extreme threat to the Otay Mountain range and Eastern
Chula Vista and the potential for spread of the Otay Fire to the heavily fueled
corridors of the City posed a danger to the City of Chula Vista's population and
property.
7. The City of Chula Vista has a unique urban interface characteristic of heavily
urbanized development located adjacent to wild land.
8. The threat of burning and out of control fires remains a risk to the City depending
on fire behavior, unburned fuels and weather conditions.
9. The Chula Vista Fire Department has deployed its resources through the region as
part of the mutual aid response to the multiple fires burning within the San Diego
County Region which impacts readily available resources for the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, based on the facts and circumstances set forth above, the City
Council of the City of Chula Vista hereby resolves as follows:
The Proclamation issued by the Director of Emergency Services is hereby ratified.
A state of local emergency is hereby extended until November 5, 2003 at 12:00
a.m. unless further extended by action of the City Council, or earlier terminated
by action of the Director of Emergency Services.
During the existence of said local emergency, the powers, functions, and duties of
the City Disaster Council and the Director of Emergency Services shall be those
prescribed by state law, and by the Charter, ordinances, and resolutions of the
City, including, without limitations the provisions of Chula Vista Municipal Code
Section 2.14.080.
The City Clerk is directed to comply with the posting requirements of
Government Code Section 54956.5(e).
Submitted by
Approved as to form
David D. Rowlands, Jr.
City Manager/Director of
Emergency Services
City Attorney
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 28th day of October, 2003, by the following vote:
ATfEST:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
Davis, McCarm, Rindone, Salas and Padilla
None
None
Susan Bigelow, CMC, City Ci'e~rk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2003-448 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 28th day of October, 2003.
Executed this 28th day of October, 2003.
Susan Bigelow, CMC, City CleYk
EXHIBIT A
PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
W HPREAS, Chapter 2.14 of the City of Chula Vista ("City") Municipal Code empowers
the Director of Emergency Services (the City Manager) 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, a meeting of the City Disaster Council was convened by the Chair (the
Mayor) and the Director of Emergency Services at or around 9:00 a.m. on October 26,
2003 in order to access the threat posed by multiple uncontrolled fires burning at an
around the perimeter of the City, which began on the 25°' and 26`~ o£ October, 2003
("Fires");
WHEREAS, based upon the input and analysis of the various members of the Disaster
Council, including City fire and police department personnel, as of 10:00 am October 26,
2003, the Director of Emergency Services determined that (1) conditions of extreme peril
to the safety of persons and property had arisen within the City of Chula Vista caused by
the Fires; and (2) these conditions were likely to be beyond the control of the services,
personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City;
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City is not in session and cannot immediately be
called into session;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED by the Director of Emergency
Services that, based upon the facts and circumstances set forth above, a local emergency
exists throughout the City of Chula Vista effective as of 10:00 a.m. on October 26, 2003;
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of said
local emergency the powers, functions, and duties of the City Disaster Council and the
Director of Emergency Services shall be those prescribed by state law, and by the charter,
ordinances, and resolutions of the City including, without limitation the provisions of
Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 2.14.080.
This emergency proclamation shall expire at 12:00 a.m. on October 29, 2003 unless
extended by action of the City Council of City of Chula Vista. This emergency
proclamation shall be submitted to the City Council for ratification at its regular meeting
of October 28, 2003.
Dated: 6 03
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By:
avid D. owlands~
Director fEmergency Services and
City Manager of the City of Chula Vista, California