REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on a Resolution Terminating the Proclamation of Existence of a Local Emergency by the Director of Emergency Services
Report
BACKGROUND
Section 2.140.060 of the Code of the City of Santa Clara, California ("SCCC") empowers the Director of Emergency Services to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a "local emergency" when the City of Santa Clara is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity.
Because conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property arose in the City, caused by a novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, a Proclamation of a Local Emergency was issued by the Director of Emergency Services on March 11, 2020, and the City Council ratified this proclamation on March 17, 2020.
The Proclamation of Local Emergency provided the authority to:
* Provide and request mutual aid from state and other governmental agencies consistent with the provisions of local ordinances, resolutions, emergency plans, and agreements.
* Promulgate orders and regulations and exercise emergency police powers necessary to provide for protection of life and property.
* Obtain vital supplies, equipment, and such other properties found lacking and needed for the protection of life and property and to bind the City for the fair value thereof and, if required immediately, to commandeer the same for public use.
* Require emergency services of any City officer or employee and activate the use of disaster service workers who shall be entitled to all privileges, benefits, and immunities as are provided by State law for registered disaster service workers.
* Requisition necessary personnel or material of any City department or agency.
For the reasons set forth below and in the accompanying Resolution, the condition of extreme peril has abated and, therefore, the authority to implement the actions above is no longer needed. Termination of the proclamation of local emergency when conditions warrant is required by...
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