RES-2020-030 RESOLUTION NO. 2 0 2 0-0 3 0
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL
EMERGENCY REGARDING NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19),
SEEKING ALL AVAILABLE FINANCIAL AID FROM FEDERAL, STATE
AND COUNTY AUTHORITIES, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND
DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAEFTY, AND INCREASING PURCHASING
AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER.
WHEREAS, Anaheim Municipal Code Chapter 6.04 empowers the Director of
Emergency Services to request the City Council to proclaim the existence or threatened
existence of a local emergency when the City of Anaheim (the " City") is affected or likely to
be affected by a disaster or public calamity; and
WHEREAS, a novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which causes infectious disease
resulting in symptoms of fever, coughing and shortness of breath with outcomes ranging from
mild to severe illness and in some cases death, which was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei
Province, China in December 2019 and spread to numerous other countries including the
United States; and
WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined the virus
to be a very serious public health threat, yet the method and efficacy of transmission of the
virus is not yet fully understood and no vaccine currently exists; and
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim has a population of over 350,000 residents, is a
major tourist destination, and is a significant destination for business travel, all resulting in a
high volume of foreign and domestic visitors traveling into and out of the City, which has the
potential to result in significant spreading of the disease; and
WHEREAS, communities within the geographic boundaries of Orange County have
and will continue to prepare and, as necessary, take significant response actions to any
developing contagion and to any other risks that may arise from introduction and possible
spread of the virus;
WHEREAS, the above described events are creating a public health and safety
emergency for persons and property within the territorial limits of the City of Anaheim,
which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel,
equipment and facilities of the City of Anaheim, and require the combined forces of other
political subdivisions to combat;
WHEREAS, the City's ability to mobilize local resources, coordinate interagency
response, accelerate procurement of vital supplies, use mutual aid, and seek future
reimbursement by the State and Federal governments will be critical to successfully
responding to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, Gavin Newsom, Governor of the State of California,
proclaimed a State of Emergency to exist in California due to the spread of COVID- 19; and
WHEREAS, these conditions warrant and necessitate that the City of Anaheim
proclaim the existence of a local public health and safety emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council hereby finds, determines and resolves as
follows:
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that a Local Public Health and
Safety Emergency ("Local Emergency")exists throughout the City of Anaheim; and
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that the City Manager, as the
City's Director of Emergency Services, and the Emergency Organization of the City are
authorized and directed to take any necessary steps for the protection of life, health and
safety in the City of Anaheim; and
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of this
Local Emergency the powers, functions, and duties of the City's Director of Emergency
Services, and the Emergency Organization of the City shall be those prescribed by State law
and the City's ordinances,resolutions, approved emergency plans; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that all City Departments shall review and revise their
department emergency and contingency plans to address the risks COVID-19 poses to their
critical functions in coordination with the Orange County Office of Emergency Services
(OES); and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that all City Departments shall track costs for staffing,
supplies, and equipment related to COVID-19 preparation and prevention and forward that
information to Office of Emergency Services (OES); and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the City's Director of Emergency Services and the
Emergency Organization of the City shall coordinate Citywide planning, preparedness and
response efforts regarding COVID-19 with OES and the Orange County Department of
Public Health; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Local Emergency proclaimed in this
Resolution shall take effect immediately and that the City shall give widespread publicity
and notice of the Local Emergency through the most feasible and adequate means of
disseminating such notice throughout the City; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that a copy of this Resolution shall be forwarded to
the OES and to such other government agencies and officials as the City's Director of
Emergency Services deems prudent or necessary; and
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that the Local Emergency shall
be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council of the
City of Anaheim; and
BE IT FURTHER ORDERED that the City Manager and Director of Emergency
Services is hereby authorized to order, undertake, and/ or direct remedial or other actions as
provided in Section 6. 04. 060 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, including by purchasing any
and all necessary goods, services or other items, in an amount up to $250,000 per purchase,
without strict compliance with purchasing procedures or other City rules or regulations, or as
may be necessary or appropriate to abate the public health and safety emergency.
BE IT FURTHER ORDERED that the City Manager and Director of Emergency
Services is hereby authorized to issue further orders and to enter into other agreements or
arrangements as may be necessary or appropriate to abate or remediate the impending peril.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Anaheim this 1 6th day of March , 2020, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Sidhu and Council Members Faessel, Barnes,
Brandman, Moreno, Kring, and O'Neil
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM
I, THERESA BASS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the
original Resolution No. 2020-030 adopted at an emergency meeting provided by law, of the
Anaheim City Council held on the 16th day of March, 2020 by the following vote of the members
thereof:
AYES: Mayor Sidhu and Council Members Faessel, Barnes, Brandman, Moreno,
Kring and O'Neil
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of March, 2020.
CITSI-CLE-AK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)