Res 23-007RESOLUTION NO. 23-007
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
POWAY, CALIFORNIA, FINDING AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY WITHIN THE CITY NO LONGER EXISTS DUE TO
THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) GLOBAL PANDEMIC
WHEREAS, the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic in the City of Poway,
commenced on or about January 24, 2020, and created a threat to public health and safety;
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Governor of the State of California declared the
existence of a statewide emergency based on the COVID-19 pandemic;
WHEREAS, Government Code section 8630 and Poway Municipal Code
(PMC) Section 2.12.060 empower the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency
Services, to proclaim the existence of a local emergency when the City is affected by a public
calamity, and the City Council is not in session;
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the City Manager, acting pursuant to Government Code
section 8630 and PMC section 2.12.060 and based on the state and County of San Diego
declared emergencies, proclaimed the existence of a local emergency based on conditions of
extreme peril to the health and safety of persons caused by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
global pandemic;
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, the City Council, acting pursuant to Government Code
section 8630 and PMC section 2.12.065, ratified the existence of a local emergency within seven
(7) days of a Proclamation of Local Emergency by the City Manager;
WHEREAS, the City Council, acting pursuant to PMC section 2.12.065, approved
extending the emergency declaration during regularly scheduled meetings in 2020 on April 7,
April 21, May 5, May 19, June 2, June 16, July 7, July 21, August 4, September 1, September 15,
October 6, October 20, November 17, December 1, December 15, and in 2021 on January 19,
February 2, February 16, March 2, March 16, April 6, April 20, May 4, May 18, June 1, June 15,
July 20, August 3, August 17, September 7, October 5, October 19, November 2, November 16,
December 7, and in 2022 on January 18, February 1, February 15, March 1, March 15, April 5,
April19, May3, May17, June?, June21, July19, August2, August16, September20,
October 4, October 18, November 15, and December 6, and in 2023 on January 17 and February
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WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of California has announced that the statewide
COVID-19 declared emergency will expire on February 28, 2023; and
WHEREAS, for all the same reasons cited by the State of California in allowing the
statewide state of emergency to expire, the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided to the point of a
local state of emergency no longer being required, necessary or appropriate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Poway hereby
finds and declares:
Resolution No. 23-007
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SECTION 1: An emergency no longer exists within the City as the result of the Novel
Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, and the City Council hereby finds and declares that it
will allow the local emergency to expire concurrently with the statewide emergency, effective on
February 28 , 2023 .
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the
City of Poway, California on the 21st day of February, 2023 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES :
NOES:
ABSTAINED:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
ATTEST :
PEPIN, FRANK, DE HOFF, LEONARD, VAUS
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Steve Vaus, Mayor
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Carrie Gallagher, CMC, City (l'.lerk