HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-274 Ratifying Proclamation of Local Emergency 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2015-274
2 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
3 REGARDING THE INLAND REGIONAL CENTER TERRORIST ATTACK ON
4 DECEMBER 2, 2015.
5 WHEREAS, pursuant to Charter Section 50 and San Bernardino Municipal Sections
2.46.010, et seq.,the Mayor has the power to proclaim the existence of a local emergency; and
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7 WHEREAS, pursuant to San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 2.46.060(A)(1) the
Mayor issued the Proclamation of Local Emergency when the Council was not in session;
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9 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. The Proclamation of Local Emergency issued by the Mayor on December
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1 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
2 REGARDING THE INLAND REGIONAL CENTER TERRORIST ATTACK ON
3 DECEMBER 2,2015.
4 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and
5 Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a joint special meeting thereof, held on the
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15`h day of December, 2015, by the following vote,to wit:
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Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
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9 MARQUEZ X
10 BARRIOS X
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VALDIVIA X
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15 JOHNSON X
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18 Georgeann' Ianna, C ;City Clerk
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he foregoing Resolution is hereby approved this /7�day of December, 2015.
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2 2 R. Carey D is, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
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Gary D. Saenz, City Attorney
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1 CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
3 PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
4 (By the Mayor as the Executive Director of Emergency Services)
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6 WHEREAS, California Government Code section 8630 and San Bernardino City Charter
7 Section 50, and San Bernardino Municipal Code Sections 2.46.010, et seq. empower the Mayor as
8 the Executive Director of Emergency Services of the City of San Bernardino to proclaim the
9 existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City of San Bernardino ("City")
10 is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity and the Common Council is not in session;
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WHEREAS, the Mayor as Executive Director of Emergency Services of the City does
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hereby find:
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15 WHEREAS, on December 2, 2015, at or about 11:04 a.m., a terrorist attack occurred at
16 the Inland Regional Center within the City of San Bernardino, located at 1365 S. Waterman Ave.,
17 San Bernardino, and a significant number of County employees, specifically in the Environmental
18 Health Services ("EHS"), a division of the County's Department of Public Health, were victims in
19 a mass shooting; and this terrorist attack has devastated the City of San Bernardino,the County of
20 San Bernardino ("County") and the state of California; and
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22 WHEREAS, the terrorist attack has impacted all of EHS's 97 employees, ended the lives
of 14 individuals, injured an additional 21 individuals, and the remaining EHS employees are
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currently off work for an unknown period of time; and
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25 WHEREAS,the health and welfare of the citizens of the City as well as that of City
26 employees is of paramount importance to the Mayor and Common Council and the City
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PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
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WHEREAS, existing conditions have exceeded the resources of the City of San
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Bernardino, causing the City to request resources from the State of California, County of
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Riverside, County of Orange and the County of Los Angeles for time periods that will extend into
4 the first quarter of 2016; and
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6 WHEREAS,the terrorist attack has depleted the resources of local law enforcement and
7 fire agencies as a result of their ongoing provision of infrastructure protection, immediate response
8 to continuous bomb threats and a heightened security presence throughout the County and
9 particularly at all County facilities; and
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11 WHEREAS, the City is actively involved with the ongoing investigation of the terrorist
attack with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, and
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other assisting agencies; and
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WHEREAS, the terrorist attack has depleted the resources of local law enforcement and
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16 fire agencies as a result of their ongoing provision of infrastructure protection to this Federal
incident, immediate response to continuous bomb threats and a heightened security
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18 presence throughout the County and particularly at all County facilities; and
19 WHEREAS,the Common Council of the City of San Bernardino is not in session and
20 cannot immediately be called into session;
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22 NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that a local emergency exists
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IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that all City departments and
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agencies take those actions, measures and steps deemed necessary to provide ongoing services to
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the City citizens, and to assure the safety and welfare of City employees, residents and property,
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6 IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that a copy of this proclamation be
7 forwarded to the Director of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services and that the
8 Director be requested to find it acceptable in accordance with State law and that the Governor of
9 California, pursuant to the Emergency Services Act, be requested to issue a State of Emergency
10 and that he afford the City the benefit of recovering its costs as a result of the terrorist attack.
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IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that the Governor of California be
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requested to make available all relevant funds to the City and all eligible community members and
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businesses, including but not limited to, California Disaster Assistance Act funds and, State
14 private Nonprofit Organizations Assistance Program funds.
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16 IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that the Governor be requested to
17 forward a copy of this proclamation to the President of the United States to seek a Presidential
18 Declaration of a Federal Emergency and make all relevant funds available to the City of San
19 Bernardino and all eligible community members and businesses, including, but not limited to, aid
20 provided by the Small Business Administration as well as terrorism funds to help the County of
21 San Bernardino and the City of San Bernardino to keep the high level of response, recovery, and
mitigation measures necessary to make our communities resilient from this disaster.
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2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that federal and state agencies are requested to provide
financial and other assistance to victims and their families, business owners and local governments
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in the City and County to help them mitigate the present and future conditions.
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R. C EY DAVIS
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13 Executive Director of Emergency Services and
Mayor of the City of San Bernardino
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15 Gary D. Saenz, City Attorney
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