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RESOLUTION NO. 11-432 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO THE LANDSLIDE ON PLEASANTON RIDGE BREAKING • A WATER MAIN SERVING 250 HOMES, DEPRIVING THEM OF POTABLE WATER AND FIRE HYDRANT SERVICE, WHICH CREATED AN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY WHEREAS, on March 25, 2011, a landslide on the Pleasanton Ridge broke a City water main serving 250 homes, depriving them of potable water and fire hydrant service, creating an immediate danger to persons and property; and WHEREAS, responding City staff recognized the nature, location and size of the landslide made it impossible to make an immediate repair of the water line, such that the 250 residents would remain without potable water service or fire hydrant service; and WHEREAS, based on this immediate and ongoing danger to persons and property, the City Manager, acting as Director of Emergency Services, declared a local emergency on March 25, 2011 pursuant to the authority granted by Municipal Code section 2.44.060, as the City Council was not in session to declare the local emergency itself; and WHEREAS, this same Municipal Code section requires that the City Council ratify the proclamation within seven (7) days thereafter; and WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby find that the above described conditions of immediate danger to persons and property warranted and necessitated the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency in the City of Pleasanton. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: That the "Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency" as issued by the City Manager on March 25, 2011 is hereby ratified and confirmed. Section 2: That the local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton. Section 3: This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton at a special meeting held on March 31, 2011. I, Karen Diaz, City Clerk of the City of Pleasanton, certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council at a special meeting held on the 31 day of March 2011, by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Cook- Kallio, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, Mayor Hosterman Noes: None Absent: None