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BACKGROUND <br /> The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers the novel coronavirus <br /> (COVID-19) to be a very serious public health and safety threat with outcomes ranging <br /> from mild sickness to severe illness and death. <br /> On March 4, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in the State <br /> of California due to the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the States. The <br /> Alameda County Department of Public Health has confirmed increasing COVID-19 cases <br /> within the county. <br /> Section 2.44.060 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code empowers the Director of <br /> Emergency Services / City Manager to proclaim a local emergency if the City Council is <br /> not in session and requires that the City Council shall take action to ratify the <br /> proclamation within seven days thereafter. <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> On March 17, 2020, the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency Services, <br /> did proclaim the existence of a local emergency within the City (see attached <br /> Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency). <br /> The conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons are ongoing within the City of <br /> Pleasanton due to the COVID-19 virus. <br /> A memo summarizing the status of City operations and services is provide as <br /> Attachment 3. <br /> Jointly submitted by: <br /> 4.01;6)fflikt-- <br /> Nelson Fialho Daniel Sodergren <br /> City Manager City Attorney <br /> Attachments: <br /> 1 . Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency <br /> 2. Proposed Resolution Confirming Local Emergency <br /> 3. Memo to the City Council summarizing the status of City Operations and <br /> Services <br /> Page 2 of 2 <br />