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PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY <br /> BY DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES <br /> WHEREAS, Chapter 2.44 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code empowers the Director of <br /> Emergency Services to proclaim the existence of a local emergency when the City is affected by a <br /> public calamity and the City Council is not in session; and <br /> WHEREAS,the public health, safety and welfare of persons and property in the City of <br /> Pleasanton are at risk due to severe rainstorms and atmospheric river systems generating high volumes <br /> of rain, high winds, and local flooding, which began in late December 2022 and are continuing through <br /> January 2023; and <br /> WHEREAS, on January 4, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency in <br /> the State of California due to these same severe winter storms; and <br /> WHEREAS, on January 6, 2023, the County of Alameda proclaimed a local emergency <br /> throughout the county due to these same winter storms; and <br /> WHEREAS, staff from the City of Pleasanton's Police, Engineering, Operations Services, <br /> Library and Recreation, and Community Development departments, as well as the Livermore- <br /> Pleasanton Fire Department, have been in the field responding to calls for flooded streets, fallen trees, <br /> coordinating sandbags for residents,providing information about shelters, closing streets made <br /> impassible and providing other proactive and responsive emergency services; and <br /> WHEREAS,the City Manager, as Director of Emergency Services of the City of Pleasanton, <br /> does hereby find that: <br /> 1. Conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within the City <br /> of Pleasanton due to the severe winter storms; and <br /> 2. That the City Council of the City of Pleasanton is not in session and cannot immediately be <br /> called into session. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED, that a local emergency now exists <br /> throughout the City of Pleasanton; and <br /> IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of said local <br /> emergency the powers, functions, and duties of the emergency organization of this City shall be those <br /> prescribed by state law, ordinances, and resolutions of this City, and by the City of Pleasanton <br /> Emergency Plan. <br /> Date and Time GerryBeaudin, Director of Emergency Services <br /> and City Manager <br /> ATTEST: APPROVED T FORM: <br /> 4,4 <br /> J c lyn K ong, Clerk Daniel Sodergren, City Attorney <br /> Local Emergency Proclamation by Director <br />