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RESOLUTION NO. 23-1351 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RATIFYING <br />THE CITY MANAGER / DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES' PROCLAMATION <br />OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO SEVERE STORMS <br />WHEREAS, Section 2.44.060 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code empowers the Director <br />of Emergency Services / City Manager to proclaim a local emergency if the City Council is not in <br />session, and requires that the City Council ratify the proclamation within seven (7) days thereafter; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, on January 9, 2023, the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency <br />Services, did proclaim the existence of a local emergency within the city due to severe storms; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, beginning late in December 2022 through early 2023, and predicted to <br />continue into January 2023, the City of Pleasanton has experienced, and will continue to be <br />subject to, severe rainstorms and atmospheric river systems resulting in risks to the health, safety, <br />and welfare of persons and property due to flooding, downed trees, loss of power and property <br />damage. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES <br />RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: <br />SECTION 1. That the `Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency", as issued <br />by the Director of Emergency Services / City Manager, on January 9, 2023, attached hereto, is <br />hereby confirmed. <br />SECTION 2. Finds that California Public Resources Code §21080(b)(2) to (4) exempts <br />from the California Environmental Quality Act actions and projects undertaken in response to an <br />emergency. <br />SECTION 3. That the local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its <br />termination is proclaimed by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton. <br />SECTION 4. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and <br />adoption. <br />SECTION 5. City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this resolution and enter it into the <br />book of original resolutions. <br />PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton at <br />a special meeting held on January 11, 2023.