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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ATASCADERO
RATIFYING PROCLAMATION OF EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL
EMERGENCY
(by City Council of Atascadero acting through its Mayor)
WHEREAS, Atascadero Municipal Code Title 4 Chapter 4, Emergency
Organization and Functions, empowers the Director of Emergency Services to proclaim
the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when said city is affected or
likely to be affected by a public calamity and the City Council is not is session; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services of the City of Atascadero did
find;
That conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen
within said city, caused by earthquake; and
That the City Council of the City of Atascadero is not in session (and cannot be
immediately be called into session);
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services did, based upon those findings,
declare a local emergency pursuant to local, State, and Federal Law, on December 23,
2003; and
WHEREAS, the City Council convened for an emergency meeting pursuant to
State Law at the earliest possible time and within 7 days of such proclamation on
December 24, 2003, which meeting was duly noticed pursuant to the emergency
meeting procedures contained in the Ralph M. Brown Act; and
WHEREAS, the conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property
did and still exist within Atascadero, caused by earthquake and subsequent after
shocks.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that:
1. The acts of the Director of Emergency Services in issuing a Declaration of
Local Emergency are hereby ratified; and
2. A local emergency now and still exists throughout the City of Atascadero; and
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of
said local emergency the powers, functions, and duties of the emergency organization
of this city shall be those prescribed by state law, by ordinances, and resolutions of this
city, as approved by the City Council
City of Atascadero
Resolution No.2003-077
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This resolution was unanimously adopted by the City Council of the City of Atascadero
at the special meeting held for that purpose on December 24, 2003 at 8930 Morro Rd.
Atascadero, California, and the Mayor was directed to execute it.
Dated: J By: �
Dr. Ge ge Luna, Mayor
City Of Atascadero