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Resolution terminating the existence of a local emergency related to storm and flooding events effective April 10, 2024.
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WHEREAS, Section 8630, Article 14, of the California Emergency Services Act empowers the City Council to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City of South San Francisco ("City") is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.72.060 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code ("SSFMC") authorizes the City Manager, serving as the Director of Emergency Services to proclaim, or to request the City Council to proclaim, the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency; and
WHEREAS, SSFMC Section 2.72.060 authorizes the director of emergency services to make and issue rules and regulations on matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected by such emergency; provided, however, such rules and regulations must be confirmed at the earliest practicable time by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on February 7, 2024, the City Manager, in their capacity as Director of Emergency Services, declared a local emergency proclamation in response to the significant storm event on February 4, 2024; and
WHEREAS, on February 14, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 29-2024 to ratified the Local Emergency Proclamation in compliance with SSFMC Section 2.72.060 (a)(1); and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2024, the City Council subsequently adopted Resolution Number 42-2024 that continued to declare and ratify the existence of a local emergency; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the conditions that necessitated the proclamation of a local emergency issued on February 7, 2024; and
WHEREAS, it is therefore appropriate to terminate the local emergency related to the storm events of February and March 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does hereby proclaim that the...
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