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RESOLUTION NO.2 14-6(p
PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
(By Director of Emergency Services)
WHEREAS, Ordinance No.628 of the City of Cathedral City 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 in session;and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services of the City of Cathedral City does hereby find
that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within said city, caused
by (fire, storm, epidemic, riot, earthquake, or other cause) commencing on or about 1:45 a.m. on the 24`h day
of June 2014;and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cathedral City is not in session and cannot immediately be
called into session;and
WHEREAS, this Proclamation of Local Emergency will be ratified by the City Council within seven
days of being issued.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED by the Director of Emergency Services
for the City of Cathedral City that a Local Emergency exists and that said Local Emergency shall be deemed
to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of said Local.
Emergency the powers, functions, and duties of the Director of Emergency Services and the emergency
organization of this county/city shall be those prescribed by state law, charter, ordinances, and resolutions
of this jurisdiction and by the Operational Area Emergency Plan as approved by the City Council.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND REQUESTED that the Governor of the State of
California find and proclaim Cathedral City to be in a State of Emergency; and,
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that the Director of Emergency
Services and the Administrative Services Director are hereby designated as the authorized representatives
of the City of Cathedral City for the purpose or receipt, processing, and coordination of all inquiries and
requirements necessary to obtain available state and federal assistance.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Proclamation of Local Emergency be forwarded to
the Riverside County Operational Area, for forwarding to the State Director of the Governor's Office of
Emergency Services with a request that;
1. The State Director find the Proclamation of Local Emergency acceptable, to include
California Disaster Assistant Act funding; and that
2. The State Director forwards this Proclamation and request for a State Proclamation and
Presidential Declaration of Emergency, to the Governor of California for consideration and
action.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Director of Emergency Services for the City of Cathedral City,
State of California,this 25'h day of June,2014.
Tami . Scott,Acting City Manager
Director of Emergency Services