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RESOLUTION NO. 13 – 23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
TERMINATING THE PROCLAMATION OF EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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 Dublin is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.44 (Disaster Preparedness) of the Dublin Municipal Code similarly
empowers the City Manager, in their capacity as the Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim
and/or request the City Council to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local
emergency; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020 the City’s Director of Emergency Services proclaimed that
a local emergency exists throughout the City of Dublin; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020 the City Council ratified the Proclamation of Local
Emergency; and
WHEREAS, on May 5, 2020 the City Council reaffirmed the Proclamation of Local
Emergency pursuant to Government Code Section 8630; and
WHEREAS, the State of California has taken steps to exit the State of Emergency,
including terminating both the Stay-at-Home Order and the Blueprint for a Safer Economy on June
15, 2021. The Governor will end the State of Emergency on February 28, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City has resumed normal operations with adjustments to account for a
post-pandemic world and the emergency powers and authority granted by the Local Emergency
Proclamation are no longer needed; and
WHEREAS, based on the State’s and City’s actions, the City Council now finds that
conditions warrant the termination of the Local Emergency proclaimed on March 16, 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin hereby
terminates the local emergency relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, effective February 28, 2023,
concurrently with the termination of the State of California’s State of Emergency.
{Signatures on the following page}
Reso. No. 13-23, Item 4.2, Adopted 02/21/2023 Page 2 of 2
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of February 2023, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Hu, Josey, McCorriston, Qaadri and Mayor Hernandez
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk