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File Number: TMP 19 -975
Agenda Date: 10/13/2020 Version: 1 Status: Approval Final
In Control: City Council / Successor Aqency File Type: Council Consent
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Agenda Number: 3)
Continued Existence of a Local Emergency (COVID -19)
Find the need to continue the local emergency related to COVID -19 consistent with the findings and
proclamations set forth in Resolution No. 2020 -18 and Resolution No. 2020 -52.
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CITY OF
LAKE LKE
L SINO
` DREAM EXTREME,
REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Grant Yates, City Manager
Date: October 13, 2020
Subject: Continued Existence of a Local Emergency (COVID -19)
Recommendation
Find the need to continue the local emergency related to COVID -19 consistent with the findings
and proclamations set forth in Resolution No. 2020 -18 and Resolution No. 2020 -52.
Background
The Governor of California proclaimed a State of Emergency on March 4, 2020 due to the
introduction of COVID -19 in the State of California. On March 8, 2020, the Riverside County
Public Health Officer declared a local health emergency based on an imminent and proximate
threat to public health from the introduction of COVID -19 in Riverside County, which
declaration was ratified by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors on March 10, 2020.
On March 17, 2020, the City Manager in his capacity as Disaster Director proclaimed a local
emergency throughout the City of Lake Elsinore finding that conditions of extreme peril to the
safety of persons and property existed in the City related to the COVID -19 outbreak and that
efforts required to prepare for, respond to, mitigate and recover from the increasing spread of
COVID -19 imposed extraordinary demands which exceed the City's resources and are
beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of the City.
On March 24, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020 -18 Ratifying The
Proclamation Of Local Emergency And Proclaiming The Existence Of A Local Emergency
(COVID -19), and on June 9, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020 -52 finding
and proclaiming the continued existence of a local emergency (COVID -19).
Discussion
Following the adoption by the City Council of the Proclamation of Local Emergency, State law
and the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code require the City Council periodically review the necessity
for continuing the local emergency until the emergency is terminated.
With 1,239 confirmed cases and 21 deaths in the City of Lake Elsinore as of September 30,
2020 and 61,1330 cases and 1,247 deaths reported in Riverside County as of October 7, 2020,
COVID -19 remains a serious threat to public health and the pandemic is continuing in the City of
Lake Elsinore, County of Riverside, State of California, and throughout the United States. All
levels of government are working diligently to address these risks, including extraordinary efforts
by the County of Riverside to coordinate with cities within the County to disseminate
information, provide guidance and other important information, and to issue and enforce public
health orders.