Resolution Number 21-07-20-03RESOLUTION NO. 21-07-20-03
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, PROCLAIMING THE TERMINATION OF THE
EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY (NOVEL CORONAVIRUS "COVID-
19") DECLARED MARCH 16, 2020; AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO.
20-03-17-03
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, as part of the State of California's response to
address the global COVID-19 outbreak, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of
Emergency to make additional resources available, formalize emergency actions already
underway across multiple state agencies and departments, and help the state prepare for
broader spread of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, the City Manager, in his capacity as Director of
Emergency Services, proclaimed the existence of local emergency in the City of San Juan
Capistrano, after determining that the spread of COVID-19 is likely to create emergency
conditions of disaster or extreme peril which will be beyond the services, personnel and
equipment and facilities of the City; and
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, the City Council ratified the Proclamation of the
Local Emergency by adopting Resolution No. 20-03-17-03, which identified conditions of
extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the city caused by the threat of
COVID-19 that would impact significant City and community operations, including critical
public infrastructure and services, and require the provision of additional public safety and
emergency services, and shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is
proclaimed by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano; and
WHEREAS, the original intent of the State of Emergency was to implement
measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and to prepare to respond to an increasing
number of individuals requiring medical care and hospitalization that may exceed locally
available resources; and
WHEREAS, the effective actions of Californians over the past fifteen months have
successfully curbed the spread of COVID-19, resulting in dramatically lower disease
prevalence and death, in the State. As of June 9, 2021, 54.3% of eligible Californians
have received a full course of COVID-19 vaccination, raising the level of overall immunity
in the State, on June 11, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-07-
21 to allow for a full reopening of California while maintaining caution and vigilance as
California continues to increase vaccination rates and monitor COVID-19 variants; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has exercised due diligence and has determined that
the conditions of extreme peril presented by the spread of COVID-19 have been abated
to such a degree as to warrant the termination of the local emergency; and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San
Juan Capistrano does hereby proclaim that the local emergency that was declared on
March 16, 2020, by the Director of Emergency Services, which was ratified by the City
Council on March 17, 2020, via Resolution No. 20-03-17-03, is hereby rescinded and
terminated.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of July 2024.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
JOHN TAYLOR, MAYOR
I, Maria Morris, appointed City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution No. 21-07-20-03 was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano at a Regular meeting thereof, held the
20th day of July 2021, by the following vote:
AYE : COONCIL MEMBERS: Reeve, Hart, Bourne, Farias and Mayor Taylor
NOP: hNCIL MEMBERS: None
AB�E T: NCIL MEMBERS: None
MORRIS, CITY�CLEFIK
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