PREPARED BY: SARAH MAROOF DATE OF MEETING: 06/01/20
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO DESIGNATING APPLICANT'S AGENT FOR NON-STATE AGENCIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING CERTAIN FEDERAL AND/OR STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTER RELIEF
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Enhance Community Resilience- (200) Establish Emergency Response and Recovery is an adopted policy item under the adopted FY 2019-21 Council Priority Workplan, as amended May 18, 2020.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This resolution is deemed not a project under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5): Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. If deemed a project, then the approval of the resolution is deemed exempt from CEQA pursuant to the following separate and independent basis: Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it can be seen with certainty that the ordinance has no potential to cause a significant effect on the environment; and Section 15269(c) because adoption of this resolution is to mitigate an emergency.
BACKGROUND
COVID-19 and Declaration of an Emergency
Following declarations of emergency by the State of California, Contra Costa County and the Federal government, the City Council of the City of San Pablo adopted Resolution 2020-034 on March 16, 2020 proclaiming the existence of a local emergency due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Since then, the Governor of California has issued several executive orders in light of COVID-19, including Executive Order N-33-20 on March 19, 2020 directing all residents in the State of California to stay at home except as needed to maintain continuity of operations of essential critical infrastructure sectors and as designated by the State Pub...
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