2023-019 - Declaring the Termination of the Proclamation of a Local Emergency regarding COVID-19

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WHEREAS, during the local emergency, the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency Services issued various orders associated with the local emergency declaration; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana's Finance and Management Services Agency submitted to the City Council at regularly scheduled meetings of the City Council quarterly reports of contracts executed by the City Manager; these quarterly reports included contracts entered into by the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency Services, as delegated in the local emergency proclamation; and WHEREAS, on May 21, 2021, the California Department of Public Health announced that the State of California will move beyond the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, whereby all sectors listed in the current Blueprint Activities and Business Tiers Chart may return to usual operations, with limited exceptions for mega events that include 5,000 or more attendees for indoor events and 10,000 or more attendees for outdoor events; and WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, the California Department of Public Health issued an Order terminating the Stay -at -Home Order, replacing the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, and reopening the economy; and WHEREAS, on February 28, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation terminating the State of California's emergency declaration; and WHEREAS, President Biden has announced that the federal government will lift the national emergency and public health declarations on May 11, 2023; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-646 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, the City Council shall proclaim the termination of the local emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant; and WHEREAS, upon termination of a local emergency, any such rules, regulations, orders and directives or suspensions thereof prepared under the proclamation of local emergency shall terminate and have no further force or effect; and WHEREAS, the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency Services, recommends that the proclamation of local emergency be terminated due to the fact the circumstances necessitating the declaration of the local emergency no longer exist; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 8630, the City Council has reviewed the need for continuing the local emergency and has determined that conditions no longer support continuing the local emergency. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines, and declares as follows: Resolution No. 2023-019 Page 2 of 3