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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />STAFF REPORT <br />DATE: <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />BY: <br />February 16, 2010 <br />Stephen Hollister, City Manager <br />Lianne Mazshall, Assistant City Manager ~... <br />APPROVED AND <br />FORWARDED <br />TO CITY COUNCIL <br />is ~~ <br />~~Stephen Hollister <br />City Manager <br />Kathy Ornelas, Community Relations Representative <br />SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: <br />MATTER OF REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO THE <br />THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH FROM THE H1N1 INFLUENZA VIRUS <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br />On November 11, 2009, the City Council adopted Resolution 2009-153, which declared a local <br />emergency in San Leandro due to public health risk from the H1N1 Influenza epidemic, which is <br />widespread throughout Alameda County and California. <br />While the H1N1 vaccination clinic that had been scheduled in San Leandro by the Alameda <br />County Public Health Department has been cancelled, there is still the possibility that the City of <br />San Leandro may incur extraordinary expenses in addressing this public health risk, particulazly <br />in its support of the Alameda County Public Health Department's efforts to protect the <br />community. <br />San Leandro Municipal Code Section 3-4-124 requires that any declazation of a local emergency <br />in San Leandro must be reviewed by the City Council at each subsequent regularly scheduled <br />City Council meeting until the emergency has been terminated. Therefore, staff recommends <br />that the City Council, by motion, extend the Declaration of a Local Emergency until it is <br />reviewed at its next meeting. <br />CONCLUSION <br />Staff recommends that City Council, by motion, extend the Declaration of a Local Emergency <br />until its next regularly scheduled meeting. <br />