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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />STAFF REPORT <br />DATE: November 16, 2009 <br />TO: Stephen Hollister, City Manager <br />BY: Kathy Ornelas, Community Relations <br />Representative V' <br />SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: <br />APPROVED AND <br />FORWARDED <br />TO CITY COUNCIL <br />Stephen L. Hollister <br />City Manager <br />AN URGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 4 OF THE SAN LEANDRO <br />MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO REVIEW OF PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL <br />EMERGENCY <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br />It is recommended that, as an Urgency Ordinance, the San Leandro Municipal Code relating to <br />the City Council review of a proclamation of a local emergency be amended to be consistent <br />with the California Emergency Services Act. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Analysis <br />Upon proclamation of a local emergency in San Leandro, San Leandro Municipal Code Section <br />3-4-124(c) requires that the proclamation be reviewed by the City Council every fourteen days. <br />This timing can necessitate the calling of a Special Meeting of the City Council in order to <br />accomplish a review in instances where there are more than fourteen days between regularly <br />scheduled City Council meetings. Such would be the case if the City Council approves staff s <br />recommendation to declare a local emergency relating to the H1N1 Influenza, which is on the <br />City Council's agenda for consideration on November 16, 2009. <br />Article 14, Section 8630(c) (1) of the California Emergency Services Act states: <br />The governing body shall review, at its regularly scheduled meetings until the local <br />emergency is terminated, the need for continuing the local emergency. However, in no <br />event shall a review take place more than 21 days after the previous review. <br />By amending the City's Municipal Code to be consistent with the California Emergency Services <br />Act, the City's practice of reviewing a local emergency proclamation at regularly scheduled City <br />Council meetings will be consistent with State law, and review of the recommended local <br />emergency proclamation for the H1N1 Influenza could take place on December 7, 2009 <br />without the need for a Special Meeting of the City Council. <br />Municipal Code Section 3-4-124(c) would be amended to read as follows: <br />The City Council shall review the need for continuing a local emergency at least <br />~,.~> ~ ~~~*°°^ "^` a.,.,r ~ra each re ugly scheduled meeting until the local emergency <br />is terminated. In no event shall a review take place more than twen- -one (21) days a ter <br />