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RESOLUTION NO. 6881
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
AND ACTING AS EX-OFFICIO GOVERNING BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CYPRESS RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT,
TERMINATING THE PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A
LOCAL EMERGENCY BY THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES RATIFIED ON MARCH 23, 2020
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8630 and Cypress Municipal Code
Section 8A-6 authorizes the City Council,or the Director of Emergency Services,to proclaim
the existence of a local emergency to protect and preserve the public welfare when the City
is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, the Director of Emergency Services proclaimed the
existence of a local emergency as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a novel
communicable disease; and
WHEREAS, on March 23, 2020, the City Council of the City of Cypress, and acting
as ex-officio governing Board of Director of the Cypress Recreation and Park District,
adopted Resolution No. 6774 ratifying the Proclamation of the Existence of a Local
Emergency by the Director of Emergency Services and that this local emergency shall
continue to exist until the City Council proclaims its termination at the earliest possible date
that conditions warrant; and
WHEREAS, the local emergency and associated actions were designed to assist in
a coordinated public health response to reduce transmission and illness severity, provide
assistance to health care providers, coordinate and mitigate public services that may be
disrupted from this emergency, and mitigate any other effects of this emergency on the
residents of the City; and
WHEREAS, following the proclamation of a local emergency, the City took
extraordinary measures to protect public health and support local businesses, including
authorizing outdoor dining and outdoor business activities, obtaining grant funds from the
County, State and Federal governments, providing funding to local businesses, providing
support services to at risk residents, obtaining local testing and vaccination sites; and
WHEREAS, more than two years later, the threat of COVID-19 still exists but, in light
of advances in medicine and availability of vaccines, the need for the City to exercise
extraordinary local powers has reduced; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 8630(d), the City Council should
proclaim the termination of the local emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions
warrant.
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that conditions warrant termination of the
proclamation of local emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Cypress,
and acting as ex-officio governing Board of Directors of the Cypress Recreation and Park
District, does hereby terminate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency
declared by the Director of Emergency Services on March 18, 2020 and ratified by the City
Council via Resolution No. 6774 on March 23, 2020.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED, that the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, and acting
as ex-officio governing Board of Directors of the Cypress Recreation and Park District, at
a regular meeting held on the 28th day of March, 2022.
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AYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CITYRESS4ITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss
I, ALISHA FARNELL, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held
on the 28th day of March, 2022, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Marquez, Minikus, Peat, Hertz-Mallari and Morales
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
C Y CLERK THE CITY OF CYPRESS