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HomeMy WebLinkAbout032420 CC AgendaIn compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the office of the City Clerk (951) 694-6444. Notification 48 hours prior to a meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to that meeting [28 CFR 35.102.35.104 ADA Title 11]. AGENDA TEMECULA CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING COUNCIL CHAMBERS 41000 MAIN STREET TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA MARCH 24, 2020 - 7:00 PM IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING MARCH 24, 2020 COUNCIL MEETING This meeting is being conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with State of California Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The live stream of the meeting may be viewed on television and/or online. Details can be found at temeculaca.gov/tv. In accordance with Executive Order N-29-20, the public may only view the meeting on television and/or online and not in the Council Chamber. Submission of Public Comments: For those wishing to make public comments at the March 24, 2020 Council meeting, please submit your comments by email to be read aloud at the meeting by the City Clerk. Email comments must be submitted to the City Clerk at randi.johl@temeculaca.gov. Email comments on matters not on the agenda must be submitted prior to the time the Mayor calls the item for Public Comments. Email comments on agenda items must be submitted prior to the time the Mayor closes public comments on the agenda item. All email comments shall be subject to the same rules as would otherwise govern speaker comments at the Council meeting. Electronic comments on agenda items for the March 24, 2020 Council meeting may only be submitted via email and comments via text and social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) will not be accepted. Reading of Public Comments: The City Clerk shall read all email comments, provided that the reading shall not exceed three (3) minutes, or such other time as the Council may provide, consistent with the time limit for speakers at a Council meeting. The email comments submitted shall become part of the record of the Council meeting. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor James Stewart PRELUDE MUSIC: None INVOCATION: TBD FLAG SALUTE: Council Member Matt Rahn ROLL CALL: Edwards, Naggar, Rahn, Schwank, Stewart Page 1 City Council Agenda March 24, 2020 PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS Presentation of Update on Coronavirus (COVID-19) by Riverside County Public Health and Temecula Valley Hospital PUBLIC COMMENTS A total of 30 minutes is provided for members of the public to address the City Council on items that appear on the Consent Calendar or a matter not listed on the agenda. Each speaker is limited to three minutes. If the speaker chooses to address the City Council on an item listed on the Consent Calendar or a matter not listed on the agenda, a Request to Speak form may be filled out and filed with the City Clerk prior to the City Council addressing Public Comments and the Consent Calendar. Once the speaker is called to speak, please come forward. For all Public Hearing or Business items on the agenda, a Request to Speak form may be filed with the City Clerk prior to the City Council addressing that item. On those items, each speaker is limited to five minutes. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS Reports by the members of the City Council on matters not on the agenda will be made at this time. A total, not to exceed, ten minutes will be devoted to these reports. RECESS CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE TEMECULA COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT, THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE TEMECULA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, THE TEMECULA HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND THE TEMECULA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY TEMECULA COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT MEETING - NO MEETING SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE TEMECULA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY - NO MEETING TEMECULA HOUSING AUTHORITY - NO MEETING TEMECULA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY - NO MEETING RECONVENE TEMECULA CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS 1. Adopt Resolution Proclaiming the Existence of a Local Emergency Related to the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic and Ratify the Declaration by the City Manager Recommendation: That the City Council adopt a resolution entitled: RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS PANDEMIC Page 2 City Council Agenda March 24, 2020 AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY ON MARCH 17, 2020 Attachments: Agenda Report Resolution COMMISSION REPORTS PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT CITY MANAGER REPORT CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ADJOURNMENT The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at 5:30 p.m., for a Closed Session, with regular session commencing at 7:00 p.m., at the Council Chambers located at 41000 Main Street, Temecula, California. 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Page 3 Item No. 1 CITY OF TEMECULA AGENDA REPORT TO: City Manager/City Council FROM: Randi Johl, Director of Legislative Affairs/City Clerk DATE: March 24, 2020 SUBJECT: Adopt Resolution Proclaiming the Existence of a Local Emergency Related to the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic and Ratify the Declaration by the City Manager PREPARED BY: Randi Johl, Director of Legislative Affairs/City Clerk RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopt a resolution entitled: RESOLUTION NO.2020- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS PANDEMIC AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY ON MARCH 17, 2020 BACKGROUND: In December 2019, an outbreak of respiratory illness due to a novel coronavirus (a disease now known as COVID-19), was first identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, and has spread outside of China, impacting more than 75 countries, including the United States. Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first confirmed the existence and potential spread of COVID-19, there has been significant escalation. On March 4, 2020, the Governor of the State of California proclaimed a state of emergency due to the spread of COVID- 19. On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, the President of the United States made an emergency determination under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in response to COVID-19. On March 16, 2020, the Riverside County Public Health Officer issued an order cancelling and prohibiting all gatherings in which ten or more people are expected to be present, subject to certain limited exceptions. On March 17, 2020, the City Manager of the City of Temecula issued a Declaration of Local Emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic pursuant to Temecula Municipal Code Section 2.56.050. Government Code § 8630 and Temecula Municipal Code Chapter 2.56 provide that the City Council of the City of Temecula may proclaim the existence of a local emergency as defined by Government Code § 8558, subdivision (c). COVID-19 has created conditions that are or likely to be beyond the control of local resources and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat. The mobilization of local resources, ability to coordinate interagency response, accelerate procurement of vital supplies, use mutual aid, and allow for future reimbursement by the state and federal governments will be critical to successfully responding to COVID-19. It is therefore recommended that the City Council adopt the attached resolution proclaiming the existence of a local emergency and approving the emergency powers within. The City Council will review this local emergency proclamation every sixty (60) days pursuant to Government Code Section 8630(c), and/or sooner as the Council determines (i.e., 30 days, etc.), and will terminate the emergency proclamation when the conditions warrant. FISCAL IMPACT: None ATTACHMENTS: Resolution RESOLUTION NO.2020- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS PANDEMIC AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY ON MARCH 17, 2020 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. The City Council finds, determines and declares that: (a) Government Code § 8630 and Temecula Municipal Code Chapter 2.56 provide that the City Council of the City of Temecula may proclaim the existence of a local emergency as defined by Government Code § 8558, subdivision (c). (b) In December 2019, an outbreak of respiratory illness due to a novel coronavirus (a disease now known as COVID-19), was first identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, and has spread outside of China, impacting more than 75 countries, including the United States. (c) Since the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") confirmed the first possible case of community spread of COVID-19 in the United States on February 26, 2020, there has been a significant escalation of United States domestic cases and deaths from COVID-19. (d) On March 4, 2020, Gavin Newsom, Governor of the State of California, proclaimed a state of emergency to exist in California due to the spread of COVID-19. (e) On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared the COVID- 19 outbreak to be a pandemic. (f) As of March 12, 2020, across the globe, there were more than 130,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, tragically resulting in more than 4,000 deaths worldwide. (g) As of March 12, 2020, there were over 1,200 COVID-19 cases identified in the United States, including over 170 cases in California, and officials expect the number of cases in California, the United States, and worldwide to increase. (h) On March 12, 2020, Governor Newsom issue Executive Order No. N-25- 20 making certain findings and issuing emergency orders to deal with COVID-19 pandemic. (i) On March 13, 2020, President Trump determined that the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency determination under section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207. (j) On March 16, 2020, the Riverside County Public Health Officer issued an Order cancelling and prohibiting all gatherings in which ten or more people are expected to be present, subject to certain limited exceptions. (k) On March 16, 2020, the Riverside County Public Health Officer reported that 15 cases of COVID-19 exist in Riverside County and one death from COVID 19 has been reported. (1) On March 17, 2020, the City Manager of the City of Temecula issued a Declaration of Local Emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic pursuant to Temecula Municipal Code Section 2.56.050. (m) Due to the expanding list of countries with widespread transmission of COVID-19, increasing travel alerts and warnings for countries experiencing sustained or uncontrolled community transmission issued by the CDC, the escalation of United States domestic cases of and deaths from COVID-19, and the identification of COVID-19 cases in California, COVID-19 has created conditions that are or likely to be beyond the control of local resources and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat. (n) The mobilization of local resources, ability to coordinate interagency response, accelerate procurement of vital supplies, use mutual aid, and allow for future reimbursement by the state and federal governments will be critical to successfully responding to COVID-19. (o) The City Council finds that these conditions warrant and necessitate that the City proclaim the existence of a local emergency. Section 2. Proclamation of Local Emergency. Based on the findings set forth above, the City Council of the City of Temecula hereby proclaims that a local emergency now exists throughout the City of Temecula. During the existence of said local emergency the following shall be in effect: (a) The local emergency powers, functions, and duties of the City Manager and the emergency organization of this City shall be those prescribed by state law, by ordinances, and resolutions of this City, and by the approved emergency plans of the City of Temecula. (b) The local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council of the City of Temecula, State of California. (c) The City Council shall review this local emergency proclamation at least every sixty (60) days pursuant to Government Code Section 8630(c) and shall terminate the emergency proclamation at the earliest possible date the conditions warrant. (d) The City Manager is authorized to transfer funds from the Unreserved Fund Balance and transfer funds between departmental budget accounts when necessary under this declaration of an emergency. 2 (e) Pursuant to the provisions of Temecula Municipal Code Section 2.56.050 the City Manager is authorized to enter into agreements on behalf of the City necessary under this declaration of an emergency. (f) The City Council determines that for the reasons described in this Resolution, compliance with the bidding requirements of Chapters 3.28 and 3.30 of Temecula Municipal Code is not in the best interest of the City and all such bidding requirements are hereby waived. (g) The City Manager may authorize expenditures of funds without regard to the amounts thereof, so long as there exists an unencumbered appropriation in the fund account against which the cost of the agreement is to be charged. (h) The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into agreements on behalf of the City, Temecula Community Services District, Temecula Public Financing Authority, and the Successor Agency to the Temecula Redevelopment Agency without regard to the amounts thereof, so long as there exists an unencumbered appropriation in the fund account against which the cost of the agreement is to be charged. (i) The City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, is hereby authorized to settle personal injury and property damage lawsuits and enter into settlement agreements on behalf of the City, Temecula Community Services District, and the Successor Agency to the Temecula Redevelopment Agency without regard to the amounts thereof, so long as there exists an unencumbered appropriation in the fund account against which the cost of the agreement is to be charged. 0) The City Manager is authorized to negotiate and implement labor related policies and staffing changes deemed necessary in order to respond to the Local Emergency. (k) The City Manager is authorized to sign checks on behalf of the City, including without limitation, payroll hand checks, and may delegate this authority to the Director of Finance. (1) City Manager is authorized to modify on -street and off-street parking requirements for businesses, including without limitation modifications for food service or other businesses to accommodate pick-up or delivery services. Section 3. Ratification of City Manager's March 17, 2020 Proclamation of Local Emergency. The City Council hereby ratifies the City Manager's March 17, 2020 Proclamation of a local emergency and ratifies the actions of the City Manager taken pursuant to such Proclamation. Section 4. Further Actions. The City Manager shall: (a) Forward a copy of this Resolution to the Director of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services; 3 (b) Request the Governor of California, pursuant to the Emergency Services Act issue a proclamation declaring an emergency in Riverside County and waive regulations that may hinder response and recovery efforts; (c) Request that recovery assistance be made available under the California Disaster Assistance Act; and (d) Request that the State expedite access to State and Federal resources and any other appropriate federal disaster relief programs. Section 5. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula this 24th day of March, 2020. ATTEST: Randi Johl, City Clerk [SEAL] James Stewart, Mayor 4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss CITY OF TEMECULA ) I, Randi Johl, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020- was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 24th day of March, 2020, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Randi Johl, City Clerk