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RESOLUTION NO. 2008 - 42
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
CONFIRMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY AND RATIFYING THE
PROCLAMATION THEREOF
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2 (1991) of the City of Diamond Bar empowers the
City Manager, as Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim the existence or
threatened existence of a local emergency when the City is affected or likely to be
affected by a public emergency and the City Council is not in session; and
WHEREAS, on November 16, 2008, the "Freeway Complex Fire" brought forth
conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property in Diamond Bar;
WHEREAS, the "Freeway Complex Fire" threatened hundreds of properties on
the City's southeastern border with Tonner Canyon; and
WHEREAS, the conditions presented by the "Freeway Complex Fire" were found
to beyond the control of local resources, and warranted the proclamation of a local
emergency and the support of additional fire and law enforcement personnel; and
WHEREAS, the City Council was not in session and could not be immediately
called into session; and
WHEREAS, Section 7(a) of Ordinance No. 2 (1991) requires the City Council to
ratify the proclamation of a local emergency by the Director of Emergency Services
within seven (7) days or the proclamation shall have no further force of effect
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar does hereby find that conditions of extreme peril did warrant and
necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency.
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Diamond Bar shall adopt the Resolution
and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS 18th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2008.
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Jack Tanaka, Mayor
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I, Tommye Cribbins, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was passed, adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Diamond Bar held on 18th day of November, 2008, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Chang ,Herrera Tye,
MPT/Everett, M/Tanaka
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Nora.
Tommye Cribbins, City Clerk
City of Diamond Bar
2008-4