To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Steve Potter, City Manager
Prepared By: Liz Habkirk, Deputy City Manager
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Proclamation of Local Emergency to Respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Adopt a resolution ratifying and continuing the Proclamation of Local Emergency to respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and authorizing the use of remote teleconferencing provisions for City Council meetings pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e).
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DISCUSSION:
The catastrophic coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has severely impacted the community of residents, businesses, property owners, and visitors that are served by the City of Napa; and it has concurrently and similarly severely impacted the operations and services that are provided by the City's governmental organization to the community. Accordingly, on March 15, 2020, the City Manager issued a Proclamation of Local Emergency to Respond to the Coronavirus (Proclamation No. P2020-001), which was ratified by City Council on March 16, 2020. The ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on the community and the City's operations have been documented and described in public reports to support the City Council's continuation of the Local Emergency on March 31, 2020, and at every regular Council meeting thereafter, most recently on January 4, 2022. The City Manager also issued Proclamations No. P2020-002, P2020-003, P2020-004, P2020-005, P2020-006 and P2021-001 in response to specific actions taken to help mitigate the impacts of COVID-19.
Since the last report to the City Council, the City Manager has determined that the conditions of local emergency continue to exist in the City, and the City Manager has taken additional administrative actions in implementation of the Proclamation of Local Emergency.
These administrative actions have included the direction to staff restricting in-person meetings whenever possible, encouraging departments to allow sta...
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