HomeMy WebLinkAbout6403_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 6403
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
DECLARING THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND NECESSITY DEMAND THE
IMMEDIATE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONEY TO SAFEGUARD LIFE,
HEALTH AND PROPERTY
WHEREAS, as a result of dead citrus groves coupled with dried out annual grasses located
at the City's Sports Park site, the City's Director of Emergency Services (the City Manager) has
requested the City Council of the City of Redlands ("this City Council") to proclaim the existence
of a local emergency pursuant to Chapter 2.52 of the Redlands Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, this City Council by duly adopted motion has subsequently proclaimed the
existence of a local emergency within the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Contract Code section 1102, the existing fire hazard being
a local emergency constitutes a sudden, unexpected occurrence which poses a clear and imminent
danger requiring immediate action to prevent or mitigate the loss or impairment of life, health,
property or essential public services; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 20168, this City Council, in the case
of a local emergency, is authorized to adopt by a four-fifths vote of its members a resolution
declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the immediate expenditure of public money
to safeguard life, health or property without compliance with the provisions of Public Contract
Code Sections 20160 et seq. relating to contracts awarded by cities; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 22050, prior to adopting this
resolution, this City Council has made a finding based upon substantial evidence presented by the
City's Fire Chief and other City staff that the local emergency caused by the dead citrus grove will
not permit a delay that would result from a competitive solicitation of bids for removal of the dead
grove and underbrush;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Redlands as
follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager and Public Works Director
to take action to procure the necessary equipment, services and supplies for the purpose of
removing the dead citrus trees and undergrowth at the City's Sports Park site without giving notice
for bids to let contracts.
Section 2. This City Council shall review the emergency action at its next regularly
scheduled meeting of June 7, 2005 and, except as provided for in Public Contract Code Section
22050, at every regularly scheduled meeting thereafter until the emergency action is terminated,
to determine whether there is a need to continue the action.
Section 3. In accordance with Public Contract Code section 22050, the City Council shall
terminate the action at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant so that the remainder of
the emergency action may be completed by giving notice for bids to let contracts.
Section 4. This resolution is adopted by a four-fifths vote of the total membership of the City
Council.
Section 5. This City Council hereby determines that the environmental impacts associated
with the construction work necessary to remove the dead citrus trees have been addressed in the
Final Environmental Impact Report that was certified for the Sports Park project on May b, 2003,
and that pursuant to Section 15162 of the State's CEQA Guidelines, no further environmental
review is required.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 31 st day of May, 2005.
ayor of the City of Redlands
ATTEST:
�C- Clerk
I. Lorrie Poyzer, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution
was adopted by the City Council at a special meeting thereof held on the 31st day of May, 2005,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Gil, Gilbreath, George, Harrison; Mayor Peppler
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Lorrie Poyzer, City Clerk