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City Hall, Council Chamber City of Santa Rosa 100 Santa Rosa Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95404 City Council Special Meeting Minutes - Final Friday, November 1, 2019 12:00 PM SPECIAL MEETING 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Schwedhelm called the meeting to order at 12:04 p.m. Present: 5 - Mayor Tom Schwedhelm, Vice Mayor Chris Rogers, Council Member Ernesto Olivares, Council Member John Sawyer, and Council Member Jack Tibbetts Absent: 2 - Council Member Julie Combs, and Council Member Victoria Fleming 2. PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE. 3. REPORT ITEMS 3.1 REPORT - RESOLUTION - RATIFICATION OF PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY BACKGROUND: On October 27, 2019, the Director of Emergency Services issued a Proclamation of Existence of a Local Emergency relating to existence or threatened existence of conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City due to 1) the electric utility Pacific Gas & Electric's (PG&E) suspension of the provision of electricity to a significant portion of the City due to high wind speeds, low humidity, and high temperature conditions that increase the risk of wildfire to the City; and 2) the Kincade wildfire and the severe winds that are causing the spread of that fire and possible creation of new fires. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that Council, by resolution, ratify that Proclamation. Attachments: Resolution Resolution - Redlined Changes 11/01/2019 Resolution_Final Exhibit A - Proclamation of Local Emergency 10.27.2019 Exhibit A - Proclamation of Existence of a Local Emergency (Uploaded 11/1/2019) Presented by Sean McGlynn, City Manager. City of Santa Rosa Special Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 2 City Council Special Meeting Minutes - Final November 1, 2019 A motion was made by Council Member Olivares, seconded by Vice Mayor Rogers, to waive reading of the text and adopt as amended: RESOLUTION NO. RES-2019-157 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY BY THE CITY MANAGER IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 5 - Mayor Schwedhelm, Vice Mayor Rogers, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Sawyer, and Council Member Tibbetts Absent: 2 - Council Member Combs, and Council Member Fleming 4. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Mayor Schwedhelm adjourned the meeting at 12:22 p.m. Approved on: November 12, 2019 /s/ Sandi Bliss, Interim Deputy City Clerk