PROCLAMATION - TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, William C. Vola Emergency Management Coordinator of the City of
Clearwater has certified that conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Alberto have
created an emergency situation; and
WHEREAS, Pinellas County and the City of Clearwater could see a storm surge
of 5-7 feet, local flooding from heavy rains and wind gusts. Pinellas County is under a
Hurricane Warning, which means hurricane conditions could occur during the next 24
hours; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 15, Code of Ordinances, authorizes certain emergency
measures to be taken under emergency conditions; and
WHEREAS, a state of emergency must be declared by proclamation to authorize
such actions as may be necessary to manage such state of emergency; and
WHEREAS, the issuance of Emergency Resolution may be necessary to enable
the proper control of and response to the emergency conditions certified above; now,
therefore,
I, Frank V. Hibbard, Mayor of the City of Clearwater, do hereby proclaim and
declare that effective 1 :30 pm, Monday, June 12, 2006, a state of local emergency exists
within the City of Clearwater and that all proper and lawful actions necessary to swiftly
resolve the emergency and return the community to a condition of normalcy shall be
taken.
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Fra'llk V. Hibbard, Mayor
June 12, 2006