To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Ratification of Local Emergency Proclamation Due to Consecutive Major Winter Storm Events Commencing on March 1, 2023, Which Have Resulted in Large Accumulations of Snow, Impassable Roadways, Downed Trees, Disrupted Utility Services, Damaged and Flooded Roadways, Mudslides and Damaged Structures, and Dead Livestock, Such Damages Exceeding Available County Resources
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Ratify the proclamation declaring the existence of a local emergency due to consecutive major winter storm events commencing on March 1, 2023, which have resulted in large accumulations of snow, impassable roadways, downed trees, disrupted utility services, damaged and flooded roadways, mudslides and damaged structures, and dead livestock, such damages exceeding available county resources.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund (1100)
DISCUSSION:
On March 7, 2023 Sheriff William Honsal declared the existence of a local emergency (per Ordinance 2447) due to an imminent threat to public safety and significant damages to public and private property caused by consecutive major winter storm events commencing on March 1, 2023, which have resulted in large accumulations of snow, impassable roadways, downed trees, disrupted utility services, damaged and flooded roadways, mudslides and damaged structures, and dead livestock, such damages exceeding available county resources.
Humboldt County Code section 2210-7 allows to proclaim the existence of a local emergency when the Board of Supervisors is not in session and requires that the Board take action to ratify the proclamation within seven (7) days thereafter.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The ratification of the proclamation declaring a local emergency allows for the county to seek state and federal funding that may be applicable, which may include funding from the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Disaster Assistance Act, and the Stafford Act.
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK:
This action supports your Board’s Strategic Framework by providing community-appropriate levels of service.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
State of California, United States Federal Government.
ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Board of Supervisors may choose not to ratify the proclamation, however, that would preclude the county from seeking outside assistance emergency programs to provide funding for storm damage response efforts.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Proclamation declaring the existence of a Local Emergency due to major winter storm events commencing on March 1, 2023, as executed by Sheriff William F. Honsal on March 7, 2023.
PREVIOUS ACTION/REFERRAL:
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