To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department Drought Task Force
Agenda Section: Time Certain Matter
SUBJECT:
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10:00 AM - Report of Drought Task Force Findings with Recommended Actions
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive the report of the Drought Task Force and consider the following Actions:
2. Adopt the Drought Proclamation contained in Attachment 1.
3. Direct Staff to come back on August 10, 2021, with alternatives to consider a moratorium on new nondomestic wells.
4. Direct staff to develop a scope of work to develop regulations for permitting groundwater wells addressing the unique hydrological and geological conditions in Humboldt County and the need to maintain groundwater resources at sustainable levels.
5. Direct staff to prepare a resolution for Board of Supervisors' adoption on August 10, 2021 effectuating Section 55.4.5.10 of the CCLUO to prohibit new cannabis planting after August 11, 2021 unless the water source is a legal source of stored water.
6. Direct the Drought Task Force to continue to meet to monitor drought conditions, collaborate with other agencies, and provide information to the Board about actions and potentially needed direction through the end of December 2021 or as determined necessary by the Board of Supervisors.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Funding comes from the budgets of the Sheriff's office, Department of Environmental Health, Agricultural Commissioner's office, Planning and Building Department, and U.C. Extension.
DISCUSSION:
Local Emergency Proclamation:
After nearly two months of the Drought Task Force meeting to examine and discuss local drought conditions and expected local impacts, this task force recommends that the Board take the action of proclaiming a countywide emergency for drought. Dry conditions this past year have contributed to lower than average river levels, degradation or threatened degradation of natural and cultural...
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