Agenda Item A.5
CPMS CONSENT CALENDAR
Meeting Date: February 6, 2024
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
FROM: Robert Nisbet, City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution Ratifying and Extending Proclamation of Local Emergency Due to February 2024 Storm Event
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution No. 24 -
entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California Ratifying and Extending a Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency.”
DISCUSSION:
On February 4, 202 4, a significant storm event took place in Santa Barbara County.
Rainstorms and high winds throughout the City caused conditions of disaster and extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City. Perilous conditions included flooding on publ ic streets, watersheds, creeks, open spaces, wetlands, and on other property in the City. Public rights -of-way were damaged by flooding and downed trees, which caused the closure of sidewalks and streets and disruption of public servic es.
Rainfall intensity and duration of the storm event resulted in rising water levels and rapid water movement, which posed significant health, life, and safety risks in many areas of the City.
Based on these conditions, at 3:15 pm on February 4, 2024, after consultation with the City’s Disaster’s Council, the City Manager issued a Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency in accordance with Chapter 2.10 of the Goleta Municipal Code (Emergency Organization) and Government Code section 8630. (E xhibit A to Attachment 1) Having a declared local emergency entitles the City to mutual aid from other government agencies during the emergency as well as reimbursement on costs incurred to deal with damage caused by the emergency from the State and Federal government.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution to ratify and extend the City Manager’s proclamation of local emergency. (Attachment 1) An extension is necessary as the damage from the rain event continues to disrupt public services an d pose a public health and safety threat. The local emergency will remain in place until its termination by future action of the City Council. The City Manager will place the
Meeting Date: February 6, 2024
resolution on the agenda for review at least once every 60 days, as required by Government Code 8630, until terminated by the City Council.
LEGAL REVIEW BY: Megan Garibaldi, City Attorney
APPROVED BY: Robert Nisbet, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California Ratifying a Proclamation Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency Due to 202 4 Storm Event.
2. Exhibit A - Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency.
RESOLUTION NO. 24-_
A RE
SOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL O F THE CITY OF
GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, RATIFYING AND EXTENDING A
PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL
EMERGENCY
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HEREAS, section 2.10.040 (A)(1) of the Goleta Municipal Code and California Government Code section 8630 empowers the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim a local emergency if the City Council is not in session; and
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HEREAS, on February 4, 2024, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property arose within the City of Goleta as a result of a significant storm event, at which time the City Council of the City of Goleta was not in session; and
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HEREAS, on February 4, 2024, the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency Services, did procl aim the existence of a local emergency within the City.
NO
W, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GOLETA, AS FOLLOWS:
SE
CTION 1.
A. T
hat conditions of a local emergency as proclaimed by the Director of Emergency Services in th e Proclamation of the Existence of Local Emergency, attached as Exhibit A, existed on February 4, 2024 and continues to exist and the Proclamation is hereby ratified; and B. T
hat the local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by future action of the City Council.
Resolution No. 24-__ RATIFYING AND EXTENDING A PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY 2-4-24 (002)
SECTION 2. Effective Date and Certification by the City Clerk Thi
s resol ution shall become effective immediately and City Clerk shall certify as to the adoption of this resolution and enter it into the original book of resolutions.
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ASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this __ day of _____ 2024.
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PAULA PEROTTE, MAYOR
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TTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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______________________ __________________________
DEBORAH S. LOPEZ MEGAN GARIBALDI
CITY CLERK CITY ATTORNEY
Resolution No. 24-__ RATIFYING AND EXTENDING A PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY 2-4-24 (002)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss.
CITY OF GOLETA )
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BORAH S. LOPEZ, City Clerk of the City of Goleta, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 24- __ was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Goleta a t a regular meeting held on the ___ day of ______, 2023 by the following vote of the Council:
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OES:
ABSEN
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SEAL)
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DEBORAH S. LOPEZ
CITY CLERK
PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
CITY OF GOLETA
February 2024
WHEREAS, Goleta Municipal Code section 2.10.040 empowers the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a l ocal emergency when the City is exposed to an actual or threatened existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City and the City Council is not in session; and WHEREAS, the City Manager, as Director of Emergency Services of the City of Goleta, does hereby find that:
1. Commencing on the 4th day of February 2024, significant rainstorms and high winds throughout the City have caused conditions of disaster and extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City, which conditions are beyond the control of services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City and coordination with other public agencies is necessary to deal with the impacts;
2. The rainstorm and high winds have caused flooding on public streets , watersheds, creeks, open spaces, wetlands, and on other property in the City ; damage to public rights -of-way; downed trees that have blocked sidewalks and streets ; road closures; and disruption of public services; and
3. The City Council of the City of Goleta is not in session and cannot immediately be called into session.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED, that a local emergency now exists throughout the City; and
That the Director of Emergency Services shall have the powers to command all necessary resources to effectively protect life, public safety, and infrastructure during the local emergency; and
That the local emergency shall continue for no more than seven (7) days unless this proclamation is ratified by a resolution of the City Council pursuant to Government Code section 8630 and Goleta Municipal Code section 2.10.040.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of said local emergency, the powers, functions, and duties of the emergency organization of this City shall be those prescribed by state law, ordinances, and resolutions of this City, and by the City of Goleta Emergency Plan.
February 4, 2024 3:15 pm
______________________________ _____________________________ Date and Time Robert Nisbet
City Manager &
Director of Emergency Services
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Megan Garibaldi
City Attorney