Agenda Item A.2
CPMS CONSENT CALENDAR
Meeting Date: March 19, 2024
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
FROM: Robert Nisbet, City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution Extending Proclamation of Local Emergency Due to February 2024 Storm Event
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution No. 2 4- entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California 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 public 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 services.
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.
On the same day, the City Manager issued a Proclamation of the E xistence of a Local Emergency in accordance with Chapter 2.10 of the Goleta Municipal Code (Emergency Organization) and Government Code section 8630 (“Emergency Proclamation”) (Exhibit A to Attachment 1) . O n February 6, 2024, the City Council ratified the Emergency Proclamation and deemed that conditions of emergency continued to exist.
Pursuant to Government Code section 8630, th e City Council is required to review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 60 days after its ratification of a local emergency until the Council terminates the local emergency. Conditions that warrant an extension of the local emergency include sinkholes that appear every few days, downed trees, and flood areas that continue to require the closure of public streets and sidewalks. The most serious condition is the uncertain structural integrity of the crib wall near Cathedral Oaks Road. Specialized testing and inspections of the crib wall must be conducted before the City can determine whether to reopen Cathedral Oaks Road.
Based on these conditions, staff recommends that the Council extend the Emergency 1 Meeting Date: March 19, 2024
Proclamation. Before the expiration of 60 days, staff will bring another item back to Council for authorization to terminate or extend the proclamation.
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 Extending 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.
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDI NG A PROCLAMATION OF
THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, 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 em ergency if the City Council is not in session; and
WHEREAS, 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 Counc il of the City of Go leta was not in session; and
WHEREAS, on February 4, 2024, the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency Services, proclaimed the existence of a local emergency within the City;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 8630, on February 6, 2024, the City Council ratified the declara tion of a local emergency by adopting Resolution 24-04.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GOLETA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
A. That conditions of a local emergency as proclaimed by the Director of Emergency Services in the Proclamation of the Existence of Local Emergency on February 4, 2024 (Atta chment A), including flooded areas, downed trees, sinkholes, and structurally compromised facilities, continue to exist; and
B. That the Proclamation of the Existence of Local Emergency shall be continue until its termination is proc laimed by future action of the City Council.
SECTION 2. Effective Date and Certification by the City Clerk
This resolution shall become effectiv e immediately and City Clerk shall certify as to the adoption of this reso lution and enter it into the original book of resolutions.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this __ day of _____ 2024.
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PAULA PEROTTE, MAYOR
ATTEST: APP ROVED AS TO FORM:
_________________________ __________________________
DEBORAH S. LOPEZ MEGAN GARIBALDI
CITY CLERK CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss.
CITY OF GOLETA )
I, DEBORAH S. LOPEZ, City Clerk of the City of Goleta, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Re solution No. 24-__ was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Goleta at a regular meeting held on the ___ day of ______, 2024 by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
(SEAL)
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DEBORAH S. LOPEZ
CITY CLERK
5 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.
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______________________________ _____________________________ Date and Time Robert Nisbet
City Manager &
Director of Emergency Services
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Megan Garibaldi
City Attorney
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