CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE
DREAM EXTREME
PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
FOR THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, Lake Elsinore Municipal Code 2.20.080.B. empowers the Disaster Director to proclaim the existence of a Local Emergency when the City Council is not in session; and, WHEREAS, the Disaster Director finds:
1) That, at the time of this Proclamation, the City Council is not in session; and, that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within the City of Lake Elsinore caused by the Airport Fire incident that commenced on or about 1:16 p.m. on the 9" day of September 2024; and
that as of September 10, 2024, the fire has exceeded 19,028 acres burned with 0% containment and the fire's proximity poses a severe and imminent threat to numerous residential and commercial properties within the community prompting a large evacuation of residents in Lake Elsinore and affecting approximately 6,000 homes in the communities of Rice Canyon, McVicker, and Machado as the fire continues to approach residential areas within the City's boundaries; and,
4) that the aforesaid conditions of extreme peril are beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City of Lake Elsinore and the County of Riverside that provides fire protection, fire prevention, rescue, and medical emergency services to the City pursuant to a Cooperative Agreement; and,
5) that the aforesaid conditions of extreme peril warrant and necessitate the Proclamation of a Local Emergency.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that a Local Emergency exists throughout the City of Lake Elsinore commencing on or about September 9, 2024 and IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of said Local Emergency, the powers, functions and duties of the Disaster Director shall be those prescribed by state law and the ordinances, resolutions, and approved plan of the City of Lake Elsinore, and IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that said Local Emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist for the next seven (7) days, and thereafter by ratification of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore until the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore proclaims its termination.
Dated: September 10, 2024