Agenda Item No.
CITY OF YUCAIPA
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Raymond A. Casey, City Manager
Trevor Benson, Emergency Services Coordinator
FOR: Special City Council Meeting of September 20, 2022 SUBJECT: Ratification of the City of Yucaipa City Manager Disaster Proclamation Due to the September Storm Event in the City of Yucaipa
RECOMMENDATION:
That City Council:
1) Adopt Resolution No. 2022-54, ratifying the Proclamation of the existence of a local emergency by the City Manager; and
2) Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign the CDAA request letter to the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services.
DISCUSSION:
On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, the City Manager proclaimed a local emergency due to a storm event in the City of Yucaipa and surrounding communities. Pursuant to Yucaipa Municipal Code Section 8.36.075, the City Manager has the authority to proclaim a local emergency when the City Council is not in session.
Yucaipa Municipal Code Section 8.36.030 defines a local emergency as "...the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a county, city and county, or city, caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, or earthquake or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy, which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of that political subdivision and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat, or with respect to regulated energy utilities, a sudden and severe energy shortage requires extraordinary measures beyond the authority vested in the California Public Utilities Commission." As a direct result of the September 14th storm event, several areas within the City were impacted, requiring emergency work, such as El Dorado Park, Oak Glen Road and Pendleton Road. Staff is developing cost estimates for this required emergency response work necessary to address these areas.
In addition to the emergency work performed to close, cleanup and reopen City facilities/roadways, additional emergency work is anticipated to address approximately 18,000 cubic yards of mud, silt and debris that impacted areas within the Wilson III Basin/Channel area. In addition, the Oak Glen Creek Basin system sustained approximately 25,000 cubic yards of mud, silt, and debris, that in conjunction In
City Council Agenda Report
Ratification of Proclamation for the September Storm Event For Special Meeting of September 20, 2022
with San Bernardino County Flood Control District will need to be removed.
In accordance with Government Code Section 8630, a proclamation by the City Manager remains in effect for seven days unless ratified by the governing body. This action seeks the Council's ratification of the proclamation.
Pursuant to local requirement, the City Council shall review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 14 days until the local emergency is terminated or Council has the option to waive this local requirement for review.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This action will assist City Departments and contract services to recover expenditures related to the December storm event.
Attachment(s): Local Emergency Proclamation
Resolution No. 2022-54
CDAA Request Letter
Photographs of damaged areas within City Limits
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,CAL EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Section 8.36.150 of the City of Yucaipa Municipal Code empowers the City Manager to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local state of emergency to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of local emergency when said City of Yucaipa is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity and the City Council is not in session; and WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Yucaipa does hereby find:
That conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within said City of Yucaipa, caused by excessive rainfall which triggered large mud and debris flow on the 12th day of September 2022, and;
That these conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of said City/County, and;
That the City Council of the City of Yucaipa is not in session and cannot immediately be called into session;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that a local emergency now exists throughout said City of Yucaipa; and the City has activated the EOC at a Level III (Highest level); and
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of said local emergency the powers, functions, and duties of the emergency organization of the City of Yucaipa shall be those prescribed by State Law, by Ordinances and Resolutions of this City of Yucaipa, and that this emergency proclamation shall expire in seven days after issuance unless ratified by the governing body of the City of Yucaipa.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that said local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the governing body of the City of Yucaipa or it is terminated by operation of law.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that a copy of this proclamation be forwarded to the Director of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services.
Dated: September 14, 2022 By: - / / �
Raymond . Casey
Time of Signing: <®v City Manager
34272 Yucaipa Boulevard
Yucaipa, CA 92399
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-54
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YUCAIPA,
CALIFORNIA, RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A
LOCAL EMERGENCY BY THE CITY MANAGER AND REQUESTING THE STATE
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES' CONCURRENCE IN THE
PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on September 12, 2020, the "September Storm" incident in the City of Yucaipa and adjacent communities, posed a significant threat and left in its wake dangerous conditions, at which time the City Council was not in session; and
WHEREAS, in response to the emergency created by the storm, the City Manager proclaimed a local state of emergency on September 14, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager now requests the City Council to ratify the City Manager's proclamation of the existence of a local emergency in accordance with the City of Yucaipa Municipal Code Section 8.36.075 and state law;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Yucaipa does hereby resolve, determine and order as follows:
SECTION 1. The Proclamation of Local Emergency issued by the City Manager is hereby ratified.
SECTION 2. The Proclamation of Local Emergency shall continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council.
SECTION 3. The City Council shall review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 14 days until the local emergency is terminated or waive the local requirement for this emergency.
SECTION 4. A copy of this Resolution shall be forwarded to the State Director of Emergency Services with a request that it be found acceptable in accordance with the provisions of the California Disaster Assistance Act and that the Director concur in the proclamation of local emergency.
SECTION 5. The City Manager is hereby designated as the authorized representative of the City of Yucaipa for the purpose of receipt, processing and coordination of all inquiries and requirements necessary to obtain available state and federal assistance.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify as to the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Yucaipa this 20t" day of September 2022.
ATTEST:
Jennifer Crawford, City Clerk
David Avila
Mayor
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September 20, 2022
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Attn: Mr. Mark Ghilarducci, Director
3650 Schriever Avenue
Mather, CA 95655
Director Ghilarducci,
Please accept this letter as an official written request for consideration to receive a California Disaster Assistance Act declaration regarding the September 2022 Storm Event. On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, the City of Yucaipa proclaimed a local emergency due to the "September Storm" Event. On September 20, 2022, the City Council held a Special Meeting and adopted Resolution No. 2022-54, ratifying the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency by the City Manager.
With significant estimated damage assessment costs to the Wilson Creek and Oak Glen Canyon areas, the need for a local emergency declaration remains vital to the interests of the City and residents, to accomplish work necessary to mitigate the impact of this event.
The City of Yucaipa has determined that this event is beyond our capabilities to respond to and recover from and is requesting state assistance through the California Disaster Assistance Act.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Raymond A. Casey, City Manager
City of Yucaipa
City of Yucaipa
34272 Yucaipa Blvd, Yucaipa, CA 92399
909-797-2489
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FLOOD OF FEBRUARY 1969
Figure 9 — Flooded trailer park downstream of Dunlap Boulevard showing floodwaters returning to the Wilson Creek channel.
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Figure i l — The northside of Dunlap Acres Elementary School showing the debris remaining after the flood. The debris was as deep as six feet. 0 FLOOD OF FEBRUARY 1969
Figure 17 — House and car being flooded in the Dunlap Acres area.
Figure 18 — Southwest corner of Avenue "E" and 12th Street in the Dunlap Acres area. Note the debris .ranging from fine sand to large rocks.
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Figure 19— Looking downstream from Pendleton Avenue showing damage to well structure along Oak Glen Creek.
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Figure 20 — A water well sits several feet above the eroded flood plain of Wilson Creek at about river station 32.5.
19 Tuns of mud moved from Davics Canyon on the south side of Pisgah Peak after the land reached a ` saturation point. The mud Moved into Wildwood Canyon during the flood and some of it ended in Loma Linda, along with chicken coups and anything else in its way. The waves of mud were well At the beginning of the valley's devastatingFebruary 1909 flood, Dunlap Elementary School operated over 10 feet high. In this photograph, Bob Rise is the man on the right inspecting the damage. as a disaster center. After the 100-hour deluge sent debris -laden mud and water knocking down fences -- and devastating the campus, refugees were moved up to the Yucaipa Intermediate School. . r
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In this photograph, Cooper's Trailer Court at Fourteenth Street and Dunlap Boulevard is inundated by floodwater before it reached Wilson Creek. The hanks collapsed, leaving one trailer perched precariously on the edge of the channel. Midway Trailer Park on Avenue (3, however, was speared The torrents, shown here at Twelfth Street and Avenue E, grew worse as the day wore on. Some as the flood torrent re-entered Wibdwood Creek just below Sixth Place. Ultimately, the storm homes were inundated with several feet of mud. The California Highway Petrol closed the freeway, ended and the cleanup began. No lives were lust, but it would be 25 years before the flood control and all accesses between Yucaipa and Calinresa were curt off inu,nwentenrs Would he nail off. -11-
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