Agenda Item No.
CITY OF YUCAIPA
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Trevor Benson, Emergency Services Coordinator ► 7 FOR: City Council Meeting of August 28, 2023
SUBJECT: Extending the Existence of a Local Emergency Due to the 2022 September Storm Event
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council extend the declaration of a local emergency as a result of the 2022 September Storm Event.
2022 SEPTEMBER STORM BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION:
On September 14, 2022, the Yucaipa City Manager proclaimed a local emergency due to the 2022 September Storm Event in Yucaipa and surrounding communities. The storm which was caused by remnants of Hurricane Kay produced conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City of Yucaipa, in the form of infrastructure damage, from extreme weather including intense rain, wind, flooding and debris flow.
On September 14, 2022, the County of San Bernardino declared a County -Wide, local emergency due to the storm.
At the September 20, 2022, Special City Council Meeting, Council adopted resolution number 2022-54, ratifying the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency by the City Manager.
Post storm assessments were conducted in the burn areas and debris basins to identify on -site and downstream threats to public health or safety from landslides, debris flow, flooding, road hazards and other post -fire related concerns, as well as to determine measures to prevent or mitigate identified threats.
As a direct result of the September 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,
City Council Agenda Report
Extending Local Emergency for 2022 September Storm Event For Meeting of August 28, 2023
silt, and debris, that, in conjunction with San Bernardino County Flood Control District, will need to be removed.
Subsequently, the City recently experienced another significant storm event this past week with rainfall totaling as much as 4.5 inches in parts of the community, once again testing the systems constructed over the past twenty years and maintained between and during these storm events.
Pursuant to Yucaipa Municipal Code 8.36.160, the City Council shall review, at least every fourteen (14) days, unless waived by the City Council to meet State requirements, until such local emergency is terminated, the need for continuing the local emergency.
Staff is hereby requesting the City Council waive the fourteen (14) day requirement for review and extend this Local Emergency until City Council can review it at the next regular Council meeting on September 25, 2023, as the September 11, 2023 City Council meeting is expected to be cancelled.
Such declaration facilitates the City's response to combat perilous conditions by providing limited immunity for emergency actions of public employees and governing bodies, authorizing the issuance of orders and regulations to protect life and property, and activating pre -established local emergency provisions.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The extension of this declaration of local emergency will maintain the City's compliance with State and Federal requirements for emergency response and continue the City's eligibility to receive State and Federal emergency assistance funds.
Approved by: