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Adopt a resolution to extend the Proclamation of a Local Emergency dated February 15, 2017 and ratified on February 22, 2017 in accordance with California Government Code 8630 for atmospheric river events which occurred between February 7, 2017 through February 12, 2017 that resulted in multiple significant rainfall events causing damage to public infrastructure and private property. (4/5ths vote required)
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution to extend the Proclamation of a Local Emergency dated February 15, 2017 and ratified on February 22, 2017 in accordance with California Government Code 8630 for atmospheric river events which occurred between February 7, 2017 through February 12, 2017 that resulted in multiple significant rainfall events causing damage to public infrastructure and private property.
SUMMARY:
The extension of the ratified emergency proclamation will allow for continual vital repairs to damages to infrastructure which has occurred from localized flooding, roadway slope erosion and embankment slip-outs, debris flows, landslides, and culvert failure affecting the safety of said roadways; obstruction of public roadways from storm water, storm debris and roadway failure; damage to storm drain infrastructure; and damage to public and private utilities and damage to public facilities and parks. Safety concerns will result in road closures, areas of isolation, loss of power and other critical infrastructure that will continue to impact public safety and repose.
DISCUSSION:
The conditions warranting and necessitating a proclamation of the existence of a local emergency have not been resolved and immediate action continues to be necessary to mitigate the effects of the local emergency. Specific areas of concern from the storms and landslides throughout the Santa Lucia Mountains and specifically in the Big Sur area. Such occurrences have resulted in landslides that have damaged the Pfeiff...
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