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RESOLUTION NO. 2019-09
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH RATIFYING FEBRUARY 27,
2019, PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS:
1. On February 27, 2019, under the authority in Ukiah City Code Section 5125 (Ordinance No. 995,
§1), the Director of Emergency Services proclaimed the existence of a local emergency as a result
of conditions created by the severe winter storm affecting the City of Ukiah ("City") beginning February
25th and conditions still exists. A true and correct copy of the Resolution Proclaiming Existence of a
Local Emergency is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference; and
2. While heavy rainfall has temporarily stopped, sods are saturated, heavy run-off continues,
conditions at the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant continue to risk a breach of the holding ponds,
and additional rainfall is predicted, all of which threaten to continue or create local emergency
conditions; and
3. The City Council has reviewed Exhibit A and concurs with the findings in the Proclamation; and
4. The City Council will review this declaration at its next regular meeting, occurring not more than 14
days from the date the Resolution Proclaiming Existence of a Local Emergency is ratified by this
resolution;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby ratifies the proclamation of a
"local emergency" by the Director of Emergency Services and proclaims and orders that said local
emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council.
The City Council shall review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 14 days
until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby proclaims and orders that during the
existence of a local emergency, the powers, functions, and duties of the Director of Emergency
Services and the emergency organization of the City shall be those prescribed by (1) state law, (2)
City ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Council and (3) the City Operational Area
Emergency Plan, as approved by the City Council.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this declaration shall be forwarded to the County of
Mendocino Office of Emergency Services (OES) with a request that OES forward the Resolution to
California Office of Emergency Services Director, Mark Ghilarducci for concurrence of a local
emergency.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of March 2019, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Orozco, Brown, Scalmanini, Crane, and Mayor Mulheren
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
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Kristine Lawler, City Clerk
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Maurlen Mulheren, May
EXHIBIT A
RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
IWHEREAS, Ukiah City Code Section 5125 (Ordinance No. 995, §1) empowers the Director of Emergency
Services to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when said city is affected or
likely to be affected by a public calamity and the City Council is not in session: and
WHEREAS, on February 21, 2019, the Governor of California proclaimed that the atmospheric river system
that has swept across California has created conditions producing a State of Emergency in counties throughout
the state; and
WHEREAS, the County of Mendocino proclaimed a Local Emergency on February 26, 2019, due to the severe
winter storms commencing on February 25, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services of the City of Ukiah does hereby find that conditions of extreme
peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within the City, caused by the severe winter storms
which began to impact the City on February 25, 2019; and
WHEREAS, on the February 26, 2019, heavy rains from the winter storm have produced inflows to the City's
Wastewater Treatment Plant that exceed the secondary effluent storage capacity of the plant's percolation
ponds; and
IWHEREAS, these conditions are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and
facilities of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ukiah 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 of
Ukiah.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of said local emergency the poweb,
functions, and duties of the emergency organization of this City shall be those prescribed by state law and
ordinances and resolutions of this City, and that this emergency proclamation shall expire in 7 days after
issuance unless confirmed and ratified by City Council of the City of Ukiah.
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