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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Ken Pulskamp
DATE: January 25, 2005
SUBJECT: 14 -DAY RATIFICATION OF RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING
EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY AND REQUESTING
GOVERNOR TO (1) PROCLAIM A STATE OF EMERGENCY
AND (2) REQUEST A PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION
DEPARTMENT: Parks, Recreation & Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council approve and ratify existing Resolution proclaiming existence of a local
emergency and requesting Governor to proclaim a State of Emergency and request a
Presidential Declaration.
BACKGROUND
Ordinance No. 89-6 of the City of Santa Clarita 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. Conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons
and property have arisen within the City caused by severe storms and flooding commencing on or
about 10:00 a.m. on January 7, 2005. These conditions of extreme peril warranted and
necessitated the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency throughout the City. When a
local emergency is proclaimed, City Council must review the need to continue the proclamation
at least every 14 days until the local emergency is terminated.
The Director of Emergency Services of the City did proclaim the existence of a local emergency
within the City on January 8, 2005. This local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist
until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council. With this declaration, it has now been
found that local resources are unable to cope with the effects of said emergency. On January 15,
2005, the Governor proclaimed all of Los Angeles County to be in a State of Emergency, and a
Presidential Declaration request is pending.
NPROVED
ALTERNATWE ACTIONS
1. Decline adoption of Resolution.
2. Other action as determined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The estimated public cost: $860,000.
The estimated private cost: $2,140,000.