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Resolution No. 17-177
RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL HEALTH EMERGENCY
DUE TO THE CHEROKEE AND LAPORTE FIRES
WHEREAS, on October 8, 2017, wild fires called Cherokee and LaPorte began in and around the County of Butte;
and
WHEREAS,the Cherokee and LaPorte Fires have burned more than 14 thousand acres of land,destroying multiple
structures in Butte County, including homes, and caused the evacuation of residents and damage to roads and other
critical infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, on October 9, 2017, (Butte County Chief Administrative Officer Paull Hahn declared a local Emergency
in Butte County, which declaration was ratified by the Board of Supervisors on October 10, 2017; and
WHEREAS, on October 9, 2017, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued an emergency proclamation for Butte
County due to the effects of the Wind Complex and Cherokee Fire; and
WHEREAS, together the LaPorte and Cherokee Fires destroyed an estimated 39 homes, 4 commercial buildings
and 50 additional structures, and as a result created an enormous amount of debris; and
WHEREAS,the debris resulting from the LaPorte and Cherokee Fires contains hazardous material in the ash of the
burned structures,which has created a health emergency and poses a substantial present and potential hazard to (human
health and safety and to the environment unless it is addressed and managed; and
WHEREAS, the approaching rainy season threatens to spread the hazardous material in the ash of the burned)
structures and could thereby pollute and contaminate the drinking water supply of the affected areas of Butte County;
and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of section 101080 of the California Health and Safety Code, the Local Health
Officer may declare a local health emergency in the jurisdiction or in any area thereof affected by hazardous material that
is an imminent threat to the public's health; and
WHEREAS, the Local Health Officer finds that a local health emergency exists in Butte County due to the debris
resulting from the Cherokee and LaPorte Fires, that contains hazardous material) in the ash of the burned structures, and
poses a substantial present and potential hazard to human health and safety and to the environment,unless it is addressed
and managed.
BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED that, during the existence of said health emergency, the powers, functions and
duties of the local health officer shall be those prescribed by state law including without limitation the provisions of
sections 101075 through 101095 of the California Health and Safety Code and by other statutes as applicable; and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED that the Declaration of a local Health Emergency in Butte County due to
the debris resulting from the Cherokee and LaPorte Fires that contain hazardous material in the ash of the burned
structures as described above shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 24"day of October, 2017, by the following
vote:
AYES: Supervisors Wahl, Kirk, Lambert,Teeter, and Chair Connelly
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Bill Connelly,Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Paul Hahn, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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