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Resolution No. 17-2012
RESOLUTION CONTINUING THE PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY—CHEROKEE AND LAPORTE FIRES
WHEREAS, on October B, 2017,wild fires called Cherokee and LaPorte began in and around the County of Butte;and
WHEREAS,the Cherokee and LaPorte Fires burned more than 14 thousand acres of hand, destroyed 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 Offiicer Paul 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 fires; and
WHEREAS,together the LaPorte and Cherokee Fires destroyed an estimated 42 homes,4 commercial buildings and 50
additional structures, and as a result created an enormous amount of debris; and
WHEREAS,some of the ash in the burned structures resulting from the LaPorte and Cherokee Fires contains hazardous
material, 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,on October 18,2017,the local Health.Officer declared a local health emergency to exist in Butte County due
to the debris resulting from the Cherokee and LaPorte Fires,which was initially ratified by the Board of Supervisors on October
24, 201.7..
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Declaration of Local Emergency in Butte County due to the Cherokee and
LaPorte Fires shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 12th day of December, 2017, by the following
vote:
AYES:Supervisors Wahl, Lambert,Teeter, and Vice-Chair Kirk
NOES: None
ABSENT:Supervisor Connelly
NOT VOTING: None
Maure -Kirk,Vice-Cha tr--~-`
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Shari McCracken, Interim Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the (Board of Supervisors
By:_ r
Deput