Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout17-203 !r , � 1 = -r,. /,i«i / 4i,rlrli pr r r r,!rG //l rri� rr !l/ r 91++%r,�,re,,,�rr ,v i;rir,r,,,/ir/p r i/,�rr/tlr✓r, rrr �l,! � rru,, 1 %1/1i 7 C / //r/",1,,, lr, trl/ll / /I/1// ,/l/�l1lr,,r /©�J / r l /,l,�i�/J/�/r/l//,,,,,/ ,.i/ � ,/// ,✓f Ire, P,r ./ l � fah 1.k���3 h i ! r ✓Y ll i � r ��, J 1,�/ r � „�,r,r �,o-��,� !;�l u / ,f � /�� /G r /, r ✓o //�i / � I�� r� /�r r�l/�/r�// ,�r� r„ Resolution No. 17-203 RESOLUTION CONTINUING 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 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, 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, on October 18, 2017, the local Health Officer found that a local health emergency existed 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 posed a substantial present and potential hazard to human health and safety and to the environment, unless it is addressed and managed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Declaration of 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 12t' 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 IVI�aureen Kirk, Vice-Chair Butte County Board of Supervisors ATTEST: Shari IMcCracken, Interim Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: 0 0�" � Depy