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19 82 STAFF REPORT CITY CLERK
CITY COUNCIL File #1000-80
DATE: November 4, 2014
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Christopher L. Foss, City Manager "
SUBJECT: Drought Emergency Continuance
Prepared by Roger Bradley, Assistant to the City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
On March 18, 2014, the City Council adopted a Resolution declaring a State of Emergency in
the City of Dublin due to extreme drought conditions within the State and City. The City Council
will consider continuing extending the State of Emergency for an additional 30 days.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council, by motion, as required by Government Code Section
8630(c), which states that the City Council shall review the need for continuing a local
emergency at least once every 30 days until the governing body terminates the local
emergency, continue the State of Emergency that was declared on March 18, 2014, based on
the fact that extreme drought conditions continue to exist within both the State of California and
City of Dublin, and the threat to the safety and welfare of Dublin residents remains.
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Assistant to the City Manager Assistant City Manager
DESCRIPTION:
On March 18, 2014, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 26-14 (Attachment 1), declaring a
State of Emergency due to extreme drought conditions within the State and within the City of
Dublin. State law requires that the City Council revisit and consider whether to extend the State
of Emergency within the City at least once every 30 days. At the current time, the Governor's
State of Emergency declaration, as well as those passed by Dublin San Ramon Services District
and Zone 7, still stand. As a result, Staff recommends that the City Council find that the drought
conditions and the resultant threat to the City and its residents and businesses have not
changed and continue the drought emergency for an additional 30 days.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH: None.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Resolution No. 26-14
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RESOLUTION NO. 26 - 14
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO EXTREME DROUGHT
CONDITIONS
WHEREAS, California Government Code 8630(a) and Ordinance No. 02-85 (Section 6.A(1))
of the City of Dublin, adopted on January 14, 1985, empower the City Council 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
WHEREAS the State of California is experiencing record dry conditions, with 2014 projected
to become the driest year on record; and
WHEREAS, the State's water supplies have dipped to alarming levels, indicated by the
following: snowpack in California's mountains is approximately 20 percent less than the normal
average; California's largest water reservoirs have very low water levels for this time of year;
California's major river systems have significantly reduced surface water flows; and groundwater
levels throughout the State have dropped significantly; and
WHEREAS, extremely dry conditions have persisted since 2012 and may continue beyond
this year and more regularly into the future; and
WHEREAS, on January 17, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency
based on drought conditions in California and called on all Californians to conserve water, with the
goal of reducing consumption by 20 percent; and
WHEREAS, the Zone 7 Board of Directors declared a drought emergency on January 29,
2014; and
WHEREAS, the Dublin San Ramon Services District Board of Directors declared a community
drought emergency on February 18, 2014; and
WHEREAS, Dublin Municipal Code Section 2.44.060.A.6 states that whenever the Governor
declares a State of Emergency, the City Manager is empowered to take certain actions including to
direct emergency efforts, to make and issue rules and regulations of matters reasonably related to
the protection of life and property, to obtain vital supplies, and to require emergency services; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby find: 1) that the conditions of
extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen within the City of Dublin, caused by
the aforementioned extreme drought conditions; 2) that the aforementioned conditions of extreme
peril warrant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency; and 3) that in
order to show solidarity with the water purveyors within the community and to assist them with
combating the effects of said drought conditions, a local emergency should be declared; and
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WHEREAS, California Government Code section 8630(c) states that City Council shall review
the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 30 days.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED by the City Council of the City of
Dublin that a LOCAL DROUGHT EMERGENCY now exists throughout the City; and
BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that said LOCAL DROUGHT
EMERGENCY shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City
Council of the City of Dublin.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of March 2014, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Biddle, Gupta, Hart, Haubert, and Mayor Sbranti
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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ABSTAIN: None
Mayor
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Reso No.26-14,Adopted 3-18-14, Item 3.4 Page 2 of 2