To: Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): County Administrator
Staff Name and Phone Number: Chris Godley 565-2052; Karen Holbrook 565-4599
Vote Requirement: Majority
Supervisorial District(s): All
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Resolution Ratifying the Proclamation of a Local Health Emergency by the Sonoma County Health Officer due to the 2019 Winter Storms and Flooding.
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Recommended Actions:
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Adopt a Resolution Ratifying the Proclamation of a Local Health Emergency by the Sonoma County Health Officer due to the 2019 Winter Storms and Flooding.
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Executive Summary:
This item requests the Board of Supervisors to adopt a resolution ratifying the proclamation of local health emergency issued by the County Health Officer.
Discussion:
After reviewing current conditions in the flooded areas, the County Health Officer has proclaimed a local health emergency due to the presence of significant household hazardous waste in the flood zone that requires proper disposal. Household hazardous waste cannot be disposed of in the general trash disposal and must be disposed of at an authorized facility. Household hazardous waste is accumulating faster at collection points than local resources can remove and process the materials, and household hazardous waste materials have been observed scattered along the waterways on public and private properties. The proclamation will assist in ensuring disposal that does not endanger health and the environment. County hazmat staff are currently coordinating with State staff from the Department of Toxic Substances Control and addressing areas where exigent actions are necessary to protect health and the environment.
Staff recommends that the Board ratify the County Health Officer’s proclamation of local health emergency in order to meet the seven-day period a proclamation can remain in force without Board ratification. By statute, the Board must review and renew this emergency proclamation every 30 days. When conditions improve, staff will request the Board formally terminate the emergency.
Prior Board Actions:
The Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 19-0096 proclaiming a local emergency on February 26, 2019.
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Attachments:
Proposed Resolution;
County Health Officer Health Emergency Proclamation.
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