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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Urgency Ordinance 5151, entitled "Caldor Fire Consolidated Debris Removal Program", adding Chapter 8.10 to Title 8 of the El Dorado County Ordinance Code, to establish requirements for the Caldor Fire Consolidated Debris Removal Program;
2) Find that the urgency ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to statutory exemption Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(3) (projects to maintain, repair, restore, or replace property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a declared disaster); Section 21080(b)(4) (actions necessary to mitigate an emergency); and CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(a) (maintaining, repairing, restoring, demolishing, or replacing property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster). (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: N/A
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On August 14, 2021, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property commenced within the County of El Dorado caused by the Caldor Fire. The Caldor Fire has consumed over 218,000 acres, destroying nearly 1,000 structures including residences.
On August 17, 2021, the Governor of the State of California proclaimed a State of Emergency for El Dorado County due to the Caldor Fire.
According to El Dorado County Ordinance Code Chapter 2.21, the Sheriff is designated as the Director of the Office of Emergency Services and, as such, is authorized to proclaim a local emergency. The Sheriff as the Director of the Office of Emergency Services proclaimed a local emergency on August 17, 2021, based on conditions of extreme danger to the safety of person and property within the territorial limits of the County of El Dorado as result of the Caldor Fire.
On August 19, 2021, the Board of Supervisors ratified the local emergency proclaimed by the Sheriff as the County’s Director of the Office of Emergency Services, by sign...
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