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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-15 RESOLUTION NO. 18-15 A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, affirming and ratifying the Declaration of Emergency issued by the City Manager and Mayor Di Guilio on December 15, 2015. WHEREAS,a Declaration of Emergency was issued by the Mayor and the City Manager on December 15, 2015 based on the following: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles: The Council hereby adopts, as if set out in full, the Declaration of Emergency, together with the map and Exhibit A attached to the Declaration. The Council hereby finds that the facts recited in Exhibit A of the Declaration are true and correct. On the basis of those facts, the Council finds and declares that the break of a 10 inch watermain at the intersection of Marine Drive and Cedar Street constitutes an emergency in the City of Port Angeles. The City Council affirms and ratifies the Declaration of Emergency issued by the City Manager and Mayor on the 151h of December, 2015. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 15`" day of December, 2015. C /"N &0 e� Dan Di Guilio, Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS T� ORM: Jenni er Veneklasen, City Clerk William E. Bloor, City Attorney H:\a ORDINANCES&RESOLUTIOWRE-SOLUTIONS.2015U0-Declaration of Emergency-Watermain Affirm Ratify.Wpd f. -1- DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY Dan DiGuilio,Mayor, and Dan McKeen,the City Manager of the City of Port Angeles find that the following facts exist: 1. The City incurred a 10 inch watermain break at the intersection of Marine Drive and Cedar Street,impacting Tumwater Truck Route, which is the single,central-most intersection in the City for marine trades and industrial traffic; and 2. The break is causing significant disruption to the City's industrial and marine trades area more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto; and 3. This situation constitues an emergency present which may necessitate activation of the City of Port Angeles Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, including utilization of emergency powers granted pursuant to RCW 35.33.081 and RCW 38.52.070(2). Now,therefore,by the authority granted to me under State law and by the City Council,we hereby declare that an emergency exists in Port Angeles due to a watermain break and that the City is authorized to do the following: 1. Enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to combat such emergency situation to protect the health and safety of persons and the preservation of property; and 2. Each City department is authorized to exercise the powers vested under this resolution in light of the emergency situation without regard to time-consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law (excepting mandatory constitutional requirements). DATED this �� day of December, 2015. Dan McKeen, City Manager Dan DiGuilio, Mayor Attachment"A" In the late afternoon of December 14, 2015, a major 10" cast iron water main that was originally installed in 1942 ruptured at the intersection of Marine Drive and Cedar Street, in the downtown Port Angeles area. The exact location of this break was discovered the same day by City work crews that began repair of the waterline the evening of December 14, 2015. By that time,however,water gushing from the rupture caused localized flooding, voids under the road way and sidewalk, ruin of the road surface, and closure of the intersection to all traffic. This closure disrupts transportation at the Truck Route of Highway 101 at Marine Drive. This closure will continue until the streets damaged by the rupture can be repaired. This situation constitutes an emergency because: • The area west of the blocked intersection contains diverse and significant amounts of commercial, industrial,marine trades, and related businesses. All emergency services in the area use that intersection as the primary response route to the area west of the intersection. So long as the intersection remains blocked, emergency services response times to the area will increase substantially, which significantly compromises public health, safety, and welfare. • The blocked intersection is a primary route for commerce and deliveries in and out of the area west of the ruptured water main. There is no convenient, easily-accessible alternative route for large trucks and commercial vehicles. The closure of this intersection is causing significant, unacceptable interference with timely and safe commerce and public services and facilities. Some non-essential traffic will be excluded from the area until the intersection is repaired. • Until the intersection is repaired, some essential commercial traffic and trucks will be detoured through areas of the City that are not designed to accommodate such traffic, and that will increase the hazard to the public in those neighborhoods. • This waterline break and resulting damage constitutes a significant,unprecedented event in Port Angeles; it justifies declaration of an emergency; and it requires, immediate attention has been required and continues to be required to protect the public health, safety and welfare, and to insure public safety. • The best interests of the citizens of Port Angeles require the blocked intersection be restored to fully functioning condition and that the City do all that is necessary and prudent to quickly and expeditiously repair the intersection. • For all of these reasons, immediate attention has been required and continues to be required to protect the public health, safety and welfare, and to insure public safety. y`4 6 r� :x xx W �� • * kN t llt/�f Ai } 3 x. • ' t. w .r ii��h1 ° Ve F '.