2024 Declaration of Disaster Emergency

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AMENDED DECLARATION OF STAGE 2 FIRE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE WHEREAS, Chapter 2.32 of the Louisville Municipal Code and C.R.S. § 24-33.5-801 et seq. authorizes the Mayor of the City of Louisville to declare that a disaster emergency has occurred or the threat of such event is imminent from any natural cause or cause of human origin, including but not limited to fire; and WHEREAS, on July 1, 2024, based on competent evidence of high fire danger including quantitative data produced by the National Weather Service of the United States Forest Service as follows: 1000 hr. fuel moisture at 7%, an Energy Release Component above the 80th percentile, a seasonal shift toward moderate to severe drought conditions, and the existence of a DO abnormally dry drought conditions in Western Boulder County; and WHEREAS, in the past week, the Stone Canyon Fire and the Lake Shore Fire started burning in Boulder County and other fires began burning and remain active in surrounding counties, depleting the regional resources available to emergency response, evacuation, and firefighting; and WHEREAS, competent evidence including quantitative data produced by the National Weather Service and the United States Forest Service, exists, which necessitates implementing Stage 2 Fire Restrictions in the City and includes: a. 1000 hr. fuels: <8% b. Energy Release Component (ERC): >90th percentile c. Above average warm and dry conditions anticipated for the extended forecast d. Portions of Boulder County are currently in a D2 Abnormally dry drought condition, forecasted to increase over the next few weeks e. Exceptional draw -down of firefighting resources and extreme competition for assets due to national, regional, and state-wide fire activity; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County and Boulder County Sheriff have today, August 1, 2024, issued an order Declaring Stage 2 Fire Restrictions for all Unincorporated Areas in Boulder County, finding such measure necessary to reduce the danger of wildfire, forest or grass fires in unincorporated Boulder County; and WHEREAS, as a municipality wholly contained within Boulder County, there exists a threat of the spread of wildfire to properties within the City; and WHEREAS, declaration of a local disaster emergency pursuant to Chapter 2.32 of the Louisville Municipal Code authorizes the enactment of the measures set forth herein, in order to protect the health and safety of the public by in the City of Louisville; and WHEREAS, on August 1, 2024 at 8:30 p.m., the Mayor of the City of Louisville, as principal executive officer of the City of Louisville, unilaterally declared a local disaster pursuant to § 24-33.5-709, C.R.S. and Section 2.32.010 of the Louisville Municipal Code and imposed