RESOLUTION NO.

_____ (2011)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEPORT IN SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY OF LAKE REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR DECLARE A STATEWIDE EMERGENCY RESULTING FROM INFESTATION OF DREISSENID MUSSELS INTO THE WATER BODIES OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, the County of Lake recently adopted a resolution to ask the Governor of the State of California to declare a state-wide State of Emergency due to the infestation of Dreissenid mussels into the water bodies of the state of California and further asking that the Governor request a similar Presidential Proclamation; and WHEREAS, the County of Lakes resolution further requests the State of California to take action by requesting that the state enact legislation to allow local jurisdictions the same enforcement powers and authority as the State Department of Fish and Game to tag and quarantine boats which present a particular source of possible infestation, such as boats coming from out of state or coming from diseased lakes and water bodies within the State of California; and WHEREAS, the County of Lakes resolution further requests the State of California to take action by requesting that the state increase prevention funding through mechanisms such as enacting legislation to increase State Department of Motor Vehicles registration fees for all water craft and adding fees to water distribution billings and require that the monies accrued from such an increase be utilized solely and only for the prevention of Dreissenid mussels in California water bodies. WHEREAS, the County of Lakes resolution further requests the State of California to take action by implementing a statewide program which acknowledges watercraft as a vector for disease, indentifies and imposes a thirty-day quarantine on those watercraft which cannot be adequately decontaminated due to the configuration and/or type and which includes a long-range plan to achieve the goal of ultimately allowing only watercraft which can be classified as vector-free into any water bodies in the State of California. WHEREAS, the County of Lakes resolution further requests the State of California to take action to encourage collaboration among all local jurisdictions and the State Department of Fish and Game and include in the statewide program a mechanism whereby the local jurisdiction share not only in the enforcement authority of the Department of Fish and Game but all sources of funding as well. WHEREAS, the County of Lakes resolution further requests the State of California to take action to include in the statewide program and aggressive educational component to ensure that the dangers of infestation by these mussels are well understood by all who seek to enjoy and/or benefit from the water bodies of this State. WHEREAS, the County of Lakes resolution further requests the State of California to take action by enacting legislation to require any local jurisdiction that has been infested with Dreissenids Resolution No. _____ (2011) Page 1

must impose a thirty-day quarantine on all water craft leaving those jurisdictions, including the banding of watercraft to trailers. WHEREAS, the County of Lakes resolution further requests the State of California to take action to maintain high mussel awareness and 24/7 coverage at all existing State border inspection stations and establish inspection stations on major south to north roadways (e.g. US 101, 99, I-5, 395) within the State of California. WHEREAS, the threat of infestation by Dreissenid mussels will have severe ecological and economic impacts on the City of Lakeport as well as the County of Lake. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lakeport that the City Council supports the Countys resolution asking that a state-wide state of emergency be declared by the Governor and asking for implementation by the State of California of the actions set forth above. The foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 30th day of August, 2011, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSTAINING: ABSENT: ________________________________ SUZANNE LYONS, Mayor

ATTEST: ________________________________ JANEL M. CHAPMAN, City Clerk

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