DEPARTMENT: Office of Emergency Management, Fire Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Lawrence Trevino, Deputy Chief, Charles Hood, Fire Chief
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Actions related to declaration of local disaster
SUMMARY:
An ordinance extending the declaration of local disaster and authorizing the City Manager to enter into mutual aid agreements and expend public funds of the City for provision of services with disaster relief agencies and vendors to provide items or services needed by the individuals forced to evacuate Gulf Coast communities, and to seek reimbursement for all expenditures, from federal, state and local sources.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On August 23, 2017, Governor Greg Abbott certified that Hurricane Harvey posed a threat of imminent disaster in numerous counties along the Texas Coast and declared a state of disaster in numerous counties beginning August 23, 2017. On August 26, 2017, the Governor amended the disaster proclamation issued prior to the arrival to Hurricane Harvey to declare a disaster in additional Texas counties including Bexar. On August 25, 2017, the Presiding Judge of Bexar County and the Mayor of the City of San Antonio determined that extraordinary and immediate measures must be taken to respond quickly and alleviate the suffering of people displaced by Hurricane Harvey and declared a local state of disaster for Bexar County and the City of San Antonio for a period of seven days. The conditions necessitating declaration of a state of disaster continue to exist, and it is necessary to extend the declaration until terminated by the City Council.
Governor Abbott has asked cities to accept persons displaced by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey and to provide services for these hurricane victims, and has declared an emergency for the State of Texas in order to fund these activities.
Mayor Ron Nirenberg has welcomed displaced persons to the City of San Antonio and the City Council desires to offer...
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