Supervisors approve emergency declaration

Monterey County supervisors today approved and extended an emergency declaration for storm damage that occurred between January 4 and January 12, 2017 in the county.

The original declaration was issued last week by the County Administrator’s office.

Today’s action formally ratifies the original declaration and extends it to include damage from subsequent storms. It also relaxes some regulations to allow for the timely repair of storm damage.

The County noted that storm damage included localized flooding, roadway slope erosion and embankment slip-outs, debris flows, landslides, and culvert failure affecting the safety of roadways; obstruction of public roadways from storm water, storm debris and roadway failure; damage to storm drain infrastructure; and damage to public and private utilities and damage to public facilities and parks.