2020-214-Resolution No. 2020-024 Recorded 6/30/2020REVIEWED
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LEGAL COUNSEL
Recorded in Deschutes County C J2020_214
Nancy Blankenship, County Clerk
commissioners' Journal 06/30/2020 10:31:36 AM
2020-214
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
A Resolution Declaring a Countywide State of
Emergency and Requesting State Declaration of * RESOLUTION NO.2020-024
Drought Emergency within all of Deschutes
County
WHEREAS, ORS 401.309 and the Deschutes County Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) authorize the
county governing body to declare a state of emergency within the county or within a designated portion of the
county; and
WHEREAS, drought conditions endanger crops and livestock, endanger the health and safety of the
county's population, jeopardize economic vitality within the county, and imperil the quality of the environment;
and
WHEREAS, the Deschutes Basin Board of Control has informed Deschutes County that continuing
extreme weather conditions within the county are likely to cause widespread and severe damage to livestock,
wildlife, natural resources, recreation, tourism and related economies; and
and
and
WHEREAS, snow melt which feeds all water sources within the county is substantially below average;
WHEREAS, Wickiup Reservoir is presently filled to its second lowest level on record; and
WHEREAS, month end contents at Wickiup Reservoir for April and May are the lowest ever on record;
WHEREAS, the low water levels at Wickiup Reservoir will cause impacts to fishing and recreating; and
WHEREAS, the Deschutes River is experiencing extremely low natural flow levels such that all
irrigation districts dependent upon water flows from the Deschutes River will be impacted; and
WHEREAS, the extended weather forecast for Central Oregon projects higher than normal temperatures
and below average precipitation, now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES
COUNTY, OREGON, as follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to ORS 401.309,the Deschutes County EOP, and information provided to
Deschutes County by the Deschutes Basin Board of Control, a State of Emergency is presently declared within
Deschutes County.
Section 2. Pursuant to ORS 401.032(2), the governing body for Deschutes County finds that the
appropriate response is beyond the capability of Deschutes County.
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Section 3. The governing body for Deschutes County respectfully submits the Request contained
immediately below in Section 4.
Section 4. Request: The Honorable Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon, declare a Drought Emergency
for all of Deschutes County under the provisions of ORS 401.165 and ORS Chp. 536 due to severe and
continuing drought conditions beginning at this time and continuing to October 31, 2020; and direct the Oregon
Department of Water Resources and other Oregon executive branch agencies to make available for all purveyors
of water within Deschutes County Temporary Transfers of Water Rights, Emergency Water Use Permits, and
Use of Existing Right Option/Agreement; and other federal and state drought assistance and programs as
needed.
Section 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its adoption.
Dated this of , 2020
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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ANTHONY DeBONE, Vice Chair
PHILIP G. H NDERSON, Commissioner
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AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT
For Board of Commissioners BOCC Monday Meetinq of June 15, 2020
DATE: June 11, 2020
FROM: Tom Anderson, Administrative Services, 541-388-6565
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM:
Consideration of Board Signature of Resolution No. 2020-024, Declaring Drought
Emergency in Deschutes County