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RESOLUTION 24-20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING THE NEED TO CONTINUE LOCAL EMERGENCY
RELATED TO FIRE AND RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FROM NAVY
NORTH HANGAR
WHEREAS, Tustin Municipal Code Sections 5204 and 5205 empower the City
Manager, as the Director of Emergency Services, to declare the existence or threatened
existence of a local emergency; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8550 et seq., including Section
8558(c), authorizes the City Manager to proclaim a local emergency when the City is
threatened by conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property
within the City that are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel,
equipment, and facilities of the City; and
WHEREAS, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, a fire erupted on the
decommissioned Tustin Air Base in the North Hangar, a wooden structure, constructed
in the 1940's and designated as a Historical Landmark; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Navy is the responsible owner of the site, including the North
Hangar, but does not maintain firefighting or other equipment due to the decommissioned
status of former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin; and
WHEREAS, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have
arisen in the City of Tustin due to the fire and the release of chemicals of public health
concern including asbestos; and
WHEREAS, remediation of debris from the fire continues to be needed to protect
the health and safety of the public; and
WHEREAS, the Acting City Manager issued a Proclamation of Local Emergency
on November 9, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the City Council ratified the Proclamation of Emergency at an
emergency meeting convened on November 10, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City Council met on January 9, 2024, to review the local
emergency and determined that the need for the local emergency continued to exist; and
WHEREAS, enormous amounts of fire debris and collected asbestos -containing
debris are currently contained on Navy -owned property near the former hangar location
pending the Navy's removal and transportation of the materials to an off -site, licensed
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hazardous waste disposal facility. To date, none of those stockpiled materials have been
transported by the Navy; and
WHEREAS, a specific date has not yet been scheduled for the Navy's debris
removal, but the removal is anticipated to occur in the coming weeks or months; and
WHEREAS, active air quality monitoring is continuing and the City plans to
continue such monitoring until all related debris is removed from the hangar site by the
Navy; and
WHEREAS, a scientific study of the soils and interiors of residential properties in
the impacted areas is being undertaken by the City under the guidance of the Federal,
State and local health and environmental agencies.
WHEREAS, although a substantial amount of the debris removal in the community
has been addressed under the direction of Certified Asbestos Consultants, debris
removal continues in response to reports of contaminated debris from the community.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Tustin as
follows:
Section 1. The need exists to continue the local emergency related to the
release of chemicals of public health concern, including asbestos, from the fire at the
Navy's North Hangar.
Section 2. The local emergency will continue to exist until the City Council
proclaims the termination of this local emergency. The City Council shall review the need
for continuing the local emergency as required by state law until it terminates the local
emergency, and shall terminate the local emergency at the earliest possible date that
conditions warrant.
Section 3. A copy of this Resolution shall be forwarded to the Director of
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services to communicate the City's renewed
request that the Governor of the State of California, pursuant to the Emergency Services
Act, issue a proclamation declaring an emergency in the City of Tustin; that the Governor
waive regulations that may hinder response and recovery efforts; that recovery assistance
be made available under the California Disaster Assistance Act; and that the State
expedite access to State and Federal resources and any other appropriate federal
disaster relief programs.
ADOPTED this 5th day of March 2024.
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DocuSigned by:
AU f+q-ELV8ARD,
Mayor
ATTEST: os
DocuSigned by:
E RtCPX1YA'8LYDA,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of
the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 24-20 was duly passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 5t" day of March,
2024, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBER RECUSED:
DocuSigned by: rDS
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ER °WYA83UDA,
City Clerk
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