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Conejo Recreation & Park District . ..... ........ . . .... - �1 GENERAL MANAGER Jim Friedl DATE: October 1, 2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS George M. Lange, Chair Doug Nickles, Vice Chair Susan L. Holt, Director Chuck Huffer, Director Nellie Cusworth, Director GENERAL MANAGER EMERITUS Tex Ward TO: Board of Directors FROM: Jim Friedl, General Mana SUBJECT: The California Emerge 'ce Act and Consideration of iharmr r erdon of Res6ution 031920-A Declaring and Joond'ng with the City of 1,- hoLmaf, nd O�,�ks' Prociamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency. RECOMMENDATION Leave in place the Resolution 031920-A joining with the County and City's emergency declarations. BACKGROUND California Government Code section 8630 states that, "A local emergency may be proclaimed only by the governing body of a city, county, or city and county...." This law does not contemplate a special district, independent of a city or county, declaring a local emergency on its own. Nothing prohibits a special district from joining a City or County's emergency declaration if the special district is within the emergency's operational area. Some particular special districts (such as fire districts) are provided with additional statutory authority and powers upon the declaration of a local emergency, but there do not appear to be any additional statutory powers or authority bestowed upon a recreation and dark district crewed under the Public Resources Code (as is CRPD). On March 19, 2020, the CRPD Board adopted a resolution joining with the City and County in declaring a local emergency. CRPD's declaration of emergency essentially rides on the coattails of the County and City's emergency declarations and terminates when their declarations terminate, or upon minute order of the Board of Directors, whichever is earlier. Specifically the Resolution provides: "The CRPD is informed and believes that it is protected by and covered under the local emergency declarations by the City of Thousand Oaks and County of Ventura; and in an abundance of caution, and in order to protect the District as much as possible, is adopting this Resolution also declaring a local emergency" The Board has requested further information about the advantages and disadvantages of an emergency declaration and whether CRPD should continue the existing declaration. The County and City have declared a local emergency (the County's declaration of a public health emergency rests within the Health and Safety Code), providing the Public Health Officer with ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES 403 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-4223 805-495-6471 1 Fax: 805-497-3199 1 parks@crpd.org I www.crpd.org