HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-04 End of Water EmergencyCITY OF
ADBURN Nancy Backus, Mayor
WASHINGTON 25 West Main Street * Auburn WA 98001-4998 * www.auburnwa.gov * 253-931-3000
WATER EMERGENCY DECLARATION 2021-04
A DECLARATION ENDING PREVIOUSLY
DECLARED WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCY
STAGES IN THE HIDDEN VALLEYBRAUNWOOD
NEIGHBORHOOD
WHEREAS, on August 9, 2021, I, Nancy Backus, Mayor of the City of
Auburn, issued Declaration 2021-02, declaring a Stage I water emergency
affecting the Hidden Valley/Braunwood (HVB) neighborhood for the reasons set
forth in that declaration and pursuant to RCW 35.21.210 and ACC 13.14; and
WHEREAS, the HVB water emergency continued despite my Stage I
declaration, resulting in my issuing Declaration 2021-03, declaring a Stage II
water emergency in HVB on August 23, 2021;__
WHEREAS, following these water emergency declarations, the City's
Public Works Department conducted successful water conservation efforts that
mitigated the HVB water emergency;
WHEREAS, after continued review and monitoring of the water supply and
consumption in HVB, Public Works has concluded that the water emergency in
HVB has temporarily subsided and that necessary water conservation efforts by
the customers in HVB are continuing at this time;
NOW THEREFORE I, Nancy Backus, Mayor of the City of Auburn, declare
as follows:
Declaration 2021-04
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Section 1. Pursuant to ACC 13.14.030.G, the Stage I and II water shortage
emergencies in the HVB neighborhood that I previously declared on August 9 and 23,
2021 are no longer in effect. The City's Public Works Department is authorized to
reduce its water conservation education efforts in HVB that I ordered in those previous
declarations and resume normal water usage monitoring.
Section 2. Nothing in this declaration affects the City's ability to declare a
future water shortage emergency in HVB, or to order or implement appropriate
corresponding water use restrictions in HVB, should circumstances warrant.
Declaration Effective Date:
CITY OF AUBURN
Declaration 2021-04
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