Sutter County Grand Jury
• 2016-2017
• Agency Response
Endorsed F:led Sep 2 8 2017
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Findings and Recommendations 3 findings
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Sutter County does have a slow rise, levee failure scenario evacuation plan, but is inadequate for rapidly evolving events. Response: This finding is directed to the County ond not the City.
Related Recommendations (1)
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Create evacuataon routes based on resident address and projected population growth to expedite the process. Response: This recommendation wos implemented on April 27, 2017. The City releosed evacuotion mops on April 27, 2077 ond they can be found at www.vubacitv.net/flood . We will continue to updote and improve these mops os we receive comments, questions ond feedbock.
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Opening up a second lane to traffic on Highway 20 or 99 is seen as unrealistic due to the amount of officers needed to accomplish the task. Response: The City agrees with the finding in o no-notice evacuotion order. ln 7997, the City in conjunction with Morysville and Yuba and Sutter Counties, was oble to appropriotely plon for opening up an odditionol lone to traffic.
Related Recommendations (1)
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Plans should be in place to accommodate handicapped individuals and those in need. Resoonse: The Yubo City Fire Deportment has been and will continue to work with Sutter County's Public Heolth Department's Access and Functionol Needs efforts to plan for the olert notificotion, evocuotion and emergency sheltering of those with speciol needs or functional disabilities. There are numerous service providers porticipating in this effort who represent the needs ond privacy of their clientele and this effort will ossure that care facilities ond service providers are connected to the plonning process for notilicotion ond evacuation needs.
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Not everyone in Yuba City received a phone call telling them of the evacuation order. Response: The City of Yubo City used its emergency notification (Rapid Notify) phone system to coll oll londlines (both residentiol ond commercial). Thot being said, many residents have abondoned telephone londlines in fovor of cell phones. We continue to actively encouroge residents to sign up for the City's Rapid Notify emergency notification system, which will provide us with the capability to contact residents' and business owner's telephone landlines, cell phone, texts and emails to use in cose of a future emergency.
Related Recommendations (1)
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Develop an accurate model or timeframe for communities to use to understand how much time they have, based on where they live, before they are in danger of flooding due to: Response: The City hos requested the Deportment of Woter Resources provide us with this information.