PROCLAMATION
11-05
AMENDING PROCLAMATION 11-03
As restoration work by the Washington State Department of
Transportation continued on US Highway 101 in Mason County, it
became evident that the damage caused by the storms also
extended into Jefferson County due to soil slippage under the
roadbed because of soil saturation from extensive rainfall;
and
It is necessary for the Washington State Department of
Transportation to use emergency contracting procedures in
Jefferson County; and
The estimated cost to repair damage to state and county road
systems resulting from the storms is currently over $1.1
million and growing, requiring the Washington State Department
of Transportation and local jurisdictions to continue to
assess the damage caused by the storms, and to coordinate
resources to repair, remove and replace affected roadways to
alleviate the immediate and long term impacts upon the
infrastructure and public safety; and
The impact of this incident to the life and health of our
citizens, as well as the property and transportation
infrastructure of Washington State, is a public disaster that
affects life, health, property and public peace; and
The Washington State Military Department activated the state
Emergency Operations Center, implemented response procedures,
and coordinated resources to support local officials in
alleviating the immediate social and economic impacts to
people, property, and infrastructure, and is continuing to
assess the magnitude of the incident.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Christine O. Gregoire, Governor of the state of
Washington, as a result of the aforementioned situation and
under Chapters 38.52 and 43.06 RCW, do hereby proclaim that
Proclamation 11-03 remains in effect, and that a State of
Emergency also exists in Jefferson County, in addition to the
counties identified in Proclamation 11-03. I again direct the
plans and procedures in the Washington State Comprehensive
Emergency Management Plan be implemented. State agencies and
departments are directed to utilize state resources and to do
everything reasonably possible to assist affected political
subdivisions in an effort to respond to and recover from the
incident.
Signed and sealed with the official seal of the state of
Washington this 20th day of April, A.D. Two-thousand and
Eleven at Olympia, Washington.
| By: | ||
| Christine O. Gregoire Governor |
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BY THE GOVERNOR:
[Assistant] Secretary of State |
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