DATE: May 6, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: City Manager's Office
TITLE: RESOLUTION TERMINATING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION RELATED TO THE NAVIGATION CHANNEL OF THE OCEANSIDE HARBOR
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution terminating the Local Emergency Declaration related to the navigation channel of the Oceanside Harbor.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Government Code section 8630 and Oceanside Ordinance No. 73-22 authorize the City’s Director of Emergency Services (i.e., the City Manager) to proclaim a local emergency when conditions of extreme peril threaten persons and property and when the City Council is not in session to act. Based on field observations, operational impacts, and coordination with partner agencies, the Director determined on November 18, 2025, that the degree of shoaling constituted such a condition of extreme peril, which was ratified by the City Council at a Special Meeting on November 19, 2025 (Proclamation No. 25-D0658-4; Resolution 25-R0662-1; Attachments 1). The local emergency was extended by further Resolution of the City Council on December 17, 2025, and then again on February 4 and March 11, 2026.
Government Code section 8630 requires the City Council to terminate the local emergency as soon as the peril subsides. As of this date, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), through its contractor Manson Construction, has completed a significant amount of dredging of the Harbor, thus reducing shoaling and restoring navigation to the channel. The City Council may now terminate the local emergency.
CITY ATTORNEY’S ANALYSIS
The referenced documents have been reviewed and approved as to form.
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Prepared by: Jayme Timberlake, Coastal Zone Administrator
Submitted by: Jonathan Borrego, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Proclamation No. 25-D0658-4; Resolution 25-R0662-1
2. Resolution Terminating Local Emergency