HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-01-24; City Council; Resolution 2023-039RESOLUTION NO. 2023-039
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING THE PROCLAMATION OF BICYCLE, E-BICYCLE AND
MOTORIZED MOBILITY DEVICE SAFETY LOCAL EMERGENCY IN THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD UNTIL MARCH 25, 2023, AT 5 P.M., UNLESS OTHERWISE
EXTENDED OR TERMINATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, on Aug. 23, 2022, the Carlsbad City Manager/Director of Emergency Services
proclaimed a state of local emergency in response to an alarming increase (233%) in collisions involving
bikes and e-bikes since 2019; and
WHEREAS, on Aug. 30, 2022, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, adopted
Resolution No. 2022-214, ratifying the Proclamation of Local Emergency (Attachment A); and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8630, subdivision (c), requires the City Council
to review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 60 days until the City Council
terminates the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on Oct. 18, 2022, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, adopted
Resolution No. 2022-214, extending the Proclamation of Local Emergency; and
WHEREAS, on Dec. 6, 2022, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, adopted
Resolution No. 2022-277, further extending the Proclamation of Local Emergency; and
WHEREAS, the Proclamation of Local Emergency will expire on Feb. 3, 2022, at 5 p.m., unless
earlier extended or terminated by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the plan to address the local emergency is being reviewed and implemented and
there remains a bicycle, e-bicycle, and motorized mobility device safety local emergency throughout
the City of Carlsbad.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1.That the above recitations are true and correct.
2.That the Proclamation of Local Emergency issued by the Director of Emergency Services
(Attachment A) is extended and shall expire on March 25, 2023, at 5 p.m., unless
otherwise extended or terminated earlier by the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 24th day of January, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder.
None.
None.
None.
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor CJ�r<'tO��
�HERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
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PROCLAMATION OF BICYCLE, E-BICYCLE AND
MOTORIZED MOBILITY DEVICE SAFETY LOCAL EMERGENCY
IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, the California Emergency Services Act, including California
Government Code Section 8630, and the City of Carlsbad’s Emergency Services
Ordinance, including Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 6.04.100(A)(1), empower the City
Manager, as the City of Carlsbad’s Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim the
existence of a local emergency, subject to ratification by the City Council, when there
exists, or there is threatened to exist, conditions of extreme peril to safety of persons
and property within the City of Carlsbad.
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services finds:
1.Conditions or threatened conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons
and property have arisen within the City of Carlsbad caused by the increased
prevalence of e-bicycles (e-bikes), other similar electric or motorized mobility
devices, and traditional bicycles on city streets, which has led to increased
collisions resulting in injury or death.
2.In 2019 there were 30 collisions involving bicycles or e-bikes reported in
Carlsbad.
3.In 2020 there were 62 collisions involving bicycles or e-bikes reported in
Carlsbad.
4.In 2021 there were 100 collisions involving bicycles or e-bikes reported in
Carlsbad.
5.To date in 2022, 57 collisions involving bicycles or e-bikes were reported in
Carlsbad.
6.U.S. traffic fatalities began climbing in 2020 and the deadly trend is
continuing.
7.According to estimates by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, U.S. roadway deaths rose 10.5% in 2021 and an additional
7% during the first three months in 2022, the highest number for the first
quarter in two decades.
8.The increase in deaths is due to speeding, impaired or distracted driving and
other reckless behavior.
9.E-bikes are faster and heavier than traditional bicycles and e-bike injuries are
more likely to be more severe and require hospitalization than traditional
bicycle injuries.
10.E-bikes and similar electric or motorized mobility devices are increasingly
used by school age children to go to and from school and for other activities
on local streets.
11.Schools in the Carlsbad Unified School District will be opening on August 24,
2022, joining the other schools in Carlsbad and additional education facilities
Attachment A