To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Authorization for the Humboldt County Department of Public Works to Accept and Administer Funding Made Available Through the 2022 Defensible Space Assistance Grant Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize the Humboldt County Public Works Director, or a designee thereof, to execute a grant agreement with the California Fire Safe Council and any other documents, including, without limitation, professional services agreements, necessary to accept and administer funding made available through the 2022 Defensible Space Assistance Grant Program; and
2. Direct Public Works to return with a supplemental budget request to incorporate the grant funds into the Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Grant funds from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ("CAL FIRE"), through the California Fire Safe Council, as part of the California Climate Investment Program.?
DISCUSSION:
The County of Humboldt has been selected, as one of 11 statewide organizations, to receive grant awards for defensible space assistance projects designed to assist vulnerable populations (i.e., low-income, disabled, senior/elderly, disadvantaged), in High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The Defensible Space Assistance Grant is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing GHG ("greenhouse gas") emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment-particularly in disadvantaged communities. Activities funded under this program are consistent with those recommended in the Humboldt County Community Wildfire Protection Plan ("CWPP"). Staff Recommendations aim to support Humboldt County Public Works' role in working towards achieving the Wildfire Preparedness goal of the CWPP Countywi...
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