To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Supplemental Budget Request Regarding Phase II of the Humboldt Community Wildfire Protection Plan Implementation Project (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and direct the Humboldt County Auditor-Controller to process, the attached supplemental budget request regarding Phase II of the Humboldt Community Wildfire Protection Plan Implementation Project (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Natural Resources (1720)
DISCUSSION:
On December 18, 2018, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 18-138 authorizing the Humboldt County Department of Public Works Director to apply for, and accept, if awarded, funding made available through the California Climate Investment Fire Prevention Grant Program ("Grant Program") in order to fund implementation of the Humboldt Community Wildfire Protection Plan ("CWPP"). The Grant Program provides funding for local projects and activities that address the risk of wildfire and reduce wildfire potential to forested and forest adjacent communities and is administered by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ("CAL FIRE"). Public Works staff submitted an application for the Phase II - CWPP Implementation Project and was selected for funding. A grant agreement in the amount of Four Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand One Hundred Two Dollars ($497,102) was subsequently executed between the County of Humboldt and CAL FIRE for the period of June 19, 2019, through March 15, 2022.
The Phase II - CWPP Implementation Project is designed to kick off the implementation of the recently updated Humboldt County CWPP with a burst of activity. Specific model project locations will be selected through the evaluation of the action plans developed for each of the fourteen (14) CWPP planning units within Humboldt County which have been developed...
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