To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Authorization for the Humboldt County Department of Public Works to Accept and Administer Funding Made Available through the 2019 Grants Clearinghouse Fire Prevention Program and Approval of the Associated Supplemental Budget (4/5 Vote Required)
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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 state standard agreement and any other documents, including, without limitation, professional services agreements, necessary to accept and administer funding made available through the 2019 Grants Clearinghouse Fire Prevention Program; and
2. Approve, and direct the Humboldt County Auditor-Controller to process, the attached supplemental budget request regarding the Phase II Part II: Humboldt County Community Wildfire Protection Plan ("CWPP") Implementation project (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Department of Public Works - Natural Resources Planning (1720 289), United Sates Forest Service ("USFS") Cooperative Fire Program, State Fire Assistance and Tree Mortality grant; awarded through the California Fire Safe Council's 2019 Grants Clearinghouse Fire Prevention Program
DISCUSSION:
In June of 2019, the County of Humboldt, by and through its Department of Public Works - Natural Resources Planning, submitted an application to the 2019 Grants Clearinghouse Fire Prevention Program. In August of 2019, the county's application was selected for funding. Staff is now requesting that the Board authorize the Humboldt County Public Works Director, or a designee thereof, to accept and administer an award of Fifty Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($50,600.00) to fund the implementation of the Phase II Part II: CWPP Implementation project.
The Phase II Part II: CWPP Implementation project is designed to kick off the implementation of the recently updated CWPP,...
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