To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Comment Letter to California Board of Forestry Regarding 2020 Amendments to State Fire Safe Regulationsend
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Consider draft comment letter to the California Board of Forestry 2021 regarding Amendments to State Fire Safe Regulations;
2. Receive public comment; and
3. Revise the comment letter and authorize the Chair of the Board to sign and send the final letter.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Funding to support preparing this staff report is included in the General Fund contribution to the Long-Range Planning unit, 1100-282.
DISCUSSION:
The Board of Supervisors Fire Services Ad Hoc and members of the associated Humboldt County Chiefs Association Sub-Committee met on December 21 with staff from County Planning and Building, Public Works, and County Administrative Office to discuss proposed changes to the State Fire Safe Regulations (FSR) under consideration now by the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (BOF). The proposed changes could have significant implications for development in the unincorporated area, in particular a substantial portion of the County Housing Element Residential Land Inventory would be rendered unbuildable. A "final draft" of the proposed changes will be presented at the BOF Joint Committee meeting on January 19, 2021, with the goal of BOF approval of the Notice (which sets in motion the approval process) at the full BOF meeting on January 20, 2021. The Fire Services Ad Hoc and advisors agreed that the Board of Supervisors should send a letter to the BOF prior to their meeting asking that the process be extended to ensure that there is close coordination with counties in the development of regulations.
Background
In 1991 the State Board of Forestry first adopted State FSRs for lands within State Responsibility Areas (SRA) as required by Cali...
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