TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Executive Office
MEETING DATE: April 22, 2025
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Xuyen Mallela
PHONE:
707-463-4441
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Kelly Hansen
PHONE:
707-463-4441
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Ratification and Approval of Submission of Grant Award for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program Grant Funding Opportunity from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USDA) United States Forest Service (USFS) in the Amount of $6,382,432; and Authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to Execute Grant Agreement and Submit All Documents If Awarded
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Ratify and approve submission of the grant award for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program grant funding opportunity from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USDA) United States Forest Service (USFS) in the amount of $6,382,434; and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute the grant Agreement and submit all documents if awarded.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
On December 5, 2023, the Board ratified and approved the submission of a $9,999,866.51 grant application to the USDA Forest Service Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) Program is intended to help at-risk local communities plan for and reduce the risk of wildfire. The CWDG prioritizes at-risk communities in areas identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster that affects the risk of wildfire.
The County of Mendocino's Prevention, Recovery, Resiliency, and Mitigation Division and the Grants Unit submitted an application on March 13, 2025, for the Northern Mendocino County Wildfire Resilience and Evacuation Safety Project to the CWDG Program. This project consists of three main components: (1) the removal of...
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