TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Board of Supervisors
MEETING DATE: April 19, 2022
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Supervisor McGourty
PHONE:
463-4441
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Recognition of the Community Wildfire Protection Plan Developed for the Hopland Area
(Sponsor: Supervisor McGourty)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Recognize the Community Wildfire Protection Plan Developed for the Hopland area; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
To date Mendocino County has acknowledged the County Community Wildfire Protection Plan acknowledging the partner Agencies and community partners work developing the county CWPP.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Recognition of the Community Wildfire Protection Plan developed for the Hopland area with the standards listed below.
* Was collaboratively developed and meets the intent of the Healthy Forest Restoration Act. Interested parties and federal agencies managing land in the Hopland, California area have been consulted.
* Identifies and prioritizes areas for hazardous-fuel reduction treatments, and recommends the types and methods of treatment that will protect this area.
* Recommends measures to reduce the ignitability of structures throughout the Plan area.
* Is intended for use as a planning and assessment tool only, utilizing a compilation of community issues and goals and projected fire mitigation strategies.
* Assists and encourages compliance with current county and state fire code standards.
The CWPP for the Hopland community was developed with assistance from the Hopland Fire Protection District, Mendocino County Fire Safe Council and the CAL Fire Mendocino Unit. In addition in collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management, County of Mendocino Sheriff's Depart of the OES, Hopland Band of Pomo Indians and UC Hopland Research and Extension Center.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION/MOTION:
Do not approve and provide dir...
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