File #: 17-0791    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 7/14/2017 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 7/25/2017 Final action: 7/25/2017
Title: Supervisor Ranalli recommending Board: 1) Receive presentation provided by Eldorado National Forest Supervisor Laurence Crabtree on the history of the El Dorado County Resource Advisory Committee; and, 2) Receive presentation provided by Eldorado National Forest Supervisor Laurence Crabtree recognizing the accomplishments of the first El Dorado County Resource Advisory Committee, representing diverse interest groups, for their six years of service; and, 3) Authorize chair to sign Proclamation on behalf of Board of Supervisors recognizing the accomplishments of the El Dorado County Resource Advisory Committee. (Est. Time: 20 Min.)
Attachments: 1. A - Proclamation-Resource Advisory Committee 7-25-17, 2. B - Resolution 044-2001 7-25-17, 3. C - RAC Charter Document 7-25-17, 4. D - EDC RAC 2014-15 Projects Report 7-25-17, 5. E - Presentation 7-25-17
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Supervisor Ranalli recommending Board:
1) Receive presentation provided by Eldorado National Forest Supervisor Laurence Crabtree on the history of the El Dorado County Resource Advisory Committee; and,
2) Receive presentation provided by Eldorado National Forest Supervisor Laurence Crabtree recognizing the accomplishments of the first El Dorado County Resource Advisory Committee, representing diverse interest groups, for their six years of service; and,
3) Authorize chair to sign Proclamation on behalf of Board of Supervisors recognizing the accomplishments of the El Dorado County Resource Advisory Committee. (Est. Time: 20 Min.)
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With the passage of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, per HR 2389, Congress called for the creation of Resource Advisory Committees, fifteen (15) member federal advisory committees, that may be organized on a single county, multiple county, national forest or Bureau of Land Management district basis as deemed locally appropriate. Each committee is then approved by the United States Secretary of Agriculture. The USFS facilitates the application process to recruit and recommend potential committee members for appointment by the United States Secretary of Agriculture. The appointed members of each Resource Advisory Committees ("RAC") then carry out the requirements of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ("Act") to review and recommend projects that benefit the federal lands within determined boundaries as defined by the agencies within those boundaries.

On March 6, 2001, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors approved Resolution 044-2001 to recommend that the boundaries of the El Dorado County Resource Advisory Committee be coterminous with El Dorado County lines. A copy of this Resolution was then transmitted to the Secretary of Agriculture, the Regional Forester, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and to the local school dis...

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