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Office of Wildfire Preparedness and Resilience, a Division of the Chief Administrative Office, recommending the Board:
1) Accept a grant award under the Bureau of Land Management Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities to fund the El Dorado County Fire Adapted Communities Program, in the amount of up to $10,000,000 and with a term of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029;
2) Authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, or Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, to sign the final Notice of Award and Grant Agreement, if necessary to secure the grant funds, contingent upon County Counsel approval; and
3) Authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, or Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, to execute any grant related documents including, but not limited to, the grant agreement, amendments for term extensions and increases to grant funding that do not increase Net County Cost, requests for payments, reports, and all other associated documents necessary to secure the grant funds and implement the approved project.
FUNDING: Bureau of Land Management Cooperative Assistance - Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), California State Office, has offered grant funding to work with partner organizations to assist with fuels management and community fire assistance program activities to reduce the risk and impact of catastrophic wildfires to local communities through coordination, reducing the amount of hazardous fuels, and furthering the education of landowners about wildfire prevention and mitigation. These activities will assist BLM in working to create resilient landscapes and communities, creating jobs, and helping further conservation and restoration efforts by providing an opportunity to support planning and implementation of hazardous fuels reduction projects in wild-land urban interface (WUI) areas and education and out...
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