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Ad hoc Code Enforcement Advisory Committee recommending the Board receive and file an update on the committee’s work to date and future plans in regards to vegetation management. (Est. Time: 1 Hr.)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The April 9, 2019 presentation is a proposal for a vegetation management program. This presentation will allow for the Board of Supervisors to have the information on the program before the first Board of Supervisors budget workshop on April 22, 2019. If the vegetation management program is a high budget priority then the first reading of the ordinance will be planned for April 23, 2019.
Additional Background
On January 23, 2018, the Board of Supervisors approved the Ad hoc Code Enforcement Advisory Committee to look at amending County Ordinance Code, Chapter 09.02 - Code Enforcement, pursuant to Board Policy A-3, to direct staff to study more defined code enforcement process timelines and evaluate services provided, which does not include Vacation Home Rentals (Legistar Item #18-0033).
Since the Board’s approval, the ad hoc advisory committee has identified different Code Enforcement topics: vegetation management, building codes, minimum housing, vehicle abatement and solid waste. Analysis of all of these topics together would provide an overwhelming amount of information. Due to the large amount of information, the ad hoc committee decided to study different code enforcement topics separately.
The first topic the ad hoc committee decided to work on is vegetation management. The ad hoc committee met with community stakeholders numerous times to discuss vegetation management issues around the County. These meetings included county stakeholders (e.g. county fire districts, CAL FIRE, El Dorado County Fire Safe Council, County Department of Transportation, County Facilities Division, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, etc.). In addition, the ad hoc committee held four public meetings in different locations around the Co...
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