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Chief Administrative Office, Office of Wildfire Preparedness and Resilience, recommending the Board Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of Ordinance 5195 to amend Chapter 8.08 of the El Dorado County Code of Ordinances entitled Fire Prevention to adopt the Fire Hazard Severity Zone map developed by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, as required by California Government Code section 51179 in order to apply for designation as a Fire Risk Reduction Community. (Cont. 2/6/2024, Item 23)
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On February 6, 2024, the Board heard Ordinance 5195 to amend Chapter 8.08 of the El Dorado County Code of Ordinances entitled Fire Prevention to adopt the Fire Hazard Severity Zone map developed by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, as required by California Government Code section 51179 in order to apply for designation as a Fire Risk Reduction Community and Continued the matter to February 27, 2024 for Final Passage (Second Reading).
The Chief Administrative Office, Office of Wildfire Preparedness and Resilience (OWPR) is working to prepare and submit an application to the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board of Forestry) for the County to be designated and placed on the Fire Risk Reduction Community List. The application period opened on December 1, 2023 and applications must be submitted no later than April 1, 2024. OWPR is working diligently to identify the specific criteria that the County must meet in order to achieve this designation and meet this critical deadline as the County would no be able to submit its next application for another two (2) years.
With the enactment of Public Resources Code (PRC) 4290.1 in January 2020, the Board of Forestry was required to develop and maintain a “Fire Risk Reduction Community” (FRRC) List of local agencies located in a state responsibility area (SRA) or a very high fire hazard severity zone that meet th...
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