Memorandum
Date: December 19, 2023
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Jessica Pyska, Chair, District 5
Terre Logsdon, Chief Climate Resiliency Officer/Tribal Liaison
Subject: Approve Letter of Support for The Konocti Fire Safe Council’s “Wildfire Prevention Education and Safety in the Soda Bay Corridor Communities” and authorize the Chair to sign
Executive Summary:
The Lake Konocti Fire Safe Council, a non-profit 501(c)3, is applying for a CAL FIRE Wildfire Prevention Grant. In total, this application requests $54,000 and includes:
• Creation of an effective educational program using an innovative approach to providing information to all residents of the Soda Bay Corridor using roadside portable, programmable, full-matrix message centers,
• The KFSC will acquire, program, place, store and maintain the message center equipment,
• Placement will take advantage of the one road that all residents must travel to enter and leave the area, and
• the Council will design, acquire, and place permanent evacuation signage at critical egress points across the area.
Attached is a Letter of Support, and we request Board Approval of this Letter, in support of the above-referenced project.
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Recommended Action: Approve the Letter of Support for The Konocti Fire Safe Council’s “Wildfire Prevention Education and Safety in the Soda Bay Corridor Communities” and authorize the Chair to sign.