Memorandum
Date: March 7, 2023
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Jessica Pyska, Chair, District 5 Supervisor
Terre Logsdon, Chief Climate Resiliency Officer
Subject: EXTRA ITEM - (a) Consideration of an Extra Agenda Item; (b) Consideration of a Letter of Support for The Tree Mortality Mitigation and Public Safety in Lake County - 22-WP-LNU 47229043
Executive Summary:
EXTRA ITEM RATIONALE: This item is being submitted as an “Extra” agenda item. The justification for this request to consider an item not on the posted agenda is as follows: Friday afternoon, March 3, the County was contacted by Lake County Resource Conservation District, requesting a Letter of Support for CAL FIRE Grant Application [insert grant number]. Lake County RCD indicated they must have all Letters of Support gathered by Friday, March 10, to complete this application in a timely manner. Therefore, this item cannot wait for your Board’s next regular meeting.
ITEM SUMMARY: You will recall, the Lake County Resource Conservation District (RCD) recently agreed to provide grant writing services, developing a CAL FIRE Grant Application. In total, this application requests $5 million dollars, total, and includes:
• A cost-share program for property owners with hazardous trees near their homes;
• Development of LiDAR derivatives, analyzing raw data LiDAR data funded by the Department of Conservation and the United States Geological Survey (USGS);
• Program management; and
• Constructing fuel breaks along ingress and egress routes throughout Lake County in areas affected by Tree Mortality.
Attached is a Letter of Support, and we request Board Approval of this Letter, in support of the above-referenced community priorities.
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☒ Well-being of Residents ☒ Public Safety ☒ Disaster Prevention, Preparedness, Recovery
☐ Economic Development ☒ Infrastructure ☐ County Workforce
☒ Community Collaboration ☐ Business Process Efficiency ☐ Clear Lake
Recommended Action:
(a) By Motion, accept this item for consideration as an “Extra” Agenda Item.
(b) Approve the Letter of Support, and authorize the Chair to sign.