Memorandum
Date: December 17, 2024
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Susan Parker, County Administrative Officer
Terre Logsdon, Chief Climate Resiliency Officer/Tribal Liaison
Subject: Consideration of a Letter of Support for the Lake County Fire Safe Council’s Application to Coalitions and Collaboratives’ Action, Implementation, and Mitigation Program Grant
Executive Summary:
The Lake County Fire Safe Council (LCFSC), a program of the Lake County Resource Conservation District, is seeking a letter of support from your Board for their application to Coalitions and Collaboratives’ (COCO) Action, Implementation, and Mitigation (AIM) program grant.
The LCFSC is seeking support for capacity building and Phase II of CMAT (Community Mitigation Assistance Team) implementation. If funded, the project would expand upon previous capacity building initiatives for the LCFSC.
If not budgeted, fill in the blanks below only:
Estimated Cost: ________ Amount Budgeted: ________ Additional Requested: ________ Future Annual Cost: ________
Purchasing Considerations (check all that apply): ☒ Not applicable
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☐ Other (Please describe in Executive Summary)
Consistency with Vision 2028 <http://www.lakecountyca.gov/Government/Directory/Administration/Visioning/Vision2028.htm> (check all that apply): ☐ Not applicable
☒ Well-being of Residents ☒ Public Safety ☒ Disaster Prevention, Preparedness, Recovery
☐ Economic Development ☒ Infrastructure ☐ County Workforce
☒ Community Collaboration ☐ Business Process Efficiency ☐ Clear Lake
Recommended Action: Letter of Support for the Lake County Fire Safe Council’s Application to Coalitions and Collaboratives’ Action, Implementation, and Mitigation Program Grant and authorize the Chair to sign.