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MEMORANDUM
TO: HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: ANITA L. GRANT, County Counsel
DATE: June 5, 2018
SUBJECT: Discussion and Consideration of the Possible Creation of a Joint Powers Authority Dedicated to Risk Reduction
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Your Board has previously considered the issue of hazardous vegetation abatement and the costs associated with such a program. Unfortunately, neither the County nor the area fire protection districts had funding available for such a program.
Supervisor Steele has been engaged in regular meetings with the local fire protection districts and representatives of CalFire and that group has developed the attached agreement which will create an independent joint powers authority dedicated to risk reduction efforts County-wide. This Join Powers Authority will not be dependent upon funding from any of its members; it will instead seek to obtain grant funding for risk reduction programs.
The purpose of these programs is to support the entire Lake County community through the effective use of the authority of local governments, and to implement programs offering low- or no- cost risk reduction resources to the public, the development of funding to implement and maintain such programs, and to provide informational and educational resources to the public so that they are better able to assess and manage these risks.
Supervisor Steele has requested this draft agreement be presented to your Board for your review and comment.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Discussion and Consideration of the Possible Creation of a Joint Powers Authority Dedicated to Risk Reduction.