Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Nicholas J. Calderon, Parks Director
Subject: Pescadero Creek County Park Forest Health and Wildfire Fuel Reduction Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The San Mateo Resource Conservation District ("RCD"), in partnership with the Parks Department, to implement planned forest management projects in Pescadero Creek County Park using CAL FIRE Forest Health Grant Program funds awarded to the RCD, pursuant to the Parks Department's Climate and Habitat Resiliency Plan; and
B) The Parks Director, or the Parks Director's Designee, to enter into an agreement with the RCD, in a form approved by the County Attorney, to offset the costs of the planned forest management projects at Pescadero Creek County Park by permitting the RCD and its contractor to remove and sell raw felled timber generated through the projects under the oversight of the Parks Department.
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BACKGROUND:
In response to the CZU Lightning Complex Fire, the San Mateo County Parks Department ("Department") developed the Climate and Habitat Resiliency Plan ("CHRP") for Pescadero Creek County Park (the "park"). The CHRP was prepared for the Department by Auten Resource Consulting ("ARC"), a firm that specializes in modern forestry techniques that promote climate adaptability and fire resilience in natural ecosystems in the Santa Cruz Mountains. A Technical Advisory Committee comprised of subject matter experts from the Department, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ("CAL FIRE"), the RCD, Green Foothills, Peninsula Open Space Trust ("POST"), California Department of Fish and Wildlife ("CDFW"), and California State Parks assisted in the development of the CHRP.
The overarching goal of the CHRP is to promote the presence and enhancement of native species, habitats, and ecosystems in the park that are resilient to disturbance (i.e. ...
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