TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ryan J. Alsop, Chief Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Shana Bagley, Interim Fire Administrator
SUBJECT: California’s Joint Strategy for Sustainable Outdoor Recreation & Wildfire Resilience
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution adopting California’s Joint Strategy for Sustainable Outdoor Recreation & Wildfire Resilience as a non-mandatory, guiding document for resource protection, community investment, economic development, and public safety and direct Napa County staff to incorporate its goals and key actions into applicable planning, programming, and capital improvement efforts, aligned with the County’s own adopted Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
The California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force was created by the office of Governor Newsom to confront climate and human-caused conditions that have brought the threat of devastating wildfire and its far-reaching impacts to the forefront of nearly every rural community in the state. Supervisor Anne Cottrell serves as an Executive Board Member of this Task Force, through her position as Second Vice President of the Rural Counties Association of California (RCRC).
California’s Joint Strategy for Sustainable Outdoor Recreation & Wildfire Resilience (Joint Strategy), published by the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force in March 2023, includes four goals with key actions to help guide local agency efforts in aligning landscape resilience with recreation management. Earlier this year, Supervisor Cottrell made a referral to staff to bring back an agenda item allowing the Board of Supervisors to consider joining the County’s Regional Parks and Open Space District, along with several other California counties, adopting this Joint Strategy.
By adopting this Joint Strategy, Napa County joins other local governments and special districts across the state in recognizing the value of public lands and the important role they play in wildfire preparedness and prevention, community well-being, economic development, and sustainable land use. This Joint Strategy aligns with Napa County’s current recreation and wildfire frameworks and will further position the County to benefit from future state and federal funding opportunities.
FISCAL IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
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Is it Mandatory or Discretionary? |
Discretionary |
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Discretionary Justification: |
There is no mandate to adopt the joint strategy for sustainable outdoor recreation and wildfire resilience. |
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Is the general fund affected? |
No |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by California Code of Regulations, title 14, section15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.