TO: Napa County Climate Action Committee
FROM: David Morrison, Interim County Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Ryan Melendez, Sustainability Planner
SUBJECT: Letter of Support for Napa Resource Conservation District (RCD) application for funding opportunity by the USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry through the Inflation Reduction Act
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff is requesting that the Climate Action Committee (CAC) sign a Letter of Support for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service applications by Napa Resource Conservation District (RCD).
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Napa RCD will be applying for Inflation Reduction Act funding through the USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry for their "Our Napa Forests: Growing an Equitable Tree Canopy Through Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration" project. As a part of the application process, staff requests that the CAC authorize the Chair to sign the attached letter. This letter does not make any commitments on the part of the CAC or its member jurisdictions.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
This discussion arose from a request by Napa RCD to send a letter to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support the grant application for the Napa RCD "Our Napa Forests: Growing an Equitable Tree Canopy Through Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration" project for the Inflation Reduction Act - Urban and Community Forest funding opportunity.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS), through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), may provide up to $1 billion for Urban and Community Forestry investments through this opportunity (based on availability of funding, the quality of applications received, agency priorities, and other applicable considerations). Funding agreements will be for a period of 5...
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