File #: File ID 18330    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Addendum Status: Approved
File created: 1/23/2025 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 2/4/2025 Final action: 2/4/2025
Title: Wildfire Danger Mitigation Plan Discussion/Direction/Action regarding the development of a Pima County Wildfire Danger Mitigation Plan by the County Administrator to include, but not limited to the following: * Explore additional tools and options to enhance the County's clearing and brush management efforts in wildfire prone areas, conducting a feasibility analysis on modern best practices for clearing overgrown and downed vegetation. * Conduct a comprehensive evaluation of all County property, particularly road rights-of-way, parks, and conservation lands in wildfire prone areas for opportunities to apply regular and additional clearing. * Explore ways to help residents clear their own properties in wildfire prone areas with direct assistance in the disposal of brush and vegetation or through financial incentives in remote regions of the County. Staff to report back within 120 days with a draft of the plan and its fiscal impact. (District 4)
Attachments: 1. BOS_WildlifeDangerMitigationPlan_Dist4Submittal, 2. BOS_WildlifeDangerMitigationPlan_CommLtr_2-3-25_Redacted, 3. BOS_WildlifeDangerMitigationPlan_CommLtr2_2-3-25_Redacted, 4. BOS_WildlifeDangerMitigationPlan_CommLtr_2-4-25_Redacted

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Wildfire Danger Mitigation Plan

Discussion/Direction/Action regarding the development of a Pima County Wildfire Danger Mitigation Plan by the County Administrator to include, but not limited to the following:

•                     Explore additional tools and options to enhance the County's clearing and brush management efforts in wildfire prone areas, conducting a feasibility analysis on modern best practices for clearing overgrown and downed vegetation.

•                     Conduct a comprehensive evaluation of all County property, particularly road rights-of-way, parks, and conservation lands in wildfire prone areas for opportunities to apply regular and additional clearing.

•                     Explore ways to help residents clear their own properties in wildfire prone areas with direct assistance in the disposal of brush and vegetation or through financial incentives in remote regions of the County.

Staff to report back within 120 days with a draft of the plan and its fiscal impact. (District 4)