Supervisor Horsley Special Study Session on Fuel Load Reduction and Weed Eradication

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VIDEO. From the Special Session on Wed. 10/14/2020 @ 9:00am.

Notes to listen for:

Fire Safe Council for 33 years since 1987 is still a “pilot” project…
…Now need long term funding “that will not stop”.
Need to expand chipping program (10 year pilot)
Maintain and enforce defensible space for homes and evac routes.
Building code for roofs, siding, defensible space, etc.
During CZU fire 80,000 people were evacuated via Zone Haven
San Mateo has been known as the “Asbestos County” ~ We will never burn!
Blue Gum Lane 1910 ~ No trees; Coastal grasslands.
Need a Countywide Wildfire “Point Person”
San Mateo County Tree Removal Ordinance Update?
Marin Wildfire JPA; A Possible Model funded by property tax?
Timber Owners and Absentee Land Owners
Property tax reduction for fire victims
Hire young people to create and fire reduction economy
What is a WUI (Wooee) Wildfire Urban Interface
A 12 acre Euc removal by POST (Peninsula Open Space Trust) cost $250k as there was a 10″ mat of detritis.

Study Session: Fuel Load Reduction and Weed Eradication.

* Supervisor Don Horsley, District 3, Board of Supervisors

* Richard Sampson, Division Chief, CAL FIRE San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit

* Nicholas Calderon, Parks Director, County of San Mateo

* Kellyx Nelson, Executive Director, San Mateo Resource Conservation District.