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City Council
November 7, 2023
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE
PROTECTION FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023 WILDFIRE
PREVENTION GRANT AT THE BOY SCOUT CAMP
AREA AT FAIRMOUNT PARK
Parks, Recreation and Community Services
Department
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2 • Removal of non-native
invasive plant species
to assist in fire
prevention.
• Collaborative effort
between Parks and Fire
Department.
GRANT PURPOSE
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3 PROJECT AREA MAP
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4 BOY SCOUT CAMP AREA AT
FAIRMOUNT PARK
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5 BOY SCOUT CAMP AREA AT
FAIRMOUNT PARK
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6 INVASIVE / NON-NATIVE SPECIES
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7 EQUIPMENT PURCHASE
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8 Strategic Priority No. 1 – Arts, Culture and Recreation and Strategic Priority 4 - Environmental Stewardship
Goal 1.3 – Improve parks, recreational amenities, open space, trail development, and fulfill critical lifecycle and facility maintenance needs.
Goal 1.4 to prioritize safety at parks, trails, arts, cultural and recreational facilities.
Goal 4.5 to maintain and conserve 30% of Riverside’s natural lands in green space including but not limited to agricultural lands and urban forests in order to protect and restore Riverside’s rich biodiversity and accelerate the natural removal of carbon, furthering our community’s climate resilience.
Cross-Cutting Threads
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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9 RECOMMENDATIONS
That the City Council:
1. Accept a grant award from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in the amount of $1,275,200 to complete foliage and brush remediation project for the Boy Scout Camp area of Fairmount Park;
2. With at least five affirmative votes, and upon execution of grant agreement, authorize the Chief Financial Officer or designee to record an increase in revenues for the Santa Ana River Fire Prevention Project Account in the amount of $1,275,200 and a supplemental appropriation in expenditures in the same amount to the Santa Ana River Fire Prevention Project Account;
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3. Authorize a grant fundi ng Agreement with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to compete the project;
4. Authorize a grant f unded purchase order for a John Deere 333G Track Loader with a John Deere Grapple Bucket, Fecon Bullhog Mulching Attachment and Stump grinder in the amount of $223,886.87; and
5. Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute all necessary documents, including but not limited to applications, payment requests, agreements, and amendments necessary to secure grant funds and implement the approved grant project, including making minor and non- substantive changes.
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