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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
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DATE: September 3, 1992
SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CHIEFS OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND
EAST DIABLO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS TO REMOVE THEIR
SIGNATURES FROM THE STATE'S WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT PLAN
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Express the Board' s dismay at the position the State
Department of Parks and Recreation has taken in regard to the
grazing of cattle on Mt. Diablo as a means of fuel reduction,
thereby endangering firefighting personnel, homes surrounding
Mt. Diablo State Park and the park' s resources .
2 . In response to the failure of the State Department of Parks
and Recreation to adequately address the issue of the likely
build-up of massive amounts of fuel in the thousands of acres
of grasslands in Mt. Diablo State Park if grazing is
terminated, authorize the Chiefs of the Contra Costa County
and East Diablo Fire Protection Districts to remove their
signatures from the State Department of Parks and Recreation' s
Wildfire Management Plan for Mt. Diablo State Park.
BACKGROUND:
The Board of Supervisors has been on record in support of grazing
on Mt. Diablo as a means of fuel reduction and therefore fire
prevention for many years, namely in Resolutions 87/556 and 87/556A
in September 1987, Resolution 88/220 in April 1988, additional
indications of support in January and April of 1989, and Resolution
91/387 on June 11, 1991 .
In Resolution 88/220 on April 26 , 1988, the Board of Supervisors
approved the Wildfire Management Plan for Mt. Diablo and authorized
the chiefs of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District and
the then Eastern Diablo and Tassajara Fire Protection Districts
(now the East Diablo Fire Protection District) to sign the plan and
work- with the State to keep the plan up to date and to concur in
modifications to the Plan as they deem appropriate.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: __X__YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON SeDfpmher 8, 1992 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
(� I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR.CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
CC: SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Please see page 2 .
BY DEPUTY
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On June 11, 1991, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution
91/387 which requested the State Park and Recreation Commission to
amend the General Plan for Mt. Diablo State Park to allow the
continuation of cattle grazing and the Demonstration Ranch in Mt.
Diablo State Park.
On July 31, 1992 the Chief of the Contra Costa County Fire
Protection District wrote to the County Administrator noting that
the State Department of Parks and Recreation had been unresponsive
to local concerns regarding the fuel loading and fire potential
currently existing in the Mt. Diablo State Park. Chief Maxfield
went on to indicate that "We. . .have grave doubts as to the efficacy
of the Wildfire Management Plan as it is currently being
implemented. " In view of these concerns, Chief Maxfield and Chief
Hein (as well as San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District Chief
Deardorff) have recommended that they withdraw their signatures
from the Wildfire Management Plan, thereby expressing their
disapproval of the manner in which the Plan is being implemented
currently.
Approving this request would appear to be entirely consistent with
the longstanding position of the Board on this issue and we,
therefore, recommend that the Board approve the recommendation made
by Chief Maxfield and Chief Hein.
cc : County Administrator
Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Chief, East Diablo Fire Protection District
Chief, San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District
Donald Murphy, Director
Department of Parks and Recreation
1416 9th Street, Room 1405
Sacramento, CA 95814