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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE , CmlGt
DATE: March 28, 1988 /
SUBJECT: '�1
Cattle Grazing in Mt. Diablo State Park
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECQMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Fix a date and time certain for the Board of Supervisors to
hold a public hearing on the Mt. Diablo State Park Wildfire
Management Plan which has been developed by the State
Department of Parks and Recreation and the State Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection.
2 . Direct the Chiefs of the Consolidated, East Diablo and
Tassajara Fire Protection Districts not to indicate their
concurrence with the Mt. Diablo State Park Wildfire
Management Plan until the Board of Supervisors has held a
public hearing on the Plan and has indicated its concurrence
with the Plan.
3 . Request the Director of Community Development to review the
Resolution proposed by Mr. and Mrs. . Sattler along with
previous Resolutions adopted by the - Board of Supervisors
expressing the Board' s concern with and support for the
great natural resource represented by Mt. Diablo and forward
the Board of Supervisors a proposed Resolution at : the time
. the Board holds the public hearing on the Wildfire
Management Plan for further consideration by the Board. The
Resolution must recognize the need for the County to observe
applicable State laws and the jurisdiction of the State
Department of Parks and Recreation and the State Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Resolution must also
reference the Wildfire Management Plan in such a way that
the Plan can be revised from time to time as necessary to
keep it up-to-date.
4 . Remove this item as a referral • to our Committee.
BACKGROUND:
On February 23 , 1988, the Board of Supervisors referred to our
Committee a letter from Mr. and Mrs. William Sattler of Concord
transmitting a proposed resolution relative to cattle grazing on
Mt. Diablo.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:. YES SIGNATURE:
_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTH R
SIGNATUREIS1:/ Sunne W. McPeak Tom Torlakson
ACTION OF BOARD ON April 5, 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
FIXED April 26, 1988 at 10:30 A.M. for public hearing.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I ) 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,
CC: Listed on Page 2 ATTESTED
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY ,DEPUTY
M382/7-83 � —
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Our Committee met with Mr. and Mrs. Sattler, Chief Maxfield., Jim
Cutler from the Community Development Department, and William R.
Beat, District Superintendent of the State Department of Parks
and. Recreation on March 28, 1988.
Our Committee heard from Chief Maxfield his concern that if
cattle grazing is eliminated from Mt. Diablo State Park that
alternative fire protection measures be taken to abate growth of
vegetation in areas that cause a risk to life and property.
Chief Maxfield believes the Mt. Diablo State Park Wildfire
Management Plan accomplishes this goal. His only concern is that
alternative measures will cost money and are subject to the
annual appropriations of the Legislature.
Superintendent Beat indicated his department was in agreement
with the plan, as did the Sattlers. Our Committee believes the
public should have an opportunity to comment publicly on the Plan
before it is concurred in by the Board-governed fire districts.
We also believe that the Resolution presented by the Sattlers
needs to be reviewed in light of previous positions taken by the
Board and the agreement reached on the Wildfire Management Plan.
We are asking that such a review take place and that a revised
Resolution be presented to the Board, when the hearing on this
issue is held by the Board.
cc: County Administrator
Chief Maxfield, Consolidated Fire Dist.
Chief Hein, East Diablo Fire Protection Dist.
Chief Eppler, Tassajara. Fire District
Chief Deardorff, San- Ramon Valley Fire Dist.
Supt. Beat, Dept. of Parks & Recreation
William 'and Genevieve Sattler
.Harvey Bragdon, Director, CDD
Jim Cutler, CDD