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To:	Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:	Lewis T. Broschard III, Chief, Contra Costa Fire Protection District
Date:	August 11, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Response to Civil Grand Jury Report No. 2007: Wildfire Preparedness in Contra Costa County

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/11/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Lewis T. Broschard, III, Fire Chief (925) 941-3300

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 11, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE the response to Civil Grand Jury Report No. 2007 entitled "Wildfire Preparedness in Contra Costa County," and DIRECT the Fire Chief to forward the response to the Superior Court no later than September 11, 2020.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

On June 8, 2020, the 2019/20 Civil Grand Jury filed the above-referenced report. On June 15, 2020, the Board received the report and directed the Fire Chief to provide the Board with an appropriate response in time for that response to be forwarded to the Superior Court no later than September 11, 2020 (90 days).

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The attached response clearly specifies:

Whether a finding or recommendation is accepted or will be implemented;
If a recommendation is accepted, a statement with a time frame for implementation;
A delineation of the constraints if a recommendation is accepted but cannot be implemented within a six-month period; and
The reason for not accepting or adopting a finding or recommendation.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

In order to comply with statutory requirements, the Board of Directors must provide a response to the Superior Court no later than September 11, 2020. The Board of Directors must take timely action in order to comply with the statutory deadline.