Posted: January 17, 2023
Rapid City
Agenda Item Summary

Agenda Item Ref. #: LF020123 03

Agenda Item Title:

Authorize Staff to Apply for and Accept if Awarded, the Western States Fire Managers Grant Survivable Space Initiative in the Amount of $300,000.00

Origination Group:
Legal & Finance Committee
Origination Meeting Date:
02/01/2023
City Council Hearing Date:
02/06/2023
Petitioner:
Eric O'Connor
Staff Contact:
Chief Chip Premus
Agenda Item Summary:
The Rapid City Fire Department is requesting permission to apply for and accept $300,000 in Western States Fire Managers Grant funding for a Wildfire Mitigation Project. This grant would provide dollars necessary to target projects for this new application include, but are not limited to, a continuation of fuels treatments and bug tree removal throughout Rapid City’s timbered areas and within the 3-mile buffer. The RCFD will utilize these grant funds to supplement the programs currently in place under the Rapid City Urban Interface Management Plan and the Survivable Space Initiative. It provides a 50% reimbursement of fuels treatment costs to property owners that participate in the program. In 2022 we allocated nearly $300k in reimbursement, treating just over 400 acres of private land in and around Rapid City with previous funds. A continuation of these funds is essential to our program.

Funding Source & Fiscal Impact (if applicable):

Funding Cost Center
105 0202

Recommendations:

Origination Recommendation Action:
Approve

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