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Resolution No. 2 7-0 4
A Resolution of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills
Supporting A Joint League/CSAC Policy Statement
To Decrease Impacts on Public Health and Safety
Resulting From Wildland Urban Interface Fires
WHEREAS,the Town of Los Altos Hills recognizes that the wildland fire
problem is an issue of statewide importance and significance; and
WHEREAS, extreme fire events such as the October/November 2003 Southern
California fires will happen again unless improvements in fuel management, land use
policies and fire safe building standards are put into place to protect lives, structures,
infrastructure,watershed, community parklands, and other vital community assets; and
WHEREAS the Executive Boards of the League of California Cities, herein
referred to as the "League" and the California State Association of Counties, herein
referred to as "CSAC", have unanimously adopted the attached Policy Statement that
declares a"call to action"to create stronger defensive strategy for dealing with wildland
fire threat, and;
WHEREAS the defensible strategy involves a collaborative analysis of the land
use, building standards and fuels management concerns associated with living in and near
the wildland, and;
WHEREAS,the League and CSAC will identify a core team of leaders who will
join with political leaders from the State to lead a task force made up of community
planners, environmental agencies,housing and economic development specialists, fire
service representatives, law enforcement, business, and the insurance industry to
implement the defensive strategy identified in the Policy Statement.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Los Altos
Hills on this 2nd day of June, 2004 supports the policy Statement signed by the Presidents
and Executive Directors of the League and CSAC, and encourages that the League and
CSAC move collaboratively and aggressively to seek implementation of the defensive
identified in the Policy Statement.
JADOPTED thisArb day of , 2004
By .
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Attest:
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