DATE: February 2, 2021
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Fire Chief
SUBJECT
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate $21,132 in Grant Funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the Creation of Defensible Space in the Hayward Hills Project
RECOMMENDATION
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate $21,132 in grant funding from Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for the creation of defensible space in the Hayward Hills Project (Defensible Space Project).
SUMMARY
The Hayward Fire Department (HFD) was awarded $21,132 by FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) to prepare for and implement a large-scale Defensible Space Project in the Hayward Hills. The scope of work for the project consists of creating a full-scale outreach campaign to educate the Hayward and Fairview communities on wildfire behavior, and the importance of defensible space for wildfire mitigation, as well as to demonstrate how to create defensible space. The project is focused on the Ward Creek Drainage area, and demonstrations will be visible in a high-trafficked area.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution
Attachment III Award Letter