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You are here: Home / Home Top List / El Granada Wildfire Resiliency Scoping Project’s Presentation of Surprising Results ~ Deer Creek Greater Risk than Quarry Park

El Granada Wildfire Resiliency Scoping Project’s Presentation of Surprising Results ~ Deer Creek Greater Risk than Quarry Park

July 13, 2022 by Michelle Leave a Comment

VIDEO. From the San Mateo County Resource Conservation District (RCD) YouTube channel. Presentation of Results was held on June 28, 2022.

The purpose of the El Granada Wildfire Resiliency Scoping Project is to develop a site-specific understanding of wildfire scenarios for El Granada and the surrounding community and scope a suite of actions that would most effectively reduce those risks. 

 

 

 

For more information visit this RCD project page.

The purpose of the El Granada Wildfire Resiliency Scoping Project is to develop a site-specific understanding of wildfire scenarios for El Granada and the surrounding community and scope a suite of actions that would most effectively reduce those risks.

 

It will:

  • Define the wildfire risks to El Granada and affected communities, including overview of fire ecology, local fire history, fire environment (fuels characteristics, fuel models, weather, topography)
  • Assess wildfire risks to El Granada and affected communities, including most likely scenarios, ignition probability, fire behavior, potential fire spread, and general identification of values at risk
  • Identify and scope an array of potential actions that would most effectively reduce those risks and build wildfire resiliency.

 

The community of El Granada is located in unincorporated coastal San Mateo County within and adjacent to a CAL FIRE designated Very High Fire Severity Zone. This designation is based upon risk modeled on multiple variables including vegetation, topography, and wind patterns. Some stakeholders have expressed particular concern about highly flammable eucalyptus trees in residential areas (approximately 122 acres of eucalyptus) and in San Mateo County Quarry Park (approximately 314 acres of eucalyptus).

Multiple actions to build wildfire resiliency have been and are being implemented by partners including vegetation management in Quarry Park and on street medians, and the Neighborhood Chipping Program. Private landowners and residents also have been managing vegetation.

A critical next step is to identify and further develop actions most likely to reduce wildfire risk and build wildfire resiliency, grounded in a thorough assessment of site-specific risks and opportunities.

The project will develop a site-specific understanding of wildfire scenarios for El Granada and the surrounding community and scope a suite of actions that would most effectively reduce those risks including operational considerations, constraints and opportunities, methods, and detailed cost estimates. The array of actions will include those that may be implemented over the short- and long-term on both private and public lands, as appropriate to reduce risk of catastrophic wildfire, and will include a focus on eucalyptus management.

 

 

Project Timeline (Updated)

Consultant Selection Process             September- October 2021

Project Start Date                                December 7, 2021

Community Input Listening Session    January 2022

Final Project Report                             May 2022

Presentation to the Community           June 2022

 

Project Consultants

  • Panorama Environmental Inc.
  • Prometheus Fire Consulting
  • Vibrant Planet

Project Partners

  • CAL FIRE 
  • Coastside Fire Protection District
  • Midcoast Community Council
  • San Mateo County 
  • San Mateo County Fire Department  
  • San Mateo County Parks  

 

Funding: 

San Mateo County Measure K Funds via Sup. Horsley

 

RCD Contact: Sheena Sidhu

For more information on related projects, visit the Forest Health and Fire Resiliency Program page.

 


 

MCC Agendas, Videos and Lots and Lots of Documents!

Thanks to exMCC’s Lisa Ketcham for an incredibly well curated website archive on local planning issues.

Link to MCC Virtual Meetings

 

Midcoast Community Council Website

Midcoast Community Council (MCC) is an elected Municipal Advisory Council to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, representing Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton, and Miramar.

Regular MCC meetings are on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM at Granada Community Services District (GCSD) meeting room, 504 Ave Alhambra, third floor, El Granada. 
All MCC meetings are open to the public, and are agendized and posted according to the requirements of the Brown Act.


Agenda item supporting documents are available 72 hours in advance of meetings on http://www.MidcoastCommunityCouncil.org.

Minutes from previous meetings on http://www.midcoastcommunitycouncil.org/2017-2018/

To subscribe to MCC agendas via email, send email to MCC-Agendas+subscribe@googlegroups.com


2021 Midcoast Community Council Members

MCC:  midcoastcommunitycouncil@gmail.com
P.O. Box 248, Moss Beach, CA 94038

For agendas via email, subscribe to Google Group-MCC-Agendas.

Michelle Weil, Chair – Term Ends: Dec. 2022
Phone: 805-452-7453‬
Email: michelleweilmcc@gmail.com

 

Claire Toutant, Vice Chair – Term Ends: Dec. 2022
Phone: 650-676-5847‬
Email: midcoast.claire@gmail.com

 

Len Erickson, Secretary – Term Ends: Dec. 2022
Phone: 650-400-3175
Email: lenericksonmcc@gmail.com

 

Dave Olson, Treasurer – Term Ends: Dec. 2022
Phone: 650-387-3618
Email: daveolsonmcc@gmail.com

 

Gregg Dieguez, Member – Term Ends: Dec. 2024
Phone: 650-544-0714
Email: MCCGreggD@gmail.com

 

Jill Grant, Member – Term Ends: Dec. 2024
Phone: 415-940-3392
Email: JillGrant.MidcoastCC@gmail.com

 

Dan Haggerty, Member – Term Ends: Dec. 2024
Phone: 650-212-6026
Email : midcoastdan@gmail.com

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