2004-1055-Resolution No. 2004-093 Recorded 8/5/2004REVIEWED
LEGAL COUNSEL
DESCHUTES
COUNTY CLERK �+u
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2004-1055
For Recording Stamp Only
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
A Resolution In the Matter of Community Wildfire
Protection Plans (CWPP) after the enactment of the * RESOLUTION NO. 2004-093
Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) of 2003.
WHEREAS, Congress enacted the Healthy Forest Restoration Act ("HFRA") in 2003 that provides
statutory incentives for the United States Forest Service (FS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to give
consideration to the priorities of local communities as they develop and implement forest management and
hazardous fuels reduction projects; and
WHEREAS, in order for communities to take full advantage of this new opportunity, it must first
prepare a Community Wildfire Protection Plan ("CWPP"); and
WHEREAS, the HFRA provides considerable flexibility for communities to determine the substance
and detail of the plans and procedures they use to develop CWPP; and
WHEREAS, because the HFRA is general in nature, some communities may benefit from assistance on
how to prepare a CWPP; and
WHEREAS, completion of a quality CWPP is a pre -requisite for communities to compete for federal
funds to accomplish hazardous fuels reduction on private lands; and
WHEREAS, the Society of American Foresters, National Association of Counties and the National
Association of State Foresters have developed A Handbook for Wildland-Urban Interface Communities
("Handbook") intended to provide communities with a concise, step-by-step guide to use in developing a
CWPP; and
WHEREAS, these recommendations from the Handbook carefully conform to both the spirit and the
letter of the HFRA; and
WHEREAS, the HFRA requires that the applicable local governments must mutually agree to the final
contents of a CWPP with the local fire department(s) and the state entity responsible for forest management;
now therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY,
OREGON, as follows:
Section 1. Deschutes County hereby accepts the recommendations from the Handbook as minimum
standards for the development of a CWPP for Deschutes County.
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Section 2. All future CWPP developed in Deschutes County will be required to meet these standards
prior to endorsement by the Deschutes County Commissioners.
DATED this 7 day of '2004.
ATTEST:
Recording Secretary
Resolution No. 2004-093
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
M. Pt,�LY, Chair
R. LUKE, Commissioner
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TOM DEWOLF, Commissioner