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CITY OF CORTEZ
123 ROGER SMITH AVENUE
CORTEZ, CO 81321

Drew Sanders
City Manager
123 E Roger Smith Ave,
Cortez, CO. 81321
dsanders@cortezco.gov

Memorandum

To:

CORTEZ CITY COUNCIL

From:

DREW SANDERS, CITY MANAGER

Date:

October 16, 2023

RE:

Letter of Support

DISCUSSION

Montezuma County has requested a letter of support for the USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grant 2023 West grant. This grant is slated to assist at-risk local communities and Indian Tribes with planning and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire; and helps communities in the wildland urban interface (WUI) implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy):
Restore and Maintain Landscapes: Landscapes, regardless of jurisdictional boundaries, are resilient to fire, insect, disease, invasive species, and climate change disturbances, in accordance with management objectives.
Create Fire Adapted Communities: Human populations and infrastructure are as prepared as possible to receive, respond to, and recover from wildland fire.
Improve Wildfire Response: All jurisdictions participate in making and implementing safe, effective, efficient risk-based wildfire management decisions.

BACKGROUND

Please see attached.

RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that Council approve City Manager Drew Sanders to sign the letter of support.

MOTION

If agreed upon by the City Council:

I move to approve that City Council authorize the City Manager to sign the letter of support for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant submitted by Montezuma County.

Attachments

Montezuma County letter of support