HomeMy WebLinkAboutFD Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority PPTMarin Wildfire
Prevention Authority
New Marin Joint Powers Authority
Countywide Coalition
•Local fire agencies
•Cities and towns
•County of Marin
Working together as a single Joint Powers Authority
(JPA) for comprehensive wildfire prevention and
emergency preparedness
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Informational Update & Feedback
•Public Information: created website, video, background documents, FAQs
•Recent IJ Marin Voice
•Exemptions for churches & other properties classified under use code 61
•Member agencies need fire and taxing authority
•Voting weight 50-50%
•Feedback: 40+informational sessions
•Changes reviewed by working group
•Very positive response from public and councils/boards
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Response to Feedback
Principles used to make changes:
•Is it good public policy?
•Is it responsive to stakeholders?
•Can it get support of 19 agencies & Public?
•Does it help achieve the mission of the JPA?
•Expand Governing Board and Operations Committee to all 19 members
•Approval requirement of both majority & 50% of represented population
•Provide for programmatic review every 5 years and ability to adjust program proportions
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Response to Feedback
•Add a strong Citizens’ Oversight Committee
•Include “Up to” in parcel tax language
•Added 10-year sunset clause to the ballot language
•80% return to source over 5 years (operational
area)
•Local code and control remains with local agency
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JPA Mission to Fund and Oversee
•60% of the funding:
•Wildfire detection and evacuation system improvements
•Vegetation management and fire hazard reduction
•Grants, Public education and neighborhood wildfire preparedness
•20% of the funding:
•Defensible space and home hardening evaluations
•Senior & AFN grants
•20% of the funding:
•Local specific wildfire prevention
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JPA Oversight Structure
Board of Directors
(19)
Citizens’ Oversight
Committee
(9)
Technical Advisory
Committee
(19+)
Operations/Budget
Agency Staff or
Members
(19)
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MWPA Operational Zones
5 Zones
19 Members
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Program Funding
Program Area Estimated Funding % of
Funds
JPA Core
Wildfire Detection & Evacuation
Program Improvements
$12.6 million 60%
Vegetation Management/Fire
Hazard Reduction
Grants
Public Education
--FIRESafe MARIN
Defensible Space Evaluations –Home Hardening
With option for agency to administer vs JPA $4.2 million 20%
Agency Specific Wildfire Prevention Mitigation $4.2 million 20%
Total Cost:$21 million 100%
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Structure of Parcel Tax
•Up to 0.10 per building square foot
•Improved residential and commercial
•Multi-unit residential (3 or more units)
•$75/unit
•Unimproved parcels
•0 -0.25 acres -$25/parcel
•0.25 -0.50 acres -$100/parcel
•0.50 and greater -$150/parcel
•Senior low-income exemption
•Annual inflation adjustment
•Bay Area CPI with 3% cap
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Mandatory Fiscal Accountability
•Citizens’ Oversight Committee
•Independent Oversight
•Annual reporting of financials
•Annual audits
•Prioritized annual workplan and
budget
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Potential Parcel Tax Measure
Ballot Language:
Marin Wildfire Prevention Measure.
To support coordinated wildfire prevention including improving early wildfire detection, warning and alerts; reducing brush and vegetation; ensuring defensible space around homes, neighborhoods and critical infrastructure; and improving disaster evacuation routes/procedures; shall the Marin Wildfire Prevention Measure, levying up to 10¢ per building square foot tax (described in the ballot pamphlet) for 10 years, providing $21,000,000 annually, with annual inflation adjustments, independent citizen oversight/audits, and low-income senior exemptions, be adopted?
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Timeline and Next Steps
•October 2019
•Member agencies join JPA by 10/31
•Member agencies pass resolution
requesting Board of Supervisors place
parcel tax initiative on March 2020 ballot
•November 2019
•Board of Supervisors considers requests
to place measure on ballot 11/19
•March 3, 2020 Election
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