Manton Firesafe Council Community Meeting Notes from August 8, 2022 at MVFD

MANTON FIRE SAFE COUNCIL

Minutes of the Community Meeting

August 8, 2022 6:00 p.m.

Location of Meeting: Manton Volunteer Fire Department

Present at Meeting: Board members: Janet Jensen, Joanne Paquin-Sproul, Heather Boone, Elliott Proffitt, Chelsey Snethen.

Attending: Tom Carrier, David Sproul, Phil Lee, Judy Ramos, Hal Sawyer, Cathy Sander, Paul Crabtree, Maddy Meyer, Father Innocent and Monastery guest,

Michael Lahr, Bob Cords, Marion Rocksvold, Brin Greer, Ali Meders-Knight, Mel Figueroa, Latisha Miller.

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Janet Jensen.

Approval of July 2022 minutes, motioned by Tom Carrier, 2nd by David Sproul, no objections.

Review of Meeting Norms.

I. Janet reported on the receiving of our 2 grants, the first one of which we have received the check for $5,000 from United Way. The 2nd is from California Fire

Foundation for $15,000 for Fire Suppression, specifically for water tanks. We now will be able to place four 5,000-gallon water tanks in Manton. We also

have a request in with SPI for 2 more tanks, which looks very positive. Janet then reported on promising talks with RCDTC (Resource Conservation District,

Tehama County) and WSRCD (Western Shasta Resource Conservation District) about grant funding for the infrastructure costs of installing the tanks. She also

reported requesting funding from both Tehama and Shasta County Supervisors with no response yet.

II. Janet then reported on the constructive communication between both Shasta and Tehama County RCD’s regarding Wilson Hill Road clearing.

III. Update on Project Clearing for RCDTC- Heather provided the group with sign up sheets for the possibility of grant funding for clearing homeowners property

up to 100 acres. This is only a possibility at this point in time. RCDTC is asking us to develop a plan only so they can submit a request for funding later this

year. See below for more information. Interested people can go to our website- mantonfiresafecouncil.org and fill out the “Contact Us” form with your information

(which will go to both Tehama and Shasta County district resource centers). Or go to our Manton Fire Safe Council Facebook page. Or come to our meetings

every 2nd Monday of the month! Brin Greer stated that she is available to help us to identify vacant landowners.

IV. Our guest speakers from TEKChico, https://tekchico.org, Ali Meders-Knight and Mel Figueroa, gave an engrossing presentation about what they do regarding

climate change adaptation and conservation management. They spoke about ecosystem balance, local resources and seed banks and planting. Their talk was

rich with ideas for disaster mitigation and future possible solutions for fire restoration.

V. Brin Greer gave a brief talk on how the Resource Conservation District Tehama County works with us and that the project plan for clearing is a “soft ask” since

the details about what kind of clearing is still not defined. She also spoke about a plan on doing a new video production of fire safety in Manton, hopefully us-

ing multigenerational families and what we have learned about fire and fire safety. She hopes to get it started this early Fall.

VI.Due to the length of the TEK presentation, we decided to bring our meeting to a close at 8:15pm. Next meeting is September 12 at 6:00pm.