California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 13 - State Responsibility Area Fees › Section 1666.8 - Concept Proposal

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				Concept Proposals are to be prepared and submitted on a form provided by the
				Department, which shall include:
(1) Project
				name.
(2) Sponsoring organization,
				organization type, Project manager name and title, mailing address, phone
				number, and email address.
(3)
				Project activity type. If "other" or "multiple projects" is selected, a concise
				description of the proposed activity(s) shall be provided.
(4) Estimated start and completion dates for
				the Project. The execution date for successful grants will generally be in
				March of the year after application. For example, Concept Proposals submitted
				in September of 2015 would generally be funded, if successful, in March of
				2016.
(5) Project location. Include
				a Section, Township, and Range and associated Base and Meridian that identifies
				the general area of the Project, the county the Project is in, the CAL FIRE
				Unit/Contract County the Project is in, and an address, community, or common
				name of the Project area. Fuel reduction projects shall include a map pursuant
				to §
										1666.9.
(6) Project area. For all Projects, provide
				an estimate of the number of Habitable Structures in the SRA that shall be
				impacted by the Project. For Projects proposing fuel reduction activities,
				provide the most appropriate metric by which the success of the project shall
				be measured or evaluated, such as fuels treatment area in acres, linear feature
				distance in feet, material removed in cubic yards, or equipment time in
				hours.
(7) Proportion of each fire
				hazard severity zone in the project area.
(8) Project budget, including funding from
				other sources. The value of in-kind labor in California shall be $26.87/hour,
				pursuant to the 2014 Independent Sector National Value of Volunteer Time. The
				value of in-kind equipment use shall be estimated using the rate set by the
				California Department of Transportation "Labor Surcharge and Equipment Rental
				Rate" guide.
(9) A description of
				the Project, including how it will reduce the potential risk and impacts from
				wildfire in the SRA, the goals and objectives of the Project, why the Project
				area was chosen, how CEQA requirements shall be met (if applicable), the
				anticipated material, personnel, and Administrative Costs, and any additional
				monetary or in-kind services.
(10)
				Project milestones and deliverables, including the specific products or
				services to be produced as a result of the proposed Project that can be used to
				measure success and the anticipated dates of any milestones that shall be used
				to evaluate the progress of the Project.
(11) The experiences of the Applicant in
				performing similar work to that of the proposed Project and the outcomes of any
				previous grant work performed by the Applicant. If the Applicant lacks prior
				grant experience, the capabilities of the Applicant and any safeguards to
				ensure a successful outcome for the proposed Project shall be
				described.