Board backs letter of commitment for Habematopomo of Upper Lake resilience center grant

The Board approved a letter of commitment to support the Habematopomo of Upper Lake's application for a Community Resilience Center (CRC) implementation grant to the California Strategic Growth Council. Terry Logsdon explained the county's role would include leading public engagement with municipal advisory councils and town halls and noted that the proposed facility would be open to the general public as an evacuation or clean-air site at the tribe's discretion when used as a cooling, warming or evacuation center.

Greg Folsom, Facilities and Lands Administrator for the tribe (HPUL), described an earlier roughly $3,150,000 HUD community-project award from Congressman Mike Thompson and said the tribe intends the planned community center to serve the broader community with amenities like a commercial kitchen and advanced HVAC filtration for smoke events. The grant deadline was stated as Sept. 24; the Board approved the letter of commitment (as amended) and authorized the chair to sign; the motion carried 4–0.