Board of Supervisors hold special meeting focused on recovery efforts for the Caldor Fire.
Submitted by paula on Fri, 09/03/2021 - 9:17pm
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors today announced it will hold a
special Board meeting on September 10th, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. to discuss County initiatives to address the impact of the Caldor Fire and plans to begin the recovery process. It will be held on Zoom and in person in Placerville (instructions here).
The Board will receive reports from the Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services, the County Assessor, the Registrar of Voters, the Treasurer-Tax Collector, and Environmental Management in regards remediation and
In addition, the Board will be discussing an urgency ordinance titled, “Caldor Fire Resiliency and Rebuilding Ordinance” for the purpose of modifying and temporarily suspending various County housing-related,
permitting, and health and safety provisions and policies to expedite recovery and rebuilding of homes.
“While the focus remains on the fire-fighting effort and repopulation is starting to occur, much is being done behind the scenes to ensure that when the Federal and State government take the necessary steps to allow the
recovery process to begin, El Dorado County government is ready to immediately respond to assist our residents,” said Don Ashton, Chief Administrative Officer. “This meeting will inform the Board and general
public about what the recovery effort includes.”
The agenda for the meeting can be found here.