Staff outlines financing plan and next steps to implement Ashland’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Staff and consultants reported a multi‑scale GIS risk analysis and recommended beginning implementation with a revenue bond leveraging the existing wildfire resilience fee to generate early capital; council asked staff to return with an operational implementation plan and to convene a facilitated stakeholder group (or consider CMAT assistance) to set priorities and budgets.
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City staff and consultants briefed council on progress implementing the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). They showed GIS tools at three scales (citywide risk patterns, neighborhood summaries, and an internal building‑level screening tool) and summarized on‑the‑ground work already completed: dozens of residential assessments, neighborhood presentations, and grant‑funded thinning and prescribed burns on city forest lands.
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