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Forest and Beach Commission outlines priorities for master plan, wildfire guidance and beach maintenance; staff summarizes June operations
Summary
Commissioners prioritized finishing a vetted forest master plan, integrating wildfire/CWPP guidance, clarifying roles with Planning, and advancing beach capital projects. Public Works reported a slow June, tree removals and planned plantings, and a new fiscal-year CIP allocation.
At its July meeting, the Forest and Beach Commission of Carmel-by-the-Sea discussed priorities for the coming fiscal year'from finishing the forest master plan to coordinating beach capital projects'and heard a monthly operations report from Public Works.
Key priorities
Commissioners said the commission should "pick some things that we might be able to advance in the next fiscal year," including finalizing a vetted forest management plan, clarifying roles shared with the Planning Commission, preparing resident education materials for private parcels, and integrating wildfire guidance and the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) into forestry work. Commissioners emphasized moving some items forward before the master plan is fully complete, citing tree fines and wildfire guidance as examples.
Commissioner and public comments stressed practical priorities: the forester'and commissioners noted insurance cancellations tied to trees close to homes, changing state requirements for stormwater capture…
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