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City °JArts &Innovation <br />City Council Memorandum <br />IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />FROM: PUBLIC UTLIITIES DEPARTMENT <br />DATE: OCTOBER 12, 2021 <br />WARDS: ALL <br />SUBJECT: RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN, VERSION 2 <br />UPDATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE <br />SECTION 8387 FOR SUBMITTAL TO THE WILDFIRE SAFETY ADVISORY <br />BOARD <br />ISSUE: <br />Approval of the Riverside Public Utilities Wildfire Mitigation Plan, Version 2 Update in accordance <br />with California Public Utilities Code Section 8387 for submittal to the Wildfire Safety Advisory <br />Board. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />That the City Council: <br />1. Approve the 2021 Riverside Public Utilities Wildfire Mitigation Plan, Version 2 update in <br />accordance with California Public Utilities Code Section 8387; and <br />2. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to submit the 2021 Riverside Public Utilities <br />Wildfire Mitigation Plan, Version 2 update to the Wildfire Safety Advisory Board. <br />BOARD RECOMMENDATION: <br />On September 27, 2021, the Board of Public Utilities, after discussion, unanimously <br />recommended that the City Council approve the 2021 Riverside Public Utilities Wildfire Mitigation <br />Plan, Version 2 update in accordance with California Public Utilities Code Section 8387; and <br />authorize the City Manager, or his designed, to submit the 2021 Riverside Public Utilities Wildfire <br />Mitigation Plan to the Wildfire Safety Advisory Board. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) is prepared to meet the <br />standards set forth in Section 8387 of the Public Utilities Code. Senate Bill (SB) 901 amended <br />Section 8387 of the Public Utilities Code when it passed in September 2018. The new code <br />section tasked all private and publicly owned utilities and corporations, among other actions, to <br />