Enclosure 3A - Project Summary Form
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Wildland Urban Interface Fuels / Education and
Prevention / Community Planning for Fire Protection Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
7th Step Foundation of Oregon
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
503-891-5578
503-226-7921
furlton@goldcom.com
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
1236 S W Salmon ( Portland, Oregon ) 97205
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Curtis Bald Eagle Wildland Urban Interface Treatment Coordinator
Organization/Jurisdiction:
7th Step Foundation of Oregon/ Portland Metropolitian Area Region 6
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
503-891-5578
503-226-7921
furlton@goldcom.com
Project Information
Project Title:
Wild Land Urban InterfaceTreatment Project
Proposed Project Start Date:
Proposed Project End Date:
August 1, 2002
July 31, 2003
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$1,250,000.00
$1,250,000.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
No
Brief Project Description:
The goal of this Seventh Step Wildland Urban InterfaceTreatment grant is to utilize ex-offenders to
treat hazardous fuels on public lands in the Portland/ Vancouver Metro Area, while encouraging private
landowners to utilize local contract, ardorists and tree service personnel to treat private lands at high risk of
fire in the urban interface. Ex-offenders recruited for this program will continue making progress being
intergrated back into the local workforce. This program will build upon an initiative started in 1988 as a
training agreement between the Oregon State Department of Corrections and USDA Forest Service. Under
this agreement, inmates, in their last three years of incarceration are provided up to 10 weeks of fuel treatment
and saw training at the Deschutes Conservation Camp with the ultimate goal of finding employment with
urban tree service contractors or contract summer fire crews upon their release.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable):
County:
Portland Metropolitian Area
Multnomah, Portland Metro
Congressional District:
Project Type: Check appropriate project type. More than one type may be checked. If only Box (4) is checked, use Enclosure 4.
(1)
(2)
Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Project
Wildland Urban Interface Education and Prevention Project
(3)
(4)
Community Planning for Fire Protection Project
Fuels Utilization and Marketing Project
If the applicant is an unincorporated area, define the geographic area being represented:
Enclosure 3B (Page 1 of 3) - Project Narrative Description
Applications for funding must include a narrative response that describes the proposal. Please do not submit responses longer than one page,
single space, 12-pitch font.
Describe project including, but not limited to:
 project location
Address these
 project implementation
items as
 anticipated outcomes
applicable:
 measures and reporting
 interagency partners
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project relationship to community or natural landscape fire plans
project time frames and income
specify types of activities and equipment used
amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc)
environmental, cultural and historical resource requirements
This project will focus on treating wildland urban interface lands managed by Portland Parks and
Clark County in the Portland M etropolitian area. Initial fuel treatment areas will be prioritized by the
Portland Fire Bureau in cooperation with Portland Parks Bureau with a focus on lands in the West Hills of
Portland that are at high risk of fire.
Project implementation will begin in July 2002 with the 7th Step Foundation hiring implementation staff,
purchasing and leasing equipment and recruiting ex-offenders.
In the first year, we plan to treat over 10 acres of public W U I land, encourage and document at least 200
homeowners who have treated their own lands using local contractors and contadct at least 500 homeowners
face to face with brochures and defensible space information.we also will support 20 jobs with a dozen locql
contractors while enhancing neglected park property.
Partners who currently support this proposal include Portland City Fire Marshal Jim Crawford, Portland Parks
and Recreation Urban Forestry Manager Brian McNerney. We hope to work with Clark County and
Washington County Parks, ODF and Washington County DNR to expand the success of this pilot.
Matching in-kind funding is coming from the 7th Step Foundation, but no project income is expected.
Hiring of key staff, and purchasing and leasing of equipment will start in early summer and by mid summer
the project will be initiated. Work will continue through the fall of 2002 and winter of 2003 with the final
reports completed by June of 2003.
Fuel treatment activities will focus on hand work utilizing chain saws, brush cutters and a chipper to prune
trees, thin dense stands of brush and chip debris. No grand distributing activities are planned.
Individuals with marketable job skills and opportunities to apply those skills transition into the workplace
much smoother than those without. This program will allow them to earn a living wage and make a val;uable
contribution to their families and community. This will also help break the cycle of generational offenders.
This also provides a means for individuals to repair some of the harm they have caused the community.
Response:
Enclosure 3B (Page 2 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
Applications for funding must include narrative responses that address the following four criteria. Within each criterion, subcriteria are listed in descending order of importance. Limit your responses to the areas provided.
1. Reducing Fire Risk. (40 points))
A. Describe how the proposal promotes reduction of risk in high hazard areas or communities, or natural landscapes.
B. Describe how the proposed project benefits resources on federal land or adjacent non-federal land, or how it protects the safety
of communities.
C. To what extent does the project implement or create a cooperative (1) fuels treatment plan or (2) community fire strategy
(include evidence of the plan if it already exists)?
D. Explain to what extent the affected community or proponent has been involved or plans to involve the affected community in a
qualified fuels education program (e.g., FIREWISE).
E. Explain how the proposal (1) leads to, enhances or restores a local fire-adapted ecosystem, and/or (2) mitigates or leads to the
mitigation of hazardous fuel conditions.
F. How will the proposed treatments or programs be maintained in future years?
Response: A- the
Oakland Hills fire, with 26 fatalities, and 3000 homes lost, demonstrated that wildland urban
interface fires present major risks to major metropolitan areas. In August of 2001 the City of Portland
received a wake up call,residents living on Willamette Blvd. bluff near the University of Portland nearly lost
their homes. The incident showcased the inherent threat wildfire poses to the portland community.
B- Portland is surrounded and interlaced with federal lands. This project will protect the Metropolitan hub of
a region where up to 2/3rds of the land base is federal lands.
C/D
This project will implement the Portland Fire Bureau fire and fuels treatment strategy in the West Hills of
Portland. These were developed from public forums and workshops to address issues sponcered by Portland
Fire Bureau and the Oregon Department of Forestry, and door to door canvass with FIREWISH information.
E- This will remove excessive fuel loads, provide shaded fuel breaks along trails, roads and paths in Forest
Park.
F. Natural shade pf dominant conifers will help maintain these shaded fuel breaks.
2. Increasing local capacity. (30 points)
A. How would the proposal improve or lead to the improvement of the local economy in terms of jobs and sustainable economic
activity? How many jobs are expected to be created or retained and for how long (please distinguish between essentially yearround and seasonal jobs)? How will this proposal link to toher projects (or proposed projects) to create year-round jobs?
B. To what extent will this project be offered to serve as a model for other communities or natural landscapes?
C. Will biomass or forest fuels be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much?
Response: A- This
proposal will immediately provide 10 full time family wage jobs training ex-offenders for
up to nine months in transferrable skills. Outreach efforts should also help supporrt 18-20 jobs for 3-6 years
in the tree service indusatry in the Portland/Vancouver Area.
B- This project will help highlight the success of the NFP in the Portland Metro Area, it will be a model, high
visibility pilot that will gain the support of the minority community, the Portland City Council and will be
highlighted in the local media.
C- Chips will be turned into composting for local residental use or dust abatement for park trails. Firewood
will be given to local low income families targeted by local community non-profits.
Enclosure 3B (Page 3 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
3. Increasing interagency and intergovernmental coordination. (15 Points)
A. Describe how this project implements a local intergovernmental strategy or plan, or creates such a plan. Describe the plan if it
already exists.
B. Explain the level of cooperation, coordination or strategic planning through a “Local Coordination Group” for wildland fire
activities, or among federal, state, tribal, local government and community organizations. List the cooperators (a detailed list
of cooperators will be required for projects that are funded).
Response: A- This
project will implement the Portland Fire Bureau's fire plan developed through community
outreach workshops with key community groups.
B- It also ties in with a federal and state initiative to train inmates in their last three years of incarceration in
work skills at the Deschutes Conservation Camp. The USDA forest Service and the Oregon State Department
of Corrections have designed this project to implement Measure 17, an initiative passed by Oregon Voters
that mandates inmate work and gain viable job skills.
C- Key partners currently involved in this effort are: Central City Concern, West Portand One Stop, 7th Step
Foundation, Portland Fire and Parks Bureau, and the Deschutes National Forest.
4. Expanding Community Participation. (15 Points)
A. To what extent have interested individuals, groups, and communities been provided an opportunity to become informed and
involved in this proposal?
B. Describe the extent of local support or opposition for the project, including any cost-sharing arrangements.
C. What are the environmental, social and educational benefits or concerns of the project?
Response: A- We have
gained enthusiastic support from the Portland Fire Bureau and the Portland Park
Bureau plus have contacted Deschutes National Forest for information in developing this proposal. Frequent
articles in the local media, informative brochures and community meetings in partnership with our key local
agencies are just some of the ways we will inform and involve interested partners.
B- Local support in the social service and fire community is very high. this project could be a national model
in reducing recidivism through mental fitness and transitional services.
C- by focusing on hand treatments in the WUI, the 7th Step Wildland Treatment will provide aesthetically
pleasing environmentally appropriate fuel treatments in parks at high risk of fire throughout the Portland/
Vancouver Metro Area. Chips will be recycled locally as compost and to prevent erosion on local trails and
paths.
Social benefits focus on reducing recidivism. Currently Texas has a recidivism rate of 75% while Oregon's is
28%. By creating a second step for the successful Deschutes Conservation Camp initative, we hope to reduce
this recidivism rate for participantsin this program to 5% or less.
Education of the ex-offenders in business practices, marketing and outreach will be a key piece of this
program. The goal is to jump start entrepreneures in the tree service industry and reintegrate ex-offenders into
the workplace. this will also target the bulk of the ex-offenders entering the Metropolitian area since 263 of
the 270 inmates trained have returned to the community.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Hire lead staff
August, 1 , 2002
7th Step Foundation of Oregon
Community outreach and training
August 15th, 2002
7th Step Foundation of Oregon
Training the fuel treatments team and
purchasing equipment
August 2002
7th Step Foundation with P F B
and PP&R and ONR
Treatment of PP&R in the WUI
September, 2002`
7th Step Foundation Fuel
Treatment Crew.
Top of Form
Enclosure 4D - Project Budget
1
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
$400,000.00
Subtotal
$400,000.00
Fringe Benefits
$150,000.00
Subtotal
$150,000.00
Travel
$20,000.00
Subtotal
$20,000.00
Equipment
$200,000.00
Subtotal
$200,000.00
Supplies
$60,000.00
Subtotal
$60,000.00
Contractual
$120,000.00
Subtotal
$120,000.00
Other
$300,000.00
Subtotal
$300,000.00
$0.00
Total Costs
$1,250,000.00
$0.00
Project (Program) Income1
$0.00
Applicant
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
$0.00
$400,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$400,000.00
$0.00
$150,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$150,000.00
$0.00
$20,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$20,000.00
$0.00
$200,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$200,000.00
$0.00
$60,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$60,000.00
$0.00
$120,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$120,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$300,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$300,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,250,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Program income is the gross revenue generated by a grant or cooperative agreement supported activity during the life of the
grant. Program income can be made by recipients from fees charged for conference or workshop attendance, from rental fees
earned from renting out real property or equipment acquired with grant or cooperative agreement funds, or from the sale of
commodities or items developed under the grant or cooperative agreement. The use of Program Income during the project
period may require prior approval by the granting agency.