Meeting called to order.

Reading of the minutes approved.

General Items:

1. Wildfire on the Divide (Harvest Festival) Review

· The Harvest Festival was a success. Attendance was great.

· Suggest we continue to keep it the same but just expand on what we have. Restructure and move some things around.

· Tyler made some suggestions. We did decide not to have bounce houses and rock climbing walls. But look at having a pie contest and maybe even a pie eating contest. Sell pie slices and jellies and jams. Make it small town country fair.

· The pumpkin patch and scarecrow contest went really well. Next year maybe move it closer.

2. Foresthill Community Fire Drill

· We had tested the Reverse 911 to contact residents as a test and advertise during that test the Harvest Festival and to stop by and fill out a survey letting us know if the Reverse 911 was informative. It failed. It was supposed to have gone out to 3,275 and it only reached 310. We did it again the following week and it only reached 410 residents. There is a glitch in the system.

· Cell phones are generally not used with the system due to the constant changing of numbers and owners.

Community Education:

Grant Updates:

1. Rooster Ridge Fuel Break

· The request for RPF went out to bid and was awarded on October 7^th.

· Mason Bruce & Girard were awarded the project. Work will begin soon.

2 Monte Verde Estates

· The request for clearing contractor went out and was awarded on October 7^th.

· Volcano Creek Enterprises, Inc was awarded the project. Just waiting for Cal Fire to sign the exemption before work can begin.

2. 2009 Clearing House Grant Projects

· Still no word from the Clearing House.

3. 2009 Stimulus Package Funding

· The USFS has received money but unsure of where it will be distributed.

Group Reports-

PCFSA- Placer County Fire Safe Alliance –Chipper program problems and alternatives. Look at privatizing the program with bins or chippers. The next meeting is Monday October 26th at 10:00.

FFPD- Foresthill Fire Protection District – Pretty quite this month with fire season coming to a close. Fire prevention week was the last two weeks and Gary used a new program to get the point across to the kids. Thanks to Farmers Insurance, Gary was able to give the kids a DVD to take home regarding fire safety.

DAT- Disaster Action Team – N/A

Cal Fire California Department of Forestry – Down staffing with Fire season coming to a close. No monies available. Commit a con crew to outside projects all year.

BLM- Bureau of Land Management – N/A

USFS- United States Forest Service – N/A

Firewise- N/A

BOR- Bureau of Reclamation – Working to establish a Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program similar to the variance program that BLM offers.

New Business: Matt Brown informed us of the potential for Equip funding for herbicide applications. With other funding resources available for next year coming up.

Good of the order.

Meeting adjourned.