Council backs enhanced wildfire mitigation and more cyclical fuels work
Council agreed to keep an enhanced wildfire mitigation program on the strategic plan, emphasizing cyclical maintenance of city easements and outreach to absentee lot owners, and asked staff to coordinate fuels mitigation with public safety and report measurable outcomes.
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Council members supported continuing and enhancing the fuels mitigation program on city easements and described the work as a long‑term effort to reduce wildfire risk. "I do like the word enhanced because I do think that, I think counsel needs to work with, with FD to figure out methods to continue to enhance that program and make it better," the mayor said, adding that the program is making progress despite long deferred maintenance.
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