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Residents and fire-safety volunteers urge funding for home hardening; council weighs $100,000 proposal and SCE support-center MOU
Summary
The Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council urged the council to prioritize wildfire mitigation and home hardening; councilmembers and staff discussed a proposed $100,000 home-hardening program, a memorandum of understanding with Southern California Edison for post-PSPS support centers, and related emergency-response items.
At public comment, Peter Feller, president of the nonprofit Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council, urged the council to prioritize wildfire mitigation and asked for city support to expand home assessments, an ember-resistant vent-mesh campaign, and more education. Feller said the council has helped organize 10 recognized Firewise communities, with 4,854 residences participating — about 64% of Agoura Hills residences — and another 6% in process. He said the volunteer organization has 26 community leaders and distributes a monthly newsletter to over 2,200 residents.
During the workshop, the council’s law-enforcement, fire and emergency-response subcommittee recommended several goal items tied…
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