Votes at a glance: Agoura Hills City Council (Aug. 13, 2025)

Here are the key votes taken by the Agoura Hills City Council on Aug. 13, 2025. All roll calls were recorded in the meeting minutes.

1) Consent calendar item 4 — Clean Power Alliance (CPA) agreement (consent approval) • Action: Approve contract with Clean Power Alliance for the Energized Communities Program (consent calendar). • Discussion: Council reviewed whether Council member Deborah Klein Lopez should participate because she serves as the city‑appointed CPA board member; the city attorney advised no conflict because she serves in that role as the city’s appointee and receives no salary. Klein Lopez disclosed the appointment; no member reported a disqualifying financial interest. • Motion/second: Council member Deborah Klein Lopez moved; Mayor Pro Tem Jeremy Wolf seconded. • Vote: 5‑0 (Anderson, Anstead, Klein Lopez, Wolf, Mayor Sylvester — all aye).

2) Item 10 — Solid waste hauler contract (direction to negotiate) • Action: Direct staff to pursue negotiations to extend a franchise agreement with incumbent Waste Management (Option 1) and return with negotiated terms, while preserving the option to pursue an RFP if negotiations fail. • Motion/second: Council member Chris Anstead moved; Council member Anderson seconded. • Vote: 5‑0.

3) Item 11 — Economic development/downtown concept plan and code changes • Action: Approve staff recommendations to proceed with a $50,000 concept plan for a potential downtown/activity center and pursue zoning/code amendments and administrative procedures to help businesses (broader use categories, flexible parking for experiential uses, administrative alcohol approvals with notice and appeal path). • Motion/second: Mayor Pro Tem Jeremy Wolf moved; Council member Deborah Klein Lopez seconded. • Vote: 5‑0.

4) Item 12 — Liberty Canyon Linkage funding • Action: Approve a $25,000 contribution from the City’s Open Space Fund to support the MRCA’s pre‑application to the Wildlife Conservation Board to acquire approximately 56.2 acres adjacent to Wallace Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. • Motion/second: Mayor Pro Tem Jeremy Wolf moved; Council member Deborah Klein Lopez seconded. • Vote: 5‑0.

5) Item 13 — Letter re: Zone 0 regulations (Board of Forestry) • Action: Approve and send a council letter urging the California Board of Forestry to adopt a science‑based, locally‑sensitive approach to proposed Zone 0 defensible‑space rules, preserve home‑hardening emphasis, and include clear appeal and notice processes. • Motion/second: Council member Chris Anstead moved; Council member Deborah Klein Lopez seconded. • Vote: 5‑0.

Notes: Other routine votes included adoption of the meeting agenda and consent calendar (consent calendar approved 5‑0 minus item 4 which was pulled and then approved separately as noted above).