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Residents press Agoura Hills council on park safety and other local concerns; candidate pitches federal immigration bill
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to add clearer bike signage and repair trip hazards at Forest Cove Park, a congressional candidate promoted the Dignity Act (H.R. 4393), and a local foundation thanked the council for carnival support; council members also raised concerns about testing at the Calabasas dump.
Public comment at the Agoura Hills City Council meeting focused on local safety issues, federal immigration policy and nonprofit fundraising support.
Jennifer Miller told the council she repeatedly asked for larger, clearer signs to keep bicycles out of the Forest Cove Park playground area and said she fell on raised pavers she described as a "serious tripping hazard" that city staff had not adequately addressed. "I tripped in the park...Someone's going to get hurt," Miller said, and warned that if the hazard is not addressed she may file a lawsuit.
Dr. Michael Koslow, identifying himself as a U.S. congressional candidate, urged the council to support the Dignity Act of 2025 (H.R. 4393). He said the bill is a three-part bipartisan package addressing border security and asylum reform, a pathway to work authorization (which he characterized as "not amnesty"), and reforms for employment and student visas; he said filing fees would be offset by tax credits and left the council an executive summary.
David Rice, treasurer for the Foundation for the Las Virgenes Schools, thanked the council for help securing logistics and parking for an upcoming carnival fundraiser and said the foundation has granted more than $1,000,000 to Las Virgenes Unified School District since 2012.
In council remarks that followed, Councilman Bowness said he was "shocked" by a New York Times Magazine article about the Calabasas dump and expressed concern that initial testing found debris that could be harmful to residents near Liberty Canyon; he called for greater county transparency on testing and results.
The council took two procedural votes during the meeting: the agenda and the consent calendar were each approved unanimously, 5-0.
