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Fire safety

2% of the meeting time, 13.6 hours, at 27 meetings.

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Fire safetyBecause we— I think fire safety. I mean, we mean widely spaced healthy trees is better than bunch trees that are dry and not growing, right?John McCormickCouncil Member · Lafayette City Council · Nov 12, 2024Watch the full meeting from 2:51:03
  • Fire safetyOr any— I mean, my concern would be, you know, an old couch on a balcony that could potentially be a fire hazard. So something speaking to fire hazard on balconies.Alexis MapelVice Chair · Moraga Planning Commission · Mar 11, 2025Watch the full meeting from 1:59:47
  • Fire safetyI wanted to make sure we got through those. And okay, um, uh, I'm not even sure where I would start on the issue of the fire hazard and safety. I know that we would want California to make laws that are reasonable and logical, and that is not happening.Brenda LusterCommissioner · Moraga Planning Commission · Mar 11, 2025Watch the full meeting from 1:10:47
  • Fire safetyBrian, I attended 2 meetings that have both been previously mentioned. The MOFD board, where the issue, as we all know, was the ambulance continuation of the 24-hour ambulance, and I spoke in favor of that.Brian DolanCouncilmember · Moraga Town Council · May 28, 2025Watch the full meeting from 41:51
  • Fire safetyI think we, we, in looking through the documents, that's where I kept stopping when looking at kind of the precedent imagery. I was like, well, we can't do that because we can't have a tree right next to a building. So how do we achieve the same feeling in the context of being in a high fire risk zone?Brenda DavisCommissioner · Orinda Planning Commission · Sep 24, 2025Watch the full meeting from 33:09
  • Fire safetyI have very similar feelings and perspective as my council Fellow council members, um, I am, you know, longtime resident, personally very concerned about evacuation for everyone on Moraga Way. We're only talking, and I guess at the Caltrans site, we're talking about Moraga Way and 24.Janet RileyCouncilmember · Orinda City Council · Sep 30, 2025Watch the full meeting from 2:06:19
  • Fire safetyTraditionally, streets— neighbors have wanted speed bumps, but MOFD has been very concerned about speed bumps and the issues with fire trucks getting over speed bumps and slowing them down, particularly in the areas that are of the highest severity fire zone. So we talked about other types of measures that could be taken, including striping.Cara HoxieCouncilmember · Orinda City Council · Mar 17, 2026Watch the full meeting from 32:55
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