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Portola Valley: Council may rue decision to withhold fire map
Portola Valley, posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jun 4, 2008 at 12:55 pm

Home fire insurance rates are a major concern in wooded parts of Portola Valley. The potential impact on fire insurance was a key factor in an April 23 decision by a unanimous Town Council to tell the state's firefighting agency that no updates were needed to its current map, which shows no "very high" wildfire risks presented by vegetation in the town.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 12:00 AM

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Posted by pv, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood, on Jun 4, 2008 at 12:55 pm

If public money was used to pay for the Moritz report and the report is public, then it should be available to the public

Posted by David Boyce, Almanac staff writer, on Jun 4, 2008 at 4:15 pm
David Boyce is a member (registered user) of Almanac Online

PV - The Moritz map is, in fact, a public document.

You should be able to see a copy of it by going to Town Hall at 765 Portola Road and asking for Planning Manager Leslie Lambert.

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