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4 <br />WUI FUELS REDUCTION PROJECT <br />Ian Appow <br />MESSAGE FROM <br />THE COORDINATOR <br />Dear Partners, <br /> <br />The past few months of this project has been quite the journey! Not <br />so long ago, our best options were cold calls and going door to door in <br />hopes of finding interest in the program from residents. Five months <br />later, we have an overflow of community members insisting on wanting <br />to know what comes next for this project and how they can get involved. <br /> <br />When this project started, I called fifteen different established <br />community fuel reduction programs in California and Oregon, asking for <br />advice on how to achieve sustained success for this type of work. When <br />they asked what we were doing, all of them thought as admirable as it <br />was, our project mission was going to be impossible to pull off starting <br />from scratch with only a five-month window. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />This program is groundbreaking, and I couldn't be prouder of this team. <br />We have given this community hope. Too many people initially reached <br />out overwhelmed with fear in how they could survive if a wildfire <br />sparked in their neighborhood, and now? They're hosting meetings, <br />giving presentations, and pushing city council for more programs like <br />ours. Your organizations have earned these people's trust in ways that <br />will have them championing you not only now, but for years to come. <br />"Present equitable opportunities for as many residents of the Southeast Neighborhood to improve the community’s wildfire resiliency" <br />INTRODUCTION <br />February 19, 2020, Work Session – Item 2