Jeffco Foothills Town Hall Meeting April 2025 Video

Jeffco Foothills Town Hall Meeting
April 5, 2025
73 people in attendance
Description: Learn more about strategies underway this legislative session to address soaring homeowners' insurance rates in high wildfire risk areas and Jeffco's efforts to build greater wildfire resiliency.

@0:00 Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway, Colorado Division of Insurance
@6:30 U.S. Representative Brittany Petterson
@15:24 Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway
@18:40 Commissioner Dahlkemper introducing wildfire mitigation and risk reduction efforts in Jeffco, then Brian Keating, Jeffco Sheriff’s Office Fire Management Officer

@35:50 Questions from the audience
1. What are you doing to talk to the insurance companies to put together a plan now?
2. Insurance agent more interested in roof than in mitigation he’d done. Certificate of mitigation from county (from their own home assessment program) to present to insurance agents will be helpful. When might that be available?
3. What are the requirements around the fire ban in Jeffco?
4. Grant funding that was mentioned - where does it come from?
5. Does the Colorado Commission approve insurance rate increases for companies?

@56:40 Election announcements from Nancy Judge, Evergreen Chamber of Commerce
April 16 from 5:30-7pm EPRD Candidate Forum at Buchanan Rec Center
April 17 from 5:30-7pm Evergreen Fire Rescue Candidate Forum at EFR Station 2
April 26 from 9-10:30am EPRD at United Methodist Church

@59:23 Commissioners Andy Kerr & Lesley Dahlkemper Updates
1. Quarry Fire re-seeding
2. I-70 Construction
3. Hwy 73 construction

@1:03:35 Senator Lisa Cutter Updates

@1:08:40 Representative Tammy Story Updates

@1:13:59 Representative Brianna Titone Updates

@1:19:43 Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper wrap-up