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From YouTube: Thousand Oaks City Council Meeting - 10/12/21
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Thousand Oaks City Council - October 12, 2021
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Well,
that
was
a
brief
presentation,
but
it
was
a
very
special
one.
I
want
to
thank
you
on
behalf
of
the
city
council,
not
only
you,
but
also,
of
course,
all
of
your
colleagues
and
the
department
in
general
for
accomplishing
something
that
is
really
something
to
be
proud
of
to
be
considered
number
42
in
more
than
100
across
the
country,
as
well
as
canada.
That
is
absolutely
amazing
and
speaks
to
the
hard
work
and
professionalism
of
our
department,
public
works
and,
of
course,
also
sustainability
really
appreciate
that
and
congratulations.
B
C
This
is
in
time
and
place
for
public
comments
for
those
wishing
to
address
the
city
council
regarding
items
on
the
agenda
or
on
a
subject
within
the
city's
jurisdiction.
All
remarks
should
be
addressed
to
the
council
as
a
whole.
Speakers
are
requested
to
state
their
name
and
community
of
residence
for
the
record
under
state
law.
Public
comment
matters
may
not
be
considered
by
the
council
unless
listed
on
the
agenda,
but
may
be
referred
to
the
city
manager
for
administrative
follow-up.
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Evening,
good
evening,
honorable
mayor
bill
de
la
pena
mayor
pro
tem,
engler
and
council
members,
my
name
is
samantha
galicinow
and
I'm
a
resident
of
woodland
hills.
California.
I
recently
joined
the
friends
of
the
thousand
oaks
library
and
currently
manage
our
facebook
and
instagram
pages.
My
purpose
here
today
is
to
let
you
know
that
during
the
week
of
october
17
through
the
23rd,
the
friends
of
the
thousand
oaks
library
will
be
celebrating
the
national
friends
of
libraries
week.
We
invite
you
to
celebrate
with
us.
F
The
friends
of
the
thousand
oaks
library
is
the
booster
club
for
the
libraries
in
our
city.
Our
purpose
is
to
raise
funds
to
support
and
assist
the
library
in
its
work.
We
help
the
library,
promote,
learning,
literacy
and
cultural
knowledge.
We
are
an
all-volunteer,
energetic
and
focused
organization.
F
F
F
We
also
write
grants
this
past
year
we
received
21
thousand
dollars
in
grant
funding
to
enable
outreach
programs
and
provide
support
to
our
libraries.
We
recruit
volunteers
of
all
ages,
to
work
with
us
to
support
the
libraries
issue
a
newsletter
and
maintain
an
active
website
and
social
media
presence.
F
We
conduct
fundraising
campaigns
most
recently
receiving
generous
donations
to
support
maintenance
of
the
library,
saltwater
muse,
salt,
water
aquarium
and
the
purchase
of
books
for
the
friendly
book
discussion
group,
the
history
book
discussion
group
and
the
book
club
in
a
box
program.
We
also
participate
in
community
activities
like
the
upcoming
crpd
trunk
or
treat
halloween
event
and
the
rotary
thousand
oaks
street
fair
friends
of
the
thousand
oaks
library
invite
you
to
become
members
and
hope
you
will
celebrate
with
us
the
national
friends
of
libraries
week.
Lastly,
please
check
out
our
website
www.ftol.org.
B
G
Good
evening,
madam
mayor
and
council
members,
my
name
is
roseanne
witt.
I
moved
to
thousand
oaks
27
years
ago
and
raised
my
family
here
september
was
national
suicide
prevention
month.
The
global
health
community's
healthy
climate
prescription
addressed
to
nations
ahead
of
next
month's
climate
negotiations,
stated
climate
change,
impacts,
drought,
heat
wildfire,
storms,
flooding
are
taking
a
serious
toll
on
people's
mental
health,
causing
post-traumatic
stress
disorder
and
anxiety
and
worsening
existing
conditions.
G
A
study
of
10
000
teens
and
young
people
in
10
countries
links
climate
change
and
government
in
action
to
extreme
psychological
distress.
Two-Thirds
of
youth
surveyed
feel
sad
and
anxious
over
half
feel
angry
and
powerless.
Eight
in
10
expect
a
frightening
future.
40
percent
hesitate
to
have
children,
56
fear,
humanity
is
doomed.
G
Climate
worries
disrupt
their
ability
to
eat,
sleep,
study,
work
and
enjoy
life.
Two-Thirds
think
officials
lie
about
the
effectiveness
of
proposed
actions,
leaving
youth
feeling
betrayed
and
distrustful
of
adults
as
the
mother
of
two
young
adults
who
have
expressed
similar
sentiments.
I
find
these
statistics
extremely
alarming,
as
I
think
anyone
with
young
people
in
their
lives
would
as
parents,
teachers,
leaders
and
role
models.
Adults
must
take
responsibility
for
the
future
we've
created
to
counter
their
despair.
Our
kids
need
to
see
policy
makers
acting
with
urgency.
G
More
can
and
must
be
done
now.
With
every
vote
you
take,
I
urge
you
to
consider
how
you
can
use
it
to
ensure
cleaner
air
and
water,
more
resilient
communities
for
both
people
and
nature,
a
safer,
more
stable
climate
and
a
just
equitable
future.
All
of
us
can
look
forward
to
so
our
children
and
grandchildren
don't
have
to
feel
like
they're
standing
all
alone
at
the
edge
of
an
abyss,
because,
as
one
teen
respondent
stated,
I
don't
want
to
die,
but
I
don't
want
to
live
in
a
world
that
doesn't
care
for
children
and
animals.
D
I
want
to
share
with
you
some
thoughts
I
have
about
the
huntington
beach
oil
spill.
I've
never
understood
the
personal
impacts
of
an
offshore
oil
spill
because
I
didn't
grow
up
by
the
beach
and
I
didn't
grow
up
in
oil
country,
so
my
foray
into
environmental
disasters
was
more
like
coal
ash,
pond
spills,
or
pfos
and
teflon
byproducts
being
dumped
into
the
beautiful
appalachian
streams
and
rivers
I
played
in
as
a
youth.
D
So
while
those
incidents
were
personally
devastating
as
a
nature
lover,
they
were
more
silent
killers
with
these
contaminants
settling
into
deep
sediments
to
be
trapped
for
generations.
But
the
evidence
of
an
oil
spill
like
the
one
at
huntington
beach
october,
2nd,
is
much
more
in
your
face.
Dead
birds
and
fish
destruction
of
sensitive
wetland,
habitat
closed
beaches
in
a
depressed
tourism
economy
are
just
some
of
the
obvious
impacts,
but
the
psychological
impacts
are
impossible
to
experience.
D
Until
it's
personal
in
watching
the
huntington
beach
disaster
play
out,
I
had
a
very
different
reaction
than
I
would
of
any
other
point
in
my
life.
I
thought
what,
if
these
were
my
coastal
wetlands,
the
ones
that
I
steward
for
my
job?
What
if
it
was
my
cute
little
threatened
western
snowy,
plover,
chicks
coated
in
oil,
the
same
ones
that
I
and
hundreds
of
community
members
pick
up
trash
for
each
year
in
advance
of
breeding
season?
D
D
What
if
this
happened
at
my
favorite
swimming
spot
or
a
place
that
I
go
to
surf
when
I'm
feeling
brave
what?
If
this
happened
to
me?
Well,
it
very
well
could
this
could
be
a
story
about
ventura
county
and
about
all
of
us,
as
there
are
still
14
active
offshore
oil
platforms
off
the
coast
of
southern
california?
D
We
all
have
personal
connections
to
nature,
whether
you
hike
ski
swim
have
outdoor
picnics
and
beach
days
with
your
family,
or
you
play
soccer
or
softball.
We
all
rely
on
healthy
air
and
water
for
our
psychological
well-being,
but
the
reality
is,
we
don't
have
to
rely
on
these
leaky,
dangerous
and
explosive
energy
sources
anymore.
D
Oil
and
gas
are
not
getting
any
cheaper
and
that's
simply
because
we've
found
all
the
easy
stuff.
It
only
gets
harder,
more
dangerous
and
expensive
to
extract
oil
and
gas,
whereas
clean
energy
like
wind
and
solar
come
down
in
price
as
we
quickly
and
steadily
transition
to
them.
I'd
feel
a
lot
less
worried
for
our
health
and
safety,
our
fisheries
and
local
economy
and
the
wildlife
in
our
oceans
and
coastal
wetlands
if
our
coastline
was
dotted
with
offshore
wind
platforms
instead.
H
Good
evening,
madam
mayor
and
council
members,
I'd
like
to
take
this
short
minute
of
time
to
come
against
the
greenhouse
gas
coalition.
That's
asking
the
city
council
members
to
allow
all
new
construction
and
remodels
to
be
only
electric
again.
This
is
brad
poteet.
I
reside
in
the
city
of
thousand
oaks.
I'm
a
contractor.
H
H
H
This
is
because
the
computer
modeling
had
flaws
if
some
of
the
variables
in
the
equations
change
even
slightly
the
outcomes
that
get
predicted
have
a
huge
range
from
zero
climate
change
to
the
prediction
that
all
life
ends
on
earth.
What
really
made
the
movie?
A
success
was
the
inaccurate,
modeling
software.
H
H
E
E
E
The
requirement
for
new
homes
to
be
built
with
only
electric
appliances
and
to
ban
natural
gas
hookups
in
new
residential
construction
will
result
result
in
notably
higher
utility
bills.
Why
would
we
eliminate
something?
That's
perfectly
acceptable,
alternative,
that's,
cheaper,
clean
and
very
efficient.
E
So,
let's,
let's
dig
a
little
deeper
and
point
out
the
fact
that
electric
cars
are
charged
using
certain
fossil
fuels
such
as
coal
and
natural
gas.
It
does
not
all
come
from
wind
or
solar
panels.
Electricity
is
not
as
pure
as
many
may
want
us
all
think.
So
I
urge
the
city
council
to
focus
on
much
bigger,
real
problems
that
our
city
faces
today,
and
this
is
not
one
of
them
thanks
a
lot
for
your
time.
E
E
Excuse
me,
by
the
way
that
if
we
don't
do
something
that
the
world
is
going
to
overeat
we're
all
going
to
die,
but
that's
not!
This
is
not
true.
I
mean
is
this:
is
this
really
a
fact
they
claim
gas
powered
homes
are
the
second
highest
greenhouse
gas
emitters
behind
cars,
but
that's
not
necessarily
so,
and
one
of
the
costs
of
their
this
will
drive
up
the
cost
of
bill
on
the
new
building.
I
E
J
J
The
climate
crisis
takes
many
disparate
forms
and
affects
many
different
aspects
of
our
lives,
and
yet
the
primary
cause
of
the
climate
crisis
is
our
unnecessary
dependence
on
fossil
fuels.
The
oil
leak
off
the
coast
of
orange
county
was
reported
october
1st
and
confirmed
the
next
morning
as
crude
oil
washed
onto
the
sands
of
huntington
beach
and
spread
south.
The
coastline
was
closed
for
more
than
a
week,
creating
economic
turmoil
for
local
businesses,
an
estimated
126
thousand
gallons,
had
spread
into
into
an
oil
slick
covering
about
13
square
miles.
J
Investigators
are
still
searching
for
which
of
thousands
of
ships
could
have
ripped
open.
The
pipeline
with
its
anchor
california,
has
suffered
40
significant
pipeline
incidents
a
year
on
average
since
1986
nearly
1
400
oil
and
gas
pipeline
leaks
spills
and
other
incidents
have
caused
at
least
1.2
billion
dollars.
That's
billion,
with
a
b
in
damages,
230
injuries
and
53
deaths.
Over
the
same
time.
This
year
is
on
pace
to
be
one
of
the
most
active
and
costliest
years
for
disasters
in
the
united
states.
J
At
least
85
percent
of
the
world's
population
has
been
affected
by
human-induced
climate
change,
and
new
study
shows
researchers
used
machine
learning
to
analyze
more
than
one
hundred
thousand
studies
of
weather
events
and
found.
Four-Fifths
of
the
world's
land
area
has
suffered
impacts
linked
to
global
warming.
J
Let's
not
forget
ventura
county's
average
temperature
has
increased
4.7
degrees
since
1895,
making
ours
the
fastest
warming
county
in
the
continental,
united
states.
The
world
health
organization
in
a
special
new
report
is
calling
for
governments
and
policymakers
to
act
with
urgency
on
the
climate
and
health
crises.
The
report
describes
climate
change
as
the
single
biggest
health
threat
facing
humanity.
J
Meanwhile,
the
world
subsidizes
fossil
fuels
to
the
tune
of
11
million
dollars
a
minute.
That's
the
amount
of
direct
and
indirect
subsidies.
The
international
monetary
fund
has
calculated
that
the
global
fossil
fuel
industry
receives
to
ensure
that
cooking
the
planet
remains
profitable.
For
them,
if
you
do
the
math,
it
comes
out
to
around
4.9
trillion
dollars
a
year.
J
B
B
E
K
B
K
Yeah
I
just
like
the
I
understand
the
program.
I
believe
I
just
like
a
little
more
explanation
about
the
origin
of
the
program
and
it
looks
like
it
had
to
do
with
state
provisions
for
our
covent
situation,
and
also
am
I
correct
in
assuming
that
the
that
the
initial
bill
passed
by
the
biden
administration,
the
covert
relief
back-
I
guess
in
january,
did
that
enter
into
this
item
to
g
as
well.
L
So
I
can
answer
that,
mr
jones,
this
is
sherry
johnson
revenue
operations
manager
and,
as
far
as
the
administration
efforts
go,
the
state
and
federal
excuse
me.
The
state
moratorium,
which
ceased
the
ability
for
the
city
to
or
any
water
purveyor
to
disconnect
water
service,
for
an
inability
to
pay
happened
back
in
april
of
2020,
and
that
was
one
of
governor
newsome's
executive
orders
as
far
as
the
cessation
of
late
fees
as
they
relate
to
business
licenses
and
utility
billing.
L
K
L
L
K
L
That's
correct
so,
thankfully,
the
state
water
board
put
out
in
a
rear
ridge
program
that
we've
already
responded
to
their
survey.
Water
purveyors
can
apply
for
funding
for
their
defined
derivative
period,
we're
currently
in
the
application
process,
but
the
preliminary
survey
results
and
the
data
we
submitted.
They
responded
positively
and
preliminary
suggested
that
there's
plenty
of
funding
to
cover
all
of
our
arrearages
for
that
defined
period
and
that
payment
would
be
made
in
no
later
than
january
of
this
coming
year.
K
Well,
I
think
it
was
a
wonderful
program
and
I
know
people
who
lost
their
jobs
certainly
needed
relief.
They
needed
help
and
I'm
glad
we
weren't
wouldn't
have
to
turn
off
their
water
or
I
don't
know
how
you
turn
off
their
sewer
exactly,
but
I'm
glad
that
we
were
able
to
accommodate
them,
and
I
was
I'm
glad
that
the
state
does
have
a
program
to
reimburse
us
that
I
see
jamie
here.
I
guess,
are
you
happy
that
that
we're
gonna
come
out
of
this
breaking,
even
probably
all
right.
E
Yeah
no-
and
I
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
so
this
was
under
the
trump
administration
in
december
of
2020
trump
administration
passed
a
stimulus
package
back
in
december,
so
unfortunately,
it's
taken
10
months
for
the
state
to
finally
get
this
funding
out
to
the
water
agencies
across
the
state.
In
order
to
you
know,
pay
off
the
late
balances
for
water
customers.
E
K
K
K
M
H
N
N
N
N
The
city
and
the
city
council
reached
a
major
milestone
in
this
project.
Back
in
may
of
this
year,
when
city
council
endorsed
a
comprehensive
land
use
map,
this
map
is
being
used
to
feed
into
the
housing
element,
which
is
staff's
number
one
priority
in
terms
of
processing.
On
the
advanced
side.
In
order
to
meet
state
mandated
deadlines,
the
state
is
requiring
our
housing
element
to
be
adopted
by
city
council
by
february
of
2022.
N
Part
of
that
process,
and
one
of
the
work
programs
of
the
housing
element
is
the
inclusionary
housing
ordinance
staff
has
prepared
a
request
for
qualifications
and
a
request
for
proposals
for
the
project
and
anticipate
releasing
that
document
in
january
of
2022,
following
review
and
selection
of
a
consultant
work
will
proceed
and
staff
will
circle
back
to
city
council
to
take
formal
action
on
an
updated
inclusionary
housing
linkage.
Fee
moving
forward
on
a
faster
pace
is
the
objective
standards
which
is
a
way
to
remove
all
subjective
human
element
from
decision
making
in
the
planning
process.
N
N
If
these
projects
requiring
these
applications
are
proved
to
move
forward
by
city
council,
they
are
then
resubmitted
for
pre-application
and
then
yet
again
as
a
formal
entitlement,
so
staff
can
conduct
an
environmental
review
cases
that
require
a
general
plan.
Amendment
are
any
legislative
action,
such
as
a
measure.
E-Unit
allocation
also
require
development
agreement.
N
N
This
bar
graph
depicts
a
chart
where
permits
issued
activity
as
measured
from
january
to
august
31st,
because
after
that,
this
report
was
being
prepared
in
the
identified
years
for
calendar
year.
2021
of
that
same
january
to
august
period
has
seen
an
increase
in
the
permits
as
compared
to
the
previous
four
years.
N
The
recent
trends
are
impacted
by
a
few
segments
of
construction,
most
prominently
new
solar
installations
along
these
lines.
Other
segments
of
construction,
such
as
accessory
dwelling
units
commonly
referred
to
as
granny
flats,
single
single-family
additions
and
alterations
and
swimming
pools,
have
seen
moderate
to
significant
increases
in
permit
activity.
N
N
N
O
Good
evening,
honorable
mayor
and
council
members
tonight,
I'm
here
to
share
with
you
a
legislative
update
on
bills
that
were
recently
signed
into
law.
These
bills
have
a
direct
impact
on
the
community
development
department.
Historically,
local
land
use
planning
was
left
primarily
under
the
purview
of
local
government.
O
O
O
Two
big
targets
of
our
concern
next
year
are
parking
and
state
oversight.
The
legislature
continues
to
view
parking
limitations
as
their
deregulatory
tool
to
promote
housing.
Development
ab-1401
would
prohibit
cities
from
requiring
minimum
parking
standards
or
enforcing
a
minimum
parking
requirement
on
residential,
commercial
or
other
developments,
especially
if
it's
located
one
half
mile
walking
distance
of
public
transit
or
located
within
a
low
vehicle
miles,
traveled
area
parking
requirements
are
seen
by
the
state
as
impediments
or
considered
wasted
space
that
could
be
used
for
additional
units
or
infill
development.
O
O
O
Just
two
days
ago,
the
legislative
year
technically
concluded
with
the
governor's
deadline
to
sign
or
veto
bills.
Five
critical
bills
were
signed
into
law
as
part
of
the
governor's
california
comeback
plan.
The
plan
claims
it
will
increase
state
housing
by
a
whopping
8
400
units.
Excuse
me
84,
000
units.
These
new
laws
will
go
into
effect.
On
january
1st
2022.
O
O
hca
declared
a
statewide
housing
crisis
and
made
numerous
changes
to
the
permit
streamlining
act,
the
housing
accountability
act.
It
froze
nearly
all
development
fees
related
to
preliminary
applications,
including
essential
project,
specific
fees,
sba
sb8,
extends
the
sunset
date
of
sb
330
for
an
additional
five
years.
O
O
O
O
O
City
can
require
local
objective
zoning
subdivision
and
design
standards,
four
feet,
setback
on
rear
and
side
rental
terms
for
more
than
30
days,
in
other
words,
no
short-term
rentals,
public
utility,
easement
and
street
access,
and
one
off-street
parking
space.
If
property
is
not
located
within
one
half
mile
of
a
high
quality
transit
corridor
or
major
transit,
stop
the
next
bill
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
is
ab215.
O
The
six
cycle
housing
element
within
skag
region
is
due
to
hcd
by
october
15th
prior
to
ab
1398
jurisdictions
that
did
not
adopt
a
housing
element
within
120
days
of
this
date
were
required
to
develop
a
housing
element.
Every
four
years,
instead
of
eight
ab-1398,
has
removed
the
requirement
for
a
four-year
housing
element,
regardless
of
when
a
juris,
housing
jurisdiction.
Excuse
me,
a
housing
element
is
adopted
by
a
jurisdiction
with
the
enactment
of
ab
1398
jurisdictions
that
adopt
a
compliant
housing
element
by
february.
O
11
2022
will
still
have
three
years
after
adoption
to
complete
necessary
rezoning.
However
jurisdictions
that
do
not
have
an
adult
adopted,
housing
element
found
to
be
in
substantial
compliance
by
hcd
by
february.
11
2022
must
complete
all
necessary
rezoning
one
year
of
the
housing
element
due
date.
O
Council
members,
the
growing
state
intervention
in
local
land
use
and
the
complexities
of
new
laws
impending
two-year
bills
and
anticipated
bills
in
the
near
future
will
certainly
have
big
impacts
on
the
policies,
procedures
and
workload
of
the
community
development
department.
That
concludes
my
report
and
I
will
turn
the
presentation
over
to
director
calvin
parker.
Thank
you
very
much.
N
N
The
city
is
viewed
as
an
employer
of
choice,
though
there
are
fewer
highly
qualified
candidates
available
than
in
years.
Past
is
increasingly
difficult
for
the
city
to
excuse
me
to
secure
highly
qualified
candidates
at
an
appropriate
level
of
management
and
technical
experience
to
fill
the
deputy
director
level
positions.
N
N
N
N
With
the
volume
of
work
being
processed
by
the
department,
we
are
proposing
a
multi-pronged
approach
that
is,
funding
based
and
solution.
Oriented
with
that
said,
staff
recommends
that
city
council
receive
this
update
on
the
many
factors
influencing
operations
and
approved
the
various
financial
considerations
associated
with
this
item
in
support
of
the
department's
efforts.
N
In
addition
to
myself,
we
have
a
bevy
of
staff
available
to
answer
questions
if
there
are
any
among
those
available
include
kari
finley,
our
advanced
planning,
division
manager,
jeff
ware,
our
building
services
manager,
steve
kearns,
the
development
planning
manager,
hader
alawami,
our
economic
development
manager
and,
of
course,
mina
laba.
Our
legislative
affairs
manager
we're
all
here
to
answer
any
question
council
may
have
at
this
time.
B
Thank
you,
so
thank
you
so
very
much
for
a
report
that
is
actually
very
significant
and
I'm
not
sure
how
many
residents
are
watching
tonight,
but
this
was
an
all-encompassing
report
on
the
state
of
development
in
the
city
of
thousand
oaks,
and
it
is
too
bad
that
our
local
press
is
not
even
reporting
or
watching.
I
hope
that
they
are,
but
they
said
they
weren't
tweeting.
I
want
to
go
to
city
manager,
andrew
powers.
First,
before
we
go
to
our
first
council
question
by
council
member
mcnamee.
P
P
You
know,
based
on
various
questions
and
and
things
that
have
been
raised
by
all
five
of
you
over
the
course
of
the
last
six
months,
or
so,
with
the
landscape
consistently
changing
giving
you
an
understanding
of
kind
of
where
we
are
and
and
what
actions
we're
taking
and
we're,
having
daily
conversations
about
how
to
continue
to
process
through
this
real
extreme
push
right
now,
with
all
the
investments
that
are
happening,
and
I
want
to
stress
to
the
to
the
council
to
the
community.
These
are
all
good
things.
P
These
are
good
problems
to
have
to
have
to
have
this
level
of
interest
and
investment
from
people
putting
solar
panels
on
their
homes,
to
building
adus,
to
support,
perhaps
aging
parents
that
they
want
to
put
put
on
property
with
them
to
looking
to
do
pools
in
their
yard
and
investing
in
their
properties
with
remodels.
Two
major
commercial
transformations
that
are
happening
out
on
rancho
canajo
in
our
biotech
sector.
P
All
of
these
things
have
a
processing
that
occurs
at
a
community
development,
and
on
top
of
that,
all
the
team
has
been
pushing
headlong
through
our
general
plan
update,
and
I
really
want
to
make
sure
the
council
understands
the
significance
of
the
work
you
put
in
earlier
this
year
to
position
us.
We
are
well
poised
and
well
positioned
to
weather
through
the
challenges
we're
seeing
from
the
state
and
focus
on
controlling
our
local
planning,
and
that
has
been
our
commitment
to
you
throughout
the
year.
P
We've
really
committed
to
bringing
these
prescreens
through
and
continuing
to
process
those
and
work
with
those
private
sector
investments
so
that
we
can
stay
in
the
driver's
seat
and
work
collaboratively
to
advance
those
investments
in
our
communities.
So
my
hat's
off
to
kelvin
and
his
team.
As
he
mentioned
it's
it's
certainly
a
tough
hiring
environment.
It's
you
know,
hit
and
miss
it's
that
way
across
our
organization,
and
we
I'm
confident
that
we're
going
to
push
through
we're
already.
P
We
had
a
new
planner
join
our
team
just
yesterday,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
so
really
appreciate
kelvin's
leadership
through
a
very
challenging
period
and
happy
to
answer
we'll
be
happy
to
answer.
Obviously,
here
there's
a
lot
of
folks
here
that
touch
a
range
of
just
just
different
disciplines,
so
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
council
has
and
thanks
for
indulging
us
with
a
wide-ranging
presentation.
B
Thank
you.
Mr
powers
really
appreciate
it.
This
was
an
extremely
thorough
report
and
I
stand
corrected
that.
Yes,
people
are
watching
tonight
and
we'll
be
reporting
on
it
as
well.
So
I'm
really
glad
that
people
are
paying
attention
our
residents
as
well
as
our
local
press,
and
with
that
I
would
like
to,
of
course
thank
mr
parker
and
his
team
and,
of
course,
our
wonderful
legislative
affairs
manager,
mina
laba
and
we'll
take
a
question
from
council
member
kevin
mcnamee.
I
I
I
I
How
many
parking
spaces
are
really
needed
so
that
way
we're
fair
to
the
developer,
the
community
and
all
the
other
people
that
are
involved
with
that?
That
decision
process
again,
if
mr
powers,
which
pushes
it
weigh
in
on
this
as
well,
perhaps
it'll,
give
us
a
little
more
local
control
with
these
requests
from
and
demands
from,
sacramento.
P
Sure
so
I'm
going
to
let
a
couple
folks
tee
up
on
that
councilmember
mcnamara,
because
it's
a
wide-ranging
topic.
Obviously
the
you
know
there
are
several
components
here
that
are
important.
The
first
is,
you
know,
we're
going
through
our
housing
element
process
right
now,
and
perhaps
tracy
or
kelvin
can
weigh
in
on
that
and
and
secondarily
to
talk
a
bit
about
what
we
have
today
in
terms
of
of
parking
standards
that
have
been
adopted
by
the
council
and
how
they're
applied
so
tracy,
kelvin
others
I'll.
N
N
We've
been
extremely
fortunate
in
the
sense
that
we've
had
many
projects.
Seven
have
gone
to
council
within
the
last
year
that
require
development
agreements,
which
gives
us
broader
flexibility
and
requiring
additional
parking
above
and
beyond
what
is
required
in
instances
where
there
is
not
an
affordable
component.
I
N
No
typically
parking
is
a
function
of
standardized
manuals,
that's
produced
by
the
industry,
that's
widely
accepted
and
used.
There's
two
versions
of
that
and
it's
part
of
what
we
rely
on
in
the
parking
study,
that's
submitted
by
the
applicant
and
peer-reviewed
by
our
staff
and
determining
if
a
parking
scenario
is
correct
for
a
project.
I
So
I,
like
I
say,
I'm
not
comfortable
that
we
don't
have
an
actual
study
to
look
at
different
areas
of
the
city
and
it's
something
that
I
think
we
should
do
to
give
you.
Mr
parker,
better
tools.
When
developers
come
in
saying
well,
we've
got
ab
1401
that
says
this,
but
we
can
negotiate
and
say
we
have
studies
that
show.
I
That's
that's
my
concern
there
and
I
don't
think
it's
out
of
the
realm
of
doing
a
reasonable
randomized
study
to
figure
out
what
our
parking
demands
are
and
help
our
legislative
approach
to
this
that
we
know
our
demands
are
builder
developer.
This
is
what
we
want
and
gives
us
some
backup
to
say
it's
just
not
tradition.
We
have
a
study
to
support
it.
Q
Q
N
Yes,
so
we're
moving
swiftly
and
with
purpose
in
terms
of
addressing
our
staffing
issues
are
working
with
our
human
resources
department.
We
currently
are
in
the
process
of
gaining
a
specified
consultant
on
board
to
help
us
with
the
recruitment
of
the
deputy
director
positions
and
that's
more
of
a
targeted
recruitment.
N
We
searched
in-house
for
almost
the
past
year
trying
to
find
the
appropriate
fit
for
the
organization
we
were
unsuccessful
in
that,
which
is
why
we're
soliciting
professional
help
in
that
particular
area.
Additionally,
we've
brought
on
additionally
hourly
worker
support
to
support
the
department
in
various
areas.
N
B
N
And
that's
great,
you
know
excellent
question.
What
we're
doing
with
our
general
plan
process
is
we're
moving
forward
on
the
course
that
we
set
out
the
best
thing
that
we
can
do
to
maintain
the
most
local
control,
as
the
legislative
landscape
changes
is
to
complete
the
processes
that
we're
currently
in
right
now.
N
N
What
that'll
do
is,
give
us
a
working
framework
and
document
in
place
as
we
see
how
the
new
legislation
comes
from
the
state
and
begins
to
unfold,
and
then
we
can
adjust
from
there
accordingly
right
now,
new
legislation
is
being
passed,
but
we
don't
know
exactly
how
that's
going
to
be
implemented,
and,
quite
realistically,
it
may
be
followed
by
trailer
bills
to
provide
additional
clarity.
So
the
best
thing
that
we
can
do
right
now
to
protect
our
local
controls
is
to
stay
the
course
and
move
forward
on
the
path
we're
on.
R
Okay
and
mayor
bill
de
la
pena-
if
I
could
just
add
a
little
bit
to
that
when
mr
parker
refers
to
the
housing
element
again,
the
new
legislation
that
was
passed
ab1398,
that's
a
really
critical
piece
of
legislation,
because
you
know
currently,
if
a
city
does
not
have
a
complaint,
you
know
does
not
have
a
certified
housing
element
within
the
cycle.
You
know,
typically,
if
we
have
it
actually
certified
within
the
cycle.
R
You
have
three
years
to
do
all
of
the
zoning,
in
other
words,
change
all
of
the
the
the
zoning
map
to
to
reflect
any
types
of
changes
to
land
uses
that
you
need
in
order
to
have
your
you
know,
that's
consistent
with
your
housing
element.
What
this
legislation
does
is
it
reduces
it
to
a
year,
but
it's
not
a
year
from
the
date
that
your
housing
element
is
certified.
It's
a
year
from
the
date
that
the
housing
element
is
due,
which
is
actually
october
2021.
R
So
if
we
do
not
have
a
certified
housing
element
by
february
2022,
we
would
have
to
do
all
of
our
rezoning
by
october
15
2022.
So
we
would
have
very
little
time
to
do
that.
In
fact,
I
would
say
it
would
be
virtually
impossible,
given
sequa
mandates
to
do
that.
I
I
think
it's
just
impossible
to
do
so.
The
other
thing
that
legislation
did
was
it.
It
changed
the
definition
of
when
you
have
a
when
those
penalties
kick
in
it
used
to
be
that
you
have
to
have
at
least
submitted
the
housing
element.
R
Now
it
actually
has
to
be
substantially
compliant
with
housing
element
law.
It's
not
uncommon
for
cities
to
go
back
and
forth
with
hcd
over
certain
terms
and
conditions
in
the
housing
element.
This
eliminates
a
lot
of
that
ability
to
do
so
because
we
have
a
hard
deadline
of
february
2022..
So
from
from
our
standpoint,
the
most
critical
thing
that
staff
needs
to
prioritize
its
efforts
on
is
on
our
housing
element.
Everything
will
fall
from
that
our
general
plan,
our
our
climate
action
plan.
Everything
will
fall
from
that
housing
element.
R
B
K
Yeah
I
I'd
like
to
ask
tracy
or
mina
or
someone
exactly
what
they
believe
is
going
on
in
sacramento.
I
mean
all
this
concern
with
you
know:
making
housing
more
dense
and
relaxing
standards
and
and
so
forth
all
looks
to
me,
like
they're,
trying
to
undo
a
lot
of
the
things
that
we've
done
to
make
this
a
lovely
community.
K
K
Density,
housing
and
doing
away
with
said
four
foot
setback.
I
mean
that's
nothing,
I
I
don't
get
it.
I
mean
we've
labored
and
maybe
cities
have
labored
to
have
a
lovely,
attractive
community
with
all
the
these
amenities,
so
people
would
love
to
live
here,
yeah
and
they're
just
going
to
run
roughshod
over
that.
I
don't
well
what
is
inspiring
this.
Do
you
know.
R
R
R
We
aren't
adopting
a
general
plan
that
is
going
to
you
know
you
know,
prohibit
any
type
of
development
in
the
future,
we're
actually
adopting
a
general
plan.
That's
going
to
allow
some
housing
in
certain
areas
throughout
the
city
and
in
such
a
manner
that
will
that
will
again
comply
with
what
we
deem
to
be
quality
of
life
issues
such
as
design
and
traffic
patterns,
etc,
and-
and
I'm
hopeful
that
you
know
that
that
that's
you
know,
that's
going
to
send
a
good
message.
R
You
know
there
are
a
lot
of
cities,
though
that
do
have
a
reputation
for
not
allowing
housing
over
the
years.
I
also
think
that,
with
the
you
know,
when
rda
was
abolished,
you
know
that
we
had
a
a
financial
stream
for
for
partnering
with
the
affordable
housing
providers
to
provide
affordable
housing.
Once
rda
was
dissolved,
those
revenues
you
know,
went
away
and
so
you're,
seeing
a
much
more
significant
housing
crisis
than
we
did
when
we
did
have
redevelopment
in
the
state.
R
So
I
think
it's
just
a
combination
of
of
a
lot
of
things
that
are
going
on.
You
know.
I
think
that
there
are
some
legislators
who
think
that
dense
urbanization
is
the
answer
to
everything.
I'll
say
that
that's
not
the
you
know,
I
don't
think
everybody
thinks
that,
but
there
are
some
legislators
who
kind
of
have
this
one-size-fits-all
mentality,
because
they're
just
trying
to
get
more
houses
built.
R
But
overall,
I
think
that
we
as
a
city
are
on
a
really
good
path,
with
respect
to
the
the
endorsed
land
use
map
that
you
guys
adopted
in
may,
or
that
you
endorsed
in
may
in
our
general
plan
process
that
again
truly
reflects
the
community
input
and
the
community
engagement
that
we
went
through
the
two
years.
Almost
of
that
and
then
also
our
housing
element
as
well.
K
As
I
say
it
looks
like
they
want
to
have
a
statewide
planning
department
and
just
dictate
what
we're
supposed
to
do.
I
you
know
that
really
goes
against
the
grain,
because
all
of
us
here
have
been
working
hard
for
a
lovely
community
and
and
just
willy-nilly
to
number
one.
I
don't
see
the
need
because
we're
losing
population
statewide.
K
Secondly,
they're
trying
to
put
it
into
areas
that
we
have
created
for
low-density,
residential,
semi-urban
type
of
environment
that
our
people
came
here
for
and
and
then
they're,
as
I
say,
they're
taking
away
the
funding,
but
through
ending
the
redevelopment
agencies.
So
I
don't
get
it
I
I
wish
some
of
these
people
in
the
state
had
ever
been
councilmen
or
planning.
K
Some
of
them
really
maybe
not
have
a
background
in
city
planning,
so
anything
we
can
do
mina
to
fight
some
of
these
bills.
I
would
really
appreciate
it.
Maybe
we
need
a
entourage
to
go
to
sacramento
and
kind
of
explain
things
to
some
of
those
members
of
the
assembly
and
state
senate.
That
may
not
understand
city
planning.
I
think
there
is
a
lack
of
that
knowledge.
R
Would
just
say
you
know
with
you
know,
having
mina
with
us
and
our
partnership
with
cal
cities,
we
are
very,
very
vocal
on
bills,
particularly
housing
bills
that
have
or
land
use
planning
bills
that
have
negative
impacts
on
the
city,
we're
very
vocal
in
opposing
those
bills.
So
you
know,
and
mina
keeps
on
top
of
it
and
again
she
talked
about
how
many
thousands
of
bills
that
you
had
to
evaluate
this
last
year
I
mean
thousands
of
them,
and
so
it
keeps
her
extremely
busy.
B
One
only
has
to
look
at
a
more
crowded
orange
county,
more
expensive
orange
county
or
even
new
york
city,
so
ultra
density
will
not
work.
It
will
not
lower
the
price
and
as
long
as
there's
no
provision
for
affordable
housing
or
any
funding
mechanism
for
cities,
it's
not
going
to
happen.
This
is
very
disappointing.
Mr
mcnamee.
I
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
Ms
zlatan,
I
appreciate
your
efforts
in
sacramento
and
the
craziness
that
mr
jones
illustrates
so
eloquently.
Thank
you,
mr
jones,
to
the
question
I
have
is
for
our
city
manager,
mr
powers
to
combat
the
craziness
that
mr
jones
illustrates
so
eloquently
coming
from
sacramento
one
size
fits
all
that
is
being
imposed
upon
our
wonderful
community
here
in
thousand
oaks
that
has
been
groomed
over
the
last
60
years
to
be
the
great
jewel
in
california.
P
Yeah
so
I'll
take
an
initial
swing
at
it
and
I'll,
let
any
others
give
give
follow-up.
So
I
think,
as
I
understand
what
you're
saying
is
taking
a
look
at
what
we
exist.
What
we
have
in
current
developments
and
in
those
current
developments
is,
are
we
having
parking
problems
and
doing
doing
some
sort
of
analysis
around
that?
There's?
P
For
instance,
we
had
some
some
issues
over
by
the
surgical
hospital
some
some
years
ago,
where
a
lot
of
people
were
utilizing
street
parking
out
there
in
the
in
the
front,
and
it
turns
out
that
the
orientation
of
the
development
is
for
doors
to
open
out
onto
the
street
they're
like
the
townhome
style,
and
so
they
have
plenty
of
parking.
They
actually
have
access
parking
on
the
interior,
but
due
to
convenience,
folks
are
parking
in
street
parking
which
they're
eligible
to
do
and
and
using
that
to
walk
straight
in
their
front
door.
P
We've
got
other
little
situations
like
that
here
and
there
we
have
had
some
situations
where
we
have
code
issues
or
code
cases
where
we
have
overcrowding
and
how
you
know
we
have
situations
at
850
work
where
we
had.
You
know
folks,
doubling
up,
sometimes
tripling
up
in
in
homes
doing
a
day
shift
a
night
shift.
Those
types
of
situations
are
obviously
difficult
to
solve
for
because
they
they're
more
of
a
product
of
a
broader
housing
crisis
than
anything.
P
I
P
Absolutely
so
what
I'm?
What
I'm
speaking
to
is
anything
that's
in
our
housing
element,
anything
that
would
be
developed
in
the
future.
They
they're
contemplating
that
through
this
process
and
and
view
future
changes
that
would
impact
those
developments
as
that
that
development
disincentive,
as
I
understand
it,
at
least.
R
So
I'm
not
sure
from
a
practical
standpoint,
how
we
do
that.
I'm
not
the
expert
in
that,
but
I'm
not
sure
from
a
practical
standpoint
but
more
importantly,
the
housing
crisis
act
actually
prohibits
the
city
from
adopting
any
development
standard
that
results
in
an
impediment
to
the
production
of
housing,
and
the
state
has
already
determined
that
parking
mandates
are
an
impediment
to
housing.
R
So
we
are
actually
prohibited
from
adopting
any
standards
that
would
increase
parking
requirements
because
that
would
be
deemed
an
impediment
to
housing
and
the
connection
to
that
is
that
we
would
have
to
identify
that
in
our
housing
element,
which
would
be
deemed
a
constraint
on
housing
which
would
impact
our
ability
to
get
a
certified
housing
element.
So
we
have
the
housing
element,
restrictions
and
we
have
the
housing
crisis
act.
Restrictions
on
us
making
any
type
of
changes
to
our
parking
standards
where
we
would
mandate
more
parking.
That
is
re
than
what
is
required
right
now.
I
I
I
don't
care
about
whether
it's
more
or
less
we
got
to
be
a
little
more
reasoned
and
accurate
on
what
we're
doing
so.
It
actually
may
be
a
benefit
for
more
housing,
depending
on
which
way.
The
study
goes
is
my
point,
because
we
actually
don't
have
a
study
here
in
thousand
oaks.
We
don't
know
what
those
numbers
should
be
and
myself
and
my
fellow
council
members
are
just
going
on
tradition
and
what
we
think
in
a
certain
area
for
an
apartment,
condo
town
home
should
be
so.
I
M
M
The
duplex
bill
effectively
does
away
with
single-family
housing
zoning
in
the
state
of
california,
and
I
just
think
that
locally
any
city
and
its
council
members
know
when
it's
best
to
build
something
where
to
build
it,
what
to
build
far
better
than
sacramento
does.
But
that
being
said,
I
understand
where
this
is
coming
from.
M
M
As
far
as
development,
you
know,
we've
we
put
a
lot
on
your
plate,
kelvin,
whether
it's
our
10
priorities
or
the
housing
element.
The
general
plan
update
objective
standards,
you
name
it
and
let's
face
it,
we're
in
a
tight
job
market
right
now
and
we've
got
a
covert
backlog,
and
this
is
affecting
not
just
us
but
the
entire
economy
and
I'm,
but
I'm
quite
confident
that
our
department
is
going
to
be
able
to
deal
with
it.
I,
like
the
the
plans
that
you
have.
M
I
like
the
fact
that
you
know
we'll
on
a
revenue
neutral
basis,
bring
in
some
outside
health
for
a
little
bit
here.
Until
we
get
some
people
hired.
I
think
that's
going
to
work
well
for
us,
I
I
know
as
a
planning,
commissioner,
I
was
always
impressed
with
our
community
development
department
because
by
the
time
a
project
would
get
to
us,
it
had
been
refined
to
the
point
where
it
made
sense
that
takes
time
a
good
example
would
be
the
nazibikian
project.
M
That's
the
biggest
lot
on
teo
boulevard
biggest
vacant
lot
over
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
I've
seen
six
different
iterations
of
that
project
before
it
finally
got
to
us
on
a
pre-screen,
and
it's
still
it's
still
up
in
the
air,
but
regardless
the
first
iteration
was
nowhere
near
as
good
as
what
we
finally
saw
on
the
sixth
iteration
and
that's
because
of
our
planning
department.
These
things
take
time,
but
we
don't
want
to
cut
corners.
M
We
want
to
continue
with
quality
projects
here
in
the
city
thousand
oaks,
and
I
know
that's
what
our
our
planning
department's
going
to
continue
to
do
for
us
and
I
see
ed's
got
his
hand
up,
but
I
thought
maybe
at
this
point
I
would
go
ahead
and
make
a
motion
to
accept
the
10a
report
and
the
I
think
their
mayor
went
there.
Five
percent.
M
E
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
mayor.
I
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
with
the
councilmember
mcnamee's
question,
about
our
standards
and
for
parking
standards.
We
typically
refer
to
the
ite
manual
for
both
commercial
and
residential
and
the
reason
we
do.
That
is
because
we
want
to
be.
We
want
to
have
a
standard.
E
We
can
point
to
that's
based
on
a
lot
bigger
than
just
thousand
oaks
and
it's
defendable
and
it's
adopted
and
that
those
are
the
standards
that
we
we
use
when
evaluating
parking
or
anything
else
now,
council
can
set
different
standards,
of
course,
but
staff
always
always
refers
back
to
the
ite
manual
for
trip
generation,
parking
requirements,
etc.
Just
wanted
to
clarify
that.
Thank
you.
M
Thank
you.
Thank
you
clip
mayor.
If
I
could
just
add
on
real
quickly
on
this
sb9
business.
You
know
the
duplex
bill
where,
as
many
as
four
units
could
be
built,
a
single
family
lot,
so
as
not
to
overreact
to
that
from
what
I'm
reading
about
less
than
five
percent
of
the
parcels,
zoned
for
single-family
housing
in
the
state
of
california
would
economically
work
for
that
kind
of
a
project
less
than
five
percent.
I
don't
think
there's
a
whole
lot
in
the
city.
A
thousand
oats
thanks.
M
B
K
You
know,
because
a
lot
of
us
have
compromised
in
doing
that,
to
try
to
show
that
we
are
trying
to
abide
by
at
least
I
I
think,
perhaps
what
some
of
their
goals
are,
that
we're?
Not
just
you
know,
being
stubborn
and
resisting
everything,
but
I
would
think
that
madame
mayor,
we
ought
to
consider
sending
a
delegation
to
sacramento
and
I'd
like
to
participate
in
that.
K
If
I
don't
know
how
long
this
legislative
session
is
going
to
last,
you
know
we're
coming
to
the
end
of
the
year,
but
I
I
would
love
to
go
and
talk
to
some
of
those
committees
to
try
to
explain
local
government
and
local
planning
to
them
and
see
if
we
could
get
some
compromise,
especially
on
that
ab9
bill
or
sb9,
whichever
it
is.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
and
again,
the
thousand
oaks
had
produced
more
than
1100,
affordable
or
low
income
units,
with
the
assistance
of
funding
from
the
redevelopment
agency.
Once
and
we've
heard
this
numerous
times
once
that
funding
went
away,
we
really
didn't
have
a
funding
source
to
continue
more
with
building
more
units.
However,
what
was
available
to
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
is
an
inclusionary
zoning
ordinance
and
linkage
fees,
and
I
had
been
advocating
for
that
for
several
years,
but
to
to
no
avail.
B
I
am
glad
now
that
we
are
looking
at
putting
some
teeth
into
our
inclusionary
zoning
ordinance,
because
that
is
what
we
as
a
city
will
have
to
insist
upon
whether
it's
20
percent
25
percent
of
units
to
be
affordable,
or
else
really
everything
will
be
for
naught.
So
we
do
have
a
motion
on
the
floor
to
approve
one
through
five,
and
if
there
are
no
further
comments,
then
I
will
call
for
a
vote.
B
J
I
Q
B
Also
glad
to
hear
that
solar
installation
is
up,
I
think
that
is
absolutely
wonderful.
People
are
becoming
more
self-reliant
and
not
have
to
depend
on
sce
or
these
other
companies
all
right.
So
now,
our
next
step
we
have
10b
calvin
parker,
is
staying
with
us
a
little
bit
longer
to
discuss
the
initiation
of
a
municipal
code
amendment
regarding
religious
facilities
in
residential
zones.
N
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
members
of
council,
before
we
move
on
to
the
presentation
for
this
item,
it's
going
to
be
presented
by
tabitha
mcatee
from
the
planning
division.
This
is
of
note,
particularly
because
this
is
tabitha's.
First
presentation,
the
city
council
since
she's,
been
with
the
city,
we've
been
fortunate
enough
to
work
with
tabitha
for
the
past
four
and
a
half
years.
N
Previously
she
worked
as
an
intern
in
the
city
of
burbank.
We
were
able
to
lure
her
here
to
the
city,
a
thousand
oaks
and
she's
a
local
resident
she's
started
as
our
community
development
technician.
She
has
since
promoted
to
assistant
planner
tabitha
has
a
bachelor's
degree
in
architecture
from
woodbury
university
and
she's,
currently
finishing
up
her
master's
in
public
policy
from
our
very
own
clu
here
at
thousand
oaks.
G
S
S
Recommendation
in
september
1964
the
community
voted
to
incorporate
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
from
an
unincorporated
county
of
ventura
area.
In
october,
1964
city
council
adopted
the
ventura
county
ordinance
code
as
a
temporary
interim
zoning
ordinance
in
accordance
with
the
section
65806
of
the
government
code
of
the
state
of
california.
S
Religious
facilities
were
added
as
a
permitted
residential
use
with
approval
of
sup
by
the
planning
commission.
The
ro
zone
was
not
included
in
the
residential
zones
allowed
to
operate,
places
of
worship
or
religious
facilities.
In
the
original
zoning
ordinance
adopted
from
the
county
of
ventura,
nor
through
the
mca
2010-70418
amendments,
the
ro
zone
is
the
only
residential
zone
that
does
not
allow
places
of
worship.
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Our
o
zoned
properties
represent
approximately
one
percent
of
the
total
residential
properties,
given
that
places
of
worship
are
allowed
in
all
other
residential
zones
and
that
relati
and
the
relatively
small
portion
of
our
ozone
properties
within
the
city
allowing
the
proposed
use
in
our
o
zones
is
not
anticipated
to
have
a
significant
impact.
City-Wide.
S
S
If
city
council
allows
concurrent
processing,
the
applicant
will
submit
an
application
to
the
community
development
department
requesting
the
approval
of
an
sup,
the
s?
U
p,
application
will
be
evaluated
for
compliance
with
all
city
standards,
including
operations
and
any
proposed
site
improvements.
S
B
Q
Thank
you,
madam
mayor,
and
I
want
to
echo
a
very
nice
job
on
your
first
foray
to
the
council.
Nicely
done
the
question
I
have
really
we
have.
This
seems
to
be
an
oversight
from
years
ago
here
from
10
years
ago,
or
so
not
to
have
included
this
in
the
first
place.
Just
in
terms
of
in
terms
of
history,
though,
we
have
what
you
said:
44
houses
of
worship
in
in
town
and
32
of
which
are
currently
in
residential
areas
are,
do
they
all
have
sups
attached
to
them.
Q
N
If
I'm
a
councilman,
thank
you
typically,
we
don't
have
a
history
of
historic
issues
with
these
uses
and
with
their
stp.
Typically,
the
sup
is
to
mitigate
any
potential
factors
or
impacts
that
the
use
would
have
on
a
particular
area
or
location,
and
if
there
were
impacts,
there's
processes
in
place
whereby
that
could
be
addressed
in
an
effort
to
mitigate
that
and
to
bring
the
use
of
compliance
into
compliance.
If
that
were
to
occur.
B
S
B
E
E
B
E
Nice
to
meet
you,
madam
mayor,
thank
you
for
having
me
and
I'm
very,
very
touched
at
the
first
of
tabitha's
presentations
for
such
a
beautiful
project
there,
mr
jones,
when
he
was
campaigning,
I
think
two
years
ago
or
when
was
it.
I
don't
remember.
I
actually
met
me
at
my
home
at
the
time
and
we
were
in
process
of
talking
to
the
city.
I
remember
andy
mr
powers,
and
there
was
a
fellow
steve
marx.
E
E
For
some
reason,
everything
across
the
street
is
r1,
but
these
three
houses
were
this
ro,
you
know
loophole
here,
then
it
just
cost
a
lot
of
money
and
between
construction
and
all
that
we
didn't
have
the
money
to
go
ahead
with
the.
I
think
it's
about
a
nine
ninety
five
hundred
dollar
fee
just
to
apply
and
lawyers
cost
money,
and
so
we
stopped
we
stopped.
But
that
was
the
main
reason,
and
now
we
do
have
the
backing
the
funding
and
they're
ready
to
go
forward
and
do
it
right.
B
Excellent
and
so
obviously,
because
it
is
a
corner
there,
there's
a
stop
sign
or
four-way
stop
sign
and
my
church,
st
patrick's
episcopal
church
is
right
up
the
street
there.
So
I
have
watched
the
the
process
and
progress
with
your
home
there
in
the
corner
for
the
last.
Oh,
I
don't
know
how
many
years
and
I'm
intimately
familiar
so
my
question
is
the
parking
is,
can
be
an
issue
at
times.
As
you
probably
know,
it
has
a
blind
curve.
B
E
E
The
interesting
thing
about
rabbi,
briskey's
chabad,
is
that
it's
it's
it's
a
it's
a
neighborhood
place
of
worship
where
membership.
I
think
rabbi
briskey.
You
can
tell
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
it's
roughly
about
70
percent
of
the
of
his
congregants
walk
to
the
facility.
That
is
a
just
a
part
of
the
experience
of
being
in
the
chabad.
K
K
K
I
told
him
that
we
learned
that
during
world
war
ii,
that
was
called
the
soldiers
psalm.
That
was
the
one
that
they
recited
when
they
were
in
a
foxhole
with
the
bombs
flying
overhead
and
to
give
them
courage.
So
I've
spoken
too
much
here,
but
I'd
just
love
to
see
you
rabbi
briskey
and
thanks
for
coming
and
good
luck
with
the
temple.
B
M
No,
that's
good
ed
made
the
motion.
I
was
completely
concur
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
shalom
to
rabbi.
Briskey,
you
and
the
havaad
bring
a
lot
of
joy
to
a
lot
of
people.
It's
great
to
see
you
this
evening
and
tabitha.
It's
great
to
see
you
as
well,
and
congratulations
on
pursuing
your
it's
mpp
right,
mppa,
mp.
Oh
mko,
that's
a
combined
degree
right.
M
C
K
L
Financial
plans
are
updated
every
two
years
and
a
cost
of
service
study
every
six
years,
alternating
between
water
and
wastewater.
The
purpose
of
these
studies
is
to
perform
a
comprehensive
review
of
the
city's
utility
funds
and
to
provide
transparency
into
what
the
city's
water
and
wastewater
utility
funding
can
expect
in
the
years
ahead.
L
L
Due
in
large
part
to
sound
financial
decision
making,
measured
rate
adjustments
and
appropriate
maintenance
of
infrastructure
overall,
the
city's
water
fund
is
in
a
strong
financial
position.
Key
recommendations
of
the
water
financial
plan
update
are
to
adjust
the
overall
water
rate
revenue
by
one
percent
per
year.
This
will
ensure
cost
recovery
and
sufficient
funding
is
available
for
under
unforeseen
events
and
emergencies.
L
The
water
rate
study
considered
a
variety
of
factors
which
affects
utility
rates.
One
of
those
factors
is
the
city's
water
reserve
policy,
which
consists
of
target
levels
for
the
water
enterprise.
This
policy
ensures
that
adequate
operating
capital,
emergency
use
and
working
capital
for
future
capital
improvement
projects
is
available
if
needed,
the
total
reserve
is
approximately
31
million.
L
L
L
L
L
L
Lastly,
it's
important
to
note
how
low
moderate
and
high
usage
bills
would
be
impacted.
An
average
residential
customer
using
16
units
per
month
with
a
580
by
three
quarter
inch
or
three
quarter
inch
meter
and
no
pumping
lift
would
be
minimally
impacted
at
an
increased
cost
of
approximately
a
dollar
fifty
per
month.
L
L
To
put
this
in
perspective,
the
city's
average
residential
water
customer
compares
favorably
amongst
other
water
providers
that
are
in
close
proximity
to
our
area.
Looking
at
the
left-hand
side
of
the
slide,
we
see
current
rates
compared
to
other
local
agencies.
On
the
right.
We
see
how
the
proposed
city
rate
adjustment
compares
to
other
local
agencies
planned
2022
adjustments.
L
L
L
The
wastewater
cip,
also
approved
in
june,
has
an
average
expenditure
of
10.1
million
per
year
for
the
next
five
years.
The
wastewater
financial
plan
recommends
an
overall
three
percent
revenue
adjustment,
and
this
adjustment
would
enable
the
city
to
more
effectively
build
reserves
and
to
occur,
incur
no
debt.
As
a
result
of
these
improvement
expenditures.
L
L
L
Overall,
the
city's
wastewater
fund
is
also
in
excellent
financial
condition,
and
the
city
has
an
extremely
efficient
and
high
performing
wastewater
operation.
A
brief
snapshot
of
our
wastewater
rate
adjustment
history
shows
only
marginal
increases
to
the
fund
in
recent
years
to
fund
necessary
capital
improvement
projects,
maintain
sufficient
reserve
levels
and
prepare
for
inflationary
adjustments.
The
rate
study
recommends
a
three
percent
rate
adjustment,
beginning
july
1st
of
2022
and
july
1st
of
2023.
L
Overall,
despite
our
expansive
and
highly
modern
and
efficient
infrastructure,
the
overall
monthly
rate
for
our
single
family,
residential
customers
is
the
second
lowest
wastewater
rate
in
the
county.
The
proposed
wastewater
rate
adjustment
as
compared
to
other
agencies
proposed
or
pre-planned
increases,
has
no
change
on
the
ranking
order,
as
our
current
rate.
L
So
here's
a
summary
of
the
next
two
years.
The
good
news
is
that
no
major
nor
unexpected
revenue
adjustments
were
needed
for
water,
we're
proposing
a
one
percent
revenue
adjustment
increase
for
the
next
two
years,
plus
a
two
and
a
half
and
three
percent
pass-through
rate
for
imported
water
costs
and
for
wastewater
we're,
proposing
a
three
percent
revenue
adjustment
for
the
next
two
fiscal
years.
L
Should
council
accept
these
financial
plans,
cost
of
service
study
and
the
proposed
rate
adjustments,
then
a
public
hearing
shall
be
scheduled
for
december
14th
staff
recommends
to
approve
the
water
and
wastewater
utility
financial
plans,
approve
the
water
cost
of
service
study
and
to
set
december
14th
as
the
public
hearing
date
for
rate
adoption
staff
is
available.
If
you
have
any
questions.
B
B
M
M
K
M
M
C
B
Q
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
mayor,
earlier
middle
of
last
month,
we
had
our
california
league
of
cities
meeting
in
sacramento
this
time
it
was
our
first
meeting
in
a
year
and
a
half
that
was
live,
and
I
was
happy
to
be
able
to
attend
on
behalf
of
the
city
and
shared
the
spot,
with
our
our
legislative
analyst
nina
laba.
Q
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
part
of
what
we
were
able
to
accomplish
at
the
within
the
city
and
we
typically
do
great
work
in
our
city,
but
at
this
particular
event
we
were
awarded
four
awards.
I
just
want
to
it's
a
what's
called
a
beacon
spotlight
award
for
community
greenhouse
gas
reductions
and
throughout
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
we've
achieved.
I
think
I
hold
this
up.
Q
I
think
for
people
to
see
a
28
percent
reduction
in
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
primarily
due
to
our
selection
of
a
our
electrical
provider
that
produces
our
electricity
for
us.
It's
a
major
way
that
we've
gone
after
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
and
I
think
all
of
us
in
the
city
should
be
proud
of
our
of
our
public
works
department
and
the
people
in
charge
of
our
climate
action
plan.
Q
It
is
credited
to
them
and
I
was
happy
to
be
able
to
receive
those
awards
from
from
the
california
league
of
cities
along
the
way
we
there's
california,
league
of
cities,
conferences
have
a
lot
of
informational
seminars
that
are
brought
out
for
people,
and
I
was
able
to
participate
in
several
of
those.
The
one
that
I
wanted
to
mention
to
everyone
was.
Q
There
are
several
local
agencies
that
you
should
contact,
the
least
of
which
is
our
local
fire
department.
The
ventura
county
fire
department
they'd
be
happy
to
give
you
some
ideas
on
how
to
harden
your
your
home
against
fire,
so
that
was
the
major
takeaway
from
those
seminars
that
I
attended,
and
I
would
like
to
turn
it
over
to
miss
laba.
If
she
would
like
to
add
anything
else,.
O
I
actually
think
mayor
pro
tem.
You
did
a
great
job
in
presenting
on
the
conference
as
well
as
the
award
that
was
bestowed
to
our
well-deserving
public
works
department.
Again
it
was
a
well-done
conference.
I
hope.
Next
year
we
have
more
council
members
attending
and
thanks
again
for
all
you
do,
council,
member
mayor
pro
tem
engler
for
representing
the
city.
Q
And
kind
of
hearkening
back
to
our
our
former
discussions
on
on
the
state
and
and
the
direction
that
the
state
is
attempting
to
move
the
cities
and
usurping
some
of
our
authorities
in
my
opinion,
but
we
we
have
stood
pretty
firm
in
the
past
and
and
represented
the
city.
I
know
that
our
mayor
sent
numerous
letters
protesting
some
of
the
bills
that
were
being
proposed.
Some
of
those
we
went
on
some
of
them.
Q
So
we
have
been
working
in
sacramento
and
and
trying
to
mitigate
some
of
these
issues,
but
it
is
a
hard
road
for
us
to
host
sometimes
and
we're
swimming
upstream
against
some
of
the
larger
cities
that
perhaps
benefit
from
some
of
these
things.
So
with
that
said,
we
are,
we
are
doing
our
best
with
the
state
and
we
would
love
any
assistance
that
my
colleagues
would
love
to
get.
B
Absolutely
and
yes,
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
is
immensely
proud
of
the
beacon
award
for
the
reduction
of
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
by
joining
the
clean
power
alliance
in
2019,
we
were
the
first
city
in
east
county
to
do
that
and
it
is
paying
off
so
mighty,
proud
of
that
award.
And
mr
engler,
are
you
keeping
that
in
your
living
room
or
you
bring
that
back
to
the
city.
Q
I
was,
I
was
savoring
it
for
just
a
little
while,
but
yes,
I
I
will
bring
it
back
to
the
city.
I
have.
We
actually
were
awarded
four
awards
along
that
same
lines
of
being
working
on
our
resiliency
for
greenhouse
gases,
and
I
will
make
sure
we
get
those
back
to
the
people
at
the
city
who
truly
deserve
it.
B
Very
proud
of
our
staff
in
making
this
happen.
Thank
you
so
much,
and
the
only
update
that
I
have
is
that
I
had
the
immense
honor
and
pleasure
of
welcoming
the
former
prime
minister
of
the
united
kingdom,
mr
david
cameron,
to
the
city
of
thousand
oaks.
Last
tuesday.
It
was
quite
an
experience
very,
very
impressive,
and
it's
it
was
wonderful
to
have
him
visit
the
thousand
oaks.
So
with
that,
I
will
now
toss
to
our
city
manager
drew
powers.
P
Thank
you
so
much
mayor
bill,
delapina
and
thanks
to
everyone
for
the
great
reports
and
good
dialogue
this
evening.
Our
next
meeting
will
schedule
for
two
weeks
from
tonight
on
the
26th
of
october,
as
the
council
adopted
on
their
consent
calendar
earlier
this
evening,
we
do
have
a
new
state
state
law
effect
that
state
law
requires
us
to
take
monthly
action
on
where
they're
continuing
in
a
virtual
state,
and
that
requires
that
that
be
the
same
state
for
all
meetings.
P
And
so
therefore,
we
will,
for
the
remainder
of
the
month,
all
of
our
committees
and
commissions
will
continue
in
a
virtual
state.
That
said,
we
are
currently
anticipating
a
return
to
chambers
on
tuesday,
the
9th
of
november.
So
I
just
want
to
put
that
out
for
for
everyone
out
there,
so
we're
we're
currently
targeting
tuesday,
the
9th
of
november,
is
returning
chambers
on
the
meeting
for
the
26th
currently
have
several
items.
P
Even
when
we're
back
in
chambers,
and
also
an
update
from
dr
helen
cox
in
the
public
works
team
on
our
climate
and
environmental
action
plan
and
the
draft
strategies
that
the
working
group
there
has
been
working
on
as
a
part
of
our
general
plan
update.
Also,
finally,
we'll
have
a
council
on
aging
annual
report
and
that
will
be
under
committee
commission
and
board
reports
that
will
be
on
the
26th
of
october.
B
Thank
you,
mr
powers,
and
I'm
very
saddened
to
report
tonight
and
also
to
adjourn
in
memory
of
a
distinguished
community
member,
steve
bertram.
He
passed
away
october,
7th
from
brain
cancer.
Steve
was
a
seasoned
executive
in
the
biotech
industry
and
a
leader
for
the
world's
most
successful
biotechnology
companies,
including
amgen
and
atara.
B
After
obtaining
his
mba
from
michigan
state
university,
steve
started
working
at
upjohn
where
he
contributed
to
their
work.
Fighting
the
disease
lateral
sclerosis
in
1997.
He
began
work
at
amgen
as
a
senior
hr
manager
and
was
promoted
during
his
tenure
to
a
member
of
the
executive
leadership
team
in
various
capacities,
including
executive
director
of
human
resources.
B
After
many
successful
years
at
amgen,
steve
began
a
new
role
at
atara
biotherapeutics
as
senior
vice
president
of
global
human
resources.
He
was
present
at
the
early
stages
of
atara's
growth
and
played
a
key
leadership
role
in
the
opera
operationalization
of
the
thousand
oaks
t-cell
manufacturing
facility.
Between
his
time
at
amgen
and
atara,
he
took
six
months
to
train
for
a
mount
everest
base.
Camp
trek
steve
was
actually
training
for
a
trek
in
iceland
when
he
was
diagnosed
with
cancer.