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B
F
Good
evening
mayor
bill
de
la
pena,
thank
you
I'll
be
brief.
Tonight,
as
I
know,
we
have
a
busy
agenda
ahead
of
us.
The
big
news
today,
obviously,
is
that
the
county,
effective
tomorrow
will
be
moving
into
the
red
tier,
great
news
for
our
businesses
that
will
take
restaurant
operations
indoors
up
to
25
capacity.
F
F
F
Those
variants
are
concerning,
and
so
people
should
still
continue
to
practice
that
those
safe
measures
that
we've
all
become
so
familiar
with
in
terms
of
vaccinations,
the
the
county
is
approaching
200
000,
first
dose
vaccinations
given
about
81
000,
second
dose
vaccinations,
given
the
numbers,
as
of
today,
79
additional
cases
reported
two
additional
deaths,
taking
us
to
a
total
of
934
deaths
since
the
onset
of
the
pandemic.
Here
in
ventura
county
a
lot
more
information
is
up
and
available
at
venturacountyrecovers.org.
F
That's
your
location
to
sign
up
for
vaccinations
to
get
the
latest
information
to
find
out
all
the
various
components
of
their
the
red
tier
and
what
that
includes,
and
hopefully
will
be
on
to
the
orange
shear
and
others
in
in
short
order
here,
vaccination
pace
continues
to
increase
and
improve
and-
and
we
hope,
we've
all
tracked
the
news-
we
hope
that,
as
we
move
into
may
and
june,
that
we'll
be
into
a
place
where
some
relative
normalcy
can
begin
to
take
effect.
Now,
that's
it
for
my
report
this
evening.
H
My
name
is
eric
nassarenko
and
I
pledged
to
the
board
of
supervisors
as
well
as
to
the
public
that,
after
my
appointment
I
would
reach
out
to
all
of
our
city
councils,
and
I
want
to
let
thousand
oats
know
that
they
are
the
first
city
council
in
the
east
county
that
I
am
reaching
out
to
earlier
this
month.
I
reached
out
to
the
city
of
port
winimi
and
obviously
tonight,
to
the
city
of
thousand
oaks.
H
I
want
to
begin
by
thanking
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
for
the
ongoing
collaboration
and
partnership
with
the
community
prosecution
program.
As
you
know,
there
is
a
memorandum
of
understanding
between
our
office
and
the
city
of
thousand
oaks,
wherein
you
pay
75
000,
which
helps
offset
the
cost
of
a
community
prosecutor,
and
I
wanted
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
what
you
are
getting
for
that
funding.
H
This
is
not
only
a
community
prosecutor,
that
is
someone
who
works
in
collaboration
and
closely
with
the
thousand
oaks
police
department.
It's
also
somebody
who
write
pardon
me
who
review
search
warrants,
in
fact
in
2020
this
individual
by
the
name
of
ben
moreno,
reviewed,
273
search
warrants
that
were
presented
to
him
by
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
police
department.
H
He
is
also
what
is
known
as
a
intelligence
driven
prosecutor,
and
what
that
means
is
we
understand
that
a
handful
of
criminals
commit
a
vast
array
of
criminal
offenses
and
the
intelligence
driven
prosecution
movement
essentially
says
we
need
to
focus
resources
and
attention
and
cross
jurisdictional
resources
on
these
habitual
prolific
offenders.
Now
in
the
city
of
thousand
oats,
that
essentially
means
property-based
criminals.
H
Those
who
commit
auto
theft
who
steal
catalytic
converters,
who
are
responsible
for
break-ins
of
homes
and
commercial
businesses,
as
well
as
automobiles,
those
who
engage
in
identity
theft,
as
well
as
possess
burglary
tools
for
all
these
purposes,
and
I
am
pleased
to
report
to
you
that
the
community
prosecutor,
who
is
also
the
intelligent
driven
prosecutor,
is
somebody
who
has
made
a
significant
impact
in
reducing
recidivism
in
the
city
of
thousand
oaks.
H
We
identified
about
two
and
a
half
years
ago,
71
individuals
who
fell
within
the
category
of
habitual
recidivist
offenders,
and
I'm
pleased
to
share
with
you
that
over
the
last
two
years
there
has
been
a
61
reduction,
61
reduction
in
new
arrests
of
these
individuals.
Some
of
them
are
simply
incapacitated
through
custodial
sanction,
such
as
incarceration.
Others
may
be
on
strict
grants
in
terms
of
probation
which
serve
to
inhibit
their
criminal
behavior.
H
Others,
frankly,
may
have
just
moved
on
to
other
areas,
understanding
that
they
are
being
targeted
and
looked
at
very
closely
in
the
city
of
thousand
oaks,
thanks
to
the
collaboration
between
our
department,
chief
fryhof
sheriff
ayoub
and
all
of
you.
So
I
want
to
begin
by
saying
thank
you.
This
is
a
community
prosecution
program
that
is
indeed
working.
I
also
want
to
share
with
you
a
couple
opportunities
that
are
very
important
to
me.
I
mentioned
at
the
outset
that
I
believe
deeply
in
community
engagement.
H
I
have
asked
all
my
deputy
district
attorneys
to
look
towards
all
of
the
communities
in
our
county
through
that
lens
and
what
I
mean
by
that
is
I've
created,
essentially
a
speaker's
bureau,
where
deputy
district
attorneys
can
go
out
and
speak
to
rotaries
other
civic
and
service
organizations,
schools,
law
enforcement
partners,
chambers
of
commerce.
So
if
you
know
of
an
opportunity
that
you
would
like
to
have
a
deputy
d.a
involved
in
to
speak
in
their
official
capacity
to
a
group,
please
let
my
chief
deputy
mike
jump
know
who's
on
this
call
with
me.
H
I
also
want
to
share
with
you
some
very
specific
information
about
our
family
justice
center.
Many
of
you
know
that
supervisor
parks
was
instrumental
along
with
others,
in
helping
to
create
a
one-stop
shop
for
victims
throughout
our
county.
It's
here
in
the
city
of
ventura,
but
it
serves
victims
from
throughout
ventura
county.
I
asked
chief
deputy
jump
to
run
some
statistics
in
the
year.
H
2020
150
residents
from
the
city
of
thousand
oaks,
which
includes
newbury
park,
obviously
and
portions
of
westlake
village,
visited
the
family
justice
center
and
the
bulk
of
them
visited
the
family
justice
center
to
seek
guidance
and
assistance
in
domestic
violence
restraining
orders.
They
wanted
our
help
to
restrain
an
individual
who
was
a
threat
to
them,
either
physically
or
verbally,
or
perhaps
both
so
through
the
family
justice
center.
H
These
constituents
of
yours
they
are
able
to
go
ahead
and
work
with
an
advocate
and
in
many
cases,
an
attorney
who
will
help
them
craft
the
language
that
the
court
will
need
to
look
at
and
comprehend
to
issue
electronically,
that
domestic
violence
restraining
order,
and
they
not
only
are
able
to
receive
assistance
on
being
protected
through
this
mechanism,
but
they're
also
able
to
go
to
the
family
justice
center
and
receive
assistance
in
family
law
matters
such
as
guardianship,
child
custody
disputes
and
marital
dissolution.
H
We
will
soon
unveil
a
dedicated
mental
health
unit
here
in
the
district
attorney's
office,
I
have
asked
my
chief
deputies
to
develop
a
internal
framework
and
policy
that
will
guide
our
mental
health
prosecutions,
but
in
the
meantime,
we
have
sponsored
a
team,
a
district
attorney
team
for
the
nami
walk,
which
is
coming
up
on
may
the
22nd
of
this
year,
and
I
encourage
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
as
well
as
all
municipal
governments
to
do
the
same.
H
This
is
a
great
opportunity
to
destigmatize
mental
illness
to
bring
attention
to
the
need
to
fund
assistance,
programs,
treatment
that
provides
services
to
the
mental
mentally
ill
and
also
it's
just
a
way
that
we
can
go
ahead
and
destigmatize
and
really
show
that
this
is
a
vulnerable
population
who
really
require
sensitive
psychiatric,
counseling
case
management
and
treatment.
H
Lastly,
as
you
know,
there
have
been
a
rash
of
catalytic
converter
thefts,
not
just
in
a
thousand
notes,
but
throughout
southern
california,
and
there
was
one
that
was
featured
in
the
ventura
county
star
over
the
weekend.
You
may
have
read
about
this.
Several
individuals
from
out
of
county
were
detained.
I
wanted
to
report
to
you
that
one
of
our
felony
deputy
district
attorneys
has
indeed
filed
criminal
charges
against
one
of
the
individuals.
H
H
So
this
is
something
that
we
take
very
seriously,
as
does
chief
fryhof
and
the
thousand
notes
police
department,
and
it's
something
that
will
continue
to
monitor
and
prosecute
aggressively,
because
it
is
an
issue
that
we're
seeing
both
in
thousand
oaks
and
elsewhere
and
then.
Lastly,
I
want
to
just
shout
out
a
strong
show
of
support
to
safe
passages.
H
I
speak
to
former
chief
tim
hagel.
I
hear
about
the
great
work
it's
doing
on
behalf
of
reducing
young
individuals
who
may
be
tempted
to
join
street
gangs.
It's
providing
not
only
food
and
homework,
it's
also
providing
hope.
So
that
is
a
program
that
I'm
very
interested
in
supporting
here
on
behalf
of
the
district
attorney's
office
mayor
and
mayor
pro
tem,
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
and
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
If
this
is
not
the
appropriate
time,
please
feel
free
to
send
them
to
me
by
email.
B
So
I
appreciate
very
much
so
far
what
you
have
pledged
to
do,
especially
in
terms
of
mental
health
super
important,
especially
since
we
are
fighting
homelessness
and,
of
course
mental
illness
is
about
a
lot
more
than
than
homelessness,
but
glad
to
see
that
that
is
something
that
you're
taking
on
your
email
will
be
provided
to
our
council
members
for
further
questions
if
they
wish
to
contact
you
so
again,
congratulations
to
your
appointment
and
hopefully
we'll
see
you
or
one
of
your
deputies
pretty
soon.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
And
with
that,
we
come
to
my
favorite
part
of
the
city
council
meeting,
where
I
recognize
individuals
who
have
worked
tirelessly
behind
the
scenes
with
very
little
recognition,
especially
during
the
pandemic,
and
tonight
I
am
recognizing
a
married
couple.
They
are
cali
delgado
and
amy
cardenas
and
they
help
set
up
and
helped
to
run
the
adelante
comunidad
conejo
food
pantry
at
the
shadows
apartment
here
in
thousand
oaks.
B
B
The
community
commitment
award
really
honors
people
who
are
volunteers,
extraordinary
volunteers
who
are
working
behind
the
scenes
with
little
recognition
yet
make
a
big
impact
and
amy
and
callie
are
rays
of
light
in
our
community,
and
so
here
you
are
with
the
certificate
of
recognition
that
I'm
presenting
to
you
on
behalf
of
the
thousand
oaks
council.
Along
with
this
award.
Congratulations.
B
I
B
A
B
A
We
have
people
that
come
wednesdays
and
fridays
from
5
30
to
7
30
and
between
45
to
60
a
day
each
one
of
those
days
about
80
percent
of
the
people
that
we
give
food
to
each
week
is
from
outside
of
the
neighborhood
we've
been
told
by
some
of
the
people
that
they
haven't
had
to
go
shopping
anymore.
They
just
eat
the
food,
that's
here,
and
it's
been
great
because
they
haven't
worked
for
months
or
almost
a
year.
A
It's
fulfilling,
I
gotta
say
really
like
to
see
people
they
when
they
give
you
thanks
for
what
we're
doing
here,
the
kids
that
come
in
here
they
leave
smiling
cause.
We
give
them
a
little
candy
or
a
little
present
whenever
we
have
something
yeah.
It's
like.
I
can't
believe
how
how
fortunate
we
are
to
live
in
this
country,
where
people
are
so
willing
to
help
others.
B
A
A
I
just
want
to
thank
avalante
for
this
opportunity
to
do
this.
My
boss
was
giving
us
a
chance
to
do
this
michael
mark
ortiz
from
westpac
management
and
my
wife,
who
does
all
the
work.
I
just
helped
her
out.
D
You
were
so
many
hours
in
this
food
pantry
that
we
put
together
during
the
last
year
when
kobe
19
is
daughter,
and
you
gave
us
your
community
room.
So
we
can
start
this,
and
I
remember
when
you
told
me
that
you
wouldn't
like
say
no
to
anyone
that
this
place
is
for
everyone,
everyone
to
come.
You
really
love
to
help
out.
You
are
not
looking
for
a
recognition,
but
we
adelante
board.
Members
and
directors
are
really
happy
that
you're
getting
this
recognition
because
you
deserve
it.
D
You
are
the
ones
organizing
all
this
food
and
having
the
volunteers
in
here,
and
it
is
a
pleasure
to
work
with
you.
B
E
E
B
A
A
I'm
so
bad
with
technology.
B
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
award.
We
feel
really
really
really
happy
for
it
and
proud
to
be
able
to
help
people
excellent.
I'm
sorry.
I
can't
hear
what
you're
saying
that's.
B
D
This
is
a
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,
please
remain
muted
until
the
mayor
calls
your
name
if
you
need
spanish
translation
or
would
like
to
speak
in
spanish,
please
call
805-449-2152.
D
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.
Four
individuals
have
requested
to
speak
and
pursuant
to
council
standards,
speakers
are
allowed
three
minutes
and
six
minutes
for
speakers
requesting
translation
services.
K
K
Adelante
is
such
an
amazing
organization
and
the
the
story
line
that
you
just
gave
really
says.
What's
going
on
in
the
caneo
about
people
who
care
as
such,
you
know
there
are
two
important
players
to
make
sure
we
maintain
our
social
equity
and
that's
not
the
non-profits
like
adelante
and
others.
That
is
our
district
attorney
and
police
chief,
and
that's
really
what
I'm
here
to
talk
about
tonight.
You
got
a
dynamic
duo
here:
I've
known
both
of
these
individuals
for
their
entire
careers
and
they
represent
social
equity.
K
K
Yeah
he's
a
district
attorney,
but
more
than
that,
he
understands
the
needs
of
the
canao
community.
He
places
his
lead.
Chief
attorneys
attorneys,
like
mike
jump,
that
many
of
you
remember,
held
our
hands
as
a
community
through
the
borderline
incident.
He
places
all
of
these
lead
chief
attorneys
in
a
niche
that
fits
them
best,
they're
in
the
positions
of
community
youth,
justice
and
most
of
all
safety.
So
every
one
of
us
are
safe
in
our
community
and
I
just
wanted
to
give
a
big
shout
out
and
welcome
him.
K
B
Thank
you
very
much.
I
like
how
how
you
dubbed
them,
the
chief
and
the
district
attorney
the
dynamic
duo.
It
wasn't
too
long
ago
that
chief
ryhoff
and
you
were
the
dynamic
duo.
All
right
next
speaker
is
cindy
lou,
followed
by
betsy
connelly
and
then
shane
good
evening.
E
Good
evening,
everyone
excuse
me,
my
name
is
cindy
lou.
I
live
in
unincorporated
newbury
park
and
I'm
speaking
tonight
in
honor
of
my
daughter
and
world
down
syndrome
day,
which
is
on
march
21st
for
those
who
may
not
know
down
syndrome
occurs
when
an
individual
has
an
extra
copy
of
the
21st
chromosome,
hence
321
march
21,
for
world
down
syndrome
day.
E
Our
daughter
is
a
genetic
overachiever.
She
is
like
an
x-men
and
I'm
pretty
sure
one
of
her
super
powers
is
her
ability
to
ignore
her
mom.
When
I
ask
her
to
straighten
up
her
room,
it
is
with
her
and
mine
that
I
am
so
invested
in
the
future
of
our
wonderful
city
and
our
plan
for
the
next
25
years.
It's
why
I
started
the
grassroots
organization
called
we
belong
805.
E
E
E
E
Mean
equity
is
access
to
the
system
and
representation
within
the
system.
I
see
and
applaud
the
intentional
efforts
towards
access.
Our
city
staff
have
made
closed,
captioning
spanish
translation
and
direct
outreach
to
shareholder
groups.
I
thank
you
and
encourage
you
to
keep
going
when
it
comes
to
representation
within
the
system.
Well,
we
need
to
do
some
work
here
and
looking
at
our
city's
commissions
and
advisory
boards.
E
Shockingly,
the
purpose
of
the
dab
was
to
consider
requests
for
exemptions
to
building
codes
codes
that
were
designed
to
increase
access
to
people
with
disabilities.
As
part
of
the
ada,
like
the
number
of
required
handicapped
parking
spots
and
accessible
restrooms,
can
you
imagine
if
such
a
board
was
recreated
with
regards
to
policies
on
race?
E
Disability
rights
are
civil
rights
and
I'm
asking
that
the
council
recognize
the
urgent
need
to
have
an
active
disability,
commission
or
advisory
board
that
focuses
on
the
inclusion,
equity
and
belonging
of
people
with
disabilities.
So
we
can
help
our
city
actualize.
Our
stated
values
of
quote
offering
a
high
quality
of
life
that
is
accessible
to
all
end
quote.
E
We
belong,
805
has
been
collaborating
with
experts
at
the
independent
living
resource
center
and
the
tarzan
center
at
ucla
and
we'd
be
happy
to
submit
a
proposal
for
the
new
commission
and
to
continue
to
work
with
city
staff,
and
we
respectfully
request
within
three
months
that
the
council
agendized,
as
a
discussion
item
to
renew
review
a
new
charter
for
new
disability
advisory
commission.
I'm
encouraged
that
our
council
has
stated
these
values
and
hopeful
that
we
will
commit
resources
to
bring
those
values
to
fruition.
L
Good
evening,
thank
you
for
having
me
here
tonight.
I
am
here
in
the
capacity
of
volunteer
coordinator
for
adelante
comunidad
canejo,
and
I
want
to
offer
my
congratulations
and
thanks
from
the
many
volunteers
who
partner
with
cali
and
amy,
when
adelante
stepped
up
to
help
families
get
lunches
for
their
children.
L
Back
in
march
a
year
ago,
we
were
introduced
to
amy
and
cali,
who
managed
shadows
apartments
and
they
offered
to
help
us,
as
our
effort
grew
and
it
did
grow.
They
made
arrangements
for
us
to
use
their
closed
community
room
as
a
food
pantry
as
they
shared
in
the
film
clip.
We
never
imagined
a
year
ago
that
adelante
with
amy
and
callie's
help
would
be
serving
hundreds
of
families
every
week
and
at
each
step
of
the
way,
as
smaller
became,
bigger,
amy
and
callie
have
always
said.
L
Yes,
the
shadows,
pantry
is
stocked
by
our
adelante
community
volunteers
and
we
depend
on
local
businesses,
non-profit
organizations,
schools,
clubs,
churches
and
individual
donors
to
make
this
effort
possible.
But
it's
it's
cali
and
amy
that
make
the
twice
a
week.
Pantry
operation
possible.
They
are
the
heart
welcoming
families
who
need
a
helping
hand,
organizing
an
abundance
of
food,
inviting
others
to
join
them.
They
have
a
whole
group
of
community
volunteers
that
they
have
recruited
to
help
them
on
pantry
nights,
and
that
is
why
this
effort
is
such
a
success.
L
I
just
want
to
say
how
grateful
I
am
to
know
them
and
to
bear
witness
to
the
amazing
work
that
is
happening
here
in
our
own
community
and
to
thank
you
city,
council,
for
recognizing
their
service
and
the
service
of
others
with
the
community
commitment
award.
Thank
you
very
much
have
a
good
night.
M
Good
evening,
members
of
the
council
recently,
the
council
has
used
an
interpretation
of
both
measure
e
and
I
think
sp
330-
to
push
for
a
70
percent
increase
in
market
rate
housing
development,
mainly
along
teo
boulevard
and
areas
of
high
employment
in
the
city.
M
Other
cities,
notably
seattle
and
boston,
have
tried
to
solve
their
affordability
problems
with
a
similar
development
pattern,
but
both
of
those
cities
remain
unaffordable.
Instead,
they
have
suffered
from
increases
in
traffic,
an
increase
in
housing
costs
and
large-scale
displacement
via
gentrification
under
any
of
the
general
plan
updates
proposed.
I
think
it
is
reasonable
to
predict
that
thousand
oaks
will
suffer
the
same
fate.
For
this
reason,
the
council
should
pursue
alternatives.
M
For
example,
state
law
allows
for
the
development
of
an
adu
and
jadu
on
every
single
family
home
lot.
Could
these
units
be
applied
to
the
30
000
units
that
must
be
planned
for
under
measure
e?
Furthermore,
I
think
the
council
should
explore
plans
and
interpretations
of
both
measure
e
and
sp
330
that
comply
with
the
requirements
under
the
regional
housing
needs
assessment
without
forcing
more
high
rent
development
on
a
city
that
might
not
be
able
to
accommodate
it
and
making
the
case
for
this
interpretation,
perhaps
in
court,
if
necessary.
B
F
Hi
there,
yes,
madame
no,
no
major
follow-up
items
only
that
obviously
the
the
purview
of
various
commissions
are
certainly
a
topic
of
that's
within
the
council's
jurisdiction,
and
so
as
far
as
the
disabled
access
board.
That
certainly
is
within
the
council's
jurisdiction
and
we'd
be
happy
to
talk
more
about
that
down
the
road.
F
B
B
B
5-0,
thank
you
very
much.
We
don't
have
any
public
hearings
tonight,
however,
we
do
have
a
study
session
and
that
is
on
environmental
justice
and
equity,
a
new
element
of
our
soon-to-be-approved
general
plan.
It's
the
first
in
the
history
of
thousand
oaks
and
the
reason
being
that
it
is
now
that
we're
updating
our
general
plan.
It
is
required
by
the
state.
With
that
I
will
go
back
to
our
city
manager,
drew
powers
for
the
introduction.
F
I
thank
you
so
much.
Madam
mayor.
I
just
wanted
to
offer
a
couple
of
thoughts
at
the
outset
of
tonight's
discussion
to
frame
the
issue.
As
you
mentioned,
this
is
a
new
element
that
all
cities
that
are
doing
a
comprehensive
update
of
their
general
plan
will
have
to
tackle,
and
this
really
is
the
benefit
of
going
through
a
comprehensive
general
plan
update.
So
much
focus
and
attention
has
been
on
our
land
use
element
in
recent
months.
N
N
N
N
N
As
you
are
aware,
city,
council
and
staff
have
been
engaged
in
numerous
conversations
with
community
members
and
organizations
regarding
requests
for
the
city
to
address
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
A
few
examples
of
those
requests
include
a
request
to
adopt
a
resolution
on
equity
and
inclusion.
N
N
Tonight,
matt
ramey
of
rainey
and
associates
will
provide
the
council
with
a
background
on
health
and
equity
and
environmental
justice,
the
existing
conditions
in
thousand
oaks.
A
summary
of
the
engagement
on
this
very
topic,
including
last
year's
meeting
with
the
general
plan
advisory
committee,
as
well
as
feedback
from
a
stakeholder
focus
group
that
was
held
last
week.
N
N
Considering
thousand
oats
has
a
reputation
of
being
an
employer
of
choice
we
endeavor
to
evolve
and
improve
so
that
we
are
not
only
retaining
the
awesome
talent
we
currently
have
within
the
organization,
but
that
we
are
able
to
attract
the
best
and
brightest
two
thousand
oats.
At
this
time.
I
will
turn
the
presentation
over
to
our
hr
director
tim
giles,
who
will
provide
the
city
council
with
more
specifics
on
our
internal
efforts.
Thank
you.
O
Mayor
members
of
the
council,
it's
my
pleasure
to
present
to
you
the
this
information
on
our
staff.
O
Too
often
your
interaction,
the
public's
interaction
with
our
staff,
is
one
at
a
time
and
and
routinely
we
hear
about
what
great
interaction
they
have
with
our
staff
one
at
a
time,
but
it
lacks
that
that
understanding
of
of
how
our
staff
in
total
is
really
performing
and
what
they're
doing
so,
I'd
like
to
turn
the
spotlight
just
briefly
on
to
to
the
city
and
talk
a
little
bit
in
terms
of
what
the
diversity
of
the
makeup
of
our
staff
is
with
gender
diversity.
O
O
O
When
we
compare
that
to
our
community
the
the
demographics
that
we
have
for
the
city
of
thousand
oaks,
we
see
that
the
minority
community
is
well
represented
in
our
workforce,
whereas
the
the
community
is
approximately
17
hispanic.
It's
28
within
the
city,
workforce,
nine
percent
asian
within
the
community
and
10
percent
within
the
workforce,
black
and
african-american,
from
one
to
two
within
the
workforce.
O
All
of
these
metrics
just
go
to
show
that
the
city
is
a
very
open
to
hiring
diverse
candidates.
The
the
focus
is
really
on
bringing
in
the
best
candidate
without
regard
to
whatever
background
they
may
bring,
and
it's
always
a
good
thing
for
us
to
be
able
to
say
that
that
our
workforce
really
reflects
the
diversity
and
richness
of
our
community.
O
We
we
seek
that
diversity,
because
the
differences
in
in
backgrounds
and
experiences
and
and
history
and
cultures
when
that
is
brought
in
we're
able
to
come
up
with
better
and
and
more
comprehensive
recommendations
and
solutions
for
the
community.
So
we
really,
we
really
value
that
as
we
we
put
our
workforce
together
now.
Having
said
that,
we're
not
ready
to
stop
with
those
numbers
that
we
have
there.
We
recognize
that
there
are
challenges.
O
There
are
opportunities
where
we
can
improve
as
we
dive
down
into
to
these
diversities,
we
can
see
that
we
want
to
achieve
those
same
or
similar
types
of
diversity
at
all
levels
within
the
organization,
so
that,
whether
you're
talking
about
the
highest
levels
of
the
organization
or
the
entry
level
positions
and
and
the
maintenance
workers
and
and
those
things
that
you
see
a
rich
diversity
in
all
of
those
positions,
so
that
we
can
can
achieve
that
also
across
divisions
and
departments.
O
We
want
to
see
that
kind
of
diversity
achieved,
as,
as
we
are
able
to
bring
that
diversity
of
thoughts
into
each
of
our
work
units,
we
believe
that
it
will
improve
the
services
that
we
provide
to
our
community.
O
Now,
as
we
as
we
look
at
at
opportunities
to
improve,
we,
we
start
with
our
recruiting
efforts,
as
ingrid
mentioned.
One
of
the
things
that
we
really
do
is
we
seek
to
to
bring
in
a
really
diverse
but
high
quality
candidate
pool
we're
we're
really
looking
to
maintain
the
best
qualified
candidates
that
we
can
within
the
within
our
staff
workforce
and
one
of
the
ways
that
we
can
attract.
O
O
We
want
to
emphasize
that
so
that
so
that
we
are
able
to
attract
good
candidates
and
and
people
recognize
us
as
a
diverse
and
inclusive
workplace
that
they
would
want
to
work,
but
even
having
said
that,
we
also
look
to
our
current
approaches
to
recruitment
and
realize
that
we
have
opportunities
where
we
can
eliminate
unconscious
bias
and
and
we're
looking
at
techniques
that
we
would
be
using
to
to
help
the
hiring
managers
develop
a
more
robust
and
broader
cool
pool
of
candidates
from
which
to
choose
from
also
we'll
be
training.
O
One
of
the
main
things
that
we
do
in
doing
this
ingrid
also
touched
on
this.
Just
briefly,
is
our
focus,
then,
on
our
employee
development,
not
just
the
recruitment
of
who
we
bring
in,
but
how
we
work
with
the
employees
that
we
have
to
give
them
the
tools
so
that
they
can
develop
in
all
aspects
of
their
job.
O
The
communications
is
a
focus
of
of
their
performance.
We
really
focus
in
on
supervisors
who
will
communicate
with
employees,
employees
who
are
open
to
communicate
with
co-workers
and
supervisors.
It's
that
communication
that
allows
a
diverse
workforce
to
be
able
to
to
contribute
in
a
meaningful
way.
O
If
that
communication
is
not
there,
employees
don't
know
what
they're
doing
that
that
that
could
help
them
get
ahead
or
what
what
things
that
they
have
left
out,
but
without
communication
we
focus
in
on
ways
that
employees
can
be
more
successful
in
the
organization
and
identify
opportunities
for
advancement
within
the
organization.
O
We're
also
constantly
looking
for
opportunities
where
an
employee
can
can
reach
above
their
current
job
assignment
and
for
a
period
of
time,
do
a
stretch
assignment,
be
able
to
do
another
person's
job
and
learn
those
skills
become
more
valuable
to
the
organization,
be
able
to
to
be
more
ready
to
step
in
when
those
opportunities
arise
and
then,
within
the
last
year
we
have
launched
a
program
within
the
city.
It's
iavolv
thousand
oaks,
that's
a
comprehensive
training
platform,
we're
really
focused
in
on
e-learning.
O
Over
the
last
year,
we
and
we
rolled
this
out
just
a
little
less
than
a
year
ago.
In
that
time,
over
12
800
of
these
courses
have
been
viewed
by
our
employees.
They
are
taking
that
opportunity
to
to
use
this
platform
to
assist
them
in
developing
their
skills
and
again
making
them
making
themselves
more
valuable
to
the
organization
and
creating
better
opportunities
for
them
to
advance
within
the
organization.
O
O
Not
just
do
we
have
a
diverse
workforce,
but
is
that
diverse
workforce
brought
into
so
that
we
can
reap
the
benefits
of
of
that
diversity
of
the
the
differences,
the
perspective
and
approach
that
they
can
bring?
O
When
we
look
at
the
the
history
of
the
culture
within
the
city
of
thousand
oak
staff,
we
have
always
seen
a
strong
team
mentality.
The
city
team
works
together,
they're
always
pulling
together
and
pulling
for
each
other,
and
that's
a
great
valuable
point
to
have.
It
shows
that
respect
is
there
now.
What
we
have
witnessed
over
this
last
year
is
some
challenges.
With
respect
to
this,
we've
seen
the
societal
divisiveness
that
that
we
all
watch
on
the
news
or
or
see
in
in
society
around
us.
O
That's
very
achievable
and-
and
I
think
is
the
ultimate
goal
of
a
diversity
and
inclusion
program-
is
really
to
to
develop
that
sense
among
the
employees
that
they
belong
and
they
can
contribute.
So
we're
doing
several
things
with
that.
We
do
training
opportunities
with
our
state
mandated
harassment,
prevention,
training
that
we
rolled
out
last
year.
We
used
our
eye
evolve
platform
and
it
allowed
us
to
adopt
a
progressive
curriculum,
addressing
bias
prevention
on
a
wide
range
of
sympathy,
sensitive
topics,
including
race
and
gender
identity.
O
We're
really
working
behind
the
scenes
as
well
to
influence
the
culture
development,
we're
reinforcing
inclusive
practices,
we're
recruiting
with
that
fit
for
the
culture
of
inclusion
and
with
all
of
these
kinds
of
things
working
with
the
the
supervisors
working
with
the
employees
working
with
everybody
at
all
levels,
in
a
not
in
a
mandatory
way,
but
in
an
influencing
way.
We're.
We
feel
comfortable
that
that
culture
of
belonging
is
going
to
be
a
hallmark
for
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
staff.
O
That's
going
to
be
well
recognized,
and
it's
going
to
be
well
sought
after
by
high
quality
candidates
that
are
that
are
looking
to
work
for
a
municipal
government
and
with
that,
I'm
going
to
turn
the
presentation
back
over
to
to
ingrid
hardy.
To
to
introduce
our
next
speaker,
but
I
will
be
around
to
answer
any
questions
at
the
end
of
the
presentation.
G
Good
evening,
madam
mayor
members
of
the
city
council,
it's
nice
to
see
you
all
again.
You
all
can
hear
me
correct.
G
G
Really
all
right,
I'm
going
to
share
my
screen.
I
need
to
be
enabled
to
share
the
screen
if
I
could
get
that
from
staff.
That
would
be.
That
would
be
great.
I
this
evening,
I'm
going
to
give
a
brief
presentation
on
environmental
justice
and
equity.
What
I'm
going
to
do
is
really
provide
you
with
information,
I'm
going
to
give
you
some
of
the
information
that
that
I
know
information
that
we
have
heard
throughout
the
process.
G
We're
really
not
necessarily
looking
for
any
specific
feedback
at
this
time,
but
we
are.
We
are
just
hoping
to
sort
of
raise
the
level
of
awareness
and
understanding
as
part
of
our
general
plan
update
process.
G
G
Great,
thank
you,
okay.
What
what
I'm
going
to
do?
What
I
want
to
start
with
is
the
february
23rd
proclamation
that
you
all
had
madame
mayor,
that
you
read,
which
was
really
wonderful.
I
just
want
to
give
a
quote
from
that,
which
was
we
invite
all
members
of
our
community
to
renew
their
commitment
to
ensuring
racial
equity,
understanding
and
justice
and
to
participate
in
activities
designed
to
advance
the
cause
of
freedom
and
equality.
G
G
I'm
going
to
start
with
really
what
is
the
academic
and
historical
aspect
of
the
presentation
to
try
and
define
some
terms
and
give
some
background
on
the
topic,
so
I'm
going
to
start
with
the
big
picture
of
what
is
a
healthy
and
equitable
community.
This
is
a
term
that
has
really
come
about
in
the
last
10
years
or
so,
and
essentially
it
is
a
term
to
define
overall,
broadly
an
environment,
a
physical
environment,
a
social
environment
and
a
psychological
environment
that
is
provides
healthy
access
for
all.
G
An
important
term
when
thinking
about
health,
environmental
justice
and
equity
is
to
understand
what
it
is
that
causes
people
to
be
healthy
or
unhealthy.
There's
a
term
that
is
used
in
the
health
profession
called
the
social
determinants
of
health.
What
we
have
found
is
that
there
are
many
factors
that
go
into
a
person's
health
and
well-being.
G
We
a
lot
of
times
think
about
health
as
disease
and
injury.
These
are
called
the
downstream
effects
and,
of
course,
mortality
and
life
expectancy
are
sort
of
the
the
ultimate
downstream
effect.
If
you
are
not
alive,
you
are
clearly
not
healthy,
so
the
step
up
from
that
is
disease
and
injury,
and
we
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
risk
behaviors
that
feed
into
whether
someone
is
healthy
or
not
whether
you
smoke,
whether
you're
active
how
much
you
drink
there
are.
G
So
we
know
that
if
you
live
in
an
area
where
there
is
environmental
pollution
nearby
that
you're
more
likely
to
not
live
as
healthy
a
life,
but
when
we
start
looking
upstream
from
from
this,
what
we
find
is
that
there
are
institutions
and
social
inequities
that
also
impact
a
person's
health
and
overall
well-being,
and
these
are
called
these
are
the
upstream
factors
and
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
some
of
these
tonight
in
terms
of
race,
ethnicity
and
income.
G
One
of
the
other
terms
is
environmental
justice
in
in
2016,
the
state
passed
senate
bill
1000,
which
was
the
planning
for
healthy
communities
act,
also
known
as
the
environmental
justice
element,
and
this
supports
jurisdictions
to
be
able
to
integrate
environmental
justice
into
their
general
plans.
Environmental
justice
elements
have
look
at
more
than
just
environmental
justice.
They
look
at
health.
Much
more
broadly.
G
When
environmental
justice,
the
term
really
started
it
really
refers
to
when
there
is
a
polluting
source.
Next
to
a
lower
income
community
or
a
minority
community,
however,
for
sb
1000
that
that
definition
has
really
been
expanded,
not
only
to
include
environmental
pollution
but
also
to
look
at
health
disparities,
healthy
housing,
physical
activity
and
access
to
healthy
foods.
G
G
We
see
that
you
see
that
in
the
1950s
to
the
1850s,
to
the
1900s,
where
there's
overcrowding
in
cities,
this
led
to
disease
and
it
actually
led
to
the
creation
of
the
planning,
profession
and
zoning,
and-
and
so
it
then
also
continued
on
into
the
1960s,
with
the
california
farm
worker
movement
and
then
in
the
1980s
in
particular,
when
there
was
a
lot
of
information
that
came
about
in
terms
of
how
planning
practice
and
was
locating
noxious
uses,
businesses
and
industries
in
lower
income
communities,
and
there
were
very
severe
disproportionate
health
impacts.
G
If
you
know
about
about
cancer
alley
in
the
south,
that's
just
one
example.
So
this
is
part
of
the
context
in
which
we
are
in
which
this
was
occurring
and
more
more
locally.
There
was
the
lancer
incinerator.
Protest
in
south
central
los
angeles,
bring
it
a
little
bit
closer
to
the
present
day.
We
really
are
looking
a
lot
more
at
equity
and,
as
we
saw
this
past
summer,
the
demonstrations
against
police
violence
occurred
all
across
the
the
country
and
even
here
in
thousand
oaks.
G
These
are
some
images
of
some
of
the
protests
that
happened
in
thousand
oaks
to
encourage
less
police
violence.
G
An
important
term
is
equity,
and
I
want
to
differentiate
equity
from
equality.
Equality
is
where
everyone
gets.
The
same
amount
equity
is
where
everyone
is
provided
with,
what
they
need,
so
that
everybody
ultimately
is
at
the
same
level.
You
can
see
this
on
the
graphic
on
the
right.
What
we
know
is
that
socioeconomic
and
environmental
factors
have
an
impact
on
a
person's
health,
and
a
person's
well-being
and
equity
is
when
those
socioeconomic
and
environmental
factors
can
no
longer
be
used
to
predict
life
outcomes
and
outcomes
for
all
and
outcomes
for
all
groups
are
improved.
G
Institutional
racism
is
essentially
when
an
institution,
whether
sort
of
knowingly
or
unknowingly,
has
discriminatory
treatment
or
unfair
practices
and
inequitable
opportunities,
and
this
is
when
the
the
institution
maintains
those
practices
again
a
lot
of
times.
It's
sort
of
not
really
known
that
that's
what
you're
doing
as
an
incident.
G
That's
what
institutions
are
doing,
but
it
is
something
that
that
advantages,
one
group
over
another
or
disadvantages
one
group
over
over
another
structural
racism
is
when
those
institutions
are
working
together
with
one
another
to
to
generate
and
reinforce
the
racial
inequities
and
structural
racism
normalizes
and
reinforces
these
dynamics
that
exist
in
society.
And
we
do
know
that
both
institutional
and
structural
racism
do
exist
in
our
societies.
G
Unfortunately,
I
have
to
say
that
that
racism
and
race-based
decisions
are
have
very
much
been
part
of
the
planning
profession
for
a
very
long
time.
This
is
sort
of
the
academic
part
of
what
I'm
going
to
talk
about,
and
I
want
to
just
bring
up
a
couple
of
terms
just
to
provide
some
historical
context.
G
So
one
of
the
most
common
ways
that
we
know
about
that
that
racism
has
happened
was
when
there
was
redlining
and
that's
when
there
was
restrictions
on
lending
that
targeted
black
communities.
So
very
clearly
you
can
see
maps
and
in
fact
the
lending
institutions
drew
maps
of
areas
where
they
were
not
going
to
lend
and
those
lending
practices
were
based
partially
on
income,
but
also
on
race
and
the
implications
of
that.
In
many,
many
cities
across
the
country
are
still
being
felt,
including
in
the
greater
los
angeles
area.
G
We
then
have
redevelopment
and
redevelopment
was,
of
course,
a
great
tool
that
many
that
california
used
and
many
cities
across
the
country
used.
However,
those
decisions
were
really
based
somewhat
on
when
neighborhoods
were
changed.
When
there
was
new
development
happening,
it
was
disproportionately
impacting
communities
of
color
and
lower
income
communities,
then
of
course,
along
with
redevelopment
and
others.
G
G
G
One
is
that
many
communities
and
many
cities
across
the
country
edge
cities
formed
after
the
race
riots
in
inner
cities
in
the
1960s,
and
so
you
see
suburban
communities
formed
all
across
the
country
which
are
in
a
sense
in
response
to
those
race
riots,
and
then
you
have
the
fiscalization
of
land
use
where
the
some
of
the
businesses
a
lot
of
the
businesses,
followed
the
residents
out
of
the
the
core,
the
central
business
districts
and
into
the
suburban
areas,
and
what
that
did
was
that
left
concentrations
of
poverty
without
any
tax
revenues
for
those
areas.
G
So
we
ended
up
with
these
cycles
of
poverty
and
cycles
of
of
exclusion
in
certain
areas,
I'm
going
to
talk
quickly
about
existing
conditions
and
then
move
into
the
community
engagement
that
we
have
heard
so
far.
I
want
to
start
just
with
what
is
the
environmental
justice
element
and
again
this
is
a
new
element.
G
It's
the
newest
element
that
is
part
of
the
general
plan
process,
and
if
you
are,
if
a
community
is
updating
two
or
more
of
its
elements,
you're
required
to
look
at
whether
you
should
be
including
a
environmental
justice
element
in
your
general
plan,
there
are
essentially
three
steps
to
creating
the
environmental
justice
element.
The
first
is
the
identification
of
what
is
termed
disadvantaged
communities
or
communities
of
concern.
G
That
is
a
a
an
analysis
of
existing
conditions
based
on
a
variety
of
factors
and
I'll
go
through
some
of
those
factors
in
just
a
minute.
The
second
step
is
once
you've
identified
what
those
potential
disadvantaged
communities
are.
You
work
with
members
of
the
community
to
both
confirm
whether
those
are
actually
disadvantaged
areas
or
to
identify
other
areas
of
disadvantage,
and
then,
finally,
you
integrate
goals,
policies
and
programs
to
address
the
priorities
identified
in
the
disadvantaged
communities.
G
There
are
a
couple
of
methods
for
determining
whether
there
is
a
disadvantaged
community.
The
first
is
a
process
called
a
an
index
called
calenviroscreen,
which
is
straightforward,
and
the
second
is
to
combine
low-income
census
tracts
with
some
measure
of
disadvantage,
so
traffic
density,
groundwater,
impaired
water
bodies,
toxic
waste
sites,
lack
of
access
to
services.
You
look
at
those
together
and
you
identify
your
disadvantaged
areas
as
part
of
the
existing
conditions
work.
G
We
did
a
comprehensive
analysis
of
health
conditions
in
the
community
and
what
we
found
overall
is
that
thousand
oaks
is
a
very,
very
healthy
community.
By
many
many
aspects,
it's
higher
income
there's
higher
life
expectancy
than
the
state.
The
poverty
rates
really
don't
vary
by
race
and
ethnicity,
which
is
great.
G
There
are
lower
obesity
rates
than
than
the
state.
There
are
lower
asthma
and
diabetes
rates
overall,
there's
very
few
polluting
uses
in
the
city,
there's
a
significant
amount
of
parks
and
open
spaces,
approximately
45
to
50
percent
of
the
city
and
there's
relatively
low
crime
rates.
However,
there
are
some
areas
of
concern
to
look
at
first
is
there?
Are
concentrations
of
lower
income
residents
and
I'll
show
that
in
just
a
minute?
The
second
is
that
income
in
the
city
does
vary
by
race,
ethnicity.
G
So
we
do
see
patterns
of
lower
income
populations,
which
are
also
the
minority
populations,
there's
lower
educational
attainment
among
hispanic
and
latinos,
while
obesity
rates
are
lower.
There
still
is
adult
obesity
of
over
20
percent
in
the
city,
so
again,
just
because
you're
better
than
the
average
in
the
state,
it
doesn't
mean
that
there
isn't
room
for
improvement.
G
G
G
For
for
youth,
for
pediatric
and
13
for
adults,
but
all
across
the
board,
you
see
that
the
the
city,
the
sub
areas
of
the
city,
are
actually
doing
really
well
compared
to
the
county.
So
that's
great.
G
Looking
at
race,
ethnicity,
this
figure
actually
came
up
before
in
tim's
presentation.
Thousand
oaks
is
69
percent
white
and
17
hispanic
latino,
and
this
is-
is
higher
than
the
county
as
a
whole.
So
the
the
percentage
of
white
population
is
much
higher
and
the
hispanic
population
is
much
lower.
You
can
see
on
the
map
here
where
those
where
the
hispanic
population
is
more
concentrated.
G
G
When
we
look
at
median
household
income,
the
threshold
that
sb
1000
uses
is
either
80
percent
of
the
state
area
of
the
state,
median
income
or
80
percent
of
the
county
median
income.
And
you
can
see
these
numbers
on
the
slides
here.
So
what
we
have-
and
you
can
start
seeing
some
of
these
patterns,
of
where
the
lower
income
populations
are
in
the
city,
which
is
really
along
the
101
freeway.
G
And
then
we
look
at
at
how
those
incomes
relate
to
other
factors,
and
you
can
see
that,
though
again
the
in
the
red
here.
This
is
percent.
Housing
cost
burden
percentile.
G
So
what
you
see
is
the
areas
in
red
are
in
the
top
seven,
the
top
25
percent
25
worse
in
the
state
for
housing
cost
burden,
and
then
the
the
sort
of
the
the
orangey
pink
color
is
in
the
50
to
75
range
in
the
state.
So
you
see
there
are
some
areas
that
are
severely
housing
cost
burden,
and
why
is
this
important
and
we've
been
discussing
this
in
the
general
plan?
And
this
is
a
slide
that
I
believe
has
come
up.
G
Multiple
times
is
that
the
median
household
income
is
just
over
a
hundred
thousand,
but
but
what
that
means
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
could
live,
who
are
working
in
the
city?
Who
can't
afford
to
live
in
the
city
and
just
as
an
example
here,
so
you
have
someone
retail
salesperson
or
a
fast
food
clerk
or
a
janitor
who
are
making
about
thirty
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
that's
way
below
the
the
median
household
income,
and
so
including
nurses,
school
teachers,
paralegal,
firefighters,
civil
engineers?
G
Going
back
into
some
more
of
the
of
the
the
data
here.
The
the
asthma
rates,
while
overall
in
the
city
are
really
good.
We
do
see
some
areas
where
there
are
some
some
concentrations
of
higher
asthma
rates,
and
so
the
county
average
is
13
per
10
000,
and
you
see
here
in
the
red
it's
over
30
per
10
000..
So
it's
two
and
a
half
times
the
county
rate
in
these
areas,
then
there's
diabetes
among
adults
again
overall,
the
city
is
doing
really
well.
G
The
final
step
in
the
final
piece
that
really
that
I'm
going
to
dive
into
detail
on
is
the
community
engagement
process
that
we
have
embarked
on
so
far
and
that
really
revolves
around
two
aspects.
The
first
was
a
general
plan
advisory
committee
discussion
in
july
of
last
year.
G
There
was
concern
that
some
of
the
apartments
were
not
didn't
meet
the
high
quality
standard
for
a
healthy
home,
improved
transportation,
access
to
public
services,
more
parks
and
open
space
well-lit
streets
and
then
approve
improved
accessibility,
including
eight
that
ada
should
be
the
minimum
and
not
the
maximum
of
what
is
we're
trying
to
achieve.
G
And
then
last
week
we
had
a
really
wonderful
conversation
with
some
really
dedicated
folks
who
are
working
or
and
or
living
in
the
city,
and
we
spent
a
couple
of
hours
just
working
together
and
thinking
together
about
what
are
the
issues
and
what
are
some
of
the
ways
to
improve
the
improve
the
health
in
the
community
and-
and
I
have
to
say
that
over
the
last
month
and
a
half,
I've
met
with
quite
a
number
of
community
members,
both
through
this
and
through
the
general
plan
process.
G
And
it
really
has
been
a
pleasure
to
really
get
to
know
some
of
the
people
in
the
community
a
lot
better,
but
we
did
hear
both
a
reinforcement
of
some
of
what
we
had
identified
through
the
data,
but
also
did
some
different
information
as
well.
So
one
thing
that
came
up
that
we
we
didn't
really
get
much
through
the
data,
mostly
because
it's
not
available,
is
that
there
are
some
issues
of
racial
bias
in
the
community,
including
with
policing,
banking
and
real
estate.
It's
not
widespread,
but
but
it
is
out
there.
G
There
is
limited
housing
for
the
majority
of
people
who
work
in
the
city
and
essentially
there's
a
lack
of
affordable
housing
and
there's
overcrowding
in
the
areas,
particularly
in
the
lower
income
areas,
and
the
image
that
I
showed
previously.
The
graph
of
the
median
income
and
then
who
can
afford
to
live
in
the
city
is,
is
a
pretty
telling
graphic.
G
G
There
is
limited
access
for
services
to
services
for
those
with
disabilities
and
there
was
a
lot
of
conversation
about
both
transit
lack
of
transit
service
across
the
city
and
being
able
to
actually
access
the
places
that
would
be
beneficial
for
people
to
go
to
and
then
a
lack
of
access
to
the
internet
and
technology,
especially
for
seniors,
low
and
lower
income
populations.
G
But
it
wasn't
just
a
a
complaining
session
and
in
fact
there
were
a
lot
of
really
great
ideas
that
came
up
without
going
through
all
of
the
detail.
Here,
we've
categorized
these
into
a
couple
of
a
couple
of
broad
categories,
so
the
first
suggestion
was
that
the
city
should
have
a
commitment
to
equity.
G
There
were
some
comments
about
access
to
healthy
foods
and
then
a
lot
of
comments
about
access,
increased
access
to
technology,
and
this
came
up
quite
a
bit
in
terms
of
expanding
and
distributing
expanding
the
distribution
of
computers
for
low-income
students
and
older
adults.
Expanding
broadband
access
and
building
partnerships
with
school
districts
to
make
sure
that
everyone
has
access
to
the
internet.
G
Improved
transit
came
up
a
lot
and
we
know
this
is
a
much
more
difficult
one,
particularly
because
of
the
development
patterns
in
the
city,
which
don't
really
support
it
increased
and
significant
transit
service.
But
there
were
lots
of
stories
about
how
difficult
it
is
to
get
many
places
that
you
need
to
get
to
through
transit.
There
was
a
desire
to
have
more
culturally
appropriate
outreach
and
information.
G
There
was
a
request
for
more
police
accountability
to
make
sure
that
there
are
held
accountable
for
any
unfair
and
racist
behaviors
and
then
affordable.
Housing
came
up
a
lot
and
that's
come
up
a
lot,
not
just
in
the
the
session
that
we
had
on
the
focus
group
on
on
the
equity
and
environmental
justice,
but
also
throughout
the
general
plan
process.
G
There
were
and
just
to
report
on
this.
There
are
lots
of
comments
that
came
up
throughout
the
work
that
we
have
been
doing,
which
are,
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
you,
because
they
they
do
highlight
that
there
are
some
exclusionary
practices
and
not
practices
but
exclusionary,
sentiments
that
are
happening
in
the
city
and
so
and
that
there's
a
fear
of
on
people
of
other
incomes
which
is
equated
sometimes
with
just
income
and
sometimes
equated
with
race,
about
about
changes
to
the
city.
G
So
the
first
you
know,
traffic
crime
and
lower
property
values
and
quality
of
life
will
be
the
result
if
this
mixed-use
development
is
allowed.
Why
is
thousand
oaks
driving
property
owners
out
by
creating
low-income
housing
for
people
without
jobs
or
incomes?
I
speak
to
my.
I
speak
to
my
similarly
educated
and
high
earning
friends
and
they
all
want
to
leave
as
well
if
additional
housing
is
created,
specifically
low
income
and
high
density.
G
One
is
procedural,
so
making
sure
the
process
and
the
procedures
are
are
fair.
The
second
is
distributional
to
make
sure
that
resources
and
benefits
and
burdens
are
fairly
distributed,
and
then
the
third
is
structural,
which
is
to
make
a
commitment
to
past
harms
and
prevent
any
future
unintended
consequences
of
decisions.
G
There
was
identity,
identification
of
the
need
for
an
inclusionary
housing,
ordinance,
incentives
for
affordable
housing
and
eliminating
exclusionary
zoning
practices
with
transportation,
improved
access
to
goods
and
services,
and
also
making
the
community
more
walkable,
because
it's
unbikeable,
because
it's
more
healthy,
improved
access
to
public
facilities
and
services,
including
internet
and
then
governance,
which
came
up
previously
in
terms
of
diversity
in
hiring
equal
access
to
government
for
all
and
a
recommendation
that
many
communities
are
doing
to
participate
in
the
the
government
alliance
on
race
and
equity
or
guerra,
which
is
a
training
program
that
communities
can
do
I'm
going
to
end
here
again,
I
apologize.
G
This
was
a
lot
of
information.
It's
a
pretty
deep
topic
that
goes
across
lots
of
lots
of
different
factors
that
impact
the
general
plan
and
the
community
I
want
to
just
to
maybe
start
it
out
and
mata
may
or
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you
in
just
a
second,
but
I
think
we'd
like
to
get
some
feedback.
G
B
Thank
you
so
very
much
for
this
very
detailed
presentation,
both
from
city
staff
as
well
as
our
consultant,
mr
matt
ramey.
This
is
a
lot
to
digest.
It's
the
first
time
that
we,
the
city
of
thousand
oaks,
are
tackling
this.
These
subjects
in
particular,
which
doesn't
mean
that
we
have
been
ignoring
these
issues
at
all.
B
C
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you
very
much.
That's
a
great
presentation
from
tim
and
matt
appreciate
that
very
much.
I
learned
a
lot
I
mean
environmental
justice
has
so
many
facets,
and
so
many
aspects
to
it,
whether
it's
you
know
health
or
civic
engagement,
physical
activity,
there's
just
so
many
different
aspects
to
the
topic.
C
But
what
strikes
me
most
of
all
as
to
what
this
city
council
would
have
con,
some
control
over
would
be
more
than
anything
would
be
the
housing
issue,
and
if
you
want
to
define
equity
as
resources
distributed
based
on
a
need,
I
think
it's
been
adequate
adequately
presented
and
proven
to
us
that
there
is
a
need
in
the
city
of
thousand
dollars
for
affordable
and
workforce
housing,
and
that's
where
this
council
can
really
make
a
difference,
and
I
and
I
think
we
have
been-
and
I
think
we
can
do
even
better
going
forward.
C
You
know
I
think,
back
to
our
last
council
meeting
the
woman
that
spoke
spanish-speaking
woman
and
she
really
told
the
story
to
me
that
really
sums
it
up.
She
works
in
thousand
oaks,
hard-working
person,
but
lives
in
canoga
park.
Can't
afford
to
live
in
thousand
oaks
has
to
commute
every
day
and
commute
back
out
again.
Her
kids
live
in
canoga
park
and
she
said
you
know
I'd
I'd
like
to
live
here
in
this
community.
I
like
to
spend
my
money
here
in
thousand
oaks.
I'd
like
my
kids,
to
be
educated
in
thousand
oaks.
C
I
don't
want
to
have
to
commute
every
day
and
you
know
the
barrier
which
actually
comes
under
this
banner
of
environmental
justice
is
housing
for
her
and
again,
I
think
that's
where
the
city
council
can
make
make
a
real
difference.
You
know
as
it
is
now.
C
But
you
know
with
60
of
our
workforce
going
in
and
out
of
the
city
every
day,
because
because
of
this
affordability
situation
it
it
really
makes
me
understand.
You
know
the.
I
feel
the
obligation
we
have
to
provide
more
affordable
and
workforce
housing
with
any
chance
that
we
get
and-
and
I
think
that
that
is
a
big
part
of
this
whole
environmental
justice
thing
and
a
big
part
of
equity,
and
I'm
I'm
glad
of
what
we've
done
so
far
this
year.
C
And
I
hope
we
continue
to
do
that
and
to
continue
to
work
with
these
builders
to
squeeze
out
the
most.
We
possibly
can.
So.
Our
our
workers
here
in
town
can
work
and
live
here
in
thousand
oaks,
with
all
the
commutes
and
all
of
all
the
other
hassle
that
they
have
to
go
through.
So.
P
Yeah.
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
I
appreciate
that
again,
good
presentation,
wide-ranging
and,
as
the
mayor
pointed
out,
we
had
not
really
seen
this
presentation
much
before
this
moment,
so
some
of
us
are
trying
to
digest
all
that
was
spoken
today.
The
one
thing
that
I've
noticed
during
covet.
One
of
the
things
that
really
was
was
highlighted
to
me,
was
some
inequity
in
broadband
within
our
own
city.
P
Now,
broadband,
of
course
across
the
state,
is,
has
a
wide,
very
wide
application,
but
even
within
our
own
city,
we
had
broadband
issues
with
some
kids
not
being
able
to
stay
online
and
everything
else.
I'm
interested,
mr
raymie,
if
you
have
any
language
or
or
ideas
on
how
the
city
could
approach
either
partnering
with
the
school
district
or
partnering
with
companies
and
what
has
happened
in
other
cities
to
provide
an
equitable
broadband
within
a
community.
G
Yeah,
it's
a
it's
a
really
good
question
and
they're
they're.
You
are
not
the
only
community
that
has
sort
of
discovered
the
inequities
in
broadband
and
internet
service
that
have
happened
as
a
result
of
cohid.
It's.
It's
probably
happened
in
just
about
every
community
across
the
state,
and
so
a
lot
of
work
really
has
been
done
in
the
last
year,
and
I
I
think
that
we're
going
to
see
real
changes
in
in
the
near
future.
G
You
really
identified
a
couple
of
of
ways
to
do
this,
which
is
partnering
with
the
school
districts
and
really
partnering
with
the
broadband
companies
to
make
sure
that
it
is
available
and
that
the
the
infrastructure
is
in
place.
The
city
can
work
with
those
broadband
companies
to
make
sure
that
it's
really
easy
to
add
extra
excess
capacity.
G
You
can
help
subsidize
that
and
then
a
lot
of
the
broadband
companies
are
actually
offering
free
or
very
reduced
internet
to
low-income
populations,
and
so
that's
already
happening
in
a
lot
of
places,
which
is
really
wonderful
that
a
lot
of
these
companies
have
stepped
up
to
do
that.
But
I
think
that
support
from
the
city
and
making
it
a
priority
is
actually
a
really
low-cost
way
of
increasing
equity
and
access
across
the
city.
N
Madame,
oh
I'm
sorry,
madam
mayor,
mrs
ingrid,
if
I
could
also
provide
a
few
sure
go
ahead
to
broadband.
Thank
you.
So
the
city
has
participated
in
the
broadband
consortium
of
the
pacific
coast.
It
includes
the
counties
of
santa
barbara
ventura
and
san
luis
obispo
in
terms
of
our
broadband
coverage.
N
We
have
the
hotspots
available
at
the
library
and
we
also
plan
to
expand
that
resource,
and
we
also
are
aware
that
safe
passage
was
able
to
provide
hot
spots
to
families
during
covid,
and
we
also
know
that
the
school
district
provided
hot
spots
to
those
families
that
did
not
have
internet
access.
So
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
just
some
of
the
the
current
efforts
that
have
either
been
underway
or
how
we've
responded
as
an
organization.
P
Thank
you,
ms
hardy.
Yes,
I
know
that
we
have
taken
some
what
I
would
call
you
know
corrective
actions
or
emergency
actions
to
help
out
in
this.
I
was
just
looking
at
more
and
more
global
solution
to
some
of
this,
so
we
don't
have
this
problem.
P
Should
another
shutdown
come
and
we
have
people
locked
in
their
homes
and
that
sort
of
thing,
as
you
know-
and
I
think
this
question
again
is
for
from
mr
rainey-
you
know,
as
we
recognize
that
you
know,
thousand
oaks
has
has
some
zoning
practices
that
you've
you've
identified
to
perhaps
act
as
exclusionary
to
some
some
people
of
lower
income.
P
We
are
trying
to
embed.
As
a
council
member
adams
mentioned,
we
are
trying
to
embed
housing
within
existing
projects
that
address
some
low-income
issues.
Do
you
have
any
ideas
of
how
to
go
about
that,
so
that
we
can
more
than
just
do
a
few
units
but
to
be
able
to
actually
meet
our
arena
numbers
in
terms
of
having
some
low
income
and
very
low
income
housing
embedded
in
our
market
rate
projects.
G
Yeah
I
mean
this
is
a
a
huge
conversation
about
how
to
actually
do
that
and
I
and
I
think
that
for
the
most
part,
we
should
defer
a
lot
of
that
conversation
to
future
city
council
meetings.
You
know
it's
a
combination
of
having
requirements
to
to
have
the
projects
build,
affordable
housing
which
you
have
in
your
control
to
do
that.
It's
about
incentivizing
it
through
various
ways
and
then
the
combination,
hopefully
will
will
result
in
a
more
affordable
housing
being
built
in
the
city.
G
But
it's
definitely
a
long
conversation,
inclusionary
housing
bonuses
and
then
looking
at
making
sure
that
the
development
that
is
allowed
to
be
built
is
actually
feasible
to
be
built,
and
that
is
definitely
a
challenge
because
it
actually
gets
into
higher
density
development
in
some
instances.
Because
of
that
feasibility.
Q
G
What
I
apologies,
what
I
was
referring
to
is
comments
that
were
made
by
some
members
of
the
community
that
there
were
that
lower
income
and
minority
populations
should
live
in
other
communities
and
not
in
thousand
oaks,
and
to
do
that
through
zoning
practices
and
the
density
of
development.
So
there's
some
very
clear
comments
that
were
made
that
low-income
communities,
low-income
households,
should
live
in
other
communities
and
not
in
thousand
oaks,
and
so
that
was
the
term
that
I
use
for
exclusionary
mindset.
Q
Well,
you
know,
I
I
don't
know
where
that
idea
came
from
I've,
seen
the
evolution
of
thousand
oaks.
Okay,
when
I
came,
there
were
18
000
people
here
and
probably
only
about
oh
fifteen
to
twenty
percent
of
the
land
here
was
developed
and
people
came
here
originally
for
affordable
housing.
I
know
that's
what
why
I
came.
Q
I
came
because
I
couldn't
afford
the
same
type
house
in
glendale,
california,
where
I
lived
and
what
happened
was
that
this
housing
stock
continued
to
be
supplied,
but
I
presume
that
as
of
development
went
on
and
on
and
on,
and
we
went
from,
you
know,
18
to
30
000,
then
60
and
80
and
so
forth.
Q
Q
I
guess
they
assumed
that
if
they
put
more
amenities
in
their
houses
that
you
know,
people
would
like
that
and
it
would
be
glad
to
pay
a
little
more
and
that
I
think's
put
us
where
we
are
today,
but
there
was
no
conscious
determination
of
some
master
control
person
to
try
to
try
to
keep
somebody
out
of
here.
I
it
bothers
me
what
councilman
adams
said
about
people
having
to
live
other
places
to
work
here
and,
and
I'm
sorry.
Q
Q
That
said,
if
a
developer
came
in
and
you've
done
a
b
c
and
d,
you
know
he
was
entitled
to
develop
and
you
know
my
point
is
without
going
on,
and
on
is
what
you
have
today.
In
my
opinion,
you
know
is
a
city
that
has
evolved
basically
due
to
economics,
and
there
was
no
attempt,
in
my
opinion,
to
keep
anybody
out.
Q
Q
Q
In
order
to
buy
my
first
house
I
had
to
show
I
was
making
12
000,
which
was
difficult
to
do,
but
now
you
know
the
price
is
nowhere
near
people,
people's
incomes
who
want
to
live
here
and
I'm
just
sorry
that
that
happened,
but
I,
but
I
hope
that
no
one-
that's
not
that's,
not
a
widespread
idea
that
somebody
here
had
an
exclusionary
mindset.
I
reject
that
and-
and
I
think
it's
horrible
that
would
somebody
would
think
that
one
one
more
point.
You
talked
about
ins,
institutional,
racism
and
structural
racism.
J
J
Great,
so
institutional
racism
is
when
institutions
make
decisions
that
either
implicitly
or
explicitly
exclude
people
based
on
on
race
and
race
is
strongly
correlated
with
income.
Structural
racism
is
when
multiple
institutions
are
working
together
in
order
to
make
that
happen,
and
so
an
example
of
structural
racism
would
be
the
combination
of
zoning,
which
I
just
had
mentioned,
and
then
redlining
in
communities
and
then
at
the
same
time
putting
factories
and
other
polluting
industries
in
low
in
poor
and
minority
areas.
J
So
those
combinations
of
factors
would
be
the
sort
of
the
overall
structures
that
are
tied
together
of
government
working
with
again
inadvertently
through
individual
decisions,
but
with
other
institutions
such
as
lending
institutions
and
businesses.
In
order
to
combine
so
that
together,
they
add
up
to
more
than
just
the
individual
decisions
of
any
institution.
Q
Well
again,
I
don't
need
to
sound
defensive
here,
but
all
the
years
I've
been
here,
I've
never
known
either
one
I've
never
seen
racism
here
in
thousand
oaks.
I'm
not
sure
why
we
have
such
a
low
african-american
component.
I
guess
it
does
have
to
do
with
income
and
and
so
forth.
Q
I
know
when
I
was
on
the
county
board
of
supervisors
to
have
african-americans
in
the
county
sheriff's
department.
We
had
to
advertise
in
los
angeles
newspapers
because
of
that
problem,
but
I
think
just
to
sum
up,
I
think
a
lot
of
this
is
stuff
that
just
happened
here
in
ventura
county
in
thousand
oaks,
I
mean
we
just
grew
and
I
don't.
Q
I
have
never
known
any
city
or
county
official
but
consciously
tried
through
zoning
or
pricing
or
anything
else
to
practice
racism
and
I'd
resent
that
completely,
and
I'm
I'm
sorry
that
anybody
ever
thought
that
about
ventura
county
you're,
a
thousand
oaks,
because
I've
never
known
anyone
in
city
or
county
or
on
the
park,
our
neighborhood
park
district
ever
felt.
That
way,
and
I'm
sorry
somebody
did
it.
J
Mr
jones,
could
I
could
I
just
say
I
just
want
to
clarify.
I
wasn't
saying
that
it
was
individuals
who
said
they
were
racist.
It
was
the
institutions
that
were
in
place
rather
than
the
individual,
and
that's
why
I
intentionally
didn't
use
individual
racism
and
I
used
institutional.
So
it
wasn't
necessarily
people
standing
up
and
saying.
I
am
consciously
doing
this
because
of
race.
J
It's
that
these
broader
institutions
and
including
my
profession
of
planning,
which
created
zoning
which
excluded
whole
sets
of
people
and
classified
where
people
based
on
income,
which
is
what
the
zoning
does
that
created
that
situation.
So
it
wasn't
the
individual
that
it
was
intentionally
happening.
It
was
that
the
institutions
as
a
whole
were
doing
that
and.
J
Overall,
to
have
to
talk
about
race
in
a
community.
Q
Q
Q
I
mean,
if
that
equals.
The
desire
to
you
know,
make
it
hard
for
certain
people
to
live
here.
I'm
sorry,
I
guess
what
you
would
have
to
do.
What
what
I
think
you're
suggesting
is
that
our
old
planning
documents
and-
and
I
don't
think
cities
had
planning
departments
before
world
war
ii.
Q
Q
Look
at
all
the
cities
in
the
united
states,
mainly,
they
grew
from
east
to
west
and
they
were
the
first
people
came
to
be
around
the
factories,
so
they
could
get
work
and
the
owners
and
the
people
with
more
income
moved
to
the
west
to
get
away
from
the
snow,
the
fumes
from
the
factories
and
so
forth,
but
in
other
words
those
were
the
determinants
quite
often
that
led
to
the
type
of
thing
you're
talking
about
about
different
areas
for
different
people
and
the
factory
workers,
you
know
had
a
poor
place
to
live,
but
I
thought
you're
in
especially
in
the
cities
that
developed
after
world
war,
two
live
thousand
oats,
that
our
good
planning.
Q
Of
people
that
didn't
want
other
people
to
come
here
I
mean
that
that
you
know
that's
crazy.
We
just
did
what
we
did
because
of
good
planning
practices,
and
let
me
say
one
thing
about
our
city
staff
and
county
staffs:
we're
teams,
it's
teamwork,
it's
one
for
all
for
one.
Q
If
people
have
a
good
opinion
of
the
city
and
the
city
council,
it's
because
of
the
staff
we
meet
very
few
people
one-on-one,
you
know
they're
they're
the
window
on
the
city
and
we're
a
team
one
for
all
in
all
for
one
I've
never
known
any,
I'm
gonna
stop,
but
I
hope
you
have
an
idea
that
we
are
good-hearted
people
here
and
we're
trying
to
do
right.
Okay,.
B
B
It
is
race,
it
is
even
class
because
we're
talking
about
low
income
and
yes,
it
is
true
that
there
are
residents
homeowners
in
town
that
say
that
that
fear
lower,
that
high-density
apartments
will
lead
to
crime
and
a
reduction
in
property
values.
Now
is
that
sentiment
a
racist
statement
or
is
it
an
elitist
statement?
B
A
decrease
in
property
values
at
all
so
and
to
make
a
statement
that
says:
inclusionary
thinking
you
know,
we
want
to
be
careful
not
to
say
that
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
with
its
planning
is,
is
kind
of
racist.
I
I
don't
think
that
is
the
case
at
all.
So,
but
that
said,
we
will
move
on
to
other
council
members
and
next
up
we
have
council
member
mcnamee
and
then
I
believe
that
mr
adam
has
his
hand
back
up.
K
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
Mr
remy,
I've
got
a
question
for
you.
I
need
to
dovetail
a
little
bit
on
what
council
member
jones
just
said,
and
madame
mayor
just
commented.
K
I
need
to
get
some
clarification
here
and
give
me
some
better
examples
of
this
that
what
is
institutional
racism
in
the
sense
of
how
zoning
can
be
institutionally
racist
when
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
was
built
to
be
a
primarily
a
single-family
resident
city
and
that
it
was
zoned
as
such
and
built
out
as
such,
yet
welcomed
the
opportunity
for
everyone
who
could
afford
to
live
here
to
purchase
a
house
and
want
to
be
here
could
do
so.
K
How
was
that
institutional
racism,
when
I
saved
up
for
five
years,
living
on
the
west
side
commuting
to
san
fernando
valley
for
my
practice
and
abel,
then
after
the
five
years
of
savings
to
come
up
with
a
down
payment
to
buy
in
thousand
oaks?
And
I
didn't
experience
and
didn't
see
how
that
was
institutionally
racism.
I
I
saw
that
as
I
wanted
to
live
in
thousand
oaks,
I
needed
to
save
up
for
a
certain
amount.
K
I
commuted
from
west
l.a
to
the
san
fernando
valley,
saved
up
enough
money,
bought
the
house
and
have
enjoyed
24
years
in
this
beautiful
city
of
ours,
where
people
take
care
of
their
family.
Look
after
their
neighbor
are
involved
in
the
community
to
help
others
that
to
me
is
the
strength
of
a
community
that
welcomes
everyone,
and
I
found
that
in
here
in
thousand
oaks.
So
tell
me
how
zoning
open
to
everybody,
institutional
racism,
I'm
having
difficulty
understanding
this
and
I'd
like
for
you
to
explain
it
to
me.
Please.
J
You
know
you
clearly
bring
up
good
points
you
and
mr
jones
as
well,
and
this
is
again
where
we
sort
of
where
we
were
to
where
we
are
now,
and
I
think,
there's
a
historical
context
here,
and
you
know
I
want
to
be
clear
with
what
my
my
comments
were,
I'm
trying
to
provide
a
framing
for
what
the
research
and
what
the
latest
thinking
is
on
in
the
planning
profession.
J
So
the
the
idea
is
not
that
it
is,
was
intentionally
using
zoning
in
order
to
exclude
it
was
that
the
because
only
a
certain
percentage
of
the
population
which
was
predominantly
white
could
afford
to
purchase
in
the
community
that
that
is
that
that
the
that
was
how
it
relates
to
race.
So,
yes,
it
is
not
intentionally
based
on
race
alone.
It's
based
on
income
and
income
is
strongly
correlated
with
race.
J
So
we
see
that
now,
with
with
housing
as
well,
where
the
more
affordable
housing
tends
to
be
higher
than
city
housing,
and
so
you
know,
we
recognize
that
there's
a
very
an
absolutely
wonderful
character
here
in
the
community
that
I
think
everyone
doesn't
want
to
negatively
impact,
and
so
again
it's.
This
is
about
the
idea
of
being
able
to
provide
housing
and
opportunities
for
all
in
the
wonderful
city
that
you
have
just
like.
You
had
the
opportunity
to
be
here
so
again
it
wasn't
individuals
making
individual
racist
decisions.
K
There,
regardless
of
race,
gender
sexual
orientation,
is
not
every
individual
able
to
save
up
for
a
down
payment,
have
a
high
enough
credit
score,
have
enough
of
an
income,
so
one
third
of
your
income
goes
to
no
more
than
to
principal
interest
taxes
and
insurance
to
qualify
for
the
learned
loan
to
purchase,
that
is
that
not
open
to
all
americans
to
come,
live
in
thousand
oaks
and
which
is
what
we
all
have
done
in
the
past
and
will
do
in
the
future
for
those
who
want
to
live
here.
How
is
that
institutional,
racism.
K
K
J
It
is,
it
is
because
the
institutions
that
we
have
in
place
have
advantaged
a
certain
portion
of
the
population
over
another
portion
of
the
population,
so
that
we
know
that
that
race
and
ethnicity
is
strongly
correlated
with
income,
and
so
you
know
essentially,
we
know
that
there
is
this
strong
correlation,
and
so
what
what
we're
trying
to
get
out
here
again
is
we're,
and
I
met.
I
mentioned
this
term
of
equality
versus
equity.
What
you
are
talking
about
is
equality.
J
Everyone
is
equally
able
to
purchase
a
house,
but
it's
not
equity,
because
not
everyone
has
the
same
means
in
order
to
do
that,
and
and
it's
institutions
that
have
been
put
in
place
over
years
and
years
in
society
as
a
whole
that
have
disadvantaged
certain
populations
over
other
populations,
and
so
that
is
in
different.
You
know
you,
you
really
just
highlighted
equity
versus
equality
in
what
you
were
saying
and
so
again
can
anyone
buy
a
house?
Are
they
excluded
based
on
race
alone?
J
No
they're
not
are
certain
people
able
to
afford
it
because
of
the
institutions
that
are
in
place?
Are
certain
populations
of
society
able
to
afford
it
more
than
others
absolutely,
and
so
we
can
change
the
zoning
in
order
to
allow
more
people
at
different
income
levels,
therefore,
at
different
races
and
ethnicities
to
move
into
the
city,
and
so
that's
what
the
concept
is
again.
K
K
With
me
got
the
spanish
translation
going
on
right
now
versus
these
two
issues
you're
discussing,
I
need
to
learn
more
about
it.
It's
not
an
easy
topic
and
that's
why
I'm
asking
these
key
questions,
but
I
think
it'd,
probably
do
the
council
better
for
me
to
ask
these
offline
and
get
a
little
bit
more
reversed
as
to
what
we're
trying
to
accomplish
here-
and
I
appreciate
you
sharing
the
answers
with
me.
Thank
you
and.
J
And
I'd
be
happy
to
share
additional
resources
and
talk
to
you
offline
about
this,
because
it's
it's
a
challenging
topic,
because
it's
dealing
with
beyond
again
beyond
individual
decisions
and
that's
the
important
that's
the
institution
rather
than
the
individual
and
equality
versus
equity.
So
we
can
definitely
talk
offline.
C
C
He
was
just
reporting
what
a
few
people
in
town
said
to
him
and
I'm
sure
they
were
in
a
very
small
minority,
but
put
it
in
in
the
report
regardless
anyway,
matt
you,
you
bring
up
a
very
good
point
about
the
difference
between
equality
and
equity,
and
you
know,
equity
to
me
means
that
you
dole
out
resources
based
on
need
versus
everybody
gets
exactly
the
same
and
with
less
than
two
percent
of
our
housing
stock,
affordable
here
in
thousand
oaks,
less
than
two
percent
with
48
000
units
we
have
in
the
city,
there's
a
need
for
affordable
housing,
and
you
know
there's
one
issue.
C
C
That's
the
big
opportunity
to
correct
that
situation
and
make
that
happen
and
again,
if
we
work
with
these
builders
that
come
forward
what,
as
somebody
said,
maybe
maybe
it
was
ingrid
or
somebody
you
know-
maybe
even
going
beyond
just
demanding,
affordable
workforce
housing
but
partnering
with
them
and
some
financial
incentives.
I
think
we
can
really
make
a
a
a
real
positive
outcome,
a
fair
outcome
in
the
city
to
house
some
of
our
workforce.
C
P
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
I
think
that.
P
The
presentation
of
the
night
was
not
not
trying
to
be
accusatory,
and
I
think
it
is
what
nobody
nobody
meant
this
situation
to
be
the
way
it
is.
I
I
think
of
if
I'm
in
my
mid-age
crisis
and
I
go
out
and
buy
a
nice
shiny,
red
corvette.
P
I
don't
mean
to
be
a
target
or
attractive
to
a
police
officer,
but
I
think
a
shiny
red
corvette
coming
down
the
street
people
who
may
take
a
look
at
it
it
it
is
what
it
is.
I
didn't
mean
to
be
a
to
have
police
officers.
Looking
at
my
shiny
red
corvette
that
came
down
the
street,
but
it
is
what
it
is
in
the
same
way
as
we
developed
as
a
city.
P
We
didn't
mean
to
have
some
exclusionary
issues
crop
up.
It
is
just
what
happened
that
leaves
us
with
now.
What
do
we
do
about
it?
And
that's
that's.
P
I
think,
where
the
general
plan
and
how
we're
moving
forward
with
this,
maybe
can
help
us
address
some
of
the
unintended
consequences
of
what
we
have
did
in
the
past,
which
made
perfect
sense,
which
is
there
there's
nobody
saying
we
did
anything
wrong,
but
the
result
of
what
happened
is
that
we
now
are
need
to
address
this
this
this
issue
of
people
having
to
drive
in
from
the
valley
or
drive
in
from
other
areas,
because
they
can't
afford
here.
So
that's,
that's.
I
think
where
we
should
be.
B
Thank
you,
mr
angler.
Very
well
stated
we
have,
as
I
said,
16
speakers,
so
we
will
now
go
to
the
speakers
and
madam
clerk.
How
many
minutes
do
they
have
three
minutes?
Madam
here,
okay,
we
have
first
up
rosanna,
guerra
and
then
amy
reed
and
then
clint.
D
Thank
you
mayor
bill
de
la
pena
and
city
council
for
the
leadership
on
this
important
topic.
When
my
husband
and
I
bought
our
home
in
1993,
we
were
embraced
into
the
community
with
open
arms.
Our
neighborhood
cul-de-sac
hosted
a
welcome
to
the
neighborhood,
get
together
in
our
honor.
Never
in
my
wildest
dreams
could
I
have
imagined
being
so
welcomed
by
strangers.
D
We
were
all
young,
many
with
young
children,
all
participating
in
the
local
schools
and
activities.
Some
were
transplants
from
other
parts
of
california
or
beyond.
I'd
like
to
share
this
story
about
thousand
oaks.
When
I
was
which
happened
to
me
when
I
was
a
young
busy
mom,
I
had
to
run
two
vons
and
I
left
my
wallet
in
the
shopping
cart
and
when
I
got
home
I
realized
I
panicked.
Oh
my
god,
I
left
my
wallet
in
the
shopping
cart
and
I
expected
it
to
be
gone.
D
I
zoomed
back
to
bonds
and
there
it
was
laying
in
the
untouched
laying
in
the
shopping
cart
with
my
id.
My
credit
cards
and
money
still
there.
So
thousand
oaks
is
a
wonderful
place
to
live,
but
through
the
years
I've
noticed
that
our
neighborhood
has
changed.
All
of
those
young
kids
have
now
become
grown
adults
and
have
all
moved
on
to
other
neighborhoods.
D
Is
there
enough
housing
that
will
support
me
and
my
husband
as
I
age
and
get
older
and
want
to
downsize
that's
affordable?
D
D
Or
will
he
have
to
relocate
that
is
outside
a
thousand
oats,
so
these
are
some
of
my
real
concerns,
so
I
have
an
ask
of
city
council.
My
first
is
to
create
housing.
That's
welcoming
to
young
adults
new
to
the
workforce
and
seniors
that
would
like
to
downsize
to
something
affordable,
that's
based
upon
what
they
can
afford
on
their
income
board
for
that
addresses
the
disabled
across
generations.
D
D
Good
evening
mayor
bill,
lapena
and
city
council
members
and
the
city
staff,
I
am
amy
reed.
I
live
in
the
unincorporated
part
of
newbury
park.
I've
been
in
this
community
since
1973,
and
I
remember
when
there
were
unpaved
streets,
no
signals
and
a
lot
of
beautiful
green
hillsides.
I
have
a
proposal.
I
had
this
whole
beautiful
speech
written,
but
it's
been
a
long
evening,
so
I'm
going
to
skip
to
the
good
part.
D
Thank
you
to
to
mr
amy
and
to
everyone
who's
commented
on
the
city's
plan.
I
think
it's
going
to
be
beautiful.
My
suggestion
would
be
that
those
people
who
wrote
the
comments
that
were
so
fearful
and
were
so
threatened
by
the
fact
that
perhaps
low-income
housing
would
drive
them
out
of
the
thousand
oaks.
I
think
if
we
had
a
community
liaison
who
could
have
a
direct
outreach
with
both
disadvantaged
communities
and
with
people
who've
been
here
for
a
long
time
like
I
have,
would
help
them
help.
D
People
who
are
are
frightened
and
and
scared
of
losing
their
what
they
have
that
there
really
isn't.
Any
reason
to
be
fearful
that
welcoming
young
families
will
improve
our
school
system.
Welcoming
young
families
will
improve
our
tax
base
and
to
remember
for
those
people
who
are
frightened.
That
years
ago
we
were
the
young
families
who
were
starting
starting
out
here.
D
I
also
think
that
if
we
oh-
and
I
shouldn't
say
this,
but
if
we
formed
another
committee,
perhaps
comprised
of
people
who
are
very
anti,
the
mixed
use
and
the
low-income
housing
and
are
very
frightened
by
the
fact
that
perhaps
people
who
live
here
might
also
want
to
who
excuse
me
who
work
here
might
also
want
to
live
here
and
people
who
are
open
to
inclusion
and
equity.
H
H
E
The
effects
of
climate
change
are
felt
most
acutely
by
the
people,
who
are
least
responsible
for
it.
It's
critical
that
we
connect
the
dots
between
climate
and
racial
justice
in
order
to
truly
build
communities
that
are
equitable
for
all
end
quote
the
movement
for
a
transition
to
a
greener,
safer
decarbonized
world
cannot
succeed
until
there
are
structural
changes
in
society.
E
B
D
P
Go
ahead:
hi,
yes,
good
evening
mayor
bill
and
thousand
oak
city
council
members,
my
name
is
valerie
aguilar
and
I've
been
a
community
member
in
thousand
oaks
for
12
years.
I'm
here
to
speak
about
the
need
for
more
racial
and
diverse
committee
board
and
members
within
our
city
council
growing
up
in
thousand
oaks
as
a
young
child.
I
always
felt
underrepresented
outside
of
my
household
as
a
latina
child.
P
There
was
little
to
no
community
figures
that
I
could
look
up
to
until
I
reached
high
school
and
began
getting
involved
with
school
clubs
such
as
latinos
connection
and
latino
youth
leadership.
From
there
I
felt
empowered
and
many
other
students
as
well.
However,
we
all
share
the
same
experience
and
frustrations
that
came
with
not
being
fully
represented
within
our
community
despite
being
a
vast
demographic
of
thousand
oaks
as
a
freshman
in
college.
P
Now,
I'm
advocating
on
behalf
of
future
generations
residing
in
thousand
oaks
and
their
need
to
make
their
voices
heard
at
important
positions
such
as
school
board,
city,
council,
etc.
It
has
become
apparent
that
there
is
an
ever-growing
presence
gap
between
our
city
council
and
those
representing
minority
groups
living
in
thousand
oaks
families
who
are
sending
their
children
to
school
in
our
communities.
P
Families
who
run
businesses
within
our
communities
are
only
a
few
examples
of
the
many
individuals
who
feel
that
decisions
are
not
efficient
enough
in
addressing
their
needs,
especially
when
the
pandemic
is
occurring
about
a
year
later.
It's
important
to
get
input
from
a
minority
group
such
as
latinos,
who
are
disproportionately
affected
by
the
pandemic.
P
Therefore,
I'm
encouraging
the
city
council
to
make
an
effort
to
recruit
more
diversity
in
the
board,
which,
in
turn,
would
allow
for
more
inclusive
decision
making
in
the
future.
There
are
undoubtedly
many
benefits
in
diversifying
local
public
office
positions,
such
as
city
council,
as
studies
have
shown
that
minority
groups
have
an
advantage
compared
to
white
members
when
forming
connections
with
other
minorities.
P
B
Thank
you.
I
would
like
to
add
that
indeed,
the
westminster
free
clinic
does
provide
free
health
care
to
anyone
who
seeks
it
and
anyone
who
needs
it.
No
questions
asked
no
question
asked
about
immigration
status.
You
are
in
safe
hands,
with
westminster,
free
clinic
and
in
good
hands
with
your
health.
B
I
B
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
Q
B
A
A
A
E
E
E
E
Finally,
I
would
like
to
bring
to
the
city's
attention
a
wonderful
model
developed
in
san
luis
obispo
county
called
heel
slo.
This
is
a
committee
comprised
of
public
health
officials,
school
administrators
city
planners
and
community
members
who
are
brought
together
to
improve
community
health,
determining
factors
in
san
luis
obispo,
county
county.
E
E
B
E
E
E
As
a
society,
we
tend
to
educate
students
with
disabilities,
particularly
those
with
complex
needs
separately
from
other
kids,
despite
decades
of
research
showing
better
outcomes
when
kids
are
educated
together.
Not
only
does
this
practice
of
separateness
have
academic
impacts,
but
it
also
has
long-term
social
and
societal
impacts.
E
E
My
daughter
is
11
years
old
and
she's
never
been
to
a
sleepover
she's,
never
been
to
a
movie.
There's
lots
of
places
in
our
community,
where
we
just
don't
go
because
it's
not
always
easy
to
brave
the
stairs
and
comments.
As
she
gets
overwhelmed
or
behaves
in
ways
that
don't
conform
to
social
expectations,
the
reality
is
that
our
society
doesn't
tend
to
value
those
who
have
physical
disabilities
or
are
neurodiverse
and
the
resulting
isolation
that
children
can
experience
in
school
usually
continues
into
adulthood.
E
E
We
believe
that
a
comprehensive
approach
is
needed
if
we
want
to
create
livable
and
inclusive
neighborhoods
for
all
thousand
oaks
residents.
I'd
like
to
close
with
the
story
of
hope
before
the
pandemic.
I
would
regularly
take
my
daughter
to
the
dollar
store
to
pick
out
a
toy
as
a
reward
for
achieving
milestones.
E
Waiting
in
line
is
hard
for
her,
but
I
was
so
happy
to
celebrate
with
her
that
day,
I
was
oblivious
to
the
other
shoppers.
She
was
pacing
around
the
checkout
area
and
stimming
in
her
excitement,
and
I
was
laughing
and
hugging
her
every
time
she
got
near
afterwards.
We
were
walking
to
our
car,
and
a
woman
behind
me
said.
Excuse
me,
I
flinched
and
braced
myself
for
the
inevitable
scolding
on
how
I
let
my
child
misbehave
in
the
store.
E
E
E
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
city,
council
members
for
hosting
thank
you,
matthew,
ramy,
for
clarifying
the
terms
of
equality
versus
equity.
My
name
is
rachel
gula.
I
have
lived
in
the
beautiful
canelo
valley
for
over
20
years,
I've
enjoyed
field
trips
to
the
chumash
indian
museum
and
the
chumash
house
at
rancho
sierra
vista.
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
when
we
are
living
on
stolen,
colonized
and
gentrified
land,
it
is
our
responsibility
to
honor
the
indigenous
communities
by
working
towards
the
preservation
of
our
sacred
planet.
E
E
Several
times
a
week,
I
enjoy
our
conejo
valley,
open
space
trails,
mostly
wildwood,
where
I
live
and
collect
litter,
while
hiking
I
enjoy
giving
back
to
the
land
and
protecting
the
wildlife
that
flourishes
here.
My
question
for
you
is:
why
is
there
no
place
to
recycle
plastic
bottles,
aluminum
cans
and
other
debris
that
is
collected
in
our
open
space?
Our
parks
and
trail
heads
mostly
have
a
single
bin
just
for
trash,
however,
91
of
all
plastic
is
not
recycled.
E
Instead,
it
ends
up
in
our
oceans
or
a
landfill
taking
up
to
a
thousand
years
to
decompose.
We
need
to
follow
what
other
communities
are
already
doing.
I
am
urging
thousand
oaks
to
implement
responsible
waste
management
in
our
open
spaces,
incorporating
clearly
labeled
bins
for
recycle
landfill
and
compost
at
every
park,
trailhead
and
community
space.
We
need
to
intend
on
banning
all
single-use
plastic
by
2022.
E
This
includes
finding
eco-friendly
alternatives
for
restaurant,
to
go
to
containers,
plastic
utensils
and
plastic
bags
to
name
a
few.
Banning
polystyrene
plastics
is
an
important
step,
but
we
must
expand
to
include
banning
other
single-use
plastics
as
well.
The
city
of
thousand
oaks
has
an
opportunity
to
create
these
positive
changes
for
our
community.
E
Through
the
recent
partnership
with
athens
services,
we
are
being
provided
the
tools
and
education
to
reach
a
zero-waste
future.
Imagine
a
community
where
composting
food
scraps
is
as
easy
as
putting
out
your
trash
and
recycle
bins
for
weekly
collection.
The
beautiful
land
in
canao
valley
provides
a
haven
for
many
generations.
E
There's
too
much
at
stake
these
next
10
years.
We
need
to
consult
the
chumash
in
regards
to
climate
action
solutions.
The
indigenous
people
deserve
educational
representation
and
resources,
including
affordable
housing,
representation
and
city
affairs
and
cultural
celebration
in
the
arts.
I
strongly
urge
the
city
to
adopt
a
resolution
for
diversity,
inclusion
and
equity
of
all.
We
can
nurture
our
beautiful
open
spaces,
the
responsible
waste
management
and
keeping
a
consistent
dialogue
with
the
chumash
elders
to
ensure
that
the
city's
commitment
to
equity
is
inclusive
to
the
land's
original
people.
E
C
May
I
may
just
make
a
very
a
comment
to
the
speaker:
please
sure
go
ahead
just
very
quickly.
The
city
did
enact
a
single
use,
disposable
plastic
ban
just
a
couple
of
months
ago,
voted
on
unanimously
by
the
city
council,
and
it
will
go
into
effect
in
the
end
of
end
of
this
year
as
we
go
through
a
transition
period.
E
Hello
good
evening,
madam
major
and
members
of
the
council
and
staff,
my
name
is
naomi
moya
aguilar
and
I
am
a
senior
and
thousand
of
high
school.
Southern
oaks
is
a
predominantly
rich
area
and
many
of
its
residents
are
high
income
and
unfortunately,
what
this
cost
is
that
many
people
with
lower
income
and
their
issues
are
quite
overlooked,
which
brings
me
to
one
of
the
topics:
I'd
like
the
city
to
put
some
attention
to
which
is
affordable
housing.
E
This
way
more
people
would
be
encouraged
to
live
here,
including
minorities
who
cannot
afford
to
live
here
and
are
forced
to
move
out,
and
I
see
this
as
in
my
community.
It
is
an
issue,
as
was
brought
up
earlier
in
the
discussion
that
you
know
many
many
people
in
the
latino
community
cannot
afford
to
live
here,
no
matter
how
much
they
work
or
how
many
jobs
they
take
on
next.
That
brings
me
to
how
students
sometimes
cannot
afford
wi-fi
or
good
wi-fi,
which
is
a
big
issue
right
now.
E
I
feel
with
the
pandemic
going
on
and
even
though
many
students
are
provided
with
wi-fi
or
you
know,
look
for
ways
to
get
wi-fi,
whether
that
be
through
going
to
a
starbucks
nearby,
the
school
or
a
mcdonald's
via
wi-fi
that
doesn't
mean
it
will
always
be
reliable,
and
it's
because
a
lot
of
the
times
they
cannot
afford
it.
Sometimes
families
cannot
afford
to
get
good
enough
wi-fi
for
students
to
have
you
know
stable
internet
for
their
classes,
and
this
doesn't
just
have
to
apply
to
students.
E
This
can
also
apply
to
you,
know
people
that
have
their
own
businesses
and
they
need
to
have
meetings
we
assume
and
such
and
unfortunately
not
having
that
type
of
stable.
Wi-Fi
is
not
it's
not
something
that
people
can
afford
right
now,
it's
pretty
much
a
necessity
right
now,
considering
the
climate
we're
living
in.
E
But
I
notice
that
it's
a
very
common
thing
and
there's
this
constant
language
barrier,
which
I
wish
would
be
discussed
much
more,
and
I
think
we
can
take
different
steps
towards
inclusion,
one
of
them
being
encouraging
businesses
to
make
science
menus
and
pamphlets
or
anything
that
can
be
needed
in
different
languages.
In
this
case,
spanish,
as
it
could
help
the
latino
community.
That
is
not
that
well
versed
in
english,
and
it
could
help
them
feel
much
more
welcomed
than
such
this.
E
This
doesn't
only
apply
to
language,
because
this
can
also
even
apply
to
gender
and
even
making
gender
neutral
bathrooms
and
such
but
overall,
I
think,
starting
to
make
these
small
changes
to
include
different
races.
Ethnicities
genders
can
make
our
city
be
a
much
more
welcoming
space
for
people,
including
minorities,
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
Thank
you.
E
Good
evening
mayor
bill
de
la
pena,
council,
members
and
city
staff,
my
name
is
carol
shelton
and
I
live
in
thousand
oaks.
I
am
one
of
the
vice
presidents
of
adelande
community
and
I
am
on
the
leadership
team
of
thrive
kaneho,
and
we
are
part
of
a
coalition
of
organizations
that
works
together
on
issues
of
equity
and
inclusion
in
our
city
where
kaneho
univo
tonight,
I
would
like
to
speak
about
individuals
and
families
with
unstable
housing
and
the
food
deserts
we
have
here
in
thousand
notes.
E
Individuals
and
families
are
forced
to
live
in
sub-standard
housing,
renting
a
single
room
for
their
entire
family,
other
families
and
similar
predicaments,
while
some
individuals
might
just
rent
a
space
in
the
living
room,
this
is
no
way
to
live.
Our
residents
deserve
better.
Some
of
these
families
risk
their
lives
to
come
to
this
country,
to
secure
better
life
and
better
opportunities.
E
They
are
staff
at
your
favorite
restaurant
work
at
your
car
dealership
and
might
even
work
in
your
home.
They
might
they
work
night
and
day
and
return
to
and
return
home
to
the
60
to
100
square
foot
space
that
they
call
home.
I
lived
in
unstable
housing.
I
was
embarrassed
and
ashamed.
It
would
have
been
easier
and
cheaper
to
move
out
of
thousand
notes,
but
we
loved
it.
We
live
with
friends
and
thousand
oaks
until
my
mother,
a
college-educated
accountant,
could
get
back
on
her
feet
after
her
divorce.
E
From
my
father,
I
currently
live
in
a
well-cared-for
apartment
and
see
many
multi-family
apartment
units
and
see
them
doing
their
best
to
make
ends
meet
and
care
for
their
families.
I
see
myself
and
their
children.
I
want
all
of
these
individuals
and
families
to
have
a
chance
to
live
their
american
dream
here
in
thousand
oaks.
Our
most
vulnerable
populations
also
live
with
food
insecurity
on
a
daily
basis.
Families
living
in
thousand
oaks
should
not
have
to
rely
on
their
local
convenience
market
to
put
to
put
food
on
their
table.
E
Food
money
does
not
stretch
as
far
and
they
may
need
to
use
calfresh.
While
this
seems
like
the
biggest
hurdle
to
overcome.
I
think
it
might
just
be
the
easiest
issue
to
resolve.
I
hope
that
you
hear
this
call
to
action
and
local
grocers
are
able
to
hire
more
staff
that
are
bilingual
and
provide
door-to-door
transportation
that
some
of
the
larger
latino
markets
provide.
Can
this
happen
in
thousand
notes?
E
Please
help
our
vulnerable
individuals
and
families
live
in
adequate
housing
and
to
put
to
put
healthy,
cost-effective,
culturally,
relevant
and
nutritious
food
on
their
tables
to
help
achieve
our
dream
of
a
more
equitable
city.
Kanejo
unito
has
three
requests:
direct
outreach
through
a
community
liaison
for
disadvantaged
communities,
representation
through
a
committee
that
addresses
issues
of
equity
and
inclusion,
and
it
needs
assessment
for
the
unders
underserved
in
our
community.
We
hope
that
hearing
our
stories
and
experience
tonight
will
help
you
understand
the
need
for
action
and
that
together
we
can.
A
Good
evening,
council,
members
and
city
staff,
my
name
is
jesus
orozco
and
I
live
in
thousand
oaks.
I
am
speaking
on
behalf
of
atlantic
community
conejo.
We
are
part
of
a
group
of
organizations
that
works
together
on
issue
of
equity
and
inclusion
in
our
city.
We
are
kuneho
unido
tonight.
I
would
like
to
speak
about
transportation
issues.
I
am
19
years
old
and
currently
a
freshman
in
moore
park
college.
When
I
started
high
school,
I
made
a
school
choice
to
go
to
thousands
high
school.
A
My
home
school
was
westlake
high
school,
but
I
felt
more
comfortable
at
thousand
oaks
because
it
was
very
wheelchair,
accessible
and
many
of
my
hispanic
friends
were
going
to
be
attending,
but
the
only
downside
was
since
I
made
school
choice.
I
wasn't
able
to
have
transportation
to
get
to
school.
I
would
have
to
find
my
own
ride
or
either
push
myself
to
school.
Unfortunately,
my
parents
worked
early
in
the
morning,
but
I
would
sometimes
get
a
ride
from
my
father
before
work.
I
would
be
a
hour
early
waiting
for
school
to
start.
A
I
would
feel
very
tired
and
I
wouldn't
be
able
to
focus
at
school
from
waking
up
so
early.
I
would
always
have
to
wheel
myself
back
home
in
the
afternoon.
It
would
take
me
about
two
hours
to
get
home
from
school
and
once
I
was
home
I
would
feel
very
exhausted
and
get
blisters
on
my
fingers.
It
was
about
two
months
until
I
was
able
to
receive
transportation
to
school.
From
what
I
have
heard
and
I
have
personally
experienced
many
lower
income,
families
would
pay.
A
Another
family
or
person
to
take
their
child
to
school
in
the
morning
and
afternoon
the
charge
people
normally
pay
depending
on
the
location
of
the
school
is
eight
dollars.
Lower
income
families
would
spend
an
average
of
280
dollars
a
month
to
get
their
child
to
school.
These
rides
are
very
expensive
for
lower
income
families.
Students
shouldn't
be
losing
sleep
and
have
to
worry
if
they
have
a
ride
for
school
tomorrow.
A
It
would
be
helpful
if
the
city
provided
accessible,
timely
and
affordable
transportation,
so
that
I
could
participate
in
experiences
that
enable
me
to
pursue
my
my
life
dreams
to
help
achieve
our
dream
of
a
more
equitable
city.
Canelo
unido
hopes
that,
by
hearing
our
personal
stories
and
experiences
tonight,
it
will
help
you
understand
the
need
for
action
and
that
together
we
can
work
to
build
a
more
equitable
and
inclusive
diagnosis.
L
Good
evening,
mayor
and
city
council
members,
my
name
is
lisa
powell.
I
live
in
thousand
oaks
last
month.
I
came
here
and
talked
about
equity
and
inclusion
as
related
to
the
general
plan
process.
This
evening,
you've
listened
to
a
presentation
that
encompasses
these
issues.
I'm
hopeful
that
council
members
and
anyone
else
listening
feels
they
have
more
knowledge
and
understanding
that
they
can
now
utilize
equity
is
a
core
value
of
the
city's
general
plan.
L
Update
thousand
oaks
has
been
as
impacted
as
anywhere
else
by
historical
rules
and
policies
made
over
time
that
were
created
to
block
certain
people
from
living
here,
suburbanization
segregated
neighborhoods,
by
income.
What
we
see
in
today's
world,
and
here
in
thousand
oaks,
is
a
difficulty
for
those
with
modest
incomes
to
find
affordable
housing,
particularly
near
high
quality
schools
and
amenities
like
healthy,
affordable
food
options,
internet
access
and
even
delivery
of
the
local
town
paper
like
in
our
identified
disadvantaged
communities.
Here.
L
These
issues,
however,
affect
all
of
us
and
when
a
locality
holds
onto
restrictive
zoning
policies,
eventually
more
and
more
people
get
left
out.
People
who
have
lived
in
thousand
oaks
for
40
years
say
that
their
adult
children
cannot
afford
to
live
here.
Older
residents
who
no
longer
need
a
large
home
want
to
downsize,
but
can't
afford
a
unit
in
one
of
the
fancy
senior
living
communities.
L
However,
if
residents
can
understand
that
our
current
housing
shortage
crisis
affects
them
economically,
they
may
be
more
open
to
the
idea
of
new
housing.
Kel
lutheran
reported
recently
that,
in
contrast,
what
was
initially
reported,
ventura
county's
economy
shrunk
considerably
since
2007.
a
major
factor
is
the
lack
of
affordable
housing.
If
you
don't
have
enough
housing
that
people
of
varying
income
levels
can
afford
people
leave
or
don't
move
here
in
the
first
place,
and
then
companies
decline
because
they
can't
find
employees
and
companies
we'd
like
to
entice
to
come
here.
L
Won't
as
it
is,
a
majority
of
thousand
oaks
workforce
drives
in
from
other
places
in
many
instances,
because
employees
cannot
afford
to
live
here.
My
hope
is
that
our
city
can
talk
about
and
embrace
the
economic
benefits
of
developing
housing,
as
well
as
the
equity
angle.
I
hope
that
our
council
and
city
staff
will
take
seriously
these
tenants
throughout
the
general
plan,
update
process
and
beyond
in
ways
that
are
innovative,
rather
than
following
the
same
worn
path.
L
M
Hello
members
of
the
council-
I
am
I'm
hoping
to
I'm
hoping
for
something
to
happen
on
hang
on
a
second
I'm
hoping
for
something
to
happen
on
affordability,
so
that
I
can
afford
a
place
of
my
own,
and
the
idea
that
density
is
affordable
makes
some
sense
on
paper.
But
if
we're
counting
on
density,
to
bring
affordability
to
thousand
oaks,
we're
going
to
be
sorely
disappointed
in
21st
century
california,
high
density
housing
is
not
affordable.
M
Due
to
high
land
and
construction
costs.
Any
market
rate
units
constructed
will
cost
nearly
as
much
to
build
as
existing
houses
cost
to
buy.
For
example,
if
you
allow
developers
to
demolish
a
house
and
replace
it
with
apartments,
the
apartments
will
not
actually
be
cheaper
than
the
house
they
replaced.
M
They
will
be
just
as
expensive,
and
so
the
result
of
density
will
be
the
construction
of
high
rent
units
that
are
out
of
reach
for
anyone
who
doesn't
have
a
high
income
and
there
won't
be
anything
meaningful
for
those
of
us
young
people
who
would
like
a
cheaper
place
to
live.
If
we're
talking
about
subsidized
housing,
that
is
actually
reserved
for
low-income
residents
and
young
families,
that's
a
different
story
and
that's
what's
needed,
but
anything
added
at
the
market
rate
will
be
just
as
out
of
reach
as
what
exists
today.
M
If
these
are
market
rate
units,
then
all
we're
going
to
see
is
teo
boulevard
become
like
a
west
coast,
fifth
avenue,
or
maybe
a
ventura
county
equivalent
of
west
hollywood,
and
that's
not
going
to
be
beneficial
for
anyone.
It's
not
going
to
actually
result
in
the
construction
of
units
that
people
like
me
can
afford,
and
it's
not
going
to
bring
down
costs
in
the
city
in
general.
Cities
have
tried
deregulation.
Like
this,
you
look
at
seattle.
M
B
J
Hello
again,
I
am
not
sure
I
have
any.
Are
we
going
to
anime?
Are
we
going
to
close
here?
Should
I
give
some
closing
next
steps
at
this
point?
Are
there
going
to
be
city
council,
additional
city?
Well,.
B
The
the
the
speakers
raised
several
points
and
I
was
asked
to
go
back
to
you
to
address
those
points.
If
not,
perhaps
staff
will
do
that.
J
J
I
think
there
were
a
lot
of
really
good
points
and
comments
raised
by
the
public,
and
it
echoed
a
lot
of
what
we've
heard
during
the
process
about
a
desire
for
increased
diversity
in
the
city
government
in
the
decision-making
process,
the
desire
for
more
people
who
work
in
the
community
to
be
able
to
live
in
the
community
and
also
a
an
appreciation
for
the
way
that
the
process
as
it
has
evolved
and
the
way
that
staff
over
the
most
recent
period
of
time
has
really
been
listening
and
responding
to
community
members.
B
F
No,
I
just
think
mayor
bill
pena
and
matt
can
probably
follow
on
with
this
that
yeah.
There
are
next
steps
from
this
point.
This
was
a
study
session
tonight,
and
so
this
is
about
the
continually
continued
listening
process
and
sort
of
incorporating
feedback
from
the
public
and
from
the
city
council,
as
matt
works
to
refine
this
particular
element
of
the
general
plan.
Similarly,
to
what
we've
done
on
the
sustainability
element
and
so
on.
J
Madam
mayor,
I
just
I
would
like
to
just
say
I
wanted
to
thank
all
of
you
on
the
council
city
staff
and
the
public
for
participating
in
this.
You
know
we
understand
it's,
it's
not
an
easy
conversation
to
have,
and
these
are
really
emotional
topics.
As
we
heard
from
multiple
community
members,
there
are
so
many
great
ideas
that
came
out
of
this
and
so
many
ideas
that
can
be
incorporated
into
the
plan.
Based
on
what
we've
heard
in
the
public
comments
this
evening,
and
thank
you
to
all
the
public
for
participating
in
this.
J
I
know
it
was
a
long.
A
long
meeting
just
and
the
council
meeting
hasn't
even
started,
and
you
know,
and
our
focus
groups
and
all
of
the
comments
that
we've
received
and
there's
thousands
of
them.
You
know
we're
really
getting
great
great
feedback
from
the
community,
and
I
have
no
doubt
that
there
will
be
a
great
plan
that
comes
out
of
this,
where
the
community
can
really
come
together
on
figuring
out
the
best
path
forward.
J
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
all
for
your
time
this
evening
and
for
having
this
conversation
and
beginning
the
conversation,
because
that
is
really
the
most
important
aspect
of
it.
Thank.
P
Thank
you,
madam
mayor,
just
a
suggestion.
As
mentioned
earlier
that
this
we
had
not
really
seen
this
document
before
you
know
the
preparation
for
this
meeting.
It
might
be
beneficial
to
us
all.
I
know
that
council
member
mcnamee
has
asked
for
some
training
and
some
information
on
this.
Would
it
be
good
to
try
to
set
up
a
a
secondary
meeting
with
us
to
speak
more
on
this,
this
topic
and
perhaps
even
more
directly
on
the
housing
element?
P
B
Mr
engler,
are
you
asking
for
a
study
session
offline
or
another
public
meeting.
P
I
I
think
either
way
I'm
happy
to
have
a
study
session
offline
with
the
remy
group.
If
that
works,
we
can
do
it
on
a
one-on-one
basis.
I'm
just
trying
to
be
sensitive
to
the
time,
commitment
that
that
would
impose
on
staff
and
mr
ramey.
F
If
I
might
offer
madam
mayor
that
we
certainly
could
extend
the
offer
for
for
follow-on
discussions,
as
was
talked
about
with
councilmember
mcnamee
for
any
council,
that
would
like
to
avail
themselves
on
a
discussion
on
this
particular
topic
or,
frankly,
any
of
the
topics
that
we're
working
through
on
the
general
plan
process.
K
B
I'm
gonna
look
at
the
city
attorney
because
of
the
brown
act.
Yeah.
R
E
Would
either
be
a
one-on-one
meeting
or
it
would
be
a
public
meeting
for
a
study
session
city
council
members
cannot
meet
in
private.
L
E
B
So
certainly
we
can
have
one-on-one
meetings.
This
is
a
very
complex
topic
and
something
that
we
are
trying
to
wrap
our
our
head
around
and
but
the
the
exchange
of
information
from
the
public
is
absolutely
vital
in
this,
and
I
have
to
say,
if
it
weren't,
for
the
public
pushing
for
certain
changes
and
policy
changes,
we
wouldn't
be
having
spanish
translations
and
and
many
other
things,
and-
and
I
think
it
is
important
to
show
that
we
are.
B
We
want
to
be
welcoming
and
we
want
to
be
inclusive
of
every
resident
here
in
in
thousand
oaks.
So
I
also
wanted
to
mention
at
the
beginning,
the
presentation
by
tim
giles,
the
training
and
some
of
the
sessions
that
city
employees
are
undertaking
in
terms
of
leadership,
skills,
sensitivity,
training,
inclusionary,
sort
of
videos
or
that
videos
that
are
mentioning
diversity
and
inclusion
and
how
they're
really
not
the
same,
and
and
perhaps
it
would
be
helpful
to
have
council
members
do
that
as
well.
B
P
Madam
mayor,
I
was
going
to
mention
that
I
I
too
have
gone
on
that
that
training
site
it
is
training
for
just
about
any
topic
under
the
sun,
and
I
would
also
recommend
it.
My
colleagues
take
a
look
at
it.
There's
there's
any
topic
you
would
want
to
delve
into
there
are.
There
are
videos
for
you
to
peruse.
B
The
city
council
members
have
to
fulfill
certain
obligations
required
by
the
state
training
about
ethics
and
training
about
sexual
harassment,
so
those
are
mandatory
and
while
I
would
welcome
it,
if
we
had
similar
training
for
inclusivity,
diversity
and
all
that
that
would
be
mandatory.
Certainly
in
the
least
you
know
it
should
be
voluntary
participation
in
this
sort
of
training,
but
that's
something
we
can.
B
We
can
discuss
a
little
bit
further
down
the
road,
so,
mr
raymie,
then
the
direction
from
the
city
council
that
you
are
seeking
tonight
is
the
feedback
right
feedback.
J
C
Oh
yes,
thank
you,
mayor
yeah.
My
hand
has
been
up.
First
of
all,
I
just
I
just
want
to
say
I
want
to
compliment
lourdes
for
her
translation
abilities,
marvelous
job,
it's
great,
that
you're
able
to
bring
these
stories
to
us
in
such
a
nice
way.
C
As
to
that
last
speaker
about
density,
I
understand
what
he's
saying,
but
I
do
believe
density
allows
for
affordability.
You
have
to
have
some
market
rate
housing
to
allow
for
some
affordable
housing
as
well.
The
perfect
example
is
the
kmart
project
proposal.
50,
affordable
units
are
proposed
for
that
particular
project.
C
So
a
lot
depends
on
the
city
council,
as
I
discussed
earlier,
and
our
resolve
to
make
that
happen,
and
especially,
if
down
the
road,
we
we
mandate
it.
So
I
I
think
you
can
have
affordable
housing
when
it
comes
to
density
and-
and
one
theme
that
I
picked
up
from
all
this-
not
all
the
speakers,
but
a
number
of
the
speakers,
this
business
of
overcrowding
in
our
city.
C
C
This
is
bad
for
health.
This
is
bad.
This
is
a
social
ill
that
we
really
need
to
look
at
it's
bad
for
quality
of
life,
and
I
would
just
say
that
if
we
continue
on
this
course,
it
spreads
colvin
for,
for
example,
being
all
jammed
in
together
like
that
and
and
that's
the
sacrifice,
people
will
make
to
live
in
our
community
and
they
shouldn't
have
to
make
that
sacrifice.
At
any
rate.
C
To
me
you
know
a
little
density
could
possibly
solve
that
in
some
strategic
locations
within
a
an
affordable
component
and
be
far
superior
to
people
living
on
top
of
each
other
in
a
home
here
or
an
apartment
or
wherever
it
may
be.
In
the
city
of
thousand
oaks.
B
Well,
mr
adam,
yes,
indeed,
we
are
talking
about
very
or
extreme
low
income,
and
then
there
is
moderate
to
to
low
income
and
workforce.
B
Housing
is
in
the
upper
category,
and
the
residents
who
spoke
tonight
and
shared
their
struggles
with
us
really
are
to
be
commended
for
for
having
the
courage,
first
of
all,
to
appear
in
the
public
forum
to
share
their
struggle
and
not
be
afraid
to
say
what
their
live
living
conditions
are
like,
and
I
want
to
use
this
opportunity
to
let
residents
in
our
community
know
who
say
we
don't
want
low
income
housing
because
it
brings
crime
and
traffic
and
lowers
property
values.
B
They
are
not
contributing
to
traffic
because
they
don't
own
a
car
or
maybe
just
one.
These
are
good,
decent,
hard-working
people
that
just
want
to
make
an
honest
living
and
to
say
that
the
housing,
the
the
the
low
income
housing
will
bring
crime
offends
me
it
really
does.
B
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
whatever
housing
policy
we
will
come
up
with,
ensures
that
everybody
will
have
a
chance
at
decent
accommodations
and
that
any
low
income
units
will
really
be
deeded
in
a
way
that
they
cannot
be
turned
over
into
market
rate
housing
units
at
all,
and
we
need
to
look
at
additional
opportunities
with
our
low,
low-income
housing
provider.
Many
mansions
to
look
to
look
at
options.
B
You
wouldn't
even
know
that
this
that
low-income
families
live
in
there
because
they're
so
well
taken
care
of
well
manicured,
and
you
know
it
doesn't
you
don't
have
to
imagine
some
public
project
that
you
see
in
big
cities
in
america?
No,
that's
not
what
we're
looking
at
so
I
just
would
like
for
the
attitude
toward
workforce,
housing
and
low-income
housing
to
change
in
in
the
city,
because
it
doesn't,
it
does
not
have
to
bring
crime
or
anything
like
that,
and
I
just
wanted
to
get
that
off
my
chest.
It's
been
bothering.
C
Me
for
quite
a
bit
if
I
may
yeah,
you
know
what
a
builder
proposes:
a
a
market
rate
project,
the
whether
it's
very
low
low
income,
moderate
income,
that
component
it's
absolutely
completely
indistinguishable
from
the
market
rate
units,
and
so
it's
not
like
that.
You
know
these
units
are
segregated
somewhere
off
by
themselves,
indistinctly
from
the
market
rate
units
and
it's
a
great
way
for
to
assimilate
folks
into
the
economy
and
and
to
bring
them
up
and
give
them
a
higher
quality
of
life
and
and
you're
right.
C
C
B
Well,
well,
I
will
say
that
high
density
projects
will
bring
traffic.
There's
no
doubt
about
that,
but
I
I
do
really
not
agree
that
they
will
bring
crime
necessarily,
and
I
think.
C
That's
something
absolutely
not:
crime
comes
from
people
being
jammed
in
together
living
a
stressful
life,
you
know,
and
that
can
breed
violence
potentially
not
living
in
a
any.
In
a
you
know,
brand
new,
affordable
unit
within
a
market
rate,
housing,
housing
project.
B
The
majority
of
our
homeless
residents
are
not
minority
ethnic
or
racial
minorities,
and
they
are
former
residents
of
thousand
oaks
former
by
saying
that
they
used
to
live
in
an
apartment
or
house
and
are
no
longer,
and
that
is
that
is
really
what
we
need
to
address
as
well.
The
the
homelessness
issue
with
this
sec
equity
and
social
justice,
including
mental
health,
of
course,
all
right.
So
that's.
C
A
good
point
mayor,
sorry
to
interrupt
me.
That's
a
good
point.
We
didn't
talk
about
that
tonight,
but
that's
a
housing
crisis
in
itself.
It
is
our
homeless
population
and
you
know
I
personally
convinced
we
need
permanent,
supportive
housing
here
in
the
city
and
I
think
we're
going
to
get
there
eventually.
But
you
know
it's
not
environmental
justice
to
have
people
living.
You
know
underneath
the
freeway
correct
it
isn't.
That's
that's
another
big
issue
that
I
know
we're
working
towards
a
solution.
D
Q
Q
If
I
didn't
think
I
could
solve
people's
problems
and
make
a
difference,
I
never
would
have
run
for
anything
and
to
sit
here,
and
you
know,
with
this
force
of
of
the
economics
we
can't
repeal
of
the
law
of
supply
and
demand.
Can
we
I'm
sorry
that
housing
was
subject
to
these
forces
of
rising
prices?
I
mean,
wouldn't
have
been
nice
if
we
could
have
just
kept
them
out
of
the
supply
and
demand
market,
and
we
couldn't
do
that.
Obviously,
what
I'm
trying
to
say
is
my
entire
takeaway
from
tonight's
exercise.
Q
Is
that
all
the
things
we
can
do?
We
should
make
sure
that
we
do.
We
should
have
equity,
we
should
have
fairness.
We
should
respect
the
truth.
We
should
have
worked.
You
know
with
our
staff
and
with
all
the
other
agencies,
to
make
sure
that
everything
is
fair
and
open
and
and
people
advance
on
merit
and
and
we
have
give
people
a
hand
where
they
need
it,
and
there
should
be
no
racism
whatsoever
and
it
shouldn't
be.
Q
I
mean
you
can't
tell
somebody
that
if
he's
owned
a
house
for
many
years
that
he
can't
sell
it
for
what
the
market
would
pay
for
it,
I
mean
it
it's
so
we
can't.
You
know,
I
think
it's
something
we
can't
do
about
anything
about.
But
what
do
we
can
do?
Well,
that's
right.
Mr
adam
is
correct.
We
can
have
a
certain
amount
of
of
affordable
or
low
income
housing,
but
even
low-income
housing
would
not
satisfy
the
the
farm
workers
or
the
you
know,
people
that
clean
houses
and
mow
lawns
and
so
forth.
Q
Even
you
know,
and
they're
very
few
they're
very
low
income,
but
but
just
low
income
is
like
85
000
a
year.
I
mean
I'm
kind
of
rambling
here,
but
I
don't.
I
haven't,
seen
a
clear
path.
I'd
like
to
have
somebody
phone
me
and
say
I'm
having
trouble
with
this
or
I'm
having
trouble
with
that,
and
I
try
to
solve
that
problem
right
right
away.
That's
it's
my
m.o,
I'm
not
always
successful,
but
I
try.
Q
But
I
don't
like
to
get
a
problem
that
I
don't
see
an
answer
to
you
know
it
seems
very
hard
to
me
at
any
rate,
to
make
a
significant
success
out
of
trying
to
achieve
low
income
housing.
So
that's
my
two
cents.
B
Thank
you,
mr
jones.
No,
we
do
have
a
responsibility,
moral
and
social
responsibility
to
to
to
do
that,
to
provide
housing.
Whether
we
will
be
successful
remains
to
be
seen,
but
certainly
we
will
try
our
darndest.
B
E
J
B
E
It
doesn't
need
to
have
a
resolution
again,
the
because
the
document
speaks
for
itself,
but
there's
nothing
that
prohibits
you
from
adopting
a
resolution.
In
addition
to
the.
B
Okay,
well,
each
element
has
has
a
little
booklet.
Everything
is
spelled
out
all
of
the
different
components
of
it,
and
I
seem
to
recall
that
there
are.
There
was
a
resolution
somewhere
and
I'm
trying
to
remember
whether
it
was
the
forestry
element.
There
was
a
social
element
in
there
as
well.
I
think
I'm
trying
to
remember,
but
not
knowing
exactly
where
the
general
plan
will
go.
I
mean
there
are
calls
for
residents
presidents.
B
E
Right
well
in
each
element.
Obviously
there's
you
know
it's
kind
of
like
a
chapter
of
a
book,
so
in
each
chapter
there's
going
to
be,
you
know,
there's
first
of
all,
there'll
be
an
executive
summary
to
the
entire
general
plan,
and
then
each
chapter
will
also
have
an
introductory
paragraph
for
two
explaining
what
each
element
does
and
then
in
that
element
will
be
background
information.
You
know
data
and
then
also
ultimately,
will
include
goals
and
policies
that
are
adopted
as
part
of
that
particular
element.
B
Okay,
so
then
say,
for
example,
the
equity,
social,
environmental,
justice
and
equity
element.
It
would
we
could
spell
out
specific
statements
as
to
what
we
expect
this
element
to
be,
namely,
we
want
say,
a
community
liaison
with
different
organizations
in
town,
whether
it's
it's
the
underrepresented
or
disabled
or
so
forth.
Is
that
something
that
we
can
then
spell
out
to
to
show
that
we
take
this
issue
very
seriously
and
will
and
do
not
condone
any
sort
of
racism
or
anything
like
that.
F
Yeah
so,
madam
mayor
and
I'll,
let
matt
chime
in
on
this
as
well.
What
they're,
what
they're
go,
what
every
single
element,
whether
it's
the
economic
development
element
or
cultural
affairs
element
they're
taking
all
this
feedback
that's
received,
and
then
matt
and
his
team
work
to
synthesize
that
information
and
help
the
council
to
create
the
actionable
policy
related
items
that
are
attached
to
it.
So,
to
the
extent
of
the
example,
you
gave
absolutely
that's
something
that
could
could
end
up
holding
again.
Matt
is
that.
J
Appropriate
yeah,
I
think
the
the
simplest
way
to
think
about
this
is
that
every
element
is
going
to
have
goals
which
are
the
long-term
direction
and
what
you
want
to
achieve.
They're
going
to
have
policies
which
are
the
the
things
that
are
being
done
on
an
ongoing
basis
that
implement
the
goals
and
then
there's
actions
which
are
specific
activities
that
you're
going
to
do.
So.
J
If
you're
going
to
hire
a
new
position
to
do
something
to
be
a
liaison,
that
would
be
an
action
and
then
that
would
tie
in
with
the
capital
improvement
program
and
annual
budgets
to
make
sure
that
that
is
being
implemented.
And
then
you
can
go
back
over
time
and
look
at
that
and
yes,
it
would
be
adopted
in
its
entirety
as
a
general
plan
for
all
of
the
elements.
And
then,
once
the
plan
is
adopted,
you
then
start
implementing
it
and
that's
where
the
fun
begins
right.
B
Very
good,
thank
you
that
answers
my
question.
Excellent.
All
right,
any
other
comments,
then
we
are
not
really
looking
for
a
vote
here.
This
was
a
receive
and
file
basically,
and
with
that
I
want
to
thank
matt
ramey
and
associates
very
much
for
the
hard
work
you
put
into
this
in
bringing
and
introducing
this
element
to
the
city
of
thousand
oaks,
want
to
thank
city
staff
and
look
forward
to
another
discussion
on
this
all
right.
Thank
you.
B
R
R
We
will
be
reviewing
the
results
of
the
cost
of
services
study
as
well.
This
is
a
study
session,
so
this
is
the
opportunity
for
both
city
council
and
the
public
to
provide
input
on
the
draft
user
fees
manual
prior
to
the
public
hearing
in
april
tonight
kicks
off
the
start
of
the
city's
fiscal
year,
2021-22
and
fiscal
year,
22-23
bi-annual
budget
process
presentations
to
city
council
over
the
next
few
months.
R
We
will
hold
multiple
study
sessions
to
review
user
fees,
cip
budget
and
operating
budget
prior
to
holding
public
hearings
for
adoption
of
the
user
fees
and
budgets.
Tonight
may
be
the
first
study
session.
However,
staff
have
been
developing
the
user
fee
since
may
of
last
year
when
the
cost
of
services
study
kicked
off.
This
has
been
an
in-depth
and
comprehensive
process
comprising
staff
from
almost
all
departments.
R
R
R
It's
important
to
know
the
difference
between
the
two
as
taxes
can
only
be
approved
by
a
vote
of
the
people,
either
by
a
simple
majority
for
a
general
tax
or
a
two-thirds
majority
of
a
special
tax.
However,
fees
can
be
approved
by
a
two-thirds
vote
of
city
council,
as
mentioned,
there
are
seven
exceptions
to
attacks
in
proposition
26.
R
The
first
exception
is
for
a
specific
benefit
or
privilege,
an
example
of
which
is
a
fee
charged
for
a
restricted
parking
permit,
for
instance
such
as
for
those
residents
that
live
over
by
clu.
The
second
exception
is
for
a
specific
government
service
or
product,
which
is
a
charge
only
paid
by
individuals
that
request
that
specific
service,
the
library
photocopying
fee
I
just
mentioned,
is
a
good
example
of
this
type
of
exception.
R
R
R
It
must
also
be
based
on
the
cost
of
service,
provided
the
government
cannot
make
money
off
of
fees.
We
can
only
recover
our
costs,
it
must
specifically
benefit
those
who
pay
the
charge.
It
must
not
unintentionally,
be
subsidized
and
we
do
have
several
fees
that
are
intentionally
subsidized
as
we
will
cover
in
a
minute,
but
we
can't
unintentionally
subsidize
fees
and
the
way
you
ensure
this
is
by
undertaking
a
cost
of
services
study
periodically,
which
we
will
review
next.
It
also
must
be
reasonable.
R
R
Fiscal
sustainability
is
an
overarching
goal
of
the
city
that
permeates
through
all
aspects
of
our
operations
and
decisions
and
user
fees
is
no
different.
With
the
city
council
goal
of
adjusting
fees
biannually
to
achieve
full
cost
recovery,
we
aim
to
ensure
that
fee
revenue
that
provides
a
user
with
a
specific
benefit
or
privilege
covers
the
city
cost
of
providing
those
services
for
any
fee
that
is
not
set
at
full
cost
recovery.
R
R
Our
evaluation
committee,
comprised
of
staff
from
multiple
departments
evaluated
the
qualified
proposers
and
we
ultimately
selected
wolford
consulting
based
on
the
experience,
expertise,
quality,
references,
price
and
familiarity
with
our
city
services.
A
comprehensive
cost
of
services
study
kicked
off
in
may
2020
for
planning,
code,
compliance
and
engineering
user
fees.
All
development
related
fees
were
last
comprehensively
reviewed
in
2013,
with
the
full
cost
of
service
study.
A
cost
of
service
study
for
building
will
be
completed
in
time
for
the
next
user
fee
study
in
2023..
R
Why
do
a
cost
observes
this
study
back
to
those
fee
concepts?
I
mentioned
reasonableness,
not
unintentionally,
subsidizing
fees,
not
arbitrarily
setting
fees
and
ensuring
that
you're
not
over
charging
for
fees
over
the
course
of
time.
Many
things
may
change
regarding
how
the
city
provides
certain
services,
staffing
levels,
change
technology
changes
processes,
maybe
come
more
efficient
as
a
result,
laws
and
regulations
change
which
may
require
some
services
to
be
processed
quicker,
such
as
processing
solar
permit.
While
it
may
make
others
more
complex
and
take
longer
building
codes
change.
R
The
result
is
after
time
it
makes
sense
to
perform
a
new
cost
of
services
study.
The
study
is
performed
in
conjunction
with
a
consultant
that
is
experienced
in
evaluating
and
calculating
the
cost
of
services
and
is
aware
of
legislative
changes
and
requirements,
and
that's
where
wolford
consulting
steps
in
with
the
city
as
they
are
experts
in
this
field.
The
process
includes
taking
a
comprehensive
look
at
staffing
costs,
time
estimates
of
providing
the
service,
overhead
and
activity
levels.
R
The
goal
of
the
cost
of
services
study
is
ultimately
to
know
and
understand
what
the
full
cost
is
of
city
staff
providing
these
services
so
that
we
are
not
unknowingly
subsidizing
service
costs.
Mr
wolford
met
regularly
with
city
staff,
starting
in
may
in
order
to
develop
a
comprehensive
understanding
of
how
the
city
provides
planning
code
and
engineering
services
to
the
public.
R
The
results
of
the
2021
development
related
fees
summary
showed
that
a
majority
of
development,
related
fees
for
planning,
code
and
engineering
services
are
below
full
cost
recovery,
although
our
goal
is
to
be
at
full
cost
recovery,
since
that
would
lead
to
a
large
increase
in
some
fees.
Our
current
strategy
is
to
increase
selected
development,
related
fees
by
a
percentage
or
cpi
biannually
to
get
closer
to
full
cost
recovery.
R
The
cpi
of
4.46
is
based
on
the
united
states
department
of
labor
bureau
of
labor
statistics,
los
angeles,
riverside
orange
county
for
all
expenditure
categories,
calculated
from
december
2018
to
december
2020.
The
cost
of
services
study
also
identified
several
fees
that
exceeded
the
current
cost
of
service
and
are
actually
being
recommended
to
decrease.
R
The
city
has
a
culture
of
process
improvement
and
empowers
staff
to
identify
and
recommend
changes
and
processes
that
will
streamline
our
services.
We
are
continuously
evaluating
our
services
and
identifying
areas
for
improvement.
Most
notable
is
the
recent
kickoff
of
our
new
cutting
edge
land
management
system,
which
will
greatly
improve
how
we
provide
planning,
building
and
engineering
services
from
electronic
plan
submittal
and
review
processes
to
virtual
inspections.
R
In
some
cases,
in
addition,
there
are
16
fees
that
city
council
in
the
past
has
specifically
provided
as
exceptions
to
full
cost
recovery,
diving
into
the
results
of
the
cost
of
services
study.
This
chart
highlights
the
full
cost
recovery
of
services
based
on
the
cost
of
services
study,
the
revenue
projected
based
on
activity
levels
and
current
fees,
and
you
can
see
by
looking
at
the
chart
that
the
cost
recovery
percentage
rate
in
that
sixth
column
for
current
cost.
Current
fees
versus
full
cost
recovery
engineering
is
currently
at
67.6
cost.
R
Recovery
planning
is
at
41.2
percent
and
code
is
at
36.5
with
our
proposed
fee
adjustments.
This
increases
the
cost
recovery
rate
to
91.8
for
engineering
52.2
for
planning
and
39
for
code.
The
proposed
fee
adjustments
bring
engineering
services
to
almost
full
cost
recovery.
These
are
mostly
services
that
are
provided
for
developers
and
construction
projects.
R
Planning
services
would
increase
to
over
52
cost
recovery.
Based
on
these
proposed
adjustments,
the
difference
between
planning
cost
recovery
rate
and
engineering
is
primarily
because
most
of
the
fees
that
are
city
council,
exceptions
to
full
cost
recovery
are
in
planning
and
many
fees
are
paid
for
by
homeowners
for
residential
projects.
R
The
goal
is
over
several
user
fee
updates.
Adjustments
will
be
made
at
a
rate
greater
than
the
cpi,
in
order
to
bring
these
fees
closer
to
full
cost
recovery
code
fees
have
the
largest
subsidy
and
the
lowest
cost
recovery
rate
at
39
for
proposed
adjustments.
This
is
primarily
because
the
goal
is
to
obtain
compliance
of
code
violations
and
less
on
monetarily,
penalizing
the
violator.
R
Although
not
included
in
the
full
cost
of
services
study
this
time,
I
wanted
to
show
the
results
based
on
the
2013
study
for
building
fees
based
on
full
cost
recovery
in
2013.
In
comparison
to
our
current
fees,
building
fees
are
at
67
percent,
full
cost
recovery.
The
main
reason
for
being
under
full
cost
recovery
based
on
the
2013
study,
is
because
increases
have
been
implemented
at
cpi
and
not
at
a
higher
rate
in
order
to
get
closer
to
full
cost
recovery,
and
this
is
true
across
the
board
for
all
fee
divisions.
R
City
council
established
a
policy
about
two
decades
ago
that
certain
fees
are
not
to
be
at
full
cost
recovery.
As
mentioned,
there
are
16
fees
that
city
council
decided
are
the
exception,
fees
that
are
of
a
community-wide
benefit
and
fees
where
the
use
of
tax
revenue
would
be
appropriate
for
community
service
are
some
of
those
that
city
council
specified
as
the
exception
fee
exception.
Policies
vary
across
cities
and
are
not
always
easy
to
identify.
R
R
Next,
two
slides
provide
the
list
of
the
16
fees
that
city
council
has
established,
as
exception
to
full
cost
recovery.
The
full
cost
of
the
fee,
the
current
fee
and
the
proposed
fee
amounts
are
included
for
reference.
Those
fees
that
are
being
proposed
to
increase
are
increasing
based
on
cpi
or
the
user
fee
cost
study
lines.
Six
and
seven.
The
oak
landmark
tree
minor
and
major
mods
are
actually
being
proposed
to
be
removed
from
the
user
fees,
the
fees
that
have
the
largest
difference
between
full
cost
recovery
and
the
proposed
are
the
appeal
fees
again.
R
I
mentioned
earlier
that
one
way
to
evaluate
whether
or
not
fees
are
reasonable
is
to
compare
the
fee
to
other
cities,
although
it
is
important
to
include
the
comparison
of
thousand
oaks
fees
to
other
cities
in
the
area.
I
want
to
stress
that
it
is
not
comparing
apples
to
apples.
There
are
many
things
that
make
it
difficult
to
compare
fees
which
are
listed
here.
Staffing
levels
and
pay
are
different.
There
may
be
different
policies
on
subsidization.
R
The
fee
study
may
be
older
or
in
the
case
of
our
building
fee
study.
Newer,
a
different
methodology
or
cost
spaces
may
be
used,
such
as
valuation
versus
square
footage.
How
the
service
is
provided
may
be
different,
for
example,
since
thousand
oaks
values,
oak
trees,
staff
time
is
spent
on
evaluating
a
project
in
part
on
its
impact
oak
trees,
whereas
that
evaluation
is
not
done
in
other
cities.
So,
while
it's
important
to
compare
fees,
it's
equally
important
to
understand
the
limitations.
R
With
that
understanding
in
mind,
we
did
provide
fee
comparisons
of
several
fees.
Our
comparison
cities
are
ventura,
santa
clarita,
oxnard,
simi,
valley,
camarillo
and
moorpark.
You
can
see.
Fees
vary
widely
across
cities
and
how
difficult
it
is
to
truly
compare
fees.
The
fees
on
this
slide
and
the
next
are
the
public
works
fees
with
the
highest
activity
level.
In
other
words,
these
are
the
fees
that
public
works
most
often
charge
for
services.
They
are
providing
highlighting
the
public
private
improvement
inspection.
R
Some
fees
aren't
included
in
every
city,
which
is
why
you
might
see
none
listed.
We
are
just
including
the
fees
that
the
city
sees
the
most
activity
in.
There
are
potentially
fees
that
other
cities
charge.
That
thousand
oaks
doesn't
as
well.
Part
of
our
review
is
to
see
if
thousand
oaks
is
an
outlier
in
any
fees,
but
also
understanding
the
complexities
in
comparison,
and
there
may
be
reasons
for
being
an
outlier.
R
Some
of
our
fees
are
on
a
deposit
basis,
considering
the
fact
that
our
particu,
a
particular
review,
may
be
simple
in
nature
or
may
be
complex
by
collecting
a
deposit
on
the
higher
end
up
front.
We
ensure
we
have
adequate
deposit
to
pay
for
the
time
and
materials
cost.
Those
fee
payers
that
have
a
simpler
review
would
receive
a
refund
of
the
difference
between
actual
time
and
materials
and
their
deposit.
R
Starting
on
this
slide,
we
cover
planning
fees.
Again,
it's
clear
that
fees
vary
widely
across
cities.
A
general
plan
amendment
is
a
fee
charge
in
all
of
the
comparison
cities
with
the
fee,
ranging
from
a
low
of
5700
in
moore
park.
If
you
don't
consider
the
simi
valley,
4975
pre-screen
fee
to
a
high
of
19855
in
santa
clarita,
this
type
of
fee
can
vary
greatly
in
its
complexity
and
staff.
R
Some
fees
are
based
on
square
footage
and
some
fees
and
cities
are
based
on
valuation,
so
fees
are
shown
for
the
cities
using
the
method
that
they
employ
for
a
single
family,
residential
home
of
the
size
or
valuation
fees
range
from
a
low
of
1
680
in
ventura
to
a
high
of
4857
in
santa
clarita.
1000
oaks
is
at
3
859.
R
for
an
apartment.
Complex
fees
range
from
a
low
three
of
10
three
in
simi
valley
to
a
high
of
fifty
thousand
nine
hundred.
Thirty
two
in
santa
clarita
thousand
oaks
is
at
seventeen
thousand
five
hundred.
Eighty
six
for
an
industrial
shell
building
fees
range
from
a
low
of
ten
thousand
hundred
371
in
camarillo
to
a
high
of
32
877
in
santa
clarita,
and
thousand
oaks
is
at
twelve
thousand.
Two
hundred
sixty
eight
based
on
plan
check
fees
thousand
oaks
is
at
the
lower
end
of
the
range
for
both
apartment
and
industrial
shell
buildings.
R
R
apartment,
complex
ranges
from
a
low
of
12
069
in
camarillo
to
a
high
of
48
in
santa
clarita,
and
thousand
oaks
is
at
twenty
thousand
six
hundred.
Eighty
nine
and
industrial
shell
building
ranges
from
a
low
of
fourteen
thousand
three
hundred
seven
camarillo
to
a
high
of
thirty
one
thousand
two
hundred
seventy
eight
in
santa
clarita
1
thousand
oaks
is
at
14
443
as
again
again
thousand
oaks
is
on
the
lower
end
for
both
apartment
and
industrial
building,
permit
fees
moving
to
the
actual
draft
user
fee
manual.
R
R
The
draft
manual
is
broken
out
into
two
different
sections.
The
first
section
includes
a
feed
detail
sheet
for
each
user
fee.
The
feed
detail
sheet
includes
such
information
as
the
fee
title,
the
department,
the
fee
structure
and
the
specific
proposition
26
exception.
This
sheet
would
also
specify
if
someone
other
than
city
council,
have
the
authority
to
await
a
fee
for
almost
all
fees.
Only
city
council
can
approve
a
waiver.
R
R
So
next
we're
going
to
review
changes
in
fees
included
in
the
draft
for
public
works
department
fees.
There
are
67
current
fees.
There
are
two
new
fees
being
proposed.
One
was
previously
approved
by
city
council
in
december
2019,
the
electric
vehicle
charging
fee
and
there's
also
an
addition
of
a
trash
and
closure
and
organic
science
fee.
The
recommendation
is
to
eliminate
three
fees:
a
time
extension
fee,
a
groundwater
service
charge
fee
and
a
senior
dial-a-ride
card.
R
35
fees
are
recommended
for
an
increase
to
get
closer
to
full
cost
recovery,
with
three
fees
being
recommended
for
a
decrease,
so
we
do
not
exceed
full
cost
recovery
in
the
community
development
department,
planning
and
code
compliance
fees.
There
are
five
new
fees
accessory
dwelling
unit
fee,
ccnr,
review,
pre-post,
project
review,
compliance
and
monitoring
fees
and
a
time
extension
fee.
18
fees
are
recommended
to
be
eliminated
for
various
reasons,
including
fees
that
are
never
charged
fees
that
were
combined
into
other
fees.
R
49
fees
are
recommended
to
be
increased
to
get
closer
to
full
cost
recovery,
with
10
fees
recommended
to
be
decreased
in
order
to
not
exceed
full
cost
recovery.
Again,
I
want
to
reiterate
that
several
fees
on
city
council's
full
cost
recovery
exception
list
are
included
in
cdd,
so
some
fees
are
not
being
recommended
to
be
increased.
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R
R
Non-Development
fees
are
next.
There
are
no
changes
to
city
clerk
fees,
city-wide
fees.
There
is
one
new
fee,
a
film
location
fee
for
cultural
affairs.
There
is
adjustments
to
eight
fees,
one
new
fee
component,
adding
a
coven
19
compliance
officer
in
order
to
assure
performances
are
in
compliance
with
copen
19
restrictions
and
safety
measures.
R
The
elimination
of
a
miscellaneous
rental
fee
in
finance
there
are
minor
decreases
to
four
fees
eliminated
the
resident
golf
card
fee,
as
that
program
is
now
handled
at
the
golf
course,
and
not
the
city
and
also
the
credit
card
transaction
fee.
As
the
city
does
not
collect
the
fee,
it's
a
convenience
fee
that
will
be
charged
by
our
payment
processor
directly.
R
The
library
department
is
recommending
the
elimination
of
two
fees,
the
overdue
materials
fee
and
the
scanning
fee.
Library,
customers
would
still
need
to
return
the
item
and
we
would
still
charge
the
full
replacement
value
if
the
item
is
lost
or
damaged
in
libraries,
where
overdue
fines
were
eliminated,
they
actually
see
the
rate
of
return
increase,
as
borrowers
are
less
concerned
about
having
to
pay
a
fine
for
an
overdue
material.
Both
ventura
county
library
system
and
simi
valley,
public
library
went
fine
free
last
year
and
have
seen
a
positive
experience
in
doing
so.
R
We
are
also
proposing
to
eliminate
the
bicycle
license
fee
also
included
in
our
user
fee
manual.
Are
our
development
impact
fees?
These
are
fees
that
are
governed
by
the
mitigation
fee,
act
ab1600
and
are
charged
to
new
development
to
pay
for
the
required
capital
improvement
infrastructure
costs
arising
from
a
development
project.
R
These
include
road
and
traffic
fees,
water
and
wastewater
plant
improvement
and
connection
fees
and
facility
fees
per
av,
1600,
the
city
annually,
reports
to
the
city
council,
the
revenue
and
expenditures
associated
with
the
development
impact
fees.
If,
for
some
reason,
the
city
did
not
utilize
the
fees
collected
for
an
infrastruc
infrastructure
improvement
project,
the
fee
is
required
to
be
refunded
to
the
developer.
R
R
Staff
is
currently
in
the
process
of
working
with
its
consultant
to
update
the
water
and
wastewater
financial
plans
and
develop
rates
for
calendar
year.
2022
and
2023
staff
will
return
to
city
council
this
summer
fall
with
the
draft
financial
plans
and
rates
rate
development
and
approval
is
governed
under
proposition
218..
R
R
And
just
to
recap,
what
we
covered
tonight,
I
want
to
emphasize
that
the
goal
is
to
be
at
full
cost
recovery
so
that
the
general
taxpayer
is
not
subsidizing
services
that
are
private
benefit
to
an
individual
or
group,
and
while
we
are
not
at
that
point,
the
goal
is
again
to
move
towards
full
cost
recovery
with
engineering,
achieving
full
cost
recovery
in
two
years
and
recommending
greater
than
cpi
increases
in
planning
fees.
Over
the
next
couple,
biennial
user
fees
updates.
R
We
have
made
improvements
in
efficiency,
efficiencies
and
service,
which
is
reflected
in
several
fees
being
recommended
for
a
decrease
tonight.
We
adhere
to
best
practices
and
standards
in
developing
our
cost
of
services
study
and
our
user
fees.
Staff
spend
a
significant
amount
of
time
evaluating
services.
As
part
of
this
update
and
study-
and
I
want
to
thank
all
departments,
but
especially
the
cuny
community
development
and
public
works
departments
for
their
time
spent
over
the
past
10
months.
R
B
B
If
nobody
would
like
to
chime
in-
and
I
will
ask
a
question
about
the
deposit
for
the
specific
plan,
which
was
on
one
of
your
slides,
it
says
ten
thousand
dollar
deposit.
B
What
how
how
will
that
be
charged
after
the
deposit
is
is
made.
F
Miss
boscarino,
madam
mayor
staff.
Time
is
billed
to
that
project
on.
E
E
Yes,
madam
meredith,
to
clarify
on
the
covet
19
compliance
officer,
that's
being
added
to
the
theater's
compendium.
That
is
a
position.
That's
a
requirement
of
the
industry
currently
for
commercial,
television
and
film
in
order
to
resume
their
operations
safely.
Essentially,
it's
a
certified
kobit
19
compliance
officer,
who's,
aware
of
the
different
social
distancing
and
hygiene
measures
that
need
to
be
undertaken
to
perform
safely
at
this
point,
because
we
don't
know
what
the
guidance
will
look
like
for
indoor
live
events
to
resume,
we've
added
this
onto
the
the
compendium
for
the
theaters.
E
E
Come
into
the
theater
and
don't
carry
their
own
staff,
there's
no
mandatory
requirement
that
that
position
would
need
to
be
filled
by
our
staff.
So
if
a
visiting
company
or
one
of
our
resident
companies,
for
instance,
were
to
use
the
theater
if
they
have
their
own
coveted
19
compliance
officer
who
is
certified,
that
would
suffice
for
us
and
we
would
not
require
them
to
use
one
of
our
staff.
B
Thank
you.
I'm
glad
you
clarified
that,
because
when
I
saw
that
I
thought
oh
well,
we
don't
want
to
incur
any
additional
costs
to
the
already
struggling
non-profit
arts
organizations.
So
I'm
glad
you
clarified
that
I
see
that
mr
adam
has
his
hand
up.
C
Go
ahead
all
right,
thank
you,
yeah.
I
believe
staff
is
moving
slowly,
but
surely
to
full
cost
recovery
and
all
departments.
I
appreciate
the
exhaustive
study.
I
know
that
you
know
a
lot
of
people
participated
in
this
and
and
even
though
we
moved
closer
closer
to
full
cost
recovery.
If
I
got
my
numbers
right,
60
percent
of
the
fees
either
were
not
changed,
decreased
or
deleted,
so
we're
going
to
full
cost
recovery,
but
we're
still
being
reasonable
with
what
we
charge.
C
D
C
Q
P
O
Good
evening
mayor
members
of
the
council,
I'm
going
to
see
if
I
can
start
the
presentation
here.
O
O
This
project
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
spotlight
one
of
the
wonderful
partnerships
that
we
have
here
with
the
city,
the
city
and
the
canal.
Recreation
park
district
have
partnered
on
many
great
events
for
the
benefit
of
the
community.
O
One
of
them
is
the
joint
powers
authority
for
the
canada,
open
space
conservation
agency,
and
that
provides
a
great
access
to
open
space
for
our
residents,
and
it's
an
outgrowth
of
this
partnership
on
on
land
that
is,
is
owned
by
the
canada
open
space
conservation
agency.
O
Just
to
give
you
a
a
idea
of
where
the
facility
is
located
or
where
rancho
portero
is
is
located
just
to
orient
you.
This
is
off
of
lynn
road
to
the
south
of
dos
vientos
and
to
the
west
of
the
national
park
service.
O
B
K
Going
to
say
that
out
of
politeness
to
the
end
of
this
presentation,
but
yes,
I
need
to
recuse
myself
when
we
vote
because
of
personal
interest
there
in
the
equestrian
center.
O
And
in
difference
to
the
hour,
I
was
just
out
of
the
blocks
a
little
too
fast
there.
Thank
you.
O
Just
talk
a
little
bit
of
the
history
of
this
site.
Some
of
you
are
probably
aware.
The
rancho
patero
open
space
was
brought
into
public
ownership
back
in
1993.,
we
were
partnering
with
the
mountains
recreation
conservation
authority.
O
O
The
city
leased,
an
area
of
that
that
costco
purchase
for
an
equestrian
center
and
was
able
to
relocate
a
private
two
winds
ranch
to
that
current
site.
The
two
winds
ranch
was
operating
on
the
north
side
of
land
in
an
area
that
was
slated
for
development
as
part
of
the
dos
vientos
development
in
2003,
the
city
invested
approximately
two
million
dollars
in
site
infrastructure,
construction
in
putting
in
roads
below
ground
infrastructure
and
a
couple
of
barns
that
would
support
the
equestrian
center
usage.
O
They
they
came
in
and
operated
that
facility
for
over
10
years
in
2019,
the
city
terminated
the
circle
k
lease
and
enter
in
entered
into
a
temporary
partnership
with
a
local
non-profit
rydon,
who
also
provides
equestrian
center
services.
O
They
have
a
facility
that
is
on
land
owned
by
our
partner
crpd
here
in
the
canal
valley,
where
they
operate.
A
therapeutic
writing
program.
They
were
well
known
in
the
community
and
had
demonstrated
their
ability
to
come
in
and
assist
the
city
in
evaluating
the
site,
determining
what
deferred
maintenance
issues
needed
to
be
addressed.
What
improvements
were
needed
to
to
bring
the
the
facility
up
to
a
current
standard
and
to
look
at
operating
alternatives
to
make
sure
that
the
facility
could
operate
on
a
successful
basis?
O
With
the
information
that
the
city
and
rideon
were
able
to
put
together,
the
council
appointed
a
subcommittee,
an
ad
hoc
committee,
to
advise
staff
on
how
to
proceed
in
identifying
a
permanent
long-term
operation
for
the
equestrian
facility.
As
we
met
with
the
council
ad
hoc
committee,
they
identified
the
fact
that
crpd
provides
a
much
better
alignment
of
skills
to
provide
the
services
that
are
are
provided
by
the
equestrian
center.
O
They
are
used
to
having
recreational
programming.
There
have
the
history
of
working
with
with
ridon
and
having
a
an
equestrian
center
operating
on
their
land
and
would
be
able
to
align
the
operations
with
that
expertise
where
the
city
did
not
really
have
that
that
same
equestrian
expertise
or
that
type
of
programming,
expertise.
O
Also,
the
by
partnering
with
crpd.
The
facility
has
an
improved
opportunity
to
provide
education,
opportunities
and
programming
that
benefits
the
rest
of
our
community.
O
O
When
it
comes
to
the
to
the
community
equestrian
center,
currently
the
land
is
owned
by
costco
and
remember.
Kaska
is
a
joint
powers
authority
between
the
city
and
crpd
and
then
that
land
is
in
turn
leased
to
the
city.
So
through
this
transaction
the
land
would
be
transferred
to
crpd.
Costco
would
be
relieved
of
any
oversight.
Responsibilities
for
the
land
crpd
would
be
able
to
provide
the
operation
of
the
equestrian
center
unencumbered.
O
The
improvements
that
are
at
the
facility
are
currently
owned
by
the
city
and
as
the
owner
of
those
improvements,
the
the
maintenance
obligation
and
any
deficiencies
in
improvements
is
currently
the
obligation
of
the
city.
O
This
transaction
would
transfer
the
the
title
to
those
improvements
to
the
park
and
rec
district
park
and
rec
district
would
assume
maintenance
obligations
and
the
city
would
provide
grants
over
a
multiple
year
period,
totaling
960
000,
to
assist
with
a
partial
to
assist
crpd
in
partially
funding.
The
improvements
that
are
needed.
O
If
you
notice,
in
the
lower
left
hand
corner
of
the
slide
under
number
one
in
the
in
the
purple,
there
is
a
an
olympia
farms
site.
This
is
a
historic
farm
site
that
is,
is
located
on
the
on
the
rancho
portero
property.
O
The
specific
plan
for
costco
calls
out
for
the
development
of
a
a
development
at
this
location.
This
development
would
not
be
any
structures
would
not
be
any
buildings.
O
It
would
be
an
irrigated
walnut
grove
which
would
be
appropriate
for
trail
access
from
the
equestrian
center,
so
that
so
that
riders
from
the
equestrian
center
can
go
on
an
easy
trail
ride
to
this
location,
for
educational
meetings
or
perhaps
picnics
or
other
events
of
of
that
type
crpd
after
this
transaction
would
take
on
the
development
responsibility
for
that
that
grove
and
and
create
that
that
complementary
picnic
and
education
site
that
would
go
along
with
the
equestrian
center
and
then
the
final
piece
of
property
that
is
involved
in
this
transaction
is
the
brim
hall
library.
O
Complementary
services
are
provided
at
those
facilities
with
regard
to
the
library
that
land
is
owned
by
crpd
the
city
built,
owns
and
operates
the
library.
So
after
this
proposed
transaction,
the
city
would
actually
acquire
the
land
under
underlying
the
library
that
it
did
it
currently
and
would
continue
to
own
and
operate.
O
Part
of
this
transaction
will
require
the
parties
to
get
together
to
work
out
methodologies
to
make
sure
that
we
maintain
compatible
uses
that
that
we
have
a
continuation
of
the
partnership
in
terms
of
access.
Reciprocal
use,
those
kinds
of
issues
which
would
be
typical
of
a
larger
development
that
that
functions
as
a
single
complex
of
public
buildings,
and
so
the
the
public
would
not
see
a
any
kind
of
separation
here,
but
they
would
continue
to
work
as
they
do
at
the
current
time.
O
I
just
want
to
very
quickly
go
over
the
recommendations
in
the
staff
report
so
that,
if
there's
any
questions
on
those
we
can
address,
those
number
one
is
to
adopt
a
city
council
resolution
authorizing
execution
of
amendments
to
recorded
documents
and
bond
disclosure
relating
to
the
outstanding
thousand
oaks
public
financing
authority.
2020
refunding
lease
revenue
bonds,
that's
municipal
facilities
projects.
O
O
The
equestrian
grants
and
there's
a
supplemental
report
provided
to
you
today
with
an
additional
recommendation
to
authorize
a
city
manager
to
take
such
steps,
execute
such
additional
documents
and
correct
such
documents
as
necessary
to
effectuate
the
approved
transactions.
A
staff
is
available
to
answer
any
of
your
questions.
O
In
addition
to
myself,
gary
rogers,
deputy
city
manager
and
jamie
boscarino
finance
director
are
available
tom
here
from
the
canal,
recreation
and
park
district
is
also
available
to
answer
your
question
and
brian
mcqueeny
from
the
right
on
is
available,
and
I
believe,
desires
to
speak
to
this
item,
and
with
that
I
would
be
pleased
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
B
B
As
mr
giles
mentioned,
we
do
have
some
other
persons
here
involved
in
these
transactions,
who
may
or
may
not
want
to
speak,
but
if
there
are
any
questions,
if,
if
my
council
colleagues
have
any
questions,
they
certainly
will
they
will
be
available
to
answer
any
questions,
I
don't
see
any
hands
up,
so
that
means
that
somebody's
ready
for
a
motion
mayor
pretend
bob
engler.
P
I'd
be
happy
to
make
a
motion
is:
do
we
have
speakers?
First.
O
I
believe
mr
mcqueen
may
wish
to
speak,
but
if
you
want
to
address
that
to
him,
he
he
wish
to
just
allow
you
to
proceed
with
the
evening
as
well.
B
P
Very
good,
then
I'll
be
happy
to
make
the
motion,
and
I
I
won't
bother
to
read
through
all
the
the
recommendations
from
staff.
I
would
just
move
the
recommendations
in
in
bulk.
I
agree
with
you.
This
has
been
a
multi-year
effort
on
part
of
a
lot
of
people
to
make
this
happen.
P
P
I
think
that's
a
very
nice
way
of
moving
forward,
but,
most
importantly,
I
think
we're
able
to
realign
the
operation
there
with
an
organization
that
is
much
better
suited
to
a
recreation
purpose
and
it-
and
it
dovetails,
were
very
well
in
with
with
the
operations
that
are
already
going
out
there
in
in
the
recreation
field.
So
the
fact
that
we
can
also
now
own
the
property
beneath
our
library
is
to
be
icing
on
the
cake,
and
I
wish
godspeed
for
this
effort.
Q
Q
Don't
quite
get
the
tire,
but
somebody
thought
of
that.
Evidently.
F
I
I
think
I
I
can
speak
for
you
know
mr
giles,
who
deserves
to
be
commended
in
his
work
on
this
effort
from
the
very
beginning,
was
working
collaboratively
with
crpd
and
identifying
ways
to
clean
up
loose
ends
and
when
the
original
agreements
were
in
place.
For
that,
that
was
one
of
those
things
with
a
legacy
issue,
because
there
was
a
property
swap
happening.
It
gave
an
opportunity
to
revisit
that
tim.
Do
you
want
to
speak
to
that
yeah.
O
I
was
just
going
to
say
it
goes
back
to
the
the
clean
up
of
the
issues
to
solidify
the
partnership
that
we
we
enjoy
with
with
crpd,
and
that
has
been
a
broad-based
team
approach
from
city
staff
as
well
as
crpd
staff
and
and
a
lot
of
people
have
contributed
to
that
and
and
helped
us
to
keep
our
eye
on
the
ball
of
looking
for
efficiencies
and
improvements
in
that
partnership,
which
is
why
it's
lasted
as
long
as
it
has
and
why
it
looks
like
it
will
be
a
benefit
to
the
city
for
a
long
time.
C
Q
B
D
B
F
Yes,
thanks
so
much,
madam
mayor
just
again
want
to
complement
the
staff
team,
crpd
team
and
mr
mcqueeney
for
the
collaborative
effort
on
this.
It's
a
it's
a
major
undertaking
and
a
big
win.
F
We,
our
next
meeting,
will
be
two
weeks
from
tonight
and
that
will
be
our
annual
goal
and
priority
session
with
the
city
council.
And
that
concludes
my
update
for
this
evening.
I
know
it's
been
a
late
one
and
we
have
a
couple
closed
session
items.
E
E
And
a
portion
of
apn
520-180-155
negotiating
on
behalf
of
the
city
is
nader
hidari
and
deputy
public
works
director
negotiating
on
behalf
of
the
parties.
Tony
stafford
is
a
general
manager
with
camrosa
under
negotiation
will
be
price
in
terms
pursuant
to
government
code,
section
549
56.8.
E
The
second
closed
session
is
a
conference
with
labor
negotiators
for
digi
city
designated
representatives
assistant
city
manager,
ingrid
hardy
finance,
director,
jamie
boscarino,
human
resources,
director
tim
giles,
deputy
human
resources,
director
sharon,
chen
for
employee
organizations,
tosia
toma
and
sma,
and
executive
managers
pursuant
to
government
code,
section
549,
57.6
and
it
is
unlikely
I'll,
have
anything
to
report.
Following
those
closed
sessions.
B
B
During
his
service,
he
appeared
in
a
disney
film
men
against
the
arctic,
about
icebreakers
dave,
earned
an
mba
from
the
wharton
school
of
finance
at
the
university
of
pennsylvania
and
joined
ford
motor
company
as
a
financial
analyst
later
working
as
a
marketing
research
consultant
for
general
motors
corporation
in
1968
dave
with
his
wife
julie,
created
the
iconic
marketing
information,
firm,
jd
powers
and
associates
on
the
dining
room
table
in
their
calabasas
home
dave
said.
We
started
on
the
kitchen
table
with
three
kids,
a
fourth
one.
B
On
the
way
my
wife
did
the
tabulations
for
me,
my
kids
folded
the
questionnaires
and
cover
letters
and
put
a
quarter
on
each
using
scotch
tape
as
an
incentive
to
complete
the
survey.
As
we
grew,
we
called
anyone
that
worked
there,
an
associate
equipped
with
data
and
analysis
dave
power
spent
more
than
35
years
as
a
premier
resource
in
the
customer
satisfaction
industry.
B
We
mourn
his
passing
and
extend
our
sincere
condolences
to
his
family
and
his
many
worldwide
friends
dave
will
be
greatly
missed,
and
with
that
we
conclude
our
city
council
meeting
until
march
30th,
when
we
have,
I
believe,
a
goal
goal-setting
session
and
then
the
regular
meeting
after
that
will
be
on
april
13th.