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From YouTube: Thousand Oaks City Council Meeting | February 8, 2022
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Thousand Oaks City Council Meeting 2/8/22
A
D
F
F
H
Good
evening,
everyone
and
welcome
to
our
council
meeting,
I
would
like
to
remind
everybody
that
we
are
still
in
remote
mode
here.
We
have
our
council
members
and
staff
all
zooming
in
on
video,
and
the
public
is
invited
to
participate
as
well,
either
by
phone
or
by
video.
So
with
that,
I
will
call
our
meeting
to
order.
H
H
I
I
H
Do
we
have
any
continuances
for
any
of
our
public
hearings
or
agenda
items
very
good?
We
do
the
community
environmental
enhancement
grants.
I
think
we'll
move
that
up
in
the
agenda
a
little
bit
here
to
right
after
our
special
presentation
and
the
public
comments,
and
then
I
want
everyone
to
know
that
we
had
three
items
going
into
a
closed
session.
One
of
those
items
has
been
deleted
for
tonight.
The
rosenthal
versus
city
thousand
oaks.
I
H
H
Very
good,
very
good.
I
understand
that
miss
bill
de
la
pena
is
present
now
so
we'll
have
her
on
everything
here
as
well
to
start
things
off
the
night.
I
would
like
to
have
our
representatives
from
athens
make
a
special
presentation,
so
I'd
like
to
welcome
randy
guthrie
to
to
join
us.
Ms
guthrie
is
the
vice
president
of
government
affairs
at
athens
and
is
here
to
give
us
an
update
on
how
the
transition
is
going
on
the
new
trash
hauling
contract.
B
Thank
you
good
evening,
mayor
engler
and
members
of
the
city
council.
As
mentioned,
I
am
randy
guthrie,
vice
president
of
government
affairs
for
athens
services.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
with
you
here
again
tonight
to
provide
a
brief
update
on
athens
services,
ongoing
transition
to
provide
recycling
and
waste
hauling
services
here
in
thousand
oaks.
B
We
are
pleased
to
report
that
the
transition
continues
to
go
very
smoothly,
as
our
team
of
100
athens,
employees,
dedicated
specifically
to
thousand
oaks,
provides
services
to
the
38
000,
residential
and
1200
commercial
customers.
Here
in
the
city,
our
service,
reliability
rate
remains
very
high.
Currently
at
99.9
percent
and
reports
of
missed
pickups
continue
to
decline,
falling
73
percent
from
the
first
week
of
january.
B
When
an
issue
does
arise,
the
vast
majority
of
those
issues
are
resolved
in
24
hours
or
less.
I'm
also
pleased
to
report
that
wait
times
to
speak
with
an
athens
representative
by
telephone
are
falling
as
well.
We
have
a
dedicated
customer
service
line
for
thousand
oaks
customers
and
we
have
made
improvements
in
transferring
calls.
So
there
is
less
of
a
wait
time.
Our
average
speed
of
answer
is
at
33
seconds.
We
made
adjustments
to
ensure
customers
are
handled
as
a
one-call
resolution
to
avoid
being
placed
on
a
secondary
hold
time.
B
I
should
point
out
that
some
of
the
calls
and
visits
we've
received
have
come
from
people
who
are
little
confused
by
their
first
invoice
from
athens,
because
the
total
was
much
lower
than
they
were
used
to.
We've
had
to
assure
people
that
the
total
is
correct
and
the
invoices
are
indeed
for
two
months
of
service
rather
than
one.
B
As
you
know,
one
of
the
key
elements
of
our
transition
is
distributing
new
waste
containers
to
every
home
and
commercial
customer
in
thousand
oaks.
This
includes
black
trash,
bins,
blue
recycling,
bins
and
green,
organic
bins
for
every
customer
in
the
city.
This
is
a
major
undertaking,
totaling
130,
000
containers,
citywide.
B
I'm
pleased
to
share
that.
We
continue
to
be
on
or
ahead
of
schedule
with,
with
50
219
containers
delivered
to
date.
Bold
containers
are
being
picked
up
within
48
hours.
I
should
point
out
that
one
of
my
colleagues
at
athens
got
a
little
ambitious
on
this
subject.
In
a
recent
podcast
interview,
he
said
we
were
aiming
to
have
all
the
bins
exchanged
by
march
1..
In
fact,
our
goal
continues
to
be
the
end
of
march,
as
we've
shared
with
you
and
with
the
public
before,
and
we
are
on
course
to
hit
that
target.
B
B
B
Finally,
on
behalf
of
our
whole
team,
I
wanted
to
say
how
grateful
we
are
to
the
people
of
thousand
oaks
for
welcoming
welcoming
us
so
warmly.
We've
appreciated
the
many
friendly
comments
we've
received,
including
including
positive
letters
in
the
thousand
oaks
acorn.
We
are
delighted
to
be
here
and
serving
this
community.
Thank
you,
council.
H
I
B
K
B
K
B
F
B
K
Good
good
yeah,
it's
certainly
a
worthwhile
thing
to
do
we're
doing
it
in
my
household
and
as
everyone
knows,
you
know
the
organics
accumulate
in
the
in
the
in
the
waste
dumps
and
create
methane
gas.
So
it's
better
to
compost
them.
So
looking
forward
to
everybody
in
thousands
of
participating
in
that
program,
thanks
ronnie.
H
And
I
don't
see
any
other
hands
up,
but
I
just
had
a
real
quick
question.
Ms
gutry,
have
you
found
that
people
are
able
to
use
your
web
web
page
with
with
ease?
Are
they
complaining,
as
they
come
to
you
in
person
that
they
couldn't
interface
with
you
on
the
website,
or
are
you
finding
that
that's
something
that
people
are
able
to
use
to
handle
most
of
their
problems.
B
H
H
J
This
is
a
time
and
place
for
public
comments.
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,
five
individuals
have
requested
to
speak
and
pursue
went
to
council
standards.
Speakers
are
allowed
three
minutes.
E
So
my,
as
you
said,
my
name
is
leslie
daland
and
I
am
a
resident
of
thousand
oaks,
and
I
am
coming
to
you
today
to
talk
about
a
problem
and
an
issue
in
this
world
and
in
our
community
in
2019,
a
four-year-old
girl
was
with
her
mother
in
the
backyard
of
her
north
ranch
home
when
her
mom's
focus
turned
to
something
else,
and
the
little
girl
drowned
in
2016
an
18
month.
Old
boy
was
in
westlake
with
his
parents
to
visit
his
grandparents.
E
He
died
after
falling
into
the
pool
the
cdc
lives,
drowning
as
the
number
five
cause
of
death
in
the
united
states
and
in
2019
over
10
people
died
daily
from
drowning
in
the
united
states.
This
is
a
tragedy
that
is
a
hundred
percent
preventable.
I
think
we
all
know
someone
who
has
lost
a
loved
one
to
drowning.
E
E
E
The
stop
drowning
now
message
with
the
thousand
oaks
city
logo,
including
water,
watcher
tags,
a
branded,
tablecloth,
pop-up
and
more,
and
we
already
have
high
school
club
members
who
are
ready,
willing
and
able
to
staff
community
events
and
spread
the
drowning
prevention
facts
in
orange
county.
There
is
an
active.
There
is
already
an
active,
drowning
prevention
task
force
and
they
were
able
to
do
a
county-wide
water
safety
day.
E
Seal
beach,
irvine
laguna
hills
are
already
no
drowned
towns
and
we're
working
with
the
drowning
prevention
task
force
in
the
inland
empire
as
well.
It
would
be
awesome
to
be
able
to
do
something
like
this
in
ventura
county,
with
thousand
oaks
leading
the
way
with
all
of
the
negativity
in
the
world
these
days.
This
is
something
positive
that
we
can
do
for
our
community
and
become
a
leader
in
drowning
prevention.
E
G
Bruce
this
topic
is
about
the
athens
service,
they've
been
serving
us
for
a
little
over
a
month
now,
and
it
has
been
fantastic.
As
far
as
I
can
see,
the
trucks
are
super
clean.
The
drivers
are
very
friendly.
They
wave
to
us
some
of
the
drivers,
I
think,
have
come
over
from
waste
management
and
they're,
almost
like
friends
to
some
people
in
the
neighborhood.
G
The
public
outreach
programs
have
been
fantastic,
never
have
any
issues
with
getting
up-to-date
information
and
the
new
sustainability
center
and
the
on-site
team
has
been
fantastic.
I
love
this
level
of
service.
They've
made
a
great
first
impression
in
our
neighborhood
we're
in
the
verdigris
neighborhood.
Thank
you
now.
It's
my
time.
C
C
I
immediately
reached
out
to
chief
parish
and
he
so
graciously
offered
for
the
pd
to
come
out
and
meet
these
community
members
mayor
engel
engler
and
mr
freidel,
both
from
crpd
both
came
out
with
us
as
well.
We
had
quite
a
few
community
members
there
they
got
to
talk
to
them
directly.
They
got
to
share
their
concerns,
share
their
stories.
C
C
I
think
it
gave
you
know
the
police
department,
mayor,
engler
and
crpd
a
good
idea
of
what's
happening
in
our
community
and
a
note
to
community
members.
If
you
see
something,
that's
bizarre,
say
something:
if
that's
not
the
biggest
thing
we
learned
from
the
meeting
is
that
if
you
see
something
bizarre
say
something,
and
if
you
have
a
concern
reach
out
to
our
city
staff,
reach
out
to
the
mayor
city,
council,
members
crpd
the
police
department,
they
are
all
willing
to
communicate
with
you
and
get
you
the
answers
that
you
need.
L
Sorry
about
that,
thank
you,
mayor
angler
and
council
members.
My
name
is
adam
haverstock
and
I'm
the
director
of
government
affairs
and
tourism
for
the
greater
canejo
valley
chamber
of
commerce.
Here
with
your
monthly
chamber
report,
I
wanted
to
start
with
canelo
valley
restaurant
week,
which
starts
next
week.
L
Visit
canelo
valley
is
excited
to
be
hosting
its
third
annual
canelo
valley
restaurant
week,
scheduled
from
friday
february
18th
to
sunday
february,
27
2022,
restaurants
in
thousand
oaks
and
agora
hills
will
be
offering
special
menu
items
and
restaurant
week
only
specials
all
diners
need
to
do
is
reference.
The
restaurant
week
special
at
their
chosen
participating
restaurant.
The
list
of
restaurants
can
be
found
on
the
visit
caneho
valley
website
kaneho.com.
L
There
is
a
tab
at
the
top
of
the
page
for
restaurant
week.
Many
thousand
oaks
restaurants
are
participating,
including
chocolatine,
french,
cafe,
social
monk,
asian
kitchen,
la
menia,
peruvian
eatery
and
petals,
and
pints
brewing
company
just
to
name
a
few.
This
time
of
year
is
especially
tough
for
the
restaurant
industry.
L
L
There
is
a
button
on
the
front
page
of
the
chamber
website
canejochamber.org,
where
businesses
can
sign
up
to
get
their
share
of
ppe
orders
will
be
fulfilled
on
a
first
come
first
served
basis
and
orders
will
be
fulfilled
based
on
the
number
of
employees
at
a
business
and
then
finally,
I
wanted
to
mention.
There
is
a
new
mandate
that
small
businesses
must
comply
with
this
year
with
the
approval
of
ab1234
in
2016.
L
L
All
businesses
with
five
or
more
employees
must
have
a
retirement
plan
in
place
whether
it
is
a
calsavers
plan
or
a
plan
through
a
regular
retirement
planning
company,
the
chamber
of
commerce
is
hosting
an
informational,
zoom
webinar
for
all
businesses,
chamber
members
or
not
on
thursday
february
24th
at
noon,
and
one
of
our
board
members,
who
is
a
retirement
planning
professional,
will
be
going
over
the
requirements
of
ab1234
and
answering
questions
from
business
owners.
The
webinar
is
free,
anyone
can
attend
and
registration
is
on
the
chambers
website
canehochamber.org
and
it's
listed
in
our
events.
Calendar.
H
H
M
Just
I
want
to
echo
the
comments
from
mr
haverstock
and
from
you
regarding
supporting
our
restaurants,
there's
from
a
business
support
standpoint
the
perfect
time
to
get
out
and
try
some
some
of
your
old
favorites
and
new
restaurants
that
have
come
onto
the
scene
in
regards
to
the
no
drown
town
program,
I'm
gonna
have
our
communications
manager
alexander
south,
follow
up
with
mrs
dalen
on
that.
I
certainly
think
it's
something
that
we
can
look
into
being
a
partner
with
and
perhaps
bring
our
fire
district
along
as
well.
M
So
we
can
broaden
that
out.
I
know
she
had
mentioned,
perhaps
looking
at
some
some
other
cities
in
the
in
the
county
as
well
and
having
a
regional
fire
district.
One
of
the
benefits
of
that
is
it
spans
across
jurisdictional
boundaries
so,
but
certainly
think
thousands
could
be
part
of
that.
So
we
will
follow
up
and
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
the
program
there
and
then
just
in
regards
to
mr
flames.
M
Comments
just
want
to
thank
her
a
perfect
example
of
our
community
oriented
policing
approach
here
in
thousand
oaks
and
want
to
echo
her
comments
about
the
importance
of
speaking
up.
If
there's
something
odd
or
out
of
out
of
sync,
don't
don't
just
stand
by.
We
have
a
very
active
community
oriented
policing
program
here
and
have
every
opportunity
to
get
out
and
support
our
community
and
have
dialogue
where
we
see
issues
and
certainly
to
address
issues
of
public
safety.
M
H
N
H
I
I
have
another
comment:
I
don't
have
the
list
in
front
of
me,
but
I'd
like
to
speak
very
briefly
on
the
skoda,
if
that's
how
you
say
it:
the
monitoring
of
the
hill
canyon
plant
and
and
also
the
following
item
having
to
do
with
the
work
on
one
of
our
reservoirs.
I
could
speak
briefly
on
those
too
I'd
appreciate
it.
H
N
I
I
Please
go
ahead.
I
I
didn't
want
to
analyze
the
content
of
the
of
the
matter
of
the
item
before
us,
but
in
looking
at
the
bids
I
saw
that
one
was
like
over
400
000.
I
believe
something
like
400
6
000..
I
don't
have
the
figures
from
me,
but
then
the
two
other
bids
one
was
like
176
000
like
a
huge
drop
and
but
the
one
that
won
was
only
a
thousand
dollars
less
and
I'm
wondering
that
seems
very
unusual
and
do
we
have
firm
control
of
keeping
our
bids
that
we
get
secret.
G
G
O
G
I
K
N
G
G
G
So
in
late
november
last
year,
during
a
routine
inspection,
a
flow
from
the
reservoir
under
drain
system
was
observed,
which
is
can
be
a
sign
of
a
leak.
The
reservoir
is
drained
into
our
system
and
not
refilled,
so
the
staff
could
perform
an
interior
inspection
cracks
on
the
floor
were
identified
and
the
city
hired
a
consultant
to
do
a
preliminary
inspection
and
structural
evaluation
of
the
tank.
G
N
G
G
I
I
G
We,
the
city,
is,
I
think,
the
answer
that
is,
yes,
we
do
have
insurance,
but
to
the
extent
until
we
know
what
the
the
damage
is,
I
I
mean
I
believe
we
have
a
million
dollar
deductible
as
an
example.
So
we
have
a
little
bit
of
work
to
do
before
we
can
identify
what
the
total
value
of
the
fix
is
going
to
be
and.
I
G
I
would
say
it
is
one
of
the
older,
older
reservoirs
again
that
section
of
town
and
the
area
below
it
would
be
canada,
creek,
south
and
really
all
that
development
down
towards
thousand
oaks
boulevard.
Those
lower
neighborhoods
down
there.
So
those
were
all
older
tracks,
and
so
I
think
that
they
were.
It
was
one
of
the
original
tracks.
I
O
O
O
No
there's
there's
no
need
there's
no
need
for
that.
I
think
what
we
have
in
place
is
that
is
a
good
procedure,
we'll
work
with
public
works
and
be
able
to
to
follow
up
on
insurance.
The
the
primary
issue
is
for
the
public
works
department
to
be
able
to
get
in
and
make
their
evaluation
make
their
determination
in
the
repairs
that
are
necessary.
O
There
wouldn't
be
a
a
reason
for
us
to
advocate
a
change
at
this
point,
but
we
we
do
re-evaluate
our
insurance
on
an
annual
basis.
We
do
work
with
our
brokers
and
and
determine
coverages
and
make
sure
that
we
have
the
best
program
in
place
for
property
and
liability
and
workers
compensation
every
year.
We
bring
those
to
you
every
june.
G
Yeah,
so
our
concrete
reservoirs
are
and
the
reason
that
we
we
love
them
is
they're
actually
require
very
little
maintenance.
Over
time
I
mean
this.
Reservoir
is
nearly
50
years
old,
but
actually
was
on
our
list
for
rehabilitation
in
in
2026.
It's
actually
in
our
cip
to
begin
work
on
it
in
this
case,
looks
like
we're
just
going
to
start
a
couple
years
early,
but
we
we're
anticipating
needing
to
do
maintenance
on
this
reservoir.
G
I
H
N
Thank
you.
Thank
you
mayor
again,
mr
jones.
I
just
had
three
questions.
Then
I
have
to
defer
to
my
other
council
members
and
then
come
back
to
any
additional
mr
findlay
question
for
you
regarding
the
stability
of
the
soil.
Underneath
will
that
be
part
of
the
assessment
to
find
out
why
the
cracks
are
there
and
make
certain
that
we
don't
have
soil
instability
and
may
have
to
make
some
other
choices.
K
N
N
H
Very
good
we've
we've
moved
our
one
of
our
committee
reports
up
to
from
item
11
to
now.
This
is
our
community
environment,
environmental
enhancement,
grant
recommendations
and
I'd
like
to
call
on
anne
la
fianza
and
also
available
for
questions
are:
is
sarah
males
and
melissa
hurtado
so
miss
lafionda.
A
Hello
good
evening,
mayor
engler
and
council
members,
it's
nice
to
see
you
all
again-
and
it
is
my
pleasure
to
be
here
this
evening
to
present
the
community
funding
review
committee's
recommendations
for
the
city's
fiscal
year.
2021-22
community
environmental
enhancement
grants
also
known
as
ceeg
grants.
A
The
city's
ceeg
grant
program
funding
is
included
in
the
adopted
fiscal
year.
2021-22
budget
the
grant
is
funded
by
interest
income
earned
in
the
solid
waste
fund
budget.
This
year,
45
000
of
funding
was
made
available
to
support
environmental
projects
for
local,
non-profit
community
and
school
groups.
A
The
application
period
was
open
from
november
10th
to
december
15,
and
the
application
was
available
on
the
city's
website.
Email
notifications
were
sent
to
applicants
from
the
previous
grant
cycle.
A
press
release
was
issued,
an
email
regarding
the
grant
program
was
sent
to
cvusd
an
article
was
published
in
the
sustainability
division
e
newsletter,
which
was
distributed
to
over
10
000
subscribers
and
the
city
utilized
social
media
to
notify
the
community
of
the
grant
opportunity.
A
A
A
A
H
D
I
just
wanted
to
thank
the
committee
and
and
lafayenza
very
much
for
this
service.
It
is
wonderful
that
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
is
able
to
do
this
with
interest
from
the
solid
waste
fund
and
help
to
enhance
our
community.
So
this
is
a
very
valuable
service
and
I
appreciate
that
very
much.
Thank
you.
K
K
H
H
H
N
P
P
It
took
me
a
moment
to
pull
up
the
presentation.
Thank
you
for
your
patience
tonight,
we'll
be
discussing
the
cbd
work
program
and
provide
a
status
update
as
described
by
the
mayor
back
in
october
of
21,
we
discussed
the
city
experience
at
a
significant
new
level
of
investment.
This
included
residential
properties,
repositioned
commercial
properties
and
integration
of
city
council,
priority
fees
and
other
factors
and
forces
influenced
the
workload
and
activities
of
our
department
and
employees.
P
A
rapidly
involved.
Evol
excuse
me.
I
rapidly
evolving
legislative
landscape
at
the
state
level.
Advanced
planning
initiatives,
including
the
housing
element
and
general
plan,
update
high
levels
of
development
activity,
efforts
to
promote
efficiencies
that
improve
the
customer,
experience
and
staffing
transitions
were
all
contributing
factors
to
the
challenging
time
we
described
to
you
last
year.
H
P
Thank
you,
sorry
for
the
inconvenience,
so
the
community
development
division,
community
planning
development
continues
to
experience
the
influx
of
many
different
application
and
project
types.
This
is
in
part
due
to
new
development
opportunities,
low
interest
rates
and
homeowners
investing
in
their
properties.
P
P
Over
the
last
year,
so
between
2018,
when
we
saw
roughly
a
little
under
400
cases
to
over
1200
and
2021.,
this
is
roughly
three
times
the
number
of
application
we
received
just
three
short
years
ago.
This
is
in
part
due
to
significant
increase
in
accessory
dwelling
units
and
zone
clearance
applications.
P
P
P
P
P
Implementation
of
tyler,
intergov,
land
management
and
permit
system
is
one
of
the
city
council's
top
priorities
for
this
fiscal
year.
The
initiative
is
driven
by
a
commitment
to
the
city's
mission
to
provide
extraordinary
service
staff,
continue
to
work
diligently
and
expeditiously
alongside
park.
Consulting
group
in
november
of
2021,
the
project
team
completed
documentation
of
over
a
thousand
pages
of
system,
design
and
specifications
relating
to
processes,
permits,
workflows
fees
and
to
close
out
and
assess
and
define
this
stage
and
milestone.
P
P
P
John
brings
a
broad
range
of
experience
and
knowledge
from
various
planning
disciplines,
and
he
has
more
than
30
years
of
community
development.
Experience
he's
also
held
leadership
positions
in
numerous
municipal
organizations
nationwide,
including
san
antonio
topeka,
kansas,
oklahoma,
city,
oklahoma,
los
angeles,
fresno
and
sonoma
county.
P
He
is
certified
by
the
american
institute
of
certified
planners
and
he
holds
joint
master's
degrees
in
city
and
regional
planning
from
harvard
graduate
school
of
design
and
the
kennedy
school
of
government
joining
the
organization
also
is
jesse
deanda.
He
was
hired
initially
by
the
city
of
beverly
hills
in
the
community
development
department
as
an
intern
in
the
early
2000s
and
served
in
multiple
capacities,
while
being
promoted
through
the
ranks
from
building
inspector,
ultimately
to
perfect
center
manager.
P
P
Jesse
holds
a
master's
degree
in
organizational
leadership
from
woodbury
university
and
will
lead
the
building
divisions,
technical
advancement
team,
while
delivering
services
to
the
public.
Together.
These
strategic
additions
will
assist
with
a
broad
range
of
projects
in
conjunction
with
the
existing
community
development
management
team
and
that
will
increase
staff's
bandwidth
and
positively
impact
the
development
activity.
Workflow.
P
In
conclusion,
we
are
in
the
midst
of
an
eventful
and
exciting
time
in
the
community
development
department.
As
noted
through
the
presentation
demand
for
services
has
steadily
increased
year
over
year.
The
department
is
continuously
positioning
itself
to
meet
the
demand,
improve
operations
and
prepare
the
city
for
a
successful
future.
P
This
concludes
our
presentation.
In
addition
to
myself,
we
have
kari
finley
our
advanced
planning,
division
manager,
jeff
ware,
our
code,
compliance
manager,
steve
kearns.
Our
development
planning
division
manager
also
available
to
answer
questions
and
we'll
be
happy
to
fill
those.
Now,
if
council
still
chooses.
H
N
P
N
P
N
And
the
last
question
I
have
is:
I
noticed
that
the
in-house
and
reviews
by
our
city
staff
pretty
much
remain
the
same
as
far
as
production,
but
yet
you
saw
the
number
of
applications
increased
quite
a
bit
after
the
coveted
lockdown
ended,
and
that
would
in
turn,
tell
me
that
there's
a
backlog
for
our
city
staff.
Have
we
staffed
up
to
address
a
backlog?
Is
there
a
backlog?
P
P
We
do
have
some
staff
vacancies,
so
initially
this
contract
was
sought
in
order
to
help
free,
whatever
backlog
that
did
exist
at
that
time
in
order
to
keep
the
process
moving
forward.
So,
while
we're
going
through
the
staff
and
hiring
process,
we
began
to
use
consulting
services
and
then
we
continued
that
process
to
help
meet
the
volume,
but
currently
right
now
we're
within
normal
range
for
plan
check
services,
and
there
is
not
a
significant
backlog
in
large
part
due
to
the
contract
services
that
we're
utilizing.
O
So
we
can
talk
back
to
me.
I
might
also
just
jump
in
very
quickly
on
on
the
personnel
side.
As
mr
parker
mentioned,
we
just
hired
two
two
new
executives
within
the
department
which
will
be
bring
a
great
deal
of
relief
to
the
department.
We
also
have
the
interviews
scheduled
tomorrow
for
a
cdd
position,
we're
actively
recruiting
those,
but
more
specifically
to
your
question
on
matching
the
needs
with
the
personnel.
O
We
have
not
had
any
additional
problems
from
that,
so
that
is
something
that
we
do
monitor.
We've
added
planners
we've
added
building
text,
where
we
need
to
to
to
make
sure
that
we
are
meeting
the
needs
and,
as
mr
parker
says,
then
using
contract
services
for
those
that
are
not
going
to
having
an
ongoing
demand.
N
O
N
I
I
H
P
H
P
The
planchets
we
completed
with
existing
staff
numbers
that
we
had,
as
mr
giles
mentioned,
it's
something
that
we're
evaluating
to
plug
needs
where
the
addition
of
new
applications
increases
over
time.
We
have
added
staff,
as
mr
giles
mentioned
in
other
areas,
but
that's
something
that
we're
monitoring
in
the
flat
check
section.
H
H
P
M
That
said,
we
are
watching
these
trends
very
carefully,
as
you
saw
with
the
numbers
that
we've
seen
a
lot
of
the
drivers
behind
that
are
ever
ever
changing
circumstances
that
are
coming
from
the
state
and
other
industry
groups
and
two
great
examples
of
that
are
accessory
dwelling
units
and
solar
installations.
If
you
look
at
those
numbers
in
your
packet,
those
numbers
have
increased
tremendously
and
the
turnaround
time
now,
driven
by
state
legislation
for
solar
is,
we
are
mandated
to
turn
around
the
review
of
those.
M
So
in
sense,
the
solar
solar
reviews
take
priority
in
some
areas
because
we
have
to
meet
them
where
they're
deemed
approved
and
the
same
with
adus
there's
a
lot
of
different
requirements.
Those
are
now
ministerial
reviews
in
large
part,
and
so
in
that
case,
we're
watching
the
staffing
levels
very
closely
and
as
we
come
through,
the
mid-year
budget
process,
we'll
be
we'll
be
talking
to
council
about
the
right
level
that
we
think
we
need
to
be
at
in
order
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
of
our
residents.
Business
community
moving
forward.
H
Thank
you,
mr
powers,
appreciate
that
I
was
just
looking
that
if,
if
we're
doing
the
you
know,
40
50
more
and
plan
checks
with
the
same
personnel,
that's
a
a
substantial
increase
in
productivity
from
our
from
our
people
in
our
building
department,
so
kudos
to
them
for
being
able
to
do
that.
I've
also
noticed
our
inspections
are
up.
Eighteen
hundred
more
per
year
same
staffing
again,
mr
parker.
H
H
H
Very
good,
okay:
now
we
do
have
a
couple
of
other
items,
and
I
wanted
to
ask
you
about
the
timing
on
how
we're
going
to
go
forward
with
them.
I
know
there's
quite
a
bit
of
interest
in
the
community
for
our
inclusionary
housing
aspects
and
also
our
climate
action
plan.
How
are
the?
How
are
those
going
forward
in
in
concert
with
our
general
plan?
Can
you
give
us
sort
of
a
timeline,
or
at
least
how
those
pieces
are
going
to
dovetail
together.
P
P
H
P
That
is
correct,
so
it's
a
study,
that's
required
to
identify
what
the
actual
fee
we
can
charge
in
lieu
for
affordable
housing.
So
it's
a
fee
that
we
collect,
but
this
study
is
required
in
order
to
set
that
fee.
We
can't
just
set
an
arbitrary
number
for
it.
So
there's
a
great
deal
of
research
and
analysis,
that's
conducted
by
professionals
to
identify
what
the
need
is
actually
specific
to
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
are
processed
in
our
existing
standards.
H
P
But
in
the
meantime,
if
people
have
comments
that
they
would
like
to
share
with
us,
they
can
go
to
the
general
plan
website
as
t
oaks2045.org
and
submit
those.
We
also
have
staff
that
monitors
that
email
address
that
can
respond
to
them
and
make
sure
that
they
receive
a
copy
of
the
document
when
it's
available
for
public
review.
D
D
P
Yes,
the
gpac
is
an
integral
part
of
the
general
plan
update
process
as
you're
well
aware.
We've
had
several
meetings
to
receive
guidance
from
them
and
input
through
the
process
thus
far,
but
that
it
will
continue
this
year
as
we
begin
to
complete
the
policy
frameworks
and
other
segments
of
the
general
plan
and
move
forward.
But
they
absolutely
will
continue
to
advise
and
provide
comments
on
that
document
as
it
navigates
through
the
process.
D
Okay
and
then
it
was
very
encouraging
to
see
the
number
of
solar
energy
applications
going
up.
So
that
is
really
a
good
sign,
because
I
believe,
with
the
challenges
that
our
utility
providers
have,
it
becomes
more
important
to
really
establish
microgrids
as
solar
energy
microgrids
and
then.
Finally,
I
wanted
to
just
say:
welcome
to
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
to
jessie
deanda,
who
is
here
this
evening
and
as
you
can
see,
he
did
just
start
because
his
desk
is
completely
empty.
So
welcome
to
the
city
of
thousand
oaks.
K
Thank
you
mayor
and
to
add
on
to
council
member
bill
rapinio
welcome
to
john
dugan
as
well
happy
to
have
you
aboard
this
question
might
be
for
tim
giles
or
drew
for
that
matter.
You
know
off
and
on
we've,
in
the
last
couple
of
years,
we've
talked
about
the
wave
of
retirements
that
we
were
expecting
in
the
city
as
the
baby
boomer
generation
ages.
K
M
So
I'll
I'll
take
an
initial
stab
and
then
hand
it
over
to
mr
giles.
This
is
something
we've
been
tracking
for
going
back
about.
Eight
years
now
we
saw
where
our
numbers
were
trending
towards
and
we
developed
what
we
called
our
people
strategy
at
the
time,
and
it
was
to
prepare
ourselves
for
this
time
in
which
we
were
going
to
see
a
transition
and
we're
in
the
in
the
middle
of
it.
M
Now,
if
you
would
go
back
about
you
know,
five
years
ago,
the
number
of
city
employees
that
would
have
been
here
less
than
five
years
would
probably
be
sub
10,
maybe
15
percent.
Today,
as
we
stand
just
as
we
cross
into
the
new
year,
we're
now
sitting
out
of
there
in
an
era
where
we
were
over,
50
of
our
team
has
been
with
us
less
than
five
years,
and
so
that
just
really
gives
you
a
flavor
of
this
of
this
change
in
the
challenge
and
the
transition.
M
There
was
a
time
in
recent
weeks
here
where
we
had
between
40
and
50
open
recruitments.
That
means
a
tremendous
amount
of
work,
that's
happening
and
we're
competing
in
a
we're
competing
in
a
really
aggressive
labor
market
now
and
to
have
some
of
the
talent
that
we're
bringing
into
the
organization
we're
quite
proud
of
that.
M
It
takes
a
lot
of
hard
work
in
order
to
recruit
and
not
just
recruit
and
attract
folks
to
our
organization,
but
also
to
retain
the
employees
within
the
organization
and
give
them
opportunities
for
growth,
because
that's
a
very
important
aspect
to
us.
So
as
we
look
outbound
aligning
our
jobs
for
the
future
need
that
we
have
is
incredibly
important
to
us.
We're
spending
a
lot
of
time
doing
that
internally
I'll.
Let
him
speak
briefly.
O
Yes,
thank
you,
drew
councilmember,
adam
members
of
the
council.
The
in
addition
to
the
retirements
that
we're
seeing
were
the
employment
across
the
board
is
seeing
a
new
thing
through
the
pandemic,
so
they've
dubbed
the
great
resignation
with
a
lot
of
younger
employees,
choosing
to
seek
a
different
career
path.
O
We've
hate
some
of
that,
but
not
a
great
deal
but,
as
drew
said,
we've
put
a
tremendous
amount
of
focus
in
on
not
only
hiring
people
and
we,
my
office
is
running
headlong
at
hiring
people,
but
we
want
to
establish
them
well
within
the
city.
We
want
to
make
sure
we're
taking
the
effort
to
to
make
sure
that
they
understand
the
value
and
and
the
things
that
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
has
to
offer
as
an
employer
and
and
to
really
cement
the
culture
that
the
city
has
always
enjoyed.
O
We
recognize
that's,
not
something
that's
going
to
to
continue
just
by
leaving
it
alone.
It's
it's
something.
That's
going
to
require
a
very
intense
effort,
so
we're
putting
in
effort.
We
have
identified
a
new
position
within
my
office
for
a
talent,
development
officer,
a
deputy
level
position
who
will
be
focused
in
on
working
with
the
employees,
to
make
sure
that
that
they
are
developing,
that
they
have
the
opportunities
to
succeed,
to
promote
within
the
organization
to
develop
skills.
O
They
might
not
otherwise
have
to
work
with
our
existing
managers
to
make
sure
that
they
are
engaged
on
a
very
close
basis
with
their
employees
to
make
sure
that
they
are
are
not
only
coming
into
the
organization
but
staying
in
the
organization
in
a
very
engaged
fashion
that
they
have
a
real
commitment
and
desire
to
work
with
the
city.
So
this
is
a.
This
is
a
key
element
that
we're
working
on
with
the
the
workforce,
because
we
do
see
that
as
a
critical
issue.
O
O
K
Could
see
that
and
it
as
a
city
council,
we
need
to
be
aware
of
that,
if
we're
having
an
influx
of
young
people
into
our
our
staff,
I'm
sure
that's
occurring
in
businesses
all
across
the
city,
and
you
know
that
that
comes
into
how
we
position
ourselves
in
housing
and
jobs
and
and
all
those
indices
as
well.
Thank
you
both.
O
We
do
have
we
do
have
some
materials
that
is
accessible
by
city
council
members
we'd
be
glad
to
share
that
with
you.
I
think
that
some
of
the
material
that
we
have
procured
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
you'll
find
not
only
in
lighting
but
actually
very
beneficial,
learn
new
things
learn
new
ways
of
doing
things
and
I'm
sure
that
you'll
all
find
benefit
from
those.
I
I
You
know
from
sewers
to
everything
else,
so
I
I.
I
think
that
if
you
take
your
position
seriously,
which
I
know
we
all
do,
it
means
that
you
really
become
knowledgeable
in
many
fields,
so
that
started
out
to
be
a
facetious
remark,
but
you
turned
it
directly
into
a
one
that
we
can
learn
from.
So
thank
you
very
much.
I
am
really
impressed
by
the
work
that
you're
doing
to
create
create
this.
These
new
staff
people.
I
G
I
H
M
Right
now
we
have
two
public
hearings,
one
on
objective
standards,
following
up
on
what
what
went
to
planning
commission
last
year
and
the
extension
of
the
urgency
ordinance
on
self
storage
that
we
told
you
would
be
forthcoming
in
order
to
extend
that
and
continue
the
work.
That's
happening
there,
those
the
two
primary
agenda
items
for
the
meeting
of
the
22nd
of
february.
J
I
do
mr
mayor,
thank
you.
We
do
have
two
closed
session
matters
tonight.
Both
of
them
are
on
existing
litigation.
Pursuant
to
government
code,
section
five,
four,
nine.
Five,
six
point:
nine
eight,
the
first
one
is
joseph
keys
versus
city
of
thousand
oaks
and
the
second
one
is
yag
minas
versus
city
of
thousand
oaks.
It
is
unlikely
I
will
have
anything
to
report.
M
D
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
as
mr
powers
was
just
mentioning
upcoming
items,
I
wanted
to
also
give
a
plug
to
five
star
theatricals.
Their
latest
musical,
which
is
something
rotten,
is
going
to
be
playing
friday
this
friday,
saturday
and
sunday.
I
believe
thursday
as
well.
It's
the
last
weekend
of
something
rotten.
So
if
you
can
come
out
to
the
civic
arts
plaza
and
help
our
artists,
it
would
be
fantastic
to
put
that
on
your
schedule.
Thank
you.
K
Well,
thank
you
mayor,
hey
earlier
in
the
evening
we
talked
about
you
know.
If
you
see
something
say
something
I
think
kinsd
flame
talk
spoke
to
that
issue,
and
so,
if
you
do
see
something
and
say
something
who
should
people
call?
Is
there
some
kind
of
a
catch-all
number
that
that
the
folks
can
dial
in
and
share
their
concerns.
M
Sure
you
know
the
quickest
and
easiest
thing
because,
generally
speaking,
when
folks
see
something
that's
out
in
the
field,
they
don't
have
a
long
number
memorized
to
call.
We
do
have
a
watch
command
number
that's
for
non-emergency
calls,
but
usually,
if
you,
if
you're,
if
something
alarms
you
to
that
point,
we
have
a
very
strong
relationship
with
our
police
force
and
the
city
council
funds
that
relationship
at
a
very
high
level
and
so
calling
9-1-1
is
always
your
best
opportunity.
Everyone
knows
the
number
and
everyone
knows
how
to
use
it,
and
we
just
encourage
people.
M
H
H
The
police
were
adamant.
No
do
not
confront
people
unless
there's
something
urgent
going
on
give
them
a
call.
They
are
more
than
happy
to
respond
with,
with
swiftness
so
see,
say,
see.
Something
say
something:
911
is
the
best
way
to
get
a
hold
of
people
who
can
get
there
in
a
hurry
and
help
you
out.
D
Certainly,
when
you
do
have
an
emergency
always
call
9-1-1,
but
I
wanted
to
also
mention
the
non-emergency
number
sorry
about
that.
The
non-emergency
number
would
be
805
494
8200,
and
that
is
for
anything
that
is
really
not
very
urgent.
So
that
is
a
number
that
will
eventually,
depending
on
the
urgency
of
your
request,
will
be
transferred
to
dispatch.
So
that's
805,
494
8200.