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AGENDA ITEM #: 9
MEETING DATE: 04/04/2023
From: Rugene Lee <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 3, 2023 11:54 AM
To: City Clerk's Office <[email protected]>
Cc: James Friedl < jfried|@crpd.org>; Katie Morris <[email protected]>; Al Adam <[email protected]>; Bob Engler < [email protected]>; David Newman <[email protected]>; Mikey Taylor <[email protected]>; Kevin McNamee <[email protected]> Subject: Public Meeting dated Apr/06/23
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Dear Managers:
Below and attached file is fyi for public concern.
Goebel Center staff did their best this morning (Apr/03/2023) in computer room.
I will not attend city council meeting this Thursday (APR/06) because "wild fire meeting" is more important in our community.
I will raise 3 questions/suggestions for "wild fire meeting" this Thursday in Goebel Center.
Thanks
R. Lee
Name: Rugene Lee
Address: 2260 Northpark St.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
805 492 6054 (H)
[email protected]
Subject: Down Grade Public Living Environment, as low level 3rd world country life style, in Goebel Senior Center Computer Room, Thousand Oaks, CA - Indoor Air Quality for Public Health & Public Affair
Reasons Caused Problems:
1 • Strong, bad 2nd hand cigarette/cigar smoke from special person (homeless with personal disease? 8 hours/day, 6 days/week in computer room?)
• Breakfast Cooking oil smokes (bacon or sausage?) were ventilated to tiny computer room that is next to kitchen without correct ventilation system?
Reply from Patti & Mark & Mike after reporting:
Patti recommended that I can go to T.O. public library.
Answers to Patti:
• Amy (homeless?) screamed & yelled to me "get out T.O. public library years ago.
• I was assaulted by special person (homeless who is 8 hours/day, 7 days/week full time library computer user in T.O. library?) • I saw female lady was in T.O. library man rest room for shampoo & shower few weeks ago.
Questions: What we can do this kind public affairs & public health & public living environment? Please advise it.
Mark replied to me:
"You get out Goebel Senior Center."
Mike replied to me:
"Don't come here (Goebel Senior Center)"
Feelings:
• Sounds like, we, T.O. residents, lose our benefit and right for Goebel Senior Center utilization.
• Sounds like everyone can dump and/or bring own shit or stool to Goebel Senior Center.
• Note: Strong, bad 2nd hand cigarette/cigar smoke is risk to cause cancer which is bad for our health.
2 T.O. residents have right to know the truth about our public living environment.
Questions & asking:
God created earth that we shall have clean air in both indoor and outdoor.
President Joe Biden also emphasized "Clean Air" goal.
• Can we get better ventilation for clean indoor air quality in tiny Goebel Computer Room?
Note: Usually, computer room is super clean without any dirt, bad smellings for excellent working and living environment.
Others feelings from Computer Users:
1. Goebel provides, allows "Live, Jumble, Portable Cigarette Ash Tray" in their computer room to us.
2. No one care senior citizens' health that we shall suffer bad smoke from personal disease or bad personal misbehavior.
Please advise it, if possible, for correct resolutions regarding our public health & public living environment.
Thanks,
God Bless America and all T.O. Residents
R. Lee
TO COUNCIL: 4/4/2023
AGENDA ITEM #: 11B
MEETING DATE: 4/4/2023
From: Adam Haverstock <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 2:55 PM
To: City Clerk's Office <[email protected]>
Cc: Danielle Borja <[email protected]>
Subject: Item 11B - Apartment Complex Expansion - Support CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
Hello,
Please see the attached letter from Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Danielle Borja expressing our organization's support for Item 11B on tonight's city council meeting agenda.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Adam
Adam Haverstock
Director of Government Affairs & Tourism
Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce
Helping Businesses Succeed and Conejo Valley Thrive!
805-370-0035 | [email protected]
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2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS April 4, 2023
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mayor Kevin McNamee
ca sanakian
Chair of the City of Thousand Oaks
Board
Ventura County Credit Union 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd
David Barnett Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Hyatt Regency Westlake
Jill Haney
Chair Emeritus Re: Item 11B - 27-unit Apartment Complex Expansion - Support Montecito Bank & Irus
Eva Gomez
Treasurer
California State University Channel Islands Dear Mayor McNamee and Councilmembers, Matt Midura
Secretary
Good Cause Marketing Partners On behalt of the members of the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Darla Everett
Director-at-Large Commerce, I am writing in support of item 11B on your city council agenda.
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This item is a proposal to expand an existing apartment complex onto an Dianne Mckay
Director-at-Large
Mustang Marketing adacent structure. The expansion would create 27 additional units, with 4 Lisa Safaeinili being designated for moderate-income tenants.
Director-at-Large
Westminster Free Clinic
Danielle Borja This project is of particular importance because it is adjacent to the life President / CEO
Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce
sciences cluster the City of Thousand Oaks has been planning for in the Rancho Conejo area. With many life science companies already in the region, DIRECTORS and additional lab spaces being built in the area, additional housing in the Debbie Adrian
Warner Pacific Insurance Services vicinity will be very important.
Leanne Alva
Connect Escrow, Inc.
Maria Camacho This project was already given prescreen approval, has been allocated units Los Angeles Rams from the Measure E housing bank and was recommended for approval by the Tom Cohen
Cohen Land Use Law Planning Commission. Please approve Item 11B.
Marja Cross
Janss Marketplace
Jake Demirchyan Thank you for your thoughtful consideration of this project. If I can answer any Caruso questions you have, please contact me at 805-370-0035 or at Elizabeth Dritz
Takeda [email protected].
Mike Dutra
Candu Graphics
Kinsie Flame Sincerely,
Jacob Flame's Tang Soo Do University
Pepperdine universiy Denie Days
Rondi Guthrie
Athens Services
Danielle Borja, MBA
President/CEO
Law Offices of Wiliam D. Kochier
Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce
Atara Bioneraratics
Ruben Maciel
The SL Group
Boy Scouts of America- Ventura Cany Colla
Matay Moting
ucia Minay
ne Oaks Shopping Cent
Mark Ortgies
Southern California Orthopedic Institute
Premier America Cre Pornia
Niki Richardson
TOArs
Ryan Van Ommeren
California Lutheran University
600 Hampshire Road 200 • Westlake Village, CA 91361
T: (805) 370-0035 • F: (805) 370-1083 • conejochamber.org TO COUNCIL: 4/4/2023
AGENDA ITEM #: 13A
MEETING DATE: 4/4/2023
From: Willie L <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 11:56 AM
To: Kevin McNamee <[email protected]>; Al Adam < [email protected]>; Bob Engler <[email protected]>; David Newman <[email protected]>; Mikey Taylor <[email protected]>; City Attorney's Office <[email protected]>; City Clerk's Office <[email protected]> Subject: Public comment on Item 13 A
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Dear Mayor McNamee, Mayor Pro Tem Adams, Councilmember Engler, Councilmember Newman, Councilmember Taylor, and City Attorney Noon,
My name is Willard Lubka and I've been a resident of Thousand Oaks since 2001.
I write today in support of the city council transitioning from at-large to district elections.
Although this agenda item was prompted by potential litigation, I want to emphasize that moving to district voting deserves to pass on its own merit. District voting is intended to provide historically underserved populations an opportunity to gain representation in city government.
This strengthens and advances our cherished principle of democracy.
The intent of the California Voting Rights Act was to protect minority groups' voices from being diluted. During a time where voter suppression is apparent nationally, we should do everything in our power to ensure that the democratic process is fully realized here in Thousand Oaks.
According to U.S. Census data, 23.1% of Thousand Oaks households have a language other than English spoken at home and 12.15% of the population speaks Spanish. With at-large elections, this segment of the community is consistently outpowered by the dominant majority. I am afraid that even right now, Spanish-speakers are underserved, as city council information is not made available in their preferred language. District voting will provide an opportunity to remedy this issue by taking groups like these into consideration when establishing district boundaries. Communities of interest will be empowered to have greater opportunities to elect candidates that best represent their interests.
With that being said, the districting process should be done strategically to avoid bias. When the city takes on the endeavor of drawing district maps, please do so in an ethical way that is transparent and accountable to the public, with objective standards. Some examples to help accomplish this include:
• Implementing an independent committee that does not have political leanings and is not controlled by incumbent politicians
• Setting objective criteria to grade or rank each proposed districting map • Including community members in the creation of the maps • Making the whole process readily accessible to the public both online & in-person 6 • Ensuring the process is accessible to communities of interest, including residents whose preferred language is Spanish
This transition is a step in the right direction towards voter equality and will benefit the greater community. I appreciate your consideration and urge that you vote to move forward with district- based elections.
Respectfully,
Willard Lubka
Thousand Oaks
TO COUNCIL: 04/04/2023
MEETING DATE: 04/04/2023
Name City Item In favor/ Comment
# Opposed
Connor Byrne Thousand Oaks 9 In favor Hello City Council. I am Connor Byrne. I grew up in Thousand Oaks and now go to college at USB.
I was biking along TO Blvd to see what the city has to offer in its downtown area. I went to enjoy all the stores, the atmosphere, and the early morning light, but unfortunately most of my experience was avoiding cars. There is no bike lane on TO Blvd, and as someone new to the Thousand Oaks signage, I was biking along the painted bike pictograms in the middle of the right lane of the road. As I was doing this, I got honked at once and dangerously passed a different time. The car passed within one foot of me going forty miles an hour. This is not safe. No family would want to go biking on this road to get a smoothie or run errands like getting a vacuum belt. This road is solely for cars, so only daredevil bikers would attempt to bike here, and by the end even I I want the Thousand Oaks downtown area to be more people oriented instead of catering only to cars. There are many neighborhoods at or near TO Blvd, so there is going to be demand for people who live close by for cheap active transportation ONCE they feel like it is safe. Oil prices are never going to be low again, so it is time to give people options of transportation instead of being forced to drive everywhere.
My proposal for TO Blvd is to get rid of a lane of parking on the north side, the side of the road opposite to the Civic Arts Plaza, and replace it with a two way protected bike path.
This will make bikers feel safer, allow more people and families to get around, decrease the cities' greenhouse gas emissions, and provide more taxes from raised purchasing. allows people to spend what monev thev would have spent on gas elsewhere in the citv. so that monev stavs in the local econom' larinera are string for more sustainable than diving cars. Bikes are magicently enezy efficient, whereas cars are two lom heavier and emit lot of carbon dioxide. By having a stret thet Kat Selm Thousand Oaks 11B NA My comment is regarding the 27 unit apartment expansion at Rancho Conejo. We desperately need housing, especially housing that is affordable, walkable, energy efficient, and healthy. I am pleased to see this infill project that will add more housing stock, and is close to transit. I would also encourage the city and the developers that want to Name City Item In favor/ Comment
# Opposed
Lauren Melvin Thousand Oaks 13A In favor Dear Mayor McNamee and Thousand Oaks City Council Members, My name is Lauren and l am a resident of Thousand Oaks. I have lived in different portions of Thousand Oaks for my entire life including Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park and Westlake Village. I am writing today in favor of the transition of district-based elections. District-based elections would provide representation of all 125,000+ residents of Thousand Oaks. District-based elections are excellent for promoting competitive elections, providing council members with a clear constituency, giving the public a voice, and ensuring that everyone can be represented. Additionally, it is simple for voters to meet the two to five candidates running in their district and make a decision on one of them. Especially when taking into account the challenges in the most recent election cycle where 10 candidates ran for city council and you had to decide which 2 you were to vote for. Furthermore, at-large elections are susceptible to being monopolized by city districts with the greatest financial resources for campaign expenditures, which puts shown to be unfair to historically underrepresented communities. Transitioning to district-based elections would provide a distinguished council member for different areas of the city allowing councilmembers to focus specifically on the needs of their constituents in that area. In Census Tract 61.02 (which begins after the Lynn Road Freeway Exit voices and youth voices are just two examples of groups that have been historically marginalized and unfairly represented. The data continues on with similar trends clearly single person when utilizing an at-large model? I, myself am 20-years old and consistently see local and state governments overlooking the needs of the younger generation. I do not feel represented by many aspects of the local government. Transitioning to district based elections can amplify misrepresented communities, like young voters.
In a dissent against the Supreme Court ruling that largely invalidated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Shelby County v. Holder), at-large elections have even been referred to as a "second-generation barrier" to minority voters' access to the ballot box. Holder). Thousand Oaks has the opportunity to encourage representation by following its neighboring communities in starting the transition to district-based elections. Again, my name is Lauren, I am a youth voter in the City of Thousand Oaks and I am in favor of (the transition to district-based elections.
Sincerely,
Lauren Melvin