Agenda Related Items - Meeting of April 25, 2023
Supplemental Packet Date: April 25, 2023
THOUSAND OAKS CITY COUNCIL
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Deborah Shreffler Newbury Park 9 N/A Thousand Oaks Mayor Kevin McNamee has proclaimed Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 to be Parental Alienation Awareness Day.
Often found in the context of a contentious divorce, Parental Alienation is when one alienating parent manipulates a child’s mind to sever the ties between the child and the target parent in order to destroy the target parent emotionally, financially, or both. When the pressure on the child to be loyal to the alienating parent becomes too great; the child gives up and totally rejects the target parent. It is domestic emotional violence against both the child and target parent without visible bruises.
Some alienating behaviors include speaking negatively or lying about the target parent to, or in front of, the child; interfering with communication and visitation; moving with the child and leaving no contact information; allowing children to make inappropriate decisions, such as if they even want to see the other parent; and discussing inappropriate information with a child, such as details of the marriage, court proceedings, and financial matters. These behaviors can go as far as preventing essential school and medical information from getting to the target parent. Brainwashing and implanting of false memories are not unusual.
The most common response of a child exposed to alienating behaviors is extreme resistance to contact with, or phobia of, the target parent without any justifiable cause. Even children who have been removed by CPS because they’ve been physically abused still long for a relationship with their parent. Kids have to be carefully taught to hate and reject a parent.
Parental alienation is both painful and destructive. It takes advantage of a child’s suggestibility and dependency and leaves the child feeling confused, frightened, and insecure, leaving deep and long-lasting emotional scars. It can result in the child’s loss of a relationship with a previously loving, nurturing, and competent parent, without permission to grieve. Research shows that children who have been alienated from a parent experience a greater percentage of depression, low self-esteem, dropout rates from school, suicidal ideation, serious mental disorders, drug and alcohol problems, and difficulties in their own relationships.
You can to learn more about Parental Alienation, by visiting these resources:
1.www.endparentalalienaƟon.com/
2.drcachildress.org/asp/site/parentalalienaƟon/index.asp
3.www.PAawareness.org
4.ISNAF.info
5.hƩps://www.pas-intervenƟon.org/
6.www.divorcecorp.com
Victor Cee Thousand Oaks 13A In favor I strongly support the Lynn Road (CI 5660) and Hillcrest Drive (CI 5682) Bike Lanes and Pedestrian Improvements. I suggest all of the councilmembers get on a bike and ride these areas (and more). Lynn and Hillcrest are some of the least safe, highest traffic stress areas in thousand oaks. These will be very helpful improvements. After this, we still have a long way to go - to cite NACTO's urban bikeway design guide:
"Build protected bike lanes where motor vehicle speed consistently exceeds 25 mph, where daily motor vehicle volume is higher than approximately 6,000 vehicles per day, where curbside conflicts are expected, or wherever there is more than one motor vehicle lane per direction." Take a ride on westlake blvd, ave. de los arboles, lynn road, hillcrest rd, moorpark road, t.o blvd, ventu park rd. We've come a long way, but we're still putting the most vulnerable road users on roads with autos going near freeway speeds and protecting them only by paint.
TO COUNCIL: 04/25/2023
MEETING DATE: 04/25/2023
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Wendy Zimmerman Newbury Park 13A In favor As an active cyclist who begins her rides off Wendy Drive in Newbury Park and frequently rolls out to many areas across the City of Thousand Oaks to attend events, use city services, shop, and ride for pleasure, I am very much in favor of these proposed improvements to Lynn Road and Hillcrest Drive. I know from personal experience that they are needed to make traveling these important parts of our network safer for active transportation users. As a member of the Thousand Oaks Bicycle Advisory Team, I know that these plans have been well thought out. Grant money isn't always available, so let's not waste this valuable opportunity. Please approve these improvements. Thank you.