THOUSAND OAKS CITY COUNCIL
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Name City Item In favor/Opposed Comment
Stephanie Knotts Thousand Oaks 9 N/A How is our city council going to help homeowners regarding the exorbitant insurance rates for HOAs and homeowners that are not in an HOA? There was a meeting with Jacqui Irwin in April and there was reference to the FAIR plan (which doesnt seem to help) but I havent seen any follow up How can the homeowners of an HOA be advised of these insurance (and other) meetings when their property management company says it isnt their responsibility to let anyone know.
We ALL need to be involved and have a chance to be a part of solving these issues.
Bottom Line - these rate increases are going to further decimate the economy of Thousand Oaks.
THOUSAND OAKS CITY COUNCIL
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Agenda Related at PaceMate: Ma, 23,3023
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MEETING DATE: 5/9/2023
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Paul Blakelock Newbury Park 12A N/A I would like the city to budget for a study on the impact of new development on traffic and other infrastructure issues south of the freeway near Borchard Road.
We were told that during the General Plan meetings that, although changes allowing higher density developments were being made, the GP process was "not the time" to address traffic concerns.
As a resident that is not involved in the planning process, common sense told me that infrastructure issues such as traffic, sewer, electrical, etc. would be reviewed as part of the approval process for each potential development. Then I realized that I was relying on common sense, so looked a little deeper After the General Plan is approved, it seems that there is no time or place where these issues are addressed before allowing a development. They might be considered, but it's too late to mandate fixes.
I've seen this game before, with building height restrictions. Once the heights were approved, there was no way to stop a developer from building to the maximum allowed height. Actually there was one way: negotiate. The city needed to allow the developer concessions to, for instance, remove more oak trees than would normally be allowed in order to convince them not to build to full height.
Why am I bringing this up during the budget process? I'm told that traffic concerns are addresses during the budget process. And because I don't see any other time to do it Many people are concerned with traffic on Borchard Rd. near the 101 freeway, at both the Michael Dr. and Newbury Rd. intersections. It is a mess now, and the new developments that potentially will be allowed to the west near Michael and to the east near Newbury will cause complete gridlock. In the past I have had to wait three light cycles to get to the freeway due to the backed up traffic.
It's easy to imagine the reason that traffic concerns won't be addressed: Since no new developments have been approved, and might never be approved, improvements won't be made for traffic that may never materialize. But then again, they might materialize. Isn't that what planning is about? We don't need the details on which developments will eventually be there in order to do a study on possible infrastructure solutions. These studies take time, so it's too late when the building proposals start. Let's not pretend that some developers aren't ready to go the moment that the General Plan allows them to.
Another reason to start early is that our hands are tied by the control that Caltrans has in that area. We should have a plan in place as soon as possible to get them on board if need be. More likely, knowing how slow Caltrans moves, we should consider the traffic flow with the assumption that the area under their control won't change for at least 10 years.
In summary, I would like to see a study on how traffic can be improved before any new major developments in the area are approved. Even better would be to see the study before the General Plan is approved so these obvious impacts could be taken into consideration.
Ne need to budget for it now because we know that development is coming. Having numbers ready to ustify what costs to pass on to developers seems like good basic planning.
Paul Blakelock