Agenda Related Items - Meeting of May 23, 2023
Supplemental Packet Date: May 23, 2023
THOUSAND OAKS CITY COUNCIL
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ITEMS 6.A.
From: Lee Ann Holland <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 1:09 PM
To: Bob Engler <[email protected]>
Subject: City Priorities — Affordable Housing Development 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.
Hi Councilmember Engler,
As the Council is holding its annual priority-setting meeting this evening, I hope you will consider asking your fellow councilmembers to move affordable housing development up the list of priorities, perhaps with Homelessness and Affordable Housing Development as priorities 1 and 2.
I think that many of us who understand and advocate for the need for affordable housing would also hope that this priority would include development of a concrete plan to spend the remaining $4.5 million allocated for affordable housing in the upcoming two-year budget cycle and would include efforts to seek out additional grant money that may be available and the possible allocation of additional funds to meet this ongoing need.
Thank you for your consideration, and please let me know if you have any thoughts or feedback.
Best,
Lee Ann Holland
1 From: Randall Edwards <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 4:00 PM
To: City Clerk's Office <[email protected]>
Subject: Item 6A Citywide FY 2023-24 Top Ten Priorities - May 23, 2023 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.
Dear City Councilmembers:
As a resident
of Thousand Oaks for almost 30 years, I strongly urge the City to prioritize allocating an increase in the budget for increasing affordable housing. The City should use all avenues, such as providing zoning approvals necessary to develop significant numbers of affordable housing units, seeking appropriate sites to turn into affordable housing, and supporting new affordable housing site development, in order to achieve the goal of increased affordable housing in Thousand Oaks.
We want our children to be able to afford to live in the City where they grew up. We want new young families to be able to move and live here. We want the people who work in Thousand Oaks to be able to live here instead of commuting long distances. Please make creating significantly increased affordable housing in Thousand Oaks a reality.
Sincerely,
Randall Edwards
Thousand Oaks
2 Name City Item # In favor/
Opposed
Comment
Gordon Clint Newbury Park 6A N/A Dear T.O. Councilmembers, I appreciate that you will be setting priorities and goals for next fiscal year.
Mitigating our existential climate crisis should be at the top of the list, with facilitating the construction of affordable housing the most effective action our city leaders can take. We can reduce vehicle miles traveled, which is T.O.’s biggest source of greenhouse gasses, by making it possible for the people who are presently commuting to work in our community to live here.
Passing an inclusionary housing ordinance and making sure developers include a reasonable percentage of affordable units is important. But providing more funds in our budget to purchase property and then working with non-profits like Many Mansions, as you are doing on Hillcrest, can actually build more of the affordable units we need.
Please prioritize funding for affordable housing. Cut back on other priorities that are not as critical and can be delayed or deferred. Find the money now so when buildable land comes on the market you are prepared to buy it.
Sincerely,
Gordon Clint
TO COUNCIL: 5/23/2023
MEETING DATE: 5/23/2023
3 Name City Item # In favor/
Opposed
Comment
Jean Kammerer Newbury Park 6A In favor Affordable Housing I support and urge city efforts to prioritize affordable inclusive housing (that people can really afford), especially the unhoused, lower-wage workers, young professional families, and seniors.
I am concerned that our city be more accessible to all who are and want to live and work here but will focus on personal experience as active seniors who had good jobs and savings but found, even with considerable assets, that downsizing here is almost impossible. There are no attractive options between University Village and assisted living. Although moving to Florida is always an option, we prefer a state and city that cares about quality of life for constituents and at least tries to address the needs of the residents. We investigated other locations, but wanted to stay here, where we have lived and worked over 20 years, with our friends, church, community, and family.
It was very difficult.
Our city needs another continuing life center, but without the luxuries that require such huge buy -
in and maintenance fees of University Village. People on fixed income who need the assets (but not the worry and expense) from big houses to plan their last 10+ years will soon find it impossible to stay in this valley. We need safe, low-maintenance, accessible housing options specifically designed for active middle-class 55+ year-olds. Developers are building nice apartments in the city center, but the rent and common charges are out of reach. Old 55+ trailer parks should not be the only option.
Thank you for your consideration.
Jean Kammerer
805-469-9235
[email protected]
4 Name City Item # In favor/
Opposed
Comment
Jet Thompson Thousand Oaks 6A N/A As the City Council looks to its future priorities, protecting and strengthening our community should be among the highest.
I, a resident of Thousand Oaks and member of both Conejo Climate Coalition and Conejo Housing Coalition, request that City Council members make two serious considerations for their upcoming priorities:
1. Continue your commitment to environmental sustainability and resilience by adopting the Climate and Environmental Action Plan (CEAP), implementing all programs and policies outlined therein, and enacting a sustainable procurement policy for all governmental purchases.
2. Commit to increasing the budget allocation for Affordable Housing, commit to new affordable housing site development, and identify and implement new programs and services to alleviate the affordable housing crisis in our city.
Climate and housing are the most pressing issues our community faces.
We are on track to feel increasingly more severe heat, fire, and storm events, and we are counting on our City Council members to take our future seriously. In addition to planning for such events, we should be working to reduce our environmental impacts. Things like higher- density affordable housing consume less energy than sprawling neighborhoods composed of single-family housing; they also provide opportunities for all folks working within our city to live within our city, reducing emissions from long-commuting vehicles and ensuring the strength and diversity of our community.
The City of Thousand Oaks has the power to fashion itself a city of the future, one other cities can look to as an example, but first, it must set forward-thinking goals and priorities.
Thank you for your time.
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