COMPUTER MODEL TO LOOK 20 YEARS INTO T.O.'S FUTURE.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry sherry [from Jérez], naturally dry fortified wine, pale amber to brown in tint. The term sherry originally referred to wines made from grapes grown in the region of Jérez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain; today it may refer to any of the Daily News Staff Writer Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. hopes to use computer technology to peer 23 years into the city's future. The City Council has decided to look into the possibility of using computer projections to get a theoretical snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. of how Thousand Oaks will look in 2020. The concept, proposed by Councilwoman Elois Zeanah at Tuesday's City Council meeting, will assume a maximum build-out of 8,000 new homes and 10 million square feet of commercial and industrial space to predict accompanying traffic levels, noise and air pollution. ``If this is going to be increasing exponentially ex·po·nen·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to an exponent. 2. Mathematics a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. b. , we need to know,'' Zeanah said. Cities frequently use long-range projections to map their future, said Mayor Judy Lazar. The city's General Plan was approved 25 years ago, and although it's not perfect, it was pretty much on track with where the city was headed, Lazar said. A computer model could be used in the same way, she said. ``I think it helps us tie into where we're going as a community,'' Lazar said. ``I think it can give us a good idea.'' In last week's State of the City address, the mayor called for the city to reduce the number of new housing units allowed into the city every year. In 1990, the council expanded Measure A to allow 650 units a year into the city. Councilman Michael Markey said he thinks a computer model would be ``a good tool for the council and the public,'' but that he would prefer to look just 10 years ahead. ``Ten years is a more viable time frame,'' Markey said. ``I'd feel more comfortable with those numbers. Twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. is a long way away.'' The council also unanimously approved Zeanah's recommendation to review the city's progress in protecting the surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. hillsides and ridgelines from ever-higher developments. ``Our buildings are creeping creeping 1. gradual progression of a lesion or tissue growth. 2. prostrate growth pattern of a plant, e.g. c. buttercup (Ranunculus repens), c. caustic (Euphorbia drummondii), c. charlie (Glechoma hederacea), c. higher and higher on our hillsides,'' Zeanah said. |
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