REPORT CARDS ON MENU? SURVEY MOVES T.O. CAFE GRADING SYSTEM TO FRONT BURNER.Byline: Cecilia Chan 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. - City Councilman Dan Del Campo hopes community support for a restaurant cleanliness Cleanliness See also Orderliness. Cleverness (See CUNNING.) Berchta unkempt herself, demands cleanliness from others, especially children. [Ger. Folklore: Leach, 137] cat continually “washes” itself. rating system is all he needs to put the issue back on the discussion table. Back in June, Del Campo suggested grading the city's more than 200 eateries, but the idea never took off. But the recently released 1999 Community Attitude Survey showed that 68.7 percent of the more than 3,000 respondents favored a rating system similar to the one used in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. Restaurants in Los Angeles County, including those in neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Agoura Hills and Westlake Village, must receive a letter grade reflecting their compliance with Health Department standards. ``The city was reluctant to look at whatever dollars it would take to fund the program,'' Del Campo said. ``With the approval rating, it's an opportune op·por·tune adj. 1. Suited or right for a particular purpose: an opportune place to make camp. 2. Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time: an opportune arrival. time to come back for discussion.'' Del Campo wants to see whether the City Council is willing to discuss the issue with the Ventura County Council of Governments to generate countywide interest. ``First I am going to poll my own council members to see if they are comfortable with it,'' he said. ``My guess is I will have a consensus there because the council puts a great deal on the attitude survey. It was not just a 50-50 (approval) but an overwhelming 70 percent.'' He said VCOG's 10 member cities could kick in their share of funding for a program that would have Ventura County health inspectors, who are already inspecting restaurants, also issue letter grades. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. shot down 4-1 a countywide grading system about a year ago. ``If the city wants that done, county environmental health would be happy to do it,'' said Supervisor Frank Schillo, who was the sole supporter for the countywide grading system and whose district includes Thousand Oaks. ``If the (Thousand Oaks) City Council agrees to do this, then we would look into the actual cost of administering the program,'' he said. ``I would vote for it if the city wants it.'' Del Campo said if VCOG VCOG Virginia Coalition for Open Government is not interested in the issue, he would see whether the city will again consider the idea and explore the costs. ``We certainly do implement other things with cost factors with less response than this,'' he said. |
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