T.O. TO MEET WITH COUNTY TO DISCUSS OPEN-SPACE BALLOT MEASURE : ACTION PROMPTED BY OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED SPORTS COMPLEX AT CONEJO CREEK PARK SOUTH.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer Spurred by opposition to a proposed private sports complex on public land, the City Council wants to join with the county and other agencies to draft an open space protection measure for the November ballot. The council voted unanimously Tuesday to meet with county supervisors, the Conejo Recreation and Parks District and the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency to draft a measure setting strict guidelines for protecting all open space and parkland in the city. ``I know, as a council member, that, realistically, what we have right now does not protect those land-use designations and it will only get more difficult,'' Councilwoman Jaime Zukowski said. Earlier Tuesday, the council discussed the potential impact of requiring four-fifths council approval or two-thirds voter approval before any private enterprise could be established on public land. In a memorandum to the council, however, City Attorney Mark Sellers wrote that such an ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been was not needed because the city already has some of the toughest open space protection guidelines in the county. Also, the city has no authority to draft an ordinance superseding superseding taking over a case of a patient under treatment by another veterinarian. In general terms this is poor professional etiquette unless the other veterinarian has been consulted and agrees to the change. independent agencies such as the school or the Conejo Recreation and Parks districts. New restrictions also could backfire by limiting the city's ability to obtain open space and other public benefits, Sellers said. Fox, however, said the council must respond in some manner to ease community concerns about preserving open space. ``It's unfortunate that this issue was raised over Sport X,'' Fox said. ``Now we're into an issue far more wide-ranging than that.'' The discussion was prompted by public concern over a plan for a sports complex called Sport X. A business partnership that wants to build the project on 14 acres owned by the Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley Unified School District or CVUSD is a school district in Ventura County. It serves Thousand Oaks, California and its subsections Newbury Park and Westlake Village. on Janss Road next to the Moorpark Freeway. The project - though only at the conceptual stage and not formally proposed to any public agency - has drawn heated opposition from nearby residents who fear the mammoth mammoth, name for several large prehistoric elephants of the extinct genus Mammuthus, which ranged over Eurasia and North America in the Pleistocene epoch. project would bring noise, pollution, crime and other problems. They say the parcel - part of Conejo Creek Park South, which is home to Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by Days and the local American Youth Soccer Organization branch - should remain open and undeveloped, save for a snack bar and bathrooms. COUNCIL ACTION AT A GLANCE The 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 Council took the following action Tuesday night. GOLF FEES: Voted unanimously to approve a new fee structure, effective July 1, for residents and nonresidents using the Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
States have required state residency for a variety of rights, including the right to vote, the right to run for public office, the , age and other factors. SHOPPING CENTER shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into : Voted 4-1, with Mayor Andrew Fox Andrew Fox is an American author from New Orleans. He has written two comic novels, Fat White Vampire Blues and Bride of the Fat White Vampire. Both novels feature Jules Duchon, a morbidly obese vampire who resides in New Orleans and works as a taxi driver. dissenting, to deny Dollinger Development Corp.'s request for expedited processing of its application for permits to build an approximately 100,000-square-foot shopping center on the southwest corner of Thousand Oaks and Westlake boulevards. LIGHTING: Voted 3-2, with Councilwomen Elois Zeanah and Jaime Zukowski dissenting, to establish a citywide Lighting and Landscaping District to help fund lighting and landscaping maintenance. The amount of assessments has not been determined. OPEN SPACE: Voted unanimously to meet with county Supervisors, the Conejo Recreation and Parks District and the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency to draft a measure setting strict guidelines for protecting open space and parkland in the city. CURFEW curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of a bell, to damp the fire, extinguish all lights in the dwelling, and retire for the night. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. :Voted unanimously to make parents liable for fines and other costs related to children who cause trouble while violating the city's curfew. SOURCE: City of Thousand Oaks CAPTION(S): Box Box: COUNCIL ACTION AT A GLANCE (See text) |
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