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Votes at a glance: Council approves CDBG action plan, user-fee changes, false-alarm ordinance, grants and a Horner scholarship
Summary
At its April 29 meeting the Thousand Oaks City Council approved the 2025 CDBG action plan, adopted updated user fees and development impact fees, introduced a revised false-alarm ordinance, awarded community events grants, and authorized an endowed scholarship in the name of former Mayor Lawrence E. Horner. All motions passed 5-0.
The Thousand Oaks City Council voted unanimously on multiple items at its April 29 meeting, including federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) documents, citywide user fees and development impact fees, an update to the city's false-alarm ordinance, fiscal-year 2025-26 community events grant awards, and establishment of an endowed scholarship honoring former Mayor Lawrence E. Horner.
The council approved the CDBG-related documents that will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and authorized staff to finalize grant agreements subject to the county's submittal process. The action includes an estimated annual CDBG entitlement for Thousand Oaks of approximately $623,000 and a five-year allocation estimate of $3,000,000 for the city.
Councilmembers also adopted a broad user-fee update and adjustments to certain development impact fees after staff presented a citywide cost-of-service review and recommended fee schedule. Staff and consultant Matrix Consulting Group told the council the…
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