The City of Thousand Oaks, located in beautiful Ventura County,
12 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, is nestled against the
Santa Monica Mountains and surrounded by more than 14,800 acres
of natural publicly owned open space. This open space contains
75 miles of trails for hiking, biking, or just leisurely walking.
While this natural acreage gives our community the best of nature,
another source of pride in our community is the Thousand Oaks
Civic Arts Plaza. Opened in 1994, this jewel of cultural arts
has become a beacon for our region featuring world-class entertainment,
musicals, concerts, children’s shows, ballets, and much
more. Thousand Oaks, a family-oriented community of 124, 000,
is home to excellent schools, outstanding parks, and myriad shopping
opportunities, including the largest auto mall in the nation,
according to J.D. Powers and Associates.
Incorporated in 1964, Thousand Oaks is a master planned community
at its best. City services which other communities only dream
about such as a city-owned library, teen center, senior center,
cultural center, quality infrastructure, and natural open space
is due to thorough planning by the City’s past councils
and leaders.
The City’s balanced budget is $155.1 million for 2003-2004
fiscal year including Capital Improvements. The City has been
fortunate to have had a balanced budget throughout its history
due to conservative management. To keep the balanced budget in
place in the face of state budget cuts, City leaders have enacted
a selected hiring freeze with approximately two dozen positions
frozen (not being filled). Even though Thousand Oaks is still
growing, the City is not adding any new positions while maintaining
current programs and services. City leaders have not added any
new programs or positions for several years; cutbacks have been
made in a variety of areas where possible.
Thousand Oaks remains the economic engine of Ventura County in
the areas of job creation, property tax generation, sales tax
generation, and economic diversity.
With a very involved community, the City has more than 30 commissions,
boards, and committees that provide citizen input to the City
Council. Among these are the Resident’s Roundtable, Business
Roundtable, Arts Commission, Council on Aging, and Youth Commission.
The Youth Commission is in the middle of implementation of the
Youth Master Plan that the City Council adopted last year. The
City is helping generate interest in civic careers by participating
in Groundhog Job Shadow Day and internships with our local school
district and colleges. City leaders also support staff memberships
in organizations such as MMASC, CAPIO, LCC, CSFMO, GFOA, etc.
Thousand Oaks staff is highly professional and knowledgeable
in their areas of expertise and Human Resources provides training
classes both professional and personal in nature to educate employees.
The City’s Information Technology Division offers computer
training classes monthly for employees to learn a new program
or take a refresher course.
Because of our involved community, the City of Thousand Oaks
takes communicating with residents seriously. Customer service
is emphasized from helping at public counters to answering phones.
Our residents are our customers. Any avenue of communication is
used to let residents know about services available, public hearings,
etc. Everything from press releases to the City website to ads
to town hall meetings are used to “get the word out”
to the community. The City also has its own government cable access
channel, TOTV, to air City Council and commission meetings for
residents live and as repeats throughout the week.
In Thousand Oaks we have much to be thankful for – a premiere
Southern California community with family-friendly amenities that
are envied by other cities in the region. Forty years of achievements
have made Thousand Oaks one of the most sought after places in
California to live, work, and play.
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