HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1992 0108 CC SPC ITEM 11E712.1
MOORPARK ITEM I/% E.
799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529 -6864
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TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Nary R. Lindley, Assistant to the City Manager
DATE: December 20, 1991 (Council Meeting 1 /8)
SUBJECT: Alternative Day Labor Gathering Site
Background
On December 11, the Council's Community Development Committee
(Mayor Lawrason and Councilmember Perez) met with a group of
laborers who gather at the site on the southwest corner of High
Street and Spring Road. The laborers expressed their strong
willingness to work with the City to resolve the current situation.
They presented a list of five possible alternatives sites where
they would be willing to gather (see attached map).
The Committee and laborers together identified the advantages and
disadvantages of the five alternative sites and concluded that the
site located on the southwest corner of High Street and Moorpark
Avenue presented the best option. This parcel is currently owned
by VCTC as part of the commuter rail property and the City acts as
the property manager. The City has an option agreement with VCTC
to purchase this property. The parcel is vacant and faces the
railroad and the back of commercial buildings (and future commuter
rail layover facility) to the south, commercial buildings to the
north across High Street, and Egg City's grain silos to the west.
Vehicles can drive onto the site mitigating any possible congestion
on High Street. The laborers disperse around 10 am, so business
near the northeast corner of High and Moorpark should experience
minimal, if any, impact.
As well as presenting alternative sites, the laborers identified
conditions they felt were necessary in order to make the new site
successful. Those conditions include:
* Accessible drinking water
PAUL W. LAWRASON JR. JOHN E. WOZNIAK SCOTT MONTGOMERY BERNARDG M. PEREZ ROY E. TALLEY JR
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Day Labor Sites
December 20, 1991
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* Portable restrooms
* Telephone
* Shade or Shelter
* Assistance with informing employers and the public
regarding the new site
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After discussion, the laborers agreed that some of these conditions
may not be critical since most of them live in close proximity to
the site. Staff is evaluating the feasibility of providing
portable restrooms and a telephone.
In summary, the Committee recommends that the City allow the day
laborers to gather at the site located on the corner of High Street
and Moorpark Avenue. This site provides a visible location, is
close to the area currently used by the laborers, and will have
minimal, if any, impact on surrounding businesses.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that Council approve the use of the vacant lot
located on the southwest corner of High Street by day laborers for
the purpose of finding employment, and direct staff to work with
the laborers and employers to move activity to that location.
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