Here are the details on the City of Westlake Village 41st Annual 4th of July Parade Information

* Residents of all ages are invited to participate in the City sponsored parade.

* Line-up is at 9:30 am and the parade begins at 9:45 am. The event ends at 12 noon.

* The event begins at the former Westlake Village Medical Center property located at 4415 Lakeview Canyon Road.

* The parade follows a short 4-block route to Berniece Bennett Park located in the First Neighborhood of Westlake Village.

This just in from the Sheriff Dept.

ALL west bound Pacific Coast Highway at Malibu Canyon Road has been temporarily shut down due to an overturned commercial truck that spilled a load of dry cement. Traffic on southbound Malibu Canyon Road is also being diverted away from the PCH intersection through Cross Creek Road. No ETA of re-opening at this time. No details yet available on the cause of the overturned truck.

Earlier today, LVUSD did an "all call" for feedback on the 2010-11 calendar via a survey. This survey must be completed by Mon so the district can make a decision about the calendar next week.

Below is the message from LVUSD in case you missed the call, or the URL for the survey.

The City of Westlake Village released the below announcement about the TGIF events.

TGIF IN WESTLAKE VILLAGE RETURNS FOR ITS SEVENTH SEASON

Synopsis

The City of Westlake Village has released this announcement about the reveal meeting for the new park. The meeting will be held next week, on June 2, at 7pm.

See full announcement from the city below.

Just a quick reminder that Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, and Agoura are all hosting the final stage of the Amgen Tour of California.

Information on:

- race details
- route
- tour events
- where to park
- where to watch

and more are located at the Tour's web site:

http://www.amgentourconejo.org/special/default.asp

and a reminder from the Westlake Village "All Call" a few days ago, including the road closures.

Synopsis

A number of Westlake Revelations readers have asked questions surrounding LVUSD's budget crisis, furlough days and more. The District encourages everyone to contact the District Office directly and they will be happy to answer questions, and provide information.

In an effort to bring out information to more people, Westlake Revelations did a written Q&A with Dr. Donald Zimring, Superintendent of Schools of the Las Virgenes Unified School District.

Questions were taken from Westlake Revelations readers and organized into this interview. Answers are in Dr. Zimring's direct words.

It's a considerable amount of effort to answer a written interview like this, and Westlake Revelations thanks Dr. Zimring for his time and willingness to do this written style interview.

Synopsis

The City of Westlake Village will hold its final outreach workshop for the Westlake Village Community Park/YMCA Project will be on Monday, May 17 - 7:00 pm at City Hall. If you want to give input on this regional park project, now is the time.

Full details below.

Did you miss the "all call" from the City of Westlake Village today? If so, here's the full text of the message. Take note of the date, and street closures which will affect Westlake Village residents.

"Hello, this is Ray Taylor, City Manager of the City of Westlake Village. I am calling to provide information on the May 23 Amgen Tour of California Professional Cycling Race that will occur throughout the Conejo Valley Region.

The Westlake Village City Council has approved T-Mobile's application to build a "wireless communication facility" on the Las Virgenes Metropolitan Water District property. See earlier Westlake Revelations articles with pictures of the planned "mono-elm" camouflaged tree antenna. The T-Mobile installation would service T-Mobile customers for all services, and additionally E911 services for AT&T customers.

Some Westlake Revelations readers have asked again about whether the City of Westlake Village can vote no on the proposed T-Mobile cell antenna, and have cited several cities and legal cases.

In looking at the examples given, most of the law suits where the cities prevailed were on cell towers that were 100-150 feet tall, and more importantly, above the tops of the existing ridge or tree line (i.e., tree canopy). Others were won when the provider asked for more sites than necessary (e.g., an application for 4 antenna locations when 3 would provide similar coverage).

Normally, Westlake Revelations doesn't cover such things, but a number of readers have asked for an update on the suicide on Friday.

The victim was Westlake Village resident Tiffany Lindsey, age 24. On the day of the event, LA County Sheriff received calls about a shot fired, and an abandoned call. That combined with the missing persons report lead them to find the victim on the trail, and was apparently a suicide.

Today, residents of Three Springs received the results from the HOA's survey. The survey had responses from 273 of the 481 households (56.7%). The full results are below in the scan.

Key results for respondents include:

• the majority want good cell service
  
• the majority do not have good cell service
  
• 80% are not willing to switch providers
  
• the majority feel a cell tree at LVMWD's site would increase or not impact property value
  
• the majority believe a 25 ft cell phone tree would not be noticed
  
• the majority believe a 45 ft cell phone tree would be an eyesore

Many Westlake Revelations asked about the helicopter activity in Westlake Village today. A helicopter was hovering over the area near the dam end of Westlake lake for an extended period of time.

LA County Sheriff received a call that started off as a missing persons call. They responded to the trail head near the corner of Triunfo Canyon and Lindero Canyon this afternoon, and found an adult white female inside a parked vehicle. She had apparently shot and killed herself. The case is being investigated by the LA County Sheriff and appears to be a suicide.

A few brief items from tonight's Westlake Village City Council meeting.

The City Council voted to continue the T-Mobile cell antenna vote for Three Springs until a future date to give the Three Springs HOA time to complete their survey. More to come on this at a later date.

City Engineer John Knipe announced that the freeway on ramp for the 101 N on Lindero is now open again, approximately 10 days ahead of schedule.

A couple of things to clarify about the Westlake Village city council vote on funding for LVUSD's technology programs.

First, each of the four cities pays the same amount per student. The total amount varies by the estimated student population in each district. Westlake Village (approximately $72,000) and Hidden Hills (approximately $17,000) pay their portions out of their general funds. Agoura pays out of a redevelopment fund, and Calabasas out of a trust (about $250,000 each).

On Wed night, the Westlake Village City Council will vote on funding for LVUSD's Technology Funding. This is part of the "4 Cities" agreement where the four local cities (Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Agoura Hills, and Westlake Village) join together to fund technology needs that cannot be paid for by Measure G (the bond can only pay for capitalized items).

Some outstanding questions and clarifications.

First, a correction. At least some of the lawn signs were STOLEN not taken down by homeowners.

[OPINION ON]
Not only is that breaking the law, it's not appropriate behavior regardless of anyone's position on the issue. Stealing a lawn sign is at least as bad as those that mislead others on informatio, or prevent people from asking questions in an open forum.

Remember, this is a community. Be civil. Be neighbors.
[OPINION OFF]

Other questions:

Several more questions have been written in about the Three Springs cell antenna.

Property values. It appears that if a "big stink" is made about cell antenna installation, that may decrease pricing on homes in an area. If the antenna is unsightly (e.g., a tower), those in close proximity will see a decline. The most credible and applicable research to this area seems to be an Florida study that says that a cell tower causes a 2% decline in value, that diminishes with distance, and by 656 feet away from the antenna, has no impact in value. But again, this is based on older data and applies to a *tower* (not camouflaged tree antenna as proposed here). See more below.

Lawn Signs. We've been asked "What happened to the signs?" The HOA sent letters to the homeowners telling them to remove them because this was not a political campaign and not allowed within the governing bylaws of the Three Springs HOA. Several residents have complied with this notice.

Facebook pages. Some have asked why Westlake Revelations posts have been removed from the Facebook pages in opposition to the antenna. In short, we don't know -- we had thought that was an open discussion area, and were providing links to pictures, clarifying issues and asking questions about posts. Saturday morning, we found Westlake Revelations' and other users' posts were not only removed from the Facebook group pages by those behind these pages, but several user accounts have been "blacklisted" and are no longer allowed to post anything further in that Facebook fan area.

HOA Survey Answers are Confidential. A number of people have been pressured by others to have specific opinions. Westlake Revelations has confirmed with the Three Springs HOA that identities of survey answers will be kept confidential. Only aggregate information will be made public. You should fill out the survey to be representative of your household, and avoid any "help" from others with answers. Please complete and return the survey by Monday.

While there are some pictures floating around, and the HOA survey has B&W pictures, it's hard to get proper perspective of what the tree will look like to most residents in Three Springs.

The City of Westlake Village has released pictures prepared by City Staff (and is used on the HOA survey). You can see them, along with descriptions of how the pictures were taken.

Note: The fake tree is made darker here so you can see it, but in reality will be a more natural looking color to blend in. The fourth picture has an attempt to show what a more nominal coloring would look like.