One by one speakers took to the podium to lay out their positions on Measure B and urge others to follow suit at the final City Council meeting before voters cast their ballots on the controversial land-use initiative.

The majority of speakers during the public comment portion of Tuesday's nights meeting spoke against the measure, following a pattern opponents set early on in their campaign against the initiative.

"I believe that Measure B was written to halt most future development in this city, good or bad," Susan Engler said. "It will fail to deliver our right to vote on future projects because developer will build in neighboring cities or developers will scale back their project so as to avoid the trigger for Measure B."

The initiative would change the way large development projects are considered, if it is approved. Projects of certain sizes would have to be approved by both the council and voters if they are found to add significant traffic congestion to any street or intersection, without considering street improvements that are provided by the developer or the city.

Other opponents to the initiative decried the funding of the campaign in support of the measure by the Do it Center, saying that it has nothing to do with traffic but instead is about halting competition.

Supporters of the Do it Center, however, pointed out that Home Depot was primary contributor to the opposition campaign.

Jim Aidukas, a consultant for the pro-Measure B campaign, said voters should for the measure because he alleged the city withheld three letters from CalTrans commenting on traffic concerns at various stages of the review process for a proposed Home Depot store on Hampshire Road.

"The city and Home Depot did not disclose these," he said. "The city did not include them, as it should have."

Thousand Oaks City Manager Scott Mitnick said the proposed Home Depot store, which spurred Measure B, had not yet gone before the planning commission.

"All letters submitted as part of this project will be included in the final report," Mitnick said.

The city is currently responding to letters it received following the release of the Home Depot Draft Environmental Impact Report. The comments and responses will then become part of the Final EIR, which will go to the Planning Commission for deliberation.

"We are reading all the comment letters and putting together responses," City Attorney Amy Albano said.