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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTC Digest 2014-12-05TOWN COUNCIL WEEKLY DIGEST Week of December 1- 5, 2014 Tiburon 1. Memo — Patrick Barnes — Safe Routes to School Projects 2. Email — Michael Kohn — Huru Sculpture 3. Email — Mel Ronick — Huru Sculpture 4. Email — Don Schehrer — Huru Sculpture S. Email — Bob Cornman — Huru Sculpture 6. Email — Bob Prichard — Huru Sculpture 7. Email — Len Gorelick — Huru Sculpture 8. Email — Bob Wells - Huru Sculpture 9. Email — Sophia Merrill — Huru Sculpture 10. Email — Dilys Bart — Huru Sculpture 11. Email — Shelley Brown and Jay Bellin — Huru Sculpture 12. Email — Marcy Ziesing — Huru Sculpture Agendas & Minutes 13. Agenda — Planning Commission — December 10, 2014 * Regional a) Western City Magazine — December 2014 Agendas & Minutes b) None * Council Only TOWN OF TIBURON 1505 Tiburon Boulevard Tiburon, CA 94920 Date: December 2, 2014 To: Mayor and Town Council From: Patrick Barnes, Director of Public Works Peggy Curran, Town Manager Subject: Safe Routes to School Projects DIGEST The purpose of this memo is to provide an update on Safe Routes to School projects. Staff is applying for grants for the top two Safe Routes to School projects. These projects include 1) enhancing the intersection of Blackfield and Tiburon Boulevard and 2) enhancing the crossing at Ned's Way. Both projects have received endorsements from Safe Routes to School (Tiburon and Belvedere), and the Reed School Union District. Both projects were openly discussed at POST, in their capacity as Tiburon's bicycle pedestrian advisory committee. At that meeting there was public support for both projects and POST voted unanimously to strongly support each project. The Measure A Safe Pathway program will have two levels for funding, projects under $25,000 and projects over $25,000. The schedule for the grant selections are: TAC reviews MPWA reviews TAM Board approval Ned's Way Crossing January or February 2015 January or February 2015 February or March 2015 The existing crosswalk is one of two crosswalks across Tiburon Boulevard (Route 13 1) to reach Reed Elementary School. Enhancing this crosswalk is a long identified need. Two pedestrians have been struck in this crosswalk in the past year. A Caltrans study has indicated that an enhanced crossing is warranted at this crosswalk, but Caltrans does not have the funds available to implement the crosswalk until FY 18/19. This project would install rapid flashing beacons at the crosswalk. FHWA studies indicate the rapid flashing beacon increased yielding from 18 percent to 81 percent with little to no decrease in yielding behavior over time. This project is in the under $25,000 category. Staff believes this project is very competitive at and is fairly confident that we will get the funding for the project. /. Blackfield Drive at Tiburon Boulevard Enhancements Blackfield Drive at Tiburon Boulevard is an important crossing for many including students that bike to Bel Aire School with older students that ride alone or in groups to Del Mar School. The intersection connects to Greenwood Cove Drive and the Old Rail Trail. The intersection, as designed, emphasizes high-speed vehicular travel. Caltrans has plans for an extensive reconfiguration of the intersection, but that project is many years off. The improvements under consideration now include a high visibility crosswalk and a pedestrian activated Leading Pedestrian Interval that improves crossing safety by starting pedestrians before vehicles. Overall pedestrian time would remain the same, so traffic flow on Tiburon Boulevard will not be negatively affected. The proposal would narrow the northbound Greenwood Cove Drive vehicle lane to provide a bike lane, a section of dashed green bike lanes to indicate a mixing zone, and a "bike box" to allow bicyclists to queue at the intersection. The improvement would align bicyclists with northbound traffic to provide greater visibility to drivers. The section of Blackfield Drive north of the intersection and across the driveways into the shopping center would receive the dashed green bike lane treatment to indicate a mixing zone. Initially, staff was concerned about potential effect of removing the dedicated right turn lane into the Cove Shopping Center from Blackfield Drive. However, field observations indicate that this tum lane is rarely fully used and is not necessary to accommodate northbound Blackfield Drive vehicles or vehicles pulling into the Cove Shopping Center. Staff concludes that any impacts on queuing and stacking at the Cove Shopping Center entrance driveway would be negligible. Staff believes the proposed improvements will increase bicycle safety, especially for children biking to school, without causing substantive adverse effects on vehicular or pedestrian traffic. This project is estimated at $117,000 and is being submitted in the over $25,000 category. Staff believes it is a good candidate and is hopeful the Town will receive funding. Thank you. Page'_ of DIGEST Peggy Curran From: Peggy Curran Sent: Thursday, December 04, 201410:55 AM To: Peggy Curran Subject: FW: Mark di Suvero Art From: Alice Fredericks rmailto•askalicenowfalusa.ngt] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 10:39 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: Fwd: Mark di Suvero Art ------ Original Message ------ Received: 09:54 PM PST, 12/03/2014 From: "Michael Kohn" <mkohn1(cbgmail.com> To: <askalicenow usa.net> Subject: Mark di Suvero Art Hello Mayor Fredericks. Thank you for sending out the monthly newsletter and for taking care of our town. I've never reached out before but felt the need to after your note today about the proposed discussion about the 5 story Art being placed at McKegney Green. I visit that park with my 2 year old all the time and I love the walk from Blackie's Pasture and the beautiful open space next to the water. I also happen to work in the Presidio and have the opportunity to see the giant structures in Crissy field consistently. While I'm sure that Mr. di Suvero is a wonderful artist and this piece is very important, I think the size alone should be enough of a reason to not consider putting this in our beautiful park. I used to love running at Crissy field and seeing the wide open space but that view/experience has been ruined by the giant structures that were erected. I have no doubt that you will get a lot of vocal support for this project (which you obviously must have since you are reconsidering this after previously passing) but I hope my note along with others that I'm sure you will receive will steer you towards once again passing on this generous offer. Thank you for your time and again for your stewardship of our town Michael Kohn (Owner/Resident) 385 Cecilia Way #86 Tiburon, CA DIGEST 3. Peggy Curran From: MEL <melron347@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 10:53 AM To: Peggy Curran Subject: Huru To: Tiburon Town Council As they say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and art is subjective. I feel that Huru is too large a piece and would definitely be incongruous anywhere in Tiburon. Mel Ronick 347 Ridge Road Tiburon (residents of Tiburon over 40 years) Peggy Curran From: Don <donschehrer@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 6:38 PM To: Peggy Curran I vote no on your news letter comment. Don Schehrer 52 red hill circle, three blocks from the school. thank you 1 Peggy Curran DIGEST From: Peggy Curran Sent: Thursday, December 04, 201410:24 AM To: Peggy Curran Subject: FW: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 From: bob comman rmailto:bobcornman(dyahoo.coml Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:00 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: Re: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 1 vote NO on the sculpture: far too massive for a small town (even on Crissy Field it was huge!) The extraordinary height may also impair views of nature or city lights. Also the liability issues for our young bicyclists hitting the sculpture, or seeing -impaired persons walking into it, are equally huge. (On Crissy field, frisbee players smashed into it while trying to catch a frisbee.) Bob Cornman e-mail: bobcornman0yahoo.com phone: 415.272.6017 qLl ., 7!•9 , T 60 Peaav Curran From: Peggy Curran Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 10:23 AM To: Peggy Curran Subject: FW: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 From: Bob Prichard[mailto:BPrichard@SomaxSnorts.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:22 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: RE: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 The sculpture is too big and too ugly. Tiburon has natural beauty. Why mess it up with this monstrosity? It does not matter how renowned the sculptor is. Tiburon has plenty of famous people living here -- and they don't live here for the sculpture! They live here for its natural beauty. Bob Prichard Tiburon, CA 415-435-9880 3 Peggy Curran From: Peggy Curran Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 10:23 AM To: Peggy Curran Subject: FW: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 From: LENNYGINHKCaaol.com [mailto:LENNYGINHKCalaol.coml Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 5:47 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: Re: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 WHY WOULD WE WANT THE EYESORE FROM CRISSY FIELD TO BE AN EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED EYESORE IN TIBURON? IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THIS PIECE IS ARTISTICALLY AWFUL BY ANY MEASURE. IT CERTAINLY WOULD NOT ADD TO THE TRANQUIL AMBIENCE OF OUR WONDERFUL PENINSULA. LEN GORELICK 140 LYFORD DR. DIGEST g. Peggy Curran From: Peggy Curran Sent: Thursday, December 04, 201410:23 AM To: Peggy Curran Subject: FW: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 From: Robert Wells fmailto:wellshgQyahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 5:50 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: Re: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 Peggy Curren, Thanks for all the great work. Anniversary party was indeed a great success. We are so fortunate that Tiburon is so wonderfully endowed with natural beauty. Why would want to introduce competing elements of industrial sculpture. Unfortunately I cannot attend the meeting, but please no no no to the giant thing. Thanks, Bob Wells 109 Sugarloaf DIGEST 9. Peggy Curran From: Peggy Curran Sent: Thursday, December 04, 201410:22 AM To: Peggy Curran Subject: FW: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 From: Sophia Merrill rmailto•soohiaSth@comcast.netl Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 6:20 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: Re: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 I won't be able to attend the Feb 4th public hearing on the proposed installation of the HURU sculpture. As a 70 year resident of Marin County and a 22 year resident of our small peninsular I vote NO for the reasons already expressed. Our peninsula is far too small and intimate for this gargantuan monstrosity which more appropriate for an airport ,university ,or large city center. Sometimes a gift is not a gift ! Thank you, Sophia Merrill Peggy Curran From: Peggy Curran Sent: Thursday, December 04, 201410:22 AM To: Peggy Curran Subject: FW: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 From: Dilys Bart fmailto•dibart1@aol.com1 Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 8:59 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: Re: The Tiburon Talk Newsletter, December 3, 2014 Thank you for the ever -intelligent newsletter. My vote is "no" on the McKegney sculpture. It is too large and frankly not very attractive. Thanks again, Dilys Bart ri i rra n From: Shelley Brown <sbrown@milagrofoundation.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:57 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: opposition to sculptures Hi Peggy, Thanks for your great newsletters. The purpose of this email is to oppose the McKegney 55 foot sculpture anywhere and to voice my opinion and love for the natural beauty of the town and the peaceful natural vistas which drew me to Tiburon 20 years ago. Keeping our town and the views simple and unencumbered with man made statuary (except for Blackie!) is what I vote for. Putting a five story structure anywhere in Tiburon would be terrible! I did not like the art exhibited along the shore this year ... big, unattractive and bulky and interrupting the smooth flow of the eye to the Bay. We really hope that the town council continues to oppose these sculptures interrupting the natural beauty of our our town. She,U, y N. 3voWwa4IL&Jay 3eU,%w 2300 vi svcvDe l Ma r La A& ranwo-w, CA 94920 V:415-460-0790 W:415-460-9939 C:415-827-8435 I Peggy Curran From: Peggy Curran Sent: Thursday, December 04, 201410:29 AM To: Peggy Curran Subject: FW: comments on the proposed sculpture From: Marcy Ziesing rmailto:ma=iesinaCnlamail.coml Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 3:55 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: comments on the proposed sculpture Please add my voice to those opposed to installation of the proposed sculpture anywhere along the Tiburon shoreline. Our town is so beautiful, please do not litter it with such a massive, ugly structure. Perhaps I don't understand modem art, but that sculpture in my mind is a monstrosity. Please, please, please, don't spoil our view. Thank you, Marcy Ziesing 22 year Tiburon resident DIGEST 13. TOWN OF TIBURON Agenda - Regular Meeting Tiburon Town Hall Tiburon Planning Commission 1505 Tiburon Boulevard December 10, 2014 — 7:30 PM Tiburon, CA 94920 AGENDA TIBURON PLANNING CONMSSION CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chair Welner, Vice Chair Kulik, Commissioner Corcoran, Commissioner Weller, Commissioner Williams ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Persons wishing to address the Planning Commission on any subject not on the agenda may do so under this portion of the agenda. Please note that the Planning Commission is not able to undertake extended discussion, or take action on, items that do not appear on this agenda. Matters requiring action will be referred to Town Staff for consideration and/or placed on a future Planning Commission agenda. Please limit your comments to no more than three (3) minutes. Testimony regarding matters not on the agenda will not be considered part of the administrative record. COMMISSION AND STAFF BRIEFING Commission and Committee Reports Director's Report 101HIllei :I .110Iffm 1. Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments: Consider Recommendation to the Town Council Regarding Various Text Amendments to Title IV, Chapter 16 (Zoning) of the Tiburon Municipal Code, including the requirement for a photovoltaic energy system on newly -constructed single family dwellings; Town -Council initiated amendment; Town File MCA 2015-01 MINUTES 2. Planning Commission Minutes —Regular Meeting of November 12, 2014 ADJOURNMENT a121014 Future Agenda Items, Zoning Text Amendments to establish permit process and standards for Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (January 14) Appeal of denial of Seasonal Rental Unit Pennit for 121 Sugarloaf Drive (January 14) Tiburon Planning Commission Agenda December 10, 2014 Page 1 GENERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Planning Division Secretary at (415) 435-7390. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Town to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION Copies of Design Review Board Agendas, Staff Reports, project files and other supporting data are available for viewing and inspection at Town Hall during business hours. Agendas and Staff Reports are also available at the Belvedere -Tiburon Public Library and on the Town of Tiburon website (www.ci.tiburon.ca.us) after 5:00 PM on the Friday prior to the regularly scheduled meeting. Any documents produced by the Town and distributed to a majority of the Design Review Board regarding any item on this agenda, including agenda -related documents produced by the Town after distribution of the agenda packet at least 72 hours in advance of the Board meeting, will be available for public inspection at Town Hall, 1505 Tiburon Boulevard, Tiburon, CA 94920. Upon request, the Town will provide written agenda materials in appropriate alternative formats, or disability -related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in public meetings. Please deliver or cause to be delivered a written request (including your name, mailing address, phone number and brief description of the requested materials and preferred alternative format or auxiliary aid or service) at least five (5) days before the meeting to the Planning Division Secretary at the above address. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS AND BUSINESS ITEMS Public Hearing items and Business items provide the general public and interested parties an opportunity to speak regarding items that typically involve an action or decision made by the Board. If you challenge any decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the meeting, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board at, or prior to, the meeting. GENERAL PROCEDURE ON ITEMS AND TIME LIMIT GUIDELINES FOR SPEAKERS The Design Review Board's general procedure on items and time limit guidelines for speakers are: • Staff Update on Item (if any) • Applicant Presentation — 5 to 20 minutes • Design Review Board questions of staff and/or applicant .• Public Testimony (depending on the number of speakers) — 3 to 5 minutes for each speaker; members of the audience may not allocate their testimony time to other speakers Applicant may respond to public comments — 3 minutes • Design Review Board closes the public testimony period, deliberates and votes (as warranted) Time limits and procedures may be modified in the reasonable discretion of the Chairman Interested members of the public may address the Design Review Board on any item on the agenda. ORDER AND TIMING OF ITEMS No set times are assigned to items appearing on the Design Review Board agenda. While the Design Review Board attempts to hear all items in order as stated on the agenda, it reserves the right to take items out of order without notice. NOTE: ALL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS AREA UDIO RECORDED Tiburon Planning Commission Agenda December 10, 2014 Page 2 TOWN OF TIBURON LATE MAIL POLICY (Adopted and Effective 11/7/2007) The following policy shall be used by the Town Council and its standing boards and commissions, and by staff of the Town of Tiburon, in the identification, distribution and consideration of late mail. DEFINITION "Late Mail" is defined as correspondence or other materials that are received by the Town after completion of the written staff report on an agenda item, in such a manner as to preclude such correspondence or other materials from being addressed in or attached to the staff report as an exhibit. IDENTIFICATION OF LATE MAIL All late mail received by Town Staff in advance of a meeting shall be marked "Late Mail' and shall be date-stamped or marked with the date of receipt by the Town. Late mail received at a meeting shall be marked as "Received at Meeting" with a date -stamp or handwritten note. POLICY For regular meetings of the Town Council and its standing boards and commissions: (1) All late mail that is received on an agenda item prior to distribution of the agenda packet to the reviewing authority shall be stamped or marked as "Late Mail' and shall be distributed to the reviewing authority with the agenda packet. (2) All late mail received on an agenda item before 5:00 PM on the Monday prior to the meeting shall be date-stamped and marked as "Late Mail' and distributed to the reviewing authority as soon as practicable. Such mail shall be read and considered by the reviewing authority whenever possible. If the Monday, or Monday and Tuesday, prior to the meeting are a Town -recognized holiday, the deadline shall be extended to the following day at Noon. (3) Any late mail received on an agenda item after the deadline established in paragraph (2) above shall be date-stamped, marked as "Late Mail' and distributed to the reviewing authority as soon as reasonably possible, but may not be read or considered by the reviewing authority. There should be no expectation of, nor shall the reviewing authority have any obligation to, read or consider any such late mail, and therefore such late mail may not become part of the administrative record for the item before the reviewing authority. These provisions shall also apply to special and adjourned meetings when sufficient lead time exists to implement these provisions. If sufficient lead time does not exist, the Town Manager shall exercise discretion in establishing a reasonable cut-off time for late mail. For controversial items or at any meeting where a high volume of correspondence is anticipated, Town staff shall have the option to require an earlier late mail deadline, provided that the written public notice for any such item clearly communicates the specifics of the early late mail deadline, and the deadline corresponds appropriately to any earlier availability of the agenda packet. Pursuant to state law, copies of all late mail shall be available in a timely fashion for public inspection at Tiburon Town Hall, 1505 Tiburon Boulevard, Tiburon. Tiburon Planning Commission Agenda December 10, 2014 Page 3