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Home My WebLink AboutTC Digest 2015-02-27TOWN COUNCIL WEEKLY DIGEST Week of February 23 - 27, 2015 Tiburon 1. Email - Phil Smith - Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District: Balloting Process 2. Email- Voice: Marin County- Community Conversation on March 5, 2015 - Listener Series with The San Francisco Foundation Agendas & Minutes 3. Agenda - Design Review Board - March 5, 2015 Regional a) Annual Report 2013-2014 - Marin County Parks * b) Letter - Comcast Dir. Of Government Affairs - Continued Commitment to Working with Communities * c) Conference Announcement - Caled 351" Annual Training Conference - April 20/22, 2015 * Agendas & Minutes d) None * Council Only DIGEST /. Peggy Curran From: Phil Smith <PhilS@msmosquito.com> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 2:46 PM To: Peggy Curran Subject: Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District: Balloting Process Dear Mayor Doyle: Later this week, the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District will be mailing ballots to property owners in your area. The ballots are for a proposed additional assessment for mosquito and vector control and disease prevention in Marin and Sonoma Counties. The proposed annual rate is generally $12.86 for single family residences, $7.72 for condos and there are different rates for commercial, agricultural and industrial properties. Reduced rates apply in certain rural areas. The District provides surveillance and control of mosquitos and other vectors of infectious diseases, such as West Nile and encephalitis viruses, and Hantavirus. Surveillance for new emerging threats such as Chikungunya, Dengue and Yellow fevers, as well as exotic new vector species such as the Asian tiger mosquito are an increasingly important part of the District's services. We also collect and test ticks for Lyme and other diseases and publish the results. Each year we deal with hundreds of requests for help with yellowjacket nests and rodent infestations. Like many local government agencies, the District is under pressure from rising costs and stagnant revenues. Although the District maintains a lean budget and staff has accepted pay and benefit concessions, there is a growing gap between operational expenses and current funding. Workload is also increasing due, in part, to hundreds of acres of enhanced/restored wetlands, man-made vernal pools, unmaintained properties, and surveillance work for exotic and invasive mosquito species, some of which have reached the Bay Area. The budget gap has been temporarily bridged by making cuts and using reserves, but unless additional funding is found, services will have to be reduced in the very near future. If approved, this measure would accomplish three main goals. 1. This measure will allow the District to continue and enhance the control of mosquitoes and other disease -carrying insects using environmentally sound approaches. 2. This measure will allow the District to continue and enhance monitoring and prevention services for diseases carried by insects and rodents such as West Nile virus, Hantavirus, Dog Heartworm, Plague, Chikungunya, Dengue and Yellow fevers, and Lyme disease. 3. This measure will allow the District to continue to provide education in the K-12 schools, as well as at fairs and other events, about the risk of diseases carried by insects and rodents, and how to better protect people and pets. The Marin/Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District is a local government agency, formed in 1915 to control mosquitoes and other vectors, and to protect residents from the diseases they carry. Each year we respond to approximately 2,000 requests for service from the public, and we are the sole provider of comprehensive mosquito control and mosquito -borne disease surveillance services for properties within the Counties of Marin and Sonoma. The District believes that by providing its mosquito control and disease prevention services in your area it will be able to fulfill its goal of protecting the public health. Thank you for your time and we would be glad to answer any questions. More information about the balloting process is available to you and your constituents at the District's web site http://www.msmOsquitO.cOm Sincerely, Phil Smith District Manager Marin/Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District DIGEST a. Frank X Doyle I Founder I Standingstone Brand Design 1 415 793 5188 1 standingstonegroup.com �� a (a � On Thursday, February 19, 2015 4:10 PM, Cole Krawitz <ckrawitzsff.org> wrote: 0 0FE8 1 9 2015 Dear Mayor Doyle, TOWN CLERK TOWN OF TIBURON I wanted to follow up to make sure you received information about a community conversation we will be holding in Marin County on March 5th. We would be honored to have you join us and participate, along with members of your staff. We hope you will be able to attend, and also would very much appreciate it if you can share this information with your constituents -- community and congregational leaders, family and friends, and other city and public officials — in Tiburon on social media and/or in your newsletter. Below is more information and a link to register online. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, and we hope to see you on the 5th. Thanks, Cole We want to hear from you to help chart our path. View this email in vow browser THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION VOICE: Marin County Thursday, March 5, 2015 18:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. 8:00 a.m. Registration 8:15 a.m. Interactive Comm,wiity, Discussion F Dear Friend, It has been just over seven months since I joined The San Francisco Foundation as its fifth CEO. For me, listening is key to leading and is cental to our work in partnership with communiry. As I embark on this new chapter in my work with you and your constituents. I am convening conversations throughout the Bay Area to hear firsthand about your daily inspirations and successes, as well as your obstacles and challenges, you and your constituents experience. VOICE: Marin County is part of a larger listening series we are holding as we chart our path forward into the next decade of our work in partnership and service to the 4.5 million residents of the five county Bay Area. Join me and the staff at The San Francisco Foundation on March 5th for VOICE: Marin County to talk about what most deeply impacts you and your community in Marin. Share this invitation with your constituents, your friends and family. colleagues and con,regational leaders, students and youth in your community. Bring people you volunteer with, play ball with or pray with. Everyone has a voice in our work and in shaping our future. Together, I know we can harness the power of community to expand opportunity and build a more equitable future for our region. I hope that you will join us in conversation on March 5th. Sincerely. Fred Blackwell Chief Executive Officer bayareavoices.org 4ShareYourVoice f Share Tweet In Share ® Forward The San Francisco Foundation One Embareadcr> Center, Suite 14001 San Francisco, CA 941111415333.8500 j sfilorg View this email in your browser Cole Kravitz Senior Public Affairs and Communications Officer One Embarcadero Center, Saute 1400 San Francisco, CA • 94111 T: 415.733.8509 1 F: 415.477.2783 ckrawitzia,sff ore I mvNw.sff.ora ar. 4 TOWN OF TIBURON Tiburon Town Hall 1505 Tiburon Boulevard Tiburon, CA 94920 AGENDA TIBURON DESIGN REVIEW BOARD CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Regular Meeting Design Review Board March 5, 2015 7:00 P.M. Chair Cousins, Vice Chair Tollini, Boardmembers Chong, Emberson and Kricensky ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Persons wishing to address the Design Review Board on any subject not on the agenda may do so under this portion of the agenda. Please note that the Design Review Board 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 Design Review Board agenda. Please limit your comments to no more than three (3) minutes. Any communications regarding an item not on the agenda will not be considered part of the administrative record for that item. STAFF BRIEFING if any) CONSENT CALENDAR 317 KAREN WAY; File No, 714098; Golnaz and Kayvan Kafayi, Owners; Cynthia and John Duncan, Appellants; Adoption of resolution denying appeal of approved Site Plan and Architectural Review to legalize as -built installation of an exterior air conditioning unit for an existing single-family dwelling. Assessor's Parcel No. 034-122-11. [KO] PUBLIC HEARINGS AND NEW BUSINESS 2. 65 REED RANCH ROAD; File No. 715001; Andrea Wong and James Parsons, Owners; Daniel Mihalovich and Judy Stern, Appellants; Appeal of approved Site Plan and Architectural Review application for construction of modifications to an existing single- family dwelling. The project involves replacing an exterior stairway, modifying windows and replacing siding and roofing materials. Assessor's Parcel No. 038-301-35. [KO] 4030 PARADISE DRIVE: File No. 714115; Taylor Lembi, Owner; Site Plan and Architectural Review for construction of additions to an existing single-family dwelling. Assessor's Parcel No. 039-091-11. [DW] WITHDRAWN MINUTES 4. Regular Meeting of February 19, 2015 ADJOURNMENT Design Review Board March 5, 2015 Page 1