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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTC Digest 2015-08-07TOWN COUNCIL WEEKLY DIGEST Week of August 3-7, 2015 TIBURON Correspondence, Notices and other Information 1. Letter - July 24 - Saint Hilary School - Recycling Agenda, Minutes 1. Agenda - August 12 - Tiburon Planning Commission REGIONAL, NOTICES AND AGENDAS Correspondence, Notices and other Information 1. Letter - July 30 - Marin County Board of Supervisors - Bently Holdings Master Plan Amendment & Precise Plan Agenda, Minutes 1. Agenda - August 10 - Belvedere City Council 2. Public Hearing - August 11- Town of Corte Madera Planning Comm. 3. Announcement - August 28 - Rep. Jared Huffman - Marin Conservation League Business -Environment Breakfast * Council Only July 24, 2015 Town Council City of Tiburon 1505 Tiburon Boulevard Tiburon, CA 94920 SAINT H I LARY SCHOOL a-/ DIGEST Dear Mayor Frank Doyle, Vice Mayor Erin Tollini, Council Members: Jim Fraser, Alice Fredricks, and Emmett O'Donnell, Thank you for hearing our presentation on July 1, 2015 regarding our school's need for a recycling program. We came to the meeting to ask for your help in starting a recycling/green initiative program at Saint Hilary School. Unfortunately, our school does not have one in place and all of our students have been eager to get one started. In order to successfully launch an effective recycling program, we'd like to ask you for a portion of your grant from Zero Waste Marin to help us acquire bins for our classrooms and lunch areas. The bins we are hoping to secure are the RubberMaid desk -side bins (in green and blue) and the Triple Recycling Station from Recycle Away. We are hoping to purchase some of these bins prior to school year beginning on August 20, 2015. We are requesting $3,500 in grant money to complete the project. The children will be ecstatic to finally be able to recycle at the school and we are confident the Tiburon community will be thrilled that Saint Hilary will be a part of the Zero Waste Goal by 2025. We have already been working with the Conservation Corp. of Marin, Mill Valley Refuse Department and Casey Poldino, a Zero Waste Specialist from the County Dept. of Public Works. Ms. Poldino has assessed and monitored our school waste and is on board with providing us the education, resources and support to implement a student -led Green Team at our school. On behalf of the entire Saint Hilary School community, thank you very much for your time and for taking our request for a portion of your grant into consideration. We are looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Marie Bordeleau Principal Saint Hilary School 765 Hilary Drive Tiburon, California 94920 Telephone 415.435.2224 Facsimile 415.435.5895 www.sainthilaryschool.org TOWN OF TIBURON Tiburon Town Hall 1505 Tiburon Boulevard Tiburon, CA 94920 {.gyp. Tr '�) P...',of `aG.% \:alp,ti Agenda - Regular Meeting Tiburon Planning Commission August 12, 2015 — 7:30 PM AGENDA TIBURON PLANNING COMMISSION CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chair Kulik, Vice Chair Williams, Commissioners Corcoran, Weller, and Welner 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 PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. 1694-1696 Tiburon Boulevard: Consider Approval of a Conditional Use Permit and Adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for Construction of a New 6,004 Square Foot, Three - Story Mixed Use Commercial and Residential Building Intended for Condominium -type Ownership; File #11402; ACV Argo Tiburon LP, Owner; Zwick Architects, Applicant; Assessor's Parcel No. 059-101-12 EDW] (Continued from May 13, 2015) 2. 138 & 142 Rock Hill Road: Request to Subdivide One Parcel Into Two Lots for Future Construction of Two Single -Family Homes; File #61401; The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco, Owner/Applicant; Assessor's Parcel No. 039-151-55 [DW] MINUTES 3. Planning Commission Minutes — Regular Meeting of July 8, 2015 ADJOURNMENT Tiburon Planning Commission Agenda August 12, 2015 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 m 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 ARE A UDIO RECORDED Tiburon Planning Commission Agenda August 12, 2015 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 August 12, 2015 Page 3 /VC. - I July 30, 2015 Marin County Board of Supervisors 3501 Civic Center Drive San Rafael, CA 94903 SUBJECT: Bently Holdings Master Plan Amendment and Precise Development Plan Amendment — 2015 Belvedere Place Traffic and Parking Study Dear Supervisors, The City of Mill Valley has a vital interest in land use plans for the Strawberry area. County Public Works and Community Development staff are aware from past and recent meetings on traffic congestion that Mill Valley is particularly concerned with any potential impacts to the Highway 101 interchange. Mill Valley's General Plan 2040 includes a policy to collaborate with the County and Caltrans on transportation planning efforts that provide direct benefit to Mill Valley, including the Highway 101/East Blithedale-Tiburon Boulevard intersections. We appreciate the opportunity to engage with the County of Marin on the environmental review process for the proposed Bently Holdings Master Plan and Precise Development Plan Amendments so that we can better understand the potential transportation/traffic impacts of the project. City staff has reviewed the Department of Transportation District 4 letter dated July 14, 2015 and is in agreement with the comments provided. In addition, Mill Valley's traffic consultant, David Parisi, has reviewed the 2015 Traffic and Parking Study and provided the comments below. The City of Mill Valley hereby submits our comments on the 2015 W -trans Belvedere Place Traffic and Parking Study and requests that additional analysis be performed, as specifically outlined below, before the Board accepts the Study and takes action on the Bently Holdings Master Plan and Precise Development Plan Amendments. City of Mill Valley, 26 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941 Marin County Board of Supervisors July 30, 2015 Page 2 of 3 City of Mill Valley Comments on Belvedere Place Traffic and Parking Study Background: • Tiburon Boulevard/East Blithedale Avenue and the Redwood Highway Frontage Road are key connections to and from the City Mill Valley, and their operation affects most vehicle trips into and out of Mill Valley. • The Tiburon Boulevard/East BIithedale Avenue corridor is operating at near - capacity levels a number of hours each day, and often at over -capacity conditions. Traffic congestion between the Redwood Highway Frontage Road and the southbound off -ramp from US 101 often spills back well into Mill Valley, resulting in excessive delays along East Blithedale Avenue, Camino Alto, and throughout the City. • Thus, the City of Mill Valley is concerned with any development proposal that could generate substantial vehicle trips along these roadways, further exacerbating congested traffic conditions. Review of Traffic Study: • The reported existing level -of -service (LOS C) for the SR 131/Redwood Highway Frontage Road intersection is incorrect. o According to the City's recent Program for Arterial System Synchronization (PASS) results, the SR 131/Redwood Highway Frontage Road intersection currently operates at LOS D during the AM peak hour and LOS DIE during the PM peak hour (as noted in the report, in 2012 the SR 131/Redwood Highway Frontage Road intersection was operating at LOS D; traffic demands have increased since 2012). • Additional intersections should be analyzed in the study: o Tiburon Boulevard/East Blithedale Avenue at Tower Drive/Kipling Drive, o US 101 Southbound Off -ramp, and o US 101 Northbound Off -ramp. • Analyze the project's potential impact on vehicle queuing through the Tiburon Boulevard/East Blithedale Avenue corridor should be evaluated. • The traffic study should evaluate cumulative (e.g., year 2035) conditions. • The trip distribution assumptions are questionable. The trip distribution assumptions for US 101 North and US 101 South appear to be flip-flopped. Traffic demands are typically higher for trips to/from the north than the south. • The study concludes that under existing plus project conditions the project's additional traffic would not result in any study intersection exceeding level -of - service standards. This conclusion should be revisited based on: o Provide actual existing level -of -service at SR 131/Redwood Highway Frontage Road o Include additional key intersections along Tiburon Boulevard/East Blithedale Avenue o Use realistic trip distribution assumptions Marin County Board of Supervisors July 30, 2015 Page3 of 3 o Account for traffic demands and effects of downstream intersection constraints o Include an analysis of cumulative as well as cumulative plus project conditions. If the project is found to create potentially significant impacts and proposed mitigation is provided, the project's "fair share" contribution toward improving impacted intersections should be considered, including but not limited to, contribution to providing a third eastbound through lane and a northbound right - turn lane at SR 131/Redwood Highway Frontage Road. At this point, the City of Mill Valley questions whether the County's recommendation of a CEQA Categorical Exemption is appropriate given the potentially significant impacts to local and regional traffic from the project proposal to remove the prohibition against medical office use and permit a maximum of 47,400 square feet of existing office space to be converted for Medical Services — Clinics and Laboratories at Belvedere Place. It is our expectation that further traffic analysis will provide a more realistic basis upon which a CEQA evaluation can be made. Furthermore, the ability to successfully mitigate the potentially significant traffic impacts of the project must be clearly established in order to make required findings that the project would not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience or welfare of the County. The City of Mill Valley looks forward to active engagement and consultation on this project and all land use matters within the Strawberry unincorporated area. Vin Smith Director of Planning and Building 8/6/2015 Belvedere, CA- Official Website Home > Archive Center View Other Items in this Archive 1 View All Archives 1 Printable Version AGENDA - REGULAR MEETING BELVEDERE CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 10, 2015, 6:30 P.M. Council Chambers 450 San Rafael Avenue, Belvedere, California COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC The public will be given an opportunity speak on each agenda item tirhen it is called. Upon being recognized by the Mayor, please state your name and address, and limit your oral statement to no more than three /minutes. The Council welcomes comments and questions raised by interested citizens but typically does not respond during the comment period. 6:30 PM CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OPEN FORUM This is an opportunity for any citizen to briefly address the City Council on any matter that does not appear in this agenda. Upon being recognized by the Mayor, please state your name, address, and limit your oral statement to no more than three minutes. Matters that appear to warrant a more lengthy presentation or Council consideration will be agendi:ed for further discussion at a later meeting. REPORTS & PRESENTATIONS 1. City Council Reports. 2. City Manager Reports. CONSENT CALENDAR The Consent Calendar consists of items that the City Council considers to be non -controversial. Unless any item is specifically removed by any member of the City Council, staff, or audience, the Consent Calendar will be adopted by one motion. Items removed will be considered in the sequence as they appear below. If any member of the audience wishes to have an item removed, please step to the microphone, state your name, and indicate the item. 3. Approve minutes of the July 13. 2015. regular City Council meeting. 4. Anprove warrants of .1uly 2015. httpJ/www.cityofbelvedere.org/Archive.aspx?AM ID=44&Type=Recent&PR EVIEW=YES 1/3 8/6/2015 Belvedere, CA- Official Website 5. Adopt resolution designating signatories for the City of Belvedere's WestAmerica Bank line of credit. 6. Approve response to Marin County Civil Grand Jury Report, "The Need for Labor Negotiation Transparency." 7. Receive report from the Parks and Open Space Committee regarding update on donation opportunities in public areas within the Citv. 8. Adopt resolution urging State to provide new sustainable funding for state and local transportation infrastructure. INDIVIDUAL CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS Individual Consent Calendar Reins are considered non -controversial but require individual motions for approval due to necessary recusals. 9. Approve revocable license for private improvements in the City rig=ht-of-way in front of 130 Bella Vista Avenue. Propertv Owner: James K. and Carmen D. Steil. PUBLIC HEARINGS 10. introduction and first reading of an Ordinance amending Title 19. "Zoning?." of the Belvedere Municipal Code. proposed amendments to the 2030 City of Belvedere General Plan and an Initial Study/Negative Declaration to change the definition of height and height limits in the R1 -L and R-2 zoning districts. Staff recommendation: Conduct the public hearing and approve introduction of the ordinance. OTHER SCHEDULED ITEMS 11. Renewal of lease for Belvedere Ccmimunity Center with the Belvedere -Tiburon Joint Recreation Department. Staff recommendation: Approve the lease agreement. • 12. Discussion on preliminary cost estimate for Beach Road Utility Undererounding project. Staff recommendation: Direct staff to include the Beach Road Utility Undert-roundine in the Five -Year Capital Improvement Plan. 13. Assessment of flooding and drainage problems and conceptual remedies in area of Lagoon Road. San Rafael Avenue and 'Tiburon Boulevard. Staff recommendation: (1) Request Town of Tiburon replace culvert under bike trail: (2) include project to replace culvert at San Rafael Avenue in the City's Five -Year Capital improvement Plan: and (3) require property owner at 6 San Rafael Avenue to maintain the creek bed free of debris and obstruction. ADJOURN NOTICE: WHERE TO VIEW AGENDA MATERIALS Staff reports and other materials distributed to the City Council are available for public http://www.cityofbelvedere.org/Archive.aspx?AM ID=44&Type= Recent&PR EVIEW=YES 2/3 8/6/2015 Belvedere, CA- Official Website inspection at the following locations: > Belvedere City Hall, 450 San Rafael Avenue, Belvedere. (Materials distributed to the City Council after the Thursday before the meeting are available for public inspection at this location only.) > Belvedere -Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Boulevard, Tiburon. To request automatic mailing of agenda materials, please contact the City Clerk at 415/435- 8908. NOTICE: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT The following accommodations will be provided upon request to persons with a disability; agendas and/or agenda packet materials in alternate formats and special assistance needed to attend or participate in this meeting. Please make your request at the Office of the City Clerk or by calling 415/435-3838. Whenever possible, please make your request four working days in advance. httpJ/www.cityofbelvedere.org/Archive.aspx?AMID=44&Type= Recent&PREVIEW=YES 313 THE TOWN OF CORTE MADERA MARIN COL,. f:al.IFl)H\IA 0- -2-- TOWN OF CORTE MADERA PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1441 CASA BUENA TOWNHOME PROPOSAL TOWN AGENCY: CORTE MADERA PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: TUESDAY AUGUST 11, 2015 TIME AND PLACE: 7:30 P.M., CORTE MADERA COMMUNITY CENTER, 498 TAMALPAIS DRIVE SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS BY PRESIDIO MANA MARIN, c/o BAYROCK MULTIFAMILY LLC, FOR A NEW 46 -UNIT TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT AT 1441 CASA BUENA DRIVE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Corte Madera Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider the 1441 Casa Buena Townhome proposal, related land use applications, and the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared by the Town to evaluate and disclose the potential environmental implications of the project and related avoidance or mitigation measures. Presidio Mana Marin, c/o Bayrock Multifamily, LLC, (the "applicant") is proposing the development of 46 townhomes at 1441 Casa Buena Drive (Assessor's Parcel Number 033-011-056). The subject property is a 3.51 - acre site that fronts on Casa Buena Drive, directly west of and adjacent to U.S. Highway 101. The property also abuts 1421 Casa Buena Drive, a 1.23 -acre site located to the south and recently approved for the development of 16 townhomes within four buildings. Directly to the north of the project site is a seven unit apartment complex at 1411 Casa Buena Drive and directly to the west of the project site is Meadow Valley Road which provides access to several single-family homes. The proposal calls for demolition of the existing four, two-story buildings and 32 rental apartments currently located on site and the development of 20 new two and three unit structures, two and three stories in height, containing a total of 46 townhomes to be individually sold. The proposed project includes requests for a conditional use permit in order to develop condominiums, a vesting tentative map to subdivide the property into individual Tots, a zoning ordinance amendment to reduce the number of below market rate homes required to be included in the project, a density bonus for providing below market homes, and a design review approval. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, an Initial Study and Environmental Checklist were prepared for the proposed project. The Initial Study and Environmental Checklist identified potentially significant impacts in the following areas: aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, noise, population and housing, transportation and traffic, and utilities/service systems. The analysis concluded that potential significant impacts would be reduced to Tess than significant levels with the implementation of mitigation measures, and as a result, a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for Commission consideration with the project at the above referenced public hearing. The proposed project plans and Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration can be reviewed on the Town of Corte Madera website at http://www.townofcortemadera.org/553/1441-Casa-Buena-Drive and at the Town of Corte Madera Planning Department, located at 300 Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera, California, lower level, during public hours: 8:OOam— 11:30am and 1:OOpm — 3:OOpm Monday through Thursday. All persons interested in the foregoing are invited to appear before the Corte Madera Planning Commission at the time, day and place mentioned above. If you challenge this project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this NOTICE, or in written correspondence delivered to the Town of Corte Madera at, or prior to, the public hearing. All written responses will become part of the public record. Staff reports are usually available by 4:30 p.m. on the Friday before the meeting and may be obtained from the Planning Department, Corte Madera Town Hall, 300 Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera. If you have any questions about the information contained in this notice, please contact the Planning Department at (415) 927-5064. I do hereby certify that the foregoing Notice of Public Hearing was duly processed according to the California Government Code and the Corte Madera Municipal Code. Adam Wolff, Planning Director In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Planning Division at 415-927-5064. Notification two business days (the Friday before the meeting) prior to the meeting will enable the Town to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. Sent on or before July 30, 2015 Marin Conservation League Business -Environment Breakfast epresentative Jared Huffman Friday, August 28, 2015 7:30 - 9:00 am McInnis Park Club Restaurant 350.. Smith Ranch Rd., San Rafael $15 MCL members; $20 general public :friday; August 28, please join MCL for its breakfast Full breakfast buffet included. r;e°eting with Congressman Jared Huffman, United Pre -register by Aug. 24th at States Representative for California's 2"d District. huffman-breakfast.eventbrite.com or call 415-485-6257. 'Pre -registration required. Please note in the event the Congressman is called back to Washington your ticket MARIN ��i r price, but not the EventBrite fee, will be refunded. CONS ERVATION /'�� LEAGUE