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Home My WebLink AboutTC Digest 2015-11-27TOWN COUNCIL WEEKLY DIGEST November 23-27, 2015 TIBURON Correspondence, Notices and other Information 1. Letter - Nov. 18 - City of Mill Valley All Hazard Mitigation Plan Special Meeting, Wednesday - Dec. 2 2. Letter - Nov. 18 - Marin Surveyor Archive Fund Raising request 3. Letter - Nov. 19 - Bike Lane concern on Tiburon Blvd. November 18, 2015 Town Manager Peggy Curran Town of Tiburon 1505 Tiburon Blvd Tiburon, CA 94925 RE: City of Mill Valley All Hazard Mitigation Plan (AHMP) Special Meeting, Wednesday, December 2"d Dear Town Manager Peggy Curran, INGEST The City of Mill Valley is currently involved in writing an All Hazard Mitigation Plan (AHMP) in accordance with the Robert Stafford Act. The purpose is to identify and reduce the damage from both natural and man caused risks that can affect our City. The City of Mill Valley share common borders and/or interest with your jurisdiction/company and our City may share mutual corresponding risks, such as earthquake, flood, sever weather, wildland urban interface (WUI) fire and other human -caused technological hazards. Our Emergency Preparedness Commission (EPC) is hosting a meetingto receive your input, comments and perspectives into the City of Mill Valley All Hazard Mitigation Plan. The AHMP committee will consider projects or mitigation recommendations that you may want the City to participate in for the reduction of risk between our two jurisdictions. Attached for your consideration is the list of Disaster Risk priorities in the order they were ranked by the Committee and are being considered for mitigation strategies by the City. We are hosting a special meeting for stakeholders, appointed designees and community members to seek feedback on various portions of the AHMP to be held at the Mill Valley City Hall Council Chambers (2nd Floor), 26 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley. The meeting will be held Wednesday, December 2nd from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. If you have questions or concerns, please call or email the contact information provided below. Your concerns and Hazard Mitigation Strategy input would be both helpful and welcome. Thanks for your consideration. Best Regards, om Welch, Fire Chief Mill Valley Fire Department twelch@cityofmillvalley.org 415-389-4142 1 CITY OF MILL VALLEY ALL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN (AHMP) Disaster Risk priorities in the order they were ranked by the Committee and are being considered for mitigation strategies by the City. Attachment 1 Priority Hazard Related Hazards High Flood High Severe Weather Extreme hot/cold, wind, lightning High Earthquake Tsunami High Wildland Urban Interface Fire High Data/Telecommunications Cyber threat Moderate Transportation Loss Aviation Disaster, Accident/Incident Moderate Utility Loss (phone, satellite) Moderate Public Health Crisis Biological, Health, Pandemic Flu Moderate Drought Waste water, Sewage Radiological, Natural Gas, Explosion, Moderate Hazmat Incident Transportation Loss Moderate Terrorism Linked to Bioterrorism Low Cascade Dam Failure Low Special Events Structural or earthquake, flood, terrorism Civil Unrest- Disorder Low Climate Change 2 November 18, 2015 Dear City Official, EST C -2 -- As --2 - As you may have heard, an agreement has been reached to transfer ownership of my historic survey archive to the County of Marin. Starting in January of 2016, approximately 30,000 unrecorded surveys representing 150 years of work of prominent Marin surveyors along with a large number of reference maps from other sources will be under the care of Marin County Free Library and will be a public resource which everyone can use free of charge. There are important maps and other documents relevant to surveying in, and the history of, your city. A summary list of the works included is attached. It has been my honor to own this important archive for 27 years and I could sell it to another surveyor but 1 feel strongly that community ownership is in everyone's best interest. 1 view this preservation and dissemination effort as a legacy for myself, for our surveying community, and for Marin County as a whole. To that end, this transaction was structured so that we can share in that community spirit. Some estimates of the value of the survey archive made by local surveyors were around $100,000. A map dealer viewed the many reference maps which are artistic and collectible and said many of them are worth more than $1,000 each, over and above the survey archive value. A prominent local historian was especially taken with the correspondence of County Surveyors Austin, Dodge, Richardson, Towle and Oglesby and described the archive as "priceless." The County of Marin has approved an expenditure of $45,000 and the Marin Chapter of CLSA another $15,000 (nearly draining the coffers). I have agreed to accept these funds and whatever contributions come from the community as payment in full for the archive. I will write a guide to researching the archive and I will consult with the library in its configuration. I will also spend time at the new archive to instruct and train others in its use. I believe making this important archive a free public resource will enhance the quality of land surveys in your city, and I hope it will increase the community spirit. I am encouraged that two Marin historians tell me it will be a valuable asset to them. I am confident the County will be the best steward of these important records and after many conversations with Librarian Laurie Thompson I know they will invest in library quality storage equipment and in digitizing. Their first project will be to digitize the indexes and put them online. This will be a great benefit to land surveyors and to property owners as well. In my position on the Board of Directors of the California Land Surveyors Association I have been championing the idea of preserving our historic survey documents and getting them into community ownership for several years now. When we complete this transition I will be speaking and writing about it and I believe Marin County will be a great example for other counties to follow. If you feel that this effort is worth your contribution, please follow the instructions in the letter from Marin CLSA. Your participation is appreciated and will be acknowledged. If you have any questions or would like a tour of the archive, please contact me by email. illiam Sch eder Schroed@sbcglobal.net 12 November 2015 To: CLSA Members, non-members, professional associates, and public Re: Pledge drive for the Schroeder survey archives Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, For those unfamiliar, Bill Schroeder would like to leave a legacy and make his survey archives accessible to all. Bill's price would be $ 75,000 and include the Joseph Grippi & Lockton-Grippi archives. Craig Tackabery, County Surveyor, and Schroeder have been discussing, for some time regarding how this could happen and came up with a proposal. Personally, I have had the great pleasure to work with these invaluable records for approximately fourteen years while employed at Engineering Field Services and Joseph Grippi & Associates. These date back to the 1850s and are the largest and most important collection of surveys in Marin County. Mr. Tackabery realizing the great historical value of these archives enlisted the support of some members of the County Library - who were overwhelmed at the deep history in Schroeder's possession. This created additional support for the proposal. The plan became this: Tackabery was to request $ 45,000 from the Board of Supervisors and $ 30,000 from the profession, et al, to show their good faith that this is a meaningful endeavor. At the July meeting the Marin Chapter approved $ 15,000 to be paid to Schroeder for the archives until such time that the deal is certain. Subsequent to Tackabery's agenda request to the Board, on 22 September 2015, the Marin County Board of Supervisors approved allocating $ 45,000 for the purchase of Schroeder's archives which was passed with much interest. (If interested see Independent Journal article and Board of Supervisor video.) Since the Board's approval Tackabery has been working out the details of the storage room, moving of the records and legal details of the transfer. Now comes the heavy lifting - your financial support. It is proposed that you write your check made payable to William Schroeder Associates, Inc. and forward to Treasurer/Secretary-elect, Douglas Scranton, P.O. Box 750818, Petaluma, CA 94975-0818. These will be held in trust by the Treasurer/Secretary-elect until Tackabery consummates the transfer. Your name and donation amount will be placed upon a plaque in the County's survey - archive room to acknowledge those that gave to this worthy cause. A suggested pledge would be $1,000. However any amount is welcome. Although you cannot have a legitimate deduction if written to CLSA, you may be able to deduct this expense if written directly to Wm. Schroeder which will provide a W-9. Check with your tax advisor. email. Should you have any questions or require further clarification, do not hesitate to call or Respectfully yours, Phil Danskin, Marin Chapter CLSA, President -Elect (707) 938-2520 Surveyor/Firm Hiram Austin * George Dodge * i George Richardson * C.H. Towle * J.C. Oglesby * ± Oglesby, Jacobs & Wickham W. Gordon Voorhies Engineering Field Services Joseph Grippi & Lockton/Grippi All of the above are indexed Archives Notes, Plats, Correspondence Notes, Plats, Original Hardcopies, Correspondence Notes, Correspondence Notes, Plats, Correspondence Notes, Plats (over 19,000 surveys) Notes, Plats, Folders (over 1,000 Field Books) Notes, Plats (over 4,600 surveys) Notes, Plats, Job Folders (over 1,000 surveys) Notes, Plats, Job Folders (over 1,700 surveys) • Official City Maps for all Marin Cities; some cities have multiple sets, from different decades • Over 150 Archival Tubes filled with reference maps from many sources * Served as County Surveyor t George Dodge was the original subdividing engineer for many important Marin subdivisions. His hardcopy maps contain data unavailable from any other source and are indispensable for proper surveying in those subdivisions. $ John C. Oglesby served as a Town Engineer for virtually every town and city in Marin County. 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Weiss was struck from behind by an alleged drunk driver, but his family argued the road's narrow • ike lanes and lack o -etli:, was: the tru cause o t e collision. A jury ruled in their favor onTues- day after a day of deliberation, saying the city was partially responsible for the doctor's death. "It's just hard to see him until it's too late to do anything about it," said Joseph Daniel Davis, the attorney who represented Weiss's family. "But if the roadway had been built with the 15- or 16 -foot lanes . that it was sup- posed to have under the law, then he would have never been in the car's path, and — drunk or sober — he would have gone right past." Thesday's verdict will have major ramifications for Indian Wells, a mid - valley city with 5,100 residents and an annual budget of about $20 million. City Attorney Joe McMillin said Please see LAWSUIT, 8A