HomeMy WebLinkAboutTC Digest 2011-09-30TOWN COUNCIL WEEKLY DIGEST
Week of September 26 - 30, 2011
Tiburon
1. Letter - Peggy Curran - Potential Traffic Safety Issue - Paradise Drive
2. Email - Nancy H. Bennett - LCC North Bay Division - New Officers
3. Email - Shannon Bishop - Safe Kids to and From School
4. Email - Harvey Rogers - Blackie's Garden Summer Progress Update
Agendas & Minutes
5. Agenda - Design Review Board - October 6, 2011
Regional
a) Water for Tomorrow - ACWA Publication - Volume Three
b) Comcast California -August 2011 *
c) Letter - Marin Economic Forum - 8t' Annual Forecasting the Future Conference
Agendas & Minutes
d) None
* Council Only
Town of Tiburon - 1505 Tiburon Boulevard - Tiburon, CA 94920 - P 415.435.7373 E 415.435.2438 - wwwci.tiburon.ca.us
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September 27, 2011
Stefan Stauffer
4887 Paradise Drive
Tiburon, CA 94920
Dear Mr. Stauffer:
Thank you for writing to the Town of Tiburon Mayor, a position that is no
longer held by Paul Smith but rather by Mayor Jeff Slavitz.
Your letter described the potential for traffic collisions near your home at
4887 Paradise Drive. While we certainly appreciate your concerns, this
particular section of Paradise Drive is located outside Town limits, and so
there is nothing the Town can offer as a possible resolution of the situation
Because this particular section of Paradise Drive is maintained by the County
of Marin, you may wish to contact Craig Parmley, Superintendent of Public
Works, County of Marin, (415) 499-7512, cparmle a,co.marin.ca.us, in order
to make him aware of any traffic hazards that may exist, as well as your
suggestions for an effective solution.
Thank you for taking proactive steps to improve public safety. Your efforts
are appreciated.
Best regards,
Pegg;zurran
Town Manager
cc: Craig Parmley
Superintendent of Public Works, County of Marin
(w/ attachment of original letter)
Tiburon Mayor and Town Council
Jeff:Slavitz
Mayor"
Jim Fraser
Vice Mayor
Richard. Collins
CO L*ilmember
Alice Fredericks
Councilmember
Emmett. O.'Donnell
Councilrrernber
Margaret A: Curran
Town Manager
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DIGEST a.
Peggy Curran
From: Nancy H. Bennett [nbennett@cacities.org]
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 2:30 PM
Subject: Welcome to new leadership of the North Bay Division.
Members of the North Bay Division:
I hope this email finds you well....below please find an update on our Division Leadership and the
outcome of the Annual Conference Resolutions Committee.
All the best, Nancy
NEW OFFICERS:
Last week the North Bay Division met during the League of California Cities Annual Conference in San
Francisco to install officers of the 2011-2012 year:
❖ President: John Dunbar, Mayor or Yountville
❖ 1St Vice President: Greg Brockbank, Vice-Mayor of San Rafael
2nd Vice President: Kathleen Shaffer, Councilmember of Sebastopol
❖ Board Director: Alice Fredericks, Councilmember of Tiburon
❖ Past President: Curtis Hunt, Councilmember of Vacaville
The luncheon was a wonderful gathering of about 70 public officials - please join me as we welcome
the new leadership of the North Bay Division!
The Annual Conference Resolutions Process Wrap-Up:
Four Resolutions were approved during the General Assembly of the League of California
Cities Annual meeting in San Francisco. A brief summary of each of the resolutions is listed
below. A full report of the final resolutions will be available in the next two weeks and will be
sent to every member city as well as available on the League's website at:
www.cacities.orq/resolutions.
2011 Approved Resolutions:
1. Resolution to Supporting Alternative Methods of Meeting Public Notice Requirements
2. Resolution to Raise Public Awareness about the Imminent Health and Safety Concerns
of Bullied Children Resolution
3. Resolution to Call for Improved Transparency in and Public Access to the Proceedings
of the California Legislature
4. Resolution to Call Upon the Governor and Legislature to Fully Fund and Constitutionally
Protect Realignment Funds
Nancy Hall Bennett
9/28/2011
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-----Original Message-----
From: Shannan Bishop
[mailto: shannan_bishop@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 20111:53 PM
Cc: Steve Herzog; Michael Cronin; Patti Purcell; Brenda
Lavigne; Ellen Mayer; Christopher P Lutton; Gabriela
Lutton; Leah Faresh Karp; Adrienne Hankin; Lynn
Scadden; Liddy Schmidt; Jan Arrick;
cjmbeck@comcast.net; Sandra A. Ruegg;
jackieschaeffer@aol.com; sheft@yahoo.com;
sydnebortel@gmail.com; Rob Arrick; Missy Zech; Erik
Zech; Steve Bishop; Todd Hankin
Subject: Safe Kids to and from School - Mission
Accomplished!
Thank You Chief Cronin for the new street signage -
School Zone, 15 MPH & "No School Pick-Up or Drop-Off
on Corte Palos Verdes" - to keep the walking, biking and
scootering platoon of students safe each morning and
each afternoon.
Thank You Superintendent Herzog for our terrific team of
crossing guards who care for the neighborhood children
each morning and each afternoon.
Thank You Principal Purcell for using your first School
Assembly this fall to educate the kids about using
sidewalks & crossing guards when commuting to school
and to advise their parents not to use Corte Palos Verdes
for this reason.
I think we will all breathe a little easier each day when
our children walk out into the street. Thank you all so
much for your help in making this happen.
Superintendent Herzog, Chief Cronin & Principal Purcell
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Thank you again for meeting with the neighbors of Corte
Palos Verdes this morning to come up with an action plan
to keep children safe when walking and biking to and
from Bel Aire School. Clearly we all are in agreement that
if 50+ children twice each day continue to maneuver
among and around moving and parked cars and SUVs
with no sidewalk or side lane to protect them - we are
risking a tragedy. I think that together we have made
progress towards a meaningful solution for the children,
for the school and for our community.
Chief Cronin - thank you for thinking of so many ways to
address this safety issue and leading the effort to:
1) Designate Corte Palos Verdes as an official "School
Zone" with a reduced speed limit of 15 miles per hour and
proper signage
2) Meeting with traffic officials to discuss limiting traffic
flow on Corte Palos Verdes during school commuting
hours of 7:30-8:30am and 1:30-3:30pm when children are
most vulnerable
3) Beginning a discussion with the town on the feasibility
of a sidewalk (concrete or simply painted) along Corte
Palos Verdes to keep children away from moving
vehicles. The neighborhood favors concrete as the
passage is more protected - and also allows for parking on
both sides of the street
Superintendent Herzog - thank you for your continued
concern for the safety of district children and for your
commitment to:
1) Communicate with district parents via Headline News
(done last week - thank you) and other district
communications encouraging parents to avoid using
Corte Palos Verdes as a drop-off and pick-up zone and to
instead use neighborhood streets with sidewalks and
crosswalks to keep the children safe
2) Encourage the possibility of a crossing guard stationed
to support the children who flow through the intersection
of Reed Ranch Road and Corte Palos Verdes
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3) Generously volunteer your own time "on the street" the
first day of school to demonstrate the district's
commitment to keeping the children safe
Principal Purcell - thank you for seeing all of this through
the eyes
of the children and your student-minded ideas to:
1) More directly educate the children on how to walk and
ride safely to and from school
2) Encourage the children to be their own advocates in
future discussions regarding traffic safety
Together our genuine desire to keep the children safe and
our openness to new ideas will soon (we hope!) result in
meaningful change for our community.
3/3
DIGEST
Peggy Curran
From: Harvey Rogers [harvnan2@sprynet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:27 PM
To: Peggy Curran; grodericks@cityofbelvedere.org; 'Jill Einstein'
Subject: SUMMER PROGRESS AT BLACKIE'S GARDEN + FUTURE PLANS FROM HARVEY ROGERS
Hi Peggy, George, & Jill,
During June, July, August & Sept we had one (different) volunteer
every week either watering by hose to supplement the drip irrigation
(on a Friday or Saturday).
In addition for those 4 months we had a minimum of 3 volunteers
at the garden every week weeding, deadheading (pruning the flowers) trimming
the plants, removing dead plants, tuning the drip irrigation system etc.
and planting new plants.
For October we have many plants on order & will need new top soil
for one area. At one area we now have about 18 new dwarf Aloe.
that has a orange / red bloom that is suppose to bloom 10 months
a year. But Kevin - the owner of Green Jeans told me do not be
surprised if they will bloom all year long ! We have on order 28 more
for another area. They make a outstanding show/ There are
many plants still in bloom right now. Also in October I will be
giving another tour of the garden.
ALSO in the berm area we received a grant from the Rocky foundation
to clear scotch broom, french bloom & invasive unwanted non native
plants. We plan to plant wildflowers including California poppies in early November
+ plantsthat should be
established by our winter rains & require
summer water (We are working on a list of those plants now)
This is a huge project - could take 3 years to be established (size of
a football field. Our volunteers will be contributing their work
besides other workers.
Arlene Nielson - president of Tiburon Peninsula Foundation has also received
this report but includes expenses for Sept.
Submitted by
HARVEY ROGERS
28 Lagoon Rd.
Belvedere, CA 94920
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9/28/2011
TOWN OF TIBURON
Tiburon Town Hall
1505 Tiburon Boulevard
Tiburon, CA 94920
AGENDA
Regular Meeting
Design Review Board
October 6, 2011
7:00 P.M.
TIBURON DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Chairman Kricensky, Vice Chair Emberson, Boardmembers Chong, Johnson and Tollini
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)
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND NEW BUSINESS
1. 460 RIDGE ROAD: File No. 711085; Amalfi West, LLC, Owner; Site Plan and
Architectural Review for construction of a new two-story single-family dwelling, with a
Floor Area Exception. The applicants propose to demolish more than 50% of an existing
two-story dwelling and construct a new dwelling. The house would have a total floor area
of 5,532 square feet that would exceed the floor area ratio of 4,479 square feet for a lot of
this size by 1,053 square feet. A series of retaining walls up to 6 feet in height would be
constructed on either side of the relocated driveway, along with a series of retaining walls
creating a terraced lawn area at the rear of the property. Assessor's Parcel No. 059-082-
04. [DW]
MINUTES
2. Regular Meeting of August 18, 2011
ADJOURNMENT
Design Review Board Agenda
October 6, 2011
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