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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTC Digest 2013-02-07TOWN COUNCIL WEEKLY DIGEST Week of February 1- 7, 2013 Tihiirnn 1. Letter - Marin District Attorney - Gun Buy Back Program Donation 2. Email - Harvey Rogers - Progress Report for Blackie's Garden - January 2013 Agendas & Minutes 3. Agenda - Design Review Board - February 7, 2013 4. Agenda - Belvedere/Tiburon Library Agency - February 11, 2013 5. Agenda - Planning Commission - February 13, 2013 Regional a) Letter - ICLEI Secretary General Farewell Message b) Letter - Assemblyman Jeff Gorell - AIAA Policy Symposium: Civilian Applications of UAVs c) Western City Magazine - February 2013 Agendas & Minutes d) None * Council Only Barry G. Borden CHIEF DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY Robert R. Guidi CHIEF INSPECTOR Peggy M. Toth ADMINISTRATOR OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA DIGEST , Prevention * Prosecution * Protection February 1, 2013 Diane Crane Iacopi Town of Tiburon 1505 Tiburon Boulevard Tiburon, CA 94920 Re: District Attorney Gun Buy Back Program Donation Dear Tiburon Town Council: Edward S. Berberian District Attorney We are in receipt of your donation of $1000.00 to our Gun Buy Back Program which took place on January 15. We had an overwhelming response; people were lined up early at the several surrender locations. 827 firearms were turned in that day which totally depleted the $43,000 we had received to date. Vouchers were then distributed. The second date of January 21 for the Gun Buy Back held at Mill Valley Police Department was modified for surrender only, with no questions asked. Twenty-nine firearms were turned in. On February 15, we have scheduled a voucher redemption event at the Marin Center. As many generous donations continue to pour in, we are confident that we will be able to honor all of the outstanding vouchers that people hold. We are so appreciative of all the donations we received to finance this program. Thank you for supporting our effort to reduce the number of guns that have the potential of being misused and harmful. For charitable donations, our Tax ID # is 94-6000519. Very truly yours, EDWARD S. BERBERIAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY JA I E HUGHES Ad inistrative Assistant MAIN OFFICE: 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, ROOM 130, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903-5207 TEL: (415) 473-6450 FAX: (415) 473-3719 Peggy Curran DIGEST From: Harvey Rogers [harvnan2@sprynet.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 7:06 AM To: david@harch.com; Claude Perasso; Peggy Curran; Sandy Donnell Subject: PROGRESS REPORT FOR BLACKIES GARDEN FOR JANUARY 2013 Hello David, Claude, Peggy & Sandy PROGRESS REPORT FOR BLACKIE'S GARDEN JANUARY 2013 In Jan 2003 we: 1. Had a number of weeding and pruning sessions. 2. Had a meeting to assemble 118 new plant markers. (These will be installed as we prune plants so we can remember which plant gets which plant marker). 3. Due to longer than usual dry spells we had to water by hose TWICE (using our new Flex Hose. Our volunteers will love using this hose. It weighs 3 pounds VS.15 pounds using the old one. And it does not require coiling when finished. After the water is drained from the hose it collapses & our 150 foot hose fits in a small bucket! 4. We also had 2 consulting sessions (after much research) concerning removing our entire 17 year old irrigation system which has given problems with an all new improved irrigation system. This should take place during the last half of March this year. 5. We installed our bronze plaque and new redwood framing assembly at the garden. (Twice in the last 3 years it was run over by a truck & was destroyed). We installed it in a much better location - near the pathway on the bayside where it is easier for people strolling by to read it - not in the way of traffic. We applied a stain-Sealer "TWP" so the redwood will not get gray & retain good color. We will do this periodically. This plaque gives recognition to the 4 nonprofits who fund our garden: Tiburon Peninsula Foundation Belvedere Community Foundation City of Belvedere Town of Tiburon Submitted by HARVEY ROGERS FEB 1, 2013 a. 2/4/2013 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 February 7, 2013 7:00 P.M. Chair Emberson, Vice Chair Johnson, Boardmembers Chong, Kricensky 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. 2308 MAR EAST STREET: File No. 21220; Mar East Realty LLC, Owner; Site Plan and Architectural Review for construction of additions to an existing single-family dwelling, with a Variance for excess lot coverage and a Floor Area Exception. The applicants propose to construct several additions and expand existing decks to the side and rear of the existing building. The additions would cover 71.1 % of the dry land area of the lot, in lieu of the maximum 35.0% lot coverage permitted in the R-2 zone. The project would result in a total floor area of 2,809 square feet, which would exceed the floor area ratio of 615 square feet for a lot of this size. Assessor's Parcel No. 034-271-03. [LT] CONTINUED TO 3/7/13 2. 1 BLACKFIELD DRIVE: File No. 712143; The Cove Shopping Center, Inc, Owner; Site Plan and Architectural Review for construction of exterior alterations to an existing commercial building for occupancy by a grocery store (Paradise Foods). The project would expand the existing store by 955 square feet, modify the existing entrance and loading docks of the building, install additional rooftop mechanical equipment for the new grocery store and install a utility pole. Assessor's Parcel No. 034-212-18. [DW] 340 Design Review Board February 7, 2013 Page 1 3. 5 ROLLING HILLS ROAD: File No. 21223; Vacpro, Inc., Owner; Site Plan and Architectural Review for construction of additions to an existing single-family dwelling, with a Variance for excess lot coverage and a Floor Area Exception. The applicants propose to construct a new second story, expand the existing first story and basement area and add 5 new skylights. The proposal would result in lot coverage of 2,616 square feet (18.0%), which exceeds the maximum permitted lot coverage in the RO-2 zone (15.0%). The proposal would result in a gross floor area of 3,525 square feet, which exceeds the maximum floor area ratio for the property by 75 square feet. Assessor's Parcel No. 058-141-21. [DW] MINUTES 4. Regular Meeting of January 17, 2013 ADJOURNMENT Design Review Board February 7, 2013 Page 2 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 (,vww.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 DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEETINGS AREA UDIO RECORDED Design Review Board February 7, 2013 Page 3 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. Design Review Board February 7, 2013 Page 4 y REGULAR MEETING BELVEDERE-TIBURON LIBRARY AGENCY Monday, February 11, 2013, 6:15pm Belvedere-Tiburon Library A 1501 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon, California z CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OPEN FORUM This is an opportunity for any citizen to briefly address the Board of Trustees on any matter that does not appear on this agenda. Upon being recognized by the Chair, 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 Board consideration may be agendized for further discussion at a later meeting. STAFF, BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS 1. Chair's report - Bonnie Spiesberger, BTLA Chair - (2 minutes) 2. Library Director's report - Deborah Mazzolini (10 minutes) 3. Belvedere-Tiburon Library Foundation report - Donna Bero, Foundation Executive Director (5 minutes) 4. Report on Financial Statement January 2013 (5 minutes) - Ric Postle, Finance Committee Member 5. Committee reports (5 minutes) - Program Committee and Art Committee 6. Report on cost estimate for expansion, Glenn Isaacson, Project Manager, CMA CONSENT CALENDAR - 2 minutes The purpose of the Consent Calendar is to group items together which generally do not require discussion and which will probably be approved by one motion unless separate action is required on a particular item. Any member of the Agency may request removal of an item for discussion. 7. Approval of minutes of January 14, 2013 8. Approval of warrants dated January, 2013 TRUSTEE CONSIDERATIONS The purpose of Trustee Considerations is to list items for discussion and potential action. No Trustee Considerations are scheduled for this meeting. COMMUNICATIONS & ANNOUNCEMENTS 9. Monthly calendar 10. Schedule of FY 2013 meeting dates EXECUTIVE SESSION (CLOSED TO PUBLIC) - PERSONNEL 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; special assistance needed to attend or participate in this meeting. Please make your request at the office of the Administrative Assistant or by calling (415) 789-2660. Whenever possible, please make your request three days in advance. TOWN OF TIBURON Tiburon Town Hall 1505 Tiburon Boulevard Tiburon, CA 94920 AGENDA Agenda - Regular Meeting Tiburon Planning Commission February 13, 2013 - 7:30 PM TIBURON PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chair Tdllini, Vice Chair Weller, Commissioner Corcoran, Commissioner Kunzweiler, Commissioner 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 BLACKFIELD DRIVE, SUITE K: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE AND EXPAND A GROCERY STORE; FILE #11206; The Cove Shopping Center, Inc., Owner; Paradise Foods, Applicant; Assessor's Parcel No., 034-212-18 [DW] 2. 1651 TIBURON BOULEVARD: SIX-MONTH REVIEW OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT GRANTED TO EXPAND THE FRONT OUTDOOR SEATING AREA AND ALLOW ACOUSTIC INDOOR/OUTDOOR MUSIC FOR THE TIBURON TAVERN RESTAURANT, AND MODIFY THE VEHICULAR CIRCULATION PATTERN FOR THE LODGE AT TIBURON; FILE #11203; Tiburon Hotel, LLC, Owner; Adam Hollander, Applicant; Assessor Parcel No. 058-171-87 [DW] Tiburon Planning Commission Agenda February 13, 2013 Page 1 S~ NEW BUSINESS 3. ANNUAL GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION STATUS REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2012: Consider Recommendation to Town Council on Acceptance of the Report [SA] MIM TTFC 4. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - Regular Meeting of January 9, 2013 ADJOURNMENT a021313 Tiburon Planning Cormnission Agenda. February 13, 2013 Page 2 DIG EST i Honorable Mayor Jeff Slavitz Mayor Town of Tiburon Town of Tiburon 1505 Tiburon Blvd. Tiburon, 94920 CA United States Bonn/Germany, 25 November 2012 ICLEI Secretary General farewell message Dear ICLEI Members and Partners, Another successful year draws to its close. We saw 1,600 representatives of ICLEI Members and partners at our World Congress in Belo Horizonte, and over 5,000 people joined events at our Rio+20 Global Town Hall. We have completed our governance reform: our membership has elected Regional Executive Committees whose members form the new ICLEI Council, and the new Global Executive Committee has elected our Presidency. Partners worldwide are recognizing us as the leading global network of cities and local governments for sustainability. I am pleased to send you attached a few key publications and invite you to take a moment to peruse them. Translations of the World Congress report can be found at www.iclei.org/worldcongress20l2. Please plan to join our events in the year 2013! My tenure as Secretary General of ICLEI comes to a close at the end of 2012. I joined ICLEI in May 1992 as Regional Director for Europe, and it has been an honor to serve as Secretary General during the past ten years and to lead ICLEI during a period of growth and programmatic repositioning. Our role is more crucial than ever. Climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity as well as population growth and urbanization are a few of the key global trends that proceed fast. Cities and local governments must, as ICLEI's membership expressed it in our Strategic Plan, act rapidly and go for more radical solutions to address the global sustainability challenges. I have had the unique opportunity of being a spokesperson for the future of cities and that of future generations; working with dedicated individuals all over the world, from ICLEI Members, Mayors and global leaders to devoted staff, team of Directors and Executive Committee members. Under the leadership of the incoming Secretary General, Gino Van Begin, and the excellent team of staff, I look forward to witnessing ICLEIs ambitious projects, exciting new endeavors and partnerships for years to come. Being at the forefront of a thriving organization with such a global impact has been a pleasure. I will continue supporting ICLEI's cause in my new, honorary role as Chairman, ICLEI Urban Agendas. Thank you for your effort and initiative over the years. With best regards, ID, I J Konrad Otto-Zimmermann Secretary General I C L E I Local L Governments for Sustainabilit ICLEI's mission is to bums a serve a worldwide movement of local governments to achieve tangible improvements in global sustainability with special focus on environmental conditions through cumulative local actions. Secretary General ICLEI World Secretariat Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 7 53113 Bonn Germany Phone: +49-228/976299-11 Fax: +49-228/976299-01 Email: secretary.general@iclei.org Legally represented by ICLEI eY. Bonn World Wide Web www.iclei.org C L E I Local Governments for Sustainability ICLEI's mission is to build and To ICLEI's Members and Partners serve a worldwide movement of local governments to achieve tangible improvements in global sustainability with special focus on environmental conditions through cumulative local actions. Vancouver, 30 November 2012 President Leadership transition ICLEI World Secretariat Kaiser-Fried rich-Str. 7 53113 Bonn Germany Phone: +49-228 /976 299-1 1 Dear ICLEI Members, Dear Partners: Fax: +49-228/976299-01 Email: president@iclei.org It's a pleasure for me to continue serving as ICLEI's global President for another term. Legally represented by I would like to thank the Global Executive Committee for the confidence it places on ICLEI e.V., Bonn me. I congratulate Minister Martha Delgado of Mexico City on her re-election as First Vice President and Mayor James Nxumalo of Durban as well as Secretary General Mary Jane Ortega of Citynet on their election as Vice Presidents. World Wide Web www.iclei.org At the end of this year our Secretary General Konrad Otto-Zimmermann will hand over his responsibility to his successor, Mr. Gino van Begin. On behalf of the Global Executive Committee, it is my desire to express our deep gratitude to Mr. Otto-Zimmermann for his longstanding dedication and leadership, both in his functions as Regional Director for Europe (1992-2002) and as Secretary General of ICLEI (2002-2012). During his tenure as SG, ICLEI's membership increased threefold, and four Strategic Plans he prepared were adopted by the ICLEI Council. Mr. Otto-Zimmermann has been showing remarkable theme leadership and creativity that has resulted in a corporate profile dynamically adapting to the changing institu- tional and policy environment, and two cycles of re-design of our program framework. I am pleased to continue counting on Konrad Otto-Zimmermann in his new, honorary role as Chairman, ICLEI Urban Agendas. As Founding Director of the ICLEI East Asia Secretariat he will strengthen our role in this region and build an ICLEI presence in China. He will continue supporting the Resilient Cities global forum on urban sus- tainability and cities' adaptation to climate change. He will build the ICLEI Global Town Hall @ Metropolitan Solutions as paramount platform for interactions between city and business leaders. And he will keep his role as Creative Director of the Eco Mobility World Festival to take place in Suwon, South Korea, in September 2013. It is my pleasure to welcome the incoming Secretary General, Mr. Gino Van Begin, who will lead ICLEI into ambitious projects, exciting new endeavors and partnerships in the years to come. I thank you for your efforts, collaboration and initiatives that have contributed this year to make our urban areas more sustainable. With best regards, The leading global network of 12 mega- cities, 100 super-cities and urban David Cadman region, 450 large cities and 450 small ICLEI President and medium -sized cities and towns Follow us on Twitter: @ICLEI STATE CAPITOL P.O. BOX 942849 SACRAMENTO, CA 94249-0044 (916) 319-2044 FAX (916) 319-2144 DISTRICT OFFICE 2659 TOWNSGATE ROAD, SUITE 236 WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361 (805) 230-9167 FAX (805) 230-9183 Margaret Curran Town Manager 1505 Tiburon Blvd. Tiburon, CA 94920 January 30, 2013 Dcar Margaret, ~Ssrmhlv VuZUTTVIMM ~4qlslafnrr ST42, c _ ~ 9 ~i,~r~ VUf JEFF GORELL ASSEMBLYMEMBER, FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT DMEST COMMITTEES VICE CHAIR: BUDGET 4 ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW JUDICIARY LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT UTILITIES AND COMMERCE Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Steve Knight, Assembly members Steven Bradford, Katcho Achadjian and myself, working together with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), are hosting the AIAA Policy Symposium: Civilian Applications of UAVs - A California Perspective. The Symposium will take place on March 26 - 28, 2013 in Westlake Village, California, at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza. Lieutenant Governor Newsom is scheduled to deliver a keynote address to the conference, and representatives from the governor's economic development program, GO-Biz, will also be participating. We are encouraging community leaders such as yourself to be a part of this important symposium. In addition to local officials, we look forward to bringing together policy makers, business leaders, and others in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) community. Please also consider inviting members of your public safety and public works staff, as these are areas where UAVs will have tremendous impact over the next decade. It is predicted that the next decade will see spending on UAVs to double, and in less than 20 years the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has predicted that we may see 30,000 UAVs operating nationally. In preparation for this multi-billion dollar industry, Congress has passed the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, which calls for the development of six UAV testing sites and a certification plan for civilian operation. California has always been a leader in the aerospace industry, and will be an obvious choice to host one of these new UAV testing sites. Our long history in defense and aerospace provides us with a number of secure testing ranges, and our high-tech industries and world class educational institutions are a natural fit for developing these new tools. The future of UAVs can be seen in wildfire detection and management, pollution monitoring, traffic monitoring, disaster relief, fisheries management, pipeline monitoring and oil and gas security, meteorology, remote aerial mapping, and transmission line inspection. These are all areas of significant interest in California, and we can also be the first to use the new tools we will be creating. Printed on Recycled Paper The forum will also consider important policy issues that the civilian use of UAVs will produce, as well as the efforts required to maximize our state's competitiveness to become the central headquarters for UAV manufacturing and innovation. We hope you will accept this invitation to participate in the symposium. For more information and to register for the event, go to: https://www.aiaa.org/CAuav/ Sincerely, Assem an Jeff Gorell