Umbrella Group Notes

City/ Federation of Neighborhoods/Coalition of North San Rafael/San Pedro Road Coalition The meeting was run by Mayor Gary Phillips and attended by Councilmembers Kate Colin and John Gamblin and City Manager Jim Shutz. Client Response Management Software – proposed by the Coalition of North San Rafael Neighborhoods: Rebecca Woodbury, SR. Management Analyst, and Vinh Pham, Sr.

City/ Federation of Neighborhoods/Coalition of North San Rafael/San Pedro Road Coalition Whistlestop Update — Item proposed by Amy Likover on behalf of the Federation of San Rafael Neighborhoods.  Paul Jensen, Community Development Director, explained that formal applications are in but are incomplete.  A consultant has been hired for the EIR and will be part of the 30-day scoping session which

THIRD STREET ENVIRONMENTAL  CLEANUP PROJECT UPDATE PG&E employees Tricia Sullivan, Project Manager, Rick McCarthy, Engineer, and Tracy Craig, Community Relations, gave a presentation on the upcoming remediation on the 999 Third Street Remediation Project.  The location is the site of a former manufactured gas plant which was shut down around 1930 at a time when it was common practice to

The report on the Downtown Streets Team Fundraiser was posted. Reuel Brady of the Coalition of North San Rafael presented information on the Terra Linda HOA Clean Air Program which has a program to help households install electric inserts to replace wood burning fireplaces at lower prices. There is also a county rebate. More information

Assessment District Guidelines: After an introduction by City Manager Nancy Mackle, Rebecca Woodbury, Management Analyst for the City, presented a draft outline of guidelines for how to initiate an assessment district. She based this on the recent assessment district formed to redo the medians on Pt. San Pedro Road. The guidelines are to be presented

Police Chief Diana Bishop discussed car burglaries and several other crime-related issues at this meeting…. Brigitte Moran, Executive Director, Agriculture Institute of Marin (AIM) made a presentation regarding the permanent Farmer’s Market Canopy and Market Hall proposed for the Civic Center which will utilize the overflow parking lot (also known as the Christmas tree lot)

Councilwoman Kate Colin stood in for Mayor Phillips who was unable to attend the meeting. An update on the City’s Homelessness action plan, a topic proposed by Mayor Phillips, was presented by Stephanie Lovette the Economic Development Manager for the City. This plan which was presented on November 17th follows six things: (1) Santa Monica

Mayor Gary Phillips ran the meeting and Councilwoman Kate Colin was in attendance. Sara Jensen and Kevin Hagerty of the San Pedro Road Coalition introduced a topic expressing concern about lack of consistency and clarity in signage and road markings related to bicycle lanes. Nader Mansourian, Director of the Public Works Department explained the standard

Cia Byrnes, Executive Director, for Ritter Center was introduced by City Manager Nancy Mackle.  Ms. Byrnes has been with Ritter for 6 or 8 years and was recently promoted to executive director. Cia Byrnes mentioned a number of items in her opening statement: She is concerned about the “silo agencies” that could work together much

Discussion Item 1 Resilient Neighborhoods:  Tamara Peters gave a presentation on this group which helps people organize groups who band together to help cut carbon admissions.  Tamara is willing to come to neighborhood group meetings and give presentations about the program. Discussion Item 2 Dementia Awareness:  Battalion Chief Jeff Buscher of the San Rafael Fire Department