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Point Reyes Station Village Association Minutes
11 April 2019 Call to order, 6:40pm 1. Approval of previous minutes. Held until next month. Some members didn't get in email. 2. Treasurer's Rept. None. 3. Assoc. of Coastal Marin Villages (ACMV). Ken. Now has Dillon Beach and Stinson Beach reps. Did final Tourism Impacts rept. and Town Hall. Rept. is on PRSVA web site. Well-received and attendees went on to new topics of concern: Affordable Housing, LCP Hazards chapter (Sea Level Rise, included), Caltrans Concept Rept. for SR 1, Caltrans Paving Project, Quarterly meetings with Dennis. ACMV finalizing their agenda for the next year or two. 4. Services Needs Meetings. Ken. Dennis R. holding meetings monthly. Have set a list of needs and are prioritizing now. 5. Water Meetings. Ken. Loreen Jackson, Co. Health, got a grant from the St. Dept. of Water Resources to investigate needs for water supply and wastewater system needs in Dillon Beach and PRS. Process includes three public meetings in each town. Held first PRS meeting a week ago. She opened with a recitation of wastewater treatment needs in the San Geronimo Valley and the recent system built in Marshall. Then, she wanted us to go to tables and do lists of priorities, but audience members complained that her Intro was biased and left out water supply, environmental (in-stream) water rights to protect fish, toilets for tourists, and other issues. Then, we formed groups and listed needs and put them on the wall. Identified needs included: Toilets for tourists, long-term water supply, alternative used water systems, and several other needs. A town wide survey is forthcoming. The next meeting will discuss, and presumably prioritize, these needs. 6. Caltrans Update. Ken. The first project coming up seems to be repaving SR 1 and includes ADA curb cuts and crosswalk striping in PRS. A workshop was held a week ago at the Small Gym with pics on easels and staff. No real meeting was held, where citizens could hear each other's questions. 7. Development Review. John Fernandez received a request for review of a small project, rebuilding a garage, before its submittal to the county for a permit. The Dev. Rev. Committee will comment (Pam, Mike, John). John will lead the review. Ken comment: This is an example of a most appropriate use of our Design Review process. Feedback to a neighbor concerning possible problems with a planned project prior to permit application. Thanks to all. Adjourned, 8:10pm Respectfully submitted, Bob Johnston Ken Levin POINT REYES STATION VILLAGE ASSOCIATION
AGENDA APRIL 11, 2019 Dance Palace Church Space 6:30 pm CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES TREASURERS REPORT 1. ALLIANCE OF COASTAL MARIN VILLAGES UPDATE -Ken Levin 2. WATER MEETING UPDATE – Ken Levin & Pam Bridges 3. SPECIAL DISTRICT GROUP MEETING UPDATE- Pam Bridges 4. CALTRANS UPDATE – Ken Levin 5. MEMBERSHIP – 4 or 5 new members, please remember your dues if you haven’t paid. ANNOUNCEMENTS POINT REYES STATION VILLAGE ASSOCIATION MARCH MINUTES Mar. 14, 2019 6:38 Call to Order- Ken Levin Minutes approval without objection Treasurer Report: 1. REVIEW OF TOWN HALL MEETING - Laura Arndt: Good turnout, Jennifer Blackman did a good job, Village Assn’s have worked together for 2 years, established connections, good thing that’s been established. Going to continue. Light article was pretty accurate. Comment: Recommendations on website for review. Kudos to all the people on the Alliance, for their collaboration. Need to broaden scope of who participates. Open to new members. Comment: Communication has been established between PRSVA, the villages, and agencies. People addressed issue of traffic. Green Bridge-more of a priority now than 2 years ago? Comment: Workforce housing and climate change more important than Green Bridge. Problems delineated by first town hall meeting: Housing, Sea Level Rise—needs to be covered by county with coastal commission. Comment: Add Fire Prevention to list. Need clearly defined process to deal with these issues. Alliance will be involved. EAC is main group here birddogging sea level rise, enormously complicated. Many counties have advisory committees. County already incorporating consideration of sea level rise. Comment: Main Street Moms commented at supervisor’s meeting asking county to expedite Coast Guard purchase. 2. SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING REPORT- Ken Levin: Special district = group of people have been invited by Dennis (guests welcome), what would represent citizens of Point Reyes area to potentially address things that are needed out here and types of special districts to pay for changes. May become tax districts, need for more visitor servicing. 3.PROPOSAL TO COUNTY—FORM SUB COMMITTEE WITH DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES- Ken Levin, Pam Bridges, Mike McClaskey Proposal—that 2.0 acres of county owned land on Mesa Road be used for designated visitor serving services be used for bathrooms/ parking/ small picnic area. Comment: Great idea. Approach businesses in town, to get more people involved and supportive in it. Collaborate between village association and Chamber. County purposed the land to serve tourist needs: trash, bathroom, parking. Funding mechanism will be discussed. The process is to decide whether to form a subcommittee. Discussion about outreach. Lorene Jackson meeting re water systems is important meeting and may address this need, among others. 4. GREEN BRIDGE UPDATE- FOLLOW UP FROM TOWN HALL MEETING QUESTIONS/ CONCERNS Comments: Green Bridge Update Lagunitas Bridge – CalTrans moving ahead. They’ve chosen alternative 3A—3 span concrete bridge with accelerated construction, they will be building it off-site (not sure if Vet office will be affected). They said they would build the thing and present bridge will remain open and then closed for 3 weeks. Pending the outcome of the lawsuit that is going on right now. Not adequately addressing retro option. Cannot do anything on ground until lawsuit if resolved. Comment: Shouldn’t we as a community be supporting the vet office? Is the Village Association going to take any action to the plan they are deciding on? asking for them to redo assessment and do environmental reports. Discussion re how association members feel about bridge alternatives. 5 WEST MARIN COLLABORATIVE REPORT- Peggy Day Issues of marginally housed, mental illness, health and safety. Peggy to attend Homelessness meeting at West Marin Collaborative. 6. C STREET PARKING/ MARGINALLY HOUSED - UPDATE /DISCUSSION- Ken Levin Problem is ubiquitous. Exists in other towns. Non-profits dealing with “create your own alternative housing.” There is a certain degree of lawlessness in that community. We were made aware by neighbors that there’s one geographical location in town that seems to be where folks who cause those problems were living. Sheriff said hands were tied and recommended “no parking signs” to give them a way to deal with potential issues there. There’s some moving testimony that was given by 5-6 people in front of county specifying things that happened these past few years. Signs should go up soon. Hopefully, things will get better and that people who live in vehicles will participate as community members. Comment: Was there also discussion about people camping in wetlands? County posted new signs now. Dawn to dusk not open. Been part of county regs. The most sheriffs we have is 3-4 sheriffs for all of West Marin. Comment: 1/3 of homeless are mentally disabled – in SF. H&HS said “it’s so hard to get them help unless they are open to it. They all have different issues. One thing is to ask them how this happened to them. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Caltrans meeting April 2, on long-range plan proposed capital improvements and maintenance effort from 5 Brooks beyond PRS, to Doughty Ranch and north of Tomales -proposed plan to preserve and extend life of existing pavement and include improvements to ramps and signage in PRS. Rodoni, April 26 noon to 2 pm for face-to-face with supervisor Comment: We need a focus group for age-friendly Marin. Is anyone aware of plans to improve the accessibility of navigating Point Reyes? Don’t want overlapping resources. Move to adjourn 7:56 |
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