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jerry slick May 22, 2013 at 09:33 am
Manzanita has been flooding regularly, and predictably, for years. What have they done there?…Read More Well, they put up warning signs to protect us from the rising tides. Don't you feel protected? Sure, you do.
Rico May 21, 2013 at 06:20 pm
When Mill Valley (and everywhere else) was first laid out and developed, not much was considered as…Read More far as flooding and drainage. The main goal was to build it, and worry about landslides, flooding, drainage and traffic later. Actually, Mill Valley was developed using horse and carts, even before the automobiles and trucks used the streets. That includes the water and sewer lines too. Many of the old streets were actually built as logging roads first. Mill Valley is a very old City, and what was built in the good old days would not be allowed now from what we have learned over the years. Unfortunately, everything is much more expensive now, especially to correct the mistakes of the past. I understand that, but what I don't understand is this new big push to build more high density multi-family housing projects down in the flood plain. One would think that developers learn from past mistakes, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Granted, most of Old Mill Town is completely built out, there is not room for very many new houses, consequently, the only new development opportunities are high density housing down in the flood zones. But does M.V. really need any more development ?. And who is going to bail out all the new imported people who rent or take out a loan to live in these new developments when they get flooded out ? The existing taxpayers, that's who. I think that this is a great article and a wake up call to be taken very seriously.
Jim Welte (Editor) May 21, 2013 at 04:41 pm
Hey Lippy - good question - we added in this short graf to the above story to (very briefly) address…Read More that issue:
The countywide watershed program is expected to issue a Watershed Master Plan by the end of 2013. That plan will cover myriad issues related to flooding and watershed issues, including identifying the impacts of sea level rise – the San Francisco Bay is projected to experience a sea level rise of about 16 inches by 2050 – and develop project concepts that could be adapted to rising tides.
I'd also direct you to this page for some additional, though far from complete at this moment, info:
http://www.marinwatersheds.org/richardson_bay.html
Hope that helps.
school bus ninja May 23, 2013 at 09:58 am
Really, another $10,000 bike stolen. Tailgate stolen. Leather jacket stolen. Was Mill Valley…Read More always like this? I've lived in MV off and on for 40 years and never remember anything like this. Or is it because I'm more informed because of Patch?
P.S. the new layout/format sucks.
Lou Judson May 21, 2013 at 08:39 am
I engineered the CD with Michael McClure and Ray, and having them in my home studio for a few mixing…Read More sessions was a pleasure, and I felt in the presence of greatness and courtesy. Ray loved my wife's homemade bread and marmalade, and was a gentleman through and through. We miss him. Here's a ten minute trip worth taking with him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoRFAbdmKD4
and a track from the CD Piano Poems, with Larry Kassin on flute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnqVez_ZCWk
Thrasy Bulus May 21, 2013 at 01:29 pm
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/340982-if-you-can-t-dazzle-them-with-brilliance-baffle-them-with
valeri hood May 14, 2013 at 06:47 pm
there is now a marin real estate advisory disclaimer that urges people to look into this before…Read More buying a home- this will affect the local housing market! People do care about commute times, infrastructure and tax costs
valeri hood May 14, 2013 at 12:30 pm
There is a massive push towards geoengineering to meet our water needs at the national level, and…Read More this plan will open the floodgates locally for MMWD's multi-million dollar desal plant (with intake next to a sewer outlet, a bay so polluted with pesticides, herbicides, toxic metals, pharmaceuticals etc. that fisherman are advised not to fish out of it, nor people to swim in it- a project which our struggling residents, towns and infrastructure can ill afford in a failing economy. We cannot accept the parameters offered by this 'plan'-Kinsey needs to back off from accusing those who oppose it-of racism-we should be thinking outside the box which has been created to discuss this 'plan'. i do not believe that it is a plan to afford 'affordable' housing- I believe that it is a backdoor to subvert local governments deciding how and where they allow new housing. There is no offer of monies to pay for the infrastructure-sewers, schools, water- and who pays the cost? I think that those of us who oppose this plan need to start a website and sign a pledge to walk door to door to educate people, Yes- we do need workforce housing -let's find a way to subsidize it and cut out the middlemen- let's make local policy- town by town to meet local needs, and-if we are going to spend millions, let's have a public discussion. Many of them. It should go to a vote. But the 'One Bay Area' planners must not be allowed to control the ballot language. It must be put together by a group from all sides.
Stephen Nestel May 14, 2013 at 11:21 am
Thanks again Bob for being a leading light in the discussion of the One Bay Area Plan. It is so…Read More frustrating to be presented with questionable statistics and wild projections of growth by our government as fact. Your commonsense criticism is most welcome. We must not allow the urbanization of Marin to go unchallenged. Remember Marincello.
Rico May 13, 2013 at 09:37 pm
reply to Al,
I posted a comment on this thread last night on the Mill Valley Patch and it was…Read More rejected instantly with no explanation as to why at all. I emailed the editor to see what the problem was, but so far I have not heard a reply.
I think that they are reworking the Patch and are experimenting with new filters, probably some bugs to work out .
Also, I have in the past noticed that some posts on the Mill Valley Patch do not show up at all on all the other Patch's in Marin. I guess it depends on the topic, each Patch has different articles for their areas, but this particular thread concerns all of Marin.
One thing I think that I will do from now on is to NOT use the reply button.
It confuses some people about the order that the Patch places replies, and some people have accused others of responding to the wrong poster.
I have a suggestion for the Patch editors, place replies in the order received, oldest first.
Also I like the new spelling warning.
And I agree, Bob wrote a great letter and I hope someone at ABAG reads and understands it.
Al Dugan May 13, 2013 at 07:11 pm
Wow, things have changed on the Novato Patch. I posted the comment below to the same articule on…Read More the Mill Valley Patch and it did not carry over to the Novato Patch. Wow, I miss Brent.....
Bob, as always a thoughtful and complete examination of the facts and a penetrating rebuttal of the flawed process apparently driven by a heavy dose of lobby pressure and politics and disregard for the facts.
Kirke Wrench May 22, 2013 at 09:30 am
I only met him a dozen times when we were photographing the same event for different news…Read More organizations, but I always enjoyed our brief chats. He seemed like a wonderful and kind man, as well as an outstanding photographer. I will miss him.
Rico May 20, 2013 at 06:10 pm
I am curious, are these 8 building permits issued by the City of Mill Valley for new single family…Read More detached houses ?, or just remodels and additions ? And are they all in the City of Mill Valley ? And at what addresses are these new permits being issued for ? And have they actually started construction yet ?
I think that putting out an article that is vague like this one, is not really saying much at all.
Believe it or not, there are still people in the construction trades that are able to live in Mill Valley, and, so far, things are not booming at all. Actually I like it, since the recession hit, I have noticed the upper parts of Mill Valley are much quieter now with no new construction going on. It's like it used to be, a blessing in disguise.
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