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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.
valeri hood May 14, 2013 at 12:28 pm
The so- called 'One Bay Area Plan' subverts local control. It is being foisted on us by ABAG, MTC…Read More and local officials/and so-called representatives. At this time Fairax is at gridlock several times/day, yet we are slated under this plan for 280 new 'units' -how many people/with cars/unit unknown. I support increasing workforce housing but oppose giveaways to developers who will make huge profits, while local communities can only look on as local rights are eroded. In 4 years, ABAG- an unelected body, will 'revisit' these numbers- and so far, they have always demanded increase of numbers. ABAG reminds me of a greedy ravenous monster, whose belly is never full. Fairfax, has been compared to the Oakland Hills in terms of fire danger-narrow windy roads with a fire load that increases by the year. If a fire were to start, during a traffic standstill, how would people get out of town?
Locally, we are worried about them getting out at ANY time!
I know that CALTRANS has had plans on the books for a 4 lane highway from San Rafael to Point Reyes. We we get to total gridlock, which this housing infill
plan will bring us to, we will have no choice but to destroy yet another facet of our small town life. I speak about Fairfax, but every town is slated for more housing in Marin, and 25 % of that housing is slated to be built in toxic sites.
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.
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.
Janet Gunn May 19, 2013 at 01:00 pm
This is why we have so many drunk drivers in CA! They are arrested, slapped on the hand, big fines…Read More (actually thats all the state wants) and let go to drink, drive, kill!!
Who's the guilty one?? Judges, prosecutors?
Rico May 16, 2013 at 07:32 pm
Most of Mill Valley residences are up in the hills and there are no lawns. Lawns are for flatlanders…Read More down in the suburbs.
I looked at your list of lawn care companies in Mill Valley and found not one. The businesses listed were landscape construction and maintenance, and one so called tree service and hauling business.
We call lawn care businesses, mow and blow, and since there are none here in the Mill Valley area, the rates will vary depending on how far they have to travel to Mill Valley and what they think they can get away with charging for "lawn care".
For landscape design, construction and installation services, I would think the rates will vary from around $65 to $120 per man (or woman) hour, no travel time charge if they are local contractors.
I did look up your present list of services, the general contractor category has no listings yet, but I noticed that there are no plumbers or electricians in your list of services.
I know that there are plumbers and electricians who live in Mill Valley, and those are very necessary services, much more important than "lawn care".
Perhaps the Patch should expand their view of services.
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