by Katie Rice, Marin County Supervisor (District 2)
Hello Lomita Park and Bret Hart neighbors, Thanks to all of you who attended/participated in our recent meeting, including Deputy Contreras! As I said at the meeting, I am continually impressed and inspired by your community spirit, constructive participation, and general willingness to be involved. Bravo and thank you! It really is a pleasure working with your community. See below for a summary of discussion at our meeting. Included are highlights plus links/contact info when more information is needed. If you have questions or further issues/concerns to discuss, please feel free to get in touch with me/my office. Homeless/Encampments
Homelessness more generally: County with a coalition comprised of service and housing providers, city and county departments, business and philanthropic community is making progress on homeless issue in the past year with the adoption of a coordinated/collaborative approach and adoption of a Housing First model. Over the past 18 months, 110 of Marin’s most vulnerable/chronically homeless, many who for years have lived on the streets, surviving on temporary shelter and daily services and in many cases rotating in and out of jail and/or hospital emergency services, are in stable housing and receiving the services they need to maintain their health and housing. Visit https://housingfirst.marinhhs.org/housing-first to learn more. Traffic Calming/Safety County DPW has several projects/studies in the works toward traffic calming/safety in Lomita Park area. Thanks so much to Richard and Kathy Brew for bringing these issues to our attention: Woodland/Auburn Intersection North (across from Northern Star Auto):
5G Communications
Fire Safety/Prevention Throughout the County, the fire agencies and communities have mobilized around fire prevention and disaster preparedness including defensible space, vegetation management, resident evacuation and emergency planning, highlighted by exponential growth of Firewise neighborhoods in Marin and expansion of fuel reduction projects in public open space lands. Each of the above mark progress addressing some of our most challenging community issues that I will continue to put my energy and attention towards further gains, with focus in the coming year on wildfire prevention, specifically driving forward a county-wide wildfire prevention and disaster preparedness effort. Given that wildfire knows no boundaries, while many individual jurisdictions and neighborhoods across the county are making progress at the local level, it is imperative that communities across Marin work together to improve our collective ability to prevent, contain, and if necessary recover from wildfire or other natural disaster. Reflecting this imperative, a cross-jurisdictional, multi-agency effort is underway to develop and implement a county-wide, coordinated strategy on wildfire prevention and disaster preparedness. This planning work is being led by city and county management and fire chiefs from across the county, and is being informed by the “Lesson’s Learned” report prepared by a countywide taskforce following the 2017 North Bay wildfires, and the Marin County Community Wild Fire Protection Plan, a science based assessment of Marin’s wildfire threat that identifies and prioritizes areas for fuel reduction and actions that should be taken across communities to reduce structural ignitability. Both these documents and more information on what you can do as a homeowner and to participate in broader community efforts are available at www.firesafemarin.org. Lomita Park/Bret Harte should consider becoming a Firewise community. Meanwhile, I will check status on Cal Park being included in San Rafael Fire program in the works and if new codes would apply. Other
Contacts for Complaints/Concerns
Katie Katie Rice │District 2 Marin County Supervisor 3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 329 San Rafael, CA 94903 (415) 473.7825 Nancy Vernon │Aide Office of Supervisor Katie Rice 3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 329 San Rafael, CA 94903 (415) 473.7351 Website Newsletter @SupervisorRice Email Disclaimer: https://www.marincounty.org/main/disclaimers |