Marinwood Association

Susan Adams, supervisor Distict one has just published the following upadate in her newsletter. To view the entire newsletter visit http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/BS/main/sups/sdistr1/docs/Nov_07_Newsletter.pdf

Ownership Negotiations Continue on Marinwood Village

Supervisor Susan Adams continues to be optimistic that the sale and new ownership of the proposed Marinwood Village site will soon be completed. The two sides (Monahan Pacific and Hoytt Enterprises) are reported to be very close to completing a deal.

Once the property changes hands the planning phases will soon follow. An idea that has been put forth by Monahan Pacific is that there could be a phased approach to developing the property. A first phase of the proposed development of the Marinwood Village could include the construction of a new grocery store utilizing some of the existing structure and rehabilitating it. The Marinwood community leadership group, the county staff and Supervisor Adams have been having productive discussions with Mr. Tom Monahan, who is also a resident in the Lucas Valley. Mr. Monahan understands the community’s eagerness to have a market return to the neighborhood as soon as possible and would work with the county to find the fastest track toward facilitating this.

A subsequent phase of the proposed project would include the build out of the mixed use retail and housing element with the pedestrian and bike pathways, green building approaches and implementation of the conceptual principles that were developed through the community based process. There will likely not be 100 units on the property. A more recent assessment is looking at approximately a 70 unit range.

The public will have opportunities to review any specific proposal through community public meetings, the County Planning Commission, and finally through the approval process at the Board of Supervisors. Please stay tuned…

Today’s IJ had a front page article on the traffic in Marinwood. As part of their online approach to news the IJ does a news survey and is asking the public to respond. When I checked on the survey early this morning the count was 51% for no action. I think the IJ needs to hear from us. Please go online and read the article and vote.
Article can be found here http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_7501860

Hi again and sorry for the multiple e-mails. It appears that the e-mail notification program didn’t like the fancy attachment and simply stripped it off. Rather than figure out how to solve that problem (which could take me days…) please visit the blog to see the flyer:

http://marinwoodassociation.org/

Thank you.

–Geoff

Take a look at the flyer below for an upcoming special event being held by the Miller Creek Watershed Stewards. I expect this to be an inspirational meeting and plan on attending. Please forward this e-mail to anybody that you think may be interested. Mark your calendars and I’ll see you there.

–Geoff

Ever wonder what Lucas Valley looked like 100 years ago?

Come to a special presentation by Chuck Striplen of the San Francisco Estuary Institute and learn about the history of Miller Creek.

Miller Creek Watershed Stewards Community Meeting

Tuesday, November 13^th

7:00pm to 8:30pm

Dixie Elementary School, Multi Purpose Room

1175 Idylberry Rd, Lucas Valley

Free admission and refreshments!

For more information contact Mike Elgie at melgie@lucasvalley.net or Craig Murray at craig.murray@comcast.net or visit Miller Creek Watershed Stewards online.

Dixie School District is not a sponsor or responsible in any way for this event.