MARIN COUNTY COUNCIL OF MAYORS AND COUNCILMEMBERS AGENDA

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1 MARIN COUNTY COUNCIL OF MAYORS AND COUNCILMEMBERS AGENDA Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Hosted by the City of Novato Novato City Hall 922 Machin Ave & 901 Sherman Ave, Novato, CA :00 PM Social Hour (No-Host Bar) Location: Outdoors, near the 922 Machin Ave. area of City Hall 6:55 PM Welcome and Introductions Location: 901 Sherman Ave. 1. Call to Order: President Kate Colin 2. Public Comment (Limit 3 minutes per person) 3. Welcome and Introduction of Guests: Mayor Josh Fryday 7:05 PM Dinner Service 7:10 PM 4. OneBook Book Club (30 minutes): Moderated Discussion on The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (See Attachment 4: The Color of Law Questions to Stimulate Discussion) 5. Committee Reports (3 minutes per person) 5.a. Metropolitan Transportation Commission Report from Supervisor Damon Connolly 5.b. Association of Bay Area Governments Written report from Pat Eklund, Novato. (Report will be available on Monday, June 25 th. The agenda packet will be updated and re-sent at that time) 5.c. Sonoma/Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Commission No report (See Attachment 5.c., SMART General Manager s Report for June, 2018) 5.d. Disaster Preparedness Ad Hoc Committee Verbal update provided by Catherine Way, Larkspur. 5.e. OPEB/Pension Reform Ad Hoc Committee Verbal update provided by Larry Chu, Larkspur 7:45 PM 6. Building Community Resilience Post North Bay Fires Presentation by Grant Davis, General Manager of the Sonoma County Water District. 8:15 PM 7. Business Meeting 7.a. Consideration and Possible Action to Appoint Executive Committee: President and Vice President for Term 7.a-1: MCCMC President for Term Ray Withy, Sausalito, was nominated from the floor and has submitted a letter of interest. Additional nominations will be accepted from the floor and a vote by the membership will be held at the June 27, 2018 meeting (Attachment 7.a-1: Letter of Interest from Ray Withy)

2 7.a-2: MCCMC Vice President for Term Elizabeth Brekhus, Ross, was nominated from the floor and has submitted a letter of interest. Additional nominations will be accepted from the floor and a vote by the membership will be held at the June 27, 2018 meeting (Attachment 7.a-2: Letter of Interest from Elizabeth Brekhus) 7.b. Consideration and Action to Make Appointment to Represent MCCMC as Alternate Representative on the ABAG Executive Board Alternate Representative: At the May 23, 2018 meeting, the vacancy was announced for a second time due to withdrawal of nomination prior to the May 23 meeting. Joan Cox, Sausalito, was nominated from the floor. Additional nominations will be solicited from the floor and a vote of appointment will be taken at the June 27, 2018 meeting hosted by the City of Novato. (Attachment not available at time of publication. At the May 23, 2018 meeting, Joan Cox was nominated and expressed interested in appointment.a Letter of Interest will be provided at, or before, the June 27, 2018 MCCMC meeting) 7.c. Consideration and Possible Action to Approve the Meeting Schedule and Listing of Host Cities/Towns for (Attachment 7.c.: Draft Meeting Schedule for ) 7.d. Review of Draft Agenda for September 26, 2018 MCCMC Meeting Hosted by the City of San Rafael (Please note that City of San Rafael has agreed to switch meeting dates with Town of Ross) (Attachment 7.d.: Draft Agenda for September 26, 2018 MCCMC meeting) 7.e. Consideration and Possible Action to Approve the Draft Minutes of the May 23, 2018 MCCMC Meeting Hosted by the City of Mill Valley. (Attachment 7.e.: Draft Minutes of May 23, 2018 MCCMC meeting) 8:30 PM ADJOURN: to the September 26, 2018 meeting hosted by the City of San Rafael Deadline for Agenda Items September 19, 2018 Please send to: MCCMCSecretary@gmail.com

3 The Color of Law Questions to Stimulate Discussion 1. What did you already know about this book s subject before you read it? 2. What new things did you learn? 3. What questions do you still have? 4. If you got the chance to ask the author of this book one question, what would it be? 5. How can you see this subject matter as being relevant to Marin County?

4 Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District General Manager s Report June Old Redwood Highway, Suite 200 Petaluma, CA Tel: (707) Fax: (707)

5 Larkspur Extension Project Larkspur Station work continues with the construction of platform and parking lot grading. The Systems Duct bank installation from Auburn to Tunnel is being installed. Reconstruction of the Andersen Drive at-grade crossing continues, with Andersen Drive planned to reopen in early July. Grading for track construction is underway from the Tunnel to Auburn. In the Cal Park Tunnel, lighting and emergency walkway is being constructed. Larkspur Station Platform Construction P a g e 2 of 26

6 Andersen Drive Sidewalk Construction and Paving Road Grading for the station parking lot P a g e 3 of 26

7 Excavation for utilities near the Cal Park Tunnel Construction of the emergency walkway at the Cal Park Tunnel P a g e 4 of 26

8 COMMUNITY OUTREACH Community Outreach Presentations and Community Events SMART s Communications and Marketing team has been busy this month participating in more than a dozen community events, including the recent Novato Festival of Art, Wine, and Music, and the Santa Rosa Rose Parade and Festival. SMART s outreach booths are now drawing record numbers at events the excitement is strong and SMART continues to build a loyal following. A young SMART fan connects with our outreach team at the Santa Rosa Rose Parade. See you onboard! P a g e 5 of 26

9 SMART also kicked off the first of three-community ribbon-cutting events to celebrate the completion of the bicycle and pedestrian pathway segments. The first event was held in San Rafael on June 9, the second in Novato on June 23, and a third event is planned for Novato and for the Cotati/Rohnert Park portion of the pathway. Stay tuned for more! June 9 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at pathway near the Civic Center Station. Board members Damon Connolly and Gary Phillips participated in the event. The San Rafael event was the first of threecommunity ribbon-cutting events to celebrate the completion of pathway in Sonoma and Marin counties. P a g e 6 of 26

10 Community Outreach Safety Education and Awareness Educating our community about railroad safety is at the heart of all that we do. In addition to an extensive program in local schools, SMART s Communications and Marketing team also provides platform safety briefing for large groups taking the train, from seniors to preschoolers. We meet the groups a half hour before departure to provide important safety information, answer questions and ensure they are ready for their trip onboard the SMART train. We also provide SMART-branded giveaways to remind them of their trip, and as incentive to join us again soon. This popular marketing program is rooted in SMART s commitment to safety and is growing in popularity. Platform safety presentations this month included several presentations to seniors, high school students, and a presentation for more than 80 second-graders. After a recent platform safety briefing for students at Novato s San Ramon Elementary School, SMART received Thank You cards from dozens of students. The photo above shows some of the cards received. P a g e 7 of 26

11 SMART also works closely with Operation Lifesaver, a national nonprofit railroad safety education organization to help reinforce SMART s safety message to North Bay residents, schools, and civic groups. Each member of SMART s Communications and Marketing team is an authorized Operation Lifesaver presenter. Bicycle rodeos that teach children how to ride their bikes safely near railroad crossings is part of that program. Santa Rosa s Spring Creek Elementary School Bike Rodeo, part of an Operation Lifesaver-sponsored program. Since the last SMART Board meeting, outreach staff has participated in the following community events and presentations: June 23 Novato Pathway Ribbon Cutting and Celebration (Novato) June 22 Safety Briefing: Learning to Learn Preschool (Rohnert Park) June 22 Safety Briefing: People with Dementia (Petaluma) June 21 Sons in Retirement (Rohnert Park) June 15 Seniors from Martinelli House group trip (San Rafael) June 9-June 10 Novato Festival of Art, Wine, and Music (Novato) June 5 Safety Briefing: Sonoma County Daytripping Destinations (Santa Rosa) June 2 San Rafael Pathway Ribbon Cutting and Celebration (San Rafael) May 31 Safety Presentation: TNT After School Club (San Rafael) May 25 Spring Creek Elementary School Bike Rodeo (Santa Rosa) May 19 Santa Rosa Rose Parade and Festival (Santa Rosa) May 19 Santa Rosa Senior Expo (Santa Rosa) May 18 Safety Presentation at Dixie Elementary School (San Rafael) May 17 Group Trip Safety Briefing: 3 rd Graders (Novato) P a g e 8 of 26

12 MARKETING Marketing Programs SMART s Communications and Marketing team launched a SMART Reasons to Ride video campaign to raise brand awareness and to promote SMART ridership. In just a few weeks, the campaign delivered videos from SMART riders, who provide their reasons to ride the SMART train, posting their videos using #ReasonsToRideSMART. The first 20 video submissions received a SMART Reasons to Ride rechargeable battery power pack. Videos selected as staff favorites will receive a 31-Day Pass. Check out their reasons on our YouTube channel Post your reasons to ride on Facebook using #ReasonsToRideSMART and we ll add your video to the mix. Stephanie Koffler s Reasons to Ride: It gives me the time I wouldn t really have otherwise for myself to be able to do things that I love, like to read and write. Kathy Kerst and grandaughter Maebel s Reasons to Ride: Here s Grandma Kathy and Maebel one of the best things about the SMART train was what, Maebel? The cookies! P a g e 9 of 26

13 Norman s Rountree Reasons to Ride: This cuts my commute time down to an hour. Christie Blair s Reasons to Ride: The reason I ride is because it saves me time, saves me anxiety of driving I don t have to deal with traffic, I get home at a regular time, and I can count on it and depend on it Bridget Hayes Reasons to Ride: It s fun, it s relaxing, and you don t have to drive. P a g e 10 of 26

14 Digital Programs Social Media Social media and digital marketing are key communication channels to share SMART updates and information, to promote ridership, transit connections with SMART, and to raise railroad safety awareness. In the past month, SMART has reached more than 24,800 people on Facebook and more than 8,600 people on Instagram. On Twitter, SMART s messaging was seen over 81,300 times during this period. SMART s most popular Facebook post since the last SMART Board meeting was our safety post reminding people to be extra alert around trains and tracks, during the recent incident involving the truck that ran through activated railroad crossing gates. P a g e 11 of 26

15 Media News Coverage June 17, SMART eyes regional toll hike for Novato station shortfall (Marin Independent Journal) June 11, Marin Voice: SMART and the Golden Gate Bridge what if naysayers had prevailed? (Marin Independent Journal) June 11, CA: Golden Gate Bridge District Sets Forum on San Rafael Transit Hub (Mass Transit Magazine) June 11, SMART board allocates $464,000 for track stabilization (Marin Independent Journal) June 10, Golden Gate Bridge district sets forum on San Rafael transit hub (Marin Independent Journal) June 9, North Coast s Great Redwood Trail wins approval in California Senate, but lacks funding (Santa Rosa Press Democrat) June 8, San Rafael bike-pedestrian pathway gets OK from feds (Marin Independent Journal) June 7, SMART train slammed into truck at nearly top speed (Petaluma Argus Courier) June 6, Years of North Bay transportation construction ahead with Regional Measure 3 ballot win (North Bay Business Journal) June 6, Upfront: Trail Travails (Pacific Sun) June 6, CHP: SMART train crashed into truck at nearly top speed (Santa Rosa Press Democrat) June 5, Measure to fund San Francisco Bay transportation projects leads at ballot box (North Bay Business Journal) June 5, San Rafael OKs 1st leg of bike path to Larkspur (Marin Independent Journal) June 5, Video captures SMART train crash (Petaluma Argus Courier) June 5, Security video shows SMART train, truck crash near Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa Press Democrat) June 5, North Bay business news from Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, Redwood Credit Union and more (North Bay Business Journal) June 1, Bill to convert North Coast railroad to Great Redwood Trail passes state Senate (Eureka Times Standard) June 1, Truck driver has no memory of SMART train crash near Santa Rosa (Marin Independent Journal) June 1, Clean water, safer parks, more trails for California (Eureka Times Standard) June 1, Hospitalized truck driver has no memory of SMART train crash (Santa Rosa Press Democrat) P a g e 12 of 26

16 June 1, SMART train crash near Santa Rosa injures truck driver (Laredo Morning Times) May 31, Great Redwood Trail Act Passes State Senate Unanimously; Assembly Left to Wrestle with All the Details (Lost Coast Outpost) May 31, California Senate approves bill to create trail between San Francisco and Humboldt Bay (Redwood Times) May 31, State Senate Unanimously Passes 'Great Redwood Trail' Bill (North Coast Journal) May 31, SMART train, truck collide in Santa Rosa; motorist injured (Santa Rosa Press Democrat) May 29, CA: Novato $2M Short for Downtown SMART Station (Mass Transit Magazine) May 28, Novato $2M Short for Downtown SMART Station (Marin Independent Journal) May 23, SMART Receives Rail Project of The Year Award (San Rafael Patch) May 23, CA: Santa Rosa Narrows Permit Streamlining to Areas Near Transit (Mass Transit Magazine) May 22, Santa Rosa narrows permit streamlining to areas near transit (Santa Rosa Press Democrat) May 22, Sonoma County s Rohnert Park fills housing gap hundreds of units at a time (North Bay Business Journal) May 16, Bicyclists ride to promote safety through Santa Rosa streets (Santa Rosa Press Democrat) May 10, New San Rafael Transit Center faces cost, funding questions (Marin Independent Journal) May 10, CA: San Rafael's Multiuse Path Cost Climbs to Nearly $6 Million (Mass Transit Magazine) P a g e 13 of 26

17 VEHICLE ENGINEERING All major testing has been completed in Japan for the Option Cars. Nippon Sharyo is preparing to move the cars to the Port of Toyohashi before being shipped to Savannah Georgia. Nippon Sharyo conducting testing of DMU 115 P a g e 14 of 26

18 OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE OF WAY: Maintenance of Way Track and Facility groups combined for 2 days to clean up the Petaluma Yard between Washington and D Streets. The clean-up consisted of mowing, weed eating, material consolidation, and debris removal. Met with Chief Engineer, Bill Gamlen and the community member in charge of the Novato San Marin landscaping project. We discussed some restrictions on what they could plant and reviewed lessons learned from the Hamilton Station community landscaping. Provided Hyrail and track protection for 2 tours across the Brazos Subdivision for various entities. Provided flagging for outside agencies/parties in May. Interviewed one Track Maintainer candidate. TRANSPORTATION: Positive Train Control training for new hires. One Conductor is now an Engineer-Conductor. VEHICLE MAINTENANCE: Working on Diesel Multiple Unit 110 Collecting/Creating Parts List for collision Diesel Multiple Unit 110 Training new hires Installation of truck bushings P a g e 15 of 26

19 HUMAN RESOURCES CURRENT OPEN RECRUITMENTS: Engineer-Conductor Signal Technician Safety and Compliance Officer Real Estate Officer Junior Engineering INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED: Engineer-Conductor Signal Technician Junior Engineer Real Estate Officer HIRING: SMART has hired two (2) Engineer-Conductors MISCELLANEOUS: On June 19, 2018, Human Resources Manager participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation on Advanced Mechanical Skill Sets. CTE Foundation is exploring potential programming to introduce high school students to advanced mechanical skills to address future workforce needs for North Bay employers. P a g e 16 of 26

20 REAL ESTATE PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS Downtown Santa Rosa Station Property Staff posted a District Solicitation for a Transit Oriented Development at Railroad Square on March 30, 2018 and received four proposals on May 29 th, the due date. The sub-committee is working on making a recommendation to the Board at the July 18, 2018 board meeting. All of the information on the property is available through SMART s webpage. Downtown Petaluma Station Property Staff is supporting counsel on litigation with the prior approved developer of the property. Larkspur Extension Project The final agreement with a private property owner has been signed and escrow has been opened to complete a Land Exchange Agreement between SMART and the private property owner. In order to not delay construction, a month-to-month lease has been executed allowing the contractor to work on the needed property before escrow is scheduled to close in the early Fall. Staff is continuing to work with the City of San Rafael to take a minor zoning change on the property to the City Council meeting in early October. Final utility legal descriptions and plats are being developed. In June 2017, a Memorandum of Understanding was executed between SMART and the City of San Rafael for the Larkspur Extension Project which included a Land Exchange. The land exchange is needed for the realignment of Francisco Boulevard West and new alignment of the tracks. Staff is continuing to work on the remaining properties that will be in the Land Exchange Agreement with the City of San Rafael. Staff is continuing weekly coordination meetings with Pacific Gas & Electric Company and for all their utility work that is a part of the project. Staff is working to finalize the legal descriptions and plats that are needed for the transfer of the proper property rights to the utility companies and the new location of the utilities. Track work Research continues on property rights for both SMART and property owners regarding the location of track. Pathway Coordinating with the local municipalities regarding securing any necessary land rights to accommodate the construction of the pathways and interim access and laydown area needs. P a g e 17 of 26

21 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Special Event Received Requests for: 2018 Ironman 70.3 Santa Rosa Triathlon July 28, 2018 Special Event Issued: Andy s Unity Park Dedication Ceremony Santa Rosa June 2, 2018 Filipino American Community Sonoma Festival - June 10, 2018 Kaiser Family Wellness Run September 8, 2018 Fulton Family Clean-up Day July 14, 2018 Penngrove Fourth of July Parade July 1, 2018 Right of Entry Permits Issued: PG&E Gas Line Remediation Work Gas Line repair work Rush Creek Place, Novato PG&E Gas line inspection Work W Los Robles Road, Santa Rosa City of Santa Rosa Sanitary sewer line rehab work Santa Rosa PG&E Relocation of poles and new electrical lines at Francisco Blvd. West, San Rafael. PG&E Vegetation trimming/removal in Windsor Permit extension granted Staff is continuing working on issuing Right of Entry Permits/License with: PG&E - Installation of new gas line Coffey Park Restoration, Santa Rosa COMCAST Staff is still working to finalize outstanding license agreement fees. Fiber Optic installation verifications in seven locations. Agreements to be revised. Marin County Flood Control/City of San Rafael Clearing of vegetation Drainage Channel PG&E Vegetation trimming/removal P a g e 18 of 26

22 SAFETY AND SECURITY Public safety staff met with a team from Homeland Security to conduct a safety assessment. The entire property is reviewed to include stations, platforms, SMART owned facilities and policies. Our system is then compared to others of similar size and reviewed to ensure SMART is subscribing to the industry best practices. Staff attended the Marin County Chief s meeting with area police chiefs. The meeting topics include trends in Marin, training opportunities and guest presentations. Staff attended a Metropolitan Transportation Commission Regional Transportation Workshop hosting in coordination with County of Marin Office of Emergency Services. Area transportation providers were in attendance to discuss how public transportation can better assist Emergency Services during an emergency. Chief Welch presented at Sunrise Rotary in Novato. The topics included a project overview, safety program and future potential growth P a g e 19 of 26

23 SMART hosted a meeting with the Federal Bureau of Investigations Weapons of Mass Destruction unit to plan upcoming exercises. The exercise will be in coordination with first responders from Sonoma and Marin Counties as well as SMART staff. SMART s quarterly safety meeting was held in the field for a tour of our two tunnels and a Larkspur project overview. Police and fire agencies from San Rafael and Central Marin were invited to review the project and provide any input for the safety team to consider. Staff has been conducting ongoing follow up with the California Highway Patrol regarding the Todd Road incident. A train engineer reported while passing through Petaluma, three juveniles were throwing rocks at the passing train. Code Compliance responded to the area and located a group of juveniles near the right of way. Petaluma police were notified and documented the incident. Code Compliance contacted two juvenile trespassers who had chased a ball down the tracks at the Santa Rosa North station. They were advised of the safety hazards and were apologetic. P a g e 20 of 26

24 Trespassers continue to be an issue for train crews and Code Compliance officers. Juveniles and adults continue to have zero regard for the fencing and no trespassing signage. (All in Santa Rosa) P a g e 21 of 26

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27 GRANTS AND FEDERAL/STATE AND REGIONAL ACTIVITIES UPCOMING GRANTS AND AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS: Active Transportation Program (ATP) - The California Transportation Commission (CTC) is has adopted final guidelines for the 2019 ATP funding cycle and released a Call for Projects. Project applications are due July 31, This programming cycle will cover funding for Fiscal Years through The program will have $100 million annually, with 50% programmed by the regions and 50% decided by the CTC on a statewide basis. In the Metropolitan Transportation Commission-covered region, MTC will program their share of the ATP funds after the state, with applications due to MTC at the same time as the State deadline and a decision from MTC due to the CTC by February Federal Railroad Administration Positive Train Control Systems Grant: The Federal Railroad Administration issued Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $250 million in Positive Train Control (PTC) Systems Grants on May 15, Applications are due on July 2 and SMART plans to submit a request for funding of a portion of the PTC Systems costs associated with extending rail service north from Sonoma County Airport Station. OTHER REGIONAL ACTIVITIES Regional Transportation Plan Update: The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has begun the process of updating the Regional Transportation Plan, currently named Plan Bay Area The updated financially constrained plan will be called Plan Bay Area MTC is starting this process by developing an unconstrained transportation vision plan called Horizon. This visioning exercise will be developed using the following guiding principles: Affordable: All Bay Area residents and workers have sufficient housing options they can afford households are economically secure. Connected: An expanded, well-functioning transportation system connects the Bay Area fast, frequent and efficient intercity trips are complemented by a suite of local transportation options, connecting communities and creating a cohesive region. Diverse: Bay Area residents support an inclusive region where people from all backgrounds, abilities and ages can remain in place with access to the region s assets and resources. Healthy: The region s natural resources, open space, clean water and clean air are conserved the region actively reduces its environmental footprint and protects residents from environmental impacts. Vibrant: The Bay Area is an innovation leader, creating quality job opportunities for all and ample fiscal resources for communities. MTC has invited submittals of transformative transportation project ideas to be considered as part of the Horizon initiative, with submittals due September 6, P a g e 24 of 26

28 PLANNING REGIONAL TRANSIT/PLANNING COORDINATION ACTIVITIES: State Route 37 Project, Memorandum of Understanding between Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM), Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA), Napa County Transportation Planning Agency (NCTPA), and Solano Transportation Authority (STA) TAM, SCTA, NCTPA and STA have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to continue to jointly study needed improvements to State Route (SR) 37. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday July 20 th at 9:30am the Foley Cultural Center in Vallejo. National Transit Database (NTD) Reporting Federal Transit Administration grant recipients those receiving funding from the Urbanized Area Formula Program (5307) or Rural Formula Program (5311) are required to submit data to the NTD on a monthly and annual basis. Staff continues to submit monthly ridership reports. LOCAL COORDINATION Metropolitan Transportation Commission Regional Onboard Survey Program The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has a goal to cooperatively survey the entire region s Transportation Development Act (TDA) funded fixed-route transit ridership over a five to seven-year period. Survey goals include supporting operator Title VI reporting requirements, refinement of analytical planning tools, such as MTC s travel demand model; and providing data for regional and operator-specific ridership market and equity analyses. The consultant assigned to SMART began the main survey work on March 20 th and finished on June 7 th. 330 weekday and 80 weekend surveys were collected, for a total of 410 completed surveys. Throughout their surveying, the consultant had numerous quality control procedures in place. This included a thorough training prior to the start of fieldwork, regular daily review of returned work, unannounced field checks, and in-depth check-ins throughout the project to review data results and address any issues. Currently, the consultant is reviewing, cleaning and geocoding the data that was collected. The final results of the survey will be available for viewing as a report no later than September 1 st, Rohnert Park General Plan Update Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) The City of Rohnert Park is undertaking a comprehensive update of the City s General Plan. The General Plan Update is an opportunity for the City to collectively shape the next 20 years of the City s growth and development. As part of the two-year project, the City s General Plan Update Team convened a TAC that included senior-level City staff and representatives from outside agencies and organizations whose programs and projects relate to the General Plan. The TAC held its first meeting on May 22 nd and SMART s planning staff was in attendance. The meeting consisted of introductions, background on the general plan, and giving input on how the City could improve and how it s currently succeeding. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held in the month of July. P a g e 25 of 26

29 BikeLink Lockers: SMART has installed 34 electronic lockers accommodating 68 bicycles at SMART Stations. STATION RACKS LOCKERS Downtown San Rafael 10 4 San Rafael Civic Center 10 4 Novato Hamilton 10 4 Novato San Marin 10 8 Petaluma Downtown Cotati 10 8 Rohnert Park 10 8 Santa Rosa Downtown Santa Rosa North 10 4 Sonoma County Airport 10 4 The locker vendor, BikeLink, has locker locations throughout the Bay Area and more information on how to use the system can be found here: BikeLink has recently completed a successful pilot program with BART testing Clipper card use on BikeLink lockers. BikeLink is beta testing several features of Clipper card implementation before conducting a General Release of Clipper on BikeLink, currently anticipated to launch in late August. SMART s BikeLink lockers will be on the first Clipper-enabled bicycle locker systems in the Bay Area. BikeLink locker usage reports for the month of May 2018 indicate that the Santa Rosa Downtown location continues to have the most rentals, with scattered usage throughout the rest of the system. System-wide locker usage for the month of May 2018 is shown here: P a g e 26 of 26

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32 MCCMC Meeting Dates through December 2019 Approved, 2018 July / August 2018 NO MEETINGS Summer Break September 26, 2018 San Rafael (Note: Switched meeting date with Ross) October 24, 2018 San Anselmo November 28, 2018 Ross (Note: Switched meeting date with San Rafael) December 2018 NO MEETING Holiday Break January 23, 2019 Sausalito February 27, 2019 Tiburon March 27, 2019 Belvedere April 24, 2019 May 22, 2019 Corte Madera (Note: Corte Madera volunteered to host the Marin Community United Meeting) Fairfax June 26, 2019 Larkspur July / August 2019 NO MEETINGS Summer Break September 25, 2019 Mill Valley October 23, 2019 Novato November 20, 2019 (Or possibly move to 1 st week in December? (Mtg would be Nov. 27 and Thanksgiving is Nov 28) Ross December 2019 NO MEETING Holiday Break

33 MARIN COUNTY COUNCIL OF MAYORS AND COUNCILMEMBERS DRAFT AGENDA Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Hosted by the City of San Rafael 6:00 PM Social Hour (No-Host Bar) 6:55 PM Welcome and Introductions 1. Call to Order and Presentation of Gifts to Outgoing President Kate Colin 2. Public Comment (Limit 3 minutes per person) 3. Welcome and Introduction of Guests: Mayor Gary Phillips 7:00 PM Dinner Service 7:10 PM 4. Presentation: 7:30 PM 5. Tentative Committee Reports (3 minutes per person, please note request below for written reports this month in lieu of verbal reports) 5.a. Metropolitan Transportation Commission Supervisor Connolly 5.b. Association of Bay Area Governments 5.c. Marin Major Crimes Task Force Oversight Committee 5.d. Marin County School Board Association 5.e. Homeless Committee 5.f. Marin County Disaster Council Citizen Corps 5.g. Marin Transit 5.h. Sonoma/Marin Area Rail Transit Commission 5.i. Golden Gate Bridge & Highway Transportation District 5.j. Transportation Authority of Marin 5.k. MCCMC Legislative Committee 5.l. Local Agency Formation Commission 7:40 PM 6. Program / Guest Speaker: To Be Announced 8:20 PM 7. Business Meeting 7.a Adoption of MCCMC Operating Budget For FY

34 7.b. Review of Draft Agenda for October 24, 2018 MCCMC Meeting Hosted by the City of San Anselmo 7.c. Consideration and Possible Action to Approve the Draft Minutes of the June 27, 2018 MCCMC Meeting Hosted by the City of Novato 8:30 PM ADJOURN: to the October 24, 2018 meeting hosted by the City of San Anselmo Deadline for Agenda Items October 17, 2018 Please send to:

35 MARIN COUNTY COUNCIL OF MAYORS AND COUNCILMEMBERS DRAFT MINUTES Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Hosted by the City of Mill Valley Mill Valley Community Center 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA Members Present Belvedere: Kemnitzer, McAuliffe, McCaskill Corte Madera: Andrews, Bailey, Condon, Furst Fairfax: Ackerman, Coler, Goddard, Reed Larkspur: Chu, Haroff, Morrison, Way Mill Valley: McCauley, McEntee, Moulton-Peters, Wickham Novato: Athas, Drew, Eklund, Lucan Ross: Brekhus, Kuhl, McMillan, Robbins, Russell San Anselmo: Brown, Colbert, Coleman San Rafael: Colin, Phillips Sausalito: Burns, Cleveland-Knowles, Cox, Hoffman, Withy Tiburon: Fredericks Attachment 7.e Ex Officio: Corte Madera Town Manager, Todd Cusimano; Larkspur City Manager, Dan Schwarz; Mill Valley City Manager Jim McCann; Novato City Manager Reagan Candelario; Ross Town Manager Joe Chinn; San Anselmo Town Manager David Donery; San Rafael Assistant City Manager Cristine Alilovich; MCCMC Secretary Rebecca Vaughn Guests were: Marin County Board of Supervisors Damon Connolly and Kate Sears; Aides to Supervisor Sears Maureen Parton and Leslie Alden; Aide to Senator McGuire Carole Mills; Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Paula Reynolds; North Bay Transit Committee John Diamante Call to Order President Kate Colin called the meeting to order at 7:02p.m. and welcomed everyone to the Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers for May 23, She opened the meeting with Two Truths and Lie as an ice breaker. She reminded the group about the OneBook Boob Club discussion on The Color of Law planned for the June MCCMC meeting and requested that the membership try to read at least the preface and first chapter of the book in order to participate in the facilitated discussion. She then called for public comment. Public Comment 1. John McCauley, Mill Valley Stated that MCCMC needs rules about what to talk about for the meeting presentations. Recent presentations seem to have drifted toward national politics and it would better serve the membership if we had a poll to determine what the membership would like to hear about in presentations at future MCCMC meetings. Following Public Comment, President Colin introduced Mill Valley Mayor Stephanie Moulton-Peters. Welcome and Introduction of Guests Mayor Moulton-Peters welcomed everyone to Mill Valley. She introduced the following members of the Mill Valley City Council: Jim Wickham, Sashi McEntee, John McCauley and Jessica Sloan. The following City staff were introduced: City Manager Jim McCann, City Attorney Greg Stepancich, Assistant City Attorney Inder Khalsa, Interim Director of Planning and Building Kari Svantsrom, City 7.e Page 1 of 8

36 Attachment 7.e Librarian Anji Brennar, Fire Chief Tom Welch, Interim Police Chief Jackie Graf-Reis, Director of Public Works Andrew Poster, Senior Planners Danielle Staude and Lisa Newman, Assistant Planner Kathleen Kilgariff, Assistant City Manager Linn Walsh, City Clerk/Administrative Analyst Seth Allingham, Intern Caroline Aletsky and City Clerk Kelsey Rogers. Also present were Supervisor Kate Sears, Supervisor Damon Connolly, Aides to Supervisor Sears Leslie Alden and Maureen Parton, Aide to Senator McGuire Carole Mills, MTC/ABAG Director Brad Paul, League of California Cities North Bay Division Director Nancy Hall Bennett, Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce Director Paul Reynolds, North Bay Transit Committee Member John Diamante. Finally, she thanked Piazza D Angelo and Mill Valley Market for their assistance with the dinner and the social hour h ors d oeuvres. Once dinner service was underway, President Colin called on Supervisor Dennis Rodoni to give a brief presentation. 4. Presentation: 4.a. Representatives from Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) and United Marin Rising (UMR) provided a presentation on the recent Race Counts report, as well as other issues related to equity strategies and solutions. Jericha Senyak (SURJ) and Jessica Hollinger (UMR) introduced their respective organizations and discussed the Race Counts report, which can be viewed here: United Marin Rising (UMR) is a grass roots alliance convened in January 2017 in order to educate and mobilize Marin organizations, community groups and individuals, and to facilitate resources that can build and sustain a people power movement in Marin County and beyond. Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national network of groups and individuals organizing people to reverse racial inequities and support the leadership of people of color. In the past 8 months, SURJ has gathered Marin residents together to learn how to have the difficult conversations surrounding the fight for social justice. Some of the most impactful actions for equity happen at the local government level. SURJ Marin started the Racial Justice Report Card project. Data shows that Marin County is the most racially inequitable county in the state. She gave several examples of how Marin s stated values do not match the actions they are seeing in our communities. This this work is meaningful to her because, doing this work means not only facing the pain, but envisioning a world where there is equity and dignity for everyone. The Racial Justice report card looks at the Race Counts data and asks politicians questions relating to racial equality and work that can be done to create racially equitable outcomes. The grading system highlights discrepancies between intentions (which don t manifest into outcomes) and impact (real outcomes for real people). More information on United Marin Rising can be found here: More information on Showing up for Racial Justice can be found here: 4.b. Update on the County of Marin s Drawdown Initiative Presentation from Supervisor Kate Sears Supervisor Sears explained that we know we are already experiencing the effects of climate change in Marin and we know the importance of adaptation and that as electeds, we need to be working on adaptation initiatives. 7.e Page 2 of 8

37 Attachment 7.e The vision for Drawdown Marin is mitigation of Sea Level Rise in conjunction with adaptation. She encouraged everyone to look at their jurisdictions Bay Wave Reports. In our county, Drawdown encourages us to start locally and then scale up. As part of the Drawdown Campaign, we want to encourage jurisdictions to partner with the business communities to figure out how to make dramatic change in our greenhouse gas emissions to try to minimize the impacts of climate change. Drawdown encourages jurisdictions to set targets that are achievable but also aggressive. She stated that all Marin jurisdictions have gone Deep Green with MCE and have adopted Climate Adaptation plans. Drawdown picked six strategy areas to focus on, in alignment with the State of California s plan: % renewable energy 2. Low Carbon Transportation 3. Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Infrastructure 4. Local Food & Food Waste 5. Carbon Sequestration 6. Climate Resilient Communities Drawdown will convene a leadership team, executive engagement team and community coalitions and they are currently in the process of hiring additional staff at the County to serve as the lead on this initiative. Hoping to have additional staff on the sustainability team by July and then will convene technical working groups on specific subjects related to the strategy areas. These groups will be creating road maps on ways to act quickly to have an impact. The working groups will be asked: - What are the achievable goals in each sector to become fossil free? - What are realistic steps and timelines in the short term to reach long term goals? - What strategies are implementable in what sequence and by whom? - What are the impediments to implementation? - Who are the partners? - What is the cost/benefit analysis? The goal is to come out of this process with a different kind of action plan spanning from 2020 to 2030 with steps toward achieving a fossil-free community by Two requests for the membership to consider: 1. She hopes each jurisdiction will consider adopting a resolution (like the County s October 3 rd resolution) making a commitment to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions 2. Visit the Drawdown website and find out more: Tagline for Drawdown: Learn Join Act She stated that we have an aggressive goal but we think it can be accomplished, and hopes that everyone will engage their constituents in this effort. President Colin thanked Supervisor Sears for her presentation and then proceeded to Committee Reports. 5. Committee Reports: 5.a. Metropolitan Transportation Commission Supervisor Damon Connolly Supervisor Connolly reported that there is a lot going on at MTC, in part because of the merger with ABAG and the new combined mandate of transportation and housing. 7.e Page 3 of 8

38 Attachment 7.e Housing: CASA initiative. The latest information is that MTC is hoping to conclude the process by the end of this year. One issue he flagged in that past which has persisted is the conditioning of transportation funding on actual production of housing. Affordable housing is a huge issue for our whole region, yet transportation on a stand-alone basis is also a huge issue for our region, as much of our workforce comes in through congested roads and highways. He stated he will push to not condition funding and would lean perhaps toward incentivization. SB 827 was voted down in legislature, but there are some similar legislative initiatives in the works. AB 2923, the BART-owned land transit oriented development act. Local authority no longer holds sway and BART guidelines would take precedence on things like density, height, units, etc. The League has taken an Oppose stance. It needs to be acknowledged that there is an important role for local planning and local control as we move forward with housing policies. Transportation SB 1 and RM 3 are at issue on the coming ballots in June and November. SB 1 Competitive funding was recently announced. - $85 mill will be funded to complete the Sonoma side of the Marin Sonoma Narrows project with the understanding that the Marin side would need to be completed (and would be accomplished using $120 million in RM3 funds) - $400,000 was allocated as a planning grant to study Highway 1/101 interchange at the intersection where there is typically flooding and sea level rise impacts on infrastructure. 5.b. Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) - Pat Eklund, Novato Councilmember Eklund called attention to her report included in the agenda packet. The ABAG delegates took a Strongly opposed position to AB 2923 as cities and counties should have full control of land use surrounding transit stations. She thanked ABAG delegates and alternates, and Supervisors Rodoni and Connolly for attending the recent meeting. She introduced Brad Paul, who is the Deputy Director of MTC and attends all Marin ABAG Delegates meetings. She is also on the SF Bay Estuary Project implementation committee. The Committee is doing good work on Sea Level Rise and has a pilot project on land use changes due to sea level rise. Finally, the first round of funding from Measure AA was announced and $18 million in grants have been awarded. The Marin County Flood Control District received. a $630,000 grant for Deer Island Phase 1 tidal restoration. 5.c Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Dan Hillmer, Larkspur There is no verbal report this month, but Mayor Hillmer encouraged members to view the SMART General Manager s Report for May, 2018: %20May% pdf 5.d. Marin Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) Carla Condon, Corte Madera Mayor Condon announced that Interim Executive Officer Rachel Jones resigned effective June 1 to accept an position in Alameda County, and that interviews for a replacement will take place on May 30 th. Jason Freed, from San Francisco LAFCO, will serve as Interim Executive Officer and will be shadowing Rachel starting on May 29th. 5.e. MCCMC Legislative Committee Alice Fredericks, Tiburon The Committee had a very productive meeting with Senator McGuire to build talking points on housing. He asked for data submissions and the numbers of approved permits and built projects. The data on the number of submissions, particularly if it tracks with the number of approved 7.e Page 4 of 8

39 Attachment 7.e permits, will belie the notion that the cities of Marin are not doing their very best to produce housing. The Committee also spoke with him about including information on innovative housing programs here in Marin. The report already includes information from Fairfax and Mill Valley, and she encouraged other cities to submit any of their programs, as well. The deadline for data is June 15, they want to have final report by the end of June so that Senator McGuire has information for the summer intermission meetings. 6. Keynote Speaker: Affordable By Design: Missing Middle Housing Presentation by Karen Parolek, Principal, Opticos Design Mayor Moulton-Peters explained that there many interesting forms of housing in the Los Angeles area that were built before the pre-world War II housing boom. She described duplexes, fourplexes, single family homes and apartments. She asked, How do we support middle housing in our jurisdictions in a way that our electorate will support? She met Karen Parolek and her husband Dan who were promoting middle housing. Karen has been an advocate for bringing back the housing types that existed before World War II. Ms. Parolek spearheaded the initiative to create Missing Middle Housing and speaks around the country. She is committed to developing this housing in communities as another tool in our toolbox to meet these housing needs. In 2001, Ms. Parolek was working in Isla Vista near Santa Barbara where she was trying to figure out how to make businesses more viable, and keep neighborhoods walkable. The community members had stated that they wanted density not greater than 14 units per acre. While on a walking tour, she saw courtyard apartments that had 402 units per acre, that were not visibly large buildings. This helps to understand what density can actually look like, since people don t necessarily know what density looks like. Missing Middle Housing describes a range of multi-unit or clustered housing types compatible in scale with single-family homes that help meet the growing demand for walkable urban living. She explained that walkable cities are thriving cities, they are better for social health, environmental health, and financial health. More compact neighborhoods are more fiscally responsible. She cited a 20-35% gap between demand and supply of walkable urban living centers % of households will be households without children in 25 years. It is anticipated that 3.5 million homes are needed by The National Association of Realtors are now talking about walkable neighborhoods as being highly desirable. And office tenants are now preferring walkable locations in urban areas. The disconnect is that neighborhood living is different than city living. Right now, the market is building small lot single family homes and large apartment complexes. Middle housing is missing. Middle housing is house-scale buildings with multiple units in walkable neighborhoods. Examples of types of middle housing are: Duplex side by side Town houses Duplex Stacked Live work units Bungalow court Courtyard apartments Carriage house Mansion apartments Fourplex Important characteristics of missing middle housing: Walkable Context - Destinational walking: amenities close by Small footprint buildings 7.e Page 5 of 8

40 Attachment 7.e Lower perceived density Well-designed units Fewer off street parking spaces Simple construction Creates community Where do you find the housing? She explained that there should not a mono-culture of one type. A big part of the middle housing solution is the mix within neighborhoods. Ms. Parolek described a barbell of affordable housing, where people talk about subsidized housing and affordable housing. But it is the housing in the middle of this barbell that is missing: Affordable by design Smaller units Lower land costs Lower construction costs Lower incremental development Workforce housing The middle housing that is missing is illegal in most cities current zoning codes. Zoning took off in the 1940 s (industrial vs residential vs multi-family) and came out of suburban development. All of the walkable areas of most cities were built before zoning codes. The primary problem with current multifamily zones is that poor zoning allows for large aesthetically unattractive apartment buildings but prevents missing middle housing. Ms. Parolek encouraged everyone to ask their planning departments to look at what your codes actually encourage and then ask how your codes can be revised to be form-based, i.e., how they can help shape public space. She encouraged cities to start working on individual zones with your city. For example start with a few blocks of your downtown areas. For example, she explained that Novato has a S35,000 unit impact fee and a $45,000 unit utility hookup fee. This encourages developers to max out unit size rather than building more, smaller units. In conclusion, Ms. Parolek provided the website for Missing Middle Housing for anyone who wanted to learn more about the subject: This website was built for citizens to help communities understand the concept of middle housing and the choices these types of housing can provide. President Colin thanked Ms. Parolek for her presentation and proceeded to the Business Meeting. 7. BUSINESS MEETING 7.a. Convening of City Selection Committee for the Purpose of Making Appointment: Discussion and Possible Action by the City Selection Committee to Make an Appointment to Serve on the Marin Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), Ahead of Carla Condon s (Corte Madera) End of Term on May 31, 2018 President Colin explained reiterated that the vacancy was announced at the March 28, 2018 meeting and Bob Ravasio, Corte Madera, was nominated from the floor however, Councilmember Ravasio is unable to accept the nomination at this time and has withdrawn his name from consideration. The following nominations were received from the floor at the April 25, 2018 meeting: 7.e Page 6 of 8