Fwd: Bickering and Resistace alone are futile

From: Charlessands 

Date: December 21, 2010 11:38:52 AM PST

To: drive@avehicleforchange.org

Subject: Fwd: Bickering and Resistace alone are futile 

Bickering is futile and leads no where except to ensure 5'-0" wide sidewalks and narrowing of  our streets. It does not aid in developing a unified 2/3 majority pro/con Homestead Valley community position to put before Supervisor Kinsey.

Rather than "pushing" a proposed plan for Evergreen Ave. or exploiting some Homestead Valley property owners and Marin Horizon School parents pro/con opinions to establish a Hearus group or HV Beat website it would be more helpful if these two antagonists could come together to actively achieve a unified community consensus concerning the future of Evergreen Ave.

It is true that I have not forwarded all emails sent to me. I do not forward emails that solely advertise a web site or group such as HV Beat or Hearus not their email addresses.

I do forward unedited/uncensored all emails received regardless of their tone.

It' fairly tiresome to read a "moderator's  personal attacks on me or others that the "moderator" does not agree with and the "moderator's refusal to not make public the opinions of others because the "moderator" finds the "tone" or "content that opinion to objectionable. 

I'm relieved that Orwell's 1984' thought control has not yet been accepted in Homestead Valley

This tactic is most frequently used by individuals supporting and defending politically correct, progressive positions, actions,  and polices that depends on the philosophy that the "end justifies the means. And without exception these same individuals will claim that this is untrue.

That being said Homestead Valley has much bigger "fish to fry".

RESISTANCE ALONE IS FUTILE.

The Community Development Agency's past Director and his staff, supported by Supervisor Kinsey used any and all devious and deceitful means conceivable to ensure that the Board of Supervisors approved the imposition of Marin Horizon School's proposed expansion plan on Homestead Valley. See recent "unethical conduct" email.

I am confident that Supervisor Kinsey and DPW Director Mansourian will politely listen to all who care to voice their concepts and concerns. And then promptly proceed to implement and build the 5'-0" width sidewalks on Evergreen Ave. and reduce Evergreen and Melrose Ave.'s widths exactly as Marin Horizon School wants.

For nearly 6 months I've heard and read many pros and cons concerning DPW's proposed sidewalk for Evergreen Ave. and Melrose Ave. and narrowing of Evergreen Ave. and Melrose Ave.

However, nearly no-one asks the questions "How did we get here?" "Were did all this traffic come from? Nor address the root cause of the reason necessitating sidewalks and the narrowing of Evergreen and Melrose Ave.

A few "politically correct" Homestead Valley neighbors prefer not to recognize or talk about the fact that a 1,00 lb gorilla, Marin Horizon  School, has been wrongly imposed on Homestead Valley and to acknowledge that the traffic and parking it generates is destroying the semi-rural character and quality of  Evergreen and Melrose Ave.

It is painfully obvious that the County is solidly in the pocket of Marin Horizon School. And that all the emails sent to DPW and concerns expressed at the past two meetings are politely received, ignored and not answered. 

The County is proceeding in 2010 exactly as it did in 2003 -2005. It politely and deceptively appeared to be interested in Homestead Valley's concern then proceeded to do exactly what was solely in the best interest of Marin Horizon School despite Marin orizon

 

 

Horizon School's massive negative traffic and parking impacts on its surrounding Evergreen   Ave  neighborhood, its quality of life and, semi-rural character.

 

Some property owners on Evergreen Ave. have already publicly stated that the only evident way to  cage, control and stop this 1,000 lb. gorilla may be to bring a legal action for relief.

Legal action for relief should be brought against Supervisor Kinsey, the Community Development Agency past and present directors and staff responsible for wrongly, deceitfully and deviously  imposing Marin Horizon School on Homestead Valley alleging: Malfeasance in office for not equally enforcing county ordinances and; The
unethical professional practice of revising and manipulating county ordinances through deliberate errors and omissions to benefit solely Marin Horizon School and resulting in Homestead Valley property owners being deprived of their civil rights to equal protection of the County ordinances County Wide Plan, Tamalpais Area Wide Plan, Title 19 Buildings, Title 22 Development Code, Title 24 Development and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Homestead Valley/ Evergreen Ave. property owners could ask the court to:

a) Have all County participants removed from office, employment  or demoted;

b) Require the County to cause to be made the necessary Evergreen  street, drainage and sidewalk improvements required to meet Title 24 minimum standards and;

c) Require Marin Horizon School to comply with Title 24 Parking Ordinances and resolution 2005-105 Use Permit and d) Require Marin Horizon School to provide  appropriately sized/scaled school buses in order to significantly reduce the excessive volume of Marin Horizon School vehicle traffic on its neighborhood streets.  

Sufficiently documented facts, consultant reports  and correspondence exist to support the above allegations.

A. The following recent "Facts" below illustrate the fact that the County will permit MHS to do anything it wants and why it is futile to talk the County into also protecting Homestead Valley and Evergreen Ave. neighborhood interests.

Fact 1: 59 % of the weekly average of all east/west bound vehicles on Evergreen Ave. in the morning when MHS students are walking to school are MHS vehicles. A significant negative traffic  impact not included in MHS' Environmental Initial Study (EIS) used to gain Board of Supervisors approval. See Fig. 1 and 3.

Fact 2: It is very probable that the blue Prius that Hanne Barnes described in her below email was in fact a Marin Horizon School parent's vehicle that had just dropped a K-8 student off at school. 

Fact 3.  Marin Horizon Vehicles are required to have an identifying "cling sticker" on its windshield. Ref. 2005-104 and 2005-105 is not enforced by the County.

Fact 4. 58 % of the weekly average of all east/west bound vehicles on Evergreen Ave. in the afternoon when MHS students are walking from school are MHS vehicles . A significant negative traffic impact not included in MHS' Environmental Initial Study (EIS) used to gain Board of Supervisors approval. Ref.  Fig. 2 and 4.

Fact 5.  During MHS' April 24, 2010 Earth Day special event approximately 120 MHS vehicles parked on street severely congesting the MHS neighborhood. Ref. Dowling & Associates exam April 24, 2010. A significant negative parking impact not included in MHS' Environmental Initial Study (EIS) used to gain Board of Supervisors approval.

 

Regards,

 

Charles D. Sands,  Architect and Urban Designer

12 Madrone Park Circle,

Mill Valley, CA 94941

415 381 6804