There isn't much to like about the COVID pandemic, but the new-indoor outdoor lifestyle—with many stores and restaurants taking over parking spaces and sidewalks to offer COVID-safe operation—has definitely been one of them. I was thrilled to vote to continue allowing businesses to operate outdoors. Local business owners and workers are able to reclaim much of the business they lost during the initial COVID lockdown, stimulating the local economy. Meanwhile, residents have a

Like seemingly much of what we do at Town Hall, this vote was required by state law. Under Senate Bill 1383, all California cities are required to adopt an ordinance setting out plans to reduce organic waste disposal in landfills (a major source of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases) by 75% by 2025. The State did provide a template ordinance for cities to use, which Town staff tailored to Corte Madera. In our case, practical changes to residents and businesses w

With California deep in the grip of a historic drought, use of potable water for tasks like landscape irrigation and sewer line flushing has been restricted by the Marin Municipal Water District board. These two uses represent some of the Town's biggest water needs, and since April, the Town has been renting a water truck for $2,619 per month that allows us to pick up recycled water from the Central Marin Sanitation Agency and use that for our maintenance needs instead. With