Our residents don't generally complain much, but one thing we've heard repeatedly from the community over the last several years is that there are not enough public toilets in Town Park, especially to serve larger events. We've made addressing this deficiency a priority in this year's work plan, but as always, we are looking for the most cost-efficient way to meet our goals. With that in mind, I voted to authorize staff to apply for up to $178,000 in grant funding from the st

I voted to authorize an additional $160,000 in funding for our Sewer Master Plan project after initial work on the project—mainly, the inspection and cataloging of the sewer system's current condition—showed that our infrastructure needed more repairs than we initially realized. We also added a couple additional items of investigation into the scope of work for this project to make sure we are being as careful and proactive in maintaining our sewer system as possible, while r

Every year, our Public Works department undertakes a major project to repair the most dilapidated portions of the Town's sewer system, and the 2021 Sewer Rehabilitation Project is focusing on the Marin Estates - Granada neighborhood. In the course of performing those repairs, it was discovered that certain sections of the existing infrastructure were in worse condition than initially anticipated, requiring $132,400 in additional funds outside the original contract to repair t

As I wrote about after our original vote on this issue on January 18th, there's a new state law in effect (SB9) that allows the owners of most single-family residential lots to split their lot in two, and build additional new units on each lot. Unfortunately, the details of the law are unclear, to the extent that it's not even clear exactly how many new units can be built, or what regulations these units must follow. In response, on January 18th, we adopted an urgency ordinan