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Legislators bat for ferry operator Flood-fix
Lands board also says State Parks has no standing to enter into Angel Island service contract
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN
dmccrohan@thearknewspaper.com
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The California State Lands Commission
has put the brakes on State Parks’ plans to
put the Tiburon-Angel Island ferry service
out to bid as two state legislators are going
to bat for current operator Capt. Maggie Mc-
So. Marin fire
chief questions
safety of town
evacuation-
decal project
Council OK’d markers, but
town is bisected by two fire
districts at odds over benefit
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN
dmccrohan@thearknewspaper.com
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Belvedere’s and Tiburon’s streets
and paths will soon sport new evacua-
tion decals that intend to point the way
toward safety in an emergency, but
one of Tiburon’s two fire chiefs — who
wasn’t consulted on the project — says
the markers can be confusing and po-
tentially dangerous, and he may stop
installation in his jurisdiction.
In the latest step of an initiative first
proposed two years ago by the Tiburon
Fire Protection District, the Tiburon
Town Council in August approved 200
blue plastic street decals marked with
the letter “E” to be deployed on town
streets, each featuring arrows that in-
tend to lead people to lanes, pathways
and steps that offer fast routes toward
safety. The 20-inch by 12-inch markers
are expected to ship in October and be
installed in winter.
However, while the Tiburon fire
district’s jurisdiction covers Belve-
dere and southern Tiburon up to the
Belveron neighborhood, northern and
———
See Decals, page 20
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Donogh of the Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry Commission’s lands-management division,
plan could
Co.
The pier, dock, moorings and other im-
provements at Angel Island’s Ayala Cove are
the lease provisions prohibit commercial ac-
tivities and say State Parks isn’t allowed to
sublease the structures or enter into third-
cost up to
on tide and submerged lands managed by the
state Lands Commission and leased to State
Parks. According to a Sept. 13 letter to State
party agreements — such as a long-term con-
tract for a ferry-service provider — without
———
$27 mil in
Parks from Brian Bugsch, chief of the Lands See Ferry, page 18
Belvedere
Craft brew fest’s Rugged By MATTHEW HOSE
mhose@thearknewspaper.com
Coast has Tiburon roots
———
A major Belvedere project that
It’s among dozens to be featured at Sept. 22 Tiburon Taps Beer Festival
would build taller flood protections on
Beach Road and San Rafael Avenue
will likely cost between $11.3 million
and $27.1 million, according to a new
estimate from a contract engineer, de-
pending on which of the dozens of dif-
ferent project-design options the city
chooses.
The flood-protection work will also
likely require the city to put in a new
flood barrier on West Shore Road and
work with Tiburon to find a way to
impede water from coming in over the
downtown waterfront in the event of a
100-year storm, according to a report
Stetson Engineers presented to the
Belvedere Citizens’ Flood Zone Com-
mittee Sept. 12.
———
See Flood, page 25
Emerging pros face off
ELLIOT KARLAN / FOR THE ARK
at Tiburon Challenger
Jeff Moseley pours a Rugged Coast Brewery beer from the tap at the San Francisco Yacht Club. Moseley, who tennis tournament
lives in Paradise Cay, co-founded the Santa Rosa-based brewery with business partner Matt McCourtney in
June 2016; McCourtney is in charge of the brewing while Moseley handles business development and opera- By MICHELLE ASCHWALD
tions. Rugged Coast is one of more than two dozen Bay Area craft breweries that will be offering up their beers maschwald@thearknewspaper.com
this Saturday at the fifth annual Tiburon Taps Beer Festival in Shoreline Park. ———
The Tiburon Challenger men’s pro
By HEATHER LOBDELL “We love this event, and it’s right in my back- tennis circuit tournament kicks off
hlobdell@thearknewspaper.com yard,” Moseley says. “People have a fantastic this weekend at the Tiburon Peninsu-
——— time in a very festive atmosphere with live la Club, highlighting an international
The Tiburon Taps Beer Festival returns to music and the best beer around.” field of 32 singles players and 16 dou-
Shoreline Park Sept. 22, showcasing more than Moseley and business partner Matt Mc- bles teams.
two dozen Bay Area craft breweries — includ- Courtney established Rugged Coast Brewing The tournament, which was first
ing one with deep hometown roots. in June 2016. The brewery currently focuses on played at the club in 2003, runs Sept.
Award-winning Rugged Coast Brewing, co- two products. Harding Rock IPA, a deep but 22-30. It’s presented by Wells Fargo
founded by Paradise Cay resident Jeff Moseley, smooth India pale ale with tropical bursts of Bank and has a total prize purse of
will participate in the festival for the second ——— ———
time. See Beer, page 19 See Tennis, page 20
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
If ferry doesn’t get contract, can The choice between Capt. McDonough and Blue & Gold,
the dregs of the dark bottom when it comes to public service,
we block others’ landing rights? is truly an ugly one. However, nothing especially commends
Capt. McDonogh. She is not entitled to any special consider-
My wife, Helen, and I are in full support of Maggie Mc-
ation because she is a woman, because she has operated the
Donogh’s attempts to challenge and fight the ridiculous bid-
service for many years, or for any other reason. The service
ding terms laid down by the so-called management experts
should be operated by whoever will provide the best service
at California State Parks who appear to have no apprecia-
to all, including the handicapped whose access seems to be
tion whatsoever of the financial realities of this local ferry
a point of contention for Capt. McDonogh.
transportation business (“Ferry operator says she’ll fight,”
Before anybody blindly signs the petition in support of
Sept. 12, pg. 1).
Capt. McDonough, they should wait until she reveals her
I am curious as to who owns the ferry docks at Tiburon
still-secret plan.
and whether an additional arrow in Maggie’s quiver would
— Mitchell Green, Tiburon
be to legally block any landing rights of any Angel Island
ferries other than Maggie’s?
— Bill Lindqvist, Tiburon Dear Scouts: Constitution also
Ferry captain has showed true grants right not to stand for flag
In his letter to the editor, the assistant Scout master for Ti-
colors, doesn’t deserve support buron’s Boy Scouts bemoans the fact that the vast majority
What goes around should come around. of Labor Day Parade attendees did not stand when the flag
For that reason, Capt. Maggie McDonogh does not deserve passed (“Letters: Remember your Flag Code,” Sept. 12, pg. 3).
the support of Tiburon residents in trying to hold onto the He then informs readers that, prior to next year’s parade, his
Angel Island ferry route. This is the same Capt. McDonogh troop “will send out reminders” telling attendees to stand.
who waited until the last minute to try to sink Golden Gate He makes no mention, whatsoever, of “reminding” his
Ferry’s takeover of commuter service from Blue & Gold troop that our nation’s right to freedom of expression in-
Fleet. Her litigation threat against Golden Gate was a slap cludes the right not to stand, just as surely as it does the
at Tiburon commuters, already frayed by the long delay in right to stand. Since the Scouts give out merit badges for
transferring service and Blue & Gold’s despicably bad ser- various achievements, perhaps its members would benefit
vice. from there being a merit badge for understanding our con-
When it comes to Capt. McDonogh’s concern for the ———
Tiburon public, her true colors are clear. See Letters, page 7
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Famed chef Trial over access to Tiburon Ridge trails
Mina to open wraps up as judge considers decision
new restaurant
in Tiburon
Michelin-starred executive chef Michael Mina is bring-
ing his talents to downtown Tiburon.
A Mina Group restaurant will be taking over the 5 Main
St. space along Tiburon’s shoreline that was occupied by
Guaymas Mexican restaurant until earlier this month, a
company representative said in a brief announcement to
The Ark at press deadline Sept. 17.
Jamie Law of the Mina Group said she could only con-
firm the long-swirling rumors, but at press time she could
provide no additional information, including a name for
the restaurant, any potential concept, any potential part-
ners or a target opening date.
Rumors the Mina Group would take over the space
began swirling in early May but faded for several months
until Guaymas’ owner, Specialty Restaurants Corp., an-
nounced Aug. 17 that Guaymas would close for good
after dinner service on Sept. 3.
On Aug. 21, Law, of the Mina Group, appeared to be
———
See Mina, page 16
CLARIFICATION
“Locals testify about historic use of Martha
property,” Sept. 12, pg. 1: Whether the public’s
use of Martha Co.’s trails is legally “trespassing” is
the issue to be determined by the judge. The citizens
group Tiburon-Belvedere Residents United to Support
Trails is, rather, suing over the company’s recent ef-
forts to curb alleged trespassers as it ramps up plans
to the turn the land into a 43-lot subdivision.
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its coverage, and it is our policy to correct errors of
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Request corrections or clarifications by contacting
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Martha Co. property on the Tiburon
Ridge wrapped up Sept. 14 after a cou-
ple days of testimony from witnesses
who backed the property owners’
claim the land has historically sported
measures to curb interlopers, including
fencing and signage.
Judge Roy Chernus has given each
side until Oct. 15 to present additional
briefs on legal issues. He is expected
to issue a written ruling two to four
weeks after that.
The citizens group Tiburon-Bel-
vedere Residents United to Support
Trails, or Trust, is suing the Martha
Town targets March to reopen McKegney Field
5-month delay needed to
ensure new grass takes root
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN
dmccrohan@thearknewspaper.com
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The reopening of McKegney Field
has been postponed five months —
from October until at least March — to
give the field’s new Bermuda and rye-
grass more time to take root, ensuring it
can withstand the punishment of soccer
and lacrosse play.
In recent weeks, crews from Hayward-
based Suarez and Muñoz Construction
have been rebuilding and regrading the
field, complete with a new freshwater
irrigation system. That work included
laying down nearly 200,000 square feet
of new Bermuda grass sod, section by
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Co. over the property owner’s recent ef-
forts to limit public access to the land
as it plans for a 43-lot development
there called Easton Point.
Trust is arguing the public estab-
lished a right to use the trails because
it had been doing so continually for
five or more years without significant
objection before 1972, when a state law
greatly limited prescriptive easements.
In 2000, the California Court of Ap-
peal ruled that such uses before the law
went into effect still constitute an implied
public right to use privately owned land.
Representatives of the Martha Co.,
which is owned and run by the John L.
Reed family, say Trust is just trying to
delay the property’s development. The
Martha Co. maintains there’s substan-
tial evidence the land has always been
For the next two months, the contrac-
tor will be mowing the grass regularly
to help it create new roots and adjusting
the new irrigation system.
Because Bermuda grass goes dor-
mant in the winter months, the contrac-
tor will seed the field with ryegrass
— scattering the seed directly onto the
field without roughing up the new turf
— and that ryegrass should keep the
field green through the cool months.
The town will need to reseed the field
with ryegrass every fall, Tiburon Town
Manager Greg Chanis said.
“In future years, we will be able to
time the overseeing a little better, and
the time needed for the seed to get es-
tablished will get shorter,” he said.
Town officials originally said the field
could reopen and be ready for use by
early October, as it was estimated the
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One of those family members,
Tiburon resident Mark Reed, has said
the lawsuit is simply the latest attempt
to stop development on the property
and force its sale to those who want to
preserve it as open space.
“This is blackmail,” Reed told The
Ark Sept. 12 in the court hallway.
Defense presents witnesses
after failed motion to halt trial
The trial got underway Sept. 4 with
four days of witness testimony for the
plaintiff, which sought to lay down
a pattern of use of the Martha prop-
erty by local residents for recreational
purposes without seeking permission
———
See Trial, page 19
after the sod was installed.
However, at some point, the contrac-
tor and designer made a decision not to
use Bermuda sod with ryegrass already
mixed in, meaning the ryegrass would
need to be overseeded at a later date.
In addition, because the recent weath-
er has been on the cooler side, officials
didn’t feel the Bermuda grass had got-
ten the amount of sunshine it needed to
get started properly. As a result, officials
said, the Tiburon Peninsula Soccer Club
decided it would not use the field during
its fall season, and the town decided to
leave the fence around the field up until
spring to keep the public off while the
grass takes root.
“It’s a large investment of financial
resources from the town, and we want
to give the field every opportunity to be
as healthy as possible before we allow
play,” Chanis said.
Jim Fraser, Realtor
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Meetings & Agendas Belvedere City Council

Public meetings of local interest
Tiburon Town Council: The meeting scheduled for tonight,
Sept. 19, has been canceled.
Sanitary District No. 5 of Marin board of directors: 5
p.m. Sept. 20, district office, 2001 Paradise Drive.
Tiburon Design Review Board: 7 p.m. Sept. 20, council
chambers, Tiburon Town Hall, 1505 Tiburon Blvd.
MCE Clean Energy board of directors: 7 p.m. Sept. 20,
board room, headquarters, 1125 Tamalpais Ave., San Rafael.
Tiburon Heritage & Arts Commission: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 25,
ground-floor conference room, Tiburon Town Hall, 1505 Tiburon
Blvd.
Southern Marin Fire Protection District board of di-
rectors: 7 p.m. Sept. 26, Strawberry fire station, 308 Reed Blvd.
Tiburon Planning Commission: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, council
chambers, Tiburon Town Hall, 1505 Tiburon Blvd.
Strawberry Design Review Board: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1, first-
floor meeting room, Strawberry Recreation Center, 118 E. Straw-
berry Drive.
Tiburon Town Council: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3, council chambers,
Tiburon Town Hall, 1505 Tiburon Blvd.
Sanitary District No. 5 of Marin agenda
The Sanitary District No. 5 of Marin meets at 5 p.m. Sept. 20 in
the office at the treatment plant at 2001 Paradise Drive. The follow-
ing items are on the agenda:
Letters, continued from page 3
———
stitutional rights. — William Rothman, Belvedere
Price tag for garbage-rate increase
should include better service
The recent 20-percent garbage-collection rate increase
approved by Belvedere is well beyond reasonable, fair or
•  Directors’ comments and agenda requests.
•  Approval of minutes of Aug. 23 meeting.
•  Review and receive all electronic fund transfers and approve
warrants for the period of Aug. 16-Sept. 13; JP Morgan Chase Bank
check nos. 6470-6514, transactions totaling $782,560.55; and re-
view and receive August 2018 payroll, in the amount of $95,150.63.
•  Receipt of financial reports for August.
•  Annual declaration of surplus property: main plant boiler.
•  District management summary report.
•  Discussion of notice of assessment for Belvedere’s Acacia/
Laurel utility undergrounding project.
•  Committee reports.
Tiburon Design Review Board agenda
The Tiburon Design Review Board meets at 7 p.m. Sept. 20 in
council chambers at Tiburon Town Hall, 1505 Tiburon Blvd. The
following items are on the agenda:
•  Site plan and architectural review for construction of an ad-
dition and parking deck (or carport/garage) for the home at 136
Sugarloaf Drive. Owners: Michael Sillman and Pat Skipper.
•  Site plan and architectural review for construction of a new
three-story, 5,800-square-foot house on 4.86-acre vacant lot at 5
Trestle Glen Circle. Owner: Arthur Giovara.
•  Site plan and architectural review for a 1,045-square-foot ad-
dition to a house at 1930 Straits View Drive and variance for en-
croachment of deck into side-yard setback. Owner: Rajbir Singh.
•  Adoption of minutes of Sept. 6 meeting.
responsible city governance (“Belvedere reluctantly OKs
19.5% garbage-rate increase,” Aug. 22, pg. 1.)
Nowhere in this story is there evidence of improved ser-
vice or quieter equipment. For a 20-percent increase, we still
get early morning shrill air brakes at every house, the five
to six slams of the automated dumper, the high-pitched hy-
draulic scraper — a particularly rude auditory invasion —
then a roaring departure to the next stop 15 feet away.
Perhaps City Hall can have a chat with these folks on our
behalf and quiet things down.
— Peter Engler, Belvedere
approves prohibition on
temporary deer fencing
By MATTHEW HOSE
mhose@thearknewspaper.com
———
After more than a year of discussions, the Belvedere
City Council has finally approved rule changes meant
to stop the proliferation of temporary-looking mesh-wire
deer fencing in the city.
The council voted 4-0, with Councilmember Marty
Winter absent, at its Sept. 10 meeting to approve changes
to the Belvedere’s municipal code that would require all
fences in the city meet design review standards.
The new rules also will allow for fences to be built up
to 8 feet tall in rear and side yards on Belvedere Island,
as long as all adjacent neighbors agree and as long as the
fence isn’t going up against public property like a street.
The changes are the result of the work of the city’s
Deer Fencing Task Force Committee, which was formed
in response to concerns about the temporary deer fenc-
ing that has proliferated in the city along with tall fences
that create a tunnel effect along street frontages. The task
force was also asked to help people develop alternative
solutions to preventing deer from eating their landscap-
ing, producing a 250-page binder of fencing and land-
scaping ideas.
That committee was formed by the City Council last
year as it moved away from more controversial deer-man-
agement strategy from a grassroots citizens group that
proposed sterilizing deer in makeshift operating rooms
in volunteer residents’ garages.
Early on in the task-force’s meetings, it became clear
members were looking to put a stop to the construction of
———
See Deer, page 19

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Sam’s gets OK to
install sliding doors Cleaning up the coast
to connect dining
room to rear deck
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN
dmccrohan@thearknewspaper.com
———
Sam’s Anchor Cafe will soon open up its
eastern dining room to the outdoor deck by
replacing the windows with sliding glass
doors.
The Tiburon Design Review Board gave a
quick 3-0 approval to the change at its Sept.
6 meeting; board Chair Bryan Chong and
board member Suzanne Kim were absent.
The well-known waterfront watering hole,
located at 27 Main St., was originally built in
1925 and is on Tiburon’s register of historic
buildings. However, it’s only the front of the
building that has historic value, Tiburon
Planning Manager Sung Kwon wrote in a
staff report recommending approval of the
sliding glass doors.
He concluded altering the restaurant’s
rear façade “would have no impact on the
historic value of the existing structure.”
The restaurant’s principal owner, Conor
Flaherty of Tiburon, told the board the change
would make the restaurant more attractive.
ELLIOT KARLAN / FOR THE ARK
There was no opposition to the change.
Steve Sears, the president of the Tiburon Adam Gavzer (right) of Belvedere instructs a group of California Coastal Cleanup volunteers along San Rafael Avenue near West Shore Road on
Sept. 15. Gavzer and his partner, Belvedere City Councimember James Campbell, lead the annual cleanup there, and they were among about 50,000
Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and for- statewide to help clean up the coast in Saturday’s event. Over at Blackie’s Pasture, site leader Brooke Halsey said about 40 volunteers cleaned up
mer owner of Sam’s, urged the board to ap- everything from cigarette butts to large pieces of boats and docks, a gas can filled with oil, shoes, several tennis balls and one syringe. ‘The most
prove it as an aesthetic improvement. unique item found this year was a Victoria Secret leopard-print bra,’ Halsey said. ‘If this is yours, you probably can claim it from Tiburon Public Works,’
——— he said.
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Hearing over changes

to Caprice delayed due Truck goes over embankment
to neighbor concerns
A Tiburon Design Review Board hearing to consider a
37-square-foot addition to The Caprice restaurant in Tiburon
has been postponed until Oct. 4 after the town attorney re-
ceived a letter from the restaurant’s next-door neighbors
detailing concerns about the project, according to Planning
Manager Sung Kwon.
The board originally planned to review the application
from The Caprice’s owner, San Francisco restaurateur Jerry
Dal Bozzo of Ross, at its Sept. 6 meeting.
Dal Bozzo wants to add 37-square-feet to the front of the
restaurant, located at 2000 Paradise Drive, to fill in an exist-
ing shallow alcove out front. He also wants to raise the roof
height by 1 foot to provide room for new ductwork, install a
new awning and make some window changes on the west
elevation.
However, John Davis and his siblings, who own the triplex
next door at 2002 Paradise Drive, are urging the board to
deny the project.
In their letter, sent to the town Sept. 6, the Davises object to
the increase in roof height; the lack of a lighting plan, which
would indicate whether any exterior lights would be required
with glare that would cause nighttime light pollution; and the
lack of information about the noise level of the new rooftop
heating and air-conditioning units. They also find the pro-
posed bright red awning for the front entry inappropriate.
The Davises have hired attorney Riley Hurd to represent
them.  — Deirdre McCrohan SOUTHERN MARIN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
A supply-truck driver was taken to the hospital after driving over a retaining wall, through a fence and down an embankment at a
driveway on Spanish Trail Road Sept. 11. Police officials did not respond to multiple requests for comment, but the driver, who had
Sam’s, continued from page 8 minor injuries, had apparently been trying to turn around in the driveway when the accident happened just before 11 a.m., accord-
ing to the Marin Independent Journal. While the driver attributed the crash to brake failure, a Tiburon police officer said it appeared
———
he hit the gas accidentally, the IJ reported.
“It’s great for Sam’s, it’s great for Tiburon. It will improve
the flow of traffic in the restaurant,” he said.
In 2016, Sam’s won approval to put up a clear plastic out- Learn about response to oil spills during science-center talk
door canopy on the same side of the deck, but it ultimately
decided not to make that change. Subsequently, Sears and Hear speakers from the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, a The network hopes to add the marine-science center to
Brian Wilson, the co-owners at the time, sold the restaurant statewide network that mobilizes rapidly to help wildlife its list of member organizations, said Scott Buhl, respond-
to Flaherty and a group of local investors. injured in toxic spills, during an informational seminar set er specialist with the network, training the San Francisco
for 3:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Estuary & Ocean Science Cen- State University scientists and graduate students working
20 Juno Road ter at the Romberg Tiburon Campus, 3152 Paradise Drive. there as volunteer responders in case of a bay oil spill.
In other action at the meeting, the board voted 3-0 to ap- The network, established in 1994 by the state Depart- While volunteer opportunities are not open to the
prove a 100-square-foot addition, with variances for excess ment of Fish and Wildlife after the Exxon Valdez disas- public, members of the public are welcome to come and
lot coverage and encroachment into the side-yard setback, ter, is made up of 42 member organizations including the learn more about the challenges of rescuing oiled wildlife,
for a home at 20 Juno Road. The board also approved plans Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito and Wildcare wildlife he said.
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Tiburon crews trim

controversial trees
at McKegney Knoll
Crews working for the town of Tiburon were out on Mc­
Kegney Knoll along Old Rail Trail last week removing or
pruning trees deemed a potential public-safety problem.
McKegney Knoll is the hill between McKegney Green
playing field and South of the Knoll Park.
A portion of the multiuse path was closed to all bicycle,
pedestrian and other traffic and detoured around the west-
ern, waterside portion of the knoll near the gazebo.
A group of residents first tried to get the trees there re-
moved in 1996, but the issue was abandoned after they
failed to come up with a plan homeowners would pay for.
After a eucalyptus from McKegney Knoll fell across the
Old Rail Trail in 2006, residents from the Reed Heights and
Del Mar neighborhoods again pressured the town to remove
the trees, a request that was denied. Town officials instead
directed the trees be pruned.
Last spring, a Reed Heights couple offered to pay the town
$52,000 collected from neighborhood homeowners to chop
down 42 trees on the heavily wooded knoll. They said re-
moving the trees would eliminate fire and other safety haz-
ards and would allow oaks and other native trees to grow
and thrive, while others in the group have, during public Patrick Kerslake / Town of Tiburon
hearings, defended their right to protect their views. Contractors hired by the town of Tiburon prune and remove trees between McKegney Green and South of the Knoll Park adjacent to the
Instead, the council voted unanimously at its May 2 meet- Old Rail Trail multiuse path on Sept. 11.
ing to adopt the recommendation of its hired arborist firm
and remove five blackwood acacias; one dwarf blue gum in of 15 low-scoring trees listed on the arborist report on tree nance costs, while providing the conditions for more healthy
decline; one 84-inch-diameter blue gum; any eucalyptus tree health. Five other trees will be pruned. trees to grow,” Tiburon Town Manager Greg Chanis wrote
over 10 inches in diameter; as well as an additional group “Completing this work will help reduce risk and mainte- in the town newsletter. — Deirdre McCrohan

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Go-getter
Club makes way for new Regatta Center Tiburon author to talk
new Betty Ford biography
at Sept. 22 book signing
USA Today called Tiburon resident Lisa
McCubbin’s new book about the late First
Lady Betty Ford one of the “five new books
you won’t want to miss this week.”
McCubbin will talk about her new book at
a signing event to be held at 1 p.m. Sept. 22
at Book Passage bookstore, 51 Tamal Vista
Blvd., Corte Madera.
The 432-page biography just published by
Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books division,
“Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate,
Survivor, Trailblazer,” appears destined to
hit the New York Times bestseller lists, as
have several of McCubbin’s previous books.
Publishers Weekly said, “McCubbin writes
with great tact and sensitivity in this insight-
ful and beautifully told biography.” McCub-
bin was able to conduct in-depth interviews
with all four of Ford’s children for the work.
McCubbin was a coauthor with retired
Secret Service agent Clint Hill on three ear-
lier books about the White House, includ-
ing “Five Presidents” (2016), “Five Days in
November” (2013) and “Mrs. Kennedy and
Me” (2012). She was a coauthor with Gerald
Blaine of “The Kennedy Detail: JFK’s Secret
Service Agents Break Their Silence” (2011).
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McCubbin is the daughter of Gay and
The San Francisco Yacht Club demolished its century-old Cove House at 98 Beach Road Sept. 13 to make way for a new $6 million two-story,
6,805-square-foot Regatta Center. Construction will tentatively start on the new event space at the end of September, according to yacht club staff Wyman Harris of Belvedere.
commodore Ed Lynch. Lynch said the club hopes to have construction finished within 12 months. The new building will include a large one-story event — Deirdre McCrohan
center, a warming kitchen, several meeting rooms and a commodore’s room. The project will also add a sidewalk along a dangerous blind curve on
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Join marine-science center’s book-club discussion
A group of marine scientists will lead
a discussion of “The Extreme Life of the
Sea” by Stephen R. Palumbi and Anthony
R. Palumbi during a Marine LiteraSea
Book Group meeting set for 12:30-2 p.m.
Sept. 26 at the Estuary & Ocean Center at
the Romberg Tiburon Campus, 3152 Para-
Foundation accepting entries for photo contest
The Belvedere Community Foundation
is accepting submissions from amateur
and professional photographers for its 17th
annual photography contest. All photos
must be taken on the Tiburon Peninsula,
and the contest guidelines state they “must
reflect the beauty and spirit of Belvedere
and Tiburon.” Categories include black and
Marine center to celebrate 40th anniversary Oct. 4
The Estuary & Ocean Science Center at
the Romberg Tiburon Campus is celebrat-
ing its 40th anniversary at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 4
at the waterfront estate of Tiburon resident
Maxwell Drever, 2900 Paradise Drive.
The evening will feature food, drinks,
music from the San Francisco State Uni-
versity student jazz band and live and si-
lent auctions, with proceeds benefiting the
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The book, published in 2014, is about the
creatures of the sea that survive and thrive
under extreme conditions. Bring your own
lunch; coffee and tea will be provided. To at-
tend, RSVP to rebeccajohnson@sfsu.edu or
call 415-338-3543. — Deirdre McCrohan
white photos, people and events, ages 5-18,
landscapes, wildlife and architecture. The
foundation will accept entries until Oct.
31, and winners will be announced at the
foundation’s annual meeting Nov. 15. Enter
the contest at belvederecommunityfounda-
tion.com.
— Matthew Hose
financial support for undergraduate and
graduate students conducting research
and taking classes at the marine-science
center, which is run by San Francisco State.
Tickets are $75, and sponsorship oppor-
tunities are available.
For more information, call Rebecca John-
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CHALKBOARD
Run for Reed Schools fundraiser returns Oct. 12
The Foundation for Reed Schools will kick
off its 2018-2019 fundraising season Oct. 12
with “Run for Reed Schools,” a 5K and 1-mile
run-walk through downtown Tiburon.
Both races, which are for kids enrolled at
Reed and Bel Aire elementary schools and
Del Mar Middle School, their families and
Reed Union School District staff, start and
finish on Juanita Lane at Tiburon Boule-
vard, behind New Morning Cafe.
The 1-mile run-walk begins at 4:30 p.m.
and will take participants down Beach, Cove
and Lagoon roads before turning around.
The 5K begins at 4:45 p.m. The course
will turn left onto Beach Road and right
onto Cove Road before merging onto Old
Rail Trail at Mar West Street. They’ll turn
around just past Gilmartin Drive.
A celebration, with food, drinks, live
music and an awards ceremony, will follow
the race from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Main Street.
Registration is now open. The entry fee is
$40 for the 5K and $30 for the 1-mile race.
Both fees include a bib with timing chip, per-
formance shirt and a medal. A $275 family
sponsorship includes registration for four,
All-day music festival returns to Marin Rod & Gun Club
The third annual Marin Music Festi-
val will be held 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 20 at
the Marin Rod & Gun Club, which boasts
sweeping views of San Pablo Bay from the
foot of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
The free festival will showcase Marin-
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other sponsor-only items. That package also
includes delivery of the race bibs, shirts and
hats to the entrants’ home before the event.
Scholarships and financial aid are avail-
able for students who can’t afford the entry
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Proceeds from the race benefit the Foun-
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Is your school or class hosting a special
event or project? Do you think a student
or teacher deserves special recognition for
activities inside or outside the classroom?
Let The Ark know by contacting Executive
Editor Kevin Hessel at editor@thearknews-
paper.com.
The event also features food, craft beer
and wine, arts and crafts booths and kids’
activities.
The Marin Rod & Gun Club is located at
2675 E. Francisco Blvd. in San Rafael. Festi-
val-goers are encouraged to follow the signs
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attended. And we will look forward to the events coming in the spring, so you can get involved.
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Who: The organization or individuals hosting the event
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What and where: A 35-50-word description of the benefit event
Local contributors: Names of organizers, donors and attendees who are residents
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100 years ago … Sausalito News, Sept. 21, 1918

President Bids Strikers
to go to Work or Join Army
Washington.— President Wilson took the war labor situ-
ation in hand personally September 13 and applied to “law-
less and faithless employees” force in keeping with drastic
measures which he disclosed had been adopted with his ap-
proval in dealing with recalcitrant employers.
Striking machinists and other war plant workmen at
Bridgeport, Conn., were informed in a letter addressed di-
rectly to them by the President that they must return to their
work and abide by the decision of the War Labor Board or
be barred for a year from all employment over which the
government exercises control and lose all claims for draft
exemption on occupational grounds.
At the same time the President announced that the plant
and business of the Smith & Wesson Company of Spring-
field, Mass., the first employer to flaunt the rules of the War
Labor Board approved by Presidential proclamation had
been commandeered by the War Department to be operated
for the period of the war.
In effect the President gave notice to both employees and
employers that no labor controversies will be permitted to
stand in the way of production of materials needed for win-
ning the war.
The Flag of Civilization
The accumulated good of all the ages past is represented
by our flag, the red, white and blue. The best thoughts, the
best ideals, the brightest and most comprehensive vision for
tomorrow find an expression in our flag. It is the hope of
civilization and Christianity. Truly, it represents the ideals
of the Master. It has never been carried onto a field of battle
for territory or gold, but rather to right human wrong and
establish justice and equity.
America is chosen by the God of nations to drive out of the
temple the money changers, autocracy.
Our boys in the trenches and on the high seas are going to
make sacred our flag again, for they shed their blood not for
glory but for humanity.
We honor this flag not by outward appearances and cere-
monies alone, but by inward purity, by being brave, by being
true, by giving and making whatever sacrifice is needed to
bring a complete victory on the field of battle.
— Governor Hardin (sic) of Iowa in a speech at Kansas
City.
William L. Harding, governor of Iowa 1917-1921, was
known for his hostility toward immigrants, including is-
suing an edict forbidding the use of foreign languages in
public.
American Dash in Battle Wins Praise
American troops overseas have made a tremendous im-
pression on the French because of their military skill and ag-
gressiveness and their ability to learn, according to Edward
R. de Groot, associate supreme director of recreation for the
allied armies.
“Before the Americans reached France,” said De Groot
“the allied and enemy armies had one plan of military ac-
tion — a system of alternating attacks followed by counter
attacks, when one side got far enough into the other’s terri-
tory. One portion of an army would be used for the front-line
trenches and for cannon fodder; the other was held in reserve
in case the expected counter-attack appeared alarming.”
“But when the Americans got into action, they not only
carried the expected ground, but they refused to wait for a
counter-attack. They kept right on going, until they got the
Germans on the run. To show you how they operated, take
the American victory at Chateau Thierry. The Germans
first used crack Prussian shock troops and held Bavarian
and Saxons back in the line as reserves. The marines rushed
through the Bavarians and Saxons without shooting them,
reached the Prussian crack troops and put them to rout.
Then they walked back and shooed the Bavarians and Sax-
ons in as prisoners. The French and English were amazed
and so were the Germans.”
Tiburon is Dry Town
The liquor dealers of Tiburon received word yesterday af-
ternoon that on, and after next Monday, during the duration
of the war, no alcoholic liquor would be permitted to be sold
in Tiburon as it was within the military dry zone. This rul-
ing would affect four saloons, two grocery stores, and the
Corinthian Yacht Club, in Tiburon. The liquor men are try-
ing to secure an extension of time in order that they may
have an opportunity to dispose of their goods.
These “dry zone” laws would be generally in effect until
Prohibition in 1920, when the entire country became a “dry
zone.”
A Sister’s Prayer
Dear God, if I were but a boy,
I would enlist at once and fight
For liberty. Oh, what a joy
To give my life for Thee and Right.
My hand, o God, I shall not give
To one who has not taken part
In this great war that freedom lives!
A soldier, Lord, will have my heart.
Contributor Hillary Don, a Tiburon-Belvedere historian,
began writing this column May 7, 1992 — and he hopes to
one day include history from his birth year, 1932. Contact
him at hdon@thearknewspaper.com.

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restaurant, as
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featured a rear
leaving open the possibility something might be happening.
deck with expan-
“We are currently reviewing growth opportunities in the Bay sive views of the
Area, and something in the North Bay could certainly be a good San Francsico Bay
fit,” Law said, adding that “nothing has been confirmed to date.” and city skyline.
Mina, a Nicaso resident, earned Michelin stars for two name- The restaurant
sake restaurants in San Francisco and Las Vegas. After partner- closed Sept. 3,
and the Mina
ing with Ayesha Curry — wife of Golden State Warriors star Group — behind
Stephen Curry — to open International Smoke in San Francisco’s Michelin-starred
Millennium Tower and in Houston over the past year, Mina’s lat- celebrity chef Mi-
est endeavor is the Trailblazer Tavern, a Hawaiian-themed res- chael Mina — has
taurant set to open in November in S.F.’s Salesforce Tower. confirmed it will
open a restaurant
Other Bay Area properties include Bourbon Pub and Bour- in the space.
bon Steak in Santa Clara and Diane’s Bloody Mary & Brunch,
a popup at The Mina Test Kitchen space in San Francisco’s Cow
Hollow district that features Mina’s wife, Diane, behind the bar.
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Theft of thousands: 12:20 p.m.
Sept. 5, an Upper North Terrace resi-
dent came into the Tiburon Police
Department to report multiple fraudu-
lent transactions had occurred on her
credit card over the previous year, with
a total of $70,000 being charged. A re-
port was taken.
Move on: 5:36 p.m. Sept. 5, a Rolling
Hills Road caller was concerned about
her ex-boyfriend, who she had not heard
from since May and who wasn’t talking
to his family either. Officers contacted
the man, who was OK and said he didn’t
want contact from the caller.
A likely story: 7:23 p.m. Sept. 5, of-
ficers patrolling Tiburon Boulevard no-
ticed subjects dumping trash in a set of
Dumpsters behind Tiburon Town Hall
without permission. On contact, the
subjects said they thought it was public
trash disposal and removed the debris.
A report was taken for illegal dumping.
Stay in your lane: 8:27 a.m. Sept.
6, a Tiburon Boulevard caller was con-
cerned about a 10-year-old boy who
was walking his bike on the road, not
in the bike lane. Officers contacted a
crossing guard, who saw the boy ar-
rive safely at school.
Stole the spokes: 4:19 p.m. Sept. 6,
a Mantegani Way caller reported some-
time over Labor Day weekend an un-
known person stole three bikes worth a
total of about $10,000 from the caller’s
back deck. A report was taken.
Lend a hand: 8:14 a.m. Sept. 7, a
Tiburon Boulevard caller reported see-
ing a woman who looked like she was
struggling to change a flat tire on a
car that was pulled to the side of the
road. Officers determined the woman
did not have a jack to change the tire,
and a passerby with a jack stopped and
changed the tire for her. No further as-
sistance was needed.
Donated by anonymous: 11:50
a.m. Sept. 7, a caller from the Belve-
dere-Tiburon Library reported notic-
ing several copper donor plaques were
taken off the wall of the building, and
some decorative herons in front of the
building looked tampered with as well.
Officers determined seven small donor
plaques had been stolen in the previ-
ous few weeks. A report was taken for
petty theft.
Taken: 12:11 p.m. Sept. 8, a Mer-
cury Avenue caller reported receiving
a phone call from someone who said
they had kidnapped his daughter and
told him to go get money at Walgreens
in order to get her back. The subject
also called the caller’s wife and said the
same thing, even though the daughter
was with her at the time. The caller
said they had not given any money.
Advice was given on the scam.
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Street caller who works as a caregiver
reported while she and her client were
standing in line for lunch, the client
came up behind her and shoved her
cane in the caller’s back. The caller
wanted the incident recorded. Advice
was given.
Street stumbler: 9:30 p.m. Sept.
8, a Blackfield Drive caller reported
a man who was possibly drunk was
wandering into traffic near The Cove
Shopping Center. Officers were unable
to locate the man in the area.
All over the place: 10:35 p.m.
Sept. 8, a Blackie’s Pasture Road caller
reported a driver was swerving and
not maintaining the lanes while head-
ing into town. Officers were unable to
locate the driver.
Whatever sticks: 12:44 p.m. Sept.
9, a Hilary Drive caller reported there
was a suspicious van that had been
parked in front of the caller’s house for
the day. The caller thought someone
might be living inside of it, he could
see a large plastic bag inside and he
thought the tags were expired. The
caller was concerned because children
were coming to a church nearby. Offi-
cers determined the van was registered
to St. Vincent de Paul in San Rafael,
and it was there to clean up an event.
Ol’ yeller: 6:52 p.m. Sept. 9, a Black-
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had been yelling through a window at
the caller’s business earlier was back
outside the business and knocking for
the caller to open up. The caller said
the man then went inside a nearby cof-
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who said he thought he forgot his keys
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them at the coffee shop.
Information as currency: 8:37
p.m. Sept. 9, a Ned’s Way caller re-
ported he called a number related to an
advertisement about a back brace and
gave them his Social Security number
but no money. The caller now felt it
was a scam. Officers determined the
caller did not want a report taken. Ad-
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that had its headlights on. Deputies deter-
mined it was a newspaper deliverer who had
stopped to nap before heading home to Su-
isun City. She was advised not to sleep there
in the future.
Buckling: 9:37 a.m. Sept. 5, a Thomas
Drive caller reported water was leaking in
the street, causing the roadway to collapse.
Deputies determined there was a significant
water leak near the intersection with Central
Drive, and the intersection was in danger of
collapsing. The Marin Municipal Water Dis-
trict arrived to address the incident.
Not who they say: 2:53 p.m. Sept. 6, a
Trinidad Drive caller reported someone had
been using their name, driver’s license and
Social Security number to charge for mer-
chandise at a variety of stores. A report was
taken.
Baby faces: 8:26 p.m. Sept. 6, a Reed
Boulevard caller reported underage subjects
were drinking alcohol in a parking lot. Dep-
uties determined the subjects were both over
21. They were advised not to drink in public
and moved along from the area.
Spray, not smoke: 7:26 a.m. Sept. 7, a
caller reported seeing smoke near some car
dealerships on the Redwood Highway front-
age road. Deputies determined people were
power-washing a driveway, and there was
no smoke.
Feeding frenzy: 2:11 p.m. Sept. 8, a
Thomas Drive caller reported an ongoing
issue with a woman putting dog and cat
food in people’s yards. Deputies spoke to the
woman, who agreed to stop leaving food at
the location the caller referred to.
Explain it away: 4:06 p.m. Sept. 8, a
Deer Hill Court caller reported hearing from
a neighbor a man had been in the neighbor’s
backyard the previous night about 7:30 p.m.
The man had said he was looking for his
friend, and he was carrying a bag that he
said had his friend’s clothes in it. The caller
wanted extra patrols in the area. Deputies
patrolled the area and did not find anything
suspicious.
Out of control: 6:49 p.m. Sept. 8, a Red-
wood Highway frontage road caller reported
a man who was aggressive and seemed like
he was either on drugs or had mental issues
was threatening people near a convenience
store. The caller said the man was dancing
around and then grabbed something from
inside a car. On arrival, deputies deter-
mined the man was allegedly intoxicated.
While they were attempting to take him into
custody, the man then allegedly grabbed a
deputy’s wrist. The man was arrested on
suspicion of public intoxication and assault
on a police officer.
Shh! 12:04 a.m. Sept. 9, a Greenwood
Bay Drive caller reported loud music and
screaming had been going on since 9 p.m.
from what sounded like a lot of people who
were possibly on Strawberry Circle. Depu-
ties found the area quiet on arrival and were
unable to locate the source of any sound.
Changed their mind: 9:24 p.m. Sept. 11,
a Sky Road caller reported between 4:30 and
8 p.m., an unknown person smashed a win-
dow at their home near the basement. The
caller said nothing was missing or seemed
out of place in the basement, but he noted
a clipper for some tree branches had been
moved. Deputies determined entry was made
into the house, but nothing was taken. A re-
port was taken for an attempted burglary.
Tiburon fire district log
Well-done: 4:55 p.m. Sept. 6, personnel
responded to a report of a fire that had en-
gulfed a barbecue in a Peninsula Road back-
yard. Crews extinguished the small fire with
a garden hose.
Wire fire: 5:56 p.m. Sept. 10, person-
nel responded to a report of arcing electri-
cal wires on Main Street. On arrival, crews
met a cable TV repair technician who had
reported a smoking cable line that appeared
to be energized by an unknown source. Po-
lice officers noted a few wires were melted.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. personnel took
over the scene to mitigate the hazard.
Timber: 2:55 p.m. Sept. 11, personnel re-
sponded to a report of a tree down in a resi-
dential driveway on Belvedere Avenue. On
arrival, crews found a large tree had fallen
and was blocking the driveway, though no
property damage was noted. The homeown-
er said they were arranging for removal of
the tree.
Southern Marin fire district log
No significant incidents were reported.
Compiled by Matthew Hose. Police & Fire
Reports includes items of note from public
records and does not reflect all activity.
Nothing in these reports should be con-
strued as a finding of guilt.

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the Lands Commission’s approval.
Bugsch says State Parks should cancel the bidding pro-
cess or put it on hold and refrain from entering into any con-
cessionaire contracts until his commission can look into the
matter.
State Parks says it wants to lock in a 20-year contract out
of Tiburon to ensure a reliable ferry provider in advance
of its plans to build 13 cabins on Angel Island. McDonogh,
whose company has been operating the Tiburon runs to the
island since 1959 and has been on a month-to-month con-
tract with the state since 1993, declined to submit an official
bid by State Parks’ Aug. 24 deadline, citing the long-term
contract’s “ruinous” terms. Instead, the only bidder was
Blue & Gold Fleet, which operates the Angel Island service
from San Francisco and the daily Tiburon-S.F. tourist ferry,
the latter of which gives the company existing access to the
docks at Tiburon’s Edward Zelinsky Landing.
McDonogh has since said she’ll continue to fight to retain
the contract and, on Sept. 17, held a press conference at the
Tiburon Ferry Landing that rolled out supporters and high-
lighted the Lands Commission’s letter to State Parks. In the
meantime, she’s launched a Change.org petition campaign
asking for Gov. Jerry Brown to step in, saying her company
deserves special consideration because it is a woman-owned
and family-owned business whose employees all live in Deirdre McCrohan / The Ark

Marin.
State senator, assemblyman weigh in
Though not Brown, two state politicians have now gone to
bat for McDonogh.
State Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, and Assembly-
man Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, were on hand at the Sept.
17 press conference, along with Tiburon Mayor Jim Fraser,
in support of her operation.
“State Parks benefits from an increase in revenue from
this new contract but shares no risk if ridership decreases,”
McGuire said. “The ferry operator has all the risk in this
proposal: 2018 becomes the new base year for the 20-year
contract. If ridership decreases, the ferry operator still pays
the same amount for the entire 20 years. Here’s our concern:
Angel Island ridership has dropped, from about 80,000 in
2013 to just over 67,000 in 2017 so no matter if the economy
is booming as it is now or if we hit another recession, Capt.
Maggie will be on the hook even if ridership drops dramati-
cally.”
He also said “the contract would pass millions of deferred
maintenance, safety and disability access projects on to the
future ferry operator both on the Tiburon and the Angel Is-
From left, Tiburon Mayor Jim Fraser, state Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, and state Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, speak in
support of Capt. Maggie McDonogh, who owns the Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry Co. and operates Tiburon’s ferry service to the island. Levine
and McGuire say State Parks’ long-term contract requirement and the bidding process are unfairly weighted against her.
land side of the operation. These fixes are incredibly expen- state employees who use the two state-owned vessels that
sive, and what we believe this provision means, the fix is in use her dock, saying it would cost an estimated $1.8 million.
for Capt. Maggie.” If financed over 20 years, that expense could cost as much
McGuire and Levine jointly signed a Sept. 10 letter to as $3.5 million.
State Parks Director Lisa Mangat requesting she cancel the In their letter, McGuire and Levine also said State Parks
current solicitation for bids and postpone a decision until the would unfairly claim a share of whatever non-Angel Island
problems in the process can be “addressed and resolved.” business McDonogh carries from her dock. Currently, these
Describing the Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry Co. as “a pillar include her sunset, whale-watching and Alcatraz cruises.
of the community … (that) has become a local institution, be- State Parks last put out a request for proposals from long-
loved by the townspeople of Tiburon and residents of Marin term operators in 2008, but ferry operators deemed the con-
County,” the two legislators said they had concluded the bid tract provisions unreasonable and no companies bid, not
process was “weighted … toward larger providers” and that even McDonogh.
“the locally run provider is being pushed out of business.” State Parks spokeswoman Gloria Sandoval has said the
The two found fault with the cost-performance-index ac- agency has no deadline for carrying out its evaluation of
celerator — the formula to be used to determine fee increas- the Blue & Gold bid and that it’s not obligated to award the
es — as well as with huge up-front costs being dumped on contract.
the company that gets the bid, such as an additional handi-
capped ramp for exclusive use by the island’s state parks Deirdre McCrohan has reported on Tiburon local govern-
employees. ment and community issues for more than 30 years. Reach
McDonogh herself protests building the separate ramp for her at 415-944-4634.
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hops and a malt backbone with an 8-percent
alcohol punch, won Best IPA and Best of
Show at last year’s Fairfax Brewfest. Rug-
ged Coast Pale Ale, with 5.7-percent alcohol
content, is lighter but still bold, featuring
sparkling hops and a smooth malt profile.
Both will be poured at Tiburon Taps and
both are also available on tap at Waypoint
Pizza in Tiburon and the San Francisco
Yacht Club in Belvedere, as well as at other
Marin County restaurants including Marin
Pizza, Pig in a Pickle, Paxti’s Pizza and Boo
Koo. Tacolicious and the St. Francis Yacht
Club in San Francisco also serve Rugged
Coast.
Moseley, a real-estate broker whose fam-
ily developed Paradise Cay and owns the
Paradise Cay Yacht Harbor, came to the
craft-beer business in an unusual way.
“I used to drink Budweiser. I was not a
craft-beer drinker,” he says.
In 2013, Moseley was diagnosed with can-
cer.
“Spending most of my life sailing and
Trial, continued from page 5
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from the Reed family. Many of the current
or former local residents testified they spent
significant time hiking or otherwise enjoy-
ing the property in the 1960s and ’70s, say-
ing they weren’t aware of any obstacles to
their use of the land, such as signs, gates
and orders to get off the property, and that
the land appeared to them to be public open
space.
Attorneys for the defense attempted to
counter those arguments with its own wit-
ness testimony — but not before first unsuc-
cessfully asking Chernus to stop the trial
and rule in their favor.
The defense filed the summary judg-
ment motion on Sept. 11, after the plaintiff
had rested its case and finished calling wit-
nesses, arguing Trust had failed to produce
enough evidence to win its case.
However, the next morning, Sept. 12, Cher-
nus rejected the defense request, calling the
suit “a very complicated case” with “incred-
ible ramifications for all sides” and saying
he wanted to hear all evidence to the end.
Martha Co. lawyers then proceeded to call
their own witnesses to the stand, including
Steve Kuhn, son of the late Alvin Kuhn, a
Deer, continued from page 7
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the mesh fences, which the city intended to
only allow on a temporary basis.
Since 2006, the city had been allowing
residents to put up those temporary fences
on an expedited basis for up to two years,
but most of the fences stayed up well past
the time limit and others went up without
permission.
Staff found that since 2010, 30 of 35 ap-
proved fences have remained for far longer
than the two-year limit.
Meanwhile, other people haven’t even
bothered to tell the city before putting up
the fences.
In prior discussions, city staff has point-
ed out they lack the time and resources to
contact each homeowner to take down their
fences and would hope to gradually bring
skiing caught up to me. A split lip from sun
damage that would not heal took a turn for
the worse when it turned out to be cancer
that had made its way to my jaw,” he says.
Radiation treatment left Moseley without
a sense of taste. As he slowly regained it, he
discovered different things tasted good.
“Most notably,” he says, “was the amazing
taste of a good IPA.”
Moseley started buying IPA instead of
Budweiser to serve to his buddies after
weekend motocross rides at his Santa Rosa
ranch. One of those buddies was future Rug-
ged Coast partner McCourtney.
Moseley says he usually brought Pliny the
Elder — a famed brew by Santa Rosa-based
Russian River Brewing Co. that’s rated No. 2
in the world among imperial IPAs on Rate-
Beer.
“But after one ride, (McCourtney) said,
‘Don’t bring this beer anymore. I will bring
the beer from now on.’”
The next weekend, McCourtney came
through — and it turned out he’d brewed the
beer himself.
“With the very first taste, we all agreed
former Tiburon mayor and town council-
member; lifelong Tiburon resident Peter
Brooks; Belvedere resident Cherrill Scarth,
who used to live on Paradise Drive; and Rob
Poole, who grew up in a family compound
at the intersection of Tiburon Boulevard and
San Rafael Avenue.
Kuhn testified growing up he rode mini-
bikes and motorcycles on the undulating ter-
rain of the Tiburon Ridge that is now part
of Old St. Hilary’s Open Space Preserve —
and on the Reed property about once a week
for several hours at a time with other boys.
Kuhn said there were always “private prop-
erty” and “no trespassing” signs and barbed
wire, “which we tried to avoid.”
Brooks said he got up to the “open space”
by taking the path near Old St. Hilary’s
Landmark up to the ridge.
Brooks told The Ark he remembered the
existence of a perimeter fence.
“We knew there was private property, and
so we mostly stayed on one side,” he said.
Brooks said he and his siblings didn’t hike
down toward Spanish Trail — one of the key
trails identified in the lawsuit — because “it
was wooded and the guy would come out
and yell at you.”
Brooks, an arborist who owns Brooks
council notes
In other action at the Belvedere City Council’s
Sept. 10 meeting, the council voted on three ad-
ditional items on its consent calendar, which is
reserved for noncontroversial items.
•  Roofing contract: The council voted 4-0 by
consent to approve a $120,000 contract with De-
Mello Roofing to replace City Hall’s cedar shingle
roof with a brown asphalt composite shingle. The
project, which will also replace a set of bathrooms
at Belvedere Community Park, is estimated to
cost $125,000. DeMello’s bid for the project was
the lowest of three bids.
•  16 Maybridge Road: The council voted 4-0
by consent to approve a revocable license and
homes into compliance by urging homeown-
ers to bring their fences up to code when
they come to the city for other projects.
If the city received a complaint about a
temporary fence, though, it would then en-
if you go
The fifth annual Tiburon Taps Beer Festival runs
1-4 p.m. Sept. 22 in Shoreline Park, 311 Paradise
Drive, Tiburon.
Tickets: $45 per person, $50 at the door and
$20 for designated drivers. Participants must be
21 years old or older; no pets and no babies.
Admission also includes free food samples
from restaurants including Tiburon Tavern, Sam’s
Anchor Cafe and Rustic Bakery & Cafe.
Proceeds from the event benefit Belvedere-
Tiburon Recreation’s scholarship programs for
youth and seniors.
Info: tiburontaps.org.
Matt’s beer was the best beer we had ever
tasted,” Moseley says. “That day, Matt and
I formed a partnership with a handshake.”
The pair wasted no time.
Moseley went to work figuring out federal
and state permits and securing a warehouse
in Santa Rosa to house the brewery. Mc-
Courtney bought and set up equipment and
started testing recipes. McCourtney con-
tinues to handle all brewing matters, and
Moseley handles business development and
operations. Moseley’s wife, Kristin, does the
company’s billing and compliance, and Mc-
Tree Care, said that guy was a customer of
Reed’s mother, who died a few years ago.
Scarth said she moved into her former
Paradise Drive home when her children
were young, and the family immediately
became friends with the Reeds, whose sons
were the same age as her own. They lived
there from 1963 to 1973. Scarth said she was
a birdwatcher and, when she walked out in
the early morning hours, she seldom saw
other hikers on the trails.
Scarth said she did not seek permission to
go on the property.
“I presumed we had their permission,”
Scarth said. She talked about holes Edgar
Reed, Mark Reed’s father, would dig on the
trails and property to discourage minibikes.
Lawsuit latest obstacle in
contentious development
The Martha Co. has been involved in a
contentious process to develop the Martha
property since the 1970s.
Last October, the Marin Board of Supervi-
sors voted 3-2 to certify the environmental
report and approve the master plan for the
43-lot subdivision, called Easton Point; how-
ever, the board denied the precise develop-
ment plan and tentative map, leaving many
allow 16 Maybridge Road homeowners Alvar and
Elaine Green to assume liability for a crushed rock
path, rock wall, stone entry apron and landscap-
ing in the city right of way.
•  312 Beach Road: The council voted 4-0 by
consent to grant a revocable license to 312 Beach
Road homeowner Scott Robertson and allow him
to assume liability for new steps, a small terrace,
a hillevator and plantings in a city-owned tide lot,
along with a driveway and stone wall plantings at
the front of his home. The license comes as part
of a project that will build a new home with a de-
tached garage at the site.
force the fencing code and get the homeown-
er to comply.
At a hearing in July, the council delayed
codifying the changes over concerns about
provisions recommended by the Planning
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Courtney’s wife, Michele, is also a partner.
“The four of us own 100 percent of the
company,” Moseley says.
Even in a crowded craft-brew market,
Rugged Coast’s star is rising.
“We are at the epicenter of the craft-beer
world,” Moseley says, referring to Santa
Rosa, which, for its blend of quality and
quantity, was dubbed the “microbrew capi-
tal of the U.S.” by data-visualization journal
The Pudding, based on user ratings from
RateBeer.
Rugged Coast has no immediate plans to
open a tap room or brewpub but is close to
releasing bottled beer that will be available
at Woodlands Market, Good Earth Natural
Foods and other grocery stores. The brew-
ery also plans to release select seasonal
brews including a winter stout, and Moseley
is planting hops at his French Oak Ranch in
Santa Rosa with plans to use them in Rug-
ged Coast beers.
Contributor Heather Lobdell of Tiburon
has worked as an editor and writer for sev-
eral home and garden magazines.
details — including maximum home sizes
and heights — up in the air.
The Martha Co. appealed the decision to
the presiding federal judge, who ruled in
the county’s favor. That ruling means the
Martha Co. must spend more money and
time to prepare a precise development plan
and tentative map and take them separately
through the county’s land-use entitlement
process.
The lawsuit filed by Trust isn’t the only
legal action the property owners face. The
month after the Board of Supervisors’ vote,
the grassroots organization Tiburon Open
Space filed suit to overturn the county’s cer-
tification of the environmental impact report
as “fatally flawed.”
The town of Tiburon has joined that law-
suit as a co-plaintiff, alleging the develop-
ment would have public health and safety
impacts, ranging from traffic impacts to
fire and landslide dangers, that were not ad-
equately addressed in the report.
That case has yet to be heard and no trial
date has been set.
Deirdre McCrohan has reported on Tiburon
local government and community issues for
more than 30 years. Reach her at 415-944-
4634.
Commission that would have treated hedges
the same way as fences in terms of height
restrictions and neighbor agreement.
At the previous meeting, Councilmember
James Campbell said he was worried the
changes would allow new residents to de-
mand a view that never existed by requir-
ing a neighbor cut down a hedge that has
exceeded height limits for decades.
He and Councilmember Nancy Kemnitzer,
who were also on the fencing task force, then
drafted changes that differentiate between
hedges and fences, referencing hedges to the
city’s tree ordinance.
Reporter Matthew Hose covers the city of
Belvedere, as well as crime, courts and
public safety issues on the Tiburon Penin-
sula. Reach him at 415-944-4627 and on
Twitter at @matt_hose.
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Tennis, continued from page 1
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$100,000.
The Tiburon Challenger is part of the As-
sociation of Tennis Professionals Challenger
Tour, which is the level below the associa-
tion’s World Tour. Players in the Challenger
Tour are trying to earn enough points to
become eligible for the World Tour and the
Grand Slam tournaments, which include the
Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon
and U.S. Open.
The Tiburon Challenger is one of 17 tour-
naments in the series held across the U.S. in
2018. The total purse prizes for the tourna-
ments range from $50,000 to $125,000.
“We will see some exciting action by
global players from Australia, Great Britain,
Ecuador to Zimbabwe,” says Brendan Curry,
the tournament’s director.
The tournament opens with a free Kids’
Play Day from 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 22, when
tournament pros and club staff offer tennis
Decals, continued from page 1
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western Tiburon are served by the South-
ern Marin Fire Protection District. Southern
Marin’s fire chief, Christian Tubbs, says he
was never consulted about placing the de-
cals in his jurisdiction and only learned of
the town’s plans via Ark inquiries after the
Tiburon council’s approval.
In an Aug. 28 email, Tubbs said his district
has made a conscious choice not to install
such evacuation decals because officials can-
not predict where a disaster will occur or the
scale of an event, and that evacuation routes
are best identified and communicated during
the early stages of the disaster.
“Pre-identifying an evacuation route sends
a message to the community that a particu-
lar path will always be used to evacuate
the community,” he said. That may not be
the case, he added, and could result in “un-
needed confusion during an event, as well as
diverting critical resources.”
Mimicking Mill Valley
The Tiburon Fire Protection District’s ini-
tiative for Tiburon and Belvedere is based on
one rolled out in Mill Valley about 10 years
ago.
Last year, the Belvedere City Council
OK’d its portion, approving 65 emergency
evacuation markers at a cost of about $2,000,
of which the city will pay $1,500 and the
Tiburon fire district will pay $500.
Tiburon’s decals, approved by a 4-1 vote
Aug. 1, cost $6,156. Tiburon has allocated
$4,656, with the Tiburon fire district contrib-
uting $1,500.
The fire district is covering the entire cost
of decals placed in unincorporated Tiburon
along Paradise Drive.
Belvedere and Tiburon face multiple possi-
ble disaster possibilities, including wildfires,
earthquakes or tsunamis.
The model of a worst-case scenario — a 9.1
quake off the Alaskan peninsula — showed
Tiburon could be hit by a 10-foot wall of water,
engulfing downtown Tiburon, Blackie’s Pas-
ture, Belvedere Lagoon and other areas.
Tiburon firefighter Grant Euless, who
spearheaded the fire-district initiative, wasn’t
able to appear at the Aug. 1 Tiburon council
meeting, as he was deployed to the Mendoci-
no Complex fire. However, Mike Lantier, dep-
uty fire marshal with the Tiburon agency,
told the council the decals were an effort to
instruction to children ages 6-12. Register
online up to the morning of the event at arkn.
ws/18kidsplayday.
The qualifying matches begin at 10 a.m.
that same day and run through Sept. 23.
There are about 17 countries represented
in the qualifying matches, Curry says, and
the field also includes two Marin prep play-
ers: Redwood High School senior and Corte
Madera resident Stevie Gould, who is ranked
89 in the United States Tennis Association,
and Nicaso resident Ryder Jackson, a senior
at St. Ignatius High School in San Francisco,
who is ranked 101 in the association.
Main-draw matches begin at 11:30 a.m.
Sept. 24 and run through Sept. 27. Two for-
mer men’s singles finalists are returning to
the Tiburon Challenger main draw. Peter
Polansky, 30, of Canada, who has a current
Association of Tennis Professionals ranking
of 119, won the Tiburon Challenger in 2013;
and Darian King, 26, of Barbados, ranked
within the Association of Tennis Profession-
als at 169, won the tournament in 2016.
“march in step with Mill Valley.”
“We’re trying to take a recognizable mark-
er and make it ubiquitous in Marin,” he said.
After the meeting, Tiburon-Belvedere
Emergency Services Coordinator Laurie
Nilsen said she sees the decals as part of a
larger preparedness plan for Belvedere and
Tiburon that includes development of an
evacuation plan as well as a “walk your com-
munity” event to orient people as to evacua-
tion route options.
The decals start to plant the message
about where the routes are and getting famil-
iar with them in advance, she said.
Nilsen said she, the Tiburon fire district
and Public Works officials plan to take each
neighborhood, street by street, and find the
best location for each decal.
Nilsen also said the county’s Alert Marin
system, which automatically calls all land-
lines in Marin and can call or send text mes-
sages to cell phones for those who sign up, is
still the best way to learn of an emergency,
and residents should turn on their radios.
“When a disaster strikes, whether or not
you hear the emergency-notification siren,
you’ll need to tune into our 840 AM radio
station to find out what kind of disaster it is,
where it is and which way to go,” she said.
Approval despite concerns
Though the council wasn’t privy to Tubbs’
perspectives on the decals during its delib-
erations, some councilmembers also had con-
cerns the decals could be of limited use and
create confusion.
Councilmember Jon Welner, who cast the
dissenting vote, said the proposal was “not
well thought out” and suggested it was pre-
mature to approve the decals without an
evacuation plan or even a consensus as to
whether the decals will have an aesthetic im-
pact on neighborhood streets.
“I’m a big supporter of emergency pre-
paredness, and I think the plastic decals
might be a good idea,” Welner said in an
interview. “My concern is that the council
was given very little information about the
proposal. We have no information about
whether the decals will actually help people
to evacuate, whether their appearance might
bother residents or even what the evacuation
routes should be.”
Councilmember Alice Fredericks said she
had a concern about approving the decals in
the absence of a completed evacuation plan,
but she voted to approve them anyway.
if you go
The $100,000 Tiburon Challenger men’s pro
tennis circuit tournament runs Sept. 22-30 at
the Tiburon Peninsula Club, 1600 Mar West St.,
Tiburon.
Cost: Admission to Sept. 22-23 qualifying
weekend events is free. Tickets for single-day
main-draw matches Sept. 24-27 are $20. Tickets
for single-day quarterfinal matches Sept. 28 are
$25. Single-day passes are $30 for the semifinals
on Sept. 29 and $35 for the finals Sept. 30, while
a two-day pass for that weekend is $55.
Info and tickets: tiburonchallenger.com.
There are 14 other Association of Tennis
Professionals competitors returning to the
event.
The quarterfinals will be held Sept. 28;
semifinals are Sept. 29; and the final match-
es begin at noon Sept. 30.
Additional spectator events include a wel-
come barbecue, set for 5:30-8:00 p.m. Sept.
22; an invitation-only pro-am tournament,
in which the pros will team up with local
Provided by Laurie Nilsen
On the request of the Tiburon Fire Protection Dis-
trict, the Belvedere City Council and Tiburon Town
Council have approved these evacuation markers
for installation throughout the Tiburon Peninsula.
However, much of northern and western Tiburon
is under the jurisdiction of the Southern Marin
Fire Protection District, which wasn’t consulted
on the project and which has called the decals
potentially confusing and even dangerous.
Lantier said the fire district doesn’t yet
have an evacuation plan in place but said one
would be developed and phased in.
Mayor Jim Fraser sits on Belvedere-Tibu-
ron’s Joint Disaster Advisory Council, and
during that board’s discussions he said he
thought the fire district should pay for the
entirety of the project. The disaster council
voted to recommend Belvedere and Tiburon
approve the project, and as town council-
member, Fraser ultimately voted to approve
of Tiburon paying for the lion’s share.
Chiefs hold ground
Tiburon Fire Chief Rich Pearce declined to
speak with The Ark in person or by phone.
In a series of email exchanges, he repeatedly
did not answer specific questions regarding
Tubbs’ position, including queries about:
•  Whether he believed Tubbs’ public-safe-
ty concerns had merit.
• The extent to which he and his crew had
vetted the decal program in-house.
•  Whether the Tiburon fire district had
communicated with Tubbs about its inten-
amateurs for doubles exhibition match play,
from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 23; a Special Olym-
pics tennis exhibition, scheduled to be held
between singles semifinal matches on Sept.
29; and junior tennis and wheelchair tennis
demonstrations, secheduled between finals
matches on Sept. 30.
About 35 Tiburon Peninsula families are
hosting officials and players for the tourna-
ment, Curry says.
The singles winner of the tournament
will receive a $14,400 prize check, and all
the main-draw competitors will be awarded
prize money.
The Tiburon Challenger is a nonprofit
event. Curry says the tournament will do-
nate $5,000 to the USTA NorCal Foundation;
$5,000 to Youth Tennis Advantage; $2,500 to
the Foundation for Reed Schools; and $2,500
to Rotary Club of Tiburon-Belvedere.
Contributor Michelle Aschwald has been
writing for The Ark since 2006.
tion to put the decals in Southern Marin’s
Tiburon jurisdiction.
•  Whether, after being informed of Tubbs’
perspective, he would ask the town of
Tiburon to scale back the decal rollout to just
the Tiburon fire district’s jurisdiction.
•  Whether he would defer to the Southern
Marin district to decide for itself whether it
wanted the markers in its own jurisdiction.
On Sept. 4, Pearce cut off the exchanges
with the statement: “I’m comfortable with
our recommendation and support informing
our constituents toward enhanced public-
safety considerations.”
When given another opportunity to com-
ment by The Ark’s Sept. 13 deadline, Pearce
did not respond.
Tiburon Fire Protection District board
member David Kirchhoff said the board had
not been asked to approve the decal pro-
gram, noting it leaves operational matters to
the chief and focuses on district finances.
Fraser, Tiburon’s mayor, said he would
need to withhold comment on whether the
council would take another look at rolling out
the decals until after he learned more about
the matter.
Behind the scenes, Pearce appears to
have deferred interagency discussions on
the matter to Lantier. In a Sept. 12 follow-up
interview with The Ark, Tubbs said he had
discussed the decals with Lantier that morn-
ing, telling Lantier: “Before you install them
in the Southern Marin (jurisdiction), we need
to have a conversation.”
“Maybe there’s a way to install them with-
out creating a problem for us, but before they
do, we need to walk through their plan to
fully understand about putting them here
and what they intend to accomplish against
our strategy,” Tubbs said. “We need to deter-
mine if there are conflicts.”
He said it’s possible the Southern Marin
district will decide against the decals within
its jurisdiction.
“We can’t have it compromising the way
we’re teaching the citizens and business
owners and others in our jurisdiction to re-
spond to a disaster,” he said. “If we have two
methods we’re teaching people about how to
respond in the event of a disaster and (the
two methods) are in conflict, we have to re-
solve that. It’s potentially problematic.”
Deirdre McCrohan has reported on Tiburon
local government and community issues for
more than 30 years.
ArkBeat
Enjoy local chamber   Watch tennis at  Schoenberg Guitars
music festival
The first International Chamber Music Festival, spon-
sored by Musica Marin, runs Sept. 21-23, with concerts
featuring intimate live performances. St. Stephen’s Epis-
copal Church, 3 Bayview Ave. in Belvedere, will host the
opening reception and concert 6:30 p.m. Sept. 21; tickets
are $75. The 5 p.m. Sept. 22 concert at St. Stephen’s will
include works composed by Clint Borzoni, who will be
attending. Tickets are $20 students, $125 general admis-
sion. The final show and party, with music by Mozart
and Mendelssohn and food by chef Randy Gardner, will
take place 2 p.m. Sept. 23 at a private estate in Tiburon;
tickets are $150. Info: musicamarinfestival.com.
INSIDE •  Mixed-media show, pg. 23
•  ‘Detroit ’67,’ pg. 24
•  Classifieds, pg. 23
Tiburon Challenger
The 12th $100,000 Tiburon Challenger tennis tourna-
ment will be played at the Tiburon Peninsula Club, 1600
Mar West St. Sept. 22-30. Ranked men’s players from
all over the world will compete as part of the Challenger
Tour, the level below the World Tour that qualifies play-
ers for the Wimbledon and U.S. Open tournaments. There
will also be exhibitions of wheelchair and junior tennis
play. Tickets for the qualifying weekend, Sept. 22-24,
are free; $20 for main-draw matches Sept. 24-27; $25 for
the quarterfinals Sept. 28; and $35 each day of the finals
Sept. 29-30, or $55 for a weekend pass. Info: 415-789-7900
or tiburonchallenger.com.
•  Library events, pg. 24
•  Services guide, pg. 25
•  Robin’s Recipes, pg. 26
September 19, 2018
Bill Evans will perform and give the histori-
cal presentation ‘The Banjo in America’
Sept. 21 at Schoenberg Guitars in Tiburon.
Via Bill Evans
Hear banjo history  
talk, concert at 
Musician and history expert Bill Evans will
give a presentation and concert, “The Banjo in
America,” at 8 p.m. Sept. 21 at Schoenberg Gui-
tars, 106 Main St., Tiburon. The modern banjo, a
staple of bluegrass and folk music, was developed
in the 1700s by slaves from West Africa. White
performers began learning it from slaves in the
early 1800s, and it became hugely popular, espe-
cially in minstrel shows, through the early 20th
century. Evans has played in groups and as a solo
artist for more than 20 years, as well as writing
instructional books and teaching. Tickets are $15-
$20. Info: 415-789-0846 or om28.com.
•  Rec classes, pg. 26
•  Transit schedules, pg. 26
•  Moon and tides, pg. 26
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Calendar ART Rafael.

‘The House with a
Clock in Its Walls’
Info: 415-388-3850 or
Info: 415-454-1222 or sweetwatermusichall.com
ABSTRACT: Enjoy painter Zio rafaelfilm.org
Ziegler’s “The Fourth Wall,” open- GUITAR: Listen to the Julian Lage
ing celebration with music and food Trio, 9 p.m. Sept. 21. $22-$27. Sweet-
trucks 5-8 p.m. Sept. 22, exhibit 11 a.m.-4 water Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera
p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. ITALIAN: Watch movies at the Italian Ave., Mill Valley.
weekends through Nov. 11. Free. Marin Film Festival, with “Let Yourself Info: 415-388-3850 or
Museum of Contemporary Art, Go” 5:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Sept. 22, and sweetwatermusichall.com
500 Palm Drive, Novato. “It’s the Law,” 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Info: 415-506-0137 or Sept. 23. $16 each, or $120 for the series. INDIE: Enjoy indie folk and country
marinmoca.org Marin Showcase Theater, 10 Av- from Hiss Golden Messenger, 8 p.m.
Lisa McCubbin enue of the Flags, San Rafael. Sept. 24. $22-$27. Sweetwater Music
GROUP: See and oil and acrylic works Info: 415-473-6800 or Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill
on canvas by Amy Donaldson, Bea- marincenter.org Valley.
ROMCOM: Watch “Crazy Rich
trice Findlay and John Maxon, 10 Asians,” 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10 Info: 415-388-3850 or
a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays through Sept. 28. p.m. Sept. 19. $8-$12.50. Call for addi- KIDS sweetwatermusichall.com
Free. Robert Allen Fine Art, 301 tional dates and showtimes. Century
Caledonia St., Sausalito. Cinema, 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., HIKE: Spend the day exploring at Hike FOLK: Hear the John Doe Folk Trio,
Info: 415-331-2800 or Corte Madera. the Headlands, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 23. 8 p.m. Sept. 26. $22-$25. Sweetwater
robertallenfineart.com Info: 415-924-6506 or
 $12-$25. NatureBridge, 1033 Fort Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave.,
arkn.ws/centurycinema Cronkhite, Sausalito. Mill Valley.
AUTHOR
Info: 415-331-5771 or
naturebridge.org
Info: 415-388-3850 or
sweetwatermusichall.com
FORD: Hear Tiburon’s Lisa McCub-
RICH: Watch “Crazy Rich Asians,”
bin discuss “Betty Ford: First Lady,
4:20 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. Sept. 19-20. LECTURE SPECIAL
Women’s Advocate Survivor, Trail-
blazer,” 1 p.m. Sept. 22.
RACE: See “BlacKkKlansman,” di-
GARDENS: Plan EVENTS
your landscape at
rected by Spike Lee, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. “Gardening with HERITAGE: Celebrate
SYRIA: Listen to Khaled Hosseini in
Sept. 19-20. California Na- immigrant history at
conversation with Isabel Allende on
“Sea Prayer,” 7 p.m. Sept. 24. tives” with the the Friends of China
$ 8.75-$12.25. Call for additional dates Marin Master Camp Heritage Day,
ELECTION: Hear Jo Piazza talk and showtimes. CinéArts Sequoia, Gardeners, 11 with activities and
about her novel “Charlotte 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Val- a.m. Sept. 22. Mill performances, 11 a.m.-4
Walsh Likes to Win,” 7 ley. 
 Valley Library, p.m. Sept. 22. Free. China
p.m. Sept. 26. Info: 415-388-1190 or 375 Throckmor- Camp Historic Village,

arkn.ws/cinesequoia ton Ave. ‘Pick of the  China Camp State Park,
 ll events are free,
A Info: 415-473-4204 or litter’ San Rafael.
marinmg.org Info: 415-456-0766 or
unless noted. Book
Passage, 51 Ta- friendsofchinacamp.org
THEATER: Watch Ian
mal Vista Blvd., OCEAN: Listen to the talk “The
McKellen in “King BEER: Sample brews at the Tiburon
Corte Madera. Oiled Wildlife Care Network:
Lear,” 6:30 p.m. Sept. 27 Taps beer festival, 1-4 p.m. Sept. 23.
Info: 415-927-0960 Program Overview and How to
and Oct. 3 and 1 p.m. Sept. $45; $20 designated drivers. Shoreline
or Get Involved,” part of the Rosenberg
29-30. $12-$30.
bookpassage.com ‘King  Institute Seminar Series, 3:30 p.m. Park, Tiburon.
Lear’ Sept. 26. Free. Estuary and Ocean Info: tiburontaps.org
MUSICAL: See “An Ameri-
Science Center at Romberg, 3152
FILM can in Paris” on-stage from Lon-
don, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 20 and 1 p.m. Sept.
Paradise Drive, Tiburon.
Info: 415-338-3700 or
STAGE
FAMILY: See “Crazy Rich Asians,” 22-23. $10-$18.
eoscenter.sfsu.edu COMEDY: See nine stand-ups at
3:45 p.m. Sept. 19-20 and 7 p.m. Sept. 19.
 ark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave.,
L “Comics of Carrie,” a benefit for
COUPLE: Watch “The Wife,” star- Larkspur. 
 MUSIC comedian Carrie Snow, 8 p.m. Sept.
20. $40-$65. Throckmorton Theatre,
ring Glenn Close and Jonathan Info: 415-924-5111 or
Pryce, 4 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Sept. 19-20. larktheater.net SOUL: Get down with the Jon Cleary 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Val-
Trio, 8 p.m. Sept. 20. $25-$30. Sweet- ley.
THRILLER: See “A Simple Favor,” water Music Hall, 19 Corte Made- Info: 415-383-9600 or
with Anna Kendrick and Blake ra Ave., Mill Valley. throckmortontheatre.org
Lively, 4:15 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Sept. CLASSIC: See a series of restored Lau-
19-20. rel and Hardy shorts, 4:30 p.m. Sept.
23 and 7 p.m. Sept. 27.
MAGIC: Watch “The House with a Julian Lage  
Clock in Its Walls,” opening 7 p.m. DOGS: Go inside Guide Dogs for the Trio
Sept. 20. Blind with “Pick of the Litter,” 6:15
p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Sept. 19-20.
$ 7.50-$10.50. Call for additional dates
and showtimes. Tiburon Playhouse, MARRIAGE: See “The Wife,” 5:45
40 Main St., Tiburon. p.m. and 8 p.m. Sept. 19-20.
Info: 415-435-1251 or

arkn.ws/tiburonplayhouse $ 8.50-$11.75, except where noted. Call for
additional dates and showtimes. Rafael
Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San
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The Arts
Tiburon soprano Caroluna applies creative streak to mixed-media art
By DIANE SMITH
dsmith@thearknewspaper.com
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Tiburon visual artist, soprano, composer, filmmaker
and photographer Caroluna Michelson has worked in the
fashion and entertainment industries for more than 35
years. Over the past 20, she has been a performer for major
bands, festivals, spiritual rituals, art events and corporate
clients worldwide.
Now she has turned her creative side to mixed media and
will have an exhibit of her works titled “Opening to Light”
running through Oct. 31
if you go at Tiburon Town Hall.
Mixed-media artist Caro- An artist’s reception will
luna’s “Opening to Light” runs be held from 4 to 6 p.m.
through Oct. 31 in the lobby and Sept. 23, at which Caro-
council chambers of Tiburon luna — as she’s monony-
Town Hall at 1505 Tiburon Blvd. mously known — will
Artist’s reception: 4-6 p.m. serenade her guests.
Sept. 23.
Working with photo
Cost: Exhibit and reception
are free; pieces start at $500. transparencies of her
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. fine-art photography and
Mondays-Thursdays. video stills, Caroluna
Artist’s website: caroluna. layers her transparent
com. images over photo trans-
Info: 415-435-7373. fers of other imagery and
adds in other media such
as poetry, sheet music, drawings and quotations.
“My transparent images open like a window or a por-
tal, revealing and transforming the images seen through
——— DIANE SMITH / FOR THE ARK
See Caroluna, page 24 Caroluna frames ‘Anahata,’ one of several of her mixed-media pieces that will be on display through Oct. 31 at Tiburon Town Hall.

‘Detroit ’67’ a story of family, survival during Motown riots

By CAROL BENET
cbenet@thearknewspaper.com
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The Detroit Riot of 1967 was a series of violent confronta-
tions between residents in predominately black neighbor-
hoods and the city’s police department. Over the five days
of the riot, more than 40 people were killed, more than 1,000
were injured and more than 7,000 were arrested. More than
2,500 stores were looted or burned.
Dominique Morisseau, a young black playwright from
Detroit, documents the era in “Detroit ’67.” The play, cur-
rently showing at the Aurora Theatre, is the first in a three-
play cycle called “The Detroit Projects.” The third play in
the trilogy, “Skeleton Crew,” about a makeshift family of
workers at the last exporting auto plant in Detroit, was per-
if you go The siblings are going about their underground busi-
“Detroit ’67” plays through Oct. 7 at Aurora Theatre Co., 2081 ness of preparing for one of their Saturday night dance
Addison St., Berkeley. parties in their cellar so they can earn a little extra money.
Evenings: 7 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays and Sundays; 8 p.m. A swinging Bunny (Akilah A. Walker) visits and so does
Thursdays-Saturdays. another friend, Sly (Myers Clark). There is joking, laughing,
Matinees: 2 p.m. Sundays. dancing to Motown records and general merriment in an-
Tickets: $25-$54. ticipation of the party.
Info: auroratheatre.org or 510-843-4822. Scenes of dance parties as well as the riots run on a screen
above the stage. These are garnered from actual pre-cell-
formed by the Marin Theatre Co. last spring. phone footage and help place the events in historical context.
In “Detroit ’67,” adult siblings Lank (Rafael Jordan) and Lark and Sly have an opportunity to buy a bar for
Chelle (Halili Knox) have inherited their parents’ house at $15,000, with the alcohol license included. Money from the
12th and Clairmount, the location that later becomes the house becomes part of the purchase unbeknownst to Chelle,
epicenter of the police, National Guard and Army tank ———
forces that came in to quell the riot. See Detroit, page 25

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them,” she says. “I love the surprise, the excite- Fun for kids the Founders Room. Students can hang Exhibit through Oct. 4. Allegory and
ment and the thrill of seeing my photo and For information on children’s pro- out for snacks, games, homework and symbolism in the paintings of the Dutch
video images layer and blend with other medi- grams, contact children’s librarian socializing throughout the year, except masters inspire Schroeter’s work with
ums, creating something new, magical and syn- Alicia Bell at 415-789-2662 or jdesk@ during school holidays. their sense of mystery.
ergistic. This art lights me up, reminding me of beltiblibrary.org. Comics Fest: Throughout Septem- Afternoon Tea: 3-4 today, Sept. 19.
my interconnection with the natural world, the Children’s Storytimes and Read- ber at Marin libraries. Take part in the Google Drive Essentials, Part 1:
divine, the mystical and sacred in all things.” alongs: Baby Bounce, toddler and pre- second annual Marin Comics Fest, a 6:30-8 tonight, Sept. 19. Google Drive is
Caroluna grew up in the East Bay and began school story times and afternoon Cocoa monthlong celebration of comic art and secure cloud storage that gives you ac-
modeling at age 12 and, two years later, she Hour for ages 7 and older. Call, email or storytelling. For more information, visit cess to all your files anywhere from any
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enrolled at the agency. Graduating early from mation. Teen Book Club: 4-5 p.m. Sept. 22. Mastering Tablets and Smart-
high school at 16, she moved to New York City Foreign Language Storytime: The Teen Book Club meets to discuss phones: 10 a.m.-noon Sept. 21. Ask ques-
to model with Ford Models. She soon had jobs French for ages 5 and younger 10:15 a.m. “The Darkest Minds” by Alexandra tions, share your favorite apps and tricks,
all over Europe, Japan and New York City and Tuesdays; Spanish 11 a.m. Wednesdays; Bracken. and learn to make the most of common
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Married with three children, Lana, Craig Thursdays and for ages 6 and up 3:30 Hay Day: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 29. Two- Gate Computer Society.
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Though she had always been a singer and make your own creations, which will be contact Library Director Deborah Maz- Joe Lurie — “Perception and
songwriter while modeling, it wasn’t until she on display in the Children’s Room for two zolini at 415-789-2656 or dmazzolini@ Deception”: 7 p.m. Sept. 25. Lurie is
was in her 40s, about 2001, that she decided to weeks. No age limit; kids under 5 must be beltiblibrary.org. an intercultural trainer at UC Berkeley
start singing opera. accompanied by an adult. Chess Club: 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. and a consultant on cross-cultural com-
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‘Detroit,’ continued from page 23 Chelle (Halili

Knox) dances with
——— Sly (Myers Clark)
in Dominique
who is against the deal. The men are tired of being laid off
Morisseau’s ‘De-
and want to have an above-ground business such as run- troit ’67,’ showing
ning a legitimate bar. through Oct. 7 at
Caroline (Emily Radosevich), a runaway, comes into the the Aurora Theatre
story. The men find her passed out and beaten in front of a Co.
store, and the humane thing to do is bring her home. The
intrigue with this brave decision figures in the plot, as does
the early-morning police bust during the party and other
illegal activities in the neighborhood. A conflagration re-
sults, one that becomes important in American history and
from which Detroit will struggle to recover.
Morisseau is too young to have lived through the riot, but
she grew up in Detroit where she heard its lore. She honed
her skills as an actress and playwright at the nearby Uni-
versity of Michigan. She creates family and societal situ-
ations much in the way of Ibsen or Chekhov, showing her
knowledge of world theatrical literature. She is one of the
most produced young playwrights in the country; 10 of her
productions showed in the 2015-2016 season. Last season,
the Berkeley Repertory Theatre staged a sold-out “Ain’t Too
DAVID ALLEN
Proud” about The Temptations, for which Morisseau was
the book writer. speakers — all fitting for the period. Sound designers Cliff footage, and Bunny suitably tarted up.
The set by Richard Olmsted is perfect for the small stage Caruthers and Elton Bradman bring the wonderful music “Detroit ’67” is relevant today, as evidenced in the Black
at the Aurora, where the audience sits on three sides. The of Motown as well as the activities of riot police and sol- Lives Matter movement that shows society still has racial
furnishings for the cellar recreation room are simple but diers outside on the street. Jeff Rowlings’ lighting centers injustices to address.
comfortable — a couch with a colorful afghan, a washer on the characters as well as red light symbolizing the fires
and dryer plus clothes hanging on the line, posters on the through the basement windows. Kitty Muntzel’s costumes Arts writer Carol Benet, a Belvedere resident since 1969,
walls and the all-important portable 45-rpm record player are perfect for the period, with Chelle in Bermuda shorts earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature from UC Berkeley.
soon to be replaced by a 8-track tape machine with two and sleeveless blouses similar to those seen in the real-life She has been contributing to The Ark since 1975.

Flood, continued from page 1 doubt it should.

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Belvedere is undergoing a study of its
flood infrastructure that’s partly funded by
a $611,000 grant from the California Depart-
ment of Water Resources. The study is in-
tended to give the city a set of shovel-ready
plans to raise and fortify those structures,
with the hopes of protecting the Belvedere
Lagoon and the city’s main arterial roads
from flooding from massive storms and ris-
ing sea levels.
For Mayor Bob McCaskill, who sits on the
flood-zone committee, the new cost estimate
doesn’t change the calculus of whether the
city should do the work — he says there’s no
“The much bigger question is how in the
world will little Belvedere be able to pay for
those things,” McCaskill said in an inter-
view.
Stetson Engineers is currently in a phase
of the study that analyzes the deficiencies
of the current flood infrastructure and then
gives the city a variety of options to deal
with those deficiencies. In total, the city can
choose from more than 80 different permuta-
tions of infrastructure options to solve the
issue, reflecting a broad range of possible
costs for the project. Options include rais-
ing embankments or putting in floodwalls,
raising roads or putting in retractable flood-
gates and deciding between putting a sea-
wall in the Beach Road median or on top of
the existing seawall.
Each option has costs and benefits —
some fixes are more aesthetically pleasing
but may be less adaptable to change in the
future, while others may cause more disrup-
tion but be more durable in the long term.
City Manager Craig Middleton said the
city plans on hosting a community meeting
sometime in October to answer questions
and gather input from members of the pub-
lic on what the project should look like. The
issue will also be a major topic of discussion
at the city’s annual retreat Oct. 9.
“Our hope is to land on a preferred alter-
native within the next six months or so,”
Middleton said at the flood-zone committee
meeting.
Once the city selects its preferred alter-
native, it would then go through a more
detailed study of that choice, a process that
would likely take a minimum of five months,
according to project engineer James Reilly.
Then, the project would go through envi-
ronmental review, which would likely take
another year at minimum, Reilly said.
Middleton said construction of the project
was likely two or three years out, if all goes
according to plan.
“It’s a big project, and we’re just getting
our arms around what the cost will be,” he
told the City Council at a meeting last week.
———
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Turkey Bolognese
Reed & Tiburon Tiburon Reed & Reed & Tiburon Tiburon Reed &
Belvedere & Main & Main Belvedere* Belvedere & Main & Main Belvedere* I usually double this recipe and keep a quart of it in the freezer to have on a rainy day.
6:18 am 6:30 am 6:38 am 6:53 am 7:43 am 7:59 am 8:06 am 8:18 am You can use ground beef, turkey or chicken. The pasta is interchangeable — I love capel-
7:19 am 7:45 am 7:54 am 8:12 am 8:18 am 8:34 am 8:41 am 8:53 am lini, but rigatoni, ziti, spaghetti or linguini would also work.
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9:18 am 9:34 am --- --- 2 tablespoons olive oil
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9:46 am 10:02 am 10:08 am 10:20 am 11:13 am 11:29 am 11:36 am 11:48 am 1 pound ground turkey
10:20 am 10:36 am 10:43 am 10:55 am 11:48 am 12:04 pm 12:11 pm 12:23 am 1 onion, diced
10:55 am 11:11 am 11:18 am 11:30 am 12:39 pm 12:46 pm 12:58 pm 2 carrots, peeled and diced
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1 cup of red wine
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7:10 pm 7:26 pm 7:35 pm 7:55 pm Schedule effective March 6. Parsley for garnish
7:55 pm 8:11 pm 8:14 pm 8:26 pm * = Most routes continue to the Redwood Highway
8:25 pm 8:42 pm 8:45 pm 9:05 pm frontage road at the Highway 101 north ramps. Directions
Trips in bold type are timed to the weekday Golden For a complete schedule, with map and times In a sauté pan, add the olive oil and brown the
Gate Ferry commuter ferry and make neighborhood for other major stops, visit marintransit.org/
ground turkey. Remove the turkey and set aside.
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The project is related to a short-term
$470,000 project to shore up about 100 feet of
the Beach Road seawall that is currently fail-
ing. The city is trying to get permitting done
for that project, but it is waiting for a report
from structural engineers about whether it
should issue an emergency declaration and
begin the work before this year’s rainy sea-
son or ride it out until spring, according to
Public Works Manager Robert Zadnik.
Storms, sea-level rise
and earthquakes
There are several different factors that
go into Stetson’s calculation of the desired
height for the flood infrastructure, 11.6 feet
above sea level.
During a 100-year-storm, sea levels rise
by several feet in a storm surge, and then
waves on top of that would pummel the
city’s embankments.
The idea is to get the embankments high
enough so they would block the continuous
flow of water from the heightened sea level
and also block some but not all of the waves
from overtopping the embankments. The le-
vees would need to be 10 feet above high-tide
marks to attain this goal.
That would prevent floodwaters from fill-
ing up the Belvedere Lagoon and then flood-
ing nearby homes and Beach Road and San
Rafael Avenue — the two roads that connect
Belvedere Island to the broader Tiburon
Peninsula.
Stetson also factored in 1.1 feet of sea-level
rise, representing an estimate from the Cali-
fornia Natural Resources Agency and the
California Ocean Protection Council that
says there’s a 66-percent probability the sea
level could rise by that much by 2050. Under
the same probability scenario, the sea level
could rise by as much as 3.4 feet by 2100.
Last, Stetson predicts that by 2050 the em-
bankments will have settled into the ground
by about half a foot.
Bringing the embankments on San Rafael
Avenue and Beach Road up to about 11.6 feet
above high tide would increase their current
height by between 2 and 3½ feet, depending
on specific locations.
Once the embankments are raised, the
city would be able to add more height as nec-
essary if the sea level is rising faster than
expected.
San Rafael Avenue:
A wall or a raised path
One portion of the project pertains to
San Rafael Avenue, approximately between
Tiburon Boulevard and the intersection
with West Shore Road. There, a popular dirt
pedestrian path currently flanks a rocky set
of riprap that serves as an embankment to
Richardson Bay.
Stetson’s analysis proposes three different
solutions for that area, which would need
to be raised by an average of 2½ feet and
a maximum of 3½ feet to protect from a
100-year-storm.
One of those solutions would be to build a
seawall between the walkway and the bay,
leaving the pedestrian path the same height,
at a cost of between $1.6 and $2.1 million.
The other two options involve raising the
height of the footpath to serve as the barrier
to floodwaters. One of those solutions would
use a series of concrete-block walls that rise
to the same height as the raised footpath, at
a cost of $1.7 million-$3.1 million. The other
would add more riprap to the bay side of the
structure and then add more fill to create the
raised footpath, at a cost of $3.1 million-$3.9
million.
Flood-zone committee member Glenn
Isaacson said he thought raising the whole
path with the series of foot-level walls would
be easier for residents to digest than a new
seawall along the shoreline.
“My suspicion is that will be a hard sell,”
Isaacson said of the seawall.
The report also gives the option of spend-
ing $5.5 million to put in a sheet-pile founda-
tion at the San Rafael Avenue embankment
to ensure it would hold up during a major
earthquake.
West Shore Road:
Floodgates or a raised road
The next portion of the project comes at
the intersection of West Shore Road and San
Rafael Avenue. There, floodwaters could
overtop the shoreline along West Shore Road
and flow down the street, leading into the la-
goon.
There are three options for that part of the
project.
Two of the options would tack a seawall
on to the south end of the San Rafael Avenue
embankment and then travel along the side
of the property at 1 West Shore Road. In
the first option, estimated to cost $1.7 mil-
lion to $2.2 million, the seawall would then
approach the intersection of San Rafael Av-
enue and West Shore Road and be converted
into a set of retractable floodgates in the
road that could be deployed in the event of
an anticipated storm.
Under that scenario, the city would have
to reopen the now-defunct road on Belvedere
Way, a small connector at the other end of
West Shore Road that used to connect with
Belvedere Avenue but was washed out in a
landslide years ago. Revamping that road
would be necessary to ensure West Shore
residents have a way to evacuate the island
if the floodgates were deployed.
Under the second option, estimated at $1.4
million to $1.8 million, after going along the
side of the 1 West Shore Road property, the
seawall would continue for 600 feet across
the street frontage in front of the first six
houses on the western side of West Shore
Road. Floodgates would be included for
driveways and pedestrian entrances.
The last option, estimated at $1.7 million
to $2.2 million, would have the city raise
the road at a curve on San Rafael Avenue
by about 3½ feet to provide a barrier from
water entering the lagoon. That would re-
quire re-grading two private driveways that
are on that section of the road.
Reilly said the new embankments or gates
at the intersection wouldn’t make flooding
any worse — or better — for homes along
West Shore Road during a flood event,
“They’re going to be wet,” Reilly said.
“They’re going to get flooded.”
Committee member Walter Strycker, who
lives on West Shore Road, questioned the al-
ternatives presented for that area.
“It just seems to me that your intersection
between West Shore (Road) and San Rafael
(Avenue) is a joke,” Strycker said.
Beach Road:
Wall on the bay or in the road
The next piece of the puzzle is the Beach
Road seawall stretching from the intersec-
tion with Main Street to the parking lot of
the San Francisco Yacht Club.
On that end, all three versions of the proj-
ect would involve drilling sheet piles about
30 feet into the ground to make the area
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seismically stable, then building some sort
of flood wall to protect from storm surge
and wave run-up.
The options differ in where the wall would
be built.
The first choice would be to put concrete
on top of the existing seawall, including 22
floodgates to access buildings that lie on the
seaward side of the wall — buildings includ-
ing the San Francisco Yacht Club, the China
Cabin and the Farr Cottages. That could
cost an estimated $9.1 million-$11.2 million,
including the cost for sheet piling.
The other two options would shift much
of the heightened wall to the Beach Road me-
dian, with a slight difference in how much of
the wall sits in the median between the two
options. In that scenario, the city would have
to put retractable floodgates in the road to
allow cars and pedestrians to cross from one
side of the street to the other at intersections
like Peninsula Road. Those options would
be close in cost within a range of $8.5 mil-
lion to $10.8 million.
The drawback to putting the wall in the
median would be that it wouldn’t protect
the outside lane of Beach Road from storm
surge.
Isaacson and flood-zone committee mem-
bers Jim Allen and Ken Johnson all said they
preferred the alternative in the median of
Beach Road, noting it would be more aes-
thetically pleasing and simpler without all of
the floodgates.
Downtown Tiburon:
Deployable dam or new wall
The Belvedere Lagoon also apparently
would face some amount of floodwater com-
ing on a downward slope from the down-
town Tiburon waterfront in front of Main
Street’s businesses in the event of a 100-year-
storm. The lagoon may be able to handle
that additional water in the near-term, but
when factoring in sea-level rise until 2050 it
would be inundated.
“That’s just too much for the (lagoon) sys-
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tem to handle, and it’s impractical to come
up with a way to deal with that (within the
lagoon),” Reilly said.
Stetson proposed three options for attenu-
ating those floodwaters.
The first and by far cheapest proposal
would be to purchase a 500-foot-long deploy-
able dam filled with high-pressure water
that could act as a temporary barrier in the
event of a predicted storm. The dam, which
would cost between $60,000 and $100,000,
would go along the side of Main Street that’s
closest to the water.
The second option would be to build an
800-foot-long flood wall starting near the
intersection of Tiburon Boulevard and Para-
dise Drive and continuing down the median
of Tiburon Boulevard almost to the Tiburon
Fire Protection District headquarters. The
wall would then take a left and head down
the side of the Coldwell Banker offices at
1660 Tiburon Blvd., before ending in the
Main Street parking lot. The cost of that op-
tion is $2.9 million-$3.7 million.
The last and likely most expensive op-
tion — coming in between $3.4 million and
$4.3 million — would install an 1,800-foot-
long seawall roughly along the pathway of
the Old Rail Trail multiuse path completely
within Belvedere city limits.
Tiburon Town Manager Greg Chanis, who
attended the flood-zone committee meeting,
said at first glance it seemed the deployable
dam would likely be the most preferable op-
tion to Tiburon, because of its cost and be-
cause it would protect more Tiburon land
than the other options.
“It certainly seems like a reasonable op-
tion to look into that … system,” Chanis
said.
Reporter Matthew Hose covers the city of
Belvedere, as well as crime, courts and
public safety issues on the Tiburon Penin-
sula. Reach him at 415-944-4627 and on
Twitter at @matt_hose.
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