Happy Summer! Today is the longest day of the year. We will be taking a short break from the newsletter - there will be no newsletter Monday June 27th or Monday July 4th. The newsletter will resume on Monday July 11th. |
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Fairfax Temporarily Prohibits Residential Evictions Without Cause Through September 30, 2022
The state’s current eviction moratorium is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2022. However, housing instability continues to threaten the public peace, health and safety as eviction can lead to homelessness; loss of community; stress and anxiety caused by the experience of displacement, among other issues. Therefore, the Town Council adopted an urgency ordinance to extend the moratorium in the Town of Fairfax through September 2022.
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Peri Park Restrooms Closed for Repairs
The Peri Park Playground restroom is closed for repairs through Friday, June 24. We apologize for the inconvenience. There is a public restroom around the corner in the Police Station lobby, 144 Bolinas Road.
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PG&E Updates
Vegetation Management
PG&E is conducting tree trimming, and removal in some cases, in Fairfax. Where work is identified, PG&E will inform property owners through phone calls, postcards and door hangers in advance of tree work taking place on your property. Property owners have the right to refuse tree removal by PG&E, and the property owner should obtain a tree removal permit from the Town of Fairfax prior to allowing PG&E to remove their tree. PG&E will obtain encroachment permits for work being performed in public rights-of-ways (ie road side).
If you have questions or concerns about PG&E vegetation work or traffic control during this work, please contact PG&E at 1-877-205-4949 or email wildfiresafety@pge.com. To learn more about PG&E’s safety work, please visit pge.com/trees.
Checking When Power is Out
We know that there have been some outages recently. Here is a link to check for PG&E outages and the status for power coming back up.
Increased Safety
PG&E is evolving its wildfire prevention efforts for the safety of our customers and communities. This includes Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings (EPSS). Read about this program here.
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Mandatory Recycling and Organics Law
In 2016, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 1383 into law to keep food and other compostable materials ("organics") out of landfills to reduce emissions that contribute to climate change.
Starting January 2022, all California residents and businesses are required to compost all organic waste. In addition, this law will require food-producing businesses to donate excess edible food to reduce organic waste.
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Concerned About Homelessness?
The Town of Fairfax works cooperatively with the County of Marin and other local jurisdictions on homelessness issues to provide support and safety to all people living in Fairfax. Please see https://housingfirst.marinhhs.org for resources and program information.
Fairfax Specific Information:
The Fairfax Police department has been working with the Marin County Health and Human Services team since the formation of a small encampment near the Town of Fairfax’s corporation yard in Fairfax in 2021.
Marin County Health and Human Services Team has assigned two separate outreach care teams to visit the Fairfax site since approximately March 2022.
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Community Action Marin Care Team: generally come out weekly to visit our unhoused population to create a relationship and offer services.
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Downtown Streets Team: generally come out twice a month to visit our unhoused population to create a relationship and offer services.
Fairfax PD has always provided foot patrols in the area, before the encampment began. As for daily interactions, The Fairfax Police Officers have the encampment area listed as part of their daily foot beat assignment. Officers visit the site on foot during each shift daily. They have a good working relationship with the unhoused community, and know each other by name.
Fairfax is part of the “Central Marin Area” for the High Utilizer Project under Marin County Health and Human Services. Listed Cities in the “Central Marin Area” are Corte Madera, Fairfax, Larkspur, Ross, and San Anselmo. This program is a partnership between the cities and county to create a new case management program for people experiencing chronic homelessness who are high utilizers of municipal services, such as police, fire, EMS, and/or DPW. Case management will allow recipients to access housing vouchers through our partnership with the Marin Housing Authority. Case Management assignments would likely take place soon, and the Central Marin Area has identified 42 individuals for potential housing vouchers, with 9 placements available.
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Climate Action Committee Meeting
June 21st - 7pm
Planning Commission Meeting
June 23rd - 7pm
Volunteer Board Meeting
June 27th - 6:30pm
Tree Committee Meeting
June 27th - 7pm
Open Space Committee Meeting
June 28th - 7pm
Town Council Meeting
July 6th - 6:30pm
Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting
July 11th - 7pm
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Fairfax Farmers Market
Wednesdays 4-8pm
Bolinas Park
Join family and friends to shop local and celebrate community, every Wednesday 4-8pm May through October.
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Community Meeting: Marin's 2022 Green Building and Electrification Policy
June 22
6-7:30pm
Virtual Community Meeting via Zoom
Marin jurisdictions are advancing their green building codes to address the climate emergency. Attend a FREE virtual community meeting on June 22nd hosted by the County of Marin, City of San Rafael, Town of San Anselmo, and MCE clean energy. This countywide community meeting is an opportunity to learn, discuss, and help shape Marin’s Proposed 2022 Green Building Model Code and Ordinance.
The event will feature speakers and content matter experts discussing the building policy levers, policy trends, and technology that will help our communities realize climate action commitments.
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Summer Camps!
We have new and returning sports camps this summer, including our Skate, Basketball and Tennis camps.
Please sign up today and support local recreation programming!
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Tennis Camp
Ages 8 - 12
Week of July 25th
Monday – Friday from 9am – 11am
Beginner to Intermediate Levels
Fairfax Recreation is excited to offer a summer tennis camp. This camp session will improve overall tennis fundamentals, skills, and team ethics. Each kid will have the opportunity to improve their tennis strengths to become a more confident player and teammate.
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Other Town and County News |
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Defensible Space Evaluations in Fairfax
Uniformed Fire Inspectors will conduct Wildfire Defensible Space and Home Hardening Evaluations on residential properties in the Fairfax Bolinas Road, Bothin and Ridgeway neighborhoods of Fairfax started the week of June 6, 2022. Inspections are conducted by Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority (MWPA) in cooperation with the Ross Valley Fire Department, and the Marin County Fire Department.
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Paper Grocery Bags Needed by Fairfax Food Pantry
The Fairfax Volunteers are in need of paper grocery bag donations for the food pantry. Slightly used bags may be dropped off at the Fairfax Community Church, 2398 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., on Saturday mornings between 7-10am.
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Chipper Days in Full Swing - Sign Up Now!
The MWPA Curbside Chipper Program (also known as “Chipper Days”) is in full swing!
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Want to Get Involved? Join a Board or Commission!
Do you want to make a real difference in 2022? Consider joining a board or commission for the Town of Fairfax. There are openings on several boards and commissions.
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Marin Microbusiness $2500 Grant Program
The Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant (MBCRG) Program is State funded through the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA). In partnership, the County of Marin, the Marin SBDC and Dominican University of California will carry out this program to fund 105 microbusinesses at $2500 each. Applications are open now. This round closes June 30, 2022.
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Taking Climate Action Can Also Help You Save Money
In the midst of rising gas prices and other cost of living increases, here is some good news. Taking climate action now can actually help save money on our monthly expenses.
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Town of Fairfax sitio web se puede traducir al español
El sitio web se puede traducir al español usando el ícono del globo que se encuentra en la barra verde de cada página.
Our website can be translated into Spanish (and other languages) using the globe icon found on the green bar at the top of each page.
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