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Staff presented a recap of a Jan. 23 strategic planning workshop and described the draft work plan as a living document that will be implemented through the annual work plan process; staff said they will report back to council in July–August 2025 on progress.

Nut graf: Council members emphasized disaster preparedness—particularly vegetation management and home hardening—equitable distribution of parks investments, and operational issues such as storage for seasonal equipment; the council asked staff to study funding options and program design and to return with recommendations that could be considered during the budget cycle.

Council and staff discussion focused on vegetation management funding allocated in prior years and whether the town should restore or expand funding for brush clearing and home‑hardening assistance. Council Member Fred and others noted the town’s 2021 vegetation management spending and that the 2024–25 budget figure appeared lower, prompting a request for staff to provide background and options.

The council added specific language to the work plan to \"consider additional financial resources and programs for Corte Madera‑specific vegetation management,\" and asked staff to coordinate with the fire agency and MWPA (Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority) in framing program and budget options. Council also directed staff to continue an exploration of storage‑area improvements and potential solutions for existing town storage locations used by parks and public‑works crews.

Public comment included a request from a Parks and Recreation commissioner that Cove Park improvements—rehabilitating picnic seating adjacent to the East‑side Cove parking lot and improving pathway connections to the school blacktop—be prioritized or considered before adding other new park projects.

Action: A motion to accept the work plan with modifications carried on a roll call vote (unanimous in recorded roll call). Staff said they will incorporate the new direction into the document and pursue follow‑up analysis during budget season.

Ending: Council asked staff to return with implementation options, budget implications and timelines for vegetation management programs and storage‑improvement options during the upcoming budget discussions and at a July–August update.

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\"The roadmap is solely advisory and adoption of the roadmap does not obligate the town to take any specific actions,\" said Christine Rourke, sustainability coordinator for the Marin Climate and Energy Partnership, during a presentation outlining the roadmap’s aims and recommended actions.

The roadmap, led by Marin County with input from a county steering committee and stakeholders, recommends 10 actions to support building electrification countywide. Those include creating a centralized Electrify Marin information hub; pursuing advanced green‑building and reach codes during the next building‑code cycle; permit streamlining and incentives; low‑cost financing programs; workforce development; and piloting neighborhood‑scale electrification and gas‑infrastructure decommissioning projects. The roadmap’s authors stressed collaboration among jurisdictions, utilities and community organizations.

Nut graf: Council members who spoke supported accepting the roadmap as advisory, while raising concerns about costs and implementation: several members urged staff to pursue permit streamlining, financial assistance programs and workforce training to lower barriers for residents and contractors.

During the discussion, Council Member Eli said the roadmap is \"a nonbinding document that is consistent with adopted town policy and speaks, towards addressing climate change,\" and highlighted three priorities he wanted emphasized: easier access to information and streamlined permitting, financial assistance for residents, and workforce development for electrification trades.

Town staff described how the roadmap will feed into the annual work plan process: staff will extract subactions from the roadmap and bring them to the council for direction as part of the town’s yearly work plan decisions. Staff noted the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has already set rules that will prohibit sale or installation of gas water heaters in many cases beginning in 2027 and gas furnaces in 2029; state regulations are also developing and likely to align with those timelines.

Public commenter Roy Wolford urged the council to consider cost and equity impacts and to withhold approval until more cost information is available; staff and several council members acknowledged cost and equity are key concerns and noted the roadmap includes financing and equity recommendations.

Action: Council Member Eli moved adoption of Resolution O5 20 25 accepting the Marin County electrification roadmap; the motion passed on a roll call with Council Member Andrews voting No and the remaining members voting Yes.

Ending: Staff said roadmap measures will be considered during this year’s work‑plan process and returned to council for implementation choices and any local ordinances or incentives staff recommends.

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The update came during a presentation by District Manager Peter Bonkert, who described the district’s integrated approach to surveillance and control and summarized last year’s work. \"In 2024, we had no West Nile virus in either Marin or Sonoma County,\" Bonkert said.

The district covers about 2,300 square miles and roughly 763,000 residents; Bonkert said staff mapped about 25,000 inspection locations and responded to about 6,200 service requests in 2024. The district reported removing roughly 2,500 in‑ground yellow‑jacket nests, carrying out about 400 rodent inspections and delivering nearly 300 classroom presentations that reached about 7,000 students.

Nut graf: The presentation emphasized ongoing surveillance, targeted biological controls and public education as the foundation of local mosquito control, while flagging the arrival of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus elsewhere in California as a near‑term risk that may require expanded monitoring and new control tools.

Bonkert described the district’s toolbox of tactics under an \"integrated vector management\" framework: larval surveillance and targeted treatments, deployment of mosquito fish in compatible habitats, yellow‑jacket nest removal for ground nesting colonies, rodent inspections and public education. He said the chemical products the district uses are targeted and have long environmental safety records; he named BTI and methoprene as commonly used agents in certain situations.

The district also described laboratory and surveillance work: staff identified about 45,000 mosquitoes from roughly 6,000 trap nights in 2024, and perform larval and species identification to direct control efforts. The district said it tracks tick populations and tests for Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease) and Borrelia miyamotoi, and reminded residents that nymphal stage ticks (very small) pose the greatest risk for human transmission.

Bonkert warned that Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus have been moving north in California and now occur in nearby counties. \"If those mosquitoes become entrenched and you have a travel case of those diseases, they can be transmitted locally,\" he said, referencing recent locally acquired dengue cases in Southern California.

The district noted it is exploring new tools, including low‑cost 3D‑printed traps developed in‑house and several sterile‑insect or sterility‑based approaches being tested elsewhere in the state for Aedes control. Bonkert said these techniques may become operational in the next three to five years, though not necessarily in Marin–Sonoma immediately.

Council members asked how the town could help. Bonkert recommended involving the district early in planning and permit reviews for projects that might create standing water or other mosquito habitat, so engineering and design can reduce future mosquito breeding. Town staff also emphasized that the district’s services are funded through property taxes and are available to residents at no additional charge.

Ending: No action was required; the council thanked the district for the briefing and for its outreach to Corte Madera residents.

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