What's happening: Marin County's survey on the future of Tam Junction closes at noon next Monday, Aug 24, Senior Planner Kristin Drumm told residents at the county's third public meeting on the project, held Aug 5. The meeting gathered community input before the county writes a request for proposals to hire an outside consultant to study the area.
The area being studied includes Tam Junction as well as Manzanita and the Shoreline area east of Highway 101. (County of Marin)
Why it matters: Tam Junction sits in unincorporated Marin, not the city of Mill Valley, according to the county's own project page, so this process runs through the Community Development Agency and Board of Supervisors rather than the Mill Valley City Council. Shoreline Highway itself is owned and controlled by Caltrans, one resident noted at the meeting, which means most fixes residents want, from a new crosswalk to a repaired bridge, need state sign-off before they happen.
The context: The study covers Tam Junction, Manzanita, the Shoreline commercial strip and Almonte Boulevard east to Miller Avenue and the Mill Valley city limits, transportation planner Sahar Shirazi told the group. It builds on the Tamalpais Area Community Plan, amended by the Board of Supervisors in 1992, which calls for preserving the area's semi-rural character, limiting commercial development to businesses that serve residents, and focusing road improvements on transit rather than car capacity, according to the county's own planning materials. The county's project page states the study will not rewrite that plan, only recommend changes for future phases.
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