February 14, 2025

Feeling the Love

The Murder Mystery Dinner Theater wrapped up last weekend and what a joy it was to hear the laughter, see who guessed who dunnit and all the happy reviews of the food! Let's do it again next year! A HUGE thank you to the cast and crew for all their hard work and our part time workers and volunteers who came together to make this a very successful production!

The Senior "Bingo Bunch" is growing! We had a full house this week to celebrate Valentine's Day. What a great way to get out, see friends, have lunch and maybe win a few games in the process.

Tam Tuesdays Speaker Series featuring Mia Monroe speaking about how we can make Tam Valley even more butterfly friendly - sign up today with the link listed below! Movie Night is coming together for February 28th featuring Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. It's a free event and will be fun for the whole family!

The office will be closed on Monday, February 17th in observance of President's Day. No changes to solid waste pick up. Our offices will be open normal hours on Tuesday, February 18th.



Wishing you a safe and joy filled weekend!



Community Center Workshop

On February 12^th at 5:30pm, prior to the regular Board meeting, the Board held a workshop regarding the preliminary concepts for the Community Center Masterplan. The Masterplan is a design concept for the desired functions and uses for the Community Center outdoor spaces. The Masterplan will include proposed improvements for the outdoor spaces which includes the backyard area, gravel parking lot, and the open “green” spaces adjacent to the gravel and paved parking lot.

Approximately 30 residents provided feedback to CMG Landscape Architecture (CMG) regarding their likes and dislikes of the various preliminary concepts displayed. The CMG presentation from the meeting is available here.

If you were unable to attend the workshop, there is still an opportunity for you to share your input:

• Fill out the on-line form or
• Send us an email at info@tamcsd.org

Let us know your preferences for the various concepts and/or components of each concept. Attendees at the workshop were encouraged to mix-n-match components from each concept.

Please note, we need to receive your input by February 23 so we can pass the comments on to CMG. CMG is tentatively scheduled to bring a revised concept plan based on the feedback received at the workshop to the Board for review at the Board’s March 12^th meeting.

We Need Your Support to Continue TCSD Events

TCSD has recently submitted two use permit applications to the County of Marin for 203 Marin Ave (Tam Valley Community Center) and 305 Bell Lane (TCSD main office and corporation yard) to allow TCSD to continue to provide services and community events for its residents.

Specifically, the use permit application for 203 Marin Ave. will allow TCSD to continue to have bands (amplified outdoor music) at Creekside Fridays, Oktoberfest, and Earth Day events at the Tam Valley Community Center. The use permit application for 305 Bell Lane will allow TCSD to continue to offer Debris Day twice a year as well as clarify what constitutes solid waste vehicle operations.

The applications are in response to threatened litigation against TCSD by a neighboring resident and a code enforcement action triggered by a resident’s anonymous complaint.  

The Tamalpais Design Review Board (TDRB) is scheduled to consider the use permit applications at its March 5^th meeting at 7:00pm in the Tam Valley Community Center.

It is very important that we demonstrate to TDRB community support for continuing TCSD events and operations at our current location.

We encourage you to e-sign a letter of support for the TCSD applications (click here.)

Thank you in advance for your support.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tam Tuesdays Speaker Series

February 25th at 7pm

Tam Valley Community Center

FREE

“LET’S WELCOME MONARCHS TO TAM VALLEY” with Mia Monroe

Join us to hear from retired NPS Ranger Mia Monroe and learn the bigger challenges monarch butterflies are facing in North America, their success stories right here in Tam Valley and tips for each of us to make this a safer, welcoming world again! Your homework: find a place in your garden for them and be ready to be both a gardener and community scientist!

We will have milkweed seeds for all our attendees so you can get a headstart on planting for spring and support the butterflies!

MIA MONROE – A Tam Valley resident, Mia is a Xerces Society volunteer and has been monitoring the monarch butterfly overwintering population at coastal sites along California for decades. She helped start the Marin Monarch Working Group, volunteers for OneTam and returns to the roots of her ranger career as a National Park volunteer often! Her bumpersticker says, "I Brake for Monarchs"....

There is no charge for this event however an RSVP is greatly appreciated so we can plan for the evening.

Click here to RSVP.

Movie Night

February 28th

6pm

Tam Valley Community Center

FREE

Join us for a fun and cozy evening in the Community Center! Bring pillows and blankets to get cozy.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Claymation sensation about the bumbling inventor and his silent canine companion trying to trap a beast that's been ravaging neighborhood vegetable patches.

Senior Bingo

Every Wednesday at 11am

Tam Valley Community Center

Free and lunch provided

Join us for bingo, every Wednesday at 11am, in the Community Center. Jack Schwartz calls the numbers and keeps everyone entertained. Lunch is included and usually served around 12noon. Come on down and join the Bingo Bunch!



RESOURCES

Mill Valley Library

Empowered Caregiver Series

February 20th at 10:30am

Building Foundations of Caregiving and Supporting Independence

This Alzheimer's Association series teaches caregivers how to navigate caring for someone with dementia. Participants receive activities to apply person- centered care approaches to your own caregiving situation.

It is an honor to bring you the news of Tam Valley each week. If you have any questions about our newsletter, want to see something included or would like more information about our events, please reach out to me at events@tamcsd.org.



Camille

Communications & Events Coordinator