Lynnette Shaw/Listen Up
I have been contacted by several Fairfax citizens who are very concerned by the unresponsive-to-the-public Fairfax Town Council.
Since the TC cannot seem to hear our pleas for help or change their direction in order to get things sensibly done for the betterment of the community, it is time to launch the Fairfax Problem Solvers Club.
We need to take things into the peoples’ hands and utilize the talents and resources within Fairfax to solve problems that the current administration does not seem willing to deal with.
So, here is what we will need. As a private not-for-profit club we have the right to freely associate with like minded people who want to help get things done in Fairfax. We need to gather volunteers to contribute their knowledge, skills, resources, talents and energy. If you are a resident who wants to help, please email “FxProblemSolvers@gmail.com”
For example, I have a parent who contacted me about the playing field at Manor School. It has been overrun with crab grass and the lack of maintenance has made it a danger for injuries to the kids playing there. Sod is on sale for $.60/sq foot. Who can volunteer to pull out crab grass and install sod for the kids? Let’s muster a team of volunteers to pull weeds and install sod! It would not take much fundraising to buy enough sod for both Manor and the Central field at School Street. Things can get done in a few days to ensure the safety of the kids with just a little bit of thought and planning. Problem solved by Fairfaxians.
A big problem is the homeless camp situation. The best idea I have heard was suggested by Candace Neal-Ricker, that we place the camp behind the library. Located there, it would be accessible, buildable, cleanable and monitored. I suggest heavy duty tents that are made of fireproof materials. We can set up porta potties there and have the shower van weekly. Easy to keep serviced. Easy to have outreach for social services. We regain Peri Park for the families.
Just how much budget has been assigned to help fix the homeless problem? TC member Blash is the new “homeless liaison,” someone who has never been homeless or even at risk of that. She is in for a big surprise is my guess. How about finding someone who has experienced homelessness to be the liason? Someone that could be trusted by the homeless to have insight on their problems.
Stephanie Hellman insisted there are “only 2 homeless in Fairfax” during her campaign last year. Wake up to reality, there are hundreds in the hills and now they have spilled into Peri Park and onto the ball field area.
The Fairfax Problem Solvers Club will need to raise funds and apply for grants to have tents erected and the porta potties cleaned. I spoke with Shawn at the Mill Valley Refuse Service. To rent two (2) regular porta potties with sinks inside is $542 for the first month ( includes delivery and setup ) and $352 a month after that, which includes weekly cleanups.
The Town has no budget for that essential service. What are they thinking? Here is a Problem Solver solution to keep the homeless from defecating in our park and stop urinating in our stream. Who wants to contribute $1 a month to bless Fairfax homeless with clean porta potties? I know we can muster 350 people to do that.
Our tax dollars that homeowners like myself contribute to the Town could be spent on public sanitation. It is such a small amount. Since it is obvious there is a lack of responsibility on the TC’s part, the FPSC needs to step in and solve the problem. We cannot wait any longer!
The library location makes more sense then the TC currently directing the homeless to erect their tents in the Peri Park ball field area and Doc Egger Park after the Pavilion area camp was burned down by a homeless person.
Please send us an email describing what you have to offer the Fairfax Problem Solvers Club! We do not wish to involve politics, we need positive real world action. The last thing we need is some committee formed to “study” and waste more time. It is time to get things done by the people for the citizens of Fairfax.
Joining the FPS Club is by invitation after you email us or talk to me on the phone to describe what you have in mind to help.
We can meet in person, by phone or by Zoom. Since we are a private club we can include everyone who wishes to contribute and not invite any trouble.
This is happening out of necessity to save our beloved Town of Fairfax from further disintegration.
Please email the Fairfax Problem Solvers Club today.
FxProblemSolvers@gmail.com
If you wish to talk on the phone about the FPSC, leave a message at the Marin Alliance (415.295.7633) and I will return your call.
PS: I have no desire to run for office again, just want to help Fairfax in an effective manner.
(Lynnette Shaw is the founder of the Fairfax Problem Solvers Club and owner of the Marin Alliance Dispensary.)
Thank you Lynn Shaw, for your efforts to help others with awesome solutions. As I have experienced , the easier the solution, the further away politicians run. Yes, the town of Fairfax should have funds available to do these helpful meditating solutions. You are a champion for Fairfax and a hero to others all over the world!