The Board did not get to the hot item of sewage until 9 p.m. when only 30-40 people were in attendance. The meeting was held in a large room with tables around the periphery forming a large O with nothing but empty space in the middle. Because there are no lights illuminating the walkways, people arriving step from blackness into the meeting room and stand for a moment, dazzled, like deer in car headlights. Then they tiptoe along the walls looking for vacant chairs. There is no special space for the public, no agenda, no one greets or acknowledges the presence of new arrivals.
Little care is given to the needs and convenience of the public-small wonder so few show up.
The Board agreed to consider Sloan's resolution at its next meeting on October 6. Chairman Brian Dodd said that he would be meeting in private with Marin County Council and Trustee Steve Charrier to discuss the conflicting legal opinions on whether a Community Service Agency can be formed to operate the sewage treatment ponds in such a way as to limit the school district's payments. Dodd elicited sharp questioning when he said that any alternative plan to dispose of sewage would also include the French Ranch Development. He said that the county had asked that they be included. He said the system had been neglected for many years, was overrun with blackberry brambles, and the pumps had failed because they had not been maintained.