Take Action - The Lagunitas Project

The Next:
HEARING
1:30 P.M., FRIDAY, MAY 21st, 2021, Dept. F. — Via ZOOM

The case will appear (listed) on the calendar for Dept F calendar but will be called on the link for Courtroom M, where Judge Haakenson will be presiding.

Zoom Link for Trial Department (Courtroom M):
https://zoom.us/j/98130359433?pwd=dkR6NFZPNWlpVENIbmQ5NWw3M1pRQT09

Any non-party, non-attorney member of the public may have access to court by following the instructions in the Marin County Court remote proceedings procedures located at
http://www.marincourt.org/data/hpnews/312.pdf and https://www.marincourt.org/data/hpnews/308.pdf

Your Support is Encouraged.

After decades of tacit approval for the artistic and innovative building practices at The Last Resort––and despite its nomination as a historic architectural heritage site––The Last Resort is now threatened with demolition.

“We feel that David is a visionary who, during the past 40 years, has created solutions to climate change issues that we face as a global community. These solutions lie in the very structures and systems that stand to be destroyed if the Commission’s unanimous ruling continues to be discounted or ignored. We believe the demolition of his work would severely endanger the health, safety, beauty and tranquility of Marin County – and the potential for large-scale solutions that David’s innovation provides.”

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Help Save The Last Resort

phaakenson@marincourt.org, administration@marincourt.org, drodoni@marincounty.org, thelagunitasproject@gmail.com

Subject

Message

Dear Supervisor Rodoni and Judge Haakenson,

We immensely appreciate your recent efforts to, at long last, reach a compromise that preserves The Last Resort, David Lee Hoffman’s property, as a historic landmark. As the process of working with David progresses, we must express the imperative to reinstate Marin County’s own Architectural Commission’s ruling that David’s site is historically important. This would allow the use of the California Historic Building Code as a guideline and protections this code offers. Reinstating the Commission’s ruling is ethical and allows for long-awaited progress in complying with reasonable code upgrades and an ultimate resolution.

We do not want to lose The Last Resort, nor do we want to lose David  as a friend, neighbor, and contributor to our community.

We feel that David is a visionary who, during the past 40 years, has created solutions to climate change issues that we face as a global community. These solutions lie in the very structures and systems that stand to be destroyed if the Commission’s unanimous ruling continues to be discounted or ignored. We believe the demolition of his work would severely endanger the health, safety, beauty and tranquility of Marin County – and the potential for large-scale solutions that David’s innovation provides.

We request that Marin County, through their receiver, reinstate their own Commission’s unanimous ruling, which declared that David’s property deserves local historic status. You, too, recently stated in your January 31, 2017 letter to the appointed receiver, “Furthermore, please consider this an official request from my office to include architectural and cultural value determinations on the Hoffman property in your final recommendations.”  The reinstatement of the County Architectural Commission ruling would be the final step in bringing closure to the issue of preserving as much of David’s site as possible without interfering with the work of the receiver.

We believe that if David loses, we all lose — and we believe the solution is outlined by the steps in this petition.

We are truly thankful to have you addressing these issues.

We support the reinstatement of the Marin County Architectural Commission resolution that all 36 structures on the 2-acre property of David Lee Hoffman in Lagunitas constitute a cultural and historic landmark of local importance.

Sincerely,

Your Name

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One may also write a letter, email or phone call supporting The Last Resort:

Hon. Judge Paul Haakenson
Marin County Superior Court
P.O. Box 4988
San Rafael, California 94913

(415) 444-7216

administration@marincourt.org and PHaakenson@marincourt.org

Supervisor Dennis Rodoni
Board of Supervisors
3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 329
San Rafael, CA 94903

Phone: (415) 473-7331

DRodoni@marincounty.org