Supervisors To Weigh Changes To Trails, Development Rules And County Boards In Marin

MARIN COUNTY, CA — Marin County supervisors will take up a wide-ranging agenda Tuesday that could bring changes to a popular multi-use path, county advisory boards and rules governing the costs of new development.

The Board of Supervisors will meet at 9 a.m. on Tuesday at the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael.

Among the items, Marin County Parks will seek approval of an option to purchase easements on two parcels at Martins Landing. The easements could eventually allow the southern portion of the Mill Valley-Sausalito Multi-Use Path to be redesigned away from sensitive marsh habitat and onto previously disturbed private property.

The agreement would give the county site control for up to three years while environmental review and design continued for the Bothin Marsh Evolving Shorelines Project.

Supervisors will also consider potential changes to county boards, commissions and committees following a broader review of the advisory bodies.

The recommendations could result in some groups being retained as they are, while others could be improved, combined, restructured or considered for elimination. Staff will seek direction from supervisors before moving forward.

Another workshop will focus on proposed Offsite Objective Design and Development Standards, or ODDS, which address impacts and costs that new developments can create outside their project sites. County officials said some development-related fee structures had not been updated in years and were seeking direction before bringing proposed changes back for ordinance adoption hearings.

The board will also receive Marin County's 2025 Crop and Livestock Report, providing an annual snapshot of agricultural production, along with a preliminary assessment of the local sheep and wool market.

Supervisors are also scheduled to approve responses to three 2025-26 Civil Grand Jury reports. The investigations examined Measure A funding for parks and agriculture, the condition of the Marin County Civic Center and governance issues involving MCE, formerly known as Marin Clean Energy.

Tuesday's meeting will begin with public comment before supervisors move through the consent calendar and other business.