Citizen Letter: Binford Road 1.14.2024 (update)

To: Dear Sheriff Scardina, Chief Naugle and Deputy Thompson

We appreciate Deputy Thompson’s efforts on Binford Rd. 

Today, I took the below photos:

1) The RV on the city side of the road needs to be removed.  I will call it in again to NPD.  If you need me to have members of the public call it in too, I can have that done.

2) A dog (healer breed) is tied to some junk and is unattended.  I cannot see if he has food or water.  I no longer call the MHS, as Nancy who is a leader of the MHS wrote to me, “The people who live on Binford Rd treat their animals like family.”   I don’t tie family members up to junk and I don’t know anyone who does. 

3) I asked the man to not have his two dogs defecate and urinate into the wetlands.  I purposely was on the phone with Dispatch when I stayed this so it would be on record.  The man clearly didn’t think he was doing anything wrong by being in the wetlands with his dog. 

I am respectfully asking again for the laws to be followed on Binford Rd.  No matter the hardships or painful  backstories of many of the residents living on Binford, that does not give them the right to neglect animals, have them defecate in the wetlands, litter, dispose of their human waste wherever they like and park wherever they do choose.

On a happy note, after church today, a woman said she appreciated all my social media posts on Binford Rd. I hear that all the time in the community.  Time for me to crank it up again.

Peace,

Citizen Letter: 1.14.2024 Newcomer?

To: Marin Sheriff

As I was emailing you about the dogs on Binford, the below just happened.

A car moved out and at the same time this RV moved in. 

From my understanding and what the public believes the county is telling them, no newcomers are allowed on Binford Rd.  

If this is not a newcomer, he can find another place to go. His RV clearly works.   Having two set of rules in this county —for those who follow the law and for those who don’t—-is infuriating the public.

New Binford Resident – Novato Side

Letter to the Chief of Police from a Concerned Citizen

Dear Chief Naugle,

I called about this new resident on Binford Road (city side) to your dept. this morning.  I was told by dispatch I was the second call in this regard.

Dispatch referred me to a website.  As I am working nonstop to pay taxes, I don’t have the time to go to a website (again) about all of the challenges on Binford Road.  That is your job.

I respectfully ask again that the law be followed.  Novato has created a precedent that needs to stop.  Please have the tents removed on the city side of the property and enforce the parking laws AND littering laws.  Our wildlife continues to be destroyed by oil spills, garbage and human waste.

Other cities in California are having successes.  Novato can too.

City of Novato – “Report An Issue” website

You can use this to report any issues wrt Binford on the Novato side.

At the City of Novato, we use a coordinated service request process to ensure all departments work together to handle these concerns. I recommend using our service request feature on the City of Novato website, found at this link: https://www.novato.org/community/report-an-issue.

You may upload a photo of the issue to help city staff evaluate what services are needed and which staff members (police, public works, homeless outreach) would be best suited to handle it.

Jim Naugle, Novato Chief of Police