I have lived in Mill Valley since 1949. I have witnessed multiple changes to the city. Believe it or not, the majority of those changes have been good for the city. There has been one change that bothers me though. That's turning lower Miller Avenue into another San Rafael Fourth Street. The City Council and the Planning Commission have got to deny developers who want to build two and three story buildings along both sides of Miller that will eventually block out the spacious uninterrupted view we now have of Mt. Tamalpais. I realize progress can't be stopped, but it can be molded. My vision of lower Miller (Evergreen to Camino Alto) is that new buildings be set back at least 40 feet from the curb with patios, trees and bushes to give the feeling of a larger expanse. I have no problem with fast food joints, quickie markets, etcetera, providing that they are unobtrusive, hidden behind trees and bushes. Thanks to the world's unchecked population growth, estimated to hit 9 billion people by 2040, open space will be at a premium. Mill Valley, unlike most cities, has an abundance of open space. There will be tremdous pressure to convert that open space into living space. The city has to protect that open space from being Los Angelized by inserting building restrictions into municipal code that grandfathers and exempts existing open space from being developed, and to do it now, before its too late. To further enhance Mill Valley, the practice of allowing in-law units to be added to exisisting single family homes has to be stopped. By retaining Mill Valley's small town population, the value of Mill Valley homes can only grow.