Over the past several meetings, the City Council has discussed and approved several employee labor agreements with various bargaining groups. At Monday night’s meeting, the City Council will consider approving a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the San Rafael Fire Chief Officers’ Association and the San Rafael Police Mid-Managers’ Association. Additional information regarding labor relations … Continued
The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (Golden Gate Transit) has started a multi-year process to develop a new transit center for San Rafael. The current transit center will be affected by the extension of Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) system to Larkspur. Several government agencies, including the City of San Rafael, are partnering to identify a new … Continued
In preparation for the upcoming storm season, Department of Public Works staff dropped off sand and burlap sack bags ready to fill at Fire Station #5, located at 955 Point San Pedro Road, San Rafael. If your property can be protected by sandbags, consider getting sand and bags before the rainy season and stockpile as … Continued
Just when you thought you had memorized the entire Municipal Code, we go and propose changes! Our Community Development Department has gone through and prepared updates to selected titles and chapters of the San Rafael Municipal Code including: clarifications and corrections to code provisions and zoning map changes, new provisions and standards addressing topics such … Continued
It’s that time of year when our Department of Public Works staff come out to clean the City’s storm drains and headwalls before the rainy season begins. This is the second year that our staff members are using a smartphone app to keep track of inspections completed and and drains cleaned. The app combines a … Continued
The Marin Housing Authority is conducting a Below-Market-Rate lottery drawing for a low income 3 bedroom/2 bathroom Below-Market-Rate Townhome in the Marin City Townhomes. The lottery drawing will be held on Thursday, October 25, 2018. The deadline to submit your application is 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2018. There is a drop slot in the … Continued
As of 10/18/2018, Van Midde Concrete has sent out 170 proposals to participating property owners. That means all but 30 property owners in the program have now received their final proposals. Of those 170 proposals sent out, the City has received now 125 back signed from property owners. We are almost there! Once the signed … Continued
The Grand Ave Pathway Connector project contractor, Valentine Corp., began work by performing exploratory field work on the former Marin Motors site at 750 Grand Ave. To our surprise, we located existing concrete and steel sheet piles buried under the asphalt in the location of the new bridge abutment. The design team is working hand … Continued
Work is moving quickly at 70 Irwin; this week the City’s contractor Valentine Corporation started installing MSE block walls at the bottom of the hillside that was also the scene of a landslide during the winter of 2017. Installation of these two block walls marks the beginning of the long-awaited hillside restoration.
