The Department of Public Works will be resurfacing Bungalow Avenue from Woodland Avenue to La Loma Court late September. These improvements are part of the City’s Street Resurfacing and are funded through gas tax. Our project will follow the Sanitation District’s (SRSD) sewer main replacement project along Woodland Ave. Their project has begun and will...
The City’s contractor Team Ghilotti, Inc., has completed the accessible curb ramp, sidewalk, curb and gutter and roadway improvements at several locations around the Canal Neighborhood. Team Ghilotti is waiting on long lead electrical equipment including, new streetlights and Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacons (RRFB) that will be installed at seven locations in the Canal Neighborhood...
The Francisco Blvd East Sidewalk project is almost complete! Next week the contractor will be removing the traffic control that has been blocking off a portion of the street during construction. The final steps are to finish installing the new streetlights, remove the old lights, finish a few remaining sidewalk sections, and finish the installation...
The engineering team in Public Works recently welcomed new fixed term Junior Engineer Alysia Reyes and Dean Allison intern Justin Lin. Alysia came to us after interning for the City of San Jose Department of Transportation for over two years. Her experience in pavement and curb ramp projects will be a great addition to the...
To keep vehicles running at their best, it is important to keep up with routine maintenance as well as inspections and safety checks. The Vehicle Maintenance staff does a great job of keeping on top of these necessary repairs to ensure City vehicles remain safe and in good operating condition. In the photo, Garage tech...
The Streets division continues to stay busy with normal duties such as pothole repair and paint/sign maintenance. They have also been involved in special projects such as the cleaning and fencing of the areas under the viaduct as well as the setup of the safe sleeping site. One project they have tackled recently is the...
Parks Division staff have been very busy lately with the yearly pruning of the Terra Linda medians. In the photos you will see Parks Division crew members Jorge Hernandez, Rene Ramos, Valente Curiel, Alfredo Tellez as well as a contracted labor crew making quick work of the pruning along Manuel T. Freitas. Since a lot...
Sand wasps are currently in the parks as part of their natural seasonal cycle. Sand wasps can be seen in and around level, sandy areas July through mid-August. The sand in the playground area at the parks is a favored location for Sand Wasp nesting. They dig tunnels to create single egg nest chambers which...
The Department of Public Works completed an assessment to make Fourth Street/F Street an all-way stop controlled intersection. This is the intersection with The Kitchen Table, Dharma Trading Company, and Seawood Photo on the corners. STOP signs were added on Fourth Street on Friday July 23, creating an All-way Stop, to better accommodate pedestrians crossing...
From Sunday, July 25 at 8 pm to Monday, July 26 at 6 am, PG&E will be starting night work at 1125 Lincoln Ave from. They will be replacing an electric transmission tower. Motorists are advised to drive with caution and follow all posted directional signs. Traffic advisories and detour routing options will be utilized...
The Department of Public Works (DPW) will be resurfacing Bungalow Avenue from Woodland Avenue to La Loma Court late September. These improvements are part of the City’s Street Resurfacing and are funded through the gas tax fund. DPW's project will follow the Sanitation District’s (SRSD) project. SRSD is replacing their sewer main along Woodland Ave....
The public meeting for the Spinnaker Point Drive Parking Modification project will not be held on Monday, July 19th. Instead, the meeting has been postponed to the following City Council meeting on Monday, August 2nd at 7 pm. The purpose of this hearing will be to adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and accept the concept...
Starting Monday, July 19, the City's contractor, Wilhelm LLC, will be preforming tree work along PG&E powerlines at the locations listed below. Work will commence at 8 am on Monday morning and is expected to last about a week. Traffic control will be in place. Please follow all directional signals and traverse with caution. List...
The Department of Public Works has completed an assessment of the intersection of Fourth Street and F Street in the West End; the intersection with The Kitchen Table, Dharma Trading Company, and Seawood Photo on the corners. STOP signs will be added on Fourth Street, creating an All-way Stop, to better accommodate pedestrians crossing Fourth...
Read the full letter sent on July 2, 2021 On July 2, 2021 the City sent a letter to all San Rafael Channel (Canal) waterfront property owners with an update on dredging and the Umbrella Permitting process, given that the Channel was now awarded $6,75m towards dredging in the 2022 President's budget. A link to...
On the July 6, 2021 City Council meeting, City staff, the City's consultant, Barry Miller, and the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM) presented a presentation of the potential guiding principles representing San Rafael's interests in the TAM study of alternative alignments for the Northbound US-101 to Eastbound I-580 Direct Connector project. Currently, drivers who wish...
The Parks Division crews continue their efforts to further beautify the City with their ongoing vegetation pruning work in Terra Linda with work being done along Freitas Parkway. Once this work is completed, they will move to the Monticello Rd. area. Here you see Parks Division crew members Matt Scales, Camilo Bayot and Jorge Hernandez...
Last year, two projects added close to 140 trees along McInnis Parkway to the City’s watering schedule whereas a normal year adds about 25 - 30 trees to the schedule. With the addition of DPW’s new water tanker, we are able to keep up with the increased demand and helps to give the trees a...
(The photo is for illustration only. Actual building design in progress) Contact: A. Fabiola Guillen-Urfer, Sr. Project Manager – Public Works Did you know that lumber prices were up more than 180% since spring of 2020? The construction industry has not experienced such dramatic material cost increases in years. The exponential increase in lumber...
Please welcome Public Works’ new Office Aide, Nataly Torres! Nataly was born and raised in the Bay Area and attended K-12 in San Rafael. She then went on and obtained her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco where she graduated magna cum laude. in San Rafael. During school and after...
This week, PG&E will be preforming gas work in the following locations: Wednesday, July 7 - 106 D St Wednesday, July 7 - 3 Cottage Ave Wednesday, July 7 - 760 Knockabout Way Thursday, July 8 - 112 Courtright Rd, Please drive with caution and follow any traffic directional signals. Please contact Jason Madayag for...
Beginning on June 28, PG&E will be starting night work at 4th Street at D Street. Night work will be from 7 pm – 7 am and will only happen on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. There will also be day work on Sundays, starting July 11 from 8 am – 5 pm. They will be...
As part of the City's Third Street Rehabilitation project, the City’s consultant, CSW/STUBER-STROEH, has teamed with contractor, Bess Utility Solutions, to locate underground utilities using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) at intersections along the project limits. GPR is a locating method that uses radio waves to capture images below the road's surface - see image above for...
Tomorrow morning, Wednesday, June 23, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be issuing a short traffic break on Highway 580 and Highway 101 to relocate a crane. This traffic break will be between 2:00am and 6:00am and should not be longer than 15-20 minutes. While they are setting up for the relocation of the...
Last week Public Works announced April Miller was selected for the Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer position. April is San Rafael’s first woman to hold the City Engineer title, and we are thrilled to have her join the management team. While April is new to the Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer role, she is not...
Routine maintenance jobs are very common with when it comes to maintaining the fleet of City vehicles. In the photo, Garage tech Angel Lopez is replacing both catalytic converters on one of the Police Departments patrol vehicles in order to diagnose and repair the check engine lamp that was on. The Vehicle Maintenance staff does...
Vegetation pruning in an important part of plant care that is done for aesthetic reasons as well as for plant health. In an effort to help continue to beautify the City, the Parks Maintenance crews just recently completed shrub pruning in the median along a section of Freitas Parkway near Monticello Rd. Once this work...
The Land Development engineering team in Public Works also recently welcomed new Junior Engineer Megan Kelly, and Engineering Technician Jason Madayag. Megan came to us with nearly 5 years of experience as a Project Engineer at BKF Engineers, a Bay Area-based engineering firm. During her time at BKF, Megan provided engineering consulting services for major...
Caltrans is upgrading the bridge deck at the US 101 northbound exit to Central San Rafael and the approach is down to two lanes for the next several weeks. The Miovision video detection cameras allow the City to update the detection zones and accurately capture the volumes approaching the intersection so we can monitor traffic...
To help alleviate some of the traffic issues in the southbound direction on D St. from 3rd to 2nd St., members of the Streets Division did early morning tasks to do grind down work on existing thermo as well as restripe a secondary lane to allow cars to flow across 2nd street to help curb...
