San Rafael, CA - The City of San Rafael is asking the community to share their thoughts and ideas on the future of San Rafael parks and recreation programs and classes. Through the development of a Parks and Recreation Master Plan, the City is looking at how it can maintain parks, update facilities, increase ways...
Proposal Deadline Extended to April 29, 2022 The City of San Rafael seeks to implement a commercially available, native cloud-based (SaaS) ERP solution that provides broad administrative functionality, long term sustainability and adaptability, and a modern user experience. The City has undertaken extensive user research to determine the needs across the City and how they...
This project is complete and was a great success. The scope of the project was to lower the sewer-main pipes in Octavia Street, Woodland Avenue and in B Street between Warner Court and 1st Street. This allowed the District to relocate a failing sewer-main serving residences on Woodland Place, and connect a new sewer-main installed...
Fire Stations 54 & 55 – Foundation work Our fire station contractor, Wickman completed demolishing the old buildings and gutted the apparatus bays for retrofit and renovation. Wickman also completed over excavation and compaction to prepare the building pad. Currently, they are building the foundations and underground utilities at both sites. Fire Station 54 spread...
The Department of Public Works sends out weekly updates for the Third Street Rehabilitation Project. These updates include construction updates, traffic closure updates, and other relevant information as well as photo or two of that week’s progress. To join the distribution list, please sign up using the form at the left-hand side of the project...
Parks Division staff have been making repairs to irrigation systems throughout the City in preparation for the watering season. With some watering restrictions lifted, Parks staff will start irrigating areas that they could not during the stricter conditions. Most of the City's irrigations systems are beyond their usable life and require constant attention to prevent...
The sunny weather has allowed Streets staff members to catch up on much needed maintenance and repairs. In the photo you will see Streets Lead Worker Arturo Tinoco repairing a drainage bubble out that is in the curb. These often become broken over time, usually from being driven over by heavy trucks, which causes them...
In 2001, J. Michael Maloney, a Marin County resident, established an endowment with the Marin Community Foundation in honor of former San Rafael Planning Commissioner Dick O'Brien to fund an annual Citizen of the Year award. The intent of this award is to recognize a San Rafael community member who has made exceptional contributions to the City....
The City of San Rafael will be sending out weekly project updates with construction updates, traffic closure updates, and other relevant information for this project. To receive these updates, please sign up using the form at the left-hand side of the project website. THIS WEEK (February 28- March 4): Maggiora & Ghilotti worked on locating...
Snapshot - de parte del Gerente de la Ciudad de San Rafael Spotlight Photo CAPTION: Harry Barbier Memorial Park, February 2022 PHOTO CREDIT: Walter Gonzalez Last Quiz Question Congrats to Kathleen Toney for being the first to correctly respond to our mystery photo in the last Snapshot Quiz. The photo featured was of the Henry...
San Rafael, CA – Following a nationwide search, the City of San Rafael is pleased to announce Nadine Atieh Hade as their Administrative Services Director. Nadine brings over 18 years of experience from both the private and public sector finance sectors garnered from financial services institutions across the Bay Area. Nadine previously served as the...
The City will be hosting a virtual public meeting for the ADA Improvements and Roundabout at Manuel T Freitas Parkway/Route 101 Interchange project. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is the lead agency on this project, and will be joining Vice Mayor Kertz to provide a brief overview of the project and goals. This public...
On February 24, 2022, the City of San Rafael was listed as a recipient of the California Interagency Council on Homelessness Encampment Resolution Funding. The funding will assist the City of San Rafael with its innovative approach towards addressing homelessness. The $522,000 award will allow the City of San Rafael to increase its case management...
The City of San Rafael is developing a Citywide Parks and Recreation Master Plan, and we need your help to shape the future of parks and recreation in San Rafael. As a first step, the City is working with a research group to conduct a statistically valid community survey and is asking for your help....
Wilhelm tree crews are slated to work along PG&E powerlines at the following locations in your jurisdictions starting Tuesday 3/01/22 - Friday 03/04/22. 50 ACACIA AVE 3 AQUINAS DR 44 AQUINAS DR 37.996798 -122.506255 AQUINAS FIRE RD 37.997104 -122.505 AQUINAS FIRE RD 37.997441 -122.504561 AQUINAS FIRE RD 37.997644 -122.504561 AQUINAS FIRE RD 37.99108 -122.500253 BAYHILLS...
The City of San Rafael will be sending out weekly project updates with construction updates, traffic closure updates, and other relevant information for this project. To receive these updates, please sign up using the form at the left-hand side of the project website. THIS WEEK (February 21-25): The contractor placed changeable message signs and is...
Wilhelm tree crews are slated to work along PG&E powerlines at the following locations in your jurisdictions starting Tuesday 2/22/22 - Friday 02/25/22 189 BRET HARTE RD 297 BRET HARTE RD 108 MCCOY RD 204 BUNGALOW AVE 453 BRET HARTE RD 20 BRUSHWOOD LN 211 JEWELL ST 15 RIDGE AVE 121 LINDEN LN...
The paving of Woodland Ave that began on Tuesday, February 22nd, is now complete. Our contractor, Ghilotti Bros Inc., will be raising manholes along Woodland Ave through Friday, March 4th of next week. For this reason, there will be no parking along Woodland Ave. until they have finished.
Recently, Parks maintenance staff have been working on the Terra Linda Pedestrian easements. These walkways have substantial grass and vegetation that needs clearing a few times a year. Maintenance includes weed eating, trimming bushes and trees and fire hazard mitigation. In the photo you will see Parks Maintenance Worker Jim Dunn weed eating one of...
Streets staff members recently replaced a wood fence that blocks a City drainage near Merrydale road. Staff maintain this drainage with annual vegetation removal and check it throughout the rainy season. The fence protects people from accidentally falling into it and protects the drainage from illegal dumping and litter. The new fence is higher and...
The City of San Rafael will be sending out weekly project updates with construction updates, traffic closure updates, and other relevant information for this project. To receive these updates, please sign up using the form at the left-hand side of the project website. On Monday, February 7, 2022, the San Rafael City Council awarded the...
Snapshot - de parte del Gerente de la Ciudad de San Rafael Spotlight Photo CAPTION: San Rafael City Limit Sign Taken from Richmond - San Rafael Bridge, February 2022 PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Soto Last Quiz Question Congrats to Tiffany Haley for being the first to correctly respond to our mystery photo in the last Snapshot Quiz. The...
The City's contractor, Ghilotti Bros Inc., will be paving Woodland Avenue from Bayview Street to Lindaro Street next week. The paving will begin on Tuesday, February 22 through Wednesday, February 23 from 7 am to 5 pm. The work has been split into two days to allow continued access to Trinity Preschool. Both Davidson Middle...
Wilhelm tree crews will be working in locations listed. They will be doing vegetation work along PG&E powerlines starting Monday 2/14/22 thru Friday 2/18/22. 58 BRET HARTE LN 189 BRET HARTE RD 297 BRET HARTE RD 453 BRET HARTE RD 20 BRUSHWOOD LN 204 BUNGALOW AVE 120 COURTRIGHT RD 58 LOCHINVAR RD 108 MCCOY RD...
The Third Street Rehabilitation project went to the City Council on February 7, 2022, for the award of construction agreement with Ghilotti Bros. Inc., in the amount of $20,800,000. The project is a joint venture between the City of San Rafael, the San Rafael Sanitation District, and the Marin Municipal Water District. The Third Street...
The City issued Notice to Proceed with construction to Wickman Development and Construction on January 10, 2022. Since then, Wickman, our General Contractor, has prepared the two project sites for construction. Perimeter fences, safety notices, and field offices were installed. Wickman’s demolition subcontractor mobilized into Fire Station 54, located at 46 Castro Ave. The living quarters at Fire Station 54 have been...
Parks staff have started planting trees associated with the sidewalk repair program along with other tree planting efforts. This year marks the 40th anniversary of San Rafael being a "Tree City" and staff plan to plant a significant number of trees to honor that mark. The winter months are the best time to plant, as...
Tree roots can wreak havoc on sidewalks and roadways. Recently, an area of uplifted roadway was reported to Public Works that a car got stuck on. Public Works staff had to remove the concrete curb and gutter as well as a section of the asphalt roadway to trim the roots. Staff poured new curb and...
Taillights play an important role in keeping you and other drivers safe on the road as they provide an important safety aspect to the vehicle or trailer. They allow other vehicles to see the vehicle or trailer in inclement weather. In the photo, Garage technician Angel Lopez is shown replacing the inoperative driver's side brake...
The City of San Rafael is pursuing improvements on Grand Avenue from Fourth Street to Second Street to include a protected two-way cycle track and widened sidewalk on the east side of the street. The vehicle travel lanes will stay the same but the angled, on-street parking south of Fourth Street will be eliminated. More...
