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...
Wednesday, July 14 | 3 p.m. Watch LIVE on Assemblymember Levine's Website, Facebook, or YouTube Email questions in advance: assemblymember.levine@assembly.ca.gov You don't have to go far to see people experiencing homelessness in our community. Increasing home and rental costs, unmet mental health care needs and high unemployment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are just a few...
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for the Bay Area during the weekend of July 9 - 11. Stay safe, stay cool, and stay hydrated. Be sure to limit outdoor time. Don't leave pets in cars, and help conserve energy between 4:00 pm and 9:00 pm. Our downtown and Northgate libraries...
The San Rafael Social Justice Community Art Group in partnership with Youth in Arts have started the design process for the Social Justice mural proposed at Arbor Park in Terra Linda. One of the project's original goals was to incorporate youth and with the support of Youth in Arts and lead artist, Orin Carpenter, 10...
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...
San Rafael, CA- Durante el último año, la Ciudad de San Rafael se ha asociado con Caltrans, el Condado de Marin, CHP y múltiples organizaciones de servicios para proporcionar servicios mejorados para las personas sin hogar. Esta innovadora colaboración ha permitido a la Ciudad crear un "área de apoyo de servicio" designada que se lanzará...
The City of San Rafael (City) hereby requests proposals for janitorial services for City facilities, including all child care centers, the Falkirk Cultural Center, and the Terra Linda Pool restroom (seasonal). It is the intent of the City to hire a fully-licensed contractor. Services shall include routine janitorial maintenance for all facilities included in the...
The City of San Rafael is pleased to announce expanded services for those experiencing homelessness. As part of the collaboration with Caltrans, the County of Marin, CHP, and multiple service organizations the city is providing a designated “service support area” that will launch Tuesday, July 6th. This designated space will provide security, restrooms, handwashing stations, garbage pick-up, regular outreach and...
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...
San Rafael, CA- Over the last year, the City of San Rafael has partnered with Caltrans, the County of Marin, CHP, and multiple service organizations to provide enhanced services for individuals experiencing homelessness. This innovative partnership has enabled the City to create a designated “service support area” that will launch July 6th. This designated space...
San Rafael, CA – Independence Day will be a three-day weekend this year, and the San Rafael Police Department reminds people eager to get together with friends and family to enjoy the holiday responsibly. SRPD will have additional officers on patrol and will be conducting a DUI checkpoint over the 4th of July weekend looking for drivers suspected...
New energy efficient program opportunities are available for small and medium sized businesses. The Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN) has launched a new energy efficiency program for Bay Area businesses. Depending on the size of the businesses, there are a couple of options for participating: BayREN Business: Who: For small and medium sized businesses...
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...
As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic start to subside, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) encourages customers with past due balances to explore available financial assistance programs now, before the emergency customer protections come to an end. June 30 is the anticipated end-date for the moratorium on non-payment shutoffs. This does not mean shutoffs...
Your power may be shut off for 1-2 hours The state’s grid operator, California Independent System Operator (CAISO), has issued a notice that outages may occur TODAY if the demand for electricity exceeds supply. We may be required to turn off your power for 1 to 2 hours in a series of rotating block outages....
Snapshot -- de parte del Gerente de la Ciudad de San Rafael Spotlight Photo Mayor Kate cuts the ribbon on this year’s San Rafael Summer Farmers’ Market which continues on Thursday evenings on Fourth Street through the summer. Mayor Kate is joined by Councilmember Kertz, and representatives of the Agricultural Institute of Marin, Chamber of Commerce, Business Improvement District, and...
This Saturday, June 19 from 6 am to 2 pm, the Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) will be preforming the final paving of the waterline trench on the intersection of Fifth Ave and Irwin St. The west driving lane and parking lane of Irwin St will be unavailable. Detours will be in place. Motorists are...
