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Albert Park Playground Improvements

In 1937, Jacob and Annie Albert conveyed nine acres of property by deed to the City of San Rafael for use as a neighborhood park. Over the years, Albert Park underwent improvements and additions including: two ball fields, a stadium, four tennis courts, two playgrounds, a picnic area, the San Rafael Community Center, a formal...

12/10/18 - SRP Update: Street Trees and Private Trees tagged for Removal

Last week our Parks Maintenance visited the 32 Sidewalk Repair Program locations where trees have been identified as needing removal. The majority of these locations were trees in the Right of Way (located between the sidewalk and the street) but five of the properties involved trees on private property. See diagram below: As a reminder,...

Emergency Shelter in Marin

Reasons for Hope Robert was chronically homeless in Downtown San Rafael for 30 years. He is now one of the 100+ people who have been housed through our community’s new strategy for ending chronic homelessness. Check out his story. Challenges Remain While stories like Robert's are proof that our new strategy to...

12/10/18 - Weekly Weather Update from NWS

Weekly Synopsis The NWS predicts chances of isolated showers north of Santa Cruz today and tomorrow with a drying trend into Wednesday. However, for the San Rafael area there isn’t much rain predicted until late Friday when a front moves through the area. Then, we may expect a wet weekend containing light showers. Peak tides...

Open space areas reopened due to low fire danger

Due to extreme fire danger, all open space areas in the City of San Rafael were closed on November 16, 2018. On Friday, December 7, 2018, the open space areas were reopened due to low fire danger. Regardless, fire danger in open space remains a real threat, and you can help the San Rafael Fire...

Special Meeting - December 12, 2018

Agenda - December 12, 2018

Pop-Up Library Opens at Northgate Mall

Temporary location through December is collaborative effort As a special holiday season treat, the Marin County Free Library (MCFL) and San Rafael Public Library have partnered to create a temporary pop-up library space at the Northgate mall in San Rafael. The location planned a soft opening to start at noon December 7. Working with Merlone...

12/07/2018 - Emergency Pump Repair - Kerner Station

Thanksgiving weekend brought the City of San Rafael its first good storm of 2018 with 3.5 inches of rain over a 3-day period. Public Works crews performed an on-site emergency pump repair at Kerner Pump in-between Storms. The Streets pump crew removed, repaired and reinstalled the pump within a five-hour period. Just in time for...

12/07/18 - Grand Avenue Bridge Update

During mid-November, the contractor installed 27’ deep pile foundations on each side of the San Rafael Canal. While the pounding of concrete generated a lot of noise, the work was done in about 12 working hours split up over three days. The next step is for the contractor to construct the bridge abutments on top...

12/07/18 - Coordination of Construction Downtown

With a lot of large projects happening in our hustling and bustling downtown, the folks in the Traffic Engineering and Land Development Division are working hard to continue coordinating with all the general contractors, subconsultants, and agencies that have their hands in everything from water to sewer to sidewalk repair to pavement restoration. Our inspectors...

12/10/18 - SMART Larkspur Extension Update

The SMART Larkspur Extension construction work on the Francisco Blvd. West realignment and Phase-1 of the Multi-Use Path (from Rice Street to Andersen Drive) continues to move forward with the bulk of the work at the new Rice Drive and Francisco Blvd West intersection and rail crossing. Underground drainage facilities and preliminary grading have been...

12/07/18 - Essential Facilities: Public Safety Center

It’s been busy at the Public Safety Center site! In the last three weeks, the contractor had two extremely successful concrete pours. A total of over 1,000 cubic yards of concrete was placed by crews of up to 50 workers including truck drivers, concrete pump operators, concrete installers, finishers, and the construction management team. This...

12/07/18 - Albert Park Play Area Improvement

The City’s contractor, M3 Integrated Services, has been working on grading the hillside and installing the underground utilities. This project will continue through the winter. The contractor has been winterizing the site before every rain.

12/07/2018 - Bret Harte Park Restroom Installation

The City’s contractor, McNabb Construction, has demolished the existing Arbor at Bret Harte Park and intends to begin trenching for the sewer line once the weather clears up. The shade structure should be installed by the end of the year and the long-awaited restroom should be placed and completed by the end of January.

12/07/18 - 2017 Storm Damage Repairs: 21 San Pablo

The City’s contractor, Hillside Drilling, has completed the retaining wall and has placed erosion control measures. They should be 100% complete with the slide repair by the end of the year.

12/07/18 - 2017 Storm Damage Repairs: 70 Irwin

The City’s contractor, Valentine Corporation, has completed the first two retaining walls and is now forming the first cast in drilled hole (CIDH) retaining wall on the slope. They have also started demolition of Gleniare Drive in hopes of completing the lower phase of the project before the end of the year.

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Public Records Requests

The following information is provided as background on how to request public records from the City of San Rafael. The California State Legislature adopted the Public Records Act in 1968. It is designed to give the public access to information in the possession of public agencies. The Act also provides that public records shall be...

12/4/18 - SRP Update: Sun Valley construction Week 1

Construction at the following six addresses is anticipated to begin December 17, weather dependent: 102 Eye Street 110 Center Street 132 Center Street 27 Harcourt St 3 Pine Street 30 Center Street Van Midde and Son Concrete will email property owners a few days prior to commencement of work. Construction on average is anticipated to...

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