Loch Lomond development in San Rafael still without a buyer by Jessica Bernstein-Wax Marin IJ 7/30/2010 Three years after the San Rafael City Council approved a mixed-use development at Loch Lomond Marina, a developer still has yet to buy the land and rights to build there. But Los Angeles-based owner Oaktree Capital Management is moving […]
Feds want marsh recovery effort around Marin’s shores and rest of the bay By Mark Prado Marin IJ Posted: 02/10/2010 06:24:41 PM PST The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday announced a massive 50-year, $1.5 billion tidal marsh recovery effort that will include wetlands along Marin’s shores. The goal: to restore roughly 25,000 acres
Santa Rafael’s newly approved Loch Lomond development for sale by Jennifer Upshaw Marin IJ 10/15/07 The land and rights to build at Loch Lomond Marina are for sale, a residential developer involved with the East San Rafael property said Monday. Bruce Dorfman, principal of Mill Valley-based developer Thompson Dorfman Partners – which shepherded the plans
Trees cut to make way for Loch Lomond development by Mark Prado Marin IJ 10/15/07 The first work on the redevelopment of San Rafael’s Loch Lomond Marina started this week, with workers axing 71 trees to make way for the project. The Village at Loch Lomond Marina will include 81 residential units, 22,250 square feet
Lessons from Loch Lomond saga by David Law Marin IJ Marin Voice 8/14/07 AFTER SIX YEARS and 100 meetings, the Loch Lomond Marina project has been approved by the San Rafael City Council (IJ, Aug. 7). Sadly, the decision follows a long series of compromises that delivers a result that satisfies no single entity and
Loch Lomond vote a shame Marin IJ Readers’ Forum 8/10/07 As a result of Monday night’s unanimous approval by the City Council, San Rafael will soon have its own version of “The Projects” – The Village at Loch Lomond Marina. It is difficult to fathom how the City Council could permit a project that includes
Loch Lomond survives process Marin IJ Editorial 8/9/07 THE LOCH LOMOND Marina project in San Rafael is an example of how painfully long the planning process can be in Marin. But it also is proof that it can work. The project, which has been in the works for five years years, was approved animously Monday
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To our fellow residents of the Point San Pedro Road community: We face several environmental problem areas in our fabulous wetlands and inlets. The Point San Pedro Road Coalition has formed a Wetlands Committee to actively work on saving and restoring these threatened areas. We have identified three areas that need our immediate attention: 1).
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Present: Susan Adams, Supervisor Ron Ford, Assistant to Susan Adams Tracy Clay, Senior Engineer of the DPW – for the second part of the meeting Rodney Ruskin, Wetlands Committee Chair Stuart Siegel, Wetlands and Water Resources, consultant to the residents Jonathan Freiman, Resident Steven Cotton, Resident [See the handout material provided at this meeting below} Rodney
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By Lt. Dan Blackston, Chula Vista Police Department The following list of seventy things to expect is not offered as a prediction of doom. Although most of the items are negative, this is a realistic list of problem areas that we can expect to face in a disaster. Recognizing that problems will appear and giving
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