General

Beautiful new trail is open after nine months of work  As of Thursday, April 9th, the entire Shoreline Trail will be open! After nine months of hard work, what was once an eroded, rutted, and muddy trail has been replaced by a solid, level, hard-packed surface that is safe for users and environmentally friendly. The trail should be able to withstand

Marin County Chief Park Ranger and Project Coyote volunteer, Rob Ruiz, will discuss coyote ecology and biology, ways to mitigate negative encounters with coyotes in Marin and how to foster co-existence. When: Wednesday, March 25 Time: 12 noon Where: Civic Center Library, Room 427, 3501 Civic Center Dr., San Rafael A coyote has taken up residence

Join Friends of China Camp for morning or afternoon work parties or both! China Camp volunteer Park Champions crews will spend a morning, 9am to noon, or afternoon, 1pm – 4pm, doing trail reconstruction. Sign up for either session or both! Both crews will meet at noon for lunch (on us, of course). For more information see the Friends of China Camp Announcement.

Those of you on the Coalition email list have already seen it. For those of you who haven’t yet signed up, you can see it on a new page on this website under About Us, called Coalition Newsletters. We hope this will be the beginning of an additional approach to communications with our residents along

Marin County Parks will host the first in a series of public meetings to develop a new master plan for McNears Beach Park on Monday, February 23, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the San Rafael Community Center, 618 B Street. For more information, see the Marin County website page.

A conceptual plan review is scheduled with the Design Review Board to give preliminary feedback before a formal proposal is submitted. The meeting will be held February 18 at 7:00pm. The public is welcome to attend and give feedback specific to the building design. A second meeting will be held with the Planning Commission to

The Coalition participates in a monthly meeting with two other umbrella groups and the San Rafael City Manager. At the next meeting on January 28, this topic is on the agenda and will be discussed with Diane Bishop, Chief of Police. After that meeting we will have a report on this website (see S.R. Monthly

The San Rafael Parks and Recreation Commission invites input from San Rafael residents and community organizations on desired improvements to City parks and rec facilities. Ideas will be considered for inclusion in the 2015 Measure A Expenditure Plan. The dates and locations of two public Commission meetings to discuss this item are February 19 March 19. Both

The installation of new, movable median barriers on the Golden Gate bridge is scheduled from January 10 – 12, 2015. After installation, the merge for southbound traffic will be different than the past. For more information, see the notice from the Golden Gate Bridge District below. Driving conditions will be changed with the installation of

It has been a productive year for the Coalition with many accomplishments on behalf of our community. See the PDF document below for a review of what transpired. Next year offers a number of issues to be confronted and solved for the benefit of the neighborhoods. We hope you will continue to support our work