City Council Public Hearing, Monday, June 21, 2021, 7pm
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The San Rafael City Council will hold a public hearing on June 21, 2021 regarding a proposed $2.99 increase in the annual Point San Pedro Road Median Landscape District assessment fee for the 2021/22 fiscal year. Under this proposal the yearly assessment would be increased from $99.79 to $102.78. This proposed increase is consistent with the 3% cost of living provision in the Assessment District legislation. All revenues collected from these fees are restricted to paying operating costs to maintain the medians.
The Point San Pedro Roadway Committee has been working with the City’s Public Works Department to help ensure the median maintenance work continues to be performed in an acceptable manner. The City contracts with a landscape maintenance company to perform the maintenance work and litter removal. The Roadway Committee acknowledges that recently, there have been issues regarding the quality of the maintenance and have been working with City staff to resolve these issues.
We have also been working with City staff on issues associated with the median irrigation system and water usage to comply with local water usage restrictions and to mitigate median water costs. Given the current extreme drought conditions, the Committee will be working closely with the City Parks division to selectively replace high-water usage plants currently in the medians with more drought-tolerant landscaping.
The City Council Hearing will be an opportunity for District residents to share their comments regarding this issue with their elected representatives. I also welcome any comments or questions you may have regarding the above. Please email me at kevin@sprcoalition.org by Friday, June 11 and I will get back to you. I will also share your comments with City staff.
I think we can all agree that the landscaping of the Point San Pedro Road medians has greatly enhanced the appearance of the Point San Pedro Peninsula. I want to acknowledge the work that the Roadway Committee’s Median Maintenance Subcommittee Chair Jim Dickson and his committee members have done working closely with City staff with the goal of ensuring that the medians are properly maintained at a reasonable cost – and now – are also maintained with water-conservation in mind.
Kevin Hagerty
Chairman, Roadway Committee
Point San Pedro Road Coalition