Safe Routes to Schools, Public Works News, Log Cabin Open House

Safe Routes to Schools Community Meeting 

The town has received a grant from CalTrans to make infrastructure upgrades that promote student safety. Five locations were approved for upgrades that include new sidewalks, crosswalks, traffic signal improvements, ADA compliant curb ramps, safety barriers, and traffic calming measures. The projects, which are listed below, are in the conceptual design and review phase. Implementation is scheduled to take place during the summer of 2013.

The town will hold a public hearing about these projects on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall Council Chambers, 525 San Anselmo Ave. A map of the five locations and a plan of the project are available on the town's website.

The individual projects are as follows:

• : Install pedestrian safety barrier along southwest side of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard from Butterfield Road to Broadmoor Avenue.
• Neighborhood of : Install 1,450 feet of new sidewalk, seven ADA-compliant curb ramps and restripe four crosswalks along Arroyo Avenue, The Alameda, Berkeley Avenue, and Broadmoor Avenue. Install a raised intersection to calm traffic at Berkeley Avenue and the Alameda.
• Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Tamal Avenue/San Francisco Boulevard: Reconfigure existing four-way traffic signal to split phase timing, re-stripe three crosswalks across Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Tamal Avenue, and San Francisco Boulevard, and construct three ADA-compliant curb ramps at the new crosswalks.
• San Francisco Boulevard Neighborhood Route to School: Install 150 feet of new sidewalk, six ADA-compliant curb ramps, and restripe ten crosswalks along Santa Cruz Avenue, Veterans Place, and Los Angeles Boulevard.
• Barber Avenue Route to : Install 100 feet of new sidewalk, four ADA compliant curb ramps, and restripe one crosswalk along Barber Avenue. Install raised intersection to calm traffic at Barber Avenue and Prospect Avenue.

Should you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Gerhard Epke, by email at: gepke@townofsananselmo.org or by phone at (415) 258-4653.

Street Maintenance News

The town utilizes a pavement management software system to rate systematically each of our streets with respect to its pavement condition. This is done through an independent engineer who is employed to visually inspect every street in San Anselmo and assign a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) number to each street. This process is a requirement of the State of California and must be done every three years.

The PCI number is based on a scale of 1 to 100, with a one denoting pavement that is very poor and 100 representing a newly paved street. Our last PCI report was done in 2010. The PCI report is posted on the town's website.

San Anselmo streets are recommended for treatment by the Public Works Director based upon their PCI number. The lower the PCI number, the more the street is in need of treatment. Another factor that is utilized is grouping of streets in neighborhoods to achieve economy of scale.

The Public Works Director’s recommendations for the next five years were presented to the Capital Program Monitoring Committee, a committee made up of six residents and two Town Councilmembers. The committee reviewed the recommendations, made suggestions for changes, heard testimony from neighbors and made recommendations to the San Anselmo Town Council for upcoming paving projects. The town council then approved the five-year plan. 

The result of that process is the Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan, which can be found at online.

Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting

On Tuesday, Jan. 31, the San Anselmo Parks and Recreation Commission will review the use of lights at the Tennis Courts. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the San Anselmo Town Council Chambers, located at Town Hall, 525 San Anselmo Ave.

The agenda will be posted on Friday, Jan. 27 at 5 p.m. and will be available for viewing on the town’s website.  For additional information, please call the Recreation Department at (415)258-4661

Refuse & Recycling Rates 

At the meeting of Tuesday, Jan. 24, the . The rate for the smallest cart available, which is the 20-gallon size, will go from $23.27/month to 24.40/month, an increase of $1.13 per month.

Log Cabin Open House

The , located at Memorial Park, is having an open house on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. The entire community is invited to visit the Log Cabin and learn more about it. Refreshments will be served, including coffee, hot cider, soft drinks and baked goods. For more information contact Ellen at 453-1434 or info@ALAUnit179.org.