By: 4:30 am on November 22 A new residential project has been proposed for development at 7 Mount Lassen Drive in Lucas Valley, San Rafael The project proposal includes the development of a new residential project bringing 29 single-family residences Haven Development is the project developer The scope of work includes the development of 29 single-family homes in the unincorporated Lucas Valley area of San Rafael 23 will be offered as market-rate single-family homes and six will be offered as affordable single-family homes The affordable homes will be reserved for households with incomes between approximately $84,000 and $251,950 or 50% to 150% of the area’s median income for a three-person household in Marin County Per a press release by Marin County website the site was included in the County’s recently adopted Housing Element The inclusion of a development of this nature in the County housing plan means that an environmental review has already been conducted and further review is not required A project application was submitted to the Marin County Community Development Agency (CDA) in October Once the application receives final CDA approval the applicant can apply for building permits The estimated construction timeline has not been revealed yet Subscribe to YIMBY’s daily e-mail Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates Like YIMBY on Facebook Follow YIMBY’s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews ga('send', 'event', ‘Robert ‘Becker, 'Impression', 'https://sfyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/desktop-ad.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); ADVERTISEMENT ga('send', 'event', 'SF YIMBY', 'Impression', 'https://sfyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sfyimbyadnews.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); ga('send', 'event', 'SF YIMBY', 'Impression', 'https://sfyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sf-yimby-dot-com-graphic.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); Follow on Instagram © COPYRIGHT New York YIMBY LLC By: 5:00 am on May 13 New renderings have surfaced for an affordable housing project to rise at 121-197 Marinwood Avenue in unincorporated land just north of San Rafael in Marin County The project will bring over a hundred rental units to vacant land next to a grocery store in the Lucas Valley area Tableau Development Company is responsible for the application one on the northern side of the existing Marinwood Market grocery store The new structures will yield a combined 108,640 square feet and reach a maximum height of 39 feet The floorplan for Building D includes a 1,040-square-foot retail space where the developer is ‘contemplating a cafe’ according to the application Residential services and amenities will be centralized in Building B including 124 spaces for residents and 65 spaces for the existing grocery store Additional space will be made for 125 bicycles split between Buildings B and D One of the 125 units to be constructed will be dedicated to an on-site manager The remaining 124 units will be designated as affordable to households earning between 30% and 70% of the area’s median income “this equates to an annual household income of $53,000 to $98,000 for a family of four.” The developer has invoked Senate Bill 330 and the State Density Bonus program to streamline the approval process and increase residential capacity Sacramento-based LPAS is the project architect Renderings show a familiar townhome-style design with the typical gabled roofing and articulated exterior massing Facade materials will include the typical cement plaster while wall shingles will add some local connection The project application states that the project design takes inspiration from the California Craftsman Style by “incorporating sloped roofs and bay windows.” Carlile Macy is responsible for landscape architecture Plans will remove around eight or nine of the 21 trees across the site today while introducing 128 new trees to shade surface parking and decorate the open space The outdoor amenity space will include two play areas and a central courtyard between Buildings B and C Initial plans were filed with the city in late October of last year the project team hopes to break ground before the end of 2025 and construction will last approximately 18 months Crews will preserve the existing market on the 5-acre site and remove surface paving across the development’s footprint Atlanta-based Impact Residential Development is the property owner, working with Tableau Development. Impact Residential is an affordable housing offshoot of Starwood Capital Group, a Florida-based investment firm with over a hundred billion dollars in assets founded by Barry Sternlicht Marinwood Avenue site outlined approximately by YIMBY Future residents will be close to a Freeway 101 intersection and bus stop Downtown San Rafael can be reached within 34 minutes via public transit or bicycle The Affordable housing is actually for the working/middle class who find it hard to live in Marin There used to be a dry cleaners (and some other shops) to the south of Marinwood Market that had chemicals seep into the ground Nothing could be built until that was cleaned/mitigated in some way I haven’t noticed anything indicating that type of work but assume it was done to allow this to move forward From what I could tell they dug down and removed a ton of contaminated dirt from below where the old cleaners sat Hopefully that won’t be an impediment any longer This site is on a toxic waste cleanup site It is not safe for residential until fully remediated It is positively immoral to provide “affordable housing” where pregnant women elderly and immune compromised are particularly vulnerable Please tell us why you think it is a good idea Having worked as chairman of the Cleanup Marinwood Plaza Oversight Committee for the past 12 years I do not see the area being cleaned up for residential for 3-4 more years based on current activity The area north of the market (the old Union 76 station) was declared by RWQCB not appropriate for residential development RWQCB my succumb to allowing vapor barriers over the properties to expedite the process and rid themselves of the oversite I would like to see it cleaned up to residential standards but also have commercial development instead of or in conjunction with housing as proposed a few years ago So if they put a vapor barrier under the housing to be placed where the old gas station used to be does that push the vapors further into the existing marinwood neighborhood where I live Doesn’t sound like a good plan for anyone We don’t want those other kind of people here in Marin.i worked smart so I don’t have to live near those People overload Completely changes ambiance of Casa Marinwood not in a good way We need to maintain neighborhood feeling and not stacked living There will most likely be two cars per house hold or over two hundred cars trying to get on the freeway in the mirning and off at night and there is already commuter traffic Located in the Marinwood area of northern San Rafael, Marinwood Park is a shady oasis that offers fun features for everyone in the family it's a popular place for children's birthday parties and public events like Marinwood's summer outdoor concert series and the 4th of July pancake breakfast There's so much more to Marinwood Park than just a playground cool off during public swim hours at the Marinwood Pool or play games on the spacious and well maintained lawn area The Marinwood community really takes pride in their parks and public spaces and it shows Marinwood Park features a fenced tot lot and play area for older kids, both with climbing structures, slides, and swings. The park has two lawn areas with plenty of trees for shade. Picnic tables and BBQ grills are arranged around the playground area, and there are two group picnic areas that can be rented for parties Other features include hiking paths through the park and along adjacent Miller Creek and Church Hill, tennis courts, and of course the popular Marinwood Pool which has a water slide and baby pool and is open daily for drop-in recreational swimming starting in April 2022 For park rental inquiries and information, contact the Marinwood Community Services District at (415) 479-0775. For more info, visit www.marinwood.org Marinwood Park is located at 775 Miller Creek Road Head west on Lucas Valley Road and turn right on Miller Creek Road Parking is available in a lot at the Marinwood Community Center and along Miller Creek Road SponsorsPromote your business here 2016 at 11:07 am PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}MARIN COUNTY CA – Marin County residents were doused with a healthy dose of rain this weekend Since Thursday evening most places in the San Francisco Bay Area got more rain than in all of October of last year a National Weather Service meteorologist said the weather service released rain totals for the Bay Area counties revealing some of the largest amounts of rainfall over the region a gauge in the Santa Cruz Mountains off Ormsby Cutoff Road recorded 11.45 inches as of Monday morning Unofficial totals showed the 72-hour sums for Marin County as of Sunday night: A coastal flood advisory for the entire California coast is in effect until 3 p.m and high astronomical tides and large ocean swell will cause minor coastal flooding and beach erosion through Monday afternoon but precipitation is expected to end by late afternoon No weather hazards are forecast after Monday – Bay City News Service contributed to this report / Image of Monday morning rainfall totals via NWS Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. KQED Live EventsPRX Podcast Garage EventsEvents Around the Bay AreaMember Benefits with KQED LiveVideos from KQED LiveWatch recordings of recent KQED Live events FeaturedThat's My WordAn ongoing exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9 Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift A man looks out at the flooding Russian River in Healdsburg on Feb. 27, 2019. An atmospheric river previously expected to only cause minor flooding this week has prompted flood advisories across the Bay Area. The massive system could bring thunderstorms and even a weak tornado. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)Update, 4:20 p.m. Tuesday: A second atmospheric river is drenching the already-soaked Bay Area compounding last weekend’s heavy rainfall “We are going to see the Bay Area really clear out just after sunset and it will be out of our region by around midnight,” said Brayden Murdock a meteorologist at the weather service’s Bay Area office San Francisco and San Mateo counties are under a flood advisory until 5:15 p.m up to 2 inches of rain has fallen on the San Francisco region and up to 1.5 inches are expected this afternoon The weather service expects flooding in San Francisco Several roads in Marin County are closed due to flooding or landslides including Shoreline Highway from Keyes Creek to Tomales Levee Road from Shoreline Highway to Bear Valley Road Platform Bridge-Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to Point Reyes and Petaluma Road Shoreline Highway from Point Reyes to Olema Road Mount Tamalpais has soaked up over 16 inches of rain Santa Rosa as much as 6.5 inches and San Francisco and Oakland recorded about 3 inches while San José received less than half an inch so far “Mount Tam has been kind of our big winner so far,” Murdock said A third system will sweep through the region on Thursday but Murdock said it won’t bring rainfall as intense as previous storms “Out of what we’ve seen so far this is going to be the lesser of these three surges in terms of rainfall,” Murdock said rain is not looking to be as heavy as what we’re currently seeing.” but flooding remains a concern after days of heavy rain Coastal mountains could see .25 to 1 inch of rainfall before drier weather returns this weekend and we might see a little bit of snow up in the mountains but it’s going to be a lot of rain on top of already saturated soils,” said Brian Garcia warning coordination meteorologist with weather service’s Bay Area office 2:49 p.m.: Tuesday’s heaviest rain is hitting Sonoma and Marin counties as the Bay Area’s second atmospheric river in a week intensifies with thunderstorms and extreme precipitation is expected to cause flooding across the North Bay A flood advisory is in effect until 4:45 p.m. due to excessive rainfall in parts of Sonoma and Marin counties The agency predicts rapid river and stream rises will cause minor flooding in the region, partly due to a “line of thunderstorms from 7 miles south of Dillon Beach to 34 miles southwest of Point Reyes Station including Tomales Bay and Stinson Beach,” forecasters wrote in a severe weather statement that was extended to 3 p.m The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said authorities responded to a mudslide in Forestville that carried an unoccupied home into the Russian River around 12:30 p.m Deputies and firefighters evacuated homes in the area Forecasters note that up to 5 inches of rain have already fallen over the past day and the atmospheric river will drop up to 1.5 more inches of precipitation resulting in flooding at Point Reyes Station Residents can expect water on roadways and overflowing drainages Meteorologists expect wind gusts of up to 70 mph will create “considerable tree damage” as well as damage to “homes roofs and outbuildings.” Other places impacted include San Rafael “Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows,” forecasters wrote “Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.” Update, 12:31 p.m.: The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory due to excessive rainfall in southeast Marin County until 4 p.m “Overflowing poor drainage areas have already caused minor flooding in the advisory area Between 2 and 6 inches of rain have fallen,” forecasters wrote in the advisory As a result, the agency expects minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas, as well as water over roadways. Bolinas Road is closed from Azalea Hill to Highway 1 in West Marin due to debris on the roadway Platform Bridge Road is closed to Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in West Marin due to localized flooding Parts of Marin County have received up to 5 inches of rain over the last 24 hours and forecasters are still expecting a few inches more in the next three to six hours warning coordination meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office The weather service wrote locations that “will experience flooding” include San Rafael to Novato Garcia said wind and rain will reach their peak in the North Bay on Tuesday afternoon and “then drag down south across the Bay Area.” “The highest impacts are along the coast and the coastal ranges down across the Bay Area probably through commute time,” he said Original story, 10:15 a.m.: Tuesday morning’s atmospheric river storm has stalled over the Bay Area and could be stronger than was initially forecast prompting flood advisories and bringing a chance of thunderstorms strong winds and potentially a tornado warning The storm was previously expected only to cause minor flooding. Now, flood-inducing rain is forecast to affect the entire region for the rest of Tuesday, with the North Bay receiving the most. Waterways, including the Russian River, are expected to reach flood stage, according to the National Weather Service A flood watch remains for the entire Bay Area through Wednesday at 4 a.m. and a wind advisory is in effect for much of the region “It’s kind of quasistalling wobbling between Mendocino and Marin,” said Brian Garcia warning coordination meteorologist for the weather service’s Bay Area office The potential for a “landfalling waterspout or weak tornado can not be ruled out,” according to the weather service’s morning memo “It’s definitely a non-zero chance that we could get a spin up in the North Bay and down through the peninsula,” Garcia said Garcia said San Francisco could also experience severe thunderstorm warnings potential flash flood warnings and an “outsized” chance of a small tornado warning “This is one of those times where the people in the city really need to pay attention to what’s going on outside before venturing out because they could be putting themselves in harm’s way,” he said a certified consulting meteorologist at Golden Gate Weather Services said the stormy weather somewhat mirrors November’s record-breaking storm “where Interstate 80 seems to be a real sharp dividing line with the heavier activity.” where we could see some isolated thunderstorms,” he added Null said the storm has brought 60 mph winds to places like Mount Tamalpais and could bring equally strong winds again on Tuesday “We’re seeing one of those surges of energy now and we’re going to see another one later on this afternoon with a bit of a lull sort of in the midday period,” he said San Francisco could see a little over 3 inches of rain and parts of the North Bay have already received double-digit totals Green Valley Creek at Martinelli Road in Sonoma County has reached a moderate flood stage and a flood warning is in effect for central Sonoma County The Russian River at Guerneville and the Napa River at St Helena could reach a minor flood stage either late Tuesday or early Wednesday The weather service issued a flood warning for the Russian River for late Tuesday evening until further notice At least one school in Guerneville is closed because of the storm and Sonoma County has alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur deputy director of emergency management for Sonoma County “We’re in the process of alerting them and letting them know that they’ve got an issue and should move to higher ground,” Wallis said “Because we’ve had a relatively wet winter we are beginning to see downed trees and some landslides.” Wallis said portions of at least two roads in Sonoma County — Cavedale Road and Porter Creek Road — are closed due to flooding and minor landslides After the November storm that wreaked havoc on Sonoma County Wallis said the county is paying close attention to how the two atmospheric rivers develop this week “One of the things we learned in November is that the situation can change drastically and quickly,” he said “We are watching this very carefully but it’s not in the same category as the November floods.” Meteorologists expect Tuesday’s storm to lose momentum overnight before a short reprieve on Wednesday “Anything that falls on Thursday is just going to be pure runoff,” Garcia said “So we could go into flood much easier.” To learn more about how we use your information, please read our privacy policy. 2024 at 4:17 pm PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Officials said cleanup work was underway to remove chemicals from the site where the project is being considered CA — The Marin Community Development Agency is considering an application to build a new multifamily affordable housing complex at Marinwood Plaza Marinwood Propco and Tableau Development submitted an application to build 125 units at the site designed to offer housing for households making between 30 and 70 percent of the area median income The proposal is still in its early stages and will undergo a full housing compliance review and extensive public outreach County officials said the project is in line with its new housing plan which charted specific areas to build new homes including those designated for affordable housing "By adding affordable housing in a location new services and amenities this proposed development will use resources efficiently and helps to meet our commitment to fair housing and addresses disparities that have occurred from past housing decisions," said Sarah Jones "It will be a great opportunity for some of Marin's workforce to live near their jobs." The CDA acknowledged the proposed project could raise some community questions and pledged to involve the neighbors throughout the process "We know that some in the Marinwood area may be concerned by this application," Jones said "But the county's role is to create affordable housing that supports health and safety while being sensitive to environmental and community resources and the views of residents We'll seek to meet those in evaluating the project." located in an unincorporated area north of San Rafael is undergoing extensive cleanup work due to chemicals dumped by a former onsite dry cleaner the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Board is overseeing the deadline and has set a 2027 deadline More information about the proposal will be available later this month on the CDA's website Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. The 1958 home is located in the Lucas Valley/Marinwood neighborhood in San Rafael A cheerfully restored original Joseph Eichler has come on the market in San Rafael and it’s poised to tickle the fancy of any midcentury modern enthusiast A white exterior featuring that trademark Eichler roof and accented by orange details sets the mood for the 1,659-square-foot four-bedroom as are the beamed and vaulted ceilings and the speckled floors A set of orange and turquoise racer stripes even make an appearance Original elements like the Philippine mahogany paneled walls and Japanese style closet doors add heft to the bright space and also keep the residence close to its 1958 roots while walls of glass thrust it open to the sun Anchoring the bungalow is an expansive great room and lounge on one side—with access to a graveled patio by way of sliding glass doors of course—and a sun-drenched living area on the other a brick hearth flanked by strips of glass and wood paneling creates a cozy nook while an entirely glazed wall all but dictates that indoor-outdoor lifestyle And though the bathrooms appear untouched, they’re still fashionably retro—a look that applies to the entire home. Outfitted with new floors and radiant heat, the property at 2180 Elderberry Lane is ready for contemporary living Courtesy of Marin Modern Residential Real Estate (h/t Estately)