We Need Your Help to Get this Project Approved!

The San Rafael Sports Complex is one step closer to becoming a reality. On Tuesday, November 15, the San Rafael Planning Commission closed the public hearing and scheduled the date of January 10, 2012 to vote on certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR). This was an important first hurdle for the project approval process.

Please help us win approval for this great community asset. We need additional letters sent to the Planning Commission letting them know the community supports the project. Click here to send the Planning Commission an email with your support. If you’ve already submitted a letter, please join our supporters list and find out how you can continue to help us.

At the hearing on November 15, the Planning Commission heard presentations from San Rafael City consultants confirming the conclusion of the FEIR is that there were no significant and unavoidable impacts of the project after mitigations. Additional presentations were made demonstrating that sports fields and recreation is commonly found throughout the nation next to airports because it is a safe and compatible use.

The Planning Commission also heard testimony concerning the hundreds of supporter emails sent to the Planning Commission and the many positive environmental impacts the San Rafael Sports Complex brings to the community.

Tighe O’Sullivan of Club Marin spoke in favor of the project saying “There is no other location in San Rafael that is farther from neighbors and will have lower impacts than this site.”

Numerous other members of the public spoke and submitted comments on the project. Several others submitted questions that the Planning staff indicated they would review and provide the Planning Commission the answers on January 10, 2012.

If the Planning Commission certifies the FEIR on January 10, 2012, the next step would be for the Planning Commission to schedule a meeting to hear the merits of the project and at the conclusion of that meeting- the Planning Commission would vote on approval of the project.

Thanks again for your support!