The City of San Rafael (City) is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit proposals from qualified consultants to provide environmental review services for the Dominican Valley Residential Development Project (Project) to satisfy the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). All proposals shall be submitted at your earliest convenience but no later than June 13, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Note that there is an optional pre-submittal meeting on May 19, 205, from 10:00am-11:00 AM via Teams.
Project Description: The City received a SB 330 preliminary application on June 13, 2023 and a formal submittal on December 5, 2023 for a residential development project on a 20.79-acre site located at the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and Deer Park Avenue. The property is further identified as Assessor’s Parcel 015-163-03. The applicant for the project is Dominican Valley LLC and the site was previously owned by Dominican University and was part of the Dominican College Campus Development Plan (ZC97-7).
The proposed project involves subdividing the project site into 50 parcels and constructing 50 residential units, along with 14 Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADUs). The 50 residential units include the following types of housing:
- 27 single-family homes (2,612 to 3,215 sf)
- 17 townhomes (1,150 to 1,390 sf) and 14 attached JADUs
- 6 duplex units (1,705 sf)
The project entitlements include a Tentative Subdivision Map and Major Environmental Design Review.
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Selection Timeline
| Announcement | May 2, 2025 |
| Pre-Submittal Meeting (Optional) | May 19, 2025, 10:00am-11:00am Pacific Time |
| Deadline for Questions | May 23, 2025 |
| RFP Responses Due | June 13, 2025, 5:00pm Pacific Time |
| Evaluation | June 16-20, 2025 |
| Consultant Team Interview(s) (if applicable) | June 25-July 2, 2025 |
| Contract Authorization by Council |
July of 2025 * Anticipated |
This timeline is subject to change.
The optional pre-submittal meeting will be held on May 19, 2025, from 10:00am11:00 AM. The meeting will be entirely virtual using the following Teams link:
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Meeting ID: 225 036 358 643 0
Passcode: 2PH69yF6
For those who cannot attend the meeting, questions can also be submitted in writing.
All requests for clarification of this RFP must be made in writing. Please email any questions regarding the RFP to Kristina Estudillo at Kristina.Estudillo@cityofsanrafael.org by May 23, 2025. All addenda, questions and answers will be posted on the project webpage by May 30, 2025.