What We Do in Public Works

  • The Department of Public Works is responsible for the design, improvement and maintenance of the City of Sausalito's public infrastructure. Public infrastructure includes:
    • Streets and Sidewalks
    • Stairs and steps
    • Pathways
    • Parking lots
    • Rights of way
    • Trees
    • Parks, creeks, and shorelines
    • Sanitary sewers and storm drains
    • Public buildings and structures
    • Streetlights and traffic signals
  • We facilitate environmental compliance (including stormwater pollution prevention), sustainability, protection of trees and floodplain administration.
  • We are a key responding agency in emergencies involving our infrastructure — as well as weather-related and other disasters — with the potential for adverse impacts to public health or the environment.
  • We are responsible for coordinating the efforts of the City of Sausalito to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and investigating any Disabled Access Complaints.
  • We manage the buildings and facilities on the City's Martin Luther King Jr. Property.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Engineering Division:
    • Design and deliver Capital Improvement Projects for the City of Sausalito.
    • Issue RFPs for capital improvement projects as well as technical and other specialized services.
    • Prepare bid documents and Bid Notices and oversee the bid process for capital improvement projects.
    • Provide staff support to the City Council, as well as the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee.
    • Provide staff support to the Planning Commission and Historic Preservation Commission through the Community Development Department.
    • Provide staff support to Community Development in administering contract City Surveyor services, contract geotechnical engineering peer review, grading permits and Stormwater Permit Compliance for private development applications -- including reviewing and recommending conditions or approval for planning applications.
    • Issue Encroachment Permits for site and frontage public improvements.
    • Support Community Development by ensuring compliance with the conditions of zoning permits, and with design plan check and building permit inspections related to site and frontage public improvements.
    • Issue Grading Permits for projects disturbing 50 or more cubic yards of earth or more.
    • Monitor and prepare for the effects of Sea Level Rise and perform the responsibilities of the City of Sausalito Floodplain Administrator.
    • Supervise the contractor responsible for Garbage and Recycling and Street Sweeping in Sausalito
    • Maintain archival records of City infrastructure.
  • Maintenance Division:
    • Perform maintenance work to City infrastructure, including when residents Report Potholes and Other Maintenance Issues with public streets, parks, open spaces, sidewalks, curb ramps, on-street parking stalls, regulatory, guide and other signs, and other facilities.
    • Supervise the work of the contractors responsible for Streetlight Maintenance and Traffic Signal Maintenance.
    • Make Sand and Sandbags available for residents to help prevent flooding during the rainy season.
    • Work with the Department of Parks and Recreation to maintain City Parks and Recreational Facilities.
    • Maintain stormwater collection infrastructure and contribute to Stormwater Permit compliance and reporting.
    • Maintain the City's Turney Street Boat Ramp and Dinghy Dock.
    • Maintain the City's Parking Lots in conjunction with the Parking Services Division of the Sausalito Police Department.
  • Sanitary Sewer Division:
    • Respond to reports of  Sanitary Sewer Overflows and other emergencies.
    • Perform Sanitary Sewer Lateral Inspections related to repairs, replacement and new installations of exterior sewer laterals, sewer ejection systems, and hydro mechanical and gravity grease interceptors.
    • Review applications for assisting with the expense of Sanitary Sewer Lateral Repair and Replacement on private property.
    • Perform and/or supervise routine maintenance and repairs to public sewers.
    • Perform plan set reviews and facilitate meet and confer sessions with property owners, architects, engineers, realtors and contractors in City offices.
    • Contribute to Sanitary Sewer permit compliance and reporting.

Hours of Operation

  • Corporation Yard and Maintenance Division (530 Nevada Street): Monday through Thursday, 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • Administration and Engineering (420 Litho Street): Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Sewer Division (420 Litho Street & 530 Nevada Street): Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Questions

  • Any questions about the Public Works Department or a project related to Public Works may be directed to publicworks@sausalito.gov or (415) 289-4106
  • Please see our Staff Directory for the contact information of individual staff members.