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.