County of Marin, California District 4 News Update

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Sir Francis Drake Boulevard Renaming Update

Board of Supervisors Hearing Tuesday, March 9

Dear District 4 Resident,

After many months of community meetings and robust discussions, the proposed renaming of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard will come before the Marin County Board of Supervisors Tuesday March 9th at 1:30pm. I invite you to participate and share comments with help from instructions on the County website and prior review of our agenda, staff report and attachments.

If you prefer to submit a written comment regarding the renaming of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to the Board of Supervisors, please email BOS@marincounty.org or use this form here; please write SFD agenda item 12 in the subject line. Written comments submitted by 3:30pm on Monday will be included in the BOS packets, and later emails sent separately.  More details on how to participate, including an overview of how to comment before or during the meeting can be found here.

Listed below are the recent actions taken by the five jurisdictions involved in the renaming discussion (County, Larkspur, Ross, Fairfax, San Anselmo) thus far:

  • On January 14 Ross’ council voted to retain the current name.
  • Larkspur’s council voted February 17 to retain Sir Francis Drake Boulevard as the legal name, adopt as a co-name what the consensus of the other jurisdictions is, and in the absence of that explore a historical designation or a ceremonial name.
  • On March 3 Fairfax’s council voted to change the name.
  • San Anselmo’s council plans to vote on the evening of March 9.

Read below to review meetings and outreach to date as well as SFD resources available:

Last June the SFD Working Group hosted a community-wide Zoom listening session.  Community members were invited to voice their opinions on the zoom, or via email. Click here to view.

In August, in response to the range of comments, questions, varying historical accounts coming out of listening session, the Working Group partnered with the Marin County Free Library (MCFL) to host a learning session. Visit the Marin County Free Library’s Drake Boulevard History Resource Page to review the learning session in both English and Spanish as well as online resources about Sir Francis Drake, Coast Miwok history, and about the Boulevard (click here for Dewey Livingston’s “Sir Francis Drake Boulevard: Road of Many Names”).

January of this year Supervisors Rice and I hosted a virtual informational meeting for residents and businesses along the corridor in the unincorporated areas of the Ross Valley and West Marin, followed last month by many community conversations for different communities along the SFD corridor.

Click here for the Sir Francis Drake Boulevard Renaming FAQ and read the recent press release for more information.

For additional questions please contact RKutter@marincounty.org or email me at DRodoni@marincounty.org.

Regards,                    

Dennis J. Rodoni