B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering, California State University, Fresno
Professional Engineer’s License, State of California
Advanced Project Management Mastery Certificate, Stanford University
Practice Civil Engineering since 1981
Working for the City of Larkspur since 1995
Resident of Marin County since 1982

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Public Works and Engineering responsibilities cover three divisions:

• Engineering: develops the citywide traffic and capital improvement projects; construction administration of all public works projects, including street resurfacing, storm drainage,sidewalk improvement and accessibility, and traffic signal operations; issues encroachment permits; currently establishing a GIS mapping system for Larkspur. (See MarinMap below for more information on the GIS mapping system.)
• Street maintenance: maintains the city's rights-of-way and public thoroughfares, including roadway construction/rehabilitation, street sweeping, street lighting, storm drainage systems, flood control, and signal systems; maintains all city-owned equipment and vehicles.
• Parks Maintenance: maintains the city's parks in coordination with the Recreation Department; maintains median island landscaping.

Guide to the Maintenance of Hillside Homes

What is MarinMap?

MarinMap is a consortium of public agencies (local governments, special districts) organized under the legal authority of the Marin General Services Authority. The Executive Director is Paul Berlant. The Program Director for MarinMap is Wayne Bush. He also serves as the Chair of the Steering Committee. MarinMap is dedicated to building and sharing a geographic information system (GIS), cooperating to improve each agency's business processes, improving public service and providing a forum for collaborative decision making. MarinMap has built an Internet-accessible GIS, bringing the best available information to the Internet.

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

The City of Larkspur has been awarded $236,000 from the stimulus funds as part of the ARRA. These funds are for infrastructure improvements and allocated to "shovel ready projects." The City of Larkspur will be using these funds to rehabilitate the street pavement on Magnolia Avenue from Doherty Drive to Ward Street. Please see attached map for details.

www.Recovery.gov

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Did you know that each week we are responsible for:

• 15 miles of Storm drain pipes
• 5 Storm drain pump stations
• 70 miles of Curb and gutter for street sweeping and maintenance
• 550+ Catch basins inlets
• 125 Trash can canisters
• 2,200+ street signs
• 13 Parks (1 of which is a regional park of 18 acres)
• 10 Public buildings
• 1 Dog park
• 24 Acres of grass (10 acres of which is athletic turf)
• Many trees (in our streets and parks)
• 1 Community garden
• 2 Lakes/ponds (total 3 acres)
• 1,000+ irrigation heads
• Many staircases
• 7 miles of Bike and multi-use paths
• 2 miles of creek maintenance
• 10 miles of street striping
• 771 street lights
• 7 signalized intersections

…the list goes on, but you get the picture. We try very hard here in the Public Works Department to provide the best possible maintenance services for our residents. If we have missed something that needs to be fixed, trimmed or otherwise attended to, please give us a call. Your Call will give us the opportunity to respond in a timely manner.

City of Larkspur Public Works Dept
Hamid Shamsapour, Director. 415-927-5017