The Bellam Boulevard offramp, where local traffic converges with commuters headed to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, will be changed from three lanes to four.
The city might consolidate the Design Review Board and the Planning Commission to streamline the approval process, but the planning department staff is in a transition phase.
"We believe that now is the right time to ask the community to support this project," said Joe O'Hehir, board member of the San Rafael Public Library Foundation who is leading the initiative.