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San Rafael City Council OKs Dominican Facility
University to construct an .85-acre simulated outdoor nursery.
The San Rafael City Council Tuesday night approved amendments to a 1998 Dominican University of California master plan to permit the development of an .85-acre agricultural research nursery to study the pathogens and pests that cause such diseases as sudden oak death syndrome.
The university's proposal involved modification of the plan to allow the development of the nursery site at the Magnolia House at 226 Magnolia Ave. to be operated for three yeas.
The new facility will include raised planting beds, a drip irrigation and drainage system, fencing, a modular office-restroom unit, landscaping and an extension of utilities.
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The city's planning commission held a hearing to assess the environmental impacts and merits of the project on June 15, voting 5-to-0 to recommend its approval to the city council.
The council passed the project unanimously.
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Councilman Marc Levine said he attended a Dominican public meeting on the project and said he feels comfortable with what the university is doing.