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RESOLUTION NO. 14654
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AUTHORIZING THE
NAMING OF THE GREENHOUSE LOCATED AT THE FALKIRK CULTURAL CENTER AS THE
“MULRYAN UC MARIN MASTER GARDENER GREENHOUSE”
WHEREAS, Kathleen Cerf, representing former Mayor Mulryan and the UC Marin Master
Gardeners has requested that the City of San Rafael name the greenhouse located at the Falkirk
Cultural Center for former Mayor Larry Mulryan and the Marin Master Gardeners; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Mulryan’s involvement in the acquisition of the Falkirk Cultural Center began
in 1973. Mr. Mulryan approached other City Council members about the possible acquisition and
began the process of obtaining full City Council approval to purchase the property. Mr. Mulryan
and the City Council negotiated the proposed purchase and created a ballot measure to purchase
the property; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Mulryan volunteered as a member of the Marin Master Gardeners and
together they joined the Falkirk Cultural Center Greenhouse renovation in 2002 as a community
service project. Following the completion of the Greenhouse renovation, they continued to
collaborate with the Falkirk Cultural Center in landscaping the surrounding areas, building a
greenhouse garden and utilizing the greenhouse to propagate and grow plants for sale and use on
the Falkirk Cultural Center grounds; and
WHEREAS, the Park and Recreation Commission recommended, and the City Council finds
that the Greenhouse at Falkirk should be named after Larry Mulryan and the UC Marin Master
Gardeners in recognition of their contributions to the Falkirk Cultural Center and the City of San
Rafael;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Rafael
hereby authorizes the naming of the greenhouse located at the Falkirk Cultural Center as the
“Mulryan UC Marin Master Gardener Greenhouse”.
I, Lindsay Lara, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of San Rafael, held on Tuesday, the 2nd day of April 2019, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Colin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Gamblin
Lindsay Lara, City Clerk