by admin | Feb 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
I stopped by the Design Review Board meeting last Thursday for a few minutes between other events just to get a sense of how the meeting was going. Probably the scene that most impressed me was of three — count “em — three city attorneys in the staff...
by admin | Feb 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Shall an ordinance be adopted to reduce the rate of the City of Richmond’s Telecommunications Users’ Tax from 10% to 9.5%, and to revise the method for calculating and collecting the Telecommunications and Video Users’ Tax to reflect technological...
by admin | Feb 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Despite pleas from the public in a packed City Council Chamber for the Design Review Board to insist on retaining experts to provide further analysis, the four-person Richmond Design Review Board approved the $1 billion project at the first public hearing on January...
by admin | Feb 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Despite letters to the editor and postcards mailed to Richmond residents promising that the Chevron Energy and Hydrogen Renewal Project will result in increased tax revenue to fund public services in Richmond, Chevron resumed its appeal of property taxes on the...
by admin | Jan 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
The Chevron Energy & Hydrogen Renewal Project includes over 100 separate items of demolition, alteration, additions and new structures and equipment spread out over a mile in the existing 2,900 acre refinery property. This is a major project by any stretch of the...
by admin | Jan 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
Today’s San Francisco Chronicle features Richmond’s Shoreline Parks, the Bay Trail, and our national park in the “Urban Outings” section of the 96 Hours pull-out magazine section. The hard copy includes photos that don’t show up in the...
