City Manager’s or the Two Weeks Ending August 21, 2015
Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the two weeks ending August 21, 2015. Meeting Notes The City Council is on hiatus for the remainder of August, with the next regular meeting currently scheduled for Tuesday, September 15th. Rosie the...
Menbe’s Way – You Don’t Want to Miss this Event!
Enjoy great wines, great music and great friends on a Sunday afternoon! "Menbe's Way" A Fund Created to Benefit the Community Don't miss this event! After a very successful "Grateful for Grapes" event in July, Salute E Vita Ristorante is hosting a second event to...
Federal District Court Awards City of Richmond Nearly $2 Million in Fees for Point Molate Litigation
Federal District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers’ issued an order this morning granting the City of Richmond nearly two million dollars ($1,927,317.50) in attorney’s fees against Upstream Point Molate and the Tribe pursuant to the attorney’s fees clause in the Land...
Big Bay Area Solar + Energy Saving Tips
Having trouble viewing this email? Click here MCE Solar One Public Hearing | Aug. 19 The City of Richmond will soon be home to the Bay Area's second largest solar project: MCE Solar One. MCE Solar One project mockup RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 440 Civic Center...
Richmond: Record-Setting Rosie the Riveter Rally
Richmond: Record-setting Rosie the Riveter rally By Gary Peterson, gpeterson@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 08/15/2015 03:58:46 PM PDT# Comments Updated: 08/15/2015 07:19:16 PM PDT RICHMOND -- Twelve years ago Sharon Moore founded www.rosiesworkwear.com, an online store...
Moody’s to Engage with City of Richmond to Review Bond Rating
Not willing to accept a negative fiscal analysis and reduced bond rating by Moody’s, I requested a meeting to discuss the report with Moody’s My request was granted, and on August 13, 2015, City Manager Bill Lindsay, Bond Counsel John Knox, Mayor’s Office staff member...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending August 7, 2015
Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending August 7, 2015. 1. Meeting Notes The City Council is on hiatus for the remainder of August, with the next regular meeting currently scheduled for Tuesday, September 15th. 2. Community...
CMCE Solar One EIR Public Hearing
Solar 1 is the proposed 10.5 megawatt solar PV generator on Chevron property leased for that purpose pursuant to the Chevron ECIA Agreement. See Marin Clean Energy will lease Richmond land from Chevron for solar power project. Attached is MCE’s Draft EIR...
Rent Control and the Polarization of the City Council
Nothing has polarized Richmond and the Richmond City Council like rent control. And it’s not over; like a bad penny, it will keep coming back again and again to dominate Richmond politics. In the coming months, there will amendments to fix the flaws in the ordinance,...
Let the Gloating Begin
The Richmond Progressive Alliance Newsletter #174 dated August 7, 2015, (See story copied below) celebrated the victory of rent control in Richmond, noting that "the City Council has made it clear that stability, something every human being deserves, is worth...
Happy Birthday Richmond
The City Council has been so busy passing rent control that the City’s 110th birthday was forgotten. We will be drinking a toast to the old girl at Up and Under this evening at 6:00 PM if you would like to join us. When Richmond incorporated as a city in 1905 it had a...
Richmond Climate Action Plan Community Workshop (8/18)
Climate Action Plan Community Workshop Tuesday, August 18th, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Richmond Memorial Auditorium 403 Civic Center Plaza Community members are encouraged to attend the City’s Climate Action Plan community workshop on Tuesday, August 18th, from 6:00PM to...
Mayor Tom Butt Community Fund Annual Golf Tournament — Be a Sponsor!
Support Youth Sports! Mayor Tom Butt Community Fund Annual Golf Tournament Mayor Tom Butt's Community Fund will support community needs not otherwise met by the City or other Funders. A steering committee of community representatives has determined that the initial...
POINT RICHMOND MUSIC’S FREE SUMMER CONCERT SEASON CONTINUES ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH
POINT RICHMOND MUSIC'S FREE SUMMER CONCERT SEASON CONTINUES ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH Stompy Jones & Rhythm Boogie, Richie Barron & Da Mob to Bring Classic Jump Blues and R&B Stylings to Grassroots Series POINT RICHMOND, CA, July 14, 2015-Point Richmond...
Rent Control Comes to Richmond
Last night, on a 4-1 vote (with Nat Bates voting no and Pimple and me absent), the Richmond City Council became the first California City in 30 years to adopt rent control. Click on Rent Control and Just Cause for Evictions Ordinance for a copy of the final version of...
National Night Out Photos
NNO pictures have been posted on the Mayor's Flickr page at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mayortombutt/sets/72157656471842680 Terrance Cheung Chief of Staff Office of Richmond Mayor Tom Butt 450 Civic Center Plaza Richmond, CA 94804 Email:...
Sancutary City?
I have been asked by several people if Richmond is a “Sanctuary City.” Ordinance 29-90 and Resolution 11-07 describe Richmond’s relationship to ICE (formerly INS). Nowhere does either document use the term “sanctuary.” I do not see anything is either of these that...
Credit Downgrade of City of Richmond by Moody’s
Mayor and Members of the City Council: City staff learned yesterday that Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the City of Richmond’s issuer rating to Ba1 from Baa1, its 1999 Taxable Limited Obligation Pension Bonds (POBs) to Ba2 from Baa2, and its Series 2006 A...
Richmond: Historic ship to be moved by end of August
Richmond: Historic ship to be moved by end of August By Karina Ioffee kioffee@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 08/05/15, 12:56 PM PDT | Updated: 2 hrs ago RICHMOND -- The SS Red Oak Victory, a historic cargo ship and one of the central landmarks of the Rosie the...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending July 31, 2015
Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending July 31, 2015. Meeting Notes The Richmond City Council will hold a special meeting on Monday, August 3, 2015 to complete agenda items from the July 28th meeting that were not acted on...