City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending March 2nd, 2007
Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending March 2nd, 2007. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting will be on Tuesday, March 6th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM, Redevelopment Agency meeting at 6:00 PM, and the regular...
Press Statement on Police Lawsuit
Click here for a copy of the City of Richmond response to Police lawsuit alleging harassment.
Know Any Good Marketing Professionals?
My architecture-engineering firm, Interactive Resources, is recruiting either a Marketing Director or a Marketing Associate, or both. Interactive Resources has a 34-year history of excellent and diverse project work primarily in the Bay Area. For more information see...
Corrupt Richmond Mayor in Drug Scandal
Well, April 1 is still a few weeks off, but here"s something substantially stranger than fiction. Independent filmmaker Thalia Dori will be showing "Toxic Energy Little Miss Potentiality Returns" on Tuesday, March 6th at 9:15 pm at the Parkway Speakeasy Theater, 1834...
Latest News from Richmond’s Most Famous Island
For the exciting March-April 2007 issue of the East Brother newsletter, the Foghorn, Click here.
Local Richmond Bluesman Featured in SF Chronicle, Help Promote Richmond Music
Richmond"s own Jimmy McCracklin is one of many Richmond artists previously featured at the free Point Richmond Music Festival. Planning for the 2007 festival is underway, and the Festival Committee is recruiting volunteers to help plan and run it as well as sponsors...
Planning and Building Department Audit
So many people have asked for copies of the Zucker Systems report on recommended improvements to the Planning and Building Regulations functions in Richmond that I described in City Council Votes to Merge Planning Commission and Design Review Board, February 24, 2007,...
Newest Container Port Proposal Fully Launched
I had the privilege yesterday of viewing a PowerPoint presentation on Richmond"s newest container port proposal from three individuals organized as Richmond Port Renaissance: Cathie Kosel is an educator, real estate professional and former mayor of El Cerrito. Bryan...
Vice-Mayor Solicits Donations to Pay Campaign Fines
The violations are serious, in that they involve numerous incorrectly reported contributions in a local jurisdiction. The seriousness of the violations is compounded by the fact that the local jurisdiction had contribution limits in place which were exceeded by virtue...
Richmond National Park Lauded as a Steward of African-American History
BLACK HISTORY MONTH Preserve the Past, Envision the Future National Park Service -- steward of African-American history Bob Stanton, Eva Paterson Sunday, February 25, 2007 The National Park Service has become one of the largest stewards of African-American history in...
City Council Votes to Merge Planning Commission and Design Review Board
No, this is not yet April Fool"s Day. I didn"t make this up. On February 20, 2007, the Richmond City Council adopted five policy directives related to the review of construction projects in the City of Richmond, including merging the Design Review Board and Planning...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending February 23rd, 2007
Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending February 23rd, 2007. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting will be a special Study Session on Tuesday, February 27th to hear a presentation regarding Chevron"s emergency response plan and...
City Council Cements Maritime Center Funding
The Richmond City Council voted unanimously last Tuesday to appropriate the final $500,000 required to secure a $2 million California Cultural and Historical Endowment grant to rehabilitate the historical Maritime Center. I would like to thank my colleagues on the...
African Americans in Richmond during WWII
The evocative film, "Lost Conversations" by Betty Reid Soskin can now be seen on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdpDAGGXcD8. This video examines the experience of African-Americans on the World War II Home Front in Richmond, California, a study in contrasts...
Last Chance to Save $2 million Maritime Center Grant
On Tuesday, February 20, the Richmond City Council will consider a $500,000 investment in the Nystrom United Revitalization Effort (NURVE) that will provide the final match for $3.5 million already committed by the West Contra Costa Unified School District and the...
Poor and Minority Community Bear Disproportionate Share of Pollution
A new study entitled "Still Toxic After All These Years, Air Quality and Environmental Justice in the San Francisco Bay Area," by the Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community, University of California, Santa Cruz, confirms what we always knew " that poor and...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending February 16th, 2007
Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending February 16th, 2007. 1. Meeting Notes The next regular City Council meeting will be on Tuesday, February 20th beginning with a Closed Session at 8:30 AM, and continuing with a Study Session on the...
Interactive Resources Chosen for Novato City Hall Project
Although I get little respect around Richmond City Hall for my ideas on the Richmond Civic Center project, it"s always better to be the out of town expert. My architecture firm, Interactive Resources, was chosen by the Novato City Council as the architect for Novato"s...
North Richmond Shoreline Coalition Workshop
The work you do matters to the North Richmond Shoreline. We invite you to attend: North Richmond Shoreline Coalition Workshop February 22nd, 2007, 3-6pm North Richmond Senior Center 1708 5th St, Richmond, CA The North Richmond Shoreline encompasses the waters,...
Trouble in Richmond City (Civic Center)?
I continue to have uneasy feelings about the design and management of Richmond"s $105 million Civic Center rehabilitation project (see City Council Launches Civic Center Project on a Wing and a Prayer, December 23, 2006). It has taken me a while to collect the...