TRAC Reports Richmond Bay Trail Plans and Progress
The upbeat, colorful Richmond Bay Trail New Year Report now is available at http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/trac. This New Year Report highlights accomplishments during 2004, lists projects to be built in 2005-2006 and sets planning priorities for 2005. The Bay Trail top...
Responses to Year End Review
The following responses were received regarding the 2004 Year-End Review, E-FORUM, December 31, 2004. They represent a different point of view about some of the critiques I previously received about City employees. Neither the original nor subsequent remarks are mine....
Development Review Process Workshop Rescheduled
The Development Review Workshop (See TOM BUTT E-FORUM Changing the Development Review Process, January 2, 2005) previously scheduled for January 22, 9:00 AM in the City Council Chamber, has been rescheduled for the same time and place on January 29. The proposals by...
Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
Bringing_Back_the_Natives_flier.pdf Pre-Registration is open for the 2005 Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour, which will take place on Sunday, May 1, 2005. More than 50 Alameda and Contra Costa county gardens, including the Butt residence garden, that don't use...
Assembly Member Hancock on Urban Gambling
Assemblywoman Loni Hancock will be holding a Town Hall meeting to discuss concerns about Urban Gambling. Flier attached. Saturday, January 22, 2005 10:00am to 2:00pm Contra Costa Community College Knox Center for Performing Arts Entrance at El Portal Drive and Castro...
Rosie Park Superintendent Judy Hart to Retire
Superintendent Judy Hart, who as a National Park Service official in the Washington, D.C. headquarters, helped shepherd the legislation that created the Rosie the Riveter World War II/Home Front National Historical Park through Congress and later became its first...
Parchester Student Bussing Resolved for Time Being
Parchester bus transportation funded for remainder of school year Vince Kilmartin, associate superintendent for operations for the West Contra Costa Unified School District, announced that an anonymous donor has stepped forward to fund bus transportation for the...
Crumbling Sewers?
A reader asked me today, "When is the City of Richmond going to address its crumbling sewer system?" I wanted to respond in the E-FORUM because there is actually good news here. The City of Richmond"s Wastewater Plant and collection system serves only 60% of the City....
State of the City
The attached report was just sent out to all employees by Interim City Manager Phil Batchelor. State of the City - Final.doc
Correction on Sewer Maintenance Information
The e-mail address for Veolia was incorrect. It should be: Christopher.mcauliffe@veoliawaterna.com. The contact number is also incorrect. It should only be the 510.412.2001. The other number, 510.231.3010 is the City of Richmond Maintenance Yard.
Rebuilding Richmond One Department Head at a Time
With a boost from the considerable recruitment skills and personal efforts of Phil Batchelor, Richmond continues to fill its executive management ranks with highly qualified individuals. Most recently, and to the chagrin of his former colleagues at Contra Costa...
Water Board Finds Richmond’s Stormwater Program Worst in County
Stormwater pollution is now the major source of pollutants to surface water bodies in the Bay Area. To deal with this the State and Regional Boards have issued NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permits that require implementation of certain...
Meet and Greet Your New City Council
The public is invited to attend the Swearing-In Ceremony for the re-elected and newly-elected City Council members on Tuesday, January 11, 2005, at 6:00 PM in the Richmond City Council Chamber, 1401 Marina Way South. Light refreshment will be served following the...
Changing the Development Review Process
On January 22, 2005, in the City Council Chamber, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, the Richmond Planning Department will host another Planning Retreat to present proposed changes to limit public participation in the discretionary review of proposed development projects. The...
2004 Year-End Review
New_Year_2005_e-forum.pdf For several years, I have prepared detailed year-end evaluations of City of Richmond services, problems challenges and wishes. Originally, these were conveyed to my City Council colleagues and the city manager as a way of providing input into...
New Code Enforcement Police Officer
As of Monday, December 13, 2004, Sergeant Lori Curran succeeds Dick Tak as head of Code Enforcement for the Richmond Police Department. She can be contacted at 510/621-1282, email lori_curran@ci.richmond.ca.us. Sergeant Curran is the person to contact for code...
EBRPD Joins Point Molate Litigation
According to today"s West County Times, the East Bay Regional Parks District has mimicked Citizens for the Eastshore State Park in another lawsuit aimed at blocking an option agreement between the City of Richmond and Upstream Point Molate LLC that would result in...
To Audit and Audit Again
On December 14, 2004, the Richmond City Council approved a new ordinance providing for an independent auditor who will be hired by and report directly to the City Council. This move is a direct result of the recent budget fiasco that will continue to plague Richmond...
Another Legal Challenge to Point Molate Agreement
According to articles in both the Berkeley Daily Planet and the West County Times, Citizens for the Eastshore State Park (CESP) have filed a lawsuit seeking to terminate Upstream Point Molate LLC"s option to purchase Point Molate for eventual use as a destination...
Garlic And Roses And More
This is the second and last call for help from you consumers of City of Richmond services to share what works and what doesn"t, who works and who doesn"t, and what will work and what won"t. Information provided is guaranteed to be treated with complete...