First public meeting on the General Master Plan for Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park, Richmond City Council Chamber, 6:30 PM. See attachment for more information. Point Richmond Summer Concert Series begins Friday, July 12, 5:00 PM at...

I get a lot of questions about the status of the Plunge. The notes from the last Plunge Task Force meeting are attached. A funding plan for rehabilitation of the Plunge will appear in the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) to be voted on by the City Council during the...

If you have missed the E-FORUM the last several weeks, it is because we have been out of town a lot. Shirley and I attended back to back 40th high school reunions in Memphis TN and Fayetteville, AR, then off to Jamaica for a week of beaches, novels and sleep. We are...

Richmond Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the owners and tenants of Baltic Square will be hosting a MIXER on Thursday, June 13, 2002, 5:00 to 7:00 PM. The purpose is to celebrate the completion and provide an opportunity to tour the recently completed...

Like to garden, paint, fix things? Naw, I didn"t think so. But how about something different? Join the volunteers who help maintain the 130-year old lighthouse on East Brother Island. Garden, paint and fix things with a wonderful view. Meet interesting people. Watch...

California Policy Forum - State Policy and Smart Growth " June 13 In place of the regular April and July quarterly meetings, the Bay Area Alliance is hosting a Regional Forum on Policy Changes Needed at the State Level to Support Smart Growth in the Bay Area. The...

Those dedicated to restoring Richmond"s historical creeks " Wildcat, San Pablo, Rheem, Baxter and others " won top awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday. Lisa Viani, recently recognized by the Contra Costa Women"s Commission annual Women"s...

Tomorrow, on June 4, 2002, the Richmond City Council will consider an appeal of the Planning Commission approval on May 2, 2002, of a Conditional Use Permit CU 01-30 and Design Review approval DR 01-90 for two new 30,000 barrel liquefied petroleum gas spheres at the...

On July 31, 2001, the City Council passed Resolution 117-01, which specified minimum requirements for the management and reporting of Capital Improvement Projects (CIP). For a full copy of the resolution, see the attached MSWORD file. The Public Services Director,...

In the case People v. Beard et al (Contra Costa County Case No. MSC01-04450), the City of Richmond prevailed in a Superior Court action brought against the owners and occupants of a Richmond residence which had, for years, been the subject of a Richmond Police...

Direct apparel merchandiser Lands End is featuring Rosie the Riveter in its June catalog and committing all its profits from selling reprints of the Norman Rockwell painting "Rosie the Riveter" to the Rosie the Riveter Trust. See...

There is something very strange going on regarding an audit of General Chemical. Following releases and sirens in late 2001, (TOM BUTT E-FORUM, 11/29/2001, CITY FLUBS INDUSTRIAL RELEASE NOTIFICATION ONCE AGAIN, http://www.tombutt.com/forum/011129A.htm), the City...

Chevron has joined such luminaries as Enron as a significant contributor to national energy policy. Among the roughly 1,500 additional documents from the Energy Department related to Vice President Cheney's energy task force, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)...

A newly released EPA report shows that the Chevron refinery in Richmond joins two other Contra Costa County refineries as the largest sources of hazardous air emissions in the Bay Area. The top dischargers to the San Francisco Bay, were listed as Valero, Chevron and...

The Prefabrication Plant Assembly Building is the only significant structure remaining from Shipyards One and Two. The building is a magnificent timber truss structure, 200 feet wide by 400 feet long located at 912 Harbour Way South. It is currently owned by Plant...

Ordinarily the E-FORUM stays away from non-local issues, but I can"t resist weighing in on 9/11 and airline security. For a time it was healthy for our national psyche to pull together on this. Now it is time to get real. This disaster took place on the George W. Bush...

One of the enlightening lessons one learns soon after becoming a city councilman is who actually runs the city. Many people believe it is the City Council. Wrong! It is the city manager and the city staff. The city council is there just to make the operation look like...

For you peddlers, here"s the new MTC Regional Bicycle Plan. It is available on the MTC Web site at: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/projects/rtp/bicycle.htm If you would prefer to have a hard copy, please contact Trent Lethco at tlethco@mtc.ca.gov or phone him at (510) 464-7737.

The E-FORUM gets a lot of comments and corrections. Here are some that came in the last few days: Regarding "SIX YEAR EFFORT TO FIX SEWAGE DISTRICT CULMINATES IN AWARD OF CONTRACT TO U.S. FILTER:" " The vote was 7 yes (Butt, Bates, Penn, Griffin, Rogers, Bell &...

One of the bitterest political battles in recent Richmond memory culminated on May 14, 2002, when the City Council voted to execute a 20-year contract with U.S. Filter to operate the Sewage District No. 1 wastewater treatment plant that serves approximately 60 percent...