City Manager’s Weekly Report for the week ending May 10th, 2019
Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending May 10th, 2019. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 21st. Enjoy the next week off! Upcoming Events Options for Better Transportation on San Pablo...
What Where You Doing 50 Years Ago Today?
What were you doing 50 years ago today? Here is what I was doing. This is a May 1969 excerpt from my memoirs of serving in the US Army that included letters to my parents. Tom Butt and Al Tolbert in Saigon in front of Saigon City Hall Country Boy Discovers Saigon May...
“Lost Secrets of Point Molate and the Point San Pablo Peninsula” Tonight 6:30 to 7:30 Mechanics Bank Community Room, Hilltop Center, 3190 Klose Way, Richmond
Nothing has roiled Richmond over the past 25 years like Point Molate. Elections have been won and lost over Point Molate’s future. More lawsuits have been filed over Point Molate than any public policy issue in Richmond history. At tonight’s Richmond Public Library...
Environmental Groups Now Opposing Point Molate Development Sold Out in 2010 for $35 million
Nearly ten years ago, the “environmental community” cut a deal with Upstream and the Guidiville Tribe to support the proposed casino project in exchange for $35 million. Now they are opposing any development at point Molate. Upstream Buys Environmental Organizations...
Back to the Ozarks
Last week, we escaped for a few days back to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to enjoy old friends and family, springtime and the Buffalo River. Fayetteville, where I grew up and attended undergraduate architecture school at the University of Arkansas, is currently rated as...
‘PowerPlant Park’ Could Make Richmond The Cannabis Capital Of Contra Costa County
For video, see https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/05/05/powerplant-park-could-make-richmond-the-cannabis-capital-of-contra-costa-county/?fbclid=IwAR033p660tilYup_aqa8W0nmCPhv-aZNRbb09dHpOzhX60AW9twZWGRPF-Y ‘PowerPlant Park’ Could Make Richmond The Cannabis Capital...
These Four Projects Will Have a Huge Impact on Richmond’s Residential Real Estate
Richmond plants seed for cannabis grower project that could bring city hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars Richard Treiber, president and founder of PowerPlant Inc. Todd Johnson | San Francisco Business Times By Alex Barreira – Editorial Intern, San Francisco...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the week ending May 3rd, 2019
Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending May 3rd, 2019. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 7th. Closed Session begins at 5:30 P.M. followed by the Special Meeting of Joint Powers...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the week ending April 26, 2019
Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending April 26th, 2019. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 7th. Enjoy the next week off! Upcoming Events Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)...
Taste of Richmond Ticket Prices Increasing
The Taste of Richmond ticket prices will increase on May 2nd. Please see the attached flyer and go to this link: TasteOfRichmond2019.Eventbrite.com to purchase your ticket by May 1st!
Traffic Advisory – RSR Bridge Access Improvement Project – Week of April 21
MTC’s current traffic advisory for the Richmond-San Rafael (RSR) Bridge Access Improvement Project is being forwarded to your attention. Attached to this email please find the current detour maps associated with this project. TRAFFIC ADVISORY Good afternoon, Work...
RSR Bridge Joint Repair Update
Richmond Recycling Guide
People continue to tell me they don’t understand what can and cannot go in the blue recycling bin and what can go into the compost bin. The best source of information is the Republic Services Commercial and Residential Recycling Guide. Some additional clarifications:...
Six Richmond Gardens on this year’s Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
Six Richmond Gardens on this year’s Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour Six Richmond Gardens will be showcased on this year’s Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour. The Fifteenth Annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour will take place on Sunday, May 5, 2019...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the week ending April 19th, 2019
Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending April 19th, 2019. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23rd. Closed Session begins at 5:30 P.M. followed by the Special Meeting of the Richmond...
We want to hear from Richmond ferry riders
San Francisco Bay Ferry's Richmond ferry service has carried almost 50,000 passengers since launching in January, outpacing all projections. THANK YOU for making this launch period such a major success. Now we want to learn more about how the Richmond ferry fits into...
April 23, 2019, Regular Richmond City Council Agenda/Packet – CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:30 P.M.
The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Regular Richmond City Council Meeting is available on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx PLEASE NOTE: CLOSED SESSION BEGINS AT 5:30 p.m. RICHMOND HOUSING...
Debunking “Unanswered Questions at Point Molate”
This responds to David Helvarg’s April 16 Open Forum posting, “Unanswered Questions at Point Molate” (see below this E-FORUM): There really are no unanswered questions about Point Molate, studied to death since 1995 with hundreds of public meetings, dozens of...
Old Time Movies of East Brother Lighthouse
I had several old VHS videos digitized, and then I uploaded them to YouTube. These go back decades. You can see several keepers (John Barnett and Lore Hogan, Denis Donovan an Alicia Powers, Curt and Carolyn Henry), Walter Fanning, Tom and Lucretia Edwards, and many...
Traffic Advisory – RSR Bridge Access Improvement Project – Week of April 14
From: Tarienne Grover <tgrover@ccta.net> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2019 11:19 AM To: Tarienne Grover <tgrover@ccta.net> Cc: CCTA <CCTA1@ccta.net> Subject: Traffic Advisory - RSR Bridge Access Improvement Project - Week of April 14 Good Morning...