Richmond City Council
June 21, 2022

C. The financing of ongoing administrative and monitoring costs; D. The manner in which vacancies will be marketed and filled, including the screening and qualifying of prospective renters and purchasers of the affordable units; E. Deed restrictions including resale control mechanisms and rent limitations , as applicable ; F. Provision allowing sale of ownership units to a nonprofit housing organization , nonprofit land trust, or governmental agency, which may rent the units to eligible household s; G. Enforcement mechanisms to ensure that the affordable units are continuously occupied by eligible households and are not sold, rented, leased, sublet, assigned, or otherwise transferred to non-eligible households (unless owned by a nonprofit housing organization, nonprofit land trust, or governmental agency); and H. Project phasing , including the timing of completions, and rental or sale of the inclusionary housing units, in relation to the timing of the market-rate units.

The agreement shall be subject to adminis trative review by the Community Development Department for the affordability term for the purpose of verifying that the inclusionary units are maintained at affordable rates within the affordability category originally established for the project. For each inclusionary unit, the owner may be required to pay to the City an annual monitoring fee for the term of required affordability that does not exceed the City's costs to monitor the affordable unit, if such a fee is adopted by resolution of the City Council or is otherwise included in the City's master fee schedule.

15.04.603.120 Continued Affordability
In order to maintain the availability of inclusionary units constructed pursuant to this Article, the following requirements shall apply:

A. Any adopted guidelines may include standard documents for execution by the City Manager , in a form approved by the City Attorney , to ensure the continued affordability of the inclusionary units approved for each residential development project. The documents shall be recorded against the residential development project, all inclusionar y units, and any site subject to the provisions of this Article .

B. All inclusionary units to be sold shall remain affordable at an affordable sales price to the targeted income group for 45 years, unless a longer term is required in connection with State law or financing requirements.

C. All inclusionary units to be rented shall remain affordable at the affordable rent to the targeted income group for 55 years, unless a longer term is required in connection with State law or financing requirements.

D. Any eligible household that occupies an inclusionary unit must occupy that unit as its principal residence , unless otherwise approved in writing for rental to a third party eligible household for a limited period of time due to household hardship , as may be specified in any adopted guidelines.

E. No household may begin occupancy of an inclusionary unit until the household has been determined to be eligible to occupy that unit by the City or designee. Any adopted guidelines may establish standards for determining household income, affordable sales price, provisions for continued monitoring of tenant eligibilit y, and other eligibility criteria.

F. Officials , employees , or consultants of the City and member s of City boards and commission s shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies relating to conflicts of interest as to their eligibility to develop, construct , sell, rent, lease, occupy , or purchase an inclusionary unit. Any adopted guideline s shall include conflict of interest provisions relating to the administration of this Article and the eligibility of persons to occupy inclusionary units.

15.04.603.130 Affordable Housing Fund
A. All in-lieu fees, linkage fees, or other funds collected under this Article shall be deposited into the City's Affordable Housing Fund.

Ord.No. 24-20 N.S.

B. The moneys in the Affordable Housing Fund and all earnings from investment of the moneys in the Fund shall be expended on activities that provide housing affordable to extremely low-income , very low-income, lower-income, moderate-income households and any special needs populations in the City consistent with the goals and policies contained in the City's Housing Element, which may include without limitation land acquisition, predevelopment costs, rehabilitation of existing units to extend their useful life and add affordability restrictions, and construction of new residential units, and for administration and compliance monitoring of the affordable housing program , as approved by the City Council.

15.04.603.140 Reductions, Adjustments, or Waivers
A. Any request for a waiver, adjustment, or reduction under this Article shall be submitted to the City concurrently with an application for a first approval for a residential development project based upon a showing that applying the requirements of this section would result in an unconstitutional taking of property or would result in any other unconstitutional result. The request for a waiver, adjustment, or reduction shall set forth in detail the factual and legal basis for the claim.

B. The request for a waiver, adjustment , or reduction shall be processed concurrently with all other permits required for the residential development project, including the affordable housing plan. The body with the authority to approve the residential development project shall have the authority to act on the request for a waiver, adjustment, or reduction, subject to any appeals otherwise authorized for the residential development project.

C. The waiver or modification may be approved only to the extent necessary to avoid an unconstitutional result, based upon legal advice provided by or at the behest of the City Attorney, after adoption of written findings, based on legal analysis and substantial evidence. If a waiver or modification is granted, any change in the project shall invalidate the waiver or modification , and a new application shall be required for a waiver or modification under this section.

15.04.603.150 Article Administration and Enforcement
A. The City Council, by resolution, may establish fees for the ongoing administration and monitoring of the affordable units, which fees may be updated periodically, as required.

B. The City Counci l, by resolution, may adopt guidelines to implement this Article. The City may review this chapter as frequently as appropriate to evaluate its effectiveness in creating affordable housing and shall review the effectiveness of this chapter as part of each adoption of the City's housing element of the general plan.

C. The City Attorney shall be authorized to enforce the provisions of this Article and all inclusionary housing agreements, regulatory agreements, and all other covenants or restrictions placed on inclusionary units, by civil action and any other proceeding or method permitted by law.

D. Failure of any official or agency to fulfill the requirements of this Article shall not excuse any developer or owner from the requirements of this Article. No permit, license, map, or other approval or entitlement for a residential development project shall be issued, including without limitation a final inspection or certificate of occupancy, until all applicable requirements of this Article have been satisfied.

E. The remedies provided for herein shall be cunrnlative and not exclusive and shall not preclude the City from any other remedy or relief to which it otherwise would be entitled under law or equity.

Section 3. California Environmental Oualitv Act. This Ordinance is not a project under the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, together with related State CEQA Guidelines (collectively, "CEQA") because it has no potential for resulting in physical change in the environment, either directly or ultimately, in that changing the affordability of residences has no potential for resulting in a physical change in the environment, either directly or indirectly; Ord.No. 24-20 N.S.

and a project does not include the creation of a government funding mechanism that does not involve any comm itment to any specific project (CEQA Guide lines section 153 78). In the event that this Ordinance is found to be a project under CEQA, it is subject to the CEQA exemption contained in CEQA Guidelines section 1506l(b)(3) because it can be seen with certa inty to have no possibility of a significant effect on the environment. CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential of causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activ ity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. In this circumstance , the amendments to the Ordinance would have no or only a de minimis impact on the env ironment. The foregoing determination is made by the City Council in its independent judgment.

Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, subd ivision, paragraph, sentence , clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid , such a decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subd ivision , paragraph , sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance irrespective of the unconstitutionality or invalidity of any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence , clause , or phrase.

Section 5. Effec tive Date. This Ordinance shall become effect ive 30 days after its adoption. *****************************
Ord.No. 24-20 N.S.

First read at a meeting of the Council of the City of Richmond held on October 20, 2020, and finally passed and adopted at a regular meeting thereof held on November 10, 2020, by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTENTIONS:

ABSENT:

Approved:

TOM BUTT
Mayor
Approved as to form:

TERESA STRICKER
City Attorney
Councilmembers Choi, John son III, Martinez, Myrick, Vice Mayor Bates, and Mayor Butt.

None.

None.

Councilmember Willis.

PAMELA CHRISTIAN

CLERK OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
(SEAL)
State of California }
County of Contra Costa : ss.

City of Richmond }
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Ordinance No. 24-20 N.S. passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting held on November 10, 2020.

Pamela Christian, City Clerk of the City of Richmond
Ord.No. 24-20 N.S.

RESOLUTION NO. 115-20

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND,

CALIFORNIA, AMENDING INCLUSIONARY HOUSING IN-LIEU FEES AND

ADOPTING NON-RESIDENTIAL LINKAGE FEES IN THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE WHEREAS, the State of California has found that local governments have a responsibility to use the powers vested in them to facilitate the development of housing and to make adequate provision for the housing needs of all economic segments of the community (Government Code Section 65580(d)); and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that there is a critical shortage of housing opportunities available to very low, low, and moderate-income households. Goal #1 of the Housing Element of the General Plan is to achieve a balanced supply of housing available for all income groups. Increasingly, persons with very low, low and moderate incomes who work or live within the City are unable to locate housing at prices they can afford and are increasingly excluded from living in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council also finds that the high cost of newly constructed housing in Richmond does not, to any appreciable extent, provide housing affordable by very low, low, and moderate households, and that continued new residential and non-residential development that does not include nor contribute toward lower cost housing will serve to further aggravate the current housing problems by reducing the supply of developable land while generating additional needs for affordable housing; and WHEREAS, Housing Element Programs H-1.3.land H-1.3.2 provide that the City will conduct an inclusionary housing ordinance study and will consider revisions to the inclusionary ordinance based on court decisions and the study, so long as those revisions do not constrain the overall production of housing in Richmond; and WHEREAS, as provided in the Housing Element, Keyser Marston Associates has prepared the inclusionary housing ordinance study, consisting of three reports on the inclusionary ordinance, including a Financial Feasibility Analysis dated April 2019; and a Residential Nexus Analysis and a Non-Residential Jobs-Housing Nexus Analysis dated July 2016 (together the "Keyser Marston Reports"); and
WHEREAS, based on the Keyser Marston Reports, the City has adopted Section

15.04.603.070 of the Municipal Code of the City of Richmond, which provides that the City Council may by resolution establish fees in-lieu of the provision of on-site inclusionary housing; and
WHEREAS, based on the Keyser Marston Reports, the City has also adopted Section

15.04.603.090 of the Municipal Code of the City of Richmond, which provides that the City Council may by resolution establish non-residential linkage fees, which mitigate the impact of new non-residential development on the need for affordable housing; and WHEREAS, to ensure that the inclusionary housing in-lieu fees and the non-residential linkage fees recommended by this Resolution do not exceed the actual affordable housing impacts attributable to the development projects on which the fee is imposed, the City Council has received and considered the Keyser Marston Reports, which demonstrate that the fees adopted by this Resolution do not exceed the affordable housing impacts attributable to the development projects on which the fees is imposed; and
WHEREAS, the Keyser Marston Reports used widely used, appropriate methodology to determine the maximum amount needed to fully mitigate the burdens created by residential and non-residential development on the need for affordable housing; and Reso. No. 115-20

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WHEREAS, to ensure that development projects remain economically feasible, the recommended inclusionary housing in-lieu fees and non-residential linkage fees as shown in the attached Exhibit A and Exhibit B are lower than the maximum amount needed to fully mitigate the burdens created by new development on the need for affordable housing, as determined in the Keyser Marston Reports; and
WHEREAS, at least ten days prior to the date this Resolution is being heard, data was made available to the public indicating the amount of cost, or estimated cost, required to provide the affordable housing for which the fee is being levied and the revenue sources anticipated to provide the affordable housing, in accordance with Government Code Section 66019; and WHEREAS, at least fourteen days prior to the date this Resolution is being heard, notice was provided to any persons or organizations who had requested notice, in accordance with Government Code Section 66019; and
WHEREAS, notice of the hearing on the proposed fees was published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the manner set forth in Government Code Section 6062a, in accordance with Government Code Sections 66004 and 66018; and WHEREAS, a duly and properly noticed public hearing regarding the fees proposed in this Resolution was conducted by the City Council on October 20, 2020.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Richmond hereby adopts the inclusionary housing in-lieu fees as described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; adopts the non-residential linkage fees as described in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and directs that these fees be incorporated into the City's Master Fee Schedule; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall go into full force and effect on December 19, 2020, provided that the related ordinance is adopted; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because a project does not include the creation of a governmental funding mechanism that does not involve any commitment to any specific project (CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4)); and the Resolution commits no fees to any specific project; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the facts set forth in the recitals in this Resolution are true and correct and incorporated by reference. The recitals constitute findings in this matter and, together with the agenda report, other written reports, public testimony and other information contained in the record, are an adequate and appropriate evidentiary basis for the actions taken in this Resolution.
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I certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting thereof held October 20, 2020, by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTENTIONS:

ABSENT:

Approved:

THOMAS K. BUTT
Mayor
Approved as to form:

RACHEL SOMMOVILLA
Interim City Attorney
State of California
County of Contra Costa
City of Richmond
}
}
Councilmembers Choi, Johnson , Martinez , Myrick , Willis, Vice Mayor Bates, and Mayor Butt.

None.

None.

None.

PAMELA CHRISTIAN

CLERK OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
(SEAL)
: ss.

I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of Resolution No. 115-20, finally passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Richmond at a regular meeting held on October 20, 2020.

Pamela Christian , Clerk of the City of Richmond
Reso. No. 115-20

EXHIBIT "A"
Fees for Residential Development Projects In Lieu of Provision of On-Site lnclusionary Units
Rental Residential Development $12/square foot.

Ownership Residential Development May not pay in-lieu fee 0-370 $0
371- 741 $3
742-1,111 $6
1,112 - 1,482 $9
More than 1,482 $12
*NOTES:

1. Fee applies to residential components of mixed-use projects.

2. Fee applies to fractional inclusionary unit requirement below 0.5 and to any required inclusionary units for which developer desires to pay an in-lieu fee. These fees shall be calculated by determining the in-lieu fee that would be due were the entire inclusionary requirement for the residential development project to be satisfied with in-lieu fees and then multiplying by the percentage of the total number of inclusionary units to be satisfied through an in-lieu fee payment.

Example: Assume that a 10 percent inclusionary requirement for 104 units equals

10.4 inclusionary units, and that an in-lieu fee of $1.2 million would be required if in-lieu fees were used to satisfy the entire 10.4-unit requirement. The developer provides 10 on-site units. The fractional unit in-lieu payment would equal: 0.4 [fractional unit]/10.4 [total inclusionary requirement] x $1.2 million= $46,154.

Example: Assume in the previous example that the developer provides 6 on-site inclusionary units and desires to pay an in-lieu fee for the remaining 4.4 units. The in-lieu fee would equal: 4.4 units/10.4 units x $1.2 million= $507,692.

3. Fee amounts shall be adjusted once each year by the community development director based on the percentage increase in the Engineering News-Record Construction Cost Index for San Francisco, California for the corresponding year.

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4. Net new residential floor area shall be calculated based on the floor area of dwelling units in the building, excluding unheated unenclosed spaces such as balconies, patios, unfinished garages or outside storage lockers, areas used for off-street parking and loading, and common hallways and common areas

5. All in-lieu fees shall be paid for a dwelling unit prior to issuance of a building permit for that unit, unless the conditions of approval allow the fees to be paid at occupancy. Fees for fractional units shall be paid at issuance of the first building permit for the project.

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EXHIBIT "B"
Affordable Housing Linkage Fee for Non-residential Development Projects Nonresidential Uses Fee per Square Foot of
Net New Gross Floor Area*
Office
Research & Development
Retail/Service $2
Warehouse/Distribution
Hotel
Industrial
*NOTES:

1. Projects adding less than 5,000 sq. ft. of net new gross floor area are exempt from payment of the linkage fee.

2. Fee applies to non-residential components of mixed-use projects.

3. Fee amounts shall be adjusted once each year by the community development director based on the percentage increase in the Engineering News-Record Construction Cost Index for San Francisco, California for the corresponding year.

4. Net new gross floor area shall be calculated as required by Richmond Municipal Code Section 15.04.103.090.

5. Fees for non-residential uses shall be paid only once prior to issuance of the first building permit for the space.

Reso. No. 115-20

June 21, 2022

Community Development

DATE: June 21, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:

Lina Velasco, Director of Community Development
Charice Duckworth, Development Project Manager

Subject:

Execute an EPA Brownfields Assessment Coalition
Memorandum of Agreement and Amend the Stantec
Consulting Services Contract
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The proposed contract amendment to increase the payment limit by $559,000 will be paid using a $600,000 EPA Brownfields Assessment Coalition grant awarded to
the City in 2021. No impact to the general fund will result from this contract amendment. The grant will also cover City staff time up to $41,000 for administration and
management of the grant.

PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:

City Council approved a competitively bid contract with Stantec Consulting Services on October 20, 2020.

STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:

The City of Richmond applied for and received a
$600,000 EPA Brownfields Assessment and Coalition
Grant to inventory, characterize, and assess residential and commercial sites possibly contaminated by
hazardous substances. Housing Division staff is
requesting City Council authorization to execute a
Memorandum of Agreement between City of Richmond,
Contra Costa County, Community Housing Development
Corporation of North Richmond, and Eden Housing, Inc.
to continue identifying and prioritizing possible brownfield sites to perform environmental and land use
assessments, create cleanup plans, and complete
remediation of sites within the City of Richmond. City staff members are also seeking City Council approval to AGENDA
REPORT

June 21, 2022
amend the current contract with Stantec to perform these services by increasing the payment limit by $559,000 to continue to perform these assessments.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

AUTHORIZE the City Manager to execute a
Memorandum of Agreement between the City of
Richmond, Contra Costa County, Community Housing
Development Corporation of North Richmond, and Eden
Housing, Inc.to identify and prioritize brownfield sites for assessment; and APPROVE a contract amendment with
Stantec Consulting Services to increase the payment
limit by $559,000, for a total amount not to exceed
$630,986, and extending the term to December 31, 2024
– Community Development (Lina Velasco 510-620-
6706).

DISCUSSION:

On October 20, 2020, the City Council approved a contract with Stantec Consulting Services to provide technical expertise, environmental engineering services, and grant application preparation support to pursue a new EPA Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant.

The EPA Brownfield Assessment Coalition Grant Program provides local municipalities funding to inventory, characterize, and assess residential and commercial sites possibly contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants co-mingled with petroleum in communities that cannot afford to perform environmental assessments or cleanup for redevelopment.

On July 27, 2021, the City, serving as the lead agency, received a Cooperative Agreement Award of $600,000 from the EPA Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant Program. As a grantee, the City will be responsible for contracting with an environmental consultant to perform environmental site assessments, create cleanup plans, remediation of sites, as well as providing statistical data for reports throughout the grant period. As a member of the Coalition, the City will work with staff from Contra Costa County’s Public Works Department (the “County”), Community Housing Development Corporation of North Richmond (CHDC), and Eden Housing, Inc. (Eden Housing) to provide the consultant(s) with an inventory of residential and commercial sites to complete environmental assessments, which will allow the City to initiate brownfields revitalization. The City will be responsible for the completion and submission of all grant narrative and fund disbursement reporting to the EPA.

As a grantee of the EPA Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant Program, the City is required to execute a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the County, CHDC, and Eden Housing. The MOA outlines the roles and responsibilities of the Coalition members, the use of Cooperative Agreement funds, and the Five-Site minimum. The

June 21, 2022
City in conjunction with the other Coalition members will develop a list of proposed project sites that includes a minimum of five sites being assessed during the grant term, and each Coalition member having an ownership or controlling interest in at least one site on the list. All selected sites will be submitted to the EPA for prior approval to ensure eligibility.

Prior to the City receiving their second EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant in the amount of $600,000, City staff and Stantec Consulting Services were already engaged in a contract agreement for a previous EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant awarded in the amount of $400,000. A total of $1,000,000 has been awarded to the City through EPA Brownsfield Assessment Grants to date.

Stantec Consulting Services was selected via a Request for Proposals process issued in June 2017. The competitive bidding process included an interview process. The City Council approved the original contract with Stantec on December 5, 2017, and the contract was amended twice for an extension of time and to add an additional scope of work related to grant preparation services to try to secure additional funds for this work.

The requested contract amendment would increase the contract limit by $559,000, and extend the term to December 31, 2024, which is within the EPA Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant period.

DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:

Attachment 1 – Brownfields Assessment Coalition Memorandum of Agreement Attachment 2 – Stantec Contract Amendment
Attachment 3 – Stantec Contract with Previous Amendments

1 BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT COALITION

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

This Memorandum of Agreement (“MOA”) is between the CITY OF RICHMOND (the “City”), the COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA (the “County”), EDEN HOUSING, INC. (“Eden”), and COMMUNITY HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF NORTH RICHMOND (“CHDC”). The City, the County, Eden, and CHDC are each a “Coalition Member.”

This MOA documents the roles and responsibilities of the Coalition Members involved in the Assessment Coalition with regard to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Cooperative Agreement No. BF98T22601 (the “Cooperative Agreement”).

Agreement

1. Cooperative Agreement Award; Compliance with Cooperative Agreement. On July 27, 2021, EPA awarded the Cooperative Agreement to the City. The project period is October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2024 (the “Project Period”). The City is responsible to the EPA for management of the Cooperative Agreement and compliance with the statutes, regulations, and terms and conditions of the award, and ensuring that all Coalition Members are in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Cooperative Agreement.

2. Timely Communications. It is the responsibility of the City to provide timely information to the other Coalition Members regarding the management of the Cooperative Agreement and any changes made to the Cooperative Agreement during the Project Period.

3. Contacts. The Coalition Members are the City, the County, CHDC and Eden. The contact information for each Coalition Member is as follows:

City of Richmond
Charice Duckworth, Development Project Manager
Community Development Department – Housing
450 Civil Center Plaza
Richmond, California 94804
Email: [email protected]

Contra Costa County Public Works Department
Jessica Dillingham, Principle Real Property Agent
255 Glacier Drive
Martinez, CA 94553
Email: [email protected]

2 Community Housing Development Corporation of North Richmond Joanna Griffith, Director Real Estate Development
1535 Fred Jackson Way, Suite A
Richmond, CA 94801
Email: [email protected]

Eden Housing, Inc.

Matt Schreiber, Project Developer
22645 Grand Street
Hayward, CA 94541
Email: [email protected]

4. Use of Cooperative Agreement Funds. Activities funded through the Cooperative Agreement may include brownfields inventory preparation, site selection criteria development, assessments, planning related to brownfield sites (including cleanup planning), outreach materials and implementation, and other eligible activities. The City may retain consultants and contractors under 2 CFR 200.317-326 to undertake various activities funded through the Cooperative Agreement and may award subgrants to other Coalition Members under 2 CFR 200.330 for assessment projects in their geographic areas. Subgrantees are accountable to the City for proper expenditure of funds.

5. Contracts. The City, in compliance with 2 CFR 200.317-326 regulations, has amended its existing contract with Stantec Consulting Services for an additional three-year period for environmental engineering services in association with the Cooperative Agreement.

The City will maintain responsibility for the execution and payment of all invoices associated with services performed by Stantec Consulting Services under the contract.

The City will issue any requests for proposals or requests for qualifications needed to carry out Cooperative Agreement-funded projects and will be responsible for receiving and reviewing submitted proposals and for awarding contracts. The City will consult with other Coalition Members in selecting consultants and contractors and negotiating the terms of agreements.

6. Five-Site Minimum. The City, in consultation with other Coalition Members, will develop a list of proposed project sites that includes a minimum of five sites being assessed during the term of the Cooperative Agreement, and each Coalition Member having an ownership or controlling interest in at least one site on the list. Selected sites will be submitted to the EPA for prior approval to ensure eligibility.

7. Site Specific Agreements. Upon designation of the specific sites, it will be the responsibility of the City to work with the Coalition Member(s) having site control to finalize the scope of work for the consultant or contractor performing work at the site. It will be the responsibility of the Coalition Member(s) having site control to obtain all required permits, easements, and/or access agreements necessary to undertake assessments of the selected site. If the Coalition Member(s) with site control cannot

3 perform these activities, the City may assist in securing the necessary site access agreements and permits.

8. Other Workplan Activities. The City is responsible for ensuring that other activities negotiated in the workplan, such as community outreach and involvement, are implemented in accordance with a schedule agreed upon by the City and the Coalition Member(s) having site control.

Agreed by all parties effective the first day of the Grant Period, which was October 1, 2021.

CITY OF RICHMOND, a municipal CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, a corporation and charter city political subdivision of the State of California

By: _________________________ By:________________________ Shasa Curl Brian M. Balbas
City Manager Public Works Director

COMMUNITY HOUSING EDEN HOUSING, a California
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, nonprofit public benefit corporation a California nonprofit public benefit
Corporation

By: __________________________ By: ________________________ Donald Gilmore Andrea Osgood
Executive Director Senior Vice President of
Real Estate Development

CITY OF RICHMOND

CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department: Project Manager:

Project Manager E-mail:

Project Manager Phone No:

P.R. No: Vendor No: P.O./Contract No:

Description of Services:

Amendment No. ___ modifies the: (2nd or subsequent amendments attach Amendment History page)

Term, Payment Limit and Service Plan
Payment Limit and Service Plan

Term and Service Plan
Service Plan
The parties to this Contract Amendment do mutually agree and promise as follows:

1. Parties. The parties to this Contract Amendment are the City of Richmond, California, a municipal corporation (City), and the following named Contractor:

Company Name:

Street Address:

City, State, Zip Code:

Contact Person:

Telephone: Email:

Business License No: / Expiration Date:

A California [ ] corporation, [ ] limited liability corporation [ ] general partnership, [ ] limited partnership, [ ] individual, [ ] non-profit corporation, [ ] individual dba as [specify:]
[ ] other [specify:]

2. Purpose. This Contract Amendment is being entered into to amend the Contract between City and Contractor which was approved by the City Council of the City of Richmond or executed by the City Manager on , which original term commenced on and terminates with an original contract payment limit of $ . Said contract shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Original Contract" and is incorporated herein by reference.

3. Original Contract Provisions. The parties hereto agree to continue to abide by those terms and conditions of the Original Contract, and any amendments thereto, which are unaffected by this Contract Amendment.

Community Development
Charice M Duckworth
[email protected]
412-2052
12659
5431
Environmental Engineering Services in support of EPA Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant. ✔
2 Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 650
Sacramento, CA 95814
Neil Doran, PG
(510) 919-0059
[email protected]
4003-8782
December 31, 2022
✔
October 20, 2020
October 20, 2020
December 31, 2022
71,986.00

Contract Amendment/EJ/TE 09-26-07

4. Amendment Provisions. This Contract Amendment is subject to the Amendment Provisions attached hereto, which are incorporated herein by reference, and which control over any conflicting provisions of the Original Contract, or any amendment thereto.

5. City of Richmond Business License Active Status Maintained. Pursuant to Municipal Code Section 7.04.030, the Contractor must maintain its City of Richmond business license for this Contract Amendment to be deemed to be in effect.

6. Insurance Coverage Updated and Maintained. Pursuant to the Original Contract, the Contractor shall provide the City with updated insurance certificates, and the Contractor shall maintain insurance coverage, for this Contract Amendment to be deemed to be in effect.

7. Signatures. These signatures attest the parties’ agreement hereto:

CITY OF RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
a municipal corporation

By _______________________

Title:

I hereby certify that the Original Contract
and this Amendment have been approved
by the City Council or executed by the City
Manager.

By _______________________
City Clerk

Approved as to form:

By_______________________
City Attorney

List of Attachments:

1. Amendment Provisions

2. Updated Insurance Certificates

CONTRACTOR:

______________________________

(*The Corporation Chairperson of the Board, President or Vice-President should sign on the line below.)

By____________________________

Title:________________________

(*The Corporation Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary should sign on the line below.)

By:___________________________

Title:________________________

(NOTE: Pursuant to California Corporations
Code Section 313, if Contractor is a
corporation or nonprofit organization, this
Contract (1) should be signed by the
Chairperson of the Board, President or
Vice-President
and the Chief Financial
Officer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary; (2)
should have both signatures conform to
designated representative groups pursuant
to Corporations Code Section 313.

Stantec Consulting Services Inc.

Contract Amendment between the City of Richmond and

Amendment No. P.O./Contract No.

AMENDMENT PROVISIONS (TERM, PAYMENT LIMIT AND SERVICE PLAN)

1. Paragraph 2 (Term) of the Original Contract is hereby amended to extend the Contract term. Paragraph 2 of the Original Contract is amended to read as follows:

"2. Term. The effective date of this Contract is

____________________________________________________________ (Insert original contract commencement date)

and it terminates

___________________________________________________.
(Insert new contract termination date)

unless sooner terminated as provided herein."

2. Paragraph 3 (Payment Limit) of the Original Contract is hereby amended to increase the payment limit by $ . Paragraph 3 of the Original Contract is amended to read as follows:

"3. Payment Limit. City's total payments to Contractor under this Contract shall not exceed $ including expenses."

“The City of Richmond shall not pay for services that exceed the Contract Payment Limit without the prior written approval of the City Manager if the total Contract amount does not exceed $10,000 or without the prior approval of the City Council if the total Contract amount is over $10,000.”

3. The Service Plan (Exhibit A) of the Original Contract is hereby amended to include the following tasks and/or services:

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5431
2 Stantec Consulting Services Inc.

October 20, 2020
December 31, 2024
559,000.00
630,986.00
EPA Brownfields Assessment Implementation Grant - balance due $7,000

Project Management and Planning
Inventory and Site Selection
Phase I and Phase II ESA's
Community Outreach
Land Reuse Planning

Project Total: $559,000

Contract Amendment between the City of Richmond and
Amendme
nt No. P.O./Contract No.

AMENDMENT PROVISIONS (AMENDMENT HISTORY)
The first Contract Amendment was approved by City Council of the City of Richmond or executed by the City Manager on for one or more of the following provisions (check those that apply):

Increased contract payment limit by $ ________________for a payment limit not to excee_______.

Term Amendment (insert new termination date):________________________

Service Plan
The second Contract Amendment was approved by City Council of the City of Richmond or executed by the City Manager on for one or more of the following provisions (check those that apply):

Increased contract payment limit by $ ________________for a payment limit not to exceed $ _________________________.

Term Amendment (insert new termination date):________________________

Service Plan
The third Contract Amendment was approved by City Council of the City of Richmond or executed by the City Manager on for one or more of the following provisions (check those that apply):

Increased contract payment limit by $ ________________for a payment limit not to exceed $ _________________________.

Term Amendment (insert new termination date):________________________

Service Plan
The fourth Contract Amendment was approved by City Council of the City of Richmond or executed by the City Manager on for one or more of the following provisions (check those that apply):

Increased contract payment limit by $ ________________for a payment limit not to exceed $ _________________________.

Term Amendment (insert new termination date):________________________

Service Plan
The fifth Contract Amendment was approved by City Council of the City of Richmond or executed by the City Manager on for one or more of the following provisions (check those that apply):

Increased contract payment limit by $ ________________for a payment limit not to exceed $ _________________________.

Term Amendment (insert new termination date):________________________

Service Plan
5431
2 Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
10/20/2020
12/31/2022
✔
✔
6/21/2022
559,000.00
12/31/2024
630,986.00
✔

CITY OF RICHMOND

CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department: Community DevelopmentProject Manager: Charice M Duckworth Project Manager E-mail:
[email protected]
Project Manager Phone No:
412-2052
P.R. No:Vendor No: 12659P.O./Contract No: 5431
•Qscriptjo.iiof Services:
:nvironmtental Engineering consulting services and grant application preparation in support of the EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant for 2021-2022.

Amendment No. _j_ modifies the: (2 or subsequent amendments attach Amendment History page) Term, Payment Limit and Service Plan
Term and Service Plan
Payment Limit and Service Plan
Service Plan
The parties to this Contract Amendment do mutually agree and promise as follows:

1. Parties. The parties to this Contract Amendment are the City of Richmond, California, a municipal corporation (City), and the following named Contractor:

Stantec Consulting Services
Company Name:

Street Address: 555 Capitol Mail Suite 650
City, State, Zip Code: Sacramento, CA 95814
Contact Person: Nell Doran, Senior Geologist
Telephone: (916) 472-3933Email: Neil.Doran(5)stantec.com Business License No:4003-8782/ Expiration Date: December 31, 2021 A California [•] cor^ration, [—] limited liability corporation Q general partnership, Hmjted partneFship, || individual, || non-profit corporation, individual dba as~[specify:]
other [specify:]

2. Purpose. This Contract Amendment is being entered into to amend the Contract between City and Contractor which was approved by the City Council of the City of Richmond or executed by the City Manager on October 20,2020 , which original term commenced on October 20, 2020 and terminates June 30, 2021 with an original contract payment limit of $71,986.00. Said contract shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Original Contract" and is incorporated herein by reference.

3. Original Contract Provisions. The parties hereto agree to continue to abide by those terms and conditions of the Original Contract, and any amendments thereto, which are unaffected by this Contract Amendment.

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4. Amendment Provisions. This Contract Amendment is subject to the Amendment Provisions attached hereto, which are incorporated herein by reference, and which control over any conflicting provisions of the Original Contract, or any amendment thereto.

5. City of Richmond Business License Active Status Maintained. Pursuant to Municipal Code Section 7.04.030, the Contractor must maintain its City of Richmond business license for this Contract Amendment to be deemed to be in effect.

6. Insurance Coverage Updated and Maintained. Pursuant to the Original Contract, the Contractor shall provide the City with updated insurance certificates, and the Contractor shall maintain insurance coverage, for this Contract Amendment to be deemed to be in effect.

7. Signatures. These signatures attest the parties' agreement hereto:

CITY OF RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
a municipal corporation
CONTRACTOR:

Stantec Consulting Services
By.

Title:

I hereby certify that the Original Contract
and this Amendment have been approved
by the City Council or executed by the City
Manager.
(*The Corporation Chairperson of the Board, President or Vice-President should sign on the line below.)
By_
Title:
(*The Corporation Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary should sign on the line below.)
By.

City Clerk
Approved as to form:

By_
By:_
City Attorney
List of Attachments:

1. Amendment Provisions

2. Updated Insurance Certificates
Title:
(NOTE: Pursuant to California Corporations
Code Section 313, if Contractor is a
corporation or nonprofit organization, this
Contract (1) should be signed by the
Chairperson of the Board, President or
Vice-President and the Chief Financial
Officer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary; (2)
should have both signatures conform to
designated representative groups pursuant
to Corporations Code Section 313.

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City Manager

City of Richmond and
Amendment No. P.O./Contract No.
1 5431

AMENDMENT PROVISIONS (TERM AND SERVICE PLAN)

1. Paragraph 2 (Term) of the Original Contract is hereby amended to extend the Contract term. Paragraph 2 of the Original Contract is amended to read as follows:
"2. Term. The effective date of this Contract is
October 20, 2020
(Insert original contract commencement date)
and it terminates
December 31, 2022
(Insert new contract termination date)
unless sooner terminated as provided herein."

2. The Service Plan (Exhibit A) of the Original Contract is hereby amended to include the following tasks and/or services:

Assist with the implementation of FY2021-2022 EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant award, including preparation of Cooperative Agreement, workplan, budget and reporting.

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Amendment No. P.U./Contract No.
1 5431

AMENDMENT PROVISIONS (SERVICE PLAN)
(CONTRACTOR'S OBLIGATION'S)
The Service Plan (Exhibit A) of the Original Contract is hereby amended to include the following tasks and/or sen/ices:

Assist with implementation ofFY2021-2022 EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant, including preparation of Cooperative Agreement, workplan, budget and reporting documentation.

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City of Richmond - Insurance Requirements - Type 2:

Professional Services

Type 2 – Page 1 of 3

Revised: September 2011
In all instances where CONTRACTOR or its representatives will provide professional services (architects, engineers, construction management, counselors, medical professionals, hospitals, clinics, attorneys, consultants, accountants, etc.) to the City of Richmond (City), the City requires the following MINIMUM insurance requirements and limits.

CONTRACTOR shall procure and maintain for the duration of the contract, agreement, or other order for work, services or supplies, insurance against claims for injuries to persons or damages to property which may arise from or in connection with the performance of the work hereunder and the results of that work by the CONTRACTOR, its agents, representatives, employees or subcontractors. Maintenance of proper insurance coverage is a material element of the contract. Failure to maintain or renew coverage or to provide evidence of renewal may be treated by the City as a material breach of contract.

CONTRACTOR agrees that in the event of loss due to any of the perils for which it has agreed to provide Commercial General Liability insurance, CONTRACTOR shall look solely to its insurance for recovery.

CONTRACTOR hereby grants to CITY, on behalf of any insurer providing Commercial General Liability insurance to either CONTRACTOR or CITY with respect to the services of CONSULTANT herein, a waiver of any right to subrogation which any such insurer of said CONTRACTOR may acquire against the CITY by virtue of the payment of any loss under such insurance.

Original, signed certificates and original, separate policy endorsements, naming the City as an additional insured for general liability coverage, as well as a waiver of subrogation for Workers’ Compensation insurance, shall be received and approved by the City before any work may begin. However, failure to do so shall not operate as a waiver of these insurance requirements.

City reserves the right to modify or require additional coverages for specific risk exposures depending on scope of CONTRACTORS work.

Minimum coverage is detailed below. The policy limits of coverage shall be made available to the full limits of the policy. The minimum limits stated herein shall not serve to reduce the policy limits of coverage of CONTRACTOR.

Minimum Scope of Insurance – the following forms shall be provided and coverage shall be at least as broad as the following:

1. Insurance Services Office Commercial General Liability coverage (ISO Occurrence Form CG 0001), and including coverage for bodily and personal injury, property damage, and products and completed operations (if applicable).

2. Insurance Services Office Automobile Liability coverage (ISO Form CA 0001, Code 1, Any Auto).

3. Original and Separate Additional Insured Endorsement for General Liability (ISO Form CG 20 10 11/85 or its equivalent) with primary and non-contributory language.

4. Workers’ Compensation Insurance as required by the State of California including Employer’s Liability coverage.

5. Original and Separate Waiver of Subrogation for Workers’ Compensation insurance.

6. Professional Liability or Errors & Omissions Liability Insurance appropriate to the CONTRACTOR’s profession (if required.)

Required Coverage Minimum Limits
Workers’ Compensation and
Employers’ Liability
Statutory limits as required by the State of California including $1 million Employers’ Liability per accident, per employee for bodily injury or disease.

If CONTRACTOR is self-insured, provide a certificate of Permission to Self- Insure, signed by the California Department of Industrial Relations and Self- Insurance. If contractor is a sole proprietor (has no employees) than contractor must sign “Contractor Release of Liability” found at:
http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=61.

General Liability
(primary and excess limits
combined)
$2,000,000 per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage. If the policy includes a general aggregate, either the general aggregate shall apply separately to this project, service or location or the minimum required aggregate limit shall be twice the per occurrence limit ($4 million aggregate limit).

Policy shall be endorsed to name the City of Richmond as an additional insured per the conditions detailed below.

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Professional Services

Type 2 – Page 2 of 3

Revised: September 2011
Automobile Liability $1,000,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and property damage.

PROJECT COST R EQUIRED LIMIT
$0 - $1 million $1 million p/o
$1 million - $5 million $2 million p/o
Over $5 million $5 million p/o

Professional Liability or Errors &
Omissions Liability –
Required for all professionals
including architects, engineers,
consultants, construction
management, counselors, medical
professionals, hospitals, clinics,
attorneys and accountants, & other
consultants as may be required by
the City.

Required Policy Conditions
Additional Insured Endorsement

Applicable to General Liability coverage.

The City of Richmond, its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers are to be named as additional insureds for all liability arising out of the operations by or on behalf of the named insured including bodily injury, deaths and property damage or destruction arising in any respect directly or indirectly in the performance of this contract.

ISO form CG 20 10 (11/85) or its equivalent is required. If the Contractor is supplying their product or providing a service then the endorsement must not
exclude products and completed operations
coverage. If it does, then CG 20 37 (10/01) is also required.

SAMPLE Endorsements can be found at
http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=61
.

Primary and Noncontributory The contractor’s insurance coverage must be primary coverage as it pertains to the City, its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers. Any insurance or self insurance maintained by the City is wholly separate from the insurance of the contractor and in no way relieves the contractor from its responsibility to provide insurance.

Waiver of Subrogation
Endorsement Form
Contractor’s insurer will provide a Waiver of Subrogation in favor of the City for Workers’ Compensation Insurance during the life of this contract.

SAMPLE Endorsements can be found at
http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=61.

Deductibles and Self-Insured
Retentions
Any deductible or self-insured retention must be declared to and approved by the City. At the option of the City either the insurer shall reduce or eliminate such deductibles or self-insured retention as respects the City or the CONTRACTOR shall procure a financial guarantee in an amount equal to the deductible or self-insured retention guaranteeing payment of losses and related investigations, claims administration and defense expenses.

Contractor is responsible for satisfaction of the deductible and/or self-insured retention for each loss.

A. M. Best Rating A:VII or Better. If the A.M. Best Rating falls below the required rating, CONTRACTOR must replace coverage immediately and provide notice to City.

Umbrella/Excess Liability Policies
If an Umbrella or Excess Liability Policy is used to meet the liability limits, coverage shall be as broad as specified for underlying coverage’s and cover those insured in the underlying policies.

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Professional Services

Type 2 – Page 3 of 3

Revised: September 2011
Claims-Made Policies
If any insurance policy is written on a claims-made form: 1) the retroactive date must be shown, and must be before the date of the contract or the beginning of contract work. 2) Insurance must be maintained and evidence of insurance must be provided for at least five (5) years after completion of the contract of work. 3) If coverage is canceled or non-renewed, and not replaced with another claims-made policy form with a retroactive date prior to the contract effective date, the Contractor must purchase an extended period coverage for a minimum of five (5) years after completion of contract work.

Subcontractors

CONTRACTOR
shall include all subcontractors as insured under its policies or shall furnish to the City for review and approval, separate certificates and endorsements for each subcontractor. All coverage for subcontractors shall be subject to all of the requirements stated herein.

CONTRACTOR agrees to defend and indemnify the City of Richmond for any damage resulting to it from failure of either CONTRACTOR or any subcontractor to take out or maintain the required insurance policies.

The fact that
insurance is obtained by CONTRACTOR, and/or CONTRACTOR’s subcontractors, will not be deemed to release or diminish the liability of CONTRACTOR, including, without limitation, liability under the indemnity provisions of this contract. Damages recoverable by CITY from CONTRACTOR or any third party will not be limited by the amount of the required insurance coverage.

Verification of Coverage
All original certificates and endorsements shall be received and approved by the City before work may begin .

The City of Richmond reserves the right to require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies including endorsements affecting the coverage at any time.

Original insurance certificates and required policy endorsements shall be mailed or delivered to the Designated Project Manager for the City of Richmond.

Insurance certificates and endorsements may be faxed to the Designated Project Manger. However, CONTRACTOR must mail the original certificates and endorsements to Designated Project Manager once faxed.

Continuous Coverage
CONTRACTOR shall maintain the required insurance for the life of the contract. Should the CONTRACTOR cease to have insurance as required during this time, all work by the CONTRACTOR pursuant to this agreement shall cease until insurance acceptable to the City is provided. In the event that CONTRACTOR fails to comply with the City’s insurance requirements, the City may take such action as it deems necessary to protect the City’s interests. Such action may include but is not limited to termination of the contract, withholding of payments, or other actions as the City deems appropriate.

If services or the scope of work extend beyond the expiration dates of the required insurance policies initially approved by the City, CONTRACTOR must provide updated certificates and endorsements indicating that the required coverage, terms and conditions are still in place. Renewal certificates and updated endorsements shall be mailed to the Designated Project Manager.

Cancellation
CONTRACTOR shall ensure that coverage shall not be cancelled, reduced or otherwise materially changed except after thirty (30) days’ prior written notice has been given to the City.

Reporting Requirements

Any failure to comply with reporting or other provisions of the policies including breaches of warranties shall not affect coverage provided to the City, its officers, officials, employees or volunteers.

Consistent with Public Policy
The insuring provisions, insofar as they may be judged to be against public policy shall be void and unenforceable only to the minimum extent necessary so that the remaining terms and provisions herein may be consistent with public policy and thus enforceable.

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June 21, 2022

Economic Development

DATE: June 21, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:

Shasa Curl, City Manager
Lina Velasco, Director of Community Development
Samantha Carr, Environmental Manager

Subject:

City’s Transformative Climate Communities Program
Application and Memorandum of Understanding
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact on the City’s General Fund related to the adoption of this Resolution; however, if grant funds are awarded, funding up to $35 million would be granted, over a five-year funding period, which would support implementation of the projects identified in the City’s application.

PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:

N/A

STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:

City staff members are seeking City Council adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a
Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Program
application, and to enter into a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with co-applicants (project
partners). If awarded, the TCC grant program would
provide approximately $35 million, over a five-year
funding period to implement projects that reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and implement place-
based strategies to provide local economic,
environmental, and health benefits to disadvantaged
communities in Richmond. The City of Richmond must
provide evidence of a passed formal resolution in the
AGENDA
REPORT

June 21, 2022
TCC proposal that includes an authorization to apply for and accept a TCC Implementation Grant and authority to
execute all related documents.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: ADOPT a resolution authorizing the city manager or designee to apply, accept, and appropriate a
Transformative Climate Communities grant and execute
all related documents, if awarded, and authorizing the
city manager or their designee to execute a
Memorandum of Understanding with Co-applicants –
Economic Development Department/Community
Development Department (Lina Velasco/Samantha Carr
510-620-5407).

DISCUSSION:

Background

The Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) program is administered by the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) in partnership with the California Department of Conservation. The TCC Program funds approximately three $35 million grants for investment in communities that are the most overburdened by environmental, socioeconomic, and health inequities by implementing projects that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and implement place-based strategies to provide local economic, environmental, and health benefits. The City of Richmond submitted a TCC grant application in 2020, but it was not awarded. City staff members have been working with Co-applicants to reapply and identify projects for the grant application.

TCC Planning Grant – Richmond Resilience Roadmap

On February 18, 2020, the City Council adopted the Richmond Resilience Roadmap (Roadmap), funded by a TCC Planning grant through a partnership with The Trust for Public Land (TPL) and the Richmond Community Foundation focused on developing a community-driven climate resilience strategy for the Iron Triangle, Santa Fe, and Coronado neighborhoods (Project Area). The Roadmap, which is the result of a larger community outreach and engagement process, identified nine potential projects that can advance the Strategic Growth Council’s sustainable communities objectives, such as improving air quality, improving water quality, reducing GHG emissions, improving transportation, and strengthening community resiliency to the impacts of climate change (Attachment 1).

The TCC Planning grants were designed to prepare communities to identify potential projects for TCC implementation grants.

TCC Implementation Grant Application

June 21, 2022
The City’s TCC implementation grant application, named Richmond Rising: Healthy, Connected, and Climate Strong (RR) Project, seeks funding to implement five of the nine projects identified in the Richmond Resilience Roadmap, including:

1. The Richmond Wellness Trail,

2. Urban Greening Master Plan implementation,

3. Richmond Greenway Master Plan implementation,

4. Harbour Way Complete Streets Plan, and

5. Low-income solar and home weatherization.

The RR Project for the TCC Implementation Grant will focus on the Iron Triangle, Santa Fe, and Coronado neighborhoods outlined in grey on the map below. The City of Richmond and stakeholders have identified several objectives in the project that would benefit individuals and families residing in the Project Area including increasing solar installation and energy efficiency, water efficiency, health and well-being, active transportation, urban greening and green infrastructure, and equitable housing and neighborhood development.

If awarded a TCC implementation grant, the RR Project would leverage additional funding from State, County, and local funds as well as in-kind contributions from co- applicants. The project proposal includes community engagement throughout the project implementation.

Project Readiness and Memorandum of Understanding

June 21, 2022

The full application must demonstrate “readiness” requirements established by the State, including implementation plans for indicator tracking, community engagement, displacement avoidance, and workforce development. If awarded, the grant agreement, appropriation of funds, and other implementation actions shall be executed by the City Manager or their designee, as authorized by the Resolution in Attachment 2.

The MOU between the City of Richmond and Co-applicants include, but are not limited to the following, GroundWork Richmond, GRID Alternatives, LifeLong Medical, Pacific West Communities, Inc, The Trust for Public Land (TPL), and Urban Tilth. The purpose of the MOU is to memorialize basic terms to govern the planning and implementation of the scope of work included in the Transformation Plan, pass through specific grantor policies and obligations, implement the Collaborative Stakeholder Structure, create a clear decision-making process, and define roles, responsibilities, and requirements for partners.

POLICY SYNERGIES

The RR Project supports multiple city plans including the City’s General Plan 2030, Climate Action Plan, Richmond Resilience Roadmap, Urban Greening Master Plan, Richmond Wellness Trail Vision Plan, Pedestrian Plan, and Richmond Bicycle Master Plan. The TCC Program requires applicants to include policies and programs specific to the project development that help avoid the displacement of existing residents and local businesses and ensure key stakeholders benefit from the investment. The RR Project shall advance the following policies that will directly or indirectly conserve energy resources and reduce GHG emissions.

 General Plan 2030 Goal EC1 Leadership in Managing Climate Change, Goal EC2 Clean and Efficient Transportation Options, Goal EC3 Sustainable and Efficient Energy Systems, Goal EC4 Sustainable Development, Goal EC6 Climate-Resilient Communities, Goal CR1 An Expanded Multimodal Circulation System, Goal CR2 Walkable Neighborhoods and Complete Streets, and Goal CR3 A Safe and Well-Maintained Circulation System. The RR Project will also comply with goals in the Health and Wellness Element, and Public Safety and Noise Element.
 Climate Action Plan Strategy EE3 Promote Green Building, Strategy RE1 Increase Local Solar Energy Generation, Strategy TL2 Promote Complete Street Improvements, Strategy TL3 Improve Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure, Strategy TL6 Expand Car Sharing, Bike Sharing and Ride Sharing, Strategy WA4 Support Water Infrastructure Improvements and expand Water Reclamation and Reuse, GA1 Support Urban Tree-Planting Programs, GA 2 Support Local Agriculture and Food Production, GA3 Support Green Infrastructure and Streetscape Design, RC1 Improve Community Preparedness for Climate Emergencies, RC2 Increase Resilience of Local Housing to Climate Change, RC3 Increase Resilience of Critical Infrastructure to Climate Change, and RC6 Protect Public Health and Promote Health Equity.

June 21, 2022
 Urban Greening Master Plan: The RR Project will include tree planting at opportunity site identified in the Urban Greening Master Plan, as well a green infrastructure on other streetscape projects.
 Richmond Pedestrian Plan: The RR Project shall directly implement all plan goals. The Richmond Wellness Trail was adopted as an Addendum to the Pedestrian Plan on April 25, 2017. The Richmond Wellness Trail connects parks and open space within the City via an active transportation route.  Richmond Bicycle Master Plan: The RR project will implement the Harbour Way Complete Street project ensuring safe bicycle, pedestrian and vehicle facilities are provided.

The RR Project aligns with and supports the Health in All Policies Strategy and Ordinance, the Richmond Fair Rent, Just Cause for Eviction, Homeowner Protection Ordinance, and the Zoning and Subdivision Regulations Ordinance.

DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:

Attachment 1 – Richmond Resilience Roadmap
Attachment 2 – Resolution

FINAL REPORT | December 30, 2019

RICHMOND RESILIENCE ROADMAP
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Attachment 1: Richmond Resilience Roadmap

RICHMOND RESILIENCE ROADMAP
Final Report
Table of Contents

1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 The Project Area ............................................................................................................................ 1

1.2 Summary of the Richmond Resilience Roadmap ........................................................................... 1

1.3 Defining Resilience in the Project Area.......................................................................................... 4

2. Climate Change and Climate Justice ...................................................................................................... 4

2.1 Summary of Climate Change Hazards in the Project Area ............................................................. 4

2.2 Summary of Climate Justice Issues ................................................................................................ 8

2.3 Summary of Existing Adaptation and Resilience Policies ............................................................. 13

3. Creating the Resilience Roadmap ........................................................................................................ 13

3.1 Choosing the Resilience Projects ................................................................................................. 13

3.2 Climate Adaptation and Resiliency .............................................................................................. 14

3.3 Data Collection and Indicator Tracking ........................................................................................ 16

3.4 Community Engagement ............................................................................................................. 17

4. The Richmond Resilience Roadmap – Project Descriptions .................................................................. 20

4.1 Nystrom Village Redevelopment ................................................................................................. 22

4.2 Martin Luther King Jr. Resilience Hub .......................................................................................... 24

4.3 Richmond Wellness Trail ............................................................................................................. 26

4.4 Income-Linked Solar and Home Weatherization ......................................................................... 28

4.5 Urban Greening Master Plan – Street Tree Planting along Cutting Boulevard and Harbour Way 29 4.6 Harbour Way Complete Street Project ........................................................................................ 31

4.7 Richmond Greenway Master Plan .............................................................................................. 33

4.8 Nevin Resilience Hub ................................................................................................................... 34

4.9 Hacienda Rehabilitation .............................................................................................................. 36

5. Sources ................................................................................................................................................ 39

List of Figures
Figure 1 Resilience Roadmap Project Area ............................................................................................. 3 F
igure 2 2100 Sea Level Rise + 5-Year Storm .......................................................................................... 6 Figure 3 Cool Priority Areas within the Project Area ............................................................................ 10 Figure 4 Connect Priority Areas within the Project Area ...................................................................... 11 Figure 5 Pollution Burden in the Project Area ...................................................................................... 12 Figure 6 Project Area ............................................................................................................................ 15 Figure 7 Four Core Objectives of the Climate-Smart CitiesTM Initiative ................................................ 17 Figure 8 Project Locations on the Richmond Resilience Roadmap ....................................................... 21

List of Appendices
Appendix A Richmond Resilience Roadmap Project Evaluation Matrix Appendix B Community Outreach Materials
Appendix C Richmond Wellness Trail Materials

RICHMOND RESILIENCE ROADMAP
Final Report

1. Introduction
The City of Richmond developed the Richmond Resilience Roadmap in collaboration with a consultant team of The Trust for Public Land and PlaceWorks with input from diverse stakeholders such as residents and business owners within the Project Area. The roadmap connects and expands recent efforts, including the City’s Climate Action Plan, the Climate-Smart CitiesTM Initiative, and the Richmond Wellness Trail, with the goal of creating a roadmap of planned projects that support community resilience. The projects, which are intended to be built in the next five to ten years, require additional implementation funding support, from state grants, public-private partnerships, and other sources, to be built.

This Richmond Resilience Roadmap is a deliverable of the TCC Planning Grant, which was awarded to the City of Richmond (Lead Applicant), The Trust for Public Land (co-applicant), and the Richmond Community Foundation (co-applicant) in August 2018. The Roadmap, which is the result of a larger community outreach and engagement process, explores nine potential projects that can advance the Strategic Growth Council’s sustainable communities objectives, such as improving air quality, improving water quality, reducing GHG emissions, improving transportation, and strengthening community resiliency to the impacts of climate change. In addition to producing the Resilience Road Map, the TCC Planning Grant also funded the applicants to complete a portion of the existing conditions studies and schematic design for the Richmond Wellness Trail, which is one of the projects identified in the Road Map.

1.1 The Project Area
The Project Area consists of three neighborhoods within the City of Richmond: Iron Triangle, Santa Fe, and Coronado. As shown in Figure 1, these neighborhoods are generally bounded by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad to the north and west, Interstate 580 (I-580) to the south, and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Southern Pacific Railroad to the east. The Project Area has an ethnically diverse population with a high percentage of non-English speaking households that are primarily low-income and burdened by housing and transportation costs. This area has been identified as a priority area in the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG’s) 2015 Stronger Housing, Safer Communities study, which looks at vulnerability and resilience of Bay Area communities to flooding and seismic hazards. The Iron Triangle neighborhood, specifically, was also recognized in the 2015 Health in All Policies Report (HiAP Report) as an example of community engagement to build healthy places, such as parks, within the Project Area.
1 1.2 Summary of the Richmond Resilience Roadmap
The Richmond Resilience Roadmap is comprised of nine projects that cover the Coronado, Santa Fe, and Iron Triangle neighborhoods. The projects include a range of project types that provide direct benefits of increasing community services and providing job training and education through resilience hubs, increasing mobility and reducing pollution through expansion of active transportation routes and complete streets, reducing long-term energy costs and increasing energy independence through rooftop solar and energy storage installations, and increasing housing security through affordable housing projects. These projects also provide co-benefits, which are indirect positive impacts of projects, such as reducing GHG emissions, improving public health, creating environmental benefits, and generating economic opportunity. Overall, implementation of the Richmond Resilience Roadmap will help improve

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public health and environmental health within the Project Area, which can help close the “climate gap” created by historical disproportionate health and economic impacts in the Project Area.

Reduction in GHG Emissions
The nine projects included in the Richmond Resilience Roadmap each contribute to an overall reduction in GHG emissions. Nearly all of the projects include landscaping, streetscaping, or tree planting that would help sequester carbon and store it in the soil, trucks, and stems, reducing the GHG emissions in the Project Area. The increase in vegetation and tree canopy cover would provide shade and reduce the urban heat island effect, which would curb the need to use energy for air conditioning. The corridor projects connect the Iron Triangle, Santa Fe, and Coronado neighborhoods internally and to regional transportation hubs through pedestrian and bicycle improvements, which encourage residents to walk and bike to destinations in the Project Area, which reduces GHG emissions generated from vehicles. The Income-Based Solar and Home Weatherization Project would provide solar PV systems to households in the Project Area, which would provide a source of renewable energy and reduce the need to rely on the larger electrical grid.

Public Health and Environmental Benefits
Implementation of the Richmond Resilience Roadmap will create both public health and environmental benefits in the Project Area. The green infrastructure elements will reduce flooding in the Project Area by collecting and conveying stormwater away from streets and built infrastructure. This also reduces the risk of human health hazards created by mosquitos, rodents, and ticks that tend to live near pooled water.

Additionally, green infrastructure can help clean toxins from the water before it goes into the storm drain system. The vegetation and tree plantings clean the air and provide shade cover that reduces the urban heat island effect. This can reduce heat related illnesses, especially for children, seniors, and others who may be highly susceptible to very high temperatures. The corridor projects will encourage physical activity by creating safer and healthier active transportation routes, creating positive health outcomes in the community. The resilience hub projects will also improve health outcomes by providing residents with refuge centers to use during extreme heat weather, severe air pollution, or other natural disasters.

Economic Opportunity
Construction of the projects on the roadmap will generate economic opportunities within the Project Area. Construction activities will create temporary construction and maintenance positions. The resilience hub projects will also create job training and other educational programs that the entire community could benefit from long term. Development of these projects will include community engagement and partnering with community-based organizations that can help the community be involved throughout all phases of implementation.

The following sections describe the planning process for the Richmond Resilience Roadmap, from defining terms, selecting project criteria, assessing climate vulnerability, evaluating projects, and engaging stakeholders.

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Figure 1 Resilience Roadmap Project Area

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1.3 Defining Resilience in the Project Area
Within the City of Richmond, resilience is defined as the ability of Richmond’s residents, infrastructure, response systems, and natural systems to close the “climate gap” and prepare for, absorb, and recover from disruptions caused by climate change. The City of Richmond uses “climate gap” in the City’s Climate Action Plan to describe the disproportionate and unequal health and economic impact that climate change has on people of color and low-income communities.

The Project Area falls within the 85th to 95th percentile of census tracts as measured by the CalEnviroScreen 3.0 tool, meaning that the Project Area ranks in the top 85 to 95 percent among all tracts in California for level of vulnerability to pollution and related effects. When the four census tracts are averaged together, the area is also in the top 82nd percentile for linguistically isolated population, 80th percentile for populations in poverty, and 77th percentile for cost-burdened households.2 The total pollution burden within the Project Area, on average, also falls within the 69th percentile of census tracts statewide.3
The high pollution burden, along with the historical and existing population characteristics, indicates that residents in the Project Area may not have the resources to invest in housing and neighborhood resilience, to create a community that is prepared and ready to withstand social and environmental challenges, and to recover equitably from disasters and disruptions. However, the Resilience Roadmap applied in the Project Area, developed to help the most disadvantaged areas of the City adapt to the effects of climate change, provides a suite of public projects that can increase the resiliency of community members, community facilities and services, businesses, and the neighborhoods to disruptions caused by climate change.

2. Climate Change and Climate Justice
The Project Area is located in an area subject to a disproportionate and unequal health and economic challenges due to climate change hazards and climate justice issues. This section summarizes the climate change hazards and climate justice issues within the community, and then provides an overview of existing adaptation and resilience policies the City currently has to close the “climate gap” and create resilient communities.

2.1 Summary of Climate Change Hazards in the Project Area According to the California Fourth Climate Change Assessment, there is high confidence that temperatures are warming, sea levels are rising, and heavy precipitation events are becoming more intense, and droughts are becoming more frequent throughout the state. 4 The Project Area, like other
areas of the city, is expected to experience multiple direct impacts including potential sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather events, and extreme heat.

Sea Level Rise
As global temperatures heat up, glaciers and other ice near the north and south poles melt and water expands in oceans. The water flows into the ocean, increasing sea levels across the globe gradually over years or decades. In California, guidance suggests that sea levels will increase in most places by 6 to 10 inches by 2030, 13 to 23 inches by 2050, and 41 to 83 inches by 2100, relative to the average sea levels between 1991 and 2009.
5 However, it is possible that sea level may increase faster than these

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projections. Eventually, sea levels may increase to a point that permanently floods low-lying areas near the Richmond shoreline, including the southern and western portions of the Project Area.

Rising sea levels also mean that bayshore flooding can become more severe and more frequent within the Project Area. With higher tidal levels during normal conditions, coastal floods such as king tides or storm surges can reach further onto land. A storm that may have a one in ten chance of occurring in a given year, also known as a ten-year storm, can create a temporary increase in sea levels of up to 28 to 30 inches. Therefore, if sea levels rise by 24 inches during normal conditions, a ten-year storm event would create a temporary sea level rise of around 52 inches.6 Both sea level rise and bayshore flooding can threaten buildings, roadways, and infrastructure that may be temporarily or permanently flooded by water. Bayshore flooding, in particular, can damage or destroy buildings in low-lying areas, disrupt transportation routes, and harm essential facilities within the Project Area. The Coronado and Santa Fe neighborhoods are especially vulnerable to sea level rise, as there are several low-lying areas along I-580, Cutting Boulevard, and Harbour Way that could be inundated by sea level rise and coastal storms.

Figure 2 shows the expected depth of sea level rise plus a 5-year storm in the Project Area by 2100, in conditions with a temporary bayshore flooding event.

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Figure 2 2100 Sea Level Rise + 5-Year Storm

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Flooding
Flooding occurs when there is too much water in inland areas to be held in local water bodies, to be carried away by drains or creeks, or to soak into the soil. Floods can be caused by heavy rainfall, long periods of moderate rainfall, or clogged drains during period of normal rainfall. The water can build up and wash into normally dry areas, causing significant harm to buildings, people, and infrastructure.

Floodwaters can be deep enough to drown people and may move fast enough to carry people or heavy objects (such as cars) away. Floods that develop very quickly are called flash floods and can be especially dangerous because there may be little or no warning. Flooding can also cause water to pool in areas with poor drainage, which can lead to increased populations or animals such as mosquitos, rodents, and ticks, creating a greater risk of diseases carried by these animals, such as Lyme disease, West Nile virus, and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Although precipitation levels are not projected to change very much within the city or the Project Area, climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of droughts and floods within the region. Within the Project Area, the portion of the Santa Fe neighborhood south of I-580 is located in a 100-year flood zone.
7 Extreme Weather Events
Extreme weather includes strong winds, hail, and lightning, and is typically caused by intense storm systems or Diablo wind events. Severe winds, such as the Diablo winds, can damage or destroy buildings, knock over trees, and damage power lines and electrical equipment. Hail can damage buildings and plants (and in extreme cases injure people); and lightening can spark fires, injure people, or cause fatalities.

Strong winds, including the Diablo winds during the spring and fall, are the most common type of severe weather in the region. In some cases, strong winds can reach between 40 and 80 mph and cause trees to fallen and damage power lines.
8 Diablo wind events have recently also caused power outages throughout the state, which can make it difficult to carry out daily activities and cause economic hardship.

Extreme Heat
Extreme heat occurs when temperatures rise significantly above normal levels. “Extreme heat” is a relative term, as temperatures of 100 degrees are normal in locations like Palm Springs, but almost unprecedented in San Francisco. In the Project Area, the extreme heat threshold is approximately 90- degree Fahrenheit, which may seem lower than other areas in the region, but higher than usual temperatures can be particularly harmful for a community that is not accustomed to high heat levels.

People living in typically cooler areas, such as the coastal climate zone, may be less acclimatized to heat, less likely to recognize the need to protect themselves from the negative health outcomes from heat, and have few options for cool, air conditioned spaces.9 Extreme heat can harm residents in the Project Area by causing heat-related illnesses, such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke, especially in areas that do not have shade structures or trees to reduce the urban heat island effect. Those most vulnerable to extreme heat include outdoor workers, households in poverty, persons without access to air conditioning or a vehicle, linguistically isolated populations, and those with existing chronic health conditions. According to the 2015 report Climate Change Vulnerability in Contra Costa County: A Focus on Heat developed by Contra Costa Health Services, the Project Area includes some of the highest scoring census tracts for heat vulnerability indicators in Contra Costa County. 10 Historically, the Project Area has experienced an average of four extreme heat days a year. This number is expected to increase because of climate change. By the middle of the 21st century (2040-2070), the

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Project Area is likely to see an average of eight extreme heat days per year. By the end of the century, the Project Area is projected to experience an average of 14 extreme heat days per year.11

2.2 Summary of Climate Justice Issues
According to the California Fourth Climate Change Assessment and Pacific Institute, climate justice is “the concept that no group of people should disproportionately bear the burden of climate impacts or the costs of mitigation and adaptation”.
12,13 There are several climate justice issues within the Project Area that have formed a “climate gap” in the community, meaning that residents and businesses within these neighborhoods will be both the first ones impacted by climate change and the least capable of adapting to the resulting impacts.
14 The following sections describe the existing climate justice issues within the Project Area.

Race, Limited English Proficiency, and Disparities in
Education
Climate change affects everyone though not all people are impacted equally. People of color and lower-income
populations experience increased exposure and sensitivity to climate hazards and a reduced capacity to adapt. Lower- income populations and communities of color are often
burdened with multiple, overlapping factors that
cumulatively impact their ability to respond to hazards. 15 Differences in health outcomes by race and ethnicity, income, educational attainment, and geographic location continue to occur and are increasing for certain health conditions. Disparities in education and limited English proficiency make it difficult for communities to adapt to climate change because they are less informed about the risks and may not understand, or even receive, instructions during climate-related disasters. Within the Project Area, according to the U.S. Census Bureau approximately 57 percent of the population is Hispanic, and 32 percent of the population is African American. The Project Area, when averaging the four census tracts in the area, is in the 82
nd percentile of statewide census tracts for linguistically isolated populations, according to CalEnviroScreen 3.0. It is difficult to isolate race, ethnicity, and disparities in education as a cause for greater climate vulnerability instead of inequities from other socioeconomic factors. However, institutional, structural, and interpersonal racism often lead to an inequitable distribution or lack of resources and increase rates of health disparities that make it harder to adapt to climate change.16 Lack of Access to Financial Resources
A lack of access to financial resources decreases the adaptive capacity of a community, because adaptation and resilience efforts typically require access to a certain level of funding and related resources. CalEnviroScreen 3.0 identifies the Project Area is, on average, in the 80th percentile of statewide census tracts for households in poverty and 77th percentile of census tracts for households paying over 30 percent of their income towards housing costs. There are increased climate justice issues for this community because a lack of financial resources can mean that households may not be able to buy insurance or afford higher-quality housing that makes it easier to withstand or recover from a Climate Vulnerability: the degree to
which a system is exposed to,
susceptible to, and unable to cope
with the adverse effects of climate
change.

Impact: an effect of climate change on
the structure or function of a system.

Adaptive Capacity: the ability of a
system to respond to climate change,
moderate potential damages, take
advantage of opportunities, and cope
with the consequences.

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climate-related disaster.17 Such households may also be unable to evacuate nor be able to afford air conditioning during periods of extreme heat, which can lead to devastating health consequences.

An Urbanized Community
The Project Area is located in an urbanized community with few shade structures and abundance of impervious surface that contribute to the heat island effect. The Project Area currently suffers from heat island effects and residents may experience even higher temperatures from climate change, which are project to increase in frequency and severity within the community. Increased temperatures subsequently create a higher demand for electricity, which increases utility costs in a community that already experiences high rates of poverty and air pollution. Due to the close proximity to the San Francisco Bay, many homes may lack air conditioning and residents may not have access to cool locations during heat waves. Additionally, residents in the Project Area may not have access to a vehicle or public transit options to travel to cooling centers within the City to seek relief from the high temperatures.

Figure 3 shows the Cool Priority Areas and Figure 4 shows the Connect Priority Areas designated by the Climate Smart Cities
TM Richmond project, led by the City of Richmond, The Trust for Public Land, and members of the Technical Advisory Team created for the Climate Smart CitiesTM Initiative.

Existing Environmental Justice Issues
One of the primary climate justice issues within the Project Area is the existing environmental and public health problems within the community. As shown in Figure 5, CalEnviroScreen 3.0 identifies the Project Area, on average, as being in the 69th percentile of statewide census tracts for level of pollution burden.

This is primarily due to the close proximity of the Project Area to heavy industrial areas and oil refineries, which cause both air and groundwater pollution to flow into the community. This in turn has caused high rates of asthma and cardiovascular diseases in residents within the community. 18 Populations who
experience disproportionate impacts from air pollution, water pollution, and contaminated land are less likely to be able to adapt to climate change and may be further exposed to the release of pollutants from climate-related disasters.

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Figure 3 Cool Priority Areas within the Project Area

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Figure 4 Connect Priority Areas within the Project Area

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Figure 5 Pollution Burden in the Project Area

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2.3 Summary of Existing Adaptation and Resilience Policies The City of Richmond has several policy documents that contain adaptation and resilience goals, policies, and programs to help the community, including the Project Area, adapt to the changing climate. • The primary blueprint for the City, the 2030 General Plan adopted in April 2012, contains resilience strategies in the Energy and Climate Change Element and the Public Safety and Noise Element. These sections provide goals, policies, and actions in the Project Area for climate- resilient development, risk management of natural disasters, high levels of fire service, and emergency preparedness. Specific topic areas covered in the Energy and Climate Change Element, related to resiliency, include leadership in managing climate change, community revitalization and economic development, and climate-resilient communities. • The City of Richmond Climate Action Plan, adopted in October 2016, contains sustainability and resilience policies that focus on resilient housing, ground transportation, energy infrastructure, water supply, and wastewater management to help the Project Area adapt to more frequent flooding, sea level rise, coastal storms, extreme heat, and extreme weather events. • The City of Richmond also has an Urban Greening Master Plan, Bicycle Master Plan, and Pedestrian Plan, which indirectly can help increase resilience in the Project Area through reducing the heat island effect, capture and clean stormwater, and connect residents to the rest of the City through safe and healthy active transportation methods. The Pedestrian Plan also includes the Yellow Brick Road Iron Triangle Walkable Neighborhood Plan and the Richmond Wellness Trail, which increase safe active transportation opportunities and add urban greening elements in the Project Area.

The projects chosen as part of the Resilience Roadmap help implement the policies or programs within all of these plans.

3. Creating the Resilience Roadmap

3.1 Choosing the Resilience Projects
The projects selected for inclusion in the Richmond Resilience Roadmap were identified by looking at the existing planned projects within the Project Area and narrowing down the list based on specific criteria.

When this effort began, the City of Richmond provided The Trust for Public Land and PlaceWorks with a list of over 40 projects that support resilience within the Project Area including the following project types: urban greening, access to healthy food options, complete streets and mobility, park improvements, affordable housing, energy efficiency and renewable energy, natural ecosystems, and waste reduction.

This list was then narrowed to 21 projects based on project status, location, available information, and co-benefits. The chosen projects included those that were ready for construction, within the Project Area, had available information to analyze the project’s consistency with TCC Implementation Grant Guidelines, and had several co-benefits to improve public health and environmental health within the Project Area.

The team evaluated these projects based on a set of resilience and sustainability and resilience measures (discussed below). The project team then short-listed ten projects based on the evaluation and narrowed this list to eight projects based on if they aligned with climate adaptation and resilience goals, and Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Strategies that reduce GHG emissions and achieve public

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health, environmental, and economic benefits. City staff determined a need for housing projects at different levels of construction readiness in the roadmap to meet the City’s objectives, and therefore added a ninth project to the final list. Figure 6 shows the projects within the Richmond Resilience Roadmap. The nine projects are:

1. Nystrom Village Redevelopment

2. Martin Luther King Jr. Resilience Hub

3. Richmond Wellness Trail

4. Income-Linked Solar and Home Weatherization

5. Urban Greening Master Plan – Street Tree Planting Along Cutting Boulevard and Harbour Way

6. Harbour Way Complete Street Project

7. Richmond Greenway Master Plan

8. Nevin Resilience Hub

9. Hacienda Rehabilitation

3.2 Climate Adaptation and Resiliency
Each of the projects included in the Richmond Resilience Roadmap will increase the resilience of the Project Area, help the community adapt to climate change, and address climate justice issues. Many of the projects include multiple co-benefits and help implement the City’s resilience goals. For example, the Nystrom Village Redevelopment project will not only provide affordable family units but will also provide community services, green infrastructure on-site, and will revitalize a historic site that is important to the community. Other projects, such as the Richmond Wellness Trail, Harbour Way Complete Street, and the Richmond Greenway Master Plan will provide the Project Area with safe pedestrian and bicyclist transportation routes. These projects will also provide green stormwater infrastructure, street trees that will naturally cool the area and reduce the urban heat island effect and improve the overall health and well-being of the residents in the Project Area.

An important component of the Resilience Roadmap is the development of two resilience hubs: The Martin Luther King Jr. Resilience Hub (new construction) and the Nevin Resilience Hub (renovations).

Resilience hubs are neighborhood centers that support residents and offer community services, activities, and opportunities and help to increase community capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate-related disasters. They provide educational and capacity building resources and reliable, clean electricity year-round. Resilience hubs also provide shelter, food, medical supplies, information, and other supplies and resources in the event of an emergency. Resilience hubs are easily accessible to neighborhood residents, connect to community resources, and can provide up to 72 hours of renewable energy supply. They can be constructed as new facilities, or existing facilities such as libraries or community centers can be retrofitted to act as resilience hubs.

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Figure 6 Project Area

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3.3 Data Collection and Indicator Tracking
When developing the Richmond Resilience Roadmap project list, the project team collected data on all of the 40+ projects. This data included site plans, conceptual designs, citywide planning documents, and previous grant applications. Based on the availability of project data and construction readiness of the projects, the project team narrowed down the list projects to 21 projects. These projects were then evaluated based on four core objectives of the Climate-Smart CitiesTM Initiative, as shown in Figure 7 below. Appendix A provides an evaluation matrix used to assess each of the 21 projects. Each of the four objectives had a set of questions, developed by PlaceWorks, the Trust for Public Land, and the City of Richmond, to determine whether each of the projects fully met the objective. These questions were:
• Connect
o Transit access and mobility - Does the project make it easier and safer for community members, especially those with limited or no vehicle access, to travel to and from key destinations in a low- or zero-carbon way?
o Health and well-being - Does the project improve connections to places that improve public health and well-being, civic and social engagement, employment, or education? • Cool
o Land conservation and restoration - Does the project protect, restore, or expand natural ecosystems or ecosystem services?
o Reduce Urban Heat Island - Does the project help protect residents from high temperatures and extreme weather events?
o Decarbonized energy and energy efficiency - Does the project reduce energy use, support more renewable and zero net energy and building, or improve energy storage and energy independence?

• Absorb
o Urban greening and green infrastructure - Does the project increase the number of parks or green spaces, street trees, permeable paving, bioswales, or other green infrastructure features?
o Water efficiency - Does the project reduce water use, increase use of captured rainwater or greywater, or promote recycled water use?
• Protect
o Materials management - Does the project reduce the amount of waste generated by the community, increase rates of recycling or composting, or allow waste materials to be reused locally?
o Flood Protection - Does the project include natural elements that help safeguard infrastructure, neighborhoods, and residents from flooding events? o Equitable housing and neighborhood development - Does the project make it easier for current community members to stay in their homes while also improving the quality of existing homes or expanding the supply of locally affordable housing units?

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Figure 7 Four Core Objectives of the Climate-Smart CitiesTM Initiative

Connecting the community
by providing carbon-free
transportation.

Cooling through creating
shady green spaces that
reduce the urban heat
island effect.

Absorbing rainfall,
reducing flooding, and
recharging drinking water
supplies.

Protecting the vulnerable
infrastructure,
neighborhoods, and
residents from flooding
and extreme weather
events through shoreline
parks and natural lands.

3.4 Community Engagement
The Richmond Resilience Roadmap included community engagement and outreach events throughout the community to provide community members the opportunity to give input and feedback. Community engagement activities included the project Kick-Off Meeting, National Night Out, NURVE meeting, and the Richmond Wellness Trail Fitness Zone Opening.

Project Kick-Off Meeting
The Project kick-off meeting was held on February 12, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Richmond City Hall. The Trust for Public Land and PlaceWorks met with staff from the City of Richmond to discuss the work plan and timeline for the Richmond Resilience Roadmap. Various City departments attended the meeting and helped identify projects and programs for the Resilience Roadmap. Participants included Lina Velasco (Department of Planning and Building), Tawfic Halaby (Department of Engineering and Public Improvements), Greg Hardesty (Parks and Landscaping Division), LaShonda White (City Manager’s Office), Joanne Le (Water Resource Recovery), Adam Lenz (City Manager’s Office), and Denee Evans (City Manager’s Office, Transportation Services).

National Night Out
National Night Out is an annual event that takes place
nationwide to promote police-community partnerships
and neighborhood camaraderie, with the goal of making
neighborhoods safer and more caring places to live. The City, Trust for Public Land, and PlaceWorks attended the National Night Out Event hosted by the Coronado
Neighborhood Council on August 6, 2019, from 5:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The community closed down a
residential block in the Coronado neighborhood and
made it a block party with a BBQ and other food, a
bounce castle, a band, and other activities. The project team brought poster boards that included a map of the
Annie Youngerman, of Trust for Public Land,
engaging with a community member at
National Night Out in the Coronado
Neighborhood.

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Resilience Roadmap, project descriptions, definitions of resilience, and maps of sea level rise, pollution burden, cool priorities, and connect priorities, as shown in
Appendix B.

Many attendees came up and spoke to the project team
and commented on the board and projects. They were
very interested in the identified projects and were
supportive of the City’s efforts to secure more funding to improve resilience in their neighborhoods. Many people
had heard of some of the projects on the list and the three projects that stood out the most were the Nystrom Village Redevelopment, the Richmond Wellness Trail, and the
Martin Luther King Jr. Resilience Hub.

NURVE Meeting
On October 24, from 2:00 p.m to 3:30 p.m., the City Manager’s Office hosted a NURVE (Nystrom United Revitalization Effort) meeting, and the Resilience Roadmap team had the opportunity to present and get feedback. The NURVE area includes portions of the Santa Fe and Coronado neighborhoods, and is a longstanding group comprised of staff from the City of Richmond, West Contra Costa Unified School District, National Parks Service, and community members that meet quarterly. PlaceWorks presented the nine projects selected for the Resilience Road Map, and asked for feedback. The community members said that Richmond had done a lot of planning around the nine projects, and were excited to hear that the City would be applying for an implementation grant which could potentially make all the planning work a reality. The community and several city officials cautioned that maintenance costs must be considered during the planning and design process, especially for projects such as the Richmond Wellness Trail, given limited City resources.

Richmond Wellness Trail Fitness Zone
Opening
On October 27, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m., The Trust for Public Land hosted an
event at Martin Luther King Jr. Park to share
the draft Resilience Roadmap with the
community to receive comments, celebrate
the opening of the Richmond Wellness Trail
Fitness Zone, and get feedback about the
design of Richmond Wellness Trail Phase 1
improvements. Unfortunately, attendance
was not as high as expected, due to nearby
wildfires and an ongoing Public Safety Power
Shutoff. These significant events, however,
Residents of the Coronado Neighborhood
attending the National Night Out event.

Community members using the temporary version of the
Richmond Wellness Trail and the Fitness Zone Opening Event.

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only underscore the need for projects like the
Resilience Roadmap to support community
resilience planning.

The project team (The City of Richmond, The
Trust for Public Land, and PlaceWorks) displayed
boards with the Resilience Roadmap, resilience
definitions, and draft list and graphics of
resilience projects on the fence that separates
Marina Way South and Martin Luther King Jr.

Park. Several neighbors walking along Marina
Way South stopped to read the boards and
asked about the projects included in the
roadmap. Neighbors said they were supportive
of this idea of creating resilience hubs and
agreed with the suite of projects. However, they
were skeptical of the City’s ability to finance
these projects alone.

Because the team also had boards about the
Richmond Wellness Trail (which is part of the
Richmond Resilience Roadmap), many neighbors
inquired about that project and seemed excited
that the trail will link the different
neighborhoods and provide connections to
regional transportation. A few people said that
the Richmond Wellness Trail will not help them
because they need to use their cars to get to
work east of Richmond in areas that are not
easily accessible by public transportation. Others were excited to see Nystrom Village redevelopment as a potential project to get funding and said that Richmond really needs high quality housing. Many people also discussed the Public Safety Power Shutoffs and wildfires and were emphatic that resilience planning is one of their top priorities for the City.

Project summary board of the Richmond Wellness Trail
used at the Richmond Wellness Trail Fitness Zone
Opening.

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4. The Richmond Resilience Roadmap – Project Descriptions The following sections describe each of the nine projects chosen for the Richmond Resilience Roadmap.

There are two types of projects: 1) site specific projects and 2) corridor projects. The site-specific projects are those located on a parcel or set of parcels. Corridor projects are located along a roadway or bike path.

Figure 8 shows the location of the projects on the Roadmap. Each of the project descriptions includes the following elements, which not only describe the projects, but also provide an overview of how the projects meet the different elements of the Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Program:
• Project Description: An overview of the location, type of project, and project components. • TCC Program Objective Strategies: A description of which objective strategies from the TCC Implementation Grant Guidelines the project meets and how the project will meet those strategies when implemented.
• GHG Emission Reduction Potential: A brief summary of how the project will reduce GHG emissions, including reducing the heat island effect, carbon sequestration, and reducing vehicle miles traveled.
• Co-Benefits: A description of the positive public health and environmental health benefits the project will generate.
• Expanded Economic Opportunities and Shared Prosperity: An overview of how the community was involved in developing and planning the project. This section also describes the economic benefits the project will create.
• Consistency with Existing Land Use and Transportation Plans: A list of the land use and transportation plans that the project must comply with, and a description of how the project complies with those plans.
• Project Status: Where the project is in development, the construction readiness, and the TCC readiness requirements in the TCC Implementation Grant Guidelines that still need to be met.

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Figure 8 Project Locations on the Richmond Resilience Roadmap

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4.1 Nystrom Village Redevelopment
Project Description
Nystrom Village Redevelopment is a redevelopment and historic preservation project located in the Coronado Neighborhood and encompasses four city blocks between Florida Avenue to the north, 16th Street to the east, Virginia Avenue to the south, and 13th Street to the west. Currently, the project site contains approximately 100 public-housing units, associated parking, and playgrounds. The first part of the Nystrom Village Redevelopment will be the rehabilitation of five historical buildings, which will be exempt from CEQA. These buildings will be rehabilitated to convey the historical significance of the housing site during World War II. The second part of the Nystrom Village Redevelopment is the development of affordable rental units, senior residential units, and for-sale homes, totaling up to 225 residential units. This phase includes proposed community facilities and street and infrastructure improvements. This phase has a preliminary concept, and the City intends to release a Request for Proposals for a developer and partner in the first few months of 2020.

TCC Program Objective Strategies
The Nystrom Village Redevelopment meets the following TCC Program Objectives:
• Equitable Housing and Neighborhood Development. This project will be required to conform to the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program Guidelines and conform to the Integrated Connectivity Project Area type guidelines to meet this objective. Nystrom Village Redevelopment will include new pedestrian facilities and other potential transportation services to residents and/or community members. The project will connect to the transit services along Cutting Boulevard and 23rd Street. The redevelopment will include pedestrian facilities such as new walkways, streetscape improvements, and street crossings. • Solar Installation and Energy Efficiency. The Nystrom Redevelopment will demolish a portion of the four blocks of housing built during the WWII period to build affordable rental units, senior residential units, and for-sale homes that conform to current building and energy efficiency codes. One of the historic housing sections will be rehabilitated and preserved and converted into a non-profit and museum space. The project will also include streetscaping that will help reduce the urban heat island effect in the neighborhood.
• Water Efficiency. This project will include the replacement of inefficient appliances with high- efficiency models, replacement of inefficient fixtures with high-efficiency models, and water efficiency upgrades throughout the new buildings as part of the new development. • Urban Greening and Green Infrastructure. This redevelopment project will plant streetscape and landscape vegetation and trees that will be strategically places to shade the proposed structures, in addition to the surrounding roadways and pedestrian facilities. Due to stormwater and storm drain requirements in the city, the project will be required to install permeable surfaces, green infrastructure, and other low impact development elements to collect and convey stormwater.

These landscaping and permeable elements will provide additional shade on-site and will enhance the community space provided by the rehabilitation of the historic Nystrom Village.

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CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Score by Census Tract
The following describes the census tract where the Nystrom Village Redevelopment project is located, and the CalEnviroScreen population and pollution burden scores19:
• Census Tract: 6013379000
• CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Percentile: 90-95
• Pollution Burden Percentile Score: 77
• Population Burden Percentile Score: 97
GHG Emission Reduction Potential
Many elements of the Nystrom Village Redevelopment can contribute to GHG emission reductions, including energy and water efficiency upgrades, urban greening, green infrastructure, connection to transit services, and pedestrian facilities. The energy and water efficiency elements would reduce the need for electricity use on-site, and therefore will reduce the GHG emissions generated to create the electricity. Urban greening, including trees and other landscaping, will provide shading for paved areas and buildings, which will reduce the need for air conditioning on-site and in the surrounding neighborhood, helping to reduce GHG emissions. Green infrastructure, which includes vegetation and permeable surfaces that collect and convey water, can reduce the electricity needed pump stormwater off of the site. Connection to transit services and the installation of pedestrian facilities encourages residents and the surrounding neighborhood to use public transit or active transportation options, which reduce the number of vehicle miles traveled and GHG emissions generated from vehicles.

Co-Benefits: Improvements to Public Health and Environmental Health The Nystrom Village Redevelopment will improve public and environmental health in the Coronado neighborhood. The streetscaping and landscaping, green infrastructure, and pedestrian pathways will increase the amount of shading and greenery within the neighborhood, which can both clean the air and reduce the heat island effect, helping to reduce asthma and cardiovascular illness rates. The green infrastructure could not only help reduce flooding hazards in the neighborhood but could also filter out harmful chemicals and heavy metals transported by stormwater runoff, to clean the stormwater prior to being discharged into the storm drain system, creating co-benefits for both public health and environmental health. The proposed pedestrian facilities will encourage walking by residents in the new development and surrounding neighborhood, which can improve health outcomes for all ages.

Expanded Economic Opportunities and Shared Prosperity
Development of the project design included community engagement, which considered how this redevelopment project could both generate affordable housing while also considering the historical context of Nystrom Village and the surrounding neighborhood. This project will include affordable housing units that will reduce the chance for displacement within the community and ensure that current residents of the neighborhood will also benefit from the project. The proposed development of this project will also create construction, maintenance, and property management jobs within the neighborhood.

Consistency with Existing Land Use and Transportation Plans • Zoning District: The project site is zoned Medium Density Multi-Family Residential (RM-1), which is intended for single and multi-use family housing types. The maximum density is 26 dwelling units per acres and a minimum density of 10 units per acre, with a maximum of three stories and

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required landscaping of at least 15 percent of the project site. The Nystrom Village Redevelopment will be consistent with these requirements. • South Richmond Transportation Connectivity Plan: The project will be located along Marina Way and in close proximity to Cutting Boulevard, with potential roadway and transit improvement areas in this plan and the General Plan.

Project Status Construction Readiness TCC Readiness Requirements Needed Site Design Not Construction Ready
(Project designs still needed)
CEQA Documentation, Permits, Project
Designs, Operations and Maintenance
Plan

4.2 Martin Luther King Jr. Resilience Hub
Project Description
The Martin Luther King Jr. Resilience Hub will include the redesign and reconstruction of the MLK community center, which is located north of MLK Park along Harbour Way. The MLK community center will be rebuilt with resilience features to protect the building and provide resources to the
community before, during, and after a natural disaster. The building will be zero net energy with solar energy generation and energy storage systems, and it will have the ability to operate at least 72 hours or longer, if a power outage occurs. In addition to the building, programming of the MLK Resilience Hub will provide the community with the tools to increase resilience. This project will have the ability to provide other essential resources to community members, such as food, ice, charging stations, and basic medical supplies during a natural disaster. This resilience hub will act as a cooling center during extreme heat days or as a clean air centers during days of severe air pollution. The MLK Resilience Hub could also be an education center for the community to learn about hazards, in addition to providing a place to gather, access information, and social support services.

TCC Program Objective Strategies
The MLK Resilience Hub meets the following TCC Program Objectives:
• Solar Installation and Energy Efficiency. The MLK Resilience Hub will install energy efficient components that will meet and exceed the 2019 California Building Energy Standards, in addition to constructing a photovoltaic solar system and energy storage system. • Water Efficiency. This project will include the installation of water fixtures that are more water efficient than the fixtures in the previous community center. The construction of the MLK Resilience Hub will also include extensive water efficiency measures such as installation of low water use landscaping and water-efficient irrigation.
• Health and Well-Being. The MLK Resilience Hub will include food access elements that will improve community well-being, including a community kitchen or community garden.

Zero Net Energy: the actual annual
consumed energy of the building is
less than or equal to the on-site
renewable generated energy.

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CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Score by Census Tract
The following describes the census tract where the MLK Resilience Hub project is located, and the CalEnviroScreen population and pollution burden scores20:
• Census Tract: 6013379000
• CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Percentile: 90-95
• Pollution Burden Percentile Score: 77
• Population Burden Percentile Score: 97
GHG Emission Reduction Potential
The MLK Resilience Hub project will include the following element that will reduce GHG emissions: energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, and urban greening. The project will install energy efficient fixtures and appliances, in addition to a solar photovoltaic system and battery storage that will reduce the GHG emissions generated by electricity use. The landscaping of the project will provide urban greening that can add shade to the surrounding neighborhood and reduce the urban heat island effect that forces residents to use air conditioning. This project will also provide a place for local community members to gather or escape extreme heat or air pollution, which means they will not have to drive elsewhere to find cooling centers.

Co-Benefits: Improvements to Public Health and Environmental Health The MLK Resilience Hub will improve public health and climate justice issues within the Coronado and Santa Fe neighborhoods. This project will provide a place for community members to seek refuge during extreme heat events, severe air pollution, or other natural disasters. If there are power shutoffs, this resilience hub can provide ice and refrigeration for medicine, or electricity to power essential medical equipment. Programming at this center could include educational programs, sport programs, or community activities that will not only bring community members together but also encourage active lifestyle that can improve health outcomes within the community. Other co-benefits will include the installation of landscaping and green infrastructure as part of the project.

Expanded Economic Opportunities and Shared Prosperity
Development and planning of this project will include community outreach to shape how the resilience hub can best meet the needs of the community. The MLK Resilience Hub could include educational and skill training programs to help residents secure jobs. This project will create construction jobs, in addition to programming positions for the various activities that the MLK Resilience Hub could support.

Consistency with Existing Land Use and Transportation Plans • Zoning District: The MLK Resilience Hub will be located on a parcel zoned Parks and Recreation, which allows parks and recreation facilities, government buildings, cultural facilities, and community gardens, but does not allow emergency shelters or public safety buildings.

• General Plan: This project will implement Goal EC6, Climate-Resilient Communities, of the General Plan Energy and Climate Change Element.
• Climate Action Plan: This project will be consistent with Strategy RC6 of the Climate Action Plan, which is to support programs and adaptation responses that protect public health and promote health equity.

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Project Status Construction Readiness TCC Readiness Requirements Needed Planning Not Construction Ready
(Project designs still needed)
CEQA Documentation, Permits, Project
Designs, Operations and Maintenance
Plan

4.3 Richmond Wellness Trail
Project Description
The Richmond Wellness Trail is a four-mile trail designed to attract and inspire users to experience and build health and wellness-oriented activity into their daily lives, and function as a multi-benefit green infrastructure corridor with bioswales that slow and capture stormwater and trees that shade buildings and offset greenhouse gases. In addition to the stormwater and GHG-reducing design elements, the trail includes bicycle and pedestrian improvements, activity and rest areas, cultural and natural interpretive features, and interactive elements that support a healthy lifestyle. The Wellness Trail connects the BART and Amtrak station to the new San Francisco Ferry Terminal, while also creating smaller-scale connections to Unity Park, Richmond Greenway, Nystrom Village, Martin Luther King Jr. Park, and Kaiser Field Hospital.

Funding from a TCC Planning Grant supports preparation of technical drawings for Phase 1 of this project, the first 1.1 miles. Phase 1 is on schedule to start construction in December 2020. Appendix C provides additional project information on the Richmond Wellness Trail.

TCC Program Objective Strategies
The Richmond Wellness Trail meets the following TCC Program Objectives:
• Active Transportation. The Richmond Wellness Trail will include the construction of new bike lanes and pedestrian facilities. Project components include a new cycle track, streetscape improvements, and street crossing enhancements.
• Water Efficiency. The landscaping and green infrastructure along the Richmond Wellness Trail will include holistic water efficiency upgrades and native and drought tolerant plant palette where possible.
• Urban Greening and Green Infrastructure. This project will include urban tree planting and green infrastructure elements that will both provide shade in the neighborhood and capture and convey stormwater.
• Health and Well-Being. This project will increase access to parks and green space by the urban greening components of the project, in addition to providing a connection from the Richmond BART station to Unity Park, Richmond Greenway, Nystrom Village, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Park.

CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Score by Census Tract
The following describes the census tract where the Richmond Wellness Trail project is located, and the CalEnviroScreen population and pollution burden scores21:
• Census Tracts: 6013376000, 6013377000, 66013379000, 6013380000 • CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Percentile: 85-95
• Pollution Burden Percentile Score: 62-80
• Population Burden Percentile Score: 78-97

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GHG Emission Reduction Potential
GHG benefits from the Richmond Wellness Trail will be extensive. Phase 1 will add approximately 125 small trees and 15 large trees to the streetscape, which will provide carbon sequestration that will capture carbon dioxide and store it in the soil, reducing overall GHG emissions in the Project Area. A primary goal of the trail is to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by providing people with the opportunity to walk and bike in a safe and interesting environment. VMT will likely continue to decrease as additional segments are built. While the project does not yet have technical drawings for the remaining trail segments trees will likely be planted at similar intervals as Phase 1.

Co-Benefits: Improvements to Public Health and Environmental Health The co-benefits of improving public health and environmental health associated with the Richmond Wellness Trail will be significant. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, trails like the Richmond Wellness Trail can offer significant health benefits, such as weight control, reduce risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some cancers, strengthen bones and muscles, improve mental health, and help foster community.22 Moreover, according to American Trails, trails like the Richmond Wellness Trail improve public safety and environmental health of the City.23 Phase 1 will plant approximately 125 small trees and 15 large trees, install infrastructure to treat 13,000 gallons of stormwater, and decrease VMTs by encouraging people to drive less and instead use non-vehicular modes of transportation such as walking and biking. For the City of Richmond, which faces chronic air quality issues and flooding, the benefits of tree planting and capturing stormwater will have acutely positive impacts in the Santa Fe, Coronado, and Iron Triangle neighborhoods.

Expanded Economic Opportunities and Shared Prosperity
Development of this project included outreach and community engagement during site design.

Construction and maintenance of this project will provide temporary construction jobs and other maintenance positions. This project also connects the Iron Triangle and Coronado neighborhoods to several important centers and promotes active transportation methods within the Project Area.

Consistency with Existing Land Use and Transportation Plans • City of Richmond General Plan: The Richmond Wellness Trail was adopted as an Addendum to the Pedestrian Plan in the City of Richmond General Plan on April 25, 2017 and is therefore consistent with the plan.
• Urban Greening Master Plan: The Richmond Wellness Trail directly implements the Urban Greening Master Plan and will use the Approved Street Tree List and tree planting best practices. • Climate Action Plan: The Richmond Wellness Trail complies with the policies of the Climate Action Plan, as urban greening is a strategy that helps reduce energy use, moderate temperature and urban heat island effect, reduce noise and air pollution, and enhance safety. • Richmond Wellness Trail Vision Plan: This project directly implements the Richmond Wellness Trail Vision Plan, which is part of the Richmond Pedestrian Master Plan. • Parks Master Plan: The Richmond Wellness Trail connects parks and open space within the City and will adhere to the Parks Master Plan design guidelines.

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• Bicycle Master Plan: The Richmond Wellness Trail includes a cycle track and elements proposed in the Bicycle Master Plan, which directly implements the plan. • California Statewide Plans: This project is consistent with several state plans including the State Coastal Conservancy Strategic Plan, California Water Action Plan, California @ 50 Million, and California Climate Adaptation Strategy/Safeguarding California: Reducing Climate Risk Plan.

Project Status Construction Readiness TCC Readiness Requirements Needed Site Design Partially Construction Ready

(Phase 1 technical drawings are in
progress. Anticipated construction start
date in December 2020. Phase 2 of the
project will need to go through
technical design before construction
can start. We already have the
appropriate consultant team
assembled and are just seeking
funding.)
CEQA Documentation, Permits,
Operations and Maintenance Plan

4.4 Income-Linked Solar and Home Weatherization
Project Description
Income-Linked Solar and Home Weatherization is an ongoing project that occurs throughout the Project Area. This project continues a partnership with GRID Alternatives to install community-wide solar within the Project Area. The Weatherization Program is available through Contra Costa Energy Programs, which assists low-income residents by testing and replacing gas appliances that are not working properly. This program offers home energy audits to recommend energy savings measures. GRID Alternatives, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based on Oakland, provides free solar energy systems to households that own and live in their home and makes less than 80 percent of the area median income. GRID Alternatives partners with local governments, utilities, the solar industry, and affordable housing providers to install solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, as well as provide workforce training programs.

TCC Program Objective Strategies
The Income-Linked Solar and Home Weatherization Project meets the following TCC Program Objectives:
• Solar Installation and Energy Efficiency. This project will include the installation of energy efficiency measures and solar PV systems, in addition to home weatherization elements to residential structures within the Project Area. They also meet the household income eligibility requirements for single family and multi-family buildings.

CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Score by Census Tract
The following describes the census tract where the Income-Linked Solar and Home Weatherization project is located, and the CalEnviroScreen population and pollution burden scores24:
• Census Tracts: 6013376000, 6013377000, 66013379000, 6013380000 • CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Percentile: 85-95
• Pollution Burden Percentile Score: 62-80
• Population Burden Percentile Score: 78-97

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GHG Emission Reduction Potential
This project will install renewable energy sources and provide home weatherization elements that will directly reduce GHG emissions. The installation of solar PV systems will allow homeowners to be less dependent on the grid, which include non-renewable sources for its energy supply. The home weatherization retrofits will mean that residents will use less electricity to cool or heat their homes, reducing the overall amount of energy generation needed in the Project Area.

Co-Benefits: Improvements to Public Health and Environmental Health The primary co-benefits of the Income-Linked Solar and Home Weatherization Project are reducing energy bills for residents and improving the health of the indoor environment for residents in the Project Area. Solar installations provide free energy for residents and home weatherization retrofits reduce the energy use, which reduces the housing cost-burdens for households. Home weatherization retrofits can also help control the temperature and air quality within homes, to help indoor temperatures remain in an acceptable range and prevent air pollution from entering homes.

Expanded Economic Opportunities and Shared Prosperity
Partnering with GRID Alternatives provides opportunities for workface training programs for residents in the Project Area. Participants can learn hands-on installation skills such as array layout, module installation, electrical wiring, and electrical layout and mounting, which they can use to obtain jobs within the solar or construction industry.

Consistency with Existing Land Use and Transportation Plans • Climate Action Plan: This program directly implements the goals and strategies of the City’s Climate Action Plan.
• General Plan: This project will implement Goal EC3, Sustainable and Efficiency Energy Systems, and Goal EC4, Sustainable Development, of the General Plan Energy and Climate Change Element.

Project Status Construction Readiness TCC Readiness Requirements Needed Ongoing Partially Construction Ready Project Map, Project Designs, Operations and Maintenance Plan

4.5 Urban Greening Master Plan – Street Tree Planting along Cutting Boulevard and Harbour Way
Project Description
The City of Richmond Urban Greening Master Plan, adopted in March 2017, identifies gaps in the tree canopy throughout the City and provides strategies and design guidelines to enhance and maintain the City’s urban forest. The Project Area lies within Zones 3, 4, and 10 of the Urban Greening Master Plan.

Within these zones, the Plan designates Cutting Boulevard and Harbour Way as areas for additional street tree planting. Groundwork Richmond and other groups are continuously trying to plant trees proposed in the Urban Greening Master Plan, through the City’s Adopt-a-Tree Program. Cutting Boulevard has approximately 100 available planting locations and Harbour Way has approximately 120 available planting locations. The Urban Greening Master Plan will also include bioswales that help manage stormwater and provide more landscaped areas.

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TCC Program Objective Strategies
The Urban Greening Master Plan – Street Tree Planting along Cutting Boulevard and Harbour Way Project meets the following TCC Program Objectives:
• Urban Greening and Green Infrastructure. This project will include the planting of trees and other vegetation along Cutting Boulevard and Harbour Way. These trees may or may not provide shade near buildings. Green infrastructure elements will also be included in this project.

CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Score by Census Tract
The following describes the census tract where the Urban Greening Master Plan – Street Tree Planting along Cutting Boulevard and Harbour Way Project is located, and the CalEnviroScreen population and pollution burden scores25:
• Census Tracts: 6013377000, 66013379000
• CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Percentile: 90-95
• Pollution Burden Percentile Score: 69-77
• Population Burden Percentile Score: 97
GHG Emission Reduction Potential
This project will indirectly reduce GHG emissions within the Project Area. Planting trees along these roadways will provide additional shade cover to the Project Area, which will reduce the heat island effect.

If the temperatures within the Project Area decrease, then residents are likely to use less electricity to cool their homes during high temperatures, subsequently reducing GHG emissions. Adding trees and vegetation to the Project Area may also encourage residents to walk and bike instead of drive to destinations within the neighborhood. Furthermore, trees act to naturally sequester carbon, removing carbon dioxide from the air and storing it in the soil and in the biomass of the trees.

Co-Benefits: Improvements to Public Health and Environmental Health This project would provide urban greening that will promote both public and environmental health in the Project Area. Tree plantings will not only provide additional tree canopy cover to the neighborhood but can also help clean the air and water. This project will add pervious surfaces to an urbanized area, which will help prevent flooding by capturing water where it falls and filtering out toxins as it percolates through the soil. Additionally, urban greening can encourage residents to walk and bike instead of drive to destinations within the neighborhood, which promotes physical activity. This can increase positive health outcomes for residents in the Project Area.

Expanded Economic Opportunities and Shared Prosperity
Installation and maintenance of this project will create temporary landscaping jobs and other maintenance positions for those in the community. The entire community will benefit from additional urban greening and reduction in the urban heat island effect.

Consistency with Existing Land Use and Transportation Plans • General Plan: This project complies with the Urban Greening Master Plan, which complies with General Plan policies.

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• Climate Action Plan: The Street Tree Planting along Cutting Boulevard and Harbour Way complies with the policies of the Climate Action Plan, as urban greening is a strategy that helps reduce energy use and moderate temperature and urban heat island effect. • Urban Greening Master Plan: The Street Tree Planting along Cutting Boulevard and Harbour Way directly implements the Urban Greening Master Plan and will use the Approved Street Tree List and tree planting best practices.

Project Status Construction Readiness TCC Readiness Requirements Needed Ongoing Partially Construction Ready
(Conceptual designs and CEQA
documentation for the Urban Greening
Master Plan complete, no permit
needed)
Project Map, Project Designs,
Operations and Maintenance Plan

4.6 Harbour Way Complete Street Project
Project Description
The Harbour Way Complete Street Project is located along Harbour Way from I-580 to Downtown and provides a connection between Downtown Richmond and Ford Peninsula area, through the Coronado and Santa Fe neighborhoods. This corridor currently includes four lanes of fast-moving traffic that create barriers to pedestrians and bicyclists between neighborhoods on either side. This project will include restriping Harbour Way from three lanes to two lanes, adding bike lanes, and adding pedestrian-scale lighting in the short-term. Medium term improvements will include raised medians, installing mid-block crossings, curb extensions, reducing lane width, painting sharrows, and planting medium to large trees in planting strips along the roadways. Long-term improvements will include a road diet from Ohio Avenue to Hoffman Boulevard.26 This project will also connect MLK Park, the proposed MLK Resilience Hub, and Nystrom Elementary School to the Richmond Greenway and Downtown Richmond.

TCC Program Objective Strategies
The Harbour Way Complete Street Project meets the following TCC Program Objectives:
• Active Transportation. The Harbour Way Complete Street Project will include the construction of new bike lanes and pedestrian facilities. Project components include new bike lanes, streetscape improvements, street crossing enhancements, and traffic calming measures. • Water Efficiency. The landscaping and green infrastructure along the Harbour Way Complete Street Project will include holistic water efficiency upgrades to any landscaping that is current on- site.
• Urban Greening and Green Infrastructure. This project will include urban tree planting and green infrastructure elements that will both provide shade in the neighborhood and capture and convey stormwater.
• Health and Well-Being. This project will increase access to parks and green space by the urban greening components of the project, in addition to providing a connection from the MLK Park, MLK Resilience Hub, and Nystrom Elementary School to the Richmond Greenway and Downtown Richmond.

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CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Score by Census Tract
The following describes the census tract where the Harbour Way Complete Street project is located, and the CalEnviroScreen population and pollution burden scores27:
• Census Tracts: 6013377000, 66013379000
• CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Percentile: 90-95
• Pollution Burden Percentile Score: 69-77
• Population Burden Percentile Score: 97
GHG Emission Reduction Potential
The Harbour Way Complete Streets Project will reduce GHG emissions through reducing VMTs and increasing urban greening. The road diet, pedestrian improvements, and installation of bicycle lanes will encourage active transportation and naturally slow traffic in the area. This will make it safer for community members to use Harbour Way to walk and bike to key destinations, therefore reducing the amount of GHG emissions generated by cars. Additionally, the streetscape and landscaping proposed as part of this project will provide shade to the surrounding area, reducing the need for air conditioning during hot days, and therefore reducing energy use. Furthermore, trees act to naturally sequester carbon, removing carbon dioxide from the air and storing it in the soil and in the biomass of the trees.

Co-Benefits: Improvements to Public Health and Environmental Health Co-benefits of this project include providing a safe environment that encourages physical activity, installing green infrastructure, and cleaning both the air and water. The road diet and pedestrian facility improvements will encourage walking and biking, as vehicle traffic will be generally slower. This will increase physical activity and positive health outcomes for residents in the area. The trees and vegetation will also provide green infrastructure, which will collect and convey stormwater to reduce flooding within the Project Area.

Expanded Economic Opportunities and Shared Prosperity
This project is part of the City of Richmond Pedestrian Plan, which included outreach and community engagement as part of its development. Installation and maintenance of this project will create temporary jobs and other maintenance positions for those in the community. The entire community will benefit from slower traffic, safer pedestrian routes, urban greening, and reduction in the urban heat island effect.

Consistency with Existing Land Use and Transportation Plans • General Plan: This project will be consistent with Goals CR1, CR2, and CR3 of the General Plan Circulation Element. This project will also comply with goals in the Energy and Climate Element, Health and Wellness Element, and Public Safety and Noise Element. • Climate Action Plan: This project will directly implement Objective 3: Sustainable Transportation and Land Use, Strategies TL2 and TL3 of the City of Richmond Climate Action Plan. • City of Richmond Pedestrian Plan: This project is part of the City of Richmond Pedestrian Plan and will directly implement the plan objectives.
• City of Richmond Bicycle Master Plan: This project will provide Class II bike lanes along Harbour Way, which is consistent with the City of Richmond Bicycle Master Plan.

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Project Status Construction Readiness TCC Readiness Requirements Needed Site Design Not Construction Ready
(Conceptual designs and CEQA
documentation complete, no permit
needed)
Detailed Project Designs, Operations
and Maintenance Plan

4.7 Richmond Greenway Master Plan
Project Description
Greening the Last Mile includes completing the Richmond Greenway Master Plan from I-80 to Carlson Boulevard. Greening the Last Mile connects to the Project Area via the Portman Portal. This project will both provide urban greening and also external connectivity of the Project Area with other areas of Richmond via a safe active transportation route. The project includes six difference project areas that have pedestrian and landscape elements such as bioswales, meadows, linear orchards, tree plantings, access improvements, plazas, stormwater management, and access to the Ohlone Greenway and Baxter Creek Gateway.

TCC Program Objective Strategies
The Richmond Greenway Master Plan – Greening the Last Mile Project meets the following TCC Program Objectives:
• Active Transportation. The Greening the Last Mile Project will include the construction of new bike lanes and pedestrian facilities. Project components include new bike lanes and streetscape improvements.
• Water Efficiency. The landscaping and green infrastructure along Greening the Last Mile Project will include holistic water efficiency upgrades to any landscaping that is current on-site. • Urban Greening and Green Infrastructure. This project will include urban tree planting and green infrastructure elements that will both provide shade in the neighborhood and capture and convey stormwater.

• Health and Well-Being. This project will increase access to parks and green space by the urban greening components of the project, in addition to providing food access through the installation of a linear orchard.

CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Score by Census Tract
The following describes the census tract where the Richmond Greenway Master Plan project is located, and the CalEnviroScreen population and pollution burden scores28:
• Census Tracts: 6013377000, 6013381000
• CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Percentile: 80-95
• Pollution Burden Percentile Score: 62-69
• Population Burden Percentile Score: 85-95
GHG Emission Reduction Potential
The Greening the Last Mile Project will reduce GHG emissions through reducing VMTs and increasing urban greening. The access improvements and pedestrian elements will encourage active transportation and make it safer for community members to connect to other neighborhoods in Richmond using the

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Richmond Greenway, therefore reducing the amount of GHG emissions generated by cars. Additionally, the landscaping improvements of this project will provide shade to the surrounding area, reducing the need for air conditioning during hot days, and therefore reducing energy use. Furthermore, trees act to naturally sequester carbon, removing carbon dioxide from the air and storing it in the soil and in the biomass of the trees.

Co-Benefits: Improvements to Public Health and Environmental Health Co-benefits of this project include providing a safe environment that encourages physical activity, installing green infrastructure, and cleaning both the air and water. The access and pedestrian facility improvements will encourage walking and biking to travel to the eastern portion of Richmond, which will increase physical activity and positive health outcomes for residents in the area. The trees and vegetation will also provide green infrastructure, which will collect and convey stormwater to reduce flooding within the Project Area. The linear orchard will provide food access to an area that is currently a food desert.

Expanded Economic Opportunities and Shared Prosperity
This project is part of the Richmond Greenway Master Plan, which included outreach and community engagement as part of its development. Installation and maintenance of this project will create temporary jobs and other maintenance positions for those in the community. The entire community will benefit from safer pedestrian and bicycle routes, urban greening, and reduction in the urban heat island effect.

Consistency with Existing Land Use and Transportation Plans • General Plan: This project is consistent with goals and policies in the Energy and Climate Change Element and Health and Wellness Element of the General Plan. • Climate Action Plan: This project will directly implement Objective 3: Sustainable Transportation and Land Use, Strategy TL3 of the City of Richmond Climate Action Plan. • Richmond Greenway Master Plan: This project is part of the Richmond Greenway Master Plan and will directly implement the plan objectives.
• City of Richmond Pedestrian Plan: This project is consistent with the City of Richmond Pedestrian Plan and will directly implement the plan objectives.
• City of Richmond Bicycle Master Plan: This project will provide bike lanes along the Richmond Greenway route, which is consistent with the City of Richmond Bicycle Master Plan.

Project Status Construction Readiness TCC Readiness Requirements Needed Site Design Not Construction Ready
(Conceptual designs and CEQA
documentation for the Richmond
Greenway Master Plan complete)
Permits (if needed), Detailed Project
Designs, Operations and Maintenance
Plan

4.8 Nevin Resilience Hub
Project Description
With a few upgrades, the Nevin Community Center can act as a resilience hub in the future by providing shelter to community members during disasters, in addition to educational and community programming.

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energy efficiency improvements, conversion of the HVAC from natural gas to electric, and installing solar panels to the roof of the building with batteries for energy storage. This resilience hub will include similar features to the MLK Resilience Hub but will be located in the Iron Triangle neighborhood.

TCC Program Objective Strategies
The Nevin Resilience Hub meets the following TCC Program Objectives:
• Solar Installation and Energy Efficiency. The Nevin Resilience Hub will install energy efficient components that will go beyond state requirements, in addition to constructing a photovoltaic solar system and energy storage system, to create a zero net energy building. • Water Efficiency. This project will include the installation of water fixtures that are more water efficient than the fixtures in the previous community center. The renovations to the Nevin Resilience Hub will also include extensive water efficiency measures such as installation of low water use landscaping and water efficient irrigation.
• Health and Well-Being. The Nevin Resilience Hub will include food access elements that will improve community well-being, including a community kitchen or community garden.

CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Score by Census Tract
The following describes the census tract where the Nevin Resilience Hub project is located, and the CalEnviroScreen population and pollution burden scores29:
• Census Tracts: 6013377000
• CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Percentile: 90-95
• Pollution Burden Percentile Score: 69
• Population Burden Percentile Score: 97
GHG Emission Reduction Potential
The Nevin Resilience Hub project will include the following element that will reduce GHG emissions:
energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, and urban greening. The project will install energy efficient fixtures and appliances, in addition to a solar photovoltaic system and battery storage that will reduce the GHG emissions generated by electricity use. Additional landscaping or a community garden will provide urban greening that can add shade to the surrounding neighborhood and reduce the urban heat island effect that forces residents to use air conditioning. This project will also provide a place for local community members to gather or escape extreme heat or air pollution, which means they will not have to drive elsewhere to find cooling centers.

Co-Benefits: Improvements to Public Health and Environmental Health The Nevin Resilience Hub will improve public health and climate justice issues within the Iron Triangle neighborhood. This project will provide a place for community members to seek refuge during extreme heat events, severe air pollution, or other natural disasters. If there are power shutoffs, this resilience hub can provide ice and refrigeration for medicine, or electricity to power essential medical equipment.

Programming at this center could include educational programs, sport programs, or community activities that will not only bring community members together but also encourage active lifestyle that can improve health outcomes within the community.

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Expanded Economic Opportunities and Shared Prosperity
Development and planning of this project will include community outreach to shape how the resilience hub can best meet the needs of the community. The Nevin Resilience Hub could include educational and skill training programs to help residents secure jobs, in addition to the existing activities that already take place at the community center. This project will create construction jobs, in addition to programming positions for the various activities that the Nevin Resilience Hub could support.

Consistency with Existing Land Use and Transportation Plans • Zoning District: The Nevin Resilience Hub will be located on a parcel that is currently developed with a community center and park space. This project will only add resilience and sustainability features to the existing development and will not change the zoning. • General Plan: This project will implement Goal EC6, Climate-Resilient Communities, of the General Plan Energy and Climate Change Element.
• Climate Action Plan: This project will be consistent with Strategy RC6 of the Climate Action Plan, which is to support programs and adaptation responses that protect public health and promote health equity.

Project Status Construction Readiness TCC Readiness Requirements Needed Planning Not Construction Ready
(Conceptual designs needed)
CEQA Documentation, Permits (if
needed), Project Designs, Operations
and Maintenance Plan

4.9 Hacienda Rehabilitation
Project Description
The Hacienda Rehabilitation project is located on Barrett Avenue, between 13th Street and Marina Way, on the eastern portion of the Iron Triangle neighborhood. This project includes the renovations of an existing 100 percent affordable senior housing apartment building and accessory off-street parking.

Renovations involve site improvements, interior building improvements, exterior building improvements, and system modifications. Site improvements will include rehabilitation of landscaping and paving, repair of surface materials in the parking lot, and repairs to the lighting. Interior improvements will include refinishing the entire building, removing asbestos, bringing units up to accessibility code, and installing a fitness center. Exterior building improvements will involve the replacement of windows in all dwelling units, reroofing and insulating the roof, and balcony deck waterproofing. System modifications will include seismic retrofits to ensure safety of the occupants, updating and replacing the elevator system, and repairing or replacing equipment to improve energy efficiency on-site.

TCC Program Objective Strategies
The Hacienda Rehabilitation project meets the following TCC Program Objectives:
• Equitable Housing and Neighborhood Development. The Hacienda Rehabilitation project will include a partnership with the City and Mercy Housing to renovate an existing affordable housing project that is less than 0.25 miles from a high-quality transit stop, including BART, Amtrak, and AC Transit transportation options.

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• Solar Installation and Energy Efficiency. The Hacienda Rehabilitation project will install energy efficient components that will increase energy efficiency on-site, such as low flow water fixture, high efficiency light fixtures, and re-paving the parking lot. • Water Efficiency. This project will include the installation of water fixtures that are more water efficient than the fixtures in the original housing development. The renovations to the Hacienda housing complex will also include extensive water efficiency measures such as installation of low water use landscaping and water efficient irrigation.
• Urban Greening and Green Infrastructure. The Hacienda Rehabilitation project will include re- landscaping the project site, which will include planting trees that will provide shade for both the building and surrounding neighborhood. This landscaping may also include green infrastructure elements to reduce flooding on-site.
• Health and Well-Being. This project will include a community garden on the northwest portion of the project site. This can provide residents of the community the opportunity to care or the garden and provides access to fresh food.

CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Score by Census Tract
The following describes the census tract where the Hacienda Rehabilitation project is located, and the CalEnviroScreen population and pollution burden scores30:
• Census Tracts: 601376000
• CalEnviroScreen 3.0 Percentile: 85-90
• Pollution Burden Percentile Score: 62
• Population Burden Percentile Score: 95
GHG Emission Reduction Potential
Many elements of the Hacienda Rehabilitation project can contribute to GHG emission reductions, including energy and water efficiency upgrades, urban greening, and connection to transit services. The energy and water efficiency elements would reduce the need for electricity use on-site, and therefore will reduce the GHG emissions generated to create the electricity. Urban greening, including trees and other landscaping, will provide shading for paved areas and buildings, which will reduce the need for air conditioning on-site and in the surrounding neighborhood, helping to reduce GHG emissions. Connection to transit services encourages residents and the surrounding neighborhood to use public transit or active transportation options, which reduce the number of vehicle miles traveled and GHG emissions generated from vehicles.

Co-Benefits: Improvements to Public Health and Environmental Health The Hacienda Rehabilitation will improve public and environmental health in the Iron Triangle neighborhood. The streetscaping and landscaping will increase the amount of shading and greenery within the neighborhood, which can both clean the air and reduce the heat island effect, helping to reduce asthma and cardiovascular illness rates. The increase in landscaped and permeable surfaces could not only help reduce flooding hazards in the neighborhood but could also filter out harmful chemicals and heavy metals transported by stormwater runoff, to clean the stormwater prior to being discharged into the storm drain system, creating co-benefits for both public health and environmental health.

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Expanded Economic Opportunities and Shared Prosperity
Development of the rehabilitation components included community engagement, which considered how this redevelopment project could improve affordable housing and the surrounding neighborhood. This project will include affordable housing units that will reduce the chance for displacement within the community and ensure that current residents of the neighborhood will also benefit from the project. The proposed development of this project will also create construction, maintenance, and property management jobs within the neighborhood.

Consistency with Existing Land Use and Transportation Plans • Zoning District: The project site is zoned Commercial Mixed-Use Activity Center (CM-5), which is intended for medium and high-rise mixed-use development at major activity centers. The zoning district allows for group residential units with a conditional use permit and has a maximum density of 40 units or 125 units per acre. The Hacienda Rehabilitation project meets the requirements of this zoning district and received an approved conditional use permit for the renovations to the existing building.

Project Status Construction Readiness TCC Readiness Requirements Needed Building Permits Construction Ready

(Site plans/designs, CEQA
documentation, and approval of
Conditional Use Permit complete. )
Operations and Maintenance Plan

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A PPENDIX A :

P ROJECT E VALUATION M ATRIX

Location
Has the Project
been
implemented?
1 Alleyway Greening Projects
(Mathieu Court)
Mathieu Court Alley, between
5th and 6th Street and Ripley
and Barrett Avenue.

Yes Yes
The project will enhance an
alleyway by reclaiming the space
as a usable neighborhood
amenity, creating a safer pathway
and park space within the Iron
Triangle neighborhood. There will
be limited vehicle access, wh ich
will encourage zero‐carbon
transportation options. This route
may connect community
members to Nevin Park, Nevin
Community Center, and the
Richmond Museum of History.

Yes
Mathieu Court Alleyway can help
connect the community to Nevin
Park, Nevin Community Center,
and the Richmond Museum of
History, in addition to Kaiser
Permanente Medical Ce nter  along
Barrett Avenue.

Yes
The project will replace 16,000
square feet of impervious parving
with landscaped areas with native
plantings that will mimic natural
systems that filter stormwater and
create habitat for native birds and
insects. The project also provides
opportunities for community
gardens, which can be used as a
fo
rm of urban agriculture and
produce a source of freash food
within a "food desert".

Yes
The project includes 14 new
landscaped areas and 28 new trees
which will help reduce the high
temperatures created by the urban
heat island effect. The bioswales
and green infrastructure will also
protect the surrounding
nei
ghborhood during extreme
weather events.

Yes
The project includes planting new
trees and landscaped areas within
an existing alleyway, which will
reduce the heat island effect in
the surrounding neighborhood.

This will in turn reduce the need
to run air conditioning units,
which will reduce overall energy
use in the area.

Ye
s
The project will transform an
existing alleyway into a linear park
and open space area that will
include 28 new trees, 14 new
landscaped areas, pervious
surfaces, and rain gardens or
bioswales that can collect and
convey water during a storm.

No
The project includes green
infrastructure elements, but does
not spec
ify whether recycled
water is used as part of the
project.

Yes
The project construction includes
the recycling of existing asphalt
on‐site and incorporating it into
the base material for the pervious
pavement.

Yes
The project includes the
installation of 14 landscaped
areas and bioswales that will
collect and convey stor mwater,
therefore protecting the
surrounding neighborhood from
flooding events.

No
The project does not include
home improvements or expanding
the supply of affordable housing
units.
8 2C i t y ‐wide tree planting Zone 4 and Zone 3 of the City Tree Inventory No Yes
This project would increase the
tree canopy cover in the project
area, an d  therefore reduce the
heat island effect during the
hotter periods of the year. This
would may is easier and safer for
community members to walk and
bike.

No
City‐wide tree planting would not
improve connections to important
places within the community.

Yes
City‐wide tree planting would
expand natural ecosystems an d
provide habitat for native bird and
other urban wildlife species.

Yes
The project would increase the tree
canopy and shade cover throughout
the city, which will protect residents
from high temperatures and other
extreme weather events.

Yes
Implementation of the project
would reduce the heat island
effect throughout the project
are
a, which would in turn reduce
the need for air conditioning
during the hotter times of the
year.

Yes
The project would include the
planting of thousands of trees
throughout the City, which would
increase green space and street
trees in the Iron Triangle, Santa
Fe, and Coronado neighborhoods.

No
The project does not sp ecifically
describe water conservation
measures.

No
The project may not specifically
reduce waste or increase
recycling/composting.

Yes
The project includes planting
trees throughout the project area
and city, which may increase
pervious surfaces, and thus
protect vulnerable assets from
flooding.

No
City‐wide tree planting would
reduce energy bills and therefore
re
duce housing related costs,
which may make it easier for
individuals to stay in their homes.

However, it may not improve the
quality of existing homes.
6 3 Urban Greening Master Plan
(UGMP)
Entire City of Richmond, specific
projects in Mathieu Court and
Unity Park
No Yes
The UGMP will provide open and
green spa ce  that will create safer
areas to walk or bike within the
city after the implementation of
the plan. Those without access to
vehicles may feel safer when
walking or biking to key
destinations.

Yes
The sub‐projects described within
the UGMP would improve
connections to medical facilities,
civic centers, and educa tional
insistutions within the
community. Implementation of
the plan would provide more
open and green spaces in the
neighborhoods.

Yes
Implementation of the UGMP will
increase green and natural places
throughout the city and in the
project area. The new plants and
trees will restore, expand, or create
new habitat for na tive  birds and
urban wildlife species.

Yes
Implementation of the UGMP will
increase shade cover and tree
canopy throughout the project area
and city, which will protect residents
from high temperatures  and other
extreme weather events.

Yes
Implementation of the UGMP will
increase landscaped areas, which
will reduce the heat island effect
in th
e project area. This will in
turn reduce the building energy
use of both residential and
commercial buildings in the
project area.

Yes
Implementation of the UGMP
would create parks and open
space, add street trees and
permeable paving, in addition to
installing green infrastructure
throughout the project area.

Urban fo rests  would be expanded
and managed properly.

No
The project does not specifically
describe water conservation
measures.

No
The project may not specifically
reduce waste or increase
recycling/composting.

Yes
The project will increase pervious
surfaces and green spaces
throughout the project area and
city, which will reduce stormwater
runoff and flooding.

No
Implementation of th e  UGMP
would reduce energy bills and
therefore reduce housing related
costs, which may make it easier
for individuals to stay in their
homes. However, it may not
improve the quality of existing
homes.
7 4 Stormwater and Drainage
Improvements
1st and North Harbor Basins of
sewer plan Ongoing No
These improvement projects
wou
ld not include measures that
would make it easier or safer for
community members to travel.

No This project would not improve
transportation connections.  Yes
Green infrastructure elements may
expand or restore natural
ecosystems to effectively collect and
convey stormwater.

No
The project would not have
elements that would protect
residents from hi gh  temperatures.

Yes
Stormwater and drainage
improvements may be able to
collect water where it falls, which
can reduce the energy needed to
convey water through pump
stations.

Yes
Green infrastructure implemented
to improve drainge in the project
area may increase green spaces
through the installation of
bioswales and catchment basins.

No The pr oject  would not reduce
water use. No The project would not effect
materials management.  Yes
The project may include green
infrastructure elements that
would collect and convey
stormwater. This would protect
infrastructure, neighborhoods,
and residents by reducing
stormwater runoff and flooding.

Yes
Stormwater and drainage
improvements would protect
community members and
encourage th em  to stay in their
homes. These improvements
would also improve the quality of
homes in flood prone areas by
protecting them from damage by
flood water.
5 52 n d  Street Project (PCB Focus) 2nd Street between Cutting Boulevard and Ripley Avenue No Yes
This project includes a complete
street design that will make is
ea
sier and safer for community
members to travel on this road
either walking or bicycling. The
route would connect
neighborhoods in the Iron
Triangle to commercial centers in
the Santa Fe neighborhood. The
complete street would also
connect to the Richmond
Greenway Trail.

Yes
The project includes a complete
street design th at  would connect
the Iron Triangle to the Santa Fe
neighborhood, as well as provide
a connection to the Richmond
Greenway Trail along 2nd Street.

The project may improve
connections to Nevin park, the
commercial/ employment center
in the Santa Fe neighborhood, an
emergency shelter, and the Santa
Fe Channel.

Yes
Th
e project will include bioretention
planters, which will expand and
create natural ecosystems while also
conveying water.

Yes
The project will repave the sidewalk
and parking areas with permeable
surfaces and include biorention
planters, which will reduce the dark
pavement along 2nd Street. This will
help reduce the heat island effect
creat
ed by dark asphalt.

Yes
This project will include planteing
trees within the biorentention
areas, which will provide shade
cover and reduce the heat island
effect. This can, in turn, reduce
energy used for air conditioning
units.

Yes
The project includes the
replacement of impervious
pavement with little vegetation,
with permeable surfaces, str eet
trees, and bioretention areas that
will green the neighborhoods
adjacent to 2nd Street.  There will
be 40 biorentention bulb‐outs and
41 segments of silva cells under
permeable paving.

No
The project does not specifically
describe water conservation
measures.

No The project does not specifically
describe materials management. Yes
The project includes 40
bi
orentention bulb‐outs and 41
segments of silva cells under
permeable paving, which will
collect and convey stormwater
and reduce flooding in the project
area. The project will also filter
water pollutants.

Yes
The project would make it easier
for current community members
to stay in their homes. These
improvements wou ld  also
improve the quality of homes in
flood prone areas by protecting
them from damage by flood
water.
8 6U r b a n  Agricultural Assessment Citywide Ongoing No The project does not include
elements that would make it
easier and safer for community
members to travel to and from
key destinations.

No The project does not improve
transportation connect ions.  Yes
The project would expand natural
systems, as urban agricultural and
community gardens would increase
plants and wildlife within the project
area.

Yes
Urban agricultural areas that replace
urban, paved areas may reduce
temperatures in the immediate
vicinity, and thus protect residents
from high temperatures.

Yes
Providing a local food source
would r educe  transportation fuel
usage if residents to not have to
travel to grocery stores as often.

Yes
Implementation of this
assessment would increase the
number of parks and green space
in the project area, through urban
agriculture or community
gardens.

Yes
The project promotes the use of
water efficiency so as to not
in
crease the total amount of
water use when growing plants on
urban agriculture sites.

Yes
The project promotes composting
for home gardeners and residents
to reduce the cost of soil
amendments.

No The project does not have flood
control elements. Yes
Urban agriculture, including
private home gardens can both
improve quality of hom es  by
increase permeable, green spaces,
as well as make it easier for
current community members to
stay in their homes. Food may be
less expensive and more readily
available for community
members.
7 7 Yellow Brick Road Iron Triangle
Walkable Neighborhood Plan  Iron Triangle neighborhood Ongoing Yes The basis of the project is to
im
plement traffic calming and
complete street measures to
encourage walking and bicycling
within the Iron Triangle
Neighborhood. Community
members without access to
vehicles would be more
incentivized to travel to and from
key destinations in a low or zero
carbon way.

Yes
Implementation of the Yellow
Brick Road Neighborhood Plan
wou
ld connect residents to
schools, playgrounds, parks, the
Richmond Greenway Trail, BART,
and Kaiser Hospital, which
improve health and well‐being of
community members.

Yes
The complete street design of the
routes would include new
landscaping and tree planting, which
would create or expand the natural
ecosystems in the area. This wou ld
provide green space and habitat for
native birds and urban wildlife.

Yes
The landscaping associated with this
project would include tree planting,
which would provide shade cover
and reduce the heat island effect in
the neighborhood.

Yes
The project would reduce
transportation energy use, while
also reducing electricity use
through th e  use of street trees to
reduce the heat island effect in
the neighborhood
Yes
The project includes street trees,
green spaces, and may include
additional green infrastructure
such as bioswales and stormwater
planters.

No
The project does not specifically
describe water conservation
measures.

No
The project does not specifically
describe materials management
activities.

Ye
s
The project would include
bioswales and green
infrastructure that would collect
and convey stormwater, and
reduce flooding.

No
The project would encourage
current community members to
stay, however home improvement
are not included as part of the
project.
7 8 Richmond Greenway Master
Plan
Richmond Greenway Trail in
southern region of project are a Ongoing Yes
The greenway project will convert
an abandoned railway into a
linear park and trail, which will
make it easier and safer for
community members to travel to
and from key destinations. This
space will be converted into a
social space that will encourage
community members to walk or
bike to ke y  destinations in the
community.

Yes
The project connects Lincoln
Elementary School with Unity Park
and connects 23rd Street to 2nd
Street. This project is also
connected to additional public
improvement projects throughout
the project area.

Yes
The project includes converting an
abandoned railway into a park and
trail space that ha s  natural
elements. This project restores a
previously industrial areas into an
open space that can provide
ecoystem services to the
community.

Yes
The project includes landscaping in
replacement of rock and other
materials left by the railroad
removal. The new landscaping may
provide shade cover and natural
cooling, which would pr otect
residents from high temperatures,
and the area may have less run‐off
due to increased pervious or
compacted groundcover.

Yes
The project reduces
transportation energy use, but
also indirectly reduces energy use
through shade cover that reduces
the heat island effect, which
subsequently decreases the need
for air conditioning. The pr oject
also includes energy efficient
lighting.

Yes
The greenway project creates
park and trail space that includes
various forms of landscaping and
permeable surfaces.

Yes
The section from 4th to 6th Street
proposed to use reclaimed water
from the Richmond Wastewater
Plan for the establishment of the
landscaping and habitat.

Yes
Many of th e  materials used on the
trail are recycled, including the
fence which recycled the railroad
ties and the trail which used
recycled tires from local motor
facilities.

Yes
The project includes lanscaping
that will collect and convey water
to protect the neighborhood from
flooding events. The section from
Garrard Boulevard to 1s t  Street is
within the 100‐year flood zone
and proposes an urban wetland
lagoon.

No
The project does not include
home improvements or expanding
the supply of affordable housing
units.
9 9P a v i n g  and Sidewalk Projects
Throughout the Project Area ‐
Specific project at Cutting
Boulevard, Portrero Avenue, and
Harbour Way
No Yes
These pr ojects  will make is easier
and safer for both pedestrians
and bicyclists to travel throughout
the project area. The plans
proposed dedicated bike lanes,
landscaping, and traffic calming
measures that will encourage
walking in the project area.

Yes
The projects would connect
neighborhoods with schools,
commercial and employment
centers, and health cent ers
through traffic calming, bulb‐outs,
landscaping, and designated
bicycle lanes.

Yes
Each of the projects would be
different, but most or all would
increase landscaped areas within the
project area, which would expand
the natural ecosystems and create
habitat for native birds and wildlife
species.

Yes
Most or all of the pr ojects  include
landscaping and tree planting that
would increase shade cover in the
project area. This would help
protect residents from high
temperatures and flooding events in
the area.

Yes
These projects would indirectly
reduce energy use through
reducing the heat island effect,
and subsequently reducing the
need to run air c onditioning  units
during hotter periods of the year.

Yes
The projects would increase
landscaped surfaces and green
infrastructure features
throughout the project area as a
method to promote bike and
pedestrian safety. Green
infrastructure elements would
also act as water filter to improve
water quality treatment in the
project area.

Yes
The pr oject  does not specifically
reduce water use, but it does
include plant species that would
not require intensive irrigation, in
order to preserve water
resources.

No
These projects do not discuss
materials management, recycling,
or waste reduction measures.

Yes
The projects include landscaping
and green infrastructure, which
would help protect infrastructure
an
d neihgborhoods from flooding
events.

No
The project does not include
home improvements or expanding
the supply of affordable housing
units.
8 10 Rumrill Boulevard and 13th
Street Complete Streets Study
Northeast corner of the Iron
Triangle No Yes
The project provides traffic
calming measures, widens
sidewalks, and designated bicycle
lanes that would encourage
walking an d  bicycling in the area.

Yes
This project connected parks and
residential neighborhoods with
commercial centers along 13th
Street. This also provides safer
access over the railroad and BART
tracks on the eastern edge of the
project area.

Yes
The project includes the installation
of landscaping and trees that would
increase th e  natural ecosystems and
habitat for native bird and wildlife
species.

Yes
This project includes converting
asphalt road and sidewalks to
landscaped areas with trees, which
provide shade cover and can protect
residents from high temperatures
and flooding during rain storm
events.

Yes
Due to the increase in shade
cover from the tr ee  planting, this
project would reduce the heat
island effect and therefore reduce
the need for air conditioning
during warmer periods of the
year.

Yes
The landscaping in this project
can include bioswales and other
green infrastructure elements due
to the road diet.

No
The project would be low‐water
use an d  designed to City
standards. However, the project
study does not mention recycled
water use.

No
These projects do not discuss
materials management, recycling,
or waste reduction measures.

Yes
The landscaping in this project
would include bioswales and
other green infrastructure
elements that can collect and
convey water where it falls, which
wou
ld protect the neighborhood
and residents from flooding
events.

No
The project does not include
home improvements or expanding
the supply of affordable housing
units.
7 Count
(Out of
10)
Transit access and mobility ‐ Does the
project make it easier and safer for
community members, especially those with
limited or no vehicle access, to travel to and
from key destinations in a low‐ or zero‐
carbon way?
Health and well‐being ‐ Does the project
improve connections to places that improve
public health and well‐being, civic and social
engagement, employment, and education?
Connect
Does the project help protect residents from
high temperatures and extreme weather
events?
Decarbonized energy and energy
efficiency ‐ Does the project reduce energy
use, support more renewable and zero net
energy and building , or improve energy
storage and energy independence?
Urban greening and green infrastructure ‐
Does the project increase the number of
parks or green spaces, street trees,
permeable paving, bioswales, or other green
infrastructure features?
Water efficiency ‐ Does the project reduce
water use, increase use of captured rainwater
or greywater, or promote recycled water
use?
Materials management ‐ Does the project
reduce the amount of waste generated by
the community, increase rates of recycling or
composting, or allow waste materials to be
reused locally?
Equitable housing and neighborhood
development ‐ Does the project make it
easier for current community members to
stay in their homes while also improving the
quality of existing homes or expanding the
supply of locally‐affordable housing units?
Absorb Protect
Project
Number Project Name
Cool
Land conservation and restoration ‐ Does
the project protect, restore, or expand natural
ecosystems or ecosystem services?
Does the project include natural elements
that help safeguard infrastructure,
neighborhoods, and residents from flooding
events.

Location
Has the Project
been
implemented?
Count
(Out of
10)
Transit access and mobility ‐ Does the
project make it easier and safer for
community members, especially those with
limited or no vehicle access, to travel to and
from key destinations in a low‐ or zero‐
carbon way?
Health and well‐being ‐ Does the project
improve connections to places that improve
public health and well‐being, civic and social
engagement, employment, and education?
Connect
Does the project help protect residents from
high temperatures and extreme weather
events?
Decarbonized energy and energy
efficiency ‐ Does the project reduce energy
use, support more renewable and zero net
energy and building , or improve energy
storage and energy independence?
Urban greening and green infrastructure ‐
Does the project increase the number of
parks or green spaces, street trees,
permeable paving, bioswales, or other green
infrastructure features?
Water efficiency ‐ Does the project reduce
water use, increase use of captured rainwater
or greywater, or promote recycled water
use?
Materials management ‐ Does the project
reduce the amount of waste generated by
the community, increase rates of recycling or
composting, or allow waste materials to be
reused locally?
Equitable housing and neighborhood
development ‐ Does the project make it
easier for current community members to
stay in their homes while also improving the
quality of existing homes or expanding the
supply of locally‐affordable housing units?
Absorb Protect
Project
Number Project Name
Cool
Land conservation and restoration ‐ Does
the project protect, restore, or expand natural
ecosystems or ecosystem services?
Does the project include natural elements
that help safeguard infrastructure,
neighborhoods, and residents from flooding
events.
11 South Richmond Connectivity
Plan
Santa Fe and Coronado
neighborhoods No Yes
This plan has specific measures to
improve transit options, as well as
pedestrian and bicycle
connections between south
Richmond and the north areas of
the city, including the Ferry
terminal and BART stations.

Protected bike lanes and curb
extensions are proposed.

Yes
One of th e  primary principles of
the plan is "Accessibility may also
be enhanced through land use
and development strategies that
bring people, goods, and services
closer together" and "Dense,
connected networks of
transportation facilities and
services are a key condition for
efficient mobility and in turn for
providing accessibility"
Yes
The pr ojects  included in this plan all
have landscaping components,
which would restore or expand
natural ecosystems in the project
areas and provide ecosystem
services such as reducing the heat
island effect.

Yes
The landscaping components would
include street trees, which would
provide shade cover and ultimately
reduce the heat island effect. Th is
would help protect residents from
high temperatures and extreme
weather.

Yes
The street trees included in the
landscaping component would
provide shade cover in the area,
which would also reduce the heat
island effect. This would indirectly
result in residents reducing their
energy use for air conditioning
during warmer periods of th e
year.

Yes
The project includes adding green
infrastructure, street trees, and
green spaces into the streetscape
through complete street
measures.

No
The project would preserve water
resources and collect water where
it falls through green
infrastructure element. However,
the project would not specifically
reduce water use.

No
These projects do not di scuss
materials management, recycling,
or waste reduction measures.

Yes
The project include several green
infrastructure and bioswale
elements that would collect and
convey water where it falls, and
therefore reduce stormwater
runoff and flooding in the project
area.

No
The project will make it easier for
current community members to
stay in th eir  homes through due
to street safety improvements.

However, the project would not
improve quality of existing homes
or increase the supply of
affordable housing.
7 12 Richmond Wellness Trail Vision
Plan
Connection from BART/Amtrak
station to Future SF Ferry
Terminal along 16th street,
Richmond Greenway, and
Marina Way.

No Yes
The project i nclude  bike and
pedestrian safety measures that
will make it easier and safer for
community members to travel to
key destinations. The street trees
and landscaping elements will line
the street and make it more
pleasant to walk during warm
weather.

Yes
The wellness trail connects the
BART and Amtrak station to th e
Richmond Greenway, public
housing, MLK park, Kaiser field
hospital, and eventually the SF
Ferry Terminal.

Yes
The project would have several
landscaping components, which
would expand the natural ecosystem
and provide habitat for native birds
and wildlife species.

Yes
The project include planting of
street trees with large canopies that
wou
ld provide shade cover that can
protect residents from high
temperatures and extreme weather
events.

Yes
The street tree component of the
landscaping would provide canopy
cover that would reduce the heat
island effect in the project area.

This, in‐turn, would reduce the
need for air conditioning/energy
use during warmer per iods  of the
year.

Yes
The project would include
landscaping and street trees that
would increase the green space
within the project area. Bioswales
and other green infrastructure
would also be used in the
landscaping buffers for
pedestrians and bicyclists.

No
The project includes rain gardens
that will help collect water and
la
ndscaping that will be low water
use. However the project does
not specifically refer to water
conservation measures.

No
The project does not discuss
materials management, recycling,
or waste reduction.

Yes
The project includes stormwater
planters that collect and convey
water into both natural systems
and wastewater infrastructure.

This will help protect r esidents
from flooding.

No
The project does not include
home improvements or expanding
the supply of affordable housing
units.
7 13 Richmond First/Last Mile
Transportation Strategic Plan
Citywide, many of the projects
go through the project area  No Yes
Implementation of the Plan will
include pedestrian/bicycle
improvements, shuttle networks,
bike share program, and e‐
scoot
ers that will help community
members travel from the project
area to other areas of the City.

Yes
Implementation of the Plan would
connect neighborhoods with
medical, employment,
educational, and civic centers
through providing easier travel
means from primary mobility hubs
to other areas of the City.

Yes
Implementation of the Plan w ill
expand or restore landscaped areas
adjacent to pedestrian/bicycle
improvements, which will enhance
natural ecosystems to support
habitat for native birds and wildlife
species.

Yes
Implementation of the Plan will
inlcude complete street elements
and pedestrian improvements that
will inlcude planting trees to provide
shade cover and green
infrastructure to help wi th  extreme
weather events.

Yes
The landscaping included as part
of the implementation of this Plan
will help reduce the heat island
effect, which will in‐turn reduce
the need for energy use
associated with air conditioning
units.

Yes
Implementation of this Plan will
increase the number of street
trees and gr een  infrastructure
through the complete streets and
Yellow brick road projects.

No
This plan does not include water
efficiency measures nor promotes
recycles water use.

No
The Plan does not discuss
materials management, recycling,
or waste reduction.

Yes
Implementation of the Plan would
include stormwater infrastructure
and provides more natural
elements that may sa feguard
areas from flooding events.

No
Implementation of the Plan does
not include home improvements
or expanding the supply of
affordable housing units.
7 14 Safe  Routes to School Projects Lincoln Elementary School, Peres Elementary School  No Yes
The project includes pedestrian
improvements that promote
walking and bicycling that connect
the iron triangle neighborhood to
Li
ncoln Elementary School and
Peres Elementary School.

Yes
The project would connect
residential neighborhoods with
Lincoln Elementary School and
Peres Elementary School, which
are education, employment, and
social engagement centers.

Yes
The project will include landscaping
and stormwater planters that will
expand natural ecosystems with the
neighborhood to provide habitat for
na
tive bird and wildlife species.

Yes
The landscaping component of the
project would provide additional
shade and reduce the heat island
effect in the project area.

Yes
The reduction of the heat island
effect will decrease the need for
air conditioning use, which will
reduce overall energy use.

Yes
The project includes la ndscaping
and stormwater planters that will
increase green space, street trees,
and green infrastructure to the
neighborhood.

No
The project includes stormwater
planters, but does not include
water efficiency elements other
than complying with WELO
requirements.

No
The project does not discuss
materials management, recycling,
or waste reduction.

Yes
The project includes stormwater
pl
anters that collect and convey
water into both natural systems
and wastewater infrastructure.

This will help protect residents
from flooding.

No
The project does not include
home improvements or expanding
the supply of affordable housing
units.
7 15 Park  Improvements Boorman Park, Southside Park,
MLK Park No Yes
The projects would improve park
spaces and wou ld  encourage
residents to use the parks more
frequently, which would indirectly
create a safer space for
community members to walk or
bike to and from key destinations.

No
The park improvements can act as
a social engagement center,
however, these projects will not
improve connection to places in
the community.

No
Th
e projects do not include
landscaping elements that would
provide land conservation or
restoration.

Yes
The projects may include shade
structures that would protect
residents using the park facilities
from high temperatures.

No
The projects would not provide
tree cover or other landscaping
that would reduce the heat island
effect. The pr ojects  would also
not reduce energy use or provide
energy storage.

Yes
The projects would improve
underutilized parks within the
project area and provide
additional green space for
residents to enjoy.

No
The projects do not include
stormwater infrastructure or
water efficiency elements.

No
The projects do not include
elements that would reduce th e
amount of waste in the
community or increase rates of
recycling or composting.

No
The majority of these
improvements will be structural
playground/field improvements
that may not include flood
protection elements.

No
The projects do not include home
improvements or expanding the
supply of affordable housing
units.
3 16 Renovation of the ML K
Community Center MLK Community Center Park No Yes
The project would most likely
include walking/biking paths
through the property that would
make it easier for community
members to travel to key
destinations in the MLK Park area.

Yes
The project would create a new
connection with a civic and social
engagement center and provide
educa
tional and/or exercise
programs to the community.

Yes
The project would most likely
include new lanscaping, which
would expand the natura
ecosystems in the area and provide
habitat for native birds and wildlife
species.

Yes
The project would most likely be air
conditioned and could provide the
community with a cooling center
th
at would act as a refuge for
community members during heat
waves or poor air quality conditions.

Yes
The new community center would
be required to be built to
California Building Codes and
Energy Efficiency Codes, and may
include solar or EV charges as
funding is available.

Yes
The project would in crease  and
improve existing parks in the area,
which would include street trees.

Due to previous flooding events,
the project would most likely
include green infrastructure and
bioswales to protect the new
facilities from flooding.

Yes
The project may have greywater
systems or promote recycled
water use.

No
The project would most lik ely  not
include materials management.

However, the programming at this
facility could promote recycling
and composting.

Yes
The project would most likely
include natural elements that
would safeguard the facility from
flooding, due to previous events
that have damaged the
community center.

No
The community center would
most likely not include hom e
improvements or expand the
supply of affordable housing.
8 17 Energy Efficiency Improvements
at City facilities Citywide No No The project does not include transportation elements.  No
The project does not include
elements that will connect people
to key destinations.

No
The project does not contain
elements of land conservation or
land restoration.

Yes
Energy efficiency pr ojects could
protect City staff from hot weather
through increasing insulation in City
buildings.

Yes
Energy efficiency upgrades will
reduce overall energy use for City
facilities and support zero net
energy buildings.

Yes
Energy efficiency upgrades can
include adding permeable
surfaces, bioswales, and other
green infrastructure elements to
buildings to reduce over all  energy
use in the buildings.

Yes
Energy efficiency upgrades can
include using rainwater,
greywater, or other other recycled
water that decreases the need to
pump water for landscaping or
plumbing in buildings.

No
Energy efficiency upgrades would
not include waste management
elements.

No
Energy efficiency upgrades
typically do not include
safeguarding infrastructure.

Ye
s
Publicly owned housing is
included in City facilities and thus
would be improved and
encourage community members
to stay in their homes if energy
upgrades area completed.
5 18 Income‐linked Solar Energy
Installations Citywide Ongoing No This project does not include transportation elements.  No
The project does not include
elements that will connect peopl e
to key destinations.

No The project would not include land
conservation or restoration.  Yes
Income‐linked solar programs would
provide energy options that will
work during extreme heat
conditions and can allow
homeowners to use air conditioning
units without the high cost of
electricity.

Yes
Income‐linked solar installation
would directly suppor t  renewable
energy sources and improve
energy independence from the
grid.

No
The project would not include
urban greening or green
infrastructure.

No The project would not include
water efficiency measures.  No The project would not include materials management elements.  No The solar installations would not include flood protection features.  Yes
Income‐linked solar in stallations
would reduce overall energy bills
and incentivize current residents
to stay in their homes.
3 19
Solar energy installations on
municipal buildings/public
housing
Citywide Ongoing No This project does not include
transportation elements.  No
The project does not include
elements that will connect people
to key destinations.

No The project would not include land
cons
ervation or restoration.  Yes
Solar energy installations would
provide renewable energy options
that would support increased energy
use by air conditioning units during
extreme heat conditions.

Yes
Solar installations would directly
support renewable energy
sources and improve energy
independence from the grid.

No
The project would not include
urban greening or green
in
frastructure.

No The project would not include
water efficiency measures.  No The project would not include materials management elements.  No The solar installations would not include flood protection features.  Yes
Solar installations on public
housing would reduce energy bills
and incentivize community
members to stay in their homes.
3 20 Nystrom  Village Nystrom Village, Coronado
nei
ghborhood No Yes
The project would include street
improvements that would enable
community members to walk or
bike more easily through the
neighborhood. Nystrom Village
would connect to the MLK Park
and the future Community
Center.

Yes
Nystrom Village revitilization
would connect the housing
development to  MLK Park and
Nystrom Elementary School.

Yes
The pr oject  would include new
landscaping and open space areas
that would expand natural
ecosystems and provide habitat for
native bird species and other
wildlife.

Yes
The landscaping and street trees
would help protect residents from
extreme heat events. Newer, well‐
insulated, and air filtered buildings
would also protect residents from
heat ev ents  and poor air quality.

Yes
The project would build new
buildings that would be required
to comply with newer California
building and energy efficiency
codes, which would reduce the
overally energy use and create
more renewable buildings than
what is currently on‐site.

Yes
The project would include new
landscaping an d  open space
areas, which would provide street
trees, bioswales, and other green
infrastructure elements.

Yes
The housing project would be
required to comply with current
California building codes, which
require more water efficient
building and appliances than what
are currently on‐site. Recycled
water or greywater systems could
be included as pa rt  of the project.

No This project would not include
materials management elements.  Yes
The project would include
landscaping elements such as
bioswales and green
infrastructure that would protect
residents from flooding.

Yes
The project would improve the
quality of housing and create
additional affordable housing
units in the neighborhood. This
wou
ld expand the supply of
affordable housing in the area and
make it easier for current
community members to stay in
the community.
9 21 Hacienda Public Housing
Development
Hacienda, Iron Triangle
Neighborhood No No
The project would provide
minimal street improvements,
which may not make it easier or
safer from community members
without ve hicles  to travel to key
destinations.

No
The project does not improve
connections between places
within the area.

Yes
The project includes expanding
landscaped and open space areas
within the housing development,
which would restore natural
ecosystems and provide habitat for
native bird and wildlife species.

Yes
An upgraded building with new
insulation an d window replacements
would protect residents from
extreme heat events.

Yes
Upgrading the housing
development with new windows
and added insulation would
reduce overall energy use and
create a more energy efficient
building.

Yes
The project would add green
space to the project site and
rehabilitate the existing
landscaping.

No The project wou ld  not include
water efficiency measures.  No The project would not include materials management elements.  No The project does not have flood control elements. Yes
The project includes rehabilitating
in existing pubic housing
development, which would
improve the quality of existing
housing in the neighborhood.
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RICHMOND RESILIENCE ROADMAP

FOR THE IRON TRIANGLE, SANTA FE, AND CORONADO NEIGHBORHOODS Ohio Ave
Garrard Blvd
2nd St
7th St
Marina Way
S 23rd St
Potrero Ave
Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
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RICHMOND AMTRAK
Source: Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

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Garrard Blvd
2nd St
7th St
Marina Way
S 23rd St
Potrero Ave
Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
BART - Richmond

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Source: Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

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Garrard Blvd
2nd St
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Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
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RICHMOND AMTRAK
Source: Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

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RESILIENCE PROJECTS CLIMATE

SMART OBJECTIVES
1 Nystrom Village
Redevelopment
The redevelopment of Nystrom Village encompasses 4 City blocks and will include affordable rental units, senior residential units, and for-sale homes. Other proposed features include community facilities, street and infrastructure improvements, and the rehabilitation of several of the historic buildings for interpretation on-site.
2 Martin Luther
King Jr.

Resilience Hub
The MLK Resilience Hub will include a reconstruction of the MLK community center, with resilience features to protect the building during a natural disaster. The building should be zero net energy with solar and energy storage systems. The MLK Resilience Hub can act as an education center for the community to learn about hazards and help community members better adapt to changing conditions.
3 Richmond
Wellness Trail
The Richmond Wellness Trail is a four-mile trail that is designed to attract and inspire users to experience and build health and wellness-oriented activity into their daily lives. The trail includes bicycle and pedestrian improvements, activity and rest areas, cultural and natural interpretive features, and interactive elements that support a healthy lifestyle. The Wellness Trail connects the BART and Amtrak station to the future San Francisco Ferry Terminal, while also creating smaller-scale connections to the Unity Park, Richmond Greenway, Nystrom Village, MLK Park, and Kaiser Field Hospital.
4 Income-Linked
Solar and Home
Weatherization
GRID Alternatives provides free solar systems to households that own and live in their own home and make less than 80% of area median income. The Weatherization Program is available through Contra Costa County Energy Programs, which assists low-income residents by testing and replacing gas appliances that are not working properly. These programs also offer home energy audits to recommend energy saving measures. 5 Urban Greening
Master Plan
- Street tree
Planting Along
Cutting Blvd and
Harbour Way
The Urban Greening Master Plan designates Cutting Boulevard and Harbour Way as areas for additional street tree planting. Cutting Boulevard has approximately 100 available planting locations and Harbour Way has approximately 120 available planting locations.

The Urban Greening Master Plan will also include bioswales, that help manage stormwater and provide more landscaped areas.
6 Harbour Way
Complete
Street Project
The Harbour Way Complete Street Project would include restriping Harbour Way from 3 lanes to 2 lanes and adding pedestrian-scale lighting in the short-term. Medium term improvements would include raised medians, installing mid-block crossings, curb extensions, reduce lane widths, painting sharrows, and planting medium to large trees in planting strips along the roadways. Long-term improvements include a road diet south of Ohio Avenue. 7 Richmond
Greenway
Master Plan -
Greening and
Last Mile
Greening the Last Mile includes completing the Richmond Greenway Master Plan from I-80 to Carlson Boulevard. This project includes 6 different project areas that have pedestrian and landscape elements such as bioswales, meadows, linear orchard, tree plantings, access improvements, plazas, stormwater management, and access to the Ohlone Greenway and Baxter Creek Gateway.
8 Nevin
Resilience Hub
Nevin Park and Community Center renovations included the revitalization of the park’s sports fields and playgrounds with the help of the community. The community center can act as a resilience hub in the future by providing shelter to community members during disasters, in addition to educational and community programming. As a resilience hub, the community center would be renovated with sustainability features such as low-flow water fixtures, energy efficiency improvements, conversion of the HVAC from natural gas to electric, and installing solar panels to the roof of the building with batteries for energy storage.

RICHMOND RESILIENCE ROADMAP

FOR THE IRON TRIANGLE, SANTA FE, AND CORONADO NEIGHBORHOODS Nystrom Village

Nystrom Village

Nystrom Village – What it will be…

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BEFORE AFTER
WHAT IS THE RICHMOND RESILIENCE ROADMAP?
A collaborative effort between the City, community partners, and Trust for Public Land to identify, fund, and build public projects within Richmond’s neighborhoods that will continue to increase the resiliency of community members, community facilities and services, businesses, and the neighborhoods to disruptions caused by climate change.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS PROJECT?
To create a roadmap of planned projects that support
community resilience and require additional implementation funding support from state grants and other sources to be built and achieve multiple community goals. The roadmap connects and expands recent efforts, including the City’s Climate Action Plan and the Climate-Smart Cities
TM Initiative.

The four core objectives of the Climate-Smart CitiesTM Initiative are connecting the community by providing carbon-free
transportation; cooling through creating shady green spaces that reduce the urban heat island effect; absorbing rainfall, reducing flooding, and recharging drinking water supplies; and protecting the vulnerable infrastructure, neighborhoods, and residents from flooding and extreme weather events
through shoreline parks and natural lands.

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY RESILIENCE HUB?
Resilience Hubs are existing neighborhood centers that
support residents and offer community services, activities, and opportunities and help to increase community capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from extreme events.

They provide educational and capacity building resources and reliable, clean electricity year-round. Resilience Hubs also provide shelter, food, medical supplies, information, and other supplies in the event of an emergency. Resilience Hubs are easily accessed by neighborhood residents, connect to community resources, and have low carbon footprint.
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Concept by Groundworks Office,
Berkeley, Ca.

A second option is shown in which
the island and right turn slip lane
at the southeast corner are retained.

I believe that the intersection
geometry would be better for
pedestrians if an island and slip lane
is used While use of a slip lane is
unconventional at a four-way stop,
it would help mitigate the offset
intersection in this case. In addition,
it would help reduce pedstrian
exposure to northbound vehicles
making right turns onto Ohio
Avenue from Marina Way.

Proposed Option 2 - Right Turn Slip Retained
24 Richmond Wellness Trail
Photo: Jimmy Fong
Retrieved from: www.davisenterprise.com
Examples of Phase 1 Painted and Phase 2 Physically Separated bikeways Parking protected cycle track. Painted buffered bike lane in Davis, Ca.

Cycle track, median and drinking fountain in Ripon, Ca. Colored cycle track with raised curb.

Cycle track with raised curb. Cycle track with raised planter. 393. Ex ISTING F RAMEWORkS
ZONE THREE: ATCHISON VILLAGE, CITY CENTER, SANTA FE, AND CORONADO

NEIGHBORHOODS
Zone Three (Figure 3.4) encompasses several neighborhoods including Atchison Village, City Center, Santa Fe, and Coronado. It is bounded by Macdonald Avenue to the north, South 23rd Street to the east, Interstate 580 to the south, and Garrard Boulevard to the west. Zone Three is primarily a single and multifamily residential area with some public/civic, commercial, and recreational uses.

Zone Three covers approximately 890 acres and supports approximately 2,100 street trees and over 3,200 additional trees with a tree canopy cover of 5.2%. The five most prevalent tree species in this zone include Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana), London planetree (Platanus x acerifola), Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia), red maple (Acer rubrum), and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua). The majority of trees in this zone (approximately 73 %) are less than 12 inches in diameter.

Approximately 2,225 street tree opportunity sites of varying sizes were identified in Zone Three as part of the tree survey. These opportunity sites are concentrated in the City Center, Coronado, and Santa Fe neighborhoods in the western portion of this zone.

ABOVE
Figure 3.4
Zone 3 Analysis Map
Tree Canopy
ZONE THREE*
890 Acreage
5,300 Tree Count
2,225 Street Tree Opportunities

CITY MANAGED TREES

OTHER TREES

ZONE BOUNDARIES
*Quantities listed are approximate
Image Source: GIS Mapping by LSA
Associates, Inc. 2013
Non-Tree Surface

5.2%

94.8%

ZONE THREE
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ZONE THREE: ATCHISON VILLAGE, CITY CENTER, SANTA FE, AND CORONADO

NEIGHBORHOODS
Zone Three (Figure 3.4) encompasses several neighborhoods including Atchison Village, City Center, Santa Fe, and Coronado. It is bounded by Macdonald Avenue to the north, South 23rd Street to the east, Interstate 580 to the south, and Garrard Boulevard to the west. Zone Three is primarily a single and multifamily residential area with some public/civic, commercial, and recreational uses.

Zone Three covers approximately 890 acres and supports approximately 2,100 street trees and over 3,200 additional trees with a tree canopy cover of 5.2%. The five most prevalent tree species in this zone include Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana), London planetree (Platanus x acerifola), Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia), red maple (Acer rubrum), and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua). The majority of trees in this zone (approximately 73 %) are less than 12 inches in diameter.

Approximately 2,225 street tree opportunity sites of varying sizes were identified in Zone Three as part of the tree survey. These opportunity sites are concentrated in the City Center, Coronado, and Santa Fe neighborhoods in the western portion of this zone.

ABOVE
Figure 3.4
Zone 3 Analysis Map
Tree Canopy
ZONE THREE*
890 Acreage
5,300 Tree Count
2,225 Street Tree Opportunities

CITY MANAGED TREES

OTHER TREES

ZONE BOUNDARIES
*Quantities listed are approximate
Image Source: GIS Mapping by LSA
Associates, Inc. 2013
Non-Tree Surface

5.2%

94.8%

ZONE THREE
Mira Flores
(Planned Senior
Housing)
Ohio AvenueOhio Avenue
Target
Richmond
Medical
CenterContra Costa
County Courts
Lavonnya de Jean
Middle School
Nicholl Park
Carlson Boulevard
King
Elementary
School
John F.

Kennedy
Park
39th Street
42nd Street
45th Street
33rd Street
23rd Street
I-80
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2
3 4
5 6
Carlson @ 23rd Street
• Connection point to western section of the Richmond Greenway across 23rd Street
• Planned bioswale, meadow
33rd Street
• Location of the only north-south access point to the Richmond Greenway at the bridge over the BART tracks
• Green way access point for Lavonnya De Jean Middle School • Planned access improvements with planting, trees, signage and potential location of linear orchard
39th Street
Planned neighborhood access improvements with planting, trees, signage
42nd Street
Location of planned plaza with access improvements, planting, trees, signage and stormwater management
45th Street
Access point to planned Mira Flores Senior Housing Development Greening the Last Mile of the Richmond Greenway | Conceptual Site Plan Proposed Improvement Zones
Greening Projects Under Development
Richmond Greenway Bike Path
Ohlone Greenway &
Baxter Creek Gateway Park
Ohlone Greenway Gap Closure
Baxter Creek RestorationUnity Park
San Francisco Bay Trail
Carlson Blvd
I-80Greening the Last Mile
Urban Greening Project Site
47th Street
Connection point to Ohlone Greenway and Baxter Creek Gateway Park
Richmond Greenway Project Areas Proposed and Under Development Overall Project Key Plan
BART
Entry Plaza with Kisosk and
Granite Bench Seating
‘Retention Meadow’
Existing Bike Path
Bioswale to Convey
Existing Drainage
Drought Tolerant Groundcover
and Shade Trees Along Path
Lighting, Benches, and Trash
Receptacles Along Path
CARLSON BLVD
BART
Entry Plaza with Seating
Existing Bike Path
Drought Tolerant Groundcover
and Shade Trees Along Path
Lighting, Benches, and Trash
Receptacles Along Path
Educational Kiosk
42ND STREET
1 4
Mira Flores
(Planned Senior
Housing)
Ohio AvenueOhio Avenue
Target
Richmond
Medical
CenterContra Costa
County Courts
Lavonnya de Jean
Middle School
Nicholl Park
Carlson Boulevard
King
Elementary
School
John F.

Kennedy
Park
39th Street
42nd Street
45th Street
33rd Street
23rd Street
I-80
1 2 3
4 5 6
1 2
3 4
5 6
Carlson @ 23rd Street
• Connection point to western section of the Richmond Greenway across 23rd Street
• Planned bioswale, meadow
33rd Street
• Location of the only north-south access point to the Richmond Greenway at the bridge over the BART tracks
• Green way access point for Lavonnya De Jean Middle School • Planned access improvements with planting, trees, signage and potential location of linear orchard
39th Street
Planned neighborhood access improvements with planting, trees, signage
42nd Street
Location of planned plaza with access improvements, planting, trees, signage and stormwater management
45th Street
Access point to planned Mira Flores Senior Housing Development Greening the Last Mile of the Richmond Greenway | Conceptual Site Plan Proposed Improvement Zones
Greening Projects Under Development
Richmond Greenway Bike Path
Ohlone Greenway &
Baxter Creek Gateway Park
Ohlone Greenway Gap Closure
Baxter Creek RestorationUnity Park
San Francisco Bay Trail
Carlson Blvd
I-80Greening the Last Mile
Urban Greening Project Site
47th Street
Connection point to Ohlone Greenway and Baxter Creek Gateway Park
Richmond Greenway Project Areas Proposed and Under Development Overall Project Key Plan
BART
Entry Plaza with Kisosk and
Granite Bench Seating
‘Retention Meadow’
Existing Bike Path
Bioswale to Convey
Existing Drainage
Drought Tolerant Groundcover
and Shade Trees Along Path
Lighting, Benches, and Trash
Receptacles Along Path
CARLSON BLVD
BART
Entry Plaza with Seating
Existing Bike Path
Drought Tolerant Groundcover
and Shade Trees Along Path
Lighting, Benches, and Trash
Receptacles Along Path
Educational Kiosk
42ND STREET
1 4
80 chapter 4 - existing parks
key MaP
Richmond Parks Master Plan
NeViN PaRk
Nevin Ave. & 6th Street
PARK CLASSIFICATION:

Neighborhood Park
Multiple user groups X
Children’s play X
Field sports - informal
Court sports X
Senior activities X
Teen activities X
Passive recreation X
Socializing and relaxing X
Group gatherings X
Individual relaxation X
Exercise / Fitness X
Special feature X
ACREAGE: 4.4 acres
PLANNING AREA/NEIGHBORHOOD:

Central Core/Iron Triangle
PARK FEATURES/FACILITIES:

Community Center•
Monument/Public Art•
Basketball Courts•
Workout Station•
Play Lots•
Picnic Area•
Lawn Area•
Parking Lot•
BBQ•
Benches, trash cans, bike racks•
Drinking Fountains•
chapter 4 - existing parks 81
Richmond Parks Master Plan
NeViN PaRk
RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS:

Museum landscaping renovation•
COMMENTS:

Nevin Park has been recently renovated. The
museum landscape within the park needs
renovation, and funding is available.
chapter 4 - existing parks 81
Richmond Parks Master Plan
NeViN PaRk
RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS:

Museum landscaping renovation•
COMMENTS:

Nevin Park has been recently renovated. The
museum landscape within the park needs
renovation, and funding is available.

Credit: NREL/MREA (18707)
Credit: NREL/Dennis Schroeder (29603)
MLK Park - What it will be…

MLK Community Center

BEFORE AFTER
City of Richmond Pedestrian Plan 54
Site Applications: Key Corridors
Participants at the May workshops pointed out the need for a safe crossing between St. Mark’s Church and a lot across the street that is owned by the Church and used for an annual event and other activities. The diagram above illustrates a high visibility midblock crosswalk with a median refuge island that connects the church and the property on the east side of the street.

Harbour Way — Example of Mid-Block Crosswalk between
Bissell and Chanslor Avenues

HARBOUR WAY
Saint Mark’s
Church
Source: City of Richmond, Contra Costa County, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Thomas Bros. Maps, US Census, State of California, MIG Inc.

Thomas Bros. Map data reproduced with permission granted by THOMAS BROS. MAPS. THOMAS BROS. MAPS data is copyrighted by THOMAS BROS. MAPS.

It is unlawful to copy or reproduce all or any part thereof, whether for personal use or resale, without the prior, written permission of THOMAS BROS. MAPS. 0 20 4010 feetHarbour Way Streetscape Improvements
City of Richmond Pedestrian Master Plan
Before
After
St. Mark’s
Church
Church
Festival
Grounds
Harbour Way looking north as it exists today with St.

Mark’s Church located on the west side of the street.

The two photo simulations above visualize Harbour
Way with a crossing island linking the Church to
grounds on the east side of the roadway where Church
events are held. Note that either design should include advance yield lines (not shown) set back from the
crosswalk for waiting motorists and crossing signage in line with California MUTCD standards. Refer to the
earlier section of this document on Crossings beginning on Page 27 for further details.

City of Richmond Pedestrian Plan 54
Site Applications: Key Corridors
Participants at the May workshops pointed out the need for a safe crossing between St. Mark’s Church and a lot across the street that is owned by the Church and used for an annual event and other activities. The diagram above illustrates a high visibility midblock crosswalk with a median refuge island that connects the church and the property on the east side of the street.

Harbour Way — Example of Mid-Block Crosswalk between
Bissell and Chanslor Avenues

HARBOUR WAY
Saint Mark’s
Church
Source: City of Richmond, Contra Costa County, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Thomas Bros. Maps, US Census, State of California, MIG Inc.

Thomas Bros. Map data reproduced with permission granted by THOMAS BROS. MAPS. THOMAS BROS. MAPS data is copyrighted by THOMAS BROS. MAPS.

It is unlawful to copy or reproduce all or any part thereof, whether for personal use or resale, without the prior, written permission of THOMAS BROS. MAPS. 0 20 4010feet Harbour Way Streetscape Improvements
City of Richmond Pedestrian Master Plan
Before
After
St. Mark’s
Church
Church
Festival
Grounds
Harbour Way looking north as it exists today with St.

Mark’s Church located on the west side of the street.

The two photo simulations above visualize Harbour
Way with a crossing island linking the Church to
grounds on the east side of the roadway where Church
events are held. Note that either design should include advance yield lines (not shown) set back from the
crosswalk for waiting motorists and crossing signage in line with California MUTCD standards. Refer to the
earlier section of this document on Crossings beginning on Page 27 for further details.

City of Richmond Pedestrian Plan 54
Site Applications: Key Corridors
Participants at the May workshops pointed out the need for a safe crossing between St. Mark’s Church and a lot across the street that is owned by the Church and used for an annual event and other activities. The diagram above illustrates a high visibility midblock crosswalk with a median refuge island that connects the church and the property on the east side of the street.

Harbour Way — Example of Mid-Block Crosswalk between
Bissell and Chanslor Avenues

HARBOUR WAY
Saint Mark’s
Church
Source: City of Richmond, Contra Costa County, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Thomas Bros. Maps, US Census, State of California, MIG Inc.

Thomas Bros. Map data reproduced with permission granted by THOMAS BROS. MAPS. THOMAS BROS. MAPS data is copyrighted by THOMAS BROS. MAPS.

It is unlawful to copy or reproduce all or any part thereof, whether for personal use or resale, without the prior, written permission of THOMAS BROS. MAPS. 0 20 4010 feetHarbour Way Streetscape Improvements
City of Richmond Pedestrian Master Plan
Before
After
St. Mark’s
Church
Church
Festival
Grounds
Harbour Way looking north as it exists today with St.

Mark’s Church located on the west side of the street.

The two photo simulations above visualize Harbour
Way with a crossing island linking the Church to
grounds on the east side of the roadway where Church
events are held. Note that either design should include advance yield lines (not shown) set back from the
crosswalk for waiting motorists and crossing signage in line with California MUTCD standards. Refer to the
earlier section of this document on Crossings beginning on Page 27 for further details.

BEFORE
AFTER

Pollution burden score reflects the average of 7 exposure indicators and 5 environmental indicators, which are:

EXPOSURE INDICATORS
» Ozone
» Fine particle matter
concentrations
» Diesel particulate matter
» Drinking water
contamination
» Pesticide use
» Toxic releases from facilities
» Traffic density

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

INDICATORS
» Cleanup sites
» Impaired water bodies
» Groundwater threats
» Hazardous waste facilities and
generators
» Solid waste sites and
facilities
Ohio Ave
Garrard Blvd
2nd St
7th St
Marina Way
S 23rd St
Potrero Ave
Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
BART - Richmond

RICHMOND AMTRAK
Source: Adapting to Rising Tides, 2017; Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

Trust for Public Land - Richmond Resilience Roadmap
2100 Sea Level Rise + 5-Year Storm

PLACEWORKS
0 0.2 0.40.1
Miles
Parks
Railroad
kj Rail Stations
Law Enforcement
Fire Stations
Schools
^_ Resilience Hubs
Yellow Brick Road™ streetscape projects
Resilience Roadmap Corridor Projects
Other Corridor Projects
Resilience Roadmap Site Specific Projects
%&'(580
%&'(580
Depth in Feet
0 - 2
2 - 4
4 - 6
6 - 8
8 - 10
10 - 12
12+
Ohio Ave
Garrard Blvd
2nd St
7th St
Marina Way
S 23rd St
Potrero Ave
Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
BART - Richmond

RICHMOND AMTRAK
Source: Trust for Public Land, 2019; Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

Trust for Public Land - Richmond Resilience Roadmap
Connect Priority Areas

PLACEWORKS
0 0.2 0.40.1
Miles
Parks
Railroad
kj Rail Stations
Law Enforcement
Fire Stations
Schools
^_ Resilience Hubs
Yellow Brick Road™ streetscape projects
Resilience Roadmap Corridor Projects
Other Corridor Projects
Resilience Roadmap Site Specific Projects
%&'(580
%&'(580
Connect Priority Areas
High
Very High

RICHMOND RESILIENCE ROADMAP

FOR THE IRON TRIANGLE, SANTA FE, AND CORONADO NEIGHBORHOODS

SEA LEVEL RISE CONNECT PRIORITIES
Ohio Ave
Garrard Blvd
2nd St
7th St
Marina Way
S 23rd St
Potrero Ave
Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
BART - Richmond

RICHMOND AMTRAK
Source: Trust for Public Land, 2019; Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

Trust for Public Land - Richmond Resilience Roadmap
Cool Priority Areas

PLACEWORKS
0 0.2 0.40.1
Miles
Parks
Railroad
kj Rail Stations
Law Enforcement
Fire Stations
Schools
^_ Resilience Hubs
Yellow Brick Road™ streetscape projects
Resilience Roadmap Corridor Projects
Other Corridor Projects
Resilience Roadmap Site Specific Projects
%&'(580
%&'(580
Cool Priority Areas
High
Very High

COOL PRIORITIES
Ohio Ave
Garrard Blvd
2nd St
7th St
Marina Way
S 23rd St
Potrero Ave
Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
BART - Richmond

RICHMOND AMTRAK
Source: OEHHA, 2017; Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

Trust for Public Land - Richmond Resilience Roadmap
CalEnviroScreen 3.0: Pollution Burden

PLACEWORKS
0 0.2 0.40.1
Miles
Parks
Railroad
kj Rail Stations
Law Enforcement
Fire Stations
Schools
^_ Resilience Hubs
Yellow Brick Road™ streetscape projects
Resilience Roadmap Corridor Projects
Other Corridor Projects
Resilience Roadmap Site Specific Projects
%&'(580
%&'(580
Pollution Burden Percentile
21% - 30%
31% - 40%
41% - 50%
61% - 70%
71% - 80%

POLLUTION BURDEN
DEFINING “RESILIENCE”
» Resilience: The ability of Richmond’s residents, infrastructure, response systems, and natural systems to close the “climate gap” and prepare for, absorb, and recover from disruptions caused by climate change.
» Resilient Community: A community that is prepared and ready to withstand social and environmental challenges and can recover equitably from disasters and disruptions.
(CAP 2016, p.70)
» Climate Gap: The systematic disproportionate and unequal health and economic impact that climate change has on people of color and low-income communities. (CAP 2016, p.19)
WHY IS RESILIENCY IMPORTANT?
» Resiliency ensures that Richmond neighborhoods and community members continue to prepare, respond, and recover from hazards caused by climate change.
» Co-benefits, which are indirect positive impacts of projects, such as improved public health, increased employment, and additional educational opportunities, can occur with increased resiliency.

Map Legend
Ohio Ave
Garrard Blvd
2nd St
7th St
Marina Way
S 23rd St
Potrero Ave
Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
BART - Richmond

RICHMOND AMTRAK
Source: Trust for Public Land, 2019; Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

Trust for Public Land - Richmond Resilience Roadmap
Cool Priority Areas

PLACEWORKS
0 0.2 0.40.1
Miles
Parks
Railroad
kj Rail Stations
Law Enforcement
Fire Stations
Schools
^_ Resilience Hubs
Yellow Brick Road™ streetscape projects
Resilience Roadmap Corridor Projects
Other Corridor Projects
Resilience Roadmap Site Specific Projects
%&'(580
%&'(580
Cool Priority Areas
High
Very High
Ohio Ave
Garrard Blvd
2nd St
7th St
Marina Way
S 23rd St
Potrero Ave
Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
BART - Richmond

RICHMOND AMTRAK
Source: Trust for Public Land, 2019; Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

Trust for Public Land - Richmond Resilience Roadmap
Cool Priority Areas

PLACEWORKS
0 0.2 0.40.1
Miles
Parks
Railroad
kj Rail Stations
Law Enforcement
Fire Stations
Schools
^_ Resilience Hubs
Yellow Brick Road™ streetscape projects
Resilience Roadmap Corridor Projects
Other Corridor Projects
Resilience Roadmap Site Specific Projects
%&'(580
%&'(580
Cool Priority Areas
High
Very High
Ohio Ave
Garrard Blvd
2nd St
7th St
Marina Way
S 23rd St
Potrero Ave
Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
BART - Richmond

RICHMOND AMTRAK
Source: OEHHA, 2017; Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

Trust for Public Land - Richmond Resilience Roadmap
CalEnviroScreen 3.0: Pollution Burden

PLACEWORKS
0 0.2 0.40.1
Miles
Parks
Railroad
kj Rail Stations
Law Enforcement
Fire Stations
Schools
^_ Resilience Hubs
Yellow Brick Road™ streetscape projects
Resilience Roadmap Corridor Projects
Other Corridor Projects
Resilience Roadmap Site Specific Projects
%&'(580
%&'(580
Pollution Burden Percentile
21% - 30%
31% - 40%
41% - 50%
61% - 70%
71% - 80%
Ohio Ave
Garrard Blvd
2nd St
7th St
Marina Way
S 23rd St
Potrero Ave
Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
BART - Richmond

RICHMOND AMTRAK
Source: Trust for Public Land, 2019; Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

Trust for Public Land - Richmond Resilience Roadmap
Connect Priority Areas

PLACEWORKS
0 0.2 0.40.1
Miles
Parks
Railroad
kj Rail Stations
Law Enforcement
Fire Stations
Schools
^_ Resilience Hubs
Yellow Brick Road™ streetscape projects
Resilience Roadmap Corridor Projects
Other Corridor Projects
Resilience Roadmap Site Specific Projects
%&'(580
%&'(580
Connect Priority Areas
High
Very High
Ohio Ave
Garrard Blvd
2nd St
7th St
Marina Way
S 23rd St
Potrero Ave
Harbour Way
Hoffman Blvd
Wright Ave
Kearney St
Marina Bay Pkwy
Pennsylvania Ave
Cutting Blvd
Barrett Ave
MacDonald Ave
Canal Blvd
BART - Richmond

RICHMOND AMTRAK
Source: Adapting to Rising Tides, 2017; Contra Costa County, 2019; PlaceWorks, 2019.

Trust for Public Land - Richmond Resilience Roadmap
2100 Sea Level Rise + 5-Year Storm

PLACEWORKS
0 0.2 0.40.1
Miles
Parks
Railroad
kj Rail Stations
Law Enforcement
Fire Stations
Schools
^_ Resilience Hubs
Yellow Brick Road™ streetscape projects
Resilience Roadmap Corridor Projects
Other Corridor Projects
Resilience Roadmap Site Specific Projects
%&'(580
%&'(580
Depth in Feet
0 - 2
2 - 4
4 - 6
6 - 8
8 - 10
10 - 12
12+

........................................................................................................................

A PPENDIX C :

R ICHMOND W ELLNESS T RAIL

S UPPORTING D OCUMENTS

Read Me
California Air Resources Board
Calculator for the
California Natural Resources Agency
Urban Greening Grant Program
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Quantification Methodology
Fiscal Year 2016-2017
Read Me Worksheet
User-input cells
User-input cells with a drop-down menu (drop-down menu appears when the cell is activated) Cells with automated calculations
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is responsible for providing the quantification methodology to estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions from California Climate Investment projects receiving monies from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).

This Urban Greening GHG Calculator Tool accompanies the quantification methodology for the fiscal year (FY) 2016-17 GGRF Urban Greening Program available at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cci-quantification Applicants must use this Urban Greening GHG Calculator Tool to estimate the net GHG benefit associated with the Urban Greening projects. Refer to the quantification methodology document for background, step-by-step detailed instructions, and examples. To use this Urban Greening GHG Calculator Tool, follow these steps:

Project Name: Richmond Wellness Trail Phase I
Step 1 Enter general project information: Enter the project name and the contact information for a person who can answer project specific questions from staff reviewers on the quantification calculations. Enter the date that the project completed the GHG calculations.Contact Email: [email protected] All applicants must enter data into the worksheets with a green tab Date Completed: 4/19/2017
Cells Formatting Guide
Grant ID, if applicable:

Contact Name: Trudy Garber
Contact Phone Number: 415-800-5274
Step 2 Identify the proposed project component(s): the applicant must select the appropriate project component(s) from the list of eligible urban greening project components listed in the quantification methodology.

Step 3 Determine the inputs needed: the applicant will use Tables 3 and 4 in the quantification methodology and the carbon calculator tools identified therein to determine the project information that must be input into this Urban Greening GHG Calculator Tool for the applicable project component(s) selected in Step 2. For tree planting activities, many of the inputs will come from the output of urban greening carbon calculators identified in the quantification methodology.

Step 4 Estimate the net GHG benefit: the applicant will enter the project details identified in Step 3 into this calculator tool to calculate the net GHG benefit of the project.

Step 5 Submit documentation: Save file for submittal. This file will be submitted with other documentation requirements. See Section C of the quantification methodology for additional documentation requirements.

This Urban Greening GHG Calculator Tool allows users to estimate the net GHG benefit from a variety of specific urban greening activities. Each eligible project component identified in Table 2 of the quantification methodology has a worksheet within the calculator (note: projects with tree planting components must select the "Carbon & Energy Savings" tab that is appropriate to the urban tree carbon accounting tool used). Applicants must input data into the worksheets that apply to the proposed project. The Urban Greening GHG Calculator Tool provides fields for users to input project specific information. User input fields are shaded yellow or green and calculator outputs of GHG emission reduction estimates are shaded grey. After the user inputs are entered for each proposed project component, the GHG Summary worksheet displays the GHG benefit from each component, the GHG emissions from project implementation, the net GHG benefit of the project, as well as the estimated total project GHG benefit per Urban Greening GGRF f d t d d th ti t d t t l j t GHG b fit t t l GGRF f d t d For more information on ARB’s efforts to support implementation of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund investments, see:

Questions on this document should be sent to:

Information only; no data needs to be entered into worksheets with a black tab Tabs Formatting Guide
Questions pertaining to the Urban Greening Program should be sent to CNRA. Contact information for CNRA can be found at:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/auctionproceeds.

[email protected]
http://resources.ca.gov/grants/urban-greening/

Carbon & Energy Savings-iTree
California Air Resources Board
Calculator for the
California Natural Resources Agency
Urban Greening Grant Program
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Quantification Methodology
Fiscal Year 2016-2017
Project Name:

Grant ID, if applicable:

GHG Benefit of Tree Planting
Enter data below after using the i-Tree Streets to estimate tree carbon storage and electricity and natural gas savings of the population of project trees.

Carbon Stored in
Population of Trees 40
Years After Project Start
(lb CO2e)
Annual Electricity Savings
From Population of Trees 40
Years After Project Start
(MWh)
Annual Natural Gas Savings
From Population of Trees 40
Years After Project Start
(therms)
Trees Within Population to
be Planted to Shade
Buildings (i.e. within 60 ft)
(%)
GHG Benefit of
Carbon Stored in Live
Project Trees
(MT CO2e) 368.21
836,117 24.1 444.2 6%
GHG Benefit from
Energy Savings
(MT CO2e) 11.43
.

GHG Emissions from
Project
Implementation 18.98
Richmond Wellness Trail Phase I

New Bike-Ped Infrastructure
California Air Resources Board
Calculator for the
California Natural Resources Agency
Urban Greening Grant Program
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Quantification Methodology
Fiscal Year 2016-2017
Project Name:

Grant ID, if applicable
Pedestrian or Bicycle
Facility Type County Year 1
(Yr 1)
Year F
(Yr F)
Annual Days
of Operation
(D)
Average Daily
Traffic
(ADT)
Bicycle or
Pedestrian
Path Length
(miles)
City
Population
University
Town
(Yes/No)
Number of
Activity Centers
within 1/4 Mile
Number of
Activity Centers
within 1/2 Mile
Adjustment
Factor
(A)
Activity Center
Credit
(C)
GHG Emission
Reductions
(MTCO2e)
Average Annual Auto
VMT Reduced Error
Checks
Bicycle Lanes Class 4 Contra Costa 2018 2038 200 14,657 0. 7 109,708 No 25 68 0. 0014 0. 0030 186. 27 23, 217 Pedestrian Facilities Contra Costa 2018 2038 200 14,657 0. 7 109,708 No 25 68 0. 0014 0. 0030 103. 48 12, 898 289.76 36,115 Subtotal Emission ReductionsProject Details
Richmond Wellness Trail Phase I

GHG Summary
California Air Resources Board
Calculator for the
California Natural Resources Agency
Urban Greening Grant Program
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Quantification Methodology
Fiscal Year 2016-2017
Project Name: Richmond Wellness Trail Phase I
Grant ID, if applicable:

GHG Summary Worksheet

0.00 368.21

0.00 11.43
289.76

18.98 650.42
$3,114,025
$3,114,025

0.0002089

0.0002089
GHG Benefit of Carbon Stored in Live Project Trees Estimated Using the CTCC (MT CO
2e)
GHG Benefit of Carbon Stored in Live Project Trees Estimated Using i-Tree Streets (MT CO2e)
GHG Benefit from Energy Savings Estimated Using the CTCC (MT CO2e)
GHG Benefit from Energy Savings Estimated Using i-Tree Streets (MT CO2e)
Avoided GHG from Establishment of New Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities (MT CO2e)
Total GGRF Funds Requested ($)
Net GHG Benefit/Urban Greening GGRF Funds Requested (MT CO2e/$) Net GHG Benefit/Total GGRF Funds Requested (MT CO2e/$)
GHG Emissions from Project Implementation
(MT CO2e)
Net GHG Benefit (MT CO2e)
Urban Greening GGRF Funds Requested ($)

1936 University Avenue, Suite 250, Berkeley, CA 94704

TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM
To: Cynthia Greenberg
FROM: Robert Stevens and Mike Vidra
DATE: May 17, 2019
SUBJECT: Richmond Wellness Trail – Hydraulic Analysis
Our assessment of the hydraulic conditions along the Richmond Wellness Trail are summarized below:

Using the rational method for calculating stormwater discharge during a storm event is an appropriate method for this site. The rational method takes three factors into consideration to calculate stormwater discharge for a specific watershed area:
• A weighted stormwater runoff coefficient (C), based on surface type and grade, • Rainfall intensity (i), based on historical data, and • Surface tributary area (A), based on the site topography.

These factors are multiplied directly by one another to calculated stormwater discharge. Therefore, if one factor is increased by a set amount the resultant will also be increased by that same amount. • The runoff coefficient (C) is assumed to be consistent since the surface material throughout the project consists of asphalt pavement, concrete pavement, roofs and landscaping. We used an average C factor for these types of typical surfaces and neighborhood layouts of 0.7. • The rainfall intensity (i) for the average San Francisco Bay area project of this size was used for this project and is 2.0 in/hr
• The surface area (A) was calculated individually for each zone defined in the analysis below.

We assumed the entire roadway pavement section as well as the private residential lots immediately adjacent to the road together equated to the total tributary area.

For reference a pipe flow capacity table is below which demonstrates the size of pipe required to carry a certain flow. Additionally, a 29foot wide gutter pan running longitudinally down the side of road has the capacity equivalent to a 69inch pipe. Therefore, if the flow of stormwater in the tributary area is greater than the capacity of two 69inch pipes (two since there are two sides of the road), then spill over into the roadway will occur for a typical 109year storm event.

PIPE SIZE AND CAPACITY TABLE:

Pipe slope was set at 1.0% and assumed only flowing about 75% of full capacity.

Pipe Size (inch) 6 12 15 18 24 30 36 48
Flow (cfs) 0.5 3 5.5 9 18 36 50 125

EXISTING HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS:
16 th Street: Macdonald Ave to Unity Park
• Macdonald to Bissell Ave: Flow = 5.5 cfs
o Concentrated gutter flow
o Storm drain curb inlet at south end
• Bissell Ave to Chanslor Ave: Flow = 4.3 cfs
o Concentrated gutter flow
o Storm drain curb inlet at south end
• Chanslor Ave to Unity Park: Flow = 3.0 cfs
o Concentrated gutter flow
o Storm drain curb inlet at south end

Richmond Wellness Trail
2 Marina Way South: Ohio Ave to Hoffman Blvd
• Ohio Ave to Florida Ave: Flow = 4.8 cfs
o Concentrated gutter flow
o Gutter flow continues down Florida Ave.
• Florida Ave to Maine Ave: Flow = 3.9 cfs
o Concentrated gutter flow
o Gutter flow continues down Maine Ave.
• Maine Ave to Virginia Ave: Flow = 3.5 cfs
o Concentrated gutter flow
o Gutter flow continues down Virginia Ave.
• Virginia Ave to Cutting Blvd: Flow = 3.9 cfs
o Concentrated gutter flow
o Connect to storm drain inlet at south end
• Cutting Blvd to Potrero Ave to Hoffman Blvd: Flow = 5.0 cfs o Concentrated gutter flow
o Connect to storm drain inlet at south end

STORMWATER CONSIDERATIONS:

During the design of a project in the San Francisco Bay Area a consideration for stormwater treatment shall be evaluated and depending on the type of project implemented. A streetscape project along a roadway similar to 16
th Street and Marina Way South are perfect examples of projects to receive stormwater treatment measures, such as:
• pervious paving,
• rain gardens,
• subsurface treatment such as silva cells,
• treatment tree planters,
• detention pipes, etc.

Designing systems such as these will improve many aspect related to stormwater issues, such as:
• reduce runoff and flooding,
• enhance stormwater discharge quality, and
• improve infiltration rates
One of the largest and most notable issues to be felt immediately upon installation of these types of measures is decreased flooding. Based on the calculations provided above flooding is a major concern requiring attention through this entire corridor. Due to the size of the tributary areas, any single stormwater treatment measure will not be sufficient. Typically a low impact development (LID) type treatment measure is calculated by taking the total impervious area and multiplying by 4 percent, which is your resultant treatment area size. However, a mechanic type or subsurface type treatment system is specifically designed to take on a set stormwater flow in units of cubic feet per second (cfs).

A combined system using both type methods such as pervious paving within the parking section over an underground treatment & storage system with a subdrain, similar to a silva cell, would be ideal, but not always practical. Rain gardens placed in bulb9outs at the intersections and mid9block to collect, treat and detain stormwater are also appropriate methods. Bulb9outs designed appropriately with a subsurface drainage system may be the least impactful and most maintainable. This would be a reasonable consideration for 16
th Street which currently has subsurface drainage system at the intersecting roadways. However, a subsurface drainage system extending the entire length of Marina Way South would prove quite costly, but still is the most appropriate method to relieve flooding. Once the subsurface drainage system is installed, adding the appropriate stormwater treatment measures would exponentially benefit the entire corridor.

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3 Intersection of Marina Way South and Maine Avenue showing deep gutter flow

Post storm event flooding at the south end of 16 th Street.

1936 University Avenue, Suite 250, Berkeley, CA 94704

TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM
To: Cynthia Greenberg
FROM: Robert Stevens and Mike Vidra
DATE: May 16, 2019
SUBJECT: Richmond Wellness Trail – Pavement Assessment Our assessment of the vehicular roadway pavement conditions along the Richmond Wellness Trail are summarized below using the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) method of analyzing pavement. The pedestrian sidewalk throughout this corridor was reviewed separately and in a more general assessment. A further assessment of the sidewalk may be warranted as the scope of this project is further refined.

The PCI index chart below specifies how the numeric range value given to a section of pavement is related to the actual condition of the pavement and a generic remediation technique.

PCI Range Description of Range Remediation techniques
100:90 Excellent – Newly constructed road no remediation required 90:85 Very Good – very minor cracking Seal coat and crack sealing 85:70 Good : low levels of distress,
cracking throughout
localized digouts required ranging from 4”:6”,
crack sealing
70:60 Fair : significant distress large digouts required with minor grinding/overlay potential
60:25 Poor, deteriorating pavement large areas requiring full replacement with grind/overlay
25:11 Very Poor, major distress Full depth street section required 10:0 Failed, extremely rough pavement Full design and study required

ASSESSMENT OF PAVEMENT CONDITION:
16th Street
• Cross slope of shoulders range from 2% to 5% with limited areas exceeding 5% • Most severe pavement distress occurs in roadway shoulder • Macdonald to Bissell Ave: PCI = 80
o Very minor distress, few areas requiring digouts
o Oil stains throughout
• Bissell Ave to Chanslor Ave: PCI = 68
o Most distress is within the shoulders and at the intersections. o Longitudinal cracking extending full length
• Chanslor Ave to Unity Park: PCI = 50
o Alligator cracking throughout
o Longitudinal cracking throughout
o Major distress within shoulder.

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2 • Sidewalk along 16th Street:
o The majority of the sidewalk has appropriate clearance and cross slope o Accessible curb ramps are incompliant
o Areas of major upheaving caused by tree roots
o Areas of cross sloping exceed accessibility standards (>2%)

Greenway Trail at Unity Park
• Upper Portion: PCI = 85
o Very minor cracking
o Cross slope ranging from 0.5% to 2%
• Lower Portion: PCI = 73
o Longitudinal cracking throughout
o Lateral cracking throughout, but sufficiently spaced
o Cross slope ranging from 1% to 3%

Marina Way South
• Ohio Ave to Cutting Blvd: PCI = 62
o Longitudinal cracking throughout
o Localized areas requiring digouts
o Steep shoulder along entire length ranging from 5% to 10% o Major distress within intersections requiring large amounts of digouts • Sidewalk along Marina Way South from Ohio Ave to Cutting Blvd:
o The majority of the sidewalk has appropriate clearance and cross slope. • Cutting Blvd to Hoffman Blvd: PCI = 86
o Minor longitudinal cracking
o Concrete shoulder for parking shows most signs of distress.  Cross slope of concrete shoulders range from 2% to 4% o Asphalt shoulder ranges from 2% to 5%
o Intersection at Hoffman Blvd shows major longitudinal cracks starting • Sidewalk along Marina Way South Cutting Blvd to Hoffman Blvd:
o Portion of sidewalk is missing adjacent immediately south of Cutting Blvd. o Joint Poles are within the sidewalk and do not allow proper clear width. • Hoffman Blvd to Wright Ave: Concrete PCI = 88, Asphalt PCI = 80 o Concrete section has location of very minor cracking
o Concrete section shows slight raveling which is typical for a concrete roadway o Asphalt section has longitudinal and spaced out lateral cracking

Hoffman Blvd to Wright Ave concrete section: PCI = 88

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3 Typical Sidewalk along Marina Way South

Typical Sidewalk along 16th Street

Greenway Trail through Unity Park
Upper Portion: PCI = 85 Lower Portion: PCI = 73

Curb ramp along 16th Street

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4 Cutting Blvd to Potrero Ave to Hoffman Blvd: PCI = 86

Intersection of Maine Ave and Marina Way South: PCI = 62

Chanslor Ave to Unity Park: PCI = 50

Florida Ave to Maine Ave: PCI = 62

1936 University Avenue, Suite 250, Berkeley, CA 94704

TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM
To: Cynthia Greenberg
FROM: Robert Stevens and Mike Vidra
DATE: May 16, 2019
SUBJECT: Richmond Wellness Trail – Photometric Analysis Our assessment of the photometric analysis along the Richmond Wellness Trail are summarized below using standards from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). Specifically focusing on standards for roadway & intersection lighting applications and calculation methods. Field investigations took place on March 7 th & May 2nd of 2019.

The table below shows Table 2 from IESNA RP:8:
• Pedestrian conflict is defined as high, medium or low over a one:hour peak night time period:
o high pedestrian conflict will have approximately 100 or more pedestrian,  The trail corridor of this project falls under this category o medium pedestrian conflict will have 11 to 99 pedestrians and  The road corridor of this project falls under this category o low pedestrian conflict will have under 10 pedestrian • Pavement is classified as R1, R2, R3, or R4:
o R1 = Portland:cement concrete
o R2 & R3 = Asphalt, rough textured (typical roadway)
 The corridor of this project falls under this category o R4 = Asphalt, smooth textured
• Road types shown below are defined as Collector and Local. o 16th street we are defining as a Local road
o Greenway Trail was are defining as a Local Road
o Marina Way South we are defining as a Collector road. • ‘Lux’ is lumens per square meter
• ‘FC’ (foot:candles) is lumens per square foot. This is the preferred unit for California.

The below table was abridged to only show road types Collector and Local.

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2 PHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS:

16th Street: Macdonald Ave to Unity Park
• Curb to curb = approximately 30 feet
• Street lights are on the east side of 16 th Street.
• Street lights are spaced approximately 100 to
120 feet with additional light poles at the
intersections
o There is at least one empty section
between each of the blocks.
• The light projected from each street light
illuminates the face of curb on the opposite side
of the street from which the pole is mounted.
• PHOTOMETRIC CALCULATIONS: Macdonald Ave
to Unity Park
o Average foot:candles = 0.75
o Max Foot Candles (FC) = 2.0
o Min Foot Candles = 0.1
o Minimum to Maximum FC Ratio: 0.03
o Maximum to Minimum FC Ratio = 30.99
o Average to Minimum FC Ratio = 11.75
o Maximum to Average FC Ratio = 2.66
• Table summary of photometric calculations comparing existing and preferred IESNA standards IESNA Standard Existing Condition Compliance (Yes or No) FC (average value) 0.7 0.75 Yes
Uniformity Ratio 6.0 11.75 No
• Conclusion: Additional light poles spaced appropriately throughout the entire corridor will increase the minimum FC Ratio and as a result lower the Uniformity Ratio closer to standard IESNA value of 6.0.

Ideally the Uniformity Ratio is within 2.0 of the set IESNA Standard. Furthermore, adding additional light poles will have an adverse effect on the Average FC, but not substantial enough to increase the value so high as to be incompliant.

Greenway Trail at Unity Park:
• Street lights are spaced approximately 115 to 125 feet • PHOTOMETRIC CALCULATIONS: Macdonald Ave to Unity Park o Average foot:candles = 0.95
o Max Foot Candles (FC) = 2.0
o Min Foot Candles = 0.2
o Minimum to Maximum FC Ratio: 0.1
o Maximum to Minimum FC Ratio = 10.0
o Average to Minimum FC Ratio = 4.8
o Maximum to Average FC Ratio = 2.1
• Table summary of photometric calculations comparing existing and preferred IESNA standards IESNA Standard Existing Condition Compliance (Yes or No) FC (average value) 0.9 0.95 Yes
Uniformity Ratio 9.0 4.8 No
• Conclusion: Additional light poles spaced appropriately along the lower portion of the Greenway Trail would help raise the uniformity ratio.

Marina Way South: Ohio Ave to Hoffman Blvd
Typical Street Light along 16th Street

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3 • Curb to curb = 55:60 feet
• Street lights are on the east side of Marina Way South • Streets lights are spaced with an average spacing 110 to 150 feet with additional light poles at the intersections
• The light projected from each street light illuminates past the centerline of the road and nearly to the curb on the opposite side from which the pole is mounted. • PHOTOMETRIC CALCULATIONS: Ohio Ave to Hoffman Blvd
o Average foot:candles = 0.43
o Max Foot Candles = 2.9
o Min Foot Candles = 0.0
o Minimum to Maximum FC Ratio: (not calculable)
o Maximum to Minimum FC Ratio = 992.71(high due to no minimum) o Average to Minimum FC Ratio = 145.56 (high due to no minimum) o Maximum to Average FC Ratio = 6.75
• PHOTOMETRICS: Ohio Ave to Florida Ave
This more focused area was chosen since there is a more consistent spacing of light poles throughout this block. Allowing a more concise calculation of the photometric analysis and providing calculations as if all of the Marina Way South corridor had similar light pole spacing. o Average foot:candles = 0.7
o Max Foot Candles = 2.0
o Min Foot Candles = 0.1
o Minimum to Maximum FC Ratio: 0.03
o Maximum to Minimum FC Ratio = 36.66
o Average to Minimum FC Ratio = 12.63
o Maximum to Average FC Ratio = 2.90
• Table summary of photometric calculations comparing existing and preferred IESNA standards IESNA
Standard
Existing Condition
(Ohio to Florida)
Compliance
(Yes or No)
Existing Condition
(Ohio to Hoffman)
Compliance
(Yes or No)
FC (average value) 0.9 0.7 Yes 0.43 No
Uniformity Ratio 4.0 12.63 No 145.56 No
• Conclusion: The block from Ohio Ave to Florida Ave was chosen as the comparable block due to the inconsistency of the light pole spacing between Florida Ave and Hoffman Blvd. Additional light poles spaced appropriately throughout the entire corridor will increase the minimum FC Ratio and as a result lower the Uniformity Ratio closer to standard IESNA value of 4.0. Ideally the Uniformity Ratio is within

2.0 of the set IESNA Standard. Furthermore, adding additional light poles will have an adverse effect on the Average FC, but not substantial enough to increase the value so high as to be incompliant.

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4 Looking south from Ohio Ave down Marina Way South

Greenway Trail through Unity Park
Upper Portion of Trail Lower Portion of Trail

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Richmond Wellness Trail Tree Evaluation Data Matrix
Individual Tree Data
Health and Structural Rating Key: Suitability for Preservation Ratings:

3.0 = moderate or better condition

2.5 = marginal to moderate

2.0 = marginal condition

1.5 = poor to marginal condition

1.0 = poor condition
Tree #
(GPS) Species
Trunk
Diameter @

4.5' (inches)
# of
Trunks
Crown
Height
(approx.
feet)
Crown
Diameter
(approx.
feet)
Health
Rating
Structural
Rating Comments/Observations Suitability for Preservation Planter Size Pavement Impact Pavement
Displacement
Rating (Current)
Overhead HV
Electrical
Tree Image
Reference
001
camphor tree
(Cinnamomum
camphora)

10.5 1 20 20 2.0 2.5
Semi-mature tree with closely spaced ,
multiple limb attachments forming at 5.5'.

History of pruning . Vigor is variable with
current flush of growth occurring. History of
drought stress and branch dieback.

Poor to Fair 3' x 3' Minor cracking. Minor No 5886, 5890 002 camphor tree 5 1 10 8 1.5 2.0 Stunted tree with asymmetrical from. Vigor is low with probable crown gall infection. Poor 3' x 3' None None No 5887, 5891 003 camphor tree 8; 10.5 2 20 20.0 2.0 2.5 Two trunk structure forming at 4'. Vigor is low. Marginal form. Poor to Fair 3' x 3'
Significant
displacement and
cracking. 1.25"
displacement.

Significant No 5888, 5892
004 camphor tree 8.5 1 18 15 1.5 2.0 Marginal structural form. Vigor is low with crown gall infection and lower trunk canker. Poor 3' x 3' Minor displacement. Minor No 5889, 5893 005 red maple (Acer
rubrum) 5.5 1 15 18 2.5 2.5
Young tree with closely spaced, multiple limb
attachments at 6'. Vigor is moderately low.

Root collar suckering.

Fair 3' x 3' None None No 5894; 95; 96;
97 006 crabapple (Malus
spp .) 8 (low) multi 7 8 3.0 na
Pruned as shrub. Good health. Nearby
European white birch and Hollywood juniper
shown in image 5899.
? 6' X
continuous None None No 5898; 5899
007
Aristocrat flowering
pear (Pyrus calleryana
'Aristocrat')
2; 3; 3; 4.5;
5 5 20 18 2.5 2.5
Semi-mature tree with low multiple trunk
structure. Vigor is moderately low. Root
collar suckering.

Fair to Moderate 6' X
continuous None None Yes 5900
008 gingko (maidenhair
tree) (Gingko biloba) 9 1 22 30 3.0 2.5
Young tree with closely spaced, multiple limb
attachments at 7'. Vigor and foliage density
are good.

Good 1.5' x 1.5' Significant
displacement. Significant No 5901; 5902
Good: Trees in good health and structural condition with high potential for longevity.

Moderate: Trees in fair health and/or with structural defects that can usually be abated with treatment.

Fair: Trees in marginal health or structural condition that could possibly be mitigated or improved.

Poor: Trees in poor health and/or structural condition that probably cannot be effectively abated.

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Tree #
(GPS) Species
Trunk
Diameter @

4.5' (inches)
# of
Trunks
Crown
Height
(approx.
feet)
Crown
Diameter
(approx.
feet)
Health
Rating
Structural
Rating Comments/Observations Suitability for Preservation Planter Size Pavement Impact Pavement
Displacement
Rating (Current)
Overhead HV
Electrical
Tree Image
Reference
009
Brisbane box
(Lophostemon
conferta)
11 1 30 25 3.0 3.0
Semi-mature tree with no significant
structural defects. Symmetrical crown form.

Vigor and foliage density are moderate.

Good 6' X
continuous
Moderate
displacement and
cracking.

Moderate No 5903; 5904
010
London plane tree
(Platanus hispanica x
'Columbia'

0.75 1 7 3.5 3.0 3.0
New tree in moderate vigor with no
significant structural defects. Appears to be
the 'Columbia' cultivar.

Good 6' X
continuous
History of
displacement. Minor No 5905, 5906
011 Marina arbutus
(Arbutus x 'Marina' 4 1 10 12 3.0 3.0
Young tree with closely spaced, multiple limb
attachments at 6'. Vigor is moderate.

Probable aphid or scale infestation.

Good 6' X
continuous
History of
displacement. Minor No 5905;5906
012 Marina arbutus 4.5 1 10 12 3.0 3.0
Young tree with closely spaced, multiple limb
attachments at 6'. Vigor is moderate.

Probable aphid or scale infestation.

Good 6' X
continuous
History of
displacement. Minor No 5905; 5907
013 water gum
(Tristaniopsis laurina) 7 1 20 20 3.0 3.0 Young tree with closely spaced, multiple limb attachments at 6'. Vigor is moderate. Good 6' X
continuous None None No 5908
014
purple-leaf plum
(Prunus cerasifera
'Krauter Vesuvius')

3.5 1 12 8 1.5 2.0 Stunted tree with severe aphid infestation.

Marginal structure. Poor 6' X
continuous None None Yes 5909
015 coast live oak
(Quercus agrifolia) 2 1 6 5 3.0 2.5
Young tree with somewhat marginal form.

Vigor and foliage density are moderate.

String trimmer damage to trunk.

Fair to Moderate 6' X
continuous None None No 5910
016 coast live oak 2 1 6 5 2.5 2.0
Tree is leaning and partially collapsed.

Moderately low vigor and foliage density.

String trimmer damage to trunk.

Fair 6' X
continuous None None No missing
017 coast live oak 1.5 1 6 3.5 2.0 3.0 Young tree with multiple attachments. Vigor is low. String trimmer damage to trunk. Fair 6' X
continuous None None No 5911
018 Chinese elm (Ulmus
parvifolia 'Drakes') 18 1 45 60 3.0 3.0
Mature tree with symmetrical crown form.

No significant structural defects observed.

Vigor and foliage density are moderate.

Likely the 'Drake' cultivar (anthracnose
resistant).

Good 6' X
continuous
Limited sidewalk lift
occurring. Minor No 5911; 5912;
5913
019 Chinese elm 18 1 40 to 45 35 to 40 3.0 3.0
Mature tree with symmetrical crown form.

No significant structural defects observed.

Vigor and foliage density are moderate.

Good 6' X
continuous Minor displacement. Minor No 5914; 5915;
5916
020 Chinese elm 19 1 40 to 45 35 to 40 3.0 3.0
Mature tree with symmetrical crown form.

No significant structural defects observed.

Vigor and foliage density are moderate.

Good 6' X
continuous Minor displacement. Minor No 5917
021 Chinese elm 19 1 40 to 45 35 to 40 3.0 3.0
Mature tree with symmetrical crown form.

No significant structural defects observed.

Vigor and foliage density are moderate.

History of root pruning.

Good 6' X
continuous Minor displacement. Minor No 5918; 5919;
5920

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Tree #
(GPS) Species
Trunk
Diameter @

4.5' (inches)
# of
Trunks
Crown
Height
(approx.
feet)
Crown
Diameter
(approx.
feet)
Health
Rating
Structural
Rating Comments/Observations Suitability for Preservation Planter Size Pavement Impact Pavement
Displacement
Rating (Current)
Overhead HV
Electrical
Tree Image
Reference
022 Chinese elm 19.5 1 40 to 45 35 to 40 3.0 3.0
Mature tree with symmetrical crown form.

No significant structural defects observed.

Vigor and foliage density are moderate.

History of root pruning. Topped on north
side towards HV electrical lines.

Good 6' X
continuous
Substantial
displacement. Significant Partial
5921; 5922;
5923; 5924;
5925; 5926
023 black locust (Robinia
pseudoacacia) 23 1 30 to 35 25 to 30 1.5 1.5
Tree is in generally poor condition with
significant limb dieback and a canker on the
lower trunk. Vigor is low.

Poor 6' X
continuous
Limited displacement
occurring. Minor No
5927; 5928;
5929; 5930;
5931
024 Eastern redbud
(Cercis canadensis) 0.5 1 5.5 3 3.0 3.0
New tree in moderate vigor with no
significant structural defects. Oleanders
planted nearby.

Good 6' X
continuous None None Yes 5932; 5933
025 coast live oak 4 1 12 8 to 10 3.0 3.0
Young tree with good vigor and dense
growth. No significant structural defects
observed. Dead Arbutus 'Marina around
corner.

Good 6' X
continuous
Recent sidewalk
repair. None Yes 5934; 5935;
5936
026 Chinese elm 20 2 @ 7' 40 to 45 50 to 55 3.0 2.5
Mature tree that has been V-pruned for HV
electrical line clearance. Co-dominant trunks
form at 7'. History of root loss. Recent
sidewalk repair.

Moderate 6' X
continuous
Recent sidewalk
repair. None Yes 5937; 5938;
5939
027 Chinese elm 19 1 40 to 45 30 to 35 3.0 2.0
Mature tree that has been partially topped
pruned for electrical line clearance. Large
trunk wound on south side. Pruned for
electrical secondaries also.

Poor 6' X
continuous
Recent sidewalk
repair. None Yes 5947; 5948;
5949; 5950
028 Chinese elm 18.5 1 40 to 45 30 to 35 3.0 2.5
Mature tree that has been V-pruned for HV
electrical line clearance. Asymmetrical root
distribution. Recent sidewalk repair.

Moderate 6' X
continuous Minor displacement. Minor Yes 5947; 5948;
5949; 5950
029 Chinese elm 17.5 1 40 to 45 30 to 35 3.0 3.0
Mature tree that has been partially topped
pruned for electrical line clearance. No
significant structural defects observed.

Moderate 6' X
continuous
Recent sidewalk
repair. None Yes 5947; 5948;
5949; 5950
030 Japanese zelkova
(Zelkova serrata) 6 1 18 to 20 12 to 15 2.5 2.5
Young tree, pruned to rounded form below
HV electrical lines. Closely spaced, multiple
limb attachments. Vigor and foliage density
are moderately low with limited twig/branch
dieback occurring. Planting appears water
stressed. Bubblers are present.

Moderate 6' X
continuous None None Yes 5947; 5948;
5949; 5950

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Tree #
(GPS) Species
Trunk
Diameter @

4.5' (inches)
# of
Trunks
Crown
Height
(approx.
feet)
Crown
Diameter
(approx.
feet)
Health
Rating
Structural
Rating Comments/Observations Suitability for Preservation Planter Size Pavement Impact Pavement
Displacement
Rating (Current)
Overhead HV
Electrical
Tree Image
Reference
031 Japanese zelkova 7 1 18 to 20 12 to 15
Young tree, pruned to rounded form below
HV electrical lines. Closely spaced, multiple
limb attachments. Vigor and foliage density
are moderately low with limited twig/branch
dieback occurring. Planting appears water
stressed. Bubblers are present.

Moderate 6' X
continuous None None Yes 5947; 5948;
5949; 5950
032 Japanese zelkova 7 1 18 to 20 12 to 15
Young tree, pruned to rounded form below
HV electrical lines. Closely spaced, multiple
limb attachments. Vigor and foliage density
are moderately low with limited twig/branch
dieback occurring. Planting appears water
stressed. Bubblers are present.

Moderate 6' X
continuous None None Yes 5947; 5948;
5949; 5950
033 Japanese zelkova 6.5 1 18 to 20 12 to 15
Young tree, pruned to rounded form below
HV electrical lines. Closely spaced, multiple
limb attachments. Vigor and foliage density
are moderately low with limited twig/branch
dieback occurring. Planting appears water
stressed. Bubblers are present.

Moderate 6' X
continuous None None Yes 5947; 5948;
5949; 5950
034 Japanese zelkova 7.5 1 18 to 20 12 to 15
Young tree, pruned to rounded form below
HV electrical lines. Closely spaced, multiple
limb attachments. Vigor and foliage density
are moderately low with limited twig/branch
dieback occurring. Planting appears water
stressed. Bubblers are present.

Moderate 6' X
continuous None None Yes 5947; 5948;
5949; 5950
035 Japanese zelkova 6.5 1 18 to 20 12 to 15
Young tree, pruned to rounded form below
HV electrical lines. Closely spaced, multiple
limb attachments. Vigor and foliage density
are moderately low with limited twig/branch
dieback occurring. Planting appears water
stressed. Bubblers are present.

Moderate 6' X
continuous None None Yes 5947; 5948;
5949; 5950
036 Japanese zelkova 6.5 1 18 to 20 12 to 15
Young tree, pruned to rounded form below
HV electrical lines. Closely spaced, multiple
limb attachments. Vigor and foliage density
are moderately low with limited twig/branch
dieback occurring. Planting appears water
stressed. Bubblers are present.

Moderate 6' X
continuous None None Yes 5947; 5948;
5949; 5950