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DATE: June 28, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:

Joe Leach, PE, Director of Public Works
Patrick Phelan, Infrastructure Administrator

Subject:

RECEIVE Presentation of San Pablo Avenue Multimodal
Corridor Study Phase 2
FINANCIAL IMPACT: This study was funded by the CCTA and WCCTAC using Measure J transportation sales tax dollars.

PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:

none

STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:

The West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory
Committee will present a summary of the key results of
its technical analysis conducted as part of the on-going San Pablo Avenue Multimodal Corridor Study, Phase 2.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

RECEIVE a presentation of the San Pablo Avenue
Multimodal Corridor Study Phase 2 and provide feedback
– Public Works (Joe Leach/Patrick Phelan 307-8111).

DISCUSSION:

Over the next 15-20 years, growing congestion will impact the multiple cities along San Pablo Avenue, but each does not function in isolation. To better coordinate transportation, several jurisdictions agreed to participate in a corridor study.

In 2017, the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC), the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), and the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC), began the San Pablo Avenue Multimodal Corridor Study AGENDA
REPORT

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(Study). The purpose of the Study is to improve multimodal mobility, efficiency, and safety to sustainably meet current and future transportation needs and help support strong growth along the corridor while still maintaining local contexts. A key objective of the first phase of the Study was to identify potential improvements to make San Pablo Avenue function better and be safer for people who walk, bike, drive, and take the bus.

Phase 1 included a Technical Advisory Committee representing all jurisdictions along the corridor, including Richmond staff. For Phase 2, WCCTAC utilized its own Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) which includes staff from Richmond.

The study’s analysis looks at several options for improving transit speed and reliability in the San Pablo Avenue corridor. These include: 1) maintaining today’s existing conditions; 2) a shared bus and general-purpose travel lane with location specific improvements, such as queue jumps and bus bulbs; and 3) a dedicated transit-only lane (also known as Bus Rapid Transit). Phase 1 of the Study consisted of a multijurisdictional, multi-county analysis of the corridor from downtown Oakland to Hilltop Mall in Richmond. ACTC managed the day-to-day consultant work and oversaw analysis and community engagement. The public engagement process from Phase 1 of the Study revealed that participants placed the highest priorities on making walking safer and the bus more reliable. There was also widespread support for safer bike facilities on parallel routes. While residents were less likely to mention concerns about parking, merchants insisted it was important. Generally, merchants were concerned with parking and access, but some indicated that their customers were changing and were more reliant on walking and biking.

While WCCTAC and the CCTA continue to coordinate with ACTC, the nature of the work is different for Phase 2. At the conclusion of Phase 1, the WCCTAC Board reviewed the analysis and the public feedback. They recognized that, although there are similarities with the Alameda County portion of the corridor, there are unique conditions in Contra Costa County that warranted further analysis. For Phase 2 in Contra Costa County, the Study worked with the following constraints and assumptions:

• No taking of right-of-way
• Existing driveways should be maintained.
• Safety is a priority
• Existing bicycle facilities should be retained or enhanced. • Improvements should be implemented using a variety of typical funding sources and should be consistent with any previously adopted or in process design guidelines and planning documents

WCCTAC’s consultant from Kimley-Horn will present a series of slides (Attachment 2) that explain in more detail what was studied and the results of the analysis. This will include the bicycle and parking facility analysis for center-running and side-running Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). For reference, maps of this analysis are included as Attachment 3.

This will be a summary-level presentation of the technical analysis; however, both WCCTAC and consultant staff will be available to answer more detailed questions.

June 28, 2022
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:

Attachment 1 – Background Information Letter
Attachment 2 – Presentation slides
Attachment 3 – Schematic maps of different improvement options

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RE
: Background Information on Upcoming Presentation on San Pablo Avenue Multimodal Corridor Study, Phase 2
D
ear City of Richmond Mayor and Councilmembers:

T
hank you for allowing WCCTAC the opportunity to present to you a summary of the key results of its technical analysis conducted as part of the on-going San Pablo Avenue Multimodal Corridor Study (the Study), Phase 2. This memo serves to provide background information about the Study and includes as attachments the presentation slides and maps.

W
hat is WCCTAC?
WCCTAC is one of four Regional Transportation Planning Committees (RTPCs) in Contra Costa County and represents the West Contra Costa sub- area. The Committees were created in 1988 to guide transportation projects and programs included in the Measure C, ½ cent, transportation sales tax approved by Contr a Costa voters and succeeded by Measure J in 2004. WCCTAC is a public agency, governed by a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement between the following member agencies: the cities of El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, Richmond, San Pablo; Contra Costa County; and the transit operators, AC Transit, BART, and WestCAT. WCCTAC aims to improve the transportation system in West Contra Costa through the development and coordination of transportation plans, projects, programs, and policies for the West Contra Costa area.

W
hat is this Study all about?
Over the next 15 -20 years, growing congestion will impact the multiple cities along San Pablo Avenue, but each does not function in isolation . To better coordinate transportation, several jurisdictions agreed to participate in a corridor study.

Attachment 1

In 2017, the Alameda County Transportation
Commission (ACTC), the Contra Costa
Transportation Authority (CCTA), and WCCTAC
began the San Pablo Avenue Multimodal
Corridor Study. The purpose of the Study is to
improve multimodal mobility, efficiency, and
safety to sustainably meet current and future
transportation needs and help support strong
growth along the corridor while still
maintaining local contexts . A key objective of
the first phase of the Study was to identify
potential improvements to make San Pablo
Avenue function better and be safer for
people who walk, bike, drive and take the bus.

San Pablo Ave carries the highest bus ridership
in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, but
buses are often slow and unreliable due to
traffic congestion.

What are the transit options under consideration?
The study’s analysis looks at several options for improving transit speed and reliability in the San Pablo Avenue corridor. These include: 1) maintaining today’s existing conditions; 2) a shared bus and general-purpose travel lane with location specific improvements, such as queue jumps and bus bulbs; and 3) a dedicated transit-only lane. The latter is known as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).

The transit-only lane could operate either in the center of the roadway (center -running BRT) or along the outer edge of the street (side-running BRT); each with trade-offs. Construction of BRT includes a variety of additional improvements that help to increase bus travel speeds. These can include traffic signal priority for buses, consolidated bus stops, and level bus boarding to reduce the time a bus is stopped at each station. Local examples of BRT in clude AC Transit’s Tempo on International Boulevard and MUNI’s Van Ness Avenue BRT.

What happened in Phase 1 of the Study?
In 2017, the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC), the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), and WCCTAC began Phase 1 of this Study. It consisted of a multi- jurisdictional, multi- county analysis of the corridor from downtown Oakland to Hilltop Mall in Richmond. ACTC managed the day-to-day consultant work and oversaw analysis and community engagement.

The Study broadly reviewed potential improvements to make San Pablo Ave nue function better

and more safely for people who walk, bike, drive , and take the bus . Phase 1 evaluated a wide variety of possible configurations for San Pablo Avenue, exploring what transportation modes could be ac commodated within the limited right- of-way and identified trade-offs between different concepts. An Executive Summary and Technical Memos for Phase 1 are posted on the ACTC website (San Pablo Avenue Corridor Project - Alameda CTC).

How was feedback gathered from the public during Phase 1? There were two rounds of public outreach in Phase 1.
• Round 1 (Fall 2017-Summer 2018) consisted of a map-based survey conducted in three languages and several focus groups for bus-riders, bicyclist, and seniors & people with disabilities. A map-based survey was conducted and 236 comments out of 515 total comments were related to West County (118 comments in El Cerrito; 112 comments in Richmond; six comments in San Pablo ). From this survey four “hot spots” ( areas where five or more comments were placed in the same area of the map-based survey) were noted in West County: Central Avenue, Hill Street, Cutting Boulevard, and Barrett Avenue.

Other feedback a bout San Pablo Avenue included support for c rossing improvements , safer turning situations , and improved bike connections . From the online and intercept surveys most respondents recognized the importance of San Pablo Avenue as a transit corridor. Dedicated bike lanes or parallel bike routes are strongly desired along the entire corridor while bicyclists noted that biking adjacent to on-street parking was challenging.

Additionally, drivers appreciated that San Pablo Avenue is currently, a comparatively easy street to drive and park along . Most merchants indicated they conduct loading and unloading activity on San Pablo Avenue either curbside in parking (not designated, loading) spaces while some use a travel lane or bike lanes for this activity.

• Round 2 outreach began in Spring 2019 . An online and intercept survey collected input from 603 people in West County. Additionally, there were three pop-up events in West County, a community workshop in El Cerrito and more focus group sessions for bus-riders, bicyclists, and seniors & people with disabilities . The table that follows summarizes community input for Round 2.

In total, the public engagement process from Phase 1 of the Study revealed that participants placed the highest priorities on making walking sa fer and the bus more reliable. There was also widespread support for safer bike facilities on parallel routes. While residents were less likely to mention concerns about parking, m erchants insisted it was important. Generally, merchants were concerned with parking and access, but some indicated that their customers were changing and were more reliant on walking and biking.

Specifically, from Phase 1 of the Study, we heard:
• Safety improvements are needed now; concerns over delaying them • Pedestrian conditions are poor, especially crossing San Pablo Avenue • All use rs and focus groups (except merchants, but including cyclists) felt that transit needed to be the most prioritized mode
• Concerns about business access (loss of parking/loading, additional congestion) • Reduction in number of lanes would reduce speeding and calm traffic • Mix of support and concern about parallel bicycle facilities (safer than San Pablo Avenue in terms of comfort . Concerns included adequacy of lighting/eyes on the street on parallel routes and the indirect routing
• Merchants raised concerns about c onstruction disrupts community and impacts businesses
• Concerns around drivers diverting onto nearby streets • Initial concerns regarding emergency access but explained emergency vehicles can use bus lane

SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY INPUT FROM ROUND 2 OF THE SAN PABLO AVENUE MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR STUDY, PHASE 1

What is Phase 2 of the Study in Contra Costa County about? While WCCTAC and the
CCTA continue to
coordinate with ACTC, the
nature of the work is
different for Phase 2 . At
the conclusion of Phase 1,
the WCCTAC Board
reviewed the analysis and
the public feedback. They
recognized that , although
there are similarities with
the Alameda County
portion of the corridor,
there are unique
conditions in Contra Costa
County that warranted
further analysis . These
included different and
variable right-of-way
widths, higher traffic
volumes, different street
patterns, the variety of
existing on-street and off-
street bicycle and parking facilities, and differing potential for traffic diversion off San Pablo Avenue.

For Phase 2 in Contra Costa County, the Study worked with the following constraints and assumptions:
• No taking of right-of-way
• Existing driveways should be maintained.
• Safety is a priority
• Existing bicycle facilities should be retained or enhanced. • Improvements should be able to be implemented using reasonable funding sources, within what jurisdictions would reasonably be expected to allow , and consistent with adopted design guidelines

Phase 2 - Agency Partners and Study

What does Phase 2 involve in Alameda County?
In Alameda County for Phase 2, ACTC is working to advance three concurrent project efforts:

1. Safety Enhancements throughout Corridor
• Pedestrian safety and accessibility; bicycle crossings • Bus bulbs to provide additional space at bus stops and to allow in-lane stopping for transit

2. Bus and Bike Lanes Demonstration Project in Oakland, Emeryville, and South Berkeley • Convert auto lane to bus lane
• Convert parking lane to protected bike lane
o Parking and loading moved to side streets in most locations • Protected intersections and other bicycle treatments
• Evaluation phase after implementation

3. Bike improvements on parallel network in Berkeley and Albany • Continuing long-term planning efforts in those cities ACTC is working on the design, funding and authorizations needed to advance these project elements recognizing that they could take several years to implement.

How is this study paid for?
Phase 1 and 2 of the Study’s work in Contra Costa County were funded by the CCTA and WCCTAC using Measure J transportation sales tax dollars. Funding for potential future phases has not been secured, whether that work involves additional studies, more outreach, refined demonstration projects, refined designs for improvements, or construction. The Study’s analysis suggests that potential projects could be competitive for federal, state, and regional funding.

Who is working on the Study?
For Phase 1 , ACTC staff led the effort along with a team of consultants headed by Kimley -Horn Associates. For Phase 2, Adam Dankberg from Kimley -Horn Associates , continues to lead the consultant team. The Alameda County portion of the Study is managed by ACTC staff while the Contra Costa County portion is managed day-to-day by WCCTAC staff in coordination with CCTA.

Staff representatives from WCCTAC’s member agencies have been involved in both phases of the study. For Phase 2, local, technical input has come via the WCCTAC-TAC and small group meetings with jurisdictional/agency staff. Throughout both phases, the WCCTAC Board has provided input and guidance.

What is planned for the meeting presentation?
At the upcoming meeting, WCCTAC’s consultant from Kimley -Horn will present a series of slides (Attachment A) that explain in more detail what was studied and the results of the analysis. This will include the bicycle and parking facility analysis for center-running and side-running BRT. For reference, maps of this analysis are included as Attachment B. Following the presentation, there

will be time for questions and to provide feedback. Due to time constraints, this will be a summary-level presentation of the technical an alysis; howev er, both WCCTAC and consultant staff will be available to answer more detailed questions.

What does WCCTAC want from us?
Now that the additional technical analysis for Contra Costa County is complete , WCCTAC is seeking input from the city councils of El Cerrito, Richmond, and San Pablo as well as the AC Transit Board of Directo rs. Specifically, following the presentation, we would like your jurisdiction’s feedback on the following questions:
1) Is there support for the pedestrian safety improvements? a) If so, should we focus right now on pedestrian safety improvements only? 2) Should we continue to consider a corridor-wide bus lane solution? 3) If a bus lane is desired, is there a preference for side-running or center-running? 4) What is the priority between a parking lane and a bike lane ? Does the priority vary geographically?

Thank you again for the opportunity to present this Study to you at your upcoming meeting. If you have questions after the presentation, please feel free to contact me at [email protected]
or 510.210.5935.

Sincerely,

Leah Greenblat
Transportation Planning Manager, WCCTAC

Attachments:

A. June 28, 2022, Presentation to the Richmond City Council B. Schematic maps showing Richmond segments of center-running and side-running BRT with different options, prioritizing transit alongside with either parking or bicycle facilities.

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June 28, 2022 – Richmond City Council Meeting
Evaluation Summary
Attachment 2

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Agenda
2 1. Phase 2 Purpose and Process

2. Corridor Conditions and Project Need

3. Potential Solutions

4. Bicycle + Parking Options

5. Key Takeaways and Next Steps

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3 Purpose &
Process

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Improve multimodal mobility, efficiency,
and safety to sustainably meet current and
future transportation needs and help
support strong growth along the corridor
while still maintaining local contexts.
4 Corridor Study Purpose
Promote equitable transportation
and design solutions
Effectively and efficiently accommodate
anticipated growth
Improve comfort and quality
of trips for all users
Enhance safety for
all travel modes
Support economic development
and adopted land use policies
Goals

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• Effort led by Alameda CTC with financial support
and involvement by WCCTAC and CCTA
• Study area extended between downtown
Oakland and Hilltop Mall
• Project Efforts:
• Assessed existing conditions
• Identified corridor needs
• Developed concepts for a typical roadway cross-
section width
• Evaluated alternative feasibility
• Conducted public engagement activities, including
surveys, focus groups, and open houses
San Pablo Avenue Corridor Project
Phase 1 Summary
San Pablo Avenue Corridor Study Area5

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Phase 2 Project Process
6 Phase 2 - Agency Partners and Study Limits
Study Need:

Complete a Contra Costa
County-focused technical
analysis to address questions
raised by public and WCCTAC
board during Phase 1
Desired Study Outcome:

Identify viable alternatives
that can be advanced in
future project phases and
that can be referenced in
ongoing and future projects
on the corridor
Assess feasibility and
implications on connectivity
Process:

Identify concept alternatives
for specific locations
Quantitatively evaluate transit
and auto performance
Consider outreach feedback
received in Phase 1
Summarize evaluation
findings

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7 Corridor
Conditions and
Project Need

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Conditions on the corridor today
8 Overlapping Local and Rapid Bus service provides bus
service every 7 minutes south of Macdonald. Rapid
service extends to Contra Costa College.

Bike lanes only in some segments in the City of San Pablo, far northern segment in Richmond near Hilltop Mall, and very short new segment constructed in El Cerrito (approx. 20% of corridor) Long gaps between pedestrian crossings and many
uncontrolled crossings (e.g., multiple 0.4 mile gaps in protected crossings in El Cerrito)
Sidewalks are continuous, but narrow and not well
buffered from traffic in some locations
Used as an alternative to I-80 for longer-distance trips; 1/3 of trips on San Pablo Ave are just passing through
Existing curb-to-curb widths

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9 Mode split on the corridor today
Note: Transit trips include trips on 72 series routes only and do not include BART or other bus routes Represents pre-Covid conditions
Source: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

Auto Person
Trips, 88.1%
Ped Trips,

1.0%
Bike Trips,

0.4% Transit
Trips,

10.5%
Moeser Lane to Manila Avenue
Auto Person
Trips, 87.1%
Ped Trips,

0.9%
Bike Trips,

0.2% Transit
Trips,

11.8%
Macdonald Ave to Barrett Avenue

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Parking on the corridor today
• On-street parking on both sides of San
Pablo Avenue on most blocks
• Many commercial properties have off-
street parking
• Pre-pandemic weekday parking
occupancy was low (<60% on most
blocks), but higher near Stockton Ave on
weekends (70%-80%)
• Recent/planned developments reducing
amount of surface parking in some
corridor segments and with lower
parking requirements
• Assume greater use of alternative modes
Existing Parking Locations - Richmond10 Page 1004 of 1065 Richmond City Council Meeting
Transit on the corridor today
• Well-utilized today
• 12,500 daily bus riders (approx. half in Contra
Costa County)
• More riders on 72-series routes than any other
AC Transit route (14% of the entire system
ridership)
• Bus speeds are about 30% slower than
auto speeds and speeds for both have
consistently been degrading
• Improving transit in this corridor is an
equitable solution
• 77% of 72-series passengers are non-white
• 61% of 72-series passengers make less than
$50,000 per year
11Sources: San Pablo Avenue Speed and Delay Study; AC Transit 2017-2018 on-board passenger survey; AC Transit Short Range Transit Plan, 2019-2029 PM Peak Period Northbound Bus Travel Time
Rapid buses spend 57% of
travel time stuck in congestion

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What will happen to mobility if no
changes to San Pablo Avenue are
made?
Source: Equity Priority Communities for Plan Bay Area 205012 • 69% increase in PM traffic delay by 2035
• 12 minutes of additional Route 72R travel time
• Continued safety issues
• 62 injuries or fatalities in recent 5-year period1
• 18 involving pedestrians or cyclists, including 1 death1 • Walking and biking will remain difficult
• Discontinuous bicycle facilities
• Challenges crossing San Pablo Avenue and side-streets • Equity Priority Communities will be most impacted
• 93% of study area within ¼ mile of an equity priority community
• More difficult/time-consuming to access jobs and
recreation Legend
Equity Priority Communities
Source: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
1 Data for San Pablo Avenue within the City of RichmondPage 1006 of 1065 Richmond City Council Meeting
13 Potential
Solutions

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What are the options to improve pedestrian safety?
14 • Widen sidewalks
• Provide landscape buffers
• Provide bulbouts to shorten
crosswalks
• Install high-visibility crosswalks
• Upgrade curb ramps to meet ADA
standards
• Install pedestrian lighting, particularly
at crossings and bus stops
• Improve sidewalk conditions
• Add new crossings
• Improve safety of crossings with
signalization (pedestrian hybrid
beacons) and rapid rectangular
flashing beacons
Widen sidewalks and provide
landscape buffers
Image Source: NACTO
Image Source: Google
Shortened crosswalks
Image Source: Google
Pedestrian Lighting
Signalization
Image Source: Google

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Image Source: AC Transit
What are the options to improve transit?
15 In-Lane Stops
Stop Consolidation
AFTER
BEFORE
Stop Relocation
Transit Signal PriorityQueue Jumps
Level Boarding

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How could a BRT be configured in this corridor?
16 Image Source: SFMTA
Center-Running Bus Lanes Side-Running Bus Lanes
Image Source: Kimley-Horn

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What are the benefits of BRT?
What are the challenges of BRT?
Significant cost to
rebuild street
Street reconstruction temporarily
affects access to businesses
Increased ridership (30%+) and mode shift from auto to
transit, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing mobility, particularly for equity priority communities
17 Improved travel time (30% to 45%) and reliability
(>60%) for buses can allow for more frequent service for same cost
Removal of one through lane reduces capacity
for auto vehicles and may increase diversion
Stops are placed further apart in order to improve
travel speed and reliability for users, which may
result in a longer walk to transit
Improved passenger
waiting areas
Energizes level of
economic activity

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18 Benefits Specific to Center-Running BRT Benefits Specific to Side-Running BRT Less costly to construct bus lane due to reduced
median and signal impacts
Allows for more flexibility in use of bus lane by
non-BRT routes
Easier to implement in phases with a shorter
construction duration due to less infrastructure required Challenges Specific to Center-Running BRT
May be difficult to be used by non-BRT
bus routes operating on corridor
Eliminates existing medians,
including street trees
Challenges Specific to Side-Running BRT
Maximizes transit speed and reliability benefits
(approximately 10% faster than side-running)
Removes conflicts between the bus lane and
turning vehicle, parked cars, and bicyclist
Emphasizes permanence of
transit solution
Community access is affected by elimination of auto left- turns at unsignalized intersections and at stations
Does not allow for a time-managed
auto/parking lane in El Cerrito
Stations may be more constrained due to sharing
space with pedestrians or an adjacent bicycle
facility (if provided)
P
Increased likelihood of illegal double-parking in the bus lane, affecting bus travel time

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What are the implications of converting a traffic lane to transit? • Additional traffic congestion on San Pablo Avenue Some drivers will change their mode, route, or time of day with center-running and side-running BRT • Center-running BRT: localized diversion due to left-turn restrictions • If all diverted auto traffic went to I-80, would increase peak hour volumes on I-80 by about 4% • Local traffic may divert to local streets; however, local diversion routes will experience diversion even with no changes to San Pablo Avenue and may not support significant additional diversion • Opportunity for traffic calming on diversion streets
19Source: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

Metric Center-Running Side-Running
Auto Diversion 30%-35% 25%-30%

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20 Diversion Analysis
• Identify the key travel markets (regional and local trips) • Identify the competing routes and how traffic would connect to these routes
• Estimate how the traffic volumes at each model input and route through the model is adjusted
• Capacity on alternative routes is limited
Arlington Ave

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How does a transit lane affect bus and auto travel time? • Greatest bus travel time decrease and auto delay increase with transit lanes is in northern segment (Richmond/San Pablo)
• With No-Build, including ongoing transit signal priority projects, transit is 7% slower than auto in peak direction
21 Source: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

Metric Center-Running Side-Running
Change in transit travel times (peak
direction) 30%-45% 25%-40%
Change in auto travel times
0%-45% 0%-35%
Bus speed relative to auto Bus is 25%-55% faster Bus is 15%-40% faster

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Transit ridership and reliability findings
• Bus travel time variability improves by over 50%-80% with both center and side- running options
• 30%-35% increase in ridership typical with high-quality BRT • Travel demand model in project Phase 1 projected a 35%-45% ridership increase with BRT 22 0
20 40
60 80
100
120
140
160
180
Segment 1: McBryde to
Church, Northbound
Segment 1: Church to
McBryde, Southbound
Segment 2: Cutting to I-80
Ramps, Northbound
Segment 2: I-80 Ramps to
Cutting, Southbound
Travel Time Standard Deviation (seconds)
Existing
2035 No Build
2035 Build: Side-Running BRT
2035 Build: Center-Running BRT
Source: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. Page 1016 of 1065 Richmond City Council Meeting
23 Bicycle +
Parking
Options

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What are the options to improve biking conditions?
24 • New protected bicycle lanes
(cycle tracks)
• Improved bicycle crossing markings
• New signalized bicycle crossings
(pedestrian hybrid beacons or
signals)
• Protected intersection treatments
• Transit islands to avoid bus-bike
conflicts at bus stops
Image Source: CATSIP
New & protected bike facilities
and crossings
New signalized bicycle crossings
Image Source: Google
Protected intersection
treatments
Image Source: Google

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Can a low-stress bicycle facility be
provided on San Pablo Avenue?
• Significant number of driveways and
intersections will require crossing bicycle
facility
• Right-turn lanes will be needed at major
intersections
• Will require bicycle facility to be shared with
autos, buses, or narrow pedestrian facility
• Projected to remain at Level of Stress 4 for
cyclists (high level of stress)
• Lower stress options may be available on
parallel streets south of Rheem Avenue
25 Images Source: Google

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What are the options for a lower-stress parallel bikeway? 26 Source: San Pablo Avenue Phase 1 Evaluation Report
See Lower Left
See Upper Right
San Pablo
Richmond
Richmond
El Cerrito
Legend
Parallel Bikeway
Proposed/Existing Bike Facilities
on San Pablo Ave
City Boundary

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27 • Options range from:
• Parking Prioritized: Preserve most parking on both sides of the street where it exists today with some bike facilities on San Pablo and/or bike connectivity via a parallel route • Bicycle Prioritized: Provide a Class IIB/Class IV bike facility throughout, with parking on at least one side of the street in most areas. Bicycle facility, improved but remains higher-stress Center-Running
Side-Running
• Options range from:
• Parking Prioritized: Preserve most parking on both sides of the street where it exists today with bike connectivity via a parallel route and/or shared with the bus lane • Bicycle Prioritized: Provide a Class IV bike facility throughout, with most parking removed. Bicycle facility, improved but remains higher-stress
Parking and Bike Options
See maps depicting range of options for parking and bicycle provision on San Pablo Avenue in Council MemoPage 1021 of 1065 Richmond City Council Meeting
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Key Takeaways
and Next
Steps
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Comparison of Transit Solutions
Metric No-Build
Center-Running Side-Running
Maximize Bicycle Maximize Parking Maximize Bicycle Maximize Parking Transit Performance     
Auto Performance     
Pedestrian Safety     
Bicycle Connectivity & Comfort     
Parking and Loading     
Community and Business Access     
Ease of Implementation     
Cost per Mile  $$$$ $$-$$$ $$-$$$ $-$$
 Better than existing
 No change
 Worse than existing
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Key Takeaways
30 There is community support for improvements in the
corridor, but no consensus thus far on the type of
improvements
Center-running bus lanes provide 30%-45% transit travel time savings and would be approximately 10% faster
than side-running
Center-running bus lanes provide greatest opportunity
for both parking and bike lanes throughout the corridor.

Side-running allows for either/or in most segments
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Without improvements, congestion will significantly
increase (69% increase in delays), impacting mobility
options
Side-running bus lanes avoid some of the
implementation challenges of center-running and can
be easily used by all bus routes in the corridor
A low-stress bike facility cannot be provided
but parallel route options are limited in the northern
portion
On-street parking is currently plentiful and redundant, but new, more dense development will change the role
of on-street parkingP

Richmond City Council Meeting
What are some options on what to do next?
31 1. Do not advance corridor-wide improvements

2. Implement safety enhancements, such as pedestrian
crossing improvements and ADA upgrades

3. Advance a near-term project, similar to Alameda County • Safety enhancements
• Side-running bus lanes

4. Advance a Long-Term Project
• Safety enhancements
• Center- or side-running bus lanes
• Bicycle and/or parking improvements
Next Steps
 Engagement
 Concept Design
 Funding Plan
Less
More
Additional variant: Identify a phasing strategy and focus initial efforts on a first phase segment

Richmond City Council Meeting
Questions for Decision-Makers

1. Should we focus right now on pedestrian safety
improvements only?

2. Should we continue to consider a corridor-wide bus lane solution?

3. If a bus lane is desired, is there a preference for side- running or center-running?

4. What is the priority between a parking lane and a bike lane? Does the priority vary geographically?
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June 28, 2022

City Council

DATE: June 28, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:

Councilmember Demnlus Johnson

Subject:

Richmond Community Foundation has Established an
Equity for Black Women & Girls Initiative.

FINANCIAL IMPACT: The financial impact includes assigning staff to serve as a liaison to the initiative.

PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:

Adopted Resolution 93-18 on December 4, 2018.

Adopted Resolution 102-14 on December 2, 2014.

STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:

In October 2020, Dr. Cynthia LeBlanc, RCF Connects’
Board Chair recommended that the organization's
recently adopted equity statement be actualized through a board initiative to address equity for Black women and girls in Contra Costa County.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

RECEIVE a report from the Richmond Community
Foundation (RCF) on the Equity for Black Women and
Girls Initiative - Councilmember Demnlus Johnson (510-
620-6861).

DISCUSSION:

RCF Connects is a leading motivator in Contra Costa County in the field of philanthropy and community change. Its mission is to mobilize the power of connection to build AGENDA
REPORT

June 28, 2022
healthy, thriving communities through five focus areas: Restoring Neighborhoods, Health, Community Growth, Quality Education, and Public Safety.

RCF Connects defines equity as the opportunity for all communities, and each of their members, to flourish, achieve, and attain their maximum power and potential – irrespective of their racial composition and starting place in life. Equity embodies qualities of fairness, justice, and freedom from bias and discrimination. As its core mission, RCF Connects seeks systemic change that eliminates policies, practices, and attitudes that are root causes of inequity.

RCF Connects issued a Request for Proposal in January 2021 for the Equity for Black Women and Girls Initiative. The scope of the work included:

 A study to include interviews and focus groups to explore the needs of and current supports or Black women and girls in Contra Costa County.  A position paper with recommendations supporting equity for Black women and girls in Contra Costa County.

The contract was awarded to Coach to Discover (C2D), a local, Black female-owned consulting firm.

Data Collection

East and west county were selected as geographic areas of focus due to the significant and increasing presence of Black/African Americans in these regions. Contra Costa County is home to 1,165,927 residents, 9.5% of whom identify as Black/African American. Between 2010 and 2020 the percentage of Black/African American residents increased by 4.7% in the County. Black/African American residents decreased in west county (Pinole by 14.5%, Richmond by 19%, and San Pablo by 12.9%) during this period. Their numbers increased significantly in east county (Antioch 36.5%, Brentwood,

32.3%, Pittsburgh by 15.7%). (2020 Census, State Redistricting Data (Public Law 94- 171) Summary File, U.S. Census Bureau, August 2021).

The design team consulted Black women and girls across age, occupation, income, and education, to learn about their lived experiences in Contra Costa County. The team also consulted representatives of organizations that fund human services programming in Contra Costa County regarding their organization’s intentions to center the needs of Black women and girls in their current and future funding priorities.

Key Findings

Funders that support programming in Contra Costa County do not currently prioritize funding for services exclusively for Black women and girls.

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Call to Action

RCF Connects and its board of directors are recommended to initiate and secure funding for:

 Grant Funding and Technical Assistance Program.
 Black Women and Girls Incubator Program (new and existing business enterprises).
 Convening Black-led organizations and other organizations that serve Black people in Contra Costa County to inventory services for Black women and girls.  Lead an ongoing task force on Black women and girls to partner on implementing these recommendations.
 Create and fund a permanent position within RCF Connects, staffed by a Black woman, to support fulfillment of the goals of the Equity for Black Women and Girls Initiative.

I support this initiative and want to be a part of improving equity for Black women and girls. Black women are one of the most unprotected and disrespected groups in our society, and I want to help create solutions to the barriers that have been plaguing Black women and girls. To that end, I request that staff collaborate with RCF Connect to support this initiative and identify programs that are aligned with its mission.

In response to the recommendations in the RCF Connects presentation, I support their request to work with the Richmond Government Alliance on Race and Equity Team as well as assigning a liaison to support the initiative.

DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:

Attachment 1 - RCF Connects Report on Equity for Black Women and Girls.

Attachment 2 - RCF Connects Equity for Black Women and Girls Presentation Slide Deck

RCF Connects' -
Equity for
Black Women &
Girls Initiative
"Black women and girls will
be seen, heard, and served."
October 2021
1

CONTRIBUTORS

Dr. Cynthia LeBlanc, RCF Connects Board Chair
Kelly Robinson, CEO Coach to Discover
Rosalind Welch, RCF Connects Senior Director
Akosua Opong-Mensah, Community Stakeholder
Diedre Goree, Community Stakeholder
Katrina Hollins, Community Stakeholder

This report is dedicated to the beautiful and generous Black women and girls who participated in the five Sister Circle focus groups. Thank you for your humility and honesty, and for the connections you created in each circle .

Design by Shayla Taylor, Coach to Discover (C2D)
Photos by Katrina Hollins
2

CONTENTS
BACKGROUND 4
SCOPE OF THE WORK 5
SISTER CIRCLES PRACTICE 6

DATA COLLECTION &

ANALYSIS
7-9
LIMITATIONS 9
RECOMMENDATIONS 10-11
APPENDIX 13-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 12
3

Black Women and Girls in Contra Costa County will be seen, valued, and served.

Background

In October 2020, Dr. Cynthia LeBlanc, RCF Connects’ Board Chair recommended that the organization’s recently adopted equity statement be actualized through a board initiative to address equity for Black women and girls in Contra Costa County. The board approved the initiative:

RCF Connects is a leading motivator in Contra Costa County in the field of philanthropy and community change. Its mission is to mobilize the power of connection to build healthy, thriving communities through five focus areas: Restoring Neighborhoods, Health, Community Growth, Quality Education, and Public Safety.

RCF Connects defines equity as the opportunity for all communities, and each of their members, to flourish, achieve, and attain their maximum power and potential – irrespective of their racial composition and starting place in life. Equity embodies qualities of fairness, justice, and freedom from bias and discrimination. As its core mission, RCF Connects seeks systemic change that eliminates policies, practices, and attitudes that are root causes of inequity.

RCF Connects issued a Request for Proposal in January 2021 for the Equity for Black Women and Girls Initiative. The scope of the work included:

A study to include interviews and focus groups to explore the needs of and current supports for Black women and girls in Contra Costa County.

A position paper with recommendations supporting equity for Black women and girls in Contra Costa County.

The contract was awarded to Coach to Discover (C2D), a local, Black female-owned consulting firm.

This report contains a description of the scope of work, data collection methodology, data analysis, research limitations, and recommendations. Additionally, the report features excerpts from participant narratives and focus group photographs.

A Black woman to me is a woman
with the power to build, change,
create, equip, etc. What’s special
about it - we are visionaries! We are
all dreamers and have bounced
back like no other.

L. Martin, Sister Circle participant
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Scope of the Work

A project design team of Black women launched in April 2021 to implement the scope. The team includes Dr. Cynthia LeBlanc, Kelly Robinson, CEO of Coach to Discover, Rosalind Welch, Senior Director of Marketing and Development for RCF
Connects, and three community stakeholders: Akosua Opong- Mensah, Diedre Goree, and Katrina Hollins.

The community stakeholders were selected, via application and interview, for their lived experiences as Black women, mothers, professionals, community members, advocates, and as
transmitters of cultural wisdom and history. They received stipends for their contributions to the project.

The design team has met continuously since April 2021 to plan the project, to host focus groups, to review and analyze the data, and to make the recommendations.

The design team held these values and intentions to affirm and respect the Black women and girls who participated in this project:

To intentionally create and deliver experiences for, about, and by Black women and girls.

To collect data, via in-person gatherings, in communities in which Black women and girls live, work, worship, and socialize.

To communicate with transparency about how the data
will be used by the design team and by RCF Connects.

To create welcoming, comfortable, and relaxing spaces
for Black women and girls to openly share feelings and
experiences, and to be seen and heard by other Black
women and girls.

To regard Black women and girl’s stories as their absolute truth.

To participate fully in the process along with the
participants in a power-with rather than power-over
position.

I love being a
Black woman
from start to
finish!!!

Alexis, Sister Circle
participant
Being a Black woman is
everything to me. It is my
essence, my joy, my
womanhood, my ability to
love and to be loved. I am
uniquely divine in my
connection to the universe
and my ancestors.

Yvette, Sister Circle participant
I love being a Black
woman! We are so
creative, innovative and
brilliant. We are beautiful
in all shapes, sizes and
shades.

Tammi, Sister Circle participant
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Sister Circles Practice

The design team selected a circle practice to implement the five focus groups for Black women and girls. Named the Sister Circle practice by the team, the approach is based on the restorative justice circle framework. It is a values-driven process that promotes healing in individuals and empowerment in communities.

Sister Circles created an inclusive, energized space for Black women and girl’s bodies and voices to be present in deep listening, mutual respect, and acceptance. Black women and girls collectively created a unique experience that existed for the duration of each individual circle. Openness and vulnerability seemed to naturally emerge within the circles along with camaraderie and a feeling of ease.

The design team offered the circles in-person to create a distraction-free setting in which intimacy and freedom of expression would thrive.  Circles were held in a church library, a community center, and in a co-working space.   Covid-19 precautions included masking, pens and markers distributed for individual use (with sanitizing in between use), and the availability of hand sanitizer and individually packaged snacks.

Design team members personally welcomed and registered each participant upon their arrival. A fellowship period preceded each circle, allowing participants to meet and mingle and to respond to a writing prompt: What does being a Black woman or girl mean to you?

The facilitator asked for a volunteer to dedicate each circle to a Black woman or girl. This practice followed the design team’s custom of dedicating each of our planning meetings to a woman or girl historical figure, kin/relative, or someone in the popular culture. 6

Being a Black woman to me is like having a superpower. As I grow deeper in my womanhood journey I feel the strength, resilience, love, and greatness of all the Black women that have come before me. I feel empowered and honored by it. I feel truly blessed to be a Black woman and to hold love, support, space for Black women.

It’s a true sisterhood. - Anonymous

Being a Black woman means strength to me. It means magic. It means no matter the obstacles I face, I’ll always rise. - Katrina

Sister Circle participants
Data Collection

East and west county were selected as geographic areas of focus due to the significant and increasing presence of Black/African Americans in these regions. Contra Costa County is home to 1,165,927 residents, 9.5% of whom identify as Black/African American. Between 2010 and 2020 the percentage of Black/African American residents increased by 4.7% in the County.

Black/African American residents decreased in west county (Pinole by 14.5%, Richmond by 19%, and San Pablo by 12.9%) during this period. Their numbers increased significantly in east county (Antioch 36.5%, Brentwood, 32.3%, Pittsburgh by 15.7%). (2020 Census, State Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, U.S. Census Bureau, August 2021).

The design team consulted Black women and girls across age, occupation, income, and education, to learn about their lived experiences in Contra Costa County. The team also consulted representatives of organizations that fund human services programming in Contra Costa County regarding their organization’s intentions to center the needs of Black women and girls in their current and future funding priorities.

Design team members recruited Sister Circle participants through their personal, professional, faith-based, and other networks, and via RCF Connects’ Mobility Labs East County women’s cohort. Participants registered to attend a focus group through Eventbrite, on a first come-first served basis. Participants were offered a $50 gift card as a gratuity.

Funding organizations were requested by RCF Connects to participate in a virtual focus group and to complete an electronic survey. The participating organizations primarily fund programming in Social Justice, Children and Families, Immigrant Rights, Community Organizing/Power Building, and Racial Equity.

To promote a feeling of safety and comfort, and in observance of Covid-19 restrictions, Sister Circle focus groups were each limited to a maximum of 10 participants. 7

Analysis

The design team collected a balance of numeric and qualitative data.

Qualitative data was collected during five circles held in East County (2 in Antioch) and in West County (3 in Richmond) via written responses to the following prompts:

What strengths do Black women and girls have?
What supports do Black women and girls need?
What worries Black women and girls?
What do Black women and girls have to offer?
Participants were also invited to post additional comments in an “Other” category. Participants posted their written comments gallery-style on the walls using Post-It Notes. The facilitator read each comment aloud and held space for dialogue.

Forty-seven participants attended 5 focus groups. Participants posted 674 written responses across the 5 focus groups. Word cloud analysis (see Exhibits 1- 5) revealed the words most often used in the comments posted under each of the 4 prompts as well as under the additional “Other” category.

What strengths do Black women and girls have? (Exhibit 1): community, businesses, strength, create, make, ability, solutions, find, space, nothing (as in, make something out of)
What resources and supports do Black women and girls need? (Exhibit 2): support, business, community, mental, health, training, family, programs, care, groups, money What worries Black women and girls? (Exhibit 3): support, mental, loss, family, lack, violence, harm, trauma
What do Black women and girls have to offer? (Exhibit 4): support, mental, health, power, love, care, experience, help, example, educate, self, others, wisdom, listening, knowing Other (Exhibit 5): support, business, community, talent, circles, grants, access, money, fear, family, sister, afraid, ownership
Numeric data was collected in the form of a post-session survey following each focus group (Exhibit 6). A total of thirty-nine surveys were collected. Thirty-eight participants reported enjoying the circle “Incredibly”. One reported enjoying the circle “A lot”. Eighty-seven percent expressed an interest in hosting their own sister circle. When asked, “What needs to be addressed mostly for Black Women and Girls”, participants prioritized (top three):

Mental/Emotional Wellness
Business Development/Entrepreneurship
Physical Health and Relationship Health (tie)
Across both the focus group written comments and the post-circle surveys -  support, mental (wellness), business, and community trended most often.

The facilitator observed that the atmosphere across all the Sister Circles seemed inclusive of divergent opinions and lived experiences, optimistic, and at ease.  There was an often-repeated appeal, in the posted comments and in the dialogue, for Black women and girls to urgently invest in self-restoration and personal development.

The circles were also characterized by post-session informal networking and casual dialogue.

After three of the 5 circles the facilitator gently requested that participants leave as to vacate the venues on time. Participants also requested that the facilitator share participant’s email addresses for further networking among and between attendees. Participants, especially during the east county circles, shared information about a variety of ad hoc services being offered by women to attend to urgent community needs. These services are being paid for from the personal finances of the women who were offering them.
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Analysis

Representatives of seven funding organizations (described as foundations, private funders, and corporate funders) that fund community-based programming in Contra Costa County each completed an electronic survey (see Appendix page). Five of the 7 organizations committed funding, over the past 24 months, to services for women in Contra Costa County. Two of the 5 organizations named their funding amount in this area as “less than 5%”, and $200,000 (of the organization’s total funding commitment). Four of the 5 organizations committed funding specifically to Black/African American people over the past 24 months. Two of those 5 organizations named their funding level in this area at “less than 5%”, and “20%”.

None of the organizations committed funding specifically for Black girls. Two organizations have committed funding specifically to Black women over the past 24 months. One of those 2 organizations named their funding level at “less than 5%”. Only one organization plans to commit funding specifically for Black women and girls within the next 24+ months, at a level of 10%.

Three of the 7 funders who participated in the electronic survey and one additional funder who did not participate in the survey attended a virtual focus group (Exhibit 8). They shared that their funding priorities generally are stable year-to-year, are most often staff initiated and board approved, or are compliant with legal mandates. All the organizations currently fund programming for people of color (POC) but not specifically for Black women and girls.

Limitations

The sample size of Black women and girls was intentionally very small for this project. Venue options and maximum Sister Circle size were dictated by Covid-19 restrictions. The sample size of the funders was also small. The scope of this survey examined only the surface layer of a needed and sustainable effort to prioritize equity for Black women and girls in Contra Costa County.

Facilitation of the Sister Circles, data collection and analysis, and the recommendations contained in this report were all filtered through the design team member’s personal knowledge and insights as Black women and formerly Black girls. The stance we took as participants in the project and as authors of the recommendations contain our biases informed through our lived experiences. 9

Recommendations

The design team commends RCF Connects’ chair and board of directors for moving boldly to shepherd and to resource the Equity for Black Women and Girls Initiative. We make these recommendations with a firm belief that:

Efforts to achieve equity for Black women and girls in Contra Costa County deserve status as an RCF Connects strategic plan priority.

The board of directors is duty-bound to strongly consider these recommendations in its continuing commitment to intentionally invest in Black women and girls in Contra Costa County being seen, heard, and served.

RCF Connects will authentically embody the spirit of its name, identity, and function as a connect or by mobilizing to fill part of the current void of services and supports specifically for Black women and girls in Contra Costa County.

Being a Black woman means that I am powerful, beautiful. I am unique. It means that I am an adaptive being that cannot be caged. I represent true power. I am capable of anything. I will succeed and bring others up. I am purpose-driven and I innately understand the power of legacy.

A. Opong-Mensah
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RCF Connects and its board of directors will secure funding to:

High Impact

Develop and implement a Grant Funding and Technical Assistance Program to deliver Sister Circles . The program will offer micro-grants to Black women and girls and to organizations that serve Black women and girls to implement circles in their communities, workplaces, churches, wellness spaces, etc. The program will offer grantees technical assistance and support through a Train-the-Trainer model. Circles may be centered in mental wellness, business development, community-owned resources, families, parenting, relationship health, re-entry support, social justice, voting and civic participation, etc. The program will deliver at least twenty-five, 4-6-session circles annually. Grants to be awarded on a competitive basis.

Develop and implement a Black Women and Girls Incubator Program , to provide mentoring, networking, technical assistance, grant funding, and fundraising support for at least five Black women and girl’s enterprises annually The enterprises may be start-ups or existing. Funded enterprises will deliver services and resources to Black women and girls by Black women and girls. RCF Connects may serve as the fiscal sponsor, as needed, for the enterprises. Grants to be awarded on a competitive basis.

Moderate Impact

Initiate a convening of Black-led organizations and o ther organizations that serve Black people in Contra Costa County to inventory services for Black women and girls. Create and publish a bi-annual, on-line directory of formal and informal, seasonal/cyclical, non-profit,, government, corporate, etc. resources, supports, materials, access points, funding opportunities, etc.

Lead an ongoing task force on Black women and girls (including representative members from faith-based institutions, education, healthcare-childcare-eldercare providers, recreation/arts/leisure resources, business development enterprises, family/children's services, funding organizations, etc.) to share these recommendations and to build a network of co-responsible and co-accountable implementation partners.

Low Impact

Audit and publish a report on all RCF Connects’ programming to assess the extent to which said programs align with the Equity for Black Women and Girls Initiative: Black Women and Girls will be Seen, Valued, and Served.

To implement the recommendations

Create and fund a permanent position within RCF Connects, staffed by a Black woman, to fulfill the goals of the Equity for Black Women and Girls Initiative . A core objective for the position will be to ensure continuous implementation of the Equity for Black Women and Girls Initiative beyond the tenure of the current board.

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Acknowledgements

The Design Team appreciates each Black woman and girl who shared her unique and special story during the Sister Circles. We thank the Dr. Mattie McGlothen Library/Museum at the McGlothen Temple Church of God in Christ in Richmond, Co-Biz in Richmond, and the Antioch Community Center in Antioch for providing clean, private, and safe spaces for Sister Circles. And we thank the funding organizations that shared their information and insights. Sincere thanks to Kacey Carterelliott for coordinating with RCF Connects’ Mobility Labs East County to ensure access to Sister Circles by members of that project’s women’s cohort.

We appreciate RCF Connects Board Chair and Board of Directors and CEO Jim Becker for valuing that Black women and girls be seen, heard, and served.

Equity for Black Women and Girls Design Team

"You are your best thing."   -Toni Morrison
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Appendix
EXHIBITS 1-10

1. Community Stakeholder Bios

2. Word Cloud – What strengths and assets do Black women and girls have?

3. Word Cloud – What do Black women and girls need?

4. Word Cloud – What worries Black women and girls?

5. Word Cloud – What do Black women and girls have to offer?

6. Word Cloud – Other comments

7. Sister Circle Post-Session Survey

8. Funder's Focus Group Questions

Other:

Electronic Funder’s Survey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/stories/SM-XMVQJ9BJ/

Relevant Resources

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Design Team Bios
EXHIBIT 1
My name is Akosua Opong-Mensah and I am one of the design team members. I became interested in the design work primarily because I identify as a black woman. I grew up in Contra Costa County and spent my whole life here until I moved to attend college elsewhere. I don't recall having specific programming directly supporting black women and girls in my youth, which was why supporting this research was so important to me. Coupled with my background in organizational development and people development, this opportunity was a good way to apply my skills. I had a great experience observing the circles and feel like I grew so much in how I approach data collection. I was honored to share space in the sister circles and look forward to seeing the fruits of our labor come to fruition.

Diedre J Goree: An Around the Way Girl, All Grown Up
I am a trained personal life coach with over 25 years of experience as a consultant, trainer, counselor and facilitator working with organizations and individuals in all kinds of communities–both personally and professionally. I started my career working in group homes for 6 years then moving on to working in non-profit organizations for over 15 years. While attending CA State - Hayward, I started my career as a case manager in group homes. Once I started working for different non-profit organizations around the Bay Area, I continued my education in the field of life coaching at San Francisco State Positive Psychology Dept. In 2009 I designed a great practice to specifically help people start a magnificent personal changing process and opened my own life coaching company. “If Nothing Changes…Nothing Changes”, is headquartered in Richmond, California. This premier coaching practice has provided women, men, and families with effective coping strategies, emotional support, and resourceful alternatives so they can experience significant increases, success, and higher awareness in their personal life. The firm specializes in finding practical solutions to problems, hurts, stresses, and frustrations by developing options and vision. There’s a lot you can do to turn your life around but if nothing changes, nothing changes.

My name is Katrina Hollins , mother of 2 and administrative extraordinaire! I was raised and received my education through high school in Richmond, CA. I want to change the world, first starting with my city. As a design team member, I’ve been able to grow and learn through the wealth of knowledge imparted in the planning and Sister Circles. I’m extremely grateful to be given the opportunity to be a part of such important and great work but most of all, I’m extremely grateful to be BLACK. 14

What Strengths and Assets do Black Women and Girls Have? EXHIBIT 2
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What do Black Women and Girls Need?
EXHIBIT 3
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What Worries Black Women and Girls?
EXHIBIT 4
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What do Black Women and Girls Have to Offer?
EXHIBIT 5
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Other Comments
EXHIBIT 6
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Sister Circle Post-Session Survey Template
EXHIBIT 7
I enjoyed this Sister Circle (circle range from 1 to 10) A little - 1-3 A lot - 4-7 Incredibly - 8-10

I would like to host a Sister Circle in my workplace, church, social network, neighborhood, other?
Yes ___ No ___

What needs to be addressed mostly for Black Women and Girls? (check all that apply)

Mental/Emotional Wellness ___
Physical Health ___
Spiritual Health ___
Relationship Health ___
Business Development/Entrepreneurship ___
Social Networking ___
Other:

Other Comments:

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Funder's Focus Group Questions
EXHIBIT 8
Research Questions:

How does your organization determine its funding priorities?

When were your funding priorities last updated?

What will be your organization’s top priorities in funding ongoing COVID-19 recovery efforts?

What are the issue areas impacting Black Women and Girls in CCC that you believe are priorities? What do you think are the best ways to address these issues?

Where do Black Women and Girls fit into your funding priorities?

Communications Questions:

What is your sincere reaction to the BWG initiative? What are the strengths and challenges that you see in this effort?

What direction would you give to RCF as it prepares to seek funding and relationships to build support for ongoing Black Women and Girls-specific funding in Contra Costa County?

What other organizations should RCF talk to about future programming/funding/partnering opportunities for Black Women and Girls in Contra Costa County?

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Relevant Resources

African American Policy Forum - https://www.aapf.org/ (Black Girls Matter Report - https://www.aapf.org/blackgirlsmatter)

Black Directory – BlackDirectory.com

Black Girl Freedom Fund - 1billion4blackgirls.org

Black Female Project - http://www.blackfemaleproject.org/

Black is Still Beautiful - https://www.bbisb.org/

Black Women’s Blueprint - https://www.blackwomensblueprint.org/

Black Women’s Health Imperative - https://bwhi.org/

California Black Freedom Fund - https://cablackfreedomfund.org/

California Black Media - http://www.californiablackmedia.org/

Color Outside the Lines - http://coloroutsidethelines.xyz/

Code Switch – Restorative Justice for Girls of Color - http://www.codeswitch.org/

Cinnamon Girl - https://www.cinnamongirl.org/

Girl Interrupted. The Erasure of Black Girl’s Childhood – Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality

Goldman Sachs–One Million Black Women - www.goldmansachs.com/our-commitments/sustainability/one-million-black- women/

Global Fund Addressing Key Issues Facing Black Women – fordfoundation.org

Ms. Foundation - www.forwomen.org/resources/pocket-change-report/

National Coalition of 100 Black Women

National Council of Negro Women

Safe Return Project – Arresting Trauma - https://d17679b3-9470-4903-9e79- 0232f4dd472d.filesusr.com/ugd/0ba76a_5e9cb482c9f94620bf5035d6785320f5.pdf

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