From: Cordell Hindler
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: public comments-open forum
Date: Thursday, June 30, 2022 4:47:29 PM
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Good Evening Mayor Butt, Council Members and Staff,
I have some comments for the Record
1. I was Very Disappointed that the Richmond Community Foundation folks had to wait until after Midnight to give Their Presentation.
2. For a future Discussion, the Council should revisit the idea of reinstating the Standing Committees Sincerely
Cordell
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Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 10:48 AM
To: PCcomments; City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public Comments - Open Forum, agenda item 02a
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Date: July 5 10:15 a.m.
Dear City Council,
Thank you for addressing the traffic safety concerns in our city and including Barrett Avenue and Key Boulevard in today’s agenda.
As you know, the signed petition that our community filed on May 23 indicated our unanimous grave concern about the safety of our neighborhood. We submitted our request to the City Council for a traffic circle to be installed at the Barrett and Key intersection. Subsequent letters from individual neighbors were sent along with photos and personal accounts to voice the urgency.
Barrett Avenue, where I live, is very wide. It crosses Key, a vital artery for commuters heading to and coming from the freeway. The intersection is large and level and has attracted thrill seekers who spin “ doughnuts” once a week on average. Just last week, on Saturday at 10:30 p.m., I was alarmed by noise that was particularly deafening and prolonged. I looked out the window and saw a line of cars waiting to cross the intersection. I feared for that first car in line and for the homes in every corner. The toxic smoke hung in the air clouding visibility. There are new young families in our neighborhood and the safety threat to our community is obvious.
Please include the intersection at Barrett and Key and set aside funds for installation of a traffic circle, the plans for which have already been drawn by your infrastructure department. This peaceful neighborhood is at risk when it comes to safety and I am hopeful that our urgent concerns will be resolved.
Thank you for your service and consideration.
Sincerely.
Elizabeth Kudo
5104 Barrett Avenue
Richmond
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Agenda Item
Name
Email
Comment
Position
Statu
City Council
7/5/2022 5:00 PM Street Safety
improvements
Lea Murray collaborising@gmai
l.com
I understand the
fear of being run
over or possible
injury when
walking or crossing
a street in our City.
I also fear for my
safety when
working on the
ground serving the
residents of Rydin
Road. Rydin Road
needs speed
bumps and a
ashing radar sign
so people will
realize and care
about how fast
they are driving.
The folks who
support this
measure on
Carlson Blvd. need
solutions for their
street too.
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From: Leisa Johnson
To: City Clerk Dept User
Cc: Leisa Johnson
Subject: Written Comments for Item O.2.a, City Council meeting 7/5/2022 Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 8:06:57 PM
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City Clerk,
Can you please include my below comments in the formal meeting minutes? Thank you.
Warmly,
Leisa
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Dear Mayor, Councilmembers and Staff -
Sadly, what we are seeing with this item is three councilmembers putting the safety and concerns of parts of certain districts ahead of everyone else in the city, despite numerous individuals repeatedly calling in and writing to the Council and Staff to address numerous street safety concerns in the flat lands and other areas of Richmond for years.
Numerous community members and Neighborhood Council representatives across Richmond have also raised their concerns regarding dangerous roadways & streets as well as sideshows and donuts to City Staff at the RNCC and their respective Neighborhood Council meetings.
We all have multiple examples of serious street safety concerns throughout the City.
District elections were never meant to be exploited to prioritize & provide public safety to select districts and areas for political purposes in an election year.
Yet these councilmembers listed in their agenda report and put forward the Richmond Annex where Councilmembers McLaughlin and Martinez live; they listed one intersection in East Richmond in Councilmember Jimenez's D6 live; and one area in May Valley that had one sideshow and where their fellow RPA member is running as a candidate for city council.
We need fair and equitable representation when it comes to ensuring everyone’s public safety, and utilizing any monies, including the $750K allocated toward street safety initiatives in FY2022/23, towards street safety initiatives.
Right now, we are seeing a plan from three councilmembers that is devoid of city-wide strategy, logic, financing, and equity. Rather, their plan is perceived to be politicized to serve their districts, and even then it does so poorly.
You simply can’t install mitigation measures in certain intersections that you hand picked based on very limited input with zero plan to address how donuts & sideshows will just move to the next intersection.
You can’t say you are for equitable policy when you vote to install disparate street sweeping signs throughout the city and then cherry pick who you prioritize for public safety measures and say you are for equity.
Councillmember Willis — Why isn’t your District 1 and the flatlands represented in their proposal?
My hope is that the Council will listen to all of the speakers this evening and vote to ask Staff to develop an effective strategic plan that will address funding as well as provide clear guidance on how to prioritize hot spots throughout the entire City in a manner that is both equitable and which won’t just move the problem into other historically disadvantaged, low-income Black and Latino as well as more industrial neighborhoods that already have higher exposure and health risks.
Respectfully,
Leisa Johnson
22-year Richmond Resident
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City Council Members,
I am a 35 year resident of Richmond living in lower Richmond Heights around the corner from the intersection of Key Blvd. and Barrett Avenue. Our neighborhood has been plagued by dangerous and disruptive sideshows at this intersection, endangering the lives of residents, pedestrians and motorists. The participants of these sideshows are so brazen that they even asked a neighbor if he had any video of their “donuts” that they could have to post on social media! We had a neighborhood meeting to address the issue and signed a petition asking the City Council to allocate funds to install a traffic circle in the intersection of Key and Barrett to stop this dangerous activity. We have been told that the plans are already prepared and all that needs to happen is for the Council to allocate the funds. I AM WRITING TO STRONGLY URGE YOU TO ACT TONIGHT TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED FUNDS TO ADDRESS THIS ESSENTIAL SAFETY MEASURE.
Sincerely,
Nina Smith
561 Dimm Street
Richmond, CA 94805
510‐734‐3795
From: Sandra Gracia
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Barrett and Key Blvd Traffic Safety Issues
Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 1:58:49 PM
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To the Richmond City Council
Dear City Council Members,
I am writing to update you on the continuing problem of sideshow speeding and spinning doughnuts on the corner of Key and Barrett.
As I’m sure you know this problem has been happening on a weekly basis for several months now.
My request today is to ask you to approve the funds for the traffic circle installation at Barrett and Key for which plans have already been drawn up.
Additionally, because I know these thrill seeking drivers are performing dangerous sideshows along Barrett to San Pablo I also
ask that:
In addition to the circle at Barrett and Key I ask you to also fund installation of speed bumps from San Pablo up to Key Blvd.
These are two small size blocks, with McLaughlin in the middle, and a corridor for the racers to perform their tricks.
I know my neighbors on McLaughlin are also negatively impacted by these disturbances and the noise at San Pablo is so loud it woke me just two short blocks away.
A few nights ago about 2 am I was awakened by a sideshow occurring on San Pablo at Barrett which lasted at least 10-15 minutes before police w arrived. I then heard numerous police sirens and speeding cars all around my neighborhood so I assume the police gave chase but I do not know if there were any arrests.
I am grateful for the police.
Their response is greatly appreciated by all residents because it will help in stemming these dangerous events, however, a permanent traffic deterrent like speed bumps seems more practical and less expensive for the City.
Please take these matters under your consideration.
Thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
Sandra Gracia
486 Key Blvd @ Barrett
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