From: Cordell Hindler
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Open Session Prior to Closed Session
Date: Saturday, December 17, 2022 1:00:31 PM
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Good Evening Mayor Butt, Council Members and Staff,
I have some comments in related to the Closed Session
1. Shasa Curl has Done a wonderful Job as the City Manager
2. she would make sure that she follows the direction of the City Council Sincerely
Cordell
From: Cordell Hindler
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: public comments-open forum
Date: Saturday, December 17, 2022 1:12:41 PM
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Good Evening Mayor Butt, Council Members, and Staff
I have some Comments for the Record
1. for the Feburary 28th meeting, the Council should invite Danny Wan to Provide a Presentation on how the Port of Oakland is recovering from the Pandemic.
2. I am in Full Support of W.9.b on the Consent Calendar, Because I had spoken with the Previous City Manager about adding additional staff
Sincerely
Cordell
From: Leisa Johnson
To: City Clerk Dept User
Cc: Tom Butt - external; Nat Bates; Eduardo Martinez; Eduardo Martinez; Melvin Willis; Melvin Willis; Demnlus Johnson; Gayle McLaughlin; Claudia Jimenez
Subject: Public Comments for Item W.14.b - Contract Amendment for Cutting, Hoffman, and Harbour Way S. Bikeways Project
Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 8:08:24 PM
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Dear City Clerk,
Can you please include the below comments in the supplementary meeting minutes? Thank you and Happy Holidays!
Best,
Leisa
***************************************
Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor and Councilmembers -
The current process flow to implement bicycle and pedestrian changes along key corridors in our City do not currently provide adequate, continued public review & input post the initial concept design, and most certainly before they are finalized and implemented. Importantly, the business community is underrepresented, if at all.
As a result, serious concerns have arisen on Cutting Blvd between Garrard and Hoffman Blvd post implementation of this particular F2B2G project that need to be remedied.
These concerns have been raised by the community to key city staff on more than occasion, and most recently at the PRNC meeting on 12/7/22.
That meeting ended with a request from the PRNC for two follow-up meetings with PRNC representatives and key city staff to discuss two distinct projects within the F2B2G plan, including issues arising from the current installation on Cutting Blvd, to develop remedies, and to ultimately apply lessons learned to future projects across the City.
The plan for Hoffman to Wright Ave along Harbour Way S that I received today is distinct from the plan that the public sees as an interim concept in the published F2B2G plan on the City’s website; we also couldn’t find a 30% engineering drawing in the published appendix.
Given the significant changes that happened on Cutting Blvd, the community is rightfully concerned.
Given this experience, the Point Richmond, Santa Fe and Iron Triangle NC boards all requested that this item be pulled from the consent calendar.
None of us are opposed to bikeways. All we are asking for is adequate and continued public input so that these projects result in increased safety, not new safety issues, and that there are no last minute changes that the public has no opportunity to review and provide input to ensure their success.
Before any more money is approved to implement final plans that the community has not had the opportunity to see, review and provide input on, we are respectfully requesting that any contract amendment that the Council may approve this evening have the following contingencies:
1. That key City staff meet with representatives from the Point Richmond, Santa Fe, Coronado and Iron Triangle Neighborhood Councils and impacted businesses along Cutting, Hoffman, Harbour Way S. and Wright Ave to review and provide input on the proposed project along Hoffman Blvd and Harbour Way S from Hoffman to Wright Ave before implementation. If changes need to be incorporated, a follow-up amendment and additional funding may be required.
2. That key City staff meet with representatives from the Point Richmond, Santa Fe, Coronado and Iron Triangle Neighborhood Councils and impacted businesses along Cutting to discuss safety and other issues with the current bike lane implementation on Cutting between Garrard and Hoffman, develop remedies, and identify funding requirements.
3. That key City staff meet with representatives from the Point Richmond NC to review F2B2G project designs on Garrard, W. Richmond Ave, and Railroad Ave before anything moves forward and funding is identified and approved.
Thank you,
Leisa
PRNC, 1st Vice President
From: Philip Rosenthal
To: Pamela Christian; City Clerk Dept User; Nat Bates; Patrick Phelan; Daniel Chavarria Cc: Leisa Johnson; Charmain Tyler; Peter Thelin; Margi Sullivan; Buzz Baylis Subject: A serious request from the PRNC
Date: Monday, December 19, 2022 11:50:20 AM
Attachments: Request W.14.b.docx
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Dear Patrick and Daniel,
Attached
please
find
a
time-
sensitive
letter
from
the
PRNC
board.
As
you
saw
in
the
recent
meeting,
there
are
serious
issues
with
the
existing
and
planned
bike
lanes.
These
issues
could
have
been
avoided
with
even
the
smallest
bit
of
sincere
outreach
to
the
community.
You
may
have
also
noticed that
TRAC
has
a
huge
mailing
list
of
bike-lane
advocates
that
are
quick
to
make
this
a
"them
against
us"
issue,
without
ever
actually
addressing
the
legitimate
concern
of
the
community.
We
are
constantly
being
told
that
these
projects
must
be
completed
at
any
expense
to
public
safety and
without
legitimate
review.
The
lives
of
our
children,
seniors
and
handicapped
residents
are
equally
as
important
as
the
safety of
the
users
of
the
Bay
Trail
and
bike
lanes.
Present
at
our
meeting
was
city
staff
drawing
over
a
million
dollars
in
salary
and
benefits...it
is
reasonable
to
expect
that
these
professionals
can
find
a
solution
to
install
safe
and
sane
bike
lanes...but
they
have
to
have
the
safety
of
the
citizens
of
Richmond
in
mind.
--
Philip Rosenthal
PRNC President
[email protected]
(510)593-9017
December 19, 2022, 2022
City of Richmond
Public Works Director Chavarria and Mr. Phelan
450 Civic Center Plaza
Richmond CA
Hello Director Chavarria and Mr. Phelan,
The PRNC board respectfully requests that Item W.14.b be pulled from the consent calendar.
This item is seeking an additional $89K to complete the Cutting Blvd and Harbour Way South Bikeway Project along Cutting Blvd, Hoffman Blvd and Harbour Way South.
As discussed and requested at the PRNC meeting on 12/7/2022, the Point Richmond and Santa Fe Neighborhood Councils as well as impacted businesses along Cutting Blvd would like an opportunity to meet with key city staff to review and, ideally, correct serious issues with the current bike lane configuration on Cutting Blvd between Garrard and Hoffman Blvds.
It is our understanding that the consultants were not aware of BNSF and PUC construction requirements for a two-way cycle track across a railroad crossing, and that meeting those requirements would have result in increased costs. The Cutting Blvd design was then altered, late in the process and without public review or input, to create not just one but two cycle tracks on both sides of Cutting Blvd. This has negatively impacted critical egress and ingress routes as well as school drop off and pick up at Washington Elementary School.
Additional concerns include, but are not limited to, the removal of a second vehicular lane to accommodate truck traffic from businesses, including distribution facilities, along Cutting Blvd and negatively impacted sight lines when egressing certain businesses.
Before the City Council approves any more funds be utilized to “complete" a project about which the community has expressed serious concerns, the PRNC is hoping to collaborate with key city staff and other impacted neighborhoods and businesses to develop a plan to address these issues so that staff can secure the necessary funds to implement those corrections.
We hope this process can ultimately serve as an improved public process framework that will promote enhanced public engagement, review and input and better inform future bike and pedestrian plans on Cutting Blvd from Hoffman to Carlson Blvd as well as the 22nd and 23rd St corridors and other key corridors in Richmond.
The community believes that there is room for bike lanes and pedestrian safety, and safe vehicular traffic (including the now-gridlocked downtown and twelve thousand vehicles on Cutting daily) that will protect cyclists and pedestrians…in short, safety for everyone .
Thank you and KRGDS,
Philip
Philip Rosenthal, PRNC President
(510) 593-9017
[email protected]
https://pointrichmond.org/
CC:
Pamela Christen, Office of the City Clerk
Nat Bates, City Councilmember
PRNC Board
From: Robert Prinz
To: Nat Bates; Tom Butt - external; Claudia Jimenez; Demnlus Johnson; Eduardo Martinez; Gayle McLaughlin; Melvin Willis; City Clerk Dept User
Cc: Daniel Chavarria; Patrick Phelan; Bruce Brubaker; Bruce Beyaert Subject: Public Comments - Agenda Item W.14b Amending WR Forde Contract Date: Monday, December 19, 2022 2:03:35 PM
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Esteemed Mayor Butt and City Council Members,
Bike East Bay supports approval of the Consent Calendar item W.14b resolution amending the construction agreement with W.R. Forde Associates, Inc. to complete the 2.25 miles of protected bikeway on Harbour Way South, Cutting & Hoffman Boulevards.
We appreciate that city staff worked within considerable constraints to deliver a solution for the recently completed segment on Cutting despite pushback from the railroad to the original proposal, and we have heard glowing reviews from bike riders about the updated design which many are saying is even better than the original proposal. This facility is among the top bikeway projects of 2022 for the entire East Bay, and Richmond is now second only to Fremont in the number of protected bikeway lane miles.
We also appreciate that a solution for Cutting was worked out and implemented sooner rather than later, as a previous railroad coordination delay resulted in a bicycle signal at W Ohio Ave and Richmond Pkwy not being activated in 2020, which was
associated with the death
of
Oscar Castro who was hit and killed while biking there just over two years ago.
We acknowledge that public communications and engagement are key to ensuring that projects meet as many needs as possible, and encourage you to help enable this going forward by making sure staffing vacancies are filled and by facilitating a supportive environment to resist turnover and retain experienced and talented staff in Richmond. We also acknowledge the significant potential safety issues associated with project delays, and therefore urge you to approve the funding allocation and allow the project to move forward today.
Thank you,
Logo Robert Prinz | Advocacy Director
Pronouns: he/him
Mail: PO Box 1736 Oakland, CA 94604
Office: 466 Water Street Oakland, CA 94607
P: (510) 845-7433 x2 | E: [email protected]
From: Cordell Hindler
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: public comments- X.1 Budget Session
Date: Saturday, December 17, 2022 1:52:13 PM
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Hello Mayor Butt, Councilmembers and Staff,
I would go along with the Implementation that the State Auditor Recommends Sincerely
Cordell
From: Kerby Lynch
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT - Agenda Item Z.1
Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 12:52:10 PM
Attachments: 12_20_22 Lynch Public Comment.pdf
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--
Kerby Lynch
butchbrood.com
Policy Consultant and Humanities Researcher
December 20, 2022
Richmond City Council Members
450 Civic Center Plaza
Richmond, CA 94804
Dear Richmond City Council Members:
My name is Dr. Kerby Lynch, and I am a current Economic Development Commissioner plus a part of the Cannabis Sub-Comittee. I participated extensively in the feedback process with SCI Consulting Group to develop the Cannabis Social Equity Manual. Additionally, I supported the grant application process to apply for program development funds from GoBIZ to establish the city’s Social Equity program. In deliberation re-instating the Richmond Compassionate Care Collective, Inc., I urge you to consult the Cannabis Sub-committee on how to amend the ordinance to align with the program goals of Social Equity.
I have conducted a systematic review of various city ordinances and how they balance the question of social equity via their cannabis licensing process. This process is critical for ensuring equity and disrupting the dynamics of monopolies emerging in the cities. I urge the council deliberate in January on possible models to consider that can allow for RCCC’s reinstatement while also supporting the goals of economic opportunity for those impacted by the war on drugs.
As informed by my research of over28 jurisdictions with comparable population sizes, there are a few factors I believe we need to consider:
1. Population formula: it is a common approach to determine retail dispensary amounts based on population. For example, Hemet uses every 10,000 people and allows for one dispensary. Chico provides for 1 per 12,000-25,000 residents.
2. Medicinal vs. Adult Recreation: How does the council feel about distinguishing the number of retail available based on the primary consumer? Santa Rosa allows for exibility on numbers if
the primary goal is serving medicinal cannabis patients in need. I agree with this as it expands access to our chronically ill and aging populations with higher needs.
3. Priority vs. Non-Priority Licensee: W e should establish target populations again to align with the goals of the social equity program. Jurupa V alley distinguished between priority applicants and set the criteria for who they prioritize to establish businesses. If the City Council should instate a cap, it should be along the lines of no cap for our priority populations and a cap for non-priority to stop the spread of monopolization.
Overall, a thorough discussion of what model to consider appropriate to revise our ordinance is needed. I encourage you to consult YES Nature to Neighborhoods (formerly Y outh Enrichment Strategies) and their TREES program, a youth advocacy organization, to promote public awareness of cannabis consumption for youth. They are critical stakeholders and have completed research projects that can aid your work. They are a part of the GARE Racial Equity team. W e must continue to exhaust all community-based decision-making practices, and this is a topic that can aid in promoting our social equity program. 2023 is a critical year for implementation. I seek you all to consult with the EDC to ensure we consider the impacts on equity when discussing expansion or the capping of licenses. Finally, I request the Cannabis Sub-Committe be allowed time to present our rationale before any nal
decisions are made at your earliest convenience.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to [email protected] for further comments or questions.
Respectfully,
Dr. Kerby Lynch
Community Researcher and Data Scientist
Economic Development Commissioner for the City of Richmond