From: Brian Lewis
To: City Clerk Dept User
Cc: Susan Hubbard; Jeffrey Vines; Tim Knowles; C. Michael Lederer; Jeff Shukis; Gene Scott, PhD Subject: Public Comments - Open Session prior to Closed Session. Item C.3. Anticipated Litigation Date: Sunday, January 15, 2023 4:34:06 PM
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From: Brian Lewis <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Subject: Outstanding Issues related to Terminal One and the Community To: Eduardo Martinez <[email protected]
>, Eduardo Martinez
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Claudia Jimenez <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Gayle McLaughlin
<[email protected]>, Melvin Willis <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Dave Aleshire <[email protected]> Cc: Jeffrey Vines <[email protected]>, Susan Hubbard <[email protected]>, C.
Michael Lederer <[email protected]>, Gene Scott, PhD <[email protected]>, Tim Knowles <[email protected]>, Jeff Shukis <[email protected]> Dear Mayor Martinez and City Council Members (and a warm welcome to the new members and our new Mayor),
During the last month, a lot of back and forth has occurred between the Community and the City Attorney. Attachment C-2 to the Amended Land Disposition Agreement was to incorporate concerns raised by the Community. At the end, we were cut out of the final copy and the final did not contain language we agreed to in earlier drafts. We are concerned that the final document appears to be something we agreed to, but in reality, we did not. The following requests have been sent twice to the City Attorney with no response to our concerns.
1. Subsection (iii) should be deleted in its entirety from the House Siting paragraph.
Since the document has now been executed, that subsection (iii) should be crossed out and the cross-out initialed by all signing parties. That is the only way to return us to the position on which the developer insists, namely the status of the affected structures as originally designed in this revised project, but without the completely false implication that this was something desired by the community.
2. Another issue is your characterization of the process that “Nothing is final—process is evolutionary.” Please identify the language that makes this signed document “evolutionary.” You also cite, “The most important things you wanted here was the limit of $250,000 on the contribution and I will push for this, but I know the Council will be interested in the overall cost and where the funding is coming from.” What do you mean you are going to “push for this…” We have the expectation that this was what you and Mr Chamberlin agreed as a path forward on this critical issue. Why is this now something you have to push for with the City Council? The developer or the City may have to pay more, but we are committed to the $250,000 as the maximum contribution, upon HOAs approvals. What, if anything, is final and what is still in process? Please explain
3. Proforma: The City Attorney has represented that the City has further requested that LEG work with the Developer to release a proforma which shall give the public a fair understanding of project economics – general projected price range estimates of residential units and costs of same shall be included. We were told we would have the proforma in early January.
In addition, another issue that was recently raised to the Planning Department and City Attorney involves prior mitigation measures agreed to by the City of Richmond related to the Port of Richmond. There has been and continues to be a problem with the vehicle traffic being blocked at Canal and West Cutting by trains. The EIR for the Port of Richmond had several conditions, none of which have been implemented. This information is contained in
5. Transportation/Circulation 5–56 Honda Port of Entry Draft EIR Mitigation Measure 5–9. The mitigation measures included a number of activities, scheduling trains, tracking trains, emergency access, etc. In addition, the supporting documentation for switching and loading trains is incorrect. The community is concerned about yet another project on City owned land that does not follow agreed to procedures and mitigation measures.
The community has major concerns about how the City is treating the residents. We don’t know what to trust or believe. Going forward, please address these issues. We would need a detailed reply before Jan 22nd to evaluate how the City intends to respond to these concerns before the deadline when we will decide on whether to pursue our previously filed Brown Act Violations. We are available to brief any members before the closed session. We are happy to do it in person or via Zoom. There is a lot of history and moving parts.
Sincerely, Brian Lewis Brickyard Cove Alliance for Responsible Development (BCARD).
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From: Cordell Hindler
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public Comments- Open Forum
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2023 4:40:46 PM
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Good Evening Mayor Martinez, Council Members and Staff, I have some comments to go into the record
1. For the February 28th Agenda, the Council should Invite Danny Wan to provide a Presentation on how the Port of Oakland is recovering from the Pandemic
2. Also to have Segal Consulting to present on the Class & Comp Study Sincerely
Cordell
From: Cordell Hindler
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public Comments - Y.1 Budget Session
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2023 4:50:35 PM
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Honorable Mayor Martinez, Council Members and staff,
I do Appreciate the Presentations that the city manager and the Public Works Director sincerely
Cordell