Richmond City Council
June 15, 2023

Overarching City Council Goals
[IP] = Goal/ Objective is already in progress
[A]= Goal/ Objective is aspirational, not currently in progress

Overarching City Council Goals

1. Improve quantity and quality of housing, especially low income housing and reduce homelessness
 Increase housing access - especially infill development (avoid the shoreline)  Support the advancement of 2-3 key low-income housing developments (i.e. Miraflores and MetroWalk) [IP]
 Nystrom Village [IP]
 Metro Walk [IP]
 Mira Flores [IP]
 12th and Macdonald [IP]
 Plan for housing development along:
 23rd St., [A]
 San Pablo Avenue [A]
 Macdonald Avenue [IP]
 Open up public land to construct new housing [IP]
 Collaborate with local and statewide community land trust organizations  Take inventory of vacant building/structures and improving enforcement (public or private) [IP]
 Explore a vacancies tax including and equity framework [IP]  Increase housing quality
 Implementation of rental inspection program [IP]
 Prevent housing instability
 Housing relocation services [IP}
 Create paths to home ownership [IP]
 Expand tenant eviction service assistance [IP]
 Tenant protection and rental assistance [IP]
 Increase Accountability of Rent program by collaborating more with small landlords [IP]  Create housing inventory [IP]
 Reduce homelessness
 Operationalize the City’s Homeless Strategic Plan [IP]  Implement 2-3 transitional housing villages (e.g., RPAL Youth tiny village) and  Implement 2-3 permanent supportive housing projects (e.g., Motel 6 Homekey Proposal) [IP]
 Create/provide/connect services for the unhoused community (intentional and accountability) [IP]
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 Provide additional emergency shelter for unhoused [A]

2. Increase revenue and improve economic development
 Create new opportunities for workforce development in Richmond  Support implementation to Maritime Academy connected to Kennedy HS [IP]  Increase job training for high school juniors and seniors that are not college ready [IP]  Expand vocational training programs [IP]
 Apprenticeships (collaborate with local businesses to employ students) [IP]  Continue to support YouthWORKS to create pathways to high-paying careers [IP]  Revision Richmond Port as an ecologically responsible revenue generator  Complete a port audit [IP]
 Develop Port strategic plan (includes offshore wind opportunities) [A]  Hiring a Port director (with appropriate experience to attract businesses – i.e., offshore winds) [IP]
 Right-size Economic Development Department
 Hire new staff with appropriate experience to recruit businesses and development of marketing plan [IP]
 Hire commercial broker to join Econ Dev team [IP]
 Create marketing/communication team (i.e., public information officer) [IP]  “Taking back our name” – regional parks, campuses, etc. that do not have “Richmond” attached [A]
 Revitalize existing and small business
 Revitalize businesses and provide counseling/technical assistance/capacity building and marketing support for small businesses (i.e., façade improvements) including supporting small business (increase access to capacity and capital) [A]  Improve interface with the City of Richmond (e.g., permitting, inspections) [IP]  Buy Local campaign and Connect communities to keep revenue in Richmond [IP]  Improve economic development process to support local business [IP]  Present/develop an annual equity-use report(data) regarding small businesses in Richmond [A]
 Create and or re envision infrastructure to attract new business and retail and manufacturing infill developments and new customers for existing Richmond businesses  Finalize and implement the Green/Blue New Deal [IP]
 Consider a sustainability business expo [A]
 Economic Development Plan
 Development of Hilltop District [IP
 Developing entertainment and arts district along Macdonald Avenue [A]  Downtown revitalization [IP]
 Creating commercial neighborhood hubs [A]
 Enhance/improve shopping districts (i.e. Hilltop, 23rd Street, San Pablo Avenue, Macdonald Avenue, etc.) [A]
 Build social hubs near transportation corridors (includes adding brick and mortar for people to have places to attend) [A]
 Infill development (for businesses) [A]
 Outreach and provide incentives to businesses (reputation as business-friendly city) [A]
 Grocery store attraction [A]
 Develop an additional farmers market [A]
 Hospital attraction [A]
 Establishing hotels to increase tourism (especially near the Craneway) [A]  Beautify entryways [A]
 Establish water taxi (go to various communities) [A]
 Work regionally [IP]
 Build ties with UC Berkeley [IP]
 Improve Cost Recovery in each applicable department [IP]  Research new progressive taxes
 Address business taxation / fair taxation (from big business)[IP]  Add a vacancy tax
 Research changes to the Utility Users Tax (UUT) [IP]
 Strengthen grant infrastructure (Grants Dept) - Build capacity to apply for and administer grants [IP]
 Advance the East Bay Public Bank [IP]

3. Improve the quality of life and community health / Improve social determinants of health  Improve maintenance of the built environment, parks and build new recreation infrastructure  Complete renovation of the Booker T. Anderson Community Center [IP]  Renovate the Richmond Main Library [IP]
 Improve infrastructure in 2-3 parks in under-served communities [IP]  Boorman [IP]
 Harbor 8 [IP]
 Unity Park / Richmond Greenway [IP]
 Boyd Park [IP]
 Wendell Park [IP]
 Create dog parks [IP]
 Create a bike park (promote culture of biking) [IP]
 Increase transportation for underserved communities (includinbg bike and pedestrian routes trails) [IP]
 Improve maintenance repairs and landscaping of the public property [IP]  Maintain and improve parks [IP]
 Build 3-4 soccer fields in 3-4 years in City parks (with 1-2 small fields within 1-2 years) [IP]
 Complete and assessment of possible new soccer field locations [IP]  Build new Soccer fields at Lucas, Shields Reid and Parchester Parks [A]  Create development plan for soccer complex at Lucky As Ballfield like the Gilman Fields [A]
 Renovate and open park restrooms [A]
 Increase sidewalk repairs [A]
 Improve lighting in parks [A]
 Rebuild the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center [A]  Community centers in every corridor [A]
 Improve parking accessibility [A]
 Create a plan for waste water treatment and sewer infrastructure improvement [A]  Establish tree long-term maintenance and replacement plan (position for city arborist) [A]
 Renovation plans for Recreation centers [A]
 Using roofs as parks [A]
 Raised crosswalks [A]
 Purchase WCCUSD property in District 4 [A]
 Increase/improve more basketball courts [A]
 Revisit CyberTran project (will provide jobs) [A]
 Electric vehicle (EV) transit [A]
 Increased lighting [A]
 Infrastructure capital needs [A]
 Address issues with train crossings and noise (creating over or underpasses) [A]  Access to parks [A]
 Improve recreation services by increasing access and improving communications and outreach  Improve communications and outreach regarding existing Recreation programs [IP]  Increase public access and hours of operation to City facilities (swim and recreation centers) and parks [A]
 Increase hours on weeknights and weekends [A]
 Increase recreation staff for senior centers [A]
 Midnight basketball and late-evening futsal tournaments [A]  Improve summer and year-round recreation programs [A]  Analysis of part-time Recreation staff [A]
 Increased cultural festivals [A]
 Increase community events in various/different neighborhoods [A]  Hold joint West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) board – City of Richmond council meeting [A]
 New Joint-Use Agreement with WCCUSD and budget to access schools [A]  Launch a bicycle community event (close streets to cars for a day+) [A]  Address mental health in a holistic approach (provide more services that are culturally competent
 Work with Contra Costa County to bring more mental health services to Richmond [IP]  Providing mental health services for community and sworn staff [A]

4. Improve public safety
 Improve road, traffic, bike and pedestrian safety
 Implement 18 projects approved by City Council for street calming and allocate sufficient funding [IP]
 Implement projects in Local Road Safety Plan (i.e. Barrett Ave, Esmond Ave, McBryde Ave, Macdonald Ave, Carlson Blvd, etc.) [IP]
 Road repairs for safety [IP]
 Increase sidewalks [IP]
 Improve street paving [IP]
 Clearing storm drains [IP]
 Include art in street safety measures [A]
 Improve lighting [A]
 Research installing red light cameras and safety cameras [A]  Roundabouts and raised crosswalks [A]
 Train crossings and noise (communities are blocked like Pt. Richmond and Parchester) [A]
 Eliminate sideshows +1 [A]
 Continue to support alternatives to police (i.e., ONS) and collaborate with CCC regarding alternative methods [IP]
 Implement a community crisis response program +1 [IP]  Continue to reimagine public safety (to ensure community has adequate services including restorative justice and other methods) [A]
 Reduce Illegal dumping [IP]
 Holistic ways to address human trafficking issues [IP]  Improve Fire and Police Emergency Response
 Fully staff in Police and Fire (to respond to emergencies) [IP]  Continue community policing [A]
 Design and build a public safety center that would be new police department as well as provide restorative justice approaches – preventative [A]  New police department
 Substation
 Police substation
 Improve Emergency Response and Preparation
 Create and implement a wildfire safety plan for all high fire areas of the city including inclusion of capital projects in the CIP Budget even if they are currently unfunded [IP]  Fuel reduction +1 [A]
 Fire prevention [A]
 Create and Implement a regional wildfire safety plan [A]  Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) classes, community preparedness, emergency preparedness [IP]
 Active air monitoring systems +3 [IP]
 Enhance public warning system +1 [A]
 Prepare plan for earthquakes [A]
 Establish more public shelters (unhoused, post-emergency, domestic violence survivors, etc.) [A]
 Public shelters (unhoused, post-emergency, domestic violence survivors, etc.) [A]
 Prepare for sea level rise [A]
 Access to parks for post-disaster gathering [A]
 Reduce pollution and flaring from Chevron [A]
 Need hospitals [A]
 Strengthen neighborhood councils with block captains [A]  Strategic parking and transportation plan that aligns with planned development [A]  Institute parking permits in specific areas [A]
 Improve parking enforcement [A]
 Street sweeping (with informed and equitable enforcement) [A]  Lobbyist (i.e. creation of policies for federal train issues) [A]

5. Strengthen the City’s internal infrastructure and processes / Strengthen internal infrastructure to improve workplace environment (new goal title?)
 Insure that there is the right staffing level and experience to meet service goals of each City department [A]
 Complete staffing analysis and create proactive hiring strategies (to take into account lead times, trainings, etc.) [IP]
 Fill staff vacancies [IP]
 Additional staff person for Environmental Health Initiatives Division [A]  Proper staffing for revenue generating departments [A]  Staffing in Economic dev (see priority #2) [A]
 Create grants manager position with staff support [A]  Applying to grants, administration of grants and grant compliance [A]  Staffing in Recreation (see priority #3) [A]
 Make City services and information more accessible [A]  All departments to provide updates in Transparent Richmond [IP]  Improve or create new City website (needs a facelift) [A]  Improve Business permits process [A]
 Service delivery [A]
 Train internal staff on responding to TrakIt issues and items that are closed [A]  Streamline resident calls [A]
 Translate Council meetings to Spanish; improve language access in meetings [A]  Improve City Council and Staff accountability, prioritization, processes, and set reasonable expectations regarding staff time and responses to inquiries  [Council] Revisit and update City Council rules and procedures and expectations (between and amongst mayor, council and staff) [A]
 [Council] Council expectations: create process that addresses amount of time provided for staff to respond to Council inquiries [A]
 [Council] Balancing and monitoring Council direction with new requests and day-to-day items [A]
 [Council] Understand day-to-day schedule for departments [A]  [Council] Team building with Council and department heads (i.e. increase trust and working relationships, focus on achievements, etc.) [A]  [Council] Policy making and not micro-managing [A]
 [Staff] Implement clear processes for Human Resources-related tasks (i.e. work plans, hiring, etc.) [A]
 [Staff] Analyze and operationalize existing City plans (i.e. parks master plan) [A]  [Staff] Team building with Council and department heads (i.e. increase trust and working relationships, focus on achievements, etc.) [A]  [All] Future of Richmond: Strategic planning as part of a regular city process [A]  Improve fiscal responsibility
 Complete all audit requirements so that the City can be removed from the audit list [IP]  Include all CIP projects reasonably expected to be moved on in the next 5 years in the CIP Budget even if they are currently unfunded and reformatting of CIP Budget to clearly represent full expected costs of each project as well as amount spent to date and amount needed in the near and longer term to complete the project [A]  Create a plan to resolve or bring under fiscal control unfunded liabilities [A]  Create a plan to reach the desired funding level for the pavement index over a 5 year term [A]
 Create a plan to reduce overtime and eliminate the need for mandatory overtime in our public safety departments [A]
 Investigate and reduce the cost of risk management over a 3 year term [A]  Improve and modernize City IT
 Improve IT technology and potential hybrid meetings for commissions and boards [IP]  Look at IT infrastructure (ready in case on cyber attack) [IP]  Using best and most appropriate technology for each department [A]  Reduce data entry by moving all departments to digital data entry wherever possible [A]  Internal system automation, communication and connection to external stakeholders [A]
 Transparency of emergency responders on website/map [A]

6. Address shoreline issues and ecological sustainability  Moving Pt. Molate forward with Park District [IP]
 Create and implement a plan to transition fleet and fleet infrastructure to zero emission vehicles using electric vehicles whenever possible by the state deadline [IP]  Prepare for sea level rise [A]
 Consider shoreline resiliency inventory plan [A]
 Examine the impact of distribution centers on public health and then use information to adjust zoning to protect sensitive receptors (seniors, children, hospitals, clinics, etc) from increased exposure by using Green zones or other tools to create a reduced point sources pollution area around sensitive sites [A]
 Adding a department that will focus on transportation and electrification [A]