From: Al M
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: public comments – Open Session prior to Closed Session agenda item #C.5 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR (Government Code Section 54956.8)
Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 12:56:40 PM
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Dear Mayor Martinez and Councilmembers:
I’d like to thank you for sticking with this long, arduous process and getting this far in the complicated legal controversy around Point Molate. Please, accept my full support for making Point Molate a public space for all, with respect to this natural site’s unique biodiversity in flora and fauna.
I also strongly encourage you to move forward with negotiating the price and terms of payment for a public park.
Many thanks again,
Alix Mazuet
Belding Woods Resident and Property Owner
From: Pam Stello
To: City Clerk Dept User
Cc: Cesar Zepeda; Claudia Jimenez; Gayle McLaughlin; Mayors Office; Melvin Willis; Soheila Bana; Doria Robinson Subject: Public comments – Open Session Prior to Closed Session, Agenda Item C.5 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY
NEGOTIATOR
Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 11:55:00 AM
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Dear Mayor and Council Members,
How wonderful to see “price and terms of payment” for Point Molate on the City’s agenda with the East Bay Regional Park District as a negotiating party. It’s been 29 years since the Navy Base closed at Point Molate. So much city money and time has been spent to get to this point, and what the lack of public access to this land for so long has meant for Richmond’s families and youth is incalculable. As members of this Council know, public places and programs enrich, change and save lives. It’s been a much too long and arduous battle and one that communities rarely win. What a victory that the Richmond community and future generations are the winners of this battle and will benefit directly from a stunning public park and public programs and resources in perpetuity.
I am sure it’s taken a tremendous amount of work by the Council and City staff to get to this point in the negotiations. Thank you! I am so glad that this Council, for all its hard for Richmond residents, will be known as the Council to take this monumental step to make Point Molate a park ensuring public access for Richmond and future generations. Thank you and congratulations!
—Pam Stello
Co-Chair, Point Molate Alliance
From: Alice LoCicero
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public Comments for Agenda Item-X1
Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 12:47:38 PM
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Dear Council Members, I am writing to suggest that you vote against Item X-1. This sort of election process might be good in the future, but unless Richmond residents are well-prepared for it, and unless they know they must vote in the primary, it has the potential to make elections less democratic, rather than moreso.
If the council votes in favor of X-1, I hope that there is a condition that it not begin before the city has a good length of time to prepare citizens for this major change, and for the necessity of voting in a primary election.
Thank you.
Alice LoCicero
47 Sandpoint Dr.
Richmond
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Sincerely, Alice LoCicero
Alice LoCicero, Ph.D., MBA
Board Certified Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Faculty, The Wright Institute
“And there are moments when, yes, even I feel desperation. We all do. But you have to own it.
You have to accept it. You have to shed the tears, and then you have to wipe them and get up and fight some more.” Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor From: Alice LoCicero
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public comments for Agenda Item X2
Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 12:51:25 PM
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Dear Council Members,
I urge you to vote against item X2. Richmond has a great many high priorities, and this is not at or near the top of the list.
It seems that the levels of crime and violence in Richmond are frightening, but I do not see a new police building as having the potential to solve those problems. Rather I see long term approaches, including support for jobs, education, health care, and especially mentoring and youth development being higher priorities in the long term plan to reduce crime and violence.
Thank you.
Alice LoCicero
--
Sincerely, Alice LoCicero
Alice LoCicero, Ph.D., MBA
Board Certified Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Faculty, The Wright Institute
“And there are moments when, yes, even I feel desperation. We all do. But you have to own it.
You have to accept it. You have to shed the tears, and then you have to wipe them and get up and fight some more.” Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor From: Al M
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: public comments – Open Session prior to Closed Session agenda item #C.5 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR (Government Code Section 54956.8)
Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 12:56:40 PM
This email originated from outside of the City's email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
This email originated from outside of the City's email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
Dear Mayor Martinez and Councilmembers:
I’d like to thank you for sticking with this long, arduous process and getting this far in the complicated legal controversy around Point Molate. Please, accept my full support for making Point Molate a public space for all, with respect to this natural site’s unique biodiversity in flora and fauna.
I also strongly encourage you to move forward with negotiating the price and terms of payment for a public park.
Many thanks again,
Alix Mazuet
Belding Woods Resident and Property Owner
From: Pam Stello
To: City Clerk Dept User
Cc: Cesar Zepeda; Claudia Jimenez; Gayle McLaughlin; Mayors Office; Melvin Willis; Soheila Bana; Doria Robinson Subject: Public comments – Open Session Prior to Closed Session, Agenda Item C.5 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY
NEGOTIATOR
Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 11:55:00 AM
This email originated from outside of the City's email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
This email originated from outside of the City's email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
Dear Mayor and Council Members,
How wonderful to see “price and terms of payment” for Point Molate on the City’s agenda with the East Bay Regional Park District as a negotiating party. It’s been 29 years since the Navy Base closed at Point Molate. So much city money and time has been spent to get to this point, and what the lack of public access to this land for so long has meant for Richmond’s families and youth is incalculable. As members of this Council know, public places and programs enrich, change and save lives. It’s been a much too long and arduous battle and one that communities rarely win. What a victory that the Richmond community and future generations are the winners of this battle and will benefit directly from a stunning public park and public programs and resources in perpetuity.
I am sure it’s taken a tremendous amount of work by the Council and City staff to get to this point in the negotiations. Thank you! I am so glad that this Council, for all its hard for Richmond residents, will be known as the Council to take this monumental step to make Point Molate a park ensuring public access for Richmond and future generations. Thank you and congratulations!
—Pam Stello
Co-Chair, Point Molate Alliance
From: Alice LoCicero
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public Comments for Agenda Item-X1
Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 12:47:38 PM
This email originated from outside of the City's email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
This email originated from outside of the City's email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
Dear Council Members, I am writing to suggest that you vote against Item X-1. This sort of election process might be good in the future, but unless Richmond residents are well-prepared for it, and unless they know they must vote in the primary, it has the potential to make elections less democratic, rather than moreso.
If the council votes in favor of X-1, I hope that there is a condition that it not begin before the city has a good length of time to prepare citizens for this major change, and for the necessity of voting in a primary election.
Thank you.
Alice LoCicero
47 Sandpoint Dr.
Richmond
--
Sincerely, Alice LoCicero
Alice LoCicero, Ph.D., MBA
Board Certified Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Faculty, The Wright Institute
“And there are moments when, yes, even I feel desperation. We all do. But you have to own it.
You have to accept it. You have to shed the tears, and then you have to wipe them and get up and fight some more.” Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor From: Alice LoCicero
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public comments for Agenda Item X2
Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 12:51:25 PM
This email originated from outside of the City's email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
This email originated from outside of the City's email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
Dear Council Members,
I urge you to vote against item X2. Richmond has a great many high priorities, and this is not at or near the top of the list.
It seems that the levels of crime and violence in Richmond are frightening, but I do not see a new police building as having the potential to solve those problems. Rather I see long term approaches, including support for jobs, education, health care, and especially mentoring and youth development being higher priorities in the long term plan to reduce crime and violence.
Thank you.
Alice LoCicero
--
Sincerely, Alice LoCicero
Alice LoCicero, Ph.D., MBA
Board Certified Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Faculty, The Wright Institute
“And there are moments when, yes, even I feel desperation. We all do. But you have to own it.
You have to accept it. You have to shed the tears, and then you have to wipe them and get up and fight some more.” Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor