From: Lary Hanshaw
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public comments - Agenda Item - Keller Beach Sewer Moratorium Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 3:13:29 PM
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I own a property in the Keller Beach Sanitary Sewer moratorium area. I recently built an ADU, which was just completed; I have received the final approval from the building department on the permit.
Right now the water/sewer for the ADU is connected to the water/sewer of the main building on the property. My plan is to submit plans to the city to connect the water/sewer system for the ADU directly to the city water/sewer.
Given that this proposed change wouldn’t add additional capacity to the city sewer system, would this submittal be exempt from the moratorium?
Thanks,
Lary Hanshaw
From: Simon Winer
To: City Clerk Dept User
Cc: ICE Claire Arbour WIFE
Subject: public comments -Agenda Item # April 1, 2025 Keller Beach Sanitary Sewer Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025 4:52:16 PM
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Dear City of Richmond,
Thanks for the opportunity to comment on this important topic.
I have a Point of Order: The link that was provided to access the map of the affected properties has an error.
The correct link is:
https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/4219/Keller-Beach
My wife and I live on Western Dr. and are long term residents of this fine city. We reside in the affected sewer collection area.
The findings made at the time of the January 18, 2022 Ordinance (below) have not changed to date and the sewer problems have not been mitigated. As a result, it follows that the urgency ordinance should continue until such time as the City can assure that the current and immediate threat to public health, safety and welfare has been resolved.
San Francisco Baykeeper brought this matter of the failed sewer line to the attention of the City and they will pursue this matter until it is resolved.
We fully support the timely and responsible resolution of this matter prior to allowing additional connections to this failed sewer line.
Best,
Simon Winer and Claire Arbour
360 Western Dr.
From: Janet Daly
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Streep Sweeping in the Richmond Annex
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025 8:09:44 PM
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Dear City Council,
I have lived and owned a home in the Richmond Annex on Van Fleet Avenue for the last 31 years.
Ever since the city implemented street sweeping my side of the street has been on the 4th Thursday of each month.
Your new signs have now switched the sides of the street to be swept today (so I'm now Friday) - who's brilliant idea was this to do a switcheroo on everyone anyway?
HOWEVER, the street sweeper company doesn't seem to know this. They swept my side of the street and now that is supposed to be tomorrow too. Who's running the show here?
Your ineptness at this whole boondoggle is deplorable for spending money so carelessly.
And as usual, the street sweeper made more a mess than before they came down our street. I am always having to go out and pick up the debris they sweep in front of my property.
Shameful.
My husband went around the neighborhood to document. The photos attached are representative of the mess the street sweeper made on each of our streets. He took 46 of them. When will you have someone come and clean up the mess the street sweeper makes. Happy to send you more photos.
I keep my property clean and I take the weeds, leaves, etc. out of gutter.
I don't appreciate the sweeper bringing gravel, dirt, limbs, debris and broken glass (that I can cut my hands on and get flat tires) as well as other trash it just sweeps down the street. It needs to be picked up.
Period.
I was willing to put up with this to keep the signs away, but now I'm not since you now want to give us tickets. Shall I start charging you for my time to sweep up the mess
made by the sweeping truck? Please fix this problem of your sweeping mess.
And if these signs are not about the money (as I read in an article), then when you start ticketing, they should be a nominal amount. Otherwise, you are penalizing hard-working families and individuals who are struggling to just get by in this crazy time of our country.
And what exactly are you spraying on our street to get into our water supply? Do you have information posted somewhere for this? It should be made available to the public.
Janet Daly
[email protected]
510.559.9350 phone
510.559.9722 fax
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Agenda Item
Name
Email
Comment
Position
Status
City Council
4/1/2025 3:30 PM Extension of
Moratorium on
New Tobacco
Retailers
Philip Rosenthal philiprosenthal@g
mail.com
Please extend the
moratorium
against smoke
shops in
Richmond. Please
help legitimate
EXISTING
businesses like
Arco , 7-11, and
local markets to
update their
permits and keep
in compliance. It is
worth noting that
there was never a
problem when the
enforcement of
tobacco and liquor
licenses was
handled by
dedicate members
of the police force.
This staff was fired
and never
replaced. The
actions of the
council and staff
have made it clear
that anyone can do
what they want in
Richmond, OR,
taxpayers bear the
burden of paying
to go back and
For Appro
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or lack of
enforcement, with
hundreds of
thousands of legal
and staff dollars to
fix what was
previously not
broken. Cigarettes
are legal, but their
sale (and
permitting and
taxation) needs to
be properly
regulated, and
sleazy businesses,
or those that are
fronts for illegal
activity, steps from
schools and other
gathering places
should not be
allowed.
4/1/2025 3:30 PM Extension of the
Keller Beach
Sanitary Sewer
Moratorium (2025-
2027) – Adoption
of Urgency
Ordinance
Don Mill donmillarchitect@g
mail.com
council members
Thank you for
addressing our
concerns from last
meeting
particularly with
Addendum No 3 to
your Scope of
Services. That now
includes Rerouting
studies to address
catastrophic failure
of the KBSS. We
still expect that
once the engineers
get into this
problem, the first
For Appro
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be Rerouting some
of the sewer load
away from the
KBSS. Please note
that this is
supported
emphatically by
HCD in its approval
of the Moratorium
just last week:
“HCD urges the
City to work
diligently to
implement interim
and permanent
solutions that will
allow housing
development to
proceed in the
moratorium area
as soon as
reasonably
possible,
consistent with the
City’s obligation to
protect public
health and safety”.
The Rerouting
study must be
done immediately.
It is the only
approach that
reduces the load to
the KBSS. It is an
inexpensive
mitigation now and
will reduce the cost
of the long term
solution. Council
Members…Please
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emphasis is
needed to not
allow another two
years to go by,
thereby continuing
an unnecessary
increased
exposure to this
imminent threat.
HCD approval was
Mar 26…which
according to your
current
Moratorium
Section 4 says: …In
accordance with
Government Code
Section 65858, this
Ordinance shall be
in full force and
effect for a period
of 45 days from the
date when the
Department of
Housing and
Community
Development
approves this
moratorium. There
is an error
regarding starting
the 45 days from
Feb 18. So…there is
time to refine this
ordinance and
reduce risk while
we wait for a
solution. Please
find a way to
assure that the
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done now and not
lost in the larger
solution. After all,
Public Works has
made it clear that
The sword of
Damocles is upon
us all.
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