From: Pamela Christian
To: Sabrina Lundy
Subject: Fwd: Strong Objection to Proposed CIP Prioritization Criteria Date: Friday, April 25, 2025 11:13:39 AM
From: Charlie Huang <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2025 8:44 AM
To: Daniel Chavarria <[email protected]> Subject: Strong Objection to Proposed CIP Prioritization Criteria
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Hi,
I’m writing to express serious concern and strong opposition to the proposed methodology for prioritizing Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs), scheduled for discussion at the April 29 Special City Council meeting.
The criteria outlined in Item F.1 appear to completely exclude District 4 from future infrastructure funding. This isn’t about a flawed attempt at equitable planning—it’s about a framework that assigns us little to no value simply because we don’t score equity points under the current system. The message is clear: District 4 doesn’t qualify, and therefore, doesn’t count.
Underserved communities receive 19 points, and by that metric alone, District 4 is effectively disqualified before the conversation even starts. This is a dangerous precedent and signals that the city is fine with continuing to invest tens of millions of dollars while ignoring an entire district that pays taxes and participates in civic life.
If Richmond is not going to be there for District 4, we will have to start having conversations about how District 4 shows up—or doesn’t—for Richmond.
We need a fairer, broader, and more representative approach to capital improvement prioritization. One that doesn’t erase whole communities through a scoring formula.
Charlie Huang
From: Janice Haugan
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public Comment 4/29/25 City Council meeting: support agenda item F.3 Date: Monday, April 28, 2025 10:09:45 PM
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Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council,
Subject: Please vote in favor of F.3, tripling fines for firework related violations in fire prone areas.
I'm grateful that Council Member Bana is keeping the Council aware of the fire danger caused by the illegal use of fireworks.
I would like to see the city ordinance conform to the state codes, 12700 and 12702, that were updated via AB1403, signed into law by Gov.
Newsom in 2023 and went into effect 1/1/2024. Doing so would not only triple Richmond's fine amount for possessing 25 pounds of fireworks, it would quadruple it. All of Richmond would be covered by the quadrupled fine increase, not just the fire prone areas. Since the state ordinance supersedes the city ordinance, it is technically already in effect. Having the city's ordinance conform with the state's would reduce confusion about the fines for violations.
Thank you for considering my request.
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J a n i c e H a u g a n
Richmond resident