From: Daniel Barth
To: City Clerk Dept User; Jamelia Brown; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Sue Wilson; Doria Robinson
Subject: OPEN FORUM from Daniel Barth, SOS RICHMOND
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 1:19:13 PM
Attachments: 2025.06.24 Open Forum_SOS Richmond.pdf
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Thank you for including this letter into the public record for tonight's city council meeting!
Daniel
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Daniel Barth | Executive Director
he/him
510.990.2686
Mail: P.O. Box 1490 Richmond, CA 94802
www.sos-richmond.org
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Mail: SOS Richmond
P.O. Box 1490
Richmond, CA 94802
Physical: 32 Harbour Way
Richmond, CA 94801
sos-richmond.org
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June 24, 2025
To: Richmond City Council
From: Daniel Barth
PUBLIC COMMENT in response to being called up for service to Richmond:
Thank you to the Richmond community, city staff, and city council for helping us to reimagine our public safety responses to homelessness. Together we’ve proven to California that “It’s Different In Richmond.” We go about the business of resolving homelessness from a growing knowledge that resolving this wicked problem, and one of the region’s most pressing, is not a Transactional process. It’s the work of individual Transformation toward a community-wide scale.
We won’t get from where we are by offering a set of transactions – even if it’s actual Housing. Transformation does not work like that.
When you continue to support the transformational work of SOS Richmond, there are four instrumental elements at play:
1. We build investment in an array of Services, yes – and we after 4.5 years have a firm grasp of these holistic services that accompany people on the journey to Home
2. We provide actual Public Good – and that product is sough in partnership with this jurisdiction to secure stable housing for our unhoused neighbors
3. On top of that we’re seeking Social Impact that our innovation-focused philanthropic sector wants to see – if they bet on this innovation
4. At the highest level, we’re very simply building leadership that makes the peer-to- peer transformative process possible – and that is a Movement about real equity – only built upon Empowerment – and real liberation from the chains of chronic homelessness – only created in each person’s mindset of Freedom
What businesses and public agencies gain by contracting with SOS Richmond goes far beyond a job completed. When clients hire us, they don’t just get the task done—they see hardworking, motivated teams in action. And what resonates most isn’t the work itself, but two deeper takeaways:
First, they witness how these teams engage—with the environment, with people, with every interaction. It’s a testament to their character, their personalities, their aptitudes aligned with street-level work—whether building trust with unhoused peers or solving problems with creativity and deep knowledge of what people actually want.
Mail: SOS Richmond
P.O. Box 1490
Richmond, CA 94802
Physical: 32 Harbour Way
Richmond, CA 94801
sos-richmond.org
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But beyond that, contractors notice something greater. They recognize that SOS Richmond’s investment in workforce development—from job readiness training to long-term retention—isn’t just about the service delivered or the wages earned.
It’s an investment in lives. They see change unfolding in real time. They see transformation.
Daniel Barth
Executive Director, Safe Organized Spaces Richmond
From: Aguilar, Hansel
To: City Clerk Dept User
Cc: Dave Aleshire; Floy Andrews; [email protected]
Subject: Public Comments – Agenda Item #T.1.a
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 12:47:39 PM
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Dear Mayor and Members of the Richmond City Council,
My name is Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, PhD, and I serve as the Director of Police Accountability for the City of Berkeley, which has more than five decades of experience in civilian oversight. I am also a current member of the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE)’s Membership Support and Development Committee, former member of its Training, Education, and Standards Committee and an adjunct sociology professor at George Mason University.
I write in strong support of Agenda Item T.1.a, which proposes to amend Chapter 3.54 of the Richmond Municipal Code by establishing a training program for commissioners of the Community Police Review Commission.
Codifying training requirements into law is a best practice that strengthens the legitimacy, consistency, and effectiveness of civilian oversight. For commissioners and staff to conduct timely, thorough, and objective reviews of police misconduct and policy, they must be equipped with ongoing, well-structured training. This includes legal standards, investigative fundamentals, and an understanding of the local social and institutional context in which policing occurs.
The proposed ordinance reflects a balanced and thoughtful approach that aligns with national norms while respecting Richmond’s unique public safety landscape. I respectfully urge the Council to support this measure and ensure the training program is sustainably funded and meaningfully implemented.
Thank you for your leadership in strengthening community-centered accountability.
In Unity,
Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, PhD
Director of Police Accountability, City of Berkeley
Member, NACOLE Membership Support and Development Committee Adjunct Professor, George Mason University
The views expressed are my own and based on my professional experience. They do not represent the official position of the City of Berkeley, the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE), or George Mason University.
Hansel Alejandro Aguilar
Director of Police Accountability
Office of the Director of Police Accountability
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From: Janet Johnson
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public comments agenda item #T.4.a
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 12:21:01 PM
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Richmond Shoreline Alliance has serious concerns with this process for this project, and we urge the council to send it back for revision.
First, at a minimum the Sampling and Analysis Plan should be revised to provide some information regarding possible sources for the DDT.
Table 3 for Analytical Chemistry Data for Terminal 2 in 2021 shows high concentrations of total DDT, total PAH, and total PCBs. Given that the United Heckathorn Superfund Site is so close to this area, this raises the question: Is this contamination from Heckathorn? Are we talking about a bigger problem? If there is some question, have they talked to the EPA, the DTSC and the Water Board? Different agencies need to be involved because they have independent roles. The first step would be go to cleanup groups at each of these agencies and get a response in writing with a rationale for their response.
Secondly, Richmond Shoreline Alliance is advocating for a different sampling approach to look at potential lines of evidence. Typically the way they sample is they take a 10-11 foot core length, put it in a bucket, take a little bit of that, put it in a sample jar, and send it to the lab. The sample becomes representative of the entire homogenized mass. This is not how you find a sediment layer with maximum concentration because you’ve homogenized the whole core length.
A method that will give useful information and a detailed dataset is to take take the core tube and take 3- 4 samples; each bucket leads to one sample going for analysis. This method is more robust as it gives a combination of discrete and composite.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Janet Scoll Johnson
510-331-3985
Coordinator, Richmond Shoreline Alliance
Vice Chair, West Contra Costa Sierra Club Group
I acknowledge that I am on the unceded land of the Huchiun Ohlone, the ancestral homeland of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, now known as the East Bay.
From: TRAC
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez; City Clerk Dept User Cc: Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; Bruce Brubaker Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025 10:45:46 AM
Attachments: mini-packet_BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING_2025061122305596.pdf.pdf Winehaven Rendering RTG.bmp
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
Great news! East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors voted on June 17 to award a contract to Corone & Company for constructing the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail. However, the City’s Capital Improvement Plan does not have sufficient funding to reimburse EBRPD for the cost of building the trail on City of Richmond Property.
The attached map shows the location of this 15’ wide, two-way, multi-use trail shoreline trail with its two 1.25-mile sections. EBRPD will manage the project and pay for Segment A between the Richmond San Rafael Bridge and Pt. Molate Beach Park, primarily on an easement granted by Chevron. Under a cooperative funding agreement, the City of Richmond is required to reimburse EBRPD for the cost of Segment B on City of Richmond land from the beach park north along the shoreline to Point Molate pier and Winehaven Historic District as depicted on the attached rendering.
The Point Molate Trail will provide public access to 2.5 miles of scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline where there is none other than at the City’s beach park. There would be no access to the City-owned shoreline of Point Molate for more than a decade if construction of the trail were to be delayed pending resolution of litigation surrounding Point Molate, EBRPD’s acquisition of both
tribal and City property at Point Molate, development and approval of a Land Use Plan for a regional shoreline park with extensive public input and CEQA compliance followed by seeking, obtaining & using funds to design, develop and operate the park.
Please amend the proposed CIP to provide the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded more than four years ago.
Bruce
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Bruce Beyaert, TRAC Chair
[email protected]
Mobile 510-789-3078
http://www.pointrichmond.com/baytrail/
http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/109/TRAC
Trails Development - June 27, 2024
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From: Caitlin Trahan
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Monday, June 23, 2025 2:39:26 PM
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors voted on June 17 to award a contract to Corone & Company for constructing the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail. However, the City’s Capital Improvement Plan does not have sufficient funding to reimburse EBRPD for the cost of building it on City of Richmond Property. Please add to the CIP the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to be built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded three to four years ago.
The Point Molate Trail will provide public access to 2.5 miles of scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline where there is none other than at the City’s beach park. There would be no access to the City-owned shoreline of Point Molate for more than a decade if construction of the trail were to be delayed pending resolution of litigation surrounding Point Molate, EBRPD’s acquisition of both tribal and City property at Point Molate, development and approval of a Land Use Plan for a regional shoreline park with extensive public input and CEQA compliance followed by seeking, obtaining & using funds to develop and operate the park.
I'm so excited for this path. Let's make it right the first time.
Sincerely,
Caitlin Trahan
3021 Nevin Ave
Richmond, CA 94804
From: Clair Brown
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025 7:33:49 PM
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
I urge you to amend the CIP to cover the $1.0 million shortfall in funding for the Point Molate Bay Trail when you meet Tuesday, June 24.
Richmond’s part of the trail, Segment B, must be built now, or I believe that the City will lose grant funds of $2.0 million awarded more than four years ago for the Point Molate Trail. Unfortunately Richmond and EBRPD already have forfeited $300,000 in grants because of delays in the project.
The Point Molate trail provides access to beautiful views of the Bay, and is a valuable asset for Richmond. We want our residents to enjoy Pt Molate, and the bike trail is one of the few ways that people can access the area.
Please, City Council members, support funds for providing public access to this scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline. Thank you very much!
Clair Brown
20 Belvedere Ave.
Richmond
From: Joseph Puleo
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; TRAC Subject: Public Comments: Agendya Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Sunday, June 22, 2025 9:06:10 AM
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I've been a volunteer along with Charles Smith and others since the Beach Park was reopened.
In addition to creating a rough trail from the park to the bridge we do weekly cleanups at the park. It is a treasure that too many people in Richmond don't know exists.
Please fund the full city contribution to complete the Bay Trail from the bridge to Wine Haven.
The city needs to promote this wonderful resource and creating a 15' wide multiuse trail will build a whole new constituency to advocate for Point Molate.
Thanks; Joe Puleo
From: Harriman, Kathleen@CDPH
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Monday, June 23, 2025 4:48:59 AM
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors voted on June 17 to award a contract to Corone & Company for constructing the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail. However, the City’s Capital Improvement Plan does not have sufficient funding to reimburse EBRPD for the cost of building it on City of Richmond Property. Please add to the CIP the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded three to four years ago.
The Point Molate Trail will provide public access to 2.5 miles of scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline where there is none other than at the City’s beach park. There would be no access to the City-owned shoreline of Point Molate for more than a decade if construction of the trail were to be delayed pending resolution of litigation surrounding Point Molate, EBRPD’s acquisition of both
tribal and City property at Point Molate, development and approval of a Land Use Plan for a regional shoreline park with extensive public input and CEQA compliance followed by seeking, obtaining & using funds to develop and operate the park.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Harriman
167 Marina Lakes Drive
Richmond CA 94804
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From: laura lauraatkins.com
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025 8:36:26 PM
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors voted on June 17 to award a contract to Corone & Company for constructing the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail. However, the City’s Capital Improvement Plan does not have sufficient funding to reimburse EBRPD for the cost of building it on City of Richmond Property. Please add to the CIP the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded three to four years ago.
The Point Molate Trail will provide public access to 2.5 miles of scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline where there is none other than at the City’s beach park. There would be no access to the City-owned shoreline of Point Molate for more than a decade if construction of the trail were to be delayed pending resolution of litigation surrounding Point Molate, EBRPD’s acquisition of both
tribal and City property at Point Molate, development and approval of a Land Use Plan for a regional shoreline park with extensive public input and CEQA compliance followed by seeking, obtaining & using funds to develop and operate the park.
Sincerely,
Laura Atkins
Berkeley resident and enthusiastic user of Richmond shoreline parklands Get Outlook for iOS
From: Leonard Gilbert
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025 7:32:14 PM
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
The Point Molate Trail will provide public access to 2.5 miles of scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline where there is none other than at the City’s beach park. There would be no access to the City-owned shoreline of Point Molate for more than a decade if construction of the trail were to be delayed
East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors voted on June 17 to award a contract to build the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail. However, the City’s Capital Improvement Plan does not have sufficient funding to reimburse EBRPD for the cost of building it on City of Richmond Property. Please add to the CIP the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded three to four years ago.
Please make this happen for the residents of Richmond
Len Gilbert
30 th Street, 94804
From: Lucy Snow
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Sunday, June 22, 2025 5:20:03 PM
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors voted on June 17 to award a contract to Corone & Company for constructing the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail. Please add to the CIP the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail.
The $1 million is needed to complete the trail and make sure that the city receives $2 million in grant money that was given 4 years ago.
This Bay Trail Project has been in the works for 20 years. We are so close! Don’t throw $2 million away by delaying this project any longer. Please vote for this funding.
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Lucy Snow
480 Western Dr
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From: Maurice Tierney
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate
Date: Monday, June 23, 2025 10:36:25 AM
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Councilperson Jiminez,
Everyone,
Thanks for opening this. And thanks for helping make Richmond the best place to live through pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure.
Please add to the CIP the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded some years ago.
Thanks
Maurice Tierney
412.302.9070
[email protected]
927 Ventura St. Richmond CA 94805
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From: mer merhal.com
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Sunday, June 22, 2025 4:30:14 PM
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Dear all friends of Pt. Molate,
Please add to the CIP the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded three to four years ago.
Now is the time to build this project in its completion so more people will have safe and scenic access to this unique part of Richmond.
Thank you,
Meredith Nielsen
Berkeley Bicycle Club Lifetime member
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From: Miriam Joscelyn
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Sunday, June 22, 2025 7:13:34 AM
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
I have been looking forward to a trail that would connect the Richmond San Rafael Bridge trail to Point Molate for many years. Now that the East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors have voted to award a contract to Corone & Company for constructing the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail, the City’s Capital Improvement Plan does not have sufficient funding to reimburse EBRPD for the cost of building it on City of Richmond Property.
I urge you to appropriate the additional $1.0 million to the CIP needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded three to four years ago.
The Point Molate Trail will provide public access to 2.5 miles of scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline where there is none other than at the City’s beach park. There would be no access to the City-owned shoreline of Point Molate for more than a decade if construction of the trail were to be delayed while waiting resolution of litigation surrounding Point Molate.
Sincerely,
Miriam Joscelyn
380 Key Blvd.
Richmond, CA 94805
From: Nel
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 4:26:46 PM
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors voted on June 17 to award a contract to Corone & Company for constructing the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail. However, the City’s Capital Improvement Plan does not have sufficient funding to reimburse EBRPD for the cost of building it on City of Richmond Property. Please add to the CIP the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded three to four years ago.
The Point Molate Trail will provide public access to 2.5 miles of scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline where there is none other than at the City’s beach park. There would be no access to the City-owned shoreline of Point Molate for more than a decade if construction of the trail were to be delayed pending resolution of litigation surrounding Point Molate, EBRPD’s acquisition of both tribal and City property at Point Molate, development and approval of a Land Use Plan for a regional shoreline park with extensive public input and CEQA compliance followed by seeking, obtaining & using funds to develop and operate the park.
Sincerely,
Nel Benningshof
633 Kern St
Richmond CA 94805
From: Rick Beal
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025 8:50:10 PM
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors voted on June 17 to award a contract to Corone & Company for constructing the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail. However, the City’s Capital Improvement Plan does not have sufficient funding to reimburse EBRPD for the cost of building it on City of Richmond Property. Please add to the CIP the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded three to four years ago.
The Point Molate Trail will provide public access to 2.5 miles of scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline where there is none other than at the City’s beach park. There would be no access to the City-owned shoreline of Point Molate for more than a decade if construction of the trail were to be delayed pending resolution of litigation surrounding Point Molate, EBRPD’s acquisition of both
tribal and City property at Point Molate, development and approval of a Land Use Plan for a regional shoreline park with extensive public input and CEQA compliance followed by seeking, obtaining & using funds to develop and operate the park.
Sincerely,
Rick Beal
415.902.7017
399 and 401 Western Dr
Richmond CA 94801
From: Rob Waxman
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025 6:57:25 PM
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors voted on June 17 to award a contract to Corone & Company for constructing the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail. However, the City’s Capital Improvement Plan does not have sufficient funding to reimburse EBRPD for the cost of building it on City of Richmond Property. Please add to the CIP the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded three to four years ago.
The Point Molate Trail will provide public access to 2.5 miles of scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline where there is none other than at the City’s beach park. There would be no access to the City-owned shoreline of Point Molate for more than a decade if construction of the trail were to be delayed pending resolution of litigation surrounding Point Molate, EBRPD’s acquisition of both
tribal and City property at Point Molate, development and approval of a Land Use Plan for a regional shoreline park with extensive public input and CEQA compliance followed by seeking, obtaining & using funds to develop and operate the park.
sincerely,
Rob Waxman
1840 Carlson Blvd., Richmond
From: Scott Curtner
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025 9:32:12 PM
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
On June 17, the Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District voted to award a construction contract to Corone & Company for the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail.
However, the City of Richmond’s Capital Improvement Plan currently lacks the funds needed to reimburse EBRPD for the costs associated with constructing the trail on City-owned land.
To keep this vital project moving forward, I respectfully urge you to allocate an additional $1.0 million in the CIP to fully fund the trail’s completion. This is a time-sensitive request— delays could jeopardize the $2.0 million in grant funding the City secured three to four years ago.
The Point Molate Bay Trail will open public access to a stunning and historically significant
2.5-mile stretch of San Francisco Bay shoreline—an area currently inaccessible aside from the City’s beach park. Should construction be postponed, public access to this shoreline could be blocked for over a decade, pending resolution of litigation related to Point Molate, property acquisition efforts, and the lengthy development of a regional shoreline park that requires a land use plan, community input, CEQA review, and future funding.
Please support this critical investment in public access and open space by ensuring the Point Molate Bay Trail moves forward without delay.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Curtner
121 Santa Fe Ave / Point Richmond,CA
From: Tom McMillan
To: Jamelia Brown; Sue Wilson; Soheila Bana; Cesar Zepeda; Doria Robinson; Claudia Jimenez; Eduardo Martinez Cc: City Clerk Dept User; Shasa Curl; Daniel Chavarria; Robert Armijo; Darcie DeLashmutt; [email protected] Subject: Public Comments: Agenda Item U.1 - CIP San Francisco Bay Trail - Point Molate Date: Sunday, June 22, 2025 8:08:21 PM
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Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council,
East Bay Regional Park District’s Board of Directors voted on June 17 to award a contract to Corone & Company for constructing the 2.5-mile Point Molate Bay Trail. However, the City’s Capital Improvement Plan does not have sufficient funding to reimburse EBRPD for the cost of building it on City of Richmond Property. Please add to the CIP the additional $1.0 million needed to complete the Point Molate Bay Trail. This important project needs to built now to avoid loss of the City’s $2.0 million in grant funds awarded three to four years ago.
The Point Molate Trail will provide public access to 2.5 miles of scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline where there is none other than at the City’s beach park. There would be no access to the City-owned shoreline of Point Molate for more than a decade if construction of the trail were to be delayed pending resolution of litigation surrounding Point Molate, EBRPD’s acquisition of both tribal and City property at Point Molate, development and approval of a Land Use Plan for a regional shoreline park with extensive public input and CEQA compliance followed by seeking, obtaining & using funds to develop and operate the park.
Sincerely,
Tom McMillan
Tom McMillan
2725 Dwight Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
Mobile 510.701.7174
[email protected]
From: C C
To: City Clerk Dept User
Subject: Public hearing agenda # V
Date: Monday, June 23, 2025 7:36:08 AM
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Here is a critical analysis, one example of city council’s poor decision making when implementing new ordinances and its adverse impacts on community with a median income below $50k. How can housing advocates and city departments maintain that these financial programs are essential to prevent displacement and HOMELESSNESS? Majority of low-income residents spend over 50% of their income on rent! ECONOMIC EXPERTS caution that misapplied financial frameworks discourage upkeep and disproportionately reduce ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. It increases disparities between residents and those prized out of the local communities. The city’s shortsighted financial policies and special interest support through recouping negative revenue through measures like property tax increases or Measure U sales tax are temporary bandaids. (Data on displaced seniors in addendum.) Richmond Rent Board is just one example pretending to manage in best interests of all. But questions persist about the city’s responsiveness, equity, and economic alignment. All documented in stakeholders incentives and disproportionately generous pay increases. While some citizens might benefit from protections, UNRESOLVED CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS about administrative inefficiency, restricted landlord margins, and the chilling effect on new housing development raise serious questions about the strategy’s long-term viability. Without reform our city (rent board one example) loses its credibility with business and property owners as well as the broader public, ultimately undermining the stability it seeks to preserve.
The Richmond Rent Board continues to oversee rent control and eviction protections in the city. Recently it approved a $200,000 increase to the Eviction Defense Center contract, raising total tenant legal services funding above $600,000 for the year. An additional $19,000 was allocated for Spanish interpretation services to expand accessibility for Rent Board proceedings. The 2025 Annual General Adjustment (AGA) was set at 1.62%, applicable to eligible rent-controlled units with tenancies starting before September 1, 2024. This inflation-linked increase allows a tenant paying $1,800 per month to be charged approximately $1,829.16 starting this year. Unfortunately the most recent rent board presentation distorted verifiable data, stating median rents to be $ 1,500.00 and minimized data regarding rentals taken off the market. (For the FY 2025–2026 budget, the Rent Board approved fees of $267 per fully covered rental unit and $151 per partially covered unit, contributing to a $3.45 million Rent Program budget. Approximately $621,000 is held in reserve to meet operational requirements.) These funds cover a broad array of services—legal representation, mediation, compliance monitoring, outreach, and administrative functions. However, the program remains a point of contention.
Landlords and property owners increasingly oppose both the program’s cost structure and its policy direction. The allowed rent increases—1.4% in 2024 and 1.62% in 2025—are frequently cited as insufficient to keep pace with rising insurance premiums, maintenance costs, and property-related taxes. Richmond’s cost of living continues to rise sharply. Depending on the metric, the city is estimated to be 26% to 56% more expensive than the national average. Basic monthly utilities for a two-bedroom unit average $290, and the median rent ranges from $2,100 to $2,590. Property owners also contend with additional financial burdens, including the Richmond pension tax, which can exceed $1,500 annually on a home assessed at $950,000, layered atop California’s base 1% property tax cap under Proposition 13.
Complaints, not only about the Rent Program’s operations, have mounted. Online portals, like fee payments, are glitch-prone and difficult to navigate. Critics argue the boards and council emphasize tenant protections. But, it’s a bureaucratic expansion at the expense of administrative efficiency, housing market sustainability, and landlord participation. While this particular program has prevented rapid rent hikes and provided legal resources for renters, it is also unresponsive to economic realities and discouraging to future investment in the housing stock. Notice board chair Mr Taylor’s huge salary bump in FY 2023/24. He requested another huge bump in FY 2024/2025 for both him and his senior staff -- which the RPA- appointed Rent Board approved, no questions asked. Mayor Martinez assumed the office in Jan 2023, he only nominated renters to this board. There is zero representation for housing providers. RPA aligned council conned and continues to do so (It falsely labeled Measure L a "Homeowners Protection.” No property or business owner will agree! (BTW This “self sufficient board” should not be included in city cost pool as it requested.)
Deep dive: https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/74871/SPECIAL-RENT-BOARD-MEETING-AGENDA-PACKET-_-5-28- 2025?bidId
05.25 rent board presentation: https://youtu.be/R210D8I_UWc ADDENDUM: Seniors Displaced by Housing Prices — Data Overview
1. National and California Context and Displacement Trends:
According to the AARP Public Policy Institute (2022), nearly 1 in 5 renters aged 65 and older in the U.S. spends more than 50% of their income on housing costs, a threshold often considered severely cost-burdened. In California, the situation is more acute: over 30% of senior renters face severe housing cost burdens, driven by high rents and limited affordable housing stock. A 2023 report by the California Housing Partnership found that approximately 10,000 low-income seniors statewide were displaced annually due to rent increases, eviction, or loss of affordable housing. In the Bay Area region, rising rents and property values have contributed to significant displacement pressures, especially in cities like Richmond with large senior populations on fixed incomes. 25 percent of eviction filings involve tenants aged 60 or older, according to a 2023 statewide eviction report. In Richmond specifically, eviction defense services funded by the Rent Board have increasingly supported seniors, reflecting the demographic’s high vulnerability.
2. Richmond-Specific Estimates and Impacts of Displacement on Seniors:
Richmond’s senior population (age 65+) makes up roughly 12 to 14 percent of total residents, about 14,000 people based on the 2020 Census. Based on regional housing studies, it is estimated that up to 20 to 25 percent of Richmond seniors renting their homes face displacement risk due to rent increases, evictions, or unaffordable housing costs. This translates to an estimated 2,500 to 3,500 seniors in Richmond potentially displaced or forced to move in the last 3 to 5 years, with ongoing risk heightened by rising rents, including median rent now exceeding $2,100 for a two- bedroom, and insufficient rent adjustment caps. Displacement often leads to worsened health outcomes, social isolation, and loss of community ties for seniors. Many seniors have limited mobility, fixed incomes such as Social Security, and fewer options to relocate within affordable areas, increasing their vulnerability.