What happened
The council approved a revised Terminal One housing development at 1500 Dornan Drive for 323 condos and townhomes. The original 2014 project became financially unfeasible due to high construction costs, prompting the developer to request changes.
The council hired security guards for the Castro Encampment after a suspicious death in October and a shooting that left someone critically injured. The encampment at Hensley and Castro Streets houses 80 people in 60 vehicles.
A new strategy for prioritizing traffic safety improvement requests from residents was approved. The city hired consultants to create a system for tracking and evaluating requests for crosswalks and speed bumps throughout Richmond.
The council received a report on the Richmond Rapid Response Fund, which has provided $518,000 in direct cash grants to over 1,000 families and $385,000 in rent assistance since March 2020. The city allocated $600,000 in federal pandemic relief funds to the program.
The council adopted updated state building codes with local changes, including requirements for more solar panels on certain buildings and improved fire protection. California requires cities to update building codes every three years for safety and energy efficiency.
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