Extend Point Molate development proposal deadline and modify housing requirements

Housing & HomelessnessZoningPlanningResolution

In Plain English

The city is giving developers more time to submit proposals for the Point Molate site and changing two key rules. If approved, no housing can be built on Drum Lot 2, and two-thirds of all residential units must be affordable housing. The city will hear presentations from developers in February.

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Votes

Allow Councilmember Martinez to present a PowerPoint

Passed

5 to 2

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Why This Vote Matters

The council voted 5-2 to allow Councilmember Martinez to give a PowerPoint presentation about changes to the Point Molate development process. The city is extending the deadline for developers to submit proposals and requiring that two-thirds of any housing built there be affordable, while banning housing entirely on one section called Drum Lot 2. Councilmembers Choi and Butt opposed allowing the presentation, marking an unusual break from their typical support for zoning matters. Developer presentations are scheduled for February, and this procedural vote simply determined whether Martinez could explain the proposed changes to his colleagues.

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Suspend the rules and allow Councilmember Martinez to change the order of the item and present his PowerPoint immediately

Passed

5 to 2

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Why This Vote Matters

The council voted 5-2 to let Councilmember Martinez immediately present his slideshow about changes to the Point Molate development process, breaking the usual meeting order. Councilmembers Myrick and Butt opposed this procedural change. This was a vote about meeting logistics, not the actual development proposal itself. The substantive discussion about extending the developer proposal deadline and requiring that two-thirds of housing be affordable will come later in the meeting.

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Accept staff's recommendations to extend the deadline for responses to the Point Molate Master Developer Request for Proposals (RFP) to January 28, 2019; issue a modified Request for Proposals to the eight shortlisted developers making minor revisions to the following requirements: a) no housing on Drum Lot 2; and, b) two thirds of the residential units need to be affordable housing; and schedule a special meeting on February 12, 2019, to receive presentations from respondents

Passed

4 to 3

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Why This Vote Matters

In a divided vote, the council approved giving developers more time to submit proposals for the Point Molate site while adding stricter affordable housing requirements. The new rules ban any housing on Drum Lot 2 and require two-thirds of all residential units to be affordable housing—a significant increase from typical affordable housing mandates. Mayor Butt, Councilmember Choi, and councilmembers Recinos and Myrick voted yes, while councilmembers Martinez, Beckles, and Willis voted no. The council will hear developer presentations in February after the extended January 28 deadline.

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Other motions

Direct staff to keep the existing Request for Proposals (RFP) and resend it to the original larger list of companies originally contacted, along with the comprehensive Point Molate vision; and include provisions for no housing on Drum Lot 2, mix of affordable housing with goal of 2/3 to be moderate to low income, evacuation and transportation plans, self-funded infrastructure costs with no additional costs to Richmond taxpayers and no bonds backed by the city, and include Councilmember Recinos' stipulations regarding evaluation criteria

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