Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Presiding: Mayor McLaughlin · Called to order: 6:15 p.m. · 11 items · 24 votes · 26 public comments
What happened
The council approved 13 routine items on consent, including a $2.96 million contract with Adesta Inc for wireless port cameras and $124,589 for firefighter protective clothing from L.N. Curtis & Sons.
A proposal to decide who conducts public hearings for medical marijuana collective applications was voted down 5-2, with Bates and Boozé supporting the measure. The council also rejected 5-2 a resolution supporting a Gaza aid flotilla that would include Richmond residents.
The council approved a Bay Trail construction contract for improvements at former Shipyard 3, with Boozé casting the sole no vote. Members were also appointed to the Point Molate Community Advisory Committee, approved 6-1 with Bates dissenting.
Several items passed unanimously, including opposition to removing state restrictions on Rose and Mike's Liquors on San Pablo Avenue and approval of an assessment increase for Marina Bay landscaping maintenance. The council also combined scattered noise rules into a single law to improve enforcement.
Discussion of adding Point Molate to the redevelopment area and co-sponsoring the Point Richmond Summer Concert Series for $5,000 was continued to a future meeting.
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