Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Presiding: Mayor Gayle McLaughlin · Called to order: 7:18 p.m. · 8 items · 15 votes · 8 public comments
What happened
The council rejected a plan to relocate the Point Richmond branch library to a vacant business district storefront. The proposal failed 2-4, with Lopez, Sandhu, Thurmond, and Viramontes voting no, while Bates and Rogers abstained.
The council approved a $121,000 increase to the contract with Glen Price Group for grant writing services, bringing the total to $231,000. Bates cast the only no vote on the expanded contract for seeking funding opportunities.
Several smaller contracts were approved, including hiring State Tree Experts to remove 8 dead trees at JFK Park and a contract with Larry Winston for the Richmond BUILD construction training program. The council also raised the contract limit with Cooperative Personnel Services to $13,795 and hired Avery Associates to recruit a new City Attorney.
The council unanimously declared May 1st as Mother Novelean Harris Day and approved engraving a bench message in her honor. They also received a presentation from Empowerment Through Action youth group on tobacco advertisement enforcement and a progress report on the General Plan Update from Moore Iacofano Goltsman consulting firm.
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