Tuesday, March 19, 2024
23 agenda items recorded · 3 motion records · View official: Agenda
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Attendance
Doria Robinson(Present)
Melvin Willis(Absent)
Cesar Zepeda(Present)
Claudia Jimenez(Present)
Gayle McLaughlin(Present)
Eduardo Martinez(Present)
Soheila Bana(Absent)
22 items
Meet privately with union negotiators to discuss employee contracts
Labor & City Workers
Add $100,000 to law firm contract for police lawsuit defense
Motion passed 5-0Police & Community Safety
Hire law firm to defend police lawsuits for $100,000 through 2025
Police & Community Safety
Create policy preventing council members from appointing family to city boards
Police & Community Safety
Accept $43 million state grant for 150 affordable homes at BART station
Housing & Homelessness
Accept $150,000 state grant to hire consultants for climate projects
Environmental Justice
Adopt policy framework for selling and leasing city-owned land for affordable housing
Public Land Policy
Extend contract with Safe Organized Spaces for homeless services through June 2025
Housing & Homelessness
Place liens on properties with unpaid garbage bills
Garbage Liens
Receive routine January 2024 investment and overtime spending reports
Labor & City Workers
Transfer $732,000 between federal relief and wastewater funds to fix accounting error
North Richmond Pump Station
Approve $400,000 standing order for fire equipment and protective gear
Fire Equipment Contract
Add 3 new city positions including finance manager and senior planner
Labor & City Workers
Accept $139,204 state grant for English as Second Language classes at library
LEAP English Classes
Allow Richmond Certified Farmers' Market to use Civic Center Plaza through March 2026
Macdonald Avenue
Appoint Carmen Martinez to Community Police Review Commission
Police & Community Safety
Reduce Reimagining Public Safety Task Force from 21 to 14 members
Police & Community Safety
Add $150,000 to electrical repair contract with NEMA Construction
Police & Community Safety
Award $1.5 million contract to outfit police cars with emergency equipment
Police & Community Safety
Create new business tax category for wholesale companies with lower rates
Motion passed 5-0Wholesale Business Tax
Adjust fees developers pay when building new projects in Richmond
Developer Impact Fees
Receive report on soccer field needs and proposed $4.2 million park improvements
Motion passedSoccer Field Assessment
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