Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Presiding: Mayor Gayle McLaughlin · Called to order: 5:07 p.m. · 9 items · 10 votes · 8 public comments

What happened

The council approved 5 routine items on consent, including a $1.06 million additional payment to Auto Warehousing Company for development work and $17,152 for new Motorola base radios.

Two utility tax ballot measures were rejected by the council. The proposals would have expanded the tax to cover all gas usage and industrial users, requiring everyone to pay based on actual usage instead of the current exemption system.

The council approved $400,000 contracts for environmental consultants to review development projects under state law. The approval formalizes contracts originally made in 2007, with each consultant eligible for up to $400,000 per project over three years.

A $10,000 allocation for the North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Festival was approved for the September event. The council also approved applying for federal energy grants to support the city's Greenprint environmental program.

The council received updates on Chevron's Hydrogen Renewal Project construction and acknowledged the proposed 2009-2010 city budget. Discussion of using empty land near Richmond BART station was continued to a future meeting.

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Attendance

Gayle McLaughlin(Present)

Nat Bates(Present)

Tom Butt(Present)

Jim Rogers(Present)

Jeff Ritterman(Present)

Ludmyrna Lopez(Present)

Maria Viramontes(Present)

9 items · 5 consent

Formalize 2007 approval of environmental review consulting contracts

Passed 5-0Police & Community Safety

Apply for federal energy grant to support Greenprint environmental program

Passed 6-0Greenprint Program

Acknowledge receipt of proposed 2009-2010 city budget and 5-year capital plan

Annual Budget

Receive update on Chevron Hydrogen Renewal Project construction status

Chevron & the Refinery

Ask voters to expand utility tax to cover all gas usage and industrial users

Passed 6-0Police & Community Safety

Submit ballot measure requiring all utility users pay tax based on actual usage

Passed 6-0Utility Users Tax

Allocate $10,000 to fund North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Festival

Passed 5-0North Richmond Shoreline Festival

Direct staff to create plan for using $599,735 federal homelessness prevention funds

Housing & Homelessness

Discuss ways to better use empty land near Richmond BART station

Richmond BART Area

Approved as a group without individual discussion.

Biggest items: $1.1M Auto Warehousing Company agreement am... · $17K Purchase and installation of nine Mot...