Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Presiding: Mayor Tom Butt · Called to order: 6:33 p.m. · 5 items · 17 votes · 24 public comments
What happened
The council voted down appeals of an approved 155-unit affordable housing project at 5620 Central Avenue, with Butt and Pimplé voting no in a 2-4 split. The Planning Commission had already approved the development with reduced parking and increased height.
The council approved $5.8 million for public housing repairs through an amended loan agreement with RHA Housing Corporation. The funds will rehabilitate two public housing sites under a federal Rental Assistance Demonstration program.
Discussion of a 45-day moratorium on rent increases had no vote recorded. The proposed moratorium would have given the council time to create new tenant protection policies.
The council approved 11 routine items on consent, including a $125,000 annual contract to outfit police vehicles and $124,613 to hire an engineering firm for Richmond-Ohlone Greenway gap closure plans. Other notable items included reducing medical marijuana collective permits from 6 to 3.
The council revised 2015 appointments to regional and ad hoc committees. Discussion of opposing coal and petroleum coke transport through Richmond waterways was continued to a future meeting.
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Attendance
Approved as a group without individual discussion.
Biggest items: $125K Police Vehicle Outfitting Contract · $125K Richmond-Ohlone Greenway Gap Closure ... · $48K Plunge Bay Trail Gap Closure Project ...