Tuesday night, March 9, the City Council will
have a study session on shoreline land uses to
be included in the new General Plan for the City
of Richmond. A key issue is whether Richmond's
former marine Terminal 4 site at Point San
Pablo should be designated for Parks & Recreation
or for commercial development. After a
century of exclusionary commercial port use, it
is time for the City to open this scenic headland
separating San Francisco and San Pablo Bays for
use and enjoyment by Richmond's citizens and voters as
recommended by both BCDC and the May 2005 San Pablo
Peninsula Open Space Study.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission and
BCDC have ruled that derelict Terminal 4 no longer
is needed as a marine terminal and removed it from
Port Priority Use in their Seaport Plan. BCDC’s
San Francisco Bay Plan calls for recreational uses
at Point San Pablo Terminal 4 when no longer needed
as a marine terminal. The May 2005 San Pablo
Peninsula Open Space Study conducted at a cost
of $210,000 by the City of Richmond, East Bay Regional
Park District, California State Coastal Conservancy,
Muir Heritage Land Trust and TRAC with participation
by Chevron and Upstream Point Molate LLC recommends:
“The 53 acres of scenic, but derelict,
City of Richmond property commonly known as Terminal
4 is key to the success of an open space plan for
the Peninsula. The area of Terminal
4 offers a unique Bay experience with panoramic
views of the San Francisco Bay. If Terminal 4 has
a similar use to that described in the approved
Development Agreement on Point Molate, the
amount of open space remaining on the Peninsula
would be disproportionately small.”
We appreciate your continuing support.
For more background, see http://www.pointrichmond.com/pointsanpablo/ptsanpablo.htm
