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Ask the Richmond City Council
to Recommend Parks & Recreation Uses for Point San Pablo

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.”

The study is available online at the Muir Heritage Land Trust web site http://www.muirheritagelandtrust.org/sanpablostudy.htm.

We appreciate your continuing support.

For more background, see http://www.pointrichmond.com/pointsanpablo/ptsanpablo.htm

Be sure to paste in message below with your personal edits plus your name and address!
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SUGGESTED MESSAGE:

Subject: Parks & Recreation For Point San Pablo

Dear Mayor McLaughlin and City Council Members,
 
During your study session this Tuesday night, March 9, on shoreline land uses, please recommend designation of the derelict Terminal 4 site at Point San Pablo for Parks & Recreation land uses as recommended by the Bay Conservation & Development Commission and the San Pablo Peninsula Open Space Study.  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. 

Sincerely,

Name & Address

 

Additional Contact Information for Richmond, California's Elected Officials
Name Address Phone

Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor
Gayle_McLaughlin@officeofthemayor.net

P.O. Box 5284
Richmond, CA 94805

237-1256 (H/W)
237-1456 (Fax)

Jim Rogers, Councilmember, Vice Mayor
elirapty@aol.com

162 Lakeshore Court
Richmond, CA 94804

867-5725 (Ofc)
444-4460 (Fax)

Nathaniel Bates, Councilmember
natbates@comcast.net

300 Seaview Drive
Richmond, CA 94801

620-6743 (Ofc)
620-6542 (Fax)

Ludmyrna Lopez, Councilmember
ludmyrna@aol.com

674 Wilson Ave.
Richmond, CA 94805

234-4499 (H)

Jeff Ritterman, Councilmember
jeffritterman@yahoo.com

P.O. Box 4046
Richmond, CA 94801

384-1315

Thomas K. Butt, Councilmember
tom.butt@intres.com

235 East Scenic Avenue
Richmond, CA 94801

236-7435 (W)
237-2084 (H)
232-5325 (Fax)

Maria Viramontes, Councilmember
maria_viramontes@ci.richmond.ca.us

P.O. Box 266, Station A
Richmond, CA 94808

236-5977 (H)
236-9260 (Fax)

Council Meetings
Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, City Hall. Televised on KCRT,  Channel 28
Individual Email Addresses of Planning Commissioners and City Staff
Planning Commissioners
Virginia Finlay: v.finlay@sbcglobal.net
Nagaraja Rao: ranii@aol.com
Jeff Lee: jefflee3@sbcglobal.net
Jovanka Beckles: jovankabeckles@yahoo.com
Charles Duncan: charlesgduncan@gmail.com
Sheryl Lane: sherylelane@yahoo.com
Carol Teltschick-Fall:
carol@wordspark.net
City Staff
City Manager Bill Lindsay: bill_lindsay@ci.richmond.ca.us
Planning Director Richard Mitchell: richard_mitchell@ci.richmond.ca.us
TRAC: tracbaytrail@earthlink.net

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