Trails for Richmond Action Committee - The Bay Trail in Richmond, California

ACTION ALERTS
Act Now to Close the Gaps!

Ask Caltrans to Help Provide Bay Trail Access to Point Molate

Without consulting with or informing any City of Richmond officials and without any public notification or outreach, CalTrans is on the verge of implementing a massive, two-year deck replacement project inland of the toll plaza for the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.

At the same time, Caltrans has been thwarting the City of Richmond’s effort to close the San Francisco Bay Trail gap between Castro St. and the existing trail under the Richmond/San Rafael bridge while also rejecting requests from ABAG’s San Francisco Bay Trail Project for mitigatation by providing the trail easements and by funding construction of the planned Bay Trail through the area. The problems are:

Caltrans refuses to participate in preparation and review of the Project Study Report required by Caltrans unless the City of Richmond pays Caltrans for its time at an estimated cost of $150,000 to $200,000.
Caltrans has not committed to providing the necessary trail easements on portions of its right of way adjacent to I-580 between Castro Street and the existing trail under the bridge.

Please send an email to Caltrans Regional Director asking that Caltrans participate constructively in the City of Richmond’s effort to close the Bay Trail gap with Point Molate and the rest of the Point San Pablo Peninsula.

We appreciate your continuing support.

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

Be sure to paste in message below with your personal edits plus your name and address! Also, changing the subject title would help differentiate your email. NOTE: If the email button above does not work properly, just send your message to TRAC and we'll gladly forward it. Thank you!

SUGGESTED MESSAGE:

Subject: Bay Trail Mitigation for Scofield & Western Drive Deck Replacement Project

Dear Mr. Sartipi,

I’m dismayed that Caltrans has rejected Bay Trail mitigation requested by ABAG for the Scofield Ave. & Western Drive Deck Replacement Project on I-580 and is thwarting the City of Richmond’s effort to close the San Francisco Bay Trail gap between Castro St. and the existing trail under the Richmond/San Rafael bridge.

Please participate constructively in preparation and review of the Bay Trail Project Study Report required by Caltrans without requiring the City of Richmond to pay for Caltrans time at an estimated cost of $150,000 to $200,000.

Also, please commit that Caltrans will provide the necessary trail easements on portions of its right of way adjacent to I-580 between Castro Street and the existing trail under the bridge.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Name & Address

Contact Information for Richmond, California 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)
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)
Corky Boozé, Councilmember corkybooze@aol.com	3302 Nevin Ave Richmond, CA 94805	234-3307 501-0480 (C)
Jovanka Beckles, Councilmember Jovanka@JovankaBeckles.org	P.O. Box 5299 Richmond, CA 94805	496-2711
Jim Rogers, Councilmember elirapty@aol.com	550 Casey Drive Richmond, CA 94801	867-5725 (Ofc) 444-4460 (Fax)
Nathaniel Bates, Councilmember natbates@comcast.net	300 Seaview Drive Richmond, CA 94801	620-6743 (Ofc) 620-6542 (Fax)
Council Meetings Tuesdays, 7 PM, Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, City Hall. Televised on KCRT, Channel 28
Individual Email Addresses of Planning Commissioners and City Staff
Planning Commissioners Roberto Reyes reaztlan@gmail.com Ben Choi: ben.wb.choi@gmail.com Charles Duncan: charlesgduncan@gmail.com Sheryl Lane: sherylelane@yahoo.com Jeff Lee: jefflee3@sbcglobal.net Andres Soto:adcsoto@hotmail.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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