| |
Take Action!
YOUR EMAILS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
See
"Save Winehaven Historic District at Point Molate - An Endangered
Historic Place in Richmond" September
20, 2009 - Details
on the Tom Butt E-Forum |
Ask
the Richmond Planning Commission
to Recommend Parks & Recreation
Uses for Point San Pablo
The
Planning Commission is reviewing a draft update
of the 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.
As
the scenic headland dividing San Francisco and
San Pablo Bays, Point San Pablo should be designated
for Parks & Recreation land use 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!
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: Parks & Recreation For Point
San Pablo
Dear Chair Finlay and Planning Commissioners,
As part of the General Plan update,
please ask the City Council to designate 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. This scenic headland
separating San Francisco and San Pablo Bays should be fully
available for public use and enjoyment as at Point Pinole and
Ferry Point..
Sincerely,
Name & Address |
|
|
Bay Trail Mitigation Needed for Point Molate
Mixed Use Tribal
Destination Resort and Casino
Please send the City of Richmond
an email supporting
TRAC's comments on the Draft Environmental Impact
Report for Point Molate Mixed-Use Tribal Destination
Resort and Casino.
In
summary, TRAC finds that the DEIS/DEIR should be
revised to:
1. provide
Bay Trail connections between the project site
and the community in order to comply with the City
of Richmond General Plan and implement mitigation
measures needed to reduce significant transportation
and air quality impacts and
2. recognize, evaluate and mitigate the severe aesthetic
impacts on
users of the Bay Trail and shoreline parks.
For more
background, see http://www.pointrichmond.com/pointsanpablo/pointmolate.htm
|
|
Be
sure to paste in message below with your personal edits plus
your name and address!
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: Point Molate DEIS/DEIR
Dear Ms. Velasco,
We would like to comment on the DEIS/DEIR for Point
Molate Mixed-Use Tribal Destination Resort and Casino. A
central issue is that it currently is impossible to walk
between City of Richmond residential areas and the site of
the Point Molate mixed use development. Moreover, bicycling
on the freeway is very hazardous as demonstrated when a motorist
veered out of the vehicle lane on I-580 killing one bicyclist
and severely paralyzing another. The project with mitigation
clearly should provide a Bay Trail connection with the community
for compliance with the General Plan and also to reduce the
project’s motor vehicle traffic and emissions of air
pollutants.
In addition, the EIR/EIS should be revised
to recognize, evaluate and mitigate aesthetic impacts on
users of the Bay Trail and shoreline parks. It simply
is not credible to claim that landscaping and design could
eliminate aesthetic impacts upon views of Winehaven Historic
District buildings caused by adding:
• a 160 feet high new Casino Hotel structure
adjacent to the historic Winehaven building containing a casino,
800-room hotel, and 2,500-seat entertainment complex,
• a 275-room Point Hotel 105 feet high
with associated parking near Point Molate,
• a “Retail Village" of 300,000
square feet -- only slightly smaller than Corte Madera Town
Center -- parallel to the shoreline, etc. - all visible from
the shoreline park and Bay Trail.
Sincerely,
Name and address |
|
Ask
City Management to Reopen Point Molate Beach Park
Be
sure to paste in message below with your personal edits plus
your name and address!
NOTE: If the email
button above does not work properly, just send your message
to pointsanpablo@earthlink.net and
we'll gladly forward it. Thank you!
SUGGESTED MESSAGE:
Subject: Please Reopen Point Molate Beach Park
Dear City Manager Lindsay,
Please reopen the City of Richmond's beautiful
Point Molate Beach park, which has been closed since 2001.
Thank you very much!
Sincerely,
Name and address |
Contact the Richmond Planning Commission
on the future of
Point San Pablo Peninsula in updating the General Plan
Be
sure to paste in message below with your personal edits plus
your name and address!
NOTE: If
the email button above does not work properly, just
send your message to pointsanpablo@earthlink.net and
we'll gladly forward it. Thank you!
SUGGESTED MESSAGE:
Subject: Point San Pablo Preferred Land Use
Chair Finlay and Commissioners,
When you meet
on May 15, please select land use option 2 for the San
Pablo Peninsula as the preferred land use for the General Plan update. Option 2
designates derelict former Terminal 4 at Point San Pablo itself
for Parks and Recreation as urged by the San Pablo Peninsula Open
Space Study. Point San Pablo is a regional landmark as the scenic
headland dividing San Francisco and San Pablo Bays. The May 2005
San Pablo Peninsula Open Space Study conducted by the City of Richmond,
East Bay Regional Park District, California State Coastal Conservancy,
Chevron, Muir Heritage Land Trust and TRAC with participation by
Upstream Point Molate LLC recommends that former Terminal
4 should be developed for recreational use as the key to success
of an open space plan for the Peninsula. BCDC's San Francisco Bay Plan Map
4 and its Policies also call for recreational uses at Point San
Pablo Terminal 4 when no longer needed as a marine terminal.
Thank you very much!
Sincerely,
Name and 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
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 (H0
|
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) |
Jeff
Ritterman, Councilmember
jeffritterman@yahoo.com
|
P.O.
Box 4046
Richmond, CA 94801
|
384-1315 |
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Photographs
on this website are courtesy of Jeffrey
Robinson, Don Gosney, Ellen
Gailing and Mike
Bukay 
