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YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE POINT MOLATE BAY TRAIL!
East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is preparing to rebid construction of the Point Molate Bay Trail soon with a sense of urgency to avoid losing grant funds of $2.0 million awarded three to four years ago to each of EBRPD and the City of Richmond for their respective sections of the 2.5-mile trail. The City and EBRPD already have forfeited $300,000 in grants due to delays in the project.
Click the image above to view a map showing two sections of this 15’ wide two-way, multi-use trail shoreline trail: 1.25 miles from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to Pt. Molate Beach Park, primarily on an easement granted to EBRPD by Chevron, and 1.25 miles on City of Richmond land from the beach park north along the shoreline to Point Molate pier and past the Winehaven Historic District to the northern border of Pt. Molate at Stenmark Drive.
EBRPD staff are considering to excluding the City’s 1.25 miles of trail from advertisement for bids, because the City doesn’t have funds to repair a short, eroded piece of shoreline just north of the beach park that precludes construction of about 200 feet of the planned trail. To remedy this, City Staff plan to ask the City Council for a $2.0 million appropriation to stabilize the shoreline and provide a temporary trail detour inland pending installation of a shoreline revetment.
It would be much more cost effective and efficient to have EBRPD bid and manage construction of both sections of trail together as one project with reimbursement by the City. Moreover, it is unlikely that the City would have the band width to go it alone in bidding and constructing their 1.25 miles of Point Molate Trail soon, meaning likely loss of the $2.0 million in grant funds.
Constructing the entire project now would provide public access to 2.5 miles of scenic, historic San Francisco Bay shoreline where there is no access other than at the City’s beach park. There would be no access to the City-owned shoreline of Point Molate for more than a decade if construction of the trail were to be delayed pending resolution of litigation surrounding Point Molate, EBRPD’s acquisition of both tribal and City property at Point Molate, development and approval of a Land Use Plan for a regional shoreline park with extensive public input and CEQA compliance followed by seeking, obtaining & using funds to develop and operate of the park.
PLEASE CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW to set up an email to the City Council asking them to appropriate the $2.0 million needed for funding the City’s shoreline stabilization project so that the entire 2.5 miles of Point Molate Bay Trail can be bid now with this scenic, historic shoreline opened for public use and enjoyment this year.
Be sure to copy and paste the message below in the email with your personal edits plus your name and address! NOTE: If the email button does not work properly, just send your message to TRAC (baytrailtrac@gmail.com) and we’ll gladly forward it. Thank you!
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Sincerely,
Name & Address
contact information for richmond, CA Elected officials
| Name | Address | Phone |
| Eduardo Martinez, Mayor eduardo_martinez@ci.richmond | 440 Civic Center Plaza Richmond, CA 94804 | 510-620-6503 |
| Soheila Bana, Councilmember soheila_bana@ci.richmond.ca.us | 440 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond 94804 | 510-620-6743 |
| Claudia Jimenez, Councilmember Claudia_Jimenez@ci.richmond.ca.us | 440 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804 | 510-620-6565 |
| Jamelia Brown, Councilmember | 440 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond 94804 | 510-412-2150 |
| Doria Robinson, Councilmember doria_robinson@ci.richmond.ca.us | 440 Civic Center Plaza Richmond, CA 94804 | 510-620-6824 |
| Cesar Zepeda, Councilmember cesar_zepeda@gmail.com | 440 Civic Center Plaza Richmond, CA 94804 | (510) 620-6824 |
| Sue Wilson, Councilmember sue_wilson@ci.richmond.ca.us | 440 Civic Center Plaza Richmond, CA 94804 | 510-609-2111 |
Richmond City Council Meetings
Tuesdays, 5:00 PM, Council Chambers, 440 Civic Center Plaza.
CLICK HERE for agendas. Televised on KCRT, Channel 28
contact information for richmond, CA Elected officials
Richmond City Council Meetings
Tuesdays, 6:30 PM, Council Chambers, 440 Civic Center Plaza.
CLICK HERE for agendas. Televised on KCRT, Channel 28
Email Addresses of CITY MANAGEMENT & Planning Commissioners
LDirector of Community Development
Lina Velasco: lina_velasco@ci.richmond.ca.us
Director of Public Works
Daniel Chavarria: Daniel_Chavarria@ci.richmond.ca.us
City Engineer & Deputy Director of Public Works
Robert Armijo: robert_armijo@ci.richmond.ca.us
Planning Manager
Avery Stark: Avery_Stark@ci.richmond.ca.us
Planning Commissioners
Jonathan Harrison, Chair: jonharrisoncc@hotmail.com
Bruce Brubaker, Vice Chair: bbrubaker@placeworks.com
Rachel lockett: @gmail.com
Gay Timmons, Vice Chair: gay@ohohorganic.com
Jonathan Harrisonl: jonharrisoncc@hotmail.com
Alexander Golovets: agolovets@hotmail.com
Alets:
TRAC: baytrailtrac@gmail.com
Email Addresses of Design review board members
Brian Carter, Chair: brianpscarter@gmail.com
Bahar Blazar: @gmail.com
Kimberly Butt: thekimbutt@gmail.com
Karlyn Neal: karlynneel@gmail.com
Vita Rey: vita.rey@gmail.com
Bob Kellman: @gmail.com
Do you want to help complete the Bay Trail in Richmond?
If so, this page will tell you when action is needed. Typically this will take the form of attending public meetings or sending emails to elected officials and government agencies asking their support for completing the Bay Trail in Richmond. Email TRAC asking to be added to the Richmond Bay Trail Network if you would like to be informed of such opportunities.