Gayle's Richmond City Council (RCC)
Votes, Actions, and Comments

Voted in favor of:
Awarding a contract to Bay Cities Paving & Grading, Inc., for the Carlson Boulevard Improvements from Bayview Avenue to Tehama Avenue. Total amount of the contract will not exceed $733,082.75. Motion passed

Amending the City of Richmond’s Deferred Compensation Plan to provide for a Plan Administrator, restructuring the Deferred Compensation Advisory Committee to expand its membership, and creating a Deferred Compensation Emergency Withdrawal Committee. Motion passed

Amending Chapter 3.59 of the Richmond Municipal Code to decrease the number of members on the Arts and Culture Commission from 15 to 11.First reading. Motion passed

Amendment to an existing contract with Victor Ochoa to extend the time period and increase compensation to provide legal services in the City Attorney’s Office. The amended contract period will be October 31, 2005, through January 31, 2006. The contract amount will be increased by $25,000 for a new total of $59,999. Motion passed

Opposing propositions on the November 8, 2005, Special Statewide Election. Propositions 74, 75, and 76. Motion passed

Appointments to regional committees: Councilmember Butt to. WCCTAC, Councilmember Viramontes designee for West County Agency; Councilmember Thurmond to the Rules and Procedures Committee and Councilmember Viramontes liaison to the Economic Development Commission. Motion passed

Deny appeal by Rod Satre and Bonita Satre Daley from the Design Review Board’s modification of a condition of approval to construct a 1,432 SF two-story addition to an existing 616 SF single-family residence located at 636 Golden Gate Avenue. A motion was made to deny the appeal on the basis that the appeal was legally filed on the issue of the eight foot non build able easement, which has been verified by staff that it does not exist, and the decision by Mr. McMullen to move a lateral that three properties shared is a private problem between the two landowners. Motion passed

Voted against:
Certification of the proposed Environmental Impact Report with Errata and the subdivision of two parcels into 11 individual lots to create a light industrial business park on Collins Avenue near John Avenue. Accept all 32 pages of fact finding and mitigation measures listed on the revised fact finding sheet and with the new amendment that Pannitone will pay $500,000 for purposes of transportation mitigation for John Avenue and the Central crossing and that Pannitone indemnify the City of any legal action. Gayle opposed this stating that the EIR lacked a sufficient traffic analysis. Motion passed

Appeal by Pulte Homes Corporation of the Planning Commission’s denial of the proposed Anchorage at Marina Bay Tentative Map, Conditional Use Permit, request for a Landscape Buffer Exception, and Design Review Application to develop 208 townhomes at 1689 Regatta Boulevard (a portion of the DiCon Fiber Optics site). Gayle voted against this appeal by Pulte Homes Corporation because the proposed development, just 50 ft from the railroad tracks, was not in the interest of future residents who would be impacted greatly by noise pollution and that allowing residential development at this particular site would be setting up an inevitable conflict between future residents and nearby industry. Motion passed

Rules and Procedures Standing Committee Report:
Councilmember McLaughlin reported that the next Rules and Procedures Standing Committee will be on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 8:30 a.m.

For Gayle's votes, actions, and comments at other Richmond City Council meetings, go to the previous RCC meeting, the next RCC meeting, or other RCC meetings.