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A video in which Councilman Tom Butt explains his support for a pool divider at the soon-to-be restored Plunge in Point Richmond. The divider, called a “bulkhead,” received final approval from the City Council Dec. 15 by a 5-3 vote.
The city and Orton Development have different ideas about what constitutes progress in the rehabilitation of the Historic Ford Building.
After weeks of rancorous debate over a $350,000 public pool dividing wall, the City Council voted 5-3 to end debate and affirm a Nov. 17 decision to purchase, thwarting a push by opponents to stop it.
Nearly 1,000 homes in Richmond are bank-owned, but many banks have failed to keep them maintained. So city code enforcers are spending big bucks and countless hours securing vacant properties and chasing down the banks that own them.
Chevron split a million-dollar grant last week between five Richmond non-profits against a backdrop of city officials’ efforts to obtain millions more from the oil giant through taxes.
Several dozen people pressed the City Council Tuesday into reconsidering its support for a moveable pool wall at the Plunge.
The Richmond City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to prohibit new medical marijuana dispensaries until the city can develop regulations for them.
At Tuesday’s meeting the City Council is scheduled to discuss guns, pot and The Plunge swimming pool.
A unanimous resolution has established the 60-plus-year-old United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights as “guiding principles” in Richmond’s local governance.