Richmond Rising Collaborative Stakeholder Committee — Wednesday, 7 October 2026
From the KCRT video of the meeting (about 1 hour 50 minutes; Nevin Community Center, with Spanish interpretation). No agenda or minutes for this date were found online. Compiled from KCRT video; votes are unconfirmed unless minutes are posted. Where a mover, second, or tally could not be heard clearly, this digest says so. Dollar figures were read aloud and machine-transcribed; check them against posted reports. This committee is advisory and has no final decision-making authority.
What it is
- The City of Richmond and six local organizations share a $35 million Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) grant from the State Strategic Growth Council for projects in the Iron Triangle, Santa Fe, and Coronado neighborhoods. The committee meets the first Wednesday of each month and advises project leads.
Attendance and seats
- Project leads present: City of Richmond, GRID Alternatives, Groundwork Richmond, Rich City Rides, Trust for Public Land, and Urban Tilth. The UC Berkeley lead was not present. Most community members and four youth fellows were present. One youth fellow is leaving; a replacement is to be taken up at the next meeting. A community member said he steps off at the end of December, leaving at least one seat open from January.
Public comment and minutes
- A resident asked how new community members can join given a two-year minimum term. Staff offered to put the seat question on the next agenda; no one objected (not a recorded vote).
- Minutes of the last meeting were moved, seconded, and approved “unanimously” by voice vote (mover and second not clearly identified; UNCONFIRMED).
Project status reports (spent / remaining, as stated)
- City, grant administration: about $526,000 / $167,000. Invoice 18 had been submitted to the State and was not yet approved. The Joe Lee Fisher Sr. universally accessible community garden was completed and opened.
- City, Neighborhood Complete Streets: about $304,000 / $4.8 million, with construction not started. 95% plans for the Chancellor–Hoffman section were being finished; the environmental (NEPA) review, including tribal consultation, was expected to conclude about February 2027; a Caltrans response on narrow sidewalks was pending.
- Trust for Public Land, Richmond Wellness Trail: about $661,000 / $4.1 million; seeking additional grant funding.
- Rich City Rides, e-bike lending library: about $478,000 spent; gathering letters of support to submit to the Mayor and City Council.
- GRID Alternatives: about $2.1 million spent on Resilient Homes (one home with solar since the last meeting); a workforce cohort of 11 trainees began September 21.
- Groundwork Richmond: 17 trees planted in the month; about $415,000 / $677,000.
- Urban Tilth: four projects (water conservation, the accessible garden, Orchard for All, Veggie Rx) plus the e-bike share, at $606,000 / $392,000. Urban Tilth said the City Council “had not allocated funds” for the e-bike share and it was negotiating with the operators on whether service could continue.
- City, displacement avoidance and workforce: façade grants and a Buy Local campaign at about $194,000 / $486,000. UC Berkeley indicator tracking (reported by the City): about $654,000 spent.
- A staff chart showed most projects below about 50% spent, attributed mainly to construction not having started.
Community member project proposal
- A community member proposed extending the Richmond Greenway through central Richmond, with trees, a bike lane, restrooms, and accessibility. A project lead said Urban Tilth maintains part of the Greenway and suggested contacting the City about land ownership near the railroad. No action; the committee can only advise.
Nevin Park redesign
- City Recreation and Parks and Public Works staff are seeking grant funds to redesign Nevin Park and showed three concept “moods”: Whimsy and Wonder, Nature and Green, and Civic Culture and Community. Features discussed included a track, a splash pad, a stage, outdoor classrooms, shade and misting, a generator-backed lobby, diagonal parking, and fencing or a separate gathering area for safety. Staff said they will combine input into one design. About eight residents commented: more trees and native plants, multi-use courts, a community garden, accessibility, lighting, restrooms, safety, and youth involvement.
- Feedback options: sticker voting that evening, a QR code, another session on the 15th, and a final presentation at the Iron Triangle Neighborhood Council meeting on October 21 (as stated).
Bay Repair (Air District) grant
- The City said that the same day the Air District board recommended $10.6 million of the $15 million requested for the City and nine of its ten partners. The Richmond Community Foundation component and the City’s MLK Community Center project were not recommended. The City asked the Air District to explain why; another application round is expected next year. A press event was announced for October 9.
Not yet confirmed
- Mover, second, and tally on the minutes.
- Several spoken dollar figures (the e-bike remaining budget and youth fellows spent figure were garbled).
- The date of the Halloween bike ride announced at the end (October 17 in the report; later invitation did not give a clear date).
- Next meeting: Wednesday, 4 November 2026, by the stated schedule.
Sources
- KCRT video, Richmond Rising CSC Oct 7
- City of Richmond, TCC Richmond Rising page (no Oct 7 agenda posted)