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Council approves $2 million to close funding gap for Point Milady coastal stabilization and Bay Trail link, requires public meeting before final design
Summary
The council unanimously appropriated $2 million from the general capital fund to cover a funding shortfall for a shoreline stabilization project at Point Milady that is needed to complete Richmonds segment of the Bay Trail; council amended staff language to require a public meeting before finalizing permits, design and bidding.
The Richmond City Council voted unanimously to appropriate $2 million from the General Capital Fund to fill a funding gap for a shoreline stabilization project at Point Milady that the city says is necessary to preserve public access and allow construction of the citysegment of the Bay Trail.
Deputy Public Works Director and City Engineer Robert Armijo and consultants from NCE presented the project as a narrowly sited stabilization and revetment plan to protect roughly 300 linear feet of shoreline where wave action has undermined the bluff and threatened paved trail segments, storm drains and culturally sensitive bluff areas. Armijo said the stabilization is required to allow the Bay Trail work to proceed; East Bay Regional Park District is preparing the companion segment to the south and has bid the overall…
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