Project leads and city staff provided routine status updates across Richmond Rising projects and outlined near-term activities and budgets.

Beatriz Guerrero, TCC project coordinator for the City of Richmond, said the city is the state grant recipient and distributes funds to partners. She reported total TCC expenditures to date of $249,000 and a remaining budget of $399,000 for administration and partner payments, and said invoice 8 was approved, invoice 9 was being corrected and invoice 10 outreach had started. She noted the team had requested amendments to state agreements to reflect partner budget and timeline changes and that many partners had signed amended agreements approved by the state.

Trust for Public Land project manager Terrence Wu reported design progress on the Richmond Wellness Trail and intercept surveying with more than 65 responses to community surveys; he reported $217,000 of expenditures to date and $4,600,000 remaining for that project. Mayeli Rico said the e-bike lending library had reported expenditures of $170,606 and a remaining budget of about $2,200,000 and listed several upcoming community events where the project will be visible. Urban Tilth reported multiple water-conservation installations, water-savings estimates, and $256,000 in expenditures with about $1,400,000 remaining. Groundwork Richmond reported 120 residential and roughly a dozen nonresidential trees planted and total expenditures of about $16,063,000 with just under $1,000,000 remaining. Orchard for All reported distributing 100 trees with 30 planted and $151,000 expended to date with roughly $1,000,000 remaining to distribute more trees.

Project leads announced outreach and community events, including an Earth Day celebration at Unity Park on April 19 and workforce and training events such as a solar training cohort beginning April 14. Staff reminded residents to use e-bike vouchers that are still available and said state reimbursement for vouchers may be at risk if vouchers are not redeemed.

Several projects noted they must rescope or delay construction work contingent on external funds (see separate story on Reconnecting Communities pilot program uncertainty). UC Berkeley representatives said they finalized a first-year evaluation report and were completing invoicing paperwork.