Welcome

No November meeting. Next meeting January 23.

The East Richmond Neighborhood Council does not meet in November and December since the Thanksgiving and Winter season holidays take place at that time. The next regular meeting is planned for Thursday evening, January 23. (Also, see note below about possible special meeting.)

Please note

In the fall the Ohlone people of this area gathered acorns and pulverized them in grinding rocks, like this one in Alvarado Park. Learn more about the foods of the Ohlone people.

As we mentioned in the October meeting updates, our 2022 appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval of a Dollar Tree at San Pablo and Barrett enables the East Richmond Neighborhood Council to review and comment on a traffic safety & neighborhood traffic control study for the site before the store opens.

If the Planning Department informs us that the study is available before January’s regular meeting, we may call a special meeting to review the document and make recommendations to the City regarding traffic safety and control mitigations.

What We Do

The purpose of the East Richmond Neighborhood Council is to provide a forum for neighborhood residents to exchange ideas on community issues and neighborhood problems and to serve as a source of information on topics of interest before our city government and public agencies.

  • Our monthly meetings provide  forums in which neighbors can state their concerns to elected officials, agency staff,  and public safety officers.
  • This website posts the agendas and minutes of our meetings. It also offers timely information on events and other news of interest to residents— from announcements of neighborhood clean-ups to advice on forming neighborhood watch groups
  • Business owners who want to locate to East Richmond come before the neighborhood council to outline their plans and answer questions from our residents. The council can then make a recommendation to the Planning Department to permit, permit with conditions, or deny the development.
  • Similarly, if a homeowner’s remodeling plans may have impacts on neighbors, the Planning Department may ask the homeowner to present the plan to the neighborhood council, which then makes its recommendation.
  • Officers of the Neighborhood Council attend monthly meetings of the Richmond Neighborhood Coordinating Council, a citywide organization of neighborhood councils.

There are no membership fees. All residents are encouraged to attend the monthly meetings and join those working to improve the place where we live.

Please email all correspondence to: eastrichmondnc@gmail.com