Ideally, the City would establish an RSS feed with the payee, amount and a description of goods/services…* “Hercules’ register shows the amounts the city periodically shells out for goods and services and miscellaneous expenses, and the names of the recipients of the payments. But it does not include a description of what the payments are [...]
Market Hall — the interim retail experience on the former park-and-ride lot — has announced its first retailer: Moschetti Espresso. This will be the company’s first retail cafe, according to the announcement made via Market Hall’s Facebook page and spread through its Twitter feed. Market Hall also has a less than frequently-updated blog. UPDATE — [...]
The planned interim use for the future site of Market Town (the part of New Town Center located at the former park-n-ride site) will open as Market Hall on May 1. The innovative retail center will feature many food vendors (supposedly gourmet) and outdoor activities including a great lawn, a fireplace and bocce courts. As [...]
The topic of future ferry service in Hercules made its way into yesterday’s agenda for the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) meeting… Hercules Environmental Review/Conceptual Design — WETA has worked cooperatively with the City of Hercules to prepare the necessary environmental documents to support new ferry service in coordination with a Capitol Corridor commuter train [...]
When Measure J (the County transportation sales tax) passed in 2004, one of the items earmarked for funding was the creation of a new local bus-line called the “Hercules Waterfront Route.” It is obvious that the route shown is not preferable. It was apparently drawn without the knowledge that the extension of John Muir Parkway [...]
Well, I did not miss the train. I was at the station. The train didn’t come. I arrived as usual last week at the Martinez station (MTZ), with plenty of time to spare. It was only after standing around somewhat dumbstruck like a high-school freshman did I realize that the overhead sign read, “Train 520 [...]
I was the only person to attend the Water, Water Everywhere lecture at the library this past Tuesday evening. Accordingly, the lecture was cancelled, and tentatively rescheduled for a Saturday morning in November. Hercules will not evolve into a city like Berkeley overnight (nor would I want it to; there are some problems the City [...]
The following post was written by Karen VanWinkle.* On Thursday, August 20th, I will vote to strike. A not-so-funny thing happened during my summer vacation. To save money during the recession, our cash strapped school district quietly made it harder for English Language Learners, low socio-economic students and teachers in the WCCUSD to succeed. That’s [...]
The July 20th meeting was the only Planning Commission meeting we’ve had in three months. April 20th was the last meeting and June 1st was the station unveiling. Needless to say, there was a lot to be said. I probed the Commission about the direction and lack of public involvement with the process of developing our transit station. They [...]
In order for the wBART station to work with the planned New Town Center development, the light-rail passenger service would ostensibly need to run along the existing BNSF rail (which would connect to BART at its Richmond station, similar to how the current Amtrak Capitol Corridor line runs). However, BNSF is quite adamant that they [...]
The following email was sent same day (June 12th) to our city leaders in response to their four-page memo regarding Safeway Station… Dear Lisa Hammon, City Manager, Mayor & City Council, Planning Commission, Planning Department, Redevelopment Agency, and City Staff: Regarding the June 12 Memorandum, here are five questions. Most importantly is the last question, [...]
The City posted courtesy notice of three public meetings focusing on the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) draft transition plan. Unfortunately, the draft explicitly states — and confirms an earlier report on the subject — that a ferry terminal in Hercules is not “feasible” in the next five years (emphasis mine)… To meet its mandate [...]
If you have been longing for a City Council meeting with a deep agenda, look no further, this coming Tuesday’s meeting — 7pm at City Hall — will be a doozy. The City will commence efforts to annex property (the properties north and south of CA-4, east of Willow Avenue, west of the Franklin Canyon [...]
Despite support from County Supervisor Gayle Uilkema and a committee-commissioned report finding that secession met six of nine state requirements (a report that was biased against the cause from the outset), the Contra Costa County Board of Education (see note following article below) would ultimately favor the political stronghold of Richmond over the sovereignty of [...]
- Another week, another mention of the failed skate park in Hercules… “Richmond is attempting what neighboring cities are struggling to do: build a skate park that draws skateboarders but keeps graffiti, loitering and criminal activity at bay. [...] In 2002, Hercules converted a tennis court in Woodfield Park into a skateboarding facility. Officials closed [...]
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The City is looking for volunteers to assess and provide feedback for the new City website as part of a focus group. Three meetings are scheduled for Thursday evenings. Contact information to join the focus group is available here.
One of the most substantive arguments against the proposed conditional use permit for a Thai restaurant to move-in to the restored historic Civic Arts Building is that the use (full-service restaurant) does not match what has been outlined for the site. As stated as fact in the staff report on the subject… In October 2006, [...]