Richmond Neighborhood Coordinating Council - 11/9/2026

The Richmond Neighborhood Coordinating Council meeting on November 9, 2026, included updates from city departments and community representatives. Procurement and capital-project updates centered on the Port of Richmond: staff reported that a pavement and infrastructure project had been approved by City Council in October and had recently begun. The Surplus Property Authority approved a lease agreement with STAX Engineering in September for its emissions-control barge, although the lease was still being finalized. The Port also reported $1.2 million in grant funding for restoration work at Berth 7 and a newly received grant award for Berth 8 restoration; the latter award amount was not clear in the transcript.

Public Works reported that City Council had approved nine additional mobile cameras for illegal-dumping sites, funded through the iHeart Richmond program. The department also said it had requested additional funding for street and park lighting, while describing vandalism-related outages and pending assessments of playground equipment. Recreation staff said an in-kind event sponsorship program for neighborhood councils was being developed and might go before City Council later in the year; no approval or vote on that program occurred at this meeting. Other discussion included the Chevron refinery’s ongoing investigation into an emissions incident and permitting progress for its wet gas scrubber, plus the planned environmental review for the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge. No new procurement awards or spending motions were voted on during the meeting.