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Hore Lines News from Citizens for East Shore Parks Spring 2009 CESP Files Lawsuit to Protect Pt Shore Lines News from Citizens for East Shore Parks Spring 2009 CESP files lawsuit to protect Pt. Molate (Again) By Robert Cheasty, CESP President CESP filed that lawsuit in 2004 on To protect Point Molate, CESP has grounds that the once again had to file a lawsuit against City of Richmond the City of Richmond, Upstream Point and Upstream Molate LLC, the U. S. Navy, and the planned to proceed two Indian Tribes involved in the with the proposed proposed development project at Pt. Pt. Molate develop- Molate. This is the second lawsuit that ment project (by CESP has filed against the City of entering into a Richmond and the developers (Up- binding agreement) stream) regarding Pt. Molate. Our last without going suit was successful and we have re- through the environmental review tained the same legal counsel, Steve Citizens must step up to required by the California Environmen- Volker. tal Quality Act (CEQA). Once we filed ensure the best possible The timing of the lawsuit was dictated that action we were joined by the East Richmond general plan by certain statutes–CESP had to file or Bay Regional Park District and the miss the window to act. Lawsuits are California Attorney General. By Patricia Jones, CESP Exec Dir not a preferred tactic for CESP. We are Richmond residents have long ex- In the settlement with CESP, Rich- engaged in an education and advocacy pressed a shared desire to have access mond and Upstream not only ac- program to protect the East Bay to their entire 32-mile shoreline. cepted the requirement that the Pt. Shoreline from development. This Already having repeated that mantra Molate project comply with CEQA, strategy has produced successful for years, they will get more chances to they agreed to certify an EIR prior to results on numerous fronts from deliver this simple message to City “…any approval of a transfer and/or Oakland north through Richmond, officials when the General Plan Update lease of land to Upstream.” (See the educating and sometimes coaxing debate resumes. A public input and Navy story on page 4.) stakeholders to see the long-term review process that began last January, wisdom of open space on the shoreline. All parties have been meeting to see and stagnated over the fall, is about to what potential grounds there are for But sometimes developers and their move ahead on February 27. resolution of the matter. As always, allies in public office act precipitously, Next steps are outlined below. CESP CESP seeks to show the opposing without allowing the full processes of asks you to urge the City to envision and side the public benefits of our vision the law to unfold. CESP is willing to plan for greatness. Richmond’s shoreline of maximizing open space for the take legal action to protect the public’s could be planned for public ownership and entire Richmond shoreline and to rights, and as a last resort, to fight in become a dazzling jewel in the Bay’s enlist the developers to join in this court for the shoreline. necklace of shoreline parks. vision. People can change their points The grounds for the current lawsuit of view and join the preservation Feb 27: The Draft General Plan will be are multiple, including the fact that the effort when given the right informa- released for public review. It will latest steps involving the developer tion and incentives. include goals, policies, and actions for and the City run afoul of the terms of 15 elements, such as parks and recre- CESP is joined in this legal action by the settlement agreement they made ation, land use options, conservation, SPRAWLDEF, an organization that with CESP when we won the first natural resource/open space. The public shares our vision to protect the lawsuit against them over Pt. Molate. Richmond Shoreline. Continued on page 5 The mission of Citizens for East Shore Parks (CESP) is to create a necklace of shoreline parks from the Oakland Estuary to the Carquinez Strait. Shore Lines On the Horizon for CESP News from Citizens from Patricia Jones, Executive Director for East Shore Parks Dear Friends of Shoreline Parks! out the Bay Area have joined in our mission to PO Box 6087, Albany, CA 94706 Happy New Year! Can you feel the fresh air create a necklace of shoreline parks from the Office: 520 El Cerrito Plaza of change? You know things are moving in Oakland Estuary to the Carquinez Strait. T 510-524-5000 F: 524-5008 the right direction when one of the first Today, that mission faces several challenges. www.eastshorepark.org actions by the Obama administration is to Point Molate, with Richmond’s most spectacu- Dwight Steele order the EPA to reconsider its stubborn lar views of the Bay, is public land. It comes Emeritus Chair denial of California’s request for a waiver of from the U.S. Navy and it should be preserved (1914 - 2002) the Clean Air Act. Attorney General Jerry and put into a use that maximizes the public Robert Cheasty Brown said: “Today’s dramatic announcement benefit. Your help is needed to preserve this President marks the first time that an American presi- precious resource as a legacy for our children dent has taken decisive action to deal with and grandchildren. Norman La Force Vice President global warming.” Breuner Marsh, along the North Richmond Shoreline, was saved thanks to the hard work of Hon. Tom Bates And, here in the East Bay, thanks to voters Vice President like you, we can celebrate the passage of CESP, EBRPD, and citizens like you. And now Sylvia McLaughlin Measure WW, which is essential for improve- we must save the adjacent wetlands by ensuring Secretary ments at Eastshore State Park and expansion that development doesn’t adversely impact the of parklands and amenities along the remain- wildlife at the Marsh. Richmond’s general plan Doris Sloan der of the shoreline. Thank you! update shows housing on the shoreline, and we Recording Secretary must stop that. Ed Bennett Knowing that we all face economic chal- At the Albany Waterfront, the owner of Treasurer lenges, take heart from the public works done Golden Gate Fields has hired bankruptcy during the Great Depression. As Gray counsel. CESP needs to be ready to negotiate Board of Directors Brechin said in the July 2007 Berkeley Daily with new landowners over redevelopment of Teddi Baggins Planet, “With practiced eyes, you begin to see the site for the benefit of everyone, the creation Ellen Barth remains of the New Deal everywhere in the of a park, and the completion of the Albany Hon. Ken Bukowski East Bay. WPA workers created or improved section of the Bay Trail. virtually every older park in the East Bay in Shirley Dean places such as Berkeley’s Cragmont and At the Brickyard in the Berkeley portion of Patty Donald Codornices Parks, Richmond’s Alvarado Park, Eastshore State Park we are urging the state Whitney Dotson and regional park agencies to collaborate, with or in Oakland’s Montclair and Joaquin Miller Arthur Feinstein existing budgets, to eliminate the unsightly dirt parks. Few who enjoy Berkeley’s Aquatic Park Steve Granholm mounds stored there and create an inviting or Yacht Harbor probably realize that they are Larry Kolb heirlooms left by hundreds of men working public recreation area that balances the habitat Vicki Lee with picks, mules and scrapers.” conservation area protected at the Meadow. Our success depends on the financial support David Lewis Back then citizens understood that conserva- from our friends. We have an immediate goal of Mark Liolios tion was an investment of lasting value, and $50,000, and a generous Board member has Mike Lynes they worked to create our now vast East Bay pledged a $5,000 challenge gift IF we raise Rich McClure Regional Park System. Wildcat Canyon, $45,000. We’re more than half-way there, so Kitty McLean Tilden, Sibley, Lake Temescal and Redwood please use the enclosed reply envelope to Hon. Betty Olds parks all opened to the public between 1936 make your tax-deductible contribution and and 1939. Rich Walkling help us meet our challenge goal. Peter Weiner But 80 years ago, citizens didn’t yet under- Together, we can create a world class necklace stand the need to defend the shoreline from of shoreline parks along San Francisco Bay. Executive Director industrial dumping. Thank you! Patricia V. Jones [email protected] With your help WE CAN do it now! Since CESP was founded in 1986, citizens through- Supporting organizations include: Golden Gate Audubon Society • Sierra Club • Save the Bay • NRSOSA • Oakland Waterfront Coalition Berkeley Partners for Parks • California Native Plant Society Environmental Defense • Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge Friends of Aquatic Park • Regional Parks Association • Urban Creeks Council • Contra Costa Hills Club • Ecology Center Oceanic Society • California State Parks Foundation • Citizens for the Albany Shoreline 3 Building a Community Vision Whitney for the North Richmond Shoreline Dotson by Rich Walkling, CESP Board Member Elected On January 24, forty people showed up At Breuner Marsh, EBRPD planner to the Parks on a cold, gray Saturday for a spirited Brian Wiese described the process the Board! tour and discussion of the future of the District will use to design the Breuner We are pleased North Richmond Shoreline. The tour Marsh area and the nature center at Pt. to congratulate was hosted by the North Richmond Pinole. The group brought up the need CESP Board Shoreline Academy. for the District to provide local jobs Member when restoring the marsh. More than half of the participants were Whitney Dotson on his election to residents of Parchester Village and After touring the Wildcat Creek represent Ward 1 on the East Bay North Richmond.
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