The next step in Richmond's quest to develop the Point Molate area comes before the City Council Tuesday night.
The next step in Richmond’s quest to develop the Point Molate area comes before the City Council Tuesday night — prospective approval of a short list of qualified developers of this key 270-acre property north of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
Tuesday night’s approval of a small number of prospective developers is expected to be followed by a Dec. 11 meeting to hear Point Molate Development Proposal presentations.
These are the latest steps in what has been a process that started in 1997, but is now guided by a fast-track schedule after the end of a court battle that was settled in April.
The lawsuit was filed in 2011 by Upstream Point Molate, LLC and the Guidiville Rancheria, a Pomo tribe based in Mendocino County, after Richmond turned down a proposed casino at Point Molate. A federal judge said no to the casino, but required that any profits from development there be split between the city and the casino developers.
The judge also imposed a tight timeline for development approvals — April 2020.
The Point Molate Reuse Plan calls for 670 residential units and preservation of at least 70 percent of the 270 acres at Point Molate, a onetime U.S. Navy fuel depot, as open space. Those numbers are still open to change.
Tuesday’s meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. inside the Community Services Building, 440 Civic Center Plaza in Richmond.
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