Redevelopment

Court date set for Berrellesa Palms

An April court date has been set in the legal battle between a group of Downtown residents and the developers of a housing development known as Berrellesa Palms.

The City and the Dunivan Trust, in addition to developer Resources for Community Development (RCD), were also named in the suit filed by the Martinez Fair and Responsible Growth Coalition in an effort to block the project’s planned Spring 2010 construction start.more...

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Redevelopment back on Council's agenda

At last week’s City Council meeting, member Lara DeLaney raised the controversial specter of a renewed push for a Martinez Redevelopment Agency (RDA), urging City staff to make it a top priority over the coming months.more...

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Senior housing project approved by Planning Commission

Controversial project passes with a 6-1 vote with Donna Allen the sole dissenter; some residents are already planning to appeal decision with the City.

Four hours and a vote of six to one.

That’s what it took for the Planning Commission to approve a proposed senior housing development on Tuesday that has divided neighbors and consumed a great deal of time, energy and money on behalf of both City staff and the development team at Resources for Community Development (RCD).more...

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Will redevelopment agency get the axe?

State budget crisis is impacting RDAs everywhere, but Mayor Schroder is still confident the City will go on with the plan.

In a blow to supporters of creating a redevelopment agency (RDA) in Martinez, California Assembly and Senate and the Governor reached a tentative budget agreement on Monday that, if approved by both branches of the legislature today, will mine almost $2 billion from the State’s 425 RDAs. more...

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Council: Full agenda

MEETING PREVIEW. Note: No Design Review and Planning Commission meetings tonight.

This week’s City Council meeting—the second to last before the Council takes a month-long summer recess—promises to be lengthy as City leaders tackle a number of agenda items.more...

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URM consultant has Redevelopment roots

With an objective of “provid[ing] property owners specific ideas to assist them in making their properties safer and better suited to respond to today’s commercial market,” Martinez property owners were invited to a meeting on “Downtown Martinez Revitalization” on April 28, the second such workshop in the past six months.

Organized by Robert Clayton of the Urban Financial Services Group in Pleasant Hill, the workshop featured four speakers lending their experiences in structural design, architectural design, construction issues and the State Historic Building Code.more...

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Conference lays out pitfalls of Redevelopment Agencies

Chris Norby is a man on a mission.

Prior to being elected to his current position on the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, Norby served as a Fullerton, City Council member from 1984 to 2002.

When he joined the Fullerton Council in 1984, he also became a member of the Fullerton Redevelopment Agency (RDA) and witnessed first hand the copious negative impacts of that city’s RDA, he said. Over time, Norby came to view RDAs as nothing more than elaborate Ponzi schemes, and one of the key reasons California is currently in such bad financial shape.more...

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Just who is RCD?

Berkeley-based non-profit development company specializes in affordable housing projects. RCD is currently proposing a 49-unit complex in downtown Martinez.

Plans for a 49-unit housing development designed for seniors were unveiled this week during an informational session by the developer, Resources for Community Development (RCD), a Berkeley-based non-profit “dedicated to creating and preserving affordable housing for people with the fewest options in Northern California,” according to company literature.more...

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