Future plans for two notable pieces of Martinez land, which include the marina and the city’s amphitheater, will be up for public discussion at a Wednesday night meeting at City Hall.
The larger of the two parcels, 68 acres within the Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline Park, includes the Martinez Marina, a bait shop, a boating/boat repair shop, the Martinez Yacht Club, the amphitheater (which hosts the city’s temporary dog park) and the Sea Scouts headquarters building.
The smaller parcel is a 12-acre strip a half-mile west of the larger parcel. The land includes part of the Union Pacific’s Ozol rail terminal and Carquinez Strait shoreline.
As called for in Senate Bill 1424 in 2014, the state has granted these lands to Martinez on the condition that they are preserved for use and enjoyment by the public. This “use and enjoyment” can come in any of several forms, including protection of maritime commerce, fisheries, open space, wildlife habitat and water-oriented recreation.
Wednesday’s meeting begins at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 525 Henrietta St., Martinez.
FINALLY.
Enjoyment of the Public and especially Your Taxpaying residents should start with the Railroad quiet zones that you researched with your 2009 impact study.
Every other city is doing this, time to get with the times.
I don’t see a problem with some commercial or residential development and improvements on the marina. Martinez need a little more revenue to be sustainable as a city. Regarding the railroad noise, I think this is a CYA situation due to death/suicides. The horns don’t bother me at all. Me neighbors concur.
I actually like the sound of trains rolling by tooting.
The recently remodeled Ferry street entrance is still a flawed solution. There is no way to know whether cars entering are going to the sports center or on to the rest of the park. They put a stop sign for cars leaving but that still doesn’t solve the problem when there is a backup. The better solution would have been to route cars going to the sports center through the first parking lot so that traffic could thin out. That couldn’t be done because the Regional Park owns that lot and it was up to the city to fix that entrance to the sports center. Always something. 🙁
What happened to Golden Hills Park and the horrible bike/walking path between Blue Ridge and Horizon. They are a mess. to dangerous to walk on.
People keep getting run over and killed by trains at the crossing going into the park. Requiring the trains to not sound their horns as they approach the crossing may make things more dangerous.
Please educate yourself on Quiet Zones at the Federal Railroad Administration website. Flashing lights & Bells will be used and ENGINEER will be able to blow horn at their discretion, not this Stupid 4 honks per crossing requirement.
It’s worked fine for Rochelle Illinois where the train splits the city in half with crossings every two blocks, as well as Riverbank CA and Point Richmond. Looks like Santa Clara will also be getting quiet zones. Time to get with the times.
800+ horn toots (these are much longer than toots) per day is unreasonable.
I think that more people being killed by trains is due to the fact there are more people. I would bet the percentage is about the same.
What!!?? No city sponsored encampment for all the “Homeless”already camping and living in the parking lots!!!????.