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To amend City Code ? 2-744, concerning the duty of the Mayor to submit reports on City's comprehensive poverty reduction initiative, for the purpose of modifying reporting requirements.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That section 2-744 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020) be and is hereby amended and reordained follows:
Sec. 2-744. Duty of Mayor to submit reports on City's comprehensive poverty reduction initiative.
(a) Oral presentation. [Effective January 1, 2016, the] The Mayor shall deliver annually, by no later than [March 1] October 31 of each calendar year, an oral presentation to the City Council concerning the progress of the City's ongoing efforts to reduce poverty and promote economic mobility in the city of Richmond. This oral presentation shall take place during the portion of a regular meeting of the City Council known as the "[formal] informal meeting" and shall be distinct from any other formal or informal presentation the Mayor may make to the City Council or in any other public setting. The substance of the oral presentation shall be based on the substance of the written report described in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Written report. The Mayor shall submit to the members of both the City Council and the Maggie L. Walker Initiative Citizens Advisory Board a written report, by no later than October 31 of each calendar year, concerning the City's comprehensive efforts to promote economic mobility. At the same time as or prior to the oral presentation described in subsection (a) of this section, the Mayor shall submit to the members of both the City Council and the Maggie L. Walker Initiative Citizens Advisory Board [a] the written report required by this subsection detailing the progress of initiatives in education, workforce development, economic development, transportation, and housing undertaken by the City for the purpose of reducing, alleviating, or ameliorating poverty, including...
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