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To amend and reordain City Code § 27-282, concerning the special parking districts program and permitted expenditures from the Special Parking Districts Fund, for the purpose of authorizing the Chief Administrative Officer to execute grant agreements to disperse the funds to be used by neighborhood associations and civic associations within their boundaries for the maintenance of clean and safe neighborhood environments.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
§ 1. That section 27-282 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020) is hereby amended and reordained as follows:
Sec. 27-282. Special parking districts program-Permitted expenditures from fund.
(a) There shall be no expenditure from the Special Parking Districts Special Fund except expenditures for the services and activities set forth in subsection (b) of this section used (i) for residential restricted parking districts established pursuant to Section 27-279 or (ii) within the areas served by the neighborhood associations or civic associations representing the properties within a residential restricted parking district.
(b) The following services and activities in residential restricted parking districts, or within the areas served by the neighborhood associations or civic associations representing the properties within a residential restricted parking district, may be funded by the Special Parking Districts Special Fund:
(1) Providing clearly marked crosswalks.
(2) Providing off-duty police patrols for the purpose of responding to reports of loud noise and other disturbances associated with celebrations and festivities.
(3) Maintaining and improving safety and cleanliness.
(c) The Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to execute a grant contract on the City’s behalf with any neighborhood association or civic association that is both eligible to receive public funds from the City pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-953, and represents the properties within a residential restricted parking district to grant funds from the Special Parking Districts Special Fund to such neighborhood association or civic association for the purposes of carrying out any of the services and activities authorized in subsection (b) of this section, provided that the City Attorney or the designee thereof first has approved the form of the grant contract and that the grant contract contains:
(1) Information sufficient to identify the City officer or employee responsible for monitoring the neighborhood association’s or civic association’s compliance with the contract;
(2) The scope of services to be provided by the non-City entity with the City money disbursed to the neighborhood association or civic association;
(3) Specific performance measures sufficient to enable the City to determine whether the neighborhood association or civic association actually has provided the services that the neighborhood association or civic association is to provide with the City money disbursed to the neighborhood association or civic association; and
(4) Provisions for the regular reporting to the City officer or employee responsible for monitoring the neighborhood association’s or civic association’s compliance with the contract sufficient to enable the City officer or employee to determine whether the neighborhood association or civic association is meeting the specific performance measures set forth in the contract.
§ 2. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.