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To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $69,920.00 from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources' African American Cemetery and Graves Fund and to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Special Fund Budget by creating a new special fund for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities called the "Historic African American Cemeteries Special Fund," and appropriating the increase to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities' "Historic African American Cemeteries Special Fund" by $69,920.00 for the purpose of providing funding for preservation, maintenance, and stewardship activities at historically African American cemeteries.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, is hereby authorized to accept funds in the amount of $69,920.00 from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources' African American Cemetery and Graves Fund for the purpose of providing funding for preservation, maintenance, and stewardship activities at historically African American cemeteries.
? 2. That Article I, Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2025-057, adopted May 12, 2025, which adopted a Special Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, and made appropriations thereto, be and is hereby amended by creating a new special fund for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities called the "Historic African American Cemeteries Special Fund" for the purpose of providing funding for preservation, maintenance, and stewardship activities at historically African American cemeteries.
? 3. That the funds received from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources' African American Cemetery and Graves Fund are hereby appropriated to the Special Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, by increasing estimated r...
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