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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/9/2026 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chamber, 2nd Floor - City Hall
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CD.2026.277 1  Council Document October 5, 2026 Special Meeting Minutes   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-093 11. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 3317 Rear Monument Avenue for the purpose of up to four single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (1st District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-155 12. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 5 North Colonial Avenue Rear for the purpose of up to six attached garages, which may be rented to persons who reside outside of the same entire block as the Property, upon certain terms and conditions. (1st District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-181 13. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the properties known as 2410 Brook Road, 2412 Brook Road, 2412 ½ Brook Road, 2414 Brook Road, and 2416 Brook Road for the purpose of no more than one multifamily dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. (3rd District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-184 14. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 3407 Lawson Street, for the purpose of up to two two-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (5th District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-187 15. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 1209 Overbrook Road for the purpose of a multifamily dwelling containing up to 100 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. (3rd District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-189 16. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 5706 York Road for the purpose of up to eight single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (1st District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-190 17. OrdinanceTo establish the Affordable Dwelling Unit Advisory Committee for the purpose of advising the Council and the Mayor on the development of an affordable housing dwelling unit program.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-197 18. OrdinanceTo amend City Code § 27-197, concerning parking prohibitions in specified places, to modify the prohibited parking zone near intersections and to allow the Chief Administrative Officer to establish longer no-parking distances. (As Amended)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-256 19. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 4101 Grove Avenue for the purpose of up to [35] 33 single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (1st District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-268 110. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 5908 Three Chopt Road for the purpose of up to two single-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (1st District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-281 111. OrdinanceTo amend City Code § 28-1009, concerning the City’s issuance of a permit required to discharge prohibited, industrial or other wastes into sewers, to modify which department shall be responsible for granting such permits.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-291 112. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a First Amendment to Lease Agreement between the City of Richmond, as lessor, and Cancer Retreat Centers, Inc., as lessee, for the purpose of allowing Cancer Retreat Centers, Inc., to expand the leased premises to include the second floor and an office on the third floor of Blanton House located at 700 Blanton Avenue. (5th District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-292 113. OrdinanceTo declare a public necessity for and to authorize the acquisition by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, certain temporary construction easements, permanent retaining wall maintenance easements, and permanent utility easements for the public purpose of facilitating the construction and maintenance of the Lombardy Street CSX Bridge Replacement project.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-293 114. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the properties known as 1620 North 27th Street and 1622 North 27th Street for the purpose of up to four single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (7th District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-294 115. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the properties known as 1509 North 35th Street and 1511 North 35th Street for the purpose of up to two two-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (7th District)    Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-295 116. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 511 North Meadow Street for the purpose of a ground floor retail use, upon certain terms and conditions. (2nd District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-297 117. OrdinanceTo amend City Code § 22-8, concerning cost-of-living adjustments, for the purpose of establishing an annual cost-of-living adjustment or supplement policy for the Richmond Retirement System, subject to appropriation by City Council.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-298 118. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Lease Agreement between the City of Richmond and Sampson Paints, LLC for the purpose of facilitating the construction of a public park and green space located at 311 Bainbridge Street. (6th District)   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-299 119. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a City of Richmond Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and the James River Association for the purpose of implementing green infrastructure practices to increase stormwater detention as part of the Greening Richmond Public Libraries projects at the Belmont Branch and Hull Street Branch.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-300 120. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2026-063, adopted May 11, 2026, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by (i) increasing anticipated revenues from certain funds due to the City from the Greater Richmond Convention Center Authority, in accordance with an Interlocal Agreement dated Feb. 1, 2000, by $4,780,737.08, (ii) appropriating such increased revenues to the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 General Fund Budget, and (iii) transferring $4,780,737.08 from the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 General Fund Budget to the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 school budget, and to amend Ord. No. 2026-064, adopted May 11, 2026, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 school budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by appropriating $4,780,737.08 of such transferred funds to the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 school budget, all for the purpose of providing funding to the City of Richmond public schools.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-301 121. OrdinanceTo amend City Code § 2-1526, concerning the employee first-time homebuyer’s assistance program, for the purpose of expanding eligibility to certain owners of deed-restricted or limited-equity homes purchasing their first unrestricted market-rate residence and renaming the program the employee homebuyer’s assistance program.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-302 122. OrdinanceTo amend City Code §§ 26-364, concerning tax relief for elderly persons and evaluation of the exemption or freeze program, and 26-365, concerning real estate tax relief for qualified permanently and totally disabled persons and evaluation of the exemption or freeze program, for the purpose of increasing certain income and financial worth eligibility thresholds and corresponding tax relief benefits and changing the deadline for filing an application for tax relief under the Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities Real Estate Tax Relief Program from December 31 to June 30 of the taxable year.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-303 123. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 214 West Marshall Street for the purpose of a multifamily dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. (2nd District)   Not available Not available
RES. 2026-R041 124. ResolutionTo express the City Council’s support for the General Assembly’s removal of the statutory maximum applicable to local employee homeownership grants; to encourage the Administration to reevaluate the City’s Employee First-Time Homebuyer’s Assistance Program, including the maximum amount of assistance available; and to express the Council’s interest in establishing a sustainable, long-term employee homeownership assistance program.   Not available Not available
RES. 2026-R042 125. ResolutionTo request that the Chief Administrative Officer cause the Director of Finance to (i) develop an implementation plan and timeline for the administration of a one-time tax amnesty program for the tax year beginning January 1, 2027, pursuant to City Code §§ 26-21-26.29, (ii) provide to Council the report required by § 26-25, and (iii) submit such plan, timeline, and report to the Council by no later than Feb. 1, 2027.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-109 126. OrdinanceTo close, to public use and travel, a portion of public right-of-way located south of Brookland Park Boulevard and east of Robin Hood Road, consisting of approximately 11,105± square feet upon certain terms and conditions.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-196 127. OrdinanceTo amend City Code § 26-355, concerning the levy of tax on real estate, to establish a tax rate of $1.16 for the tax year beginning Jan. 1, 2028.   Not available Not available
RES. 2026-R029 128. ResolutionTo request that the Chief Administrative Officer execute a Joint Gilpin Transformation Working Group Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Richmond and the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority to establish the intended roles of the parties as partners in the redevelopment of the Gilpin Court housing community, and to request that the Chief Administrative Officer enter similar memoranda of understanding with the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority for future redevelopment of other Richmond public housing communities. (As Amended)   Not available Not available
RES. 2026-R043 129. ResolutionTo express the Council’s opposition to approval of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Case No. PUR-2026-00112, Joint Petition of Dominion Energy, Inc., Virginia Electric and Power Company, OSW Project LLC, WG Development Corp., CS HoldCo, LLC, and NextEra Energy, Inc. for approval of the disposition and acquisition of control of a public utility pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia unless and until Petitioners agree to specific commitments in a binding stipulation agreement to be submitted to the State Corporation Commission.   Not available Not available