Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/26/2023 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chamber, 2nd Floor - City Hall
Published agenda: Agenda - English/Spanish Agenda - English/Spanish Published minutes: Action Summary - English/Spanish Action Summary - English/Spanish Meeting Extra1: Meeting Minutes Meeting Minutes  
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CD.2023.224 1  Council Document June 26, 2023 Citizen Comment Period Speakers List   Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-090 11. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 708 China Street for the purpose of a two-family detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (5th District)continued   Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-108 12. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 910 Parrish Street for the purpose of two single-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (1st District)continued and referred back   Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-130 14. OrdinanceTo amend ch. 4, art. IV, div. 3 of the City Code by adding therein a new section 4-401, concerning exotic and wild animals. (As Amended)amended and continued  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-152 16. OrdinanceTo repeal City Code §§ 11-190-197, concerning a commercial property assessed clean energy financing program, and to amend ch. 11, art. VIII of the City Code by adding therein new §§ 11-190.1-11-197.1, concerning a commercial property assessed clean energy financing program, for the purpose of aligning the City Code with state law pertaining to commercial property assessed clean energy financing programs. (As Amended)continued and referred back   Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R029 121. ResolutionTo authorize the utilization of the construction management procurement method for the construction of a new police precinct to be located on the property known as 1701 Fairfield Way. continued   Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-121 13. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 3207 Hermitage Road for the purpose of an office and contractor warehouse with outdoor storage, upon certain terms and conditions, and to repeal Ord. No. 60-227-197, adopted Aug. 8, 1960, and Ord. No. 60-120-93, adopted May 9, 1960. (As Amended) (3rd District)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-145 15. OrdinanceTo erect two additional stop signs at the intersection of Nottoway Avenue and Fauquier Avenue for the purpose of making the intersection an all-way stop. (3rd District)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-157 17. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 301 West 6th Street for the purpose of a multifamily dwelling containing up to 553 dwelling units, with off-street parking, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (6th District)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-174 18. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 3601 Seminary Avenue for the purpose of a day nursery, for up to 64 children, within a church, upon certain terms and conditions. (3rd District)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-175 19. OrdinanceTo rezone the properties known as 500 Commerce Road and 520 Commerce Road from the M-2 Heavy Industrial District to the TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District. (6th District)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-176 110. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 1213 Porter Street for the purpose of a church, or other place of worship, and a multifamily dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. (6th District)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-177 111. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and The Liberation Church, Inc. for the purpose of implementing a voluntary gun buyback event in the city of Richmond.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-178 112. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2022-055, adopted May 9, 2022, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by changing the uses and allocation of the Council District Funds for the Second District pursuant to Va. Code § 15.2-2503 for the use of the Council Member in the representation of the Second District.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-179 113. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2022-055, adopted May 9, 2022, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, to appropriate $18,215,420.00 of the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 estimated revenue to various City departments and non-departmental agencies and to create certain new line items in the Non-departmental agency and appropriate a portion of such estimated revenue thereto.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-180 114. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept the second tranche of American Rescue Plan Act funds in the amount of $10,000,000.00 from the United States Department of the Treasury; to amend the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 General Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the General Fund Budget for certain agencies by $8,000,000.00 of the $10,000,000.00 of ARPA funding from the Department of Housing and Community Development for the purpose of funding the City’s efforts to recover from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in accordance with the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-182 115. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2019-188, adopted Jul. 22, 2019, as previously amended by Ord. No. 2020-094, adopted May 11, 2020, and Ord. No. 2021-268, adopted Oct. 11, 2021, and to amend Ord. No. 2020-164, adopted Aug. 10, 2020, as previously amended by Ord. No. 2020-191, adopted Sept. 28, 2020, Ord. No. 2021-089, adopted Apr. 26, 2021, Ord. No. 2021-184, adopted Jul. 26, 2021, Ord. No. 2021-268, adopted Oct. 11, 2021, and Ord. No. 2022-300, adopted Nov. 7, 2022, which authorized the Chief Administrative Officer to submit original and amended Fiscal Year 2020 Consolidated Annual Action Plans to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as an application for the receipt of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) funds, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds; accepted funds from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the total amount of $15,027,206.00 and appropriated $16,854,300.00 for various projects, to re-appropriate $11,034.83 from recaptured ESG-CV funds, foadoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-183 216. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a First Amendment to Deed of Facilities Lease Agreement for Port of Richmond between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Port Authority for the leasing of the property located at 5000 Deepwater Terminal Road, known as the Port of Richmond. (8th District)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-184 117. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a License Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority for the purpose of permitting the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority access to the City-owned property located at 500 North 10th street to facilitate the demolition of the Public Safety Building. (6th District)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-185 118. OrdinanceTo approve the Work Plan and Budget for the fiscal year ending Jun. 30, 2024, for the provision of services in the Downtown Richmond Special Service and Assessment Districts.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-186 219. OrdinanceTo amend City Code § 21-40, concerning joint and cooperative procurement, for the purpose of conforming the City’s cooperative procurement law to the optional provisions of Va. Code § 2.2-4304.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-187 120. OrdinanceTo designate the 5100 block of Beddington Road in honor of the late Raymond H. Boone and Jean P. Boone. (8th District)adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R030 122. ResolutionTo adopt, pursuant to City Code § 21-44, procedures for utilizing construction management or design-build contracts.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-181 123. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to submit a PY 2023 / FY 2024 Annual Action Plan to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as an application for the receipt of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) funds, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds; to accept funds from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the total amount of $9,085,062.00; and to appropriate $9,085,062.00 for various projects.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-130 1  OrdinanceTo amend ch. 4, art. IV, div. 3 of the City Code by adding therein a new section 4-401, concerning exotic and wild animals. (As Amended)   Action details Not available
CD.2023.225 1  Council Document June 5, 2023 Special Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
CD.2023.223 1  Council Document June 12, 2023 Informal Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
CD.2023.222 1  Council Document June 12, 2023 Formal Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
CD.2023.231 1  Council Document June 26, 2023 Introduction Papers List   Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-192 124. OrdinanceTo designate the 5200 block of Warwick Road in honor of Dr. Roscoe D. Cooper, Jr. introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-193 125. OrdinanceTo designate the 2200 block of Bainbridge Street in honor of the late Mrs. Mozelle Willis Minor. introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-194 126. OrdinanceTo designate the 1700 block of Porter Street in honor of the late Dr. Ruth Moore. introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-195 127. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a My Life Coach Academy Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and Rings vs. Rent Scholarship Foundation for the purpose of funding the implementation of a summer youth leadership development program for Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School students.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-196 128. OrdinanceTo amend and reordain City Code §§ 30-402.2, 30-411.3, 30-412.2, 30-413.3, 30-413.13, 30-414.2, 30-416.2, 30-418.2, 30-419.4, 30-420.2, and 30-426.2, all concerning permitted accessory uses and structures in certain zoning districts, and § 30-1040.3, concerning additional exceptions granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals; and to amend ch. 30, art. XII of the City Code by adding therein a new § 30-1220.31:1, concerning certain definitions.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-197 129. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2023-073, adopted May 8, 2023, which (i) accepted a program of proposed Capital Improvement Projects for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and the four fiscal years thereafter, (ii) adopted a Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, and (iii) determined a means of financing the same, by increasing anticipated revenue from general obligation bonds by $4,742,000.00 and by appropriating $4,742,000.00 to the Department of Public Work’s Highland Grove/Dove Street Redevelopment project in the Transportation - G.O. Bonds category for the purpose of providing additional funding for the construction 139 residential units.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-198 130. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $762,414.00 from the Federal Highway Administration, to amend Ord. No. 2023-073, adopted May 8, 2023, which accepted a program of proposed Capital Improvement Projects for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and the four fiscal years thereafter, adopted a Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, and determined a means of financing the same, by establishing a new project for the Department of Public Works in the Transportation Category called the Safe Streets and Roads for All Planning Activities project, and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal year 2023-2024 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works’ Safe Streets and Roads for All Planning Activities project in the Transportation Category by $762,414.00 for the purpose of funding the implementation of Vision Zero traffic safety program activities.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-199 131. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the total amount of $459,720.00 from the Virginia Department of Transportation, to amend Ord. No. 2023-073, adopted May 8, 2023, which accepted a program of proposed Capital Improvement Projects for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and the four fiscal years thereafter, adopted a Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, and determined a means of financing the same, to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal year 2023-2024 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works’ New Traffic Control Signals Project in the Transportation - G.O. Bonds category by $459,720.00 for the purpose of providing new traffic control devices at certain stop-controlled intersections.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-200 132. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 1330 North 25th Street for the purpose of an automated teller machine, upon certain terms and conditions. introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-201 133. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 907 West 32nd Street for the purpose of a dwelling unit within an accessory building to a single-family detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-202 134. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 1410 West 43rd Street for the purpose of art gallery, office, studio, and retail uses, upon certain terms and conditions, and to repeal Ord. No. 95-281-275, adopted Nov. 13, 1995. introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-203 135. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 2301 Grove Avenue for the purpose of a dwelling unit within an accessory building to a single-family detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. (2nd District) introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-204 136. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the properties known as 2 Manchester Road and 4 Manchester Road for the purpose of a mixed-use development, upon certain terms and conditions. introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-205 137. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 2401 Rosewood Avenue for the purpose of a single-family detached dwelling and accessory building, upon certain terms and conditions. (5th District)introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-206 138. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 10 South Rowland Street for the purpose of a multifamily dwelling, with off-street parking, upon certain terms and conditions. introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-207 139. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the properties known as 219 South Stafford Avenue and 2329 Parkwood Avenue for the purpose of up to 26 single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-208 140. OrdinanceTo conditionally rezone the property known as 15 West Grace Street to remove the priority street frontage designation for the portion of the property along North Adams Street. introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-209 141. OrdinanceTo conditionally rezone the properties known as 4818, 4824, 4830, 4838, and 4850 Walmsley Boulevard from the RO-1 Residential Office District to the B-6 Mixed-Use Business District, the property known as 4870 Walmsley Boulevard from the B-2 Community Business District to the B-6 Mixed-Use Business District, and the property known as 4890 Walmsley Boulevard from the R-4 Single-Family Residential District to the B-6 Mixed-Use Business District. introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-210 142. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Grant Agreement Under the Fiscal Year 2022 Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program between the City of Richmond and the United States Department of Transportation for the purpose of implementation of Vision Zero safety program activities.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-211 143. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of General Services for the purpose of setting forth the responsibilities of the parties for the replacement and relocation of utilities in Capitol Square in the city of Richmond.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-212 144. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to enter into the Twenty-Sixth Commercial Area Revitalization Effort Program Cooperation Agreement between the City of Richmond, Virginia, and the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond for the purpose of providing for the operation of the Commercial Area Revitalization Effort (“CARE”) Program.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-213 145. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute an Enterprise Zone Cooperation Agreement between the City of Richmond, Virginia and the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond for the purpose of administering the Enterprise Zone Program to stabilize and revitalize enterprise zone areas by stimulating private investment through financial incentives.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2023-214 146. OrdinanceTo authorize the issuance of general obligation public improvement bonds of the City of Richmond in the maximum principal amount of $4,200,000 to finance the cost of school projects and general capital improvement projects of the City for the following purposes and uses: construction, reconstruction, improvements and equipment for public schools; construction, reconstruction, improvement and equipment for various infrastructure needs, including traffic control facilities, streets, sidewalks and other public ways, bridges, storm sewers, drains and culverts, and refuse disposal facilities; participation in redevelopment, conservation and community development programs, including the construction, reconstruction, improvement and equipment for targeted public facilities included in these programs; construction, reconstruction, improvements and equipment for public institutional, operational, cultural, educational and entertainment buildings and facilities, including but not limited to the theaters, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, libraries and museums; acquisition of real property therefintroduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R032 247. ResolutionTo support the application for an allocation of $10,000,000 through the Virginia Department of Transportation Revenue Sharing Program to provide maintenance and construction assistance to certain transportation projects.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R033 148. ResolutionTo provide for the nomination of Andreas D. Addison, Ellen F. Robertson, and J. E. Lincoln Saunders as the City of Richmond’s three Directors and the election of the Board of Directors of the Greater Richmond Transit Company for the period commencing upon election and qualification of these nominees as Directors and terminating on the date of the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders upon the election and qualification of the successors to these Directors.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R034 149. ResolutionTo request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Cary Street Sidewalk Improvement project to fund the installation of pedestrian safety improvements along Cary Street Road at its intersection with Three Chopt Road, including a sidewalk on St. Catherine’s Lane and new sidewalks and traffic islands between St. Catherine’s School and the adjacent neighborhoods.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R035 150. ResolutionTo request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Downtown Core Protected Bike Lanes project to fund the installation of permanent physical barriers as buffers between the bicycle lanes and motor vehicle traffic on 1st Street, 3rd Street and Franklin Street.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R036 151. ResolutionTo request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon - U. S. Route 1 project to fund the installation of a pedestrian hybrid beacon, high-visibility sidewalk, and Americans with Disabilities-accessible curb ramps on U. S. Route 1 at its intersection with Dinwiddie Avenue and at its intersection with Westminster Avenue.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R037 152. ResolutionTo request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Patterson Avenue - Libbie Avenue Streetscape Improvement project to fund the installation of pedestrian safety improvements, including new sidewalks, Americans with Disabilities-accessible curb ramps, and modifications to private entrances, and streetscape improvements, including drainage improvements, site furniture, and buffering landscaping along Patterson Avenue at its intersection with Libbie Avenue to its intersection with Maple Avenue.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R038 153. ResolutionTo request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Gillies Creek Greenway Phase IV project to fund the extension of the shared-use path from the intersection of Stony Run Road and Jennie Scher Road to the intersection of Jennie Scher Road and East Richmond Road.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R039 154. ResolutionTo request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Patterson Avenue Bike Lanes project to fund the extension of parking-protected bike lanes on Patterson Avenue from its intersection with Commonwealth Avenue to its intersection with Willow Lawn Drive.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R040 155. ResolutionTo request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Scott’s Addition Greenway project to fund the construction of sidewalks and a shared-use path in the city’s Scott’s Addition neighborhood.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R041 156. ResolutionTo request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Forest Hill Avenue Crossing Improvement project to fund the construction of rectangular rapid flashing beacons, high-visibility crosswalks, Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible curb ramps, and channelizing islands on Forest Hill Avenue at its intersection with Taylor Avenue and the installation of curb extensions and rectangular rapid flashing beacons on Forest Hill Avenue between Westover Hills Boulevard and West 48th Street.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R042 157. ResolutionTo request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Carnation Street Sidewalk Improvement project to fund new sidewalks on Carnation Street from its intersection with Warwick Road to its intersection with Hioaks Road.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R043 158. ResolutionTo request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Maymont Neighborhood Sidewalks - Phase III project to fund new sidewalks in the city’s Maymont neighborhood.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R044 159. ResolutionTo amend Res. No. 2021-R081, adopted Dec. 13, 2021, which requests that the Chief Administrative Officer provide the Council with a quarterly report on the expenditure of all funds received by the City, whether from the United States government, the Commonwealth of Virginia, or otherwise, provided pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, for the purpose of modifying the quarterly reporting schedule.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2023-R045 160. ResolutionTo authorize the issuance of public utility revenue refunding bonds of the City of Richmond, Virginia in the maximum principal amount of up to $600,000,000 to refund all or portions of certain public utility revenue bonds previously issued by the City, and to authorize the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City, to sell such refunding bonds for such purposes, providing for the form, details and payment of such bonds and approving the form of the supplemental indenture of trust.introduced and referred  Action details Not available