Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/25/2017 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chamber, 2nd Floor - City Hall
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CD.2017.329 1  Council Document Board Appointments and Reappointments - September 25, 2017   Action details Not available
CD.2017.331 1  Council Document September 25, 2017 Awards and Recognitions Ceremony Docket    Action details Not available
CD.2017.326 1  Council Document September 25, 2017 Citizen Comment Period Speakers List   Action details Not available
CD.2017.323 1  Council Document August 11, 2017 Special Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
CD.2017.324 1  Council Document August 21, 2017 Special Joint Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
CD.2017.332 1  Council Document August 25, 2017 Special Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
CD.2017.322 1  Council Document September 11, 2017 Informal Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
CD.2017.325 1  Council Document September 11, 2017 Formal Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
CD.2017.335 1  Council Document September 25, 2017 Introduction Papers List   Action details Not available
ORD. 2016-264 11. OrdinanceTo amend and reordain Ord. No. 2007-251-209, adopted Sept. 24, 2007, as previously amended by Ord. No. 2008-117-93, adopted May 27, 2008, and Ord. No. 2013-117-113, adopted Jun. 24, 2013, concerning the establishment of a residential permit parking district in the Carver Neighborhood, for the purpose of adding certain streets and portions of streets to the Carver Residential Permit Parking District. (As Amended)continued   Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-030 12. OrdinanceTo erect all-way stop signs at the intersection of Avondale Avenue and Teakwood Avenue.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-069 13. OrdinanceTo amend City Code §§ 8-58, 8-61, 8-62, and 8-63, concerning the sale of City-owned real estate, for the purpose of providing for the conduct of a competitive process prior to the acceptance of an unsolicited offer to purchase City-owned real estate.continued and referred back   Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-087 14. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to execute a First Amendment to Amended Water Contract between the City of Richmond and the County of Chesterfield for the purpose of providing for the sale of additional water to the County of Chesterfield and for the construction, operation, and maintenance of new water capacity facilities by the County of Chesterfield on a portion of Lewis G. Larus Park located at 8850 West Huguenot Road in the city of Richmond.continued   Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-148 15. OrdinanceTo adopt an amendment to the Master Plan for the City of Richmond, adopted by the City Planning Commission on Nov. 6, 2000, and by the City Council by Ord. No. 2000-371-2001-11, adopted Jan. 8, 2001, as previously amended, to incorporate the Richmond Riverfront Plan Amendment 1: Downriver Update 2017, applicable to the downriver area along the James River identified in the Richmond Riverfront Plan, extending from Great Shiplock Park east to the border with Henrico County, as part of the Master Plan.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-150 16. OrdinanceTo amend City Code §§ 30-446.2, 30-446.3, 30-446.6, and 30-446.8, concerning the B-7 Mixed-Use Business District; to amend ch. 30, art. IV of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 31 consisting of §§ 30-457.1 through 30.457.10, concerning the establishment of a new TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District; to amend ch. 30, art. V, div. 2 by adding therein a new § 30-518.4, concerning signage in the new TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District; to amend City Code § 30-694.2, wireless communications facilities; to amend City Code §§ 30-710.1, 30-710.2, 30-710.2:3, 30-710.3:1, 30-710.4, and 30-710.13, concerning parking and perimeter buffers; to amend City Code §§ 30-720.1 and 30-720.5, concerning loading requirements; and to amend City Code § 30-1220, concerning definitions, for the purpose of establishing a new Transit-Oriented Nodal District, including small-scale manufacturing as a permitted principal use in the B-7 Mixed-Use Business District, defining the terms “priority street” and “street-oriented commercial frontage,” and imposing requirements for priority streets. (As Amended)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-151 17. OrdinanceTo amend the official zoning map for the purpose of rezoning certain properties along West Broad Street and Cutshaw Avenue between North Boulevard and I-195, within the Scott’s Addition neighborhood, and along North Boulevard to conform their zoning to their proposed future land use as set forth in the Pulse Corridor Plan.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-157 18. OrdinanceTo amend ch. 2, art. IV, div. 3, by adding therein a new § 2-305, concerning a microenterprise loan program, for the purpose of establishing a microenterprise loan program.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-158 19. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2017-036, adopted May 15, 2017, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by creating a new program within the Finance agency called “Finance-Commissioner of Revenue” and transferring and re-appropriating $708,451.00 from the Finance Operations program to the new Finance-Commissioner of Revenue program for the purpose of separating the appropriations for commissioner of the revenue functions from the appropriations for other Department of Finance operations.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-159 110. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2017-036, adopted May 15, 2017, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by creating a new program within the Justice Services agency called “Justice Services-Adult Day Reporting” and transferring and re-appropriating $476,494.00 from the Justice Services-Operations program to the new Adult Day Reporting program for the purpose of separating the appropriations for the adult day reporting center from the appropriations for other Department of Justice Services operations.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-160 111. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2017-036, adopted May 15, 2017, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by transferring and re-appropriating $118,663.00 from the Police-Area I and Area II program to the Police-Administration program for the purpose of ensuring appropriations properly reflect the reassignment of police officers out of operational police units.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-161 112. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2017-036, adopted May 15, 2017, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by transferring and re-appropriating $1,059,530.00 from the Police-Administration program to the Police-Area I and Area II program for the purpose of ensuring appropriations properly reflect the assignment of police academy graduates to operational police units.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-162 113. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $4,500.00 from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 General Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Non-Departmental General Fund Budget by $4,500.00 for the purpose of providing a grant of $2,250.00 of such funds each to the Cadence Theatre Company and to CultureWorks, Inc.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-163 114. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2017-037, adopted May 15, 2017, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Special Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by creating a new special fund for the Department of Public Works called the Bike Share System special fund and by increasing estimated revenues from the bicycle share system provided pursuant to City Code §12-121(a) and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works’ Bike Share System special fund by $450,000.00 for the purpose of operating the bicycle share system provided pursuant to City Code §12-121(a).adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-164 115. OrdinanceTo declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the acquisition by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise of a fee simple interest at the intersection of Forest Hill Avenue and the Powhite Parkway for the purpose of constructing multimodal transportation and drainage improvements along Forest Hill Avenue between its intersection with Hathaway Road and its intersection with the Powhite Parkway.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-165 116. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the total amount of $4,450,000.00 from the Virginia Department of Transportation, and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amounts appropriated to various projects in various categories as set forth on the attachment by $4,450,000.00 for the purpose of appropriating funding received from the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Fiscal Year 2018 Revenue Sharing Program for various projects.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-166 117. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a First Amendment to Utilities Agreement between the City of Richmond and Fulton Hill Properties, L.L.C., for the purpose of establishing new conditions for the release of an existing City sewer utility easement located at 4907 Goddin Court.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-167 118. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Lease Amendment between the City of Richmond and the Government of the United States of America for the purpose of decreasing the number of parking spaces leased to the federal government from 42 to 21 at a City-owned parking facility located at 500 East Marshall Street from Oct. 1, 2017, through Sept. 30, 2018.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-168 119. OrdinanceTo declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the acquisition by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise of a permanent utility easement at 2911 Hathaway Road for the purpose of constructing multimodal transportation and drainage improvements along Forest Hill Avenue between its intersection with Hathaway Road and its intersection with the Powhite Parkway.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-169 120. OrdinanceTo amend and reordain Ord. No. 80-260-81-41, adopted Mar. 9, 1981, as previously amended by Ord. Nos. 81-152-138, adopted August 24, 1981, 84-110-83, adopted May 29, 1984, 89-318-295, adopted Nov. 13, 1989, 2006-26-52, adopted Feb. 27, 2006, 2006-260-263, adopted Oct. 23, 2006, and 2012-163-164, adopted Oct. 8, 2012, concerning the Beaufont Oaks Community Unit Plan, to amend the permitted uses to include a church use.continued   Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-170 121. OrdinanceTo amend City Code §§ 8-56 and 8-58, concerning the reporting and sale of City-owned real estate, to require that certain records concerning City-owned real estate be published on the City’s website, to require the biennial submission of a real estate strategies plan to the Council, and to establish certain standards for the acceptance of unsolicited offers for City-owned real estate.adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-171 122. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept a donation of software and related services valued at approximately $1,062,190.00 from AvePoint Public Sector, Inc., and in connection therewith to execute a Contract for Donated Goods and Services between the City and AvePoint Public Sector, Inc., for the purpose of providing a citizen relationship management software to enhance the City’s customer service interactions with its citizens.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R033 123. ResolutionTo request that the Chief Administrative Officer cause to be conducted by an independent third party a review of the City’s program for the collection and disposal of leaves and of bulk items and brush solid waste pursuant to City Code § 23-44. (As Amended)adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R034 124. ResolutionTo oppose the proposed Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2018 released by the Office of Management and Budget on May 23, 2017, and urge the United States Congress to reject this proposed budget and develop a budget that adequately funds the needs of local governments and associated political subdivisions such as the City, the School Board of the City of Richmond, and the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R035 125. ResolutionTo request that the Chief Administrative Officer cause to be conducted an inventory of all parcels of City-owned real estate to identify surplus and underutilized parcels of City-owned real estate. (As Amended)adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R047 126. ResolutionTo declare a public necessity and to initiate an amendment to the City’s zoning ordinance, concerning the Commission of Architectural Review, to make certain compositional changes by (i) eliminating the requirement that one member shall be appointed from a list of nominations submitted by the Better Housing Coalition, and (ii) adding a requirement that at least one member shall be a resident of a historic district.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R058 127. ResolutionTo provide for the nomination of George P. Braxton, Benjamin P. Campbell, and Eldridge Forest Coles 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 2018 annual meeting of shareholders upon the election and qualification of the successors to these Directors.continued and referred   Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R059 128. ResolutionTo approve an expenditure in the amount of $350.00 from the Council Districts Funds for the Seventh District to make a donation to MOTIV8S Incorporated to assist with the costs associated with MOTIV8S Incorporated’s 16th Annual “Celebration of Children” Community Festival.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R060 129. ResolutionTo approve the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority’s performance contract.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R061 130. ResolutionTo support a project to provide funding to design and construct the Gillies Creek Greenway shared-use path and infrastructure improvements from Williamsburg Avenue to Jennie Scher Road and the City’s application in relation thereto to the Virginia Department of Transportation for $840,000 from the federal Transportation Alternatives Program.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R062 131. ResolutionTo support a project to provide funding to install sidewalks and curb ramps on Catalina Drive and Cranford Avenue near E.S.H. Greene Elementary School and the City’s application in relation thereto to the Virginia Department of Transportation for $480,000 from the federal Transportation Alternatives Program.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R063 132. ResolutionTo support a project to provide funding to install new traffic signals and other pedestrian safety infrastructure improvements along U.S. Route 60 and streets surrounding Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts and the City’s application in relation thereto to the Virginia Department of Transportation for $640,000 from the federal Transportation Alternatives Program.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R064 133. ResolutionTo support a project to provide funding to install new sidewalks along Whitehead Road from its intersection with Elmbridge Road to its intersection with Daytona Drive in the vicinity of G.H. Reid Elementary School and the City’s application in relation thereto to the Virginia Department of Transportation for $320,000 from the federal Transportation Alternatives Program.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R065 134. ResolutionTo support a project to provide funding to install new sidewalks along Swanson Road from its intersection with Hull Street Road to its intersection with Whitehead Road and the City’s application in relation thereto to the Virginia Department of Transportation for $384,000 from the federal Transportation Alternatives Program.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R066 135. ResolutionTo support a project to provide bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements to extend the Virginia Capital Trail to the T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge and the City’s application in relation thereto to the Virginia Department of Transportation for $821,600 from the federal Transportation Alternatives Program.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R067 136. ResolutionTo request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to fund the expansion of the scope of the 1st Street and 2nd Street Buffered Bike Lanes project to include an option to design and construct the planned improvements on 3rd Street instead of, or in addition to, 1st and 2nd Street.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R068 137. ResolutionTo support the application for an allocation of $9,900,000 through the Virginia Department of Transportation Revenue Sharing Program to provide maintenance and construction assistance to certain transportation projects.adoptedPass Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R069 138. ResolutionTo request that the Mayor include in the budgets he prepares for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 and Fiscal Year 2019-2020 proposed appropriations sufficient to cover the cost of the second and third phases, respectively, of the plan to adjust the compensation of sworn police officers and sworn firefighters. (As Amended)adoptedPass Action details Not available
ORD. 2016-140 139. OrdinanceTo amend ch. 12, art. II of the City Code by adding therein a new section 12-37, concerning the disposition of certain revenues from real estate taxes, for the purpose of funding the operation of public schools in the city.continued and referred back   Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-088 140. OrdinanceTo repeal Ord. No. 2014-245-225, adopted Dec. 8, 2014, which declared surplus and directed the sale of certain interests of the City in real estate located at 120 Shockoe Slip and 1331 A East Canal Street and in air rights over a portion of East Canal Street near its intersection with South 13th Street for $916,000 to Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership for the purpose of facilitating the expansion of the existing headquarters building of the Martin Agency.rejectedFail Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-129 141. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 1704 Arlington Road for the purpose of [an] illuminated [canopy with] canopy signage, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended)amended and continued  Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R070 142. ResolutionTo create a new reservation of fund balance called the General Employee Bonus Reserve intended to be categorized as an assigned fund balance and used for payment of one-time annual bonuses to general employees of the City.continued and referred   Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-189 143. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept grant funds in the amount of $5,000.00 from Optima Health Group, Inc., and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities by $5,000.00 for the purpose of providing interactive health lessons focusing on nutrition, chronic diseases, and physical fitness.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-190 144. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2017-036, adopted May 15, 2017, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by transferring $325,167.00 from the Fire-Fire Operations program and appropriating $17,464.00 to the Fire-Office Of The Fire Chief program, $188,423.00 to the Fire-Fire Prevention program, $61,079.00 to the Fire-Fire Training program, and $58,201.00 to the Fire-Logistics program, for the purpose of ensuring appropriations for pay adjustments properly reflect the assignments of personnel within the Department of Fire and Emergency Services.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-191 145. OrdinanceTo amend Ord. No. 2017-036, adopted May 15, 2017, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by transferring $2,681,334.00 from the Police-Administration program and appropriating $18,683.00 to the Police-Chief of Police program, $839,037.00 to the Police-Support Service program, $62,693.00 to the Police-Office Of Professional Responsibility program, and $1,760,921.00 to the Police-Area I and Area II program, for the purpose of ensuring appropriations for pay adjustments properly reflect the assignments of personnel within the Department of Police.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-192 146. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $15,053.00 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Justice Services by $15,053.00 for the purpose of funding salary increases for grant-funded employees of the City’s community corrections program.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R072 147. ResolutionTo impose enhanced speeding penalties pursuant to City Code § 27-163 and to authorize the placement of signs giving notice thereof on the portion of Kimrod Road located between Orcutt Lane and Bryce Lane.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R073 148. ResolutionTo request the Richmond delegation to the General Assembly of Virginia to introduce and support the enactment of legislation to amend section 5.05, concerning the duties of the Mayor, and section 5.05.1, concerning the duties of the Chief Administrative Officer, for the purpose of providing that the Mayor, the Chief Administrative Officer, and their designees no longer have a right to attend closed meetings of the City Council.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-193 149. OrdinanceTo rezone the properties known as 904 Oliver Hill Way, 908 Oliver Hill Way, and 1020 Oliver Hill Way from the M-1 Light Industrial District and the M-2 Heavy Industrial District to the B-5 Central Business District.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-194 150. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 3138 Grayland Avenue for the purpose of two single-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-195 151. OrdinanceTo authorize the special use of the property known as 15 East Brookland Park Boulevard for the purpose of permitting a café with accessory roasting, wholesale, and distribution of coffee products, upon certain terms and conditions.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-196 152. OrdinanceTo designate The Maggie Walker Community Land Trust as a land bank entity for the purpose of assisting the City in addressing vacant, abandoned, and tax delinquent properties and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement, as amended, setting the terms and conditions of such designation. (As Amended)introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-197 153. OrdinanceTo amend and reordain ch. 2, art. V of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 10 (§§ 2-1002-2-1008) and a new div. 11 (§§ 2-1035-2-1041) and to amend ch. 12 of the City Code by adding therein a new art. V (§§ 12-201-12-218) for the purpose of establishing an Education, Health, and Human Services Grant Commission, a Visual and Performing Arts Grant Commission, and related grant programs for nonprofit organizations to be administered by each commission.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-198 154. OrdinanceTo amend section 27-302 of the City Code, concerning towing and storage fees, for the purpose of modifying the limits on fees charged for the towing, storage, and safekeeping of certain vehicles removed from private property.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
ORD. 2017-199 155. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Cooperation Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority for the purpose of facilitating the design, planning, engineering, and construction of certain infrastructure improvements to support a mixed-income rental housing development at 1501 North 31st Street and 1611 North 31st Street in the city of Richmond.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R074 156. ResolutionTo name a parcel of City-owned property located at 1907 Texas Avenue as “Riverview Community Park.”introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R075 157. ResolutionTo express the sense of the City Council that the General Assembly of Virginia should grant the City Council the authority to cause the removal of memorials and monuments such as the statues commemorating J.E.B. Stuart, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and Matthew Fontaine Maury located on Monument Avenue between its intersections with Belmont Avenue and Lombardy Street so that the City Council may take such action as may be necessary to cause these statues to be removed.introduced and referred  Action details Not available
RES. 2017-R076 158. ResolutionTo establish, pursuant to City Code § 12-206, the per capita amounts to be used to determine budget appropriations for nonprofit organization grant programs beginning with the Fiscal Year 2018-2019.introduced and referred  Action details Not available