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- Board and commission appointments: The committee voted to forward staff recommendations on multiple boards and commissions to full council with a recommendation to approve. Appointments discussed and forwarded include: Richard Newman Jr., Samuel Starks, Michael Poole, and Victor Torres (Board of Building Code Appeals); Rebecca Rowe (reappointment) to the City Planning Commission and Joseph Chidari (initial application); Elizabeth Greenfield noted as a mayoral appointment to the Planning Commission; Matthew Clemens Jr. (Community Transportation Advisory Committee); Marilyn McAtier (reappointment) and Darren Crenshaw (reappointment) for the Maggie L. Walker Community Land Trust Citizens Advisory Panel (noting the panel is currently dormant); and Connor O'Donnell (Urban Design Committee) among others. The committee approved forwarding recommendations in a recorded vote (Mister Breton: Aye; Vice Chair Robertson: Aye; Chair Jones: Aye).

- Item 1, Ordinance 2025-069 (Walmsley Boulevard over Grendel Creek culvert replacement): The committee voted to forward the ordinance to council with a recommendation to approve. There were no speakers signed up in support or opposition prior to the hearing; the committee recorded ayes (Mister Breton: Aye; Vice Chair Robertson: Aye; Chair Jones: Aye).

- Item 3, Resolution 2025-R15 (6 Points master-plan amendment): The committee voted to forward the resolution to council with a recommendation to approve and thanked staff for their work on the report (Mister Breton: Aye; Vice Chair Robertson: Aye; Chair Jones: Aye).

- Item 2, Resolution 2024-R41 (study of photo speed-monitoring devices at high-risk intersections): The committee voted to continue this paper to the May 20 meeting and requested a staff recommendation ahead of that meeting; recorded ayes were recorded and the motion carried.

All committee motions were approved by recorded voice votes. The committee's votes will be forwarded to full council with the committee's recommendations.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Richmond City - Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee Meeting - April 22, 2025 3:00 P.M. - Apr 23, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The committee approved forwarding multiple board and commission appointments and recommended approval for an ordinance to fund a culvert replacement project and a resolution to amend the 6 Points master plan; it continued the speed-camera resolution to May 20.","taxTitle","Richmond City (Independent City), Virginia","taxId",5755,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6582405,"City presents progress, costs and timelines for Shockoe Heritage Campus projects including Lumpkin'9s Slave Jail pavilion and Shaco Institute",1723,2682000,4405000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3093064-434d774edbf23cb9a08148fe34f288bb&start=2682&end=4405","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3093064-434d774edbf23cb9a08148fe34f288bb/thumbnail_2682000.jpg","/articles/6582405/Richmond-City-Independent-City/Virginia/City-presents-progress-costs-and-timelines-for-Shockoe-Heritage-Campus-projects-including-Lumpkin9s-Slave-Jail-pavilion-and-Shaco-Institute","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6582405-c3101e7d7d13b22b39ba7b4847046cc4/orig.mp4?Expires=1770447739&Signature=QsUOVzrynBWl~Mpff9~MgXaDBJ2KlU98tGEoPOIZNoeM6nKCkq9RA6YbtJ61BUAL9Vhv3aigy8sVl0udF-Iq2tzf~ahJqkpAldXoBTGwrinwQ4i0byCDk-UHUSCOfShHh3WkQH9qCHMuRAIbkUoUhsL8mFH2v-y6Y2ACMKIgeqHUTMioTooKG7zWyfs7D-rYl~dliDI8N9U0GPiGSpxKUqdLIKlTTFbsAi0iQ6cdg7Mt3M928yk6Qsnoxpi0jXFNBdKU7Wxt5OJwXjngsmofRcZgxl4Kghv6xWUEmQ0Y5d2FsBv4ct8qN-wJTa7T50x1YasLVcT4Ml86b2Bsu~KcVA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City staff presented an update on the Shockoe Heritage Campus (referred to in the presentation as the Shaco project), describing multiple elements of the project, current contracts and funding commitments, and proposed timelines. The presentation covered the Shaco Institute exhibit hall, Lumpkin's Slave Jail Pavilion, Emily Winfrey cottage relocation, Ann Carroll's Landing and Slave Trail improvements, the Shaco Hill African Burial Ground commemorative site, and planning support for a National Slavery Museum.

Key funding and procurement details provided by staff: the Shaco Institute received an $11 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support research and exhibits. The city contracted Baskerville to design a 12,000-square-foot exhibit hall for about $986,948; Team Henry was awarded the construction contract for the exhibit build-out at about $2,500,000; exhibit design and fabrication by Local Projects is budgeted at roughly $1,250,000. The exhibit work is starting in spring and the team estimated about 12 months for completion with a late-spring/early-summer opening target.

Staff said the Emily Winfrey cottage relocation and restoration are estimated at about $1.5 million and are included in the capital-improvement program (CIP). Ann Carroll's Landing and the Slave Trail site improvements have been bid to Team Henry (roughly $2.5 million) and are scheduled to start this year with a projected spring 2026 completion for that element.

For the Lumpkin's Slave Jail Pavilion and South Memorial on the southern campus, staff presented conceptual designs and archaeology findings. Staff said the Lumpkin'9s Jail pavilion construction costs are currently estimated at about $17.5 million; the southern campus program costs about $34 million in current design. City staff said they have state funding of $13.4 million and have budgeted about $32 million in city funds, with another $10 million budgeted in fiscal 2026 and 2027, bringing identified funding for core elements to roughly $45 million.

The Shaco Hill African Burial Ground (a 1.2-acre parcel acquired via tax sale in February 2021) has been listed on state and national historic registers and was declared a cemetery; staff estimated a commemorative-space budget of about $1.8 million. City staff noted the National Slavery Museum remains a separate effort led by a foundation; the museum'9s construction costs were described as likely exceeding $100 million and would not be built using city capital funds.

Why it matters: the presentation outlined both near-term construction activity and long-range operations, funding and design challenges, including floodplain constraints at the Lumpkin'9s site and the need for easements across CSX tracks for trail work.","Staff outlined components, funding and timelines for the Shockoe (Shackoe) Heritage Campus: exhibit hall, Emily Winfrey cottage relocation, Ann Carroll's Landing and Slave Trail improvements, Lumpkin's Slave Jail pavilion, South and North memorials, the Shaco Hill African Burial Ground and a proposed National Slavery Museum.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6582409,"Committee continues study of photo speed-monitoring devices; staff to return with recommendation in 30 days",1565,1053000,2618000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3093064-434d774edbf23cb9a08148fe34f288bb&start=1053&end=2618","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3093064-434d774edbf23cb9a08148fe34f288bb/thumbnail_1053000.jpg","/articles/6582409/Richmond-City-Independent-City/Virginia/Committee-continues-study-of-photo-speed-monitoring-devices-staff-to-return-with-recommendation-in-30-days","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6582409-2238cfaf2f4296cae63de48476bb323e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770447739&Signature=GFbubqAboYP0HPRAa36ChujyGD32hVFAAyx0XCBxnkKhMdo0FlkWKQRCHDwmnXfG8EEMPuW7y60FjNpm8so~GphER2PkGmwJnVOz41uwcIwcKtcds052u55d6SFTSpnSoP2jhbbu2dzPy9ymX-kPe8fCWkoFH0Mp76DWia7vY1W~tmb3uXhPIVJZMQ94euVOfXY9HyLuKRzCsHDK2KO~qgz4J3jVGdt80PCEjIx2I4Y3GYLQ~EcwdJx87YpAnHw1TQC~quPY3Yp624EYkRvRKi5Lpq3QhvtTCJas4OI8SathB3cPtqOtyag1HywOq7T4FZc6Ne3mMSFRSXxh5OwpyQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee continued discussion of resolution 2024-R41 asking the administration to study installation of photo speed-monitoring devices at high-risk intersection segments and to identify additional locations citywide. The committee voted to continue the paper to the May 20 meeting and requested a written recommendation from staff within 30 days.

Major Armstead of the Richmond Police Department told the committee the city currently operates 26 cameras at 13 school-zone locations; those cameras run during school hours (two hours before and two hours after school), and the department currently assigns four part-time officers and one full-time officer to validate citations and manage the program. Armstead said validating vendor citations requires sworn officers because they must check driver records and access secure systems. He also said the staffing and processing for 24/7 high-risk intersection enforcement would be \"a big process\" and could require additional personnel.

A Department of Public Works representative (Cara) said the existing 26 school-zone cameras operate through a vendor called Conduit Solutions and that the city will soon ask council to establish a special fund for camera revenues and operations. Cara explained red-light cameras are planned for up to 22 locations and that current vendor contracts (procured via RFP) are limited to a combined scope up to about $5,000,000 and roughly 50 locations covering school zones and red-light camera sites.

Public works staff told the committee that cameras at \"high-risk intersection segments\" are treated differently under recent state code changes: revenues generated by those high-risk camera citations flow to the Commonwealth Transportation Board'9s Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), not directly back to the locality. As a result, cities would need to front infrastructure and vendor costs for HRIS camera installations and then seek state HSIP reimbursement; that makes HRIS deployment contingent on procurement and budgeting and may limit the program's sustainability without advance city funding.

City transportation engineer Mike Sawyer urged council to view automated enforcement as one tool in the city'9s Vision Zero safety approach and to direct any revenue toward built-environment safety improvements such as speed tables and curb extensions.

Committee action: the committee voted to continue resolution 2024-R41 to the May 20 Land Use meeting and requested the administration send a recommendation before that date; staff said the recommendation would not include a full dollar amount until procurement is complete.","Richmond staff described current school-zone and red-light camera programs, state funding limits for high-risk intersection cameras and the need for procurement and budget action; the committee continued the resolution to the May meeting and asked for a recommendation within 30 days.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6582414,"Tenants, organizers urge quick rollout of Richmond rental-inspection ordinance, ask council to avoid 'blight' language",581,105000,686000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3093064-434d774edbf23cb9a08148fe34f288bb&start=105&end=686","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3093064-434d774edbf23cb9a08148fe34f288bb/thumbnail_105000.jpg","/articles/6582414/Richmond-City-Independent-City/Virginia/Tenants-organizers-urge-quick-rollout-of-Richmond-rental-inspection-ordinance-ask-council-to-avoid-blight-language","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6582414-e0595383307be06255243cd97fca0576/orig.mp4?Expires=1770447739&Signature=HeSN9GB~PG5zYfGMf8eOZRAxZJXEOZQsCC6FLYiNSHvYT2XKJMOMTLt2g2v68XMzlBt-yJTUEpzmOhkJHTFoTsd32D~QxBsRmqxE3C3nPRV5gh~BE8xPTo49IW--YmR96gD0DYe3gZeuj2czDqrZWY6z5XbhUDDrlqVRnaFrN9ATw01h7PfosXKoPmF8ZBlQBJaJ6x2VJAqpbMZrbiGQeqUvLj0q6sFdg7rAKOj-EdBxCU1HYds91jH-GLnInhPCO0BZP1p8hTi3gZk0W9~WxfQHUoqAHbxVXe77BoAPh7eyMzV6MqH--7e-MLKu7slIrNVTuiaDWW7DgW8RrSLD6Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Members of Virginia Organizing and tenants from Richmond'9s Third and Ninth districts urged the Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee on April 15 to move the city'9s rental-inspection ordinance forward quickly, to include firm district-creation deadlines and to avoid the use of the word \"blight.\"

Rachel Heffner read a statement on behalf of Marquetta Fisher, a Richmond resident and Virginia Organizing chapter member in the Third District, saying the group supports a strong rental inspection program but warning that a proposed clause prohibiting rent increases where landlords make no investment would likely violate state law and could delay the ordinance. \"The Virginia code doesn't allow for these type of stipulations,\" the statement said, arguing the council should pursue rent stabilization at the state level.

Benny Gates III, a Ninth District resident, told the committee he supports the inspection program and asked the city to build safeguards against displacement and to expand the city'9s family crisis fund to assist tenants who might be affected by enforcement. He also requested the ordinance avoid the word \"blight,\" recommending the term \"deteriorating\" instead, citing options in state code that could reduce confusion.

Dream Boyd, a tenant in the Third District and member of Virginia Organizing, said tenant councils are valuable but warned against requiring them by ordinance or funding source, arguing mandatory councils often become a formality rather than a sustained organizing effort. Boyd urged the administration to bring the ordinance to the committee as soon as possible and asked for monthly progress reports and a deadline for when inspection districts will be created. \"We have been waiting years for the basics of this program,\" Boyd said.

Why it matters: speakers framed the ordinance as an enforcement tool against negligent landlords and as a potential lever to improve housing conditions citywide; they also stressed legal and implementation limits set by state law and asked council to avoid drafting choices that could delay the program.

The committee did not take formal action on the rental-inspection ordinance at this meeting. Members requested administration follow-up and updates to the committee in coming months.","Members of Virginia Organizing and neighborhood residents urged Richmond council to move the city'9s rental inspection ordinance forward without delay, asked for monthly updates and recommended avoiding the term \"blight\" in the final text.","actionData","errors"]

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Committee votes: board appointments forwarded; culvert-replacement ordinance and 6-Points plan amendment advanced; speed-camera resolution continued

City presents progress, costs and timelines for Shockoe Heritage Campus projects including Lumpkin'9s Slave Jail pavilion and Shaco Institute

Committee continues study of photo speed-monitoring devices; staff to return with recommendation in 30 days

Tenants, organizers urge quick rollout of Richmond rental-inspection ordinance, ask council to avoid 'blight' language