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

April 23, 2025 | Richmond City (Independent City), Virginia


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Committee votes: board appointments forwarded; culvert-replacement ordinance and 6-Points plan amendment advanced; speed-camera resolution continued
At its meeting, the Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee took the following formal actions:

- 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.

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