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2026-10-05 - City Council Special Meeting

Summary

Built from the City's official action summary for this special meeting (Legistar, status Draft). No votes were taken on the items; they were introduced and set for hearing. No video is posted.

  • Special meeting, Council Chamber, 4:00 PM; 18 items introduced.
  • Eleven items set for the October 13 hearing, mostly health, shelter and grant items referred to the Education and Human Services Standing Committee (October 8, 2:00 PM).
  • Seven items set for the November 9 hearing, including land use cases for the Planning Commission (October 20) and a retirement system cost-of-living policy.

Opioid Settlement Spending

  • Grant contracts for Daily Planet (2026-286), La Casa de la Salud (2026-287) and Nationz Foundation (2026-288).

Emergency Shelter Funding

  • $700,000.00 Family Crisis Fund transfer (2026-282), Warm Line grant (2026-283), emergency shelter lease and sublease amendments (2026-284, 2026-285) and HomeAgain grant amendment through November 30, 2027 (2026-289).

Transit Board Appointments

  • Mayor's appointment of Odie Donald II to the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority board (R040), committee referral waived.

Retirement System Cost of Living Policy

  • Ordinance 2026-297, sponsored by President Newbille and Ms. Trammell, to Finance and Economic Development (October 21).

Other introductions

  • NextUp RVA fiscal agency agreement for the CarMax basketball program (2026-290); $7,900.00 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation for the Barton Heights Cemeteries Heritage Trail (2026-296, committee referral waived).
  • Sewer discharge permit code change (2026-281, Governmental Operations, October 28); lease amendment for Cancer Retreat Centers at Blanton House (2026-291); Lombardy Street CSX bridge replacement easements (2026-292); special use permits on North 27th Street, North 35th Street and a ground-floor retail use on North Meadow Street (2026-293 to 2026-295).

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