2026-10-13 - City Council
Summary
Built from the City's official action summary for this meeting (Legistar, status Draft). It records outcomes and sponsors, not motions, individual votes, discussion or public comment. No video is posted.
- Regular meeting, Council Chamber, 6:00 PM; 58 items on the action summary (the Spanish edition was also posted).
- Rejected the South Meadow Street townhome permit and a resolution to investigate the missing payment register.
- Adopted 39 items in all, including the payment register publication ordinance (as amended) and the 2027 legislative agenda resolutions (as amended).
- Continued seven items to November 9: Brook Road, Colonial Avenue garages, the real estate tax rate, Intersection Parking (amended), the Gilpin Court agreement, 4101 Grove Avenue townhomes (amended) and a Three Chopt Road permit.
- Introduced 10 items for hearing on November 9 or December 14.
South Meadow Street Townhome Permit
- Ordinance 2026-120 (up to 21 attached dwellings, as amended) rejected.
City Payment Register Publication
- Ordinance 2026-081 adopted as amended; Resolution 2026-R019 (committee investigation) rejected.
2027 General Assembly Legislative Agenda
- R038 and R039 amended and adopted.
Brook Road Multifamily Permit, Colonial Avenue Rented Garages Permit, Real Estate Tax Rate Proposal, Intersection Parking Limits, Gilpin Court Redevelopment Agreement, Grove Avenue Townhome Permit
- Each continued to November 9.
Opioid Settlement Spending
- $614,406.00 in settlement funds (2026-275) and the Daily Planet, La Casa de la Salud and Nationz Foundation grants adopted.
Emergency Shelter Funding
- $700,000.00 Family Crisis Fund transfer, Warm Line grant, and the three emergency shelter agreements adopted.
Land Conservancy Parcel Acquisitions
- 2026-199 and 2026-207 adopted.
Transit Board Appointments
- R040 adopted.
Introduced for hearing
- Dominion Energy Control Transfer Resolution: R043, to Governmental Operations (October 28).
- Employee Homebuyer Assistance: 2026-301 and R041. Senior Tax Relief Expansion: 2026-302. Tax Amnesty Plan: R042. Convention Center Funds for Schools: $4,780,737.08 (2026-300). All to Finance and Economic Development (October 21).
- Park lease for Sampson Paints at Bainbridge Street (2026-298) and a James River Association stormwater grant for library greening (2026-299), to Land Use, Housing and Transportation (October 20); a special use permit on West Marshall Street (2026-303); a Richmond Behavioral Health Authority performance contract amendment (R044, hearing December 14).
Other items adopted
- 18 special use permits and permit amendments (multifamily, townhomes, accessory dwelling units, mixed use, office, outdoor entertainment, a church dormitory-style housing amendment and a restaurant hours amendment) plus the rezoning of a Venable Street property to TOD-1 (2026-274).
- Easements for Woodhaven Drive drainage (2026-198) and Commerce Road multimodal crossing (2026-200); $1,000,000.00 federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant (2026-201); NextUp RVA agreement (2026-290); $7,900.00 Virginia Tourism Corporation grant for the Barton Heights Cemeteries Heritage Trail (2026-296).
Agenda
Formal awards and recognitions; special use permits (2410 Brook Road, 5908 Three Chopt Road, 4101 Grove Avenue); parking-prohibition code amendment near intersections; real estate tax rate ordinance; Gilpin Transformation Working Group MOU.