City Council roundup

Council shakes off those vacation cobwebs and gets back to work (mostly).

September 9, 2014; 9:18 AM • by Ross Catrow

Agenda

You can download last night’s agenda here (PDF). Remember, Council creates this agenda before the meetings. Almost half of the items on this month’s agenda were continued until a later date, and this document does not reflect that.

Recaps and resources

• Read Graham Moomaw’s recap in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
• The big news is the withdrawal of the Pear Street condo project. Here’s Moomaw earlier in the week on how faced with lack of support from both the public and Council the developer asked the project be withdrawn.
• Councilman Baliles introduced resolution 2014-156 which would authorize the City to pursue acquiring some land in Shockoe Bottom for development–whether that be a baseball stadium or something else. This resolution was continued.
• Council passed resolution 2014-155, which funds the Floyd Avenue Bike Boulevard (aka “RVA bike-walk street”) to the tune of $417,418. The final plan for the boulevard is still up in the air.
• Here’s our quick piece about the evolution of Richmond’s interest in its City Council

Tweets from last night

I don't always like Mondays, but when I do, it's because #rvacouncil is back.— Mark Robinson (@__MarkRobinson) September 8, 2014

There was a massive, 35-item consent agenda for first #RVACouncil meeting since mid-July. Almost all of it being pulled or continued— Graham Moomaw (@gmoomaw) September 8, 2014

There is a small dog in attendance at tonight's #rvacouncil meeting. pic.twitter.com/sC8dOjdCfu— Ned Oliver (@nedoliver) September 8, 2014

Chris Dorsey barked "CRIMINAL" at the president of the Richmond Federal Reserve, which is an effective, proven way to fix things #rvacouncil— Taber Andrew Bain (@taber) September 8, 2014

25 UR students, faculty, and staff attend first #RVAcouncil meeting of the fall semester. #RVAgov #SpidersInRVA pic.twitter.com/Kqci8LcrRu— Bonner CCE At UR (@urengage) September 8, 2014

#bringbackthebeard #rvacouncil #parkeragelesto— Ben Bromley (@benuski) September 8, 2014

Reva wants to take back a paper that was passed on the consent agenda. Seriously. She wants a do-over. This is not a thing #rvacouncil— Taber Andrew Bain (@taber) September 9, 2014

I defy anyone to write a coherent headline from that #RVACouncil meeting— Graham Moomaw (@gmoomaw) September 9, 2014

For the record, he went with “Pear Street condo plan withdrawn by Richmond council”.

Photo by: Marc Tomik

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