The Land Use, Housing, and Transportation Standing Committee met on April 21, 2026, at approximately 1:45 PM (EDT) to consider several ordinances, resolutions, and appointments, and to receive presentations from GRTC and the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority. The meeting lasted about two hours.
Madam Clerk, we'll call this meeting order. Please proceed with the chamber emergency evacuation announcement. Upon activation of the emergency and law signal, all persons should immediately exit the building. Please use the exits to the life left. Do not use elevators or escalators. Uh let's do approval of the minutes and then we'll do boards and vacancies. Okay. The minutes to be approved from the March 17th, 2026 land use housing and transportation standing committee meeting. If there are no amendments or corrections in those meeting minutes, stand approved as presented. Those minutes have been approved. Good afternoon, Chair Jones, Vice Chair Robertson, Mr. Breton, Pamela Nichols, Council Management Analyst. The report before you actually consist of two vacancies, which were previously considered by this committee, and then prior to council's appointment of those individuals, a request were made to send the recommendations back to this committee. So starting with the commission of architecture review, for the one vacancy, we receive an additional application from Daniel Payne, and we have received support from city staff for Daniel Payne to be considered for appointment. And then moving down to the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Since the last time this committee considered, which that for Kyle Elliott, he submitted a reappointment application. And then the reappointment application for Andy Jackson was referred back to this committee from by city council. And then in addition to that, we received an application from Chelsea Higg-Wise, Kevin Marchman, and he contacted our office and wanted to note that on his application, he put in error that he was not a city resident. However, he is a resident of the city and he resides in the 6th district, but his application shows that he is not. He said he was not. It was just he was confused on the application. And then we have an application from Brittany Watson and Sally Wiley. So there are two vacancies to be considered. And that's the one for architecture review and the enrichment redevelopment, correct? Um, so the first vacancy um for our um for carr, the recommendations for Daniel Payne, and then for Richmond V development and housing authority. There are two vacancies that you all are considering today. All right. So what are we? Do you want us to zoom individually or you want us to do it as a block would be fine? Okay if you're all comfortable. Um chair. We um uh I'd like to recommend uh not most ideal, but I think there's severe increased conversation that are being had with the housing authority at the present time, and we would like I would request that we continue delay and continue the appointment for the Richmond Redevelopment Housing Authority. I support the uh recommendation for the commission of architecture review. A second and would you like to continue that to July or next month? July would be fine. That's fine. Wonderful, thank you. Thank you so much. Accept the app. Is that it? Okay. The committee is voting on the motion to forward the board recommendation of the commission of architecture review and to continue the board recommendations for the board of the commissioners for the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority as stated to council. Mr. Breton, aye. Vice Chair Robertson. Aye, Chair Jones. Aye. That motion has been approved. Thank you all. Thank you.