The Organizational Development Standing Committee of the Richmond City Council met on June 1, 2026, to consider two ordinances establishing citizen commissions for the code refresh and master plan implementation, hear public testimony, receive reports from Reynolds Community College and the Polco community survey, and forward the ordinances to the full council.
Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. The Organizational Development Standing Committee of the Richmond City Council will now come to order. Mr. Clerk, if you would provide us with the chamber emergency evacuation plan announcement and public speaker guidelines. Upon activation of the emergency alarm signal, all persons should immediately exit the building. Please use the exits to the left or right front of the council chamber or the north or south stairwell outside the rear doors of the chamber. Do not use elevators or escalators. After exiting the building, security will direct everyone down ninth street to the fenced area located between Clay and Lee Streets. Able persons should assist visually and hearing impaired visitors with exiting the building. Individuals wishing to speak during public hearings are generally allowed three minutes to speak. Persons appearing before the committee are not allowed to campaign for public office, promote private business ventures, use language of a personal nature which insults or demeans any person, including comments directed at public officials or staff members that are not related to their official duties, or address or question staff members directly. All questions are to be directed to the committee chair. Failure to adhere to the guidelines may result in speakers forfeiting any remaining time and further disciplinary action as necessary, which could include borrowing from attendance at future committee meetings for a period of six months. Solicit a motion from those members physically assembled to approve Mr. Breton's participation in the meeting by electronic communication meetings. Ms. Gibson. Yes. Ms. Jones. Aye. Miss Robertson. Aye. Ms. Trammell. Aye. Ms. Abubacher. Aye. And President New Bill. Aye. That motion has been approved. Thank you. Now, Mr. Clark, let's proceed with the approval of minutes and then the papers for consideration. The minutes to be approved are from the Monday, March 2nd, 2026 Organizational Development Standing Committee meeting. And if there are no corrections or amendments, then the minutes will be approved as presented. Those minutes have been approved. Thank you. Let's proceed with the two items in terms of docking. There are two papers before the committee this afternoon. Ordinance 2026 092 is to establish the code refresh review commission for the purpose of developing optimal recommendations for a forthcoming rewrite of the city's zoning ordinance based upon best practices and expert and community input and ordinance 2026 096 to establish the resident planning review commission for the purpose of advising the council concerning the city's implementation of the master plan. Those papers are before the committee. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Would the patron of the first paper like to make any comment? Councilmember Dremel. No worry. Was the one that you were patron of before we proceed with public hearing?