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Richmond Planning Commission Meeting Summary - July 22, 2026

City Council — Wednesday, July 22, 2026
BodyRichmond, Virginia
SessionCity Council
DateWednesday, July 22, 2026
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0:01

Planning and before we get started, there's been some indication in some publications that I've seen that the code refreshes on tonight's docket.

0:14

I just want to make sure that there wasn't any misconception among the people who are in attendance.

0:20

There is nothing on the code of pressure on the docket tonight.

0:24

Well, we're glad to have you here.

0:26

Thanks for coming.

0:28

Madam Secretary, would you give the electronic note?

0:33

This meeting is being recorded and held in person in the fifth floor conference room of City Hall.

0:37

While staff and a quorum of planning commissioners are attending the meeting in person, citizens may choose to participate in the meeting virtually.

0:43

All written comments that were received by email prior to 12 p.m.

0:47

today have been provided to the planning commissioners in advance of the meeting.

0:50

During the public comment period, speakers will be asked to limit their comments to three minutes for an individual or five minutes of representative group.

0:57

Thank you so much.

1:01

Mr.

1:01

Poole?

1:02

Here.

1:03

Ms.

1:03

Greenfield?

1:04

Here.

1:04

Ms.

1:04

Ebert?

1:05

Here.

1:05

Snight?

1:06

Here.

1:06

Mr.

1:06

Pennick?

1:07

Here.

1:07

Ms.

1:08

Robertson.

1:08

Here.

1:09

Ms.

1:09

Rowe.

1:10

Here.

1:10

Mr.

1:10

White?

1:11

Here.

1:11

And Mr.

1:12

McKenzie?

1:12

Here.

1:13

All are present.

1:15

Very much.

1:16

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a minute from July 7th, 2026.

1:22

Through a motion.

1:24

Second.

1:25

Any discussion.

1:28

Question.

1:30

You're voting on approval of the minutes of July 7th, 2026.

1:35

Please call the roll.

1:36

Mr.

1:36

Poole.

1:37

Stay.

1:38

Ms.

1:38

Greenfield.

1:39

Aye.

1:40

Ms.

1:40

Ebert?

1:41

Aye.

1:41

Ms.

1:41

Knight.

1:42

Aye.

1:42

Mr.

1:42

Pennick.

1:43

Aye.

1:44

Ms.

1:44

Robertson.

1:44

Let's say.

1:45

Ms.

1:46

Rowe?

1:46

Aye.

1:47

Mr.

1:47

White?

1:47

Aye.

1:48

And Mr.

1:48

McKenzie.

1:49

Let's say.

1:51

And that motion passes, and those minutes have been approved.

1:54

So much.

1:55

Mr.

1:56

Director, do you have a report?

1:58

I think it's it's very good.

2:00

Do you have any continues of deletions from the event?

2:03

We do not.

2:04

And we could please present the consent agenda.

2:09

For the consent agenda, we have item two, ordinance 2026-167 to authorize the special use of the property known as 1110 Oakwood Avenue for the purpose of transitional housing upon certain terms and conditions.

2:20

Item three, ordinance 2026-168 to amend and reordain ordinance number 2025-152 adopted July 28th, 2025, which authorizes special use of the property known as 2300 Ingram Avenue for the purpose of up to seven single family and flash dwellings upon certain terms and conditions to modify the addresses included in the special use in the plans.

2:40

And item four, UDC 2026-08, the location character and extent review of the proposed architecture for the archaeological pavilion over the historic Lumpkin's jail site, part of the Shaco campus project.

2:51

We're looking at 1500 East Frankie Street.

2:53

That is the consent agenda.

2:55

Are there any questions concerning the consent agenda from members of the commission?

3:01

Mr.

3:02

No questions, I will be abstaining from item four agenda.

3:06

And I would just like to say on behalf of the project team, which I'm a member of, this has certainly been a long time coming.

3:16

It's very exciting that we're in phase two of the Shaco Project, the Chaco Institute opening a few months ago.

3:23

Um is a small but mighty piece of architecture, which is as complicated as you can imagine, being uh next to Yard Sewer and under the floodway and next to Main Street Station and a budding I-95.

3:40

Um couple of years of very hard work.

3:45

Thank you, senior project manager Leo Mantey.

3:48

We've gotten to this point.

3:51

Please make the note that when we vote with respect to the consent agenda that will be abstanding on item number four.

4:00

Yes.

4:01

Hearing no questions from other than that from the commission, I'll open a public hearing and ask if there's any member of the public who wishes to speak with respect to any item on the consent agenda.

4:16

Anyone online?

4:18

I am not seeing anyone online.

4:20

Now close the public hearing.

4:24

Ask the come bring it back to the commission and ask if there's a motion on the consent.

4:29

The consent agenda, Mr.

4:30

Chair.

4:31

Second.

4:32

Any discussion.

4:34

Please call the question.

4:36

We're voting on approval of the consent agenda.

4:39

Call the roll.

4:41

Mr.

4:41

Poole.

4:42

Aye.

4:42

Ms.

4:42

Greenfield, aye.

4:43

Ms.

4:44

Ebert.

4:44

Aye.

4:45

Ms.

4:45

Knight.

4:45

Aye.

4:46

Mr.

4:46

Pennick.

4:46

Aye.

4:47

We accept item four.

4:48

Ms.

4:49

Robertson.

4:49

Aye.

4:50

Ms.

4:50

Rowe.

4:51

Mr.

4:51

White.

4:52

Aye.

4:52

And Mr.

4:53

McKenzie.

4:54

Aye.

4:54

Okay.

4:54

That motion passes and the consent agenda has been approved.

4:58

Thank you very much.

5:00

Not been any additions to the regular agenda.

5:02

That's my knowledge.

5:05

Is it is there a council action update and upcoming items?

5:09

We do not have a council action update.

5:11

We haven't, they have not met since we have last met.

5:13

Um there are a couple of items that potentially are going to be on August 4th.

5:17

Currently, the only set is going to be the rear monument case.

5:19

That one was continued to August 4th.

5:21

Um and then uh the Lumpkin's gel site should come back on August 4th, depending on the public art commission uh meeting.

5:33

So the August 4th meeting will be the short meeting and not the next one in August will be the long meeting.

5:40

The fourth the sh I I apologize, sorry, not the Lumpkin's shell.

5:44

Why did you not correct me?

5:45

Shock of streets, the Shaco Streets project is still it's still going to the public art commission.

5:49

Um and for some reason if public art commission does not meet, they'll they'll have to continue that item, and so that would not be on August 4th.

5:56

But as long as their meeting goes as planned, then that item will be on the August 4th agenda.

6:05

Any other questions or comments from members of the commission?

6:18

Yeah, I just want you to do that.

6:20

Do we need to shake on our uh arrangement?

6:28

I have I have a note for myself and I'll try to do that.

6:38

And she wanted to make sure that you signed it when Bart was sitting right next to the first.

7:04

That's out there.

7:05

The roads are nasty, yeah.

7:06

Yeah, it's fine.

7:11

Yeah, it seems like we've had two.

7:19

Make sure I don't see anything wrong.

7:21

She'll give me an answer tomorrow.

7:22

I will get you an answer tomorrow.

7:24

Thank you.

7:25

And then I don't think there's anything.

7:32

Yeah.

7:33

Not much to report tonight.

7:35

Well I like in house too.

7:38

Where am I talking about?

7:43

What do we need if the project?

7:45

I don't know.

7:45

I would like to know if that's all you're today.

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Summary of Proceedings

Richmond Planning Commission Meeting - July 22, 2026

The City of Richmond Planning Commission met on July 22, 2026, to act on a light consent agenda. Discrepancy Note: The official meeting minutes list the meeting date as Tuesday, July 21, 2026, conflicting with the provided date of July 22, 2026. The provided date has been used as instructed. The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by Chair Poole. Nine commissioners were present, all voting members. The meeting was brief, adjourning at 6:06 PM.

Consent Calendar

The Commission considered three items on the consent agenda as a single block, with a combined staff presentation and public hearing.

  • Item 2 (ORD. 2026-167): Authorization for a special use permit to allow transitional housing at 1110 Oakwood Avenue (7th District). The Commission recommended approval to the City Council.
  • Item 3 (ORD. 2026-168): An amendment to a prior special use permit (Ord. No. 2025-152) for up to seven single-family attached dwellings at 2300 Ingram Avenue (8th District), modifying the addresses and plans. The Commission recommended approval to the City Council.
  • Item 4 (UDC 2026-08): A Location, Character, and Extent (LCE) review for the proposed architectural pavilion over the historic Lumpkin's Jail site, part of the larger Shockoe Campus project at 1500 East Franklin Street. Commissioner Pinnock, who identified himself as a senior project manager on the project team, recused himself from this vote. He expressed his enthusiasm for the project, calling it a "small but mighty piece of architecture" and noted the technical complexities of building near a sewer, floodway, Main Street Station, and I-95. The architecture was approved by the Commission.

The consent agenda was adopted unanimously, with Commissioner Pinnock's abstention on Item 4 noted.

Public Comments & Testimony

There were no speakers during the public comment period for the consent agenda, either in person or online.

Director's Report & Upcoming Items

  • Code Refresher: Chair Poole clarified at the start of the meeting that there were no code refresher items on the evening's docket, correcting a potential public misconception.
  • Council Action Update: The Director reported that the City Council had not met since the prior Planning Commission session.
  • Future Agenda: Potential items for the August 4, 2026 meeting were discussed. The Rezoning Monument Avenue case is set to appear as a continuation. The Shockoe Streets project is anticipated to appear, contingent on the schedule of the Public Art Commission.

Key Outcomes

  • Minutes Approved: The minutes from the July 7, 2026 meeting were approved with 6 ayes and 3 abstentions (Commissioners Poole, Robertson, and McKenzie).
  • Consent Agenda Adopted: The entire consent agenda was adopted unanimously. Items 2 and 3 were forwarded to the City Council with a recommendation for approval. Item 4 received final architectural approval from the Commission.
  • Commissioner Recusal: Commissioner Pinnock formally abstained from voting on Item 4 (Lumpkin's Jail pavilion) due to his direct involvement as a member of the project team.

Meeting Transcript

Planning and before we get started, there's been some indication in some publications that I've seen that the code refreshes on tonight's docket. I just want to make sure that there wasn't any misconception among the people who are in attendance. There is nothing on the code of pressure on the docket tonight. Well, we're glad to have you here. Thanks for coming. Madam Secretary, would you give the electronic note? This meeting is being recorded and held in person in the fifth floor conference room of City Hall. While staff and a quorum of planning commissioners are attending the meeting in person, citizens may choose to participate in the meeting virtually. All written comments that were received by email prior to 12 p.m. today have been provided to the planning commissioners in advance of the meeting. During the public comment period, speakers will be asked to limit their comments to three minutes for an individual or five minutes of representative group. Thank you so much. Mr. Poole? Here. Ms. Greenfield? Here. Ms. Ebert? Here. Snight? Here. Mr. Pennick? Here. Ms. Robertson. Here. Ms. Rowe. Here. Mr. White? Here. And Mr. McKenzie? Here. All are present. Very much. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a minute from July 7th, 2026. Through a motion. Second. Any discussion. Question. You're voting on approval of the minutes of July 7th, 2026. Please call the roll. Mr. Poole. Stay.

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