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*[[October 7]] – Charlottesville City Council approves special use permit for second phase of [[Six Hundred West Main]] <ref name="approval">{{cite web|title=C'Ville City Council Approves Special Use Permit for Phase 2 of Heirloom West Main Development|url=https://www.nbc29.com/story/41151811/cville-city-council-votes-to-approve-special-use-permit-for-phase-2-of-heirloom-west-main-development|author=Moriah Davis|work=News Article|publisher=NBC29|location=|publishdate=October 7, 2019|accessdate=October 8, 2019}}</ref> | *[[October 7]] – Charlottesville City Council approves special use permit for second phase of [[Six Hundred West Main]] <ref name="approval">{{cite web|title=C'Ville City Council Approves Special Use Permit for Phase 2 of Heirloom West Main Development|url=https://www.nbc29.com/story/41151811/cville-city-council-votes-to-approve-special-use-permit-for-phase-2-of-heirloom-west-main-development|author=Moriah Davis|work=News Article|publisher=NBC29|location=|publishdate=October 7, 2019|accessdate=October 8, 2019}}</ref> | ||
*[[October 15]] ndash; Ground is broken for new eight-story building on Garrett Street to serve as new headquarters for [[Apex Clean Energy]] <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Local energy company building efficient headquarters with low carbon footprint|url=https://www.dailyprogress.com/business/local-energy-company-building-efficient-headquarters-with-low-carbon-footprint/article_c4808f28-2777-5e78-8e30-e2693e6175eb.html|author=Bryan McKenzie|pageno=|printdate=October 16, 2019|publishdate=October 15, 2019|accessdate=October 18, 2019}}</ref> | *[[October 15]] – Ground is broken for new eight-story building on Garrett Street to serve as new headquarters for [[Apex Clean Energy]] <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Local energy company building efficient headquarters with low carbon footprint|url=https://www.dailyprogress.com/business/local-energy-company-building-efficient-headquarters-with-low-carbon-footprint/article_c4808f28-2777-5e78-8e30-e2693e6175eb.html|author=Bryan McKenzie|pageno=|printdate=October 16, 2019|publishdate=October 15, 2019|accessdate=October 18, 2019}}</ref> | ||
== Elections == | == Elections == |
Revision as of 11:44, 18 October 2019
National Events
- June 11 – The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the 2019 Census Test will begin this week, as approximately 480,000 housing units across the country receive a questionnaire testing the operational effects of including a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. The 2019 Census Test will randomly assign households to two panels and ask them to respond to the 2020 Census questions. Panel A will include the question on citizenship, Panel B will not.[1]
Events
- March 11 – Tom Berry is named as the interim director of the Emergency Communications Center [2]
- April 8 – The city announced the hiring of Tarron Richardson as City Manager, the city’s highest executive position.[3]
- April 8 – Charlottesville City Council approves FY 2020 Budget. Total General Fund Budget of $188,863,920 represents a 5.08% increase over FY 2019.[4]
- April 15 – The City Council plans to ratify city manager candidate Tarron Richardson's contract.[5]
- May 25 – The implosion of University Hall, the former home of the University of Virginia’s basketball programs, was set for 10 a.m.[6] Completed in 1965, "U-Hall" (shorthanded nickname for University Hall) was the home court of UVA’s men’s and women’s basketball teams until John Paul Jones Arena opened in 2006.
- June 4 – At the Charlottesville Board of Elections meeting, Anne Hemenway, Chair announced that a closed meeting would be held for the purpose of interviewing candidates for the position of General Registrar for the City of Charlottesville. The position currently held by Rosanna Bencoach.
- Tuesday, June 11 – at 7:00 p.m, the Canvass and Provisional Meeting for the primary was convened in the office of the Charlottesville General Registrar for the included purpose of compiling the results of the June 11, 2019 Primary Election for the 2019 General Election.
- June 19 – Albemarle County Board of Supervisors adopts revision of Pantops Master Plan [7]
- July – Charlottesville Voter Registrar Rosanna Bencoach plans to step down this month. Bencoach told the Charlottesville Board of Elections in December 2018 that she would not seek reappointment to another four-year term. Her tenure started in early 2015.[8]
- July 1 – In accordance with the Charlottesville City Council's approved FY 2020 Budget, the Meals Tax rate will increase from 5% to 6% and the Transient Occupancy (Lodging) Tax rate will increase from 7% to 8% in the City. [9] Albemarle County has a 4 percent meals tax, the maximum rate that a county can adopt under state law. [10]
- July 1 – The Charlottesville City Council voted to officially remove Thomas Jefferson's birthday, April 13, as a holiday. It added two other holidays. [11]
- July 10 – Albemarle County has a soft opening for the Brook Hill River Park [12]
- July 13 – Historical market memorializing the lynching of John Henry James unveiled in Court Square [13]
- July 15 – Last payday for Charlottesville’s former police chief Alfred S. Thomas Jr who remained on city payroll after stepping down in December 2017. Thomas’ annual salary was $134,514. [14]
- October 7 – Charlottesville City Council approves special use permit for second phase of Six Hundred West Main [15]
- October 15 – Ground is broken for new eight-story building on Garrett Street to serve as new headquarters for Apex Clean Energy [16]
Elections
- Tuesday, June 11 – the 2019 election Primary Elections were held.
- November 5 – November General Elections (State Senate, State House, School boards, Municipal government). see: 2019 election
Deaths
- July 21 – *2019 – Karenne Wood, Native American anthropologist [17]
Images
View of west entrance to University Hall, circa April 2018.
View of west entrance to University Hall a few hours of after implosion on May 25, 2019.
References
- ↑ https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2019/2019-test-begins.html
- ↑ Web. Emergency Communications Director Announces Resignation, News Article, WVIR NBC29, Charlottesville, VA, March 11, 2019, retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ↑ Web. Tarron Richardson to become next city manager, Emily Hays, Charlottesville Tomorrow, April 8, 2019, retrieved May 23, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.charlottesville.org/home/showdocument?id=65539
- ↑ Web. Tarron Richardson to become next city manager, Emily Hays, Charlottesville Tomorrow, April 8, 2019, retrieved May 23, 2019.
- ↑ Web. Implosion of University Hall Set for May 25, Jim Daves, UVA Today, May 1, 2019, retrieved May 2, 2019.
- ↑ Web. Pantops Master Plan, Website, Albemarle County Department of Community Development, retrieved July 20, 2019.
- ↑ Web. Charlottesville's voter registrar won’t seek reappointment, Nolan Stout, The Daily Progress, April 3, 2019, retrieved June 24, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.nbc29.com/story/40271828/charlottesville-city-council-approves-fy-2020-budget
- ↑ https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/articles/charlottesville-restaurant-owners-seek-changes-to
- ↑ Web. City council votes to remove Thomas Jefferson holiday, By Brianna Hamblin, CBS19NEWS.COM, July 02, 2019, Updated Tue 12:04 PM, Jul 02, 2019, retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ↑ Web. Albemarle County “soft opens” Brook Hill River Park, News Article, Newsradio 1070 WINA, July 12, 2019, retrieved July 12, 2019.
- ↑ Web. Marker honoring local lynching victims unveiled, Allison Wrabel, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, July 12, 2019, retrieved July 12, 2019.
- ↑ Web. Former Charlottesville police chief getting city paycheck until July, Ruth Serven Smith & Nolan Stout, The Daily Progress, October 1, 2018, retrieved June 24, 2019.
- ↑ Web. C'Ville City Council Approves Special Use Permit for Phase 2 of Heirloom West Main Development, Moriah Davis, News Article, NBC29, October 7, 2019, retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ↑ Web. Local energy company building efficient headquarters with low carbon footprint, Bryan McKenzie, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, October 15, 2019, retrieved October 18, 2019.
- ↑ Web. Karenne Wood remembered for lifetime of work advocating for indigenous Virginians, Ruth Serven Smith, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, July 28, 2019, retrieved July 28, 2019.