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Vote Tracking - Charlottesville City Council
This article is a curated effort to present recorded votes on various high-interest issues that come before the Charlottesville City Council. It is not a comprehensive coverage of City Hall. Official voting records on these and other issues, can be found at [1] including meeting details and other topics.
November 19, 2018, regular meeting
Agenda items tracked at this meeting:
Equity Fund Allocation to New Hill Development Corporation - $500,000
Agenda item No. 4 - Resolution - Issues: Funding Request Equity Fund Allocation to New Hill Development Corporation - $500,000 (1st of 1 reading) Title:Allocation of Racial Engagement and Equity Funds to New Hill]
- This item authorizes $500,000 (a third of the Equity Fund) to a start-up nonprofit, New Hill Development Corporation, to building Charlottesville’s African-American middle class. New Hill is to conduct financial training programs and draft a small area plan for Charlottesville’s Starr Hill neighborhood, including the former historical community of Vinegar Hill, which is bordered by the railroad tracks, Preston Avenue, West Main Street and Ridge-McIntire Road. The small area plan is intended to improve the lives of residents of the neighborhood and creating job and housing opportunities. The donation agreement requires New Hill to provide three-and six-month updates to the city council. If New Hill does not provide the council with the small area plan and evidence of the financial training program within nine months, the nonprofit will return the funds to the city.
- Agency Budget Review Team (ABRT) recommendations: Not reviewed
- Public Hearing: Not required / not called
- Requester: Yolunda Harrell, CEO and Board Chair, New Hill Development Corporation
- Sponsored Legislation: Wes Bellamy and Kathy Galvin, Charlottesville City Councilmembers
- Presenters: Jason Ness, Office of Economic Development; Amanda Poncy, Neighborhood Development Services
Final vote: PASSED [2]
FOR : 4 | AGAINST : 1 | OTHER : 0 |
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November 5, 2018, regular meeting
Agenda items tracked at this meeting:
Interim Bicycle & E-Scooter Sharing System Permit Program Regulations
Agenda item No. 6 - Resolution - Issues: Dockless bikes and scooters, Transportation Title:Interim Bicycle & E-Scooter Sharing System (aka “Dockless Mobility”) Permit Program Regulations This item would create a pilot program to test dockless bike share in Charlottesville and a permitting process for permanent operations. Dockless bike share involves using an app to unlock bikes-for-rent and then leaving them anywhere when done. This regulation would include creation of parking corrals in certain areas throughout the commercial district (such as the Corner, West Main Street and the Downtown Mall). Permit holders will be required to implement a marketing and targeted community outreach plan to provide these services and promote the safe use of bicycle sharing and e-scooter sharing, particularly among low-income communities. If approved, the program will begin on November 13, 2018 and run for about eight months up to the fall of 2019.
- Legislation Sponsor:
- Presenters: Jason Ness, Office of Economic Development; Amanda Poncy, Neighborhood Development Services
Final vote: PASSED [4]
External Links [5]
References
- ↑ http://www.charlottesville.org/departments-and-services/departments-a-g/city-council | Charlottesville City Council’s official webpage
- ↑ http://www.charlottesville.org/home/showdocument?id=63527 | Approval of Dockless Mobility Pilot Program
- ↑ https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/articles/city-donates-third-of-equity-fund-to-new-nonprofit/
- ↑ http://www.charlottesville.org/home/showdocument?id=63527 | Approval of Dockless Mobility Pilot Program
- ↑ https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/articles/lime-awarded-permit-to-operate-bike-scooter-sharing-in-city/ | UPDATE: Lime scooters, bikes arrive in city