Half-way through the seasonal street cleaning, we’re hearing that the city is being extra vigilant about towing vehicles that are parked in the way of the cleaning.

A Save Richmond piece on mayoral candidate Pantele linked out to the Virginia Public Access Project. VPAP is a non-profit group the makes it easy to access the public records of who has donated how much to a candidate for office.

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Due to the excessive heat, the city has opened the East District Center @ 701 North 25th Street as a cooling center. Bottled water will be provided, but no food will be available. Pets are not permitted, with the exception of services animals. For more information, call Richmond Social Services at 646-7046.

A Union Hill resident has shared that the city has cut back on cutting the grass around Jefferson Park and that some folks are worried that this could create an unsafe environment at the park this summer.

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Today at the 7th District Meeting, Seventh District Representative and Council VP Delores McQuinn announced officially that she will be running for reelection. Petitions of support are circulating the community.

Seventh District Representative and Council VP Delores McQuinn hosted a lively but sparsely attended meeting this morning at Mt.Carmel Baptist Church. Kristen Heckman and Pam Jones of Fulton Hill Properties gave an update on the proposed Oakwood Heights development, McQuinn gave updates on some upcoming events, and the community voiced concerns and shared information.

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RPS Superintendent Jewell-Sherman has tendered her resignation. Chief Monroe is leaving. Mayor Wilder will not run for reelection. … Anybody asked Director Creecy if he’s sticking around?

7th District Representative and City Council VP Delores McQuinn will be hosting a 7th District Community Meeting this Saturday, May 17th from 11AM–1PM at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church (3200 East Broad Street). Agenda items include the Oakwood Heights Condominium Project, 7th District Community Concerns, and a 7th District Police Report update.

The City of Richmond Youth and Workforce Development Division is now accepting Youth Eligibility Pre-Screening Applications for the 2008 City of Richmond Youth Academy Summer Session from May 1- May 30, 2008.  The Youth Academy Summer Session will offer participants, ages 14 to 17 workforce opportunities and placement from Monday, June 30, 2008 to Friday, August 8, 2008. 

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There will be a 7th District Community Meeting hosted by 7th District Council Rep. Delores McQuinn on Tuesday, April 29th from 6-7PM @ The John Coleman Building Recreation Center (1708 North 22nd Street).

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A work crew hit a water main on 29th Street just south of Leigh today. Anybody lose water?

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7th District’s City Council Representative Delores L. McQuinn and Better Housing Coalition will be hosting a meeting regarding the rezoning of the former Beckstoffers millwork site this Thursday, April 10 @6:30PM at Good Shepherd Baptist Church (1127 N 28th Street).

Please join us to hear about this exciting mixed-use development opportunity and participate in a community discussion.

Councilwoman McQuinn will hold a Community Meeting on Monday, March 31st at 1:00PM at the East District Center to discuss a threat by Mayor Wilder to cut trash pickup if city council reduces the real estate tax rate.

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The agenda for Monday’s City Council meeting has a few items of specific neighborhood interest, including the request for all-way stops on Venable, the installation of telecommunications equipment on 38th Street, waiving setback requirements on 24th Street, and funding the Mechanicsville Turnpike and Mosby Street Hazard Elimination Safety Project.

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The RTD is reporting 7th District Richmond School Board representative Keith West call for a consolidation of some school system and city departments: “It makes no sense for us to be duplicating services the city already provides [...] Why do we need two accounts-payable departments when the city is doing the banking anyway?” In related news, School Board Chairman George Braxton has removed West as the board’s finance, budget and audit committee chairman calling him “a disappointment to just about everyone else on the board”.

Interested neighbors from around the East End are invited to a meeting on traffic, roads, congestion and future thoroughfares in and around our community. The March meeting of the Church Hill Association will feature Tom Flynn (City’s Traffic Manager) and Brooke Harding (Community Planning) as guest speakers. This meeting is open to the public. [via]

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From the notes of Monday’s City Council meeting:

Ord. No. 2008-18 (Patron: Vice-President McQuinn) - To erect all-way stop signs at the intersections of Twenty-First and Venable Streets, Venable and Jessamine Streets, and Venable and Tulip Streets. (CONTINUED TO MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2008)

A new reader writes: “I am new in the neighborhood. How do I recycle?”

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Letters have been sent out to neighborhood residents from Richmond CFO Harry Black about the move by Henrico to change the mailing addresses of county residents that currently have a Richmond mailing address. The letter reads in part:

The residential address or business property to which this letter was mailed is physically located within the city of Richmond. Therefore, a change of your postal address from Richmond, VA to Henrico, VA will not change the locality to which you will remit any taxes [...].

This is confusing; why are Church Hill residents getting this letter?

A brief interview with Acting Director of the Department of Public Works Rosemary Green outlining the new ordinance regarding city residents responsibilities for timely removal and placement of Supercans and recycling bins from the public rights of way.

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