Meeting - October 31, 2019

League Board and we would be happy to assist. V. The Maymont Civic League gave approval on getting a P . O. Box. More details to come. VI. Lt. Woo presented his neighborhood report: crime has continuedto decrease. Car thefts are the biggest issue (3 thefts in T exas Beachparking lot cameras have been installed). T exas Beach looks goodoverall. The Richmond Police has been working with VCU to educatestudents. He reminded the neighborhood to call in any report. VII. Amy Robins presented a report on behalf of our City Councilmember, Parker Agelasto. She reminded the neighborhood of the RVA 311 app for problems around the City, especially regarding pot-holes . She informed the neighborhood of several important dates:October 24 – Navy Hill report at St. Andrews; September 25 – City Council candidate forum at Richmond City Democratic Committeebuilding. She mentioned the City’s tax abatement for personal prop-erty tax program and said they are fixing the brochures and shouldbe circulated around Thanksgiving time . The City’s lead paint pro-gram is not getting much attention from City residents so pleasecontact Parker’s office for information on how to qualify for this pro-gram as well . VIII. The Maymont sidewalk issue is being resolved as there wereconcerns about disruption of the trees on Pennsylvania . IX. Crystal with RRHA discussed Project Homes and Habitat for Hu-manity houses in the neighborhood . 18 homes in Phase 1 are almostcomplete. There will be a dedication for a home on Kansas Street in November and it would be nice to see a neighborhood presence . 16homes will be part of Phase 2. There are many volunteer opportuni-ties which can be found on the Habitat for Humanity website (orchecking the Maymont Civic League Facebook page) . X. Three City Council candidates shared their backgrounds, plat-forms, and their reasons for running for the 5th District City Councilseats . These included Mamie T aylor, Robin Mines, and Thad Williamson. X. A proposal was presented to the neighbors by Lori Markum aboutthe property on 1901 Georgia (corner of Kansas and Georgia) . Thebuilders are requesting a special exception to the setback rule be-cause of several unique features of the property (corner lot, emptylot behind it) . The plans show blueprints for a modern house andmany neighbors expressed concerns about the aesthetics . Directneighbors expressed concerns about the height of the proposedhouse. There will be a meeting on October 3 with the City and theneighborhood’s opinion will be taken into consideration . Neighborsbrought up points about this exception becoming a slippery slope ofexemptions while others expressed concerns with never allowingexceptions becoming an issue in the future . The neighbors were un-able to come to a full agreement on the issue. XI. Two more City Council candidates shared their backgrounds,platforms, and their reasons for running for the 5th District City Council seats . These two included Jer’Mykeal Mc Coy and Stephanie Lynch. XII. The meeting was adjourned. The next meeting will be Monday,November 18, 2019 at 7:00PM. 27 neighbors and community members were in attendance. Mark Brandon, President, introduced the Board.2019 MEETING MINUTES, MEETING MINUTESMEETING MINUTES MAY 20,2019