Wednesday, July 10, 2013
First Ever: Councilwoman Ellen Robertson to showcase Highland Park Neighborhood by holding Community Tour and Celebration
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
Richmond City Council – Richmond City Hall - 900 E. Broad Street, Suite 200 - Richmond, VA 23219 - www.council.richmondva.gov
COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
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Wednesday, 10 July 2013
First Ever: Councilwoman Ellen Robertson to showcase Highland Park Neighborhood by holding Community Tour and Celebration
Free: Door Prizes; Refreshments; Bus Tours; Pet CPR Training; and, Bicycle Give-Aways and Repairs: Entire Richmond-metro community invited & encouraged to attend
WHAT (Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) -- The Honorable Ellen F. Robertson, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council, Gateway 6th Voter District, will hold a showcase of the Highland Park Neighborhood, located in the Richmond Gateway 6th Voter District. The event will be the first ever of its kind to be held and will include free Door Prizes; Refreshments; Bus Tours; Pet CPR Training; and, Bicycle Give-Aways and Repairs. The entire Richmond-metro community is invited and encouraged to attend.
This will be a fun-filled family event to celebrate and promote Richmond's historic Highland Park Neighborhood. Councilwoman Robertson will be joined by Richmond City Sheriff C. T. Woody, The Honorable Jennifer L. McClellan, Virginia State Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates 71st Voter District, The Honorable Shonda Harris-Muhammed, Trustee, Richmond Public Schools Board of Trustees, Gateway 6th Voter District.
The event is being sponsored by The Honorable Ellen F. Robertson, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council, Gateway 6th Voter District, S. L. Nusbaum Realty Company, Southside Community Development and Housing Corporation, RiverCity Blues Realty, Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, and Richmond Public Schools.
Established around 1890, the Highland Park Neighborhood is located in the northeastern part of Richmond and was a planned trolley suburb community (originally located in Henrico County) that was developed by the Highland Park Company.
The event will include bus tours of community amenities and two new major housing developments being built, which include Highland Grove and Matthews at Chestnut Hill. These two developments are exciting additions and outstanding opportunities for great living in the community.
The event is free and open to the public and the entire Richmond-metro community is invited and encouraged to attend. The celebration will include the following:
• Home Buying Workshops
• Free Refreshments
• Free Bicycle Give-Aways
• Free Bicycle Repairs
• Free Bus Tours
- Two New Major Housing Developments:
Highland Grove and Matthews at Chestnut Hill
- Hotchkiss Field/Anne Hardy Park
- Cannon Creek Greenway
- Historic Homes and Sites
• Community Organization Presentation Tables
• Pet CPR Training by Breath of Fresh Air (BOFA)
WHEN Saturday, July 13, 2013
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
WHERE Main Event to be held at
Richmond Public Schools
Overby-Sheppard Elementary School
2300 1st Avenue; Richmond Virginia
WHO The Honorable Ellen F. Robertson, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council
Gateway 6th Voter District
Richmond City Sheriff C. T. Woody
The Honorable Jennifer L. McClellan, Virginia State Delegate
Virginia House of Delegates 71st Voter District
The Honorable Shonda Harris-Muhammed, Trustee, Richmond Public Schools Board of Trustees, Gateway 6th Voter District.
CONTACT For more information, please contact Hope Elliott, Council Liaison for The Honorable Ellen F. Robertson, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council, Gateway 6th Voter District, at 804.646.7964 (tel), or hope.elliott@richmondgov.com (email)
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Steven R. Skinner, APR
Council Public Information Manager
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL CHIEF OF STAFF
Richmond City Hall
900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804.646.6052 (office)
804.335.4054 (mobile)
804.937.1386 (home/mobile)
804.646.5468 (fax)
steven.skinner@richmondgov.com (email)
www.council.richmondva.gov(website)
____________________________________________
MISSION The mission of Richmond City Council
is to represent citizens in creating and amending
local laws, providing government policy and
oversight, and approving the city budget.
VISION Richmond City Council is committed to
creating a vibrant community that is a great place
to live, work, learn, play, visit and raise a family.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Richmond City Council appoints Ms. Jean V. Capel as new City Clerk
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
Richmond City Council – Richmond City Hall - 900 E. Broad
Street, Suite 305 - Richmond, VA 23219 -
www.council.richmondva.gov
COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
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Monday, 8 July 2013
Richmond City Council appoints Ms. Jean V. Capel as new City
Clerk
Ms. Jean Capel: Duties to begin immediately
(Richmond, Virginia) - Richmond City Council tonight
(Monday, July 8, 2013) has adopted Resolution Number 2013-R154 during its
regular Richmond City Council Formal Meeting to appoint Ms. Jean V. Capel to
serve as the new City Clerk. Ms. Capel has served as Interim City Clerk since
March of this year. Her service as the City Clerk begins upon adoption of the
Resolution and is for an indefinite term.
Ms. Capel has
served as Deputy City Clerk of the Richmond City Council Office of the City
Clerk since January 2010. Prior to this, she served from 2006-2009 as the
Emporia City Clerk for the City of Emporia, Virginia. Ms. Capel earned her
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Saint Paul's College and is
a member of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, the National
League of Cities, the Virginia Municipal Clerks Association and the
International City/County Management Association.
Richmond City
Council congratulates Ms. Capel on her new position; applauds her experience,
dedication and expertise; and, looks forward to continuing to work with her in
her new role.
Ms. Capel's
duties as the City Clerk include providing oversight and management of the
Richmond City Council Office of the City Clerk as per those described in the
Richmond City Charter, which is described generally as follows:
Richmond City Charter
CHAPTER 4. COUNCIL
Section 4.04. City Clerk
The Council shall appoint a City Clerk for an indefinite
term. He/She shall be the Clerk of the Council, shall keep the journal if its
proceedings and shall file the original draft of all ordinances and shall
maintain an index of all such ordinances. He/She shall be the custodian of the
corporate seal of the City and shall be the officer authorized to use and
authenticate it. All records in his/her office shall be public records and open
to inspection at any time during regular business hours. He/She shall receive
compensation to be fixed by the Council and all fees received by him/her shall
be paid into the City treasury. He/She shall appoint and remove a deputy City
Clerk, who shall be authorized to act as acting City Clerk in the absence or
disability of the City Clerk, and all deputies and other employees in his/her
office, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by
this Charter or by ordinance. (Virginia General Assembly Acts 1977, chapter
513, Section 1; Acts 1998, chapter 711: Acts 2005, chapter 844, Section 1)
CONTACT For more
information, please contact Steve Skinner, Council Public Information
Manager, at 804.646.6052 (office tel) or 937.1386 (mobile) or steven.skinner@richmondgov.com
(email)
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Steven R. Skinner, APR
Council Public Information Manager
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL CHIEF OF STAFF
Richmond City Hall
900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305
Richmond, Virginia
23219
804.646.6052 (office)
804.335.4054 (mobile)
804.937.1386 (home/mobile)
804.646.5468 (fax)
steven.skinner@richmondgov.com (email)
www.council.richmondva.gov(website)
____________________________________________
MISSION The mission of Richmond City Council
is to represent citizens in creating and amending
local laws, providing government policy and
oversight, and approving the city budget.
VISION Richmond City Council is committed to
creating a vibrant community that is a great place
to live, work, learn, play, visit and raise a family.
Date change and cancellation: Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission meetings
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
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Hall - 900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305 - Richmond, VA 23219 - www.council.richmondva.gov
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ADVISORY
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Monday, 8 July 2013
Date change and cancellation:
Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission meetings
All Richmond Residents invited and
encouraged to attend
WHAT (Richmond,
Virginia U.S.A.) -- The Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission's upcoming
meeting schedule has been changed. Changes include a new date for the
previously posted meeting scheduled for July and the cancellation of the August
meeting. The meeting for July will now
be held on July 25, 2013 at the regular time and location. The July 11, 2013
meeting date has been canceled. The meeting scheduled for the month of August
has been canceled. No meeting will occur in August.
The
Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission typically holds monthly meetings
regarding its work and ongoing projects in helping to preserve and present the
history of slavery in Richmond. The upcoming scheduled meeting dates are listed
below. Meetings are typically scheduled to be held the first Thursday of each
month, beginning at 4:00 p.m., at the same location (note: meeting dates are
subject to change).
Meetings
are free and open to the public and all Richmond residents are invited and
encouraged to attend. The agenda for these meetings typically include the
following:
• Welcome
• New
Business
• Updates
• Committee
Reports
• Upcoming
Events
• Closing
Remarks/Adjournment
WHEN 4:00-5:30
p.m.
New
Date: Thursday, July 25, 2013 Thurs,
July 11, 2013
Canceled:
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Thursday,
September 5, 2013
Thursday,
October 3, 2013
Thursday,
November 7, 2013
Thursday,
December 5, 2013
WHERE Richmond
East District Initiative Government Services Building
701
N. 25th Street (In Richmond’s Historic East End)
WHO The
Honorable Delores L. McQuinn, Chairman, Richmond City Council Slave Trail
Commission; Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates - 70th Voter District
CONTACT For more information, please contact:
The
Honorable Delores L. McQuinn, Chairman, Richmond Slave Trail Commission
(Member, Virginia House of Delegates -70th Voter District) at 804.698.1070
(tel), or deldmcquinn@house.virginia.gov (email)
Background
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Richmond City Council Slave Trail
Commission
One of Richmond City Council's more
than 55 official boards, task forces and commissions that it has created and
that assists with providing oversight of certain projects and priorities, the
Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission is a government entity of Richmond
City Council that was established by Resolution Number 98-R 102-107, adopted
July 13, 1998, as amended by Resolution No. 2000-R111-109, adopted July 24,
2000, as amended by Resolution No. 2003-R132-123, adopted July 14, 2003, as
amended by Resolution No. 2003-R155-141, adopted September 8, 2003, as amended
by Resolution No. 2004-R125-131, adopted June 28, 2004.
The
purpose of the Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission is to assist
Council with oversight and assistance in helping to preserve and present the
history of slavery in Richmond. The Commission meets monthly and includes 17
members that are appointed by Council to serve for three year terms. The
composition of membership is as follows:
The Commission shall be composed of
seventeen (17) members. Such persons
shall be appointed by the Council and shall serve for terms of three (3)
years. The membership of the Commission
shall include at least one (1) member of City Council, not less than three (3)
members of the “Hope in the Cities” organization and a representative from the
Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities. Any appointed Council members shall be given
the first option of serving as the Chair of the Commission in order of their
appointment. Five members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for
meetings.
Over the years, Richmond City Council
Slave Trail Commission has worked on a number of important projects, which have
included:
• 2011
Unveiling of 17 Richmond Slave Trail
Markers located throughout the Shockoe Bottom area of Richmond, marking sites
that help tell the historic journey, human impact, and the role Richmond played
in the tragic history of slavery.
The Richmond Slave Trail Markers will
serve to recognize the regrettable time in our nation’s history when parts of
the United States allowed the enslavement of fellow human beings and an
estimated 8 percent of U.S. families owned slaves just before the U.S. Civil
War. The site of the event and location of one of the 17 markers, Lumpkin's
Slave Jail was the largest slave-holding facility in operation in Richmond,
Virginia from 1840 until the end of the U.S. Civil War in 1865. During that
time, Richmond was home to the largest domestic slave export business in the
United States. The Confederate Army surrendered Richmond, the Capital of the
Confederacy, on April 3, 1865.
Following shortly after the end of
the U. S. Civil War, which ended in Virginia on April 9, 1865, the Thirteenth
Amendment to the United States of America Constitution was adopted on December
6, 1865. This amendment officially abolished slavery. A precursor for this
amendment was the Emancipation Proclamation, an Executive Order signed by
President Abraham Lincoln, on January 1, 1863, which proclaimed the freedom of
slaves living in states under Confederate control.
• 2009
Development of the conceptual
Richmond National Slavery Museum
Richmond City Council provides annual
staff assistance and financial support for the Richmond City Council Slave
Trail Commission. Council staff support includes providing fiscal management,
public information, writing, publication creation, graphic design, special
event and project management, promotions and fundraising. Additional staff
support is provided by the Richmond City Administration through the Richmond
Department of Economic Development, which includes project engineering and
management.
• 2009
Development of the Richmond Slave
Trail Marker Program, Signage and
Commemorative Site: Lumpkin’s Slave
Jail
• 2008
Discovery of Lumpkin’s Slave Jail
historic foundation and architectural
artifacts.
• 2008
– 2009
Phase II Lumpkin’s Slave Jail
Archaeological Assessment: which
included engineering and storm water
engineering
• 2007
Richmond International Unveiling of
Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue on Friday, March 30, 2007, erected at
15th and E. Main Streets. Included design and construction of the Richmond
Slavery Reconciliation Statute plaza and erection of the statue. This project
was part of a global initiative placing three statues in three countries.
Dedicated to slavery reconciliation, the installation of the statue represents
nearly 10 years of work between the City of Richmond, Virginia, USA (North
America), Liverpool, England (Europe), and the Republic of Benin (Africa). A
statue was erected in Liverpool in 1989 and the Republic of Benin in August
2005.
• 2006
Lumpkin’s Slave Jail Archaeological
Assessment
Lumpkin's Slave Jail was the largest
slave holding facility in operation in Richmond, Virginia from 1840 until the
end of the U.S. Civil War in 1865. During that time, Richmond was home to the
largest domestic slave export business in the United States. Owned by Robert
Lumpkin, the jail was a place that tens of thousands of African men, women and
children were "stored" before being transported to slave owners
living in states where slavery was legal. Following Lumpkin's death shortly
after the Civil war, his common law widowed wife Mary Lumpkin, who was
African-American, inherited the estate. In 1867, she leased the jail to
Reverend Nathaniel Colver, who established a school for freed slaves at the
site. Founded by the American Baptist Home Missionary Society and the National
Theological Institute, the school grew into what is now Virginia Union
University.
• 2003
Acquisition of Richmond Slavery
Reconciliation Statue. For three quarters of the 18th Century, Virginia (North
America), Liverpool, England (Europe), and the Republic of Benin (Africa)
represented one of the largest global commercial trade triangles of enslaved
Africans. Liverpool's shipbuilding industry provided the vessels that sailed to
the Kingdom of Dahomey, now the Republic of Benin, where Africans were loaded
on ships and transported to the Americas, with Richmond, Virginia being one of
the major recipients.
Support
Richmond City Council provides annual
staff assistance as available and financial support for the Richmond City
Council Slave Trail Commission. Council staff support includes providing fiscal
management, public information, writing, publication creation, graphic design,
special event and project management. Additional staff support is provided by
the Richmond City Administration through the Richmond Department of Economic
Development, which includes project engineering and management.
Council financial support is provided
through appropriations in the Richmond City Budget. This includes
appropriations in the Richmond City Budget Capital Improvement Plan,
Non-Departmental budgets and Departmental budgets. Funding is predicated on
requests made by the Commission and as determined by Council.
An overview of estimated financial
investments in the Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission, and some
highlighted projects, are listed below per Fiscal Year (FY). The estimates
reflect Richmond Government Budget - General Fund Budget and Capital Investment
Projects disbursements.
• FY
2013 (Year To Date 3/2013) - $59,290.69
For general Commission support/and
for development of the Richmond Slave Trail Marker Program; signage and
commemorative site; Lumpkin’s Slave Jail/Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue
• FY
2012- $80,931.46
For general Commission support/and
for development of the Richmond Slave Trail Marker Program; signage and
commemorative site; Lumpkin’s Slave Jail/Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue
• FY
2011- $190,258.66
For general Commission support/and
for development of the Richmond Slave Trail Marker Program; signage and
commemorative site; Lumpkin’s Slave Jail/Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue
• FY
2010- $102,311.43
For general Commission support/and
for development of the Richmond Slave Trail Marker Program; signage and
commemorative site; Lumpkin’s Slave Jail/Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue
• FY
2009 - $286,628.13
For general Commission support
($30,000 - spent $5,124) and for development of the Richmond Slave Trail Marker
Program; signage and commemorative site; Lumpkin’s Slave Jail; development of
conceptual National Slavery Museum; and, paid sponsorship for Symposium at the
University of Richmond for the Civil War Sesquicentennial/ Richmond Slavery
Reconciliation Statue
• FY
2008 - $51,212.28
For general Commission support
($30,000 - spent $7,748) and for Phase II of Lumpkin’s Slave Jail
Archaeological Assessment, which included $155,000 for earthmoving and $35,000
for engineering and stormwater engineering (floodplain and proximity to I-95
berm) and $150,000 for archaeological services to hire a vendor/Richmond
Slavery Reconciliation Statue
• FY
2007 - $493,439.48
For general Commission support ($11,000)
and design and construction of the Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statute
plaza; erection of the statue; and, the International Unveiling of the Richmond
Slavery Reconciliation Statue
• FY
2006 - $31,535.44
For Richmond Slave Trail Brochure
Creation/Printing Phase I of Lumpkin’s Slave Jail Archaeological
Assessment/Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission support/Richmond
Slavery Reconciliation Statue
• FY
2005 - $113,599.83
Richmond City Council Slave Trail
Commission support/Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue
• FY
2004 - $1,000
Richmond City Council Slave Trail
Commission support/Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue
• FY
2003 - $41,445
Richmond City Council Slave Trail
Commission support/Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue
Additional financial, staff and archeological support has also been
provided by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Alliance to Conserve
Old Richmond Neighborhoods, Virginia Commonwealth University, and a number of
corporate, nonprofit and individual financial sponsors.
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Steven R. Skinner, APR
Council Public Information Manager
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL CHIEF OF STAFF
Richmond City Hall
900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804.646.6052 (office)
804.335.4054 (mobile)
804.937.1386 (home/mobile)
804.646.5468 (fax)
steven.skinner@richmondgov.com
(email)
www.council.richmondva.gov(website)
____________________________________________
MISSION The mission of Richmond City
Council
is to represent citizens in creating
and amending
local laws, providing government
policy and
oversight, and approving the city
budget.
VISION Richmond City Council is
committed to
creating a vibrant community that is
a great place
to live, work, learn, play, visit and
raise a family.
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