The Times-Dispatch building on Franklin Street downtown. (BizSense file)
Budget hearing, DSS offices move on City Council agenda
Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with a budget workshop at 1 p.m. and informal session at 4 p.m. Full agendas for the meetings can be found here.
Business on the 6 p.m. regular meeting agenda includes a public hearing on the proposed budget for next fiscal year. The hearing was originally scheduled to be held April 8 and will be followed by a second hearing May 13.
Other business includes a lease agreement between the city and 300 Franklin LLC for 113,000 square feet of office space and 325 parking deck spaces at 300 E. Franklin St. to relocate the Department of Social Services. The annual rental rate would start at about $4.3 million.
The 15-year lease with two five-year renewal options would consolidate DSS’s offices at 900 E. Marshall St. and East Southside Plaza at 4100 Hull St., and it would free up the Marshall Street building for a planned replacement of the John Marshall Courts Building. The LLC, tied to Shamin Hotels, bought the 166,000-square-foot Richmond Times-Dispatch building in late 2019.
Chesterfield to consider commercial project at East Hundred and Meadowville
A site plan for a medical office building on a 5-acre site at East Hundred and Meadowville roads, one of two development proposals tied to a rezoning request to come before the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors this week. (Courtesy Chesterfield County)
A 5-acre commercial development project in Chester is on the docket for the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors this week.
Developer George Emerson is seeking zoning approval to build a commercial project on a few acres that are part of a triangle-shaped piece of land surrounded by East Hundred Road, Meadowville Road and Rivers Bend Boulevard.
Two conceptual plans have been filed with the application. One outlines a 60,000-square-foot, two-story medical office building for the property, while the other maps out three retail buildings that would total about 43,000 square feet, per a staff report.
Among the parcels subject to the zoning request, which seeks to change the land’s designation to community business (C-3), are 108 E. Hundred Road and 101 Meadowville Road.
The project site is adjacent to land at the corner of East Hundred and Rivers Bend where Royal Farms has a location in the works.
During the afternoon portion of the meeting, the board is scheduled to receive an annual report from the Planning Commission. The full agenda for Wednesday’s meeting can be found here.
Chesterfield Planning Commission defers vote on Rockwood Grove project
A conceptual plan of the Rockwood Grove project. (Courtesy Chesterfield County)
Chesterfield planning commissioners opted last week to defer a vote on a proposal by StyleCraft Homes to build a townhouse development near Rockwood Park.
StyleCraft wants zoning approval to build up to 260 townhomes on a 35-acre assemblage that includes the parcel at 9701 Hull Street Road. The project, known as Rockwood Grove, would also feature an area dedicated to office development.
The homebuilder wants to zone the project site to Residential Townhouse (R-TH) with conditional use planned development. The company additionally wants exceptions to permit the office development and remove the requirement to build a bikeway, per a staff report.
The Planning Commission will vote on whether to recommend final approval by the Board of Supervisors, which will take up the case after the planning commissioners’ review.
The latest version of Rockwood Grove is less dense than a proposal from last year that outlined a project of up to 420 units, which would have been a mix of apartments and townhomes without an office use planned for the site.
BPOL tax exemption hike, Gayton Road interchange on Henrico agenda
The diverging diamond interchange planned for Interstate 64 at North Gayton Road. (Henrico County image)
Henrico supervisors meet Tuesday starting with a special meeting at 3:45 p.m. The board will receive updates on lower-income housing, the planned I-64/North Gayton Road interchange and litigation regarding The East End Landfill. Full agendas here.
The board’s 7 p.m. regular meeting agenda includes an ordinance to double the county’s exemption threshold for the so-called BPOL (Business, Professional, Occupational License) tax from $500,000 to $1 million, and resolutions related to the Gayton Road interchange and other Short Pump-area traffic improvements.
Henrico approves $1.2B budget for fiscal year 2025
Henrico supervisors this month unanimously approved the county’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2025.
The $1.25 billion spending plan, adjusted from a $1.4 billion proposal, supports a $704 million general fund for Henrico County Public Schools and a $327 million capital budget, including $110 million for voter-approved projects from the 2022 bond referendum.
The budget goes into effect July 1 and maintains the current real estate tax rate of 85 cents per $100 assessed value.
Goochland approves $134M budget for FY25
The Goochland County adminstrative complex. (BizSense file)
The Board of Supervisors last week adopted a $134.1 million budget to power Goochland’s municipal operations in fiscal year 2025.
While the overall spending plan for next fiscal year is $7.4 million smaller (5.2%) than the budget for the current fiscal year, the FY25 general fund, which is the county’s main operating fund, is a nearly 14 percent increase ($7.3 million) year-over-year compared to the current FY24 budget.
The board also voted to maintain a level real estate tax rate of 53 cents per $100 of assessed value, according to a Goochland news release. The FY25 budget takes effect July 1.
Goochland has earmarked $29.3 million in local funding in the FY25 budget toward school operations, a $2.1 million increase compared to the amount of local funding in the current budget. Public safety spending planned for FY25 is about 18% higher ($4.3 million) than the current budget.
In FY25, Goochland plans to hire 21 full-time and three part-time positions in public safety, more than half of them firefighters, according to the county. The budget includes a 5% pay increase for county staff and 10% increase for public safety staff.
Goochland has teed up $7.7 million for capital projects in the FY25 year of the county’s 25-year capital improvements program, which is planned to cover construction of a new courthouse, the purchase of a new fire engine and ambulance and other projects.
The Times-Dispatch building on Franklin Street downtown. (BizSense file)
Budget hearing, DSS offices move on City Council agenda
Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with a budget workshop at 1 p.m. and informal session at 4 p.m. Full agendas for the meetings can be found here.
Business on the 6 p.m. regular meeting agenda includes a public hearing on the proposed budget for next fiscal year. The hearing was originally scheduled to be held April 8 and will be followed by a second hearing May 13.
Other business includes a lease agreement between the city and 300 Franklin LLC for 113,000 square feet of office space and 325 parking deck spaces at 300 E. Franklin St. to relocate the Department of Social Services. The annual rental rate would start at about $4.3 million.
The 15-year lease with two five-year renewal options would consolidate DSS’s offices at 900 E. Marshall St. and East Southside Plaza at 4100 Hull St., and it would free up the Marshall Street building for a planned replacement of the John Marshall Courts Building. The LLC, tied to Shamin Hotels, bought the 166,000-square-foot Richmond Times-Dispatch building in late 2019.
Chesterfield to consider commercial project at East Hundred and Meadowville
A site plan for a medical office building on a 5-acre site at East Hundred and Meadowville roads, one of two development proposals tied to a rezoning request to come before the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors this week. (Courtesy Chesterfield County)
A 5-acre commercial development project in Chester is on the docket for the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors this week.
Developer George Emerson is seeking zoning approval to build a commercial project on a few acres that are part of a triangle-shaped piece of land surrounded by East Hundred Road, Meadowville Road and Rivers Bend Boulevard.
Two conceptual plans have been filed with the application. One outlines a 60,000-square-foot, two-story medical office building for the property, while the other maps out three retail buildings that would total about 43,000 square feet, per a staff report.
Among the parcels subject to the zoning request, which seeks to change the land’s designation to community business (C-3), are 108 E. Hundred Road and 101 Meadowville Road.
The project site is adjacent to land at the corner of East Hundred and Rivers Bend where Royal Farms has a location in the works.
During the afternoon portion of the meeting, the board is scheduled to receive an annual report from the Planning Commission. The full agenda for Wednesday’s meeting can be found here.
Chesterfield Planning Commission defers vote on Rockwood Grove project
A conceptual plan of the Rockwood Grove project. (Courtesy Chesterfield County)
Chesterfield planning commissioners opted last week to defer a vote on a proposal by StyleCraft Homes to build a townhouse development near Rockwood Park.
StyleCraft wants zoning approval to build up to 260 townhomes on a 35-acre assemblage that includes the parcel at 9701 Hull Street Road. The project, known as Rockwood Grove, would also feature an area dedicated to office development.
The homebuilder wants to zone the project site to Residential Townhouse (R-TH) with conditional use planned development. The company additionally wants exceptions to permit the office development and remove the requirement to build a bikeway, per a staff report.
The Planning Commission will vote on whether to recommend final approval by the Board of Supervisors, which will take up the case after the planning commissioners’ review.
The latest version of Rockwood Grove is less dense than a proposal from last year that outlined a project of up to 420 units, which would have been a mix of apartments and townhomes without an office use planned for the site.
BPOL tax exemption hike, Gayton Road interchange on Henrico agenda
The diverging diamond interchange planned for Interstate 64 at North Gayton Road. (Henrico County image)
Henrico supervisors meet Tuesday starting with a special meeting at 3:45 p.m. The board will receive updates on lower-income housing, the planned I-64/North Gayton Road interchange and litigation regarding The East End Landfill. Full agendas here.
The board’s 7 p.m. regular meeting agenda includes an ordinance to double the county’s exemption threshold for the so-called BPOL (Business, Professional, Occupational License) tax from $500,000 to $1 million, and resolutions related to the Gayton Road interchange and other Short Pump-area traffic improvements.
Henrico approves $1.2B budget for fiscal year 2025
Henrico supervisors this month unanimously approved the county’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2025.
The $1.25 billion spending plan, adjusted from a $1.4 billion proposal, supports a $704 million general fund for Henrico County Public Schools and a $327 million capital budget, including $110 million for voter-approved projects from the 2022 bond referendum.
The budget goes into effect July 1 and maintains the current real estate tax rate of 85 cents per $100 assessed value.
Goochland approves $134M budget for FY25
The Goochland County adminstrative complex. (BizSense file)
The Board of Supervisors last week adopted a $134.1 million budget to power Goochland’s municipal operations in fiscal year 2025.
While the overall spending plan for next fiscal year is $7.4 million smaller (5.2%) than the budget for the current fiscal year, the FY25 general fund, which is the county’s main operating fund, is a nearly 14 percent increase ($7.3 million) year-over-year compared to the current FY24 budget.
The board also voted to maintain a level real estate tax rate of 53 cents per $100 of assessed value, according to a Goochland news release. The FY25 budget takes effect July 1.
Goochland has earmarked $29.3 million in local funding in the FY25 budget toward school operations, a $2.1 million increase compared to the amount of local funding in the current budget. Public safety spending planned for FY25 is about 18% higher ($4.3 million) than the current budget.
In FY25, Goochland plans to hire 21 full-time and three part-time positions in public safety, more than half of them firefighters, according to the county. The budget includes a 5% pay increase for county staff and 10% increase for public safety staff.
Goochland has teed up $7.7 million for capital projects in the FY25 year of the county’s 25-year capital improvements program, which is planned to cover construction of a new courthouse, the purchase of a new fire engine and ambulance and other projects.