Councilmember Parker C. Agelasto’s 5th District Meeting Thursday

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REMINDER The 5th District Meeting is this Thursday, August 22 at 6:30pm at Ephesus SDA Church, Richmond (3700 Midlothian Turnpike). The agenda is list below.
AGENDA
• Back to School Drive
Please bring school supplies for donation to students of Richmond Public Schools
• Richmond Public Schools Updates for the 2019-2020 School Year and School Rezoning Process for the 2020-2021 School Year
• Proposed Richmond Navy Hill Development Project: Presentation with Questions & Answers
Sharon Ebert, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, Richmond Department of Economic and Community Development
• Richmond Central 5th Voter District Updates
The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilmember, Richmond City Council, Richmond Central 5th Voter District
• Questions & Answers

***Another reminder that the next community cleanup will be Saturday, September 14 at 9am.

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

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This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

In recycling news, “plastics professionals” are espousing plasma gasification as THE solution. ”

In plasma gasification, feedstock (trash) is introduced into a vessel of extremely high heat (~2,000 deg F) capable of breaking all organic chemical bond and reducing all trash including plastic, paper, glass, yard waste, food, filth, etc. to basic elements. The heat also melts metals, which are recovered.

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Disaster Preparedness Workshop Scheduled For September 7th

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From announcement:

The Disaster Preparedness Workshop (formally known as Survivor Day) is set for Saturday, September 7, 2019! The Office of Emergency Management will host the annual Regional Workshop where residents can learn how to live safely through natural disasters and other emergencies, like hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, blizzard, active threat and more. Residents will learn how to survive in their homes without power for at least 72 hours, and they’ll find out what to take with them should they need to leave in a hurry. Upon completing the training each household will receive a FREE disaster preparedness backpack to include supplies. Emergency and Community Response professionals will teach residents the best ways to prepare for those life threatening situations.

Find out more and sign up here: https://planrva.org/emergency-management-home/em-workshops/

Legal Attempts To Force Councilperson Agelasto From Office Fail

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The Times Dispatch has an article that reports that legal bids to make Councilperson Agelasto leave office after he moved his residence out of the district have not been successful.

Judge William R. Marchant declined to issue a declaratory judgment deeming Agelasto’s seat on the City Council vacant after his move last year. Seeking the judgment was former Councilman Henry “Chuck” Richardson, who is among a field of candidates vying to replace Agelasto on the nine-member council in a special election scheduled for November.

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A separate challenge by another former councilman, Sa’ad El-Amin, also encountered a procedural stumbling block earlier this summer. El-Amin resubmitted his challenge in July, but no hearing has been scheduled on his new filing to date.

In April, Agelasto announced his plan to resign at the end of November, 13 months before his term expires. He has served as the council’s 5th District representative since 2013.