[va-richmond-general] Re: James River Park Resolution

If you live in the city of Richmond, be sure to add your address under your 
"signature" at the end of your email.

Nelda


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Al Warfield 
To: Audubon Listserve
Sent: 10/22/2005 2:13:59 PM 
Subject: [va-richmond-general] James River Park Resolution


From Al Warfield, VP of RAS 

The RAS Board members have had an email discussion and decided that RAS wants 
to support the resolution by council member Kathy Graziano, and mentioned in 
the Richmond Times Dispatch editorial on Friday 1/-21/05. The resolution would 
start the process to place the James River Park under a conservation easement 
that would prevent sale or development of the land, or at least severely 
regulate any development. There are more details about the resolution shown 
below in the text of an email from Scenic Virginia., forwarded by Nelda Snyder.

The RAS Board encourages you to send emails to all the council members with 
this statement:

"I (we) fully support Resolution 2005-R210 for a conservation easement for the 
James River Park."

If you want to ad other brief points, please do, but it's not necessary. The 
council will be hearing the proposal this Monday night, so do this over the 
weekend if at all possible. The email below contains links to the email 
addresses of all council members.



email from Leighton Powell of Scenic Virginia: 

Scenic Virginia members and supporters in Richmond --

Today's Richmond Times-Dispatch features an editorial voicing support for a 
proposed conservation easement for the James River Park. Although the editorial 
errs regarding the technical description of Resolution 2005-R210 (the 
resolution does not place an easement on James River Park but rather is a first 
step that directs the City Attorney to start the process), the editorial 
rightly notes the historic and scenic importance of the James River Park to all 
Richmonders, and it encourages support of the proposal to preserve the Park's 
history and beauty through a conservation easement. 

City Council will hear Resolution 2005-R210 at Monday night's meeting, and we 
encourage you to voice your support to Council members today using the contact 
information below. (Note: You don't need to provide a lot of back-up 
information; a quick email or voicemail stating your support for Resolution 
2005-R210 is enough.) Then, if you are able, plan to attend the City Council 
meeting on Monday at 6:00 p.m. (in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall, 
900 East Broad Street).

Council President Manoli Loupassi (1st District):   Mloupassi@xxxxxxxx or 
440.6222
Council Vice President Jackie Jackson (8th District):  
Jacksojm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 646.5009
Bill Pantele (2nd District): pantelwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 646.5460 (co-patron 
of 2005-R210)
Chris Hilbert (3rd District): hilberca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 646.5400 (supported 
it at Tuesday's Land Use Committee meeting)
Kathy Graziano (4th District): graziakc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 320.2454 (patron 
of 2005-R210)
Marty Jewell (5th District): jewellem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 646.6050 (has asked 
to be added as co-patron)
Ellen Robertson (6th District):  robertef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 646.5348 
(supported it at Tuesday's Land Use Committee meeting)
Delores McQuinn (7th District): Mcquindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 646.3012
Eugene Mason (9th District): Masonea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 646.5497

As always, thank you for your participation. Your calls and emails do make a 
difference.

-- Leighton Powell



Thanks,

Al Warfield

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