Andrew Breton
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- Total speaking time
- 2:53:30
- Avg per meeting
- 3:09
- Segments
- 1962
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Top issues during term (20)(Development)
South Meadow Street townhomes rejection
Homes estimated around $500,000 each; the Virginia Home plans to use sale proceeds to finance its Hanover County relocation.
Gilpin Court redevelopment partnership
Deeply affordable housing costs more to subsidize per unit, so redevelopment will produce fewer units at the same investment.
Multifamily construction on North 21st Street
A new multifamily building would add housing units to the 21st Street corridor.
Townhomes at 5706 York Road
Multifamily housing at 1209 Overbrook Road
Blanton House lease expansion for Cancer Retreat Centers
Additional lease revenue for the city, with terms set in the amendment.
Historic district property improvements requiring certificates of appropriateness
Pre-approved ADU designs are proposed to cut design and construction costs for homeowners.
Coliseum/City Center Redevelopment
Project costs and any city subsidy aren't detailed in the agenda, but this is one of the city's largest potential public-private investments.
Homeless Services Strategic Plan
Regional rents have risen 24% since 2020, with a shortage of roughly 27,000 affordable rental units for the lowest-income renters.
Employee homebuyer program expansion
The program is currently funded through ARPA, but the amendment fixes the underlying eligibility policy so it can continue under future funding.
Special Use for Attached Dwellings at 3317 Rear Monument Avenue
Could add townhouse-style housing on the parcel; property-level tax impacts unknown.
Multifamily Dwelling Special Use at 214 West Marshall Street
Unknown.
Strategic Housing Plan Update
No budget figures are listed in the agenda.
Brookland Park Blvd / Sherwood Park Olmsted landscape
No-bid sale of city property to a tax-exempt school, per opposition speakers.
Hull Street construction damage dispute
Board and Commission Vacancies
33 townhomes at former Seventh Street Christian Church site
Demolition of the 23,000-square-foot church and new townhome construction reshape a full block of Grove Avenue; the church sale funds its congregation's next chapter.
Virginia Home conversion to apartments (Randolph neighborhood)
Affordable housing registration study
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Tuxedo Boulevard infill development
Homes priced around $400,000, versus a Richmond median income of roughly $63,000.
Decisions during term (12)
Recorded while Breton was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
September 16, 2026 - Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee Meeting Minutes
To establish the Affordable Dwelling Unit Advisory Committee for the purpose of advising the Council and the Mayor on the development of an affordable housing dwelling unit program.
To request that the Chief Administrative Officer cause the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning and Development Review, in coordination with other relevant City departments, to implement and…
RES. 2026-R029 — Gilpin Court redevelopment MOU
To request that the Chief Administrative Officer cause the Department of Planning and Development Review to (i) collaborate with the residents of and stakeholders in the Westwood neighborhood, bordered by Dunbar Street, Patterson Avenue,…
To authorize the Council’s Organizational Development Standing Committee to investigate the City’s failure to publish a monthly payment register as required by City Code § 12-16 and application of exclusions allowed under the Virginia…
May 20, 2026 - Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee Meeting Minutes
Amend and continue Ordinance 2026-106 — Mosby Court South Redevelopment
To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to submit four separate applications to the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development to (i) amend the boundaries of Enterprise Zone 19 and Enterprise Zone 28A within the city of…
To commit to working with the City’s Administration to [development and implement] develop a [comprehensive] City-wide energy efficiency program that [reduces the] advances equitable reductions in energy burden [and cost of living for…
To authorize the Council’s Organizational Development Standing Committee to investigate the City’s failure to publish a monthly payment register as required by City Code § 12-16 and application of exclusions allowed under the Virginia…
To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to submit a PY 2026-2030 Consolidated Plan and PY 2026 Annual Action Plan to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as an application for the receipt of Community…
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