To the editor:
It’s important city leaders hold people accountable for what they do. A case in point:
In 2018, city staff informed council members they’d sent letters and held a meeting with residents living adjacent to Strawberry Run’s proposed stream restoration, but “If the City receives negative stakeholder feedback, the City may rescind the [grant] application” to Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality.
VDEQ was informed differently: that no resident responded to letters for a meeting. Residents couldn’t respond because only a year later – after the grant was approved – did staff actually send letters and hold a meeting.