The Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee voted unanimously on Oct. 21 to forward several board appointments and reappointments to council with a recommendation to approve, while holding one Affordable Housing Trust Fund appointment for later scheduling.

Committee members voted to approve reappointments and nominees presented by staff, including the selection of Nicholas Peck for the Commission of Architectural Review and reappointments to other advisory bodies. Committee members said they supported the staff recommendations overall but chose to delay the Affordable Housing Trust Fund supervisory board appointment for further consideration and scheduling.

Pamela Nichols, council management analyst, presented a vacancy report that listed current and projected vacancies through February 2026 and identified applicants and reappointments for multiple bodies, including the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (application from Colby Kaye), Board of Building Code Appeals (Charles Field), Commission of Architectural Review (Nicholas Peck and Jordan Waddle, with staff support for Peck), Community Transportation Advisory Committee (Andrew Bond; alternate Sarah Erickson), Plan RVA citizen representative (Priscilla Eddy and Grant Saul), and two reappointments for the Safe and Healthy Streets Commission (Louise Gordon and Kirk Milliken).

Committee members agreed to support the staff recommendations for the named boards except that the Affordable Housing Trust Fund vacancy will be continued to a future meeting. The committee formalized its approval in a motion to accept the recommendations; the motion passed with recorded ayes from Mr. Bridal, Vice Chair Robertson and Chair Jones.

The committee did not discuss further substantive changes to the nominee list during the meeting. The Affordable Housing Trust Fund vacancy was deferred for placement on a subsequent agenda.

The committee packet lists applicants and staff recommendations for each vacancy; the committee’s action forwards the approved names to full council for final consideration.