Vice Mayor· 2024-2027
Natalie Oschrin
Charlottesville
About
Natalie Oschrin's campaign platform focuses on local infrastructure improvements, specifically advocating for traffic-calming measures and road diets in Charlottesville. Her positions also address key municipal issues such as zoning, transportation, taxation, and public safety.
Campaign promises (1)
- infrastructureNatalie Oschrin campaigned on putting Charlottesville roads on a diet.Related votes
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 21
- Total speaking time
- 4:41:47
- Avg per meeting
- 13:25
- Segments
- 4064
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Top issues during term (20)(Development)
Affordable Housing Plan Progress
No immediate budget hit, but the city forgoes a share of new property tax revenue — up to 100% of the increment — for up to 30 years per project.
Missing Middle housing construction barriers
Land in R-A, R-B, and R-C zones is being priced for densities that can't actually be built, chilling small-scale development.
Friendship Court Phase Three redevelopment
Financial terms would be set out in the performance agreement.
Student housing designation and neighborhood displacement
Roughly $2.5 million for this project alone — and potentially about $10 million citywide if the broader boundary interpretation stands, by one speaker's estimate.
UVA growth and town-gown coordination
UVA's projects include roughly $380 million for the Manning Institute and $205 million in state funds for the Center for the Arts, with major traffic impacts expected on the Emmet/Ivy corridor.
501 Cherry Avenue affordable housing project
$700,000 city appropriation plus a larger share of future real estate value going to the developer partner.
Rehabilitation of 116 West Jefferson Street
Federal block grant money will be directed toward local home repairs, helping homeowners avoid costly emergency fixes.
Planning Commission appointments
CDBG Accessibility Projects — BEACON Kitchen and IX Arts Foundation
$80,000 in federal CDBG funds would be redirected to these two projects.
Comprehensive Plan Chapter 9 Amendment (Community Facilities & Services)
Carlton Mobile Home Park Loan Payment Reallocation
Shifts $1 million between housing projects; the money is a temporary reallocation, not new spending.
915 East High Street mixed-use building
A large new mixed-use building could add housing, office, and retail space to the Martha Jefferson area.
CRHA projects and city-housing authority collaboration
Building Inspection Delays
Gentrification concerns in Fifeville and 10th & Page
Residents face potential property tax increases from nearby luxury development; the city could lose millions in affordable housing contributions.
408 Harris Road special exception (PL-26-0030)
Proposed single-family home on Lexington Avenue
Padel court at 320 West Main Street
Tree removal and yard redesign at 410 2nd Street NE
Landlord Risk Reduction Fund and Direct to Housing initiative
Decisions during term (4)
Recorded while Oschrin was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Resolution: Resolution to appropriate funds from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development - Virginia Homeless Solutions Program - $441,796 (2nd reading)
Resolution: Resolution to appropriate $52,981.60 from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, Virginia Homeless Solutions Program (requesting one reading with four-fifths vote)
NDS Fee Schedule Update for Land Use Development Review
Resolution: Resolution Appropriating $700,000 and Initiating an Amendment to the Terms of a Performance Agreement Supporting the 501 Cherry Avenue Mixed-Use Development Project (2nd reading)
Voting record (4)(Development)
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