Subject:
Title
Consider approving the Vine Street Roadside Memorial
Body
Presented By: City Manager’s Office
Recommendation and Review
The City Manager’s Office received a request from the family of Sara Monger to install a roadside memorial on Vine Street. Sara was the EMU student who was tragically killed at the site in 2023. These memorials are a way to respect those who died while serving as a reminder to people passing by to drive safely. VDOT has an established policy for roadside memorials, including that the costs incurred to install them are paid by those requesting them. Similar requests were approved in 2009 in memory of Sherry Anderson and in 2022 for Maylea Beasley. The Monger family has expressed a desire to establish the memorial and staff recommends Council approve this request.