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B
This
is
the
first
forum
since
fall
2019
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic.
We
are
delivering
this
forum
in
a
shortened
form
virtually
but
hope
to
be
back
in
person.
Next
may
there
have
been
many
challenges
during
the
pandemic.
Both
residents
and
businesses
have
been
impacted
in
many
ways,
including
the
shutdown
of
businesses,
labor
and
lumber
shortages,
supply,
chain
issues
and
many
others.
B
B
B
I'm
proud
that
throughout
the
pandemic,
we
maintain
service
delivery,
remotely
and
improved
processes
for
our
customers.
With
that
we
do
have
some
new
faces
to
our
team.
So
now
I'll
be
turning
it
over
to
our
public
works
director
greg
schuler
to
introduce
some
new
staff
in
public
works
and
then
we'll
get
started.
B
C
C
A
D
D
It's
hard
to
believe
that
I'm
gonna
have
a
slide
deck
as
as
usual,
so
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
bring
that
up,
and
what
I
really
want
to
do
today
is
talk
about
what
I
always
talk
about,
which
is
we're
going
to
go
over
some
of
the
some
of
the
data
and
trends,
and
you
know
we
haven't
done
this
in
two
years
with
the
community,
so
I'm
going
to
try
to
catch
everybody
up,
but
but
one
thing
that
I
think
is
interesting
and
worth
highlighting,
which
I
think
you'll
see
this
throughout
the
presentations
is,
is
kind
of
the
impact
that
kovid
has
had
on
this
and
and
how
the
city
has
responded
to
that.
D
How
the
construction
community
has
responded
to
that
and
kind
of
telling
that
story
a
little
bit
so
there
you
know
there's
some
really
interesting
stuff.
Some
some
folks
may
not
agree
with
my
assessment
of
that,
but
but,
if
you're
into
permit
data-
and
things
like
that,
I
think
you'll
enjoy
this
and
then
I
also
want
to
take
a
second
to
talk
about
some
of
the
changes
that
the
cities
had.
As
deborah
mentioned.
You
know,
city
services
must
must
go
on
and
you
know,
maybe
perhaps
a
silver
lining
for
dsd
was
we.
D
We
were
with
covid.
We
were
pushed
into
making
some
changes
that
we
always
wanted
to
make,
but,
but
we
had
to
so
with
that,
I'm
going
to
kind
of
get
started.
What
you
can
see.
It
may
be
the
best
way
to
start.
This
is
just
to
kind
of
look
at
the
covet
period,
and
this
is
really
interesting
and
what
we're
doing
this
year
is.
We
are
we're
using
calendar
years.
This
isn't
fiscal
year
data.
This
is
calendar
year
data
and
we're
looking
we're
using
permit
application
data.
D
So
that's
just
we
decided
to
use
the
time
of
application
to
better
reflect
kind
of
the
moment
of
what
was
happening
during
coven.
So
again,
just
everybody's,
clear
calendar
year
data
permit
application
data.
So
if
you
can
look
at
this,
this
bar
chart
here,
you
can
see
this
starts
at
the
first
quarter
of
2019
and
goes
through
the
current
quarter,
we're
in
quarter
three
of
2021
and
what
you
see
is
in
the
second
quarter
of
2020.
D
You
can
see
that
the
immediate
impact
of
covet
on
construction
permitting
it's
real
interesting,
because
if
I
were
to,
if
I
were
to
show
you
a
monthly
bar
chart,
you
would
see
in
that
kind
of
that
that
month
period
right
around
covid,
so
really
late
march
early
april,
we
actually
had
a
40
decline
in
permit
activity.
45
almost
so
in
the
immediate
short
term
of
code,
we
had
a
really
strong
dip
and
a
lot
of
uncertainty.
D
A
lot
of
people
listening,
you
you're
all
part
of
that,
but
what's
really
remarkable
is
how
quickly
we
actually
construction
turn
that
around
so
overall,
it
is
looking
at
this.
From
a
quarter
perspective,
the
covid
drop
was
about
25,
but
everything
has
really
recovered
quickly
and
and
really
well
so
very
resilient.
And
then
what
we'll
look
at
is
what's
interesting
is
this
is
the
value
of
residential
new
construction?
So
these
are
new
houses.
New
starts.
D
This
is
calendar
year,
data
from
2017
through
projected
through
the
end
of
2021,
and
what
I'll
kind
of
observe
here
is
remember:
covid
was
in
2020,
and
I
understand
that
you
know
there's
things
such
as
materials
costs
and
other
influences
in
terms
of
what
affects
value,
but
what's
really
fascinating
and
kind
of
highlights,
the
strength
of
residential
is
actually
the
cove.
D
The
coveteer
data
is
higher
than
the
previous
year
data,
so
that
just
kind
of
shows
you
how
strong
and
how
quickly
residential,
permitting
really
recovered
and,
of
course,
things
look
really
well
in
2021.,
and
if
we
look
at
the
next
slide,
we've
kind
of
split
this
up
a
little
bit
so
now.
This
is
showing
the
value
permit
value
of
residential,
new
construction
and
alterations
kind
of
the
same
story.
If
you
look
at
2020
our
covid
year,
it
was
still
very,
very
strong.
D
Even
the
alterations
were
even
stronger
in
2021,
so
I
think
that
kind
of
shows
that
residential
we
all
know
this,
but
but
construction
new
starts
and
alterations
is
really
strong
in
this
community,
and
it
really,
I
would
argue,
was-
was
very
very
little
impact
from
the
coveted
pandemic
on
this
sector.
D
If
we
pivot
towards
commercial,
it's
a
little
bit
of
a
different
story.
So
if
you
look
at
the
value
of
commercial
new
construction
applications
again
calendar
years,
2017
through
2021,
I
think
in
here
on
2020
you
can
see
kind
of
the
impact
and
the
influence,
there's
probably
certainly
covid
has
an
impact
on
that.
Without
a
doubt,
there
are
other
things
I
think
that
influence
commercial
dropping.
I
think
it's
not
just
covet,
but
certainly
that's
part
of
it.
D
So
again
you
can
see
here
you
can
really
see
kind
of
the
drop
and
probably
the
uncertainty
from
covet,
among
other
things,
in
2020,
in
terms
of
the
value
go
to
the
next
slide
and
we'll
we'll
bring
in
the
alterations
a
little
more
interesting,
you
can
see
actually
in
2020,
the
alterations
activity
in
commercial
was
actually
fairly
strong.
D
And
so
I'm
going
to
I'm
going
to
kind
of
stop
with
the
data
there
I'm
going
to
pivot
towards
the
last
part
of
my
presentation-
and
this
is
this-
is
an
interesting
story
about
the
impact
of
kind
of
covet
on
how
we
operate
as
a
department
and
how
you,
as
a
community,
interact
with
us,
so
in
20
in
2017,
about
30
percent
of
our
applications
were
digital
that
was
almost
probably
or
substantially
represented
by
online
trade
permits.
So
that's
folks
that
are
doing
an
hvac
change
out.
They
just
pull.
D
You
know
kind
of
an
over-the-counter
permit
online,
so
that
was
about
30
percent,
the
other
70
percent
of
you
came
and
sat
in
our
lobby
and
waited
in
a
long
line.
You
all
remember
that.
Well,
I'm
sure,
probably
don't
miss
that
in
2018
and
19
we
began
to
move
a
lot
of
our
site.
D
Development
permits
online,
so
that's
trc
applications,
so
we've
always
been
moving
more
of
our
access
to
an
online
format,
format,
kind
of
creating
what
I
would
call
a
digital
counter,
we'll
always
have
an
in-person
calendar,
because
not
everybody
wants
to
do
things
digitally,
but
we
we've
always
made
that
a
goal
of
ours
is
to
have
better
access
digitally.
So
then,
in
march
I
got
an
email
from
deborah.
D
That
said,
we
were
going
to
close
the
building
in
a
day
or
two.
So
you
know
that
kind
of
put
us
in
the
position
of
having
to
figure
the
online
rolled
out
literally
in
48
hours,
and
so
the
staff
a
huge
credit
to
my
staff.
They
actually
did
that.
So
we
had
to
move
everything
online
and
I
would
characterize
that,
as
we
basically
just
created
a
big
bucket,
we
said,
give
us
your
stuff
digitally
and
we'll
just
figure
it
out
and
we've
kind
of
operated.
D
That
way
for
some
time
now,
and-
and
I
want
to
talk
about
some
improvements-
we're
making
in
that
area,
but
it's
really
interesting.
We
opened
the
buildings
back
up
again
in
august
and
you're,
just
not
you're
not
coming
back,
like
our
customers
are
still
using
the
big
bucket
to
submit
everything
online.
D
So
right
now
about
93
of
our
permanent
applications
are
coming
through
our
what
I
would
call
our
digital
counter,
there's
still
a
few
folks
that
trickled
on
the
office,
but
it
looks
nothing
like
it
like
it
used
to
not
that
I'm
encouraging
you
to
come
back
to
the
office
because
I
hope
we'll
use
our
online
services.
But
it's
been
a
transformative
change
for
my
department
for
you
and
for
my
staff,
and
so
what
we
have
is
we
have
this
thing
called
the
development
portal.
D
D
But
if
you
go
to
the
development
portal-
and
I
hope
you've
already
done
this-
there's
a
link
and
I've
got
it
highlighted
here
in
a
red
circle.
There's
a
link
that
says:
try
the
new
beta
site,
that's
the
future,
that's
kind
of
where
we're
headed
and
that's
really
what
I
want
to
share.
On
the
last
part
of
my
presentation.
D
I
use
the
beta
site,
it's
really
good
and
really
super
user
friendly.
I
would
encourage
you
if
you're
not
already
go
ahead
and
start
using
that
beta
site,
try,
try
the
new
development
portal
and
see
what
you
think
so,
that's
kind
of
today's,
maybe
the
unofficial,
informal
launch
of
this
site,
if
you're
not
using
it
already
so
the
biggest
thing,
you'll
notice,
the
biggest
difference
our
users
will
notice
is
this
is
the
the
new
beta
site
is
not
full
of
links,
it's
a
little
more
categorized
and
kind
of
organize,
and
so
what?
D
What
we're
doing
with
this
new
development
portal?
Is
we
take
new
applications?
So
if
you
want
to
build
a
house
or
a
you,
know
commercial
building,
whatever
it
is,
you
certainly
can
you'll
hit
the
button
to
apply
for
a
new
submitted
new
application,
it'll
it'll
kind
of
move
you
towards
residential
or
commercial
and
we've
been
able
to
create
questions
and
forms
that
are
specific
to
your
application.
D
So,
rather
than
just
being
so
open-ended
it's
a
little
more
user-specific
it'll
help
you
give
us
the
right
materials
it'll
help
us
get
it
out
the
door
faster,
but
some
of
the
other
other
things
that
are
that
are
new.
That
I
think
are
worth
covering
is,
and
this
is
where
we've
created
some
distinctions.
So
you
submit
your
new
application,
that's
great
if
you
have
an
existing
application.
D
The
other
thing
we
have
is
we
have
the
ability
for
you
to
schedule.
Meetings
with
us,
you
used
to
come
in
the
lobby
and
wait
for
somebody
to
come
out.
Well
now
you
can
you
can
do
that.
We
can
accommodate
that
online,
so
we
have
a
great
way
for
you
to
have
access
to
staff
and
then
for
the
residents
and
everybody
else,
and
even
the
contractors
that
are
listening
today.
We
have
a
learn
button.
D
So
what
we've
done
is
is
create
a
way
to
give
easy
access
to
information
which
is
always
important
to
us,
and
the
last
thing
is
when
you
get
when
you
get
your
permits
and
everything's
in
hand,
and
you
start
building,
you
can
also
schedule
your
inspections
through
this
page
and
the
cool
thing
that
we're
doing
now
that
a
lot
of
folks
haven't
taken
advantage
of
we're
even
offering
remote
inspections
for
certain
types
of
inspections.
So
you
can
literally
even
set
up
a
remote
inspection
for
some
things.
D
So
when
you're
in
the
development
portal
and
you're
working,
you
know
you're
following
up
on
existing
application
or
you're.
Looking
for
information,
we
have
a
really
easy
search
bar
and
I
want
to
give
stop
for
a
second
and
give
some
credit
to
the
its
department,
because
its
has
worked
really
hard
to
integrate
our
functions.
What
we
do
to
integrate
that
into
simplicity,
if
you
use
simplicity
as
a
resident,
you
know
that's
a
super
easy
way
to
navigate
and
get
access
to
information.
D
Functionality
really
want
to
give
credit
to
the
its
department
and
my
staff
for
working
on
this
to
get
this
ready,
and
I
really
pushed
them
to
have
it
ready
for
today
and
they
they
were
able
to
get
that
done
so,
and
this
is
my
last
slide
and
the
last
thing
I'll
say
is
in
the
development.
You
know
the
development
portal
really.
It
really
exists
for
our
customers
in
dsd
to
effectively
and
efficiently
do
business
and
we're
excited
to
provide
this
service
for
our
customers,
but
it
has
other
functionality
too.
It's
a
great
way.
D
D
You
can
sign
up
for
emails.
We've
got
a
notification
tool.
I
think
we've
got
almost
500
people
registered.
I
can't
believe,
there's
not
more,
but
you
can
sign
up
and
you'll
get
an
email
on
your
inbox
when
there's
a
development,
a
major
development
application
and
some
proximity
to
your
your
property.
So
it's
a
great
way
to
stay
informed,
and
my
last
comment
is:
I
just
want
to
take
a
second
to
thank
my
staff,
there's
way
too
many
to
name,
but
my
staff
has
worked
so
hard
to
make
this
available
to
pivot.
D
This
has
been
a
transformative
process
for
dsd.
I
think
I
believe
it
will
be
a
transformative
process
for
our
customers
and
residents
and
to
all
the
people
listening
that
work
with
us
every
day.
You
know
the
staff
I'm
talking
about,
so
I
would
also
encourage
you
to
take
a
second
tell
them
thanks,
because
I'm
just
so
proud
of
the
work
that
we've
done
to
pivot
from
the
covet
pandemic
and
what
I
believe
will
be
the
future
of
dst,
and
with
that
I
thank
everyone
and
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
angelica.
A
E
Hi
good
afternoon,
everyone
thank
you,
angelica
and
thank
you
ben
for
providing
that
great
update
on
development
trends
and
all
the
exciting
things
that
are
happening
in
the
development
services
department.
I'm
very
happy
to
be
here
as
city
manager,
deborah
campbell
mentioned.
It's
been
about
two
years
since
we've
had
the
opportunity
to
provide
some
of
these.
What
I
think
are
really
timely
and
important
updates
to
you
all
and
to
also
take
some
of
your
questions.
E
So
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
the
opportunity,
hopefully
in
the
next
few
months,
to
see
more
of
you
in
person
as
covid
conditions,
improve
I'm
going
to
be
presenting
today
on
a
few
items.
As
the
city
manager
mentioned,
some
of
the
projects
we've
been
working
on
during
the
pandemic
to
help
support
small
businesses,
as
well
as
some
projects
that
we
continue
to
work
on
postcovid
and
basically
we
we
wanted
to
continue
to
plan.
E
This
initiative
was
something
that
actually
started
as
a
pilot
program
early
on
in
the
summer
of
2020
as
a
way
to
respond
to
the
really
negative
impacts
that
were
occurring
for
small
businesses,
not
only
in
downtown
but
throughout
the
the
entire
city,
and
we,
we
basically
heard
a
lot
of
great
input
from
small
businesses
and
looked
at
best
practices
that
some
of
the
larger
cities
were
undertaking
throughout
the
country
to
try
to
figure
out
how
we
could
reimagine
our
public
spaces
during
the
pandemic
to
be
able
to
support
small
businesses
and
some
of
the
initiatives
and
projects
that
came
out
of
this
pilot
program
were
the
creation
of
parklets.
E
For
one
one
of
these
examples
where
we
looked
at
reutilizing
and
reimagining,
what
some
of
our
public
spaces
could
look
like
within
the
public
right-of-way,
and
particularly
using
and
leveraging
some
of
our
parking
spaces
throughout
the
city,
in
particular,
in
downtown
to
increase
opportunities
for
safe
outdoor
dining
and
meeting
spaces.
E
We
also
looked
at
expanding
the
flexibility
of
use
for
our
sidewalk
space,
which
included
expanding
merchant
sales
as
well
as
outdoor
dining
within
our
sidewalk
areas
again
throughout
the
city.
Another
really
exciting
initiative
that
came
out
of
avl
share
space
is
something
that
we
call
the
pedestrian
priority
zones
or
shared
streets.
E
Curbside
pickup
zones
were
another
very
popular
strategy
during
the
pandemic,
where
we
had
10-minute
drop-off
zones
to
support
against
small
businesses
for
pickup
of
food.
During
that
time,
and
the
other
thing
I
would
mention
here
that
we
were
really
excited
about
was
an
initiative
called
equity
markets,
where
we
partnered
with
our
business
inclusion
office
within
the
city
of
asheville,
to
help
support
black
and
brown
businesses
during
the
pandemic.
E
We
conducted
a
number
of
surveys,
starting
in
september
2020,
as
well
as
in
2021
within
the
business
community,
where
we
want
to
get
some
feedback
on
how
this
temporary
program
was
working
for
them
and,
as
you
can
see
on
this
slide,
we
had
tremendous
feedback.
E
So
throughout
the
last
year
and
a
half
we
actually
had
several
times
during
the
process
where
we
extended
the
program
because
of
the
the
continuing
impacts
of
the
pandemic
and
the
positive
impacts
that
this
program
was
having
on
small
businesses
and
particularly
staff
retention,
employee
morale
and
creating
a
sense
of
safety
for
staff
as
well
as
customers.
E
The
the
other
survey
that
we
conducted
really
briefly
is
we
also
reached
out
to
the
general
public,
because
we
also
wanted
to
see
how
residents
felt
like
the
avl
share.
Space
program
was
was
helping
them
and
we
also
heard
very
similar
feedback
from
the
general
public,
especially
how
the
program
really
prioritized
pedestrians
in
some
of
our
mixed-use
areas
of
the
city
of
asheville.
E
I
I
definitely
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
folks
such
as
dana
frankel,
steph,
monson
dahl,
jessica
morris
and
our
transportation
department
and
many
other
people
in
the
city
of
asheville
that
worked
on
this
program
and
what
we
found
is.
It
is
a
really
resource,
intensive
initiative
to
coordinate
with
businesses
about
parklets
and
use
of
public
space
and
we'd
like
to
try
to
find
additional
resources
to
try
to
make
some
of
these
initiatives
more
permanent
in
the
future.
E
So,
for
the
first
one,
expansion
of
private
property,
we
are
looking
at
extending
it
into
next
year
to
allow
time
for
transition
to
a
more
permanent
solution
of
how
we
utilize
our
sidewalks
we're
working
one-on-one
with
business
owners
and
tenants
for
a
path
toward
permanency.
For
that
initiative
for
the
expansion
of
public
sidewalks,
we
would
like
to
begin
permitting
that
for
2022,
and
that
includes
looking
at
revising
our
fees
and
potential
adjustments
for
that
permit
and
cross
encroachment
standards
for
parklets
and
use
of
our
private
excuse
me,
public
on-street
parking
spaces.
E
E
We're
also
looking
at
again
developing
a
long-term
solution
for
parklets
to
try
to
understand
how
we
can
balance
all
the
competing
use
of
public
space
within
areas,
particularly
in
our
downtown
area
and
then,
finally,
that
shared
streets
or
pedestrian
priority
zone.
We
are
looking
at
a
long-term
implementation
of
that
shared
streets,
ped
priority
zone
for
wall
street
in
downtown
nashville.
E
As
I
mentioned,
some
of
the
resources
that
staff
is
is
seeking.
We
are
looking
at
exploring
several
funding
options
to
support
a
reasonable
work
plan
for
transitioning
elements
of
the
pilot
program
into
more
permanent
services.
E
E
The
next
initiative
that
I
wanted
to
cover
was
something
related
to
hotel
development
in
the
city
of
asheville
and,
as
I
mentioned
during
the
pandemic,
was
actually
a
great
time
for
us,
as
tourism
slowed
down
to
take
a
step
back
and
try
to
determine
and
find
some
reasonable
solutions
for
how
we
can
better
manage
hotel
development
uses
throughout
the
city,
and
we
now
know
that
tourism
has
come
back
full
force
within
the
last
couple
of
months
and
there
are
no
signs
of
that
that
market
demand
slowing
down
within
the
city.
E
So
the
city
council
adopted
new
hotel
development
regulations
in
the
beginning
of
2021
in
february,
after
an
18-month,
long
development
moratorium
on
hotels
in
the
city
and
the
reason
we
we
took
a
step
back,
is
we
wanted
to
have
a
better
understanding
of
the
impacts
of
hotel
development
in
the
city?
In
particularly
over
the
last
10
years,
we
experienced
a
very
high
demand
for
new
hotel
development
throughout
the
city,
and
we
wanted
to
get
a
better
sense
of
how
we
can
better
assess
the
impacts
of
that
development
on
our
infrastructure
throughout
the
city.
E
So
we
looked
at
three
key
elements
as
part
of
our
new
hotel
development
regulations,
including
looking
at
a
new
hotel
overlay
district,
which
kind
of
determines
where
hotels
may
or
may
not
be
permitted
throughout
the
city,
including
new
hotel
development
standards
that
looks
at
the
kind
of
the
design
of
hotels
and
the
operations
involving
hotel
development.
E
And
finally,
the
last
key
element
of
the
hotel
development
standards
is
that
we
revised
our
design
review
process
and
in
combination
if
a
hotel
is
able
to
meet
these
three
key
elements,
a
hotel
up
to
115
rooms,
there's
an
opportunity
for
that
hotel
to
be
approved
at
a
city
staff
level,
rather
than
going
through
a
longer
development
review
process
that
ends
at
our
city
council.
E
E
This
is
one
of
the
central
highlights
of
the
new
hotel
development
standards
and
what
we're
saying
is
again
if
a
hotel
of
a
certain
size
up
to
115
rooms
wishes
to
be
approved
as
city
staff
level,
we're
trying
to
standardize
some
of
the
requirements
for
that
hotel
early
on
in
the
process
to
make
a
more
fair
and
predictable
process
for
hotel
development
within
the
city.
E
So
we
created
this
public
benefits
system,
that's
an
incentivized
based
system,
and
basically
there
are
certain
number
of
points
that
are
required
depending
upon
the
size
of
the
hotel
and
its
location
in
the
city
and
just
to
give
you
an
example
of
some
of
the
public
benefit
options
that
may
be
chosen.
E
E
E
There
were
actually
subcommittees
of
the
riverfront
redevelopment
commission
and
a
subcommittee
of
the
downtown
commission
that
looked
at
design
review
and
we
combined
it
into
one
new
joint
design,
review
committee
and
the
rationale
for
this
was
again
to
try
to
simplify
our
design
review
process
into
having
just
one
committee
that
could
look
at
not
only
hotels
but
also
assess
the
design
of
other
types
of
land
uses
within
the
downtown
and
riverfront
areas
of
the
city.
E
The
final
project
that
we
recently
approved
in
the
city
was
a
rezoning
effort
called
urban
centers
and
urban
centers
was
a
recommendation
that
came
out
of
our
living
national
comprehensive
plan
that
was
adopted
in
2018,
where
we
wanted
to
look
more
holistically
at
some
of
our
commercial
corridors
in
the
city
where
we
are
experiencing
a
lot
of
suburban
sprawl
and
to
try
to
direct
growth
and
development
into
what
we
would
call
a
node
along
that
that
corridor.
E
So
we
looked
at
our
high
frequency
transit
routes
that
are
in
proximity
to
our
central
business
district
and
tried
to
find
ways
that
we
could
change
our
zoning
to
encourage
more
housing.
In
particular,
affordable
housing
in
several
areas
on
these
commercial
nodes,
and
we
also
want
to
try
to
improve
connectivity
and
walkability
in
these
areas.
E
So
what
does
an
urban
center
look
like?
We?
We
looked
at
some
areas
in
the
city
that
we
felt
had
a
very
high
redevelopment
potential,
such
as
a
big
box
store
surrounded
by
a
lot
of
surface
parking,
and
we
wanted
to
see
how
we
could
change
that
development
pattern
through
zoning
standards
to
try
to
make
it
more
walkable
and
dense
and
to
try
to
encourage
mixed
use
in
those
areas
over
time.
E
So
where
are
the
city's
urban
centers?
This
map
is
called
a
preferred
growth
scenario.
Map
is
a
map
that
we
prepared
as
part
of
the
living
asheville
comprehensive
plan
where
we
tried
to
identify
some
of
these
urban
center
locations
throughout
the
city
and
they're
shown
on
this
map
with
the
the
gold
or
yellow
star.
E
But
we
started
off
looking
at
only
a
few
areas
in
the
city
to
start
with.
As
part
of
the
first
phase
which
city
council
recently
adopted,
we
looked
at
some
nodes
along
merriman
avenue,
including
around
the
steinmart
and
ingles
area.
We
also
rezoned
the
innsbruck
mall
area
on
tunnel
road,
the
former
sears
site
on
south
tunnel
road
and
the
walmart
property
on
bleachery
boulevard,
so
those
properties
were
already
rezoned
recently
by
city
council.
E
As
part
of
this
urban
center's
rezoning
initiative
and
as
part
of
the
second
phase
city
staff
will
be
presenting
some
additional
areas
surrounding
the
asheville
mall
on
south
tunnel
road.
E
So
with
that,
I
appreciate
your
time
and
look
forward
to
some
of
the
questions
at
the
end
of
our
presentations.
Thank
you.
A
F
Thanks
so
much
angelica,
paul
d'angelo
here
with
community
development
and
tip
of
the
hat
to
my
colleagues,
todd
and
ben
for
getting
us
started
off
here
and,
of
course,
to
nikki
reed
who's
going
to
run
this
slide
deck
for
me.
So
nikki
next
slide
appreciate
this
and
appreciate
everyone
being
here.
So
in
the
work
sessions
we've
done
at
the
city
of
asheville,
we've
definitely
tried
to
recognize
our
role
at
the
city
in
affordable
housing
and
have
really
looked
at
that
as
four
things
funding
to
be
able
to
fund
projects.
F
So
we
have
a
challenge
of
affordable
housing.
This
has
remained
consistent
in
the
city
of
asheville
each
year
as
we're
working
through
these
work
sessions
that
most
wages,
salaries
and
incomes
we
produce
in
our
area.
Don't
support
the
average
housing
costs
in
asheville,
both
homeownership
and
rental.
F
A
healthy,
affordable,
mixed
income
community
needs
a
variety
of
housing
types
at
a
variety
of
price
points,
both
home
ownership
and
rental,
for
the
variety
of
incomes
and
wages
we
produce
in
nashville
next
slide,
and
we
realize
working
with
developers
developer
forum
today
that
this
is
a
numbers
game
for
you.
How
can
they
you
make
this
work
for
your
company
for
your
bank
and
expenses,
everything
with
some
cash
flow
to
make
the
property
work?
F
It's
a
numbers
game
for
you,
which
we
completely
recognize
next
slide,
but
it's
also
a
numbers
game
for
our
community
who,
many
of
which
struggle
with
lower
or
moderate
wages,
with
very
high
housing
costs,
both
rental
and
homeownership,
plus
a
bit
of
a
small
supply
demand
issue
with
a
low
supply
at
the
moment.
So
we've
got
some
mismatches
not
only
with
our
community
members,
but
we
also
know
with
the
developers
trying
to
make
their
pro
forma
to
work
next
slide.
F
F
Those
top
nine
challenges
that
we
have
one
that
we
certainly
see
more
of
here
in
asheville,
as
that
last
one
land
prices
and
the
availability
and
additional
challenges.
Kind
of
unique
to
asheville
is
topography
challenges
again.
We've
got
market
challenges
with
a
supply
and
demand
issue,
an
amazing
quality
of
life.
That's
driving
a
lot
of
folks
here
and
lower
to
moderate
income
wages
for
a
service
and
tourist
economy
next
slide,
and
then
we
also
need
to
recognize
the
subsidy.
F
F
So
for
our
development
partners,
we've
come
up
with
our
toolbox
and
our
policies
of
what
we
call
20
80
20.
That
mostly
goes
towards
our
rental
products.
F
So
what
that
means
is
at
least
20
percent
of
the
units
are
put
on
the
ground
for
individuals
and
families
at
or
below
80
percent
of
the
area,
median
income
for
at
least
20
years,
with
half
of
those
80
ami
units
that
are
targeted,
accepting
housing
choice
vouchers
and
to
be
able
to
do
that.
We've
tried
to
create
policies
to
fill
that
subsidy
need
to
be
a
developer
partner
with
you
all.
F
So
we've
got
policies
for
the
disposition
of
city
and
land
where,
in
exchange
for
affordable
housing,
there's
an
opportunity
to
make
an
offer
for
city
on
land.
We've
got
our
housing
trust
fund,
which
is
the
city's
bank,
where
we
offer
lower
interest
rates
anywhere
from
usually
zero
to
two
percent
for
a
period
of
20
years.
Perhaps
it's
no
payment,
no
interest
payment
for
20
years
and
that
works
really
well
with
our
infill
developers,
who
are
trying
to
make
things
happen
in
asheville
on
a
smaller
scale.
F
F
If
it's
an
affordable
unit,
that's
going
to
be
about
700
dollars,
so
a
1200
or
1200
saving
per
unit
on
the
affordable
units
and
then
fee
rebates
and
expedited
review
fee
rebates
for
the
affordable
units.
The
majority
of
those
fees
can
be
rebated
back
to
you
and
just
learning.
Yesterday,
a
few
folks
didn't
realize
that
we
had
an
extra
expedited
review
and
partnership
with
dsd
that,
if
there's
affordability
component,
we
can
move
you
faster
through
that
process.
F
We
also
have
hud
dollars,
so
the
home
invested
in
partnership
dollars
that
come
to
our
four
county
consortium
region
and
we've
also
been
working
through
the
25
million
dollar,
affordable
housing
bond
as
well
to
be
a
part
of
the
solutions
to
offer
these
incentives
and
to
fill
that
subsidy
next
slide
and
obviously
takes
partners.
The
city
tries
to
work
with
all
partners
and
play
to
their
strengths,
so
whether
that's
a
mission-driven
developer,
a
tax
credit
developer,
a
non-profit
developer
or
a
for-profit
developer.
F
We
need
partners
at
the
table
to
help
us
produce,
preserve
and
protect,
affordable
housing.
We
want
to
be
able
to
play
to
your
strengths,
and
hopefully,
we've
got
the
incentives
and
tools
that
can
make
that
work
next
slide
and
so
a
healthy,
equitable,
inclusive,
mixed
income
community,
with
a
variety
of
housing
types
at
a
variety
of
price
points,
both
home
ownership
and
rental,
for
the
variety
of
incomes
and
wages
we
produce
in
asheville.
That
is
what's
needed
in
our
housing
market.
We
can't
do
that
without
partners
next
slide.
F
So
hopefully,
some
of
you
all
have
seen
our
work
over
the
last
year
and
a
half,
or
so
with
several
projects
that
are
listed
there
on
the
left.
We've
got
about
373
units
of
affordable
housing,
we're
targeting
all
sorts
of
different
amounts,
which
was
our
goal
about
a
13
million
dollar
city
investment
overall,
that's
leveraged
alongside
nonprofit
and
private
investment,
and
we're
averaging
about
35
000
per
unit
of
subsidies.
F
So
if
that
gap
is
80,
000
we're
coming
in
at
35
we're
coming
in
about
half
to
fill
up
that
gap
in
partnership
with
development
partners,
lee
walker
heights,
the
grand
opening
was
just
two
days
ago,
360,
hilliard
and
amaranth
are
both
have
affordability,
components
to
them.
Amaranth
is
all
affordable.
Those
are
about
to
go,
live,
ironwood
apartments
is
in
construction
and
habitat
for
humanity.
A
little
bit
of
homeownership
there
about
six
of
those.
F
There
working
with
the
talbot
lot
downtown
the
haywood
street
development
company
to
see
if
we
can
work
with
them
in
a
partnership
to
do
some
more
lower
ami
housing,
neighborhood
lots
for
affordable
housing
to
do
two
home
ownership
units
and
then
homeward
bound
permanent,
supportive
housing,
85
units
there
that,
hopefully,
will
be
live
about
in
the
next
nine
months
or
so
anywhere
from
a
two
to
four
million
dollar
investment
there,
targeting
our
homeless
individuals
and
families
for
permanent
supportive
housing.
F
So
hopefully,
overall
you'll
see
some
500
plus
affordable
units
with
23
million
dollars
of
city
investment.
Again,
that's
leveraged,
alongside
of
our
partners.
Next
slide,
quick
brief
view
there
of
some
of
the
things
that
we've
got
a
summary
of
those
two
slides
of
what
we've
been
working
on
and
what's
in
the
pipeline
city.
F
Investment,
affordable
units
partners
is
the
mix
of
what
we
need
to
get
things
done
here
at
the
city
of
asheville
next
slide,
and
so
we
encourage
very
much
in
community
development,
division
and
community
and
economic
development
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution,
and
there
is
our
website.
We've
just
recently
updated
that
similar
to
our
policies,
a
website
that
is
simple
and
usable
and
easy
to
read
very
laid
out
for
affordable
housing
tools,
learn
about
affordable
housing
meetings,
our
cd
lists
services
over
400
people.
F
Now
on
that,
so
we
always
encourage
that
activity
to
get
people
involved
and
if
you
know
anybody
who's
struggling
with
affordable
housing,
our
partnership
at
two
one,
one
next
slide,
and
with
that
we
can
I'll
open
it
up
for
questions
and
discussion
and
nikki.
I
think
the
next
slide
talks
a
little
bit
about
how
you
can
contact
myself,
todd
or
ben
through
development
services
planning,
an
urban
design
or
community
and
economic
development
back
to
you,
angelica
thanks.
A
A
My
the
first
question
is
senior
housing
is
a
major
need
in
the
community.
What
news
updates
or
context
can
the
city
provide
regarding
housing
for
older
adults,
and
this
includes
topics
like
accessibility,
universal
design,
accessory
dwelling
units
also
known
as
adus,
etc.
F
And
I
think
this
might
be
directed
to
myself
again
paul
d'angelo
with
community
and
economic
development,
the
when
we
partner
on
affordable
housing,
community
development
really
focuses
on
income
level,
and
so
we
really
look
at
those
incomes
to
assist
individuals
and
families
at
or
below
80
ami.
This
includes
a
lot
of
our
seniors
that
are
on
fixed
income,
a
lot
of
our
seniors
that
may
have
mobility
challenges
or
disability
activities
that
they
need
to
be
have
a
unit
that
works
for
them.
F
We
focus
on
those
incomes
and
a
lot
of
our
partnerships
come
with
tax
credit
developers,
who
specifically
will
build
for
seniors
at
or
below
60
percent
of
the
area,
immediate
income.
In
addition,
the
city
does
have
a
representative
at
the
ho
up
meetings,
which
is
a
specific
group.
That's
in
our
community
that
focuses
on
working
with
senior,
affordable
housing,
universal
design
and
make
sure
that
we're
accessing
those
seniors
in
need
to
those
valuable
resources
in
our
community.
I
think
todd
or
ben
might
want
to
talk
more
about
accessory
dwelling
units.
E
I
know
the
city
staff
has
had
some
very
fruitful
conversations
with
folks
in
buncombe,
county
aarp
and
other
groups,
such
as
the
council
on
aging,
on
universal
design
in
particular,
and
trying
to
find
ways
for
people
to
age
in
place
in
their
homes.
D
And
then
I'll,
just
just
add
on
at
the
end
of
those
points,
is
one
thing
that
I
think
is
a
great
option
for
for
senior
housing
is
accessory
dwelling
units
and,
as
most
folks
will
miss,
probably
meeting
realize
you
know,
the
city
has
done
things
in
terms
of
trying
to
modify
the
zoning
standards
to
make
make
that
that
type
of
unit
more
accessible
and
to
see
more
of
those
in
the
city.
D
And
then
recently
the
development
services
department
has
developed
a
guide
to
accessory
dwelling
units.
So
we've
tried
to
put
out
a
more
technical
guide.
That'll
that'll
help
people
understand
how
it's
viable
to
do
these
types
of
alternative
housing
arrangements
and
and
kind
of
what's
needed
in
terms
of
getting
those
built
and
occupied.
D
So
what
I'll
ask
angelica
if
it's
okay,
if
we
could
maybe
in
the
chat
or
his
follow-up,
go
ahead
and
share
a
link
to
that
adu
guide,
so
so
people
can
kind
of
see
how
to
maybe
maybe
use
that
as
an
option
to
not
only
address
housing
but
in
particular
even
senior
housing.
So
thank
you.
F
And
angelica,
if
I
can
wrap
up
a
quick
point
about
to
todd
about
the
incentives,
the
land
use,
incentive,
grant
policy
does
offer
10
points
or
two
years
of
property
tax
grant
back
to
a
developer,
who
offers
20
of
the
units
at
universal
design.
So
we're
trying
to
incentivize
that
through
our
affordable
housing
policies
on
our
side
and
so
far,
no
one's
taken
advantage
of
that.
So
hopefully,
this
discussion
might
pique
some
interest
for
folks
interested
in
partnership
for
senior,
affordable
housing.
E
That's
a
great
question
angelic
and
I'm
happy
to
take
a
first
stab
at
this.
You
know.
Equitable
development
is
something
again
that
we
are
as
an
organization
as
a
city
of
asheville
organization,
and
I
know
for
the
planning
department
in
particular.
It's
something
that
we're
very
passionate
about
trying
to
address
in
the
city.
There
are
obviously
challenges
as
we
continue
to
grow
and
develop
as
a
city.
E
E
We
we've
looked
at
displacement
as
part
of
some
of
our
initiatives
I
covered
earlier
as
part
of
the
forum
for
the
hotel
development
regulations
in
our
public
benefits
table.
Some
of
you
may
have
seen
on
that
slide
that
we
offer.
We
have
some
points,
actually
negative
points
that
we
assess
in
that
public
benefits
table
if
a
new
hotel
development
comes
in
and
displaces
either
residential
units
or
existing
commercial
tenants.
E
We
worked
and
co-designed
and
collaborated
quite
a
bit
with
some
of
the
surrounding
neighborhoods
that
might
be
impacted
by
future
redevelopment
in
those
urban
centers.
In
particular,
we've
been
meeting
a
lot
with
the
emma
neighborhood
and
burnt
street
neighborhood,
as
well
as
the
legacy
neighborhoods
coalition
around
one
of
our
early
urban
centers,
which
included
at
some
point
the
former
kmart
site
on
patton
avenue
and
through
those
discussions
we
just
you
know,
realized
that
future
redevelopment
in
that
location
at
this
time
might
cause
harm
on
those
adjacent
neighborhoods.
E
So
we
made
the
decision
to
remove
that
former
kmart
property
from
urban
centers
at
this
time
until
we
can
continue
to
work
with
those
neighborhoods,
as
well
as
the
legacy
neighborhoods
coalition
on
developing
what
we're
calling
neighborhood,
stabilization
or
anti-displacement
strategies,
we've
actually
begun
the
work
to
do
that.
It's
an
effort
that
I
think
happened
really
organically.
E
As
part
of
the
urban
center's
initiative,
and
we're
really
excited
to
see
where
that
might
take
us
over
the
coming
months
and
we'll
just
give
a
shout
out
to
to
some
of
my
staff
in
the
work
on
urban
centers
and
hotel
regulations
such
as
stacey
merton
and
vadilla
safica,
as
well
as
sasha
vertunsky
in
her
work
on
neighborhood
stabilization
strategies.
F
I'll
quickly,
just
add
that
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
community
development
division,
community
economic
development,
looking
at
affordable
housing
policy,
what
we
call
beyond
the
subsidy,
I
think
we
have
done
a
good
job
of
understanding
the
mathematics
of
what
it
takes
for
affordable
housing.
We're
looking
forward
to
the
next
step
to
start
addressing
some
of
these
issues
about
displacement,
gentrification,
energy
efficiency,
all
the
things
that
kind
of
can
matter
into
an
affordable
housing,
build
whether
it's
just
the
unit
itself
or
to
todd's
point
what
is
happening
around
that
development.
F
A
meeting
this
morning
with
a
family
group.
That's
taxes
went
up
from
1800
to
4
000.,
that's
about
200
extra
a
month.
How
can
we
do
a
better
job
of
preserving
and
protecting
affordable
housing
and
preserving
and
protecting
members
of
our
community
that
have
been
there
a
long
time
and
how
they're
affected
by
certain
developments?
So
it's
a
great
topic
and
the
coordination
effort,
I
think,
will
be
really
good
to
address
these
issues.
D
D
A
Thank
you
appreciate,
hearing
that,
and
I
think
we
have
time
for
one
more
briefly.
Where
can
I
find
more
information
about
affordable
housing,
homelessness,
abl,
share
space
and
adu
permits.
F
So,
to
learn
more
about
affordable
housing.
If
you
google,
a
city
of
asheville
community
development,
it
should
take
you
to
our
home
page
and
we
have
a
drop
down
menu
on
affordable
housing
that
not
only
talks
about
the
tools
that
we
have
for
developers,
but
also
resources
available
for
our
community,
as
well
as
to
learn
more
about
the
work
sessions
and
other
presentations
that
we've
done
on
this
topic
to
help.
E
D
Yeah,
we're
really
excited
for
folks
to
build
adu,
so
just
come
to
dsd's
website
and
there's
a
residential
tab,
and
we
actually
have
under
that
tab.
Adu
page
and
basic
information
on
the
adu
page.
We're
about
to
add
that
guide
that
mark
metheny
and
his
team
has
created
so
yeah
all
you
need
to
know
about
adus
on
dc's
website
and
if
you
still
have
questions,
you've
got
my
email
and
phone
number
other
contact
information.
So
just
let
us
know
we're
excited
to
see
folks
build
more
adus.
A
C
Great
thanks
all
so
nikki
reed
here
with
the
community
economic
development
department.
We
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
joining
us
today.
We
deeply
appreciate
your
interest
and
engagement
and
truly,
we
hope
that
next
spring
we'll
be
able
to
bring
this
development
forum
to
you
in
person
so
that
we
can
connect
in
person
and
that
will
be
tentative
for
may
2022.,
and
we
know
this
was
somewhat
of
a
shorter
forum
than
what
we're
accustomed
to,
and
so
we'd
like
to
emphasize
really
that
we
are
public
servants.
C
We
are
here
for
you
if
you'd
like
to
reach
out
to
us
with
any
additional
questions,
and
we
hope
to
be
that
resource
for
you
here
in
our
community,
and
so
we
hope
that
that
you'll
take
away
from
today's
presentation
that
we
are
engaged
we're
engaged
in
improving
our
processes
to
serve
you
we're
in
engaged
in
approving
these
policies
from
affordable
housing
to
how
we
really
shape
and
manage
growth
in
our
community,
even
among
the
challenging
conditions
of
coven
19.
C
And
so
just
again.
We
want
to
thank
you
for
your
engagement
today
and
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
any
of
us
for
any
questions
or
concerns,
and
so
with
that,
we
will
adjourn
and
hope
that
everyone
has
a
great
weekend.
So
thanks
all
thanks
for
being
with
us
today,.