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Regular meeting of the City of Asheville Sustainability Advisory Committee on Energy and the Environment.
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C
Good
afternoon,
everybody
I
would
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
sustainability
sustainability
advisory
committee
meeting.
My
name
is
Tim
Ormond
and
I'm
serving
as
chair.
This
is
our
March
15th
2023
meeting
all
committee
members
and
staff
are
participating.
Virtually
we
are
streaming
live
on
our
virtual
engagement
Hub,
which
is
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
Hub
link
on
the
front
page
of
the
city
website,
and
also
linked
on
the
committee
page.
C
C
We
also
have
an
option
for
the
public
to
provide
live
public
comment
over
the
phones
through
the
phone
number
listed
on
the
engagement
Hub,
which
is
linked
on
the
committee
web
page
on
today's
agenda.
There
will
be
two
opportunities
to
provide
public
comment
at
the
beginning
and
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
for
those
of
you
who
are
out
there
with
us
today
or
many
adoring
fans.
Welcome
we're
glad
you're
here
now
I'd
like
to
go
through
and
introduce
all
the
committee
members
who
are
participating
virtually
please
make
sure
it
is
mute.
C
F
C
It
looks
like
we're
missing
two
members,
all
right:
we're
missing:
Joel
Osgood
and
Chris
Paul
Ryan,
and
they
text
Joel
just
to
see
if
he
can
make
it
and
we're.
We
are
expecting
Maggie
Allman,
our
city
council
liaison
at
some
point,
and
then
we
have
our
staff
members
from
the
sustainability
office,
sustainability,
director,
Bridget
herring.
C
Thank
you,
everybody
to
help
our
audience,
follow
along
I'll
State
each
section
of
the
agenda
aloud
and
do
a
vocal
roll
call
for
each
boat.
Additionally,
I
asked
the
committee
members
raise
their
hand
to
speak
and
I
will
call
upon
them,
and
our
first
item
is
the
approval
of
our
February
minutes.
C
C
Welcome
Joel
and
if
there
aren't
any
comments
on
the
meeting
minutes,
do
I
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes.
C
All
right
high
demand
for
emotions
this
afternoon,
so
we
have
a
first
and
a
second
and
without
I,
will
take
a
roll
call
to
if
you're,
in
favor
of
approving
the
minutes,
I
think
I'm
doing
this
right
after
I
read
your
name,
please
say
I
or
ornay
in.
E
C
All
right,
thanks,
Michael
and
finally
Sophie
Mullinax.
G
C
D
C
J
Okay,
the
energy
and
carbon
work
group
met
for
the
first
time,
and
we've
only
met
this
once
since
our
last
meeting
on
March,
6th,
Sophie
and
I
and
Michael
and
Bridget
were
present,
and
we
sort
of
took
the
opportunity
to
do
what
we
can
to
get
oriented
on
what
our
priorities
are
and
think
about
things
that
we
might
get
involved
in.
We
have,
if
you
look
at
the
the
goals
that
were
itemized
for
the
Energy
Group
in
the
2022
annual
report.
J
There
were
two
of
them.
Energy
related
one
was
to
focus
on
renewable
energy
and
Energy
Efficiency
projects
that
can
be
expedited
under
the
inflation
reduction
act.
The
federal
law
that
would
help
us
meet
the
community
goal
of
100
renewable
energy,
the
other
goal,
energy
and
carbon
related
was
renewable
and
renewable
energy
and
Energy
Efficiency
projects
that
might
contribute
to
increasing
the
community's
resilience
in
the
face
of
climate
change
as
to
the
first
one
we
well
as
to
both
of
them.
J
I
think
we
did
not
make
a
lot
of
Headway
in
terms
of
things
that
we
would
be
able
to
do
that
are
that
would
be
on
the
front
burner
now.
The
inflation
reduction
act
has
a
program
for
substantial
rebates
to
provide
Financial
incentives
for
residences
and
businesses,
including
on
residences,
low
low
and
moderate
income
residents,
to
make
renewable
energy
and
Energy
Efficiency
purchases,
but
there's
a
state
program
yet
to
be
set
up
and
the
state
program
hasn't
been
set
up
because
they're
waiting
for
Department
of
energy
guidance.
J
So
at
this
point
there's
little
to
do
that.
We
we
could
see
to
do
on
that,
but
in
the
future,
when
the
program's
set
up
I
think
there
is
a
great
opportunity
for
us
for
the
city
to
do
what
it
can
to
promote
and
make
people
aware
of
the
availability
of
what
are
really
substantial
incentives
there.
We
did
talk
a
little
bit
about
this
I
guess.
J
This
relates
a
little
bit
to
the
the
goal
of
increasing
Community
resilience
about
steps
that
the
city
might
take
that
they
are
taking
and
my
take
to
consider
transitioning
the
municipal
vehicle
Fleet
to
electric
vehicles.
We
just
discussed
it
a
little
bit.
J
My
I
have
I'm
I'm
no
expert
on
this
on
the
opposite
of
an
expert
on
this,
but
my
understanding
is
that
those
considerations
are
currently
in
process
with
staff
and,
if
any,
if
there's
more
detail,
I
would
turn
to
Bridget
or
Michael
on
that.
The
other
things
we
discussed
were
sort
of.
J
There
were
four
energy
and
carbon
related
activities
that
are
identified
under
the
MCAT,
which
has
not
yet
been
approved
by
city
council,
but
we've
talked
about
those
an
anticipation
that
they
might
be
and
the
one
of
the
items
we
talked
about
was
Duke.
J
Energy
has
a
carbon
reduction
plan,
that's
been
approved
by
the
North
Carolina
Utilities
Commission
and
as
part
of
that
proposal,
Duke
has
sought,
filed
an
application
with
the
commission
to
get
approval
of
a
new
solar
energy
purchase
program,
and
this
the
city
might
be
would
would
be
eligible,
I
think
to
make
purchases
under
that
program.
It's
called
the
green
Source
Advantage
Choice
program
that
administrative
proceeding
is
just
getting
started
so
again
other
than
considering
maybe
the
possibility
of
of
assisting
staff.
If
they
decide
it's
worth
it
there.
J
The
time
to
do
some
advocacy
we
would
just
we'll
just
see
where
that
one
goes
and
then
not
the
other,
the
last
items
under
the
mcap
and,
of
course
this
is
a
little
bit
anticipatory,
because
the
MCAT
has
not
yet
been
approved,
but
called
for
development
of
Energy
Efficiency
standards
for
City
retrofits
upgrades
and
and
O
M
operations
and
maintenance
and
I
I.
J
Think
again,
the
city's
consideration
of
that
is
is
still
in
the
initial
stages
and
would
need
to
await
perhaps
budget
budget
priorities.
Budget
priorities
being
said
before
they
can
move
forward.
J
So
that's
the
that's
I
think
where
we
stand,
unfortunately
at
least
at
insofar
as
this
first
cut
at
it
there's
nothing
really
sort
of
Front
Burner
that
we're
actively
looking
at,
but
we'll
plan
to
meet
again
and
with
Bridget
and
see
where
we
can
go.
H
Yeah,
hopefully
I'm
not
mute
I
had
to
stop
because
it
was
hard
to
bicycle
and
listen.
Can
you
tell
me
I
forgot
is,
has
has
this
program
that
Duke's
Dukes
it's
not
for
carbon
right,
because
there's
no
additionality
from
what
I
can
tell
from
the
program
it's
just
a
feel-good
kind
of
purchase.
J
H
J
Correct
well,
I,
don't
know
about
I
would
not
call.
It
feel.
Good
I
think
that
this
is
this
application
of
the
green
Source
Advantage
Program
is
one
of
the
pieces
in
the
carbon
reduction
plan
that
the
commission
approved
and
that
plan
calls
for,
as,
as
you
know,
a
70
reduction
in
CO2
emissions
by
the
utility
from
2005
standards
from
2005
as
the
as
the
Baseline
by
2030,
and
to
become
carbon
neutral
by
2050
and
I.
J
Think
that
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
my
recollection
is
that
the
the
statute
or
the
approved
plan
statute,
that
required
the
submission
of
a
carbon
plane
and
the
carbon
plant
itself
calls
for
an
increase
in
some
2000
plus,
maybe
2300
megawatts
of
new
solar
in
service
by
2028
and
so
I.
Think,
if
I've
connected
the
dots
correctly,
that
this
green
Source
Advantage
Choice
program
could
substantially
increase,
purchase
solar
purchasing
opportunities
both
of
new
solar
and
of
renewable
engine
credits
by
the
city
but
Bridgette.
If
you,
if
I.
H
I
knew
all
that
that
was
good
well,
if
I
made
I
knew
all
that,
but
it's
helpful
for
others.
That
may
not
have
been
aware
of
that.
There
is
no
additionality
in
a
wreck.
Now,
that's
that's
just
gone
maybe
20
years
ago
and
to
rely
on
Rex
is
just
greenwashed,
so
I
certainly
hope
the
city
and
the
county
get
rid
of
their
idea
of
fulfilling
their
commitments
with
Rex.
It
would
be
just
leave
open
the
city
of
the
county
to
criticisms.
H
I
mean
it's
right
now.
Some
of
you
may
have
seen
the
recent
report
that
99
of
all
the
existing
coal
plants
in
the
country
cost
more
than
installing
solar.
Now
you
can
shut
them
down
and
actually
see
no
increase
in
the
repair
by
installing
solar,
so
why
on
Earth
there
they
would
sell
wreck
or
when
it's
it's
statistically
prudent,
economically
International
responsible
thing
to
do
for
the
ratepayers.
J
I,
just
just
to
be
just
to
be
clear,
I'd
be
maybe
wrong
about
this
Michael
and
you
correct
me,
but
my
understanding
is
that
the
that
the
the
program
calls
for
increasing
not
not
just
the
availability
of
purchasing
wrecks
but
increasing
the
ability
to
purchase
actually
make
renewable
energy
purchases
and,
having
more
of
that
more
substantially,
more
solar
online
by
the
utility
itself.
J
D
So
I
haven't
delved
into
the
recent
filing,
but
in
the
previous
version
of
the
program
it
was
to
work
with
the
solar
developer
to
bring
on
a
new
asset
and
that
the
renewable
energy
generated
at
that
asset
would
be
attributed
to
the
customer
that
was
purchasing.
It.
C
A
Group
with
Steve
and
Kim
and
Kiera
joined
us
as
well.
A
Oh
and
Bridget
joined
us,
and
so
we
focused
mostly
most
of
our
stuff,
was
focused
on
the
plastic
survey
and
that
going
out
the
community
engagement
section
of
the
plastic,
and
we
met
again
to
review
the
plastic
survey
actually
on
Monday
and
then
the
and
give
thoughts
on
it
with
some
members
of
the
neighborhood
committee,
which
that's
not
their
proper
name.
But
one
of
the
neighborhood
committees
and
I
thought
that
went
really
well
and
the
plastic
survey
looks
really
good.
A
A
Some
of
the
other
focuses
that
we're
going
to
work
on
more
sooner
than
later
is
the
climate
resilience
and
sustainability
report
just
reading
over
that,
as
well
as
the
climate
resource
guide
and
try
to
help
simplify
that
in
any
way,
we
see
could
be
possible
to
have
it
reach
more
people,
so
some
project
priorities
in
brainstorming
we
had
were
to
focus
on
some
engagement,
Outreach
support
and
potential
direct
canvassing.
E
So
we're
meeting
just
for
the
members
from
the
sustainability
commission
to
Tim,
Joel
and
I
to
discuss
the
goals
for
this
year
and
those
included
focusing
on
implementation
of,
hopefully,
the
municipal
climate
action
plan
cooperating
with
the
actual
Marriott,
Riverfront
Redevelopment
commission
and
then
also
the
stormwater
utility
study.
E
And
then
we
subsequently
followed
up
on
a
joint
working
group
meeting
with
members
from
the
Waterfront
community
and
the
design
commission,
with
all
the
Liaisons
Bridget
Stephanie
and
amygate
and
representative
stormwater
requirement
with
the
consultant
for
the
study
to
discuss
how
that's
going
to
be
implemented
right.
Now.
It's
a
12-year
12-month
process
and
we
are
following
up
next
week
to
discuss
some
of
the
opportunities
to
help
Outreach
and
the
questionnaire
and
kind
of
get
some
feedback
as
to
what
considerations
have
been
made.
E
You
have
anything
to
add
for
the
readings
that
was
the
pre-synopsis
and
there's
more
to
come
with
this
sustainability
utility
study
that
we'll
be
in
phases
with
their
first
phase
being
data,
Gathering
public
implementation
and
then
I'll
be
a
phase
two
for
implementing
any
questions.
C
Well,
thank
you
for
that
update
and
if
no
questions
we'll
turn
it
over
to
Steve
and
he's
gonna
speak
about
information
sharing
among
the
working
groups
and
if
there
are
ways
we
can
sort
of
improve
communication
and
information
sharing,
take
it
away.
Steve
thank.
J
You
yeah
I,
don't
know,
I'd,
be
very
interested
to
know
what
others
think
of
the
some
of
these
thoughts
that
I've
I've
had
about
making
sure
that
everybody
knows
what
everybody
else
is
up
to.
J
You
know
we
we
previously
decided
to
change
the
format
soon,
to
be
codified,
I
anticipate
in
the
bylaws
that
we're
not
going
to
have
nine
full
committee
meetings,
we're
going
to
reduce
it
to
six,
but
have
and
do
that,
but
have
every
other
month
have
the
working
groups
meet
at
least
once
a
month
or
as
frequently
as
they
need
to
to
make
progress
and
I
I.
J
Think
I
was
part
of
the
group
that
thought
this
was
a
great
idea
and
I
hope
it
will
improve,
or
at
least
continue
the
productivity
that
our
committee
has
been
able
to
have.
J
Okay,
what
I
have
found
in
the
at
least
in
the
time
that
I've
been
here,
is
that
it's
important
to
make
sure
that
everyone
is
up
to
speed
on
what
the
other
group,
if
you're,
not
in
one
group,
what
other
others?
What
what's
happening
in
other
groups
and
I
know
we
have
these
good
updates,
which
tend
to
be
brief
and
should
be
brief.
J
But
I
I
have
found
in
the
past
that
on
occasion
when
a
project
comes
to
close
to
its
culmination
and
we're
asked
to
vote
on
something
that
I,
don't
I
felt
that
I
haven't
been
able
to
fully
educate
myself
on
on.
What's
going
on
and
the
pros
and
cons
and
engaging
intelligent
discussion.
J
And
so
our
committees,
as
you
know,
are
have
to
be
four
or
fewer,
because
five
is
the
majority,
and
that
would
be
a
full
committee
meeting
and
so
that
that's
the
that's
the
constraint
that
we
operate
under
and
I
had
I
had
two
two
thoughts
about
what
we
might
do.
What
what
might
help
in
this
regard
and
I,
don't
know
if
anybody,
even
you
know,
feels
the
same
way
about
whether
they
need
there's
a
need
for
this,
but
one
would
be.
J
One
idea
would
be
to
after
after
a
working
group
has
a
meeting
or
works
on
some
aspect
of
a
project
to
share
post-work
group
meeting
some
kind
of
summary
and
maybe
any
materials
that
would
be
available
with
the
rest
of
the
group,
just
as
a
post,
whether
it's
by
email,
whether
it's
a
messenger
board
or
something
like
that.
So
just
for
example,
the
well
the
I
was
going
to
say.
I
was
going
to
say,
for
example,
the
the
plastic
survey
right.
J
But
the
timing
on
that
is
so
quick
that
plastic
survey
is
going
to
be
out.
I
think
the
plan
is
to
get
it
out
next
week.
So
everybody
will
have
action
access
to
that
quickly,
but
there
are,
but
there
are,
it
seems
to
me
there
are
times
when,
when
people
can
it
would
be
useful
to
review
materials
of
another
of
the
other
work
group
to
keep
up
to
speed
so
that
that
was
one
idea.
J
The
other
idea
that
listed
frowns
from
people
I
want
to
identify
is
the
idea
of
when
there's
a
work
group
meeting
or
there's
a
presentation
to
a
work
group
is
to
is
to
let
others
know
about
it,
who
aren't
in
the
work
group
and
offer
them
the
opportunity
to
attend
the
presentation
or
the
discussion
as
a
silent
attendee.
That
is
not
to
engage
in
deliberation,
because
deliberation
is
what
is
the
is.
J
The
key
to
my
reading
is
the
key
term
that
would
turn
a
five-member
presence
into
an
actual
meeting.
So
I
thought
you
know
if
I
could
sit
in
on
some
I,
don't
know
that
what
it
would
be,
but
if
I
had
interest
in
something
of
a
different
work
group
and
could
sit
in
and
just
not
participate
in
the
discussion.
Maybe
that
would
be
also
helpful
to
me.
So
those
are
the
two
thoughts
you
know,
I
guess.
J
The
first
question
is
whether
people
think
there's
you
know
a
need
for
any
kind
of
additional
information
sharing
at
this
point
or
not,
and
if
so,
whether
either
of
these
two
ideas
would
be
worthwhile
or
if
others
have
other
ideas.
That
would
be
great
too.
C
Thank
you,
Steve,
we'll
open
it
to
discussion
and
and
Joel
has
raised
us
yet.
I
Yeah,
thank
you.
Steve
I
I'm.
Definitely
in
favor
of
this
Pursuit
and
being
more
aware
of
what
other
working
groups
are
doing.
I
guess,
I
I
am
unclear
about
what
the
open
meeting
laws
will
dictate.
You
know
what
the
threshold
is
for
what's
possible
with
our
communication
just
unclear.
If,
if
we're
able
to
email
the
entire
group
and
how
what
our
bylaws
say
about
that
or
what
that
limitation
might
be,.
D
So
if
I
can
answer
the
question
about
email
for
open
meeting
laws,
it's
okay
to
send
an
email
out
and
solicit
feedback
as
long
as
all
the
feedback
goes
to
one
individual.
D
When
you
go
to
reply
and
all
that's
when
you're
having
deliberation
that
people
don't
have
access
to,
so
you
can't
say
hey,
how
does
everybody
feel
about
X
just
reply
all
and
have
because
that's
deliberation,
so
you
could
say
I
want
to
know
what
everybody
feels
about
X.
Please
reply
to
me
only
and
I'll
report
out
at
the
next
meeting
a
combination.
J
Right
and
Joel
just
to
follow
up
first
for
a
moment,
if
I
may
be
the
open
meetings,
law
says
you,
you
have
an
official
meeting
that
requires
the
public
notice
Etc
like
this,
like
this
meeting,
if
there's
any
gathering
together
at
any
time
or
place
for
the
simultaneous
communication
by
conference,
telephone
or
other
electronic
means
of
a
majority
of
the
members
which
it
would
be
five
of
us
right
or
for
the
purpose
of
participating
in
deliberations
right
or
voting
on
something
so
that
that's
the
source
of,
let's
not
have
emails,
go
back
and
forth
among
more
than
more
than
four
and
the
same
goes
for
actual
meeting.
J
J
C
I
know
Sophie
had
her
hand
raised.
Is
that
still
the
case
or.
G
No
I
was
just
getting
clarification
on
the
reply
all
and
that
confirmed
it,
but
I
guess
since
I'm
talking
now,
I
I,
like
the
idea
of
Steve
of
having
a
silent,
Observer
I,
just
worry
that
that
person
would
be
so
tempted
to
participate
and
talk,
but
but
get
your
point
and
I'm
wondering
if
and
has
experience
on
other
public
bodies
or
boards.
C
Good
question:
Ashley
has
her
hand
raised.
A
I
was
just
curious
if,
if
it
was
ever
if
it
could
be
recorded
or
if,
if
that
would
be
a
way
to
share
so
someone's
not
actively
sitting
in,
but
if
it
was
recorded
and
then
shared
with
I
guess,
would
it
be
shared
or
wouldn't
be
open
to
the
public,
because
it's
not
a
full
meeting
right
or
could
that
recording
be
shared,
especially
in
the
case
of
someone
coming
in
and
presenting
seems
like
it
could
be
beneficial.
H
J
Well,
I'm,
picking
up
on
a
thought
that
occurred
to
me
when
Sophie
was
talking
about
her
lack
of
discipline
and
inability
to
control
her
enthusiasm
when
she
attends
another.
Another
meeting,
I
I
was
wondering
thought
that
occurred
to
me
is
I,
wonder
if
they're
electronically
there's
a
way
to
have
just
a
silent
Observer
so
that
you
know
you
know
for
sure
that
there
isn't
going
to
be
any
communication.
So
that's
a
maybe
that's
a
thought
bridge
that
you
can
bring
to
the
to
legal
or
whoever
and
I.
J
C
H
Thank
you,
I
just
want
to
this
is
another
issue,
so
I
don't
know
if
I
should
hold
it
or
not.
I
just
wanted
to
alert
people
that
I
put
in
the
chat
the
reference
to
the
report,
the
how
many
coal
plants
could
be
shut
down.
You
can
basically
see
8
500
megawatts
of
solar
in
replacing
all
those
coal
plants.
So
that's
a
a
key
report
that
I
think
is
part
of
this
contentious
plan
that
Duke
Energy
is
putting
forward.
H
C
Thanks
Michael
for
sharing
that
link,
we'll
Circle
back
to
the
current
topic
and
Steve
has
a
stand
up.
J
Yeah,
yes,
no,
we
hear
you
oh
good,
good,
yeah
I'll
go
last
thought
then
I'll
be
quiet
I,
just
in
terms
of
the
idea
of
having
kind
of
a
bulletin
board
or
being
informed.
You
know
telling
other
people
if
this
is
going
on.
You
can
look
here
if
you
want
that
sort
of
thing.
After
the
fact
I
just
wanted
to
get
it.
Take
everyone's
temperature
on
how
bothersome
being
communicated
by
email
would
be.
J
Do
you
you
know
to
let
you
know
if
I
were
to
if
I
were
to
send
an
email
out
that
says
you
know
we
just
had
this
working
group
meeting
and
and
attached
as
a
summary
or
or
here's
the
you
know,
a
video
presentation
or
a
PowerPoint
that
you
can
go
to
to
look
at
I.
Don't
want
to
I
mean
honestly
I
want
people
who
are
Frank,
I,
don't
want
to
I,
don't
you
don't?
J
You
have
other
one
or
two
other
things
you
might
have
in
your
lives
that
you're
doing
and
if,
if
what
would
be
the
best
least
intrusive,
but
most
effective
way
to
just
help,
people,
if
you
could
give
thought
to
that
either
either.
Now
or
just
just
you
know,
follow-up
that'd
be
great.
C
Thanks
Steve
good
question:
Sophie.
G
Personally,
that
would
not
be
intrusive
to
me
and
I
would
appreciate
an
email,
update
or
report
just
sent
after
each
meeting.
Maybe
if
it
feels
relevant
and
there's
something
useful
to
share.
G
You
know
mindful
mindful
of
operating
in
a
silo
and
we
only
meet
virtually
so
the
more
communication.
That's
kosher
is
better
for
me.
C
Yeah
I,
second,
that
Michael
next
I.
H
I
heard
it
and
I
even
think
it
would
be
valuable
if
we
could
get
the
other
committees
like
urban
forestry
to
to
join
in
such
an
efforts.
Since
there's
a
lot
of
cross
pollination
areas
that
could
occur.
I
Yeah
I'll
force
the
idea
and
then
I'm
also
I
found
myself
wanting
to
be
a
part
of
each
of
these
three
working
groups
in
the
realizing
I.
Don't
want
to
over
commit
my
time
so
certainly
very
interested
in
what's
happening
in
energy
and
carbon,
as
well
as
the
community
resilience,
so
email.
G
I
Fantastic
and
then
yeah
I
can
review
it
at
our
own
Leisure.
It
makes
it's
a
lot
of
sense.
C
I
D
C
Great
well,
this
was
good
discussion.
We
should
probably
move
to
our
next
one
and
since
bridge
is
already
on
an
update
from
the
sustainability
Department.
D
Sure
so,
I'm
not
really
going
to
go
over
everything.
That's
in
here
put
together
a
a
PDF
of
an
update
on
four
things
that
I
thought
y'all
might
be
interested
in.
So
there's
a
lot
of
links
in
here
a
lot
for
more
information
if
you
want
to
dig
into
them,
so
it's
just
really
there's
a
reference
for
you
all,
but
probably
the
most
exciting
thing
is
that
the
name
change
is
official
in
the
membership
category,
so
I
linked
in
there,
the
boards
and
commissions
city
council
committee
meeting.
D
If
anybody
wants
to
watch
it
well
and
also
the
new
resolution
for
you
all,
also
linked
in
there
information
about
the
municipal
climate
action
plan
that
was
presented
to
the
environmental,
the
safety
environment
and
Safety
Council
committee.
So
that
is
in
there
as
well.
D
I'm
just
gonna
go
over
and
then
there's
a
little
update
in
there
about
single-use
Plastics
reduction
also
had
an
update
for
the
environment
Safety
Committee
and
that
our
survey
is
going
to
launch
on
Monday
and
update
on
the
food
scraps
drop-off
program
that
expanded
to
two
new
locations.
So
if
anybody
has
any
questions,
here's
scrolling
through
the
memo
page
almost
one
page
page
in
a
little
bit
but
yeah
just
some
links
for
some
more
information
and
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
C
D
C
Bridget
Steve
how's
it
going.
J
Yes,
just
one
question:
Bridget
the
on
the
presentation
to
the
environment
and
Safety
Committee
on
the
MCAT.
You
spell
climate
action
plan.
Was
there
any?
Was
there
any
discussion
and
do
you
get
any
feedback
or
sense
of
where
committee
members
were
on
on
this.
D
K
Yeah
I
could
chime
in
a
little
bit.
It
was
awesome,
it's
a
great.
It's
a
great
report.
I
think
it's
really
I
think
it
was
really
well
done
to
help
prioritize
and
really
pull
together
the
big
picture
of
what
needs
to
happen
and
organize
it
in
a
way,
so
that
folks
can
that
it's
very
approachable,
so
that
balance
between
ambition
and
practicality
was
nicely
struck.
K
So
we
talked
about
that
quite
a
bit
and
yeah
I
had
a
handful
of
just
like
questions
that
we
borrowed
into
and
Bridget
was
gracious
and
going
through
and
then
yeah
we'll
bring
it
back
to
the
committee
on
the
28th
of
this
month.
It
had
been-
and
you
might
have
seen
this
I-
don't
know
if
you
saw
this
email
yet
Bridget.
K
We
it
had
been
on
the
consent
agenda
for
city
council
and
I
asked
for
it
to
be
a
formal
presentation,
so
the
entire
city
council
could
hear
the
information
absorb
it
and
we
could
talk
about
it
as
a
full
Council
team,
and
so
that
is
going
to
happen
so
I
think
that's
just
I
think
it'll
help
the
whole
Community
come
along
with
us.
In
this
path,.
K
Yep
and
I
will
say
if
anyone
is
so
inspired,
that'd
be
a
great
city
council
meeting
to
come
to
and
like
share
what
you
think
I
think,
especially
as
CC
members,
but
I
think
the
amount
of
work
that
it's
taken,
the
organization
to
get
to
to
have
an
updated
Municipal
climate
action
plan
is
not
small
and
I.
Think
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
community
and
other
leadership
don't
take
for
granted.
How
much
awesome
work
we
do
so
that
you
know
we
see
the
love
there.
K
G
D
B
Sure
yeah,
so
as
a
part
of
our
arrangement
with
for
the
program,
we
are
working
with
Danny
stumpster
and
they
are
doing
the
hauling
from
all
of
the
sites
and
taking
it
to
their
recently
permitted
site
out
in
Alexander,
and
so
that
is
part
of
the
business
model
and
keeping
it
affordable
for
us
is
that
they
are
creating
that
finished
compost
and
using
it
for
their
own
business.
So
we
don't
have
a
return
set
up
with
the
finished
compost,
we're
just
taking
it
out
of
the
landfill.
B
Although
we
do
make
it
available,
we
did
have
a
special
event
in
partnership
with
the
county
at
Lucius,
Herring
and
then
there'll
be
another
one
at
the
given
Garden
in
Leicester
later
this
spring.
So
there
are
a
few
opportunities
to
try
to
like
demonstrate
the
closing
of
the
loop,
but
in
general,
we're
just
diverting
from
the
landfill.
G
J
Yeah
I'll
just
take
a
second
of
saying:
I
have
when
I
first
heard
about
this
graphs
program,
I
was
a
skeptic
I
I
was
I,
thought.
Who
is
it
that's
gonna?
Who
is
it?
That's
gonna,
take
their
food
scraps,
keep
them
in
their
kitchen
and
then
make
a
special
trip
to
God
knows
where
to
to
drop
them
off
and
come
back
and
and
then
do
it
again
tomorrow
night,
not
tomorrow
night,
but
you
know
so.
J
First
and
foremost,
I
can
report
that
the
the
food
scrap
bin
doesn't
smell
in
the
kitchen.
That's
important
and
I
was
delighted
to
see
that
East
Asheville
library
is
going
to
have
a
a
drop-off
point,
because
that's
really
close
to
me.
So
all
that's
good
and
I
will
tell
you
that
when
I,
when
I
changed
to
do
this,
I
became
a
lot
more
aware
of
the
food
that
I
was
throwing
away
and
I
started.
Like
am
I
really
I
didn't
I
was
totally
out
of
the
blue.
J
I
really
started
being
more
careful
with
my
food
and
I
hope.
This
doesn't
end
up
with
me
being
too
much
overweight,
but
I
I
I,
but
I'm
really
I've
really
been
very
conscious
of
that.
J
So
all
of
that's
to
the
good
and
all
that's
encouraging,
so
I
remain
a
punctual
skeptic
because,
while
I
may
have
the
time,
because
I
don't
have
as
many
responsibilities
these
days
to
go,
drop
it
off
somewhere,
I
think
someday
Finance
is
permitting
having
it
out
on
the
street,
for
pickup
is
the
all
really
the
only
way
you're
going
to
get
get
it
to
be
effective
and
I.
The
look
what
little
I
read
elsewhere,
that
that
that's
really
the
way
to
make
it
make
it
really
a
Quantum
lead
yeah.
H
C
G
G
K
We'll
talk,
the
thing
that
always
gets
me
is
like
the
stuff
that
we're
afraid
of
in
compost
is
in
our
garbage.
So
it's
not
like
a
new
thing.
It
just
happens
to
be
separated
out,
and
so
once
like
that
concept
came
to
me,
it
was
like
oh
it's
there
anyway,
it
just
is
like
mixed
in
with
other
trash,
so
I
don't
know
that
helps
any
of
the
conceptualization
of
it.
A
Just
on
the
top
of
compost
there
as
well,
that
will
compost
on
the
street
corner
and
they
will
come
and
pick
it
up.
So
if
you
don't
have
the
same
resources
to
go
and
drop
it
off
in
the
extra
time,
then
you
might
have
extra
money
and
you
might
be
able
to
pay
for
that.
Service.
A
I
also
live
in
the
Deep
Woods
with
tons
of
bears
and
me
compost
very
successfully
and
never
have
had,
and
we
live
in
East
Nashville
may
live
close
close
by
each
other.
Steve
I
live
up
in
shop
Creek,
and
so
we
have
a
ton
of
bears
and
we've
never
had
a
bear
get
in
our
compost.
So
it
can
also
help
you
with
that.
If
you
would
like
to
do
home
composting,
maybe
we'll
just
have
to
do
a
webinar
and
foam
composting.
I.
J
I
think
I
think
we
need
to
form
a
special
work
group
on
this
sounds
good.
No.
F
Oh,
you
know:
I
do
so.
I've
been
composting
now
for
a
few
years,
I
started
with
the
service
and
actually
discontinued
it
when
the
city
started.
I
have
a
I
think
the
biggest
surprise
for
me
was
the
amount
of
trash
reduction.
That's
in
my
can,
every
week
honestly
I
think
we
get
one
trash
bag
a
week
in
an
actual
landfill
trash
after
we've
started
diverting,
so
that
was
probably
the
biggest
eye-opening
experience
that
I
had
was
just
yes,
it's
easy!
C
Foreign
excellent
and
before
we
switch
to
our
next
topic,
I'll
just
do
my
own
compost.
Bragging
I've
got
a
worm,
factory,
vermicompost
system
and
and
a
twin
Bend
composter
for
what
doesn't
go
into
the
worm.
Compost
and
what
I
like
to
tell
people
is
the
only
difficult
part
of
the
worm.
Compost
is
naming
all
the
worms.
That's
done
the
hardest
part,
but
we'll
have
our
our
separate
working
group
all
right.
Maybe
that
is
a
good.
Oh,
we
still
have
one
more.
A
Sorry
I
had
one
question
too
that
pertaining
to,
like
the
sustainability
committee,
actually
about
composting.
Do
oh,
my
hands
stayed
raised
here.
Keep
it
raised
lower
it
I,
don't
know.
Okay,
sorry
I
was
wondering
because
I
know
you
guys
do
this
really
awesome
Graphics
to
quantify
the
amount
of
you
know,
CO2
reduction
or
methane
reduction
and,
as
all
that
compost
would
otherwise
go
into
the
landfill
and
be
in
that
anaerobic
environment.
A
It
would
just
create
loads
and
loads
of
methane,
which
you
know
like
everyone
here
knows:
methane
is
more
potent
greenhouse
gas
than
carbon
dioxide,
and
it
just
seems
like
it
would
be.
A
really
great
talking
point
to
be
like
this
is
equal
to
x,
amount
of
carbon
dioxide
saved
from
the
environment
in
your
in
your
in
pushing
compost.
If
they
I
don't
know
if
they
weigh
it
or
if
they
can
give
you
like
a
metric
tons
that
they
like
end
up
taking
from
the
landfill
that
just
a
thought.
K
C
J
All
right
old
businesses
be
are
bylaws
right.
Yes,.
K
J
Well,
I'm
gonna
make
this
short.
Unless
people
have
specific
questions,
you
have
the
materials
that
you
were
sent,
a
a
red
line
or
I
should
say
a
green
line.
Blue
Line,
an
orange
line
of
the
of
the
proposed
changes
to
our
bylaws.
All
of
these
changes
at
various
times
have
noticed
properly
noticed
for
public
comments
and
are
now
up
for
committee
approval.
So
that's
that's
the
end
end
of
at
the
end
of
what
I
have
to
say
and
then
subject
to
further
discussion.
J
We
will
be
I.
Think
anticipate
will
be
voting
on
whether
to
adopt
these
changes
to
our
bylaws
and
rules
of
the
procedure.
What
I'm
going
to
do
just
is
just
to
summarize
them,
rather
than
going
line
by
line
in
the
interest
of
time,
because
I
don't
think
it
really
adds
much.
Unless
there
are
specific
questions
and
then
we
can
go,
look
at
the
document
and
the
language
in
particular,
they
were
basically
I
put
them
in
you
know
four
sets
of
changes.
J
One
one
set
of
changes
simply
reflects
the
recent
city
council
resolution
that
changed
our
name
and
and
how
appointments
are
made
that
the
online
appointments
of
members
are
made
at
Large.
That's
one
set
of
changes,
the
other
changes
I
think
I,
believe
we
discussed
their
last
meeting
were
to
conform.
J
The
conflict
of
interest
section
to
the
provision
to
the
conflict
of
interest,
Provisions
that
you
see
in
the
boards
and
commission
rules
and
then
Third
change
is,
as
we
know,
we're
no
longer
having
nine
meetings
of
the
full
committee.
J
We
will
have
at
least
six
meetings
and
we
set
up
working
groups
and
there's
language
to
that
effect,
and
then
there's
just
a
few
miscellaneous
minor
edits
that
add
some
kind
of
procedural
flexibility
here
or
there
it's
when
certain
things
get
done
so
I
I
think
that's
it
in
a
nutshell,
but
you
all
have
seen
the
document.
J
I
hope
I've
had
a
chance
to
look
over
it
and
happy
to
discuss
any
of
it
as
best
I
can,
if
you,
if
there
are
any
questions,
but
otherwise
after
that
or
without
that,
we
can
go
ahead
and
consider
whether
to
vote
these
changes.
C
Well,
thanks
Steve,
so
that
would
be.
Our
goal
is
to
vote
on
these
changes
today.
C
And
if
not,
we
can
have
a
vote
on
these
changes
through
bylaws
do
I
have
any
motion.
A
C
Thank
you,
okay!
Well,
we'll
do
it
again,
roll
call
when
I
call
your
name
express
your
I
or
nay
Kim,
Austin.
F
C
K
H
C
G
H
C
K
Thank
you.
It's
good
to
be
here
thanks
for
having
me
and
for
those
of
you
who
haven't
met,
I'm
Don,
Chavez,
I'm,
the
executive
director
for
Asheville
GreenWorks,
and
we
have
a
contract
with
the
city
of
Asheville,
that's
administered
by
the
office
of
sustainability,
although
the
work
that
we
do
covers
multiple
departments
within
the
city
and
I'm
here
to
report
on
our
work
since
the
beginning
of
the
fiscal
year
in
July
till
now
so
I'm
going
to
ask
Kira
to
advance
the
slides,
I
guess
next
slide.
Please
thank
you.
K
So
these
are
the
areas
of
work
that
we
do
with
the
city
and
that
are
part
of
the
contract.
I
think
we
do.
We
do
more
than
is
contained
in
the
contract,
but
these
are
the
things
that
we
are
receiving
some
financial
compensation
for
those,
including
include
litter
abatement
and
cleanup
activities,
the
stream
keeper
program
and
our
trash
trout,
litter
capturing
devices.
We
coordinate
the
adopted
streak
program
for
the
city.
We
run
waste
reduction
events
like
hard
to
recycle
and
also
do
waste
reduction
education.
K
K
And
then
we
also
have
the
adopt
a
spot.
Oh
sorry,
that's
supposed
to
be
stopped.
A
street
spelled
it.
We
used
to
have
an
adopted
spot
program
that
the
adopted
Street
program,
where
there
are
about
70
streets
within
the
city
of
Asheville,
that
have
been
adopted
by
individuals
or
businesses
or
groups,
and
we
coordinate
and
support
their
cleanups
they're
supposed
to
clean
up
their
street
for
four
times
a
year
and
they'll
report
back
to
us
on
that.
We
provide
supplies
for
doing
that.
K
So
the
metrics
that
we
use
are
pounds
of
trash
collected,
the
stream
Keepers
through
their
work,
collected,
753,
pounds
of
trash,
the
adopted
streeters
collected
2005,
pounds
of
trash
between
July
and
the
end
of
December.
So
this
is
not
to
date,
so
it's
more
than
that
now
and
also
our
volunteers.
K
K
And
so
then,
in
addition
to
the
stream
Keepers
cleaning
out
the
trash,
trouts
and
folks
working
on
Adopt
A
Street
projects,
we
have
volunteer
litter
cleanups
that
are
either
led
by
the
volunteers
themselves.
We
have
a
whole
DIY
cleanup
system,
people
can
check
out
supplies
and
leave
their
own
cleanups,
and
we
also
offer
group
cleanups
for
the
public,
such
as
the
ones
we
do
quarterly,
with
the
West
Asheville
Business
Association
on
the
cleanup
of
Haywood
Road
in
West
Asheville.
K
So
the
number
of
cleanups
I
just
put
here
for
comparison
to
last
year
has
gone
up.
We
saw
a
downturn
in
the
number
of
cleanups,
though,
because
we
weren't
able
to
gather
volunteers
during
the
pandemic
during
special
the
early
days
of
the
pandemic,
and
so
our
group
and
public
cleanups
were
less
frequent
and
less
people
on
them
and
then
that's
when
we
started
encouraging
individual
do-it-yourself
cleanups
for
people
and
set
up
some
Supply
stations
around
the
city,
but
we're
coming
back.
K
So
we
had
134
cleanups
this
year
with
636
volunteers
so
far
for
the
six
months
between
July
and
December,
and
the
amount
of
trash
has
gone
up
as
well.
So
we
it's
still
not
back
to
pre-pandemic
levels,
but
we
have.
K
We
are
seeing
an
increase
as
we're
able
to
get
out
there
more
I
can
answer
your
question.
If
you'd
like
Steve.
K
K
Our
waste
reduction
events
and
education
this
year
have
mainly
focused
on
the
leave
the
leaves
campaign
in
the
fall.
We
participated
in
that
and
helped
promote
the
idea
to
leave
the
leaves
where
it's
either
encouraging
folks
to
leave
their
leaves
on
the
on
the
ground
to
for
Habitat
for
pollinators
and
then,
if
they
do
need
to
rake
their
leaves
and
collect
them
to
bag
them
in
paper,
bags
yard
waste
bags
rather
than
the
plastic
bags,
so
that
they
can
be
composted
and
then
the
hard
to
recycle
events.
K
We
do
four
times
a
year
and
at
least
two
of
those
events
are
in
the
city
of
Asheville,
so
we
also
do
two
that
are
around
Buncombe
County,
maybe
not
in
the
city
of
Asheville
to
reach
other
parts
of
the
county.
Those
are
not
covered
in
this
contract,
and
then
we
also,
we
also
hold
hard
to
recycle
events
in
Buncombe.
K
County
I
mean
sorry
Henderson
County,
on
contract
with
Henderson
County,
so
our
hard
to
recycle
events
where
we
collect
things
like
batteries
and
styrofoam
and
electronics,
TVs
all
sorts
of
metal
and
cardboard
and
I
know
I've
seen
some
of
you
out
there
at
these
events,
and
so
in
the
past
six
months
of
the
fiscal
year
we
collected
a
hundred
thousand
roughly
a
hundred
thousand
and
five
hundred
pounds
of
waste,
and
just
to
put
that
in
perspective,
we
collect
like
two,
sometimes
two,
usually
more
than
one
semi-trailer
full
of
Styrofoam-
that
big
bag.
K
You
see
there,
that's
you'll,
see
a
whole
trailer
full
of
those
and
sometimes
too,
and
they
don't
weigh
very
much
so
that
a
hundred
and
hundred
thousand
pounds.
You
know
we
have
a
lot
of
bulk,
so
it's
even
more
than
it.
It
seems
we
also
partnered
with
Paul
Allen,
who
has
a
business
that
he
just
started
with
a
grant
from
the
state
called
feed
me
foam
and
it's
a
styrofoam
densifier,
that's
mobile
and
he's
brought
it
to
a
couple
of
our
events
and
processed
styrofoam
on
site.
K
Sometimes
our
the
amount
of
Styrofoam
that
we
collect
is
just
too
much
for
for
him
to
handle
during
one
event
that
we're
looking
for
ways
to
recycling
available
more
readily
to
Residents
and
I'll.
Come
back
to
talk
about
some
new
changes
within
Greenworks
that
were
that
will
affect
our
heart
recyclable
events.
Next
slide,
please.
K
As
the
home
of
B
City
USA
Asheville
has
a
very
active,
pollinator
community
of
a
pollinator
Community
people
who
are
interested
in
pollinators
their
their
folks.
We
call
them
volunteers
they're
on
the
B,
City,
Asheville
leadership
committee
and
part
of
our
contracts
with
the
city
is
to
engage
these
Volunteers
in
activities
to
support
pollinators
and
increase
pollinator
habitat,
and
so
we
have
monthly
meetings
that
Greenworks,
coordinates
and
other
activities.
Last
year
was
the
10th
anniversary
of
B
City,
the
founding
of
BC.
So
we
had
a
lot
of
celebrations.
K
We
started
a
few
years
ago,
a
certified,
pollinator
habitat
program
and
we
now
have
166
gardens
around
the
city
and
else
outside
of
the
city
certified
through
this
program,
and
they
have
to
just
meet
some
some
criteria.
There's
four
levels
of
of
pollinator
certification,
so
you
could
be
anywhere
from
a
I
think
an
egg
or
larva
up
to
a
butterfly,
and
we
also
help
maintain
the
pollinator
Garden.
That's
in
the
river
Arts
District,
it's
we
call
it
the
red
Hab
and
it's
near
the
Craven
Street
bridge,
and
it's
it's
growing.
It's
expanding.
K
We
also
developed
a
process
for
people
to
apply
if
they
want
to
help
to
install
and
maintain
pollinator
habit,
habitat
on
public
land
in
the
city
of
Asheville,
and
this
can
include
public
property,
that's
associated
with
libraries
or
fire
stations,
and
that
sort
of
thing
that
are
like
maintained
by
the
county
or
owned
by
the
county,
but
aren't
within
the
city
of
Asheville.
K
So
if
you
know
the
spot
that
you'd
like
to
to
install
and
maintain
a
pollinator
habitat
get
in
touch
with
us
next
slide,
please
and
finally,
our
urban
forestry
work.
As
you
may
know,
Greenworks
has
a
standing
position
on
the
urban
forestry
commission.
We
also
have
a
group
of
volunteers
called
the
tree
protection
task
force
that
we
coordinate,
and
these
folks
were
instrumental
in
urging
the
city
to
hire
an
urban
Forester
who's
going
to
start
next
week.
Very
excited
about
that
and
to
also
pass
a
tree.
K
K
This
recognition-
that's
renewed
annually,
has
to
do
with
having
a
a
tree
board,
which
is
the
urban
forestry
commission
and
an
Arbor
Day
event
that
Greenworks
puts
on
this
year
we're
going
to
be
planting
a
hundred
trees
at
the
Hardesty
Lane
Nursery,
which
is
out
in
East
Asheville
near
the
sports
park,
and
that
is
on
city
property.
We
have
an
agreement
with
the
city
to
have
an
in-ground
tree
nursery
there.
K
So
right
now
we
have
about
400
trees
and
the
idea
is
to
grow
them
so
that
they're
large
enough
and
sturdy
enough,
and
these
are
all
native
trees,
but
they
can
be
planted
in
public
areas
because
trees,
cities,
Street
trees
and
trees
in
public
areas
just
get
a
have
hard
conditions
to
grow
in
and
they
need
to
be
durable
as
well.
So
we're
doing
that.
K
We
also
have
a
a
treaty
Nursery
in
partnership
with
bunco
County
in
Candler,
that
has
up
to
4
000
native
trees
that
we
grow
and
those
take
about
two
to
three
years
to
grow,
from
bare
Roots
seedlings
to
trees
that
we're
able
to
give
away
to
private
property
owners
that
are
tree
adoption
events
and
the
in-ground
Nursery.
We
that
takes
about
five
years
so
every
year
we're
going
to
plant
another
100
trees,
just
so
that
crop
will
be
ready.
K
I
did
want
to
briefly
mention
that
Greenworks
has
gone
through
a
strategic
planning
process
for
the
past
seven
months
or
more,
and
we
are
really
rig
or
have
re-examined
our
work
in
light
of
the
conditions
that
we're
living
in
today
and
the
needs
that
have
been
expressed
by
the
community
for
what
our
nonprofit
can
work
on,
and
we
arrived
at
a
new
mission
statement
and
our
new
mission
statement
is
to
inspire,
equip
and
mobilize
communities
to
create
an
equitable
climate
resilient
future.
K
We've
adopted
a
new
vision
which
is
a
climate
resilient
future
for
all,
and
so
everything
that
we're
doing
we're
going
to
put
through
a
screen
or
see
through
the
lens
of
equity
and
climate
resilience,
I.
Think
as
we
do,
this,
our
work
will
dovetail
even
more
with
the
the
work
of
this
committee
and
the
office
of
sustainability.
K
This
is
not
like
Uncharted
Territory
for
us.
We've
been
working
on
issues
surrounding
equity
and
climate
resilience
for
a
number
of
years,
for
example,
following
the
canopy
study
that
was
done
in
2019
that
showed
a
decrease
in
the
city's
overall
free
canopy
cover
we're
looking
at
what
are
the
hottest
spots
in
the
city.
Where
are
the
most
vulnerable
populations?
K
And
how
can
we
work
with
Community
to
cool
down
those
areas
through
the
planting
of
trees,
just
as
an
example,
so
some
things
that
we
currently
do
don't
fit
nicely
within
the
climate
resilience
framework,
and
so
we're
looking
at
things
like
hard
to
recycle
and
our
waste
reduction
education
that
has
focused
on
recycling
kind
of
the
end
end
of
life
of
materials
and
seeing
like
how
can
we
one
focus
more
on
the
root
causes
of
these
issues
and
get
to
things
like
consumer
Choice
or
policies
that
affect
our
use
of
plastics
and
also
with
hard
to
recycle,
we're
working
with
the
county
and
the
city
to
identify
ways
that
we
can
have
this
service
available
year
round
at
all
times,
rather
than
just
four
times
a
year,
because
there's
such
a
high
demand
for
it.
K
But
it's
for
us
to
go
in
that
direction
would
take
over
our
whole
organization,
but
we're
not
letting
it
go
right
now,
because
we
know
we're
fulfilling
a
need,
but
we
want
to
come
up
with
strategies
together
with
our
partners
on
how
we
can
make
this
more
sustainable
and
and
really
focus
our
efforts
where
they're
most
needed.
K
So
it's
exciting
to
share
you're
one
of
the
first
groups
that
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
sharing
our
new
newly
adopted
Mission
Vision
and
strategic
focus
with
Sophie
one
of
our
board
members
for
Greenworks
and
the
rest
of
the
board
members
sort
of
ratified
our
strategic
plan
last
week
at
the
board
meeting,
and
so
this
is
really
fresh
and
brand
new,
so
you're
the
first
to
hear
yes,
many.
K
This
is
awesome,
congrats
and
good
luck.
It's
so
powerful
to
step
back,
look
up!
Think
about
what's
working
where
evolution
is
needed,
I
think
the
the
way
that
I'm
hearing
you
articulate
kind
of
the
frame
for
a
lot
of
work.
You
have
been
doing
all
along,
but
it
really
kind
of
meets
the
moment.
Wow.
That
sounds
super
jargony,
but
I
mean
it.
You
know
like
how
many
similes
can
I
throw
in
there,
but
I
find
it
really
exciting
and
I.
Think
I
mean
you
all
play
such
a
critical
and
unique
role
in
the
community.
K
The
amount
of
people
who
feel
hope,
because
they've
touched
something
through
volunteering
with
you
for,
like
the
movement
that
we're
doing
is
like,
like
I,
don't
know
who
mobilizes
people
better
than
the
offer
environmental
work
it's
powerful
and
to
hear
it
spreading
to
connect
into
other
dots.
Just
I
mean
nonprofits
can't
do
it
all
the
city
can't
do
it
all
the
county,
can't
do
it
like
no
one
can
and
to
hear
y'all
taking
the
leadership
to
continue.
Building
just
makes
me
really
psyched
for
Asheville
thanks.
G
G
K
K
H
So
well,
Maggie
just
said
what
I
was
about
to
say,
but
Greenworks
was
one
of
the
first
groups
when
I
moved
to
Asheville
to
support
and
I've
now
signed
up
to
help
with
the
tree
seedling
and
in
fact
encouraging
as
many
folks
in
my
HOA,
which
is
all
about
outside
the
city,
but
now
got
several
of
them
signing
up
as
well.
So
your
work
is
just
so
spectacular.
Oh.
J
Hi,
yes,
great
presentation
and
eye-opening
I,
think
and
and
the
reorienting
to
focusing
on
resilience
and
Equity
couldn't
be
more
important
right
now.
I
want
to
note
my
favorite
slide
that
you
presented,
and
that
was
the
one
of
the
styrofoam,
and
it
made
me
think
about
how
we
are
getting
ready.
That
is,
staff
is
getting
ready
to
send
out
a
survey
on
plastic
litter,
and
one
of
the
purposes
of
that
survey
is
to
try
to
get
a
handle
on
never
mind
solution.
J
How
big
of
a
problem
is
this
and
when
I
see
that
big
thing
of
Styrofoam
it
made
me
think
that,
is
there
a
and
then,
and
you
had
identified
pounds
and
noted
that
styrofoam
doesn't
translate
into
pounds.
It
made
me
think
that
that
the
work
that
you
do
if
it
could
be
broken
out
into
plastic
litter
and
start
as
plastic
litter,
pound
Styrofoam
in
volume
that
that
could
those
those
could
be
like
real
numbers
that
could
help
inform
the
city
and
City
Council
in
deciding
how
much
of
this,
how
big
a
problem
really
do?
K
We
look
at
the
trash
collected
by
our
trash
trouts
and
those
are
of
course,
they're
floating
litter
that
are
waterborne
and
get
trapped
in
the
in
the
devices.
So
they're
things
that
float
like
Styrofoam
and
Plastics,
and
so
we
find
most
of
what
we're
capturing
in
those
devices
are
lightweight.
Styrofoam,
plastic
bottles,
poundage
wise
it
doesn't.
The
dry
weight
doesn't
come
out
to
be
a
lot,
but
it's
a
volume-wise.
That's
a
lot
of
stuff
we've.
K
K
And
you
know
a
lot
of
the
the
trash
that
we
see
and
the
litter
is
I
would
say
not
intentional,
it's
more
incidental
where
people
are
putting
trash
in
a
overflowing
trash
can
and
then
it
rains
or
the
wind
blows,
and
it
all
goes.
You
know
down
into
the
storm
drains,
so
I
could
go
on
and
on
I
won't,
though,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
to
measure
and
identify
where
what
the
sources
of
the
trash
are
and
I
think.
J
Yeah
yeah,
if
there
were
a
way
to
I,
mean
the
focus
of
the
of
what
the
cities
would
mean
to,
of
course,
are
single-use
plastic
right
should
include
carryout
right,
carry
out
whatever
styrofoam
and
and
also
you
know,
grocery
store
when
you
check
out,
if
there
were
a
way
to
kind
of
like
you
know,
segregate
identify
in
some
rough
way
and
put
that
put
some
numbers
and
put
that
in
the
report
that
the
city
could
use
I
I.
J
Just
think
that
would
be
could
be
super
helpful,
but
but
anyway,
I've
said
it
twice
now
and
I'll
be
quiet.
F
G
Hi
Don,
it's
nice
to
see
you
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
really
appreciate
the
eye
toward
looking
Upstream
for
the
root
causes
of
the
issues
that
Greenworks
is
trying
to
mitigate,
and
you
know,
echoing
what
everyone
else
says.
Whenever
I
encounter
somebody
new
to
town
and
they
are
interested
in
getting
involved
in
the
community,
I
always
Point
them
to
Asheville
GreenWorks,
because
there
is
a
very
low
barrier
way
to
plug
in
and
just
start
helping
immediately
and
just
really
glad
to
have
you
in
our
community.
Thank.
C
Please
yeah.
Thank
you
for
a
great
presentation,
a
big
fan
of
all
your
programs.
I've
got
one
of
your
yellow,
pollinator
signs,
butterfly
level
in
my
front
yard
and
yeah.
So
for
those
who
are
unfamiliar,
that's
like
Olympic
gold,
medal,
pollinators.
K
C
The
question
I
had
is
you
mentioned
all
this
pollinator
planting
and
on
public
property,
and
we
have
now
a
new
working
group
of
storm
water
and
green
infrastructure,
and
it
seems
like
there
could
be
a
logical
fit
of
you
know
when
you
do
these
kinds
of
plantings,
maybe
doing
some
grading
or
depressions,
where,
where
we
have
multi-functionality
and
bring
some
storm
water,
you
know
improve
water
quality
and
also
sustain
pollinator
habitat
and
wondering
if
there
might
be
a
way
that
we
could
work
with
you
on
something
like
that.
K
Yes,
there
is
a
way
and
absolutely
we
have
partnered
also
with
riverlink,
and
they
have
a
they
had
put
in
a
rain
Garden
in
Melbourne,
Hills
Park
and
we
helped
convert
it
into
a
pollinator
rain,
Garden
of
sorts
and
so
that
habitat
has
been
certified
and
also
working
with
river
lake
in
the
South
Side
Community
and
wildlands
Engineering.
To
look
at
you
know:
they've
just
done
that
whole
big
stormwater
BNP
out
there
and
how
we
can
incorporate
trees
and
pollinator
plants
into
the
the
Landscaping
there
as
well
yeah
and.
C
K
More
Case
by
case
we
are
looking
for
really
dedicated
folks
who
know
the
commitment
that
they're
making
in
saying
I
want
to
not
just
plant
but
maintain
I.
Think
that's
the
the
biggest
piece
is
the
maintenance
over
a
period
of
time
to
make
sure
that
it
doesn't
just
become
you
know
an
unkempt
we
patch,
so
if
people
are
dedicated
and
we'll
work
with
them,
we'll
work
in
partnership
with
the
city
to
make
sure
that
the
space
that
they're
wanting
to
plant
on
is
a
plantable
space.
K
You
know
it
doesn't
interfere
with
sight
lines
or
other
things
and
yeah.
So
it's
right
now
it's
on
a
case-by-case
basis,
but
thanks
for
certifying
your
garden,
your
Rockstar
yeah
and
Maggie.
When
I
I
certified
my
little
strip
outside
my
house
and
I
use
the
Greenworks
page
to
like
okay
I
brought
the
list
of
plants
to
the
nursery.
It
said.
I
need
these
and
that's
how
I
got
started
because
I
really
didn't
know
much
about
pollinator
plants
myself.
At
that
time,
foreign.
I
I
just
want
to
say,
Don
great,
to
see
you.
This
makes
me
smile
to
to
hear
all
the
great
work
that
you're
doing
and
just
codifying
the
work
with
you
know
the
Strategic
plan
and
how
impactful
and
important
that
is,
for
your
organization,
hearing
the
words
from
your
vision,
statement,
climate
resilient
future
for
all
having
this
inclusive
approach.
So
from
a
from
a
personal
level,
I'm
like
I'm,
so
inspired
and
uplifted
by
the
work
that
you
do
and
then
professionally.
I
As
a
landscape
architect,
we
found
ourselves
enjoying
the
chance
to
lean
into
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
talking
about
those
Partnerships
really
appreciative
to
know
that
there's
maybe
some
in-ground
tree
nursery
opportunities
that
in
our
work,
potentially
with
the
city
of
Asheville,
that
we
can
hopefully
leverage
some
of
that
into
our
projects.
I
The
pollinator
certification
was
amazing
because,
with
the
with
the
Bears
barbecue
client
that
we
have
in
a
commercial
project,
it
allowed
us
to
lean
into
a
planting
palette
that
we
were
advocating
for
and
then
basically
saying
hey.
This
comes
with
a
A
certification
that
can
put
you
on
the
map
even
more,
and
the
owners
of
bears
barbecue
got
really
excited
and
were
able
to
put
together
some
signage.
I
They
captured
that
the
urban
forestry
component
is
also
amazing
and
I
know
how
much
work
went
into
helping
to
change
the
ordinance
to
allow
for
canopy
preservation
and
I
know,
there's
still
a
lot
of
work
still
on
the
horizon.
For
you,
all
I
will
continue
just
professionally
and
personally
to
Advocate
on
y'all's
behalf
as
much
as
possible
love
working
with
you
guys,
I'm
hopeful
that
something
still
happens
with
the
ravenscroft's
parcel
the
beginning,
leading
to
a
little
question.
I
What
would
be
the
process
for
like?
Is
there
a
growth
in
terms
of
commercial
projects?
Having
this
pollinator,
Garden
certification,
I
know,
Phyllis
was
really
excited
about
having
a
commercial
project
that
would
apply.
This
is
that,
are
you
seeing
an
uptick
in
that
so
kind
of
multifaceted
question
in
there.
K
Yeah,
your
your
collaboration
was
with
bears,
was
really
you
know
Pioneer
in
that
realm.
So
thank
you
for
doing
that
and
we
would
like
to
go
in
that
direction.
Certainly
because
there's
a
lot
of
opportunity.
You
know
just
even
on
a
small
plot
of
land,
my
dog's
gonna
bark
to
to
Really
to
introduce
some
pollinator
habitat
because
we've
gone
through
this
strategic
planning
process.
K
K
So
I'd
say
it's
probably
not
going
to
be
an
immediate
outcome
right
now,
but
in
the
future
we're
certainly
looking
at
how
can
we
Forge
New,
Partnerships
and,
and
you
as
an
advocate,
you
know,
with
your
clients
and
and
the
whole
Community,
it's
a
great
way
to
do
that.
So,
as
I
said
in
answer
to
Tim
question,
it's
kind
of
right
now
on
a
case-by-case
basis,
but
these
early
cases
are
really
important
for
us
to
learn
how
best
to
to
develop
the
programs
for
the
future
so
yeah.
J
Yes,
just
to
reveal
my
the
competitive
side
of
my
nature.
I
just
want
everybody
to
know.
Don
you
and
everybody
that
my
wife
and
I
have
a
certified
pollinator
habitat
in
our
home,
and
we
too
have
a
butterfly
sticker.
K
I
would
tell
you
what
mine
is
yet,
maybe
next
year,
I
can
attain
that
level,
but
yeah
I
love,
seeing
the
certification
signs
when
I
go
around
to
different
parts
of
the
city
and
that's
really
a
main
part
of
why
we
started
the
certified
pollinator
habitat
program
is
that
is
to
raise
awareness.
You
know
when
people
see
the
signs
and
they're
like
oh.
What
is
that
I'm
curious?
K
Then
it's
really
an
educational
tool
and
it
makes
the
The
Gardener
proud
to
to
be
able
to
not
only
have
beautiful
flowers
but
also
be
contributing
to
the
health
of
the
environment.
C
K
Thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
and
I
hope
to
continue
to
work
in
collaboration
with
the
the
committee
as
a
whole
and
the
working
groups,
and
even
individuals
that
are
part
of
this
committee,
I
think
that
we're
stronger
together.
So,
thank
you
all
thank.
C
Thank
you
thanks
great
all
right.
That
was
fantastic.
That
takes
us
to
our
final
item,
which
is
public
comment.
Are
there
any
public
comments
that
we
can
talk
about.