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B
Hi
everybody.
Let
me
pull
up
my
agenda
here.
I'm
gonna
call
this
meeting
to
order
it's
four
o'clock
on
december
9th
2021,
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
call
roll
call,
and
when
you
hear
your
name,
please
say
here
all
right.
Vice
chairman
david
brown,
here.
D
B
E
B
B
B
The
commission
provides
recommendations
to
the
city
and
county
for
effective
management
of
the
public
resources
for
the
districts
and
actively
pursues
and
assists
private
sector
investments
in
the
districts.
The
commission
is
made
up
of
14
members
representing
the
city
of
asheville,
the
council
of
independent
business
owners,
riverlink
asheville
city
council,
buncombe,
county
commission
and
the
town
of
woodfin.
B
Our
committees
consist
of
planning
and
design
review,
networking
and
river
economy
as
well
as
transportation
and
mobility.
All
commission
members
and
staff
are
participating.
Excuse
me
are
participating
virtually.
We
appreciate
your
patience
as
we
work
through
the
committee
meetings
a
bit
differently
pursuant
to
north
carolina
general
statute.
B
B
The
meeting
code
number
is
9385
for
callers
to
call
in
and
listen
send
comments
by
email
to
riverfront
commission
december
9
at
public
input
dot
com
for
those
of
you
out
there
with
us
today.
Welcome
was
there
any
public
comment
received
in
advance
of
this
meeting.
D
B
B
We
do
not
have
minutes
prepared,
so
we
are
going
to
save
that
for
the
approval
for
our
next
january
meeting.
Our
last
meeting
was
in
august
of
this
year,
so
first
I
want
to
recognize
one
of
our
longtime
commissioners,
jane
matthews,.
B
Jane
matthews
is
the
name
synonymous
with
the
french
broad
river
and
its
development
over
the
past
32
years
in
1989,
jane
volunteered
in
the
french
broad
river
planning
committee,
as
well
as
a
member
of
the
1989
asheville
riverfront
joint
committee
charette.
This
was
followed
by
her
involvement
in
the
asheville
riverfront.
Open
space
design
charette
in
1991.
B
through
her
contributions
and
vision.
Jane
would
be
an
integral
voice
in
helping
to
craft
the
wilma,
diaper
riverway
master
plan
later
adopted
by
city
council
in
2004.,
her
connection
to
the
river
continued
and
tonight
in
2010.
She
was
appointed
by
the
city
of
asheville.
As
a
commissioner
on
this
commission.
B
G
Well,
thank
you
darren.
It's
been
a
privilege
and
of
course
I
was
just
a
young
child
when
I
started,
but
I
don't
think
I'll
be
going
away.
I
you
know,
I
expect
it
to
be
a
part
of
my
life,
the
river,
so.
F
A
B
Good
to
see
you
thank
you
for
being
here.
Moving
on
I've
written
a.
B
A
little
in
memoriam
to
wendy
and
I'd
like
to
share
that
with
you,
and
then
I'd
like
to
open
the
floor
for
anybody
else,
who'd
like
to
comment
or
has
any
words
that
you'd
like
to
share
so
I'd
like
this
I'd
like
to
take
this
moment
to
recognize
one
of
our
beloved
asheville
artists,
wendy
whitson,
who
served
this
commission
with
passion,
enthusiasm
and
wisdom.
D
C
C
She
was
just
a
fabulous
person,
one
of
the
real
pioneers
of
the
roof
arts
district
and
a
very
valuable
member
of
our
commission,
and
she
will
be
missed.
F
E
The
word-
and
I
know
it
came
as
a
big
shock
because
of
her
positive
attitude
in
general,
and
I
think
she
kept
us
all
sure
that
she'd
be
getting
through
this.
So
it's
a
big
disappointment,
a
big
loss.
H
Yes,
I
just
want
to
say
I've,
I've
known
wendy
quite
a
long
time
and
served
with
her
on
the
river
arts,
district
artists,
board
of
directors
and
just
I
know
the
contribution
she's
made
to
the
area
and
not
only
to
the
rivers
district
but
to
asheville,
because
she
also
owned
property
in
mexico,
and
they
were
so
taken
with
her
story
that
they
visited
here
to
try
to
actually
emulate
what
we've
done
here
down
there
in
there
in
their
town.
So
she's
been
an
ambassador
in
that
way
and
will
be
missed
greatly.
A
I
just
I
I
loved
wendy,
and
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
she
she
she
put
the
community
way
in
front
of
putting
doing
anything
for
herself.
A
She
also
was
she
celebrated
my
marriage
ten
years
ago
and
in
a
way
I
won't
share,
but
that
was
very
personally
surprising
and
loving,
and
that's
just
the
kind
of
person
that
wendy
was.
B
B
G
Noted
I
mean
she
really
went
above
and
beyond
in
so
many
ways,
and
I
know
she
really
reached
out
to
to
many
of
us,
including
myself
as
a
friend,
you
know,
and
that
really
meant
a
lot
as
serving
on
a
commission.
You
see
each
other,
you
know
sporadically
through
our
work
and
through
the
commission
itself,
but
she
made
an
effort
to
get
to
know
us
individually,
which
I
really
appreciated.
H
And
one
more
thing:
last
year,
I
spoke
with
her
around
this
time
because
it
was
time
to
renew
my
membership
at
the
rata,
and
I
was
really
really
really
short
on
money
and
she
offered
to
pay
for
my
membership.
B
All
right
we'll
move
on
steph,
I'm
going
to
throw
it
to
you.
I've
mentioned
it
briefly
that
we're
going
we're
going
to
start
working
on
the
annual
report
update
for
2021.
B
A
Great
thank
you
chair,
so
your
annual
report
is
usually
due
at
the
end
of
january
to
city
council,
and
we
also
send
it
to
the
appointing
boards
of
this
commission,
the
other
appointing
boards
like
the
buncombe
county
as
well,
and
the
way
we're
going
to
do
it
this
year
is
the
executive
committee
will
frame
up
all
the
information
that's
going
to
be
in
the
report,
and
you
will
review
it
on
your
own
in
advance
of
the
next
meeting
the
january
meeting.
You
do
not
need
to
vote
to
approve
the
annual
report.
A
As
darren
noted,
we
are
going
to
be
in
including
a
proclamation
for
wendy
and
in
that
annual
report,
so
know
that
that's
coming
and
I'm
gonna
that
will
we'll
be
asking
you
to
spend
a
little
bit
of
time
outside
the
meeting
to
address
that.
Secondly,
your
annual
election
by
through
your
bylaws,
you
are
required
to
have
an
annual
election
every
year.
You
had
one
in
december.
29Th
2020,
I'm
in
elected,
is
that
right,
yeah
so
a
year
ago,
elected
darren
at
that
time.
A
What
I
would
like
to
suggest
to
you
is
that,
with
a
few
openings
coming
on
this
commission
and
the
need
to
fill
those
seats
and
a
desire
to
have
an
annual
retreat
in
the
beginning
of
this
year
that,
instead
of
having
the
election
in
january,
we
wait
until
you
have
a
couple
more
members
on
board,
perhaps
february
or
march,
to
have
that
annual
election.
It
gives
you
some
time
to.
A
A
H
B
B
If
there's
no
more
questions
or
comments
about
the
annual
report
just
be
on
the
lookout,
for
that
we'll
end
up
just
sending
that
out
as
a
I
would
assume-
probably
a
google
doc
and
so
we'll
just
communicate
through
those
comments
or
emails
back
and
forth
about
editions
or
edits
all
right,
I'll
move
it
on
to
the
annual
treat
annual
retreat.
It's
something
that
we
spoke
about
in
our
executive
committee
meeting
this
week
and
david
is
going
to
share
some
thoughts
and
throw
out
some
ideas
on
that.
C
Well,
those
of
you
that
were
on
a
commission
two
years
ago
will
recall
that
we
had
a
planned
trip
to
chattanooga
to
visit
their
riverfront
and
see
what
they
had
done
and
some
positive
things.
We
could
take
back
from
that.
Unfortunately,
as
you
know,
that
was
canceled
due
to
coven,
as
so
many
things
have
been,
but
in
our
executive
committee
meeting
monday,
we
we
talked
about
doing
something
locally
here
and
we
thought
we
would
incorporate
it
with
our
regular
april
meeting.
C
Have
our
zoom
meeting
or,
if
possible,
a
get-together
meeting,
but
probably
a
zoom
meeting
to
go
over
all
our
business,
then
the
second
half
of
it
we
would
get
together,
go
through
the
river
arts
district,
potentially
or
possibly
take
the
trolley.
If
we
do
the
deal
with
the
art
museum
and
see
how
that
route
would
be
possibly
visit,
some
of
the
businesses,
let
them
know
that
we're
active
and
concerned
about
how
they're
doing
and
then
towards
the
final
end
of
it.
C
You
know
we
haven't
got
anything
in
stone
at
this,
so
any
any
suggestions
you
might
have
as
we
go
along.
We've
got
time
to
get
this
put
together
and
other
people
we
might
want
to
invite
in
the
community,
but
just
give
that
some
thought
and
we'll
discuss
it
further
as
we
go
along.
H
C
B
So
I
want
to
make
a
mention:
jane
will
be
departing
this
commission
at
the
end
of
the
year.
So
there
is
a
city
council
appointed
position
available.
The
deadline
is
december
20th.
It
would
be
wonderful
to
find
someone
in
the
design
industry
professional
that
could
fill
that
that
spot.
B
If
there
is
anybody
that
you
have
in
mind,
you
know
certainly
ask
them.
If
they're,
you
know
willing-
and
I
know,
there's
a
process,
so
we
can
send
the
link
out.
I
think,
after
the
meeting
for
for
any
potential
any
potential
committee,
commission
members
and
let's
try
to
let's
try
to
you,
know
we're
going
to
have
several
openings
so
that
the
commission
is
going
to
look.
B
You
know
different,
and
so
we
want
to
definitely
try
to
try
to
have
those
folks
that
have
some
knowledge
and
expertise
and
certain
things
that
we're
going
to
be.
You
know
dealing
with
in
this
in
this
region.
Tim.
B
H
B
We'll
go
ahead
and
get
a
link
out
to
all
the
all
the
commissioners
and
yeah
jane
since
you're
in
the
in
the
industry.
If
there's
anybody
that
you
think
would
be
a
good.
G
C
B
On
we're
going
we're
going
to
talk
now
about
the
the
newly
formed
committees,
I
know
those
had
a
had
a
start
and
then
they've
kind
of
sat
dormant
for
a
little
bit.
But
our
goal
at
this
point
is
to
create
some
some
ongoing
meeting
days
and
times
and
also
I'll
share
some.
You
know
joe
is
here,
and
he
and
I
had
a
conversation
and
and
I'll.
Let
joe
explain
his
involvement
with
the
other
committee,
but
I'll
throw
it
to
tim
first
to
to
talk
about
the
committee
that
he's
chairing.
E
B
E
Met
and
actually
christy
and
patty
and
dima
from
biltmore
village
have
been
meeting
separately
talking
about
flooding
with
the
help
of
steph.
Quite
a
while
ago,
we
met
with
biltmore
village
and
started
to
get
communication
between
the
two
between
baltimore
village
and
the
riverfront
between
brad
about
you
know
what
we
can
do
to
notify
each
other.
E
What
the
city
can
do
to
notify
us
when,
when
flooding
happened,
when
the
roads
are
gonna
be
closed,
when
they're
gonna
be
open
all
that
kind
of
stuff
which
becomes
an
issue
when
it's
an
issue
and
sometimes
forgotten
afterwards.
So
I
appreciate
that
christy
and
patty
are
working
on
that,
but
just
recently
darren-
and
I
darren
mostly
in
the
beginning-
worked
hard
on
getting
our
long-held
idea
of
a
trolley
from
the
museum
down
to
eight
riverarts
place.
E
E
15Th
of
november
yeah,
so
it's
yep
yep,
so
it's
been
in
trying
to
find
out,
haven't
gotten
a
response
from
the
city.
What
we
were
asking
for
was
funding
for
three
years,
basically
of
the
idea
that
if
it
could
be
funded
after
that,
I'm
fairly
confident
that
through
advertising
through
use
that
we
could
keep
it
going,
I
will
say
we
got
really
great
cooperation
and
partnership
from
jay
at
black
asheville
black
well
asheville.
E
What's
the
name
of
black
wall
street
asheville
at
riverard's
place
and
that
he
wrote
a
really
great
letter,
lucius
with
radler
wrote
a
great
letter.
I
will
say
that
vic
at
the
tda
or
explore
asheville.
E
I
was
really
surprised.
I
mean
I
told
her.
Basically,
the
signature
was
as
important
as
the
content,
but
the
letter
was
was
really
useful.
I
will
put
a
shout
out
to
my
wife
who
edited
it
for
us
and
put
it
into
english
that
maybe
the
council
could
enjoy.
Reading,
though
she
is
a
has
her
mfa
in
poetry.
So
maybe
they
can't
read
it.
I'm
not
sure
how
that's
going
to
work
out,
but.
C
E
Anyway,
that's
in
so
what
the
plan
is
is
in
the
next
probably
right
after
the
holidays,
on
a
the
calendar
out
or
one
of
those
ask
for
what
dates
will
work
and
try
to
do
I'd
say
quarterly
is
my
thought
at
the
moment
for
the
larger
group
to
meet,
because
we
have
subgroups
within
our
committee.
So
if
we
could
have
just
a
regular
meeting
set
and
put
it
on
the
calendar,
I
think
that
would
help
it
keep
going.
So.
B
Thank
you
I'll
add
a
couple
things,
one,
the
while
tim
and
I
worked
on
quite
a
bit
of
it.
The
it
was
submitted
through
a
through
rata,
which
is
a
501c6
nonprofit,
so
it
was
actually
submitted
through
rada.
We
just
helped
put
the
pieces
together.
B
I
believe
that
happens.
Currently
they
do
send
people
down
to
the
art
district
into
different
galleries
to
acquire
art.
Maybe
that
they've
seen
similar
versions
of
enough
in
the
museum
so
yeah
we
really
reached
out
to
several
different
organizations
and
and
pitched
this
concept,
and
they
were
all
very
supportive.
So
sage,
do
you
have
an
update?
F
F
H
So
tim
tim
you're
not
talking
about
purchasing
a
special
trolley.
This
is
one
using
an
existing
trolley
from
a
trolley
service.
Yeah.
E
Yeah
we've
been
working
with
them,
for
you
know,
four
years
with
the
different
ideas
on
how
to
fund
it
and
the
running
of
it.
You
know
they
do
that.
Well,
it's
like
why
reinvent
that
wheel
at
this
point
you
know
if
it
became
something
that
was
so
popular
that
the
city
wanted
to
put
in
the
transportation
plan.
Maybe
that
happens
in
the
future,
but
it's
important
to
get
it
started.
E
Parking
is
always
going
to
be
an
issue
in
the
river
arch
district
so
and
just
if
you're,
a
tourist
and
staying
in
the
hotel,
knowing
you
can
walk
over
to
the
museum
and
find
the
river
arts
district
on
your
short
stay
has
to
help
the
district
and
julie
bell
was
the
one
from
rada
that
really
helped
us
on
that
submission,
because
the
way
it
worked
is
any
not
each
non-profit
could
could
sponsor
one
application.
G
B
If
there's
no
more
questions
for
tim
and
the
in
that
committee,
I'm
gonna
throw
it
over
to
joe.
I
had
a
conversation
with
joe.
We
have
not
had
anybody
step
up
for
to
chair
the
storm,
water,
water
quality
and
public
safety
committee,
which
is
an
also
a
very
important
committee,
and
I
may
have
convinced
joe
to
to
step
into
that
chair
role
and
so
I'll.
Let
him
share
some
thoughts
on
that.
H
I
mean,
unless
there
may
be
a
meeting
or
two
that
I
have
to
ask
for
backup
on,
but
that's
in
the
short
term,
hopefully,
and
I'd
like
to
get
together
with
the
others
on
that
committee
and
you
know,
focus
more
on
what
our
goals
are
and
right
now,
we've
only
had
really
had
one
meeting
and
we
still
had
a
lot
of
things
kind
of
out
there
as
to
how
how
we
wanted
to
focus
our
energies
but
storm
water
is
a
big
interest
of
mine
and
certainly
a
big
impact
to
the
river
arch
district
and
the
general
river
area
and
I'm
also
connected
with
riverlink,
and
we
have
a
large
stormwater
restoration
project
starting
up
and
I
think
that'll
be
a
good
connection.
H
I
hope
to
actually
bring
one
of
our
stormwater
people
onto
our
committee
as
a
as
a
as
a
member
outside
member
because
of
her
extensive
knowledge
and
our
new
executive
director
has
a
phd
in
hydrology.
So
we've
got
some
resources
that
could
be
helpful
to
us
and
I
I
think
it's
probably
the
best
fit
for
me.
As
far
as
the
two
committees
go
and
I
look
forward
to
getting
in
there
and
making
a
difference
doing
it.
B
Well,
thank
you
for
thank
you
for
your
service
and
and
for
being
willing
to
step
in
that
role.
I
think
one
of
the,
if
I
remember
one
of
the
outcomes
of
our
first
meeting
or
one
and
only
meeting
so
far,
was
that
we
were
looking
to
create
a
panel
discussion
with
a
number
of
different
committee
members
from
other
committees
throughout
asheville
city
council
as
well.
As
you
know,
parker
sloan
is
on
this
committee,
so
having
his
involvement
would
be
helpful
too.
So
you
know
maybe
that's
what
we
we
put.
B
Our
efforts
in
is
to
create
a
some
sort
of
a
panel
discussion
that
would
be
likely
on
zoom
that
would
at
least
connect
these
different
commissions
and
non-profit
leaders.
B
B
Others
are
working
on
them,
and
so
I
think
just
having
that
discussion
and
connecting
might
be
our
our
abs,
our
our
most
beneficial
role.
In
this
whole
conversation.
H
G
B
Thank
you.
So
you
know
what
I
would
suggest
joe
is
to
put
together
some
days
and
times
and
let's
share
those
with
staff,
so
that
she's
available
or
someone
from
the
city
who
can
be
a
part
of
this
meeting
and
then
let's
try
to
find
a
find
a
date
and
time
that
works.
And,
let's
you
know,
I'm
certainly
available
to
support
that.
B
Alrighty.
The
next
point
is
it's
all
about
noise.
I
There
she
is
all
right,
yes,
so
I've
got
a
few
updates
on
the
haywood
bridge
project,
which
is
dot's
project
over
there.
I
got
on
the
phone
with
them
on
tuesday,
and
so
the
blasting
and
priming
should
be
completed
at
this
point
and
the
large
blasting
rig
has
been
removed
and.
I
Back
at
that
site
for
that
project,
so
the
next
steps
for
the
bridge
are
is
painting
work,
which
should
be
less
disruptive.
I
As
far
as
noise
goes
they're
going
to
be
painting
three
coats
along
the
underside
of
the
bridge,
starting
with
putting
down
additional
containment
first
and
starting
on
the
east
side
of
the
bridge
and
then
hoping
to
get
done
with
that,
half
of
it
by
january
1st
and
then
moving
across
the
river
to
complete
the
other
half
and
they
anticipate
wrapping
up
all
of
the
painting
work
by
february
and
the
final
phase
of
the
bridge
work
will
be
rehabbing
the
decking
around
april,
and
they
estimate
that
will
take
about
two
to
three
months.
I
And
so
what
what
that
will
involve
is
removing
the
top
two
inches
of
concrete
and
replacing
it
with
more
resilient
materials,
and
they
will
work
on
that
phase
and
section
so
they'll
narrow
the
bridge
down
to
one
lane
with
temporary
signals
mill.
The
deck
do
some
hydro
blasting
and
then
replace
that
with
the
modified
concrete,
then
they'll
also
repair
the
expansion
joints
on
the
ends.
So
that's
the
latest.
I
I've
got
from
d.o.t,
but
they
have
said
that
the
the
sand
blasting
on
on
the
underside
was
the
most
disruptive
as
far
as
noise
goes
so,
hopefully
the
rest
of
it
will
be
much
less
disruptive.
E
No,
I
just
like
to
thank
rachel
she's,
really
handled
it.
Well,
you
know,
keeping
us
informed.
Yeah
getting
back
to
people
really
helps
quell
the
panic,
and
I
think
it's
worked
out
well.
B
I
No
problem
I'll
try
to
get
some
regular
communication
going
soon.
F
I
G
Yeah,
I
just
I
appreciate
the
information.
Thank
you
rachel.
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
if
the
city
had
some
plan
is
to
let
traffic
know,
because
that's
a
major
thoroughfare
in
west
asheville,
especially
during
rush
hour,
and
I
hate
to
see
people
heading
down
that
way
and
the
road
being
gone
and
have
to
turn
around
somehow
come
back
up
the
hill.
G
You
know
be
good
to
somehow
get
the
word
out
sooner
than
later,
so
that
people
can
plan,
and
maybe
the
city
can
think
about
where
people
are
going
to
go
and
what
the
effect
of
that
might
be.
You
know
if
it's
going
down
south
french,
broad
or
some
other
road
that
might
create
a
problem
you
know
in
in
those
areas
to
think
be
proactive
about
it.
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you
I'll
I'll
work
with
them.
It
shouldn't
to
my
understanding.
As
of
a
conversation
on
tuesday,
it
will
not
be
closed
completely
they'll
narrow
it
one
way
to
allow
but
it'll,
but
it
will
cause
some
backups,
I'm
sure.
G
H
I
I
can
double
check
on
that.
That
part
was.
That
was
the
first
time
I
had
kind
of
heard
of
that
phase
of
the
project,
so
I
will
double
check
on
what
the
noise
impact
will
be
and
just
kind
of
what
we
need
to
be
anticipating.
G
B
I'm
gonna
move
on
since
we
already
spoke
about
the
the
arpa
grant.
We're
gonna
move
on
to
the
open
space
update.
Steph
has
a
a
short
update
on
that
that
process.
A
Sure,
as
you
know,
for
the
open
space
recommendations,
they
were
developed
from
a
task
force
that
included
several
members
of
this
commission
here
and
other
members
of
the
community.
A
One
of
the
recommendations
that
came
out
of
that
was
to
look
at
the
entire
form
base
code
area
and
change
the
some
of
the
zoning
requirements
in
that
area
regarding
open
space
and
in
the
form
based
code
area.
There
are
two
parcels
that
are
on
the
fringe
of
the
river
arts
district
they're.
Actually,
in
the
south
side,
community
and
those
parcels
were
acquired
by
urban
renewal
because
they
were
acquired
by
urban
renewal.
They
are
subject
to
a
resolution
that
city
council
passed.
A
That
said
that
no
rezoning
should
take
place
on
these
parcels
at
this
time,
and
this
is
an
action
that
was
done
to
make
sure
that
city
council
and
the
community
would
have
time
to
better
understand
any
implications
of
zoning
or
development
proposals
for
partials
that
were
acquired
through
urban
renewal
and
how
that
might
interact
with
the
now,
I'm
so
glad
to
not
say
upcoming,
but
the
now
ongoing
reparations
process
yeah.
A
So
so
what
you
need
to
know
is
that,
because
there's
those
two
parcels
in
that
zoning
area,
we
have
a
short
pause
on
open
space
recommendations
to
council.
So,
whereas
we
are
previously
said,
we
were
going
to
go
to
council
in
the
beginning
of
january
and
have
them
look
at
approving
certain
changes
to
open
space
regulations
that
will
be
continued
to
a
later
date,
probably
not
too
much
later,
but
to
a
later
date.
A
G
H
That's
not
including
the
choctaw
street
property.
A
A
Are
these
those
stretch
all
the
way
to
choctaw
what
the
the
form-based
code
doesn't
go?
Past
south
french,
broad.
H
A
F
Sure
I
don't
have
a
whole
lot
prepared.
I
assumed
that
what
you'd
want
to
hear
about
was
the
ramada
and
I'm
happy
to
say
that
that
we
are
making
progress
on
it
there's
another.
There
was
a
meeting
last
night
that
was
recorded,
that
you
can
go
back
and
watch,
but
at
this
point
we
could
not
pull
together
all
of
the
right
funding,
agents
and
partners
in
enough
time
to
make
the
ramada
really
work.
I
think
we
all
understand
there's
a
great
need
for
a
high
access
barrier,
shelter
in
the
community.
F
It's
a
missing
link
in
our
housing
community
and
housing
solutions,
but
it
doesn't
appear
that
this
location
will
come
together
in
time.
So
what
has
happened
is
an
alternative
solution.
Another
need
in
the
community
is
what
we
call
psh
permanent,
supportive
housing.
You
may
have
heard
that
term
around
the
days
and
on
tunnel
road
and
the
homeward
bound
project
earlier
in
the
year,
and
this
is
a
similar
model.
It
would
have
about
100
to
115
residents,
approximately
half
of
which
would
be
veterans
and
it
would
be
permanent,
supportive
housing
and
there's
an
outside
group.
F
B
F
Yes
and
to
date,
I
was
just
looking
at
kind
of
what
we've
already
set
aside,
because
we
did
the
days
in
we've
done
a
lot
of
about
three
million
dollars
in
hotel
rooms.
So
we've
done
a
lot
around
homelessness
and
I
hope
that
story
gets
more
shared
soon,
because
collectively
we
have
been
either
helping
establish
groups
that
can
do
the
permanent,
supportive
housing
or
even
partnering,
with
wraparound
services
and
growing
relationships
with
them
to
do
the
temporary
solutions.
F
So
I
feel
like
we're
attacking
it
at
all
these
angles,
and
yet
there
continues
to
be
a
problem.
So
you
know
it's
we're
doing
what
we
can.
I
could
update
you
a
little
bit
too.
I
got
an
update
on
apd
staffing,
which
may
be.
F
They're
still
holding
about
40
down,
there
are
nine
cadets
that
have
made
it
through
their
cadet
training
first
round,
and
now
they
go
out
onto
the
street,
for
you
know
they
have
a
specific
word
for
it
and
they
train
for
two
more
months
and
that
and
then
they
are
established
on
their
own,
and
the
next
group
has
14
in
it
and
starts
in
january,
and
it's
about
six
months
to
get
them
going.
What
I
was
told
was
approximately
next
fall
august
september.
H
Well,
I
had
I
have
one
stage
I
mean
there
was
told
the
the
d.o.t
broke
up
this
timeless
camp
today
or
yesterday.
Was
there
anything
done
or
suggested
for
those
people
or
are
they
just
pushed
off.
F
No,
it's
a
great
question.
I'm
glad
you
asked
is
it
you
know.
We
also
have
found
a
deceased
resident
named
richard
mutant
and
at
that
location
and
there's
some
heartbreak
and
community
around
that
we
don't
have
any.
I
was
working
on
this
all
day
because
I've
been
unsettled
by
it.
We
don't
have
any
more
available
hotel
rooms
to
put
folks
in.
We
did
activate
code
purple.
You
may
have
heard
I
believe
december
1st
or
2nd,
and
there
are
two
shelters
in
place
for
one
for
men,
one
for
women
and
children.
F
We
have
upped
their
beds
based
on
last
year's
data
and
some
of
what
we've
seen
so
we
have
about
50
for
men
and
8
for
women
and
children,
which
might
sound
small
but
is
actually
more
than
the
average
needed,
and
when
we
have
code
purples
then
you
can
then
folks
can
go
into
these
shelters
and
the
rules
are
a
little
bit
different
congregating
and
one
of
my
ideas
is
perhaps
to
lighten
the
code.
Purple
qualifier
so
like
last
night,
was
a
code
purple
night,
so
those
folks
were
able
to
get
sheltered
if
they
wanted
it.
F
However,
tonight
is
not
a
code
purple
night,
but
saturday
is,
and
sunday
is
but
monday
isn't.
So
I'm
just
wondering
you
know
we're
trying
to
brainstorm
if
you
have
solutions,
but
what
seems
to
be
the
best
emergency
response
for
these
folks
in
the
middle
of
winter,
in
a
pandemic
is
to
get
emergency
shelter
and
that
code
purple
seems
to
be
our
best
resource
for
that
right
now,
since
all
the
hotels
are
cool,
does
that
help
your
questions.
H
Yes,
I
I
I
just
wanted
to
know
that
they
had.
You
know
some
resources
that
were
being
offered
and
if
they
just
get
pushed
off
their
campsite
and
onto
patton
avenue
what
happens.
F
It's
such
a
hard
situation
and
so
complex,
so
you
know
I
keep
telling
folks
we're
trying
to
establish
all
the
groundwork
to
make
this
problem
resolved
in
the
future,
but
it's
going
to
take
a
long
time.
It's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
partners
and
strategy,
it's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
money
and
I
think
what
we've
been
doing
with
the
hotel
rooms
has
been
really
helpful
to
folks
we've.
F
Actually,
I
think
the
last
statistics
I
heard
of
47
folks
that
had
been
in
the
temporary
housing
and
hotels
has
secured
employment
and
housing
and
that's
a
statistic:
that's
like
10
years
worth
of
previous
work
and
attempts.
So
you
know
it's
showing
that
it's
working,
but
capacity
is
still
a
problem.
We'll
continue
to
work
on.
If
you
have
ideas,
please
feel
free
to
reach
out.
F
F
No,
this
is
what's
interesting.
It's
actually
been
pretty
flat
and
about
half
of
our
considered
on
house
are
actual
veterans,
because
the
veteran
hospital
doesn't
allow
them
an
address,
but
they
are
there.
So
there's
it's
a
little
bit
of
a
jungle,
and
then
we
have
such
a
strong
and
great
veterans
hospital
that
more
people
come
to
it.
So
the
number
fluctuates
we're
helping
them
resolving
on
house
folks
and
then
more
coming
and
it's
solution-based,
it's
always
moving,
but
the
average
is
about
550
persons
at
any
time.
Oh.
E
F
E
B
Ben
had
a
comment
I'll
go
ahead
and
read
it
from
ben
williamson
apologies.
But
this
is
where
I
remind
everyone:
we
have
25
million
dollars
in
occupancy
tax
funds
each
year,
going
primarily
toward
tourism
marketing.
Some
of
those
funds
would
help
this
issue
and
many
others
immensely
thanks
sage
and
others
for
your
hard
work
in
this
very
difficult
area.
J
B
No,
absolutely,
I
think,
yeah
we
have
to
make
sure
everybody
has
access
to
that
sage.
Thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work
and
your
support,
because
we
know
that
a
lot
of
these
a
lot
of
these
folks
ultimately
end
up
on
the
riverfront,
and
you
know
we
were
this.
Is
these
are
things
we
were
discussing
when
you
know
over
the
summer
and
over
the
spring,
and
so
likely
we'll
continue
to
see
that.
But
hopefully
there
will
be
some
additional
help
for
these
folks.
B
This
is
off
script,
but
maybe
sasha
or
steph.
Do
you
have
an
update?
I've
been
walking
the
greenway,
and
I've
noticed
that
the
I've
noticed
that
the
west
of
the
the
west
side
of
the
greenway
is
really
making
some
tremendous
headway,
and
I
see
cars
driving
along
so
clearly
there's
a
path
wide
enough
for
automobiles
now
to
drive.
Do
you
have
an
update
on
when
you
think
any
updates
on
on
the
completion
of
the
west
side
of
the
greenway.
A
B
D
C
Yes,
mr
chairman,
I
saw
on
the
agenda
that
rachel
was
supposed
to
also
comment
about
affordable
housing.
C
A
I
can
I
can
yeah.
I
took
that
off
the
agenda
for
for
rachel
rachel
and
I
coordinated
on
this.
An
update
for
this
project.
The
project
with
that
in
was
in
discussion,
is
a
proposal
by
the
haywood
street
congregation
to
build
a
affordable
housing
just
on
the
north
end
of
the
weekend.
Neighborhood
and
the
project
did
pass
through
trc
this
past
week
and
it's
on
its
way
into
planning
and
zoning.
A
But
this
I
wanted
to
get
a
little
bit
more
of
an
update
for
you
about
the
development
impacts
and
about
the
comments
received
by
the
weekend.
Neighborhood,
since
the
your
purview
does
include
understanding
the
concerns
of
the
area,
constituents
and
the
greater
riverfront,
so
we're
just
working
to
get
those
together,
but
from
a
process
standpoint.
It
is
moving
through
development
review.
A
I
do
not
have
an
update
on
that.
I
will
let
you
all
know.
As
soon
as
we
have
there's,
there
are
the
correct
permits
in
place
and
that
we
get
any
kind
of
applications
for
road
closures
and
closures
include
partial
closers
and
changes
to
traffic
control,
including
sidewalk
closures.
So
we'll
let
you
know
absolutely.
D
F
He
would
have
just
updated
you
on
the
ramada,
but
I'll
tell
you
that
this
has
been
my
first
year
on
the
riverfront
commission
and
I
have
really
enjoyed
dell's
meetings
and
your
processing,
your
personalities.
It's
been
great
and
I'm
glad
that
this
worked
well
into
my
schedule
and
I'm
able
to
meet
them
attend
them
every
time,
so
good
job.
Everybody
thanks
for
your
volunteer
time.
A
I
just
wanted
to
note
for
some
people,
if
they
hadn't
heard
that
peyton
o'connor
who's
been
attending
our
meetings
for
quite
a
while
now
is
leaving
their
employment
with
buncombe
county
as
the
parks
and
recreation
director.
So
we
will
be
getting
a
new
staff
liaison
at
some
point
and
I'll.
Let
you
know
when
we
hear.
B
Congrats
to
peyton,
I
hope
it's
hope
it's
a
positive
move
for
him
for
for
them.
Excuse
me,
let's
see
all
right,
do
we
have
any
public
comment
for
live
callers.
B
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
david
happy.
I
mean
in
years
past
we'd
have
a
little
holiday
get-together,
so
hopefully
we
run
into
each
other
around
town.
I
usually
throw
this
to
tim
shaw
or
you
know,
is
there
somebody
that
would
like
to
make
a
motion
that
we
adjourn.