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A
Good
evening
and
welcome
to
the
asheville
city
council
meeting,
my
name
is
esther
manheimer,
I'm
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
asheville,
I'm
going
to
read
a
little
bit
of
information
to
you
before
we
get
going
here.
We,
as
you
can
see,
we
have
a
council
participating
virtually
and
we
have
staff
participating
virtually
as
well.
A
A
855-925-2801
and
entering
the
code
66433,
we
are
also
broadcasting
live
on
the
city's
youtube
channel
charter,
cable,
channel
193
and
on
a
t,
u-verse
channel
99,
for
those
of
you
out
there
with
us
today.
Welcome
tonight
we're
also
we
have
a
long
agenda.
We
do
plan
to
take
a
short
break
at
some
point
during
the
meeting
this
evening.
A
So
for
public
comment,
we
asked
callers
to
sign
up
in
advance
to
join
the
live
speaker
queue.
We
are
only
taking
live
comments
from
those
who
signed
up
prior
to
tonight's
meeting.
Those
callers
have
been
provided
instructions
on
how
to
participate.
Each
caller
is
allotted
three
minutes
to
speak
for
each
agenda
item.
We
will
hear
live
comments
for
up
to
one
hour
for
each
agenda
item
as
a
reminder
to
callers.
You
will
first
hear
staff
and
form
counsel
that
you're
next
to
speak.
A
Then
you'll
hear
an
automated
message,
letting
you
know
you're
unmuted
and
live
in
the
meeting.
You
may
begin
speaking
after
the
automated
message
to
best
ensure
staff
can
support
you
in
case
of
technical
difficulties.
We
ask
that
you
join
the
queue
no
later
than
the
beginning
of
the
agenda.
Item
before
the
agenda
item
on
which
you
have
signed
up
to
speak
additionally,
if
you
have
joined
the
speaker
queue
and
need
to
oh
I've
been
told
that
I've,
given
you
the
wrong
code
for
dialing
in
it,
is
six
seven
one.
A
Three,
I'm
sorry
it's
wrong
in
my
script,
so
it
additionally,
if
you've,
joined
the
speaker,
queue
and
need
to
disconnect
before
your
time
to
speak,
please
hit
star
for
before
hanging
up.
You
can
then
call
back
in
using
the
same
directions.
I
just
shared
and
staff
will
enter
you
back
into
the
speaker.
Queue
of
your
agenda
item
again.
A
Remember
we
in
addition
to
signups,
we
don't
allow
any
substitutions
of
speakers
as
well,
so
I'm
going
to
go
through
a
quick
roll
call,
so
you
can
be
introduced
to
all
of
council
and
some
of
the
staff
that
you'll
be
hearing
from
this
evening.
A
A
A
A
F
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
everybody
sees
that
the
design
contract
for
the
essentially
building
a
new
walton
street
pool,
but
not
at
the
walton
street,
I'm
not
at
walton
street,
but
at
the
grant
center
is
on
this
agenda.
This
was
brian
and
keith
will
remember.
This
was
a
very
hot
topic
when
we
were
running
for
our
office
five
years
ago,
and
so
I
just
I
so
there's
good
news
about
this.
F
That
there's
seems
to
be
maybe
closure
on
this
issue
and
that
there
will
be
soon
launched
a
new
community
conversation
led
by
the
parks
department
to
engage
people
in
the
design
of
what
what
will
happen
at
at
walton
park
and
with
and
at
the
old
waltons,
the
old
historic
walton
street
pool.
F
F
A
All
right
council,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
we
do
have
some
folks
signed
up
to
speak
regarding
the
consent
agenda
and
wait
before
we
do
that.
I
was
supposed
to
mention
to
anyone
listening
who
is
waiting
for
the
open
space
item
later
in
the
later
in
the
agenda.
Under
public
hearings,
we
are
going
to
delay
the
open
space
ordinance,
which
is
public
hearing
item
number
b
to
november
10th.
A
So,
if
you're
here
listening
for
that
item,
it
will
be
moved
until
november,
10th,
okay,
I'm
sorry
back
to
the
consent
agenda.
We
have
a
motion
and
a
second-
and
we
will
now
hear
from
folks
who
have
signed
up
to
speak
on
the
consent.
Agenda
and
staff
will
help
us
do
that.
I
I
Hi,
thank
you
for
listening
to
me.
I
know
it's
really
hard
to
juggle
funds
around
when
you
have
something
under
contract
and
you're
planning
on
you've
already
made
plans
for
that
money
to
move
it
into
the
general
fund,
but
I
would
like
to
appeal
to
you
to
consider
how
much
of
an
impact
it
would
make
on
the
community
that
is
waiting
to
see
you
take
action
for
reparations.
I
What
a
strong
statement
it
would
be
if
you
would
take
that
money
all
of
it,
preferably
at
least
some
of
it,
if
not
and
put
it
toward
reparations
fund
that
you're
creating
for
the
reparations
commission,
which
is
part
of
your
promise
to
all
of
us,
and
we're
counting
on
you
to
do
the
right
thing.
We
know
that
you
plan
to
do
it
eventually,
but
especially
in
this
political
climate,
it
is
really
really
hard
to
believe
in
your
elected
officials.
I
K
Yeah
hi
folks,
I'd
like
to
commend
city
council
for
the
intentions
behind
this
resolution.
The
city
took
hundreds
of
acres
of
land
from
the
black
community.
There
needs
to
be
a
moratorium
on
selling
pieces
of
that
land
that
are
still
under
city
control.
So
the
fact
that
this
resolution
declares
just
that
is
very
much
a
step
in
the
right
direction,
but
the
details
of
this
resolution
also
reveal
a
more
complicated
picture
and
it's
one.
K
I
would
really
urge
council
to
to
look
into
more
deeply
one
of
the
pieces
of
land
that
is
exempt
from
this
new
moratorium
is
the
one
being
purchased
by
white
labs
on
south
charlotte
street.
The
city
already
contracted
to
sell
this
land
last
year,
as
the
last
caller
said.
So,
what's
the
history
of
this
particular
piece
of
land?
What's
what's
its
relevance
to
urban
renewal
in
the
question
of
reparations?
K
Well,
I
spent
hours
yesterday
making
my
way
through
deeds
and
maps
aided
by
folks
at
the
buncombe
county,
tax
department
and
register
of
deeds,
and
today
I
had
a
great
conversation
with
nikki
reed
of
the
city's
department
of
community
and
economic
development,
and
I
came
away
with
an
appreciation
for
how
hard
her
job
is
trying
to
piece
together.
A
precise
trail
would
tell
us
exactly
how
the
city
came
into
possession
of
this
land.
Was
it
through
urban
renewal?
K
Was
it
through
other
means,
and
the
answer
seems
to
be
some
of
both,
which
is
reflective
in
the
resolution
that
there's
a
clear
paper
trail
for
urban
renewal
for
some
of
it
and
the
proceeds
of
that
are
going
to
go
into
the
cdbg
program
where
there
isn't
that
trail,
the
proceeds
are
going
to
go
into
the
general
fund
on
the
surface.
That
all
sounds
fine,
but
I
want
to
reorient
this
toward
the
bigger
picture.
K
The
moratorium
that
you
all
are
passing
is
about
making
good
on
the
promise
of
reparations
and
the
question
I'd
love
council
to
be
asking
right
now
is
if
this
sale
to
white
labs
goes
through.
If
the
city
stands
to
make
millions
of
dollars
on
a
property
that
had
acquired
for
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars,
what
should
we
do
with
that
money?
Should
it
just
go
under
the
general
fund,
what
if
it
were
earmarked
for
reparations
instead?
K
What
if
the
reparations
commission
which
is
supposed
to
be
formed
by
january,
actually
had
some
money
set
aside
that
could
be
used
for
reparations?
What,
if
the
money
that
has
to
go
into
the
cdbg,
doesn't
just
go
into
the
general
cbbg
pool,
but
is
designated
as
a
special
project
instead,
so
it's
targeted
to
address
issues
of
reparations.
K
In
the
final
analysis,
the
white
labs
property
was
part
of
a
broad
city
strategy
to
dismantle
the
east
end
neighborhood
and,
as
such,
all
of
that
property
should
be
considered
illegitimately
obtained
and
any
profit.
The
city
makes
now
from
that
property
is
part
of
the
reparations
that
are
long
overdue
to
the
city's
black
community.
So,
once
again,
thank
you
for
listening
to
us
and
creating
this
resolution
to
suspend
any
future
sales.
I
urge
you
not
to
stop
there.
The
city
took
every
conceivable
opportunity
in
the
past,
disenfranchise
and
exploit
black
people.
K
L
Asheville
hi
spoke
too
soon
there,
I'm
also
just
calling
to
to
echo
what
linda
and
david
so
eloquently
said.
The
idea
that
you
know
there's
definitely
admiration
and
appreciation
for
the
for
the
passage
of
a
resolution
to
start
looking
at
reparations,
but
also
just
a
real
need
to
look
at
the
the
consequences
of
the
city's
current
actions.
L
You
know
it's
clear
from
lyndon
david
that
there's
passion
in
the
community
clear
from
the
hundreds,
if
not
thousands,
of
comments
that
have
you
know
been
received
over
the
last
couple
of
months
and
also
clear
frankly
from
city
council
that
that
your
intention
is,
is
really
to
do
the
right
thing
and-
and
I
think
it's
really
clear-
that
when
we
look
at
the
profit
that
can
be
made
off
of
the
sale
of
this
land
and
when
we
consider
the
the
source
of
the
land
and
what
city
council
seems
intent
on
doing
now
in
terms
of
reparations
and
and
starting
to
acknowledge
the
the
really
inconceivable
harm
that's
been
done
to
the
black
community.
L
I
really
think
there's
only
one
right
option
here
so
so
I
urge
you
to
reconsider
and
and
really
think
about
what
the
what
the
city's
residents
are
are
saying.
Thank.
J
J
M
All
right,
thank
you.
I
would
just
like
to
reflect
what
so
many
others
have
said,
and
what
the
racial
justice
coalition
is
asking
of
you
that
I
mean.
M
If
you
acknowledge
the
wrongs
done
by
the
city
in
the
past-
and
you
acknowledge
that
this
land
is
has
been
essentially
stolen
and
that
it's
not
going
to
be
sold
anymore
for
the
profit
of
the
city
to
to
try
to
get
one
more
deal
in
is
is
like
inconceivably
strange
to
me,
I
mean
it's
almost
worse
than
just
like
pretending
that
none
of
that
was
true.
If
you
acknowledge
that
it's
true,
then
how
how
would
you
go
and
be
like?
M
Well,
this
is
the
last
one
we'll
get
one
more
deal
in,
it's
just
clearly
wrong
and
and
strange,
and
it
comes
off
as
trying
to
sneak
a
deal
in
under
the
noses
of
the
people
of
the
city,
which,
obviously
you
can't
do,
because
we're
here
we're
listening
and
so
I'll
urge
you
to
reconsider,
putting
that
money
that
you
get
from
the
deal
into
your
own
coffers,
I'll
urge
you
to
if
you're,
going
to
sell
the
land
if
you're
going
to
make
a
deal
with
the
land,
to
put
it
into
the
reparations
fund,
I
mean
obviously
so
thanks.
M
N
Okay
looks
as
if
my
accomplice
covered
most
of
the
ground
before
I
was
able
to
come
in
and
speak
so
I'll,
try
to
fill
in
the
gaps.
The
best
way
that
I
can
so
doing
a
whole
lot
of
digging
and
gaining
a
whole
lot
of
understanding
around
the
subject
matter
that
has
been
held
off
within
the
consent
agenda
to
a
later
date
has
shown
that
the
funding
that
is
received
or
the
revenue
accrued
off
the
property
that
was
seized
retaining
the
urban
renewal
has
to
go
into
cdbg
funding
per
hud
regulations.
N
So
how
do
we
get
this
funding
to
the
black
community?
It
should
be
the
next
question
and
how
far
can
you
push?
The
limit
should
be
the
question
that
you
should
be
asking
the
individuals
that
are
most
familiar
with
the
regulations
around
the
table.
N
N
My
second
thought
pertains
to
the
reparations
resolution.
You
know
I
have
not
seen
actions
that
reflect
or
even
vaguely
suggest
that
any
movement
is
happening.
I
feel
confident
in
saying
that
accountability
seems
to
be
an
issue
throughout
the
whole
organization
that
I
can
confidently
say
that
this
statement
is
based
on
the
pattern
seen
and
our
uneducated
opinions.
Currently,
there
is
no
reparations
commission.
N
The
city
manager
has
not
provided
any
short,
medium
or
long-term
planning
goals
in
relation
to
the
resolution.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
I
don't
recall
her
making
any
statements
related
to
the
resolution.
Her
preliminary
plans
around
a
possible
timeline
to
get
started,
or
anything
that
implies
that
this
is
even
on
her
radar
with
officer
equine
inclusion
now
in
need
of
a
director,
no
sign
of
a
job
description
to
begin
the
search
of
kimberly's
replacement.
N
J
D
O
I'm
also
responding
as
to
have
linda
david,
paul
max
and
robert
to
attend
item
c,
particularly
the
exception
made
for
the
sale
of
172
174
south
charlotte
street
professionally.
I
am
a
psychotherapist
and
I
try
to
help
my
clients
break
destructive
habits,
that's
kind
of
my
bread
and
butter.
When
I
learned
about
the
2.1
million
dollars
from
the
sale
currently
being
destined
for
the
city's
general
fund,
I
couldn't
help
thinking
of
the
really
the
countless
times.
O
I
want
you
to
know
how
such
appreciation
and
respect
I
feel
for
that
right
and
funneling
money
from
the
sale
of
stolen
land
back
into
general
city
coffers.
There's
so
many
have
said
we're
effectively
saying
sure
you
know
we'll
stop
doing
harm
right
after
this
one
last
sale.
Now
I
get
it,
you
know
I
get
that
change
is
hard
and
that
this
is
procedurally
complex.
O
I
I
absolutely
get
that,
and
you
know
we
elected
you
to
do
to
do
this
hard
work
and
you
have
an
opportunity,
I
would
say,
to
act
with
real
courage
right
now
doing
nothing
letting
the
money
flow
back
into
the
general
fund.
That's
kind
of
has
the
least
resistance
from
my
understanding
requiring
it
to
be
earmarked
for
the
action
steps
through
reparations.
That's
us
saying
we're
going
to
be
good
to
our
word.
O
O
You
know
your
job
is
better
than
I
do,
but
I
imagine
that
this
is
an
amendment
to
the
plan
is
written
rather
than
a
radical
reconception
of
what's
going
to
happen
moving
forward,
so
I
say:
go
for
it.
You
know
be
bold,
dare
to
anticipate
the
momentum
that
this
can
create
for
our
reparations
program,
and
let
yourself
imagine
how
good
it
will
feel
to
have
done
the
right
thing.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
hard
work
and
thank
you
for
listening.
A
Counsel
that
th
those
are
the
folks
that
we
had
signed
up
to
speak
under
the
consent
agenda.
So
what
I
would
offer
is
just
and
that
we
probably
should
have
helped
provide
this
clarification
when
we
pushed
out
all
the
information
for
tonight's
agenda.
The
callers
have
been
speaking
about
item
number
or
item
letter
c
under
the
consent
agenda,
and
this
is
a
very
forward
thinking
resolution
that
would
stop
the
sale
of
a
city
on
property
that
was
acquired
through
urban
renewal.
A
There
is
a
noted
exception
in
this
policy,
and
that
is
the
property
that
is
now
white
labs.
White
labs,
as
you
may
know,
is
a
yeast
manufacturing
company
that
located
to
asheville
some
years
ago,
and
it
was
part
of
an
economic
development
program
and
as
a
part
of
that
program,
they
had
to
make
various
investments
in
the
property
and
and
hire
folks
to
work
there
and
they've
done
that,
and
they
have
a
long-standing
multi-year
contract
to
purchase
the
remaining
parts
of
the
property.
This
property,
I
talked
to
nikki
reid
earlier
today.
A
It
is
true
that
a
portion
of
the
remaining
property
to
be
sold
was
acquired
with
a
federal
funding.
So
it's
technically
falls
under
what
you
would
consider
a
part
of
urban
renewal.
Some
of
it
does
not
the
you
know.
The
building
on
the
property
is
from
the
1916
and
used
to
house
the
horses
for
the
police
department,
so
some
of
it
pre
quite
clearly
predates
urban
renewal
and
it
does
have
a
complex
title.
A
History
to
the
property
council
has
had
already
voted
in
closed
session
to
use,
sale,
proceeds
from
this
property
to
purchase
the
property
next
to
the
transit
station,
downtown
for
the
future,
expansion
of
the
transit
station,
and-
and
so
so
so,
that's
one
thing
to
consider
that
this
money
has
already
been
earmarked
for
this
important
community
investment.
The
other
is
that
any
any
portion
of
the
property
that
is
sold
that
was
acquired
using
these
federal
funds.
The
proceeds
of
the
sale
must
follow
the
federal
restrictions
for
usage
and
antoinette.
A
I
think
you
had
emailed
a
question
earlier
today
about
the
limitations
on
those
expenditures.
The
expenditure
of
those
funds
have
to
be
used
in
the
community
and
and
on
income
on
an
income
basis.
So
so
I
guess
what
I'm
saying
there
is
that
that
money
will
already
be
restricted
in
such
a
way
that
it
must
be
used
for
a
community
benefit,
so
just
just
to
give
a
little
context
about
about
the
sale
proceeds
of
this
of
this
property,
so
under
contract
for
multiple
years
already
earmarked
for
the
transit
center
and
otherwise
restricted.
A
There
will
be
some
portion
of
that
funding.
That
is,
that
is,
doesn't
fall
into
either
of
those
categories.
Isn't
the
transit
center
and
isn't
restricted
by
the
federal
guidelines
and
council
will
have
an
opportunity
to
make
a
determination
about
the
use
of
those
funds
and
going
forward.
So
it
may
be
that
you
know
I
mean.
Obviously
several
different
ideas
have
come.
You
know
come
out
here
right
already,
so,
but
but
that
staff
do
we
have
an
idea
of
when
that
sale
might
be
occurring.
A
time
wise.
P
Hi
mary,
this
is
nikki
reed.
Hopefully
you
can
hear
me,
but
that's
sale.
Everybody
nikki
and
council
hi.
That
sale
is
scheduled
sometime
in
december,
so
we're
currently
working
on
that
right
now,
but
that
sale
is
scheduled
to
occur
in
december
2020.
A
Council,
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
any
other.
B
B
Q
Well,
the
only
and-
and
I
don't
know
that
this
totally
council
member
haynes
addresses
your
question,
but
the
section
of
money
that
comes
from
the
c
cdbg
is
is
for
low
and
moderate
income,
and
it
cannot
be
specifically
earmarked
for
for
for
our
black
community
members,
it's
based
on
income,
now
the
decision
to
use
the
other
parts
of
the
money.
If
you're
asking
a
question
about
that,
I
think
that's
what
the
mayor
is
suggesting
that
we
would
have
discussion
about
in
the
future.
R
Okay,
you
know.
F
So
brian,
let
me
just
offer
and
and
shanika
and
keith
will
remember
this
from
our
last
hcd
meeting.
We
there
are
a
number
of
projects
teed
up
for
housing,
trust
fund
loans,
some
of
them
pretty
sizable
and
right
now,
just
with
the
projects
we've
already
committed
to
our
housing
trust
fund
is
we
we
we're
all
we're
only
going
to
have
about
1.6
million
left
at
the
end
of
next
year
and
if
we
fund
even
really
even
just
one
of
these
big
projects,
that's
coming
to
us.
F
F
You
know,
I
think
it's
a.
I
think
it's
just
worth
a
conversation
between
and
among
us
about
do
we
sort
of
you
know.
Do
we
do
we
put
it
in
a
pot
and
say
we're
going
to
use
it
for
something
at
some
point
that
we
don't
know
about
yet
or
do
we
use
it
for
an
immediate
need
where
we
have
people
coming
to
us?
Saying
we
want
to.
We
want
to.
You
know,
build
housing
for
40
people
who
are
just
coming
out
of
homelessness,
or
do
we
you
know
want
to
help.
F
A
And
you
know,
I
think
what
julie's
getting
out
there,
for
example,
is
you
know
the
haywood
haywood
street
church
is
going
to
be
building
their
pro
deeply
affordable
housing
project
for
to
try
to
house
people
experiencing
homelessness
on
ashland
in
partnership
with
the
city,
which
is
the
other
exception
under
under
this
new
policy?
A
And
you
know
we
gotta,
we,
I
I
would
feel
more
comfortable
if
we
were
able
to
kind
of
sit
back
and
and
look
and
see
what
proceeds
actually
came
out
of
the
sale
that
are
available
for
allocation
and
have
a
discussion
about
it.
Then
maybe
it's
like
a
hybrid
approach.
Some
of
it
goes
to
the
haywood
street
project.
Some
of
it
goes
to
reparations
fund.
You
know
I
don't
know,
but
it's
a
little
difficult
to
make
that
decision
sort
of
sitting
here
right
now,
not
knowing
the
landscape
so.
A
B
A
D
Pardon
me
mayor
if
I
may,
city
council
rules
actually
require
a
unanimous
approval
for
the
consent
agenda,
so
we
we
may
need
to
remove
one
item
and
vote
on
it
separately.
If,
if
that's
the
only
item
being
objected
to.
A
B
B
B
G
I
don't
see
so
moved
I'll.
Second,.
B
A
I
okay
this
evening.
We
do
not
have
any
presentations,
we
had
three
public
hearing
items,
but
we're
only
going
to
have
two.
The
first
is
public
hearing
item
a1.
A
This
is
a
hearing
to
update
the
2020
2021
action
plan
to
include
the
allocation
of
154
711
in
community
development,
block,
grant
contingency
funds
and
the
reallocation
of
an
estimated
1.1
million
in
home
investment
partnership
program
funds
and
paul
d'angelo
is
going
to
make
this
presentation.
S
Great
good
evening,
mayor
city,
council
and
city
management,
paul
d'angelo
here
with
the
community
development
department
here
to
talk
about
the
authorization
to
submit
the
updated
2021
annual
action
plan
to
the
u.s
department
of
housing
and
urban
development,
otherwise
known
as
hud
and
looking
for
authorization
to
submit
that
plan
and
sign
any
and
all
necessary
documents
and
support
to
implement
that
plan.
S
S
community
development
staff,
in
coordination
with
the
housing
community
development
committee,
has
made
recommendations
for
the
use
of
the
city
bg
funds,
which
must
be
used
in
for
housing
and
community
development
programs.
Within
the
city
of
asheville,
the
asheville
regional
housing
consortium
board
has
recommended
uses
for
home
funds
which
must
be
used
for
housing
programs
within
the
ford
county
consortium
area,
bancom,
henderson,
madison
and
transylvania
counties.
S
S
We
allocated
that
additional
funding
to
some
of
our
public
service
grantees
in
recommendation
with
a
waiver.
We
could
get
from
hud
to
be
able
to
go
above
and
beyond
what
we
could
normally
award
the
public
services
folks
and
the
home
funding.
That
was,
in
addition,
came
from
unallocated
tax
credits
that
weren't
awarded
this
year.
So
we're
able
to
go
back
to
that
committee
with
some
additional
funding
to
reallocate
to
the
community
for
fiscal
year.
S
F
So
paul
I
was
actually
gonna.
I
was
gonna
read
some
of
these.
I
think
I
mean
the
documents
there,
but
not
everybody
who's,
listening
and
watching
has
the
document
in
front
of
them.
So
I'm
just
gonna,
I'm
gonna
read
some
of
these,
so
so
people
know
and
understand
where
this
have
some
sense
about
where
this
money
goes.
F
It's
I'll
just,
I
won't
read
all
of
them.
I'll
read
some
of
them,
help
mate,
which,
as
we
know,
provides
domestic
violence,
services
to
survivors
home
rebound
for
homeless
services
on
track,
financial
for
education
and
counseling,
the
ywca's
empowerment,
child
care
program,
ywca's,
mother,
love
program,
pisgah,
legal
services,
homeless,
prevention,
project,
homeward
bound
again
housing
services,
haywood
street
congregation
for
their
respite
program,
habitat
for
humanity
and
mountain
housing,
opportunities
for
home
repair.
F
This
is
what
this
is
an
important
one,
and
these
next
three
that
I'm
going
to
read,
get
a
big
chunk
of
change:
mountain
bisworks,
carolina,
small
business
development,
opportunity,
small
business
development
fund
and
eagle
market
street
development
corporation
all
have
a
partnership
together,
that
is,
to
support
entrepreneurs
of
color
in
trying
to
start
their
own
businesses.
F
That
is
a
that's
been
a
very
intentional
program
for
several
years,
the
spark
foundation
which,
for
folks
who
don't
know
that
helps
justice
involved
individuals,
sort
of
reintegrate
back
into
our
society
and
helps
them
get
jobs
and
provides
wraparound
services.
So
those
are
those
are
our
partners
in.
A
Cancel
any
other
questions
comments
any
further
comments
from
paul
before
we
go
ahead
on
this
okay,
so
we
don't
have
anyone
to
sign
up
to
speak
on
this
item
and
using
the
strange
virtual
format
we
have
to
use.
We
we
need
a
motion.
A
I
need
a
motion
and
a
second
to
recess
the
public
hearing
to
update
the
2020
2021
action
plan
to
include
the
allocation
of
154
711
in
community
development,
block,
grant
contingency
funds
and
the
reallocation
of
an
estimated
1.1
million
in
home
investment
partnership
program
funds
until
november
10
2020..
Do
I
have
a
motion.
L
O
A
And
myself
I
next
we
have
a
public
hearing
to
update
the
this
is
item
a2
update
the
2019-2020
action
plan
to
include
889
456
dollars
in
cdbg
cv,
funds,
which
must
be
used
to
prevent,
prepare
for
or
respond
to
coronavirus
and
paul
you're
on
again.
S
Thank
you,
mayor
and
good
evening
again
mayor
city,
council
and
city
management,
paul
d'angelo,
with
the
community
development
department
here
tonight,
looking
for
approval
by
city
council
to
submit
to
hud
the
city's
proposal
proposed
use
of
community
development,
block
grant
funds
for
cobit
19
889
456
dollars,
and
we
would
need
to
amend
the
1920
action
plan
to
be
able
to
accept
these
funds
and
in
partnership,
the
city
of
asheville
will
be
receiving
this
special
allocation
in
the
amount
of
889
456
dollars.
S
This
funding
is
from
the
corona
virus
aid
relief
and
economic
security
act,
otherwise
known
as
the
cares
act
that
was
passed
by
congress
and
signed
into
law.
On
march
27
2020.
hud
received
five
billion
dollars
in
community
development.
Block
grant
funding
from
the
cares
act.
The
six
hundred
fifteen
thousand
nine
hundred
and
thirty
four
dollars
received
in
august
was
from
allocation
round
one
of
of
this
funding.
While
this
889
thousand
dollars
is
from
allocation
round
three
of
note
round,
two
went
to
the
state
and
non-entitlement
communities.
S
The
initial
round
of
the
cdbg
cv
funding
that
we
received
in
615
000,
was
allocated
primarily
to
rental
assistance
and
homeless
services.
Those
initiatives
have
begun
and
while
they
are
so
far,
successful,
current
community
needs
are
anticipated
to
far
exceed
the
available
funding.
From
that
initial
round.
Rental
assistance
continues
to
be
the
main
request
received
by
the
folks
at
2-1-1,
and
while
the
eviction
moratorium
delays,
immediate
crisis
for
low-income
families,
those
households
will
require
assistance
in
order
to
re
retain
their
housing
once
the
moratorium
ends.
S
F
Counsel,
any
questions
again
no
questions,
but
this
is.
This
is
always
a
lot
of
information.
So
I
just
want
to
make
a
point
here
that,
with
this
award,
the
city
will
have
put
about
1.5
million
dollars
toward
rental
assistance
and
rapid
rehousing
and
all
dollars,
and
I
just
want
to
say
to
our
partners
at
pisco
rebound
for
helping
us
manage
this
money
and
getting
it
out
to
the
people
who
need
it.
So
thank
you.
A
All
right,
council,
we
also
didn't
have
anyone
signed
up
to
speak
on
this
item,
so
I
will
need
a
motion
and
a
second
to
recess.
The
public
hearing
to
update
the
2019-2020
include
889
456
dollars
in
cdbg
cv
funds
which
must
used
be
used
to
prevent,
prepare
for
or
respond
to
coronavirus
until
november
10
2020.
A
B
L
A
And
myself,
I
okay.
The
next
item
public
hearing
item
b
was
the
open
space
ordinance,
but
we're
going
to
move
that
so
do
I
have
a
motion
to
continue
the
unified
development
ordinance,
open
space
requirement
item
to
november
10th
2020.,
so.
A
Motion
in
a
second
I'll
do
a
roll
call.
The
vice
mayor,
whistler,
hi,
councilman
haynes,.
O
A
A
The
first
item
is
a
vote
on
an
amendment
to
a
previously
approved
conditional
zoning
approval
for
property,
located
at
236,
charlotte
street
and
336
hillside
street,
to
modify
the
site
plan
to
reflect
the
right-of-way
closure
of
lennox
court
and
to
make
changes
to
the
site
and
building
footprint
at
hilby's
house
infant
care
facility.
Can
I
get
a
motion
in
a
second
to
approve
this
amendment.
F
A
M
A
And
myself,
aye
next
is
a
vote
to
amend
the
unified
development
ordinance
articles,
two
three:
five,
eight
and
nineteen,
no
fourteen.
It's
this
roman
numerals,
I'm
sorry
related
to
historic
preservation
in
order
to
bring
the
city's
development
code
into
alignment
with
recent
state
legislation.
O
B
J
U
A
O
O
A
Councilman
mayfield
aye
councilwoman,
mosley,
aye,
councilwoman
smith,
aye,
councilman,
young,
all
right
and
myself,
I
okay.
Moving
on
to
new
business.
We
have
four
items
of
new
business.
The
first
up
is
a
resolution
to
adopt
the
haywood
and
page
concept
plan.
Stephanie
dahl
is
here
to
present
this
item
and
introduce
the
consultants.
V
Okay,
thank
you
mayor
and
council.
This
is
steph
montzendoll
from
planning
and
urban
design.
I'm
pleased
to
be
here.
V
Tonight's
staff
is
asking
you
to
consider
adopting
a
concept
master
plan
for
city-owned
properties,
around
68,
haywood
street
and
33
page
avenue
in
downtown
asheville,
and
while
this
item
is
under
new
business,
it's
probably
not
new
to
many
of
you,
the
discussions
on
the
site
have
been
going
on
for
about
30
years
and
the
first
bricks
and
building
a
path
towards
consensus
with
the
community
on
this
site
started
in
2016.
V
Thanks
to
some
city
council
direction,
you
guys
voiced
your
desire
for
the
community
to
come
together
and
provide
a
direction
to
staff
that
included,
asking
that
a
council
appointed
advisory
board
with
diverse
stakeholders
be
created,
directing
staff
to
bring
together
a
group
under
the
asheville
design,
center's
leadership,
to
lead
a
visioning
process
for
that
site
and
then
in
2017
you
all
accepted
a
vision
plan
for
the
site
that
was
created
in
concert
with
community.
V
After
a
short
time.
You
then
authorized
staff
to
go
out
and
hold
a
hiring
process
which
we
did
and
we
did
in
concert
with
some
stakeholders
to
find
a
team
of
designers
and
analysts
that
could
translate
that
vision
into
a
design.
You
all
funded
the
project
in
early
2019
and
we're
coming
to
you
today.
V
With
that
finished
plan,
the
team
that
helped
the
community
put
this
plan
together,
not
only
had
the
skills
to
translate
the
vision
report
into
a
master
plan
for
a
place,
but
also
shares
the
asheville
community's
values
for
meaningful
public
participation,
a
belief
in
the
potential
for
this
place,
both
from
the
social,
cultural
and
economic
potential
perspectives,
and
they
have
a
shared
respect
for
western
north
carolina's
history
and
ecology.
V
So
tonight.
What
to
reiterate
what
we're
asking
council
do
is
to
adopt
a
resolution
for
the
haywood
and
page
master
plan
to
adopt
the
plan,
and
if
you
do
that,
adopting
the
plan
will
give
future
council
staff
and
community
a
clear
record
of
the
consultants,
the
consensus
that
was
built
around
this
site,
and
it
also
provides
a
design
framework
for
framework
moving
forward
for
any
work.
V
That
would
happen
in
implementation.
But
I
want
to
point
out
that
the
plan
purposefully
lacks
high
level
details
so
that
it
can
be
a
dynamic
plan
moving
forward
and
it
also
lacks
an
implementation
section.
Knowing
that
the
current
political,
social
and
economic
environment,
asheville
and
all
over
the
world
has
changed
so
much
and
we
require
to
have
better
information
moving
forward
in
order
to
come
back
with
youtube
with
suggestions
on
next
steps.
So
I'm
here
for
questions
at
the
end,
but
that
said,
I'm
pleased
to
introduce
thomas
holtz
who's
going
to
show
you
the
plan.
W
Good
evening,
everyone
thank
you
so
much
stephanie
for
that
introduction,
and
thank
you
for
your
wonderful
leadership.
Over
the
past
couple
of
years
of
working
together,
I'm
just
going
to
introduce
our
our
our
mission
really
for
this
project
is
to
develop
a
clear
vision
for
the
development
of
the
site
that
positions
haywood
page
as
an
authentic
asset
within
asheville's
public
realm.
W
We
are,
as
steph
said,
building
on
the
work
of
the
haywood
street
visioning
project.
The
vision
implementation
committee
has
been
extremely
supportive
and
helpful,
and
a
fantastic
sounding
board
for
ideas.
W
The
next
slide
will
give
you
the
if
you
can
advance
to
the
next
image,
please
our
full
team
I
want
to
briefly
introduce
my
name
is
thomas
waltz,
the
owner
of
nelson
birdwolds
landscape,
architects.
My
family
is
from
from
waynesville
so
outside
of
asheville,
but
it's
been
wonderful
to
be
back
working
in
the
region
that
I
call
home.
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
One
of
the
things
that
came
out
of
that
was
a
fundamental
breakthrough.
That
was
thanks
to
the
participation
of
of
the
neighbors
and
thinking
very
creatively
and
out
of
the
box
about
the
location
of
the
haywood
street.
W
So
the
st
lawrence
basilica
was
willing
to
be
very
collaborative
with
us
about
the
possibility
of
of
of
reconfiguring
the
site
by
straightening
page
all
the
way
down
to
meet
haywood,
allowing
the
site
to
be
contiguous
and
not
have
cars
driving
through
the
middle
of
it.
So
it
was
an
extraordinary
breakthrough
that
allows
more
space
in
front
of
the
paris
cherokee
civic
center,
the
wolf
auditorium,
the
basilica
itself
and
the
battery
park
apartments.
W
So
it
started
to
be
a
large
public
space
moving
building
to
building
with
a
road
going
through
it.
Next,
please,
you
can
see
the
difference
in
what
we've
proposed
from
what
was
existing
the
essential
principles
of
being
a
good
neighbor,
an
authentic
horticulture
and
finding
the
balance
between
construction
sites
and
open
space.
So
what
how
much
should
be
building
how
much
should
be
open
space
and
again
we
learned
a
lot
from
the
community.
We
brought
back
ideas,
they
voted,
and
that
was
condensed
into
one
plan.
Next,
please.
W
I
want
to
add
in
here
we've
made
this
a
very
short
presentation,
but
I
do
want
to
add
a
very
essential
part
of
our
process,
and
that
is
looking
at
both
ecological
and
cultural
history
of
every
site
that
inspires
in
our
our
hopes,
the
most
authentic
design
response
possible
for
the
site.
Here
we
looked
at
the
geology,
the
horticulture
of
buncombe,
county
and
asheville,
in
particular.
W
Also
the
geology
of
this
site.
There
was
a
78-foot
tall
mountain
of
stone
called
the
stoney
hill
that
was
leveled
when
the
battery
park
apartments
were
built
and
we're
trying
to
build
on
that
history
observe
the
the
first
nations
peoples,
the
cherokee
history
of
this
landscape.
P
W
W
We
distilled
that
into
this.
The
final
master
plan
for
the
site
to
the
bottom
of
the
site.
You
can
see
the
the
footprint
that
we
settled
on
for
architecture
is
a
long
narrow
building.
James
lima
and
eushan
young
will
walk
us
through
the
the
economic
studies
and
models
that
support
this
being
a
kind
of
sweet
spot
of
how
much
economic
benefit
you
get
without
compromising
the
size
of
the
plaza.
W
This
creates
a
diagonal
axis
that
connects
that
intersection
of
page
with
the
entry
to
the
harris
cherokee
center
to
the
far
right,
you're,
seeing
a
series
of
woodland
gardens
with
a
ramping
path,
creating
universal
accessibility
and
to
the
upper
left
you're,
seeing
a
contemplative
site
called
the
beacon
that
is
to
contemplate
and
recall
the
the
layers
of
history
of
different
people
occupying
this
site
below
that
is
the
community
garden
rebuilt
and
reconfigured
into
this
plaza,
a
kiosk
for
tools
and
equipment,
flower
gardens,
perennial
gardens
all
of
native
plants,
showcasing
the
biodiversity
of
buncombe
county
and,
lastly,
a
canopy
grove
with
a
shade
structure
that
could
host
open
air
events,
market
and
just
casual
seating.
W
Next
slide,
we'll
show
you
some
views
of
what
the
plaza
will
look
like
this
is
a
map
we
did
to
show.
All
of
the
blue
is
universally
accessible
by
wheelchair
walkers.
The
blind
we've
been
careful
to
have
gradients
that
always
meet
the
universal
accessibility
standards.
W
Please
here
is
a
view
looking
into
the
haywood
page,
plaza
with
your
back
to
the
harrah's
cherokee
center.
So
you
see
these
steps
coming
up
again.
The
rampways
enter
to
the
right
and
the
left
you're
looking
straight
ahead
to
our
proposed
building
now
this
is
this
is
not
a
designed
building
this
we
did
in
a
computer,
rendering
modeling
the
scale
and
texture
and
size
of
that
building.
W
You
can
see
there's
an
open
public,
logia
or
corridor
colonnade
that
looks
down
over
the
plaza,
giving
the
vista
of
st
lawrence
basilica
and
the
plaza
to
everyone
making
that
a
public
balcony
to
your
city
to
the
right
you're,
seeing
the
community
gardens
and
the
ramp.
That
leads
you
up
to
page
street
next
slide.
W
Please
this
is
the
view
from
that
balcony.
Looking
out
to
the
to
the
plaza
and
the
st
lawrence
in
the
distance,
you
can
see
the
shade
terrace
to
the
left
at
the
base
of
the
battery
park
apartments
and
the
community
gardens
straight
in
the
distance.
W
The
building
is
mixed
use
and
the
james
lima
team
will
walk
us
through
that
in
a
moment.
Next,
please,
the
last
image
is
showing
the
arrival
from
haywood
street
walking
up
through
the
woodland
garden
again
with
a
view
to
st
lawrence,
and
this
multi-purpose.
W
Use
for
the
building
at
the
base
that
would
look
on
onto
the
plaza
to
the
right
you're,
seeing
the
entrance
to
the
renovated
paris
cherokee
center,
so
that
was
very,
very
fast
for
an
entire
year
of
work,
but
I
hope
I
captured
some
of
the
highlights
again.
Our
goal
was
to
root
this
in
the
culture
and
ecology
of
asheville,
so
that
anyone
coming
to
this
site
knows
where
they
are
in
the
world
and
they
come
to
appreciate
the
rich
history
of
our
city.
X
Hello:
everyone,
my
name
is
yushang
lua,
I'm
director
of
james
lima,
planning
and
development,
I'm
the
economic
advisor
for
this
project.
So
our
overall
economic
approach
is
to
consider
the
holistic
economic
benefit
of
improving
the
downtown
experience
based
on
our
national
work.
We
know
that
a
well-designed
well-maintained
park,
especially
in
a
prime
downtown
location,
as
haywood
page,
can
potentially
make
the
district
a
better
destination
that
can
create
a
civic
and
cultural
identity,
improve
the
quality
of
life,
benefit
businesses
and
also
potentially
contribute
to
greater
tax
revenue
over
time.
X
Also
real
estate
development
on
the
site
right
next
to
such
a
park
in
return
can
also
generate
city
revenue
from
taxes
and
potentially
land
disposition
or
ground
lease,
and
these
values
can
be
captured
to
fund
the
maintenance
of
the
park.
So
we
developed
a
quantitative
tool
for
the
city
to
make
informed
judgment
in
the
form
of
a
dynamic,
excel
model.
X
In
this
model,
the
city
can
input
the
design's
building
information
and
also
financial
assumptions
such
as
rent
square
feet
and
tax
rates,
and,
as
a
result,
the
model
will
tell
you
how
much
the
potential
city
revenue
is
projected
to
be,
and
will
the
on-site
development
be
financially
feasible
from
a
private,
real
estate.
Point
of
view
next
slide
please.
X
So
this
is
what
the
excel
model
looks
like.
We
will
be
handing
this
model
to
the
city
so
that
the
city
can
use
this
tool
to
keep
planning
the
site
and
monitoring
future
changes
in
market
conditions.
You
can
run
as
many
scenarios
as
you'd
like
in
the
design
process.
We
analyzed
62
different
development
scenarios.
Their
building
heights
are
all
different
and
with
different
uses
and
programs,
I'm
going
to
show
you
one
example
today
next
slide.
Please.
X
So
this
is
one
of
the
62
scenarios
that
we
analyzed
this
one
example
of
the
mixed
news
building
development,
including
the
program
and
square
foot
information
to
the
excel
model.
It
will
tell
you
on
next
page
quiz-
and
this
is
the
last
page
of
my
presentation.
X
So
this
is
just
one
of
the
many
examples
we
analyzed
and
in
the
future,
when
the
city
is
planning
to
implement
the
plan,
you
will
have
this
flexible
tool
to
analyze
the
finances,
based
on
specific
conversation
that
you
will
be
having
with
the
development
community.
So
in
a
nutshell,
this
flexible
economic
model
is
both
a
tool
for
our
conceptual
planning
today,
and
it
will
be
good
for
implementation
down
the
road.
V
Presentation
there
is
there
is,
there
are
two
public
comments,
I
believe
callers,
but
one
of
them
includes
the
vision,
implementation
from.
Y
Y
Y
As
we
move
past
this
milestone,
we
need
to
remember
what
has
brought
us
success
so
far
and
commit
to
continuing
it.
Collaboration
with
the
asheville
design
center
and
the
many
hundreds
of
hours
of
volunteer
time
they
coordinated
must
be
recognized
with
their
collection
and
collation
of
the
hordes
of
public
input
gathered.
We
were
able
to
see
the
signals
of
the
public
desires
through
the
noise
of
the
public
debate.
Y
Y
Y
Making
funding
choices
will
be
hard,
but
a
beautiful
plan
will
collect
momentum
and
funding
in
ways
that
an
empty
gravel
lot
can
never
do.
We
must
trust
each
other
honor.
The
master
plan
ask
the
community
for
help
when
we
are
unsure
and
commit
to
each
other
to
move
forward
together,
even
when
that
movement
is
slow.
Y
As
the
former
chair
and
spokesperson
of
the
haywood
page
advisory
team
and
current
delegated
representative
of
the
vision
implementation
committee-
I
repeat
our
simple
request-
vote
yes
to
accept
the
haywood
page
concept
plan.
Thank
you.
This
has
been
andrew
fletcher
co-signers,
with
this
statement
are
rachel
bliss
david
nutter,
j
fields,
ruth
summers,
michael
donahue,
megan,
rogers,
michael
mcdonough
and
chris
joyell.
Thank
you
very
much.
H
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you
to
the
leadership
of
andrew
fletcher,
the
skills
of
the
asheville
design
center
and
to
all
our
neighbors
over
the
past
four
years,
who
navigated
the
untangling
of
a
tense
conversation
around
the
haywood
page
street
property
making
possible
to
bringing
forward
to
this
plan
with
broad
community
support.
I
I
see
this
as
a
cause
for
celebration.
I'm
hopeful
that
when
we
look
to
when
we
look
to
a
future
of
challenging
conversations
around
land
use
and
funding
our
plans,
especially
around
community
resiliency,
we
can
look
at
this
model
for
how
to
support
neighborhood
plans
in
a
meaningful
way
and
get
the
work
done.
I
There's
still
more
work
ahead
for
this
plan
to
come
to
fruition.
The
work
of
the
elder
and
sage
community
garden
is
a
healing
space.
Green
space
and
food
access
hub,
for
which
there's
not
fully
but
could
be
space
dedicated
for
locals
to
maintain,
should
be
dedicated.
The
space
should
be
of
equal
or
greater
value
useful
for
the
needs
and
work
of
the
people
and
not
an
afterthought,
leftover
or
scrap.
Having
said
that,
I
implore
my
neighbors
listening
to
this
part
of
the
meeting.
I
I
acknowledge,
and
I
hope
you
will
too,
that
the
reason
the
conversation
around
haywood
page
has
been
truly
heard
by
the
city
is
because
the
neighbors
who
rallied
diligently
around
it
and
built
collective
power
were
mostly
white
and
a
lot
of
people
showed
up.
If
we
were
going
to
see
this
kind
of
successful
community
engagement
with
this
kind
of
deep
analysis
applied
with
voluntary
community
resources
and
such
diligent
support
for
city-owned
land
to
be
part
of
a
vision
for
neighborhoods,
most
impacted
and
historically
decimated
to
once
again
be
part
of
a
resilient
community
vision.
I
It
will
require
us
to
keep
up
dedication
rallying
and
collective
power.
The
loss
required
through
redlining
and
urban
renewal
should
be
of
equal,
a
greater
value
useful
for
the
needs
and
work
of
the
people
and
not
an
afterthought
leftover
or
scrap
what
happens
and
works
in.
My
neighborhood
can
happen
to
work
in
yours
and
a
lot
of
people
need
to
keep
showing
up.
Let's
keep
this
energy
going
and
build
coalition
across
neighborhoods
to
realize
our
shared
success
and,
for
goodness
sake,
let's
go
get
our
hotel
occupancy
taxes
to
finally
work
for
the
people
of
asheville.
A
Council,
we
don't
have
any
other
speakers
signed
up
to
speak
on
this
item
seth.
If
there's
anything
further
that
you'll
want
to
present,
please
let
me
know
otherwise
we
will
take
a
motion
and
a
second
to
adopt
the
haywood
and
page
concept
plan.
F
Esther
I'm
happy
to
make
that
motion.
I
just
I
wanna
we.
F
We
heard
this
at
ped,
but
I'm
gonna
repeat
a
little
bit
of
what
I
said
there
for
the
for
the
benefit
of
the
public
and
full
council,
and
just
really
want
to
thank
you,
mr
waltz
and
your
team,
for
taking
on
this
very
challenging
project,
and
I
will
add
my
my
thanks
to
stephanie's
of
the
visioning
team
and
andrew
fletcher
and
his
leadership
and
and
all
of
the
all
of
the
folks
who
worked
through
that
process
for
many
many
months.
F
This
is,
I
mean
it's
no
secret,
how
how
challenging
this
site
has
been
in
our
city
over
over
its
history,
and
people
literally
have
won
and
lost
elections
over
it,
and
it's
so
it's
to
be
at
this
place
feels
really
good,
and
you
all,
I
think,
did
a
great
job
in
in
hearing
what
this
community
wanted
and
putting
it
together
in
a
way.
That
is
that
that
is
going
to
be
very
special
when
we
figure
out
how
to
fund
it
and
build
it.
So.
A
All
right,
so
I
have
a
motion
and
a
second
counsel,
any
other
questions
or
comments
before
I
do.
A
roll
call
vote.
B
I'd
like
to
make
one
quick
comment,
I
would
just
like
to
re
reiterate
what
andrew
and
kim
spoke
of
as
far
as
the
elder
and
sage
garden.
I
hope
that
the
next
council
will
continue
to
support
their
works
and
make
sure
that
they
are
included
in
this
project
when
it
finally
turns
into
goes
into
fruition.
F
Yeah,
and
just
on
that
note
I
had,
we
had
gotten
counsel
will
know
this,
but
we
we
had
gotten
several
emails
from
supporters
and
and
people
leaders
in
that
garden
and
I
received
maybe
we
all
received
this
email.
I
don't
know
from
todd
basically
saying
yes,
we
hear
the
concerns
and
we'll
continue
to.
You
know
we'll
work
with
those
the
folks
in
the
garden
to
address
their
concerns
when
we
get
to
that
point
of
more
detailed
design.
U
A
O
A
Councilman,
young
and
myself,
I
thank
you
to
all
our
guests
on
this
item.
Thank
you
for
joining
us.
A
E
Good
evening,
mayor
and
council,
my
name
is
rosanna
mulcahy
and
tonight
I
am
here
with
nikki,
reed
and
erin
miles
to
present
the
new
business
inclusion
policy.
Next
slide,
please,
with
this
presentation,
we
hope
to
show
that
this
policy
provides
a
holistic
framework
for
supporting
minority
women.
Small
business
enterprises
supports
economic
inclusion,
which
aligns
with
reparations
aligned
with
30
60
90
benchmarks
for
reworking
city
priorities,
supports
2036.
E
This
presentation,
we
will
concentrate,
on
a
be
a
brief
background
and
disparity
study,
legal
framework
work
used
to
set
for
forth
this
policy
key
policy
points
and
directives,
including
goal
setting,
go
good
faith
effort,
city
of
asheville
certification,
additional
policy
guidance
and
provide
an
update
on
policy
implementation
next
slide.
Please.
E
Until
now,
the
business
inclusion
policy
has
been
erased
and
gender
neutral.
The
result
of
the
disparity
study
showed
that
the
race
neutral
program
model
has
not
successfully
addressed
disparity.
Therefore,
we
are
recommending
our
policy
to
move
from
race
and
gender
neutral
to
race
and
gender
conscious.
E
Next,
the
disparity
study
showed
that
black
owned
businesses
received
roughly
22
cents
for
every
dollar
that
they
may
have
received,
based
on
availability.
Asian
americans
received
approximately
five
cents
and
native
americans
if
we
rounded
up
around
two
cents
for
every
dollar
that
issue
have
received,
these
results
show
substantial
disparities.
E
Therefore,
the
city
of
asheville
meets
the
legal
criteria
to
adopt
a
raising
under
conscious
policy,
allowing
for
more
targeted
efforts
to
address
the
disparities.
Also,
the
disparity
study
set
the
asheville
regional
area.
This
is
the
area
where
the
city
spent
most
of
its
contracting
dollars
during
the
the
study
period.
E
E
We
will
monitor
and
report
on
the
utilization
creation
and
expansion
of
our
mwsbes
next,
the
race
and
under
conscious
elements
of
this
policy
include
two
types
of
goal:
settings
based
on
mwsbe
availability,
set
standards
for
good
faith
efforts
and
expands.
The
definition
of
lowest
responsive
responsible
includes
guidelines
for
a
business
database
that
will
consist
of
available
and
certified
mwsbes
defines
certification
guidelines,
and
it
also
defines
roles
and
responsibility
for
city
personnel
essential
to
policy
compliance.
E
E
E
E
So
why
create
our
own
certification?
The
city
application
is
less
complicated
and
requires
less
documentation
than
the
state
and
the
department
of
transportation
applications.
Before
approving
any
certification,
we
will
verify
the
information
for
authenticity
and
program
compliance.
The
intent
of
our
local
certification
is
to
allow
mwsbes
to
build
capacity
across
all
of
their
business
activities.
E
E
Next
slide,
please.
The
policy
proposes
other
measures
that
are
opportunities
by
removing
barriers.
Some
of
the
measures
include
reviewing
bonding
requirements,
reviewing
projects
and
purchases
to
allow
for
smaller
scope,
provide
networking
opportunities,
allocate
funding
and
support
for
black
spaces,
such
as
making
spaces
co-working
spaces
and
incubating
spaces,
and
allocating
funding
for
future
disparity
studies.
E
Next,
so
again,
as
we
wrap
up,
I
would
like
to
reaffirm
the
intent
of
this
policy
and
how
it
aligns
with
the
city's
commitment
to
our
minority
women,
small
business
enterprises
through
city
contracting
investment
and
capacity
building
activities
in
the
community.
We
are
creating
a
holistic
support
system.
E
E
G
I
don't
really
have
any
questions,
but
I
really
appreciate
all
the
work
I
mean
this
document
is,
I
don't
know
a
lot
really
long
and
involved,
but
I
understood
it
and
I
think
it's
going
to
be
great
for
the
community
to
use,
and
I
I
hope
that
we
can
share
with
some
of
the
other
municipalities
and
actually
some
of
the
other,
some
of
the
other
organizations
that,
where
we
sit
on
sit
on
those
boards,
esther
you
and
I
sit
on
a
board
that
I'd
love
to
have
have
them.
G
G
Esther
open
it
up
to
public
comment
on
this
one,
okay,
I
I
would
like
to
make
the
motion
to
adopt
the
ash
city
of
asheville
business
inclusion
policy.
A
All
right,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
we
do
have
the
two
people
signed
up
to
speak
staff
if
you'll
bring
on
our
live
callers.
K
Thanks
once
again,
I'd
like
to
commend
the
city
for
for
the
intent
behind
this
policy,
I
really
appreciate
the
fact
that
the
city
has
documented
and
owned
up
to
the
inequities
and
the
way
it
grants
contracts,
and
I
appreciate
the
work
that's
gone
into
this.
I
know
and
respect
some
of
the
people
who've
been
involved.
K
There's
there's
only
one
thing
that
concerns
me
about
the
way
this
new
policy
is
being
framed,
and
that's
the
fact
that
gender
and
race
inequities
are
being
lumped
together
and
let
me
just
say
a
little
bit
why
that
concerns
me
in
the
2018
study
that
the
city
is
citing
here
it
looked
at
how
many
contracts
different
groups
were
able
to
get
compared
to
how
many
they
were
eligible
for
I'm
just
going
to
quote
briefly
from
what
it
says.
Overall,
the
participation
of
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
and
contracts
that
the
city.
N
K
During
the
study
period
was
lower
than
what
one
might
expect
based
on
the
availability
of
those
businesses.
For
that
work.
The
disparity
index
of
82
indicates
that
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
received
approximately
82
cents
for
every
dollar
that
they
might
be
expected
to
receive,
based
on
their
availability
for
the
relevant
contracts,
etc.
K
We
totally
do,
but
if
we're
concerned
with
addressing
inequity,
we
can't
lump
white
women
in
with
black
men
and
women,
because
there's
no
comparison
around
the
barriers
that
they're
facing
and
if
we
do
that,
we
risk
creating
a
false
narrative,
like
the
one
created
last
spring,
with
the
one
buncombe
fund,
where
they
proudly
declared
that
they
had
awarded
over
half
of
their
loans
to
women
and
minority-owned
businesses.
And
then
a
closer
look
revealed
that
over
70
of
those
loans
went
to
white
women
and
very
few
went
to
black
and
brown
owned
businesses.
K
So,
like
I
said
up
top,
I
have.
I
have
confidence
in
the
folks
who
are
currently
working
on
this.
I
know
they
are
serious
about
increasing
participation
from
black
and
brown
contractors,
but
a
policy
goes
beyond
the
people
who
craft
it.
It
lives
on
beyond
them.
So
we
have
to
be
careful
with
the
language
because
we
don't
know
who
the
next
group
of
folks
is,
who
will
be
called
upon
to
enforce
this
policy.
K
So
I'd
urge
you
to
create
separate
metrics
for
increasing
contracts
awarded
to
women-owned
companies
and
black
and
brown-owned
companies,
so
that
we're
accountable
to
increasing
both
the
wood,
black
and
brown
contractors
and
women
contractors,
and
that
future
implementers
of
this
policy
will
know
that
we're
expecting
progress
in
both
those
fronts
we're
not
trying
to
lump
them
together
and
say
that
we've
won
or
achieved
the
goal
when
actually,
if
we
break
it
down,
we
haven't
so.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
do
think
it's
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
I
Here,
I'm
speaking
today
as
an
entrepreneur
and
woman-run
small
business
owner
and
tonight,
I'm
especially
calling
on
the
fellow
white
women
on
the
council
and
those
of
us
tuning
into
the
conversation
tonight
for
on
the
record
accountability.
This
study
is
a
big
step,
but
I
wonder
where
our
next
disparity
study
will
show
gaps.
I
think
about
how
we
bulked
on
the
solutions
and
data
presented
in
the
state
of
black
asheville
and
spent
a
lot
of
time
and
money
on
this
study
instead.
I
Another
thing
I'm
worried
about
is
I'm
considering
and
hope.
This
and
future
city
council
will
move
towards
working
with
the
chamber
for
lgbtq,
plus
certification,
such
as
the
national
lgbt
chamber
of
commerce,
minority
owned
business
support
cannot
just
include
women
owned
businesses
which
are
weighted
most
heavily
in
the
conversation
around
minority
owned
businesses
and
doesn't
necessarily
mean
addressing
racial
equity
in
our
funding
and
support
david
greenson
addressed
his
concern
a
moment
ago,
and
I
agree
with
intention.
We
can
realize
greater
support
and
growth
of
our
black
brown,
indigenous
and
lgbtq,
plus
businesses
and
entrepreneurs.
I
A
F
Quick
question:
I
mean
not
question
quick
comment.
Rosanna
made
the
point
at
the
at
the
end
of
her
presentation
that
our
ability
to
have
this
policy
that
you
know
helps
support
and
and
lift
up
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
ends
november
1st
2023.
Unless
we
do
another
one
of
these
studies
so
kind
of
to
kim's
point,
you
know
there.
There
are
lots
of
ways.
We
could
invest
our
dollars
in
disparities.
F
The
only
thing
that
allows
us
to
treat
these
these
businesses
any
differently
is
the
fact
that
we
did
this
study,
and
I
will
just
remind
all
of
us
that
this
study
was
not
cheap
and
we
were
not
happy
with
how
much
it
cost.
But
if
the
results
of
this
new
policy
are
get
us,
you
know
are
getting
us
where
we
need
to
go.
You
know
that
will
just
that's
just
another.
A
Okay,
I'm
going
to
do
a
roll
call
vote.
Vice
mayor,
whistler.
O
B
L
A
A
No,
yes,
we
have
two
more
items
and
then
I
I
do
have
around
10
folks
signed
up
to
speak
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
council.
Would
you
like
to
take
a
a
break.
A
No,
no,
no
one
wants
okay,
all
right
all
right
next
item
new
item,
new
business
c
is
a
resolution
establishing
a
but
I'm
trying
to
make
sure
I'm
in
the
right
spot
here.
Yes,.
A
R
Good
evening
mayor
and
thank
you
good
evening,
members
of
council,
my
name
is
ben
woody
and
I'm
the
director
of
development
services.
On
september,
8th
of
this
year,
the
city
council
adopted
a
tree
protection
ordinance.
R
R
On
september
21st,
the
urban
forestry
commission
adopted
a
zero
net
loss
tree
canopy
resolution
to
supplement
the
recently
adopted
tree
protection
ordinance.
The
resolution
recommends
city
policy
and
programmatic
goals
that
support
a
comprehensive
urban
forestry
program.
It
also
establishes
a
tree
canopy
coverage
goal
of
50
by
the
year
2040
and
for
context.
The
2018
urban
tree
canopy
study
determined
that
existing
canopy
coverage
in
nashville
is
44.5.
R
R
F
No
questions
ben-
I
just
want
to
say
thanks
to
you
and
the
staff
for
for
supporting
this.
This
is
a
you
know.
This
is
to
me
this
is
a
little
bit
like
the
100
renewable
energy
resolution.
It's
like
our
carbon
reduction
goal.
F
You
know
it's
a
it's
a
stake
in
the
ground
that
we,
we
don't
exactly
know
how
we're
going
to
get
there
and
we
don't
know
how
much
good
it's
going
to
cost
and
any
of
that,
but
but
it's
important
for
a
whole
host
of
reasons
that
that
we
all
know
about
and
just
appreciate
you
working
really
closely
with
the
urban
forestry
commission
and
and
supporting
supporting
moving
this
forward,
and
thanks
also
to
the
members
of
the
urban
forestry
commission
for
for
pushing
for
putting
this
forward
for
us
and
and
yeah
helping
us
set
this
goal
and
and
and
pushing
us
to
strive
for
it.
R
A
You,
okay,
we
don't
have
anyone
signed
up
to
speak
on
this
item.
Do
I
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve.
F
I'm
happy
to
make
a
motion
that
we
approve
the
resolution.
B
A
Ironic,
considering
we
had
about
300
people
at
the
canopy
study
presentation,
but
that's.
We
have
thoroughly
worked
through
this
issue,
so
we
are
up
to
the
new
business
item
concerning
boards
and
commissions
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
the
vice
mayor.
G
Thank
you
for
the
human
relations
commission.
We
will.
We
will
ask
the
human
relations
commission
to
actually
perform
some
interviews
for
these
potential
new
members,
so
we're
not
going
to
make
any
action
or
request
any
action
on
this
from
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee.
We've
got
three
open
seats.
G
G
Thank
you
all
right,
okay,
so
I
will
open
it
up
for
roll
call,
mayor,
mannheimer,
aye,
councilman,
haynes,
aye,
councilwoman,
mayfield,
aye,
councilwoman,
mosley,
aye,
councilwoman
smith,
aye,
councilman,
young
and
myself
I
and
for
the
public
arts
and
cultural
commission
the
I
I
make
a
motion
to
appoint
marcia
almadovar
for
that
vacancy
may
have
a
second.
B
B
A
Okay,
thank
you.
We,
we
do
have
a
closed
session
this
evening,
but
before
we
do
that
we
are
up
to
the
informal
discussion
and
public
comment
portion
of
the
meeting
and
we
have
several
folks
signed
up
to
speak.
So
I'm
gonna
have
staff
move
into
that
process.
N
Okay,
I
had
to
re-do
my
whole
open
conversation
discussion
I
want
to
expound
upon.
You
know
what
was
brought
up
earlier.
The
list
concerning
cdbg
I've
worked
closely
with
most
of
these
organizations
and
most
organizations
actually
looking
to
be
a
part
of
the
rjc
itself.
This
was
not
a
statement
centered
towards
them.
You
know
I've
been
taught
in
this
work
to
look
at
the
money
and
follow
where
the
money
goes.
Okay,
we
have
4
500,
non-profit
organizations
in
western
north
carolina
3.
N
500
of
these
are
not
religious
organizations
and
we
have
about
1200
in
buncombe
county.
They
receive
a
massive
amount
of
funding.
We
disproportionately
have
a
large
amount
of
white
nonprofits
and
non-profits
receive
this
massive
amount
of
funding.
It's
not
a
good
thing
that
we
have
these
nonprofits
this.
Many
simply
for
the
fact
federal
funding
is
provided
pertaining
to
disparities
and
issues
that
play
communities
which
we
have
a
lot
of
the
issue.
Is
that
a
lot
of
the
disparities
and
things
that
plague
our
community
is
directly
related
to
situations
that
affect
our
black
population?
N
And
we
don't
have
many
black
organizations
in
this
non-profit
work
that
using
your
language
are
up
to
the
capacity
to
receive
cdbg
funding,
and
that
is
my
issue.
We
in
the
non-profit
realm
have
spoken
quite
frequently
about
the
issue
of
white
organizations.
Doing
work
then
centered
around
black
communities.
You
know
you
have
savior
complex,
coming
into
play
and
a
whole
lot
of
other
things
that
that
is
completely
unproductive
to
the
work
thereof.
N
So
that
is
the
issue
that,
let
me
just
put
it
like
this.
If
I
take
you
all
family's
property
benefit
and
profit
off
of
it
for
decades,
and
then
the
money
and
and
what
is
accrued
off
of
a
sales
transaction,
is
then
transferred
to
an
organization
that
assists
homelessness.
Would
you
not
feel
slighted?
That
is
my
concern.
You,
you
put
a
broad,
a
broad
spectrum
on
where
this
money
is
going
to
go.
If
you
look
at
the
metrics
and
statistics
of
the
constituents
that
each
non-profit
organization
serves,
they
mostly
serve
a
white
community.
N
K
Hello
again,
council,
I've
called
in
about
the
public
comment
process
for
several
meetings
in
a
row,
so
I'm
confident
now
that
y'all
have
considered
what
I
and
many
others
are
asking
of
you
when
it
comes
to
public
comment
that
you
open
it
up
to
people
being
able
to
join,
live
as
opposed
to
having
to
pre-register,
and
I
get
that
your
answer
is
no-
that
you
at
this
time
want
to
keep
things
the
way
they
are.
K
I
want
to
let
you
know
that
I
can
empathize
with
why
I
would
imagine
you'd
want
to
maintain
the
status
quo
under
the
old
system.
There
was
a
lot
more
freedom
of
people
to
speak
out,
but
that
also
meant
that
a
lot
more
people
were
calling
in
to
tell
you
off
to
tell
you
to
resign
to
curse
at
you,
and
I
have
no
doubt
that
was
highly
unpleasant.
K
I
wouldn't
want
to
sit
through
it
either.
I
would
frankly
hate
it,
and
that,
frankly,
is
why
I've
never
been
even
a
little
bit
tempted
to
run
for
public
office,
but
you
all
did
run
and
you
are
public
officials
and
you
did
take
an
oath
to
uphold
the
city
charter,
which
states
that
council
must
provide
for
giving
citizens
reasonable
opportunity
to
be
heard
at
its
meanings
and
the
key
word
there
is
reasonable.
K
You
know
what
does
that
word
mean
and
according
to
the
dictionary,
it
means
that
something
is
fair,
that
it
lays
out
a
level
playing
field.
In
other
words,
it
means
equity,
and
I
submit
to
you
that
a
policy
that
requires
people
to
sign
up
29
hours
in
advance
cannot
be
equitable
because
it
tilts
the
playing
field
towards
certain
people,
those
of
us
with
easy
computer
access
to
find
out
about
these
rules
and
then
sign
up
those
of
us
with
the
time
to
do
research
into
the
agenda
in
advance.
K
K
I
want
to
say
something
especially
to
the
white
people
on
council.
I
I
know
the
old
policy
must
have
been
challenging
for
you
hearing
all
that
anger.
It
can't
have
been
easy
doing,
what's
reasonable,
what's
fair,
what's
equitable,
what's
anti-racist
it,
it
really
isn't
easy!
It's!
It
is
incredibly
hard
and
I
struggle
with
it
all
the
time.
Every
time
I
discover
a
new
layer
of
my
own
racism,
the
ways
in
which
I'm
complicit
with
inequity
and
white
supremacy
it
freaks
me
out.
K
It
rocks
me
to
my
core,
but
I'm
committed
to
confronting
this
in
myself,
and
I
urge
you
to
join
me
in
that
to
commit
to
confronting
racism
in
yourselves
in
our
city's
policies.
I
know
that
opening
the
public
comment
process
back
up
so
that
more
people
can
participate
is
going
to
make
your
life
harder,
but
it's
the
right
thing
to
do
and-
and
I
really
believe
that
you
all
know
that-
and
I
also
believe
that
you're
strong
enough
to
handle
it,
so
I
hope
you
will
give
it
another
thought.
Thank
you
very
much.
L
Hello,
I
am
I
wanted
to
echo
what
david
was
just
mentioning
around
the
inequities
of
the
current
public
comment
process.
I
myself
have
a
computer.
I
find
myself
pretty
computer
literate
cell
phone
tablet,
all
the
devices
and
I'm
speaking
to
you
now,
so
I
clearly
wanted
to
make
an
effort
to
do
this,
but
the
same
has
frankly
been
true
for
me
in
the
past,
there's
been
at
least
two
or
three
city
council
meetings.
L
Where
you
know
life
has
gotten
in
the
way,
despite
my
the
the
fact
that
it's
accessible
for
me,
someone
who
has
all
these
devices
and
for
for
that
to
be
the
case
for
somebody
who
you
know
who
lives
alone,
who
doesn't
have
a
family
who
doesn't
have
multiple
jobs
for
there
to
be
impediments?
L
L
Are
the
individuals
who
who
elected
you
and
it's
it's
surely
important
to
hear
their
voice
and
for
other
fellow
ashvilians
to
hear
their
voices
while
we
listening
to
city
council
meetings,
so
I
really
urge
you
to
reconsider
what
the
implications
are
for
adjusting
the
the
public
comment
process
and
really
consider
adjusting
it
so
that
individuals
can
call
in
during
the
meeting
and
that
there
aren't
all
of
these
steps
that
are
put
in
the
way
to
us
exercising
our
duty
as
citizens.
Thank
you.
So
much.
U
Hi,
can
you
guys
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
hear
you,
okay.
I
wanted
to
keep
this
very
short.
I
initially
wanted
to
comment
on
the
moratorium
on
the
city
on
land
that
was
obtained
through
urban
renewal,
but
I
had
a
hard
time
figuring
out
where
I
should
click
to
reserve
a
spot
for
that.
So
I
went
ahead
and
signed
up
to
speak
here
in
this
informal
public
comment,
because
it's
around
being
able
to
have
my
voice
heard
and
I
feel
like
it
would
be
easier
for
your
constituents.
U
U
Z
All
right,
thank
you,
amen,
appreciate
it.
I
want
to
first
acknowledge
the
city
city
manager,
also
the
council,
men
and
council
women's
for
the
fine
job
that
you're
doing
in
the
city,
even.
H
Z
Society
and
what
is
actually
taking
place,
I
want
to
take
time
to
acknowledge
the
work
that
you're
doing
in
regards
to
affordable
housing
to
mental
health
and
also
yeah
housing,
mental
health
and
then
also
to
the
drug
addiction
that
has
actually
taken
place
epidemic.
That
is
definitely
in
in
the
city,
but
I
want
to
address
another
epidemic
that
is
actually
taking
place.
Z
I
like
to
bring
to
the
forefront
of
gun
and
gang
violence
that
is
actually
taking
place
in
the
city
and,
if
not
addressed,
it,
could
actually
consume
the
lives
of
communities
of
a
lot
of
individuals.
I
I
wanted
to
say
this
that
actual
population
is
compatible
to
concourse.
H
Z
Okay,
I
will
do
that.
Can
you
hear
me
better
now?
Yes,
much
better,
oh
excellent,
thank
you.
So
I
wanted
to
bring
to
the
forefront
and
another
epidemic
and
that's
guns
and
gang
violence
that
is
actually
taking
place
in
the
city.
You
know
here
in
2020,
asheville
population
is
compared
to
concord,
greenville
gastonia.
Z
These
cities
have
black
communities
which
double
or
three
times
asheville,
which
weak
steel
in
regards
to
homicide
and
victims,
percentage-wise
and
outrank
them.
So
I
wanted
to
bring
to
that
point.
You
know
even
to
january
of
2020,
even
up
to
now,
there's
apd
has
had
over
505
calls
of
gun
violence
and
gang
activity
which
is
actually
taking
place.
Z
I
want
to
say
that
councilwoman
may
still,
as
you
say,
I
don't
hear
the
cry
when
you
get
the
cry
now,
there's
a
cry
that
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
local
clergy
organizations
that
have
to
visit,
amend
the
hospital
to
the
jail
to
the
prison
and
even
do
a
funeral
amen
to
what
is
actually
taking
place
with
guns
and
gangs
violence.
I
know
back
in
2016,
I
had
an
opportunity
that
I
wanted
to
present
a
gang-free
program
to
chief
cooper
and
then
the
task
force
at
that
particular
time.
Z
They
said
that
in
this
in
this
this
time,
in
this
era,
we
don't
really
need
one,
because
we
don't
have
that.
I
said,
give
it
two
years
and
two
years
to
the
date
of
2018,
the
gun,
violence
and
the
increase
took
up
and
then
55
from
august
to
august
january,
the
1st
of
2020
to
august
1st
2019
reported
217
deaths
here
in
2020
we
have
316..
Z
I
wanted
to
note
that
there's
different
games
and
violence
that
different
gangs
that
are
located
in
every
part
of
the
city,
from
the
four
trade
tribes,
through
the
black
outbound
mafia,
to
the
bloods
and
the
crips
that
are
actually
here
in
this
city.
I
have
been
sitting
down
with
the
chief
of
police,
also
with
the
sheriff
for
the
two
police,
is
on
board
with
gang
free
from
it.
Thank
you
appreciate
it
so
much
if
you'll
just
take
time
to
give
the
opportunity
to
present
this
program.
Thank
you
for
the.
M
Hi,
I
just
like
to
say
that
the
speed
of
the
response
to
so
many
of
your
community
members
actually
being
able
to
use
public
input
public
call-in
to
silence
those
community
members
has
disgusted
me
thoroughly,
but
I'd
like
to
yield
the
rest
of
my
time
to
rob
thomas
because
he
keeps
getting
cut
off
by
the
three
minute
limit
and
I'd
like
to
hear
what
he
has
to
say.
I
know
that
was
possible
on
in-person
meetings.
Is
that
still.
M
Well,
I
know
that
that
used
to
be
allowed,
so
I
would
I'll
just
say
that
I
would
really
push
y'all
to
one
take
away
the
requirement
to
sign
up
beforehand.
Obviously
that
makes
it
incredibly
inequitable
and
if
you
notice
so
many
people
who
have
spoken
have
like
a
huge
thing
written
out
and
have
had
time
to
prepare
and
that's
great.
Some
people
are
going
to
do
that.
But
do
you
I
mean
it?
M
It
shows
that
you
don't
want
to
hear
from
like
people
who
don't
have
time
to
write
up
a
whole
thing
or
don't
have
time
to
be
super
involved
in
the
comings
and
going
to
the
city,
but
still
want
to
have
a
say
in
what
happens
in
their
city.
I
mean.
Is
that
not
what
democracy
is
all
about?
I
think
that
your
jobs
as
those
who
are
entrenched
in
the
details
of
what
happens
in
the
city
is
to
actually
teach
others.
M
Not
for
you
to
just
be
the
overlords
deciding
for
everyone.
What
happens?
I
would
also
like
for
for
people
to
be
able
to
yield
their
time,
because
I
know
that
for
a
fact
that
that
used
to
be
a
thing-
and
I
don't
see
why
it
wouldn't
be.
O
AA
J
J
H
H
AB
Hey
everybody:
it's
jonathan
wainscott
calling
from
east
west
asheville.
I
was
just
calling
to
thank
brian
haynes
and
julie
mayfield
for
their
service
as
they
move
on
to
other
things,
and
good
luck,
mr
young,
in
the
election.
I
guess
the
last
city
council
meeting
before
that
happens.
So
good
luck
to
everybody
on
your.
AB
I
would
just
like
to
continue
to
express
my
concern
about
the
lack
of
involvement
of
the
department
of
equity
and
inclusion
when
it
came
to
evaluating
the
most
important
policy
change
that
we
could
possibly
make
in
the
city,
and
that
was
a
change
to
our
city
charter,
especially
considering
that
that
change
or
really
not
changed.
AB
The
preservation
of
the
status
quo
had
so
much
to
do
with
voting
and
our
electoral
structure
and
the
issues
of
equity
and
inclusion
that
surround
that
for
there
to
have
been
no
community
engagement
with
that
conversation
should
be
part
of
the
performance
audit
that
our
manager
will
be
evaluating
the
department
with
pretty
soon
so
you
know,
as
the
manager
gets
picked
apart,
for
not
being
able
to
evaluate
every
parcel
of
land
and
every
policy
in
in
town.
AB
The
equity
lens
was
not
turned
on
to
city
council
whatsoever
in
regards
to
changing
our
charter,
and
that
was
just
a
huge
mistake
on
our
part
and
I'm
going
to
continue
to
push
for
an
evaluation
of
the
electoral
system.
So
we
can
have
real
knowledge
as
to
how
it
has
affected
our
minority
community
in
the
entire
history
of
asheville
and
as
it
goes
forward,
and
that's
not
to
take
away
from
the
success
of
councilman
smith
and
young,
but
this
is
a
very
small
slice
of
thyme
and
a
very
large
cake.
AB
I
You
so
I'm
speaking
in
public
comment
about
public
comment
and
community
engagement,
I'm
so
grateful
for
our
staff
that
worked
so
hard
as
a
pandemic
to
supposed
to
facilitate
these
virtual
meetings.
I've
personally
experienced
and
heard
from
neighbors
who
agree
that
streaming
and
archived
meetings
make
it
more
possible
for
the
people
of
asheville
to
attend
and
follow
conversations
and
decisions
around
our
budget
planning
and
policies.
For
example,
a
parent
can
be
making
dinner
while
listening
to
this
meeting
and
can
lend
their
voice
to
the
solution
without
having
to
have
transportation
or
child
care.
I
That's
a
solution.
We
should
definitely
care
for
carry
forward
even
if
we
do
reserve
resume
in-person
meetings
to
ensure
greater
accessibility
and
democratic
process.
However,
I
see
two
issues.
I've
noticed
that
can
be
addressed
one
just
now
I
listed
as
community
leaders
like
rob
thomas
were
not
able
to
continue
invaluable
comments
when
were
cut
off.
That's
an
example
of
the
current
process
resulting
in
reduced
accessibility
because
we
used
to
be
able
to
yield
time
for
a
person
to
speak
for
10
minutes
before
they
began
to
speak.
I
So
please
consider
a
way
to
resume
extended
comments
with
three
members
committing
to
yield
their
time
in
advance.
Perhaps
it
could
be
a
line
in
the
signup
form
and
then
number
two,
I'm
speaking
in
solidarity
with
the
racial
justice
coalition
calling
for
live
public
comment
to
again
be
available
during
the
meeting
to
prevent
and
address
unnecessary
exclusion
for
participation
when
there
are
already
so
many
challenges
the
job
of
counselor
requires.
I
So
much
of
you
and
public
comment
is
a
chance
for
us
and
the
public
to
bring
our
professional
and
live
experience
that
can
help
you
to
fill
in
gaps
or
to
check
blind
spots,
especially
if
the
need
arises
during
the
meeting
and
that's
not
just
always
going
to
be
29
or
more
hours
in
advance.
So
thank
you
for
your
consideration.
A
A
Brian,
I
am
glad
to
to
do
that.
Normally
we
have
been
getting
recommendations
from
department
of
health
and
human
services
through
the
county,
and
so
I
will.
I
will
be
glad
to
connect
back
and
see
if
the
considering
the
numbers
that
we
are
seeing
in
the
state
of
north
carolina,
whether
they're
making
recommendations
to
do
that.
I
know
locally.
A
We
have
not
experienced
quite
the
same
situation
as
the
rest
of
the
state,
but
but
I
think
I've
been
thinking
about
this
too,
whether
or
not
we're
we're
going
to
be
pulled
back
into
like
a
phase.
Two
more
of
a
phase,
two
type
of
restriction,
given
the
numbers.
D
T
I
move
that
city
council
go
into
closed
session
for
the
following
reasons:
to
prevent
disclosure
of
information
that
is
privileged
and
confidential.
Pursuant
to
the
laws
of
north
carolina
are
not
considered
a
public
record
within
meaning
of
chapter
132
of
the
general
statutes.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
section
143-3.
T
dash
1.78
to
consult
with
also
to
consult
with
the
attorney
employed
by
the
city
about
matters
with
respect
to
which
the
client
attorney
privilege
between
the
city
and
its
attorney
must
be
preserved,
including,
but
not
limited
to
the
handling
or
settlement
of
a
claim.
Regarding
the
following
mayfair
partners,
llc
versus
city
of
ashville
cv,
8470
and
gwen,
alexander
versus
city
of
asheville,
18
cvs,
2331,
the
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
section.
A
B
C
A
And
myself
I
okay,
so
we
will
adjourn
from
the
closed
session.
Everyone
has
to
log
out
of
this
meeting
and
log
into
the
closed
session
meeting
so
good
evening.