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October 9, 2018
Asheville City Council Meeting
A
A
This
evening
we
have
one
proclamation
on
our
agenda
and
it
is
a
proclamation.
Honoring
may
reject
Lynn
waters
Colton,
and
we
have
some
honored
guests
here
with
us
tonight:
Liz
Colton,
her
daughter
and
may
recall
in
Woodward
her
daugther,
another
daughter
and
her
husband,
Dave
Woodward,
and
if
you
have
anyone
else,
please
come
forward
and
we'll
I'll
meet
you
down
there
and
we'll
proceed
with
this
Proclamation.
A
This
is
our
proclamation
microphone
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
for
coming
down
here
tonight
and
allowing
us
to
honor
your
mother.
This
is
a
very
special
opportunity
for
us
and
we
have
a
proclamation
in
her
honor,
which
we
also
I
also
delivered
Saturday
night
at
an
event
that
she
hopefully
would
have
appreciated.
I
think.
A
And
a
bit
of
one
political
party,
whereas
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
Asheville,
we
extend
our
sincere
condolences
over
the
passing
of
Mary
Jacqueline
waters,
cold
passed
away,
peacefully,
Tuesday
September
25th
at
her
home
in
Asheville
and
where's
Mary
Colton
was
a
dedicated
local
community
state
and
national
civic
leader,
legislate
or
international
diplomat,
white,
mother
friend
and
mentor
to
many
all
over
the
world.
And
whereas
Mary
Colton
lived
a
fulfilling
life,
she
lived
and
served
in
North,
Carolina
and
traveled
extensively
abroad
during
World
War
two.
A
She
served
as
a
codebreaker
translator
with
the
US
Army
Signal
Corps
in
Virginia,
Washington,
DC
and
later
on,
various
u.s.
naval
bases
and
whereas
Mary
Colton
was
first
elected
to
the
North
Carolina
House
of
Representatives
in
1978
and
was
later
elected.
The
first
female
Speaker
pro-tem
in
the
North
Carolina
General
Assembly
in
1991.
A
She
served
as
a
North
Carolina
delegate
to
the
National
Democratic
convention
in
New,
York
City
in
1992,
and
whereas,
during
her
16
consecutive
years
tenure,
she
worked
to
promote
women's
and
children's
issues,
health,
education,
the
environment
conservation,
historic
preservation,
arts,
tax
reform
and
many
other
initiatives.
And
whereas,
after
her
retirement
from
the
North
Carolina
assembly,
miracle
served
on
the
national
government
board
of
common
cause.
A
She
was
appointed
by
the
White
House's
State
Department,
to
serve
at
a
session
of
the
United
Nations
Commission
on
the
status
of
women
in
New,
York
City,
and
also
as
a
u.s.
observer
to
the
1994
session
of
UNESCO
in
Paris
France
and,
whereas
may
recall,
had
many
accomplishments
earning
her
several
award
highlights,
including
the
2018
Service
Award,
presented
to
her
by
the
Martin
Luther
King,
jr.,
Association
of
Asheville
and
luckam
County,
and
the
order
of
the
longleaf
pine
among
the
highest
awards
in
North
Carolina,
presented
to
her
by
governor
Roy
Cooper
in
April,
2000
18.
B
C
Our
ongoing
effort
to
advance
good
bike
and
pedestrian
infrastructure
and
safety
I
just
wanted
to
call
out
a
couple
of
projects
that
are
on
the
consent
agenda.
The
first
is
item
D,
which
is
this
would
indicate
city
council
support
for
a
tactical
urbanism
problem
along
Cox
Avenue
and
national
advices.
Mike
Sewell
is
here,
I,
don't
know
if
you're
planning
on
talking
about
it,
but
it's
a
great
project.
It's
been
through
several
of
our
committees,
and
this
is
a
new
thing
for
us
here.
C
In
Asheville
and
and
again
maybe
Mike
can
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
technical
urbanism
is,
but
it's
a
great
strategy.
That's
been
used
in
other
communities
to
try
things
out
before
we
invest
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars,
millions
of
dollars
in
fixing
things
so
I'm
I'm
personally
very
excited
about
it.
I
think
it's
gonna
be
I,
think
it's
gonna
be
great.
The
second
thing
is
item
G
and
that
is
establishing
the
vision,
zero
task
force
to
help
reduce
the
number
of
traffic
related
fatalities
and
injuries
occurring
in
Asheville.
C
So
people
may
know
that
for
the
last
several
years
we
have
been
number
one
in
the
state.
In
the
number
I
think
it's
the
per
capita
rate
of
pedestrian
crashes
and
that's
a
that
is
a
list
that
we
do
not
need
to
be
on
the
top
of
and
we're
not
anymore.
We're
now
number
two
this
year,
yay,
that's
also
still
not
a
great
place
to
be
so.
We
need
just
need
to
be
off
of
that
list.
We
need
to
be
way
down
at
the
bottom.
C
We
can
be
and
I'm
happy
that
the
staff
and
the
multimodal
transportation,
commission
and
and
other
advocacy
groups
have
come
together
to
form
this
task
force.
I.
Think
it's
the
first
step
in
the
right
direction
to
really
making
our
city
safer
for
everyone
for
those
who
ride
bikes
for
those
who
walk
and
for
those
who
drive
cars,
so
I
just
wanted
to
flag
those
two.
D
Mayor
vice
mayor
members
of
City
Council
I
wanted
to
provide
some
context
around
item
number
II.
We
had
a
cup
move
had
a
couple
of
questions.
That
is
a
change
order
to
increase
engineering
design
services
with
CDM
Smith
on
August
11th
I,
provided
you
all
with
a
memorandum
following
the
information
that
we
received
about
mr.
Wiseman,
working
with
CDM
Smith
and
our
interactions
at
all
with
mr.
Wiseman
CDM
Smith
has
approximately
5,000
employees.
The
city
of
Asheville
does
not
have
has
not
had
any
interaction
with
mr.
Wiseman
and
when
he
worked
for
CDM
Smith.
D
A
C
A
A
F
Jan
Howard
Cuban
act,
I,
look
at
five
Reservoir
Road
in
the
Kenilworth
community
and
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
item
II
I
think
it
was
easy.
Well
we're.
Reservoir
Road
is
involved
where
you're
putting
the
State
Highway
Patrol
telecommunications
up
there
as
I've
been
a
40-year
resident
of
that
road.
I
just
want
to
make
you
aware
of
the
fact
that
it's
a
one
lane
very
bad
narrow
three-way
blind
road
and
you
keep
putting
more
traffic
on
it.
I
just
wanted
you
to
be
aware
that
this.
A
F
It's
above
66
yeah
and
it's
I
know
the
cell
towers
are
there
and
they're
in
perpetuity
and
I
think
it's
great
State
Highway
Patrol
being
up
there,
but
they'll
just
send
IT.
It
won't
send
Highway
Patrol,
but
I
just
wanted
to
make
an
adjoining
comment,
because
I
still
live
on
that
road
and
will
live
on
that
road
and
it
Road
does
not
handle
the
traffic
that
it
has
now.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
G
H
H
So
the
resolution
itself
is
wide
open
does
not
seem
to
have
any,
but
the
backup
that
accompanies
the
resolution
does
seem
to
have
some
specifics.
As
far
as
potential
memberships
I
just
like
to
make
sure
that
was
clarified
and
understood
that
the
directions
of
the
city
manager
was
that
it
was
to
be,
you
know,
open
and
a
staff
determination
to
bring
recommendations
back
to
Council.
So
the
second
thing
I'd
like
to
do
and
Councilman
Mayfield
mentioned
it.
It
was
interesting
for
me
to
watch
the
press
coverage
about
the
DDOT
rankings
of
Asheville.
H
As
far
as
the
recent
2016
study
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
you
all
are
aware
and
councilman
Mayfield
specifically
stated
you're
doing
it
on
perk
up.
The
d-o-t
rankings
are
of
cities
are
based
purely
on
population
with
a
bunch
of
other
statistics
thrown
in,
but
that's
very
different
than
counties.
They
do
that
on
vehicle
million
vehicle
miles
traveled.
So
all
the
visitors
that
come
to
Asheville
and
all
the
driving
that
gets
done
in
Asheville
by
those
people
are
not
reflective
of
your
position
as
far
as
where
that
stands.
H
As
far
as
the
report
should
be
I,
don't
know
why
the
video
he
has
chosen
to
rank
cities
different
from
counties
and
ranking
their
roads,
but
they
did
the
Spear
gonna.
Be
tough
to
move
off
that
position
as
far
as
that's
concerned,
so
thank
you
and
then
look
forward
to
being
a
productive,
Asheville
resident
appreciate.
Thank.
A
A
Any
other
item
Oh
anyone
else
wishing
to
speak
on
the
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda.
Okay,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
and
I
should
mention
a
councilmember
Vijay
Kapoor
is
not
with
us
tonight.
This
was
a
scheduled
absence,
so
we're
prepared
for
that
all
right
we're.
We
have
one
presentation
tonight
and
this
is
an
update
on
the
community
EMT
program
and
our
interim
acting
Fire
Chief,
a.
J
A
I
Our
goals,
as
we
began
the
program
and
as
it
was
developed,
was
to
enhance
Public
Safety
in
the
central
business
district,
south
slope
areas
to
build
further
relationships
with
the
folks
that
are
downtown
visitors.
Business
owners
really
everyone
that
is
there
improve
patient
outcomes
for
medical
emergencies
in
that
specific
area.
For
for
folks,
that
maybe
may
have
medical
issues
engaging
with
with
community
members,
particularly
some
of
our
more
vulnerable
community
members.
I
We
wanted
to
gather
a
lot
of
information,
try
to
get
as
much
information
as
we
could
about
what
what
we,
what
we're
doing,
or
the
successes,
the
outcomes
and
that
will
help
us
drive
further
decisions.
And,
lastly,
we
wanted
to
to
gather
data
for
our
the
fire
departments.
Pre-Planning
software
first
to
size
up.
It
allows
us
to
really
know
a
lot
of
information
about
the
buildings
that
that
were,
we
may
be
entering
when
you
know,
under
very
adverse
conditions,
fires
and
things
of
that
nature.
So
those
were
our
goals
and
we've
to
accomplish
that.
I
I
We
were
really
kind
of
guessing
what
would
be
the
best
times
to
have
the
best
interactions
and
most
most
impact
we
began
at
a
4:00
to
midnight
was
the
hours
that
we
initially
began.
What
we
quickly
learned
was
the
feedback
from
from
our
riders
and
our
firefighters
that
were
out
interacting
and
in
the
community.
That
was
that
we
needed
to
get
out
a
little
earlier,
so
we've
we've
modified
that
now
and
we're
putting
one
team
out
at
2
p.m.
in
the
afternoon,
and
then
the
other
team
would
begin
at
4
p.m.
I
and
still
maintaining
that
coverage
until
about
midnight
we've
been
able
to
to
have
an
in-service,
probably
18
days.
Now
we
were
able
to
operate
several
days
this
past
weekend,
we've
been
tracking
interactions
and
the
the
teams,
both
teams,
have
an
iPad
with
a
real,
real,
quick
app
that
they
can
can
drop
a
pen
and
show
where
they've
had
interactions
in
the
prescribed
area
and
what
kind
of
interactions
those
were.
We've
broken
broken
them
down
into
four
main
categories:
assistants,
somebodies,
they're
lost
and
they're,
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
find
something.
I
I
Primarily
62%
of
those
interactions
have
been
outreach,
and
that
has
been
our
firefighters,
engaging
with
folks
that
that
maybe
you're
sitting
sitting
on
a
park
bench
she's
been
sitting
there
for
a
couple
hours.
So
they've
they've
seen
them
a
couple
of
times.
Stop
asking
me:
if
they're,
okay,
hey?
What
can
we
do
to
help
you?
Those
just
just
really
really
looking
to
establish
relationships
and
we've
had
some
interactions
with
business
owners?
That's
probably
the
area
that
we've
where
we
realized
that
we
needed
to
change
that
and
obviously
getting
the
teams
out
earlier.
We've
had
some.
I
You
know
concern
members
of
the
public,
really
the
probably
the
primary
one
that
that
comes
to
mind
is
we
had
a
team
was
out
on
Friday
evening
a
she's
resident
tourist,
someone
downtown
she
flagged
him
down
said
hey,
there's
a
couple
of
guys
that
sound
like
they're
getting
ready
to
fight
down
the
street.
They
were
able
to
notify
APD.
It
was
resolved
very,
very
much
as
we
would
want
it
to.
I
This
is
the
primary
area
that
we
began
with,
and
you
can
kind
of
see
that's
where
they've
dropped,
pens
where
they've
had
interactions
again,
some
of
the
things
that
we
learned
very
quickly
as
we
began
and
as
his
program
moved
on
was
that
everything
is
is
very
relational.
The
relationships
that
we're
building
with
with
both
business
owners
and
vulnerable
populations
is
very
important.
So
we've
we've
established
that
response
area
we've
expanded
it
further
down
Haywood,
Street
and
further
west
down
Patton
Avenue.
I
It
was
someone
from
out
of
towns,
credit
cards
and
ID,
and
all
that-
and
he
just
you
know
he
gave
it
to
our
firefighter
to
to
make
sure
that
he
got
passed
along
so
so
that
relationship
building
is
a
huge
key
for
for
what
we're.
After
one
of
the
things
that
we're
we've
asked
our
firefighters
to
do,
every
night
is
when
they
come
in
is
we
do
an
after-action
and
we
ask
them
what
went
well?
What
didn't
go
well
and
what
can
we
change?
I
What
can
we
do
better
and
we're
eating
that
feedback
every
every
time
we
send
crews
out
and
and
that's
allowing
us
to
to
continue
to
you
know,
to
make
tweaks
to
it,
as
as
we
continue
moving
forward
overall
cost
of
the
star
about
seven
thousand
dollars
of
overtime,
expense
for
firefighters?
How
we're
staffing
it
currently
is:
a
firefighters
are
volunteering
to
work
extra
extra
hours.
So
it's
a
it's
an
in
addition
to
service.
I
This
is
a
just
a
snip
of
a
resource
card.
We
we
have
that
card
that
has
that
information.
On
the
other
side,
it
has
a
lot
of.
We
talked
to
a
lot
of
stakeholders
as
we
were
developing
the
the
program
and
so
that
we
can.
We
can
really
kind
of
funnel
folks
to
the
resources
they
need.
If
you
know,
if
it's
someone
that
has
a
particular
need,
we
we've
got
a
lot
of
information
on
the
other
side
of
the
card.
I
That
says
that
you
know
the
shelter
has
this
available
to
you
or
there's
medicals
programs
here
or
there
things
of
that
nature.
So
really,
our
focus
has
been
on
really
connecting
those
with
the
resources
they
need,
as
we
move
forward
challenges
as
with
anything
new
there's,
always
challenges.
The
biggest
challenge
that
we've
we've
had
thus
far
has
been
the
consistent
staffing
because
of
that
relational
piece
having
the
same
people
do
it
regularly.
We
found
is
very
important
and
that's
that's
difficult
when
it's
a
you
know.
I
In
addition
to
do
so,
you
know
everyone
has
lots
of
commitments,
so
so
that's
made
it
a
little
bit
of
a
challenge.
In
addition
to
that,
we've
had
during
the
time
that
we've
been
operating
the
pilot
program,
we
had
obviously
hurricane
Florence.
We
had
greater
than
at
one
point
greater
than
twenty
four
firefighters
deployed
to
other
responsibilities,
so
that
took
away
those
that
were
available
for
staffing.
I
I
Have
kind
of
kind
of
been
a
part
of
the
the
staffing
challenges,
inclement
weather?
Obviously,
we've
had
a
few
bad
weekend's
where
it's
been
rainy
and
we
haven't
put
folks
out
so
so
those
are
kind
of
the
challenges
that
we
think
we've
had
a
lot
of
successes.
We've
been
able
to
really
meet
with
a
lot
of
stakeholders
along
the
way
and
and
develop
relationships
with
with
those
groups
as
well.
So
with
that
I'll
answer
any
questions,
if
council
has
anything
just.
A
L
I
A
A
I
Now
we
feel
pretty
good
with
that.
I
think
that
if,
if
we
were
to
expand
our
area
of
response
significantly
larger
that
it
would
definitely
take
more
I
mean.
Obviously
our
terrain
is
a
challenge
riding
riding
a
bike
from
the
bottom
of
Cox
Avenue
back
up
to
Prichard
Park,
there's
some
of
these
guys
that
are
much
younger
than
I
and
can
really
do
a
great
job.
But
that's
I
mean
it's
hard
and
you
know
they're
carrying
20
or
30
pounds
of
equipment
on
those
bikes.
A
J
D
C
A
I
would
note
in
designing
the
program
I
know:
staff
did
a
good
job
reaching
out
to
our
community
partners,
such
as
beloved
and
other
groups
that
work
with
homeless,
our
homeless
population,
specifically
in
designing
in
designing
this
I
have
mentioned
it
several
business
owners
who
are
business
operators
who
are
yet
unaware
of
it.
So
I,
hopefully
with
the
two
and
the
four
o'clock
you'll,
have
an
opportunity
to
introduce
yourself
to
two
folks
downtown.
So
they
understand
that
this
is
a
resource
where
we're
trying
to
use
absolutely.
I
And
you
know
it
so
we're
definitely
trying
to
get
them
out
on
the
street
as
early
as
we
can,
we
had
a
very
productive
meeting
with
with
beloved
and
their
street
medic
program,
a
lot
of
good,
a
lot
of
good
feedback
and
probably
some
some
areas
of
collaboration
that
that
we
can.
We
can
support
them
as
well,
so
so
I
think
it's
it's
really
moving
in
in
many
positive
ways.
Okay,.
A
I
J
A
Okay,
we
don't
have
any
other
presentations
for
this
evening.
We
have
for
public
hearing
items.
The
first
are
both
street
closures
and
I've
got
down
here
that
Chad
bandy
is
going
to
present
these.
The
first
is
public
hearing
to
permanently
close
and
unopened
right
away
known
as
Smathers
lane.
I,
don't
know
if
whoever's
doing,
if
you
want
to
present
these
together.
G
A
N
M
It's
unrecognizable
in
the
field
that
there's
a
nun
open
right,
so
right-of-way
there,
the
staff
has
communicated
with
the
utility
owner
with
other
members
of
staff
and
within
the
city,
as
well
as
multimodal
transportation
commission,
and
you
recommend
your
consideration
to
permanently
close,
listen,
open
right
of
way.
Okay,.
A
You
should
we'll
do
this
one
first,
because
we
got
to
do
a
public
hearing
on
each
of
them.
Does
anyone
have
any
questions
first?
So
this
is
what
the
paper
right
away
is
to
say.
It
shows
up
on
some
flat
or
something
and
it's
never
been
opened.
It
probably
went
through
the
parking
lot
of
the
old
mobile
dealership
at.
O
P
Q
M
R
M
Road
and
sweeten
Creek
Road
again
not
recognizable
in
the
field
that
there
was
ever
any
such
an
open,
right-of-way
there
and
again
we
have
counsel
for
the
applicant
here.
If
there's
any
questions,
counsel,
I'm
sorry
staff
has
just
like
the
other
consulted
with
city
departments
as
well
as
multimodal
and
recommendation
is
to
close
okay.
P
Thank
You
mayor
members
of
council,
again
I,
involve
others
from
here
for
the
applicant
and
I
would
but
I
don't
have
anything
to
add
to
what
Greg
said
once
in
the
staff
port
I
would
point
out,
though,
that
we
that
the
the
property
reported
by
party
and
about
two
different
people,
our
client,
owns
this
property
and
this
property,
but
the
the
other
property
has
joined
in
the
petition.
So
it's
there's
there's
no
objection
to
this
and
I'm
aware
of
them
all.
C
J
A
A
Right,
the
third
item
on
our
agenda
is
a
public
hearing
to
consider
the
conditional
zoning,
a
property
located
at
28
and
32
maxwell
street
from
RM,
a
residential
multifamily,
medium
density
district
to
lodging
expansion,
conditional
zone
to
allow
short-term
vacation
rental
use
and
amendment
to
the
future.
Land
use
map
to
change
28
and
32
Maxwell
Street
from
traditional
neighborhood
to
traditional
corridor
and
before
we
get
started.
I'll
need
a
motion
to
recuse
me
from
this
hearing
that
my
law
firm
used
to
represent
mr.
S
E
A
A
T
Thank
You
members
of
council
members
of
the
public.
This
is
a
request
for
a
conditional
zoning
from
our
m82
lodging
expansion
conditional
zoning
to
allow
for
lodging
uses
in
a
residential
zoning
district.
The
project
site
can
be
seen
here.
It
consists
of
two
separate
parcels
are
located
at
28
and
32
Maxwell
Street.
This
is
at
the
edge
of
the
Five
Points
neighborhood.
T
As
you
can
see,
a
jacent
zoning
on
either
side
to
the
east
and
west,
as
well
as
the
north,
is
also
our
m8
and
then
there's
CB
2
zoning
directly
across
the
street
as
you
head
towards
downtown
to
the
south.
There's
existing
single-family
type
structures
on
each
property
built
around
1920,
similar
to
the
residential
layout
that
typical
historical
residential
neighborhood
development
pattern
that
extends
throughout
the
neighborhood
to
the
north
and
5
points,
and
a
lot
of
the
neighborhoods
that
are
directly
surrounding
the
central
business
district.
T
K
T
T
This
image
shows
that
existing
condition
that
I
was
talking
about
where
the
two
residential
structures,
so
this
this
proposal
would
be
to
rezone
the
use
to
allow
for
the
short
term
vacation
rental
lodging
use
as
well
as
to
expand
32
Maxwell.
The
applicant
has
requested
to
have
a
maximum
of
three
units
within
that
structure,
as
well.
I
mentioned
there's
currently
one
that
that
increase
in
density
is
greater
than
the
what
the
underlying
RM
zoning
would
allow.
T
But
this
the
primarily
the
request
is
for
that
lodging
use
and,
and
that
would
result
in
a
maximum
of
six
units
across
the
two
properties.
After
the
Planning
and
Zoning
Commission
meeting,
the
applicant
has
agreed
that
one
of
the
six
units
would
be
dedicated
for
long
term,
residential
use
and
the
other
five
units
that
he
is
requesting.
We
would
you
would
like
to
have
the
flexibility
for
those
to
be
long-term,
residential
or
primarily
short-term
vacation
rental.
T
The
zoning
is
required
since
the
short-term
vacation
rental
lodging
use
is
only
allowed
now
in
that
lodging
expansion,
district
or
resort.
So
you
know
previously
before
January
of
this
year,
lodging
uses
were
permitted
in
any
commercial
district
where
that
use
was
allowed,
but
the
effort
was
made
to
prohibit
lodging
uses
from
all
of
those
other
commercial
districts
where
they
previously
were
permitted
and
only
allow
that
and
when
an
applicant
is
requesting
this
use
that
they
have
to
request.
Lodging
expansion
you've
seen
the
number
of
requests
come
through
for
lodging
expansion.
T
T
T
Landscaping
is
a
requirement
in
this
district,
when
a
lodging
use
is
proposed
adjacent
to
residential
zoning,
they're
required
to
put
in
place
a
type
b,
30-foot
landscape
buffer,
there's
not
sufficient
space
on
the
on
the
site
to
do
that.
After
the
Planning
and
Zoning
Commission
discussion,
the
applicant
is
proposing
to
put
in
a
partial
5-foot
buffer,
where
we're
possible
open
space
is
another
requirement
for
all
lodging
uses.
15%
of
the
lot
area
is
required
to
be
dedicated
for
open
space.
T
J
T
From
the
primary
access
corridor,
and
because
these
are
these
typical
residential
structures,
where
you
pull
up
to
the
front
of
the
house-
that's
that's
where
the
lodging
or
what
they
guess
access
is
the
other
one
has
to
do
with
parking.
So
we
do
require
lodging
uses
to
provide
off
street
parking
and,
due
to,
as
I've
mentioned
several
times,
the
existing
conditions
there's
just
not
sufficient
space
to
provide
that
required
off
street
parking.
T
T
What
the
applicant
has
proposed
is
that
guests
would
be
permitted
to
park
on
the
street.
Maxwell
Street
is,
as
you
may
have
seen
in
the
staff
report,
uses
policy
that
was
put
in
place
for
residential
parking
many
years
ago,
due
to
the
commercial
users
of
the
grocery
store.
Other
commercial
uses
in
the
site
in
the
vicinity.
Folks
were
coming
and
parking
on
Maxwell
Street
in
Monroe
Marcellus,
and
that
was
a
negative
impact
to
the
long
term
residential
residents
there.
So
the
city
instituted
a
policy
for
hangtags.
Each
residential
unit
receives
a
long
term.
T
Residential
unit
receives
one
hangtag,
so
the
applicant
was
desiring
for
his
guests
to
use
those
hangtags.
That's
against
the
policy.
That's
currently
in
place.
Those
those
parking
tags
are
for
long-term
residential
users
right
now.
So
the
parking
the
off
street
parking
plan
is
it's
not
something
that's
in
compliance
with
this
proposal,
a
couple
of
the
other
ones
are
a
little
more
minor
like
a
lot
with
lot
size
that
I
mentioned
have
to
do
with
the
existing
sidewalk,
with
some
design
and
operational
standards
that
come
into
play
from
from
reusing
the
existing
residential
structures.
T
Another
one
that
I
touched
on
was
density,
so
under
rm8
number,
32
Maxwell
would
only
be
permitted
to
have
that
one
unit
right.
That's
it!
That's
in
the
house
right
now,
I
mentioned
he's
requesting
to
have
three
in
that
house.
Similarly,
and
under
lodging
expansion
that
the
zoning
district
that
they're
requesting
density
standards
would
apply,
a
number
of
rooms
is
not
limited
if
it's
strictly
a
lodging
use,
but
because
the
applicants
requested
to
have
that
flexibility
to
allow
for
the
uses
to
be
short-term
vacation,
rental
or
long-term
residential
density
standards
come
into
place.
T
The
standards
are
exceeded,
the
maximum
would
be
twenty
units
per
acre
without
the
inclusion
of
dedicated,
affordable
housing
and
the
Africa
has
been
unwilling
to
dedicate
any
units
for
a
long-term,
affordable
housing.
So
they
would
only
be
permitted
to
have
two
units
in
number
28
and
one
in
number
32.
So
this
is
a
density
exceeding
the
maximum
diamond
density.
T
The
applicant
did
hold
the
neighborhood
meetings.
That
information
has
been
provided.
The
project
was
proved
with
conditions
by
the
TRC
staff
has
received
neighborhood
comment,
both
in
support
of,
as
well
as
against
the
request.
Planning
and
Zoning
Commission
reviewed
this
proposal
at
two
separate
meetings.
Ultimately,
it
was
supported.
The
request
was
supported
that
they're
meeting
in
July
and
they're
noted
there
that
the
residential
character
of
the
street
has
been
altered
by
the
proximity
to
commercial
uses.
T
One
one
of
the
commissioners
suggested
to
the
applicant
at
that
meeting
to
do
a
legal
home
school
in
each
house.
A
number
of
neighbors
who
also
live
on
Maxwell
Street
were
present
at
that
meeting
and
spoke
about
that
that
they
all
that
not
a
number
of
them
have
legal
home
stays
in
their
properties,
so
that
was
brought
up
to
the
applicant
as
a
suggested
condition
by
the
commissioner,
and
that
was
rejected
by
the
applicant.
T
As
stated
in
the
staff
reports,
our
staff
recommendation
is
not
to
support
this
request.
The
city
has
taken
direct
specific
actions
in
this
year
and
and
after
many
years
of
study
to
prohibit
short-term
vacation
rental
use
in
almost
every
zoning
district.
It's
always
long
been
prohibited
in
residential
districts.
For
this
whole
house
or
whole
unit
short-term
vacation
rental
use.
So
staff
cannot
support
this
request.
T
The
applicants
agent
has
stated
in
several
public
hearings
that
the
site
has
been
designated
in
a
2002
Broadway
corridor,
a
master
plan,
as
indicated
for
mixed-use
I,
believe
that
may
be
in
his
presentation
again
this
evening.
The
subject
properties
are
actually
outside
of
that
study
area.
So
that's
just
not
applicable.
T
The
application
came
in
prior
to
the
adoption
of
the
living
Asheville
Plan.
So
we
were
not
reviewing
the
proposal
against
that
plan.
We
reviewed
it
against
the
2025
plan,
which
did
not
support
this
type
of
a
commercial
incursion
into
a
residential
neighborhood
anyway,
which
is
why
staff
has
always
responded
to
request
to
erode
the
you
know
at
the
edges
of
residential
neighborhoods.
Every
time.
The
request
has
come
in
to
change
a
zoning
away
from
residential.
T
We
look
at
it
very
very
carefully
and
has
not
typically
been
supported,
but
we
do
have
to
use
the
future
land
use
map
in
some
way,
even
though
it's
not
being
evaluated
against
that,
this
rezoning
would
necessitate
a
change
to
the
future
land
use
map
if
you
were
to
approve
it
the
area
these
are
the
subject
properties.
It's
currently
in
the
Lea
news
category
noted
as
traditional
neighborhood.
So
if
that
was
approved,
it
would
have
to
be
changed
to
something
that
would
permit
lodging,
which
would
be
traditional
corridor.
T
So
this
would
be
the
proposed
future
land
use
map
staff
is
not
in
support
of
this
change
to
the
future.
Land
use
map
feel
that
the
that
the
area
where
these
houses
are
well
it's
on
the
very
edge
of
the
traditional
named
traditional
neighborhood.
It
really
fits
with
the
traditional
neighborhood.
Traditional
corridors
are
designated
along
arterioles
they're,
not
on
these
minor
local
streets.
The
uses
are
not
the
same
that
are
anticipated
in
traditional
corridor,
as
in
traditional
neighborhood,
traditional
neighborhood
does
anticipate
some
non-residential
uses.
T
C
T
T
We
do
not
recommend
approval
of
the
rezoning
because
of
the
multiple
city
adopted
goals,
the
direct
direct
actions
that
have
been
taken
by
this,
this
this
board
by
City
Council,
to
preserve
residential
neighborhoods,
to
increase
residential
opportunities
and
that
and
the
direct
actions
to
prohibit
whole
house
and
whole
unit
short-term
vacation.
Rentals.
T
This
use
is
not
permitted
in
any
of
the
surrounding
districts.
It's
not
permitted
in
the
surrounding
commercial
zoning
districts.
The
applicants
not
proposing
to
mitigate
the
impact
of
the
proposed
use.
The
density
exceeds
what
is
allowed
without
affordability,
and
also
their
applicants,
currently
under
notices
of
violation
for
operating
illegal
short
term
vacation.
T
Rentals
on
the
property
staff
has
has
concerns
that
approving
these
would
set
a
precedent
that
this
is,
after
all,
the
work
that's
put
into
prohibiting
these
uses
and
and
expanding
the
use
of
the
home
stay
that
this
is
going
to
legitimize
violating
city's
the
city's
goals
in
the
city
of
ordinances.
So
that
concludes
my
report,
but
I
am
happy
to
answer
any
questions
does.
E
Counsel
have
any
questions
of
Jeff
well
we'll
hear
from
the
applicant.
Thank
you
Thanks.
So
I'm
gonna
ask
that
applicant
to
come
forward
or
a
representative
of
the
applicant.
Please
state
your
name
just
a
reminder
of
the
rules
for
the
applicant.
You
have
10
minutes
on
the
there.
The
green
light
will
go
on
when
you
start
your
presentation
when
you
start
getting
close
to
the
end,
it'll
turn
yellow
and
when
you
need
to
stop
it'll
turn
red.
So
could
you
just
introduce
yourself
and
give
us
your
presentation?
Please.
R
Okay,
for
the
record,
my
name
is
Joe.
Minicozzi
I
represent
the
applicant
parkway
court
and
Reed
Thompson
I'm,
going
to
move
fairly
fast,
because
we
only
have
ten
minutes
for
this
presentation
and
I
want
to
honor
and
respect
that.
So
first
one
needs
to
be
brought
in.
The
conversation
of
this
site
is
its
context
and
what's
going
on
so
we
have
mr.
R
Thompson
lives
on
the
street,
and
these
are
the
two
houses
in
question
and
just
for
your
edification,
he
actually
had
three
other
houses
on
this
street
that
he's
been
forced
to
sell
in
this
entire
process.
This
actually
goes
back
to
about
2004,
so
here
the
two
properties
in
the
zoning
map.
Here
they
are
zoomed
in
and
there's
mr.
Thompson's
house,
to
which
he
still
is
a
resident.
Here
they
are
in
plan,
as
you
can
see
from
the
Google
Earth
image.
You
can
see
trucks
on
the
street
in
Maxwell
Street.
R
Context
of
green
life
needs
to
be
brought
into
this
in
2004
green
life,
converted
a
office
into
a
grocery
store
and
you'll
note
that
there
aren't
two
loading
bays
in
this
image.
There
weren't
two
loading
bays
in
the
initial
site
plan
and
they
were
supposed
to
be
a
buffer
that
is
acknowledged
in
this
image.
The
buffer
was
removed
without
a
public
process
and
the
it
was
added
a
second
loading
bay
to
which
they
removed
the
city,
removed
parking
on
the
street
and
also
forced
loading
into
the
street.
This
is
supposed
to
be
screened.
R
This
is
the
law
at
the
bottom.
It's
not
screened.
If
you
want
more
detail
on
this,
I
can
give
you
the
full
report.
This
is
straight
out
of
a
zoning
code.
This
is
a
buffer,
it's
between
a
shopper,
shopping
center
and
residential,
so
the
intent
of
the
law
is
to
have
buffering
between
residential
and
commercial.
That
should
be
there.
The
law
clearly
states
that
you
should
have
five
feet
of
landscaping
between
the
fence
and
in
the
sidewalk,
with
trees,
spaced
no
more
than
eight
feet
apart
display
50%
of
defense,
that's
black
and
white.
R
This
is
a
view
from
mr.
Thompson's
property,
the
applicant
cites.
This
is
28
Maxwell
and
this
is
a
shot
into
the
street
now
granted.
This
is
many
years
ago.
What's
notable
is
that
the
city
has
identified
that
the
issue
is
there
because
they've
actually
heard
visibility
triangles
in
the
street,
essentially
making
the
street
the
loading
area?
Those
are
supposed
to
be
on
the
private
property,
not
in
the
public
right-of-way,
so
there's
an
acknowledgement
that
the
street
has
become
commercialized
in
the
public
realm.
So
this
for
all
intent
and
purposes.
R
The
street
is
the
loading
area
by
essentially
neglect
of
the
existing
rules,
which
require
the
street
to
be
residential
and
protected.
With,
with
those
buffering
protections
from
a
non
compliance
standpoint,
you,
the
city,
asked
dr.
Jones
who's,
a
preeminent
expert
of
zoning
law
for
the
University
of
North
Carolina,
Chapel
Hill,
who
wrote
literally
wrote
the
book
called
blend.
You
slaughter,
North
Carolina
in
it.
He
he
basically
cited
that
the
the
site
is
non-compliant
and
doesn't
meet
the
qualifications
of
what
the
law
is.
So
he
essentially
told
this
body
you
have.
R
R
N
R
R
This
is
the
letter
from
University
of
North
Carolina
Chapel
Hill,
where
basically
read
the
bottom
line
that
I
bolded
here
that
it
should
be
equal
to
or
better
than
right
of
a
compliance.
There
should
be
a
20
foot
buffer
there
or
something
equal
to
or
better
than
that
for
it
to
be
legal.
So
a
Notice.
R
Never
delivered
that
was
12
years
ago.
The
city
did
bring
forward
in
2007
after
the
Owens
report.
We
call
it
the
either-or
plan
that
either
green
life
fixes
this
loading
bay,
which
you
see
on
the
left,
a
buffer
added
in
or
the
city
move
forward
in
traffic
hall,
and
that
was
actually
again
before
you
all
council.
I
won't
go
through
all
of
the
notes,
but
basically
mayor
mayor
Bellamy,
said:
let's
put
it
in
writing.
Let's
make
this,
so
this
is
all
part
of
the
public
record.
R
So
basically
the
timeline
as
the
Owens
report
comes
in
and
you
all
your
body
was
made
notified
of
the
of
the
non-compliance
and
you
all
tried
you
did
several
different
times.
You
asked
you
ask
for
Denis
life
to
come
back
forward.
You
gave
it
several
different
deadlines
and
the
2007
is
probably
the
most
important
one,
and
this
is
a
then
interim
director,
Shannon
tuck,
presenting
again
and
before
you
all.
R
U
R
V
V
J
W
J
L
L
J
R
That
was
2007
we're
supposed
to
bring
plans
forward
Tilo.
So
there's
also
issues
of
the
side
parking
lot
that
wasn't
part
of
the
original
plan.
I
have
actually
asked
Planning
Department
to
show
me
where
they
got
their
permit
to
use
this
law
without
paving
it
without
meeting
the
standards
they
current.
You
know
when
I
first
talked
to
John
Swan
about
this
in
2004
I
suggested
this
is
a
loading
areas
of
yet
we
don't
own
that
property.
R
So
somehow
they've
been
using
that
without
a
notice
of
violation
or
compliance,
the
city
staff
even
say
the
city
finds
that
the
property
and
land
use
is
occurring
there
on
a
green
life
are
largely
in
compliance.
You
can't
be
largely
in
compliance
or
legal
or
not
so
the
city
has
acknowledged.
There
is
not
working.
There's
nuisance
issues
we've
been
before
the
noise
board.
There's
frequent
noise
complaints,
frequent
sounds
activities
and
noise
disturbances.
You
all
get
these
emails
four
o'clock
in
the
morning
three
o'clock
in
the
morning.
R
These
are
trucks
on
that
Street
every
single
day,
just
ignoring
the
the
no
truck
signs
and
driving
right
past
them
and
loading,
and
it's
like
shooting
fish
in
a
barrel
for
mr.
Thompson.
This
is
his
everyday
experience
on
the
street,
just
willfully,
ignoring
our
laws
driving
over
telephone
lines.
This
was
a
the
morning
of
our
PMZ
hearing,
and
this
was
the
week
later.
You
know
this
is
what
the
neighbors
have
to
deal
with
these
beeping
of
these
trucks.
This
is
across
the
street
on
the
applicants
property.
Does
this
look
screamed?
R
J
R
R
Been
calling
you
is,
he
was
directed
by
counsel
to
do
so.
If
he
doesn't
get
responses,
you
know
they.
They,
a
green
life,
blows
their
garbage
down
the
street
on
the
Velvets
curb
this
is
this
is
again
how
they
treat
their
neighbors.
They
had
snow
plowed
in
front
of
mr.
Thompson's
property
and
they
stopped
doing
this
because
Reid's
neighbor
complained
a
green
life
they
take.
They
just
do
not
care
about
these
citizens,
and
yet
you
allow
them
to
sponsor
that
street.
This
is
insulting
to
that
neighborhood,
the
staff.
R
The
memo
staff
sends
us
memos
saying
that
they
are
enforcing
laws
at
NOPA.
Trucks
will
block
the
sidewalk.
Does
that
truck?
Look
blocking
sidewalk?
You
know
this
is
the
law.
You
can
only
have
the
the
cars
of
trucks
above
the
line
is
legal.
Everything
below
it
is
not
that's
a
picture.
It's
really
easy
to
follow.
This
is
illegal.
This
happens
three
times
a
week.
These
are
private
services
delivering
on
the
street.
The
law
only
allows
for
a
public
contracted
garbage
truck
to
operate
on
the
street,
and
this
happens
three
times
a
week.
R
R
R
R
Mr.
mr.
Thompson
was
cited
for
a
shrub
violation
in
June
for
those
shrubs
going
to
the
sidewalk.
You
know
these.
This
is
like
the
constant
enforcement
that
happens
I've,
given
you
letters
from
all
the
neighbors
that
complaining
the
last
one.
That's
in
that
packet
is
a
neighbor
that
complained
for
$850
a
month
rent.
She
would
not
be
willing
to
play
to
pay
to
live
in
there.
R
I
want
to
know
where
this
evidence
of
the
$1,200
spaces,
even-even
Airbnb
people
complain
and
one
last
item
that
concerns
the
that's
the
pump
truck
the
ethical
principles
of
planners
seriously.
This
is
this
is
what
they
they
have
to
deal
with.
The
ethical
principles
of
planners
say
that
we
have
to
deal
with
the
interrelated
issues.
We
can't
ignore
them.
That
includes
you,
Oh
anybody.
Hearing
zoning
issues
have
to
consider
all
issues.
You
can't
just
neglect
across
the
street.
I
looked
at
offices.
This
is
the
comp
plan
from
2025.
R
E
So
we're
gonna
open
this
up
to
public
hearing
to
public
comment,
you're
limited
to
come
on
up
and
you're
limited
to
three
minutes.
Please
state
your
name
and
then
we
will
limit
the
entire
public
comment
to
one
hour
and
Maggie.
Oh,
maybe
we'll
keep
track
of
that
and
the
same.
The
same
rules
apply.
You've
got
a
green
light.
It
says:
go
when
the
yellow
light
turns
on
you're.
Getting
close.
The
red
light
means
to
stop
so
mr.
Boswell
I'm
gonna.
G
X
Cecil
Bock
well
I
brought
this
issue
up
repeatedly
over
the
eight
years.
I
was
on
council
and
couldn't
get
support
for
making
changes
here.
I'm,
sorry
that
mr.
oast
couldn't
stay
here
after
his
testimony
earlier,
because
mr.
host
was
the
city
attorney
back
then,
and
he
and
Scott
Shuford,
who
was
the
planning
director
at
that
time,
redefined
the
street
Maxwell
Street
as
a
mixed-use
street,
a
definition
which
does
not
occur
in
the
you.
X
Do
they
define
it
as
a
mixed-use
Street
in
order
to
allow
green
life
to
use
that
Street
for
commercial
purposes,
so,
in
effect,
what
they
did
was
they
turned
a
residential
street
into
a
commercial
street?
By
doing
that
now,
obviously,
we
can't
undo
that
at
this
point,
but
it's
been
my
my
position
for
many
years
now
that
we
really
need
to
make
this
a
commercial
street
and
I,
don't
know
the
particulars
of
what
it
should
be,
but
it
is
clearly
a
residential
street.
Now
staff
says
that
other
renters
on
this
street
don't
have
a
problem.
X
Well,
look
at
the
look
at
the
map.
The
two
of
them
read:
Thompson's
properties,
are
the
ones
most
directly
affected
by
the
the
dumpsters
and
the
noise
and
the
trucks
hit.
His
are
right
across
from
green
light.
Now,
maybe
other
houses
down
the
road
there
as
affected,
but
we
we
imposed
commercial
use
on
this
residential
street
as
a
city,
and
it
seems
to
me
only
fair
to
make
it
make
it
real
and
not
pretend
that
it's
still
a
residential
area,
yeah.
X
Houses
behind
that
facing
the
next
street
over
are
still
residential,
yeah
got
them,
but
it's
not
you
can't
possibly
even
shop
at
green
life
and
not
understand
that
this
is
a
commercial
street
and
it
seems
to
me
only
fair
to
treat
it
that
way.
You
know
we
have
really
jacked
around
mr.
Thompson
and
actually
the
other
owners
on
history
on
who
they
are,
but
we
we
have
we've
imposed
as
zoning
a
de
facto
zoning
on
them
that
isn't
under
the
law.
Read
the
you
do
this.
X
To
the
idea
and
I
don't
know
how
we
can
continue
to
impose
this
on
him
and
I
get
that
he's
been
belligerent.
I
get
that
he's
that
he's
continued
to
short-term
rental
they're
in
opposition
to
the
law,
but
but
isn't
he
right
and
he
isn't
he
really
right
that
that
his
properties,
qualified
this
way
and
I
really
hope
yellow
will
make
this
change.
Thanks.
X
G
Y
Y
Y
Second,
assuming
it's
in
the
council's
power
I
will
drop
or
suspend
the
fines,
because
past
action
or
inaction
by
the
city
is
in
great
part,
a
result
result
of
what's
happened
here.
Third
puts
a
pressure
in
Greene
life,
I
mean
or
should
I
say
Whole
Foods
as
a
way
out
of
this
mess.
My
mess
is,
my
understanding
is
at
all
this.
The
store
has
not
lived
up
to
agreements
made
years
ago
regarding
its
responsibilities.
If
I'm
wrong
about
that,
then
the
city
made
a
bad
deal
in
the
first
place.
Y
In
any
case,
Greene
life
is
owned
by
the
world's
Richard
richest
person.
What
do
you
say
that
again
he's
the
world's
richest
person
we're
talking
about
Jeff
Bezos
he's
worth
150
billion
dollars.
You
would
think
that
perhaps
he
to
provide
you
know
for
the
reputation
of
his
company
would
be
willing,
perhaps
to
shed
a
few
thousand
dollars
to
try
to
work
up
a
solution
to
make
this
thing.
This
happen.
Y
G
Z
Okay,
my
name
is
Mike
Jameson
I
moved
into
17
Maxwell
Street
in
the
summer
of
2007
I
moved
out
in
the
spring
of
2008.
The
reason
I
couldn't
live
there
I'm
right
behind
the
loading
drop,
docks,
I
lived
there,
day-in
day-out
I
was
25
I
like
to
stay
up
all
night,
but
not
day
in
and
day
out.
Okay,
so
after
that,
I
moved
away
for
some
years,
I
came
back
after
three
or
four
years
away.
I
came
back
in
2015
and
I
realized
that
this
whole
green
life
thing
is
still
going
on.
Z
Z
I
am
evidence
that
we
can't
keep
it
tonight.
I
left,
so
people
say
that
you
can't
find
evidence
here.
It
is,
and
I
do
encourage
counsel
to
think
about
the
opportunity
that
you
have
here
in
front
of
you
today.
I
know
this.
Wasn't
your
all's
decision
way
back
when,
but
the
president
has
already
been
set
and
that
president
is
choosing
large
businesses,
large
corporations,
the
world's
richest
person
over
people
over
our
residents,
and
it
really
breeds
distrust
in
what
our
community
members
think
that
they
can
do
with
their
property.
Z
The
advantage
is
that
that
the
disadvantage
they
have
over
over
our
city,
they
feel
powerless.
So
I
really
encourage
you
guys
to
think
about
those
things
and
also
encourage
you
guys
to
think
about
maybe
10
or
15
years
down
the
road.
What
happens,
what
happens
Rita's
bled
dry?
He
has
to
sell
off
his
houses,
who's
gonna,
buy
those
houses
and
where
they
get,
who
are
they
going
to
rent
them
to
I,
don't
know
because
I
wouldn't
want
to
live.
There.
I've
already
tried
to
live
there
once,
but
think
about
that.
Z
Only
the
only
people
that
can
afford
to
live
in
a
place
where
there
is
constant
traffic.
There's
just
there's:
interruption:
there's
noise,
there's
sleepless
nights
or
the
are
the
poorest
in
our
community
you're
putting
the
poorest
in
our
community
in
law,
turn
rental
solutions
where
they're
completely
and
constantly
faced
with
nuisance
ins
every
single
day.
It's
not
right
so
I
encourage
you
guys
to
to
correct
this,
to
do
what's
right
and
to
think
about
the
precedent
that
you're
set
setting
by
not
doing
what's
right.
I
also
want
to
just
put
something
out
there.
Z
Q
You
know
we
all
make
mistakes,
we
then
need
to
own
them,
and
then
we
need
to
stakes,
take
steps
to
correct
and
to
mitigate,
but
that
didn't
happen
when
Reed,
Thompson
and
other
Maxwell
Street
neighbors
complain,
city
staff
doubled
down
and
used
no,
they
abused
their
power
to
ignore
and
marginalize
this
community
and
Reed
Thompson.
In
particular,
there
was
a
32
page
report
attached
to
this
agenda.
Item
and
I
cannot
imagine
the
mental
gymnastics
required
to
create
that
report.
Q
Nowhere
is
there
an
acknowledgement
that
this
entire
problem
is
a
result
of
staff
failing
to
do
their
jobs
properly
15
years
ago
and
refusing
to
make
things
right
in
ensuing
years.
That
was
not
a
staff
report
that
was
a
snow
job.
Here's
one
example:
the
properties
in
question
are
directly
across
the
street,
from
green
lights,
ongoing
commercial
use
on
Maxwell
Street,
two
of
the
arguments
were
buffering
miss.
You
know
Reed
wasn't
going
to
provide
buffering
and
there
was
not
going
to
be
street
parking.
Q
The
green
light
grocery
uses
its
buffer
area
for
unloading,
there's
no
landscaping
on
the
front
edge
and
there's
inadequate
parking,
because
green
life
removed
parking
from
the
street
to
put
in
its
loading
docks.
This
is
not
fair
and
equitable
application
of
the
law,
then,
as
as
Joe
manna
cozy's
showed
in
2007
acting
City
Council
gave
green
light
45
days
to
mitigate
2007
45
days.
11
years
have
passed,
green
life
made
no
changes.
11
years
the
city
issued
no
violations.
Q
There
has
been
no
enforcement
of
the
law
where
green
lights
is
concerned,
Reid
receives
a
citation
because
his
plant
has
eight
inches
over
the
sidewalk.
Mr.
Thompson
is
not
asking
for
special
treatment.
He
just
like
what
green
life's
getting
I
feel.
It
is
past
time
for
counsel
to
make
things
right
on
Maxwell,
in
light
of
the
flagrant
commercialization
that
the
city
has
allowed
and
abetted
for
15
years.
The
very
least
we
could
do
is
allow
mr.
Q
Thompson
to
do
short-term
rentals
in
the
two
properties
that
are
most
affected
by
green
life's
activity,
and
for
heaven's
sakes,
can
we
drop
the
fines
I
mean
as
a
taxpayer.
I
am
begging
you
to
quit,
allowing
staff
to
dig
a
hole
that
we
will
have
to
pay.
Our
way
out
of
I
was
in
the
pnz
meeting
and
saw
the
fuller
presentation
and
it
was
embarrassing.
There
is
a
long
and
well-documented
trail
that
is
not
playing
well
in
court.
Thank.
G
U
Good
I'm,
Karen
sink
and
I
can
pull
it
down
with.
You
was
resident
on
Max's
street
and
32
Maxwell
from
August
of
2015
to
May
of
2016.
So
I
was
in
the
house
that
was
directly
across
from
green
light
grocery
and
the
noise
that
you
heard
from
those
trucks.
I
would
like
to
ask
any
of
you
who
would
want
to
wake
up
to
that
5:00
6:00
a.m.
practically
every
morning
I
mean
that's,
that's
no
joke!
U
U
Effort
to
change
that
situation
on
the
on
Maxwell
Street
I'm,
just
can't
believe
it
it
just
it's
impossible.
It
just
doesn't
make
sense
to
me
so
I
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
you
should
go
over
there
go
over
there
and
sit
and
five
or
six
a.m.
in
the
morning
and
see
if
you
like
that
noise
out
your
window.
E
AA
My
name
is
Jonathan
Wainscott
and
I
can't
believe
that
the
city
could
possibly
think
that
this
applicant
is
doing
a
million
dollars
worth
of
damage
to
the
city.
Well,
this
guy
is
doing
a
million
dollars
worth
of
damage
to
the
city,
engaging
in
the
activity
of
lodging
tourists,
which
we
paid
twenty
million
dollars
a
year
to
make
sure
happens
because
lodging
tourists
is
what
this
town
is
all
about.
AA
That's
amazing
to
me
that
this
guy
is
somehow
causing
damage.
You
love
the
trickle-down
effects
of
tourism.
What
about
all
the
benefits
to
the
people?
He
has
come
to
his
air
B&B
and
goes
out
and
spends
money
in
this
wonderful,
prosperous
economy.
That
is,
tourism,
he's
doing
exactly
what
you're
making
happen.
This
is
just
a
simple
matter
of
adapting
and
evolving
the
environments
changed.
You
can
allow
a
variance.
Obviously,
this
residence
is
no
longer
suitable
for
long
term,
housing,
single
family,
housing,
long
term,
rental,
transient,
even
young
people,
don't
want
to
be
there
now.
AA
Maybe
I
mean
there's
plenty
of
hotels,
stacked
right
on
top
of
a
you
know,
interstate
Patton,
Avenue
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff.
That
kind
of
lodging
you
kind
of
can
expect
those
urban
noises
that
you've
put
on
this
street.
So
it's
just
a
matter
of
evolution.
All
you
have
to
do
is
allow
this
property
to
adapt
to
the
changes
that
have
happened
by
the
power
of
your
ability
to
make
a
variance
for
this
guy,
and
you
know,
unless
you
really
truly
think
that
he's
done
a
million
dollars
worth
of
damage
to
you
guys.
Thanks.
AA
G
J
AB
Hello,
my
name
is
Michael
McDonough
I
live
in
Montana
I
walked
at
least
once
a
week
of
Maxwell
Street
to
get
a
green
life.
I.
Remember
the
building
before
green
life
moved
in
and
was
excited
to
see
it
renovated
to
a
neighborhood
used.
I
was
shocked
to
see
a
loading
dock
abutting
a
neighborhood
and
thought
there's
something
wrong
here
and
subsequently
learned
that
there
was
something
wrong
there.
I'm
also
here
to
support
zoning
I
believe
in
zoning
I.
AB
Believe
it's
a
it's
the
most
effective
tool
we
have
in
our
toolbox
to
allow
two
similar
uses
to
live
cohesively
and
compatible
compatibly
in
a
neighborhood,
but
it
doesn't
always
work
and
in
this
case
through
I,
think
some
mistakes
on
staff
and
just
the
zoning
tool
itself.
It
didn't
work
and
it
hasn't
worked
and
I've
watched
it
day
in
and
day
out,
I've
been
on
Maxwell
Street
I've
seen
some
of
the
evidence
that's
been
presented
and
and
I
am
sympathetic
to
someone
having
to
live
across
the
street
from
a
use
like
that.
AB
I
also
understand
that
the
the
tools
that
you
have
to
enforce
in
the
toolbox
is
a
lodging
use
and
I
understand
that
it's
not
a
perfect
solution
to
this.
You
have
some
issues
of
spot
zoning
and
incompatibility
with
parking
and
stuff
like
that
short-term
rental,
I'm,
not
a
big
sport
of
short-term
rental
I,
don't
want
to
see
our
neighborhoods
eroded
by
that,
but
maybe,
in
these
friction
points
between
a
highly
commercial
use
in
a
neighborhood.
AB
We
have
to
look
at
other
tools
such
as
potentially
short-term,
rentals
or
other
tools
that
may
not
actually
be
in
the
you
do
right
now.
I
think
we
have
to
be
flexible,
and
this
is
a
perfect
opportunity
for
us
to
look
at
one.
How
do
we
address
short-term
rentals
and
two?
Is
this
friction
zone
here,
an
opportunity
explore
other
uses
and
other
solutions
and
maybe
broaden
our
toolbox
KITT?
Thank
you.
Thank.
W
I
had
a
vice
mayor:
there
was
a
council,
esteemed
staff,
I'm
on
Pat
Whelan
I'm,
the
president
of
public
interest
projects,
I've
been
working
in
downtown
Nashville
for
close
to
30
years,
we're
taxpayers
and
we
have
no
connection
of
máxima
Street.
We've
been
doing
business
and
projects
here
for
those
years,
and
we
learned
many
lessons.
The
most
important
were
to
try
always
to
take
the
high
road
and
we
make
a
mistake,
admit
it
and
fix
it.
You
didn't
cause
that
problem
on
Maxwell
Street
but
you're
the
ones
we
elected
to
fix
it.
W
I'm
the
eight-page
staff
report,
there's
much
discussion
about
landscaping
and
buffers
and
protecting
residential
neighborhoods.
The
green
light
doesn't
mentioned
until
page
four,
and
then
it's
mentioned
positively
as
a
neighborhood
serving
commercial
use.
There's
no
mention
in
the
staff
report
of
the
elephant
in
the
room
that
stampeding
stampeding
back
and
forth
down
that
Street
with
backup
alarms
going
and
diesel
engines
going.
There's
no
mention
of
the
15
years
of
broken
promises
had
ineffectual
enforcement.
Again,
you
didn't
cause
this
problem,
but
you're
the
ones
elected
to
represent
both
sides
of
Maxwell
Street.
W
W
G
AC
My
name
is
Liam
Huxley
and
I'm.
A
resident
here
I
have
followed
this
drama
with
green
life
for
the
entirety
of
the
time
that
green
life
has
been
in
our
neighborhood
and
let
the
record
show
that
I
have
shopped
at
green
life
and
I
like
green
life's
products
and
I
believe
that
it
is
nice
to
have
good,
fresh
food
available.
AC
Those
are
just
the
most
egregious
ones
that
are
bringing
us
here
today
and
there's
two
thoughts
that
I'd
like
to
leave
you
with
one
of
them
is
so
what
if
this
was
your
place
because
I'm
a
landowner
here
and
I
think
most
of
you
may
well
be
landowners
or
have
been
in
the
past.
What
if
this
was
your
place?
I
mean:
do
you
just
sell
and
hope
for
the
best?
Do
you
try
to
wear
earplugs
at
night?
AC
I
mean,
let's
be
honest:
this
is
the
kind
of
thing
that
could
cut
you
to
the
core
over
time.
I
know
it
would
me
I
mean
when
a
neighbor's
dog
barks
for
a
little
while
I
get
uptight,
we're
not
talking
about
not
dog
barking.
Occasionally
I
mean
we're
talking
about
like
every
morning
from
3
to
5
or
5
to
6
or
6
or
7.
I
mean
this
just
doesn't
end
so
I
recognize,
as
many
people
have
said,
that
this
is
not
something
that
that
was
done
under
your
watch.
AC
AC
Aren't
you
gonna
mention
that
in
your
review,
that
is
not
a
solution
that
I
have
a
quick
answer
for,
but
I
think
you
should
observe
that
if
that's
all
that
is
that
comes
of
this
debate,
he
may
get
poked
in
the
eye.
One
last
time
and
in
closing,
as
somebody
mentioned,
about
Jeff
Bezos
ownership
of
Whole
Foods,
please
consider
that
for
many
well-educated
well-meaning
citizens,
both
in
Asheville
and
beyond,
one
of
the
most
painful
and
dire
realities
of
life
in
this
era
is
how
the
99%
gets
stepped
on
by
the
1%.
AC
G
AD
Hi
I'm
hope
Trammell
I've
worked
for
Reid
for
about
10
years
as
a
bookkeeper
and
a
cleaner
and
I
can
tell
you
that
he
has
lost
tenants
due
to
the
noise.
Several
tenants
have
ended
their
lease
early
because
they
could
not
live
with
that
and
I
know
that
having
to
go
to
Maxwell
Street
to
work
at
Reed's
house
or
clean
nearly
every
time,
I
go
there
I'm
impacted
by
a
truck
in
the
road,
and
there
have
been
times
when
twenty-eight
Maxwell
streets
virtually
you
cannot
access
it
due
to
the
trucks.
G
B
Good
evening
my
name
is
velvet:
Hawthorne
I
live
at
17,
Maxwell
Street
right
next
door
to
Reed
I
bought
my
house
from
Reed
eight
years
ago,
not
really
understanding
what
was
going
on
at
the
time.
I
do
have
to
deal
with
the
truck's
constantly
I
know
I've
written
to
most
of
you
about
the
fact
that
my
fairly
brand
new
2016
Honda
CRV
was
hit
by
a
tractor-trailer
and
dragged
up
the
street,
while
I
was
in
the
shower
getting
ready
to
go
visit,
my
daughter
and
son-in-law
in
San
Francisco.
B
B
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
Reed.
Turning
those
into
Airbnb
I
do
an
Airbnb
out
of
my
one
bedroom
downstairs.
We
all
take
very
good
pride.
As
the
other
gentleman
said,
we
do
depend
on
our
reviews
to
get
business
from
customers
that
come
in
and
stay
that
we
take
a
lot
of
pride
in
our
homes
and
I,
don't
believe
anyone
that
runs
an
Airbnb,
at
least
in
my
neighborhood
lets
it
get
run
down
in
an
eyesore,
or
do
we
allow
our
guests
to
disturb
our
name?
B
So
I
would
strongly
ask
you
to
consider
his
request
for
this
resuming
I
personally
think
that
it
is
something
he
deserves
after
putting
up
with
15
years
of
this
and
as
everyone
else
said,
it
isn't
something
that
that
any
of
you
created.
Someone
allowed
this
to
happen
and
all
we're
asking
for
is
some
kind
of
resolution.
I
did
personally
get
a
phone
call
from
the
head
of
Whole
Foods,
the
vice
president
of
the
region,
and
he
was
very
considerate
and
kind
and
I
told
him.
B
You
know
I
would
like
for
him
to
come
and
talk
to
the
neighbors
about
what's
going
on,
but
since
my
vehicle
has
been
hit,
I
do
notice
an
inker,
a
decrease
in
the
amount
of
trucks
coming
through,
because
the
store
has
made
a
massive
effort
to
try
to
get
these
trucking
companies
to
not
come
down
our
residential
streets,
but
they
still
do
and
in
the
garbage
trucks
and
the
recycled
trucks
and
the
grease
trucks
and
and
on
and
on
so
again
the
other
issue.
If
I
still
have
another
minute,
all
right,
I,
don't
thank
you.
AE
AE
It
makes
me
think
that
this
is
also
a
potential
budgetary,
a
fiscal
matter,
because
what
you
have
here
appears
to
me
to
be
a
potential
federal
lawsuit
involving
denial
of
equal
protection
of
the
law
under
the
Fourteenth
Amendment,
and
it
would
give
rise
to
a
lawsuit
against
anybody
who
is
unofficial,
that
has
deprived
the
applicant
of
due
process
and
or
of
equal
protection
and
whether
he
wins
or
loses
that's
going
to
cost
the
city.
I,
don't
know
what
you
all
pay
attorneys
it'll
be
farmed
out
to
either
mr.
AE
Behcet's
firm,
as
was
the
bond
issue
or
another
law
firm
and
you're.
Looking
at
spending
150
thousand
dollars,
maybe
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
let's
say
of
city
tax
revenues,
because
we
know
you're
not
going
to
pay
for
it.
Personally,
it's
gonna
be
the
taxpayers.
So
what
I
see
here
is
a
potential
for
a
tax
hit
due
to
recalcitrant
attitudes
of
a
staff
and
I
end.
My
remarks
was
simply
saying:
doesn't
the
city
of
Astros
staff
have
erasers
on
their
pencils
when
they
make
mistakes?
Thank.
G
AF
Hello,
my
name
is
Joshua
Camacho
I'm,
actually,
a
new
citizen
to
Asheville,
but
I'm.
Just
gonna
make
this
nice
short
and
sweet
I.
Think
people
are
more
important
than
companies
flat
out.
So
if
somebody
is
able
to
be
treated
lesser
than
a
company
as
being
a
citizen
of
the
United
States
I,
don't
think
that
that's
fair,
a
company
is
an
entity
that
makes
money
off
of
people
where
we
have
people.
AF
Multiple
people
have
come
up
and
stated
how
not
only
did
the
richest
man
who
owns
this
company,
but
you
have
tourists
who
I
mean
our
baseball
team.
It's
called
the
tourists,
that's
why
we
make
money
to
bring
people
in
for
this
beautiful
city
that
I
moved
to
to
allow
them
to
enjoy
it
as
well.
So
the
company,
no
excuse
me
for
a
company
to
be
able
to
blatantly
go
against
fifteen
years
of
well
good.
We
can
say
them
unlawful
actions,
I,
don't
think
any
citizen
of
Asheville
would
be
able
to
do
that
without
jail
time.
AF
G
E
AG
Hello,
my
name
is
James
Judd
and
I'm.
A
resident
Asheville
I've
been
following
this
and
been
involved
for
the
pretty
much
all
time,
15
years,
trying
to
provide
Reed
with
some
justice.
I
think
people
have
before
me
has
spoken
very
eloquently,
so
I'll
try
to
keep
it
short.
One
things
I
would
be
interested
in
one
of
mr.
Minicozzi,
one
of
his
last
slides.
AG
He
was
trying
to
ask
the
question
of,
or
at
least
I
would
enjoy
an
answer
from
staff,
as
my
understanding
was
that
the
addition
of
the
2025
plan
when
he
provided
his
application
was
changed
post
that
and
and
that's
what
the
the
staff
is
presenting
now.
I
guess
I
would
be
interested
in
why
that
was
not
conveyed
to
the
applicant
at
the
time
and
and
in
general
I
guess,
I've.
Mr.
J
AG
AG
AG
You
know
I
appreciate,
I,
believe
it's
Jessica
Bernstein's
presentation
today
that
she
was
actually
going
on
over
fax
and
I.
Think
no,
we
would
probably
counted
25
different,
what
they
would
call
administrative
exceptions
which
are
basically
violations
that
were
not
enforced
with
green
life.
You
know
and
she's
basically
jotted
down
a
bunch
of
things
that
she
believes
are
not
meeting
the
code
for
the
current
but
I
wish
they
had
done
that
in
the
past
and
I
will
leave
it
at
that.
Thank
you.
Thank.
G
AH
AH
Some
might
say
it's
personal,
that's
that's
up
to
y'all
I'll
just
go
on
from
there
and
let
you
know
that
I
think
it's
absurd
that
we're
even
talking
about
the
new
comp
plan,
it's
not
being
reviewed
under
that,
and
that
is
not
fair
to
do.
It's
a
very
unprofessional
for
staff
to
even
bring
that
up
here.
I'm
a
first-hand
example
of
what
it's
like
to
live
on.
The
street
I
also
live
on.
The
street.
I
have
been
there
before
green
life
as
well
as
well
as
with
Reid.
My
front
yard
became
a
loading.
AH
Dock
I
have
lost
many
long-term
renters
to
the
point
of
2012
when
the
recession
hit
there.
Late
2010,
2011
I
lost
my
last
long-term
runner
at
4:00
in
the
morning,
with
a
very
long,
explicit
email
that
he
did
not
want
me
to
show
here
today,
you're
so
embarrassed
and
how
mad
he
was
from
trucks
from
loading
dogs,
I've
had
between
myself
and
my
long
term.
Renters
I've
had
14
vehicles.
14
vehicles
have
been
hit
by
trucks
going
in
and
out
of
green
life.
I've
had
two
totaled
vehicles
from
green
life.
AH
We
were
the
first
people
to
do
it
in
town,
I
moved
to
the
back
of
my
house,
so
I
could
sleep
at
night
and
throughout
the
morning
and
made
the
front
of
my
house
it's
now
a
legal
home
stay
I'm,
not
a
big
fan
of
short-term
rentals
I'm
a
fan
of
home
stays
where
they
are
now
I'm,
not
a
fan
of
short-term
rentals.
I.
Don't
want
to
see
our
communities
eroded
by
this
and
then
be
an
unchecked
and
unregulated
I.
AH
Also,
don't
want
to
see
my
street
being
unchecked
and
unregulated
and
that's
what's
happening
and
we
can
talk
about
Jeff
Bezos.
We
can
talk
about
green
life.
We
can
talk
about
Amazon,
but
the
property
is
owned
by
the
Turner
family.
I'm,
not
sure
why
we're
not
talking
about
just
to
make
sure
that's
representative
state,
representative,
Brian
Turner
makes
money
off
of
this
lease
from
green
life.
That
needs
to
be
in
the
record.
That
needs
to
be
considered,
I'm
pretty
sure
it's
been
considered,
and
that
might
be
why
we've
been
treated
really.
AH
AD
J
AI
E
AJ
K
E
G
W
E
AJ
There
are
rumors
out
there
that
I
need
to
give
up
something
really
on
Maxwell
Street.
We
have
lived
with
14
years
of
an
illegally
operated
commercial
alley
and
loading
in
the
street.
It's
been
completely
unenforced
for
12
years.
The
city
has
had
a
report
from
the
school
of
government,
so
everyone
has
learned
it
wasn't
in
compliance.
O
AJ
AJ
When
we
look
back
at
the
record,
it
shows
I
was
banned
after
I
had
been
corrective
action
by
counsel.
All
I
did
was
asked
staff
for
the
plan
to
get
the
trucks
off
the
street.
That
I
was
promised
by
counsel.
It's
obvious
to
me
now
that
that
was
all
just
misdirection
by
our
government.
My
neighbors
and
I
have
been
intimidated
from
speaking
out.
I
would
have
had
more
realtor
friends
here
tonight,
but
they
were
afraid
to
come
because
they
were
afraid
to
be
singled
out.
AJ
Like
I've
been
singled
out,
I've
sold
three
houses,
I've
dealt
with
continuous
nuisances.
One
of
my
tenants
went
to
Europe
and
when
she
returned
the
rats
had
eaten
the
wiring
in
her
car.
She
moved
out
and
I
sold
the
property.
Please
do
the
right
thing
can
help
mitigate
this
situation.
If
I
were
asking
for
special
treatment,
I
would
be
asking
for
what
green
life
got
14
years
ago,
I.
AJ
AJ
AJ
Planning
and
Zoning
Commission,
the
publish
minutes,
are
seven
pages
quite
by
accident.
I
ran
in
to
the
woman
that
kept
the
minutes
in
a
restaurant,
and
she
told
me
there
were
nine
pages
I.
Don't
imagine
staff
did
me
any
favors
with
their
edits.
I
feel
like
I've
been
singled
out
like
I've,
been
treated
unfairly
by
the
city
for
standing
up
for
myself.
AJ
How
can
the
planning
staff
say
the
two
issues
are
not
related
when
that's
what
planning
is
all
about?
The
interrelatedness
of
properties
had,
for
the
sake
of
all
my
neighbors,
who
have
been
through
the
same
situations,
I
have
I
think
we
ought
to
resume
the
whole
street,
so
we
can
do
so
Burrell's
because
we
all
need
a
break,
and
I
want
to
put
this
up.
G
E
AJ
K
AJ
How
is
this
gentleman
is
still
able
to
be
a
real
estate
agent,
a
lot
of
our
community.
This
is
our
Gary
man,
money
from
public
buildings.
Well,
here's
what
I'd
like
to
show
mrs.
buck
said
that
mr.
Thompson
was
another's
Canada,
it
hurt
me
he
was
lost
and
then
it
goes
on
the
cities.
She
never
felt
threatened.
Nor
did
she
actually
see
him
follow
her
anywhere
so
I
question.
AJ
What's
the
information
that
I
supplied
about
the
Turner's,
the
Turner's
owned
the
property
every
morning
when
we're
woken
up
when
I
hear
that
beat
beat
beat
from
the
garbage
truck
and
I
know,
I've
sent
you
all
pictures
where
my
daughter
sitting
in
the
window,
crying
with
the
truck
behind
her
I,
know,
I've
invited
all
of
you
to
come
out
and
have
coffee
with
me
on
my
boards
and
I
know.
None
of
you
have
taken
me
up
on
it
and
I'm.
AJ
AJ
AE
AJ
J
AJ
F
Again,
I
am
Jan
Howard
cubic
some
forty
year
resident
at
Kenilworth
people.
This
one
is
buffo.
We
all
know
that
you
didn't
do
it
you're,
not
responsible
for
it.
We
know
that
administration's
in
the
past
created
situations
like
this.
Please
please
straighten
this
one
out
for
him.
You've
been
on
that
loading
dock.
You
know
what
it
looks
like.
E
O
I've
been
acquainted
with
Reid
prior
to
my
getting
elected,
but
did
not
know
him
well
and
did
not
know
his
situation
at
all.
After
getting
elected
and
starting
to
see
his
emails
on
a
regular
basis,
I
became
aware
of
his
situation
very
quickly
and
would
bring
up
very
often.
Why
can
we
not
do
something
to
make
this
right
for
this
man
that
he
has
obviously
been
wronged
over
the
years
and
the
city
has
an
obligation
to
do
something
about
that?
O
I
came
into
this
meeting
tonight,
not
knowing
just
what
that
should
be
thinking
that
the
short-term
rentals
may
not
be
the
solution
here,
but
after
hearing
everyone
speak
tonight
and
mr.
Minow
cozies
presentation,
I
can't
contradict
anything
that
was
said
tonight
and
I'm.
Looking
at
those
two
houses
now
I
wondered
that
they
could
be
rented
for
anything
other
than
a
short-term
rental.
I
would.
J
O
Even
to
live
in
a
nice
location
like
that-
and
this
is
no
longer
when
you
also
unfamiliar
with
the
street-
and
it's
it
truly-
is
not
a
residential.
It
doesn't
feel
like
any
residential
street
that
I'd
want
to
be
letting
on
it
feels
like
commercial
street,
so
I
just
want
to
say
that
I'm
gonna
support
the
applicant,
though
it's
been
spoke
that
this
that's
president,
well
I.
Don't
really
think
it
said
its
president
I
think
I
think
this
is
a
special
case.
C
Couple
of
two
comments:
this
is
this
is
not
an
easy
situation
and
I
will
say
that
I
completely
agree
with
the
speaker
who
said
that
people
are
more
important
than
companies.
There's
no
question
about
that
for
me,
but
this
to
me
doesn't
it
doesn't
have
anything
to
do
with
green
life.
It
doesn't
have
anything
to
do
with
the
Turner
family
I'm,
not
any
any
anything
that
I
bring
to
this
conversation
has
nothing
to
do
with
those
entities.
C
The
the
truth
of
this
matter
is
what
many
is
what
everyone
has
said,
which
is
that
decisions
that
the
city
made
years
ago
were
wrong.
It
is
easy
for
us
to
sit
here
and
say
that,
but
because
I
wasn't
here,
then
I
can
say
it
and
I'll
say
it.
It
was
wrong
and
it
was
wrong
that
it
wasn't
fixed
in
the
previous
15
years.
C
It
should
have
been,
it
should
have
been
fixed
in
2007,
it
should
have
been
fixed
and
it
just
should
have
been
fixed
and
it's
it's
a
puzzle
to
me
as
to
why
it
was
not
I.
Do
not
understand
it.
Council
members
seemed
intent
on
fixing
it.
The
owner
of
green
life
seemed
intent
on
fixing
it.
The
city
staff
seemed
intent
on
fixing
it
and
I
just
cannot
understand
why
it
didn't
happen
so,
and
I
am
well
aware
that
the
city's
actions
have
it
is.
C
This
is
my
belief,
have
harmed,
probably
to
some
degree
everybody
on
that
Street,
mr.
Thompson
I
think
has
been
particularly
impacted
and
that
has
caused
enormous
distress
and
I
think
real
damage,
and
just
for
myself,
I
will
apologize
for
that.
I
think
it's
it's
well,
it's
it's!
It's
inexcusable
what
what
has
what
has
befallen
him
over
over
the
course
of
the
last
15
years?
So
all
of
that
is
very
troubling
to
me
and
and
like
Brian,
since
we
got
elected
I
think
we
have
been
trying
to
figure
this
out.
What
is
the
solution?
C
How
do
we
solve
this
problem
and
I?
Don't
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
we
have
found
it
yet.
I
am
equally
troubled
by
the
proposal
that
has
come
before
us,
mainly
because
turning
these
properties
into
short-term
rentals
doesn't
solve
the
problem.
The
problem
is
green
life.
The
problem
is
the
fact
that
there
is
a
loading
dock
where
there
shouldn't
be
a
loading
dock.
The
problem
is
that
there
is
a
loading
dock
with
no
buffer.
The
problem
is,
there
are
trucks
on
that
street
that
shouldn't
be
on
that
street.
C
Now
now,
if
we
had
rezone
dat
commercial
a
year
ago,
that
might
have
been
an
answer,
but
that's
not
what
happened.
That
is
not
where
we
are
today,
so,
where
what
we
need
to
do,
in
my
view,
is
focus
on
green
life
and
focus
on
Whole
Foods
focus
on
the
richest
man
in
the
world
and
and
I'm
I
am
happy
to
share
that
there
I
mean
those
conversations
have
opened.
Our
our
city
staff
is
in
conversations
already
with
Whole
Foods
about
them
coming
to
look
at
this
problem
and
try
to
find
a
solution
there.
C
There
have
also
been
other
options
on
the
table
for
resolving
this.
This
is
this
is
obviously
not.
This
is
not
the
first
time
we
had
this
conversation
with
mr.
Thompson,
the
the
staff
memo
references
in
mediation.
There
have
been
a
number
of
options
put
on
the
table
to
try
to
alleviate
the
distress
that
he
is
experiencing.
C
We
have
not
come
been
able
to
come
to
an
agreement
on
any
of
those
things,
but
I
remain
convinced
that
we
have
to
actually
solve
the
problem,
which
is
Whole,
Foods
and
so
I
have
committed
to
our
own
staff
that
I
will
put
energy
into
trying
to
do
that
into
trying
to
bring
pressure
to
bear
there.
I
will
to
the
degree
that
it
makes
any
sense
try
to
pull
the
the
landlords
into
that
conversation
to
put
pressure
there.
That's
where
the
pressure
needs
to
be.
C
S
Lengthy
public,
massage
discussions
surrounding
the
restriction
is
taken
place,
resulting
in
the
action
by
Council
to
prohibit
whole-house
STV
our
uses
and
generally
excuse
me
greatly
limit
the
use
elsewhere.
Number
two,
due
to
the
historic
residential
development
pattern.
There
is
not
sufficient
room
on
the
properties
to
provide
the
buffering
parking
required
by
code
number
three
on
street
parking
along
Maxwell
Street
is
purposefully,
purposely
reserved
for
long
term.
Residential
users
only
is
a
concerted
effort
to
reduce
the
impact
of
commercial
users
in
the
vicinity
and
number
four
and
the
city's
application
materials.
S
It
is
stated
that
the
conditional
zoning
tool
is
available
to
promote
land
uses
and
activities
that
benefit
the
public
in
general.
If
there
is
only
private
benefit,
the
tools
should
not
be
used.
The
action
is
only
for
the
financial
benefit
of
the
applicant
and
5
a
change
in
future
land
use
map
to
traditional
corridor
is
not
appropriate,
as
these
properties
are
more
suited
to
the
traditional
neighborhood
designation.
The
Maxwell
Street
would
not
be
identified
as
a
corridor.
That
is
the
motion.
Do.
O
E
I
J
A
K
A
Entrances
from
his
brother,
okay,
we
are
in
our
last
public
hearing
item
a
public
hearing
to
consider
conditions.
The
conditional
zoning,
a
property
located
at
511,
Brevard
Road
from
highway
business
district
to
highway
business
district
conditional
zone
and
lodging
expansion,
conditional
zone
for
the
development
of
a
four-story
hotel
building
and
a
future
development
parcel.
AK
AK
AK
The
overall
site
is
3.3
3.03
acres
and
both
South
Bear
Creek
and
Brevard
Road
or
highway
or
North
Carolina,
d-o-t
right-of-ways,
so
they're,
not
city
streets.
A
surrounding
zoning
here,
just
across
South
Bear
Creek,
is
actually
County.
Zoning.
It's
not
in
the
city's
jurisdiction
and
it's
commercial
services
and,
as
I
said
before,
to
the
west
is
regional
business.
AK
AK
The
proposal
really
is
for
two
to
divide
this
property
into
two
parcels,
so
the
lodging
expansion
conditional
zone
would
be
for
this
portion
and
this
out
parcel
would
be
highway
business
conditional
zone.
The
reason
staff
requested
this
conditional
zoning
on
the
highway
business
section
is
so
that
we
could
make
sure
that
we
got
a
sidewalk
along
South,
Bear,
Creek
Road,
and
we
also
requested
no
drive
throughs
for
that
any
future
development
on
the
parcel
which
they
agreed
to.
AK
So
the
proposed
hotel,
as
I
said,
is
here
Near
I-40.
It
has
parking
around
on
three
sides,
usually
in
a
more
urban
context.
We
would
want
no
parking
to
be
between
the
street
and
the
hotel.
This
is
a
more
suburban
context,
so
that
is
a
condition
they
are
requesting
fire.
The
fire
department
has
required
a
second
driveway,
so
that
is
what
this
driveway
is
going
out
to
South
Bear
Creek
Road.
The
proposal
includes
sidewalks
on
all
on
all
the
street
frontages.
They
have
also
agreed
to
build
a
transit
shelter.
AK
AK
So,
generally
speaking,
the
proposal
meets
most
of
our
lodging
expansion
district
code,
they're
meeting
the
number
of
a
percentage
of
openings
on
the
ground
floor
for
the
front
facade.
The
code
does
say
that.
Excuse
me
that
side
facades
should
be
closer
to
what
the
front
facade
looks
like
planning
and
zoning
pushed
this
point
with
them
and
they
added
some
windows
on
the
side
due
to
how
hotels
are
programmed.
Sometimes
it's
difficult
to
add
windows
on
the
side,
so
sod
so
they've
added
what
they
could
to
this
proposal.
AK
This
proposal
was
in
front
of
the
Planning
and
Zoning
Commission
on
just
gives
me
August
1st
and
they
voted
6
to
1
in
favor
of
the
project.
Like
I
said
they
discussed
the
side
facade
of
the
building.
There
wasn't
any
public
comment
against
the
proposal.
There
was
some
concern
by
a
neighbor
for
safety.
AK
South
Bear
Creek
here
is
somewhat
curvy
road
and
sometimes
people
drive
too
fast,
but
that's
kind
of
an
existing
condition
regardless,
if
there's
any
other
development
here
or
not
in
recent
owning
actions
in
the
area,
the
most
recent
one
was
the
Buncombe
County
transfer
station,
which
Buncombe,
which
is
the
City
Council
rezone
last
year,
but
otherwise
there's
not
much
that
has
happened
in
this
general
area.
Staff
generally
feels
that
this
is
compatible.
It
sits
right
next
to
a
highway
here.
AK
There's
not
it's
not
impacting
a
neighborhood
or
any
nearby
businesses
we're
not
in
the
middle
of
a
business
core
where
we're
impacting
surrounding
buildings
either
I
did
include
the
b1
conditions,
obviously
in
your
packet,
a
couple
of
them
just
to
make
a
note
that,
because
NCDOT
is
in
charge
of
the
right
of
ways
around
this
hotel,
there
are
a
couple
of
the
conditions.
If,
if
d-o-t
does
not
approve
those,
we
can't
enforce
them,
so
we've
kind
of
put
that
language
in
so
they
don't
have
to
come
back
to
what
else.
AK
Generally,
you
know
it's.
This
is
a
suburban
project,
so
it's
not
exactly
really
super
close
to
stores
and
other
things,
but
it
is
close
to
the
farmers
market.
Bent
Creek,
it's
about
a
mile
and
a
half
to
Haywood
Road
a
couple
miles
to
the
outlets,
so
it's
kind
of
within
general
vicinity
of
where
visitors
are
coming
to
Asheville.
That
concludes
my
report.
If,
unless
you
have
any
other
questions
for
me,.
AK
AL
Good
evening,
mayor
staff,
city,
council
persons,
my
name
is
Derrick
Allen
I
am
an
attorney
at
Ward,
and
Smith
I
represent
the
applicant
black
stream
development
to
principles
from
black
streamer.
Here
this
evening,
fort
Elliott
and
Josh
Howard,
and
then
Chris
daily
rounds
out
our
design
team
he's
from
several
design
concepts
and
has
strong
they're
wonderful
drawings.
We've
been
looking
at
on
the
site
plan
when
we
first
had
this
in
front
of
City
Council.
AL
A
couple
of
weeks
ago,
there
was
clear
there
are
a
couple
things
that
staff
want
us
to
go
back
and
take
a
look
at
we've
implemented.
All
those
conditions
staff
has
gone
over.
Those
I
want
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
this
project
and
this
developer
black
string
developments
from
Greenville
South
South
Carolina.
They
started
out
three
years
ago.
AL
Two
years
ago
they
put
an
office
in
downtown
Asheville
here
in
PAC
square
rabbie,
side,
French,
Broad,
chocolates,
staffs
been
super
receptive
and
helpful
and
I
was
in
getting
through
this
and
they
pointed
out
that
complies
with
the
land
use
plan
and
then
looking
at
it
from
a
language
professional.
We
all
look
at
this
property
that
you
see
here
and
kind
of
reach
the
conclusion
what
else
is
going
to
go
here.
This
thing
is
really
an
island
with
an
island.
AL
If
you
look
at
this
part
here,
you
see
that
it's
bounded
by
Bear
Creek
Road,
as
well
as
Rivard
Road,
which
is
heavily
trafficked
as
well
as
interstate
40.
If
you
blow
it
out
a
little
bit,
which
I've
done
with
this
particular
aerial
shot,
you
see
that
if
you
go
further
down
and
send
between
interstate
26
as
well,
so
it's
really
stuck
in
between
the
interstate
exchanges.
There.
It
seems
like
it's
perfect,
to
get
on
and
off
and
provide
something
that's
different
than
your
typical
downtown
type
hotel
or
your
airport
hotel
development.
AL
There
were
no
issues
at
TRC,
no
issues
at
Planning
and
Zoning.
As
a
6-1
vote.
We
originally
included
a
long
list
of
conditions,
limits
on
height
limits,
on
number
of
rooms,
limits
on
parking
spaces,
sidewalk
requirements
and
we've
since
included
this
our
arms
entirely,
the
property,
a
bus-stop,
open
space,
Greenway
easement,
interconnectivity
between
the
out
parcel
and
the
hotel
parcel,
and
then
we've
added
in
that
no
drive-throughs
will
be
there.
AL
We've
added
an
shuttle
service
from
the
hotel
to
what
we
call
reasonable
locations,
which
would
include
downtown,
would
include
the
airport
include
the
retail
area
on
the
other
end
of
Rivard
Road
down
by
the
outlets
outside
of
those
condition,
those
conditions
we've
made
additional
commitments.
We've
made
commitments
to
provide
a
living
wage
I
met
with
just
economics
this
afternoon
to
start
that
program
and
we've
also
significantly
committed
to
contribute
at
least
$150,000
to
the
land,
trust
that
the
city
is
establishing
for
land
to
bank
for
affordable
housing.
AL
That
commitment
our
intention
is
to
be
triggered
in
the
first
calendar
year
following
occupancy
of
the
hotel
impale
in
six
annual
installments
of
$25,000
each.
That
really
is
an
acknowledgment
of
the
fact
that
we
do
have
an
affordable
housing
issue
and
folks
have
mentioned
that.
For
this
parcel-
and
it
just
doesn't
work
there,
it
just
doesn't
work
and
we've
heard
put
your
money
where
your
mouth
is,
and
so
that's
that's
what
we're
doing
I
would
like
to
introduce
Chris
de
whoever
some
of
the
finer
points
of
the
project
is
new.
E
AM
Gonna
be
super
fast,
okay,
mayor
members
of
council,
my
name
is
Chris
day
with
civil
design
concepts,
I'd
like
to
thank
Sasha
and
staff
for
all
their
assistance
to
get
us
here
tonight.
As
Derek
pointed
out,
we
are
kind
of
in
this
island
between
interstate
26
and
I-40,
the
besides
the
fact
that
you
know,
as
you
go
down
south
Bear
Creek
this
area,
we've
got
like
a
pest
control
place
and
the
the
RV
park
as
you
go
down.
You've
got
some
topography
challenges
in
this
area
as
well,
once.
AM
The
the
interstate
I
26
to
40
it
really
does
get
into
a
residential
neighborhood,
but
a
residential
area.
That
area
is
kind
of
the
threshold,
while
there's
a
cup
of
few
houses
back
on
this
side.
Most
of
this
is
its
business
and
it
solves
own
business.
Some
of
this
is
County
its
own
commercial
service,
which
is
similar
to
the
highway
business
zoning
and
then
the
rest
of
this
area
is
on
regional
business,
which
is
the
same
as
the
Asheville
outlets.
AM
We
made
an
effort
here
to
orient
the
building
and
place
it
up
against
the
interstate
for
one.
It
helps
to
provide
any
type
of
shielding
and
buffering
towards
the
uses
as
you
leave.
It
also
creates
an
out
parcel
here
that
out
parcel
would
remain
highway
business
but
as
Derek
made
reference
we
are
committing
to
to
restricting
that
to
no
drive-throughs.
AM
The
other
thing
that
the
HBC
does
is
it
ensures
that
we
provide
whatever
goes
on
this
out
parcel
that
it
provides
pedestrian
connectivity
to
the
hotel
use
that
is
adjacent
the
vehicular
access
there.
The
second
access
was
a
requirement
of
Fire
Marshal.
While
we
have
it
shown
in
this
specific
location
as
that
out
parcel
gets
developed,
it
would
be
our
intention
that
it
may
adjust
slightly
to
accommodate
what
retail
or
use
went
on
that
highway.
AM
E
Hi,
what's
your
question?
I,
don't
know
whether
this
is
for
you
or
the
applicant
I'm,
not
really
sure,
but
the
I
know
they
don't.
They
haven't
yet
submitted
a
plan
for
the
out
parcel,
but
I
guess
I
would
encourage
that
to
be
as
local
as
it
can
be.
I
mean
I'm,
assuming
it's
going
to
be
some
sort
of
food
place.
Maybe
but
I
just
was
curious.
What
the
plan
is
for
about
out
parcel
and
if
there
isn't
a
plan,
hopefully
it's
local,
so.
L
L
AI
Sorry,
yes,
mr.
mayor
vice
mayor
council,
members
and
staff
good
evening,
I
was
introduced
earlier
I'm
Josh
Howard.
This
is
my
business
partner,
Ford
Elliot.
We
are
both
very
happy
to
stand
before
you
this
evening.
As
as
Derek
stated
earlier,
black
stream
is
a
proud
member
of
Asheville
business
community
and
our
PAC
square
location.
Black
stream
is
committed
to
Asheville,
and
that
is
why
we
are
excited
about
this
project.
As
a
member
of
the
community,
we
recognize
that
affordable
housing
is
an
important
issue.
AI
While
housing
did
not
work
for
this
site,
we
recognize
the
need
and
are
committed
to
being
good
community
stewards.
That
is
why
we
are
committing
to
contribute
150,000
to
the
Asheville
Buncombe
Land
Trust.
On
behalf
of
our
team.
We
thank
you
for
your
time,
attention
and
consideration
of
this
project.
We
ask
for
your
support
and
approval.
Thank
you.
AI
A
Now
we've
got
someone
here
who
can
speak
to
the
Land
Trust?
It
is
not
a
condition.
The
Land
Trust
is
a
separate
will
be
a
separate
nonprofit
entity
working
in
partnership
with
the
city,
among
others,
and
we,
this
council
has
heard
previously
presentations
about
that,
and
the
city
actually
has
I
think
two
staff
that
are
on
the
board
for
the
Land
Trust.
A
AI
As
a
mr.
Allen
alluded
to
earlier,
yes,
we're
committed
to
the
Land
Trust
and
starting
to
fund
the
rent,
Land
Trust
within
the
calendar
year
after
occupancy,
and
so
are
obviously
are,
as
we
see
it
as
soon
as
we
can
get
going
on
this
project,
we
will
be,
we
will
begin
it
as
soon
as
we
can
and
and
obviously
we
will
build
it
within
the
time
allotted
and
certainly
get
it
started.
Certainly,
within
the
time
allotted
about
the
conditional
zoning
rules
and.
A
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
willingness
to
do
that.
I
do
want
to
credit.
My
council
member
here,
Keith
young
and
I.
Think
working
with
Shaniqua
as
well
came
up
with
this
creative
concept
to
try
to
help
us
marry
the
challenges
we're
having
around
tourism
and
hotel
growth
with
this
continuing,
affordable
housing
crisis
were
experiencing
in
Asheville,
so
you
know
we're
trying
to
balance
the
interests
of
the
community
and
we're
pleased
to
hear
that
you're
willing
to
participate
in
this
way.
We.
A
A
C
AK
AK
AK
AK
C
AK
N
A
A
AK
AK
A
A
A
C
Thanks
and
I
don't
have
any
other
questions.
I
just
I've
had
I've
had
several
conversations
with
Derek
about
this
and
I
appreciate
all
of
the
sort
of
community
benefits
that
the
applicant
is
willing
to
provide
as
a
part
of
this
project.
I
think
that's
great
I
think
that's
it's
it's
it's
become
it's.
What
has
to
happen
when
you
build
a
hotel
in
this
town
today,
I
am
as
Derek
knows.
I
am
NOT.
Gonna
support
this
project
as
we
as
I
discussed
with
him.
I
really
think
this
is
a.
C
This
is
a
place
where
we
we
really
need
multifamily.
I
understand
the
applicant
builds
a
lot
of
multifamily
I
understand.
You
ran
the
numbers
and
it
doesn't
work
here.
Mike.
One
of
my
perhaps
my
greatest
academic
failing
is
that
I
never
took
economics.
So
when
people
say
to
me,
we
can't
get
the
numbers
work.
I
got
nothing,
I
got
nothing
to
say:
I
never
took
economics.
I
know
it's
astonishing,
but
but
but
here's.
C
K
C
A
You
know
I
I
struggle
with
the
fact
that
we've
got
six
hotels
and
the
pipeline,
this
being
one
of
them.
That
I
know
of
there
may
be
more
that
I.
Don't
that
I,
don't
know
of
and
I
mean
I
even
see
some
future
applicants
sitting
in
the
audience
and
I.
You
know,
I
myself
have
personally
toyed
with
whether
or
not
we
should
consider
a
moratorium
for
on
hotels
for
the
city
period,
but
realistically,
legally
moratoriums
are
very
difficult
in
North
Carolina
there.
If
you
can
get
them
passed,
they're
extremely
temporary,
but
I
I
do
so.
A
It's
we've
got
a
lot
of
different
things
happening
and
I
I
do
think
it's
important
that
people
understand
and
applicants
that
are
coming
forward
with
hotels,
understand
that
we're
going
to
have
to
consider
each
one
of
these
applications
individually.
We're
going
to
have
to
look
at
them
very
carefully
for
that
for
we're
really
going
to
need
to
understand
how
the
particular
project
is
going
to
contribute
to
our
city
and
I.
Think
in
this
situation,
the
applicant
has
worked
hard
to
figure
out
a
way
to
to
meet
some
of
the
issues
that
were
we're.
A
Having
especially
around
housing,
so
I,
you
know
I,
don't
and
you
know,
I'll
leave
you
with
this
final
note.
You
know
I
think,
there's
a
tendency,
especially
in
the
hotel
industry,
to
think
well
we're
building
these
hotels,
we're
going
to
generate
this
property
tax
revenue,
why
you
know
we
create
jobs
and
so
on
and
so
forth
and
and
we've
actually
been
able
to
do,
come
a
little
bit
of
a
deep
dive
on
the
revenue
side.
A
Think
in
their
mind
it's
a
lot
bigger
number,
but
it's
not,
and
what
that
means
is
the
taxpayers
are
subsidizing
the
infrastructure
improvements
needed
to
help
maintain
a
city
that
hosts
that
many
people
that
come
to
it
every
day.
That's
what
that
means.
Now,
there's
certainly
an
argument
to
be
made
about
the
economics
around
the
hotel
industry
and
the
tourism
industry
that
have
helped
keep
this
city
strong
for
as
many
years
as
it
has
been
and
I
understand
that
and
that's
about
it.
A
But
when
you
sit
in
this
seat
and
you
look
at
how
much
it
costs
to
fix
sidewalks
and
to
pave
roads
and
to
keep
a
community
safe,
firefighters,
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
try
to
provide
a
forum
that
creates
good
quality
jobs
for
the
people
that
live
here
it
you
know
every
day
we
struggle
with
it
every
day.
I
mean
I,
really
just
the
one
thing
to
keep
me
up
at
night.
O
AG
Y
O
J
S
To
approve
the
conditional
zoning
requests
for
a
highway
business
district
to
lodging
expansion,
traditional
zone
for
the
main
stage,
Suites
Hotel
at
511,
Brevard
Road,
with
the
requested
conditions
and
find
that
the
request
is
reasonable,
is
in
the
public
interest
and
it
is
consistent
with
the
living
Asheville,
Comprehensive,
Plan
and
then
number
one.
The
project
is
located
in
a
well
established
commercial
area,
number
two
increases
pedestrian
connectivity
and
the
three
new
shelter
will
be
built
at
the
existing
art.
Stop
on
Brevard
Road.
A
Promotion,
drug
second
I
have
a
motion
and
a
second
before
we
vote.
I
did
also
want
to
thank
I
know
we
have
in
the
audience
David
Barton,
who
is
one
of
the
folks
knowledgeable
about
the
land
trust,
so
we
asked
you
to
be
here
tonight.
Thank
you
very
much
in
case
there
were
any
questions
about
that.
Okay,
I
have
a
motion
and
a
second
all,
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye,.
J
A
G
E
E
So
the
boards
and
commissions
committee
will
wants
to
riad
Verte
eyes
for
the
citizen
police
advisory
committee,
the
civil
service
board,
the
neighborhood
Advisory
Committee
and
the
public
arts
and
culture
commission
primarily
because
we
didn't
have
applicants,
but
in
one
case
the
public,
art
and
the
cultural
Commission
wanted
us
to
react.
Vert
eyes
to
potentially
look
at
some
more
diversity
on
that
Commission
I,
don't
think
I
mean
it.
L
E
A
K
AN
A
J
AN
AN
Despite
these
efforts,
one
day
of
work
every
year
or
two
is
clearly
insufficient
to
thwart
this
invasive,
which
has
already
destroyed
three
million
acres
of
land
in
the
southeast
and
is
now
found
everywhere
throughout
Asheville
I'm,
particularly
concerned
about
kudzu
and
our
public
green
spaces,
as
Asheville
continues
to
grow,
while
our
urban
canopy
shrinks.
It's
especially
important
to
protect
and
maintain
our
parks.
AN
Kudzu
represents
one
of
the
greatest
threats
to
our
parks
and
green
spaces.
It
kills
everything
in
its
path.
It
destroys
habitats,
strangles
trees
and
leaves
in
its
wake.
What
you
see
in
the
pictures
that
I've
been
showing
you.
We
are
not
the
only
people
concerned
about
this
noxious
invasive.
Other
cities
have
begun
using
a
novel
means
to
address
it.
Livestock
grazing,
in
other
words,
goats.
AN
In
the
end,
I
think
the
issue
is
best
framed
by
evaluating
the
true
cost
of
the
three
alternatives.
First,
to
continue
lays
a
fair
management.
Secondly,
to
begin
treating
the
area
with
toxic
chemicals
or
third
to
eradicate
kudzu,
with
persistent
management
through
livestock
grazing.
With
the
first
option,
it
seems
likely
that
within
the
next
few
years,
the
entire
green
'we
will
be
covered
with
kudzu
and
many
of
its
trees
and
undergrowth
dead
or
dying
with
the
second
option.
Our
waterways
are
poisoned.
AN
A
AN
AK
AN
AE
AE
The
hospital
corporation
of
the
corporation
went
to
court
and
challenged
the
assessment
and
got
it
reduced,
70
percent.
So
what
happened
is
that
there
was
a
large
tax
rate
increase
for
the
citizens
Silva.
When
you
go
to
this
meeting,
I
implore
you
to
get
this
straight
up
cleared
with
the
members
of
the
hospital
Corporation
of
America
have
been
reduced
to
writing
that
they
will
not
seek
to
challenge
the
assessment
of
the
properties
that
they
will
be
acquiring
here,
which
I
understand
is
the
largest
amount
of
taxable
property
by
one
entity
in
the
entire
county.
AE
Don't
count
your
chickens
before
they
hatch
your
budget
has
already
in
dire
circumstances
and
if
you're,
counting
on
this
as
additional
income,
be
very
careful
that
you're
not
led
down
the
rosy
path
and
that
a
major
national
corporation
which
has
bean
counters
and
lots
of
expensive
attorneys,
are
going
to
challenge
the
tax
assessment
and
by
the
way,
while
it's
challenged,
no
taxes
are
paid.
While
the
matters
in
litigation,
the
the
taxpayer
has
no
obligation.
That's
what
happened
in
silver
didn't
get
our
dime.
While
the
matter
was
pending
and
there's.
AE
A
J
R
Yep
yeah
all
260,
slides
I
can't
talk
that
fast
in
ten
minutes.
As
you
all
know,
I
work
around
the
planet
I
was
actually
talking
with
we're
doing
a
partnership
in
Australia
last
night
and
I
work
with
governments
and
I
consult
governments
and
help
governments
with
leadership,
making
economic
decisions
and
moving
their
communities
forward.
R
You
know,
I
was
talking
with
Cathy
about
this
there's
there's
a
sense
in
a
culture
of
winning
inside
government
at
the
cost
of
other
people,
and
it's
not
a
culture
of
promoting
our
community
forward
in
solving
problems
and
we
create
mountains
out
of
molehills
all
to
lose
other
opportunities.
You
all
put
me
on
the
I-26
aesthetics
committee.
We
have
16
months
to
make
decisions.
R
We
were
I
was
put
on
in
June
and
we
just
had
our
first
meeting
last
month
and
it
wasn't
technically
our
real
first
meeting,
because
our
first
meeting
really
is
gonna,
be
November
16
months
to
give
our
input
on
enhancing
the
quality
of
our
community.
It's
not
gonna
happen.
We're
not
gonna,
be
able
to
bring
items
forward
because
it's
already
too
late.
R
You
know
this
is
something
that
just
disturbs
me
beyond
all
compare
and
it
disheartens
me
because
I
have
faith
in
government
I
work
with
governments,
I
try
to
help
governments
and
I
see
my
own
community
melt
away
in
front
of
me.
I'm
just
disappointed
you're.
Looking
at
somebody,
that's
lost
faith,
has
his
heart
broken
and
is
witnessed
an
unbelievably
low
level
of
decision-making.
This
is
not
leadership.
R
AA
Name
is
Jonathan
Wainscott,
it
kind
of
feels
like
Monday
after
this
nice
long
weekend
that
we
had
really
busy
lots
of
people
visiting
here.
It
was
indigenous
peoples
day
here
in
Asheville.
Two
years
ago,
City
Council
made
this
proclamation
declaring
Columbus
Day
to
be
indigenous
peoples
day,
because
we
need
to
recognize
that
the
prosperity
that
we
have
here
in
North
America
came
at
the
expense
of
displacing
the
established
brown
people
that
were
here
before
us,
and
you
know
that's
that's
happening
again
here
in
Asheville,
not
with
the
Native
American
population.
AA
The
African
American
population
is
Barbara
white
horn
pointed
out
again
a
few
weeks
ago.
The
African
American
population
is
falling
from
17
percent
to
12
percent
and
less
than
a
generation
from
the
year.
2000
2017
and
Barbara
Whitehorn
also
pointed
out
that
it
has
to
do
with
the
big
influx
of
white
people
into
the
area
pushing
out
on
the
ground
people,
but
we
did
a
great
job
coming
up
with
a
proclamation
to
observe
indigenous
peoples
day.
You
have
the
power
of
proclamations
to
bring
attention
to
it
matter.
AA
The
hotel
tax
is
creating
unwittingly
ethnic
cleansing
here
in
Asheville
by
attracting
affluent
people
who
are
mostly
white
I.
Don't
think
black
people
have
the
problem
with
too
much
affluence.
I
haven't
heard
that
so
principles
are
important,
but
practicality,
matters
as
well.
When
is
anybody?
Gonna
have
the
courage
to
stand
up
to
the
lack
of
morality
around
our
hotel
tax
and
how
it
gets
used.
Three
million
hotels
give
us
three
million
dollars
in
property
taxes
and
we
get
twenty
million
dollars
in
the
hotel
tax,
and
you
say
that
you
can't
do
anything
about
it.
AA
AM
J
AA
Versus
indigenous
peoples
day,
but
I
know
that
you
don't
care
more
about
Cal's
and
you
do
the
african-american
community,
but
we're
just
sitting
here
watching
the
TDA,
which
is
a
hundred
percent
white
people
represented
by
Julie
Mayfield.
Who
is
a
white
woman
on
a
board
of
nothing
but
white
people
to
spend
twenty
million
dollars?
There's
one
person
of
color
on
the
board
one
person
of
color
on
the
board:
that's
it
you
could
quit
and
let
Shaniqua
be
there
and
then
there
would
be
an
african-american
on
the
board
Julie.
You.
AA
Sure
she
doesn't
want
to
do
it
I,
don't
think
any
of
you
should
I
think
you
should
all
boycott
it
and
let
the
you
know,
agency
such
as
is
go
to
font,
not
appoint
any
more
members.
Do
something
about
it.
You
can
do
something
you
can
make
proclamations.
You
have
referendums,
you
can
point
panels,
do
something.
Please.
A
AO
Love
the
Asheville
City
Council
into
closed
session
for
the
problem
reads
to
prevent
disclosure
of
information
and
its
privileged
and
confidential
pursuant
to
the
laws
of
North
Carolina
and
not
considered
a
public
record
within
the
meaning
of
chapter
132
of
the
General
Statutes.
The
law
that
makes
information
privileged
and
confidential
is
north
carolina
general
statute
143
through
318
10,
a
3.
AO
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
to
318
11,
a
1
to
consult
with
an
attorney
employed
by
the
city
about
matters
with
respect
to
which
the
attorney-client
privilege
between
the
city
and
if
attorney,
must
be
preserved,
including,
but
not
limited
to
a
lawsuit
involved
involving
the
following
parties:
Jane
Robert,
West
versus
city
of
Asheville.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
through
318
11,
a
3
to
consider
the
qualifications,
competent
performance
character,
fitness
our
conditions
of
appointment
of
an
individual
public
officer
or
employee.
AO
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
through
318
11,
a
6,
and
to
prevent
the
disclosure
of
information
that
is
confidential.
Pursuant
to
north
carolina
general
statute,
160
a
through
168,
the
personnel
Privacy
Act,
the
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
through
318
11,
a
1
second.