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From YouTube: City Council Agenda Briefing – April 20, 2023
Description
Regular agenda briefing work session of the Asheville City Council.
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A
All
right
good
morning,
my
name
is
Deborah
Campbell
and
I
serve
in
the
role
as
the
city
manager
and
I
want
to
welcome
you
to
our
April
20th
agenda
briefing
work
session.
We
do
apologize
that
the
mayor
and
vice
mayor
are
running
a
little
late,
but
we
expect
them
to
join
us
very
shortly.
All
council,
members
and
staff
are
participating
in
this
meeting.
Virtually
the
live
meeting
will
be
streamed
on
the
city's
YouTube
channel.
Access
to
the
YouTube
icon
on
the
front
page
of
the
city's
website
are
via
the
live
stream.
A
The
25th
we
normally
at
these
meetings
also
have
an
assistant
city
manager,
review
the
items
that
will
be
on
the
agenda
and
then,
following
that
fairly
detailed
review
of
agenda
items,
we
then
go
to
other
items
of
Interest
or
for
Council
in
the
community,
so
assistant
city
manager,
Rachel
Wood,
will
be
reviewing
the
agenda.
Work
session
and
I
believe
that
Ben
Woody
will
also
share
in
presenting
information.
So
I
will
now
turn
it
over
to
Rachel.
B
Thank
you
Deborah
and
good
morning,
council
members
launching
into
the
April
25th
city
council
meeting
agenda.
There
is
a
proclamation
scheduled
for
that
meeting,
celebrating
April
29th
as
Arbor
Day
I'm,
now
going
to
go
into
the
consent
agenda
and,
as
is
typical,
I'm
going
to
go
kind
of
by
exception,
highlighting
a
few
items.
If
you
have
questions
on
other
items,
please
let
me
know
and
we'll
be
happy
to
answer
questions
on
any
items
that
I
skip
over
I'm,
going
to
start
with
Item
B
under
consent.
B
This
is
an
item
for
our
Water
Resources
team.
It's
a
three-year
180
000
contract
agreement
with
Mills
River
partnership
to
support
projects
intended
to
protect
or
improve
the
water
quality
of
the
Mills
River
watershed.
This
is
a
continuation
of
a
previous
2020
agreement
with
the
same
group.
Moving
on
to
item
C.
This
is
requesting
authorization
to
apply
for
a
two
million
dollar
find
and
replacement
loan
through
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Water
infrastructure.
It's
a
zero
percent
interest
loan
for
a
term
of
up
to
20
years.
B
Water
Resources
is
required
to
conduct
an
inventory
of
lead
or
galvanized
Lines
by
October
2024.
This
is
a
state
requirement
if
the
loan
is
awarded
the
find
and
replacement
project
will
be
performed
in
areas
deemed
as
underserved
communities
by
ncdeq
and
identified
as
vulnerable
using
the
city's
climate
Justice
map.
B
Moving
on
to
item
e
item
e
is
also
related
to
ncdeq.
This
is
coming
from
our
public
works
department,
requesting
authorization
to
apply
for
a
four
hundred
thousand
dollar
Grant
through
NCD
eq's,
highly
competitive
local
assistance
for
stormwater
infrastructure,
Investments
grant
program.
The
grant
has
no
local
match
requirement
and
if
awarded
it
will
be
used
for
system
mapping,
Watershed
planning
and
an
infant
infrastructure
condition
assessment.
B
Moving
on
to
item
G
item
G
is
the
requested
conveyance
of
Hunt
Hill
to
KL
training.
Solutions
KL
training
Solutions
amongst
other
programs,
provides
the
my
daddy
taught
me
that
program
in
Asheville
you've
previously
received
a
briefing
from
Nikki
Reed
on
this
item
and
city
council
received
a
memo
regarding
this
convenience
last
week.
I
do
want
to
note
that
the
conveyance
was
reviewed
by
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
this
past
Tuesday
and
the
conveyance
was
recommended
in
a
3-0
vote.
C
Sorry
I
was
part
of
that
review
yesterday
and
recommendation
and
Keenan
Lake
was
present
as
well,
and
there
was
some
conversation
around
him
being
there
and
with
some
of
the
kids
as
well
and
I,
don't
know
I,
don't
know
if
it
makes
sense
to
pull
it
from
consent
to
give
them
a
moment
to
discuss
or
we'll
be.
What
are
we
can?
We
ask
them
to
make
a
public
comment
like
I
would
like
to
hear
from
them.
Is
my
goals.
A
C
B
B
Planned
under
presentations
is
a
state
of
the
airport
presentation.
This
will
be
provided
by
airport
director,
Lou
bliweis
and,
following
that,
I
will
be
making
a
presentation
as
part
of
the
city
manager's
report.
The
presentation
that
I'm
going
to
make
is
a
follow-up
to
the
discussion
that
was
held
on
March,
2nd
and
3rd
at
the
city
council's
annual
Retreat
and
the
intent
behind
this
conversation
is
going
to
be
reviewing
and
getting
your
feedback
on
the
draft
Consolidated
strategic
priority
goals.
B
So
if
you
look
at
the
draft
agenda,
that's
attached
in
today's
agenda,
we've
actually
linked
under
the
city
managers
report
section
the
draft
presentation
that
I
plan
on
going
through,
as
well
as
a
draft
spreadsheet
that
lists
all
70
of
the
goals
that
were
drafted
at
the
March,
2nd
and
3rd
Retreat
and
then
side
by
side.
There
is
the
Consolidated
lifts
of
strategic
priority
goals
that
staff
worked
on
paring
down
over
the
course
of
the
last
month.
B
So,
as
a
part
of
the
city
manager's
report
presentation
on
Tuesday,
we
do
want
to
get
feedback
on
any
revisions
that
the
city
council
might
want
to
see
to
that
Consolidated
list
of
goals,
so
that
we
can
then
use
that
information
to
inform
final
decisions
around
the
city.
Manager's
recommended
budget
presentation,
as
well
as
our
organizational
work
plan
that
would
go
into
effect
on
July
1
with
the
start
of
the
fiscal
year
2024
budget.
D
A
And
and
regular
effect,
I
could
just
interjected
just
a
moment.
Do
you
all
think
that
you
came
up
with
70
Golds
at
The
Retreat
when
I
saw
the
number
on
Rachel's
presentation?
I
was
like
this
must
be
a
typo.
Surely
we
didn't
you
all
didn't
come
up
with
70
goals,
but
we
we
really.
We
really
did,
and
so
what
what
righteous
tried
to
do
is
to
kind
of
narrow
it
down
and
we're
still
at
a
lot.
A
E
Yeah
I
just
wanted
to
Express
gratitude
on
this.
One
I'm
really
excited
to
see
this
I
think
that
this
type
of
information
helps
us
in
our
role
on
the
balcony,
as
you
all
are
doing
a
great
job
on
the
Dance
Floor
leading
this
work
and
I
think
a
lot
of
the
goals
that
are
being
suggested
here,
look
like
strategies
and
it's
exciting
right,
because
we've
been
online
for
a
while.
E
E
Tactically
and
I
would
like
them
to
be
a
little
more
looking
up
and
out
and
I
worry
that
it
will
get
word
Smithy
if
it's
just
like
a
five
minute
touch
during
agenda
so
curious.
Could
you
tell
me
more
about
that
process
so
that
I
don't
get
bogged
down
with
my
contributions,
but
that
that
we
can
weigh
in
at
the
Strategic
level
for
which
we're
elected
absolutely.
B
E
B
E
Awesome
I
know
that
just
a
follow-up
that
we've
been
talking
on
the
environment
and
Public
Safety
Committee
that
we
want
to
spend
some
time
this
spring,
maybe
in
our
main
meeting
really
looking
at
these.
So
perhaps
that's
a
process
as
well
that
for
the
Committees,
where
these
goal
areas
are
most
relevant,
we
could
be
like
the
next
cut
at
thinking
through
this
not
to
to
just
further
the
depth
and
precision,
because
again,
just
saying
we
want
affordable
housing
is
not
going
to
get
us
there.
E
B
And
you're
spot
on,
like
that
council
member
Ullman.
Actually,
if
you
look
at
the
next
steps
that
we've
actually
had
in
the
in
the
slides,
you
just
got
this
yesterday,
but
that's
that's
one
of
the
next
steps
that
we've
identified.
In
addition
to
developing
the
organizational
work
plan,
we
want
to
use
these
goals
to
inform
some
of
those
key
policy
areas
of
focus
that
would
be
on
the
council
committee
work
plan
as
okay.
Thank
you.
F
G
Thank
you,
I
did
wonder
if,
in
addition
to
taking
the
list
of
71,
which
is
a
lot
and
definitely
as
I'm
reading
through
them,
I
saw
some
need
for
clarity.
For
my
understanding,
I
did
appreciate
the
suggestion
and
take
this
to
committee,
but
we're
not
all
in
all
the
Committees,
so
I
wondered
if
it's
possible
to
do
like
a
side-by-side
sort
of
memo
touch
Point.
G
B
We
can
certainly
prepare
memo.
I
I
would
want
a
little
more
clarity
on
on
the
level
of
detail
that
you
want
provided
so
council
member
Rooney.
Maybe
we
could
have
a
conversation
just
so.
I
could
get
some
clarity
to
make
sure
I'm
meeting
expectations
around
that,
but
certainly
whatever
tools
you
want
and
and
absolutely
our
hope
is-
that
there's
direct
alignment
between
these
strategic
priority
goals.
G
Yeah
I
I
think
well
ending
end
in
mind.
Kind
of
goal
here
is
to
not
word
Smith
in
a
meeting
71
different
points
from
Seven
perspectives.
I
think
that
would
be
a
a
waste
of
all
of
our
valuable
time.
However,
I
do
think,
there's
probably
a
way
to
do
this
in
advance
or
in
a
document,
while
we
ascended
to
the
subcommittees
so
I'm
happy
to
discuss
that
further
with
you.
E
A
B
H
Thank
you
Rachel
good
morning,
vice
mayor
and
Council,
I'm
gonna,
you
have
a
lot
of
public
hearings
at
this
meeting.
You
have
four
so
that
that
is
more
than
we
normally
have
so
I'm
going
to
go
through
each
of
these
and
give
some
high
level
detail.
And
again,
if
you
have
any
questions,
please
just
stop
me
or
let
me
know:
Katie
and
I'm
gonna
have
Maps
I'm
going
to
show
as
I
go
through
these.
H
So
we'll
start
with
our
first
public
hearing,
which
is
a
conditional
zoning
request
off
of
restaurant
Court,
which
is
a
road
that
that
connects
and
comes
off
of
Tunnel
Road.
This
is
a
1.31
acre
parcel
of
land
that
is
proposed
to
have
a
a
development,
a
multi
or
a
affordable
housing,
multi-family
development
that
exceeds
50
units
because
it
does
have
more
than
50
units.
It
has
to
come
to
council
for
conditional
zoning
approval.
The
project
itself
actually
has
60
units
that'll,
be
in
a
four
to
five
story.
H
Building
it's
a
new
construction,
as
you
can
see,
the
parcels
currently
vacant
there'll
also
be
a
single
Story
community
amenity
building
as
part
of
the
project.
The
developer
is
proposing
that
a
hundred
percent
of
the
units
be
affordable
at
an
overall
average
level
of
80,
Ami
or
lower
for
a
period
of
40
years.
That's
the
zoning
condition
that
will
be
in
place.
H
However,
my
understanding
is,
the
developer
is
actually
targeting
a
mix
of
units
between
60
and
30
percent
of
Ami
of
approximately
20
percent
of
those
affordable
units
will
be
designated
for
youth
that
are
aging
out
of
foster
care.
So
that's
really
the
the
unit
makeup
and
mix
for
this
project
Council
previously
approved
a
Housing
Trust
Fund
loan
for
this
project
that
enabled
the
applicant
to
purchase
the
property
to
acquire
it.
This
project
went
to
TRC
in
March.
H
I
There
can
you
hear
me:
yes,
then,
just
a
heads
up
that
I'm
going
to
ask
this
at
the
meeting.
I,
don't
necessarily
need
an
answer
today,
but
I
was
under
the
impression
back
from
my
affordable
housing
committee
chair
days
that
we
expedite
projects
through
review
that
are
affordable
and
in
recent
months,
with
all
of
these
great
projects
queuing
up
I've
been
asking
folks
is
it
you
know,
are
you
getting
through
the
process
quicker
and
are
you
getting
expedited
and
stuff
and
each
time
folks
have
said
I
wasn't
aware,
that's
a
thing.
H
Yes,
we
can
good
good
question
councilman
Turner.
We
can
definitely
speak
to
that.
I
can
I
can
talk
to
will
Palmquist
about
that.
Just
two
points
I'll
make
on
that.
We
don't
necessarily
expedite
the
entitlement
process,
so
the
steps
that
a
development
takes
to
go
to
planning
and
zoning
and
then
come
to
council.
That
is
a
lot
of
that's
laid
out
and
statutory
requirements.
So
I
would
say,
the
entitlement
piece
is
is
not
necessarily
expedited.
I
mean
there
is.
H
You
could
consider
the
thresholds
by
which
things
have
to
come
to
council,
so
that
could
be
a
consideration
in
terms
of
how
you
may
expedite
something.
But
beyond
that,
once
it
goes
into
the
staff
level
review.
So
once
the
entitlement's
done,
we
do
have
an
internal
process
to
try
to
expedite
the
building
plan
review
and
certainly
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
developers
and
applicants
that
are
pursuing
affordable
housing
do
know
that
and
are
aware
of
it.
So
good
good
question
and
thanks
for
bringing
that
up.
I
Sure
and
then
I
had
one
more
question,
so
this
may
be
for
Brad.
We
keep
saying
this
project.
It
has
a
set
aside
for
foster
it
folks
aging
out
of
foster
care.
Recently
we
had
another
project
that
was
targeting
a
specific
population,
I
believe
it
was
single
mothers
and
we're
told
you
know
you
can't
you
can't
actually
do
that,
but
so
this
foster
care
thing.
Are
we
misstepping
or
we're
actually
allowed
to
say
that
and
set
aside.
J
With
regard
to
how
the
leasing
function
actually
works,
they
are
primarily
Bound
by
the
very
similar
state
and
federal,
fair
housing
act
which
prevents
discrimination
based
upon
several
protected
characteristics,
and
what
you
cannot
do
is
essentially
discriminate
based
upon
those
characteristics
and
discrimination
goes
both
ways.
So
you
could
not
say
you
cannot
rent
to
a
certain
say
race
or
sex
or
religion,
or
that
we
are
only
going
to
prefer
a
same
sex
race
or
religion
or
those
other
protected
categories.
J
I
H
Okay,
if
there
are
no
other
questions
on
item,
a
I'll
move
to
Item
B
and
if
Katie
again,
if
you
can
display
the
map,
this
is
a
rezoning
request
that
includes
three
Parcels
that
are
totaling
5.24
Acres,
it's
located
on
the
south
side
of
Long
Shoals
Road.
The
properties
are
currently
zoned
residential
single
family
rs2.
H
This
is
a
straight
rezoning
request,
so
this
is
not
a
conditional
zoning
request,
so,
if
approved,
this
would
take
these
parcels
and
Zone
them
to
HB
zoning
and
that
would
allow
for
any
uses
that
are
permitted
in
the
HP
zoning
district
and
that
base
zoning
District.
So
that's
why,
on
this
one,
you're
not
going
to
see
site
plans
you're
not
going
to
see
a
range
of
proposed
uses,
nor
will
you
see
or
be
able
to
impose
zoning
conditions
on
this
so
again,
just
want
to
clarify
this
is
a
straight
rezoning
request.
H
Planning
staff
has
reviewed
this.
They
are
recommending
approval
of
the
request.
They've
found
it
to
be
consistent
with
the
surrounding
zoning
pattern.
Planning
and
Zoning
commission
heard
this
at
their
April
meeting.
They
recommended
approval
on
a
four
to
one
vote.
The
dissenting
Vote
or
the
nature
of
that
dissent
was
really
expressed
around
just
the
nature
of
it
being
a
straight
rezoning
in
the
broad
array
of
uses
that
it
would
allow,
including
things
like
drive-through
facilities
that
may
or
may
not
be
the
right
character
for
that
commercial
corridor.
H
Okay
and
I'll
move
on
to
item
C
and
Katie.
If
you
can
display
that
map
as
well.
This
is
another
conditional
zoning
request.
This
is
one
that
the
council
has
actually
seen
before.
It's
two
properties
that
total
7.68
Acres
located
at
3124,
Sweden,
Creek
Road.
You
can
see
it's
an
undeveloped
site.
The
current
zoning
of
the
property
is
residential
expansion,
which
was
approved
by
Council
in
June
of
2022
the
project
itself.
H
It's
there's
not
a
lot
of
changes
to
the
densities,
but
I
am
going
to
talk
about
what's
proposed
to
be
changed,
but
the
project
itself
is
a
77
dwelling
units
that
are
located
in
three
multi-family
buildings.
It'll
have
a
clubhouse
kind
of
amenity.
Building
facilities
includes
parking
playgrounds,
walking
trails,
those
types
of
amenities
wise
back
before
you
is
the
project
seeking
to
amend
the
previously
approved
conditional
zoning
to
make
changes
to
the
retaining
wall.
Heights
the
building
stories
and
a
couple
other
minor
site
changes
and
I
want
to
highlight
those
real.
D
H
H
Additionally,
in
the
original
approval,
they
had
building
Heights
that
got
up
to
four
stories
or
two
of
the
buildings
they're
adjusting
those
to
be
three
stories
in
height,
so
a
little
bit
of
adjustment,
the
height
but
I,
think
the
bigger
change
of
significance
is
is
probably
that
to
the
retaining
walls.
This
is
an
affordable
development,
housing
or
affordable
housing
development.
All
units
will
be
it'll,
be
100,
affordable,
so
all
units
will
be
affordable.
They
are
proposing
an
average
of
60
Ami
in
terms
of
their
affordability
goals.
H
This
actually
went
to
the
affordability.
Part
of
this
rezoning
request
went
to
hcd
actually
earlier
this
week.
So
one
thing
that
was
Housing
and
Community
Development
Council
committee
approved
a
500
000
Housing
Trust
Fund
loan,
and
that
was
approved
on
a
3-0
vote.
Hcd
also
considered
a
land
use
incentive,
Grant
proposal
that
was
recommended
for
approval
and
that's
a
little
over
a
million
dollar
land
use
incentive
Grant
proposal.
Both
those
items
will
come
to
council.
The
full
Council
TRC
reviewed
this
at
their
March
meeting.
H
They
recommend
approval
with
conditions.
The
Planning
and
Zoning
commission
reviewed
this
at
their
April
meeting.
The
Planning
and
Zoning
commission
recommended
approval
on
a
three
to
two
vote,
so
they
had
a
split
vote
on
the
recommendation.
They
did
include
conditions
in
that
approval,
one
that
the
applicant
conduct,
a
traffic
study
and
Implement
any
required
improvements
and
two
that
the
applicant
work
with
the
city's
Transportation
staff
and
Dot
to
study
the
feasibility
of
installing
crosswalks
at
the
intersection
of
sweetened
Creek
and
Mills
Gap
Road.
This
is
not
too
far
south
of
Mills
Gap
Road.
H
G
H
Thank
you
I'll
make
sure
that
Mr
Palmquist
is
aware
of
that.
Thank
you.
Our
last
public
hearing
I
do
not
have
a
map
for
this,
but
it
is
an
amendment
to
our
unified
development
ordinance.
We,
we
have
a
a
thing
called
cat
cafes,
if
you're
not
familiar
with
that.
That
is
a
establishment
that
can
house
or
contain
orphaned
unwanted
Pat.
So
it
really
kind
of
functions
as
almost
like
an
animal
shelter
would,
and
it's
licensed
by
the
state
in
that
manner.
H
But
what
makes
it
distinct
in
Nashville
is
in
addition
to
to
having
the
cats
and
trying
to
you
know,
find
homes
for
those
cats.
A
facility
can
also
have
a
cafe
a
Bookshop
other
types
of
Youth
uses
that
are
included
in
there,
so
think
of
it
as
like,
an
animal
shelter
with
accessory
retail
or
eating
establishment
type
uses.
We
do
allow
these,
but
we
only
allow
them
in
the
downtown
the
Central
Business
districts.
So
we
have
a
request
from
a
business
owner
that
wants
to
to
open
one
of
these
on
Haywood
Road.
H
So
what
this
proposal
does?
It
opens
up
other
commercial
zoning
districts
in
the
city
to
allow
this
use.
It's
it's
pretty
consistent.
We
typically
allow
those
types
of
us.
You
know
if
they
weren't
together.
We
would
allow
most
of
those
establishments
in
these
commercial
zoning
districts.
So
this
is
just
kind
of
clarify
clarifying
that
and
cleaning
it
up.
Staff
does
recommend
approval
and
planning
his
own
zoning
commission.
They
did
recommend
approval
also
on
a
unanimous
vote.
H
G
B
Okay,
thank
you,
Ben
moving
to
unfinished
business.
We
have
one
item
on
the
agenda
that
is
requesting
approval
of
the
fy24
fees
and
charges
for
water,
and
my
understanding
is.
We
are
bringing
forward
the
staff
recommended
fees
and
charges
and
requesting
Council
consideration
at
this
meeting
prior
to
the
city.
Manager's
budget
presentation
on
May,
9th
moving
to
new
business.
New
business
is
the
culmination
of
a
lot
of
tremendous
work.
That's
occurred
with
both
the
equity
and
engagement
committee,
as
well
as
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee,
and
the
team
on
community
and
economic
development.
B
As
a
part
of
this
first
round
of
applications,
we
receive
five
qualified
applications
and
those
applications
totaled
about
5.25
million
dollars
on
Tuesday,
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
reviewed
the
staff
recommendation
and
previously
received
presentations
from
the
five
applicants
and
they
held
three
separate
votes
on
these
items.
So
I'm
going
to
quickly
go
through
those
three
separate
votes
just
so
that
Council
has
some
of
that
context.
Going
into
the
information
that
Sasha
fortunesky
is
going
to
present
this
coming
Tuesday.
B
So
for
three
of
the
projects:
the
three
low-income
housing
tax,
credit
projects,
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
voted
3-0
supporting
Redwood,
Commons,
Fairhaven,
Summit
and
Stewart
Street
Cottages,
as
recommended
in
the
staff
report.
Then
the
committee
had
a
conversation
regarding
reimagining
D
reviews,
1.035
million
dollar
request
staff
was
recommending
that
that
funding
be
provided
in
the
form
of
a
loan
and
with
a
two
to
one
committee
recommendation,
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
is
actually
recommending
Grant
versus
a
loan
for
that
dollar
amount.
B
Lastly,
the
committee
voted
3-0
recommending
that
Council
direct
staff
to
proceed
in
negotiations
with
the
developer
of
the
Oak
Hill
Cottages
project
to
more
fully
develop
the
plans
and
the
deal
points
as
well
as
to
conduct
additional
Community
engagement,
so
we'll
be
coming
back
to
Housing
and
Community,
Development,
Committee
and
ultimately
to
city
council
as
those
development
plans
for
that
specific
project
continue
to
materialize.
So.
D
B
I
Well,
okay!
Well,
that's!
Actually
why
I
raised
my
hand,
it
was
my
no
a
couple
things.
I
was
going
to
ask
so
at
the
HDD
meeting.
The
staff
recommendation
was
to
keep
it
alone
and
I
held
to
that
as
a
way
of
support
for
staff.
I
knew
that
my
fellow
committee
members
were
going
to
vote
in
support,
so
I
was
going
to
ask:
is
the
staff
recommendation
going
to
come
to
council
to
still
do
it
as
a
loan
and
not
a
grant
or
has
the
staff
recommendation
changed.
B
So
we're
going
to
keep
the
staff
recommendation,
as
is
we
are
structuring
the
suggested
motion
around
the
action
taken
at
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee,
but
we
will
also
be
preparing
an
alternative
motion
that
includes
the
staff
recommendation
just
so
that
you'll
have
that
for
reference.
Depending
on
how
the
conversation
and
decision
making
goes
on
Tuesday
great.
I
Thank
you
and
then
just
so,
it's
not
lost
in
the
shuffle
of
so
many
details
in
that
three-part
vote.
The
three
projects
that
were
kind
of
voted
through
together
saying:
yes,
we
support
all
these.
If
you
are
reading
about
them
and
doing
your
homework,
please
do
look
at
the
one
I
think
it's
under
Stewart
Street.
It's
a
new
model
that
we
haven't
seen
in
this
community
before
that
is
affordable,
home
ownership
and
down
payment
assistance
and
I.
Just
didn't
want
you
to
miss
the
opportunity
to
learn
about
that.
I
If
we're
going
to
kind
of
fire
through
these
on
Tuesday
and
that's
all
I
can
offer
more
context.
If
you
want
about
why
I,
this
has
gone
back
and
forth
alone
versus
grant
for
a
long
time
and
2001
Mosley's
point
during
the
meeting.
This
project
was
already
queuing
up
before
we
moved
some
of
the
bond
money
into
the
Housing,
Trust,
Fund
and
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
councilman
Mosley.
I
But
her
point
was,
you
know,
since
that's
when
they
started,
we
can
still
treat
it
like
that
that
was
the
intent
and
so
on
so
and
my
my
concern
is
always
around
the
loan
versus
Grant
and
I
spoke
to
this
in
a
meeting
about
whether
or
not
it
would
frame
future
phases
of
this
project
in
a
similar
way
and
I.
Think
at
the
meeting
I
will
do.
I
will
ask
David
Nash
that
question
because
I'm
not
clear
and
then
I
see.
Councilman
mostly
probably
has
a
little
bit
to
say
about
that.
K
Sure
I'll
be
happy
to
so.
Sage
was
correct.
What
I
mentioned
in
hcd
Among
Us
other
things
was
that
when
the
Housing
Authority
originally
came
to
us,
they
were
requesting
bond
funds
which
we
willingly
gave
to
them
and
then,
and
in
that
meeting
they
also
let
us
know
that
they
would
likely
be
returning
for
additional
funds.
That
is
what
this
is,
but
in
the
interim
we
decided
as
a
body
to
move
the
bond
funds
into
the
Housing
Trust
Fund.
K
So,
as
Sage
mentioned,
that
was
my
first
reason
for
supporting
this
rare
opportunity
to
provide
a
grant
instead
of
the
typical
loan.
Secondly,
I
also
mentioned
that
I
believe
the
Housing
Authority
is
an
integral
partner
for
us,
as
it
relates
to
All
Things,
affordable
housing,
including
housing
of
the
previously
homeless.
We
also
have
to
always
keep
in
mind
that
the
Housing
Authority
issues
vouchers
so
anytime.
We
have
for-profit
developers
coming
to
us
saying
they
will
accept
vouchers
nine
times
out
of
ten.
K
Those
vouchers
will
be
coming
through
the
housing
authority
and,
in
fact,
two
of
the
projects.
I
believe
that
we'll
be
considering
on
Tuesday
have
Partnerships
with
the
Housing
Authority.
So
if
we
delay
the
Housing
Authority's
ability
to
rebuild
or
to
take
care
of
the
units
they
already
have,
it
could
potentially
cause
a
log
Jam
in
all
of
the
affordable
housing
issues
that
come
before
us.
So
that's
my
broader
reason
and
to
me
that
would
set
them
apart
from
any
other
developer.
K
B
Thank
you
vice
mayor
last
on
the
agenda
is
another
very
important
funding
decision.
This
came
out
of
the
equity
and
engagement
committee.
This
is
our
strategic
partnership
grant
funding
for
the
upcoming
FY
24
cycle
on
April
18th.
The
equity
and
engagement
committee
reviewed
the
evaluation
committee's
recommendations
and
made
funding
recommendations
for
full
city
council
consideration
this
coming
Tuesday.
The
committee
unanimously
approved
in
a
3-0
vote
the
evaluation
committee's
recommendations
to
fund
six
agencies
at
a
total
of
356
thousand
two
hundred
and
nine
dollars.
B
Part
of
that
motion
also
included
a
request
for
staff
to
come
back
following
the
conclusion
of
the
pilot
program,
which
is
still
underway.
Those
agreements
expire
on
June
30th
of
this
year
and
so
to
come
back
with
some
Concepts
and
a
timeline
for
a
potential
second
round
of
strategic
partnership
grant
funding.
B
Following
the
conclusion
of
that
pilot
program,
we
are
estimating
that
there
will
be
probably
around
ninety
thousand
dollars
available
of
unspent
or
unclaimed
Grant
dollars
that
were
awarded
as
part
of
the
pilot
program,
and
then
we
have
around
two
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars.
That's
unallocated
in
for
lack
of
a
better
term.
I
know
this
is
not
technically
fund
balance
because
it's
from
the
general
fund
but
fund
balance
for
this
program
and
so
looking
at
what
our
options
would
be
to
have
another
round
of
funding
in
calendar
year.
B
2023
for
the
Strategic
partnership
grant
program
so
we'll
be
providing
additional
details
on
that
at
Future
equity
and
engagement
committee
meetings.
But
the
requested
action
this
coming
Tuesday
is
to
provide
that
356
thousand
two
hundred
and
nine
dollars
of
strategic
partnership
grant
funding
to
the
six
recommended
agencies
that
were
recommended
by
the
evaluation
committee.
G
G
One
of
the
concerns
I
have
is
that
the
issues
impacting
our
youth
are
so
profound
right
now
and
I
know
that
you
know
our
timelines
and
our
limited
funds
create
this
sense
of
scarcity
and
also
competition
between
organizations
and
I.
I'm
I'm
still
wrestling
with
this
opportunity
to
go
ahead
and
allocate
the
220
plus
thousand
dollars
in
a
staggering
of
the
second
tier.
G
If
you
look
at
the
staff
recommendation
and
the
scoring
rubric
it'll
show,
there's
the
full
recommended
and
then
there's
also
a
second
here,
that's
like
if
we
did
partial
funding.
These
would
also
be
the
organizations
that
would
be
considered
so
I
know
we're
talking
about
bringing
that
back
at
the
equity
engagement
committee.
G
I
just
hope
that
there's
support
to
really
get
behind
looking
at
at
least
partially
funding,
so
that
our
our
other
organizations
that
have
been
successfully
partnering
with
us
that
didn't
get
funding
this
year
could
maybe
use
our
funding
as
a
way
to
leverage
other
funding.
Partners
in
the
community,
for
example,
Dogwood
health.
I
Okay,
I'll
just
make
a
general
nod
that
every
I've
been
involved
in
SPF
funding
for
three
years
now
and
we
never
have
enough
I,
don't
know
how
we're
ever
going
to
get
over
this
threshold
of
you
know
so:
half
a
million
dollars
rarely
so
anybody
that
wants
to
brainstorm
future
ways
to
get
more
SPF
money.
Please
help
us.
We
have
there's
a
great
need
and
some
of
those
applications
are
incredible
and
we
couldn't
fund
them.
B
We
we
could
certainly
use
that
as
an
option
I
do
want
to
draw
attention
to.
There
is
221
000
available
that
is
not
currently
being
recommended
for
allocation
out
of
the
Strategic
partnership,
Grant
fund
balance
and
then
at
the
conclusion
of
the
pilot
Awards
we're
estimating
that
there
will
be
about
ninety
three
thousand
dollars
where
Pilot
agencies
did
not
invoice
for
the
funding
that
they
were
approved
to
receive,
and
so
we
could
potentially
redistribute
that
ninety
three
thousand
dollars
as
well.
G
Yeah,
so
one
of
the
things
that
I
was
taking
away
from
our
equity
and
engagement
meeting
was
that
if
we
did
go
ahead
and
allocate
the
221
thousand
and
instead
of
holding
it
back
for
next
year,
then
we
won't
have
it
for
next
year,
but
a
positive
is.
It
would
give
us
more
time
to
grow
the
fund,
which
is
what
I'm
hearing
there
may
be.
Some
appetite
for.
G
I
did
wonder:
I,
don't
think
we
have
I,
don't
want
to
put
the
urgency
in
this
to
say
that
we
need
a
recommendation
for
Tuesday
I,
do
hear
some
wisdom
in
trying
to
get
things
moving
for
the
summer,
but
to
still
take
it
back
to
a
deeper
conversation.
What
does
it
look
like
to
have
a
recommendation
to
go
ahead
and
allocate
the
221
000
to
the
scored
applications
that
did
receive
notes
for
partial
funding?
A
F
I
L
I
Had
it
yesterday,
so
we
we
discussed
and
here's
what
happened
as
someone
that
said
it
for
three
years.
We
just
moved
it
to
this
committee
and
so
Kim
was
having
to
learn
and
catch
up
and
I'm
doing
a
great
job
to
you,
but
I've
been
following
this
for
years.
Thanks,
yes,
I
didn't
mean
anything
by
that.
I
just
was
saying
anyways.
So
in
the
past,
what
we
ran
into
was
it
was
approaching
the
summertime,
which
is
when
this
great
need
is
in
between
school
years,
and
we
would
have
nothing.
L
M
G
The
reason
I
would
say
that
I'm
struggling
with
the
term
good
with
it
is
I
can't
be
our
Vine.
Are
the
violence
among
our
youth
is
a
real,
serious
problem
that
I
think
we
all
understand
and
know,
and
we
find
money
for
a
lot
of
things
if
we
don't
find
money
for
this
and
it's
not
the
first
year
that
we've
created
this
scarcity
and
had
competition
between
groups.
G
L
Use
whatever
word,
you
want
I'm,
just
trying
to
get
a
consensus
here
about
what
what
thing
and
I
you
know,
I
would
I
would
say
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
I've
seen
us
struggle
with
for
many
years
in
in
this,
the
Outside
Agency
funding
is
just
understanding
the
city's
role
in
funding
these
agencies.
We
have
elected
to
step
into
this
Lane
as
a
city
to
do
this
to
do
this
work.
This
is
not.
It
is
not
necessarily
in
our
Charter.
These
are
not.
L
Entities
that
are
are
passed
through
funding
entities
for
a
city,
necessarily
we've
elected
to
do
this
work,
so
I,
don't
I!
Don't
I
want
to
be
careful
about.
You
I
think
it's
good.
We
have,
we
have
refined
it.
We
have
decided
where
we're
going
to
focus
the
funds,
but
but
unfortunately,
for
the
groups
that
do
this
type
of
work.
L
You
know
they
have
multiple
funding
sources
and
that's
what
they
struggle
with,
and
we
wanted
to
step
in
and
help
support
these
efforts,
because
we
think
it's
good
for
kids
and
good
for
our
community,
but
but
I,
don't
I
I
get
councilwoman,
Rooney,
I,
guess
I'm.
Just
struggling
a
little
bit
with
the
language
you're,
using
as
if
we're
the
only
group
out
there,
and
if
we
don't
do
this
additional
funding,
it's
all
our
fault,
and
you
know
at
all
the
buck
stops
here.
G
I
hear
that
I
think
this
is
a
good
opportunity
for
us
to
one
bring
youth
to
the
table
two
because
they're
the
impacted
group,
two
look
at
participatory
budging
in
the
future.
Three
there's,
because
the
process
is
new,
we're
gonna
have
to
look
at
outcomes.
We
have
an
opportunity
to
review
outcomes,
but
there
is
pressure
I'm
already
getting
calls
about
it
so
and
I
work
with
students
too
so
I'm
hearing
about
it
from
them.
B
A
You
Rachel,
yes,
we
do
have
a
meeting
on
April
25th
and
it
starts
at
11
o'clock.
There
are
three
items
on
the
agenda:
only
one
for
actual
action.
We've
got
an
item
of
food
scraps
drop
off
on
the
agenda
and
this
is
to
update
on
the
program
pilot
and
next
steps
related
to
a
partnership
with
Buffalo
County
to
help
in
the
management
of
the
initiative
and
that's,
as
I
said,
a
vote
to
move
forward
to
city
council
at
the
May
9th
meeting.
A
So
this
will
not
be
going
to
Council
on
the
on
the
same
day,
April
25th,
but
at
the
May
9th
needed.
The
next
item
is
next:
two
items
are
essentially
updates.
The
emergency
preparedness
and
continuity
of
operation
plans
we're
going
to
be
providing
an
update,
and
principally
this
will
come
from
as
for
a
fire
department,
Jerry
Jeremy
knighten
will
be
giving
that
that
update
and
just
for
clarity.
These
are
two
different
clients:
an
emergency
preparedness,
continuity
of
operations.
A
A
We
will
be
having
a
little
bit
more
conversation
about
that
later
on
in
the
agenda.
When
we
talk
about
the
effort
to
address
crime
in
downtown,
but
we'll
have
a
assistant
box,
Chief
Patrick,
that's
going
to
give
an
update
on
that
and
the
rollout
and
the
marching
of
that
initiative,
and
that
will
be
for
information
only
okay,
and
that
will
be
all
that
we
have
for
that
agenda
other
than
Miss
Allman
I.
E
E
So
there's
a
million
details
that
are
not
sorted
out
yet,
but
it
is
a
fast-moving
thing
and
the
county
is
considering
some
some
elements
that
might
move
forward
in
their
budget
cycle.
So
I
just
would
like
the
opportunity
for
us,
as
a
committee
vice
mayor,
Kilgore
and
councilwoman
Smith,
for
to
share
some
more
and
maybe
I
can
bring
some
slides
on
Tuesdays.
Just
because,
since
we
are
Partners
in
the
blue,
Horizons
Community
Council,
and
we
will
be
reviewing
that
contract
for
the
next
couple
years.
E
M
And
you're
looking
to
add
that
to
our
agenda
on
Tuesday
yeah,
I
I
celebrate
you
in
doing
that,
but
I
would
really
like
to
look
at
the
slides,
maybe
ahead
of
a
discussion
on
Tuesday.
So
maybe
you
can
get
that
to
us
by
Tuesday
and
then
maybe
our
next
month
meeting
we'll
be
ready
to
deliberate
on
it
or
have
a
conversation
about
it.
Yeah.
E
E
Definitely
could
because
we're
talking
about
it
with
the
county
commissioner
committee,
which
is
chairman
Newman,
commissioner
Sloan,
and
commissioner
Wells.
We
have
a
meeting
tomorrow
about
it,
so
I'll
be
able
to
share
those
and
again
it's
there's
no
decisions.
It's
just
want
everybody
to
be
marinating
at
the
same
rate,
if
you
will
and.
M
F
E
E
Yeah,
no,
it's
really
so
that
if
and
when
something
does
come
towards
decision,
just
more
and
more
people
have
been
thinking
about
it
and
hearing
about
it
so
wanting
to
provide
that
okay
having
other
people
in
the
loop,
so
that
I'm,
not
the
only
one
of
the
team
kind
of
your
name.
Okay,
thanks
Maggie,
yeah
and
then
I
did
have
one
more
thought
to
you.
E
I
know
that
later
in
our
agenda
today,
we're
going
to
hear
from
both
Chiefs
about
this
downtown
pilot
and
I
know
that
on
the
current
committee
agenda
for
Tuesday,
we
have
updates
on
the
community
responder
side
of
it.
But
if
there's
more
that
links
in
with
the
police
department,
I
think
it'd
be
appropriate
for
us
to
be
able
to
dig
into
that
also
in
a
committee
meeting
at
some
time.
So
maybe
that's
more
put
in
a
pin,
because
we
have
a
lot
more
to
hear
on
today's
call.
A
B
B
No
we're
not
planning
to
okay,
so
I'll
just
highlight
a
few
items
then
on
May
9th.
Of
course,
the
major
item
that
evening
will
be
the
city
manager's
recommended
budget
presentation
also
noteworthy
on
May
9th
is
our
cdvg
annual
action
plan,
approval
and
submission
council
member
Turner
not
listed
on
this
document,
but
I
did
want
to
follow
up
to
an
email
that
you
sent.
Emily
ball
is
going
to
be
giving
a
presentation
on
May
9th
with
our
point
in
time.
B
Count
results
and
she's
also
going
to
give
a
status
update
on
the
great
work
that
Hayak
is
doing
in
their
working
groups
to
develop
recommendations
in
response
to
the
National
Alliance
to
end
homelessness
report
moving
to
May
23rd
May
23rd
is
the
evening
of
our
public
hearing
for
the
budget.
This
is
our
statutorily
mandated
public
hearing.
B
There
are
also
going
to
be
two
different
land
use,
incentive,
Grant
considerations
that
evening,
one
for
46
Aston
and
the
other
one
for
3124
Sweeten,
Creek
Road,
which
is
Fair
Haven
Summit,
which
Ben
provided
some
details
on
that
CZ
earlier,
as
we
were
reviewing
the
April
25th
agenda.
The
last
thing
I'll
note
on
the
eight
week
look
ahead
is
that
we
do
not
have
Council
meetings
scheduled
for
May,
30th
or
June
6th.
B
So
we'll
miss
you
for
those
couple
of
weeks,
but
it'll
give
us
an
opportunity
to
get
caught
up,
and
maybe
some
of
us
take
some
Vacations.
So
that
is
all
I
have
to
cover
on
the
eight
week
agenda
and
we
can
now
move
into
other
issues
and
updates.
With
the
first
item
listed
being
the
independent
Review,
Committee
update
and
Jay
Dundas
is
going
to
provide
that
overview.
N
Thank
you
Rachel
good
morning,
Vargas
good
afternoon
at
this
point
mayor
vice
mayor
and
members
of
council,
Jay
Dundas
capital
projects
director
and
serving
as
the
administrative
liaison
for
the
independent
Review
Committee
in
this
capacity.
I
really
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
to
update
you
on
a
couple
items
that
were
presented
in
the
March
28th
presentation.
N
Both
of
these
are
mentioned
in
the
in
the
March
28th
presentation,
I'd
like
to
just
to
remind
you
that
that
we
are,
the
committee
is
committed
to
delivering
the
report
on
May
30th
and
then
we'll
follow
up,
give
some
time
for
the
report
to
be
studied
and
reviewed
and
then
follow
up
with
the
in-person
presentation
at
a
council
meeting
in
June.
That
is
still
the
the
intended
timeline.
N
We
did
a
tour
of
facilities
last
Friday
in
order
for
the
some,
the
subcommittee
associated
with
water
systems
to
get
a
better
understanding
of
the
the
water
system
as
a
whole,
and
so
that
was
very
informative
for
them
and
then
again.
The
second
item
is
the
Hazen
and
Sawyer
contract.
We
have
an
on-call
agreement
with
with
several
engineering
firms.
Hazen
and
Sawyer
has
been
on
call
for
a
number
of
years
to
model
the
engine.
N
The
water
system,
which
helps
to
inform
system
improvements,
but
in
this
case
will
be
used
to
help
further
understand
the
circumstances
and
to
help
inform
the
findings
and
recommendations
of
the
committee,
one
that
I
just
want
to
report
out
that
we
are
working
with
them.
We
have
scoped
the
work,
there's
an
urgency
around
the
delivery
and
they
certainly
understand
that,
and
but
the
the
cost
of
this
effort
is
Ford
Hazen
is
this.
Contract
is
79
thousand
not
to
exceed
seventy
nine
thousand
five
hundred
dollars.
E
So
can
I,
try
and
translate
because
I,
some
of
that
was
in
Weeds,
that
I
was
just
struggling
with
what
I'm
hearing
is.
Things
are
moving
forward
with
the
independent
Review
Committee,
a
major
step
that
you're
doing
right
now
is
to
use
fancy
technology
to
synthesize
what
happens
so
you
could
have
some
more
effective
diagnostic
of
what
created
the
outage
so
that
we
can
come
up
with
strategies
to
deal
with
it.
That's
like
the
the
main
update
and
that's
the
main
Junction
in
the
process.
L
E
Like
a
good
time,
I
personally
haven't
gotten
to
read
it.
Considering
I
haven't
seen
it
yet.
So
you
know
I've
done
this
afternoon,
but
so
I
don't
really
have
anything
to
say,
but
just
like
that's
a
lot
of
information
that
our
community
is
getting
access
to
and
wondering
how
us,
as
the
policy
leaders,
are
going
to
be
able
to
dock
into
digesting
that
as
a
team
in
the
context
of
what
the
independent
Review
Committee
is
doing
and.
I
A
I
L
Know
we
and
I
I
councilman
Turner
I
I
spoke
with
the
manager
about
this,
and
I
also
spoke
to
to
the
City
attorney
Brad
Branham,
because
public
records
requests
move
through
their
office
and
we
this
was
not
the
intent
to
release
this.
It
was
the
pending
public
records
request
for
some
period
of
time,
but
there
was
not
the
intent
to
release
this
without
notification
to
council.
It
looks
like
it
looks
like
further
on
down
the
rungs.
L
The
decision
was
made
to
go
ahead
and
release
it
and
by
folks
who
didn't
quite
understand
the
sensitivity
of
it
and
the
need
to
let
their
superiors
know
so
that
they
could.
Let
us
know
so
and
and
I'll
shut
up
here
and
let
these
folks
speak
to
more
about
that
process.
The
internal
process
there,
but
that's
what
I
I
understand,
because
I
had
the
same
concern
as
well.
G
L
Apparently
it
was
finished
seconds
before
it
was
released,
which
is
why
it
was
released
yesterday
I
mean
you
can
see
that
it's
pretty
lengthy
I
saw
your
comment
to
WLOS
that
you've
been
asking
for
it
since
January
5th,
but
it's
not
was
obviously
not
ready
on
January
5th.
It
wasn't
even
barely
begun,
but
and
maybe
Ben
as
the
as
you
know,
the
assistant
city
manager
over
water
can
speak
more
to
the
timeline
there,
but
but
my
understanding
is
that
you
know
our
public
records
request.
L
I
And
I
wanna
again
I
just
need
to
Echo
the
how
important
this
is.
I
mean
I
was
interviewed
by
the
the
crew
that
we've
hired
and
time
and
time
again.
The
problem
was
that
there
was
a
issue
with
the
water
situation
and
Council
wasn't
informed
and
it
just
didn't.
It
felt
like
that
yesterday
again
to
hear
from
the
media
that
there
was
a
enough
report
already
out
so
I
just
want
to
express
the
sensitive
nature
of
some
of
these
things
and
really
emphasize.
E
L
G
A
A
You
got
a
lot
of
it
when
we
were
talking
to
you
all
about
what
we
knew
at
the
time,
and
there
may
be
other
things
that
have
been
discovered
that
once
I've
documented,
because
we
didn't
just
have
the
time
to
do
the
Diagnostics.
So
you
all
tell
me:
how
would
you
like
for
us
to
bring
that
information
back
back
to
you.
L
Know
you
know
you
know
we
are
going
to
get
this
big
report
from
the
Independent
Review
Committee.
However,
this
after
action
is
now
public
record.
We
already
have
the
news
trying
to
interpret
its
meaning
on
their
own,
so
I
think
it
would
be
very
helpful
if
Tuesday
night
at
Council
under
the
manager's
report,
we
had
someone
make
a
presentation
just
sort
of
touching
on
the
meat
of
what
this
after
action
this
you
know
kind
of
summarizing
its
main
points.
You
know
with
the
caveat
that,
of
course,
we're
going
to
get
a
bigger.
L
A
Okay
mayor,
you
ready
for
me
to
move
on
to
the
next
video.
Please!
Yes,
please,
okay,
all
right!
So
this
is
yet
another
issue
confronting
our
community.
We're
gonna
talk
about
a
pilot
program.
The
respond
to
public
safety
issues,
downtown
and
I
have
a
I
use
this
term.
A
lot
in
Asheville
I
have
a
village
of
staff
that
are
going
to
support
me
in
terms
of
discussing
this
item
so
mayor
council.
A
So
we've
collectively
done
some
aggressive
things,
but
obviously
we
are
collectively
needing
to
do
more.
We
know
the
community
is
looking
to
us
a
city
to
take
the
lead
related
to
Public
Safety
initiatives.
So
we
wanted
to
share
with
you
a
few
additional
steps
we'll
be
taking
over
the
next
60
days
to
address
Public
Safety,
with
a
focus
on
downtown
Asheville.
A
Staff
is
also
creating
a
project
page
to
keep
the
public
updated
on
our
progress,
which,
on
our
website,
will
be
listed
as
the
downtown
safety
initiative.
This
page
will
house
information
about
the
effort
and
help
us
assess
progress
and
Lessons
Learned.
Following
this
meeting,
we
will
also
issue
a
press
release
that
will
highlight
these
efforts.
A
A
We
want
to
provide
a
response,
and
I
would
now
like
to
turn
it
over
to
a
chief
Zach
to
briefly
discuss
the
60-day
initiative
and
then
have
a
deputy
credit
briefly
share
information.
We
will
discuss
with
the
environment
and
Safety
Committee
regarding
the
role
out
of
the
community
responder
program.
So
now,
at
this
time,
Chief
Zach
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
O
Thank
you,
Miss
Campbell
and
yes,
I
want
to
reiterate
that
the
approach
that
we're
taking
is
data
driven
and
driven
primarily
with
what
we've
seen
with
Rising
violent
crime
downtown,
but
also
Rising
property
crime.
So
it
is
our
intent
over
the
next
60
60
days
to
provide
a
greater
presence,
downtown
higher
visibility.
We
will
be
attempting
to
utilize
foot
bike
and
vehicle
patrols
downtown
that
increased
presence
will
result
in
firm
but
fair
enforcement
of
violations
of
the
law
and
any
other
criminal
activity.
O
O
We
will
partner
with
any
private
or
non-for-profit
organization,
to
conduct
Public
Safety
walks
in
her
community
cleanup
programs,
and
we
will
be
providing
downtown
owners
with
a
shoplifter
guide,
which
is
basically
those
convicted
of
shoplifting,
so
they
have
greater
situational
awareness.
So
that's
just
some
of
what
we're
going
to
be
doing,
but
it's
highlighted
primarily
by
a
very
visible
presence,
downtown.
P
Yes
ma'am,
so
the
community
responder
update
is
currently
we
have
a
bio
Personnel
that
we've
selected
to
participate
in
this
program.
Just
like
APD
will
be
on
foot
patrolling
the
areas
as
well
as
bikes.
Our
focus
is
to
proactively
address
some
of
the
quality
of
life
issues
in
the
downtown
area.
We
are
currently
coordinating
with
Buncombe
County,
the
community
Paramedic
program,
I'm
working
on
shared
resources,
communication
and
data
collection,
so
we're
kind
of
mirroring
doing
the
same
things,
and
we
will
run
60
days
currently
from
9
A.M
to
9pm
seven
days
a
week.
A
And
as
you
see,
and
we
will
be
looking
at
the
community
responder
program
as
an
initial
kind
of
test
and
hopefully
creating
this
as
a
permanent
service-
that
we
would
offer
in
downtown
and
potentially
even
other
parts
of
our
communities,
so
the
60
day
thing
will
give
us
a
little
bit
of
a
proof
of
proof
of
concept.
There
are
just
a
few
other
things
that
I
wanted
to
add.
In
terms
of
this
initiative.
A
So
we
just
wanted
to
provide
you
all
with
information
before
it
got
out
to
the
public
in
terms
of
this
initiative
that
we
are
currently
underway
and,
as
Chief
said,
we're
driven
by
data
and
driven
by
a
need
to
address
this
problem.
We
hope
that
we
will
have
lots
of
lessons
learned
that
we
might
be
able
to
apply
to
other
parts
of
our
community
and,
as
I
said,
a
press
release
will
be
going
out
after
our
discussion
today.
A
I
A
I
Thank
you,
and
thanks
for
bringing
this
to
us
and
staying
on
the
front
end
of
communication
on
this
one
I
think
much
like
we
were
just
talking
with
the
water
and
WLS
I.
Think
I
mean
this
is
how
we
prefer
to
get
it
and
I
think
it's
very
helpful
and
just
a
general
appreciation
for
the
chief
and
everyone
that's
participating
in
all
of
these
fast
moving
pieces
around
downtown
and
safety.
Just
a
big
thank
you.
I
E
Yeah,
similarly,
you
know
so
much
of
a
conversation.
Around
Public
Safety
has
been
around
our
short
staffing
in
the
police
department
and
so
to
be
able
to
expand
to
do
new
things
towards
Public.
Safety
just
makes
me
really
proud
and
grateful
and
I'm
excited
to
see
the
amount
of
collaboration
we're
looking
at
here
where
it's.
E
All
the
time
so
I'm
just
impressed
by
the
responsiveness
with
the
amount
of
resources
we're
working
on
and
I
know
that
we're
looking
good
at
maybe
possibly
getting
15
more
officers
sworn
in
this
year
pending
we'll
see
if
everyone
falls
through,
but
it
feels
like
the
challenge
we've
had
with
attrition
and
and
just
like,
the
the
the
Deep
loss
like
I,
think
that
we
might
have
stopped
that
Gap
and
we're
moving
in
the
right
direction.
I
feel
like
we
might
have
hit
a
bottom
and
we're
moving
out,
and
this.
G
I
have
a
lot
of
appreciation
and
a
whole
big
bucket
of
Hope
for
what's
possible.
With
this
pilot
and
I've
heard
a
lot
about
crime
prevention
and
what
sounds
a
lot
like
nuises
abatement,
but
I
haven't
heard
us
say
explicitly
anything
about
quality
services
for
people
when
they're
in
crisis
and
when
I
look
at
what's
happening
in
Durham
and
the
successes
they're
having
as
they're
growing
their
program
when
I've
see
the
community
paramedics
in
action
in
Buncombe
County.
Because
that's
at
the
heart
of
the
issue.
G
The
outcome
is
less
crime
and
more
safety
for
the
most
vulnerable
people
in
our
community.
So
if
I
wonder,
if
we're
coming
at
this
with
sort
of
the
Band-Aid
instead
of
the
root
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
had
an
opportunity
to
write,
really
drive
home,
that
we
want
to
provide
good
services
to
people
when
they're
in
crisis.
A
I'm,
sorry,
thank
you
for
that
comment,
and
it
is
exactly
I
believe
why
we
keep
emphasizing
reimagining
Public
Safety
is
a
community
effort
and
an
initiative
that
it's
going
to
take
all
of
us.
Certainly,
there
are
things
that,
and
the
mayor
says
this
a
lot
about.
You
know
lanes
that
we
as
municipalities
are
in
and
I
think
that
we
have.
A
We
have
extended
and
gotten
out
of
our
lane
a
lot
in
terms
of
delivering
services
that
we
haven't
traditionally
done
or
maybe
have
had
the
level
of
expertise
on
our
staff
to
deliver.
We
think
that
the
community
responder
program
is
an
excellent
complement
to
what
the
community
paramedics
are
doing
and
what
park
and
rec
is
doing
and
what
our
Asheville
Police
are
doing
and,
and
we
we
we're
looking
at
this
as
how
do
we
stitch
together?
A
All
of
those
things
related
to
Public
Safety
and
we
use
this
term
about
equality
of
Life.
Quality
of
life
is
simply
about
people
being
comfortable
in
the
in
the
space
that
they're
in
and
I
I'm,
hoping
that,
with
this
combination
of
efforts
and
initiatives
that
we're
kind
of
getting
out
of
our
lanes
and
we're
complementing
and
supplementing,
we
do
need
support,
though,
from
County
from
Health
Care
Providers
from
shelters
from
lots
of
other
folks,
and
this
actually
leads
into
and
I.
A
Don't
know,
Miss
Ronnie
if
you
have
a
follow-up,
but
it
links
up
to
the
part
of
the
press
release
that
has
not
only
what
the
city
is
getting
ready
to
initiate,
but
it
also
has
a
section
about
you
know
what
you
can
do,
that
is
that
the
general
public
and
and
the
help
that
we
need
from
them
to
address
this
this
issue.
So
just
Ronnie,
I,
didn't
know
if
you
had
a
follow-up
I.
G
Appreciate
that
I,
just
I've
been
I've,
been
noticing
the
missing
part
about
us,
providing
good
quality
service
outcomes
when
people
are
in
crisis
and
then
maybe
there's
other
ways
to
say
it.
But
if
our
focus
is
on
presence
that
can
help
to
build
relationships
and
that
presence
can
result
in
people
feeling
more
safe
and
that
can
improve
quality
of
life.
G
But
if
we're
not
having
a
goal
of
meeting
people
when
they're
when
they're
in
crisis,
it
leads
to
people
being
unsafe
and
then
moving
farther
out
to
the
edges
into
our
neighborhoods,
which
has
a
different
impact
on
quality
of
life.
So
just
trying
to
trying
to
like
I
said,
hold
a
lot
of
Hope
and
a
lot
of
possibility,
but
just
a
desire
for
us
to
focus
on
that.
The
folks
who
are
in
deep
crisis
in
our
community
and.
A
And
I
totally
understand
those
sentiments.
I
also
think
that
we
are
in
the
trial
and
era,
part
of
trying
to
be
as
responsive
and
as
possible
to
meet
the
needs
of
of
our
community
and
those
that
are
in
need.
What
we
will
have
the
community
responders
do
is
actually
get
data,
have
those
conversations
with
people
in
crisis
so
that
we
truly
understand
what
the
range
of
needs
are.
A
So
we
look
at
this
situation
outside
looking
in
and
and
I
think
that,
hopefully
of
the
conversations
that
with
people
in
the
community,
it
will
help
us
better
understand
their
daily,
walk
and
and
I.
Think
that's
what
we've
got
to
get
closer
to
you
know
what
are
those
real?
You
know
real
needs
that
may
not
be
the
city.
Can
you
know
can
respond
to
them,
but
there
may
be
other
agencies
and
entities
that
that
can
that
we
can
partner
with
refer
to
so
yeah.
A
A
L
L
You
know
we're
I
recognize
that
the
community
can
sometimes
feel
like
it's
not
happening
fast
enough
and
folks
are
impatient
and
I
can
appreciate
that
as
well,
but
but
I'm
very
thankful
that
this
is
coming
together
and
I
I.
You
know
having
having
seen
new
things
tried,
I'm,
expecting
that
we'll
have
some
outcomes
that
are
positive,
some
that
we
think
need
to
be
changed
or
tweaked
so
I.
You
know
I
really
appreciate
that
and
I,
and
you
know
our
fire
department
fortunately,
is
not
experiencing
much
of
a
staffing
issue
at
all.
L
But
our
Police
Department
is
incredibly
strained.
So
I
I'm
very
thankful
that
they're
figuring
out
how
to
focus
on
downtown
and
I
know.
The
chief
has
been
laser
focused
on
violent
crime
and
gun
violence
and
that
something
that
doesn't
always
go
noticed
in
the
broader
Community
but
I
I
I
appreciate
that
that's
been
the
number
one
Focus
for
the
police
department
and
limited
trying
to
apply
limited
resources.