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A
Okay,
we're
live
I
don't
feel
like
this.
Is
this
mic
on
Can
You,
Hear,
Me,
okay,
welcome
to
the
Asheville
city
council
meeting!
If
you
would
just
take
a
moment
and
silence
your
cell
phones
also,
there
is
a
sign
up
sheet
out
in
the
hall.
If
you
would
like
to
speak
on
any
item
on
the
agenda,
please
sign
up
outside
in
the
hall.
A
If
you
get
halfway
through
this
meeting
and
decide,
you
want
to
speak
on
something
that
you
didn't
already
sign
up
for
Feel
Free
at
any
time
to
go
out
there
and
sign
up
and
I
will
pop
up
on
my
screen
that
you've
signed
up
under
our
new
handy
dandy
system,
and
if
you
will
please
rise
for
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance.
A
Okay,
our
first
item
is
a
proclamation
in
honor
of
three
folks
that
are
receiving
the
neighborhood
volunteer
of
the
Year
Awards,
and
we've
got
the
chair
of
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee
here,
Babette
Mays,
to
help
us
make
these
presentations.
So
please
come
forward
and
the
folks
who
are
receiving
the
awards
please
come
forward.
Councilman
Rooney
is
going
to
help
hand
these
out
and
as
the
liaison
to
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee
and
I
am
going
to
read
these.
A
B
C
If
I
don't
read
it,
I'll
say
more
now,
supposed
to
the
neighborhood
volunteer
of
the
Year
award
was
initiated
in
2017
by
The
Neighborhood
advisory
committee.
The
award
is
to
recognize
and
honor
local
volunteers
who
have
demonstrated
significant
and
positive
contributions
towards
a
neighborhood
association
and
our
commitment
to
strengthen
City
neighborhoods
through
volunteer
time
talents
and
service.
They
are
our
uncertain
Heroes.
The
neighborhood
advisory
committee
voted
on
October
the
24th
to
recognize
three
Asheville
residents
for
their
outstanding
service
to
their
neighborhoods.
A
E
A
Here,
Angela
young
is
our
neighbor
at
Hillcrest
Apartments.
There
are
many
people
that
lovingly
care
for
their
community
in
Hillcrest
and
other
communities
like
it
across
Asheville
Miss
Angela
young,
along
with
those
that
support,
take
action
to
show
their
fellow
residents
that
there
is
love
nearby
and
that
it
feels
good
as
they
face
real
life
challenges.
They
could
all
they
could
use
all
the
resources
that
could
be
swung
their
way
as
they
bring
Smiles
across
their
neighborhood.
A
Some
of
Angela's
contributions
include
organizing
a
neighborhood
Council
for
the
community,
always
volunteering
to
help
with
food
distribution
and
events
and
being
a
positive
influence
throughout
the
neighborhood
and
Angela's,
not
here
with
us
tonight,
but
she
will
receive
her
black
next.
We
have
Lee
and
Lee
you're
going
to
have
to
help
me
say
your
last
name,
Arabian.
Thank
you.
Grove
Park,
sunset,
Mountain
Lee
helps
bring
neighbors
together
and
to
make
everyone
feel
included.
He
doesn't
want
people
to
have
a
lack
of
knowledge
about
the
neighborhood.
Instead,
this
says
he
yes.
A
A
Just
to
clear
that
up,
so
he
doesn't
want
people
to
have
a
lack
of
knowledge
about
the
neighborhood.
Instead,
he
wants
people
that
live
in
a
neighborhood
to
pay
attention
and
see
what
is
going
on.
He
believes
that
when
you
buy
a
home,
you're
investing
not
just
for
yourself,
but
everyone
in
that
Community
to
feel
proud
of
where
they
live
and
make
it
the
very.
A
He
believes
that
you
are
leaving
a
friend
that
will
be
remembered
for
many
years
to
come
and
to
continue
to
contribute
to
make
your
neighborhood
the
best
for
the
life
of
the
city.
Lee
is
currently
president
of
the
Grove
Park
sunset
Mountain
Association,
which
presents
over
1300
homes
in
the
neighborhood,
maintaining
three
parks,
along
with
22
traffic
islands
and
preserving
over
a
hundred
years
of
Asheville's
history.
Did
you
want
to
say
a
few
words?
Yes,.
F
One
of
the
reasons
I
wanted
to
move
back
was
that,
while
I
enjoyed
all
the
cities,
I
have
lived
in
I
miss
the
feeling
of
community
I
felt
here
to
be
back
in
helping
communities,
find
their
voice,
Foster
relationships
and
celebrate
what
we
have
here
and
with
each
other
has
been
a
joy
and
a
really
underscored
why
I
came
home.
Thank
you
so
much
for
recognizing
people
that
contribute
to
our
community
in
more
ways
than
one
stand.
A
A
Okay
and
Michael
Stratton
of
Oakley
Michael
led
the
effort
to
establish
a
neighborhood
association.
He
volunteered
his
backyard
for
a
community
resilience
Garden,
which
donates
Harvest
to
Bounty
and
soul.
Michael
was
the
primary
coordinator
for
two
neighborhood
open
streets
events
which
brought
neighbors
together
to
Envision
a
new
way
to
experience
our
shared
spaces
through
leading
committees.
Coordinating
volunteer
cleanup
days
attending
the
resilience
Garden
Michael
makes
our
neighborhood
more
connected
and
vibrant.
Congratulations.
G
Thing
to
say
really
is
that
if,
if
we're
engaging
in
community
organizing,
it
takes
Community
to
be
part
of
that
and
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
were
involved
in
everything
that
we've
done
and.
B
G
And
I
just
wish
that
we
could
share
this
with
a
lot
of
people,
because
obviously
is
not
something
you
can
do
by
yourself.
Thank
you.
I
A
Okay:
this
is
a
great
start
to
this
meeting
and
that's
very
important
because
this
is
Gwen's
last
meeting
with
us
forever.
So
so
we
have
to
make
it
an
extra
special
one.
A
Just
trying
to
make
her
cry
all
night
long,
okay!
Next
we
have
the
consent
agenda,
do
I,
have
a
motion
to
adopt
the
consent
agenda
or
any
questions
comments
regarding
the
consent
agenda.
So.
J
A
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
adopt
the
consent
agenda.
Let
me
see
if
anyone
is
signed
up.
We
have
several
people
signed
up
to
speak
under
the
consent
agenda.
Folks,
who
are
signed
up
to
speak
I'll,
just
call
you
in
order.
You'll
have
up
to
three
minutes
to
speak,
just
watch
the
lights
on
the
lectern.
They
are
going
to
be
green
for,
go
and
orange
means
you're
approaching
the
end
and
red,
and
that
buzzer
sound
means
stop
and
Meg
is
the
enforcer
of
that.
L
L
L
We
live
in
many
different
neighborhoods
and
work
to
build
relationships
with
organizations,
businesses
and
local
government
in
order
to
create
a
safer
community,
we're
working
with
canned
sibo
Downtown
Association
in
neighborhoods
all
over
Asheville
to
specifically
work
on
supporting
the
safety
of
Asheville
neighborhood
Scout
says
that
you
have
a
1
in
24
chance
of
being
a
victim
of
violent
crime
in
Asheville,
and
you
have
a
one
in
17
chance
of
being
a
victim
of
property
crime.
According
to
the
Asheville
citizen
times,
crime
is
up
34
percent.
L
This
year
alone,
I
remember
when
we
used
to
see
a
very
strong
police
presence
of
police
on
bikes
all
over
our
downtown
businesses.
In
Asheville,
my
husband
works
with
many
of
them.
Many
of
the
downtown
people
he
signed
leases
with
are
reporting
thousands
of
dollars
worth
of
equipment,
stolen
people,
defecating
and
urinating
around
their
place
of
business.
L
My
daughter's
friend
who
visited
us
this
past
summer
from
New
York,
commented
on
how
many
homeless
people
we
have
in
our
downtown
and
she's
from
New
York
City,
what's
happening
to
Asheville
we're
at
a
pivotal
point:
where
are
they
going
to
tip
one
way
or
we're
going
to
tip
the
other?
We
have
98
missing
police
officers
from
before
the
pandemic.
L
We
need
serious
salary
and
benefits
incentives
to
attract
seasoned
police
officers
who
want
to
work
and
afford
to
live
here
we
can
simultaneously.
Of
course,
we
can
call
out
egregious
policing
when
we
see
that
happening
of
course,
but
we
also
need
to
come
back
to
the
middle
and
support
this
basic
governmental
infrastructure.
Let's
face
it.
Very
few
of
us
are
cut
out
for
this
work
and
we
need
the
police.
L
So,
of
course,
please
vote
Yes
today
for
the
grant
the
mental
health
Grant,
but
also
please
proceed
with
an
active
plan
to
hire
new
police
as
soon
as
possible.
We
don't
want
to
become
Portland
whose
Democratic
mayor
is
already
reversing
decisions
they
made
a
few
years
ago
and
also
I
just
want
to
say
a
quick
thank
you
to
Antoinette,
to
Shanika
and
to
Esther
congratulations
on
winning
your
election
and
thank
you,
Gwen
Whistler,
for
your
years
of
service
and
thank
you
to
all
of
you
for.
M
N
Good
afternoon
everybody
it's
a
pleasure
to
finally
meet
everybody.
I
know
you've
all
received
some
of
my
my
emails
and
they
are
sent
with
love
and
kindness
and
gratitude
for
everything
that
you
do
bring
your
attention.
Do
you
remember
the
Surfside
condominium
in
Miami
that
crumbled
last
year,
killing
over
100
people
and
the
board
of
that
condominium
was
advised
over
and
over
and
over
by
the
engineers.
You
have
a
problem.
You
need
to
address
this
problem.
If
you
don't
address
this
problem,
you're
building
possibly
might
collapse
and
the
board
did
nothing.
N
Because
the
sheriff
out
there
for
months
was
begging
the
County
Council
to
please
hire
officers,
because
if
you
don't,
we
are
eventually
are
going
to
have
to
not
be
able
to
have
the
Personnel
to
do
daytime
patrols
and
guess
what
they
no
longer
are
able
to
do
daytime
Patrols.
This
affects
all
of
us.
It
affects
all
of
us,
I,
don't
care
if
you're
left
right
center,
it
doesn't
matter,
we
all
want
a
safe
City.
N
I
will
also
tell
you
that
to
date,
here's
a
statistic:
we
have
608
violent
felonies
committed
year
to
date.
Now
let
me
put
that
into
perspective
for
you.
If
you
look
at
Nationwide,
we
have
approximately
80
to
90
000
citizens,
that's
608,
violent
felonies
that
were
committed
now
that
is
identified
by
the
police
as
I.
Understand
it
to
be
a
crime
committed
against
another
person
with
a
Shetty
can
be
nunchucks
can
be
a
bat
could
be
anything
to
do
violent
harm
or
death
to
that
individual.
That
puts
us
at
a
city
of
nine.
O
This
grant
would
support
the
mental
and
physical
health
of
officers,
therefore,
reducing
suicide
rates,
reducing
workers,
comp
claims,
demonstrating
better
de-escalation
skills
and
having
overall,
better
decision-making
skills
as
much
as
we
recognize
how
everyone's
mental
health
is
suffered
over
covid
I
can't
imagine
why
anyone
would
vote
no,
especially
considering
the
nature
of
policing
and
the
impact
that
it's
had
on
the
men
and
women
who
do
this
job
every
day.
This
seems
like
a
measure
that
everyone
should
support
and
I
hope
that
this
will
pass
unanimously.
O
I
want
to
thank
those
who
sought
the
endorsement
of
the
police
benevolent
Association
for
their
election.
It
really
shows
that
you
are
willing
to
put
yourselves
out
there
and
be
asked
the
tough
questions
by
their
membership,
and
we
know
it's
not
easy
to
get
that
endorsement.
We're
seeking
we're
seeing
a
lot
more
support
from
Council
towards
policing,
but
not
so
much
in
regard
to
one
particular
Council
council
member
Kim
Roney.
O
While
her
anti-police
rhetoric
slowed
during
elections,
she
was
still
unable
to
even
mention
police
in
regard
to
violent
crime.
In
any
of
her
debates.
How
can
we
be
serious
about
violent
crime
without
mentioning
police?
A
community,
paramedic
or
social
worker
is
not
going
to
respond
to
prevent
or
solve
violent
crime.
In
my
opinion,
respectfully
she
should
be
not
be
a
member
of
the
Public
Safety
Committee
and
I
would
encourage
her
removal.
O
O
We
want
to
continue
to
encourage
you
all
to
continue
to
advocate
for
us
and
for
our
Public
Safety
I
am
encouraged
by
most
of
the
panel
being
police
supporters
and
for
your
latest
decision
to
give
the
go-ahead
on
using
extra
funds
in
the
budget
to
incentivize,
policing
and
advocate
for
recruitment.
We
all
look
forward
to
working
together
towards
a
safer
City
for
everyone.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
Carol
Dermot.
P
Hello
I
have
nothing
prepared
and
written
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
what
you
do.
I'm
standing
here
as
part
of
this
new
coalition
as
a
Democrat
as
a
practicing
independent
and
as
a
person
who
wants
to
continue
to
see
everybody
work
together
and
continue
to
believe
that
supporting
one
group
of
people
is
not
mutually
exclusive
to
supporting
another
and
I'm
speaking
about
the
underserved
in
our
community
versus
our
Police
Department.
We
need
to
help
both
of
these
groups
and
we
can
do
both
of
these
things.
P
We
do
not
have
to
vilify
an
entire
police
department
for
the
actions
of
a
few,
and
we
don't
need
to
vilify
an
entire
underserved
Community
for
the
actions
of
a
few
and
I
just
beg
of
you
to
continue
to
act
in
good
faith,
to
help
both
of
these
communities
and
to
find
Common
Sense
Solutions,
and
we
support
article
H
to
continue
to
help
the
police
department
to
improve
in
all
of
these
mental
health
areas.
And
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
C
C
Grand
Shiloh
will
miss
you
just
thought
I'd,
let
you
know,
because
you
mean
a
lot
too.
You
mean
a
lot
to
us
through
all
the
years
that
you
serviced
us
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
know
that
I
didn't
know
everything
that
I
needed
to
know
when
we
started
with
the
reparations,
because
it
was
so
new
to
me
and
I
think
to
a
lot
of
others,
but
I
think
that
the
progress
that
we're
making
is
making
a
difference.
C
It
may
seem
like
it's
kind
of
slow,
but
we're
very
careful
with
how
we
move
forward
in
this
endeavor.
Therefore,
I
would
say
that
I
know
that
it's
coming
up
about
a
new
project
manager
and
a
new
team.
That's
going
to
work
that
I
think
that
if
we
stay
within
the
guidelines
of
what
we've
already
been
doing,
even
though
there
may
be
some
changes,
we
will
still
be
able
to
get
the
work
done,
because
the
work
is
already
valuable
and
it's
valuable
to
what
we're
doing
so.
C
I
would
just
ask
that,
as
you
take
in
consideration
of
how
this
would
play
out,
that
you
would
say
that
we
would
keep
the
same
thing.
This
is
my.
This
is
just
my
opinion
that
we
should
keep
the
same
company
that
we
were
using,
even
though
there
may
be
a
transition
so
that
we
can
continue
to
work
and
to
move
forward.
Thank.
Q
I'm
actually,
here
to
speak,
hey
Council
I'm
actually
here
to
speak
about
the
reparations
commission
and
the
decision
as
before,
y'all
as
a
part
of
the
consent
agenda.
Q
I'm
actually
I
want
a
voice,
concern
and
I'm
voiced
and
concerned,
not
that
y'all
need
to
reconsider,
but
voicing
concern
as
a
way
of
us
moving
forward
and
a
process
for
us
moving
forward
decisions
that
are
made
that
impact
the
reparations
commission
should
come
to
the
reparations
commission
and
not
be
a
staff-led
thing
that
we
get
told
is
happening
to
us
I'm
in
reference
to
the
change
in
management.
That
should
have
been
a
conversation,
and
it
shouldn't
have
waited
till
our
last
meeting
two
weeks
before
this
meeting.
Q
If
there
are
changes
and
things
that
need
to
happen,
that
is
going
to
directly
impact,
especially
the
management
of
the
reparations
commission,
how
we
function
with
our
facilitators
because
they
have
been
a
strong
asset
to
our
to
our
Focus
area
groups
and
what
that
looks
like
moving
forward.
It
should
come
to
us
for
discussion.
Y'all
have
an
awesome
reparations
commission,
everyone
is
educated.
Everyone
has
been
doing
a
lot
of
what
brings
a
lot
of
skills
and
talents.
Q
This
has
been
a
few
months
of
issue
that
we
were
unaware
of,
and
we
had
no
idea
of
until
our
last
meeting,
my
full
commission
and
being
Vice
chair
I
heard
about
it
the
week
before,
but
that's
like
still
no
time
to
have
a
real
conversation
with
the
people
that
y'all
appointed
to
this
commission
and
they
have
time
to
process
and
make
an
informed
decision.
Q
So
I
would
just
like
the
ads
that
moving
forward
y'all
trust
that
we
have
the
skills
and
ability
to
process
that
and
have
a
value
add
value
to
that
process.
So
when
y'all
get
it
y'all
hear
and
support
of
it
versus
we
just
want
to
keep
moving.
So
we
just
go
go
with
whatever
is
out
there,
since
it's
already
happening
to
us
not
with
us
but
to
us,
and
we
feel
like
it's
gonna
hold
up
progress
because
we
didn't
have
the
voice.
Thank
you.
A
B
A
Opposed
and
send
agenda
passes
unanimously,
thanks
for
those
folks
who
came
down
to
speak
on
that,
we
have
two
presentations
this
evening
under
the
presentation
section.
The
first
is
a
presentation
of
the
fiscal
year
2022
audit
and
then
we're
going
to
hear
the
manager's
report
code,
purple,
slash,
homeless
strategy,
division,
update.
R
G
B
E
E
So
for
the
first
thing,
we're
just
going
to
talk
about
the
financial
results
then
go
through
this
sort
of
the
compliance
results.
The
last
piece
since
you've
already
answered
this
in
in
your
pre-meeting
earlier,
with
your
signatures,
we're
going
to
skip
over
the
performance
indicators
item
so
first
thing
we
have
the
this
is
going
to
be
fairly
quickly.
Your
annual
comprehensive
financial
report
goes
really
top
to
bottom
from
the
most
broad
to
the
most
detailed.
So
the
200
and
220
plus
pages
that
you
have
the
further.
E
You
read
the
more
detail
it's
going
to
get.
So,
if
there's
something
that
you're
really
looking
for
flip
on
to
the
back,
because
that's
where
that's
where
the
detail
is
going
to
be,
but
as
Auditors
we're
tasked
with
providing
you
with
an
opinion
on
your
financial
statements
as
to
whether
or
not
they
are
fairly
presented
in
accordance
with
generally
accepted
accounting
principles
or
Gap,
we
can
Issue
four
different
types
of
opinions.
They're
listed
here,
the
adverse
we
can
disclaim.
E
We
can
issue
a
qualified
or
modified
or
the
highest
level
of
assurance
that
we
can
provide,
which
is
an
unmodified
or
clean
opinion.
The
city
did
receive
this
year,
so
just
from
the
financial
results
going
through
quickly,
your
general
fund
revenues
for
fiscal
year
2022
the
highest
is
in
your
ad
valorem
taxes
and
then
the
second
highest
and
the
other
taxes
trending
wise
you'll
see
that
that's
pretty
consistent
over
the
past
five
years,
with
a
slight
upward
tick
across
each
major
category.
E
This
is
your
tax
rate
for
the
year
just
sort
of
qualify.
This
the
overall
tax
collected,
as
you
saw
here,
did
actually
go
up.
The
rate
itself
nominally
did
not
go
up,
but
it
did
overall
for
not
state
revenue
neutral
for
this
past
year.
E
E
This
here
shows
your
property
tax
collected
you'll,
see
that
there
was
a
dip
in
property
tax,
obviously
very,
albeit
very
minor,
during
the
pandemic
period,
and
it
is
recovering
and
compared
to
your
life-size
communities
like
science
communities
in
the
state.
You
are
collecting
at
a
higher
tick
than
they
are
as
well
as
Statewide
general.
E
Highest
highest
percentage,
there
is
on
Public
Safety,
followed
by
General
government.
This
is
a
trend
we
see
with
pretty
much
every
government
that
we
look
at
and
you'll
see
here
that
that
trend
has
been
the
same
here
at
the
city
for
the
past
five
years,
with
a
slight
uptick
in
the
public
safety
this
past
year,
primarily
due
to
the
incentive
study
for
for
pay
pay
rates,
and
you
go
to
your
general
fund
fund
balance.
The
major
portions
of
that
fund
balance
are
broken
down
between
non-smiddle
spendable,
restricted,
committed
assigned
and
unassigned.
E
The
highest
portion
of
that
here
is
your
assigned,
which
is
assigned
by
your
management
and
then
you're
restricted
by
is
one
item
that
is
set
by
Statute
and
similar
driven
by
what
the
local
government
commission
provides
each
year.
So
I'll
go
through
now.
First
I'll
stop
at
questions
on
anything
I'm
going
through.
E
E
In
addition
to
that,
the
other
thing
we
were
tasked
to
do
in
accordance
with
the
state
single
audit
Act
and
the
federal
single
audit
act,
also
known
as
the
uniform
guidance
we
are
required
to
issue
our
opinion
on
your
compliance
with
federal
and
state
grants,
as
well
as
identify
any
material
weaknesses
or
significant
deficiencies
in
internal
control,
on
compliance
as
it
relates
to
those
grants.
This
here
is
a
list
of
all
of
the
major
programs
or
major
grants
that
we
identified
this
year
and
tested.
E
E
The
last
section
of
here
is
what
we
call
our
AUC
260,
which
you
should
have
received
a
letter
about
this.
This
is
our
Auditor's
communication
to
those
charged
with
governance.
This
goes
through
just
a
listing
of
items
that
are
required.
Communication
by
audit
standard
I'm,
just
gonna
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
this
whole
list,
because
this
this
list-
we
pretty
much
finish
up
here,
but
the
main
points
here
is
that
we
did
not
have
any
disagreements
with
with
management
we're
unaware
of
management
reaching
out
to
any
other
additional
auditors.
E
The
biggest
item
that
you
had
this
year
was
the
implementation
of
gasby's
statement
number
87,
which
resulted
in
the
bringing
on
of
additional
lease
liabilities,
as
well
as
lease
assets
on
the
books
that
previously
were
not
considered
assets
or
liabilities,
but
just
operating
costs,
and
then,
finally,
we
did
not
have
any
instances
of
disagreements
with
management
that,
through
the
course
of
the
audit
and
overall,
in
this
letter,
you
also
should
have
a
listing
in
the
back,
which
is
all
of
the
significant
accounting
estimates
that
are
utilized
by
Management
in
the
in
the
preparation
of
the
financial
statements.
E
This
listing
here
is
I,
think,
there's
nine
different
ones
on
there.
It
will
show
you
tell
you
about
the
estimate,
how
the
estimate
is
made
and
then
the
procedures
that
we
performed
as
Auditors
to
gain
confidence
and
comfort
that
they
are
reasonable.
So
with
that,
I
really
don't
have
anything
else
to
add
other
than
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
finance
department
for
really
helping
us
out
Tony
and
his
team
really
go
out
of
their
way
to
make
our
lives
easier.
E
U
I
don't
have
questions
right
now
regarding
the
audit,
though
I
did
notice
that
there's
named
weaknesses
that
could
provide
opportunity
for
issues
in
the
future,
but
I
did
have
concerns
for
for
our
body
and
for
staff
about
the
things
that
I
see
here
and
what
it
could
mean
for
our
budget
process
moving
forward.
U
B
U
Time
for
people
to
really
dig
in
to
the
information
I
think
when
we
have
big
documents
available
in
such
short
notice
that
it
makes
a
missed
opportunity
to
engage
and
inform
the
public.
But
the
second
one
is
that
this,
the
the
pie
chart
and
the
graphs
that
were
available
earlier
in
the
presentation
are
already
leading
to
a
lot
of
questions
around
our
budget
priorities.
For
example,
when
we
have
a
housing
crisis,
where
is
housing
as
a
percentage?
U
I
know
that
it's
buried
in
the
other
departments,
but
I
think
we
could
use
this
information
and
walk
backwards.
So
that
folks
understand
like
how
does
the
percentage
break
down
compared
to
cities
reliant
on
the
tourism
industry?
Are
local
taxpayers
disproportionately
historic
black
neighborhoods,
picking
up
the
tap
for
Public,
Safety
and
sanitation
for
our
daytime
population
and
tourist
population?
U
A
J
Thank
you
and
good
evening.
Everybody
and
Emily
I
just
want
you
to
know.
You
got
a
tough
act
to
follow,
but
I
I
know
you
are.
You
are
up
to
it.
We
have
a
very
short
report
and
I
think
the
mayor
has
detailed
specifically
the
content
and
scope,
but
I
wanted
to
introduce
Emily
as
our
recently
hired
division
manager
of
our
newly
formed
homeless
strategy
Division,
and
that
thank
you
and
that
division
is
housed
in
our
community
and
economic
development
department
and
I.
J
X
You
I
appreciate
that
so
much
and
I,
it's
my
privilege
to
work
at
the
city
of
Asheville
in
this
position
and
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
Emily
balls,
community
and
Economic
Development
Department
I'm
glad
to
be
here
with
you
all
tonight.
I
want
to
share
just
a
few
updates
with
you
about
homeless
initiatives
in
our
community.
X
The
first
will
be
around
updates,
as
as
Deborah
mentioned,
updates
in
our
division
in
our
department
also
talk
to
you
about
the
code,
purple
shelter
plan
for
this
winter
season
and
then
give
give
you
an
update
on
the
unsheltered
homelessness
consultant
and
the
timeline
for
that
presentation.
Schedule
key
takeaways
are
that
the
city
and
partners
across
the
community
are
collaborating
to
add
capacity
to
respond
to
homelessness.
X
Updates
division
was
formed
in
July
of
2022,
so
this
is
new
for
our
department.
Our
division
is
comprised
of
four
team
members,
so
I
have
been
in
that
division
manager
role
again
privileged
to
be
in
that
position.
Since
July
of
2022.,
we
have
three
other
positions
in
our
division:
one
is
a
data
and
compliance
specialist
who
was
hired
in
September
of
this
year,
training
and
development
specialists.
At
the
time
that
we
published
these
slides,
we
were
still
interviewing
for
that
position,
but
I'm
so
happy
to
tell
you.
X
Our
division
is
really
focused
on
building
Community
capacity
to
strengthen
their
response
to
homelessness,
that's
fulfilling
the
city's
responsibilities
as
the
Continuum
of
Care,
lead
agency
and,
of
course,
slipping
the
homeless
initiative
advisory
committee.
As
you
know,
that's
a
committee
that
is
jointly
appointed
by
both
the
city
and
the
county
and
that
serves
as
the
Continuum
of
Care
governance
board.
So
it's
really
a
key
entity
in
our
community
for
driving
strategy
and
policy
and
funding
recommendations
to
to
increasingly
end
homelessness.
X
Since
July
of
2022,
we
have
made
a
little
bit
of
progress,
so
we
have
managed
the
community
process
to
develop
and
submit
applications
for
federal
funding
for
homeless
programs.
That
is
almost
two
million
dollars
in
federal
funding
from
the
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
Continuum
of
Care
Program.
That's
primarily
for
permanent
housing
programs
in
our
community,
for
people
fleeing
domestic
violence
and
for
people
exiting
chronic
homelessness.
X
We've
also
that
and
that
application
is
still
pending.
We've
also
facilitated
the
community
process
for
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
emergency
Solutions
Grant,
it's
about
128
000
that
has
been
awarded
and
that
will
support
emergency
shelter
operations
as
well
as
homelessness
prevention
and
Rapid
rehousing
work.
X
We've
also
initiated
and
facilitated
Community
work
groups,
which
is
certainly
our
role
again.
We
want
to
support
the
community
in
building
that
capacity
to
respond
to
homelessness.
One
of
those
has
been
the
code.
Purple
group
and
I'll
talk
more
about
that.
Also,
a
group
focused
on
health
care
and
homelessness.
There's
a
lot
of
intersection
between
those
two
systems
in
our
community
and
issues.
We've
been
working
really
closely
with
Outreach
staff
in
the
community
to
ensure
that
that
effort
is
coordinated.
X
We
have
a
number
of
agencies
who
have
Outreach
staff
and
so
want
to
be
sure
that
we
are
connecting
all
of
those
dots
that
we
don't
have
as
we
currently
have
staff
at
multiple
agencies
who
are
working
with
the
same
person
on
different
issues.
That's
an
easy
problem
for
us
to
solve
through
some
basic
coordination.
So
so
that's
been
a
positive
outcome
there
and
then
also
coordinating
with
system
leaders
again
to
ensure
that
we
are
really
well
coordinated
and
collaborative
across
our
community.
X
As
you
know,
code
purple
is
a
long-standing
community
shelter
initiative
to
expand
capacity
and
flex
requirements
when
the
temperature
is
at
32
degrees
or
below.
This
community
initiative
was
started
by
shelter
providers
in
2009
and
shelter.
Participation
is
voluntary
varies
year
to
year,
the
Homeless
Coalition,
which
is
a
which
is
a
group
of
community
members
that
meets
monthly
to
address
homeless
issues.
X
The
upshot
of
the
plan
is
that
we
have
105
available
beds,
this
winter
50
beds
for
single
men,
and
you
see
there's
a
plus
there.
We
have
at
least
50
beds
available
for
single
men.
That
just
means
that
they
have
the
capacity
to
flex
up
if
needed,
if
there
is
greater
demand
than
50..
That's
at
abccm's
veterans,
restoration
quarters,
50
beds
for
single
women
and
women
with
children,
and
that
is
at
abccm's
transformation,
Village
and
then
five
hotel
rooms
for
families
as
needed,
facilitated
by
abccm.
X
So
clear
theme,
Here
of
abccm
participation
in
code
purple
this
year
and
overall
again
we
have
27
plus,
but
at
least
27
more
beds
than
we
had
last
year.
Last
year
we
had
78
beds
across
all
locations,
a
really
significant
increase
this
year
and
last
year
we
also
only
had
one
night
when
all
beds
were
filled,
so
the
biggest
snowstorm
that
we
had
last
year
was
the
only
night
when
we
filled
up
capacity
and
So.
Based
on
that,
you
know.
X
Again,
really
strong
planning
process
that
resulted
in
code
purple
being
available
a
month
and
a
half
earlier
than
last
year
and
extending
longer
into
the
spring
season.
So
as
of
October
15th
code,
purple
is
operational
again.
The
Homeless
Coalition
call
a
notification
is
facilitated
by
the
Homeless
Coalition
leadership.
They
call
code
purple
48
hours
in
advance
based
on
the
forecast
on
weather.gov,
and
they
send
an
email
notification
out
to
their
distribution
list
and
also
post
on
social
media.
That
is
a
really
well
established
distribution
list
that
includes
service
writers
and
referral.
X
Partners
community
members,
Media
Partners,
certainly
open
to
anyone
in
the
community.
On
the
on
the
homeless
strategy
division
page,
we
have
a
link
to
the
code
to
code
purple
information
and
there's
some
information
there
about
how
folks
can
get
on
that
distribution
list.
So
they
can
receive
that
notification.
City
is
also
posting
code
purple
when
that
is
called
on
the
city's
website.
X
Entry
cut
off
this
year
is
8
P.M,
I
I,
just
I
want
to
actually
take
a
moment
to
really
highlight
abccm
and
they're
very
strong
commitment
to
people
who
are
homeless
in
our
community
and
really
just
showing
up
with
so
much
capacity
and
flexibility
this
year
to
make
this
shelter
available.
X
After
8
PM
law
enforcement,
emergency
responders,
the
hospital
and
Outreach
teams
are
able
to
facilitate
late
entry.
So
the
intention
there
is
that
folks
are
in
by
8
PM,
but
as
those
emergency
responders
are
out
and
about
doing
their
work
and
they
encounter
people
who
need
shelter,
they
are
able
to
take
them.
After
that
entry
cut
off
and
then
Transportation,
because
both
of
these
primary
locations
are
neither
of
these
locations
are
downtown.
X
In
addition
to
code
purple,
we
also
have
a
winter
shelter
initiative
that
is
developing
the
community.
We
have
two
locations
that
are
working
to
stand
up
nightly
winter,
shelter,
meaning
that
that
shelter
would
be
open
every
night,
not
dependent
but
sure,
but
would
be
open
every
night
throughout
the
winter.
That
is
abccm
at
Costello
house
working
on
30
beds,
for
single
men
and
Asheville
ecumenical
winter
shelter,
which
is
a
group
of
Faith
communities
that
have
come
together
to
work
on
prove
our
30th
meeting.
X
And
then,
lastly,
the
update
on
the
unsheltered
homelessness
consultant,
just
a
quick
recap
is
that
the
city
of
Asheville
has
partnered,
with
Buncombe
County
and
Dogwood
Health
Trust
to
contract,
with
the
National
Alliance
to
end
homelessness,
to
better
understand
and
address
unsheltered
homelessness.
The
city
is
serving
as
the
administrative
point
of
contact
for
that
collaborative
effort,
and
the
project
is
fully
funded
by
Dogwood.
X
This
project
has
had
a
very
high
level
of
community
engagement
throughout
including
service
providers,
partner
organizations,
businesses,
neighborhood
associations,
Faith
communities
and,
very
importantly,
people
with
lived
experience
of
homelessness.
The
alliance
has
conducted
focus
groups
and
surveys
and
site
visits
and
really
worked
hard
to
get
a
comprehensive
picture
of
the
landscape
in
our
community
and
what
our
opportunities
are.
X
The
results
of
that
needs
assessment
and
the
strategies
and
recommendations
will
be
combined
into
a
comprehensive
written
report
and
a
Public
Presentation
that
will
be
delivered
in
person
by
the
National
Alliance
and
homelessness
on
January
25th
2023
from
1
to
4
pm
that'll
be
at
the
Harrah's
Cherokee
Center,
and
this
will
be
a
joint
meeting
of
Asheville
city
council
and
Buncombe
County
Commission
Dogwood,
Health
Trust
and
the
homeless
initiative
advisory
committee.
Representatives
will
be
invited
to
attend
the
homeless
initiative
advisory
committee.
X
Hayak
will
have
a
key
role
in
strategy
implementation
again
as
governance
board
for
the
Asheville
Buncombe
Continuum
of
Care,
and
they
will
hold
a
special
called
meeting
on
January
26th,
so
the
following
day
in
person
with
the
National
Alliance
to
end
homelessness,
to
really
deep
dive
into
what
those
recommendations
are
The
Joint
meeting
both
meetings,
joint
meeting
and
the
Hayek
meeting
will
both
be
public.
Folks
in
the
community
certainly
welcome
and
invited
to
attend
again
key
takeaways,
the
city
and
partners
across
the
community
are
collaborating
to
add
capacity
to
respond
to
homelessness.
X
We
had
a
stronger,
more
participatory
planning
process
for
code
purple
this
year
with
105
beds.
Currently
available,
which
is
27
more
beds
than
we
had
last
year,
and
the
report
from
the
National
Alliance
to
end
homelessness
in
January
will
provide
specific
recommendations
to
help
guide
our
Collective
efforts,
it'll,
be
on
January
25th,
joint
meeting
between
the
city
and
the
county
to
understand,
findings
and
recommendations,
and
that
is
it
for
me.
I
feel
like
I,
always
give
you
very
long
presentations,
but
I
am
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have.
K
I
just
want
to
say
this
is
amazing,
so
I
heard
there
was
only
one
night
last
year
that
all
beds
were
full
and
then
we've
also
added
more
beds,
and
it
sounded
like
a
more
variety
and
different
types
and
I.
Just
I
think
it's
outstanding,
I'm,
actually
very
I'm,
pleased
and
very
thankful
for
everything
that
you
just
shared
with
us
and
I
know
we're
coming
back
with
more
information
in
January,
but
I
feel
really
good
about
everything
you
just
shared
with
us
and
thank
you.
A
Emily,
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
we've
learned
I
think
over
the
last
couple
years,
especially
for
those
of
us
who
aren't
always
in
this
work
is
that
cities
that
are
successful
around
effectively
tackling
the
challenge
of
houselessness
are
coordinated
and
are
working
together.
And
that's
you
know
what
we've
seen
you
know.
A
So
so
thank
you
for
that
and
for
actually
making
that
happen
so
that
that's
very
critical.
K
Can
I
ask
one
question:
this
comes
up
from
time
to
time
and
I
want
to
keep
sharing
it
I
know.
So
we
have
a
requirement
to
do
a
point
in
time
count
once
a
year
in
January,
and
it
keeps
coming
up
that
maybe
we
should
be
doing
it
more
often,
because
certainly
we
need
to
do
that
for
the
requirement,
but
we
may
glean
more
information
if
we
did
it
twice
a
year
or
quarterly
and
I
understand
some
other
cities
do
that
is
that
something
you're
considering.
X
Yes,
I
think
that
makes
sense
for
us.
So,
as
you
mentioned,
we
conduct
the
account
in
January
every
year.
It's
always
it's
historically
been
the
last
Wednesday
in
January.
Last
year
we
moved
that
to
Tuesday
in
order
to
connect
with
people
at
Haywood
streets
lunch
on
Wednesday,
which
is
such
a
hub
of
activity
to
ask
folks
where
they
slept
the
night
before
to
be
sure
that
we
included
them.
X
So
we'll
do
that
again
this
year,
which
means
that
we'll
look
at
the
last
Tuesday
in
January,
so
that'll
be
January
31st
this
year,
I
do
think
a
summer
account
does
make
sense
for
us.
I
think
we've
had
a
long
Community
conversation
about
that.
X
It
does
seem
without
data
that
we
have
a
population
change
over
the
course
of
the
year
and
so
I
think
it
would
be
really
helpful
for
us
to
quantify
that
I,
you
know,
will
will
again
point
back
to
the
great
capacity
that
we'll
have
in
our
division
to
help
support
that
kind
of
effort
in
the
future.
But
I
do
think
that
makes
sense.
That's
great.
U
Thank
you,
I'll
add
the
just
appreciation
for
your
work:
Emily,
your
leadership
and
your
experience,
or
an
asset,
not
just
this
organization,
but
to
the
community
at
large.
So
thank
you.
U
I
have
been
attending
the
winter,
slash
Community,
slash
code,
purple,
shelter,
meetings
which
are
a
rapid
response
because
of
the
gaps
and
barriers,
because
we
don't
have
an
emergency
shelter,
so
I
think
one
of
the
concerns
I
have
is
when
we
talk
about.
This
is
like
an
ongoing
plan,
I'm,
not
sure
that
it
meets
the
resiliency
that
our
community
expects
during
crisis
and
specifically
in
slides,
nine
and
ten.
U
The
appreciation
for
the
8
PM
expansion
can't
be
overstated,
that's
huge,
but
we
still
have
workers,
including
service
industry,
folks
who
don't
get
off
work
in
time
as
many
shifts
in
between
10
and
midnight,
so
we're
still
leaving
people
behind
it's
not
the.
As
far
as
we
need
it
to
go.
Is
one
concern.
I
have
there's
a
report
that
I
sent
from
the
first
nights
of
call
code
code
purple
in
October.
U
The
report
report
was
confirmed
by
the
chairs
as
reflecting
the
conversation
of
the
October
meeting
and
I'm
just
going
to
quickly
read
it
because
it
is
part
of
the
public
record,
but
also
for
the
benefit
of
the
public
one
capacity.
There
are
not
enough
beds.
The
vrq
was
full
at
10
30
PM,
the
Salvation
Army's
16
beds
were
not
available.
Two
Transportation
the
bus
doesn't
run
late
enough,
while
Fair
free
Transit
towards
the
shelters
appreciated.
The
fares
are
a
barrier
to
getting
back
to
where
resources
like
food
are
available.
U
So
some
may
not
go
into
shelter
if
they
know
they're
going
to
become
Stranded
the
next
day,
not
all
volunteers
or
staff
are
equipped
with
equipment
to
transport
people
in
wheelchairs,
three
service
outcomes.
There
are
concerns
that
the
non-discrimination,
ordinance
violations
at
entry
of
shelter
and
throughout
service
are
still
happening,
but
participants
may
be
nervous
to
report.
Staff
and
volunteers
need
training,
like
hope,
Crisis,
Intervention,
training,
REI
Etc,
four
partnership.
U
We
need
the
government
to
come
alongside
to
be
in
Partnership
when
asking
Faith
communities
to
do
this
work
examples
expanded
Transit
since
late
night
Transit
requires
our
transport.
Apologies
requires
APD,
who
are
down
staff,
including
Fair,
free
trips,
the
next
day,
five
funding
a
hundred
thousand
is
a
drop
in
the
bucket
and
perpetuates
a
scarcity
narrative.
The
absence
of
an
emergency
shelter
counseling
commission
need
to
make
more
resources
available
is
an
issue
that
funding
comes
after
services
six
and
the
last
is
over-promising
under
delivering.
U
We
need
to
review
commitments
to
barrier
removal
like
pets
being
allowed
and
families
staying
together.
So
once
again,
I
sent
this
to
all
the
council
members
and
to
the
city
manager's
office,
just
because
there
are
parts
that
are
missing
in
this
report
from
that
one
from
what
happened
on
the
first
nights
of
code
purple
who
fell
through
the
cracks
and
the
fact
that
there
weren't
beds
available
after
10
30
means,
if
we
tell
if
we
say
that
there
are
beds
available,
but
then
they're
full
something's
happening
there.
U
X
Love
to
speak
to
some
of
that,
if
I
can,
those
are
excellent
points
and
I
I
have
seen
that
document
as
well.
Right
after
that
community
meeting,
we
had
a
coordination
sort
of
an
after-action
discussion
about
how
those
first
few
nights
of
code
purple
went
and
I
feel
confident
that
we
were
able
to
work
out
most
of
those
concerns.
So
the
folks
we
included
in
that
were
abccm.
X
Of
course,
the
Homeless
Coalition
co-chairs,
art
the
county,
Community,
paramedics
and
I-
think
that's
it,
but
we,
some
of
what
we
worked
out
is
that
on
the
initial
code,
purple
notification,
for
example-
art
wasn't
included
on
that
email
blast.
Well,
that's
an
easy
fix.
Of
course.
They
certainly
should
always
be
included
so
that
their
drivers
know
to
honor.
When
people
ask
for
free
transit
to
code
purple
sites,
we've
worked
that
out
going
forward,
I
think
for
abccm.
X
You
know
as
you're
standing
up
a
large
and
complex
shelter
operation
and
especially
when
you're
deploying
a
lot
of
volunteers
who
may
be
participating
for
the
first
time.
They
certainly
had
some.
You
know,
as
anyone
who
had
had
some
operational
challenges
with
that,
but
I
feel
like
that.
Those
have
also
been
resolved.
X
We
really
worked
out
clear
communication
between
a
lot
of
those
stakeholders
to
ensure
that
you
know
if
Community
paramedics
need
to
reach
someone
at
abccm
at
11,
PM,
that
they
have
the
correct
contact
information
for
that
and
are
able
to
get
the
site
manager
who's
there
directly.
So
I
feel
like
we
were
able
to
address
most
of
those
concerns,
and
the
other
thing
I
wanted
to
mention.
X
I
didn't
include
this
in
the
slides,
but
you
mentioned
service
workers
who
may
be
getting
off
shift
late.
Abcm
can
certainly
accommodate
that.
They
just
need
to
make
those
arrangements
with
folks
in
advance,
so
so
for
anyone
listening
who
might
be
in
that
situation
might
be
employed
and
needing
late
access
because
of
because
their
work
schedule
there
is
opportunity
to
have
that
conversation
with
shelter
providers
so
that
they'll
be
able
to
access
those
beds.
X
B
A
You
very
much
okay,
we're
going
to
move
into
the
public
hearings
portion
of
this
of
the
agenda.
The
first
item
is
110
River
Hills
Road.
This
one
has
two
parts.
The
first
is
a
resolution
to
consider
proving
land
use,
incentive
Grant
and
the
second
one
is
the
the
rezoning
and
we're
going
to
hear
from
Sasha
vertinski
on
the
first
one,
and
then
we're
going
to
hear
from
Will
palmquest
on
the
second
and
then
we'll
do
the
public
hearing
together
for
both
of
those
and
then
we'll
have
to
vote
on
them
separately.
S
Thank
you
mayor
and
council
members,
I'm
Sasha
vertinski,
the
affordable
housing
officer
with
the
community
and
economic
development
department
and
I'm.
Here
to
present
this
land
use
incentive,
Grant
request
for
110
River
Hills
Road,
our
key
takeaways.
As
many
as
you
all
know,
the
land
use
incentive
Grant
is
an
affordable
housing
incentive
Grant
based
on
a
development's
increased
tax
value.
S
This
application
was
submitted
by
orange
Capital
Advisors
LLC
for
153
apartments
at
110,
River,
Hills
Road.
The
project
is
committing
31
units
or
20
percent
to
be
affordable
for
20
years
at
80
percent
of
area
median
income
or
below,
and
the
project
is
also
bringing
other
benefits,
including
rental
assistance,
including
housing,
someone
from
the
homeless
by
name
list
housing,
Choice
vouchers,
acceptance,
solar
panels,
Universal
Design
and
with
all
of
those
qualifications
it
qualifies
for
a
17-year
grant.
S
So,
just
a
little
bit
of
background
on
the
project,
it's
153
units
on
a
community
space,
the
affordable
units
will
be
split
between
a
mix
of
one
and
two
bedroom
apartments,
17
one
bedrooms
and
14
two
bedroom
units
housing
represents
100
of
all
the
rentable
square
footage
and
that's
there,
because
that's
one
of
the
policy
requirements
again.
The
affordability
of
20
of
the
units
and
this
project
is
on
approximately
10.9
acres
of
land
on
River
Hills
Road,
and
the
current
estimated
taxable
value
after
construction
is
36.7
million
dollars.
S
So
here's
the
location,
it
is
just
off
of
River
Hills
Road.
If
you're
coming
off
of
South
tunnel
and
going
up
to
one
of
the
big
box
stores,
Target
dicks
any
of
those
that
piece
of
land
is
there,
it
is,
it
does
have
topography
and
wetlands.
So
it
is
a
difficult
site
to
develop,
which
I
think
is
contributing
to
the
cost
of
construction
and
the
cost
of
the
subsidy.
For
this
project.
S
S
S
They
are
housing,
a
person
from
the
homeless
by
name
list
which
gets
you
another
five
points,
the
location
they
are
less
than
a
mile
from
an
urban
center.
In
this
case,
that
is
the
Walmart
Center,
which
is
designated
an
urban
center
and
our
comprehensive
plan
and
they're
also
less
than
half
a
mile
from
a
Transit
amenity,
they're
near
two
bus
lines
on
Tunnel
Road.
S
They
are
proposing
to
do
Energy
Efficiency,
both
with
energy
star
and
with
solar
panels.
20
percent
of
the
units
will
have
Universal,
Design
and
they're
building
in
a
non-qualified
census
tract,
so
that
speaks
to
us
wanting
to
spread
affordable
housing
throughout
our
community,
so
that
totals
85
points
which
equals
17
years
of
Grant.
S
Just
a
quick
word
about
vouchers:
50
of
the
affordable
units
must
accept
housing,
Choice
vouchers
we
do
have
we.
We
discussed
this
at
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
this
morning
we
do
have
non-discrimination,
statement
in
our
housing.
That's
trust
fund,
sorry,
but
we
are
working
on
getting
a
non-discrimination
policy
in
the
luige
policy
I.
Do
we
all
do
it?
We
do
we
conflate
I'm,
sorry,
but
we
are.
You
know
working
these
into
our
agreements
with
folks,
housing,
Choice
vouchers,
people
who
have
those
vouchers
are
coming
from
the
Housing
Authority.
S
S
I
jumped
ahead,
so
here's
the
too
many
words
on
the
slide
of
lots
of
numbers.
Currently,
the
the
Land
There
is
about
a
half
a
million
dollars
in
tax
value
and
they're,
paying
200
to
2200
in
taxes
using
an
estimated
taxable
value
of
36.7
million
post-completion.
The
annual
city
property
tax
would
be
approximately
148
000.,
and
then
we
subtract
what
they're
paying
today
and
we
get
to
145
882
per
year
and
that's
what
we
would
Grant
back
for
17
years.
S
So
the
total
Grant,
when
you
multiply
that
you
get
2.48
million
over
the
17
years
and
that's
equal
to
a
subsidy
of
80
000
per
unit,
which
is
at
right
around
our
at
our
cap
for
our
policy
and
after
year.
17.
The
city
would
then
receive
the
full
taxes
back
from
the
project
or
wouldn't
the
city
would
stop
granting
back
taxes.
Y
J
S
This
project
has
gone
to
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
and
was
approved
two
to
zero
on
October
18th.
The
finance
committee
approved
it
three
to
zero
on
October
25th
and
we're
recommending
approval
staff
is
recommending
approval.
So
again,
these
are
just
the
key
takeaways
31
units
which
is
20
of
the
project
at
80,
Ami
or
below,
and
a
number
of
other
benefits.
And
that
concludes
my
presentation
happy
to
take
any
questions.
I
know
the
applicant
is
here
as
well
and
then
you
have-
and
you
have
Will's
presentation
too.
U
B
U
And
the
second
question
I
had
is:
if
we,
if
we
had
prepared
the
updates
to
a
beach
and
we
were
not
going
to
discriminate
against
voucher
holders,
would
we
be
seeing
32
units
accepting
vouchers
instead
of
16.
S
You
know
part
of
the
the
agreement
and
ordinance
would
basically
say
if
somebody
comes
to
you
with
a
voucher
and
they
you
know
they
qualify,
you
can't
discriminate
on
that
basis.
It
doesn't
matter
what
unit
it's
for
right,
it's
kind
of
in
my
understanding
like
if
they
can
pay
the
rent
for
a
unit.
You
can't
use
the
source
of
income
as
a
discrimination.
S
I
think
the
accepting
housing
vouchers
and
we've
also
talked.
We
also
talked
this
morning
about
versus
set
aside.
You
know,
setting
aside
units
that
have
to
have
a
voucher
holder,
that's
a
little
bit
different
than
accepting
housing.
Choice
vouchers.
Do
you
want
to
add
anything
to
that
so.
H
So
just
to
say
thank
you
for
that
Sasha
that
currently
we
do
have,
as
councilwoman
Rooney
pointed
out,
a
non-discrimination
ordinance
that
applies
to
protective
classes
in
a
variety
of
settings,
primarily
public,
accommodations
and
employment.
It
does
not
currently
include
any
particular
and
specific
protections
for
what
we'll
call
source
of
income
and
I
think
that's
applicable
here.
H
In
the
housing
context,
it
doesn't
because
that's
an
area
that
we
felt
that
the
state
primarily
regulates
the
state
does
have
a
state,
fair
housing
act.
It
lays
out
its
protected
classes,
which
I
will
also
note
at
this
point
does
not
include
source
of
income
as
a
protected
class.
There
is,
however,
certain
Protections
in
place
for
applicants
for
housing,
both
in
this
state
as
well
as
nationally,
but
it
does.
It
specifically
include
at
this
point
source
of
income,
but
that's
the
state
legislation
is
why
we
have
not
included
anything
locally
to
this,
but.
V
Directly
to
your
point,
I
think
the
question
was:
would
we
have
32
I,
don't
know
what
we
would
have
in
this
instance,
because
I
don't
know
what
the
fair
market
rate
would
be
and
I'm
frankly,
not
sure
at
this
point
the
value
of
a
voucher
so
for
purposes
of
discussion,
let's
just
say
and
I,
don't
believe
it
is.
The
value
is
twelve
hundred
dollars,
but
the
rent
is
2
000.
Then,
to
answer
your
question,
it
would
be
no
because
the
voucher
does
not
get
to
where
the
fair
market
value
is
so
again.
S
Just
to
make
sure
if
anybody's
listening
and
doesn't
understand
today
in
our
Housing
Trust
Fund
policy,
we
do
have
a
part
of
that
policy
says
that
people
are
projects
that
have
housing,
trust
funds
in
them.
We
have
a
non-discrimination
piece
in
there
and
that's
because
they're
receiving
City
funds.
We
don't
have
that
in
our
land.
Use
incentive
Grant
policy,
but
we
do
intend
to
add
it
when
we
do
revisions
next
spring.
So
I
just
to
be
clear.
A
R
Thank
you
good
evening,
mayor
members
of
council
will
Palmquist
with
planning
and
Urban
Design
I
was
going
to
keep
this
short
and
sweet,
but
now
I
know
I
have
a
reputation
to
maintain
so
I'll
be
presenting
on
the
conditional.
R
Absolutely
so
I'll
be
presenting
on
the
the
conditional
zoning
petition
for
this
project,
as
shown
here,
the
existing
zoning
is
a
CI
commercial
industrial
and
due
to
the
size
of
the
project,
a
rezoning
to
the
residential
expansion
conditional
zone
is
required
as
such.
A
detailed.
This
is
the
project
location
on
River,
Hills,
Road,
South
of
240
and
Tunnel
Road,
near
big
box
stores
and
Jason
to
residential
multi-family
to
the
South
and
Resident
residential
single
family
to
the
east.
R
As
far
as
accessibility,
new
sidewalks
are
proposed,
along
River
Hills,
Road
being
five
feet
wide
with
a
five
foot
wide
planting
strip
and
five
foot
wide
sidewalks
internal
to
the
site
on
the
projects
complies
with
all
the
landscaping
and
open
space
standards,
as
well
as
the
tree
canopy
preservation
standards,
which
are
met
through
the
preservation
of
trees
on
site.
R
We
have
landscape
plans
available,
did
want
to
talk
through
the
Eastern
property
boundary,
which
is
one
of
the
technical
modifications
that
the
project
is
seeking
to
address
through
the
conditional
zoning
process.
R
So
a
20-foot
wide
landscape
buffer
is
required
where
the
project
is
adjacent
to
residential
zoned
areas
and
this
project
for
about
a
I
believe
it's
a
250
linear
feet
is
encroaching
into
that
into
that
buffer,
with
the
presence
of
the
projects
part
of
the
drive
aisle
so
that
buffer
is,
is
kind
of
reduced
in
half
the
same
amount
of
plantings
of
trees
and
shrubs
are
going
to
be
provided
within
that
buffer.
In
any
case,
there's
also
a
six
foot
tall,
opaque
fence
to
help
with
the
screening
adjacent
to
that
site.
R
R
Additional
elevations
and
then
showing
also
the
the
building
being
cut
into
the
slope
profile
view
as
well.
R
As
Sasha
detailed
one
of
the
project
editions
with
the
20,
affordable,
totaling
31
units
at
80,
Ami
for
a
minimum
of
20
years
with
half
of
those
accepting
housing,
Choice
vouchers
through
technical
modifications,
the
first
being
a
reduction
from
the
required
10
foot,
wide
sidewalk
standard
to
a
five
foot
wide
sidewalk
with
a
five
foot
wide
planting
strip
along
River,
Hills
Road
and
five
foot
wide
sidewalks
internal.
R
The
aforementioned
encroachment
into
the
required
landscape
buffer,
which
is
155
linear
feet
along
the
Eastern
property
boundary,
and
then
that
no
bike
lanes
are
proposed
into
the
development.
However,
Bike
Share
of
pavement
markings
will
be
installed
on
the
Project's
driveway.
R
The
project
was
approved
with
conditions
at
the
September
19th
technical
Review
Committee
and
was
also
approved,
with
one
condition
at
the
October
5th
Planning
and
Zoning
commission
hearing,
and
that
one
condition
being
that
bicycle
share
of
pavement
markings
be
added
to
the
entrance
driveway
of
the
development.
R
The
project
is
consistent
with
aspects
of
the
living
Asheville
comprehensive
plan,
including
the
traditional
neighborhood
future
land
use
designation
by
providing
a
mix
of
housing
types
such
as
single
family,
with
accessory
dwelling
units,
duplexes,
townhomes
and
multi-family
Apartments.
The
project
also
Supports
number
of
goals
in
the
plan,
including
that
it
provides
infill
development
in
the
targeted
growth
area,
increases
the
supply
of
affordable
housing
and
proximity
to
schools,
Transit
and
parks,
and
also
eliminates
gaps
in
the
city-wide
sidewalk
Network.
R
A
D
Foreign
good
evening,
Council
and
staff,
my
name
is
Derek
Allen
I
represent
the
applicant
applicants.
Representative
Jasmine
Murphy
is
here
as
well
as
our
engineer,
John
Canard
directly
answering
your
question
on
the
solar
panels.
That
only
applies
to
common
areas
in
that
parking
area.
In
addition
to
that,
we
also
have
commitments
to
and
we'll
incorporate
electric
charge
electric
car
charging
stations
inside
of
that,
the
Luigi
scoring
Matrix
does
not
address
that.
So
there's
no
credit
or
comment
given
on
that.
A
A
A
AA
Hi
hello,
Council,
one
of
who
addressed
this
start
out
by
saying
I
am
mostly
for
the
project.
I
do
have
some
concerns.
AA
That
traffic
light
by
the
that
leads
into
the
River
Hills
development.
It
is
already
a
nightmare,
especially
on
weekends
and
around
holiday
season.
That
South
tunnel
Corridor
and
into
Wood
Avenue
is
is
ridiculous.
So
I'm
curious.
If
any
traffic
impact
study
has
been
conducted
to
see
what
the
addition
of
150
vehicles
or
more
given
that
there's
200
and
something
spaces
might
potentially
have
for
the
other
folks
that
live.
You
know.
B
B
AA
Because
they're
out
of
state,
my
understanding
is
they're
out
of
state
and
rent
those
homes.
I've
also
brought
up
previously
at
planning
and
zoning.
The
the
light
pollution
given
the
parking
area
and
the
building
lights
and
the
fact
that
a
five-story
building
is
going
to
be
essentially
above
my
property.
AA
How
that
can
be
addressed
with
light
pollution,
that's
going
to
be
basically
shining
completely.
You
know
from
us
till
dawn
down
on
on
the
houses
on
that
on
that
area,
I
hadn't
really
discovered
any
sort
of
way
to
I.
Guess
combat
that
most
of
the
lights
seemed
they
had
I
forget
what
they
were
called,
but
there
were
lights
that
specifically
shot.
You
know,
shown
upwards
or
I'm.
AA
Sorry,
it's
shown
downwards
to
prevent
some
of
the
light
pollution
and
being
that
the
building
is
kind
of
above
where
my
properties
are
I,
don't
know
how
that's
going
to
affect
it
and
again,
if
that
buffer
in
place
will
I
guess
prevent
some
of
that
light
pollution
just
shining
directly
on
the
houses
From
Dusk
to
Dawn.
Lastly,
I
know
for
the
past
three
years
that
there
is
a
that's
it
yeah.
Okay,
thank
you
for
your
time,
appreciate.
A
It
thank
you.
Well,
maybe
you
could
speak
to
the
buffer
and
the
lighting
requirements.
R
Sure
so
that
is
correct
that
the
buffer
is
proposed
to
be
reduced
in
this
section
somewhat.
You
know
the
building
is
still
set
back
within
the
required
setback.
The
buffer
is
still
going
to
be
there
and
have
the
required
plantings.
It's
more
that
the
driveway
is
encroaching
into
about
half
of
that
buffer,
which
the
presence
of
the
opaque
fence
is
trying
to
mitigate
some
of
that
proximity.
R
You
know
as
far
as
lighting
goes
I,
don't
think
we
have
detailed
plans
on
that.
Yet
my
understanding
is
that
light
generated
on
site
is,
is
required
to
stay
on
on
site
for
the
most
part
and
not
have
spillover,
and
then,
as
mentioned,
the
the
downcast
lighting
through
reduced
light
pollution
as
part
of
the
Dark
Skies
initiative
in
you
know,
as
far
as
light
generated
from
the
building,
you
know,
I
guess
window
lights
from
Windows
could
potentially
spill
over.
R
So
I
don't
believe
this
project
required
one
due
to
a
number
of
units
and
not
hitting
the
trigger
for
a
traffic
study
which
I
believe
is
100
vehicles
per
hour
based
on
the
uses
proposed.
So
we
don't
really
know
what
the
impacts
to
that
to.
A
All
right
Council,
we
we
are
now
at
the
point
unless
you
have
any
other
questions
or
comments,
we'll
need
to
do
two
motions.
One
first
would
be
a
resolution
approving
the
land
use
incentive
Grant
to
Orange
Capital
Advisors
LLC
for
the
development
project
at
110,
River,
Hills,
Road,.
V
A
Second,
all
right:
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
all,
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right,
and
then
we
need
a
motion
to
approve
the
conditional
zoning
from
commercial
industrial
district
to
residential
expansion,
slash
conditional
zone
for
the
construction
of
153
unit,
multi-family,
building,
okay,.
K
I'm
have
owning
requests
for
the
property
located
at
110,
River
Hills
Road
from
commercial
industrial
to
residential
expansion
conditional
Zone
and
find
that
the
request
is
reasonable
is
in
the
public.
Interest
is
consistent
with
the
city's
comprehensive
plan
and
meets
the
development
needs
of
the
community
and
that
the
request
one
provides
infill
development
and
targeted
growth
areas.
Two
increases
the
supply
of
affordable
housing
and
proximity
to
schools,
Transit
and
parks,
and
three
eliminates
gaps
in
the
city-wide
sidewalk
Network.
A
B
A
Any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you
very
much
on
our
next
item.
We
need
a
motion
to
continue
that
item
B
until
January
10th
2023
do
I.
Have
a
motion
so
moved
all
right.
All
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye.
AB
A
A
And
then,
under
the
final
item,
under
a
public
hearings
agenda
as
a
public
hearing
to
consider
an
ordinance
to
approve
an
annexation
agreement
between
the
city
of
Asheville
and
town
of
Woodfin,
designating
a
non-contiguous
area
that
being
810
Elk,
Mountain
Scenic
Highway,
designed
to
Annex
into
wood
fed.
This
is
kind
of
historic
moment.
Although
Brad
make
it
historic,
take
it
away.
H
I
I
usually
stand
in
historic
moments,
maybe
I'm
going
to
give
the
greatest
gift.
Any
attorney
can
give
and
give
a
brief
presentation
on
this,
because
I
think
I
can
be
fairly
succinct,
but
because
of
that,
I
know
that
Maggie
is
timing.
Me
I'll
take
just
one
second
of
personal
privilege
on
behalf
of
myself
and
so
many
staff
members
who
don't
get
this
mic
to
offer
my
appreciation
to
councilwoman
Whistler.
It
has
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
you.
It's
been
an
honor
to
be
your
attorney
and
you
will
be
sorely
missed.
H
H
H
S
K
H
True,
this
will
be
in
your
report
and
Now
for
Something
Completely
Different.
The
item
that
I'm,
primarily
here
to
speak
to
you
about,
is
something
that
I
can
generally
sum
up
in
a
few
key
takeaways.
We
don't
have
a
slide
for
this,
but
this
is
a
consideration
of
an
annexation
agreement
that
is
as
exciting
as
it
sounds,
and
I
can
tell
you
that
it
deals
with
a
piece
of
property
that
has
requested
that
the
town
of
Woodfin
and
exit.
H
This
isn't
something
that
the
city
is
annexing
and
in
fact
the
city
has
no
authority
to
involuntarily
Annex.
But
in
this
case
there
is
a
voluntary
annexation
request.
Now
this
particular
property
is
not
contiguous,
meaning
it
does
not
touch
either
the
city
of
Asheville
or
the
town
of
Woodfin.
It
does,
however,
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
town
of
Woodfin,
and
our
state
statutes
will
allow
this
to
occur,
but
only
if
an
annexation
agreement
is
entered
into
between
those
two
entities.
H
So
that's
what
we're
here
to
talk
about
this
evening
and
I
wanted
to
show
you
first
and
foremost,
a
couple
of
maps
to
give
you
a
sense
of
what
we're
talking
about
the
small
piece
of
property
that
is
in
yellow
and
outlined
in
red
is
the
property
that
we're
talking
about.
This
is
a
property
located
at
810,
Elk,
Mountain,
Scenic
Highway,
and
for
those
in
the
know,
this
is
where
the
sourwood
Inn
is
located,
plus
some
additional
property
around
it.
A
B
A
Now
she
was
asking:
why
would
why
would
this
happen?
That's.
A
H
Interestingly,
the
town
of
wood
fund
is
also
labeled
in
yellow
there.
You
can
see
the
outline
in
dark
gray,
that
is
the
city
of
Asheville
legal
jurisdictional
boundaries,
and
if
you
can
look
at
those
two
little
arrows,
which
shows
some
distances,
it's
important
to
note
that
this
property
is
slightly
closer
to
the
city
of
Asheville
than
it
is
to
the
town
of
Woodfin.
And
that's
really
why
we're
here
today,
because
the
state
statutes
allow
this
property.
Here's
one
more
aerial
view
of
it.
H
Just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
what
it
generally
looks
like
parameter
wise,
but
the
town
of
Woodfin
is
permitted,
along
with
any
other
municipality
to
Annex
a
piece
of
property
voluntarily,
even
if
it's
closer
to
another
municipality,
if
those
two
municipalities,
the
closer
one
who
Xanax
excuse
me
the
closer
one,
who's,
not
annexing
it
and
the
more
distant
one
who
is
annexing
it
if
those
two
entities
enter
into
an
agreement
to
allow
the
annexation
to
occur.
H
So
this
is
a
request
by
not
just
the
property
owner,
but
the
town
of
Woodfin
to
allow
this
particular
annexation
to
occur.
Pursuant
to
the
state
statutes.
Now
I
won't
read
all
of
this
to
you,
I
think
it's
an
agreement
does
follow
the
statute
in
that
we
have
suggested.
It
is
a
20-year
duration,
where
the
city
is
promising
not
to
undertake
any
annexation
activity
or
authority
over
this
property.
But
I
will
point
out
one
additional
thing
not
listed
on
this
slide.
H
I
believe,
in
my
personal
opinion,
that
this
actually
is
a
very
good
thing,
bringing
this
property
more
in
alignment
with
some
of
your
city
goals,
because
bringing
it
out
of
County
jurisdiction
and
into
the
town
of
Woodfin,
it
will
immediately
become
a
under
the
authority
of
their
new
conditional
zoning,
which
they
have
approved,
as
well
as
a
new,
steep
slope
ordinance,
which
is
more
strict
than
the
County's
ordinance.
So
there's
going
to
be
many
more
land
control
or
in
terms
of
development
around
this
property
as
a
result
of
this
annexation.
H
Now,
in
terms
of
cons,
we
can't
come
up
with
any.
This
essentially
costs
the
city
zero
dollars,
because
we
don't
have
the
authority
to
involve
terrilly
Annex.
You
are
losing
absolutely
nothing
and,
as
I
said,
this
does
bring
this
property
under
additional
Land
Development
Authority.
For
the
future,
given
the
new
administrative
controls
that
have
been
approved
by
the
town
of
Woodfin,
so
staff
is
absolutely
in
support
of
this.
The
town
of
Woodfin
is
actually
voting
on
this
this
evening
as
well,
and
may
have
already
passed
it
at
this
point.
H
H
It's
a
question:
perhaps
the
property
owner
can
answer
better
than
I.
Now
let
me
say
this
is
actually
something
that
goes
back
much
longer
than
just
this
evening,
because
part
of
this
property
was
actually
annexed
into
Woodfin
many
years
ago,
and
in
fact,
at
that
time,
City
staff
has
research
records.
W
A
A
A
We're
going
to
move
now
on
to
new
business.
We
will
have
a
resolution
to
consider
amending
the
city
council
committee
structure
and
our
assistant
city
manager.
Rachel
Wood
is
here
to
present
this
item
to
us.
AC
Good
evening
and
once
again,
I'm
Rachel
Wood
Assistant
city
manager,
I
am
going
to
keep
this
brief
because
I
acknowledge
governance.
Committee
members
you've
seen
this
presentation.
This
will
now
be
your
third
time,
but
if
you
want
me
to
go
into
any
greater
detail
on
any
of
the
slides,
please
let
me
know
and
I'll
be
happy
too.
AC
So
a
few
key
takeaways
today
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
the
council
committee
structure,
so
just
want
to
clarify
for
those
listening.
This
is
solely
the
city
council
committees,
which
of
course
are
a
subset
of
the
city
council,
so
we're
not
referencing
boards
or
commissions,
City
councils,
Review
policy
matters
and
inform
and
educate
the
Council
on
City
programs
as
well
as
Community
matters.
AC
Our
current
Council
committee
structure
has
not
been
updated
since
2006
and
given
the
tremendous
change
that's
occurred
in
the
community,
as
well
as
with
the
organization
we're
recommending
a
review
to
ensure
alignment
with
your
committee
structure
and
your
priorities.
A
recommendation
to
council
today
will
inform
ongoing
work
that
we're
doing
within
the
city
of
Asheville
as
an
organization
to
align
our
work
with
council's
vision
and
priorities.
AC
Following
that
Retreat
you
had
a
work
session
in
May
where
the
council
committee
structure
was
discussed
and
then,
as
I
previously
mentioned,
we've
gone
to
governance
twice
now,
once
in
September
and
most
recently
at
the
October
11th
meeting
to
discuss
the
proposed
revisions
to
this
scope,
as
well
as
the
committee
structure,
so
proposed
changes
to
the
committee
structure.
There
are
three
that
I'm
going
to
highlight.
One
is
the
proposed
merger
of
the
governance
and
finance
and
HR
committee.
AC
So
under
the
proposed
new
structure,
the
revised
title
of
this
committee
would
be
the
policy,
finance
and
Human
Resources
committee.
We're
also
recommending
to
expand
the
scope
of
the
Public
Safety
Committee
to
cover
environment
and
safety.
Seeing
that
climate
justice,
as
well
as
emergency
preparedness
as
the
tie
and
then
with
the
freed
up
slot,
resulting
from
that
merger
of
governance
and
Finance
in
HR,
we're
proposing
to
add
an
equity
and
engagement
committee
to
speak
to
City
council's
goals
pertaining
to,
namely
reparations
as
well
as
Equity
inclusion.
AC
AC
That's
attached
with
your
materials,
pulls
things
from
the
council's
committee
descriptions
City
council's
Vision
and
focus
areas
as
well
as
your
strategic
priorities
in
the
comprehensive
plan,
the
Scopes
that
are
attached
in
the
materials
this
evening
were
vetted
by
Department
directors
and
they
shared
their
insights
as
subject
matter.
Experts
on
items
that
might
be
brought
forward
to
Future
committee
meetings
in
the
interest
of
time,
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
the
scope
of
each
of
the
Committees
I'll.
AC
Just
highlight
a
few
notes
on
the
Committees
that
we
have
changes
and
again
I'm
happy
to
go
into
any
greater
detail
based
on
your
request,
so
the
equity
and
engagement
Committee,
of
course,
is
that
new
proposed
committee,
two
key
areas
of
focus,
will
be
fairness
and
equity
in
the
provision
of
City
resources
and
then
also
making
sure
that
we
are
providing
community
members
with
the
opportunity
to
be
informed
and
engaged
in
the
policy
making
process.
A
couple
of
highlights
of
policy
topics
to
cover
include
reparations.
AC
Our
neighborhood
matching
grants,
program,
engagement
tools
and
Technologies,
as
well
as
lgbtq
plus
policy
considerations,
environment
and
safety.
Again,
this
is
that
proposed,
revised
scope
of
the
current
Public
Safety
Committee.
So
it
would
be
expanded
to
include
the
contributions
as
well
as
conservation
of
Natural
Resources
Public
Health
needs
ensuring
resilience
to
climate
change
and
then
the
provision
of
Public,
Safety
planning
and
economic
development.
The
scope
is
largely
unchanged.
AC
So
next
steps.
Assuming
the
resolution
is
approved
this
evening,
the
new
Council
committee
structure
would
go
into
effect
in
January
I
know.
The
mayor
is
currently
working
on
appointments
to
council
members
for
those
committees
and
then
ongoing
as
I
mentioned
previously.
The
resolution
does
include
an
annual
review
which
can
take
place
as
part
of
or
immediately
following
the
annual
city
council
Retreat,
just
to
make
sure
as
you're
updating
your
priorities.
AC
The
council
committee
structure
is
in
alignment
with
your
priorities,
just
to
reiterate
the
key
takeaways
Council
committees,
review
policy
matters
and
inform
and
educate
Council
on
City
programs
as
well
as
Community
matters.
Your
current
committee
structure
has
has
remained
largely
intact
since
2006.
A
recommendation
to
council
today
will
inform
ongoing
work
to
enhance
the
organizational
alignment
that
staff
is
working
towards
to
make
sure
our
work
is
aligned
with
your
vision
and
priorities.
A
M
Many
met
earlier
today
and
we're
going
to
recommend
a
couple
appointments
for
approval
for
the
audit
committee.
No
applications
were
received,
the
clerk's
office
will
re-advertise
so
I'm
asking
everyone
here
and
listening.
If
you
could,
please
try
to
recruit
two
CPAs
for
the
audit
committee.
We've
been
through
about
five
iterations
of
this,
and
no
one
has
applied.
A
M
But
any
CPAs
listening
if
you're
interested
in
serving
in
a
volunteer
role
for
our
city,
we'll
take
your
application
for
the
homeless
initiative
advisory
committee.
The
committee
will
postpone
the
appointment
and
allow
Hayak
to
look
at
missing
sectors
for
human
relations.
Commission
no
applications
were
received.
The
clerk's
office
is
going
to
re-advertise
for
multimodal
Transportation
Commission,
there's
also
a
postponement.
There:
noise,
Advisory
Board,
the
committee
recommends
the
appointment
of
David
Ledger
can
I
get
a
second.
M
M
M
All
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
and
those
are
all
four
appointments,
but
in
other
business
we
did
here
a
report
from
Alana
Smith
from
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusion
to
revised
ordinance
4663
that
created
the
human
relations
commission.
The
committee
recommends
revising
the
ordinance
to
reduce
the
number
of
members
from
15
to
nine,
allowing
those
who
currently
serve
to
fulfill
their
term
and
also
the
committee
would
like
Council
to
consider
removing
the
language
that
requires
hrca
members
to
be
City
residents
go
county-wide,
so
kind
of
pretty
much.
H
Would
also
mention
that
the
hrca
was
actually
formed
by
ordinance,
so
we'll
require
an
ordinance
amendment
to
go
through
which
we
usually
do
want
to
run
through
an
additional
Council
committee
as
well.
U
We
did
have
a
conversation
about
this
at
boards
and
commissions
today,
and
my
concern
is
taking
it
from
15
down
to
nine.
When
we
have
such
a
long
list
of
folks
that
we
attempt
to
bring
their
lived
and
professional
experience
to
the
table,
my
suggestion
would
be
to
bring
it
to
11,
so
I
think
that
adding
it
to
a
future
agenda
would
allow
for
more
public
engagement
around
what
that
might
mean
for
the
future
of
the
human
relations
Commission.
K
Was
hard
for
me
to
keep
track
during
that,
but
it
sounded
to
me,
like
I,
heard
a
lot
of
no
applications
received
and
put
applications
back.
I
mean
we're
still
having
this
problem.
Aren't
we
I
mean
I,
know
we're
making
slight
changes
to
the
council
committees,
but
again
with
the
boards
and
commissions
we're
seeing
people
roll
off
faster
than
we're.
Seeing
them
come
on.
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out.
I
didn't
keep
track,
but
it
sounded
pretty
Universal
there.
K
Well,
all
I
know
is
I
was
in
a
discussion.
I
can't
remember
which
meeting
it
was
so
sorry
for
those
of
you
who
are
in
it
I.
Just
remember
there
was
some
explicit
language.
I
wasn't
on
Council
when
that
was
adopted,
but
the
language
that
they
adopted
was
specific
to
a
city
resident,
so
I
would
want
to
know
more
about
what
they
were
thinking
or
why
that
was
who's.
M
There
yeah
well
that
was
in
2018
and
what
we've
seen
with
the
members
and
applicants
more
people
who
want
to
serve
and
can
advocate
for
City
issues
have
been
displaced
due
to
affordability
to
the
county.
So
my
recommendation
is,
if
we're
going
to
move
from,
if
we're
going
to
open
it
up
to
County
residents,
but
we
want
people
who
have
city
interest.
Maybe
we
can
see
how
long
they
have
lived
previously
in
the
city
right
right,
but
maybe
their
new
residences
in
the
county,
but
the
length
of
time
they've
Violet
in
within
City
Limits.
M
Wasn't
in
a
meeting,
okay,
I,
remember:
I,
think
yeah.
That
was
the
same
counter
in
2018
when
the
Blue
Ribbon
committee
met
and
I.
Remember
the
motivation
behind
excluding
it
to
city
limits
for
that
special
interest.
Z
B
A
So,
are
we
agreeing
that
we're
bringing
it
forward
for
a
future
agenda
on
the
number
in
The
Residency.
M
H
H
Whatever
Council
prefers,
it's
obviously
already
gone
to
one
committee,
so
it
could
come
straight
to
council
if
you
prefer
yeah.
W
AB
W
Asheville
residents
right
so
they
do
not
have
the
same
structure
as
the
African-American
that
Heritage
committee,
because
we
get
three
from
Council
and
three
I
mean
three
from
City
and
three
from
Buncombe
County.
So
HR
does
not
follow
that
same.
H
Also
appointments
councilman
Kilgore
on
that
committee
are
made
by
the
city
right.
A
Perfect,
okay,
so
we're
we're
finished.
We're
finished
we're
so
we're
now
to
the
part
where
we're
gonna
celebrate
when
Whistler
could
I
call
you
wisler
no.
K
B
S
K
A
A
A
This
is
the
plaque
that
everyone
will
receive
when
they
once
they
exit
this
body
in
appreciation:
Gwen
C,
Whistler,
Asheville
city
council,
vice
mayor
December,
1,
2015
to
December,
8,
2020,
council,
member
December,
10
2013
to
December
6
2022..
Thank
you,
and
when
we
also
like
to
honor
everyone
who
leaves
this
body
with
a.
A
A
A
And
whereas
Gwen
has
been
a
powerful
influence
for
good
and
the
growth
and
progress
of
the
community
and
whereas
Gwen
was
unique
in
our
sensitivity
for
doing
what
was
best
for
the
entire
community
and
she
has
courage
in
expressing
her
convictions
and
a
special
way
in
dealing
with
complex
issues.
Special.
B
A
Whereas
Quinn
has
demonstrated
in
many
practical
ways
her
deep
and
genuine
love
for
the
city
and
the
surrounding
area.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
by
the
city
council
of
the
city
of
Asheville
that
the
members
of
the
Asheville
city
council
hereby
Express
their
gratitude
to
Gwen
C
Whistler
for
the
service
she
has
rendered
to
her
community
and
that
this
resolution
be
entered
into
the
minutes
of
the
Asheville
city
council
and
that
a
copy
be
presented
to
miss
Whistler.
And
this
is
approved
and
adopted.
A
So
this
is
a
you.
Z
Z
A
But
I
have
very
much
appreciated
how
you've
dug
in
and
work
on.
So
many
really
tough
issues
we're
going
to
see
the
results
of
that
even
going
forward
when
we
see
what
happens
with
I-26
and
the
connectivity
with
West
Asheville
to
downtown
and
the
bike.
Ped
features
those
kinds
of
things
that
a
lot
of
people
don't
pay
attention
to
that
you've
worked
really
hard
on
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
and
we
love
you
so
much.
Thank
you
you're!
So
cute.
When
you
cry.
AE
S
K
S
I'm,
proud
of
our
of
all
of
council's
work
during
my
tenure
I'm
humbled
every
day
by
the
tenacity,
creativity
and
resourcefulness
of
our
staff,
you
strive
to
meet
and
concede
Asheville's
expectations
and
all
of
our
wants
and
our
needs,
while
working
within
a
very
difficult
constraints
of
the
state's
laws
and
of
our
own
resources.
Thank
you.
I'll
miss
working
with
you.
S
B
S
B
A
We
would
have
Full
House
at
the
beginning:
okay,
all
right,
okay,
so
we
have
a
public
comment
to
conclude
our
actually.
We
have
a
closed
session
after
public
comments,
so
we
won't
be
quite
concluded.
A
T
Okay,
good
evening,
mayor
city,
council,
that's
the
first
time
I've
stood
before
you
and
I
do
appreciate
your
time
and
attention
this
evening.
I'm
here
today
to
express
concerns
about
the
impacts
of
pickleball
play
at
Montford.
Park
I
know,
you've
heard
quite
a
bit
about
pickleball
and
I.
Don't
want
to
belabor
this,
but
I
am
a
resident
I
play.
Neither
pickleball
nor
tennis.
T
I
have
no
dog
in
that
fight,
but
I
do
live
very
close
to
the
courts
in
Montford
and
although
I
know
that
Parks
and
Rec
has
proposed
a
temporary
solution,
it
mainly
addresses
the
needs
of
the
players,
but
does
little
to
alleviate
the
concerns
of
the
neighborhood.
T
Try
and
make
this
brief,
but
I'm
going
to
read
from
this
document,
because
this
was
what
I
had
sent
to
you
and
in
the
event
you
hadn't
heard
it
already
or
hadn't
had
the
time
to
read
it.
I
wanted
you
to
have
the
full
understanding
of
what
those
of
us
who
live
close
to
the
park
have
been
experiencing
for
quite
some
time.
T
With
a
prevailing
environment
of
privately
held
property
houses,
but
with
both
citizens,
who
both
own
and
rent
buildings
and
apartments,
this
one's
Serene
district
has
been
drastically
degraded
by
the
introduction
of
pickleball
play
on
the
tennis
courts
of
Mofford
Park.
Since.
Z
T
Has
the
current
rules
and
enforcement
of
Park
use
are
significantly
lacks
difficult
to
access
and
or
unenforceable.
The
residents
of
Mofford
are
respectfully
making
a
request
to
eliminate
play
of
pickle
Paul
from
Montford
park.
For
the
following
reasons.
Large
groups
of
players
drive
to
the
courts
and
dominate
The
Available
street
parking.
T
Other
part
goers,
as
well
as
local
residents
who
live
on
Cumberland,
Avenue
and
Cumberland
Circle
adjacent
to
Montfort
Park
rely
on
The
Limited
street
parking.
This
is
especially
true
for
the
antique
apartment
buildings
which
were
built
long
before
residents
owned
vehicles
and
parking
for
tenants
was
not
historically
needed.
As
you
know,
Muffler
Park
does
not
have
a
parking
lot
due
to
the
limited
parking
and
lack
of
concern
for
safety.
T
Limiting
visibility
and
proper
turning
access
for
drivers,
including
emergency
access
vehicles,
trying
to
enter
the
intersection
oftentimes
players
park
up
to
30
inches
from
the
curb
blocking
most
of
the
lane,
reducing
the
width
of
the
street
to
a
one-lane
throughway,
which
is
particularly
hazardous
as
there
aren't
sidewalks
for
pedestrians
on
this
stretch
of
road
players
also
frequently
Park
too
near
or
directly
in
front
of
the
water
hydrant
impeding
access
in
an
emergency
players.
Often
rush
to
secure
a
space
are
careless,
while
maneuvering
for
parking
and
damaged
personal
property,
including
other
parked
cars
and
homeowners.
T
Fencing
and
Gardens
players
are
also
frequently
block
entrances
to
driveways
and
sidewalks
of
the
private
homes
players,
frequently
urinate
and
defecate
in
the
park
during
the
months
of
November
through
April.
Due
to
the
bathrooms
being
closed,
the
revolving
tournament
style
play
of
these
large
groups
means
that
the
players
are
there
for
hours
at
a
time
without
proper
facilities,
creating
a
dangerous
biohazardous
condition
as
they
aren't
willing
to
leave
their
game
to
go
to
the
bathroom
elsewhere.
This
does
happen.
T
My
apartment
looks
out
over
the
park.
I
see
all
this
all
day.
Every
day,
like
I,
am
the
witness
to
all
of
these
things.
Okay,
a
significant
number
of
buildings
adjacent
and
abutting
the
park,
including
three
large
multi-family
properties,
offer
apartments
for
rent.
The
noise
and
parking
problems
are
directly
impacting
the
desirability
of
renting
here
significantly
depreciating
the
value
of
the
properties
and
ability
to
fill
units.
T
T
Not
only
does
this
result
in
an
aforementioned
parking
problems,
but
creates
an
inordinate
amount
of
noise
where
there
are
16
players,
each
actively
playing
in
groups
of
Spectators
waiting,
their
turns
on
the
Courtside
shouting
and
cheering
for
hours.
Pickleball
is
an
excessively
loud
activity
in
violation
of
local
noise.
Ordinances
decibels
can
reach
up
to
75..
T
Both
the
paddles
and
the
balls
are
hard,
creating
a
loud,
rapid
and
repetitive
burst
of
sound,
which
is
Relentless
and
can
be
heard
more
than
a
thousand
feet
away.
Combine
this
with
the
shouts
and
cheers
you
have
a
cacophony
which
deserves
everyone.
It
interferes
with
residents
right
to
a
quiet
enjoyment
of
their
homes
for
hours.
The
Park
is
open
from
6
A.M
to
10
pm
16
hours
a
day.
T
Of
historic
places,
pickleball
is
a
new
activity,
the
antithesis
of
historic,
and
it
is
not
in
keeping
with
the
requirements
of
historic
places
and
degrades
in
nature
and
atmosphere
of
this
special
neighborhood.
Furthermore,
restrictions
placed
on
homeowners
by
the
HRC
do
not
allow
for
modifications
such
as
new
double
or
triple
paned
Windows
to
be
installed,
nor
for
us
to
expand
our
parking
areas.
T
Montford
park
rules
dictate
that
each
group
may
only
occupy
a
court
for
an
hour
at
a
time
and
Court
use
is
first
come
first
serve
and
cannot
be
scheduled.
This
goes
completely
ignored.
Many
players
do
not
adhere
to
this
rule.
These
large
groups
function
in
a
proprietary
way,
as
it
is
often
works
out
that
one
group
hands
overuse
to
the
next
group
or
play
tournament
style
for
hours
at
a
time.
The
result
is
other
community
members
and
specifically
tennis
players
who
wish
to
use
the
courts
do
not
get
an
opportunity.
T
I
personally,
am
woken
up
by
one
group
of
men
who
arrived
between
six
and
seven
a.m.
Every
Monday,
Wednesday
and
Friday,
who
then
play
until
10
30
a.m,
regardless
of
who
is
waiting.
I
have
also
witnessed
pickleball
players
aggressively
order
off
tennis
players
and
children,
who
are
already
on
the
Court's
plane,
stating
that
they
had
scheduled
their
use
and
they
needed
to
surrender
the
courts
to
them
after
a
Reign
players
will
come
to
the
courts
armed
with
leaf
blowers
to
dry
off
the
ports,
creating
more
unnecessary
noise.
T
T
There
are
many
other
available
courts
and
flat
surfaces
where
players
can
set
up
nets
with
dedicated
parking
near
in
and
near
Asheville,
where
pickleball
will
not
disturb
local
residents
or
create
dangerous
traffic
conditions
and
violate
noise
ordinances.
Mofford
is
a
quiet,
historic
residential
neighborhood
not
well
suited
for
this
activity.
T
Weaver
Park,
nearly
a
mile
away,
is
a
significantly
more
appropriate
venue
to
whole
pickleball
enthusiasts,
as
it
is
only
one
mile
away
has
two
dedicated
parking
lots
with
no
fewer
than
50
spaces
and
is
already
in
a
noise
prone
area
due
to
its
proximity
to
Merriman
Avenue.
This
is
obvious.
A
clear
solution
is
one
that
has
been
made
available
by
The,
Parks
and
Rec
Department
already
and
will
be
implemented
within
the
next
two
months.
T
T
Us
who
live
in
the
neighborhood
who
do
enjoy
the
park
do
have
a
very
Equitable,
convenient
and
appropriate
place
to
play
three
last
things.
I
would
like
to
mention,
which
I
feel
are
fairly
important.
Points
which
this
letter
does
not
address
is
the
fact
that
pickleball
is
a
game.
It
is
not
a
necessity,
it
is
a
want,
it
is
not
a
need,
and
the
meteoric
rise
in
its
popularity
does
not
supersede
the
established
uses
and
needs
of
the
city,
its
citizens
and
its
public
spaces.
T
T
Pickleball
players
must
wait
their
turn
for
the
money
to
be
found
in
the
budget
to
have
it
allocated
and
to
produce
an
appropriate
venue
for
the
activity.
The
idea
that
that
players
have
summary
to
have
their
wants
addressed
today
is
not
only
a
fair
but
smacks
of
insensitivity
towards
other,
more
pressing
needs
and
established
priorities
of
the
community.
T
Lastly,
just
because
enthusiasts
are
vocal
does
not
mean
that
they
are
in
the
majority
and
require
the
rest
of
the
constituency
to
relinquish
our
quality
of
life
to
accommodate
their
demands.
All
told
if
there
was
an
actual
census
of
players
versus
non-players
I
suspect
the
total
pickleball
players
to
be
less
than
three
percent
of
the
population,
which
really
appreciate
your
attention
and
consideration
in
this
matter.
I
know
you
will
see
that
this
request
is
simple,
affordable
and
the
only
remedy
to
address
the
multiple
issues.
T
T
A
You
and
hopefully,
you've
also
reached
out
to
D
Tyrell
mcgirt,
the
parks
and
rec
director.
A
B
A
No,
no
Tom,
okay,
Jonathan
Wainscott
Maggie.
AF
AF
And,
as
you
know,
the
Asheville
mayoral
primary
featured
five
candidates,
so
the
incumbent
and
four
Challengers
and
the
Asheville
city
council
primary
included
nine
Challengers
with
two
incumbents
for
three
seats.
In
contrast
next
door,
the
at
the
Buncombe
County
Courthouse,
the
district
28
district
court
judges.
There
were
five
that
were
running
and
there
were
none
that
had
any
opponents.
This
is
what
a
ballot
looks
like
with
no
candidates
challenged
on
that
side
and
that's
the
Electoral
history
on
the
right.
AF
These
are
the
seven
judges
together,
the
seven
judges
on
the
28th
bench
have
been
in
26
elections,
but
only
three
races
have
offered
a
choice.
If
no
judges
abort
their
term,
they
will
have
served
116
years
on
this
bench
collectively,
with
only
12
of
those
years
having
been
by
way
of
a
legitimate
choice
for
the
voters.
This
equals
89.7
percent
voter
disenfranchisement.
AF
This
past
year
in
2022,
the
North
Carolina
general
election
had
34
races
for
Superior
Court
judges.
Only
seven
races
had
two
candidates.
79.5
percent
of
these
races
offered
zero
percent
choice
to
the
voters.
This
is
what
a
race
with
only
one
person
and
it
looks
like
the
district
attorneys-
were
not
to
be
outdone.
They
had
37
races,
Statewide
with
only
three
that
were
contested.
AF
That's
91.5
percent
of
these
races
offered
zero
percent
choice
to
the
voters,
and
then
the
district
court
judges
said
hold
my
beer
because
they
had
129
races,
Statewide
with
only
seven
of
them
being
contested.
94.6
of
these
races
offered
zero
percent
choices
to
the
voters
and,
as
I
reviewed,
the
election
results
of
the
judicial
agencies.
I
couldn't
help
but
wonder
how
can
this
possibly
be
considered?
Democracy
functioning
well
well,
operating
fully
within
the
letter
of
the
law.
These
agencies
completely
circumvent
the
spirit
of
the
law
and
the
soul
of
democracy.
AF
Zero
percent
choice
is
one
hundred
percent
disenfranchisement
to
tell
the
truth,
the
whole
truth
and
nothing,
but
the
truth
is
to
call
this
a
failed
system.
It's
broken
and
it
needs
to
be
fixed
and
that's
what
something
that's
broken
looks
like
all
right.
Thank
you
guys,
thank
you,
Gwen
for
your
service
and
thank
you.
Everybody
else.
For
all
of
your
time.
The
candidates.
AG
Mayor
good
evening,
Council
I
got
another
Montford
issue
here
for
you
I'm
here
tonight
to
speak
to
you
regarding
live
music
programming
at
Hazel,
Robinson
Amphitheater
in
Montford,
and
the
leadership
leadership.
We
need
directly
from
you
to
ensure
it
continues
next
year
and
Beyond.
I
know
this
is
something
you
all
had
on
your
pulse
since
early
this
year
and
want
to
ensure
you
all
understand.
It's
still
an
issue.
AG
The
community
cares
deeply
about
and
one
that
that
requires
your
attention
and
action
I'm
with
plugged
in
Productions
local
business
here
that
promotes
and
produces
concerts
in
Asheville
we've
been
working
with
them,
offer
part
players
since
2018
to
finally
bring
live
music
to
the
stage.
This
kind
of
really
opened
the
eyes
to
Asheville
and
many
members
in
the
community
as
to
what
this
Amphitheater
can
be
and
how
it
can
be
utilized.
So
we
expanded
the
utilization
of
the
venue
to
bring
other
programming
outside
of
just
Shakespeare
in
the
park.
AG
Our
concerts
had
an
immense
economic
impact,
creating
jobs
for
bless
you
local
artists,
service,
industry,
industry
professionals
and
production
industry
professionals.
It
raised
critical
dollars
for
the
monster
part
players
to
support
their
mission
and
allow
them
to
make
imperative
upgrades
to
to
The
Venue,
including
repaving,
Jersey
Street
and
making
routine
repairs
electrical
upgrades
Landscaping
pruning
clearing
a
direct
quote
from
John
Russell.
The
CEO
excuse
me,
executive
director
of
Montfort
Park
players
said
given
our
mission
of
making
theater
available
and
affordable
for
all
and
operating
almost
entirely
on
donation-based
admissions.
AG
AG
Our
estimated
tourism
impact
from
our
concerts
resulted
in
a
conservative
estimate
of
one
million
dollars
to
local
businesses
and
the
economy,
but
after
several
conversations
with
City
staff,
Parks
and
Rec
real
estate,
DSD
and
legal
departments,
around
utilization
of
the
amphitheater
for
live
music,
the
city
directed
Montford
Park
players
to
cancel
any
concerts
for
2010,
two
citing
issues
with
zoning
noise
in
the
lease.
But
since
then,
there's
been
a
since
a
temporary
directive
and
legal
opinion
of
the
city.
There's
been
an
outpouring
of
support.
AG
I
understand
you
all
have
received
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
emails
from
your
community
members,
many
of
which
are
from
Montford
that
want
us
to
continue.
There's
currently
a
neighborhood
petition
circulating
in
Montford
we're
up
to
80,
and
it's
still
counting
many
of
those
are
directly
in
100
feet
of
the
amphitheater,
so
Cumberland
Avenue
Madison,
Street,
Cortland
Avenue
Pearson
drive.
AG
AH
AI
Nice
to
see
you
guys
so
I
am
also
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
concerts
in
Milford,
as
I'm,
coming
in
more
of
a
from
the
side
of
actually
working
the
concerts
being
a
staff
member
there
and
the
supplemental
income
that
it
provided
me
as
well
as
to
many
of
the
other
people
that
I
worked
with
just
looking
into
it
from
say
your
service
industry
and
you're,
making
maybe
500
a
week,
so
I
would
leave
those
shows
making
an
average
about
two
hundred
dollars.
So
you
consider
that
it's
about
a
20
pay
increase
per
month.
AI
If
there's
two
shows
a
month,
that's
40
paid
increase,
and
that
affects
a
lot
of
people.
This
is
also
there's
been
people
who
have
actually
moved
out
of
Asheville
because
they
were
relying
on
this
income,
one
being
John
Graham.
Who
is
the
active
artist
that
would
draw
the
paintings?
Draw
the
paintings
paint
the
paintings
there
he
moved
to
Chattanooga.
He
couldn't
afford
to
stay
anymore,
so
anything
that
brings
local
support.
I'm
in
support
of
supports
our
local
economy
supports
our
local
people,
supports
our
businesses.
AI
As
far
as
our
hotels
I
mean
we
had
no
I.
Would
say
about
50
of
the
people
I
talked
to
when
I
was
working.
There
were
coming
in
from
out
of
town
they're
staying
in
places,
so
they're
supporting
it
and
you're
supporting
your
local
community.
AI
Another
thing
I'd
like
to
bring
up
just
real,
quick
before
I
run
out
of
time.
At
the
you
know,
Montford
Park
I
know
so
many
people
who
didn't
even
know
they
did
Shakespeare
in
the
Park
Until
those
concerts
started.
It's
been
going
on
50
years
and
people
aren't
aware
so
I
feel
like
that's
another
thing
that
you
know
you
get
more
people
out
there
they're
going
to
keep
coming
they're
going
to
keep
supporting
it
and
you're
putting
money
in
your
local
people's
pockets.
V
AE
Good
evening,
council
members
and
mayor
so
I
didn't
know,
I
was
going
to
speak
tonight,
but
I
was
listening
to
Emily
Ball's
report
and
I'm
coming
to
you
once
again
as
the
beleaguered
property
manager
of
a
shopping
center
on
South
Tunnel
Road
I've
been
attending
the
community
participation
that
they've
been
doing
and
they've
been
listening
to
my
concerns.
AE
What
I
see
for
as
a
person
that
deals
with
massive
camping
behind
the
shopping
center
I
manage
I've,
been
dealing
with
it
at
one
time
with
the
police
department,
I
had
councilwoman
Roney
Ms
Roney
come
over
and
walk
the
property
with
me,
and
it's
been
going
on
for
the
eight
years.
I've
been
managing
the
property
and
they
are
people
that
are
camped
and
they're
intense,
and
it's
on
private
property
and
I
will
go.
Ask
them
to
leave
I
used
to
go
with
the
police
to
ask
them
to
leave.
They
abandoned
their
tents.
AE
Sometimes
they
take
them.
I
give
them
24
hours
notice.
They
leave
everything,
they
leave
the
needles
they
leave
the
trash.
They
leave
everything
for
the
property
owner
to
pick
it
up,
so
I
have
put
into
our
budget
about
sixty
thousand
dollars
a
year
for
overnight
security
for
the
property
to
manage
it
overnight
because
of
due
to
the
robberies
and
the
vandalism.
So
real,
quick.
What
I
like
to
say
is
for
the
Outreach
staff,
for
her
department
is
what
is
the
protocol
for
private
property?
AE
So
I've
talked
with
other
managers
on
other
shopping
centers
that
are
On,
Southtown,
Road
and
Tunnel
Road,
and
we
don't
know
what
to
do
so.
If
we
could
have
a
flyer
with
a
list
who's
going
to
help.
Take
care
of
the
cleanup
behind
the
property.
Is
that
all
our
responsibility?
Will
the
city
help
us
out
with
the
cleanup
of
the
situation,
part
of
the
property
I'm
dealing
with
the
city,
ncdot
and
private,
so
I've
learned
all
the
machinations
on
how
to
deal
with
ncdot
and
the
city
when
I
send
enough
emails
out.
AE
But
then
there
comes
a
responsibility
of
us
private
property,
so
I'm
needing
a
little
more
information
when
we
get
to
January
25
I
will
be
there,
but
I
would
like
to
know
how
we
plan
on
dealing
with
the
businesses
that
our
large
properties
like
imanage,
and
what
the
protocol
is
now
I
know.
I've
talked
with
businesses
downtown
and
they
have
a
clear
aspect
of
how
to
deal
with
it
in
downtown.
But
we
have
no
clear
aspect:
how
to
deal
with
it
on
tone,
Road
and
South
Tunnel,
Road,
so
I
didn't
know.
AH
Even
to
the
point
about
the
Sound
Ordinance
meeting,
which
I'm
sure
you
all
remember,
the
neighborhood
association
actually
called
out
Hazel
Robinson
Amphitheater
as
a
venue
which
had
an
example,
exemplary
sound
management
practices.
AH
So
we
also
want
to
ensure,
with
our
programming,
that
we're
very
inclusive,
as
diversity
can
lead
to
learning,
understanding
and
a
richer
Life
with
music
as
a
language
that
truly
unites.
So
many
of
us,
our
first
two
shows
this
past
concert
season,
which
we
unfortunately
had
to
cancel
were
a
ban
from
Japan.
They
were
very
disappointed.
AH
You
know
a
major
missed
opportunity
on
culture
and
Community,
diversity
and
and
togetherness
you
know,
along
with
other
shows
we
had
to
miss
out
on
as
well:
we've
provided
free
tickets
to
public
servants,
neighborhood
residents,
artists,
low
income
and
learning
disabled
all
for
a
chance
to
come
together.
We
posted
benefit
concerts
and,
after
learning
more
about
the
history
of
sumptown
have
been
in
direct
communication
in
regard
to
how
future
events
can
benefit
their
causes.
AH
AH
They
were
so
supportive
and
gave
us
a
great
non-profit
deal.
This
event
made
it
possible
for
us
to
continue
paying
our
staff
as
our
organization
recovered
from
covid
without
them
I'm
not
sure
how
we
would
have
managed
this
year.
I
was
so
sad
to
learn
that
the
events
of
that
kind
are
now
band
at
the
venue.
We've
always
had
to
move
to
a
more
expensive
location,
making
our
Fall
fundraiser
much
less
expected.
I
deeply
hope
you
consider
to
allow
the
amphitheater
to
be
used
for
more
Community
Productions,
like
the
one
we
hosted
there.
A
AH
Y
Good
evening,
I'm
going
to
speak
a
little
bit
about
the
pickleball
situation
too.
I
live
on
295
Cumberland,
Avenue
I
am
speaking
on
behalf
I
actually
have
my
entire
family.
We
something
we
are
woken
up
regularly
at
six
o'clock
in
the
morning.
From
every
day
of
the
week.
It
doesn't
matter,
it
can
be.
The
weekends
and
I
have
two
sons.
They
need
to
sleep.
They
go
to
school
I'm
an
educator.
Y
My
wife
is
a
health
care
worker
and
it's
really
gotten
to
the
point
where
it's
it's
impairing
our
general
life
and
we,
you
know
feeling
as
we
pay
taxes
and
we
have
the
right
to
this-
we've
actually
gone
down
at
six
o'clock
in
the
morning
and
asked
people
to
be
try
to
be
quiet.
It
hasn't
really
helped
very
much.
Also.
The
parking
situation
is
really
a
safety
issue,
because
our
Cumberland
Avenue
from
that
point
down
to
Catawba
has
kind
of
become
a
one-way
street
now
because
they're
parking
on
both
sides.
Y
So
that's
that's
all
I
just
it
sounds
I
mean
that
sounds
like
I'm
when
it's
got.
I've
recently
had
a
friend
come
at
10
o'clock
in
the
morning
on
a
Sunday
morning,
and
she
said
oh
there's,
a
tournament
going
on.
I
said
no.
This
is
every
day
of
the
week.
This
is
what
it's
like,
so
so
that's.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
I
Hi,
this
Pillsbury
official
hi,
my
name-
is
honey
I'm
here
to
share
on
behalf
of
plugged
in
Productions
as
we
navigate
the
red
tape
of
Sound
Ordinance
at
the
Hazel
Robinson
Amphitheater
I'm,
the
co-creator
and
owner
of
different
world,
the
creative
studio
and
performance
space,
where
we
value
the
importance
of
space
of
the
importance
of
space
for
a
community.
In
fact,
it's
not
just
important
but
crucial
to
the
survival
of
locals,
who
are
constantly
feeling
pushed
and
priced
out
of
their
own
City
I've.
I
Had
the
first-handed
honor
of
experiencing
the
vision
plugged
in
Productions
is
creating
at
the
Hazel
Robinson
Amphitheater
during
a
special
event,
called
backyard
drag
created
by
my
dear
friend,
Cherry,
dried
started,
quite
literally
in
their
backyard.
But
I
remember
the
day
when
we
peeked
out
the
window
to
find
the
backyard
completely
full
of
friends,
family
and
new
faces.
I
I
Z
I,
like
the
first
let
y'all
know
out.
Thank
you
for
plugging
me
in
for
Red
Oak
drug
community.
Z
Z
I
really
have
a
god-given
talent
that
I
want
to
share,
but
I
also
have
bills
too,
and
you
know,
as
a
youth,
I
chose
to
live
a
thug
life,
a
street
life,
so
I
don't
really
have
connections
to
to
try
to
help
me
get
to
where
I
need
to
be
I,
have
dreams
and
I
want
them
to
to
become
reality
and
I,
don't
want
to
turn
into
nightmares
and
and
I.
Z
Remember
when
I
was
out
in
the
streets,
it
was
a
good
people
like
you
that
told
me
that
once
I
changed
my
life,
that
you'll
help
me
and
I
really
do
trust
and
believe
that
y'all
will
do
that
and
I'm
just
here,
because
I
don't
want
to
be
forgotten
because
I
know
y'all,
see.
Millions
I
mean
hundreds
of
people
on
a
daily
and
Please
Don't,
Pass
Me
By
I.
Don't
just
do
this
for
me.
Z
I
do
this
for
my
family,
my
community
I
hope
my
whole
community
on
my
back
I
come
from
a
broken
Community
I
lost
traumatized
community
and
I
believe
that
they
need
to
see
some
type
of
Hope
from
somebody.
That's
coming
from
the
community.
That's
trying
to
do
the
right
thing
to
inspire
them
also,
and
that's
about
all.
Thank
you.
B
K
A
We
do
have
a
closed
session
motion
I.
Maybe
Brad
can
send
us
some
information
with
what's
going
on
with
hazel
Robinson
at
some
point
to
catch
us
up,
because
we're
council's
not
directly
in
the
loop
on
where
that's
at
so,
if
you
could
send
us
some
information
about,
what's
going
on
with
that,
that
would
be
great
and
pickleball
or
anti-pickle
ball.
Noise
at
people
and
I
I
do
think.
We
need
to
continue
to
have
communications
with
d
Tyrell
and
usually
he's
here.
A
So
this
is
fun
this
one
time
what
time
he's,
not
because
I
I
think
there's
some
acknowledgment
in
the
pickleball
community
that
this
Montford
situation
is
untenable
and
now
that
the
rest
of
the
courts
are
getting
striped
with
pickleball,
they
may
be
moving
so
anyway.
I
have
to
I
have
to
say
I,
never
imagined
one
day,
we'd
be
sitting
here,
listening
about
pickleball,
noise
pollution
and
monitoring.
But
yes,
we
are
so
so
anyway.
U
In
North
Carolina
General
statute,
143-318.10
A1,
the
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
North
Carolina,
General
statute,
143-318.10
e,
and
two
to
consider
the
qualifications,
competence,
performance,
character,
Fitness,
conditions
of
appointment
or
conditions
of
initial
employment
of
an
individual
public
officer
or
employee
or
prospective
public
officer
or
employee.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
all
right,
we'll.