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From YouTube: City Council Agenda Briefing – April 6, 2023
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Regular agenda briefing work session of the Asheville City Council.
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A
Good
morning
my
name
is
Esther
manheimer
I'm,
mayor
of
the
city
of
Asheville
and
I'd,
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
April
6th
agenda
briefing
work
session.
All
council,
members
and
staff
are
participating.
Virtually
the
live
meeting
will
be
streamed
on
the
city's
YouTube
channel
access
through
the
YouTube
icon
on
the
front
page
of
the
city's
website
or
via
the
live
stream.
A
A
855-925-2801
meeting
code
4631,
we
will
not
take
public
comment
during
this
meeting
and
before
I
turn
it
over
to
the
city
manager.
Deborah
Campbell
I
just
wanted
to
apologize
for
my
camera
not
being
on
I,
am
in
a
place
where
I
don't
have
a
lot
of
I.
Don't
have
Wi-Fi
so
I'm
trying
my
best
to
participate
in
this
meeting,
virtually
all
right,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
our
city
manager,
Deborah
Campbell.
Thank.
B
You
mayor
and
good
morning,
everybody
we
are
going
to
provide
you
with
an
overview
of
a
number
of
items
on
the
agenda
that
is
coming
up
for
your
April
11th
meeting.
Ben
Woody
is
going
to
be
leading
the
discussion
and
I.
Think
Rachel
Wood
would
be
timing
in
occasionally
both
assistant
city
managers
and
our
main
event
for
today
will
be
in
legislative
update
that
will
be
provided
by
our
City
attorney
Grant
running
so
at
this
point,
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Mr
Moody.
C
Thank
you,
Miss,
Campbell
and
good
morning,
mayor
and
members
of
the
council.
I
will
begin
today
by
reviewing
our
upcoming
agenda
for
the
Tuesday
April
11th
meeting,
we're
actually
starting
on
Tuesday
at
3
P.M,
with
a
budget
work
session
during
what,
during
which
the
budget
staff
will
discuss
compensation,
revisit
water
fees
and
any
other
new
Investments
associated
with
the
budget
process.
C
Moving
on
to
the
regular
meeting
at
5
PM,
we
have
two
proclamations,
one
for
Parkinson's
awareness
month
and
the
other
for
food
waste
reduction
month
under
the
consent
agenda.
We
have
a
number
of
items.
If
you
would
like
me
to
stop
at
any
point,
please
just
let
me
know-
or
if
you
have
any
questions,
I'm
going
to
try
to
hit
a
couple
of
highlights
in
the
consent.
D
C
Starting
with
items
B
and
C,
these
two
items
are
actually
related
to
one
another.
C
C
Moving
on
to
item
d,
this
is
the
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
apply
to
the
melon
foundation
for
a
three
million
dollar
non-matching
Grant.
This
grant
will
support
implementation
efforts
associated
with
the
pack
Square
visioning,
a
project
that
is
ongoing.
This
would
include
the
areas
that
the
grant
would
potentially
support
from.
The
planning
effort
is
what
it
could
support
the
design
and
construction
drawings
for
any
physical
improvements
to
pack
square
that
are
associated
with
the
recommendations
of
that
study.
C
Those
are
those
are
three
areas
that
are
identified
in
the
planning
process
that
will
probably
move
forward
as
recommendations
for
your
consideration
and
again,
this
melon
Foundation
Grant
can
help
support
that
the
pack
Square
visioning
Plan
itself,
will
be
released
to
the
public
later
this
month
for
public
review,
the
Grant
application
went
to
ped
at
their
March
meeting,
and
they
did
recommend
approval
to
the
full
Council
and
the
the
melling
foundation.
If
the
city
is
awarded
the
grants,
we
expect
announcements
will
be
made
in
June
of
this
year.
C
Moving
forward
to
item
e
or
excuse
me
item
F
on
the
consent
agenda,
this
is
a
2.6
million
million
dollar
contract
that
is
part
of
the
city's
annual
Street
resurfacing
program.
So
every
year
the
Public
Works
streets
program
will
go
in
and
identify
a
number
of
streets
for
resurfacing.
C
This
contract
is
not
associated
with
bond
funds,
so
this
is
the
streets
program,
annual
operating
budget
for
Street
resurfacing.
This
particular
contract
provides
for
the
resurfacing
of
14
city
streets
that
total
six
miles.
The
streets
that
are
select
and
the
streets
are
listed
in
the
agenda
item.
The
streets
that
are
selected
for
resurfacing
are
done
so
using
a
pavement
management
software
program
that
Public
Works
has.
C
Moving
on
to
item
h,
a
quick
note
on
that
this
is
this
is
the
issuance
of
bonds
by
the
Housing
Authority.
So
this
is
not
the
city
of
Asheville.
However,
there
is
an
IRS
requirement
that
says:
if
housing
authorities
issue
bonds,
they
still
require
city
council
approval,
so
you're,
not
obligating
the
city
to
anything
you're,
just
approving
the
issuance
of
these
Housing
Authority
bonds
and
then
the
final
consent
agenda
item
is
item.
J
and
I
am
actually
going
to
ask
our
City
attorney
Brad
Branham
to
cover
that
item.
E
Absolutely
thank
you
Ben
and
good
morning,
council
members.
This
is
a
consideration
of
an
ordinance
that
we
are
making
a
suggested
minor
modification
to
currently
there's
a
Prohibition
against
anyone,
storing
or
leaving
or
abandoning
any
property
on
city
property.
There
was
an
exclusion
specifically
for
bikes
and
strollers.
The
point
of
that
was
to
allow
people
to
be
able
to
leave
those
and
bike
racks
for
a
longer
period
of
time.
E
However,
at
for
whatever
reason,
when
this
ordinance
was
put
into
place,
there
was
never
a
cut
off
to
prevent
people
from
Simply
abandoning
those
things
on
public
property.
So
we
are
trying
to
propose
the
institution
of
a
minor
modifications
of
the
ordinance
which
would
still
allow
people
to
leave
their
bikes
and
strollers
in
bike,
racks
and
animal
city
property,
but
to
place
a
24-hour
limitation
on
that.
E
That
would
allow
people
able
to
remove
those
items
at
the
end
of
any
day
to
have
them
stored
throughout
the
course
of
the
day,
but
our
goal
is
to
allow
City
staff
to
be
able
to,
at
some
point,
remove
items
that
have
simply
been
abandoned
at
this
point.
The
language
does
not
allow
for
that
and
I
do
see
two
hands
up,
so
I
think
councilwomaneroni.
First.
F
Thank
you.
I
have
a
few
questions
about
this
I'll
start
with
why
there
were
times
when
I
would
ride
my
bike
downtown
to
work
and
maybe
have
a
flat
tire
after
work.
You
have
to
go,
get
the
things
to
fix
your
tire
or
find
someone
to
come
and
get
your
bike.
It
could
take
longer
than
what
might
appear
to
be
24
hours.
So
I'm
wondering
about
enforcement.
What
happens
after
someone's
bike
is
taken?
How
do
they
retrieve
it?
I
have
some
Curious
things
about
logistics
here
and
I.
F
E
Eggplantational
question
and
let
me
go
ahead
and
answer
that
that
first
there
is
no
specific
science
around
the
24
hours.
The
goal
is
to
close,
essentially
what
we
see
as
a
loophole.
We
do
not
want
to
prevent
anybody
from
having
access
to
these
particular
Public
Utilities.
With
regard
to
the
bike
ramps,
we
also
want
people
to
have
the
ability
to
leave
them
there
for
an
extended
period
of
time.
E
What
we
want
to
try
to
create
is
the
opportunity
for
City
staff
to
be
able
to
deal
with
abandoned
items
or
people
who
are
simply
taking
advantage
of
this
particular
ordinance
provision
at
the
exclusion
of
others.
So
if
we
have
situations
where
someone
has
left
multiple
things
for
many
days
at
a
time,
then
you
are
essentially
prohibiting
others
from
utilizing
that
space.
So
those
are
the
tackling
issues
that
we're
trying
to
address
here,
but
there's
nothing
stopping
us
from
extending
this
24-hour
proposal
out
to
say
48
hours
or
a
period.
F
Okay,
so,
following
up
on
that,
do
we
have
any
way
that
we
do
have
abandoned
cars
because
I
mean
using
the
public
right-of-way
to
store
property?
There's
a
lot
of
different
ways
that
that
happens
in
cars
is
probably
the
most
common
but
I
wonder
if
it's
possible,
if
we're
going
to
do
something
like
that
to
make
it
match
so,
like
I
could
say
like
a
week,
but
it
would
make
more
sense.
It
seems
to
me
if
we
have
something
that
matches
or
other
types
of
automobiles
or
Transportation
devices.
E
We
do
have
several
ordinances
on
the
books
currently
to
deal
with
abandoned
vehicles
or
vehicles,
there's
nothing
that
allows
a
vehicle
not
to
be
parked
legally
within
a
public
space
for
any
specific
time,
but
if
a
vehicle
truly
becomes
abandoned
on
public
property,
there
is
an
allowance,
and
I
cannot
immediately
recall
the
time
frame
that
that
lets
City
staff
go
in
and
take
action
to
remove
that
vehicle.
E
The
way
that
we
would
deal
with
bikes
is
that
we
would
essentially
remove
the
bike
from
the
bike
rack
per
se
and
maintain
that
until
someone
came
and
picked
it
up
now,
if
no
one
ever
came
and
picked
it
up,
we
would
eventually
dispose
of
that,
but
we
would
not
immediately
dispose
of
anyone's
property.
We
would
keep
that
for
a
certain
amount
of
time
to
allow
them
the
option
to
retrieve
it.
A
I'm
not
really
interested
in
that
councilwoman
Rooney
I
mean.
Are
there
any?
Is
anyone
else
on
Council
objecting
to
this
particular
item?
I
just
want
to
see
if
there's
any
anyone
else
with
any
concerns.
I
I
hear
what
you're
saying
about
24
hours.
Maybe
we
need
to
make
it
48
hours,
but
I
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
unless
there's
other
folks
on
Council
that
want
to
massage
this
I.
G
Have
some
more
here,
just
I
think
it's
only
me
left.
This
is
Sage.
I
I
just
want
to
share
a
concern
for
the
time
period.
We
have
a
lot
of
bike
theft
in
this
community.
I
don't
want
anything
to
appear
like
we
are
now
part
of
it.
I
think
a
longer
notice.
The
only
other
thing
that
struck
me
was
if
your
car,
if
you
park
your
car
somewhere
and
it
is
removed
because
it
wasn't
supposed
to
be
there
that
long
or
there's
requirements
around
signage
of
where
you
may
find
that
vehicle.
G
So
I
think
that
we
would
probably
have
to
do
something
like
that,
but
I
would
appreciate
longer
than
24
hours.
Otherwise
it
makes
sense.
I
was
going
to
ask
what
prompted
this
it
sounds
like.
We
have
and
broken
bikes
and
miscellaneous
things
being
left
on
city
property
that
are
just
you.
Don't
have
the
right
to
grab
so
longer
periods
should
address
that.
G
H
There
I'd
like
to
have
been
just
kind
of
similar
thoughts,
I
appreciate,
councilman
you
bringing
up
extending
the
time
period
as
my
commuter
I
have
definitely
run
into
situations
of
my
go-to
bike.
Racks
are
cluttered
with
stuff
that
have
basically
been
stripped,
and
it's
like
what's
gonna
happen
here
and
I,
can't
even
Park.
So
I
like
the
idea
of
Staff
being
empowered
to
clear
things
up
and
I
think
the
48
to
72
would
be
sufficient,
especially
since
my
bike
is
my
primary
vehicle
like
I.
H
G
F
I
agree
with
the
notice:
that's
why
I
was
suggesting
it
could
go
back
to
policy
and
finance,
because
if
we
have
a
really
clear
opportunity
for
people
to
provide
input
on
what
was
the
notice,
is
it
a
sticker
where
do
I
get
it
after?
It's
done.
What's
the
signage
there's
like
multiple
moving
Parts
here,
I
think
72
hours
can
clear
it
up
and
for
some
reason
we
need
to
move
really
fast.
E
In
if
I
made
to
that
point,
this
ordinance,
it
was
already
on
the
book.
So
so
let
me
be
clear:
we're
not
adding
a
new
ordinance
and
the
ordinance
actually
prescribes
low-level
criminal
penalties
for
abandoning
these
things.
It's
it's
a
it's
a
misdemeanor!
If
you
violate
this
ordinance
because
of
that
state
law
requires
this
to
come
before
Council
twice
before
it
could
ever
be
passed
again,
we're
not
imposing
any
new
Criminal
penalties,
we're
simply
placing
a
time
limit
upon
the
prohibition.
E
We
are
more
than
happy
to
extend
that
period
out
per
council's
Direction
on
this,
as
well
as
I,
think
add
in
some
additional
notice,
either
in
the
form
of
signage
and
I
will
work
personally
with
City
staff
to
be
able
to
provide
that,
but
this
will
have
to
come
before
you
not
just
on
Tuesday
night,
but
at
your
meeting
your
second
meeting
in
April
as
well.
So
you
will
have
the
opportunity
to
give
ample
consideration
this
and
hear
it
more
than
once
before
having
to
make
a
final
vote.
A
E
We
will
happily
make
those
updates
and
proceed
with
giving
you
a
more
robust
proposal
on
Tuesday
night.
C
Foreign
okay,
thank
you
Brad
for
that
review
of
that
item,
so
that
is,
or
that
concludes
the
consent
agenda.
So
if
no
other
questions
I'll
continue
to
keep
moving
under
presentations
and
reports,
we
have
two
items.
We
have
an
annual
report
presentation
from
the
Asheville
Board
of
alcoholic
control.
C
We
also
have
our
quarterly
CRP
update
from
our
capital
projects,
director
Jay
Dundas,
as
we
move
to
public
hearings
Katie.
If
you
could
go
ahead
and
share
the
map
of
the
annexation
agreement,
please,
under
public
hearings,
we
have
a
public
hearing
to
consider
an
annexation
agreement
between
the
city
of
Asheville
and
the
town
of
Woodfin.
The
town
of
Woodfin
received
a
petition
from
the
property
owner
at
810,
Elk
Mountain
Road
to
voluntarily
Annex
96
Acres.
This
is
the
property,
that's
adjacent
to
the
sourwood
Inn.
C
What
to
volunteer
voluntary
annexation
agreement
was
previously
approved
in
November
of
2022.
So
for
council
members
that
were
here
in
November,
you
probably
have
some
familiarity
with
this
situation,
but
you
can
see
the
subject.
Property
is
in
the
red
circle
on
the
map.
It
is
outside
of
both
the
town
of
Woodfin
and
city
of
Asheville,
contiguous
City
Limits,
when
that
is
the
case,
if
a
property
owner
requests
a
voluntary
Annex
Station,
the
general
statutes
require
that
the
two
cities
involved
in
this
case
Asheville
and
Woodfin,
enter
into
an
annexation
agreement.
C
What
Asheville
is
in,
in
this
case,
the
actual
the
subject
property
is
closer
to
the
city
of
Asheville
than
it
is
to
the
town
of
Woodfin,
but
again
the
property
owners
requesting
annexation
into
the
town
of
Woodfin.
Oh,
what
Asheville
is
agreeing
to
as
part
of
the
annexation
agreement
is
to
not
seek
to
Annex
this
property,
which
in
any
event
the
city
of
Asheville,
doesn't
have
the
legislative
Authority
to
do
involuntary
annexations.
C
So
it
would
only
be
annexed
into
a
municipality
if
the
property
owner
were
to
request
that
and
again,
in
this
case,
I'm
requesting
annexation
into
the
town
of
Woodfin,
and
this
parcel
is
adjacent
to
a
property
in
November
that
was
previously
annexed
into
the
end
of
within
through
an
annexation
agreement.
C
C
Okay
Katie,
thank
you
for
sharing
that.
Moving
on
to
the
other,
we
had
the
consideration
of
the
South
slope,
neighborhood
Vision
plan
scheduled.
However,
we
are
continuing
that
item
to
your
June
13th
meeting
to
allow
the
staff
additional
time
to
meet
with
residents
and
business
owners
in
the
South
Side
area,
so
more
to
come
on
that
item,
we'll
bring
it
back
to
Council
on
June
13th
for
that
public
hearing,
moving,
no
unfinished
business
on
this
agenda.
C
Moving
on
to
new
business,
we
have
boards
and
commissions
appointments
which
I'll
talk
about
a
little
bit
under
the
Council
committee
agenda
review
and
then
finally,
Council
have
an
economic
development
incentive
closed
session
at
our
meeting.
That
concludes
the
review
of
the
council
agenda.
Are
there
any
any
last
questions
on
your
meeting
agenda.
C
Okay,
hearing
none
I'm,
gonna,
move
on
back
to
our
briefing
work
session,
work
session
agenda
and
and
we're
going
to
review
Council
upcoming
Council
committees
this
month
and
so
I
actually
also
have
the
first
two
Council
committees.
So
we
have
planning
and
Economic
Development
Council
committee
scheduled
for
April
10th
at
4
P.M.
In
that
meeting
we
have
one
agenda
item
and
at
that
meeting,
Transportation
staff
is
going
to
present
an
overview
of
the
draft
scope
of
work
framework.
C
That's
been
developed
by
city
and
county
staff
for
a
joint
Transit
master
plan
project.
So
that'll
be
a
discussion
topic
at
ped
at
the
boards
and
commissions
committee
meeting,
which
is
scheduled
for
April
11th
at
1
pm.
The
boards
and
commissions
committee
will
consider
eight
Advisory
Board
appointments
at
that
meeting
as
as
of
node.
This
is
going
to
be
our
last
monthly
meeting
of
appointments
as
Council
or
members.
At
our
previous
meeting,
we
are
moving
our
boards
and
commissions
appointments
to
more
of
a
cycle.
C
So
the
next
round
of
Advisory
Board
appointments
will
be
in
June
for
the
summer
cycle
of
appointments
and
if
there
are
no
question
on
those
two
Council
committees,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Rachel
Wood,
our
other
assistant
city
manager,
to
cover
the
equity
and
engagement
committee.
Council
committee.
I
Thank
you
Ben
and
good
morning.
I
want
to
start
with
a
quick
thank
you
to
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee,
as
well
as
the
equity
and
engagement
committee.
We
have
met
several
times
over
the
last
month
and
are
going
to
continue
to
meet
several
times
in
the
month
of
April,
as
we
consider
cdbg
Housing,
Trust
Fund
and
the
Strategic
partnership
Grant
application.
So
thank
you
for
the
stamina
that
you've
had
in
your
availability
to
meet
as
many
times
as
we've
had
to
meet
as
we
consider
those
applications.
I
April
13th
is
a
special
call
meeting
of
the
equity
and
engagement
committee.
The
only
agenda
item
for
this
meeting
is
to
hear
presentations
from
the
23
agencies
that
submitted
applications
for
the
Strategic
partnership
Grant
process.
Applicants
will
have
three
minutes
to
present
on
their
application
and
provide
information
on
why
they
are
seeking
strategic
partnership.
Grant
funds.
I
I
will
remind
the
city
council
that
we
did
approve
as
part
of
the
pilot
and
reaffirmed
that,
with
the
equity
and
engagement
committee
earlier
this
year,
that
the
scope
of
the
Strategic
partnership
grant
program
is
now
narrowed
to
addressing
the
opportunity
gap
for
low
to
moderate
income
School
aged
youth.
So
that's
something
that
went
into
effect
in
July
2022
that
we're
continuing
with
this
next
round
of
funding
following
the
April
13th
equity
and
engagement
committee.
We
then,
on
the
morning
of
April
18th,
have
a
Housing
and
Community
Development
committee
meeting.
I
This
is
the
third
time
that
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
will
have
met
since
March
29th.
The
meeting
is
at
10
A.M,
and
so
there
are
three
key
agenda
items
first
includes
the
terms
of
the
potential
Hunt
Hill
property
sales,
who
my
daddy
taught
me
that
next
will
be
final
funding
decisions
for
the
Housing
Trust
Fund
applicants.
I
We
heard
earlier
this
week
from
the
five
applicants
or
on
the
five
applications
received
presentations
on
those
applications,
and
then
there
is
a
land
use
incentive,
Grant
request
for
Fairhaven
Summit,
which
is
also
a
Housing
Trust
Fund
applicant
on
the
afternoon
of
April
18th
equity
and
engagement
committee
will
meet
again.
There
are
three
key
agenda
items.
First
is
the
reparations
annual
report,
as
well
as
the
reparations
commission
status
update.
I
So
the
committee
is
going
to
hear
from
chair
Dr
Dwight
Mullen
Vice,
chair
dewana
little
as
well
as
from
Brenda
Mills,
our
director
of
equity
and
engagement,
so
from
the
chair
and
vice
chair
you'll,
receive
an
update
on
the
annual
report
from
the
community
reparations
commission
and
then
Brenda
is
going
to
give
an
update
on
progress,
that's
being
made
with
the
commission
and
also
an
overview
of
items
that
are
planned
for
the
April
24th
reparations
commission
meeting.
I
The
committee
will
then
get
an
update
from
dawa
hitch
on
analytics
language
and
accessibility
project
and
then
the
final
item
on
the
agenda
will
be
funding.
Considerations
for
strategic
partnership
grants
So
the
plan
is
the
recommendations
will
be
made
by
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
at
their
April
18th
meeting
then
brought
to
full
Council
for
consideration
at
the
April
25th
meeting,
and
that
covers
the
multitude
of
eec
and
hcd
agenda
items
we
have
coming
before
you.
C
Okay,
thank
you
Rachel.
If
there's
no
questions
on
our
Council
committee
meeting
agenda
items
we're
now
going
to
turn
it
over
to
city
manager,
Deborah
Campbell,
to
review
the
eight
week
upcoming
agenda
items.
B
Okay,
hopefully
you
have
the
link
to
the
outline
of
the
coming
items
to
your
agenda
and
I
will
go
to
the
April,
the
24th
yeah
I'm.
Sorry
meeting
and
of
note,
you
heard
from
Rachel
that
a
committee
will
be
looking
at
the
hunt.
Heel
property
conveyance
to
my
daddy
taught
me
that
there
are
a
number
of
other
con
items
on
the
consent
agenda
related
to
Federal,
Transit
Administration
and
the
receipt
of
funding
and
are
applying
for
funding.
B
There
are
a
number
of
public
hearings,
resigning
and
one
Amendment
to
the
Udo
artist
on
the
25th
and
then
on.
May
9th
will
be
a
pretty
special
meeting
for
us
where
the
budget
will
be
presented.
C
You
Deborah
so
that
brings
us
to
the
other
issues
and
updates
section
of
our
briefing
agenda
and
we
have.
We
have
two
items.
This
month
we
have
Jay.
Dundas
is
going
to
give
an
update
on
the
Hazel
Robinson
Amphitheater
and
when
Jade
is
done,
Brad
Branham
is
going
to
review
our
legislative
agenda.
Update
to
the
legislative
update.
Excuse
me
so
Jade
I
see
you're
on
the
call,
so
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Jay,
Douglas
or
capital
projects
director
to
share
some
information
on
the
Hazel
Robinson
Amphitheater.
D
Thank
you,
Ben
Jay,
Dundas
capital
projects
director.
So
over
the
weekend
with
the
high
winds,
we
had
trees
that
are
just
they're
adjacent
to
the
amphitheater
and
the
stage
and
one
one
of
those
trees
lost
a
large
limb
which
fell
on
the
the
structure.
D
D
The
the
damage
to
the
roof
is
is
fairly
significant,
but
we're
meeting
with
a
DSD
Representatives
today
to
kind
of
get
an
idea
of
path
forward
and
just
try
to
identify
what
that
project
will
actually
turn
into,
and
so
not
not
a
just,
basically
just
informing
counsel
of
the
of
the
damage
and
that
we
are
investigating.
D
But
we'll
have
additional
information
as
time
goes
on.
I.
D
Having
been
on
site
yesterday,
there
is
another
project
out
there
to
improve
the
stage
so
right
now,
there's
no
immediate
disruptions,
any
kind
of
activity
out
there
because
they're
they
are
in
the
process
of
making
those
improvements,
but
we're
not
sure
on
what
timeline
of
our
project
will
be,
because
we're
just
really
trying
to
get
the
Handler
on
the
hands
around
the
scope
of
that
project.
So
we'll
keep
you
updated.
C
F
C
E
Okay,
thank
you
again,
Ben
and
hello.
Again.
Maybe
some
of
the
high
points,
some
of
the
things
to
make
sure
that
you
are
aware
of
many
of
these
you
likely
are
already
aware
of,
but
it
also
gave
you
the
opportunity
to
ask
any
questions,
and
maybe
I
can
provide
a
little
additional
insight
as
to
where
things
stand
on
some
of
these
bills.
So
I
want
to
say
up
front
that
this
is
not
a
comprehensive
list
of
everything
that
you
or
anyone
else
the
city
May
care
about.
E
So
if
there
are
items
additional
bills
or
legislative
policies
that
you're
curious
about.
Please
stop
me.
Let
me
know
we
can
either
address
those
as
part
of
this
conversation
and
if
I
don't
have
all
the
information
today,
I
assure
you
that
I
will
get
it
for
you
and
provide
that
to
the
full
Council.
But
with
that
said
Katie,
if
you
can
advance
to
the
next
slide,
I
want
to
start
out
first,
just
by
giving
you
a
little
sense
of
what
the
calendar
looks
like
we
are
currently
in
the
legislative,
long
session.
E
This
takes
place
in
odd
numbered
years,
so
we're
2023
every
January.
This
starts
and
typically
runs
till
about
summer
time
now,
I
say
typically
because
we
have
been
anything
but
typical.
In
the
last
few
legislative
sessions
we've
even
had
times
where
it
seemed
as
if
we
never
actually
closed
the
session.
So
we
are
looking
very
closely
at
the
pace
of
the
current
legislative
calendar
and
it
appears
there
is
a
chance
that
we
might
actually
close
out
and
in
the
session
sometime
around
June
or
maybe
the
first
of
July.
E
There
are
some
Skeptics
about
that,
and
I
would
be
remiss
to
say
that
I
wasn't
perhaps
among
them,
but
I
do
think.
We
are
likely
to
see
an
end
of
a
session
with
a
past
budget
sometime,
at
least
by
the
end
of
summer.
Now.
Some
important
deadlines
for
you
to
be
aware
of
is
that
we
are
coming
up
very
quickly
on
the
crossover
deadline
and
for
those
who
don't
know.
E
That
means
that
any
bills
that
initiate
in
one
of
the
two
houses,
either
the
senate
or
the
house,
must
fully
pass
that
particular
body
and
move
over
to
the
other
house
by
May
the
4th.
If
they
do
not,
they
are
technically
not
moving
forward
any
further.
In
this
session,
so
you're
going
to
see
a
lot
of
bills
be
filed.
E
Those
things
that
will
be
advancing
will
be
advancing
quickly
over
the
next
couple
of
weeks
now,
as
far
as
local
bills
go
the
deadline,
both
in
the
house
and
the
senate
for
filing
those
local
bills
has
already
passed
last
month.
So
we
should
be
done
with
any
local
bills
that
are
not
already
on
file
and
going
through
the
committee
process.
E
Right
now
now,
if
you'll
move
on
to
the
next
slide
Katie,
we
can
jump
straight
into
some
of
the
bills
that
I
want
to
highlight
for
you
today,
a
couple
of
financial
ones,
we're
going
to
start
off
easy
and
move
into
some
of
the
Heavy
Hitters
later
on.
So
these
first
couple
are
I.
Think
of
note,
but
not
anything
that
I
would
worry
terribly
about
at
this
point,
the
first
one
House
Bill
122,
and
it's
accompanied
Senate
bill
299..
E
This
is
actually
a
bill
that
would
impose
new
penalties
on
any
municipality
that
failed
to
complete
the
required
annual
audit
in
time.
Oddly
enough,
the
penalty
for
this
is
actually
withholding
self-ex
Revenue
until
the
audit
is
completed.
That
seems
a
bit
odd
in
that
that
really
punishes
the
citizens
and
residents
of
a
city
who
depend
upon
those
funds
to
provide
for
the
services
that
they
need,
as
opposed
to
the
actual
governmental
staff.
But
this
is
the
current
wording
in
the
bill.
E
This
is
something
that
the
league
is
opposed
to
and
is
currently
working
hard
to
either
improve
or
stop
this
bill.
The
second
one
I
want
to
highlight
is
House
Bill
273.
This
is
a
little
bit
more
concerning.
It
would
actually
require
all
municipalities
to
have
two
budget
hearings
right
now,
you're
only
required
to
have
one
statutory
hearing
on
the
annual
budget,
although
we
actually
had
two
this
year.
E
The
bigger
more
interesting
part
of
this
is
that
anytime,
going
forward
if
this
bill
were
to
pass
and
the
municipalities
such
as
Asheville
were
to
raise
the
tax
rate
or
increase
any
utility
fee,
so
perhaps
our
Water
fee
or
similar
fees.
You
would
not
only
be
required
to
have
a
second
hearing
just
on
that
item,
but
you
would
also
be
required
to
mail
physically
mail
notice
to
every
single,
ratepayer
and
or
property
owner
depend
upon
if
we're
talking
about
taxes
or
utility
rate.
E
So
this
is
something
that
the
league
of
municipalities
is
working
very
diligently
on
with
the
bill
sponsor
to
try
to
improve
that
particular
bill,
because
we
do
feel
like
it
places
an
unnecessary
financial
and
logistical
burden
on
cities
to
be
able
to
actually
hand
mail,
every
single
individual
in
the
city
and
notice
of
those
particular
items
all
right.
If
you'll
move
on
Katie,
the
next
couple
of
issues
are
really
more.
What
I
call
process
changes?
E
Potentially
the
first
one
is
House
Bill
205,
and
this
is
one
that
actually
would
impose
upon
you.
As
City
Council
Members
the
duty
to
take
a
financial
management
six
hour,
training
course
now
that
doesn't
apply
to
you
automatically.
It
would
only
apply
to
those
cities
that
are
in
a
bit
of
financial
distress.
So
if
the
local
government
commission
has
said
to
step
in
and
take
over
or
if
you
have
had
the
city
placed
upon
a
list
of
distressed
municipalities,
that's
when
that
obligation
kicks
in.
E
However,
you
would
be
highly
encouraged
by
the
ordinance
to
take
that
financial
management
course.
So
this
isn't
something
that,
given
our
strong
financial
management
here
in
Asheville
that
we're
terribly
concerned
about,
but
I
wanted
to
bring
it
to
your
attention,
because
it
would
affect
your
obligations
as
council
members
directly,
the
other
one.
We
are
a
little
more
concerned
about
and
that's
Senate
bill
254..
E
This
is,
amongst
other
things,
specifically
targeted
at
expanding
the
public
records
law.
With
regard
to
Personnel
records
right
now,
Personnel
records,
as
you
probably
know,
are
generally
very
protected
under
confidentiality
Provisions.
However,
this
particular
bill
would
expand
the
allowance
to
make
it
a
public
record,
not
just
that
someone
might
have
been
demoted
or
even
discharged,
but
it
would
require
the
municipality
to
provide
a
reason
for
that
discharge
and
make
that
a
public
record.
E
So
this
is
the
first
in
a
very
long
time,
legislative
initiative,
which
would
greatly
expand
the
depth
of
the
Public's
access
into
individual
staff.
Members
Personnel
records,
so
we're
watching
that
very
closely
as
well.
Next
slide,
Katie
all
right
I
do
want
to
bring
in
some
good
news
now
at
this
point,
so
that
we
can
mix
up
sort
of
the
good
and
bad
here.
E
One
of
the
items
on
your
legislative
initiative
agenda
that
you
passed
previously
to
submit
it
to
our
local
delegation
was
a
request
to
expand
the
authorization
to
respond
to
certain
traffic
incidences
outside
of
sworn
Law
Enforcement
Officers.
We
are
proud
to
say
that
through
the
efforts
of
our
local
delegation,
as
well
as
our
lobbyists
and
the
general
assembly
as
a
whole,
we
were
able
to
get
Senate
Bill
251
passed,
which
or
excuse
me
we're
up
close,
but
we're
not
quite
there.
E
Yet
we're
very,
very
close
to
getting
final
passage
on
Senate
Bill
251,
which
would
allow
Law
Enforcement
Officers
no
longer
to
be
required
to
respond
to
non-injury
related
crash
in
automobile
crashes.
So
this
would
let
a
civilian
crash.
Invest
the
Gators
take
on
that
burden,
which
is
now
placed
on
Law,
Enforcement
Officers.
This
would
not
and
get
involve
any
incidents
where
there
was
a
criminal
incident
or
where
there
was
a
personal
injury.
It
would
only
be
minor
incidents
where
property
damage
was
involved.
E
So
this
is
something
that
already
in
existence
in
Wilmington
and
we've
been
pushing
for
this
as
a
way
to
continue
along
your
your
initiative
of
reimagining,
Public,
Safety
and
finding
creative
ways
to
take
some
of
the
burden
off
of
our
law
enforcement
Personnel.
Next
Katie,
okay,
the
next
ones
I
want
to
talk
about-
are
getting
a
little
more
into
some
of
the
nitty-gritty,
specifically
around
land
use.
The
first
one
Senate
Bill
317
is
one
you
may
have
heard
of.
E
This
has
been
styled
as
the
workforce,
housing
Bill,
and
this
has
been
put
forward,
essentially
on
its
face
as
a
way
to
expand,
affordable
housing.
However,
there
are
some
pretty
severe
limitations
to
the
way
this
bill
is
written.
It
would
require
all
municipalities
to
allow
these
particular
developments
to
go
forward
without
the
ability
to
enforce
Zoning
for
the
most
part,
so
in
other
words,
all
the
requirements
we
have
around
things
like
tree
saves
steep
slope
ordinance.
E
All
of
that
would
have
to
be
put
aside
if
someone
was
going
to
satisfy
the
requirements
under
this
bill
to
develop
Workforce
housing.
So
what
do
we
mean
by
Workforce
housing
that
is
defined
in
this
bill
as
being
20
of
the
total
development
being
provided
for
Amis
at
80
to
100
percent,
so
not
terribly
affordable?
E
First
of
all,
but
also
the
affordability
period
would
actually
be
a
majority
of
one
year,
so
you
would
have
to
have
essentially
six
months
and
a
day
of
affordability
and
after
that
it
would
no
longer
be
required
for
any
of
the
units
to
be
affordable,
and
for
this
municipalities
give
up
all
right
to
Zone
the
property,
you
would
only
be
able
to
enforce
those
land
use,
regulations
that
are
set
at
a
state
or
federal
level.
So
this
is
a
pretty
big
deal.
E
I
I
can
tell
you
that
we've
been
lobbying
to
improve
the
conditions
of
this
bill,
along
with
other
municipalities
in
the
league,
and
I
can
tell
you
that
at
this
point
it
is
losing
quite
a
bit
of
steam.
Many
of
the
original
Bill
sponsors
have
removed
their
name
from
the
bill
and
we
are
getting
word
just
this
morning
that
some
of
the
leadership
within
the
house
and
the
Senate
are
moving
away
from
supporting
it
as
well.
So
this
is
looking
like
it
may
not
move
forward
in
its
current
iteration.
E
The
next
one
I
want
to
point
out
to
you.
Oh,
we
got
a
question.
Sage
I'm,
just
curious.
You
put
that
bill
forth.
G
E
A
Yeah
we're
we're
disaster,
we're
just
we're
hearing,
that's
dying
or
rapid
death,
and
we
did.
We
were
asked
to
give
some
feedback
to
the
Metro
mayor's
Coalition.
That
was
trying
to
solicit
feedback
from
all
the
cities
and
Brad's
group
did
a
good
job
of
getting
that
feedback
back
and
also
a
map
that
had
you
know
what
are
the
10
acre,
plus
Parcels
left
in
the
city
of
Asheville,
and
it
looked
like
there
could
be
several
golf
courses
at
risk,
but
otherwise
there
wasn't
a
lot.
A
E
Yeah,
this
is
I.
Duke
want
to
come
in
the
league
municipalities
working
very
strongly
in
the
halls
of
Raleigh
to
make
sure
that
this
one
was
was
vetted
very
thoroughly
and
Sage
I
see
your
hands
still
up.
Do
you
have
an
additional.
G
E
Yeah,
so
that's
an
excellent
question
and
you're,
referring
down
to
the
the
last
item
on
this
particular
slide,
that
is
House
Bill
409,
which
essentially
would
make
a
buy
right
availability
to
have
a
Adu,
that's
an
accessory
dwelling
unit
for
every
single
residential
property,
so
in
other
words,
this
would
restrict
the
ability
of
conditional
zoning
to
limit
that
any
other
zoning
Provisions
locally.
If
you
had
a
residential
lot,
you
would
have
the
ability
to
add
an
Adu.
This
is
also,
although
not
on
its
face,
it's
pretty
clear.
E
This
is
intended
to
address
housing,
stock
and
affordable
housing
issues.
We
have
not
to
this
point,
put
our
voice
forward,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
municipalities
as
well
as
the
league
working
to
perhaps
smooth
the
edges
around.
This
particular
Bill
to
just
retain
some
local
control
over
this,
while
still
allowing
those
bills
that
are
going
to
advance,
affordable
housing
and
move
forward.
Yes,
Sage.
G
E
E
We
would
like
to
see
some
improvements
made
to
this
particular
bill
that
retains
some
of
that
local
Authority.
So,
as
we
always
say
when
you're
on
the
ground-
and
you
see
it
locally-
you
know
best
about
what
might
create
a
problem,
so
we
always
want
to
have
as
much
of
that
local
retain
control
as
possible.
But
yes,
this
is
something
that
we're
communicating
some
of
the
the
positives
as
well
as
the
negatives
about
this
particular
real
one.
Okay,.
G
E
It's
current
form:
that's
right!
Okay,
thank
you
all
right,
so
I
do
want
to
point
out
just
one
last
bill
on
this
slide
if
I
could,
and
that
is
House,
Bill
332
and
it's
a
company
Senate
bill
275..
This
is
a
bill
that
is
intended
on
its
face
to
expedite
the
building
approval
process.
It
applies
specifically
to
multi-family
and
commercial
buildings.
This
is
one
that's
highly.
E
Concerning
and
myself
assistant
city
manager,
Ben
Woody
have
both
been
serving
on
the
task
force,
Statewide
that
it's
been
working
through
the
league
to
develop
some
response
to
this
very
targeted
information
has
been
gathered
and
provided
to
the
legislators
about
why
we're
not
exactly
big
fans
of
this,
this
would
require
anybody
who
submitted
a
plan
for
the
development
of
either
a
commercial
or
a
multi-family
building
so
think
large
stuff.
E
Generally
speaking,
the
requirement
would
be
placed
upon
the
municipality
to
be
able
to
approve
all
of
those
plans
within
a
very
short
time
frame,
and
in
fact
what
we're
talking
about
here
is
twin
I,
believe
it's
21
days,
and
let
me
be
very
clear
about
that.
Let's
see
21
days
you
would
have,
and
that
is
a
very,
very
short
turnaround
for
us
to
be
able
to
approve
building
plans.
We
have
seen
some
of
the
negative
effects.
E
I
will
point
out
the
condo
con
condo
complex
that
collapsed
in
Florida
not
too
long
ago.
This
is
a
state
in
Florida
that
had
much
much
less
strict
regulations
around
building,
permit
review
and
approval.
So
we
are
very,
very
cautious
about
wanting
to
move
those
things
forward.
E
Instead,
we
would
prefer
to
do
as
much
as
we
can
locally
to
improve
the
efficiency
of
our
process,
and
we
have
provided
a
lot
of
information
about
the
improvements
that
have
already
been
made,
not
just
here
in
Asheville
but
around
the
state
around
this,
but
we
believe
that
this
is
perhaps
something
that
would
have
very
minor
benefit
in
terms
of
the
process
and
produce
quite
a
great
deal
of
risk.
H
Yeah
thanks
for
flagging
this
one,
we
have
building
codes
for
a
reason
we
used
to
have
fire
fires
in
our
buildings.
All
the
time
code
is
such
an
important
safety
measure,
so
really
excited
to
hear
that
we're
showing
leadership
at
the
state
level
to
protect
a
process
that
keeps
people
safe
a
question
I
had
you
were
mentioning
that
in
the
current
state
of
play
of
this
legislation
it
might
reduce
taking
the
time
to
20
or
so
days
what
what
ballpark
averages
or
what?
H
E
E
He
has
been
going
above
and
beyond
to
provide
answers
to
those
very
questions,
as
well
as
other
people
sharing
his
role
all
around
the
state,
and
that
has
been
combined
into
a
very,
very
good
and
concise
report
by
the
league
of
municipalities
that
we
provided
through
all
the
legislators
behind
this.
So
they
can
see
what
we
believe
is
the
truth
of
the
matter,
which
is
the
delays
that
are
being
complained
of.
Generally
speaking,
are
not
the
result
of
a
municipal
process.
E
We
are
seeing
the
vast
majority
of
delays
in
the
building
review
process
be
on
the
side
of
develop
numbers,
even
perhaps
they're
not
submitting
fully
developed
plans,
or
there
are
issues
with
the
engineering
or
we
have
to
ask
for
more
information.
So
we
think
that
trying
to
address
this
on
the
municipal
side
misses
the
boat
in
terms
of
the
process
and,
in
fact,
I
think
Ben
can
speak
to
that
directly.
C
You
know
project,
maybe
a
smaller
Edition
or
a
larger
renovation,
that's
typically
between
10
and
21
business
days.
And
then,
if
you
have
what's
called
a
level
three
project
and
those
are
those
are
big.
Those
are
hotels
and
like
Hospital
editions
and
things
that
are
very
complex.
Those
are
realistically
going
to
take
between
21
and
45
business
days,
so
again
it
kind
of
Tears
depending
on
and
those
those
are
planned
sheets
that
have
literally
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
pages
of
plans.
C
H
I
have
a
follow-up
question:
how
have
those
review
periods
changed
over
time
like?
Are
we
at
an
all-time
Fast
Pace?
Are
we
at
a
slow
pace
like
do
we
track
and
I'm
sure
that
data
is
available
and
I
know
that
we
watch
that
I
would
just
be
curious
to
know
in
the
context
of
still
globally
recovering
from
the
pandemic
us
having
Staffing
shortages,
just
kind
of
the
red
light
green
light,
yellow
light?
H
Where
do
we
compare
to
our
past
performance,
which
might
not
be
an
answer
you
have
now,
but
I
think
that's
important
stuff
for
us
to
be
aware
of.
As
you
know,
my
next
door,
neighbor
is
considering
an
addition.
What's
going
to
have
to
happen
there
or
downtown
growth
is
being
considered,
Etc.
C
Yeah
I
can
answer
that
we're
very
so
again,
residential.
So
if
you're
doing
something
to
a
single
family
home,
we're
very
consistent,
we'll
turn
those
around
in
about
five
business
days.
So
that's
really
been
the
case
for
a
long
time,
there's
always
outliers.
So
if
somebody's
listening-
yes,
your
deck
may
have
taken
more
than
five
business
days,
but
generally
we
do
better
than
that.
C
The
commercial
is
very
dependent
on
the
volume
of
activity,
so
the
number
of
permit
applications
we
have
and
the
number
of
staff
that
we
have
to
do
that
and
it's
not
just
having
a
staff.
If
you're
not
a
level
three
qualified
building
plan
reviewer,
you
can't
even
look
at
level
three
billing
plans,
so
we
have
there's
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
and
I'll
just
just
answer
your
question
directly.
The
the
past
year
and
a
half
has
been
very
challenging
for
development
services.
It's
it's
been
hard
to
come
out
of
the
pandemic.
C
It's
really
busy.
There's
a
lot
of
activity
and
we've
had
some
some
senior
staff
that
have
left
over
the
past
really
during
the
pandemic
and
after
we
had
to
replace
so
I
would
I
would
say
it's.
It's
been
a
challenging
period,
the
past
18
months
for
a
prior
department
or
for
the
development
services
department.
C
G
A
little
bit
because
I
want
to
almost
Clarity
first,
so
the
building
review
process.
Brad.
Do
you
interpreted
this
as
like?
A
staff
review
and
TRC
or
the
actual
entitlement.
E
So
that's
a
good
question,
so
this
is
the
original
building
permit.
I
do
not
think
this
is
include,
say
the
TRC
review,
and
this
is
a
very
broad
bill.
It
affects
a
lot
and
it
is
generally
regulated
to
the
big
stuff.
So
it
is
oftentimes
the
very
things
that
would
go
to
TRC,
but
this
is
all
concerned
with
the
staff
level
review.
G
Okay,
because
then
just
for
clarity,
councilman
Allman,
like
when
we're
reviewing
some
of
these
large
apartment
complex,
some
of
those
are
18
months
like
this.
Isn't
a
this
isn't
a
fast
turnaround,
and
now
some
of
that
is
labored
by
our
many
committee
reviews
and
so
on.
I
just
didn't
want
everybody
to
have
the
impression
that
these
big
projects
are
coming
through
in
a
couple
months
that
just
simply
isn't
true.
So
if
it's
just
the
staff
portion
of
billing
review,
that's
different.
G
I
will
point
out
too
that
in
every
survey
we've
done
when
we're
on
affordable
housing.
When
I
was
on
the
committee,
we
would
survey
developers
every
other
year,
I
think
and
say
you
know:
what
are
your
big
crises?
What
are
you
facing?
I
think
Dan
and
DSD
were
involved
a
little
bit
and
one
of
the
pieces
of
input
has
always
been
that
the
duration
and
cost
of
entitlement
is
problematic
to
overall
affordability.
So
just
sharing
that
perspective,
but
again
I,
don't
think
we're
talking
about
the
whole
process
here.
Just
no.
C
And
I
want
to
I
want
to
amplify
that
councilman
Turner
I'm
only
referring
to
the
internal
Building
Safety
staff
reviews,
so
the
numbers
I
gave
did
not
incorporate
any
kind
of
zoning
or
entitlement
from
an
elected
body
or
Advisory
board.
So
good
clarification.
E
Yes,
I
agree,
thank
you
for
that
stage.
So
if
we
can
move
on
now
to
the
last
slide
with
some
I
think
it's
the
last
slide
with
some
legislation
on
it,
we're
closing
with
a
big
ticket
one
here.
This
is
one
that
is
always
at
the
Forefront
of
our
minds
here
in
Asheville,
and
this
is
short-term
rental.
We
knew
that
we
were
going
to
see
bills
and
we
have
seen
a
flurry.
E
So
let
me
hit
on
a
couple
of
these
and
I'm,
going
to
start
with
the
the
good
move
to
the
moderate
and
and
then
go
to
the
bigger
ones.
The
first
one
is
Senate
bill
290..
This
is
one
which,
quite
frankly,
we
don't
have
any
qualms
with
this
deals
with
short-term
rental,
but
it
is
really
targeting
what
I'm
going
to
call
party
houses.
This
would
actually
Place
regulations
on
those
that
have
a
short-term
rental
to
properly
advertise
and
enforce
occupancy
limits.
E
So
we
have
had
apparently
some
issues
Statewide
with
small
houses
having
short-term
rental
to
5
10
20
people
at
a
time
it's
creating
a
bit
of
a
nuisance
situation,
so
this
would
really
place
the
burden
on
those
who
have
short-term
rental
entitlements
to
do
it
right
and
to
create
a
less
intense
nuisance
use.
So
this
is
one
that
we're
actually
pretty
supportive
of
now.
Let's,
let's
move
to
where
we
do
have
some
issues.
E
E
This
is
a
bill
that
would
actually
preempt
local
authority
to
regulate
online
marketplaces.
So
what
does
that
mean?
Online
marketplaces
are
the
platforms
if
we're
talking
about
Airbnb,
Expedia
or
VRBO.
Those
are
the
actual
online
platforms
where
people
locally
place,
the
listings
of
their
particular
short-term
rental
and
all
of
the
business
actually
occurs.
So
presently
we
in
Asheville
and
as
far
as
I'm
aware
no
one
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina,
actually
regulates
these
platforms.
We
have
discussed
the
possibility
of
that
and
the
legality
of
that
in
the
past.
E
There
are
some
municipalities
around
the
country
who
have
placed
a
burden
locally
on
the
platforms
to
handle
enforcement
of
the
local
rules
around
short-term
rental,
but
we
haven't
done
that
this
particular
bill
would
be
preemptively
taking
that
Authority
away.
So
this
is
something
that
is
obviously
being
espoused
by
the
short-term
parental
platforms
themselves
and
their
lobbyist
in
Raleigh,
and
this
is
one
we
would
not
support
simply
because
it
would,
even
though
we're
not
exercising
it
now,
it
would
take
away
some
of
the
potential
local
control
that
we
might
have
if
it's
necessary.
E
Now,
there's
one
on
here
that
is
well
there's
one
I
want
to
talk
to
you
about
quickly.
That
is
not
on
this
list,
and
it
is
only
because
it
was
filed
just
this
morning,
and
this
is
a
brand
new
Senate
Bill
667..
This
was
filed
just
within
the
last
few
hours,
and
this
is
another
short-term
rental,
Bill
and
I'm
just
going
to
be
frank
and
say
that
this
would
fully
preempt
almost
all
local
control
over
short-term
rentals.
E
It
would
essentially
invalidate
our
ordinance
that
prohibits
in
almost
all
zoning
areas,
whole
home,
short-term
rental.
It
would
also
invalidate
our
home
stay
Provisions,
so
this
would
for
lack
of
a
better
phrase,
strip,
all
control
that
you
have
locally
away
from
cities.
So
this
was
just
filed
in
the
Senate.
E
We
have
a
lot
of
information
about
it
quite
yet,
but
do
keep
in
mind
that
crossover
deadline
that
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning,
May
4th
this
would
have
to
go
all
the
way
through
and
pass
the
Senate
and
move
the
house
by
May
4th
to
continue
unless
they
sort
of
changed
the
rules
on
this.
E
But
this
is
one
that
we
are
most
concerned
about
and
going
to
be
watching
and
working
most
vigorously
on
so
I
I
don't
know
who
raised
their
head
first,
but
I
think
Kim
I'm
going
to
go
to
you
to
start.
F
I
guess
a
couple
of
questions
are
when
we
were
talking
about
this.
A
couple
of
years
ago
we
had
started
a
conversation
with
just
a
small
group
of
council
members.
F
We
were
talking
about
doing
regulation
with
the
platforms
and
at
that
time
it
wasn't
really
clear
to
me
that
the
impact
of
short-term
rentals
in
Western,
North
Carolina
was
being
profoundly
put
yet,
but
now
I'm
noticing
that
other
cities
are
starting
to
have
concerns
too
I've
spoken
with
folks
in,
for
example,
Durham
and
Hillsborough
like
something
to
watch
for
and
be
careful,
so
I
guess.
F
My
main
question
right
now
is
what
other
cities
are
we
kind
of
linking
arms
with,
as
we
see
the
Ripple
effects
of
temporary
use
for
lodging
being
used
or
residential
zones
being
used
for
commercial
use
and
what
other
cities
can
we
partner
with
to
work
towards
making
sure
that
we're
protecting
our
residential
uses.
E
That
is
an
excellent
question
and
let
me
say
this
as
emphatically
as
I
can
there's
strength
in
numbers,
and
it
is
important
for
us
to
utilize
those
partners
that
we
may
have
out
there
across
the
state.
Just
yesterday
afternoon,
I
led
a
Roundtable
discussion
among
City
attorneys
from
the
largest
13
municipalities
across
the
state,
where
we
focus
solely
on
short-term
rental,
local
regulation,
and
we
had
a
very,
very
robust
discussion
with
cities
that
are
already
regulating
this
heavily
cities
that
are
considering
it.
E
E
Some
of
the
considerations
in
places
like
Charlotte
and
Greensboro
and
Durham
and
I
got
a
strong
sense
that
there
is
a
growing
recognition
of
the
importance
of
this
topic,
the
vital
nature
of
local
authority
to
regulate
it
and
a
pretty
good
sense
of
of
how
strongly
we
need
to
be
watching
what's
happening
in
the
legislature.
So
I
do
believe
that
we
have
Partners
out
there
and
we
are
growing.
E
Those
Partnerships
I
am
I,
think
now
meeting
at
least
monthly
with
those
other
13
municipality
city
attorneys,
so
that
we
can
talk
about
just
these
kinds
of
issues,
and
this
is
one
of
the
Forefront
matters
that
we
are
concerning
ourselves
with.
So
we
are
trying
our
best
to
align
some
of
the
regulations
that
we've
got
and
think
about
it
along
the
same
lines
so
that
we
are
in
lockstep
as
much
as
possible.
Well,.
A
And
I
wouldn't
call
that
we
we've
been
raising
the
alarm
Bells
about
this
for
a
long
time
with
other
cities,
but
it
hasn't
really
gotten
a
lot
of
traction.
Just
for
the
reason
you
said
Ken,
it
wasn't
really
like
a
burning
issue
for
other
than
Wilmington,
really
us
and
Wilmington,
and
then
a
couple
a
few
of
the
small
Resort
communities
like
Spruce,
Pine
and
Highlands,
and
places
like
that.
So
now.
Finally,
Charlotte
and
Raleigh
and
places
like
that
this
has
become
an
affordable
housing
issue
for
them.
F
B
F
Oh
sorry,
while
you're,
while
you're
meeting
with
these
other
cities
and
other
potential
Partners
in
gaining
understanding
on
what
completely
to
have
a
collective
leveraging,
is
there
a
conversation
at
the
same
time
happening
while
you're
seated
it's
like?
Well?
What
are
we
gonna
do
about
residential
Zone?
You
can
use
for
commercial
use
because
it
feels
to
me,
like
the
taxation
issue,
is
probably
like
a
great
tool.
If,
for
some
reason,
we
lose
the
ability
to
regulate.
E
Yeah,
that's
an
excellent
question,
and
that
was
absolutely
part
of
the
discussion
that
that
we
had.
Yesterday.
We
talked
about
this
from
a
variety
of
aspects,
and
that
was
one
of
them.
There
was
a
pretty
robust
discussion
about
that
consideration.
It
was
new
to
certain
people,
but
we're
beginning
to
think
about
it.
E
I
will
know
that
this
particular
bill
does
maintain
the
control
for
local
municipalities
to
regulate
short-term
rental
in
commercial
areas,
but
prohibits
them
from
regulating
it
in
residential
areas
and
in
fact
it
would
prohibit
us
from
characterizing
that
use
as
commercial.
So
this
is
really
targeted
directly
at
some
of
the
things.
I
think
that
we
hold
most
deer
and
feel
our
most
influential
enough
properly
regulating
this.
So
these
are
conversations
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
have
and
as
I
said,
this
is
a
growing
concern.
E
I
found
out
just
yesterday
that
in
the
city
of
Charlotte
they
now
have
over
4
000,
short-term
rentals,
and
this
is
in
a
city
with
you
know
not
the
same
level
of
poorism
demand,
perhaps
as
we're
going
to
see
in
Wilmington
and
here
in
Asheville,
but
with
that
kind
of
quantity
growing.
In
those
types
of
places,
it
is
impossible
for
this
to
go
now
unnoticed,
thanks,
Sage.
G
Okay,
I
just
want
to
layer
a
couple
thoughts
Kim
on
your
last
thought
about
commercial
use.
I
concur
about
the
taxation,
but
you
may
have
heard
me
say
this
before.
G
There's
also
this
idea
that
if
they
became
commercial
uses,
then
there
would
be
different
compliance
requirements
around
Ada,
which
would
affect
a
lot
of
single-family
houses,
door,
widths,
ramps
into
houses
and
stuff,
so
it
could
slow
the
process
of
some
stand-alone
houses
being
used
potentially,
but
I'm
trying
to
be
conscious
that
this
check-in
process
is
now
all
public
and
people
are
listening
in,
perhaps
the
media,
so
Brad
I
was
hoping.
Maybe
you
could
just
give
us
a
little
more
history
here,
maybe
how
many
times
a
bill
like
this
has
been
brought.
G
How
many
times
it's
been
failed,
I
got.
This
is
the
worst
thing
that
could
happen
to
Asheville
on
a
housing
level.
In
my
opinion,
I've
long
said
the
longer
we
stall,
the
more
the
impacts
to
other
cities
will
happen,
and
then
we
will
have
a
stronger
argument
and
that's
finally
happening
which
is
great,
but
I.
Don't
watch
tonight
fear
in
the
community
like
this.
The
bill
like
this
has
been
tried
to
force
it
sway
through
for
what
four
or
five
years
in
a
row.
E
Okay,
yeah
we've
seen
this
bill
in
multiple
sessions.
It's
coming
from
multiple
fronts.
Different
interest
groups
are
putting
that
forward,
and
I
can
tell
you
that
the
the
money
being
placed
into
this
the
influence
the
amount
of
lobbyists
trying
to
advance
these
types
of
bills
is
growing
with
each
legislative
session.
E
I
think
the
Coalition
we
have
that
are
fighting
against.
It
is
also
growing,
but
this
has
been
on
every
single
adopted
legislative
agenda
by
this
city
council
since
I
have
been
your
City
attorney
and
we're
making
it
very
very
clear
that
we
believe
this
is
absolutely
imperative
to
maintain
this
local
control
and
we
believe
that
it
is
best
legislated
locally,
because
everyone
has
such
a
different,
not
only
concern
for
what
they're
dealing
with
in
their
local
community,
but
they
have
a
unique
awareness
about
the
best
ways
to
manage
those
problems
reasonably
locally.
E
So
I
can
tell
you
that
it
is
at
almost
always
at
the
top
of
my
to-do
list
when
I'm
having
conversations
with
other
cities
and
when
I
have
conversations
with
our
our
our
delegation,
as
well
as
other
legislators
who
I
speak
with
about
these
issues
frequently.
So
this
is
not
new.
This
is
something
that
has
been
on
the
agenda
and
in
Raleigh
for
now
at
least
three
to
four
years.
I
suspect
that
there
is
no
end
in
sight-
and
this
is
something
that
we
have
been
fighting
strongly
against.
E
I
will
give
many
thanks
to
our
legislative
liaison,
Philip
Eisley,
who
works
tirelessly
in
Raleigh
behind
the
scenes
to
try
to
advance
interest
of
Asheville
such
as
this-
and
we
spoke
this
morning
about
this
and
some
of
the
other
bills
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
as
diligently
as
we
can
to
try
to
maintain
some
of
this
control
locally
and
minimize
the
effects
of
these
kind
of
things.
G
E
E
So
we
can
move
on
to
the
next
slide
and
at
least
let
you
see
what's
coming,
I
I
as
to
close
this
I
wanted
to
move
out
of
the
bills
and
move
into
some
of
the
laws
that
were
passed
and
I
just
want
to
highlight
a
couple
of
those
things
and
then
we'll
be
done.
So
if
that's
not
what
you
want
to
ask
about
feel
free,
Kim
right
now
is
the
perfect
time.
E
Okay,
I
I
do
want
to
just
highlight
a
couple
of
big
impactful
bills.
That
became
laws,
so
we
have
gone
through
the
stage
where
these
have
been
debated.
They
are
now
on
the
books
and
I
do
want
to
bring
them
to
your
attention.
The
first
is
generally
I,
think
good
news.
Medicaid
expansion
through
multiple
sessions
has
been
a
topic
of
discussion.
This
was
finally
passed.
This
had
been
House,
Bill
76.
It
is
now
session
law.
E
2023-07
I
want
to
point
out
one
very
important
aspect
of
this,
though.
Although
this
became
law,
it
is
still
contingent
upon
the
passage
of
an
annual
budget
for
the
state,
which
means
that
if
we
do
not
pass
a
budget,
this
does
not
become
law.
Why
does
that
matter?
Number
one
I
want
to
make
you
aware
that
it's
not
already
automatically
law
and
number
two.
This
is
going
to
place
a
very
strong
incentive
on
legislators,
as
well
as
the
governor's
office
to
approve
this
year's
budget.
E
The
budget
is
something
that
we
will
often
see
items
added
in
that
aren't
necessarily
budget
items
at
the
last
minute
and,
quite
frankly,
behind
closed
doors
and
because
of
that
and
because
of
the
strong
incentive
now
with
Medicaid
expansion
on
the
line
to
pass
that
budget,
we
are
going
to
be
watching
very
closely
what
items
might
get
added
to
the
budget
at
the
very
last
minute
and
without
any
kind
of
public
discourse
that
there
would
again
be
this
strong,
strong
push
to
pass
the
budget
so
that
Medicaid
expansion
can
go
into
law.
E
This
is
the
repeal
of
what
had
been
law
for
many
many
years
in
North
Carolina
that
removed
the
background
check
for
anyone
who
was
purchasing
a
handgun.
This
used
to
require
a
background
check
and
you
had
to
go
through
your
local
sheriff's
office
to
be
able
to
do
that
is
100
gone
now.
I
I
bring
this
up.
E
This
is
important
for
a
couple
of
reasons
number
one.
It
shows
us
what
I
was
going
to
say
before
two
days
ago
the
fragility
of
the
governor's
veto,
but,
as
you
probably
are
aware,
we
had
a
member
just
this
week
in
the
house.
Actually
switched
parties
and
and
joined
the
Republican
caucus,
and
what
that
means
is
that,
as
of
today,
there
is
now
a
veto,
proof
majority
along
party
lines
in
both
the
house
and
the
Senate.
E
That
will
essentially
allow
the
majority
party,
which
is
Republican
at
this
point,
to
pass
most
of
the
initiatives
that
they
would
like
to
pass
and
even
the
governor
no
longer
can
act
as
a
backstop
in
many
cases.
So
that's
something
that
quite
honestly,
I
don't
have
a
lot
of
additional
information
to
report,
but
it's
something
that
we
should
be
aware
of
as
we
watch
some
of
these
other
bills
go
forward.
So
with
that
I'd
like
to
advance
on
to
the
next
slide
and
just
say
that
I
want
to
appreciate
your
time
today.
E
J
Oh
okay,
so
the
only
thing
I
was
going
to
ask
about
you
were
thinking
about
the
Medicare
Bill
were
actually
you
know
they
can
actually
put
other
builds
in
with
it.
So
have
you
seen
it
when
you
have
this
situation
and
some
of
the
bills
that
we
just
went
through,
that
are
there
that
may
be
weak?
That
they'll
add
them
in?
Have
you
seen
that
happen
until
yeah
I
was
just
yes.
E
It's
a
short
and
unfortunate
answer.
Yes,
they
have.
E
They
have
this
thing
called
conference,
which
is
essentially
a
fancy
way
to
say
we
go
into
closed
rooms
and
work
out
some
of
the
details
of
these
things
and
what
happens
is
some
of
these
earmarks
other
initiatives
and
and
bills
get
thrown
into
the
budget
and
they
become
part
of
the
budget
as
a
whole
and
that
entire
legislation
moves
forward
for
either
passage
or
not
passage,
and
in
many
many
cases
we
usually
have
a
past
budget,
not
always,
but
because
of
Medicaid
expansion
being
hinged
and
conditioned
on
passage
of
that
budget,
it
is
going
to
make
it
much
harder
for
people
to
vote
against
a
budget
even
with
some
of
what
we
often
refer
to
as
poison
pills
that
have
been
included
in
those
budgets
at
the
end.
E
So
this
is
concerning
and
it's
something
that
I
will
be
watching
very
very
closely.
As
as
the
budget
materials
become
public,
the
bad
news
is,
we
don't
have
the
same
options.
We
don't
see
those
things
until
the
last
minute,
so
we
don't
have
as
many
opportunities
to
work
against
them
and
Lobby
for
improvements
or
removal.
Some
of
those
more
detrimental
aspects.
F
Yeah
I've
been
looking
at
House,
Bill,
504
and
Senate
Bill
543
I
know
those
are
in
comparison,
but
if
we
might
maybe
put
it
on
the
radar
as
what
it
might
mean
for
us
to
be
able
to
contract
directly
with
the
ATU
128
drivers.
F
I
know
this
bill
is
about
removing
barriers
for
being
able
to
contract
directly
with
organized
labor.
So
I
know,
there's
probably
going
to
be
a
financial
impact
hope
it
would
be
in
a
positive
way,
but
as
we're
looking
at
what
it
could
look
like
for
a
city
county
merger
being
able
to
negotiate
directly
with
our
kinds
of
drivers
could
be,
and
then
we
should
be
prepared
to
look
at
and
I'm,
not
sure
how.
F
E
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that.
Kim
and
I
do
have
that
on
my
ever
growing
list
of
bills
that
I
check
in
on
almost
daily.
So
we
will
keep
you
posted
about
that,
and
I
would
just
remind
you
again.
What's
that
crossover
deadline,
it's
coming
up
very
quickly,
but
that's
the
day
where
these
things
have
to
have
moved
out
of
one
house
and
into
the
other.
E
So
we
will
know
a
lot
by
May
the
4th
about
what
still
has
legs
and
what
does
not
all
right,
any
additional
questions
or
final
things
that
we'd
like
to
discuss
before
I
close
out
this
lengthy
session
about
legislation.
F
Yeah,
just
because
we're
doing
a
legislative
update,
just
a
reminder
that,
whenever
we're
ready
I
have
that
resolution
ready
to
go
for
support
for
lgbtq
it's
in
the
case
of
so
much
legislation,
that's
happening
in
our
country,
so
I'll
just
keep
reminding
us
as
we
move
to
the
legislative
process
and
updates.
E
E
Yeah
I,
don't
have
anything
else
to
share
with
you
on
that
front
today,
I
will
make
sure
if
I
do
get
any
updates
from.
A
Ireland
yeah
to
share
with
you
and
I
I
think
that's
probably
more
for
us
to
talk
with
Senator
Maybe
Mayfield
about
I
mean
you
I
would
hope.
I
think
it'd
probably
be
good
to
you,
know,
you're
the
technician
and
if
we've
got
to
work
on
other
issues
like
that,
we
can
talk
more
with
her
directly.
E
Okay,
we
will
go
back
to
the
mines
and
and
work
on
these
things
with
everything
we've
got
and
hopefully
we
will
exit
this
session
without
too
much
damage
done,
and
hopefully
some
positive
legislative
initiatives
coming
our
way,
and
you
can
always
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me,
but
I
will
make
sure
to
give
you
updates
as
they
come
in.
So
with
that
said,
I
will
close.
My
presentation,
I
appreciate
your
time
and
I
will
hand
it
back
to
Ben.