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From YouTube: City Council Agenda Briefing – July 20, 2023
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Regular agenda briefing work session of the Asheville City Council.
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Okay,
welcome
everyone.
My
name
is
Esther
manheimer
I'm,
mayor
of
the
city
of
basketball
and
I'd,
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
July
20th
2023
agenda
briefing
work
session,
all
council,
members
and
staff
are
participating.
Virtually
the
live
meeting
is
being
streamed
on
the
city's
YouTube
channel
and
you
can
access
that
through
the
YouTube
icon
on
the
front
page
of
the
city's
website
or
via
the
live
stream.
The
live
meeting
will
be
available
on
Charter
Spectrum,
Channel
193..
You
may
also
listen
to
the
meeting
via
phone
at.
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You
mayor
and
good
morning,
everybody
welcome
to
first
and
only
agenda
review
for
this
month.
Yay.
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We
want
to
go
ahead
and
get
into
the
details
of
the
agenda
because
it's
fairly
dense
because
we've
only
are
going
to
have
only
one
one
meeting,
Ben
Woody
is
going
to
lead
us
in
the
review
of
the
business
agenda.
We've
got
Council
committee
review,
which
will
we
have
a
number
of
them.
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Actually
that's
coming
up,
mostly
in
August
and
review
of
the
eight-week
agenda,
and
then
we
have
a
couple
of
other
issues
and
updates
that
we
want
to
provide
for
you
so
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Mr
Woody.
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Good
morning
again,
mayor
council
been
Woody
assistant
city
manager,
happy
to
be
here
today,
I'm
going
to
start
with
the
consent
agenda.
You
don't
have
a
work
session
this
month,
so
we
have
your
regular
meeting
at
5
PM.
This
is
our
first
agenda
of
the
new
fiscal
year,
so
this
is
the
new
year
agenda
and,
as
you
would
expect,
we
have
a
lot
of
contracts
and
agreements
that
are
on
this
agenda.
G
Only
consent
agenda
I'm,
going
to
actually
start
with
item
e
item
e
is
a
general
Services
contract
that
allows
our
water
department
to
spend
up
to
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
annually
to
remove
remove
impurities
and
residuals,
also
known
as
sludge,
which
is
created
as
part
of
the
treatment
process
at
each
of
our
three
water
treatment
plants.
These
residuals
are
sludged
or
removed.
Actually
they're
stored
in
lagoons
after
treatment
and
each
year,
they
need
to
be
removed
to
provide
storage
capacity
and
to
allow
for
the
proper
water
production
process
to
occur.
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So
this
really
is
an
essential
contract
and
something
we
have
to
do
and
it
helps
us
meet
the
standards
of
the
Water
Resources
Department's,
ISO,
certification.
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Moving
on
to
item
eight
on
March
14th
of
2023
city
council,
authorized
the
manager
to
sign
a
funding
letter
of
commitment
to
Major
League
Baseball
regarding
the
city's
intent
to
bring
McCormick
field
into
compliance
with
new
facility
standards.
This
particular
contract
is
kind
of
the
first
step
in
that
process.
On
April
of
this
year,
we
issued
a
request
for
qualifications
seeking
Professional
Services
for
the
design
of
improvements
that
are
necessary
from
McCormick
field
following
that
evaluation,
which
real
quickly
the
evaluation
committee.
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So
in
terms
of
identifying
this
design
firm,
we
had
representation
from
the
city,
the
county,
the
TDA,
the
tourist
baseball
team
and
a
community
leader,
so
we
had
an
involvement
of
all
the
parties
that
are
a
part
of
this
this
process
and
through
that
RFP
process,
Ewing
Cole
was
selected
as
the
highest
ranked
firm.
So
we
are
moving
forward
with
negotiations
with
that
firm
that
resulted
in
an
agreed
upon
fee
of
3.5
million
dollars.
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So
again,
this
is
the
first
step
in
that
process,
and
this
will
allow
us
to
move
forward
with
our
engineering
and
professional
Design
Services
from
McCormick
field
item.
I
is
a
contract
change
order,
and
this
relates
to
our
contract,
with
Miller
3
Consulting
for
their
services
to
complete,
to
update
and
complete
our
city
disparity
study,
just
as
a
reminder
to
council
and
those
that
are
watching.
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The
disparity
study
determines
whether
a
governmental
entity,
in
this
case,
a
city
of
Asheville,
is
awarding
public
contracts
in
a
manner
that
disproportionately
excludes
or
limits
participation
from
Minority
women,
owned
or
other
disadvantaged
business
enterprises
and
pursuant
to
law
we
have
to
have
a
new
disparity
study,
updated
at
least
every
five
years
in
order
to
continue
any
race
and
gender
conscious
Contracting
program.
So
this
is
an
important
document
that
we
do
every
five
years.
Military
Consulting
is
working
on
that
study.
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They
plan
to
have
a
draft
final
report
available
to
Council
in
October
of
this
year.
The
need
for
the
contract
amendment
is
necessitated
due
to
some
data
analysis
that
was
associated
with
a
disparity
study.
They
have
had
to
use
additional
or
provide
additional
attention
and
assign
some
unanticipated
staff
resources
to
analyze.
The
data
sets
that
the
city
provide
provided
to
them.
G
So
basically,
what
we're
doing
is
adding
a
thirty
four
thousand
dollar
increase
to
the
contract,
to
make
sure
that
they
are
able
to
perform
all
the
data
analysis
necessary
to
provide
counsel
with
a
thorough
report
in
October.
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So
again,
that
process
is
moving
forward.
Item
J
and
K
I'm
going
to
discuss
together,
and
these
are
really
important
items
item
J
is
an
agreement
to
accept
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
funding
from
Dogwood
Health
trusts,
and
this
supports
the
development
of
the
city's
affordable
housing
plan.
So
again,
I
want
to
thank
Dogwood
trust
for
providing
that
additional
funding
item.
K
is
the
actual
authorization
to
execute
a
contract.
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It's
a
146
000
contract
with
Enterprise,
Community,
Partners
and
they'll,
be
the
consultant
that
is
leading
our
affordable
housing
plan
update
it
just
is
a
reminder
to
counseling
the
community.
The
primary
objectives
were
affordable
housing
plan
are
to
update
the
housing
needs
assessment,
which
was
last
completed
in
2019.
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It
will
assess
the
effectiveness
of
our
current
housing
funding
programs
and
our
city
tools
it.
It
will
identify
gaps
in
our
housing
policy
and
programs.
And
finally,
the
study
will
create
a
road
map
for
implementing
a
more
comprehensive,
affordable
housing
program
and
just
want
to
know
the
timing
of
this.
The
updated
plan
also
provides
guidance
on
how
any
new
city,
affordable
housing
bonds
could
be
allocated,
provided
we
have
a
bond
referendum
in
the
future,
which
I
know
is
something
councils
discussed
and
ACD.
G
So
to
keep
moving
forward
items
in
through
Q
I'm
gonna,
I'm,
gonna
Bunch,
those
together
those
are
really
related
to
contracts
around
sidewalk
work.
We've
got
a
lot
of
sidewalk
projects
that
are
moving
forward
and
I
do
want
to
take
a
second
to
highlight
item
P
which
it
is.
It
does
have
a
sidewall
component
but
I.
Think.
More
importantly,
item
p
is
a
contract
for
the
Murphy,
Oakley
playground
and
sidewalk
project.
G
In
this
this
particular
playground
will
be
our
first
inclusive
playground
in
the
city
of
Asheville
that
we've
designed
and
it's
inclusive
for
both
physical
and
mental
abilities.
So
that
means
that
the
design
of
the
playground
would
incorporate
or
include
people
with
physical
or
cognitive
disabilities.
So
that's
a
great
asset
for
our
community
should
be
accessible
to
all
members
of
our
community
playground
replacement
is
going
to
happen
in
the
fall
of
this
year
and
it'll
it'll
go
through
spring
2024.
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G
Moving
on
I'm,
going
to
jump
to
item
R
item
R,
is
our
community
reparations
commission
and
they're
recommending
that
the
city
and
county
undertake
a
comprehensive
audit
targeted
to
stop
the
harm
impacting
the
African-American
community
and
National
and
Buncombe
County
city
council?
You
adopted
a
resolution
committing
the
conduct,
the
recommended
audit
on
January
of
this
year
and,
of
course,
the
County
Commissioners
also
adopted
a
similar
resolution
in
February
this
year.
G
So
with
support
from
the
city
Buncombe
County
is
the
lead
Agency
on
this
and
they've
issued
an
RFP
and
they
will
contract
directly
with
the
firm,
that's
selected,
to
conduct
the
audit.
The
interlocal
agreement,
which
is
what
this
action
is,
is
provides
that
the
county
and
the
city
will
share
equally
in
the
cost
of
the
audit.
At
this
point
we
have,
we
don't
anticipate
the
audit
will
exceed
174
thousand
dollars.
G
However,
the
county
is
currently
in
contract
negotiations
with
the
selected
firm
and
that
number
could
change
and
if
it
does
will
of
course
let
Council
know.
Another
important
piece
of
this
particular
audit
in
this
process
is
this.
Interlocal
agreement
is
the
only
formal
action
that
council
is
required
to
take,
because
remember,
the
county
is
actually
the
lead
agency
in
terms
of
managing
the
RFP
in
the
Contracting
process
and
last
item
I'm
going
to
hit
on
the
consent
agenda.
Is
all
your
attention
to
item
T?
That
is
the
resolution.
G
That's
adding
a
work
session
through
August
22nd
meeting,
so
we'll
be
meeting
at
3
P.M
on
August
22nd
to
discuss
the
independent
Review,
Committee
water
outage
report,
recommendations
and
the
city
will
be
able.
The
city
staff
will
provide
a
response
to
each
of
those
recommendations
and
we'll
work
through
that
with
council.
At
that
work
session,
councilwoman
Roney.
G
I
J
Thank
you
Ben
and
thank
you
for
the
question
councilmember
Romney.
So
this.
D
Is
actually
just
a
quick
question?
I
want
to
clarify
which
and
we're
talking
about
did.
Can
you
say
the
letter
on
the
consent,
agenda
Brad
or
somebody?
Yes,.
J
So
for
the
Public's
reiteration,
this
is
the
proposed
ordinance
that
would
amend
our
current
ordinance
right
now
regarding
the
prohibition
of
storing
of
bicycles,
carts
and
strollers.
To
answer
your
question,
let
me
say:
first,
the
council
has
the
legislative
authority
to
establish
what,
if
any,
penalties
accompany
any
ordinance
violation,
and
that
can
certainly
be
civil
or
it
can
be
criminal.
The
current
penalty
in
place
for
improper
storage
or
personal
property,
regardless
of
the
nature
of
that
personal
property,
is
a
misdemeanor.
It
is
Criminal
penalty.
J
That
was
not
something
that
staff
proposed
to
change,
because
we
were
trying
to
limit
the
proposal
down
to
closing
what
we
perceived
as
a
gap
in
the
city's
current
ordinance.
But
city
council
has
the
authority
to
change
that.
What
I
might
suggest
to
you
is
that,
because
we're
only
plugging
a
portion
of
the
broader
ordinance
you
might
want
to
give
some
consideration
to
whether
or
not
you
are
looking
to
change
the
entirety
of
the
penalty
associated
with
personal
property
storage
or
just
particular
to
these
items.
J
So
technically,
I
don't
think
so.
The
reason
for
that
is
the
newest
legislative
requirement
around
these
types
of
ordinances
deal
only
with
those
that
have
a
criminal
penalty.
That
requires
two
readings.
Anything
that
does
not
require
criminal
penalty
would
only
require
one
reading,
which
means
it
could
be
passed
at
the
same
meeting
as
it
was
initially
presented.
D
I
I
I,
you
know
I
would
be
supportive
of
transitioning
this
to
a
civil
penalty
rather
than
a
misdemeanor
and
in
the
interest
of
getting
ourselves
organized
for
the
council
meeting.
If
others
are
supportive
of
that,
then
Brad
could
prepare
it
ahead
ahead
of
time.
How
how
time
consuming
would
that
be
Brad?
Would
that
be
something
you
could
have
ready
as
an
option
for
us
at
Council
for
Tuesday
yeah.
J
I
We
should
start
with
this
because
that
would
be
quite
a
tight
turnaround
to
see
if
other
parts
of
the
ordinance
should
also
be
a
civil,
fine,
not
a
misdemeanor,
and
that
would
take
some
time
and
I
think
deserve
some
public
conversation.
Maybe
some
Advisory
Board
input,
but
by
making
this
one
a
civil,
fine
or
this
part
doesn't
find.
I
We
could
certainly
review
other
parts
in
the
future.
That
would
be
my
suggestion.
D
G
Any
any
other
questions
on
the
consent
agenda.
G
If
not
I'm
going
to
keep
moving
next
on
our
agenda,
we
have
presentations
and
reports
and
we've
got
two
items
underneath
the
manager's
report.
One
is
an
employee
recognition
and
the
other
is.
We
will
have
an
I-26
project
status,
update
from
Ken
Putnam,
our
City's
Transportation,
director
and
Kinsman
I
really
represented
the
city
and
been
a
part
of
of
that
26
project.
For
many
many
years
now,.
H
G
Thank
you.
Deborah
lots,
lots
of
good
news,
a
lot
of
good
work
happening
amongst
our
employees,
so
moving
on
the
public
hearings,
we
have
one
continuance
or
excuse
me,
I'm,
sorry,
councilman,
Ronnie,.
I
If
we
could
go
back
for
just
a
second
to
the
I-26
connector
update
I
know,
we've
had
some
emails
about
this.
Following
up
on
our
action
around
the
I-26
connector
Aesthetics
funding
and
recommendations,
there
was
a
motion
for
staff
to
submit
a
letter
to
dot
supporting
neighborhood
letters,
or
at
least
acknowledging
them.
I
did
hear
from
one
of
the
impacted,
neighborhoods
being
Burton
Street
about
their
neighborhood
plan.
I
F
Thank
you
for
that
feedback.
Council
member
Roney
and
I'll.
F
Just
note
that
the
primary
focus
that
Ken
is
going
to
have
is
going
to
be
discussing
the
environmental
justice
designation
that
the
Burton
Street
Community
had
as
well
as
other
considerations
that
are
a
part
of
the
I-26
status,
Aesthetics
recommendations
and
items
that
will
be
folded
into
the
ultimate
design
of
the
I-26
connector
Project,
based
on
feedback
received
from
Hillcrest
and
Montford,
and
so
Ken's
going
to
specify
what
is
unique
to
each
of
those
neighborhoods
and
the
different
agreements
and
the
different
requirements
on
ncdot,
as
well
as
commitments
that
the
city
has
made
for
those
respective
neighborhoods.
G
Great,
thank
you.
Okay.
Moving
on
to
public
hearings,
we
have
the
first
item
item:
hey
is
a
continuance
and
again
we
really
are
working
hard
and
hope
to
have
the
South
Side
Vision
plan
back
to
council
at
your
August
meeting.
G
F
G
Okay,
yep
I've
got
an
agenda,
I
saved
a
copy
of
so
we'll
we'll
hold
that
to
new
business
item.
A
I
will
go
ahead
and
cover
public
hearing
item
on
509,
Biltmore,
Avenue
and
real
quickly.
This
is
a
request
and
I
think
Katie.
Do
we
have
an
image
for
this?
One
I
think
we
may
yes.
Thank
you
and
I
understand
that
this
is
incredibly
difficult
to
see
in
this
format,
but
I
just
want
to
real
quickly.
G
This
is
a
request
to
amend
a
previous
conditional
zoning
approval
for
missing
hospitals,
Biltmore
Avenue
property
for
that
campus,
and
what
this
does?
It
increases
the
number
and
square
footage
of
allowable
signage
for
the
campus,
so
the
conditional
zoning
includes
the
old
windows
and
the
new
one
will
as
well
is
a
signage
master
plan
and
in
this
particular
case,
what
they're
asking
to
do
is
increase
the
overall
number
of
signs
by
nine.
G
So
that
brings
the
total
signs
up
to
41
and
they
want
to
increase
the
overall
square
footage
by
407..
So
it's
a
little
more
area,
that's
included
in
those
nine
new
signs.
What
the
master
plan
does
it
really
specifies
the
specific
types
and
locations
for
each
signage
I
would
really
qualify
this
as
mostly
a
kind
of
a
way
finding
signage
system.
These
are
these
aren't
large
signs
necessarily.
So
it's
really
just
helping
to
orient
people
to
the
Biltmore
campus
earn
a
bit
more
to
the
missing
Hospital
campus.
G
This
item
did
go
to
Planning
and
Zoning
at
their
June
meeting
and
they
recommended
unanimous
approval
and
planning
staff
also
is
recommending
approval
of
this.
So
again,
this
is
just
a
really
an
amendment
to
an
old
conditional
zoning
to
update
their
Master
signage
plan.
G
Thank
you,
Allison,
and
we
can.
We
can
take
that
down.
If
there's
no
questions
on
public
hearing
item,
C
I
will
move
to
the
next
public
hearing
item,
which
is
an
amendment
to
our
unified
development
ordinance
table
of
allowed
uses.
G
So
if
you
wanted
to
do
a
restaurant,
we
could
look
and
say
what's
allowed
in
these
zoning
districts,
but
not
in
these,
so
it
kind
of
helps
staff
in
the
community
understand
where
certain
things
are
allowed.
What
we
have
currently
in
the
Udo
is,
we
have,
we
have
a
primary
table
of
permitted
uses,
but
then
we
have
a
number
of
Separate
Tables
that
are
in
different
parts
of
the
ordinance
and
that
a
lot
of
that
comes
with.
When
the
city
adopted
the
form
code
districts,
they
had
their
own
use
structure
within
those
form
codes.
G
F
Thank
you
Ben,
so
item
a
is
the
only
item
we
have
under
new
business
and
the
topic
of
this
agenda
item
is
a
land
use
incentive,
Grant
application
for
the
project
at
46
Aston,
the
proposed
project
would
have
231
total
micro
apartment
units,
47
of
which
would
be
affordable
at
80
Ami
and
below.
If
awarded
the
proposed
land
use,
incentive,
Grant
would
be
for
21
years
totaling,
1.95
million
dollars.
The
current
land
use
incentive.
F
Grant
policy
does
not
contemplate
micro
apartments
and,
as
such
staff
recommends
that
the
city
council
delay
consideration
of
the
land
use
incentive,
Grant
application
for
this
development
until
the
policy
has
been
revised
and,
of
course,
Ben
already
referenced.
The
affordable
housing
plan
update
that
you
will
hopefully
be
awarding
a
contract
to
a
vendor
to
at
the
same
meeting.
F
Part
of
that
update
the
affordable
housing
plan
will
be
a
thorough
review
and
potential
updates
to
the
land
use
incentive,
Grant
policy
itself
at
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
committee
meeting
on
February
8th,
the
committee
referred
the
consideration
of
future
micro
unit
applications
to
the
affordable
housing
advisory
committee
for
further
review
and
I'm
going
to
call
the
affordable
housing
advisory
committee
ahac
for
the
purposes
of
it
being
a
mouthful
ahack
and
staff,
then,
through
a
series
of
subsequent
meetings,
reviewed
the
compliance
of
micro
apartment
units
with
the
existing
land,
use
incentive,
Grant
policy
and
have
recommended
the
delay
of
considering
future
applications,
because
micro
apartment
units
are
not
adequately
covered.
F
Under
the
current
policy,
Housing
Community
Development
Committee
recommended
delaying
the
consideration
of
micro
apartment
applications
through
the
land
use
incentive,
Grant
policy
at
their
May
16th
meeting
in
a
2-0
vote,
That
Was
Then,
approved
by
full
city
council
at
your
meeting
on
June
27th.
For
this
specific
project,
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
reviewed
on
June
20th.
This
land
use
incentive,
Grant
application,
and
the
recommendation
was
a
two
to
one
vote
to
delay
consideration
of
the
project
until
the
land
use
incentive,
Grant
policy
is
updated.
F
The
project
was
also
reviewed
by
the
policy,
finance
and
HR
committee
at
their
June
27th
meeting
vote,
though,
was
not
taken,
so
staff
is
recommending
at
the
meeting
this
coming
Tuesday
that
you
delay
consideration
of
this
specific
application
and
tell
the
land
use
incentive.
Grant
policy
has
been
revised,
which
will
occur
during
the
course
of
fiscal
year.
2024.
F
A
You
council,
member
Turner,
thank
you
Rachel,
a
quick
thing.
You
said
the
47
units
at
80,
Ami
now
remember:
ahac
had
made
some
recommendations
that
if
Council
were
going
to
vote
on
this
or
something
like
this
who's,
maybe
accept
more
vouchers
and
deeper
Ami
am
I.
Remembering
incorrectly
I
thought
the
developer
came
back
and
said
they
would
set
aside
all
of
the
affordable
units.
Ahac
recommended
50,
but
I
didn't
come
back
and
say:
100
would
be
set
aside
for
vouchers,
thereby
actually
achieving
a
lower
Ami.
F
I
believe
that's
the
case.
I
will
have
to
follow
up
with
specifics.
H
A
F
A
E
Hey
folks,
this
is
Maggie.
I
also
was
wondering
if
we
could
be
refreshed
on
the
timeline
of
this
particular
project
and
the
timeline
of
the
policy
considerations
of
pausing
Luigi.
For
this
purpose.
F
F
Sure
and
I
can
just
quickly
stay
I
will
leave.
The
application
was
received
sometime
in
the
November
time
frame
and
then
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee,
first
reviewed
the
application
at
their
February
meeting
and
then
referred.
The
broader
policy
review
to
ahac
and
so
ahac
had
a
series
of
meetings.
March
April
developed
their
recommendations,
which
ultimately
resulted
in
the
council
action
that
was
taken
on
June
27th
to
delay
future
considerations
of
micro
unit
applications
until
the
land
use
incentive.
Grant
policy
is
updated.
A
F
So
quick
reminder
that
we
are
just
now
going
to
be
entering
into
that
contract
with
potentially
Enterprise
to
update
the
affordable
housing
plan.
So
once
we
have
them
under
contract,
the
first
order
of
business
is
going
to
be
kind
of
mapping
out
the
project
plan
for
how
they're
going
to
update
our
affordable
housing
plan.
So
the
short
answer
is,
we
don't
know
specifically,
but
we
will
know
within
the
next
several
weeks
what
that
timeline
will
look
like.
F
D
D
F
So
the
the
the
broader
affordable
housing
plan
update
will
be
specifically
reviewing
the
land,
use,
incentive,
Grant
policy
and
its
effectiveness
at
incentivizing
and
adding
to
our
adding
to
our
total
number
of
affordable
units
in
the
community.
D
D
A
And
just
to
be
clear:
we're
not
freezing
all
Luigi
applications,
only
those
specific
to
micro
units,
correct,
okay,
so
Economic
Development
other
housing
for
the
wage
can
still
come
to
us.
It
was
specific
just
to
the
language
that
wanted
to
be
developed
and
I
guess.
The
concern
I
have
is
that
I
love.
We
went
to
ahac
for
this
specific
request
and
I'll
speak
more
about
this
on
Tuesday,
but
I.
Don't
know
that
we
would
have
said
take
a
year
to
do
it
like.
Maybe
we
could
have
hoped
to
flush
this
out.
J
Yeah,
so
what
you're
talking
about
there
Sage
is
what
we
would
refer
to
as
a
vested
right
vested
rights
are
inherent
in
the
zoning
and
Land
Development
process.
Louise
is
a
little
bit
different,
because
that
is
an
incentive-based
voluntary
program,
so
those
same
sort
of
vested
rights
timelines
would
not
apply
to
this.
A
J
E
B
Thank
you
I
think
it's
important
to
point
out
that
actually
ahec
didn't
consider
this
particular
application.
B
Secondly,
keep
in
mind
that
when
this
particular
application
came
before
ahac
the
second
time,
rather
than
vote
Yes
or
no,
the
committee
decided
to
pause
I'm
gonna
go
out
on
a
limb
and
say
that,
had
we
had
to
vote
Yes
or
No,
it
likely
would
have
been
a
no
based
on
just
the
blurriness
that
is
surrounding
the
whole
micro
unit
discussion,
so
I
believe.
That's
principally
why
we're
coming
forward
now
and
voting
to
Simply
pause.
There's
nothing
that
says
technically
that
we
couldn't
vote
whether
to
granted
or
not
on
Tuesday
I.
B
F
That's
correct
the
based
on
the
conversation
that
was
had
at
ahac,
as
well
as
the
conversation
that
was
added
hcd.
We
felt
that
the
the
most
Fair
approach
was
to
recommend
the
pause
until
the
policy
is
reviewed
and
we
have
the
policy
updated
and
contemplating
this
type
of
unit
so
that
it
can
be
scored
effectively.
F
A
Just
want
to
forget
the
stage
I
just
wanted
to
thank
Antoinette,
because
she's
right,
we
do
want
to
be
clear
that
ahac
didn't
they
didn't
review
this
particular
project.
In
fact,
they
were
very
concerted
in
their
efforts
to
look
at
policy
outside
of
this
application
being
in
front
of
them
so
and
they
did
great
work.
So
thank
you
for
reminding
us
Anthony.
G
H
Sir,
thank
you
Dan.
The
committee
meets
on
July
25th
at
11
o'clock.
We
have
a
fairly
lengthy
agenda.
We
have
actually
about.
H
Fixed
items,
if
you
are
following
the
agenda
electronically,
we
added
an
item
at
the
request
of
the
chairperson,
but
let
me
go
through
some
items
that
will
be
discussed
at
that
meeting
on
Tuesday.
We
have
three
grants.
H
The
first
one
is
the
high
intensity,
drug
trafficking,
trafficking
areas,
Grant
acronym
Hector.
This
is
for
the
2023
allocation,
and
this
would
be
to
apply
and
receive
the
funding
for
these
grants.
In
particular,
we
have
a
fiduciary
role
and
we
are
asking
for
an
action
from
the
committee
to
move
it
forward
to
full
Council
on
August
the
22nd,
the
for
this
one.
We
are
asking
to
apply
and
receive
the
next
one
is
for
same
Grant
hippie
for
the
2024
allocation
and
it
is
to
apply
for
the
grant.
H
H
The
next
one
is
the
governor's
highway
safety
program,
2024
bike,
safe
Grant,
and
that
one
with
the
same
action
is
just
to
receive
the
the
funding.
There
will
be
no
matching
requirements
and
I'm,
sorry
that
is
not
to
receive,
but
to
apply
and
receive,
and
also
for
the
hiccup.
There
is
no
matching
requirement.
The
next
item
would
be
an
amendment
to
the
city's
public
solicitation
ordinance
I'm,
going
to
ask
Brad
to
give
us
just
a
brief
update
on
that
one,
our
explanation
and
Brad.
If
you
don't
mind.
J
Certainly,
thank
you
manager,
Campbell,
so
Council
the
city
currently
and
for
some
time
has
had
two
separate
ordinances
on
our
books
regarding
solicitation.
Solicitation
is
often
commonly
referred
to
in
state
statutes
as
panhandling
or
even
begging,
but
we
refer
to
it
as
solicitation
for
the
purposes
of
this
particular
presentation.
J
What
we
are
proposing
is
that
these
two
ordinances
chapters,
sections
11-5
and
11-14
of
the
city
code-
requires
some
updating,
primarily
because
there
have
been
some
recent
decisions
from
the
United
States
Supreme
Court,
which
have
affected
the
viability
of
the
law
and,
as
this
is
oftentimes
the
case,
when
major
decision
has
come
down,
we
need
to
do
a
little
bit
of
updating
to
make
sure
that
our
current
ordinances
remain
legally
defensible.
That
is
the
case
here.
We
are
not
proposing
any
new
ordinances.
J
We
are
not
proposing
any
new
or
expanded
penalties
from
what
is
already
on
the
books.
We
are
not
making
any
recommendations
for
what
I
would
consider
to
be
a
substantive
change
in
the
ordinance.
What
we
are
suggesting
is
that
we
need
to
update
some
of
our
language
that
primarily
deals
with
making
sure
we
are
consistent
with
the
most
recent
case
law,
as
well
as
trying
to
include
some
additional
specificity
and
remove
some
ambiguity
where
necessary
in
those
two
ordinances.
A
J
Yeah
I
I
think
that
that
is
a
concern
that
may
pop
up.
My
suggestion
is
that
this
would
have
absolutely
no
impact
on
on
buskers
again.
These
ordinances
are
already
in
the
city
code.
There
are
prohibitions
that
generally
align
with
what
other
cities
around
the
country
have
done.
Regarding
solicitation
and
panhandling,
it's
divided
into
two
ordinances.
One
is
very
general
in
nature
for
the
city
as
a
whole.
The
other
windows,
specifically
with
what
I'll
call
roadside
solicitation,
and
these
are
ordinances
we've
had
for
decades
on
our
books.
D
Brad,
did
you
guys
take
a
look
at
the
areas
where
the
ordinance
applied
the
geography
of
the
city,
because
I
know
it
has
the
current
ordinance?
Is
there
any
tweaking
of
that
or
tell
me
about
that
part
yeah.
J
So
to
to
your
point
mayor,
the
city
currently
recognizes
a
couple
of
areas
within
the
city
which
we
designated
as
what
we
call
high
traffic
zones
that
is
generally
a
large
portion
of
downtown
as
well
as
Biltmore
Village.
Those
are
areas
that
long
ago
were
designated
in
this
fashion
because
of
the
high
degree
of
pedestrian
traffic,
those
have
some
additional
prohibitions
and
some
heightened
regulations
around
solicitation.
We
did
take
a
look
at
that
during
our
review
of
the
ordinance
as
a
whole.
J
At
this
point,
we're
not
recommending
any
expansion
or
contraction
or
any
changes
at
all
to
those
particular
areas.
That's
something
that
Council
may
want
to
consider
as
we
begin
to
go
through
this
process.
Our
primary
goal
at
this
point
was
to
ensure
that
we
are
legally
up
to
date
in
our
ordinance
language,
but
we
did
not
want
without
further
counsel
input,
to
make
any
substantive
changes
to
those
areas.
J
We
also
felt
as
if
in
our
examination
of
the
issue,
that
any
expansion
of
those
areas
would
have
a
great
deal
of
effect
on
any
particular
really
problematic
areas,
and
we
plan
on
explaining
that
more
perhaps
during
the
committee
review
of
that,
but
I
can
answer
any
other
questions.
The
council
has
at
this
point
as
well.
D
Well,
I
mean
we
get.
You
know
we
get
a
lot
of
concern
around
panhandling,
that's
happening
in
East
Asheville,
Tunnel,
Road,
North
Asheville
on
Merriman
Avenue,
and
you
know
near
near
grocery
stores,
West
Asheville
at
Exit,
44
places
like
that
and
so
I
think
I.
Think
a
lot
of
people
will
want
to
understand
as
well
as
the
council.
Is
this
ordinance
going
to
help
us
in
enforcing
panhandling
in
those
areas?
D
What
is
the
interplay
with
the
rights
of
way
for
the
Department
of
Transportation
who's
responsible
for
enforcement
I
mean
so
I
I.
Don't
want
to
go
through
this
whole
exercise
of
amending
the
panhandling
ordinance.
If
we're
not
going
to
address
any
concerns
that
there
might
be
about
its
usefulness
and
and
so
and
I,
don't
know
that
Council
would
be
the
one
necessarily
to
go
recommending
other
geographies
that
the
ordinance
should
apply
to
since
we're
a
policy
making
body
I.
D
Think
that
would
be
something
staff
would
work
with
the
police
department
on
in
terms
of
what
kinds
of
activity
they're
they're
seeing
and
the
ways
that
it
interplays
with
the
department
of
transportation's
right-of-ways
and
their
enforcement
of
of
I
mean
they're,
obviously
not
doing
any
enforcement
of
panhandling
within
their
rights
of
Weights
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
exactly
sure
how
that's
supposed
to
work.
Yeah.
J
Thank
you
for
bringing
that
up
mayor.
That
was
actually
a
large
portion
of
our
examination
when
we
were
reviewing
the
ordinance
not
only
for
the
legalities,
but
also
for
the
effectiveness
to
address
some
of
the
major
complaints
that
we
were
hearing
from
the
community,
I
think
a
lot
of
the
locations
that
you
discussed.
What
we're
seeing
is
what
I
classified
as
roadside
panhandling
situations
again.
The
city
has
two
current
ordinances
and
11-14
is
actually
particular
to
this
activity.
J
It's
what
we
call
or
Street,
or
roadside
panhandling
or
solicitation
that
activity
is
defined
actually
in
state
law.
There
is
a
state
statute
and
it's
North
Carolina
General
statute,
20-175,
and
it
defines
very
particularly
what
local
governments
are
allowed
and
not
allowed
to
do
with
regard
to
regulating
that
activity.
So
we
have
long
had
an
ordinance
on
the
books
that
generally
mirrors
the
state
statute.
It
needed
a
little
bit
of
refreshing,
but
because
the
state
statute
is
so
specific
on
what
we
can
and
cannot
do.
J
What
we
tried
to
focus
on
is
not
expanding
or
Contracting
it,
but
essentially
better
explaining
it
and
mirroring
what
those
activities
are,
that
we
can
and
do
regulate.
So
a
lot
of
this
is
already
on
the
books
and
we
felt
as
if
expanding
the
other
ordinance,
which
deals
with
solicitation
generally,
would
actually
not
be
the
most
directed
way
to
handle
this,
since
roadside
solicitation
is
very
particularly
governed
by
state
law,
even
though
local
governments
are
in
charge
of
enforcing
it.
J
So
what
we
have
hope
is
that
these
ordinances
will
be
much
more
clear
about
what
people
can
and
cannot
do
and
not
only
provide
that
information
to
the
public,
but
to
our
own
City
staff
and
more
clear
fashion
about
what
is
over
the
line
and
what
is
actually
protected,
as
believe
it
or
not.
First
amendment
activity,
so
that
is
part
of
it.
But
we
didn't
look
at
expanding
those
traffic
Zone
high
traffic
zones
because
we
felt
like
this
is
actually
covered
under
a
separate
statute
which
is
governed
by
state
law.
H
We
did
we
did
coordinate
with
APD
on
on
this
issue
as
as
well
in
terms
of
any
of
the
changes,
because
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
our
police
officers
had
appropriate
information
about
their
authority
to
enforce
solicitation
types
of
activities
in
where
it
can
be
enforced.
D
Okay,
good,
that's
helpful!
So
can
you
can
you
Brad
answer
the
question
about
what
who
is
the
enforcement
agency
for
DOT
rights
of
way
so
I'm
thinking
about
like
ramps
coming
off
the
highway
over
in
East
Asheville?
You
see
it
and
on
Merriman
Avenue
and
at
Exit
44
various
places
where
people
sort
of
right
next
to
the
end
of
the
exit
ramp
off
the
highway.
J
Yeah,
there's
overlapping
jurisdiction
for
this
kind
of
activity,
mayor,
which
means
essentially
that,
even
though
it
may
or
may
not
be
a
state
road
in
some
of
those
locations,
I.e1
that
the
dot
is
technically
in
charge
of
the
city
staff,
particularly
the
APD,
have
the
ability
to
enforce
our
local
ordinances.
If
any
kind
of
these
prohibited
activities
are
occurring
on
those
particular
locations
on
state
roads
or
city
roads.
D
J
Right
these
are
criminal
violations
of
set
by
State,
Statute
and
incorporated
into
our
local
ordinances,
so
the
only
vehicle
they
would
have
to
be
able
to
address
it
from
the
state
would
be
state.
Troopers
generally
aren't
looking
for
these
particular
things
and
obviously
a
much
more
parsed
out.
Personnel
Force.
A
Okay,
so
I'm
also
I
want
to
support
Esther's
statement
of
learning
both
on
our
end,
but
on
the
community
and
like
what
is
the
real
situation
here
with
panhandling
and
who
can
force
it
and
how?
But
behind
all
that,
isn't
the
real
issue,
also
partly
that
every
solicitation
charge
last
year
was
dismissed
like
there's
a
the
process
doesn't
carry
through
very
well.
So
maybe
we
don't
address
it
on
the
front
end
because
we
know
it
has
no
real
chance
of
being
dealt
with.
Is
there
isn't
that
part
of
this
conversation.
A
D
D
I'm,
not
defending
the
decision,
but
I'm
I'm
just
saying
the
reality
of
it
is,
is
that
judges
are
they've,
got
bigger
fish
to
prep,
and
so
that's
that's,
what's
happening
or
and,
and
the
DA's
office
may
or
may
know
that
and
and
taking
appropriate
action.
D
But
I
do
think
just
like
we've
seen
in
our
downtown
initiative,
where
we
have
more
presence
and
we're
we're
out
there,
even
if
it's
just
asking
people
to
move
along
instead
of
ticketing
them
or
finding
them
in
any
way
and
just
enforcing
it
from
that
standpoint,
so
that
it's
not
it's,
you
know
it's
not.
D
The
easiest
thing
to
do
would
be
a
good
start
because
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
I'm
personally
not
interested
in
seeing
people
who
are
panhandling
being
prosecuted
through
the
court
system,
necessarily
but
I,
but
I
do
think
that
enforcement
of
our
ordinance,
just
even
if
it
means
verbal
reminders
to
people
to
move
along
and
that
that's
not
permitted
in
the
city
would
be
would
be
a
helpful
start.
H
Thank
you
now
is
any
other
questions
on
that
particular
agenda
item.
Otherwise
we
have
two
more
things
on
this
committee
meeting
agenda:
we're
going
to
do
an
update
on
the
comprehensive,
Parks
and
Recreation
master
plan.
It
has
not
been
updated
in
several
several
years
and
so
we're
in
the
process
of
updating
that
Grant-
and
this
is
information
sharing.
H
H
You
all
may
be
aware
that
it's
past
Friday,
as
staff,
did
a
presentation
to
the
downtown
commission
and
then
I
think
the
day
before
that
or
two
days
before
that
we
did
want
to
for
a
program
that
leadership
Asheville
had,
and
so
now
we
are
bringing
some
of
that
information
to
to
the
committee
as
a
as
an
update
on
the
initiative,
including
some
crime
statistic,
impacts
and
then
what
our
next
steps
are
and
I
want
to
make
clear.
This
is
a
transition.
We
had
a
intensive
effort
for
60
days.
H
A
A
I
mean
I'd
support
that
I.
Don't
know
if
others
care
to
speak
up
now,
but
it
was
just
you
know:
I
was
at
the
downtown
commission
Friday
and
it
it
was
just
very
helpful.
There
were
community
members
there
to
share
additional
input
and
support,
and
then
the
commission
itself
got
to
answer.
Ask
a
lot
of
great
questions.
A
lot
of
great
information
was
sure
shared
and
details
about
the
verbal
warnings
and
stuff
it
was
just
very
comprehensive.
I
would
think
that
all
of
council
would
benefit
from
that,
but
so
I'd
encourage
it.
H
Two
we
would,
it
would
probably
be
August,
though,
because
we
we've
got
a
lot
on
this
agenda
unless
you
all
wanted
him.
D
G
Thank
you
Deborah,
and
next
we
have
planning
and
economic
development
committee
scheduled
to
meet
August
14th
we've
got
two
agenda
items.
We
have
an
annual
update
from
the
Asheville
area,
Riverfront
Redevelopment
commission
the
ped's
been
getting
monthly
updates
from
the
various
advisory
boards
that
connect
to
them.
So
this
will
be
our
next
next
board
in
that
process.
G
The
other
item
we
have
at
ped
is
the
pack
Square
Plaza
visiting
report
as
council
is
aware
of,
we've
had
a
planning
staff,
LED
partnering
with
the
county
and
to
work
on
a
kind
of
a
visiting
plan
for
the
pack
square
area
following
the
removal
of
the
Vance
Monument
Stephanie
Doll
is
a
project
manager.
She
actually
gave
an
update
to
ped
a
few
months
ago
to
cover
the
melon
grant
that
was
recently
received
to
support
that
project.
G
G
Stephanie
will
again
be
at
ped
at
your
August
meeting
to
give
an
update
on
that
and,
of
course,
the
plan
right
now
is
to
bring
that
item
to
the
September
council
meeting
for
an
update
to
full
Council
and
that's
all
we
have
or
go
ahead.
Councilwoman
Oldman.
E
Thanks
man
wondering
when
staff
is
thinking
that
we'll
get
our
work
plan
process
started
with
ped.
It
looks
like
it's
kind
of
a
lighter
agenda
in
August.
Maybe
August
is
a
window.
We
can
get
that
started.
We.
G
G
The
August
agenda,
so
that's
a
great
suggestion
and
something
I
can
add
cool
good.
Thank
you.
F
Super
thank
you
Ben,
so
equity
and
engagement
committee
has
their
next
meeting
at
1pm
on
August
15th.
We
do
have
a
pretty
robust
agenda.
First.
Substantive
agenda
item.
Is
the
committee
members
will
receive
an
update
from
dawa
hitch
on
the
status
of
the
inclusive
and
accessible
government,
arpa
funded
project
that
includes
the
outfit
of
community
spaces?
F
The
next
item
on
the
agenda
will
be
the
standing
reparations
commission
update
from
equity
and
engagement
director
Brenda
Mills
she's,
also
going
to
include
in
her
update
outcomes
from
the
July
29th
Community
reparations
commission
Retreat
that
will
be
held
at
Harrah's
and
she's
going
to
provide
some
status
updates
on
the
reparations
impact.
Focus
areas
as
they're
developing
their
recommendations,
so
she'll
be
able
to
give
a
little
more
specifics
on
where
they
are
with
the
development
of
those
recommendations.
F
Next
on
the
agenda,
is
a
review
of
hrca's
proposed
changes
to
the
city's
non-discrimination
ordinance
to
incorporate
the
crown
act
which
specifies
the
prohibition
of
discrimination
based
on
hairstyle
and
hair
texture.
So
at
the
committee
meeting
the
committee
will
actually
be
asked
to
take
a
vote
to
then
refer
this
consideration
of
the
ordinance
revision
to
full
Council
for
your
consideration
and
then
last
on
the
agenda
is
a
review
of
the
draft
fiscal
year.
2024
equity
and
engagement
committee
work
plan
moving
on
to
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee.
F
The
meeting
has
been
rescheduled,
so
it
was
originally
scheduled
for
August
15th.
It
is
now
going
to
occur,
August
21st
at
2
pm,
so
several
items
on
the
agenda
first
will
be
an
update
from
thrive
on
their
arpa,
funded
housing
policy
project
as
part
of
their
review
and
a
part
of
the
funding
that
they
receive
through
arpa.
F
They
looked
at
the
current
impacts
of
affordable
housing
investments
in
assessed
Equity
gaps,
and
then
they
also
reviewed
the
effectiveness
of
current
incentive
programs
aimed
at
increasing
voucher
acceptance
and
research
on
policies
and
programs
that
could
close
Equity
gaps
so
as
they're
making
progress.
This
information
will
be
really
important.
Data
points
with
the
selection
of
the
vendor
who's
going
to
conduct
the
affordable
housing
plan
update
for
the
city.
F
The
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
recommended
Amendment
to
the
HUD
annual
action
plan
on
the
reallocation
of
available
cdbg
funding.
So
we
have
roughly
300
000
in
cdbg
funding
available
and
staff
is
actually
meeting
tomorrow
to
develop
a
recommendation.
Ultimately,
after
staff
makes
that
recommendation,
we
will
have
it
vetted
through
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
and
then
city
council
would
need
to
consider
those
proposed
amendments
to
our
annual
action
plan
prior
to
us
submitting
those
proposed
revisions
to
HUD.
F
Our
current
plan
right
now
is
to
use
those
funds
to
help
with
the
implementation
of
our
Ada
transition
plan.
Making
improvements
across
the
city,
making
the
community
more
accessible.
F
Next
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
revised
affordability
terms
for
Haywood
streets,
Housing
Trust,
Fund
loan
back
in
February
Haywood
Street
Development
Corporation
received
a
904
thousand
dollar
Housing
Trust
Fund
loan,
and
they
are
requesting
some
revisions
to
that.
Based
on
a
few
different
factors.
One
is
due
to
a
cost-saving
design
redesign.
F
The
unit
count
has
changed
from
45
to
41
apartments,
and
so
those
change
changing
factors
will
result
in
needing
to
reconsider
the
Housing
Trust
Fund
loan
Haywood
Street
also
originally
planned
for
at
least
50
percent
of
the
units
to
be
reserved
for
voucher
holders.
Now.
Ninety
percent
of
the
units
are
reserved
for
voucher
holders.
F
Making
the
project
even
more
affordable
and,
as
Haywood
has
concerned,
has
reviewed
kind
of
the
life
cycle
of
their
residents,
wanting
to
look
at
concerns
around
residents
potentially
being
pushed
out
of
their
units
as
their
incomes
increase,
and
so
what
we
heard
from
Haywood
was
to
add
more
flexibility,
they're
asking
the
city
to
amend
the
deed
restriction
so
that
each
situation
can
be
dealt
with
contextually
while
keeping
the
development
deeply
affordable.
F
So
those
will
be
considerations
brought
forward
to
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
to
to
reconsider
the
constraints
around
that
Housing
Trust
Fund
alone
and
then
last
on
the
agenda
for
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
is
a
review
of
your
draft
fiscal
year.
2024
committee
work
plan.
G
Okay,
if
there's
no
questions
on
those,
two
I
actually
have
the
last
committee.
It's
boards
and
commissions,
a
committee
I,
want
to
know
if
that
committee
meeting
is
moving
from
August
8th
and
has
been
has
been
rescheduled
to
August
22nd,
so
we'll
actually
be
able
to
cover
that
committee
at
our
next
agenda
briefing,
but
real
quickly.
I
just
want
to
know
to
one
of
the
probably
key
things
on
that
is.
That
committee
will
be
conducting
interviews
for
the
vacant
Planning
and
Zoning
commission
seats.
G
We
actually
have
seven
applicants
who
will
be
under
consideration
during
the
interview
process
and
who
can
be
move
forward
to
full
Council
to
fill
the
vacant
seats
on
that
on
that
body
policy
and
finance
Human
Resources
committee
is
canceled
for
August
for
so
no
need
to
cover
that.
G
That
concludes
our
Council
committee,
section
of
not
seeing
any
questions
so
I'm
going
to
keep
moving,
so
we
can
get
to
our
other
issues
real
quickly
on
the
review
of
the
eight-week
agenda,
a
number
of
the
items
that
are
only
eight
week
agenda.
Actually
we
just
covered
as
part
of
our
Council
committee
updates
and,
of
course,
we
only
have
one
meeting
in
August.
So
two
things
I
want
to
draw
your
attention
to
in
terms
of
what's
coming
in
the
future.
G
One
is
in
August
we're
going
to
have
a
resolution
that
approves
a
contract
to
move
forward
with
the
East
Patton
Corridor
Avenue
feasibility
study.
That's
an
important
planning
study.
What
that
does.
It
looks
at
the
patent
Avenue,
Corridor
and
and
what
to
expect
from
that
as
it
relates
to
the
I-26
project.
G
So
this
really
is
an
analysis
analysis
of
Patton
Avenue
when
it
becomes
our
our
kind
of
new
Western
entrance
to
our
downtown,
and
so
that
study
encompasses
all
the
way
from
the
realignment
of
I-26
all
the
way
into
pack
Square.
So
it's
a
real
comprehensive
look
at
that
Corridor
and
kind
of
what
to
expect,
as
that
begins
to
change
as
the
I-26
project
moves
forward.
The
other
item
I
want
to
call
your
attention
to
that
is
also
on
the
the
August
meeting
is
under
new
business.
G
We'll
have
our
a
resolution
to
make
some
changes
to
the
Strategic
events,
partnership
programs.
So
that's
the
program
that
John
Philman
administers
been
a
lot
of
change
in
that
program.
It
was
really
impacted
by
covid,
and
so
what
John
is
bringing
bringing
forward
is
is
a
recommendation
of
a
new
way
to
manage
our
strategic
event,
Partnerships.
That
has
actually
already
been
to
ped,
where
it
was
recommended
for
approval.
It's
also
been
a
policy
fund
financing
HR,
where
that
committee
also
recommended
approval.
G
G
D
I
I
have
a
request.
Just
to
you
know,
anticipation
of
are
are
coming
bonds,
discussion
and
packaging
and
just
a
lot
of
other
things.
Percolating
I
would
love
if
we
could
have
a
presentation
to
the
full
Council
on
on
the
recommendations
that
came
out
of
the
commission
that
looked
at
the
Thomas
wolf
Auditorium
options
if
Chris
Coral
could
come
and
present
to
the
full
Council,
because
I
don't
think
everybody
on
Council
now
was
on
Council.
D
When
that
commission
concluded
its
work
and
the
various
iterations
of
what
can
be
done
with
Thomas
Wolfe
were
presented
to
council.
So
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
kind
of
have
a
refresher.
Also,
you
know.
Obviously,
Thomas
wolf
is
offline
and
that's
a
pretty
critical
issue
and
I
think
we're
going
to
need
to
jump
start
that
conversation
and
Sage.
Maybe
you
want
to
say
something
about
Thomas
Wolfe.
A
D
G
It
does
so
personal
PD
does
meet
before
the
next
regular
council
meeting,
but
we'd
have
to
I
have
to.
We
need
to
determine
when
Chris
Coral
will
be
prepared
to
have
that
information
gathered
and
ready
ready
to
present,
but.
D
Yeah,
okay!
Well,
ideally,
it
would
be
sooner
rather
than
later,
hopefully,
by
the
by
the
August
meeting.
H
E
Just
enthusiasm,
glad
I
wasn't
able
to
make
PD
this
month.
Super
excited
that
other
folks
are
interested
in
hearing
about
this
and
I
I
really
agree
the
timeline
of
wanting
to
wrap
our
arms
around
it.
Sooner
than
later,
as
we
go
into
Bond
conversations.
D
D
The
there
was
long
ago,
a
task
force
that
Council
then
Council
appointed
that
came
back
with
a
whole
set
of
recommendations
about
that
property
and
I
think
it
would
be
really
helpful
if
we
could
have
that
that
task
force
recommendations
presented
to
the
full
Council
to
sort
of
restart
the
conversation
about
that
property.
It's
a
new
day.
You
know,
I,
don't
know
if
we'll
conclude
that
the
task
force
recommendations
make
a
lot
of
sense.
Today
they
may
they
may
not.
D
A
It
I
think
they
were
going
to
return
at
the
next
meeting
with
information
around
where
that
had
that
process
sits,
I,
don't
know
how
in
depth-
and
maybe
your
request
will
request
more
in-depth
information
to
catch
everyone
up,
but
yeah.
We
related
it
to
this
whole
area
of
town,
the
needs
of
our
facilities,
the
planning
around
this.
You
know
previous
project
there
and
is
it
still
hold
so
I
think
it
makes
good
timing
to
keep
it
in
step
with
the
ped
and
then
come
to
council
together.
D
Yeah
and
I
I
know
even
Deborah,
Rachel
and
Ben
were
not
around
when
that
task
force
did
its
work
and
made
a
recommendation.
So
it
might
be
good
for
the
council
to
hear
an
overview
of
that.
Ped
draws
any
conclusions
from
it
or
comes
up
with
any
recommendation.
Specific
course.
We'd
want
to
hear
what
those
are
but
and
I
was
just
thinking
in
terms
of
like,
let's
get
everybody
up
to
speed
and
maybe
restart
a
conversation.
It's
been
many
many
years
that
you
know.
D
Obviously,
there
used
to
be
an
old
parking
deck
on
that
property.
It
was
torn
down
a
long
time
ago
and
so
I
think
it's
a
good
time
to
to
talk
about
it.
That's
also,
you
know,
looking
ahead
to
bond
packages
and
what
kinds
of
things
might
fit
in
a
bond
package.
My
and
Maggie
is
the
reason
her
hands,
because
I
have
one
more.
E
I
was
just
kind
of
back
on
the
timeline
of
so
awesome
that
this
is
moving
forward
with
ped
enthusiasm.
I'm
with
that
so
am
I
here
in
that
both
pitted
despair
and
Thomas
Wolfe
are
going
to
go
to
ped,
but
then
we
were
saying
maybe
in
August
or
maybe
September,
but
I-
don't
see
it
on
the
PED
agenda.
So
do
you
think
Chris
Coral
will
be
able
to
come
to
ped
August
14th,
and
should
we
add
that
to
the
PED
agenda.
D
C
But
I
will
say
that
like
say
just
said
earlier,
that
it
was
a
lot
of
information
that
we
had
asked.
Chris
for
and
I
think
to
expect
him
to
do
a
good
job
and
get
it
back
to
us
by
the
14th
meeting
is
asking
a
lot.
So
I
think
that
if
we
did
push
it
on
to
September,
I
think
would
be
a
better
for
everyone.
So.
H
Yeah
I'm.
Sorry,
obviously,
this
is
both
of
these
issues
are
on
our
work
program.
For
this
fiscal
year.
With
the
work
of
the
Committees,
we
were
going
to
try
to
recommend
that
some
of
these
items
go
to
committee
and
then
go
to
full
full
Council,
but
we
are.
We
are
ready,
willing
and
able
to
to
kind
of
think
through
some
of
these
things
and
then
come
back
to
you
all
with
the
with
the
schedule
of
how
we
can
get
it
to
full
Council
for
consideration.
But
that's
that's!
Okay
with
everyone.
D
Yeah
I
mean
I
I
I,
you
know,
I,
don't
want
it
to
turn
into
like
a
month-long
process.
But
but
you
know
obviously
Chris
isn't
ready,
he's
not
ready.
D
My
last
one
and
I
and
I
don't
know
exactly
what
this
looks
like,
but
the
city
acquired
property
next
to
the
transit
center
some
time
ago,
with
the
thought
of
maybe
having
having
an
affordable
housing
project
there
in
conjunction
somehow
I
thought,
with
the
transit
center
Redevelopment
and
I,
you
know
that's
another
project,
you
know,
I
mean
we're
putting
I
want
to
be
aspirational
about
our
bond
package
in
2024.
D
Just
wonder
if
there's
any
work
being
put
into
that
and
if
there's
any
updates
and
and
also
you
know
what
that
looks
like
from
a
funding
standpoint,
I
mean:
are
there
federal
funds
available
for
Transit,
Center,
Redevelopment,
I,
know
Winston-Salem
and
Durham
have
done
a
lot
of
work
on
their
Transit
centers
to
just
I've
had
a
chance
to
see
some
of
those
pretty
cool,
downtown,
Transit
centers
so
and
durhams
is
done
in
conjunction
with
the
housing,
a
project
as
well,
so
I,
don't
know
what
the
rest
of
council
thinks
or
if
staff
like,
oh
man,
that's
been
on
the
top
shelf.
I
So
as
we're
talking
about
the
Talbert
lot,
we
did
my
understanding
is
coordinate
those
those
bonds
around
housing,
but
also
getting
some
dual
benefit
for
Transit
as
well.
If
we're
looking
at
bonds
as
dressing
affordability,
that
I
I
was
assuming
that
the
Talbert
lot
was
going
to
be
in
the
mix.
So
yes,
understanding
where
it
is
on
the
priority
list
would
be
helpful
for
me
as
a
higher
priority
than
Thomas
Wolfe.
To
be
honest,.
D
Well,
and
what
does
that
mean
from
a
in
terms
of
a
prop
need
to
to
have
a
engage
someone
to
do
some
of
the
preliminary
planning
for
what
a
Transit,
Center,
Redevelopment
and
Housing
project
looks
like
I
mean
that
that'd
be
kind
of
I
know
those
can
be
multi-step.
This
is
a
big
project.
Obviously
so
I
just
don't
want
it
to
be
that
we
didn't
start
working
on
it
and
getting
ready
for
it.
We
missed
a
chance
this
year
to
hire
the
engineering
and
architecture
farmer.
H
H
A
But
Ford
Street
as
well
as
the
review,
starts
it's
Redevelopment
long-term
planning
when
they
came
to
us
for
that
last
change.
We
asked
them
at
the
diocese.
Will
you
re-engage
with
us
on
Ford,
Street
and
d
review
and
get
to
the
table?
So
we
don't
want
to
lose
that
opportunity
as
well.
I
think
all
this
is
coming
right
like
this
is
the
whole
city-owned
land
and
strategic
planning
around
it
process.
So,
okay,
great.
H
G
All
right,
so
we
are
now
at
other
issues
and
updates,
but
we
have
some
other
hand
raised.
I
I've
I
heard
City
on
land
and
we're
going
to
bring
this
to
the
table
for
some
more
information.
The
Charlotte
Street
Public
Works
facility
I'm,
assuming,
is
going
to
be
on
our
list.
If
not
I
would
love
to
see
what
our
plan
is
for
being
prepared
to
be
in
front
of
the
or
support
the
recommendations
of
a
reparations
commission.
There's
going
to
be
suggestions
around
that.
H
G
H
K
Okay,
I
will
definitely
move
through
this
quickly.
I
know
we
have
two
more
items
after
this
Katie.
Are
you
bringing
up
the
presentation
or
Allison?
Thank
you.
First
good
afternoon
mayor
vice
mayor
council,
members,
dawah
hitch
and
I
have
the
pleasure
of
serving
as
the
communication
and
public
engagement
director
today
I'm
going
to
be
giving
you
a
brief
update
on
the
upcoming
National
Community
survey.
K
Backside
all
right,
so
just
a
few
takeaways,
the
national
Community
survey
is
a
is,
is
a
survey
that
is
administered
Across.
The
Nation
we
contract
with
a
company
called
Poco
to
do
the
survey
for
us
and
it
produces
a
community
livability
report.
Along
with
that
report,
we
also
have
access
to
crosstabular
data,
which
allows
us
to
dig
even
deeper
into
their
standard
questions
to
see
if
there
are
different
experiences
amongst
different
demographic
groups
and
again
this
this
survey
is
a
representative
sample
of
Asheville
residents.
K
So
we
use
the
survey
in
the
budget
process
and
defining
operational
priorities
in
organizational
and
departmental
work
plans
back
in
May
staff
requested
and
put
from
the
equity
engagement
committee
on
the
opportunity
for
some
open-ended
and
special
topic.
Questions
and
you'll
see
that
we
followed
up
with
those
recommendations
and
that
is
included
in
today's
presentation
to
full
Council
next
slide.
K
History
with
the
national
Community
survey,
it
is
formerly
known
as
the
National
citizen
survey
now
known
as
the
national
Community
survey,
a
city
of
Asheville
conducted
one
in
2008,
15,
2018
and
2020
the
surveys
available
in
English
and
Spanish
in
the
printed
versions
in
Russian
online,
and
you
can
see
there
in
that
table.
There
are
a
number
of
topic
areas
that
the
standard
questions
relate
to
and
they're
packaged
in
that
same
way,
in
that
livability
report
next
slide
a
little
bit
about
the
methodology.
The
the
great
thing
about
this
survey.
We
do
a
lot.
K
K
This
survey
has
a
95
confidence
interval,
which
is,
is
very
helpful
in
our
planning
purposes
moving
forward,
so
we
can
have
confidence
that
any
given
response
that
was
asked
of
all
respondents
is
going
to
be
within
five
percentage
points
of
a
what
the
true
Community
sentiment
is
also
wanted
to
point
out
that
multi-family
housing
is
sampled
at
a
rate
of
five
to
three
compared
to
single
family
and
again,
that's
just
to
make
sure
that
we're
we're
hit.
They
are
hitting
renters
as
well
as
homeowners,
and
also
the
demographics
are
weighted
based
on
U.S
census
data.
K
So
again,
there's
a
real
strong
effort
to
make
sure
that
the
the
results
are
representative
of
our
entire
community.
A
number
of
surveys
are
mail.
They've
got
posted
page
return
envelopes,
there's
the
option
to
complete
the
survey
online,
and
that
is
with
the
standard
survey,
which
is
what
will
be
in
the
report.
There
is
also
the
ability
for
all
of
our
community
to
fill
out
the
online
survey.
K
All
of
that
data
is
collected
available
for
staff
and
the
community
to
go
back
and
review
as
they'd
like,
but
it
is
not
what
is
analyzed
in
the
livability
report,
which
again
has
that
statistical
significance.
Next
slide
a
few
of
the
national
Benchmark
cities.
I
think
I
mentioned
that
earlier
they've
got
an
enormous
database.
They
are.
The
survey
is
endorsed
by
the
by
iicma
and
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
look
at
how
our
community
sees
our
services
in
relation
to
how
other
communities
see
their
cities
services.
K
So
I've
listed
just
a
few
of
the
Benchmark
cities
there
in
North
Carolina
Kerry
Chapel
Hill
Durham
Greenville
High,
Point
Raleigh.
We
also
have
the
opportunity
for
this
custom
Benchmark,
which
makes
a
lot
of
sense
for
Asheville,
knowing
that
we're
a
tourism-based
economy.
We
have
challenges
that
other
cities,
don't
so
being
able
to
Benchmark
against
cities
that
have
a
similar
economy
has
been
very
helpful
in
the
past.
There's
a
few
examples
of
some
listed
there
being
asked
in
Colorado
Clearwater
Florida,
Sevierville,
Tennessee,
Virginia,
Beach
Virginia
next
slide
all
right.
So
why
do
we
do
this?
K
Transparency
is
a
is
a
core
found.
It's
a
fundamental
thing
that
drives
the
work
that
we
do.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
Council
and
the
entire
Community
knows
that
past
Community
surveys
are
available
online.
If
you
go
to
the
communication
and
public
engagement
page,
it's
there
under
transparency,
and
you
can
see
the
results
going
back
to
2008.
K
next
slide,
all
right
again.
The
way
that
we
use
these
results.
They
certainly
inform
our
engagement
strategies,
our
budget
process,
our
organizational
work
plan
and
Department
work
plans.
Next
slide
timeline.
We
are
looking
to
get
our
finalized
survey
materials
to
Poco
by
August
so
that
the
survey
can
be
mailed
out
in
September.
Data
collection
ends
in
October,
and
then
we
should
have
the
report
back
in
December,
which
is
good
timing
for
us
as
we
dive
into
the
fiscal
year.
25
budget
planning
process
next
slide
all
right.
K
So
back
to
the
equity
and
engagement
committee,
we
presented
in
May
20,
and
we
spent
some
time
focusing
on
this
opportunity
for
a
special
topic
and
open-ended
questions.
The
input
that
we
got
from
the
committee
was
that
it
would
be
very
helpful
if
an
analysis
could
be
done
to
look
at
the
national
Community
survey,
questions
and
their
relationship
to
city
council,
Vision,
category
strategic
priorities
and
city
services.
K
That
way,
if
there
isn't
a
standard
question
that
addresses
one
of
our
one
of
City
council's
Vision
areas
or
priorities
that
we
could
then
look
to
our
open-ended
questions,
to
get
some
more
insight
into
that.
So
the
office
of
data
and
performance
just
want
to
give
them
a
shout
out.
They
conducted
that
analysis
and
offered
some
recommendations,
along
with
our
department
for
those
questions
and
they're
coming
up
next
slide
all
right,
so
it
was
found
through
odaps
analysis.
K
It
was
found
that
standard
Benchmark
questions
pretty
much
comprehensively
addressed
all
of
the
items
in
council's
vision
and
the
Strategic
priorities,
except
for
two
areas.
One
would
be
an
endless
homelessness
strategies,
the
other
in
transportation,
accessibility
and
that
Transportation
accessibility
being
one
of
the
vision
items.
K
So
our
recommendation
is
that
we
add
homelessness
strategies
to
at
one
of
our
custom
questions
and
also
as
a
special
topic
question
and
then
to
do
the
same
for
the
transportation
piece
and
we'll
look
at
that
in
a
little
bit
more
depth
in
the
next
slide.
K
Okay,
so
here's
our
first
custom
question
and
this
was
asked
in
2015,
18
and
2020..
The
question
is,
please
indicate
how
important,
if
at
all,
each
of
the
following
Investments
are
for
the
city
of
Asheville,
so
you
can
see
there
in
the
green
we've
added
three
additional
questions,
certainly
working
with
the
Departments
that
manage
these
programs
to
form
these
questions,
the
first
one
being
building
Community
capacity
in
the
local
homeless
service
system.
K
So
we
want
to
know
how
important
our
community
thinks
an
investment
is
in
that
area,
along
with
everything
above
it
of
course,
and
then
you
can
see
the
transportation
question
trying
to
get
a
little
bit
more
into
council's
Vision
area
of
Mobility
as
it
relates
to
Transportation.
So
we've
got
that
question
or
we've
got
that
that
item
added
to
this
list
and
then
also
noise
ordinance
review,
and
that
was
something
that
came
out
of
a
previous.
K
They
Public,
Safety
and
environment
I.
Keep
wanting
to
call
it
the
old
name,
I
think
that's
I,
hope,
that's
what
it's
called
now
we
had
some
feedback
that
it
would
be
helpful
to
get
some
input
about
the
noise
ordinance
review
and
we
said
we
could-
and
this
is
how
we
slide-
that's
where
we
split
this
in
to
the
survey
next
slide,
all
right
so
now
to
staff's
recommendations.
Staff
recommends
that
we
ask
an
open-ended
question
related
to
the
single
biggest
issue
facing
Asheville
over
the
next
three
to
five
years.
K
That's
something
we've
done
since
2008,
so
we've
got
some
great
Trend
analysis
opportunities
in
that
area.
We
also
recommend
a
question
related
to
community-wide
homelessness
response
and
then
a
question
related
to
the
city
of
the
city's
affordable
housing
priorities.
Knowing
again
that
we
are
likely
to
have
a
bond
referendum
package
coming
up
in
2024.
We
imagine
that
that
this
could
be
a
great
place
to
get
some
insight
into
things
that
the
our
residents
would
like
to
prioritize
as
it
relates
to
affordable
housing
next
slide.
K
So
our
next
steps,
we
need
to
finalize
the
custom
questions
and
the
special
topic
questions
with
polco
and
get
those
materials
to
them
by
August
of
2023,
and
then
we
also
need
to
develop
the
mayor's
message
for
that
goes
out
with
the
survey
and
we'll
be
doing
that
in
August
2023
as
well.
Next
Step,
our
next
slide
key
takeaways
again,
we'll
have
the
opportunity
for
a
community
livability
report.
It
packages,
the
responses
to
those
questions
and
all
those
categories
that
we
saw
at
the
beginning
of
the
presentation.
K
We've
got
the
opportunity
to
look
at
Benchmark
comparisons
with
other
cities
and
look
at
our
own
Trends
over
time,
and
these
survey
results
inform
the
budget
process
and
operational
priorities
and
organizational
and
departmental
work
plans.
It's
a
very
helpful
tool
there,
and
we
also
before
we
got
to
this
stage
at
this
point,
that
the
full
Council
we
got
some
great
guidance
from
the
equity
and
engagement
committee
and
we've
rolled
that
into
our
recommendation.
K
K
D
K
Certainly,
it
was
definitely
noticed
and
led
us
to
look
into
those
inclusivity
and
engagement
questions
and
then
certainly
there
was
some
thought
put
behind
the
great
work
that
the
reparations
commission
is
doing
and
all
of
and
and
how
information
within
a
survey
like
this
I
guess.
The
question
we
were
looking
to
answer
is
is:
are
there
questions
around
reparations
that
would
affect
the
path
that
they
have
already
established,
knowing
that
these
results
will
be
back
in
December?
So
it's
certainly
something
that
we
can
consider
or
so
that
we
can
follow
through
on.
K
D
Well,
I
mean
I.
You
know,
I.
Think.
Surveys
like
this
have
a
dual
purpose.
One,
of
course,
is
to
measure
the
where
the
community
is
at,
but
it's
also
to
help
inform
the
community
about
what
what
the
city
does
I
mean.
A
lot
of
the
questions
will
provide
some
background
information
that
folks
aren't
even
aware
of
so
it
helps
educate
the
community
as
well
as
give
feedback.
So
it
seems
like
a
missed
opportunity
to.
K
D
Well,
I
was
thinking
more
of
a
question
of
you
know
where
you
you'd,
you
might
make
a
statement
around
the
history
of
urban
renewal
and
its
effect
on
minority
communities
and
and
the
role
the
city
played
in
it
and
and
whether
or
not
folks
support
addressing
the
harm
caused
by
historical
City
practices,
and
those
are
the
kinds
of
things
I
don't
know.
If
this
survey
is
a
little
more
generic
than
that,
and
it's
really
not
going
to
get
get
into
things
like
that,
it's
more
like!
I
Roney
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
Esther
for
bringing
that
up
and
I
think
the
way
that
you
framed
that
question
I
would
support
that
question.
Being
added
I
do
agree
that
it's
an
educational
opportunity,
perhaps
for
a
note
about
and
I
know
that
to
be
very
narrowly
worded,
but
not
only
about
urban
renewal,
but
the
focus
areas.
H
Well,
if
we're
going
to
add
this
I
I
strongly
encourage
us
to
have
a
conversation
with
the
commission
in
terms
of
how
they
could,
as
Dallas
said,
it
could,
will
utilize
the
information
or
is
the
information
for
our
benefits.
Or
is
it
educational
because
you
know
they?
They
have
some
very
strong
opinions
about
this
being
their
process
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
get
online
or
out
of
sync
with
with
their
needs.
Are.
H
H
Thank
you
feedback
great
team,
we're
going
to
do
with
speed.
F
Sure
I'll
go
through
this
really
quickly,
so
I'm
going
to
give
a
quick
update
on
where
we
are
with
our
strategic
planning
efforts
and
I'm
gonna,
even
Cruise
through
the
key
takeaways.
Just
a
quick
reminder
at
your
June
22nd
agenda
briefing,
you
affirmed
your
goal,
statements
that
are
aligned
with
your
strategic
priorities.
Staff
is
now
taking
the
feedback
received
from
your
retreat,
subsequent
conversations
that
we've
had
with
you
to
inform
work
plan,
discussions,
you've
heard
as
part
of
some
of
our
upcoming
Council
committee
agendas.
F
We're
actually
going
to
be
reviewing
draft
work
plans
for
fiscal
year,
2024
with
you
starting
in
August.
We
are
also
finalizing
our
organizational
work
plan
items.
We've
had
some
discussion
on
some
of
those
already
as
part
of
today's
meeting
and
we're
going
to
assist,
use
that
information
to
assist
with
the
development
of
work
plans
for
advisory
boards.
F
So
I
am
not
a
graphic
designer
and
I
know.
You
all
have
seen
this
image
several
times
now
and
good
news.
Jamie
Matthews
on
our
team
is
working
with
Dan,
Ferris
and
cape
on
a
much
better
visual
that
we
should
have
ready
sometime
in
August.
F
That
list
the
specific
strategic
priority
goals:
Council
six
strategic
priorities,
the
city
council's
vision
and
then
starts
to
flesh
out
what
those
work
plan
items
are
that
we're
going
to
be
focusing
on
over
the
course
of
the
next
fiscal,
the
course
of
the
next
fiscal
year
to
ensure
your
strategic
priority
goals
come
to
fruition.
F
So
just
a
quick
reminder
of
those
goal,
statements
that
were
affirmed
at
your
June
22nd
meeting,
I've
highlighted
in
yellow
the
one
change
suggested
revision
that
was
discussed
at
our
last
agenda
briefing
under
the
improve
and
expand
core
Services
goal
statement.
So
the
goal
statement
now
reads:
hire
and
retrain
excellent
staff,
improve
public
facing
amenities,
strengthen
Regional
Partnerships
and
create
an
ambitious
funding
plan
for
infrastructure
investment,
including
a
2024
Bond.
F
I'll,
go
back,
don't
consider
yourself.
Wowed
you've
seen
this
graphic
before
again.
This
is
what
we're
working
on
updating
with
our
Cape
team
and
then
the
first
strategic
priority
goal
statement
is
what
I
already
read
through
the
highlighted
component
is
what
was
added
at
the
recommendation
of
council
at
your
June
22nd
agenda
briefing
meeting
the
goal
statement
for
reparations
is
maximize
collaboration
with
Community
reparations,
commission
and
partners
to
effectively
Implement
short
and
long-term
recommendations
and
grow
reparations
investment
by
increased
funding
and
can
and
continue
to
look
for
more
Revenue
sources
and
partners.
F
The
reimagining
public
safety
goal
statement
is
to
improve
Community
safety
outcomes
by
securing
funding
and
increasing
and
expanding
programming
and
Partnerships
to
address
quality
of
life
issues.
Homeless.
Homelessness
strategies
is
make
homelessness.
Rare
brief
and
non-recurring
by
supporting
the
implementation
of
National
Alliance
to
in
homelessness
recommendations
under
Equitable
and
affordable
housing
and
stability,
maximize
tools,
plans
and
regulations
to
increase
housing,
Supply
prioritize
access
for
low-income
residents
and
households,
reduce
barriers
to
construction
and
begin
preparing
to
update
the
unified
development
ordinance
and
initiating
a
2024
housing.
F
So
here's
an
example
of
the
alignment
of
the
different
strategic
planning
elements
and
how
those
could
potentially
flow
and
we've
described
some
examples
already
as
a
part
of
today's
discussion,
but
as
part
of
your
vision,
framework
you've
got
quality,
affordable
housing,
then
there's
the
annualized
council
strategic
priority,
Equitable
and
affordable
housing
and
stability.
Then
you've
got
the
specific
strategic
priority
goal,
which
I
just
read
so
I'm,
not
going
to
read
again
that
most
closely
aligns
with
the
city,
council,
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee,
and
so
as
part
of
the
potential
list
of
work
plan.
F
Projects
that
are
currently
being
contemplated.
We've
got
the
affordable
housing
plan,
update
which
we've
discussed
today
as
part
of
this
meeting.
That
includes
a
comprehensive
review
of
affordable
housing
tools
and
that
review
of
those
Associated
policies
and
tools
will
be
referred
to
the
affordable
housing
advisory
committee
for
them
to
make
recommendations
on
those
policy
consider
operations.
F
Another
item
under
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
work
plan
that
would
be
aligned
with
this
strategic
priority
is
completing
the
missing
middle
housing.
Study
and
I
have
an
asterisk
next
to
this
one,
because
of
course
this
includes
several
planning
related
elements.
So
this
is
an
example
of
a
work
plan
project
that
will
probably
live
on
both
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
work
plan,
as
well
as
on
the
planning
and
economic
development
committee
work
plan.
F
Another
example
of
an
organizational
work
plan
project
that
we
have
underway
is
establishing
permanent
Supportive
Housing
at
the
former
Ramada
site.
This
was
on
the
fiscal
year,
2023
organizational
work
plan
and
is
a
project
that's
being
continued
through
to
FY
2024,
just
because
those
units
are
not
yet
open
and
staff
is
helping
with
with
the
completion
of
that
project
as
we
speak.
So
that's
just
some
examples
of
how
this
flow
of
these
elements
should
be
working.
F
So
what
we
want
to
focus
on
most
specifically
for
today
is
just
to
make
sure
council
is
aware
of
those
next
steps.
As
has
already
been
mentioned,
we're
going
to
be
working
with
you
in
your
committees
to
finalize
your
fiscal
year.
2024
committee
work
plans
throughout
the
summer,
starting
primarily
in
August
and
then
throughout
the
summer,
into
the
fall
staff
will
be
finalizing.
Our
FY
2024
organizational
work
plan
and
then
the
more
specific
departmental
work
plans,
which
include
specific
projects
and
initiatives
happening
across
the
organization.
F
We're
going
to
also
work
on
those
improved
Graphics
to
make
sure
that
we've
got
better
visual
aids
to
talk
about
how
all
of
this
should
be
flowing
from
a
strategic
planning
perspective
throughout
the
summer
and
ongoing
we're
going
to
be
enhancing
Performance,
Management
and
communication.
We
have
a
new
website
that
we
hope
is
going
to
launch
later
this
summer
or
early
fall,
we're
going
to
have
improved
output
measures
and
develop
meaningful
outcome
measures
tied
back
to
the
progress
that
we're
making
in
achieving
your
priority
goals.
F
And
then
we
want
to
have
more
regular
status
updates
with
the
city
council,
using
your
committee
structure
using
future
city
managers.
Reports
also
using
agenda
briefings
like
we're
doing
today,
just
to
make
sure
we've
got
an
ongoing
dialogue
with
you
with
the
status
of
the
projects
that
we
have
that
are
aligned
with
your
strategic
priority
goals.
So
an
example
of
that
would
be
some
of
the
key
capital
projects
that
were
mentioned
earlier.
How
are
we
doing
in
the
development
of
those
projects
and
as
we're?
F
F
Looking
back
on
the
progress
that
was
made
throughout
the
fiscal
year
that
just
closed
on
June
30th
and
then
ongoing
we're
going
to
be
continuing
our
work
with
the
advisory
boards,
improving
those
touch
points
between
city
council
and
the
work
that
the
advisory
boards
have
going
on
through
the
development
of
their
work
plans
and
ensuring
they're
focusing
on
those
policy
review
considerations
that
will
help
inform
decisions
made
at
the
city
council
committee
level
and
so
in
the
interest
of
time.
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions.
F
H
And
so
mayor,
we
will
make
sure
that
we
incorporate
the
items
that
you
all
collectively
identified
as
Council
priority.
Subject
matter
to
you
all,
want
to
hear
about
and
see
how
we
can
get
those
scheduled
either
for
work
sessions
for
managers
report
are
through
a
committee,
deliberation
and
discussion,
so
I
think.
The
last
item
is
mine
unless
there
are
any
further
questions
on
what
Rachel
present
it.
H
Just
a
quick
update
on
some
staffing,
the
planning
director
and
the
fire
chief
we
are
in
the
process
of
re
Ben
Woody
is
managing
the
planning
director
process.
Obviously
I
will
have
the
final
recommendation,
but
we
have
three
candidates
in
August,
which
will
be
there
are
top
three
and
then
we'll
be
making
a
decision,
hopefully
by
September
or
so
for
the
fire
chief
I
understand
from
human
resources
that
we
have
a
really
really
robust
number
of
folks
who
are
interested
in
being
our
our
next
fire
chief.
H
We
will
start
the
interview
process
in
August
of
mid-august,
I
believe,
hopefully
by
October.
We
should
have
a
final
decision
on
that
position.
Right
now
we
have
an
interim
Chief
Chris
Brzezinski,
who
is
an
internal
candidate
that
is
actually
not
a
candidate.
She
chose
not
to
apply,
and
so
these
are
our
interim
party
and
I
just
wanted
to
mention
also
Mark
Metheny,
who
has
been
promoted
to
the
director
of
development
services
department
and
then
is
there
anything
else.
You
wanted
to
add
on
planning.
G
H
Two
I
think
and
I'm
certain.
We
have
internal
candidates
that
are
applying
for
the
fire
chief
as
well
all
right.
So
with
that,
we
will
send
information.
H
The
presentation
on
strategic
that
I'm
planning
next
steps
to
to
Antoinette
I
think
that
was
the
only
piece
generally
that
she
missed
other
than
this
update
on
Staffing
and
mayor
will
reach
out
to
Shanika
and
bring
her
up
to
speed
on
on
this
audience,
to
make
sure
she's
prepared
for
Tuesday.
D
Thank
you
very
much
one
other
item
for
Council,
so
we're
we're.
We
tried
these
agenda
reviews
in
person
and
now
we're
doing
them
virtually,
which
is
okay,
but
I'm,
wondering
if
there's
any
opposition
to
going
back
to
in-person
agenda
reviews,
maybe
like
at
the
end
of
the
summer
since
everyone's
sort
of
summer,
breaking
it
a
little
bit,
maybe
starting
in
September.
Would
that
be
supported?
If
we
were
to
try
to
do
that.
I
I
know
that
there
may
be
some
overlap
in
our
conversation
and
I
know.
Sage
did
bring
this
up.
The
county
is
looking
at
doing
some
morning
meetings
and
they
did
some
Outreach
around
that,
and
that
would
mean
restructuring
our
our
committee
meetings,
but
I'm
curious
if
we
were
to
do
a
kind
of
a
public
engagement
around
that.
If,
if
we're
looking
at
restructuring
our
meetings,
are
we
going
to
do
the
our
agenda
briefings
before
Council
meetings
like
a
work
session?
Do
they
need
to
be
on
a
different
day
is
a
different
day?
I
What's
making
it
difficult
for
folks
to
be
able
to
participate
in
person,
so
I
feel
like
we
need
to
do
some,
maybe
some
more
internal
understanding
of
why
folks
weren't
able
to
attend
on
Thursdays
in
the
past
in
person,
because
this
seems
to
have
some
attendance.
That
looks
really
positive
to
me
and
then,
if
we're
going
to
look
at
moving
everything
to
Tuesday
while
we're
looking
at
that,
should
we
look
at
warning
as
well
for
one
of
our
meetings
so
that
we
have
a
broad
range
of
opportunities
for
people
to
participate,
Sage
I.
D
D
I
I
think
that
would
be
a
really
interesting
idea.
Personally,
I
don't
know
about
you
guys,
but
when
we
have
a
really
long
meeting,
it's
pretty
exhausting
and
gets
late,
so
be
nice
and
also
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
people
were
getting
there
during
the
day.
It
might
be
easier
than
the
evening
page.
A
Yeah
so
similar
I
will
say,
I
think
I
reached
out
to
every
single
one
of
you
about
this
idea
and
the
majority
were
like,
probably
not
because
of
my
current
work,
but
here
we
are
doing
these
Thursdays
and
gosh.
A
It
seems
like
I
personally
feel,
like
sometimes
we
have
half
the
council
meeting
during
these
agenda
briefings,
so
it
almost
seems
like
we
could
have
a
Thursday
11
o'clock
council
meeting,
but
I'm
open
to
talking
about
both
I
think
I'm
sensitive
to
people's
work
schedules
and
doing
agenda
briefings
twice
a
month
and
Council
meetings
twice
a
month
in
person
does
lead
to
a
scheduling
conflict
with
me,
so
that
is
often
often
like
I'm
double
timing.
Right
now,
I'm
doing
something
else.
D
Yeah
I
I'm
a
little
bit
perplexed.
Why
we
can't
get
this
going
when
I
mean
pretty
much
every
other
major
city
in
North.
Carolina
has
an
in-person
agenda
review
and
then
a
council
meeting
they
either
do
it
all
in
the
same
day
or
they
do
it
a
few
days
ahead
and
then
have
the
council
meeting
a
few
days
after
and
I
I
I'm
I,
don't
know,
I
mean
I,
think
I
I
think
we
need
to
figure
that
out
because
it
it
to
me
it's
it's
a
much
more
beneficial
process.
D
A
And
I
think
to
your
point,
I
mean
if
they
were
Tuesdays
before
Council
I
have
dedicated
those
Tuesdays
to
this
job
and
I
have
not
dedicated
my
Thursdays
to
this
job.
So
that,
and
so
getting
me
to
move
to
Thursdays
in
person
is
a
big
impact
on
my
schedule,
because,
when
I
elected
to
try
this
process,
it
wasn't
something
I
would
have
been
able
to
do.
D
Well
and
that's
what
the
County's
doing
they're
doing
their
agenda
reviews
prior
to
the
meeting
and
I
know
there
was
some
concern
about
from
staff
about
doing
that,
not
so
much
from
Council.
So
maybe
staff
could
take
a
look
at
that
again
and
see
if
there
is
a
way
for
us
to
set
aside
an
agenda
review
period
before
the
council
meeting
starts.
I
think
we'd
probably
have
to
make
that
start
at
three
o'clock.
D
E
Love
to
chime
in
I,
don't
have
like
a
strong
solution.
I
just
know
personally,
having
worked
remotely
for
over
a
decade
and
then
now,
the
last
three
four
years
globally,
people
working
remotely
there's
magic
to
being
in
person.
It's
really
powerful
to
get
the
opportunity
to
build
those
relationships
and
build
trust
and
I
I
got
a
lot
out
of
the
few
times
we
were
in
person
for
these
works
and
I
love
being
able
to
connect
with
folks
in
person
during
Council
meetings.
E
H
Do
you
know
it
the
only
other
thing,
Miss
Tony
I
think
you
said
you
have
a
if
you're
here.