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From YouTube: City Council Agenda Briefing – June 8, 2023
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Regular agenda briefing work session of the Asheville City Council.
Access the agenda and other meeting materials on the City of Asheville website: https://www.ashevillenc.gov/government/city-council-meeting-materials/
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
June
8th
agenda
free
state
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.
However,.
B
A
A
C
Good
morning,
everyone
we
have
a
fairly
dense
agenda
this
morning,
so
we're
going
to
jump
right
into
this.
In
particular,
the
section
of
the
agenda
under
other
issues
and
updates
I
think
is
going
to
take
us
a
little
bit
of
time.
So
this
morning
we
have
our
steam
assisted
city
manager,
Ben
Woody,
who
is
going
to
provide
us
with
the
overview
of
the
agenda
and
of
being
with
no
further
Ado
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
D
Thank
you,
Miss
Campbell
and
good
morning,
mayor
council
members,
Ben
Woody
assistant
city
manager,
I'm,
going
to
dive
right
into
the
agenda
and
we'll
start
with
the
first
item
on
their
Tuesday
city
council
meeting
schedule
is
your
retreat
follow-up
that
is
scheduled
for
2
P.M
in
the
council
chamber
under
the
other
issues
and
updates
section
later
this
morning,
the
facilitator,
Ed,
Manning
and
Miss
Campbell
are
going
to
cover
this
item
in
more
detail.
D
D
So
we
will
start
with
the
item
B.
This
is
the
city's
annual
recertification
for
the
FEMA
Community
rating
system
program.
We
do
this
every
year.
Typically,
this
program
provides
Asheville
residents
and
business
owners
with
a
10
reduction
in
their
flood
insurance
premiums,
and
this
occurs
by
the
city
participating
in
this
program
through
certain
Outreach
and
mitigation
activities.
D
Moving
to
item
d,
this
is
kind
of
an
interesting
and
unusual
item
for
Council
this
month.
In
a
little
bit
of
background
on
this,
this
is
out
near
the
airport
in
2012,
the
state
of
North
Carolina
removed,
airport-owned
properties
from
the
city's
zoning
jurisdiction.
This
particular
property
has
been
sold
to
a
new
owner.
It
was
owned
by
the
airport
and
it's
been
combined
with
an
adjoining
property
as
Allowed
by
North
Carolina,
General
statutes.
This
is
an
interlocal
agreement
with
the
county
that
will
allow
the
city
to
have
zoning
jurisdiction
over
the
entire
parcel.
D
D
Moving
on
to
item
G
item
G
and
I
want
to
spend
a
second
on
this
item.
G
is
a
three-year
contract.
It
totals
over
187
000
for
that
three-year
period.
This
is
for
the
renewal
of
our
esri
GIS
software,
which
is
a
very,
very
powerful
software
package.
It
provides
not
only
spatial
analysis
tools
for
City
staff,
but
also
supports
many
of
our
highly
used
public
platforms
such
as
the
open
data
portal
map,
Asheville,
the
climate
Justice
index
map
and
our
police
transparency
dashboard.
D
So
a
very
critical
software
package
that
the
city
takes
advantage
of
and
uses
another
software
update
or
contract.
Amendment
is
item
H,
that
is
our
City
Works
software,
which
many
of
you
have
probably
heard
of.
City
Works
is
moving
to
a
fully
hosted
cloud-based
software
as
a
service.
It's
a
platform
that
departments
like
water
resources
and
Public
Works
uses
to
manage
their
assets,
work
ordering
system
and
Reporting.
D
Also,
as
we
continue
to
dive
deeper
in
this
software,
we
do
expect
to
add
Parks
and
Rec
and
transportation
departments
to
our
City
Works
platform
and
the
upcoming
fiscal
year.
So
again,
two
very
important
software
systems.
The
city
utilizes
of
item
I,
is
an
agreement
in
which
the
town
of
Black
Mountain
will
provide
the
city
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
to
support
transit
route.
170,
that's
the
route
that
goes
between
Asheville
and
Black
Mountain
item
J
authorizes
an
ft
or
Federal
Transit
Administration
pass
through
grant
funding.
D
So
this
is
grant
funding
that
goes
from
the
city
to
our
regional
transit
agencies
and
what
this
action
this
resolution
is
doing
is
renewing
and
extending
some
of
those
existing
sub-recipient
agreements
that
are
already
in
place
item
K
is
a
contract
totaling
over
a
hundred
twenty
four
thousand
dollars
annually
and
kind
of
related
to
really
to
the
last
item.
D
This
is
going
to
provide
some
grants,
management,
support
and
training
through
a
consultant
to
support
some
of
our
Transit
staff
and,
of
course
we
have
a
lot
of
new
Transit
staff
and
that
division
as
well
and
then
the
final
consent
agenda
item
is
a
resolution
affirming
or
reaffirming
excuse
me
support
of
astral's
lgbtqia
plus
community.
D
So
that
concludes
my
review
of
the
consent
agenda,
but
don't
see
any
questions
somebody
keep
moving
or
actually
almost
through
the
regular
agenda.
We
have
a
manager
reports.
We
will
have
a
very
important
employee
recognition
at
our
city
council
meeting,
we're
all
very
excited
about
that.
So
that's
something
to
look
forward
to
it's.
One
of
our
employees
from
the
clerk's
office,
so
that'll
be
really
great
and
we
appreciate
all
the
work
the
clerk's
office
does.
For
us
moving
on
to
public
hearings.
C
I
also
want
to
go
on
record
and
apologize
to
Sarah
for
not
doing
this
sooner,
but
we
had
so
many
things
on
some
early
agendas.
If
we
didn't
get
an
opportunity
to
recognize
her
earlier
so
Sarah
sorry-
and
we
will
be
doing
it,
this
Tuesday.
So
thanks
for
all
you
do.
D
D
Yeah,
we
all
appreciate
all
the
work
that
the
clerk's
office
does
so
moving
on
item
a
is
going
to
be
continued
to
July,
25th
and
Item.
B
is
a
a
another
public
hearing
item.
This
is
a
amendment
to
our
unified
development
ordinance,
and
this
is
really
kind
of
aimed
towards
our
neighborhood
meeting
requirements.
So
his
development
applications
come
in
one
of
the
requirements.
D
D
A
couple
of
items
is:
is
again
we're
going
to
take
those
kind
of
non-specific
variable
requirements
and
and
put
some
specificity
behind
those,
and
so
what
that'll
look
like
is
we'll
have
standard
this.
The
city
has
created
standard
templates
templates
that
can
be
used
for
notification,
letters
and
size.
So
the
manner
in
which
the
neighbors
receive
notice
will
be
a
little
more
standardized.
D
We're
also
going
to
provide
notice
not
only
to
the
property
owners
that
are
in
close
proximity,
but
also
to
our
established
neighborhood
associations
as
well
to
try
to
get
a
deeper
notice
around
these
meetings.
We've
produced
a
city
best
practice
guide
for
how
to
schedule
and
hold
these
neighborhood
meetings.
We're
increasing
the
the
notification
radius
from
200
feet
to
400
feet
outside
of
the
CBD,
we're
requiring
that
these
notices
be
provided
to
neighbors
14
days
prior
to
the
meeting.
D
D
We're
going
to
have
the
reporting
of
the
meetings
occur
on
a
standardized
online
form
that
the
city's
created,
so
the
the
content
from
these
meetings
will
be
more
standardized
in
the
way
that
a
council
receives
that
and
then.
Finally,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we're
going
to
have
more
direct
notification
to
our
neighborhood
associations,
so
again,
really
really
proud
of
the
work
that
staff
did
on
that
with
the
community
to
to
move
this
item
forward.
So
planning
a
zoning
commission
heard
this
and
they
did
recommend
in
favor
of
it.
E
D
I
think
I
think
we
we've
gotten
good
support
and
collaboration
with
the
community
on
this.
The
only
the
only
Nuance
in
this
is
you
know
we
have
some
procedures,
like
the
board
of
adjustment,
has
very
technical,
quasi-judicial
hearings,
so
we're
not
so
some
of
the
notice
requirements
related
to
the
quasi-judicial
hearings
aren't
changing
so,
for
example,
for
a
board
of
adjustment.
We
typically
notice
only
the
adjoining
property
owners
because
they're
the
ones
that
truly
have
standing
and
the
board
of
adjustment
proceeding.
D
Okay.
Thank
you,
okay,
yeah!
Thank
you
moving
on
under
unfinished
business.
We
are
at
that
time
of
year
when
we
have
our
ordinance
adopting
the
FY
24
budget.
You
had
your
public
hearing
at
the
last
meeting,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Miss
Campbell,
to
give
a
couple
of
updates
on
this
item
and
what
to
expect.
C
Okay,
thank
you
Ben.
As
you
just
noted,
we
had
the
public
hearing
the
prior
to
the
public
hearing.
The
city
managers
and
staff
presented
a
budget
to
you
all
and
to
the
community
and
I
said
that
at
that
time,
when
we
presented
the
manager's
budget
that
we
had
reached
a
pivotal
milestone
that
the
real
pivotal
Milestone
is
the
adoption
of
the
budget,
which
we
hope
will
occur
on
them
next
Tuesday,
and
what
I
wanted
to
do
this
morning
and
I
have
Tony
McDowell
who's
here.
C
If
we
have,
if
you
all,
have
any
more
detailed
questions,
I
want
to
just
remind
you
of
what's
in
the
budget,
and
I
can
I'm
going
to
do
this
pretty
much
in
terms
of
key
takeaways
and
then
I
want
to
also
discuss
with
you
a
possible
of
Staff
recommended
Edition
to
the
budget
so
Katie.
If
you
want
to
bring
up
the
presentation.
C
C
You
all
know
that
we
have
had
a
lot
of
discussion
around
employee
compensation,
but
we
landed
on
and
the
city
manager's
office
recommended
budget
calls
for
a
five
percent
increase
for
existing
employees
at
a
little
higher
increase
at
six
percent.
For
us
for
police
officers,
it
continues
to
fund
some
of
the
core
Community
Services
in
a
time
of
rising
costs
and
provides
additional
investments
in
key
core
service
areas
in
alignment
with
the
council
priorities
and
I
guess.
C
C
C
So
there
is
going
to
be
a
recommendation
that
I'm
asking
you
all
to
consider
and
if
you
do
not
have
any
objections,
we
will
include
it
as
part
of
the
budget
recommendation
for
final
adoption
on
on
Tuesday,
and
there
was
a
request
from
the
Asheville
Fire
Department.
Among
many
many
other
requests
that
we
received
from
our
other
departments
to
fund
a
kind
of
a
training,
a
professional
development
incentive
pay
called
the
North
Carolina
Advanced
firefighter
certification.
C
They
recall
that
as
part
of
the
police
budget,
our
recommendations
for
compensation
and
improvements,
we
recommend
it
a
similar
type
of
of
incentive
pay.
We
feel
like
that
and
I
understand
why
firefighters
made
this
recommendation
to
hopefully
improve
and
encourage
firefighters,
to
continue
to
advance
their
knowledge
to
continue
to
develop
themselves
professionally.
C
But,
more
importantly,
the
things
for
us.
It
is
to
create
an
atmosphere
of
building
a
career
with
the
city
of
Asheville
and
not
just
having
a
job,
and
we
think,
as
you
continue
through
your
years
of
service
with
the
city
of
Asheville,
these
types
of
incentives
encourage
retention
as
well
as
help
with
with
recruitment
as
well
that
you
know
you.
You
generally
have
an
opportunity
for
a
career
with
this
agency.
C
Our
challenge,
though,
are
the
other
areas
of
employment
in
the
city
of
Asheville
like
trades
and
labor.
So
what
I
hope
that
we
will
do
is
have
a
much
more
robust
conversation
in
our
next
budget
cycle
about
how
do
we
develop
a
career
ladder
initiative
outside
of
non-compet
safety
positions?
C
Again,
we
think
that
we
need
to
to
offer
this
opportunity
for
advancement
and
training
so
that
we
will
have
a
skilled,
labor
force
and
again
that
people
will
consider
coming
into
employment
in
the
city
of
Nashville
offers
a
career
and
not
just
a
job,
and
we
think
that
some
of
this
incentive
pay
will
help
us
do
that
in
particular
again
in
traits
in
labor.
Looking
at
how
do
we
fund
a
career
ladder
initiative?
So
you
can
see
that
the
estimated
cost
will
be
an
approximately
additional
250
000.
C
We
think,
obviously,
unless
we
cut
something
which
I
wouldn't
recommend,
the
additional
funding
would
need
to
come
from
the
fund
balance,
but
that
still
keeps
us
above
our
15
percent
kind
of
threshold
that
we,
that
is
a
part
of
your
policy,
and
so
if
there
are
no
concerns
or
issues,
I
will
be
more
than
happy
to
take
questions.
I,
think
internet.
You
have
a
question
I.
F
Absolutely
love
this.
This
isn't
a
question.
I
absolutely
love
this,
because
frankly,
I
was
thinking
about
at
our
meeting
Tuesday,
where
this
not
in
there
I
was
going
to
make
a
request
that
we
consider
something
like
this
and
perhaps
do
a
budget
amendment
to
include
something
like.
F
E
C
He
would
know
that
because
that's
how
we
came
up
with
the
with
the
total,
how
it
was
added,
was
again
looking
at
all
of
the
requests
having
conversations
with
staff
in
the
afd,
as
well
as
even
some
conversations
with
council
members
that
there
was
concern
that
this
had
not
been
added,
and
my
concern
was
that,
because
it
wasn't
added
in
earlier
versions
like
even
their
Urban
Forest
wasn't
in
master
plan
and
we
added
it
it.
I
Yeah
sure
happy
to
so
as
a
part
of
the
fire
department
request
for
this
incentive.
They
estimated
that
in
the
first
year
there
would
be
approximately
75
firefighters
that
would
be
eligible
to
receive
this
five
percent
incentive
pay.
C
B
A
I
do
want
to
thank
you
all
for
bringing
that
proposal
forward.
I
think
you
know,
we've
been
hearing
some
Communications
from
the
firefighters
about
their
concerns
and
I.
Think,
while
this
doesn't
fully
address
everything
that
they've
raised
I
think
so
This
Is
Us
goes
a
long
way
to
show
them
the
support
that
we
have.
I
A
Them-
and
you
know,
try
to
bring
us
all
along
and
I
and
I'm
very
glad
that
you
mentioned
sort
of
the
bigger
picture
too
in
terms
of
our
other
valued
employees,
whether
they're
public
works
or
Parks
and
Rec
or
the
water
department,
other
departments.
We
need
to
also
figure
out
a
way
to
to
move
them
up
the
ladder,
as
you
mentioned
so
I
know,
that's
going
to
take
some
more
time
and
we're
looking
forward
to
that.
C
Okay,
so
Tony.
I
Yeah
sorry,
just
quickly,
if
there's,
if
there's
nothing
else,
I
did
want
to
do
a
quick
reminder.
Maybe
this
is
more
of
a
more
me,
prompting
Brad
to
just
give
a
reminder
about
the
state
Bill
Force
degree
and
how
that's
going
to
impact
the
vote
on
Tuesday,
so
Brad
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
J
Thanks
Tony,
you
are
quick
on
the
bunch
and
you
beat
me
to
it
today,
but
excellent,
prodding
good
F
morning.
Still,
council
members,
so
I
do
want.
To
give
you
a
reminder,
you
did
receive
an
email
from
staff
recently,
but
in
advance
of
your
budget
vote.
It
is
very
important
that
you
all
remember
the
new
law
that
was
put
in
place
now
a
little
over
a
year
ago
that
places
a
new
burden
on
us
to
look
out
for
any
conflicts
where
you
are
appropriating
or
granting
money
to
any
non-profits
with
which
you
are
associated.
J
So
here
are
the
big
tent
poles
of
this
law.
If
you
serve
either
as
a
director
officer
or
board
member
on
a
non-profit
and
we
are
as
a
city
appropriating
any
funds
funding
them
in
any
way
through
a
grant
or
otherwise
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
have
recused
you
from
that
particular
vote.
Now
we're
bringing
this
up
in
the
context
of
the
budget
vote
because
that's
something
we
really
want
you
to
give
some
consideration
to.
J
But
please
remember
that
this
applies
all
the
time
going
for
forward
as
we
proceed
if
any
votes
with
non-profits
receiving
funding,
if
you're
associated
with
them,
this
same
rule
will
apply.
So
there
are
very
strong
penalties
in
place
under
the
new
law
for
this.
So
if
you
have
not
yet
provided
myself
and
Tony
with
a
list
of
any
non-profits
that
are
being
funded
in
this
budget,
that
you're
associated
with,
please
do
let
us
know
as
soon
as
possible
and
remember
that
this
is
an
ongoing
obligation
going
forward.
C
All
right
so
so
we
will
go
back
and
make
those
adjustments
and
look
forward
to
adoption
of
the
budget
on
Tuesday
thanks.
D
Okay,
I'm
gonna
pick
up
and
continue
on
our
meeting
agenda
under
new
business.
We
have
a
slate
of
appointments
to
our
advisory
boards
and
commissions.
I'll
talk
a
little
more
about
that
in
our
Council
committee
overview
section
of
the
agenda
and
then
finally
just
want
to
note.
There
will
be
a
closed
session
on
Tuesday
at
the
end
of
a
regular
meeting.
J
D
If
there
are
no
other
questions
on
your
Tuesday
agenda,
I'm
going
to
move
directly
into
the
council
committees
review
and
we
have
a
number
of
committees
to
to
go
over
today
and
so
I'm
actually
up.
First,
so
at
our
planning
and
Economic
Development
Council
committee
meeting,
we
have
three
items
on
the
agenda
for
for
this
month
and
that
meeting
is
next
week
on
Monday.
We
have
the
downtown
commission
annual
update.
That
will
be
that
will
be
provided
from
the
Brian
Moffett.
D
Who
is
the
chair
of
the
downtown
commission,
so
he's
going
to
go
through
some
of
their
accomplishments
and
some
of
the
things
they're
planning
to
work
on
in
the
coming
year.
Our
next
item
on
the
PED
agenda
is
we'll
have
John
film
in
there
who's
going
to
give
a
overview
and-
and
some
proposed
changes
to
our
strategic
events
partnership
program,
so
we've
had
kind
of
reimagine
that
a
little
bit
and
and
pivot
in
some
ways
you
know
kind
of
in
the
post-
covet
variation
of
that.
D
So
we'll
have
a
good
update
from
John
on
that
program
and
some
anticipated
changes
and
then
finally,
a
third
item
on
PD
is
going
to
be
an
update
from
Lucy
crown
on
the
Asheville
unpaved
Alliance
pilot
program,
so
Ashland
paved
is
working
with
the
city
to
identify
three
city-owned
Parcels
that
will
be
Pilots
for
natural
surface
trails
that
will
connect
to
our
Greenway
and
multimodal
network
of
trails.
D
So
those
are
the
three
items
on
the
ped
agenda
policy,
finance
and
Human
Resources
committee
Deborah.
We
have
that
canceled,
but
I
think
that's
been
rescheduled.
Is
that
correct.
D
Moving
on
to
boards
and
commissions
committee
meeting
updates,
we
have
that
meeting
scheduled
for
June
13th
at
one
o'clock.
Do
you
want
to
note
one
thing
for
the
boards
in
commission
not
only
for
the
committee
members,
but
for
the
council
remember
on
June
13th.
We
also
have
our
2PM
Retreat
work
session,
so
that
boards
and
commission
meeting
will
will
have
to
end
to
conclude
within
one
hour.
D
So
that's
just
something
to
know
for
council
members
and
of
course,
if
you'd
like
for
us
to
have
have
space
for
your
own
site,
we
can
do
that
as
part
of
that
meeting.
So
please,
just
let
Sarah
know
your
preference
for
how
you
want
to
join
that
meeting
in
terms
of
the
agenda
for
the
boards
and
commission
councilman.
We've
really
got
three
items
on
that
number.
One
is
our
summer
board
appointments?
This
will
be
our
first
appointment
session
under
our
new
quarterly
appointment
schedule
and,
of
course
those
will.
D
You
know
those
recommendations
from
boards
and
commission
will
be
on
the
council
agenda
item
or
agenda
later
that
night.
The
second
item
is,
we
are
asking
we're
going
to
ask
the
committee
to
provide
some
direction
on
upcoming
Planning
and
Zoning
commission
and
Buncombe
County
tourism,
Development
Authority
appointment
process.
D
We
have
three
vacancies
on
the
Planning
and
Zoning
commission.
We
have
one
existing
member
that
is
interested
and
eligible
for
reappointment.
We
have
so
we
have
two
vacant
seats
and
we
have
a
total
of
four
applicants
for
that
board.
You
need
three
appointments
and
then
for
the
Buncombe
County
tourism,
Development
Authority.
We
have
four
eligible
applicants.
We
have
one
upcoming
vacancy
for
appointment.
One
of
the
things
the
committee
is
going
to
talk
about
at
that
meeting
is,
is
you
know
whether
or
not
to
conduct
conduct
in-person
interviews
for
those
seats?
D
If
we
do
move
forward
with
those
interviews
that
would
be
scheduled
for
the
August
22nd
council
meeting
and
the
last
item
for
boards
and
commissions
is
they're
going
to
discuss
and
get
an
update
from
the
clerk's
office
on
some
of
the
Outreach
efforts
that
are
ongoing
for
advertising
for
our
vacancies?
If
you
remember,
we
moved
to
a
quarterly
appointment
sequencing
to
allow
more
time
for
deeper
Outreach
and
hopefully
to
get
a
better
pool
of
candidates.
D
H
Reach
to
get
people
interested
in
boards,
so
I'm
just
wondering
if
a
board
member
words
and
commission's
member
has
done
Outreach
to
reach
out
to
people
that
may
be
interested
in
applying
to
these
boards
and
those
are
the
ones
that
some
of
those
may
be.
The
ones
that
have
put
in
applications
do
that
board.
Member
have
to
recuse
themselves
from
voting
for
that
particular
person.
D
I
think
the
answer
is
no
no
Maggie.
Do
you
want
to
add
anything
to
that
or.
K
I
would
say:
no
we
can
confirm
with
Brad,
though,
but
just
because
you
reach
out
to
someone
doesn't
necessarily
mean
that
they
would
get
appointed,
but
if
they
did
that's
that's
good
for
them.
Oh
Brad,
yeah.
J
I
would
Echo
that
I
don't
think
that
creates
any
conflict
that
would
require
recusal,
council
member
Kilgore.
Thank.
B
D
Great
thank
you.
So
next
we
have
Housing
and
Community
Development,
Committee
and
I'm,
going
to
turn
that
over
to
assistant
city
manager,
actually
the
next
two
I'm
going
to
turn
over
to
assistant
city
manager,
Rachel
Wood,
since
we'll
cover
hcd
as
well
as
Equity
engagement,.
L
Thank
you
Ben
and
good
morning,
mayor
and
city
council,
both
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee,
as
well
as
equity
and
engagement
committee,
have
their
next
meeting
scheduled
for
June.
20Th
hcd
only
has
one
substantive
item
on
their
June
20th
agenda
and
that
is
consideration
of
a
land
use
incentive
grant
for
the
Aston
Flats
micro
Apartment
project,
which
is
located
at
46
Aston.
L
This
project
is
committing
47
units
20
of
the
total
231
units
to
be
affordable
for
a
period
of
20
years
at
80
percent
or
below
Ami.
The
total
Grant
is
estimated
to
be
1.9
million
over
a
21
year
period
of
the
land
use
incentive,
Grant.
L
Moving
on
to
the
June
20th
equity
and
engagement
committee.
Meeting
first
on
the
agenda
is
an
update
from
Brenda
Mills
on
the
June
12th
reparations
commission
meeting
she'll
just
be
going
through
the
substantive
items
on
their
agenda
and
providing
status
updates
on
the
work
of
that
commission,
then
we'll
hear
a
recommendation
from
the
hrca
to
adopt
the
Asheville
Crown
act
for
protection
from
discrimination
against
Natural,
protective,
protective
and
culturally
significant
hairstyles
and
last
on
the
agenda.
L
We
have
an
update
from
dawah
Hitch
on
the
research
herself,
as
well
as
the
rest
of
the
cape
team
have
been
doing
on
conducting
hybrid
meetings
and
the
technology
required
for
those
hybrid
meetings,
as
well
as
the
use
of
hybrid
technology
in
board.
Commission
meetings,
Council
committee
meetings,
as
well
as
City
Council,
so
we'll
be
getting
an
exciting
update
from
Dao
on
that
on
June
20th
and
with
that
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
Ben.
For
the
eight
week
agenda
overview.
A
I
just
had
a
question
on
the
PHD
committee
meeting
agenda.
There
is
an
item
for
John
Philman.
The
2024
special
events
program
you
know
is
I've
just
wanted
to
know
if
this
is
like
one
of
these
situations,
where
we're
rejiggering,
how.
A
I
forget
what
we
call
Legacy
participants
is
anyway,
because
sometimes
what
happens?
If
that's
what
it
is,
we
start
getting
Communications
before
and
we
don't
know
what
what's
being
proposed
or
what
staff
has
been
talking
about.
So
if
this
is
something
that's
going
to
affect
of
like
in
that,
if
that
makes
any
sense,
I'd
love
a
heads
up
about
that.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you
mayor
it
it
is,
it
is.
It
is
a
different
approach
towards
how
those
I
think
what
we've
called
in
the
past
anger
events
can
be
supported
with
city
funding
and
resources.
D
John,
villman
and
Chris
Coral's
office
have
worked
very
closely
actually
with
the
legal
office
to
try
to
come
up
with
an
approach
that
sustains
those
events,
but
also
does
it
in
a
way
that
I
think
is,
is
legally
appropriate
and
so
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
in
terms
of
the
heads
up
if
we
want
to
get
into
that
more
now
or
if
we
want
to
do
a
more
of
a
follow-up
on
that
with
more
information,
I'll
kind
of
ask.
A
I
mean
I
think
three
previously
Council
has
given
direction
that
we're
aware
of
the
legal
issues
and
we've
we
didn't
want
to
make
a
change.
I
mean
I
thought
that
was
the
earlier
indication.
So
I
guess
I'm
a
little
bit
concerned
that
if
we're
gonna
do
something,
maybe
maybe
it
needs
to
go
to
council
for
discussion
anyway,
I
mean
because
what
happens
is
we
get
a
lot
of
these
participants?
A
Who've
Reach
Out,
directly
to
calpol,
and
it
gets
really
confusing
really
quickly
and
and
it
just
and
you
know
we're
just
not
aware
of
what
that's
been
doing
and
and
we
get
a
lot
of
questions
where
we
don't
have
any
idea,
because
we
haven't
been
in
the
loop
yet.
J
Mayor
this
is
Brad
I.
Believe
we've
going
to
be
presenting
to
you
a
solution
which
is
going
to
be
very
favored
by
those
particular
groups.
All
of
those
organizations
and
the
events
that
they
put
on
I
think
have
excellent
protection
under
this
proposal.
So
I
do
not
anticipate
you're
going
to
see
a
lot
of
preliminary
questions
or
are
pushed
back
about
that
I
do
believe.
This
is
a
very
good
path
forward
for
all
those
organizations
who
may
have
concerns
okay,
great.
C
That's
good
here,
thanks,
yeah
and
and
I
would
just
add
mayor.
This
is
Deborah
that
you
know
this
meeting
is
on
June
the
12th
and
I.
Don't
think
that
we
have
heard
from
any
of
the
groups,
because
we
have
done
a
lot
of
Outreach
and
had
conversations
with
those
groups
on
any
proposed
changes,
but
yeah
I
think
we're
I
think
in
a
good
direction.
E
Yeah,
this
is
a
logistics
question
on
timing.
Now
that
we're
not
having
monthly
boards
and
commissions
committee
meetings,
I
anticipated
that
the
list
of
appointments
would
be
longer
and
it
is
and
there's
some
you
know,
statutory
appointments
that
need
to
be
made.
I
wonder
if
it
makes
sense
for
us
to
move
it
up,
and
we
can
certainly
look
at
like
12,
30
or
12,
or
something
like
that,
and
that
can
probably
be
done
over
email.
E
But
if
someone
wanted
to
Circle
that
around
with
the
boards
and
commissions
committee,
it
just
seems
like
a
really
narrow
window
and
we
don't
yet
know
if
there
will
even
be
any
public
comment.
But
if
there
were
run
really
tight
corner
to
getting
to
two
o'clock.
Even
if
we're
already
in
the
building.
E
H
G
E
D
Thank
you
in
one
last
mayor,
one
last
thought
on
the
strategic
event:
Partnerships
there
are
there
are.
The
item
will
have
to
come
to
council.
So
PD
will
have
a
conversation,
but
it
still
comes
to
full
Council
and
I
would
also
note
that
later
today,
actually
the
PED
agenda
package
will
come
out
and
John
Philman
and
Chris
Coral
have
provided
not
only
a
detailed
presentation
but
they've
provided
a
detailed
staff
report.
D
So
a
lot
a
lot
of
the
details
you'll
be
able
to
find
with
that
information
that
comes
out
later
today,
and,
of
course,
if
there
are
any
questions,
please
just
let
us
know
and.
C
D
Thank
you
so
real
quickly,
I
know
we
got
to
get
to
other
issues.
Eight-Week
agenda
items,
I've
got
three
things
I
want
to
put
on
your
radar
first
is
on
June
27th
you'll
have
the
public
hearing
for
the
conditional
zoning
of
319
Biltmore.
D
You
know,
as
you
remember,
planning
a
zoning
commission
continued
that
at
their
main
meeting
they
did
re-hear
that
and
have
made
a
recommended
4-1
vote
to
recommend
approval
so
that
that
a
very
important
city
project
is
moving
forward
to
council
and
you'll.
Have
that
on
your
June
27th
agenda.
Another
thing
that
we've
really
been
working
to
try
to
get
to
a
place
we
can
bring
to
council
is
the
pack
Square
Place
visiting
plan.
D
We
are
trying
to
get
that
in
in
reviewed
and
ready
and
closed
the
loop
on
public
engagement
had
a
meeting
with
the
county
earlier
this
week
and
we
feel
good
saying
that
we
should
be
able
to
have
the
pack
Square
Place
visioning
plan
to
council
at
your
August
meeting
right
now.
That's
that's.
D
Our
goal
could
be
September,
but
we
anticipate
August
and
then
finally,
last
thing
a
little
bit
of
good
news
is:
please
just
remember
that
in
July
and
August
Council
only
has
one
meeting
each
of
those
months
and
because
of
the
summer
summer
time,
we've
got
a
little
extra
time
to
not
be
together.
So
again,
just
a
reminder:
you
only
have
your
second
meetings
in
July
and
August.
D
I
know
everybody's
happy
about
that,
and
so,
if
there
are
no
questions
on
the
eight-week
agenda,
I
am
going
to
move
towards
other
issues
and
updates,
and
we
have
of
course
Deb
Miss
Campbell
here
we'll
be
a
part
of
that,
but
you
can
also
see
Ed
Manning
has
joined
us
and
he'll,
be
our
facilitator
and
be
here
for
this
discussion,
so
miss
Campbell
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you
under
other
issues
and
updates.
C
C
Okay,
yeah.
We
appreciate
that
all
righty,
so
this
item
is
to
adjust
up
to
discuss
your
work
session
regarding
your
strategic
priorities.
C
This
is
follow-up
from
your
retreat
that
you
had
in
early
March
I.
Think
you
all
did
some
really
really
good
work,
heavy
lifting
on
a
lot
of
issues,
including
finalizing
your
six
priorities,
as
well
as
crafting
70
statements
that
originally
were
being
discussed
as
what
are
our
goals
for
next
year,
and
we
got
lots
of
variations
of
types
of
statements
and
what
we
heard
back
from
Council.
Is
we
don't
think
that
we
concluded
that
work,
because
we
had
as
staff
we
brought
back
some
information
to
you.
C
C
We
would
highly
recommend
and
suggest
that
staff
not
be
a
part
of
that,
but
be
there
as
a
resource,
but
not
necessarily
for
participation,
direct
participation,
and
so
we've
asked
Ed
Manning
to
come
today
to
kind
of
give
you
an
overview
of
what
to
expect
on
Tuesday,
but
also
we
split
out
some
information
to
you
all
those
70
statements
on
Tuesday
and
I
think
we
asked
you
all
to
look
at
whether
there
or
you
could
determine
duplicates
and
confirm
that
they
were
duplicates
so
that
we
could
take
those
out
and
come
to
the
meeting
on
Tuesday
with
the
actual
statements
that
we
would
be
working
from
so
I'm
going
to
turn
that
over
to
just
certainly
but
I
wanted
to
just
give
just
a
brief
brief.
C
Bio
Atlanta
is
the
managing
director
for
evoking
wisdom
of
leadership
development
organization.
The
primary
aim
of
the
broken
wisdom
is
to
support
the
growth
and
evolution
evolution
of
authentic
leadership
leaders
who
know
who
they
are,
what
they
stand
for
and
why
they
do
what
they
do
admitting.
As
an
accomplished
facilitator,
experienced,
consultant
and
skillful
executive
coach,
he
is
more.
He
has
more
than
20
years
of
experience
and
actually
the
first
retreat
as
a
city
manager
that
I
had
at
learning
was
our
facilitator,
so
I
think
mayor.
Do
you
have
a
question
or
comment
yeah.
M
And
I
I
can't
wait
to
hear
from
Ed
welcome
back
Ed,
but
could
someone
just
tell
me
we
got
set
two
spreadsheets
with
the
71.
One
is
very
colorful.
One
is
not
just
real
quick,
maybe
I
missed
it,
but
what's
the
difference
there
between
the
two.
N
Thank
you
Deborah
for
the
introduction,
it's
great
to
see
you,
many
of
you
and
so
I'm
meeting
for
the
first
time,
I'm
thrilled
to
be
working
with
you
again.
The
difference
between
the
two
is
the
71
statements
that
you
created
at
your
retreat.
N
We
need
to
hone
that
down
to
goal
statements
to
the
six
priority
areas,
and
so
what
I've
tried
to
do
was
I
looked
at
it
from
an
outside
perspective
and
said
wow.
That
really
sounds
similar,
the
color-coded
one
for
each
of
the
six
areas.
If
you're
looking
at
the
sheet
right
now
and
I
can
share
mine
scream
with
you,
I
think.
H
A
N
This
worksheet
here
has
two
tabs.
The
information
is
identical.
What
I
tried
to
do
to
make
it
easier
for
you
is
to
color
code
it
in
the
second
sheet
reason
being
is
what
we
our
whole
purpose
as
I
understand
it
for
next
week's
work
session
is
to
take
the
work,
you've
done
and
hone
it
so
that
we
come
up
with
Goal
statements
for
the
priority
areas
to
really
give
direction
to
the
city
and
City
staff
on
what
you
want
them
to
accomplish
in
the
coming
years.
N
To
do
that,
we're
starting
by
prioritizing
and
we'll
use
dots
through
mentimeter.
But
what
I
don't
want
to
happen
is
to
have
two
things
that
are
almost
the
same
thing
or
that
are
the
same
thing.
Splitting
the
vote.
All
seven
of
you
could
unanimously
agree
that
this
is
one
of
the
priorities,
but
because
they're
in
two
different
places
one
gets
three
votes,
one
gets
four
and
it
doesn't
even
make
our
top
list.
N
So
that's
why
it's
really
important
and
we're
not
going
to
have
enough
time
in
that
session
to
go
through
and
eliminate
the
duplicates.
So
it's
homework
and
I
apologize
that
we've
got
homework
for
you,
but
what
I
try
to
do
is
make
that
homework.
Easy
and
you'll
see
on
the
second
sheet,
this
colored
one
here
within
each
of
the
priority
areas.
N
I
we've
tried
to
color
code.
This
and
I
did
get
help.
The
staff
was
very
helpful
in
putting
this
together.
These
two
look
very
similar
and
here's
a
suggestion
that
combines
the
two.
Sometimes
it's
just
the
same
one
like
this.
One
really
is
the
set
it's
just
in
there
twice
and
I.
Don't
want
again
the
vote
to
be
splitted,
so
if
we
could
go
in
and
decide
which
of
these
are
duplicates
go
ahead.
N
N
N
Doing
this
beforehand
is
going
to
make
it
a
lot
easier,
it's
also
going
to
help
bring
the
priorities,
the
ones
that
really
are
important
to
the
seven
of
you
to
the
top,
and
then
we
can
use
those
priorities
to
then
create
the
goal
statement
to
give
direction
to
the
city
and
the
staff
on
what
it
is.
You
need
them
to
accomplish.
B
E
Thanks
for
joining
us
again
Ed
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
curious
about
when
I've
been
looking
at
this
is
in
the
past.
We
also
had
a
filter
where
it
was
like.
E
We
acknowledged
that
what
I
was
trying
to
do
at
the
table
in
the
retreat,
but
also
doing
that
again
through
this
process,
is
kind
of
filter
out
what
we're
already
doing,
so
that
we
really
once
again
narrow,
more
and
more
of
our
focus
on.
Are
we
really
asking
for
new
things,
or
are
we
asking
for
something
that's
currently
being
done
to
Bubble
up
to
the
top,
because
that
would
allow
us
to
consider
truly
within
our
staff
capacity
is
some
of
the
things
that
are
being
done
need
to
fall
out
of
priority?
E
To
be
honest
because
we
have
limitations,
so
I
wasn't
sure
if
I
know
that's
sort
of
what
staff
was
maybe
trying
to
do
before
when
they
were
trying
to
help
us
narrow
and
that's
why
we're
back
at
the
table
again,
but
I
just
wanted
to
show
that
that's
kind
of
what
I'm
doing
while
I'm
looking
at
this
is
maybe
making
it
for
myself
another
column
and
matching
it
up
against
what
I
know
is
being
done,
whether
it's
the
transit
master
plan,
Asheville,
emotion,
plan.
N
That's
a
great
point,
and
it
would
to
your
point
about
well,
there
may
be
some
things
that
are
now
taking
precedent
over
what
is
currently
being
done.
N
E
I,
get
that
and
I
appreciate
that,
and
then
we're
always
still
adding
and
I
know
that
at
some
point
we
will
have
to
look
at
this
level
need
to
come
off
the
list.
Yeah
part
of
that
is
on
what
we
can
do
on
the
whether
or
not
we
add
stuff
from
this
new
set.
But
if
we
don't
consider
that
other
list
of
51
things,
the
staff
is
currently
doing,
I
just
I,
sometimes
I,
see.
E
Let's
say
if
there's
a
planning
document
that
has
come
to
been
on
the
council
agenda
10
times
and
it
keeps
getting
moved,
is
it
about
to
get
de-prioritized?
Are
we
do?
We
have
the
courage
to
shift
staff
priorities
and
I
just
wanted
to
see
if
that's
anywhere
in
our
to-do
list
is
a
conversation
or
a
bullet
point
of
like
what
comes
off
of
our
priorities.
Okay,.
C
So
I
think
this
discussion
is
is
good
Kim,
because
we
truly
need
to
figure
out
whether
council
is
directing
us
to
do
initiatives
or
to
accomplish
goals
and
talk
about
what?
What
is
it
that
we
want
to
do
in
the
community
and
and
the
impact
are
you
wanting
to
say,
I
want
you
to
actually
undertake
an
initiative,
a
project
and
and
I?
Think
that's
where
we
need
further
further
discussion
and
up
in
particular,
I
think
it
needs
the
direction.
What
is
he?
C
N
Yeah
this
is
I
think
this
is
very
much
the
challenge.
It
happens
a
lot,
particularly
in
municipalities
and
not-for-profits,
where
the
board
or
the
council
is
setting
Direction,
but
it's
the
staff
that
actually
has
to
implement
and
when
you
do
a
strategic
planning,
we
we
need,
counsel
and
and
board
if
you're
in
that
mindset
needs
to
set
Vision.
N
You
know
vision,
mission,
core
values,
you
know
the
high
level
stuff,
but
they
also
need
to
say
well,
these
are
our
goal
areas
and
and
what
we're
hoping
to
accomplish,
and
so
they
can
help
some
with
you
know.
This
is
the
impact
we
want
to
see,
but
it
really
becomes
the
staff
that
has
to
then
say
all
right.
Well,
here's
how
we're
going
to
measure
it.
N
Here's
how
we're
going
to
go
about
doing
it
and
here's
the
reports
we're
going
to
give
you
to
show
you
that
it's
done
and
personally,
when
I,
you
know,
look
through
the
list
of
statements.
There
are
a
lot
of
initiatives
on
here
that
are
not
goal.
Statements
they're
to
Do's
they're,
not
quite
to
Do's
they're,
bigger
than
that.
E
For
sure
an
example
would
be
we
we
could
say
a
goal
would
be
implement
the
recommendations
and
timeline
of
our
climate
Justice
initiative
and
a
lot
of
the
things
in
the
neighborhood
and
climate
resilience.
Category
that
are
initiatives
would
fit
underneath
that
goal,
and
if
that
wasn't
part
of
my
work
is
to
narrow
that.
But
if
to
be
honest,
we
have
heard
this
from
staff
if
we're
gonna
do
that,
where
does
the
plastic
reduction
fit
in
so
like
I?
E
Just
want
I
just
want
to
name
that
we
I
don't
see
a
part
of
the
conversation
where
we
take
stuff
off
and
I,
don't
know
if
it
needs
to
be
a
bullet
list,
but
there's
a
capacity
issue
I
just
wanted
to
honor.
It.
N
Absolutely
absolutely
and
I
think
that
would
be
part
of
staff's
responsibility
to
take
the
direction
that
you
set
and
come
back
and
say:
okay,
here's
what
we're
going
to
do
going
forward,
and
that
means
we're
also
not
going
to
be
focusing
on
these
things
that
you
had
us
doing
and
that's
that's.
You
know
they
know
their
capacity
better
than
probably
anybody
and
they
should
be
the
ones
saying
that
that
and
they're
in
there
council
could
could
object
and
say
no!
No!
No!
We
need
this
because
it
is
a
priority.
F
F
All
of
that
and
say:
look,
there's
75
things
we
could
do
within
these
three
plans,
Council
which
of
these
should
rise
to
the
top
of
the
list
over
the
coming
year
or
what
have
you
and
so
I
feel
like
the
efforts
that
are
happening
like
that
example.
That
one
line
item
in
this
list
is
an
example
to
try
and
lift
up
for
prioritization
I.
N
E
Thank
you
thank
you,
and
if
we
get
to
a
point
where
we
don't
talk
about,
what's
coming
off
the
list,
then
I
do
worry.
If
what
happens
next
year,
when
we've
gone
from
51
things
to
70
things
back
to
60
things,
but
we
really
only
had
capacity
for
40
and
then
we
start
hearing
about.
Where
were
the
10
to
20
things
that
didn't
get
done
and
I
think
that
if,
if
we
don't
have
a
conversation
about
what
we
can't
do
because
we're
at
the
limit,
then
we're
not
we're
kind
of
missing
the
part.
F
I'm,
sorry,
maybe
I
wasn't
being
clear
part
of
what
I
was
saying
is
that
if
we
only
looked
at
strategic
prioritization
once
a
year
with
a
list,
that's
not
going
to
be
benefiting
from
the
knowledge
our
staff
can
bring.
But
it's
at
this
time
of
year
we
can
say
hey.
We
want
to
start
taking
a
chunk
of
policy
like
housing,
affordable
incentives
or
environmental
stuff
and
then
spend
six
months,
exploring
them
that
the
process
will
ultimately
Whittle
down
the
list.
I,
don't
think
whittling
the
list.
E
H
And
looking
at
this,
the
list
and,
like
you
say,
trying
to
basically
bring
it
together
or
whatever
whatever
and
when
staff
looks
at
it.
Maybe
they
happen.
Is
it
possible?
They
can
maybe
attach
a
tossed
analysis.
You
know
because,
basically,
it's
gonna
everything
we're
talking
about
doing
has
to
fall
in
the
budget.
So
therefore,
if
we
get
a
cost
analysis
to
do
certain
things,
you
know
brought
To
Us
by
staff,
and
maybe
we
will
actually
look
at
what's
most
important
from
the
cause
perspective.
Does
that
make
sense.
N
C
And
some
of
the
financial
implications
are
actually
included
in
the
budget
when
we
looked
at
because
you're
such
a
priorities
in
March
at
those
six,
we
looked
at
initiatives
that
might
be
linked
to
the
accomplishment
of
those
priority
areas
and,
and
then
they
drafted
our
budget
to
the
city
council,
indirect
relationship
with
them,
with
the
priorities
and
the
things
that
we
think
we
are
able
to
accomplish
and
considering
those
things
that
we
are
currently
working
on,
that
we
need
to
get
across
the
Finish
Line.
N
B
F
Will
the
suggested
color
coding
that
kind
of
merges
like
like
line
items,
and
is
that
because
I'll
say
I've
read
through
them,
I've
digested
them
I
think
y'all
did
a
really
thoughtful
job
without
putting
your
finger
on
the
scale
to
merge
things
and
I,
really
like
the
suggestions
in
column.
C.
Are
you
looking
for
that
direction
today
or
so
I'm
curious
to
my
other
Council
women?
F
How
to
folks,
if
you
kind
of
tend
to
look
like,
has
anyone
seen
concerns
in
that
column
C,
where
they're
suggesting
of
like
merging,
duplicates
or
pulling
together
things
I'm
very
comfortable
I
I
would
give
it
a
thumbs
up
at
this
point,
I,
don't
see
any
track
changes
or
concerns
for
my
side.
H
N
N
Can
we
say
by
close
a
business
tomorrow,
if
anybody
has
an
objection
to
combining
or
to
the
suggestions
that
we've
offered
and
removing
that
you
would.
Let
us
know
that
Esther
I'm.
M
I
am
not
on
this
call,
Shanika
and
Sage.
So
can
someone
reach
out
to
them
and
make
sure
they
know
what
the
homework
assignment
is,
and
so,
assuming
that
we
say
yeah
we're
good
with
call
and
see.
That's
a
starting
point
for
our
two
hour
meeting
on
on
Tuesday,
correct.
C
Yep
and
and
mayor
this
is
Deborah.
Yes,
we
absolutely
will
will
reach
out
to
those
council
members
who
aren't
here
and
reiterate
through
a
memo
our
email,
I'm.
Sorry,
what
the
homework
assignment
is
just
for
clarification;
okay,
great
thanks
to
the
full.
M
N
Great
well,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
doing
that.
I'm,
looking
forward
to
our
session
next
week,
I
think
we
can
get
a
lot
of
good
stuff
done
and
walk
away
with
what
staff
needs
from
me
as
we
go
forward.
So
thanks
for
letting
me
join
and
take
some
time
today.
Thank.
D
Endeavor,
you
actually
no
I'm.
Sorry.
Next,
we
have
IRC
an
update
on
the
independent
review
committee's
completion
of
work.
We
have
Brad,
Branham
I
think
is
going
to
lead
us
in
that
discussion
and
I
believe
that
Jay
Dundas
is
here
as
well.
J
Thank
you,
Ben
I
think
I
can
take
it
from
there
again
hello,
Council
I.
As
you
probably
are
aware,
we
are
reaching
into
the
final
stages
now
of
the
work
of
the
independent
Review
Committee,
which
you
formed
to
analyze
the
water
outage
event.
They
have
now
reached
support
where
they
have
completed
their
analysis.
They
have
prepared
a
report
and
they
have
submitted
it
to
the
city.
That
report
was
afforded
directly
to
me.
As
you
are
aware,
they
were
in
order
to
provide
a
comprehensive
report.
J
They
were
provided
with
detailed
information
about
the
city's
Water
System,
including
elements
that
are
considered
critical,
sensitive
infrastructure
and
confidentially
protected
under
state
law.
It
was
imperative
that
they
had
this
information
to
provide
a
thorough
and
complete
analysis.
However,
before
we
can
release
that
report
publicly,
we
do
now
need
to
go
through
the
process
of
reviewing
it
in
order
to
redact
those
elements
that
are
protected
under
state
law.
In
order
to
safeguard
our
system
as
a
whole.
I
have
now
met
twice
with
the
IRC
and
discussed
the
needed.
J
Redactions
I
will
be
in
the
process
of
the
next
day
or
so
completing
that.
So
it
appears
that
at
this
point
we
are
ready
now
to
proceed
with
that
group,
giving
its
final
presentation
to
the
council.
They
have
asked
me
to
convey
to
you
that,
as
per
their
original
schedule,
they
would
like
to
do
this
presentation
for
you
at
your
upcoming
meeting
next
week
on
the
13th.
They
have
prepared
a
presentation
which
will
be
ready
by
the
end
of
the
day,
to
be
produced
publicly,
as
well
as
to
counsel
for
your
review.
J
This
includes
the
side
presentation
that
they
would
give.
As
for
their
final
written
report,
this
will
be
ready
as
soon
as
I
can
possibly
get
it
ready.
My
plan
is
that
it
will
be
prepared
in
a
necessarily
redacted
version
for
Council,
as
well
as
for
the
public
in
advance
of
your
meeting.
However,
that
may
not
occur
until
perhaps
Friday
or
Monday.
Those
are
my
best
estimates
at
this
point
about
how
long
that
final
redaction
work
will
take.
J
So
there
will
be
a
short
time
frame
between
the
time
that
this
report
is
made
available
to
council
and
the
presentation,
but
I
wanted
to
make
that
I'm
going
to
bring
that
to
your
awareness,
as
well
as
the
request
by
the
IRC
to
continue
to
stay
on
schedule.
With
the
presentation
on
the
13th,
so
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
or
Jade
is
here.
He
can
certainly
amend
that
as
well,
but
I
believe
it
now
Falls
to
council
to
determine
where
you
would
like
to
place
this
on
your
agenda
either.
M
J
So
I
think
I
got
all
that
mayor.
The
the
presentation
has
been
submitted.
It
has
been
reviewed
by
me
as
well.
They
they
being
the
group
or
making
a
couple
of
final
revisions
to
that
and
should
be
able
to
submit
their
final
presentation
for
publishing
to
us
today.
So
that
should
be
prepared
to
go
out
on
essentially
the
normal
schedule
for
Council
materials.
The
report
I
will
be
working
to
finalize
over
the
next
day
or
so
it
will
probably
not
be
ready
today,
but
it
may
be
ready
tomorrow.
J
Monday
I
think
is
guaranteed
unless
something
wild
happens
to
throw
that
schedule
off.
So
you
will
have
I
believe
not
just
the
presentation
today,
but
the
final
report
produced
in
advance
of
the
meeting.
If
you
choose
to
have
it
on
Tuesday
of
next
week,
but
it
may
not
come.
The
report
may
not
come
until
Monday.
F
J
I
believe
that
is
correct,
council
member
all,
but
on
on
both
counts.
As
I
said,
there's
a
strong
inclination
from
the
group
to
move
forward
they've
tried
to
arrange
their
schedule
so
that
they
can
be
there,
but
there's
nothing.
Stopping
the
council
from
having
this
as
a
topic
of
discussion
on
future
calendars
as
well.
M
M
F
J
It
is
well
let
me
put
it
this
way
there.
There
is
going
to
be
a
a
publicly
produced
report
that
is
probably
somewhere
in
the
range
of
approximately
60
to
65
Pages.
J
The
unredacted
version
which
will
be
produced
to
council
also
includes
not
just
the
work
of
the
group,
but
the
work
of
the
independent
engineer
that
also
produced
a
lot
of
slides.
It
was
part
of
their
presentation
that
they
gave
to
the
group
that
adds
quite
a
bit
to
this,
but
it
doesn't
add
a
lot
to
the
substantive
narrative.
It's
just
slides,
so
there's
quite
an
additional
part
that
Council
will
see,
but
the
primary
substance
of
the
report
is
approximately
65
pages.
E
Not
for
me
to
make
an
informed
decision
and
be
able
to
read
through
it
effectively
not
for
members
of
the
public
to
be
able
to
look
at
it
as
far
as
being
able
to
if
they
need
to
translate
it
or
have
a
vision
reader.
When
we're
talking
about
making
important
public
decisions
and
the
public
documents
that
inform
those
decisions,
I
just
really
don't
think
24
hours
is
enough
time,
so
I'm
I,
while
I,
do
hear
that
we
should
go
ahead
and
start
having
conversations
about
this
I'm
trying
to
balance
that
with
like.
M
Yeah
will
we
be
asked?
What
I'm
hearing
is
that
the
task
force
I
I,
think
what
I'm
hearing
is.
The
task
force
is
really
eager
to
finish
and
they're
scheduled
to
come
Tuesday.
Some
are
traveling
right,
I
think
that's
the
only
that's
sort
of
what
we're
balancing
here
is
their
kind
of
strong
request,
I,
think
I'm
hearing
to
to
kind
of
Brad
you
tell
us,
I
mean
that
you've
talked
to
them
directly.
Yeah.
J
There
was
one
delay
of
a
week
to
allow
them
some
extra
time
to
complete,
so
we
did
have
a
little
bit
of
a
amended
and
short
and
scheduled
to
do
this
review
process,
but
but
staff
has
done
everything
in
its
power
to
try
to
get
through
this
as
quickly
as
possible,
so
that
we
could
preserve
the
option
for
Council
to
be
able
to
hear
it
on
the
same
originally
scheduled
date.
We
do
recognize
that
there
is
will
be
a
short
turnaround
between
the
production
of
the
report
and
the
presentation.
J
I
would
note
again
that
there
may
be
a
chance
that
I
can
get
this
out
even
earlier.
I
am
going
to
be
burning
this
as
much
as
I
can
to
get
through
the
final
redaction
process,
but
I
throw
Monday
out
because
I
do
believe.
That's
the
latest
possible
that
it
will
come
out,
and
hopefully
it
can.
It
can
be
produced
beforehand
it
whether
it's
it's
at
this
or
a
future
meeting
for
the
final
presentation.
E
F
Being
able
to
work
with
the
team
and
have
them
join
us
on
Tuesday,
but
just
know
that
there
won't
be
any
decisions
made
because
I
don't
know
like
Kim
what
you're
saying
I
agree
to
be
able
to
absorb
process,
connect
to
community
and
then
decide
that's
a
turnaround
that
is
so
tight
that
I,
don't
love,
but
my
sense
is
we're.
Gonna,
probably
need
a
lot
of
conversation
to
figure
out
anything
I
mean
I,
don't
know
until
the
report
so
I
don't
know.
If
there's
any
decisions
we'd
be
making.
F
If
we
were
to
just
understand
that
there's
no
decision
making
this
Tuesday
it's
a
listening
and
absorbing
and
then
any
decision
making
is
later.
Does
that
help
with
some
of
the
concern
that
you're
thinking.
E
Well,
I
think
that
we
have
to
hear
the
report
when
we
when
we
can
hear
it
from
the
from
the
committee,
so
I
think
that,
because
the
timeline
is
there
and
travel
plans
are
made,
I
can
honor
that
I
just
I
do
agree.
That
decision
making
would
need
to
come
later.
J
If
I
may
follow
up
on
that
council,
member
Ronnie
and
council
member
Holmen,
if
added
to
this
agenda
as
originally
planned,
it
would
be
a
presentation
item
only
so
we
would
not
be
planning
immediately
to
have
public
comment
at
that
point.
This
is
something
the
council
would
like
to
do
or
include
additional
Council
discussion.
You
could
always
add
that
at
a
future
meeting,
but
we
would
not
include
any
decisions
to
be
made
by
Council
on
the
agenda
unless
Council
wish
to
take
that
on
as
an
additional
step.
J
Okay,
and
that
is
everything
I
had
I
I,
believe
I'm
hearing
a
consensus
for
us
to
include
this
on
Tuesday's
agenda
as
part
of
the
presentation
portion.
J
Please
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
and
maybe
I
think
that
Jade
is
on
the
line
Jade.
You
have
been
the
facilitator
for
this
group.
Is
there
anything
else,
you'd
like
to
add
that
I
have
left
out.
O
B
And
again
that
was
the
the
travel
Arrangements
were
a
pretty
big
factor
in
the
in
their
desire
to
do
to
continue
to
present
on
the
13th.
So
you
covered
that
as
well.
J
All
right,
thank
you,
Jade
if
there
are
no
other
questions
or
comments
on
this
I
believe
I
will
turn
it
back
over
to
Ben
to
proceed
with
the
rest
of
your
agenda
today.
Thank
you
all.
D
Great,
thank
you
Brad.
We
are
now
at
the
last
item
under
other
issues
and
updates
and
we're
going
to
have
David
Belton,
our
director
of
The
Water
Resources
Department's,
going
to
provide
an
update
on
the
advance
media
metering,
infrastructure
initiative
and
so
David
I
see.
We've
got
the
slide.
Deck
shared
and
I.
Don't
see
you
yet
David,
but
I
feel
certain
you're
going
to
jump
on
in
a
minute
and
I
believe
David
may
have
some
other
folks
with
him.
He'll
need
to
introduce
so
I'll
turn
it
over
to
David.
P
Thanks
man
good
good
afternoon,
everybody
David
Melton,
director
of
Water
Resources
I,
also
have
with
me
Joe
Kelly
from
Jacobs
Jacobs
has
a
wing
in
there
in
their
portfolio.
That
does
nothing
but
Ami
and
Joe
is
a
part
of
our
project
management
team
and
we'll
be
co-presenting
today.
So
I'm
going
to
do
the
first
few
slides
then
turn
it
over
to
Joe.
But
yeah.
Stop
us.
If
you
have
any
questions
or
comments
next
slot,
please
a
little
bit
of
background
in
the
presentation
outlined
on
July
26
2020.
P
This
Council
approved
a
series
of
contracts
totaling
just
under
29
million
dollars
to
move
forward
with
it
that's
metering,
infrastructure
or
Ami
project.
We
will
cover
some
of
the
benefits.
The
Ami
project
timeline
and
progress
has
been
made,
and
some
of
the
customer
Outreach
and
education
efforts
that
are
planned
and
and
already
underway,
next
slide.
Please
Ami
and
the
benefits
the
advanced
metering
infrastructure.
P
Our
Ami
is
a
fully
integrated
system
of
water
meters
and
other
equipment
and
information
systems
that
enable
communication
between
the
meter
and
the
utility,
and
by
that
I
mean
the
meters
would
report
to
what
we
call
collectors.
The
neglecters
report
back
to
the
Head
end
of
the
server,
which
will
be
actually
in
the
cloud
Club,
which
some
of
the
benefits
of
that
include
improved
accuracy
of
the
meters
and
that
improved
accuracy.
These
meters,
that
we
are
installing,
go
down
and
detect
low
flows
that
the
present
metering
system
does
not
detect.
P
So
the
the
accuracy
will
be
a
lot
greater
there
available
in
accessible
water
consumption
data
via
the
customer
portal.
It
will
look
much
like
what
we
see
in
our
deep
bills
as
far
as
usages
and
things
like
that,
it
will
afford
to
customers
the
ability
to
actually
manage
their
own
water
there'll
be
100
in
control
of
what
they
use
when
they
use
it.
In
those
cut
those
type
activities
which
will
be
that
part
of
the
program
or
the
project
is
very
customer-centric.
P
We
also
get
the
benefit
of
a
reduction
in
truck
rolls
which
aligns
with
our
sustainability
and
lower
carbon
footprint
goals
that
we
have
as
a
city,
and
we
accomplished
that
by
not
rolling
trucks
to
read
meters
as
we're
presently
do
with
the
ride
by
System
I.
Also
that
ties
back
to
the
accuracy
of
meters
is
reduction
in
non-revenue
water
due
to
more
accurate
meters,
we'll
be
detecting
those
lower
flows
that
don't
register
on
our
meters.
Our
present
metering
system
now,
and
also
what
what
makes
everybody
happy
including
me
is.
P
P
This
is
a
timeline
of
kind
of
where
we
are,
as
you
can
see
before
we
get
to
the
Big
Green
Circle.
There's
been
a
lot
of
front
end
work
done
on
a
ton
of
work.
Presently
we
actually
have
I
believe
it's
20
meters
about
25
about
25
meters
installed
now,
which
we
call
our
friendly
installs,
and
we
get
those
meters
installed
to
make
sure
all
the
other.
All
the
software
is
working
properly
everything's
reported
properly.
P
We
can
produce
bills
as
we
should.
So
that's
that's
the
idea
behind
those
25
friendlies
and
that
that's
going
very
well
so
far
mid-june
and
we're
looking
at
still
looking
at
next
week.
June
12th,
with
a
slow
start,
although
that
will
entail,
is
roughly
installing
200
meters
a
month
a
week,
while
still
monitoring
the
system
and
make
sure
making
sure
everything's
up
and
going
and
I'm
super
excited
about
this
part,
because
every
new
meter
that
goes
in
the
ground
takes
out
one
of
the
ones
where
we
have
failed,
transmitters.
P
The
mid
July
we
plan
to
move
to
full
implementation
of
the
whole
system
and
they're
hoping
for
between
700
and
800
meters
being
replaced
a
week
when
that
starts
next
slide.
Please
some
of
the
the
customer
outreaches
that's
happening
and
has
happened
before,
of
course,
with
the
25
friendly
sites.
We
content
contacted
those
customers
directly
they're
kind
of
the
champions
of
the
system.
At
this
point,
so
they're
kicking
the
tires
and
trying
it
out
for
us.
P
So
we've
had
really
good
response
from
from
that
group
of
folks
and
we
actually
have
seven
of
those
meters
on
our
metering
test
bench
at
our
Bingham
road
maintenance
facility,
where
we
can
check
events
such
as
low
flow,
no
flow,
simulating
Elite
or
private
side
leak
scenario.
P
Then
again,
two
weeks
before
installation,
my
postcard,
then
post
it
so
hopefully
post
installation
or
if
there's
a
an
issue
with
the
installation
and
our
installer
will
leave
a
door
hanger
and,
and
some
of
the
problems
could
be
you
know,
a
car
is
parked
over
the
meter
or
something
that
they
just
can't
get
to
the
meter
at
that
point.
So
that's
what
we're
doing
to
to
outreach
to
the
customers
and
let
them
know
from
there
next
slide.
P
Please,
and
at
this
point,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Joe
he's
going
to
go
over
some
of
the
the
frequently
asked
questions
that
we
have
and
we'll
we'll
have,
of
course
have
all
this
on
the
website,
which
is
already
up
and
going
for
this
project.
Okay,
thanks.
O
David
and
thank
you,
everyone
I
appreciate
you
having
me
on
today.
Some
of
the
the
frequently
asked
questions
that
we
see
with
every
Community
when
we
go
into
to
undertake
a
project
of
of
this
type.
You
know
it's
something
that
is
is
usually
a
once
every
20-year
type
of
project,
so
we
do
get
a
lot
of
questions,
some
of
them
being.
You
know,
why
is
the
city
doing
this?
What
you
know?
O
What's
the
reasoning
behind
it
and
in
in
Asheville's
case
one
of
the
one
of
the
big
questions
is
you
know?
Why
are
you
replacing
our
water
meters?
Well,
your
current
system
is
nearing
its
end
of
life,
and
the
current
system
is
an
AMR
system
or
an
automatic
meter
reading
system,
not
necessarily
an
Ami
system,
so
we're
going
to
be
installing
the
new
meters
that
are
Ami,
which
will
replace
your
ones
that
are
are
coming
to
the
end
of
their
their
life,
their
life
expectancy,
these
new
meters
and
transmitters.
O
They
have
a
20-year
life
expectancy,
they're
both
battery
operated
and
they
will,
as
David
pointed
out
earlier
with
the
type
of
meter
that
the
city
has
chosen,
they
will
be
able
to
measure
low
flow
a
lot
more
accurately
than
the
current
meters
that
are
inputs
and,
as
as
far
as
you
know,
well
everyone's
getting
the
same
meter.
So
as
far
as
the
the
usage,
every
customer
will
be
billed
for
their
usage
and
only
their
usage.
O
You
know
nothing
more,
nothing
less
if,
if,
if,
if
once
they
get
the
portal
and
they're
able
to
monitor
their
usage,
they,
as
David
said
they
have
complete
control
over
that.
So
if,
if
they
want
to
start
cutting
back
on
their
bill,
they
can
look
at
where
they
need
to
cut
it
back
so
they'll
it
empowers
your
customers
to.
You
know,
determine
what
their
bill
amount
is
going
to
be
at
the
end
of
the
month.
Next
slide,
please.
O
Well,
I
have
to
be
at
home
during
the
cons
during
the
meter.
Installation
know
the
the
residents
do
not
have
to
be
at
home
they're
more
than
welcome
to
be
there
if
they
want
to,
but
the
meters
are
outside,
mostly
in
front
yards,
so
the
installer
will
contact
the
the
resident
to
let
them
know
they're.
There
explain
what
they're
doing
turn
their
water
off
change
their
meter
and
then
leave
the
door
hanger
once
the
installation
is
completed
or
if
other
action
needs
to
be
taken.
O
It's
going
to
take
about
15
to
30
minutes
to
complete
the
entire
installation.
What
we
try
to
do
is
get
the
installer
to
go
ahead
and
put
the
meter
in
first,
so
they
can
get
their
water
on
as
quickly
as
possible.
So
just
because
we
say
it's
15
to
30
minutes,
their
water
may
only
be
interrupted
for
a
shorter
period
of
time.
You
know
we'd
try
to
try
to
do
that
as
much
as
possible,
but
in
in
some
cases
there
may
be
issues
where
that's
not
possible,
but
I.
P
Just
want
to
interject
for
just
a
second,
while
the
installers
are
on
site
this.
This
project
dovetails
with
another
project
initiative
we
have
going,
which
is
our
lead
and
copper
removal
project.
The
installers
will
still
be
helping
us
with
our
inventory
that
we
have
to
get
done,
they'll
be
identifying
the
the
service
line
material
on
the
city
Side,
as
well
as
the
customer
side,
while
they're
on
site
correct.
O
And,
like
I
said
it
I
mean
the
actual
meter
install
is,
is
pretty
quick,
there's
some
other
ancillary
work
that
needs
to
happen
to
program
the
transmitter
so
that
the
transmitter
is
with
the
appropriate
account
number
and
the
appropriate
meter,
but
the
whole
process
should
be
about
30
minutes
next
slide.
Please.
O
Your
installation
contractor
is
a
company
called
pedal
valves
and
they've.
They
are
a
company
out
of
Louisiana
that
was
chosen
along
with
a
Clara
to
install
the
info,
the
infrastructure
they
are
experienced,
doing
this
type
of
work.
This
is
this
is
what
they
do.
They're
all
their
installers
are
employees
of
the
company
and
we
don't
anticipate
having
to
you
know,
hire
anyone
out
of
the
the
local
area
to
do
that
work.
But
if
we
have
to
that,
that
is
a
option
that
they
do
quite
a
bit
on
large
installations.
O
As
far
as
the
what
to
expect
from
them
is
every
installer
will
will
have
a
a
pedal
valves
badge
on
that
that
identifies
who
they
are
the
the
vehicles
that
they
will
be
driving.
They
will
have
pedal
valves
logos
on
their
on
their
vehicles
at
all
times.
O
They
will
knock
on
your
door
to
identify
themselves
and
that
way
there.
If
the,
if
the
resident
has
any
questions,
they
will
answer
a
very
short
amount
of
questions
and
and
to
be
professional
about
it
and
the
reason
we
do
that
is,
is
they
have
a
script
that
they
work
off
of,
so
that
every
installer
has
the
same
answer
for
every
resident?
We
don't
want
different
answers
for
for
different
people,
so
we
try
to
keep
them
to
their
strip
to
their
script
and
it
you
know
it
it's
a
short
thing.
O
We
have
some
some
FAQs
that
if
a
resident
wants
to
they
can
con,
they
can
reach
out
as
far
as
FAQs,
but
we
also
have
a
sheet
that
that.
O
To
be
available
and
the
the
one
thing
that
we
will
not
be
doing
is,
we
will
not
be
entering
homes.
O
You
know
this
is
an
outdoor
meter
set,
so
there's
no
reason
for
any
installer
to
enter
a
home
next
slide.
Please.
O
Yep,
what
if
the
issues
or
questions
after
my
new
meter
has
been
installed?
Pedal
valves
has
created
a
local
phone
number
that
will
be
included
on
the
door
hanger
that
they
get.
So
if
a
resident
does
have
questions
regarding
their
meter
install,
they
can
call
that
local
number
and
someone
a
representative
of
pedal
valves
will
be,
on
the
other
end,
to
answer
their
questions.
O
This
is
a
question
that
we
get
quite
a
bit
and
there's
a
number
of
fail-saves
and
backups
that
we
have
in
every
install
that
we
base
it
on
the
account
number
we
base
it
on
the
street
address
we
base
it
on
the
old
meter
serial
number
and
also
the
old,
read
so
there's
a
number
of
checks
that
that
we
go
through
before
we
can
complete
an
install
to
make
sure
that
we
are
installing
the
correct
meter
at
the
correct
house
and,
as
far
as
is
my
account
information
secure,
there
really
isn't
any
account
information
in
the
information
that
we
are
sending
back
from
the
meters.
O
It's
it's
a
a
premise:
ID
number
or
a
unique
identifier
that
is
unique
to
that
property
and
then
their
their
read
or
their
consumption
for
that
time
period.
So,
as
far
as
security
goes,
there's
really
one
that
encrypted
all
the
transmitters
are
encrypted.
So
we
have
that
security,
but
the
information
that
we're
sending
there's
there's
nothing
in
it.
That
would
tie
a
meter
read
to
a
specific
person.
O
What,
if
I
have
questions
about
the
last
meter
read
before
my
upgrade?
One
of
the
processes
that
we
have
in
place
is
when
he,
when
he,
when
a
installer
arrives
at
the
house,
they
go
through
their
checks
to
ensure
that
they're
at
the
right
residence
and
then
what
they'll
do.
Is
they
take
a
picture
of
The
Last
Read?
So
that
way
there
we
have
that
picture.
We
have
a
digital
photograph
that
is
reviewed
once
the
complete
once
the
install
is
done.
O
These
meters
they
will
manually
put
in
the
read
and
that
way
there
we
have
both,
but
in
case
of
in
case
there's
a
mistake
with
the
manual
entry,
we
can
go
back
to
the
photograph
that
was
taken
and
that
could
be
corrected
on
the
back
office
right
after
the
the
process
is
completed
next
question
or
next
slide.
Please.
P
And
that
concludes
our
presentation.
We'd
be
happy
to
entertain
any
questions,
but
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
say
that
it
took
a
lot
of
inner
interdepartmental
cooperation
to
get
where
we,
where
we
are
at
this
point,
we've
had
great
help
from
Kate,
of
course,
Finance
the
city
manager's
office
I.T.
So
this
has
truly
been
a
group
effort
to
get
where
we're
at
and
we'll
take
any
questions
you
may
have.
B
E
Thank
you,
I
guess.
The
fastest
question
I
would
have
is
what
happens
if
a
meter
is
being
changed
and
something
is
noticed
that
there's
an
issue
on
either
the
customer
side
or
our
side
it
takes
longer
and
or
the
installation
of
the
new
meter
were
to
cause
damage.
Do
we
have
a
system
set
up
in
place
to
track
those
and
anticipate
issues?
Yes,.
O
We
do
the
the
contract,
States
the
responsibilities
of
pedal
valve
and
then
also
the
responsibilities
of
the
city
of
Asheville
in
the
event
that
something
were
to
happen
during
the
installation.
We
have
licensed
plumbers
on
staff
that,
if,
if
we
need
someone
of
that
ability
would
be
available
to
take
care
of
that
issue.
Thank
you.