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Asheville City Council Meeting, July 23, 2013
A
D
Thank
you,
mayor
heavenly
creator
bless
us
with
your
wisdom
as
we
seek
to
transact
the
people's
business
on
this
warm
summer
evening,
help
us
to
be
capable
servants
worthy
of
the
citizens
we
serve.
Please
give
us
vision
to
understand
the
challenges
facing
our
community
and
the
wisdom
to
respond
with
strength
and
grace.
D
A
A
D
Mayor
I'd
just
like
to
speak
very
briefly
to
item
m1
and
m2
okay
about
the
sidewalk
project
in
south
asheville.
There's
been
some
questions
about
the
extent
of
that
project
and
I'd
just
like
to
let
the
public
know
that
that
sidewalk
being
approved
tonight
is
for
overlook
road
between
long
shoals,
road
and
springside
road
it'll
be
about
four
tenths
of
a
mile
in
length
and
will
connect
three
public
schools,
tc
robertson,
coons
and
valley
springs,
as
well
as
two
churches
and
in
the
south,
buncombe
library.
D
A
A
A
F
We
started
our
journey
in
2011,
looking
at
brewfest
reviewing
our
concerns
about
brewfest
and
what
was
going
on
in
our
neighborhood
at
our
community
park.
Martin
luther
king,
the
east
sink
community,
complained
loudly
about
the
brew
fest,
the
attendees
behavior,
while
outside
the
gates
of
the
martin
luther
king
park,
the
venue
both
entering
the
festival
and
after
leaving
it
people
arrived
with
beer.
They
drank
beer,
left
the
refuge
of
broken
beer
bottles,
styrofoam
coolers
after
the
festival
in
our
some
of
our
neighbors
yards
after
the
festival.
F
Folks
that
have
been
drinking
beer
all
day
had
to
be
somewhat
inebriated
got
into
their
cars
and
drove
through
our
community
neighborhood.
Whereas
there
is
a
park
where
children
play
was
there
a
sobriety
checkpoint
anywhere?
No,
there
was
not
many
of
the
attendees
when
they
left
they
were
belligerent
to
some
of
our
residents
and
when
told
they
could
not
park
in
particular
locations,
they
made
loud
noises
and
talked
really
ugly
to
our
neighbors.
Our
streets
were
so
jammed
with
cars
on
both
sides.
F
It
was
almost
impossible
for
traffic
to
move
through
and
we
worried
about
emergency
vehicles
that
may
have
to
come
through,
such
as
a
fire
truck
after
the
outcry
from
the
community,
the
organizers
of
brewfress,
requested
to
attend
the
association
meeting.
If
I
remember
correctly,
that
meeting
was
in
may
of
2012..
F
Surely
after
attending
that
meeting,
it
had
to
be
abundantly
clear
that
we
did
not
want
the
brewfresh
to
return
to
martin
luther
king
park.
They
were
not
welcome
to
return
and
in
that
meeting,
the
neighborhood
association
and
the
organizers
liaison
suggested
that
additional
law
enforcement
be
present
to
patrol
the
neighborhood.
F
F
They
had
a
website
up
promoting
the
venue
at
martin
luther
king
park
and
it
was
rapidly
selling
out
tickets
folks
attending
the
meeting
were
outraged
in
our
neighborhood
again.
I
repeat,
we
would
not
have
been
more
clear
that
we
did
not
want
them
back.
The
puzzling
part
is
that,
despite
that
meeting
expressing
our
desires,
the
community
never
heard
a
word
from
brewfest
organizers,
stating
they
were
unable
to
lock
down
a
different
venue
or
a
different
location
for
the
festival,
and
it
would
not
be
back
in
martin
luther
king
park.
F
We
didn't
get
a
phone
call,
email
text
or
anything
one
cannot
help
but
feel
that
the
attitude
shows
the
lack
of
regard
for
our
desires
in
our
community.
We
were
told
by
the
neighborhood
organizer
liaison
that
the
city
had
received
no
complaints
about
the
2012
festival,
so
it
was
assumed
that
all
was
well.
F
No,
it
does
not
make
it
right.
We
get
that
the
brew.
Fest
was
originally
a
so-called
community
initiative,
but
the
east
end
alone
has
bought
the
brunt
of
that
festival.
We
have
said
it
before
and
we'll
say
it
again:
we
do
not
want
brewfest
back
in
martin
luther
king
park.
We
suggest
that
they
take
the
event
to
a
more
suitable
venue
like
louis
soccerfield.
It's
accessible
and
there's
plenty
of
parking.
F
In
closing,
our
association
supports
the
fundraising
that
brew
festival's
for
big
brothers
and
big
sisters.
That's
a
great
organization,
but
it's
not
the
type
of
event
that
we
want
in
our
neighborhood
any
longer.
It's
a
family,
oriented,
neighborhood
and
martin
luther
king
park
is
a
family
oriented
park.
Thank
you
for
listening.
We
trust
that
you
would
do
the
right
thing
and
submit
a
resolution
in
regards
to
this
issue.
We
have
met
with
the
organizers
and
expressed
our
desires
and
our
concerns.
F
We
do
understand
that
that
festival
is
going
to
be
in
the
park
in
2013.
This
year
is
what
we
understand.
We
have
met
with
them
and
we've
talked
to
them
about
some
things
that
we
would
like
to
see
done
if
we
have
to
accept
the
fact
that
they're
going
to
be
there
in
2013,
but
we
want
it
made
clear
that
in
2014
we
do
not
want
brewfest
back
in
martin
luther
king
park.
Thank
you.
A
A
This
is
not
the
first
time
we
heard
this.
We
heard
it
at
a
meeting
at
a
public
works
department
before
this
same
city,
council,
and
so
I
would
recommend
that
we
support
the
residents
in
their
request
to
assist
brew,
fest
organizers
and
find
another
location
that
may
be
more
suitable
for
their
event.
D
A
G
Thank
you
all
eddie
dewey,
with
bluegrass
festival,
we
have
been
beaten
with
the
easton
neighborhood
association.
There's
been
some
some
communication
or
lack
thereof.
In
the
past
couple
years,
brewgrass
started
its
first
year
in
1997
at
martin
luther
king
in
the
past.
17
years
has
been
at
that
site
10
times
and
I
think
part
of
what
happened
was
when
roger
mcguire
green
got
reopened
in
a
lot
of
the
festivals
moved
out.
We
had
always
been
there
and
didn't
really
understand
the
scope
or
really
the
sensitivity
of
what
the
neighborhood
was
saying.
G
We've
met
with
them
a
handful
of
times.
Now
we
understand
it.
We
are
in
support
of
moving
the
festival
too.
We
have
been
working
with
city
and
think
we
have
a
an
agreement.
You
know
to
move
that
festival
over
to
memorial
stadium,
we're
excited
about
that
in
2014.,
we've
asked
for
the
east
end's
indulgence
for
13,
which
I
think
they
are
willing
to
give
us,
and
so
that's
that's
kind
of
our
statement.
G
I
think
most
of
you
all
know
about
bluegrass
and
I
can
get
into
you
know
what
it
does
for
the
community
and
the
impact
it's
had
on
the
brewing
community
in
the
city
over
the
last
five
years.
But
that's
kind
of
our
position
and
with
with
your
support
and
the
city
staff
has
been
great
so
far,
we'd
like
to
see
it
moved
in
2014.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
you
being
here.
I
will
just
say
this:
moving
it
from
martin
luther
king
to
memorial,
stadium
may
even
be
worse
only
because
of
you're
definitely
going
to
be
wrapped
around
even
more
residential
units.
It
may
be
that
staff
we
sit
down
and
look
at
maybe
carrier
park,
john
b
lewis
soccer
field,
where
there's
not
a
lot
of
residential
uses
around
the
facility,
because
it's
a
great
event,
you
get
a
lot
of
people
coming.
You
sell
out
fast,
so
people
really
want
to
support
you.
A
A
Well,
I
think
part
of
it
is
we've
heard
this
issue
before
and
the
residents
are
saying
we
don't
want
to
be
ignored
again,
and
so,
if
we
had
followed
up
over
a
year
ago,
we
probably
would
have
been
further
down
the
road
and
we
wouldn't
be
at
this
juncture.
So
if
I
can
get
the
commitment
from
council
to
support
staff
to
make
sure
it
happens
this
time,
that's
fine
with
me,
but
other
than
that
you
know,
resolution
kind
of
pinning
us
down
and
it
will
happen-
is
important.
Houston
smith.
I
Yeah,
I
think
that
I
I'm
willing
to
absolutely
support
the
motion
of
moving
it.
I
really
appreciate
brewgrass's
willingness
to
to
to
hear
what
the
residents
in
the
neighborhood
are
saying
and
and
work
with
staff
to
find
that
new
place.
I
don't
know
exactly
where
it'll
be,
hopefully,
it'll
be
a
place
where
lots
people
can
walk
and
take
the
bus
and
use
other
alternative
forms
of
transportation
and
will
be
sensitive
to
whatever
neighborhoods
are
around
it
as
well.
G
We
we
have,
starting
at
the
end
of
last
year's
festival,
been
talking
with
multiple
city
staff,
about
other
options
for
bluegrass,
so
terry
that
has
been
in
place
and
you
know
we're,
as
we
told
easton
neighborhood
association
we
understand
what's
going
on.
We
also
know
that
it's
you
know
it's
a
it's!
A
business,
that's
been
going
on
for
17
years,
it's
community
supportive
and
we
just
are
looking
for
a
viable
second
option
and
we're
willing
to
move.
If
we
can
find
that
site
that
works
and
we're
under
the
understanding
that
we
we
have.
J
D
J
G
G
We
have
plans
to
reach
out
to
that
community
and-
and
you
know,
while
it's,
it
is
still
in
a
similar
area.
It's
an
area
where
the
parking
is
is
in
a
different
location.
Mccormick
field
has
dealt
with
this
for
years.
Bluegrass
festival
is
a
daytime
event,
it's
over
completely
done
by
seven
o'clock
at
night.
The
music
is
acoustic
music,
so
it's
not
loud
rock
and
roll
that
goes
into
the
night,
and
and
so
we
feel
like
that's
a
really
suitable
location
for
the
festival.
G
It
works
from
a
layout
and
functionality
standpoint,
and
I
think
our
big
takeaway
you
know
is
that
martin
luther
king
has
been
in
an
event
site
for
a
long
time
and
it's
becoming
a
community
park,
and
we
agree
that
it's
not
the
appropriate
place
for
a
festival.
I
think
we
can
make
memorial
work.
That's
the
understanding
we
have
from
staff.
G
Looking
for
I
mean
we're
looking
in
a
for
the
city
to
tell
us
that
we
can
have
it
at
memorial,
stadium,
2014
and
we've
we've,
given
the
eastern
neighborhood
our
word
that
we
would
not
have
it
there
in
2014,
but
it
it.
It
has
been
contingent
on
on
the
fact
that
we
can.
We
can
find
a
suitable
location.
E
K
It
is
the
lone
remaining
event
of
this
scale
in
that
community
park,
and
we
have
worked
very
closely
with
the
organizers
to
make
sure
that
it
was
as
compatible
as
possible,
but
we
have
systematically
tried
to
relocate
or
discontinue
any
other
events
of
this
size
so
direction
from
council
that
this
will
not
be
something
that
would
be
acceptable.
Martin
luther
king
park
is
very
positive
advice
right
or
very
positive
policy
action
tonight,
and
I
would
recommend
it
and
the
staff
is
supportive
of
that
in
terms
of
alternative
locations.
K
There
are
many
other
factors
that
go
into
that,
but
if
there's
any
direction
or
a
majority
of
council
would
like
us
to
eliminate
in
the
range
of
options,
that
would
be
helpful.
But
what
we've
been
trying
to
do
is
respond
to
the
promoters
and
their
interests,
and
we've
evaluated
memorial
from
the
technical
standpoint
and
that's
about
as
far
as
we
can
take.
It.
J
H
Was
that's
kind
of
my
concern
is
that
if
we
box
this
thing
in
without
alternatives
to
make
sure
this,
this
is
a
good.
It's
a
good
problem
to
have.
First
of
all,
it's
a
well-attended
festival.
There
are
people,
I'd
say
the
probably
three-fourths
of
people
come
from
outside
the
area
and
stay
overnight,
and
it
is
a
good
we're.
G
H
A
And
that's
why
I'm
pushing
it
to
make
it
happen
in
our
protocol?
We
were
here
council
over
a
year
ago,
when
the
neighborhood
residents
came
to
us
saying.
Please
help
us
on
this
issue.
We
nodded,
we
asked,
have
to
work
with
it
and
it
didn't
happen.
So
I
need
to
make
sure
this
happens
and
my
concern
about
just
going
less
than
a
mile
down
the
street
or
right
out
of
the
mouth,
we're
going
to
have
the
same
issue,
and
so
that's
why
we
need
to
have
staff.
A
Looking
beyond
the
technical
issue
and
looking
at
the
residential
component,
that's
related
to
this
festival,
great
festival,
wonderful,
we
got
great
attendance.
Your
numbers
are
up.
You
sell
out
quickly.
People
really
enjoy
it's
very
local
branded.
It
makes
sense.
I'm
not
disparaging
the
opportunity
for
our
community
to
gather
around
this
issue.
However,
it's
just
an
incompatible
use
where
it
currently
is,
and
even
the
proposed
site
for
2014
and
that
being
memorial,
stadium
and
council
staff
needs
direction
to
say,
that's
not
going
to
work
that
works.
J
I'm
not
in
disagreement
that
that
the
festival
should
be
discontinued
at
martin
luther
king.
I
don't,
I
don't
think
there's
any
can
dispute
about
that.
My
concern
is
that
you
have
additionally
said
that
you
don't
like
the
proposed
location
for
next
year
and
so
I'm
a
little
bit
worried
that
we
I
feel
like
we
should
be
able
to
hand
this
off.
J
You
know,
and
we
can
agree
that
it
shouldn't
be
there
in
2014,
but
I
I'm
a
little
bit
concerned
that
we're
we're
leaving
this
festival
holding
the
bag,
trying
to
scramble
with
where
to
locate
and
we're
already
preemptively
saying
we
don't
like
the
next
location.
You've
already
been
working
on,
because.
A
A
A
A
A
C
A
This
issue
right
now,
as
the
motion
said,
it
does
talk
about
the
blue
grass,
because
mr
jackson,
in
his
present
in
his
comments,
said
that
they've
tried
to
move
all
other
related
festivals
like
this
out.
So
it
sounds
like
this
is
the
only
one
at
this
level,
but
if
we
have
to
change
it
to
actually
say
that
all
festivals,
then
that
it
becomes
a
bigger
issue
that.
C
M
Something
I've
been
wondering
through
this
discussion
is
what
we're
actually
doing
is
is
the
goal
here
to
prevent
further
festivals,
serving
alcohol
in
mlk
park,
and,
if
that's
the
case,
isn't
that
the
more
appropriate
resolution,
rather
than
to
ban
one
particular
festival
from
that
park?
If
that's
what
our
goal
is.
C
K
Let
me
let
me
weight
in
on
that
question.
For
that
point,
the
way
staff
looks
at
this
is:
is
that
it's
the
scale
of
the
event
and
regardless
of
whether
or
not
there's
alcohol,
there
there's
a
potential
with
large
populations
to
damage
the
field
and
to
change
his
character
and
nature
and
compatibility
for
the
neighborhood.
C
A
All
right
we'll
bring
you
back
on
the
13th,
but
I
I
do
want
it
clear
that
the
residents
said
feel
like
this
is
an
incompatible
use.
They
nicely
asked
us
to
address
this
as
a
council
over
a
year
ago.
It
did
not
happen
so
now
we
need
to
make
sure
it
happens.
That's
all
I'm
asking
so
I
can
go
if
the
makers
of
the
motion
will
accept
that
coming
back
with
these
issues
addressed
at
our
first
meeting
in
august,
then
that
way
all
parties
who
are
part
of
this
process.
A
If
you
could
come
back
at
our
next
meeting,
we
will
have
the
wording
and
everybody
can
be
clear.
Is
it
okay
all
right?
Thank
you
all.
Council
council.
We
have
a
couple
of
updates.
We
have
three
updates
and
the
first
one
is
the
greater
asheville
airport
regional
authority.
Mr
lieu
blah
weiss
would
make
the
presentation
welcome
mr
blow
ice.
Thank.
N
There
should
be
at
each
of
your
seats,
a
packet
with
some
information
for
later
review,
I'll
be
going
through.
Most
of
it
just
give
you
some
heads
up
of
of
what
it
is
today
we'll
talk
about
quick
facts
about
brief
overview
of
the
asheville
airport,
the
economics
importance
to
the
of
the
asheville
airport,
to
the
industry
and
to
the
region
and
our
review
and
our
forecast
futurecast
for
what's
going
on
at
the
airport.
N
N
N
B
B
N
Thank
you.
I
show
that
because
things
in
washington
have
been
broke
and
not
just
broke,
but
broken
and
airports
are
very
vital
infrastructure
to
the
nation's
economy
and
we
are
trying
as
airports
across
the
country
trying
to
get
a
grassroots
campaign
going
so
communities
and
airports
are
alike-
are
talking
to
our
folks
in
dc,
telling
them
the
importance
of
airports,
how
low
how
important
they
are
to
local
economies
and
hopefully
get
the
capital
investment
dollars
that
we
all
need
to
keep
our
airports
going.
N
Some
highlights
of
this
10
500
global
destinations
are
connected
to
u.s
airports.
It
would
take
you
28
years
to
visit
them
all.
730
million
passengers
travel
through
the
airports,
yearly,
that's
2
million
passengers
a
day
and
65
trillion.
Tons
of
cargo
are
loaded
at
airports,
yearly,
airports,
inc
or
all
the
employees
that
are
at
airports
equal
to
1.3
million.
It's
the
second
largest
employer
after
walmart
in
this
country,
365
billion
dollars
in
annual
payroll,
and
it
creates
1.2
trillion
dollars
in
in
economic
growth.
N
N
We
provide
474
million
dollars
of
economic
output
throughout
the
western
north
carolina
11
million
dollars
in
property
taxes
and
corporate
sales
tax,
and
we
employ
1700
jobs,
direct
indirect
and
induced
for
every
50-seat
airplane,
taking
off
with
a
70
load
capacity.
It
generates
43
000
of
local
economic
impact,
including
tax
revenue
against
forty
three
thousand
dollars.
So
every
time
you
see
an
airplane
overhead,
it's
generating
revenue
for
our
economy
here
in
western
north
carolina
well
to
touch
on
growth
and
the
community
involvement
and
some
of
our
stats
in
2012.
N
N
We
have
started
the
construction
of
our
firehouse,
it's
roughly
four
four
and
a
half
million
dollar
project,
including
the
design,
and
it
is
slated
to
be
done
by
summer
of
2014,
at
which
time,
hopefully,
we'll
still
be
working
with
the
city
to
move
them
into
our
existing
firehouse,
which
is
something
that
we've
come
up
prior.
I
know
the
are.
The
current
terms
of
the
city
budget
may
raise
that
in
question,
but
we're
more
than
willing
and
happy
to
have
them
as
part
of
our
property
on
the
airport.
N
We're
still
working
on
a
west
side
fill
project.
It's
kind
of
like
the
picture
on
the
upper
right
is
what
the
property
looked
like
before
we
started.
The
fill
project
property
on
the
left
is
now
almost
about
two-thirds
to
three-quarters
of
the
way
done.
It
should
be
done
early
next
year
and
we'll
have
moved
almost
three
million
cubic
yards
of
fill
to
fill
that
area
up
to
be
able
to
make
it
ready
for
our
airfield
redevelopment
project
that
we'll
be
taking
on
and
I'll
be
talking
about
that
in
a
moment.
N
Over
the
last
year
and
a
half
we've
been
working
on
our
long-term
master
plan
project
last
time
the
master
plan
was
done
was
in
2001
right
before
september
11th,
the
master
plan
was
shot.
It
wasn't
a
good
at
that
point.
Fa
did
not.
Let
us
do
another
master
plan
because
of
the
funding
we
started
this
one
in
in
2011.
It's
usually
done
every
10
years,
it's
a
20
year
outlook
on
what
the
airport
will
bring
to
the
community
and
what's
and
what
the
community
will
bring
to
the
airport.
N
That's
the
processes
of
what
the
master
plan
process
does
in
your
packet.
You
have
a
folder
and
you
have
a
executive
summary
of
our
master
plan
project.
We
did
hold
two
public
meetings.
The
first
one
was
on
october
16
2012..
It
was
held
at
the
skyline
fire
department
and
it
was
attended
by
11
people.
We
had
no
comments
submitted,
but
one
question
was
raised
about
the
I-26
and
airport
road
intersection
construction
project.
We
deferred
that
to
the
d.o.t,
because
that
is
not
the
airport's
project.
N
N
Our
growth
in
the
forecast
of
our
master
plan
shows
a
steady,
somewhat
increase.
There
are
four
methods
of
how
our
consultants
came
up
with
the
projection
numbers.
We
ended
up
using
the
growth
rate
and
that's
a
and
that's
a
the
median
rate
of
the
growth
rate
of
the
four
categories.
Take
too
long
deceiving
to
explain
how
but
I'd
be
happy
to
do
so
at
some
other
time.
N
In
any
case,
our
employments
are
expected
to
grow
over
the
next
20
30
years
at
1.67
a
year,
our
commercial
aircraft
service
is
expected
to
grow
a
half
a
percent
per
year.
General
aviation
is
up
1.4
percent
and
our
military's
down.
So
overall
we
see
some
increases
steadily
increasing
over
the
next
20
to
30
years.
N
In
your
pack
that
we
also
provided
you
a
development
plan,
this
is
what
the
consultants
and
the
airport
staff
and
the
stakeholders
of
the
master
plan,
which
involved
folks
from
folks
from
the
city
of
asheville.
In
fact,
sharon
tuck
was
the
one
that
participated
from
the
from
the
city
with
members
of
buncombe
county
henderson,
county
fletcher
mills,
river,
all
involved
in
the
master
plan
process.
This
is
the
long-term
growth
of
what
the
airport
shows
a
little
hard
to
see
on
this.
But
there
is
a
blown
up
picture
in
your
folder.
N
That
we've
provided
main
thing
to
take.
A
look
at
is
there's
some
growth
on
the
west
side
of
the
airport.
Once
we
do
our
airfield
redevelopment
project,
we're
also
looking
at
some
general
aviation
and
non-commercial
aviation
and
down
in
the
northwest
arms
the
yeah,
the
northwest
quadrant
of
the
airport
cargo
operations
in
the
southwest
part
of
the
airport.
Just
to
give
you
some
reference,
sierra
nevada
is
going
in
right
around
in
here.
N
The
other
thing
that
shows
up
on
this
is
some
additional
aircraft
ram
parking,
a
possible
proposed
new
control
tower,
taking
it
off
the
terminal
building
and
putting
on
top.
And
lastly,
there
is
talk
for
long-term
projections
of
extending
the
existing
runway
from
eight
thousand
feet
to
roughly
ninety
five
hundred.
That
will
provide
economic
development
for
the
community,
providing
non-stop
service
from
asheville
to
the
west
coast,
it's
more
of
a
cargo
type
of
operation
for
economic
development,
but
it
could
be
used
for
passenger
service.
Also.
N
Next,
we're
working
on
our
airfield
redevelopment
project.
We
are
under
design.
Now.
Construction
should
begin
next
spring.
What
we're
actually
doing
is
kind
of
a
confusing
picture,
but
what
we've
got
here
is
the
existing
runway.
It's
75
feet
too
close
to
our
exist
to
our
existing
taxiway,
we're
going
to
build
a
west
parallel
taxiway
on
the
west
side
of
the
airport,
use
that
as
a
temporary
runway
for
two
years.
N
While
we
build
and
move
our
runway
75
feet
to
the
west,
it's
a
64
million
dollar
project.
It's
going
to
put
a
lot
of
people
locally
to
work
and
protect
the
airport
well
into
the
future.
75
feet
doesn't
sound
like
a
lot,
but
it
is
meeting
it
that
will
meet
current
fa
safety
standards
which
we
don't
currently
meet
today.
It's
not
an
issue.
Our
airport
has
been
grandfathered
in,
but
if
we
do
any
type
of
major
improvements,
we
have
to
bring
it
up
to
current
safety
standards.
So
that's
what
we're
doing
our
growth.
N
We
also
added
again
for
airlines.
I
mentioned
earlier
allegiant
added
low-cost
flights
to
fort
lauderdale
this
past
june.
They
added
some
non-stop
flights
to
tampa
st
petersburg
and
we're
in
discussions
with
adding
another
flight
which
we
may
be
making
announcement
here
soon,
we've
been
working
with
the
small
community
air
service
development
grant
to
provide
non-stop
service
to
denver
working
with
the
local
community
city
of
asheville
buncombe
county.
To
do
that
and
delta
airlines
have
put
in
mainline
service.
N
Some
more
highlights
just
briefly
for
highlights.
For
2012
we
did
full
crisis
training
involving
all
of
our
mutual
aid
partners,
the
city
of
asheville,
buncombe
county
and
such
have.
You
we've
been
implemented
in
a
full-blown
employee
wellness
program
for
our
the
benefit
of
our
employees,
to
keep
health
care
costs
down
and
to
improve
the
awareness
of
our
employees
of
the
importance
of
being
fit.
We
also
had
our
community
involvement,
our
5k
run
and
aviation
day.
We
are
having
another
one.
N
Our
third
annual
5k
run
will
be
held
september
21st
at
the
airport,
and
it
will
be
again
on
the
full
runway.
In
taxiway
we
had
almost
a
thousand
runners
last
year,
we're
anticipating
the
same
amount
this
year.
Unfortunately,
we
won't
be
doing
the
the
aviation
community
day
because
of
the
government
sequestration,
the
we
have
not
been
able
to
obtain
status
aircraft
from
the
military
to
come
in
for
the
day.
So
we're
going
to
be
stopping
that.
A
N
N
National
trends
affecting
airports,
airline
trends,
they
are
cutting
capacity.
It's
why
we
see
we've
seen
some
decreases
in
the
past
two
years.
Their
airlines
are
putting
in
larger
aircraft,
reducing
smaller
aircraft
and
they're.
Also
looking
at
airlines
mergers,
for
example,
the
us
airways
and
the
american
airlines
merger,
which
hopefully
will
be
beneficial
to
us,
because
we'll
bring
back
dallas
service
a
mile,
a
runway
can
take
a
mile
of
payment,
can
take
you
a
mile
down
the
road.
A
mile
of
runway
can
take
you
anywhere
in
the
world
or
bring
the
world
to
western
north
carolina.
A
O
O
Just
wanted
to
do
some
background.
First,
I
don't
have
to
tell
you
guys:
it's
been
a
terribly
wet
calendar
year
this
year
from
january
1st,
through
july,
8th
41.67
inches
at
first.
That
sounded
like
a
lot
to
me,
but
to
put
it
into
perspective
that
exceeds
our
normal
annual
rainfall
by
a
little
over
four
and
a
half
inches,
and
that's
the
earliest
we've
exceeded
that
ever
and
by
a
lot
two
months
earlier
than
ever.
O
If
we
get
normal
rainfall
from
here
on
out
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna
beat
the
record
that
was
set
back
in
73
of
64
almost
65
inches.
I
worked
closely
with
the
folks
over
at
the
national
climatic
data
center
and
I
thought
these
would
give
some
some
indication
of
what
we're
dealing
with
here.
This
goes
all
the
way
back
to
1948
and
it's
total
precipitation
from
january
1st
to
july
18th.
This
is
at
the
reach
at
the
asheville
regional
airport.
O
O
The
night
of
the
third
early
morning
of
the
fourth
from
the
third
to
the
17th,
a
total
of
11
little
over
11
inches
hits
the
asheville
areas.
Like
I
said
earlier
in
in
areas
like
town,
mountain
and
the
beaver
dam
valley,
we
had
considerably
more.
We
we
don't
have
any
gauges
up
there,
but
you'll
see
in
the
pictures
that
it
was
very
clear
that
we
had
a
really
serious
rain
event
up
there.
O
Between
the
8th
and
the
13th,
public
works,
crews,
storm
water
services,
division
and
some
of
the
streets.
Crews
were
on
site
at
various
places
at
beaver
dam
valley,
making
repairs
there.
The
the
residents
up
there
really
took
a
took
a
beating
in
this
storm
and
places
like
pinecroft
and
beaver
valley.
They
they
saw
a
lot
of
damage
up.
There
really
appreciate
those
folks
patience
with
us
as
we
continue
to
work
and
try
to
get
these
things
get
their
life
back
to
normal.
O
O
Some
of
the
larger
ones
we
chose
to
contract
out
and
I'll
have
a
list
of
these
a
little
bit
later
in
the
in
the
presentation.
But
it's
always
I
find
it's
always
good
to
get
other
ideas
from
people
in
the
industry.
Ingenuity
is
really
a
big
part
of
the
construction
industry,
and
I
learned
something
from
every
project
and
these
this
proved
to
be
a
pretty
good
move
for
us.
So
it
was
like
a
big
caravan
of
us
going
from
slide
to
slide
across
the
city
and
got
some
great
ideas
on
the
16th.
O
We
met
with
legal
finance
purchasing
and
several
folks
in
in
public
works
to
see
what
our
contracting
options
were.
We
at
the
same
time
we
were
talking
with
d.o.t.
They
experienced
some
of
the
same
problems
in
madison
county
as
well
as
in
other
areas
of
buncombe
county,
hoping
we
would
get
an
emergency
declaration.
We
had
the
governor
visit
madison
county
to
view
the
storm
events.
That
declaration
never
came
so
that
that
changed
a
few
things
for
us
that
some
different
options
as
far
as
emergency
contracting
and
potential
funding
revenue.
O
So
after
we
met
with
the
the
contractors
again
on
the
16th,
we
we
contacted
local
geotechnical
firms
to
to
say
guys.
We
need
some
help
on
some
of
these.
These
slides
exceeded
our
our
right-of-way
onto
other
people's
private
property
and
we
were
not
able
to
go
to
contract
with
those
right
away.
Nor
did
we
have
the
expertise
with
our
own
city
forces
to
tackle
those,
so
we
have
the
the
larger
ones
are
are
currently
under
contract.
O
Yesterday
we
received
bids
for
the
for
those
two
and
those
one
on
spooks
branch
and
the
other
one
on
at
the
intersection
of
sunset
and
sky
view
place,
and
this
morning
work
began
on
both
of
those
projects
and
happy
to
say
that
folks
have
again
have
been
very
patient
with
us
as
we
try
to
move
forward
with
these.
These
repairs.
O
These
are
the
the
major
ones
against
skyview
and
sunset
36
bent
tree
482
sunset,
58,
spooks
branch,
road
and
finley
avenue
due
to
the
size,
nature
complexity
of
these.
We
chose
to
contract
these
out
the
lower
we're
going
to
do
those
in-house
not
nearly
as
is
dangerous
to
repair,
not
nearly
as
extensive
and
there's.
Actually
one
more
that
I
came
on
there
after
I
had
this
prepared
on
advanced
gap
road
we
tried.
We
have
already
started
to
try
to
repair
some
of.
O
A
these
of
them
on
bent
tree
road.
We
were
up
there
on
friday
trying
to
make
those
repairs
and
the
material
was
just
so
wet
still
that
we
had
to
leave
it
alone.
As
we
pulled
it
out,
more
would
fall
down
below
and
we
said
hold
up.
We
we
don't
want
to
make
a
big
bigger
mess
than
what
we
have
here.
So
we're
going
to
have
to
hold
tight
on
those.
O
C
O
Now
into
some
of
the
photographs,
this
excuse
me,
this
is
there's
several
slides
in
and
around
58
spooks
branch
road.
This
is
one
of
the
more
major
ones.
The
photographer
is
standing
very
close
to
spooks
branch
we've.
You
probably
tell
up
there,
we've
had
to
close
off
one
lane
of
spooks
branch,
road.
O
O
O
This
one
is,
it
creates.
This
is
the
only
one
that
is
completely
closed
at
this
point,
the
others
are
just
one
lane.
Closures
and
skyview
place
is
completely
closed
from
about
50
feet,
probably
south
of
where
this
picture
was
taken,
but
it
allows
people
to
access
their
property.
Nobody
is
completely
cut
off
from
their
property,
unfortunately
they're
having
to
traverse
a
narrow,
one-lane
road-
that's
typically
a
one-lane
road,
but
they're
being
forced
to
go
two
ways.
So
this
one
was
this
one
start
work
started
on
both
spooks
and
sky
skyview
place
this
morning.
O
This
is
one
that
our
crews-
this
is
probably
the
largest
one
that
our
crews
will
be
tackling
here
at
old,
chun's,
cove
road,
just
the
material
just
became
super
saturated
just
means
it
resembled
more
of
a
fluid
than
a
solid
and
it
couldn't
take
it
anymore
and
that's
what
you
get
not
even
a
full
lane
closure.
This
only
got
out
into
the
road
a
couple
of
feet,
but
pretty
a
lot
of
material
to
remove
there.
J
O
You
can
never
be
sure
I
mean
I'm
just
going
to
be
honest
with
you,
but
I
I
feel
I
wouldn't
have
it
open
if
there
was
any.
If
I
was
that
concerned
for
what
that's
worth,
I
mean
this
is
a
sinkhole
at
12,
brookwood
road,
it's
hard
to
get
the
all
kinds
of
pun
intended
here.
The
depth
of
what
this
is.
This
is
about
a
10-foot
hole.
If
you
can
see
some
of
the
brick
down
there,
that
kind
of
puts
it
into
perspective.
O
A
J
F
J
O
E
I
appreciate
this
update
and
I
wanted
to
say
two
things:
one
is
I've
observed
staff
working,
I've
been
out
and
around
and
seeing
the
crews-
and
I
know
they're
working
long
hours
and
you
have
been
too
greg.
I
really
appreciate
that
and
thank
you
property
owners
I
know,
are
being
as
patient
as
they
can
as
well,
and
I
really
appreciate
folks
in
the
in
the
neighborhoods
that
are
affected,
being
patient
and
respectful
of
the
city's
efforts
up.
B
O
Thank
you
and
there's
members
of
of
other
members
of
public
works
here
who
can
answer
any
questions
as
well,
and
I'm
I'm
very
proud
to
work
with
the
people
that
I
work
with,
and
the
folks
who
have
been
impacted
by
this
have
been
unreal
as
far
as
we're
patient
than
I
probably
would
be
I've.
I
try
to
put
myself
in
their
shoes
and
they've
been
real
troopers
about
it.
Councilman.
M
M
A
I
have
a
question
not
related
to
what
we've
seen
tonight
and
the
issue
of
our
storm
drains
because
of
the
heavy
rain
events
patton
avenue.
It
becomes
essentially
a
lake
right
in
front
of
the
rush
in
several
other
parts
of
the
community.
We
see
the
storm
drainage
system.
So
are
we
looking
into
those
as
well
to
try
to
clean
out
the
storm
drains
and
get
debris
to
kind
of
make
sure
the
water's
flowing
a
little
bit
more
effectively?
P
Mayor
members,
city
council,
you
know,
certainly
we
are
out
in
full
force
maintaining
these
drains.
With
the
events
we
have,
I
mean
a
lot
of
times.
We
find
that
we
get
a
drain
cleaned
and
then
it
will
clog
up
with
these
heavy
rains,
but
certainly
we
are
are
attacking
these
and
and
meeting
with
property
owners
and
and
continuing
our
conversations
with
property
owners
along
the
way-
and
you
know
when
we
identify
this,
we
we
jump
on
it.
A
P
And
we've
met
with
some
property
owners
out
there
on
coleman
avenue.
There's
there's
one
situation,
there's
a
drain
that
that
falls
on
private
property
that
had
had
failed
and
caused
a
sinkhole
in
property
down
there.
So
I
met
with
that
person
on
friday
of
last
week
talking
with
them.
I
also
met
with
another
property
owner
down
there
at
the
confluence
of
two
streams
where
they
come
together.
They
had
some
water
that
that
came
up
and
got
onto
their
property
also
and
talked
with
them
about
what
options
I
mean
those
systems.
A
P
A
K
Now
that
we're
getting
a
handle
on
it,
we're
getting
these
contractors
on
board
getting
the
geotech
management
can
pull
this
information
together
and
then
we
we
can
get
it
posted
on
the
web.
But
the
kinds
of
stuff
that
you're
talking
about
that
would
be
real
helpful
is,
is
really
an
expansion
of
what
we
have
on
our
stormwater
site
right
now,
which
is
what
we
manage
and
what
we
can
take
care
of
a
good,
a
good
part
of
the
public
education.
K
That's
going
to
be
a
challenge
for
us
right
now
is
there's
probably
more
of
the
storm
water
system,
that's
on
private
property
than
it
is
on
public
property
and
again
much
of
the
storm
water.
Seeing
runoff
and
and
slides
that
you're,
seeing
here,
doesn't
tell
the
whole
story.
A
lot
of
this
is
on
north
carolina
department
of
transportation
roads.
You
mentioned
patent,
for
example,
and
they
too
are
their
hands,
are
full
and
they're
really
getting
after
this
right
now.
K
So
all
that's
to
say,
it's
been
a
challenge
up
to
now
to
just
respond
to
this
extraordinary
condition
with
people
in
the
field
trying
to
make
sure
that
homes
and
streets
and
travel
conditions
are
secure.
But
now
we
can
get
get
back
on
this,
and
our
public
information
officer
can
put
some
of
this
information.
That's
now
available
to
us
and
compiled.
A
A
Q
Q
Typically
by
this
point
in
the
year,
the
legislature
has
adjourned.
But,
as
you
all
know,
this
has
not
been
a
typical
year,
so
they
are
still
down
in
raleigh
at
work
and
one
of
the
final
items
they're
working
on
is
the
first
thing
I'll
mention
this
in
this
update
and
that's
the
the
budget
for
their
new
fiscal
year,
which
actually
began
a
few
weeks
ago.
There
has
been
significant
progress
on
the
budget.
Q
In
the
last
few
days,
the
house
and
senate
released
an
agreed
upon
state
budget
two
days
ago
and
which
is
likely
to
receive
legislative
approval.
Later
this
week,
legislators
are
expected
to
vote
in
the
next
few
days
to
set
the
on
the
budget
and
that
will
possibly
set
the
stage
for
their
adjournment
later
this
week.
One
thing
to
note
in
the
the
budget
bill
it
does
include
funding
for
a
transitional
hold
harmless
payment.
Q
Q
But
even
as
late
as
the
end
of
june,
we
were
still
concerned
that
in
future
years
the
city
might
see
significant
revenue
losses
from
tax
reform.
But
the
good
news
is
the
version
that
ended
up
getting
passed,
was
revenue
neutral
and
actually
had
a
slightly
revenue.
Positive
impact
for
the
city
of
asheville.
This
chart
here
shows
the
impact
of
the
final
agreement
for
the
next
six
years.
Q
And
if
you
look
at
this
middle
line
here,
the
final
agreement,
you
can
see
that
we
actually
expect
from
the
agreement
to
get
an
additional
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
revenue
in
the
current
fiscal
year
and
then
somewhere
in
the
two
to
three
hundred
thousand
dollar
range
in
future
years.
And
you
can
see
that
that's
significant
from
where
we
were
in
late
june.
When
we
were
showing
you
all
numbers
that
looked
like,
we
were
going
to
lose
potentially
2
million
in
upcoming
and
upcoming
years.
Q
Another
item
that
has
has
seen
movement
since
we
all
last
updated.
You
was
the
park
authority,
bill
house
bill
418
to
establish
a
regional
parks
and
recreation
recreation
authority.
It
was
ratified
on
july
16th
and
it
allows
buncombe
county
to
create
a
cra
with
no
prohibition
on
municipalities
and
the
county
would
have
ability
to
appoint.
All
members
of
the
board
is
how
the
legislation
currently
reads.
Q
Q
We
also
have
just
we
have
a
slide
on
the
house
bill
708,
which
is
the
the
bill
that
would
prevent
cities
from
transferring
monies
from
any
enterprise
fund
to
any
other
fund
in
the
city.
There
hasn't
been
any
activity
on
this
bill
since
may,
but
we
wanted
to
insert
it
and
just
let
you
all
know
that
this
bill
has
not
moved
forward,
because
if
it
does,
it
would
have
a
significant
impact
on
us
and
other
cities
across
the
state.
Q
If
the
ordinance
regulates
a
field,
that's
already
covered
by
a
state
or
federal
law.
So
this
this
bill,
while
not
having
any
financial
impact,
does
bear
watching
if
it
does
move
forward
in
upcoming
sessions-
and
that
is
all
I
have
this
evening.
I'd
like
to
just
thank
alex
carmichael
and
the
city
attorney
the
city
manager's
office,
for
helping
me
get
all
this
data
together
this
week
in
jeff
richardson's
absence
all.
A
A
C
A
C
It
may
be,
may
very
well
be
subject
to
this
bill
and
and
how
this
bill
specifically
reads,
and
I
have
not
read
the
specific
language.
What
it
may
be
saying
is
that
cities
in
north
carolina,
you
have
no
authority
over
these
billboards
period,
and
so
the
state
is
coming
in
to
exercise
complete
authority
again.
C
B
C
C
A
Can
we
get
an
update,
a
detailed
update
of
an
analysis
of
this
bill
going
forward?
It
doesn't
have
to
be
as
a
presentation
but
it'd
be
great
to
have
a
memo
on
this
impact
and
what
it
would
look
like
financially
for
the
city,
and
you
know
what
authority
we
will
have
when
it
comes
to
billboards
on
water
regulations,
things
those
fines,
councilman
smith
and
then
councilman
bobwell.
I
One
of
the
questions
that
I
had
was
hearing
what
was
going
on
in
the
general
assembly
today
around
the
regulatory
reform,
omnibus
that
one
of
the
pieces
of
that
bill
would
bar
municipalities
from
requiring
contractors
to
use
living
wage
requirements.
And
I
was
wondering
if
you
had
any
information
on
that
bill.
Whether.
Q
M
I
have
a
question.
It
seems
like,
if
they're
going
to
adjourn
this
week,
that
the
chances
of
the
annexation
bill
passing
are
diminishing
if
it's
still
in
the
senate
committee.
At
this
point
and
I've
got
kind
of
an
open
question,
I'm
not
quite
sure
where
I'm
going
with
it,
except
that
the
airport
director
talked
a
while
ago
about
the
the
city
locating
a
fire
station
at
the
airport,
which
I
thought
was
kind
of
off
the
charts.
M
J
J
The
one
of
my
you
know
we're
talking
here:
I'm
curious
about
house
bill
94
and
the
companion
bill
senate
bill
112
and
I've
been
following
this
because
there's
been
a
flurry
of
activity
involving
amendments
to
impact
the
water.
What
I
call
the
water
act
for
simplification
purposes,
but
the
reason
this
bill
gets
a
lot
of
attention
is
because
it's
also
the
fracking.
J
I
don't
know
how
worthwhile
it
is
to
study
it.
But
if,
but
of
course,
if
they
do
pass
it
the
other
issue-
and
I
think
we'll
need
help
from
the
league,
municipalities
and
the
metro
mayors,
but
is
the
general
preemption
of
local
government
to
adopt
ordinances
that
are
more
restrictive
than
the
state's
allowance?
J
C
J
A
All
right,
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you,
council.
We
have
only
two
public
hearings
because
the
last
one
I
don't
see
the
public
hearing
for
a
substantial
amendment
to
the
2013-14
consolidated
annual
actions
plan
for
community
development
block
grant
home
to
consider
a
section,
108
loan
to
eagle
market
streets
development
corporation
for
the
eagle
marketplace,
commercial.
That
public
has
been
pulled
from
consideration,
but
I
have
a
question
as
to
why.
A
K
H
K
K
A
I
I
was
surprised
we
would
have
to
have
a
public
hearing
on
this
issue,
seeing
that
the
original
dollars
for
the
section
108
loans
for
years
has
been
for
this
particular
project
that
we've
paid
interest
on
or
repaid
the
federal
government.
So
I
I'm
interested
in
saying
how
long?
How
long
will
the
delay
be.
A
A
Time
just
want
to
make
sure
it's
official
all
right,
so
council
we're
going
to
run
public
hearing
a
and
b
together,
which
are
the
public
hearing
to
result.
86
ashland
avenue
from
regional
business
district
to
central
business,
district
and
public
hearing
to
consider
amending
chapter,
seven
of
the
coded
ordinances
to
include
parcels
located
at
86,
ashland
avenue
in
the
official
downtown
height
zone
map
and
key
pedestrian
street
map.
Ellen
gleins
will
lead
us
through
both
of
these
presentations
and
council.
At
the
end,
we
will
need
two
motions:
one
public
hearing.
R
R
Q
R
This
is
the
central
business
district.
This
is
cox
avenue
here
hilliard
at
the
top,
and
this
is
ashland
avenue.
You'll
notice
that
the
area
north
of
hilliard
avenue
is
all
zone
central
business
district.
The
city
undertook
a
rezoning
effort
about
2001
and
expanded
the
central
business
district
into
the
area
south
of
hillard
avenue
and
over
and
at
that
time
it
was
felt
that
the
area
between
cox,
avenue
and
biltmore
had
the
biggest
impact
of
potential
for
future
development
and
following
the
the
old
commercial
core
and
following
that
pattern.
R
R
M
R
There's
the
intermediate
height
zone
and
the
tallest
height
zone
in
blue
areas
right
around
ashland
here
and
hillier
are
zoned,
have
the
intermediate
height
zone,
which
is
145
feet
and
in
areas
you
know
further
west,
you
know
around
patton
avenue
or
taller
around
the
old
downtown
core.
That
area
is
intermediate
height
as
well.
So
when
we
review
this
with
the
downtown
commission,
they
recommended
that
we
just
expand
the
intermediate
height
to
cover
these
properties.
So
I
have
a
map
here
that
would
show
that.
R
R
R
Noted
as
key
pedestrian
streets
and
parcels
that
are
along
those
streets
have
additional
development
requirements
relating
to
their
their
position
as
a
primary
pedestrian
corridor.
There's
some
development
standards
that
have
to
be
met,
some
additional
things
that
have
been
met
there,
hilliard
avenue
through
here
and
ashland
avenue.
North
of
these
properties
is
also
on
the
key
pedestrian
streets
map
and
the
downtown
commission
recommended
that
it
be
extended
to
those
three
properties
as
well.
R
So
I
have
a
master
that
would
reflect
that
if
this
was
approved
to
look
something
like
this,
the
the
request
was
reviewed
with
downtown
commission
had
their
full
support.
The
planning
and
zoning
commission
also
concurred
with
that
that
evaluation
staff
feels
that
this
this
request,
these
series
of
requests
meets.
R
A
I
I
R
It's
a
good
question.
I
think
that
when
the
downtown
master
plan
was
adopted,
that
area
we
had
some
some
streets
in
addition
to
the
ones
that
were
adopted
shown
here,
other
ones
were,
were
not
included
on
that
map.
I
think
that
the
the
development
pattern
was
not
fail
to
be
moving
in
that
direction
just
yet,
but
it's
certainly
something
that
can
be
looked
at.
R
I
I
didn't
really
comment
on
this
just
a
minute
ago,
but
when
the
downtown
commission
first
heard
of
this
request,
there
was
interest
in
sort
of
studying
areas
further
south
along
ashland
avenue,
coming
all
the
way
down
and
having
a
look
at
that,
there's
an
opportunity
at
that
time
to
kind
of
study
the
key
pedestrian
streets
map
and
see.
If
we
have
some
areas
left
off
that
need
to
be
on
it.
So
we
we
haven't.
R
I
That
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
zoning
map
amendment
for
regional
business,
the
central
business
district
is
a
standard
rezoning
and
find
that
the
request
is
reasonable
and
consistent
with
the
comprehensive
plan
and
other
adopted
plans
based
on
information
provided
in
the
staff
report
and,
as
stated
in
the
staff
recommendation.
Second,.
A
R
I
Need
a
second,
we
need.
The
second
motion
mayor
had
moved
to
approve
the
amendment
to
the
height
zone
map,
to
include
the
intermediate
height
for
the
subject
properties,
and
also
the
amendment
to
the
key
pedestrian
streets
map,
to
extend
this
designation
to
the
subject
area
and
find
that
the
amendment
is
reasonable
and
is
consistent
with
the
comprehensive
plan
and
other
adopted
plans
based
on
information
provided
in
the
staff
report
and,
as
stated
in
the
staff
recommendation.
H
B
A
Foes,
like
sign
the
motion,
carries
council.
That's
the
last
public
hearing
issue.
We
have
to
take
care
of
this
evening.
The
next
order
of
business
are
to
is
first
to
determine
who
we
are
going
to
interview
for
the
public,
art
and
cultural
commission
and
we'll
turn
it
over
to
the
vice
man.
For
that
consideration,.
J
J
J
R
J
J
L
Name
is
vicki
ballard,
I'm
executive
director
of
the
colburner
science
museum
and
pac
place,
and
I
will
tell
you,
I
sent
my
son
a
letter,
one
time
and
he
called
me
and
he
said
mom,
it's
great
to
get
a
letter
for
it
from
you.
Can
you
tell
me
what
it
says
so
you're,
not
the
only
one
who
has
trouble
reading
my
handwriting.
L
I
am
here
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
about
the
colburn
and
also
about
pac
place.
The
coburn
is
the
smallest
organization
in
the
actual
building
at
pac
place.
It's
located
on
the
biltmore
courtyard
level.
The
colborne
was
established
in
1960,
it's
been
an
asheville
institution
for
a
long
time
and
it
was
the
first
museum
I
ever
visited
as
a
child.
I
grew
up
in
a
farming
community
in
the
north
end
of
buncombe
county.
I
grew
up
poor.
My
family
has
lived
in
western
north
carolina,
particularly
buncombe
county
for
many
generations.
L
Seeing
the
colburn
was
transformative
for
me.
It
brought
things
into
focus
that
I
had
never
seen
in
quite
that
way
before.
So
it
was
really
important
to
me
when
I
came
on
staff
as
executive
director
that
I
give
other
kids
the
same
opportunity
that
I
had
that
I
worked
to
see
that
those
lives
were
changed.
The
way
my
life
had
been
changed,
so
the
coburn
does
a
lot
of
work
with
kids
who
are
economically
disadvantaged.
L
We
provide
subsidies
to
all
schools
who
visit
the
colburn
to
pay
for
children
who
can't
afford
those
school
trips.
If
there
are
schools
who
do
not
have
resources
to
pay
the
full
price,
we
offer
them
reduced
price
field
trips,
we
do
free
programming
for
libraries,
we
do
free
educational
programming
for
after
school
programs,
we
work
with
kids,
who
are
at
risk
of
dropping
out
of
high
school.
L
I
have
a
special
feeling
for
the
colburn
because
of
my
experience
and
because
of
what
it
can
bring
to
the
community
science.
Education
is
critically
important.
Now
I've
heard
a
lot
of
conversation
recently
about
economic
development,
some
of
it
in
this
meeting
and
that
economic
development
conversation
revolves
primarily
around
tourism
and
tourism
has
always
been
important
to
this
area,
but
tourism
does
not
provide
living
wage
work.
L
Tourism
does
not
provide
an
opportunity
for
our
students
to
grow
and
stay
in
the
community.
It
does
not
provide
an
opportunity
for
them
to
have
jobs
that
are
going
to
allow
them
to
have.
Can
I
have
like
another
35
and
a
half
seconds,
and
you
can
keep
that
so
I
would
ask
in
north
carolina
62
of
the
current
jobs
require
science-based
technology.
L
Math,
educa
and
engineering
skills
21
of
the
population
can
fill
those
jobs.
We
know
that
education
on
a
lower
and
the
lower
grades
is
what
gives
kids
the
advantage
of
moving
into
those
fields
the
colburn
is
located
in
peck
place.
It
is
in
a
position
to
need
assistance
in
maintaining
its
visibility
and
its
viability
as
pack
place
goes
through
changes.
I
hope
that
this
council
will
take
into
consideration
the
importance
of
science,
education
and
the
service
that
the
colburn
does
for
this
community.
Thank
you
thank.
S
Hello,
my
name
is
dora
nelson,
I'm
a
31-year,
veteran
teacher
and
a
resident
of
asheville,
and
I
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
address
the
council.
There
are
two
points
I
wish
to
make.
One
is
an
educator
and
one
as
a
taxpayer
as
an
educator,
I
wish
to
stress
the
importance
of
science,
education
and
the
contribution
of
the
coburn
museum
to
students
in
western
north
carolina
because
of
the
heavy
emphasis
of
testing
on
reading
and
math
skills.
The
basic
science
curriculum
can
often
consist
of
lectures
or
facts
about
what
science
has
discovered.
S
Then,
along
with
memorization
of
a
long
list
of
strange
words,
the
colburn
brings
science
to
life,
for
so
many
of
our
students
in
western
north
carolina.
They
provide
the
type
of
education
and
educational
support
that
cannot
always
be
measured
directly
in
dollar
amounts,
at
least
not
in
the
short
term.
S
The
average
citizen
is
faced
increasingly
with
having
to
grapple
with
matters
of
science
in
their
everyday
life.
Some
of
the
country's
most
complicated
and
urgent
public
policy
debates
have
at
their
center,
has
questions
of
science.
It's
imperative
that
the
public
is
engaged
in
science
and
be
scientifically
literate.
S
The
colburn
does
these
very
things,
thus
augmenting
the
science
education
that
students
receive
in
the
classroom
for
many
western
north
carolina
students
and
the
colborne
receive
students
from
the
entire
western
district,
not
just
asheville.
A
trip
to
the
colburn
is
their
very
first
and
sometimes
only
contact
with
the
science
museum.
S
It's
imperative
that
the
colborne
be
able
to
continue
to
carry
on
this
type
of
education.
It's
important
for
our
community
in
the
long
run.
My
second
point,
as
a
taxpayer
has
to
do
with
city
support
of
agencies,
inclusive
of
arts
and
science.
Education
that
are
very
important
to
the
citizens
of
asheville
city
council
has
set
a
priority
by
imposing
a
tax
increase
to
give
two
million
dollars
to
the
asheville
art
museum.
S
S
As
a
taxpayer
in
the
city
of
asheville,
I
question
the
priority
when
it's
evident
that
there
are
so
many
other
pressing
issues:
police,
fire,
public
works
city,
employees,
funds
for
city
services,
including
infrastructure,
roads
and
schools,
are
all
in
dire
need
of
tax
dollars,
and
I
truly
question
the
decision
for
that
tax
increase.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
You
so
very
much
miss
nelson.
I
do
want
just
point
out
a
couple
of
things:
one
we
did
have
a
tax
increase,
but
it
wasn't
directly
related
to
the
public
art
museum
that
wasn't
a
budget
and
during
our
budget
hearing
process
it
was
listed
as
one
of
the
items
for
consideration
for
council
to
fund,
and
so
it
wasn't
an
opportunity
for
the
citizens
to
give
input
on
it.
A
I
do
want
to
clarify
that-
and
there
may
be
other
council
members
who
want
to
go
into
more
detail,
but
we
can
also
provide
you
that
information
and
on
a
side
note
as
a
parent.
I've
spent
time
at
the
museum
recently-
and
I
I'm
curious-
is
the
museum
closing
and
I
might
have
missed
something.
The
cold
rain.
J
A
L
E
A
E
It
gets
more
complicated
than
that,
but
part
of
the
process
defined
in
the
pack
place
board
over
the
past
five
months
essentially
has
been
the
establishment
of
a
working
group
that
it
that
for
many
weeks,
met
weekly
actually
at
7
30
in
the
morning
for
week
after
week
on
tuesday
mornings,
that
was
a
part
of
it
to
focus
specifically
on
issues
like
impact
of
the
art.
Museum's
project
on
other
tenants,
specifically
the
colburn.
There
was
a
good
bit
of
time,
spent
there
the
viability
of
a
second
entrance,
the
signage.
E
It
is
still
a
work
in
progress
there
is
there
it
it's
clear
that
there
have
been
complex
feasibility
issues
wrestled
with
within
the
packed
place
board
and
among
the
occupants
there.
But
it
mayor
I'll
report
that
it's
my
experience
that
the
working
group
has
worked
together
closely
and
carefully
and
has
made
good
progress,
there's
still
more
work
to
be
done
and
again
the
the
pack
place
board.
E
It's
also
very
clear
that
the
arrangement
of
space
within
pack
place
as
it
was
laid
out
in
1989,
is
no
longer
a
fit
given
the
move
out
of
the
health
adventure
and
the
need
for
the
art
museum
to
expand.
So
it's
difficult,
but
I
and
I've
kept
counsel
informed
pretty
probably
more
thoroughly
sometimes
than
you
want
over
the
past
few
months.
It's
it's
still
my
recommendation
to
council
that
we
we
look
to
the
pac
place
board
of
directors
to
collaboratively
work
with
the
partners
there
to
resolve
these
sorts
of
issues.
E
A
In
future
meetings
it
may
be
best
to
have
an
update
from
the
pack
place
board
and
the
art
museum
for
the
community
to
hear
for
first
hand
from
the
major
players
of
the
pac
place
facility
to
come
before.
City
council
and
all
questions
can
be
asked,
and
so
would
you
let
me
know
when
your
process
that
process
is
moving
forward
and
that
way
we
can
schedule
it
to
make
sure
all
issues
are
being
addressed
about
egress
and
making
sure
construction
timetables
are
clear
and
transparent.
A
T
A
T
Integrity
or
not,
I'm
raising
serious
questions
regarding
the
integrity
of
vice
mayor,
mannheimer,
councilman,
hunt
and
city
manager,
jackson,
it
appears
mannheimer
and
hunt
violated
the
city
code
of
ethics
and
see
manager.
Jackson
has
violated
the
code
of
ethics
and
city
managers.
It
appears
mannheimer
and
jackson
have
violated
the
principle
of
conflict
of
interest.
T
T
T
T
In
an
attempt
to
stop
me
from
speaking
at
the
june
25th
2013
city
council,
meeting
mannheimer
was
the
only
council
member
that
interrupted
my
presentation
twice.
Mannheimer
has
recused
herself
from
voting
25
times
in
the
past
four
years.
Why
didn't
manheim
recuse
herself
from
voting
on
the
art
museum,
two
million
dollar
tax
friendship,
something
else?
T
Isn't
this
the
committee
that
dealt
with
the
details
of
the
2
million
art
museum
tax
proposal
and
or
the
direct
leasing
idea
hunt
was
appointed
to
the
city
by
the
city
council
to
serve
on
the
pac
place
board.
As
a
city
representative
out
of
17
board
meetings
hunt
attended
night,
he
usually
left
after
he
accomplished
what
he
came
to
do.
T
The
pac
place
board
and
member
organizations
have
assumed.
Hunt
has
been
representing
the
city
council.
It
is
hard
for
me
to
believe
that
the
city
council
told
hunt
to
go
to
those
pack
place
board
meetings.
Keep
the
issues
out
of
the
public
eye,
do
what
the
art
museum
wants,
because
we
don't
want
to
upset
anybody
if
the
council
told
him
to
do
that.
Shame
on
the
council.
T
There
are
several
members
of
the
city
council,
most
likely
mayor
bellamy,
jan
davis,
chris
pelley,
gordon
smith,
they're,
really
in
the
dark
about
what's
been
going
on.
It
appears
there
have
been
violations
of
the
code
of
ethics
of
the
asheville
city
council
by
mannheimer
and
hunt
resolution
number
10,
252
and
ethical
violations
by
jackson.
U
U
Our
hope
is
that
the
council
will
consider
and
approve
a
similar
resolution
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
asheville,
I
will
read
the
resolution
at
this
60th
anniversary
of
the
cessation
of
hostilities
of
the
korean
war.
No
words
can
properly
convey
to
the
brave
men
and
women
who
fought
so
nobly
our
heartfelt
thanks
for
their
selfless
service.
Therefore,
we
hereby
resolve
to
convey
such
thanks
to
those
who
fought
to
preserve
the
freedoms
that
we
enjoy
today,
as
american
citizens.
U
A
A
D
D
Second,
to
prevent
disclosure
of
information
as
privileged
and
confidential
pursuant
to
the
laws
of
north
carolina
were
not
considered
a
public
record
within
the
meaning
of
chapter
132
of
the
general
statures.
The
law
that
makes
the
information
privileged
and
confidential
is
north
carolina,
general
statures,
143-318.10
e.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
ncgs
143-318.11,
a
one.