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A
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
the
asheville
city
council
work
session,
this
is
our
second
work
session
regarding
the
american
rescue
plan
funds
that
the
city
is
going
to
receive,
I'm
gonna
before
I
turn
it
over
to
the
city
manager.
Let
me
just
briefly
say
in
terms
of
the
process,
we're
we're
going
to
be
looking
today
at
some
categories
to
consider
for
spending
this
money,
but
we
don't
have
to
vote
on
anything
today.
C
Thank
you,
mayor
and
good
afternoon.
Everyone.
I
think
the
mayor
really
set
this
up
very
well.
We
will
have
patricia
rosenberg,
who
will
be
doing
the
majority
of
the
presentation
in
the
heavy
lifting,
as
it
relates
to
presenting
information
about
the
subject
matter,
so
I'll
just
turn
it
over
to
her.
But
before
I
do
again,
I
just
want
to
emphasize
that
we
are
not
asking
for
any
specific
vote
or
action
at
this
work
session,
so
patricia
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
D
Thank
you
deborah.
Our
next
slide,
please
so
this
afternoon,
in
our
work
session,
we
want
to
go
over
a
few
things
with
you:
we'll
do
a
quick
review
of
the
arpa
grants
so
we'll
look
at
it
from
abroad
view
and
then
we'll
narrow
it
down
specifically
to
the
fiscal
recovery
funds,
which
is
the
26.2
million
that
we'll
spend
the
majority
of
this
afternoon.
D
Talking
about
we'll,
go
through
some
recommended
categories
to
be
funded
and
we'll
stop
and
have
some
review
and
discussion
time
with
all
of
you
and
then
we'll
go
through
the
rfp
process
and
the
community
outreach,
and
also
ask
for
discussion
with
all
of
you
and
next
slide.
D
D
So,
in
addition
to
the
funds
that
the
city
of
asheville
will
directly
be
receiving,
what
you're,
seeing
here
or
what
the
county
has
received
and
also
what
the
state
of
north
carolina
has
received
or
is
receiving
so
in
both
the
county
and
the
state.
Similarly,
to
the
city,
receive
the
state
and
local
government
fiscal
recovery
funds
and
that
it
was
awarded
to
every
state,
local
and
state,
local
and
tribal
government
in
the
country,
and
so
for
the
county.
D
There
are
also
some
grants
that
are
covered
in
the
arpa,
that
are,
that
are
a
little
bit
more
specific
than
the
fiscal
recovery
funds.
So
you're,
seeing
some
things
related
to
housing,
the
housing
authority
received
some
emergency
housing
vouchers
and
both
the
county
and
the
state
received
emergency
rental
assistance.
D
The
county
received
7.9
million
dollars
and
the
state
received
547
million
dollars.
In
addition
to
that,
for
similarly,
the
state
received
homeowner
assistance
of
273
million
dollars,
and
that
is
a
fund
that
they
are
still
working
through
the
process
of
how
that
is
going
to
be
awarded
and
allocated
throughout
the
state.
D
The
capital
projects
fund
of
277
million
is
really
to
highlight
broadband
infrastructure
across
the
state
and
again
that
is
the
process
that
they're
still
working
to
determine
how
that
will
be
allocated
and
awarded
and
that
the
state's
receiving
money,
the
3.7
million
dollars
to
help
the
family,
violence,
prevention
and
services
program
and
then,
lastly,
the
3.6
billion
dollars,
which
is
going
to
help
fund
elementary
and
secondary
school
education.
D
However,
there
are
almost
100
different
grant
opportunities
that
were
throughout
the
arpa
and
those
benefit:
governments,
industries,
businesses,
nonprofits
households
and
individuals,
and
due
to
the
sheer
size,
we
were
unable
to
capture
everything
that
might
be
coming
through
our
community,
and
I
wanted
to
make
it
clear
that
it
is
more
than
just
what
you
see
on
this
list,
and
there
are
some
that
are
directly
to
industries.
For
example,
there's
there's
a
grant
fund,
specifically
for
the
national
endowment
up
to
the
arts.
D
D
So
on
this
side
I
really
want
to
talk
about
the
direct
allocations
to
the
city,
and
we
had
mentioned
this
at
the
last
work
session,
but
I
really
want
to
highlight
a
few
of
these
again
so
again,
we'll
spend
the
majority
of
today
speaking
about
the
fiscal
recovery
funds,
that's
the
26.2
million
dollars
that
the
city
is
receiving,
in
addition
to
that,
we're
receiving
home
funds
for
housing
and
the
city
will
be
receiving
part
of
the
4.7
million,
so
the
city
was
awarded
4.7
million
dollars,
but
it's
allocated
for
a
four-county
region
and
unlike
the
fiscal
recovery
funds,
where
the
ultimate
decision
is
really
coming
to
council,
the
spending
for
the
home
funds
is
going
to
be
decided
by
the
asheville
regional
housing
consortium
and
right
now,
at
this
point
they
are
still
awaiting
guidance
on
how
those
home
funds
can
be
spent.
D
So
we're
expecting
to
see
more
information,
this
fall
and
winter.
Regarding
those
funds,
our
public
transportation
system.
So
for
our
art
transit,
we
received
1.8
million
dollars,
and
that
is
mostly
the
covering
operating
costs
this
year
and
then.
Lastly,
we
received
the
shuttered
venue
operators
grant
of
1.6
million
dollars
and
that
was
awarded
to
harris
cherokee
center
and
it
covers
their
revenue
losses
over
the
past
year
and
a
half
while
they
remained
closed
during
the
pandemic
on
next
slide.
D
Please-
and
this
slide
is
also
similar
to
something
that
you
saw
at
the
last
work
session.
So
this
is
the
approved
funds
for
the
fiscal,
and
so
again,
this
is
going
back
specifically
to
the
fiscal
recovery
funds,
the
26.2
million
dollars
that
the
city
receiving
so
there's.
D
Some
of
those
funds
have
already
been
approved
by
council
and
those
are
some
of
the
funds
for
the
emergency,
non-congregate
homeless,
shelter
on
some
of
the
public,
portable
restrooms
and
the
homeward
bound
acquisition
of
days
in,
in
addition
to
what
has
been
previously
approved-
and
we
wanted
to
highlight
some
of
the
things
that
we
know
are
coming
in
in
the
next
few
months
for
council
approval
later
tonight
on
your
council
meeting
agenda.
There
is
a
budget
amendment
for
the
revenue
losses.
D
We
are
requesting
1.6
million
dollars
of
revenue
losses,
which
is
an
approved
use
of
the
fiscal
recovery
funds
and
those
are
strictly
for
the
parking
fund,
which
is
the
only
fund
that
we
feel
at
this
point
that
we're
making
a
recommendation
that
needs
the
revenue
loss
funds
so
and
in
september,
at
your
council
meeting
you'll
see
two
budget
amendments.
One
is
for
the
staff,
administrative
costs
and
that's
to
hire
a
few
new
employees
who
will
help
manage
these
funds
over
the
next
few
years.
D
Additionally,
we'll
be
asking
for
additional
money
for
the
emergency,
non-congregate
homeless,
shelter,
that's
to
continue
to
house
people
at
the
ramada
inn
and
then,
lastly,
we're
unsure
of
the
council
date,
but
we're
looking
at
the
hotel,
purchase
and
operating
costs
of
an
emergency
shelter
and
the
cost
that
you're
seeing
on
this
slide
is
50
of
the
estimate,
but
the
the
last
two
items
on
this
list:
the
emergency,
non-congregate
homeless,
shelter
and
the
emergency
shelter.
Both
of
those
costs
may
change
as
we
as
we
work
through
those.
D
So
what
you'll
see
for,
after
all
of
these
costs,
assuming
that
everything
on
the
upcoming
amendments
get
passed
by
council,
the
total
remaining
funds
for
arpa
is
the
it's
almost
9.7
million,
and
that's
really
what
we'll
be
talking
about
for
the
rest
of
this
meeting.
D
E
E
Or
is
it
zeroed
out
or
I
don't
know
how
bad
it
got?
I
know
that
we
gave
up
some
income
producing
individual
parking
spaces
for
outdoor
dining.
We
did
free
parking
and
decks
and
stuff
to
you
know
encourage
people
to
still
use
downtown.
I
don't
know
if
we
depleted
our
reserves.
I
would
just
curious
before
we
replenish.
F
Yeah
this
is
tony,
I'm
happy
to
answer
that.
What
we
did
after
about
a
year
and
a
half
of
seeing
parking
revenues
come
in
under
budget.
The
the
reserves
that
we
had
in
that
fund
are
pretty
much
at
zero.
At
this
point,.
G
G
H
Ahead
following
up
on
stage
sage's
question,
I
am
curious
about
the
parking
funds
being
replenished
with
this
funding
source
as
well,
especially
because,
with
our
stated
climate
emergency,
we
have
a
buncombe
county
state
of
emergency
with
the
flooding
that's
in
place.
H
So
I
know
that
may
not
be
a
recommendation
from
staff
at
this
time,
but
I
would
like
to
know
what
the
impact
on
our
general
fund
would
be
if
we
use
the
general
fund
balance
instead
of
the
arpa
funds
to
replace
the
parking
fees.
A
And
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
piggyback
in
on
that,
and
thank
you
for
that
comment.
So
maybe
someone
on
staff
can
speak
to
the
relationship
in
conjunction
with
what
council
of
women
is
talking
about
of
the
parking
fund
and
the
transit
funding,
because.
E
C
I
would
ask
tony
if
he
could
respond
to
how
the
parking
fund
supports
transit,
as
well
as
the
conversation
that
we
had
early
on
when
we
started
the
budget
process
was
to
look
at
loss
of
revenue,
because
we
we
fundamentally
think
that
the
opera
funds,
fundamentally
it's
the
purpose
of
the
funding-
is
to
not
only
repair
damage
within
the
community,
but
also
repair
damage
from
a
governmental
perspective
of
loss
of
revenue
and
in
terms
of
our
operations,
and
this
is
so
far
the
only
recommendation
that
we
are
recommending
in
terms
of
loss
of
revenue.
C
We
were
very
proactive
in
terms
of
for
the
harris
center
to
see
if
there
were
other
revenue
opportunities,
and
there
was
another
grant
opportunity
that
we
we
sought
in
order
to
support
that
of
replenish
that
loss
of
revenue,
but
I'll
stop
there.
Tony.
If
you
could
address
the
transit
relations.
F
Yeah
absolutely
yeah,
councilman
returners,
correct
the
the
transfer
from
parking
to
support
transit
is
about
1.6
million
every
year
and
see
man,
city
manager,
campbell's,
also
correct.
F
We
as
we
highlight
you
all
during
the
budget
process,
there
were
revenue
losses
in
transit
in
harrah's
center
and
also
in
the
parking
fund
and,
as
you
all
know,
we've
got
the
shuttered
venue
operators
grant
revenue
to
offset
the
loss
of
the
harris
center
and
also
some
additional
arpa
money
in
transit
to
help
with
with
that
fund,
and
so
really
it's
the
parking
fund
that
we're
only
looking
at
to
replenish
the
revenue
losses
and
the
calculation.
F
We
did
that
the
u.s
treasury
provided
a
formula
for
us
to
calculate
revenue
loss
and
we're
actually
eligible
to
claim
a
lot
more
revenue
loss
than
what
we're
claiming
for
the
parking
fund,
but
we're
trying
to
be
very
cautious
and
really
only
focus
on
that
one
fund
that
we
think
needs
the
money
to
replenish
it
and
get
its
fund
balance
levels
back
up
and
also
continue
to
be
able
to
make
that
transfer
to
the
transit
fund.
Moving
forward.
H
Thank
you.
It
is
not
lost
on
me
that
we
are
funding
transit
with
our
parking
funds.
I
think
that's
appropriate,
and
I
am
very
familiar,
however,
because
this
is
part
of
our
public
engagement.
I
think
it
does
help
that
the
community
knows
more
about
this
conversation
and
the
rainy
day
is
quite
literally
here
and
we
have
a
general
fund
balance.
While
our
community
is
scraping
together,
resources
to
try
to
make
ends
meet
and
to
get
people
out
of
harm's
way.
H
G
So
the
emergency
non-congregate
homeless,
shelter,
the
1.2,
it's
my
understanding.
That's
basically
going
to
be
between
september
1st
or
maybe
the
end
of
august
through
december
31,
or
something
around
that
why?
G
Why
is
the
relationship
so
we've
spent
or
committed
to
a
million
seven,
and
I
think
that
was
longer
than
four
months
that
we
had.
G
We
were
operating
a
non-an
emergency,
non-congregate,
homeless,
shelter,
and
so
I'm,
I
guess,
I'm
looking
at
kind
of
the
relationship
of
1.2
to
1.7
and
wondering
if
it's,
if,
if
it's
expected
to
be
the
same
per
month
as
we've
had
in
the
past
or
is
it
different
see.
G
I
Yes,
ma'am,
it
is
approximately
the
same
per
month
with
a
little
variation
in
the
front.
I
will
tell
you
that
we're
going
to
be
asking
partners
to
help
cover
some
of
this,
so
this
is
the
worst
case
scenario.
I
would
say:
okay,
there
is
a
little
variation
of
what
we
were
paying
at
the
beginning,
based
on
the
number
of
folks
that
were
coming
in.
G
D
Okay,
can
we
go
forward
two
slides
so
again
we're
when
speaking
of
arpa?
D
What
we
really
want
to
focus
on
for
the
remainder
of
today's
meeting
is
the
fiscal
recovery
funds
and
we
wanted
to
to
center
this
around
the
guidance
we
received
through
from
the
treasury
department
and
really
what
was
the
goal
of
receiving
this
26.2
million
that
again
to
every
munici,
every
local
government,
every
municipality,
every
state
government,
every
tribal
government
in
the
country
is
receiving
fiscal
recovery
funds
and
really
the
goal
is
to
support
governments
in
responding
to
the
economic
and
public
health
impacts
to
help
contain
those
impacts
on
our
communities
on
our
residents
and
our
business
and
our
businesses,
and
also
to
start
laying
a
foundation
to
help
build
a
strong
and
equitable
recovery.
D
So,
as
we
talk
through
what
our
staff
recommendations
are
for
how
to
fund
or
how
to
use
these
funds,
we
really
want
to
center
them
around
these
goals.
D
So
with
those
goals
in
mind,
the
treasury
department
has
issued
allowable
uses
for
these
funds
and
we
went
into
a
little
more
detail
at
the
last
work
session.
I'm
going
to
keep
the
I
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
emphasizing
what
those
allowable
uses
are
without
spending
too
much
time
today,
focusing
on
them.
So
they
really
are
our
public
health
uses
and
that's
really
the
public
health
as
a
response
to
the
coven
19
pandemic,
and
that
includes
mental
health
and
behavioral
health
as
well.
D
The
negative
economic
impacts,
and
particularly
in
the
negative
economic
impacts
looking
at
the
disparate
impacts
of
our
low
income
and
bipoc
communities
and
allowable
use,
is
additional
pay
for
essential
workers.
So
that's
providing
some
sort
of
one-time
bonus
or
hourly
bonus
over
a
usual
salary
for
essential
workers
who
are
working,
who
have
been
working
on
the
front
line
of
the
pandemic
revenue
losses,
which
we've
already
mentioned.
D
Next
slide,
so
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
evaluation
process,
the
city
has
already
gone
through,
so
we're
starting,
really
looking
at
categories
to
be
funded
through
the
arpa
so
and
what
we
have
evaluated
at
this
point
have
been
a
total
of
24
categories
and
those
were
identified
through
our
community
engagement
data
that
we
have
we've
undertaken.
D
Over
the
past
few
years,
we
looked
at
internal
requests
from
city
departments
to
make
sure
that
we
were
capturing
categories
and
then,
lastly,
we
sent
out
a
survey
to
counsel
and
added
any
additional
categories.
So
again
we
evaluated
a
total
of
24
categories
for
consideration
and
then
we
created
we
took
those
24
categories
and
put
them
through
an
evaluation
process.
D
And
again
I
want
to
emphasize
that
our
the
guiding
principles
that
we're
really
focusing
on
were
using
an
equity
lens,
investing
in
resilience
aligning
with
priorities
focusing
on
measurable
impact,
leveraging
partnerships
and
considering
the
long
term
and
with
those
six
guiding
principles
in
our
evaluation
process.
We
had
16
employees
from
the
different
departments
across
the
city
and
they
they
scored
and
put
them
through
that
evaluation
process
and
at
the
last
work
session
we
presented
results.
D
We
presented
the
top
25,
the
middle
25
to
50
and
the
lowest
bottom
50
percent
and
those
those
results.
The
top
middle
and
low,
are
really
about
alignment
with
the
six
guiding
principles,
all
25
categories
that
were
considered
for
evaluation.
We
consider
to
be
city
priorities
on
next
slide.
D
So
at
this
point,
we're
coming
to
you
with
recommended
categories.
So
these
are
staff
recommendations
that
really
came
from
again
a
utilization
of
our
of
our
the
evaluation
process.
We
went
to
went
through
the
community
engagement
data
that
we've
already
looked
through
and
that
we
continue
to
receive
and,
lastly,
the
feedback
that
we
got
at
the
last
council
work
session.
D
So
we
have
a
total
of
eight
categories
and
they're
split
through
two
slides,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
you
all
know
that
that
we're
really
that
we
are
going
to
be
going
through
two
slides
worth
of
recommended
categories
and
again
they're
so
they're
affordable.
We
are
recommending
affordable
housing
so
to
increase
access
for
low
and
moderate
income
households,
we're
recommending
homelessness
services
which
improves
access
to
stable
and
affordable
housing
for
unhoused
individuals.
D
At
the
last
work
session,
we
presented
two
separate
categories
of
small
business
recovery
and
public
infrastructure
for
adaptability
and
we've
combined
the
public
infrastructure,
because
we
believe
that
the
public
infrastructure
really
has
a
huge
impact
on
the
small
business
recovery
for
public
infrastructure,
we're
really
referring
to
parklets
and
other
opportunities
for
businesses
to
use
small
to
use
public
outdoor
space.
So
an
example
of
that
is
the
avl
shares
share
spaces
program.
D
It
was
created
as
temporary
throughout
the
pandemic,
but
this
funding
could
be
expanded
to
become
a
permanent
city
program
and
then
also
workforce
development,
which
is
to
help
create
programs
that
will
help
train
unemployed
or
underemployed
workers
for
long-term
employment
and
next
slide,
and
then
our
other
recommendations
for
categories
to
fund
our
food
systems
and
that's
really
in
promoting
and
supporting
a
food
system
from
farm
to
disposal,
we're
recommending
city
infrastructure
and
specifically
around
city
infrastructure.
D
That's
improving
city
buildings,
for
safety
and
to
create
resilient
work
environments,
recommending
domestic
violence,
prevention
and
assistance
and
those
are
projects
to
mitigate
increases
in
domestic
violence
during
the
pandemic
or
to
prevent
domestic
violence
through
supportive
housing
and
then.
Lastly,
the
eighth
category
that
we're
recommending
to
fund
is
community
communication
and
that's
really
increasing
community
access
to
decision
making
and
that's
looking
at
digital
improvements
to
city
conference
rooms,
as
well
as
to
community
owned
premises
and
that's
to
help
increase
digital
or
remote
access
to
our
public
meetings.
D
Next
slide,
please
so
we're
again
we're
recommending
those
eight
categories
to
be
funding,
but
we
do
want
to
call
attention
to
the
other
categories
that
we
have
been
considering
and
match
them
up.
Part
of
the
reason
why
we
felt
that
they
were
not
that
they
that
we're
not
recommending
them
is
most
of
those
other
categories
have
potential
funding
available
through
other
sources.
D
D
Additionally,
it's
not
on
this
slide,
but
we
believe
that
we're
following-
and
it
has
not
been
confirmed
yet,
but
the
opioid
settlement
might
potentially
be
able
to
help
fund
public
health,
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
if
that
becomes,
if
that
becomes
fully
enacted.
D
And
so
our
there
are
a
few
categories
that
we
considered
that
were
around
infrastructure
and
we
are
closely
following
the
pending
federal
infrastructure
bill
because
we
believe
those
will
can
potentially
be
funded
through
that
we
have
our
strategic
partnership
funds
and
our
neighborhood
grants-
and
I
would
say
both
of
those
while
listing
separately-
are
youth
programming
in
our
community-led
capacity
bill
building,
depending
on
the
specific
project,
either
of
those
funding
sources
might
be
applicable.
D
Additionally,
through
this
last
budget
cycle
in
june,
council
approved
our
new
compensation
plan,
which
added
additional
pay
for
employees
and
for
those
reasons
we
feel
like
the
additional
pay
has
been
covered
and
we're
not
recommending
it
for
arpa
funds,
and
then
the
other
categories
listed
the
care
for
aging
residents,
emergency
planning
and
employee
retention
and
recruitment.
We
are
continuing
to
look
for
other
funds
to
match
those
needs.
K
Thanks
for
that
question,
councilwoman
ronnie
it
to
be
determined.
It's
still
right
now
being
debated,
obviously
within
the
houses
of
congress,
but
it
appears
that
most
of
this
would
funnel
through
the
state,
but
that
has
been
one
of
the
issues
that
has
at
least
been
discussed.
So
I
would
think
it
would
be
premature
at
this
point
to
say
that
it
is
absolutely
going
to
be
one
or
the
other.
H
Thank
you.
That
was
how
I
was
seeing
things
unfold
as
well,
and
my
concern
is
because
our
road
infrastructure
funding
is
so
in
a
deficit
right
now
in
the
state
of
north
carolina
is
my
understanding
that
if
we
received
federal
infrastructure
funding
and
it
were
to
be
funneled
through
the
state
that
would
be
mostly
absorbed
into
our
highway
and
road
infrastructure
for
state
maintained
roads,
so
that
would
mean
that
we
may
not
have
funds
for
these
four
very
top
emergency
issues
in
our
community.
H
So
I
just
I
wanted
to
bring
some
awareness
to
that
because,
as
we're
watching
the
process
and
unfold,
we
shouldn't
be
surprised
if
we
put
environmental
protection
and
sustainability,
storm
water
infrastructure,
transportation,
connectivity
and
water
infrastructure
on
a
back
burner.
Where
there's
going
to
be
no
heat.
D
So
I
want
to
stop
here
because
we
went
through
the
categories
that
staff
is
recommending
for
funding
and
and
give
council
an
opportunity
for
discussion
and
provide
feedback
on
on
what
you
would
like
us
to
see
to
have
you
vote
in
on
september
14th
for
categories
that
will
be
included
in
an
rfp
process.
E
Thank
you
patricia.
This
is
sage.
I
think
you've
done
a
great
job.
I
personally
feel,
like
we've,
come
to
a
good
place
with
this
list,
and
I
really
appreciate
that
slide
that
shared
some
of
the
other
sources
for
our
other
concerns,
because
I
think
in
no
way
does
this
list
represent
everything
we're
worried
about.
We
just
are
associating
other
funds
with
some
of
these,
so
these
are
the
ones
left
without
direct
funding
from
other
initiatives.
So
I
appreciate
the
work
so
far.
B
This
point,
I
would
like
to
add
something
after
looking
at
these
categories.
B
B
You
know
storm
many
people,
I've
spoken
with,
they
have
water
in
their
basements,
their
roots
are
leaking.
B
This
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
take
some
time
to
get
in
the
community
to
figure
out
how
many
people
we
can
help
salvage
their
homes
because
they
will
be
homeless
if
they,
you
know
unable
to
maintain
them.
So
I
think,
if
I
would
like
to
see
added
some
type
of
something
here
to
assist
homeowners
at
this
particular
time,
in
light
of
because
a
lot
of
people
don't
have
funds
right
now
because
of
colbit
and
different
things.
B
I
think
that's
something
we
need
to
address
because
I,
like
I
said
I've
already
had
people
reaching
out
to
me
that
are
experiencing
a
lot
of
these
issues
and
we
need
some
kind
of
fund
set
up
to
address
that
need.
C
I
thought
we
had
a
housing
rehab
program
using
community
development
block
grant
funding,
and
then
I
would
ask
patricia,
is:
is
this
something
that
could
become
under
the
umbrella
of
affordable
housing.
D
I
think
it
potentially
could
be
depending
on
what
projects
and
proposals
we
saw.
We
see
come
in
through
the
rfp.
D
I
will
also
point
out
again
that
the
state
has
received
273
million
dollars
specifically
for
homeowner
assistance,
and
they
are
still
working
through
and
taking
comments
on
how
that
program
should
be
allocated
so
they've
received
they're
receiving
273
million,
none
of
which
has
been
allocated
throughout
the
state
yet,
and
that
is
directly
for
homeowner
assistance.
E
That's
great,
I
know
mho
also
has
a
program
sandra.
I
think
your
concern
is,
is
terrific.
It's
very
much
a
need
right
now
and
I
think,
there's
probably
some
avenues
that
would
still
fit
under
this
affordable
housing,
whether
it's
keeping
people
housed
keeping
people
in
their
affordable
needs.
I
mean:
are
you
talking
about
just
anyone
that
needs
repairs
or
those
that
would
income
qualify
for
things
or
still
in
the
affordability
range,
you're,
muted,.
B
Of
course,
of
course,
I
think
that
we
should
address
the
needs
of
the
lower
income
of
the
people
that
really
need
it
at
this
time
and
and
and
one
thing
I'm
concerned
about
too,
and
the
reason
I
bring
that
up,
because
when
I
looked
at
the
list
of
things
that
we're
funding
with
the
aarp
funds,
it
looks
like
over,
13
million
is
going
to
deal
with
issues
as
far
as
homelessness
and
things
of
that
nature.
B
That
is
a
concern,
because
we've
got
over
80
to
90
million
other
people
here,
basically
that
you
know
I'm
just
saying
that
need
at
least
30.
You
know.
B
I
mean
but
anyways
a
lot
of
people
in
the
community
that
need
certain
services
that
I
think
it
is
important
for
the
city
to
connect
to
the
people
in
the
community
and
their
needs
with
these
funds,
because
this
is
an
opportunity
for
city
council
to
say
we
we're
concerned
about
the
community
too,
the
people
that
don't
really
complain
or
the
people
that's
just
getting
by.
I
think
that
we
need
to
have
more
outreach
with
programs
that
they
can
see
that
the
city
is
doing,
and
that's
one
thing.
B
I
think
that
the
city
has
often
done
is
sometimes
when
we
fund
different
services
and
we
fund
them
out
to
other
people
to
do
on
this
people
don't
realize
these
are
things
coming
from
the
city,
aarp
funds-
everybody
has
their.
I
mean
a
r
p
funds.
Everybody
has
the
eye
on
what
the
city
is
going
to
do
for.
G
Can
I
just
remind.
I
G
That
we
have
not
voted
on
spending
13
million
dollars
on
the
homeless,
that
that
that
nine
million
dollars
is
hasn't
been
voted
on.
It
hasn't
been
committed,
and
you
know
at
least
for
me-
I'm
certainly
hoping
that
we're
going
to
get
other
partners
that
are
going
to
take
that
9
million
dollars
substantially
lower
than
it
is
right.
Now.
A
Good
point,
gwen
and-
and
the
vote
on
that
has
been
moved
back
so
that
we
do
have
an
opportunity
to
flush
out
those
partnerships
before
we
have
to
vote
to
spend,
spend
that
money,
but
to
councilwoman
kilgore's
point.
I
think
what
I
heard
you
say
deborah
is
that
there
is
flexibility
in
the
housing
category
to
include
support
for
home.
You
know
homeowner
assistance
as
a
potential,
because
again
you
know
this.
A
A
Might
respond
to
the
rfp
and
be
able
to
administer
through
this
funding
some
of
those
services.
So
I
think
what
I
heard
you
say
is
that
these
categories
allow
for
their
broad
enough
that
they
would
include
that
type
of
service.
A
Want
yeah-
and
you
know,
and
it's
I
would
say,
that
of
all
the
recovery
funds
not
just
coming
to
asheville,
but
to
the
state,
the
county
and
other
agencies.
There
is
a
lot
in
terms
of
housing
assistance,
whether
it's
rental
assistance
or
eviction,
prevention
or
homeowner
assistance
such
as
you're
talking
about
it.
It's
it's
a
little
frustrating
because
some
of
it's
already
been
funded.
A
Coming
up
with
their
guidelines
for
how
they're
going
to
spend
their
funds
that
are
earmarked
for
these
kinds
of
things,
so
you
know
we're
we're
one
piece
of
the
puzzle
here,
but
there's
a
lot.
There's
a
lot
happening
there
and
just
sort
of
coordinating
it
all
is
such
a
challenge.
C
And
mayor
also
in
response
to
storm
relief
because
of
the
proactive
emergency
declaration,
we
would
potentially
be
eligible
for
federal
emergency
management
association
money
to
assist
homeowners
or
property
owners
in
general
with
repairs.
So,
even
if
it's
not
arpa,
we
think
that
there
are
other
funding
opportunities
to
address.
Ms
kilgore's
concern.
B
B
So
what
I'm
trying
to
figure
out-
and
maybe
someone
can
help
me
with
this-
is
in
a
lot
of
the
areas,
especially
the
lower
income
areas,
what
I'm
finding
I
spoke
with
the
people
in
the
community
about
this.
A
lot
of
people
are
not
applying
for
these
jobs
because
they
can't
get
to
the
jobs
and
our
transit
system
does
not
afford.
B
You
know
it's
not
really
geared
up
to
address
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
we
have
with
this,
and
so
I'm
thinking,
if
it's
something
anything
that
we
can
do
in
the
communities,
especially
some
of
the
communities-
that's
hard
hit
that
where
people
do
not
have
transportation
to
get
to
these
jobs,
is
it
anything
that
we
can
do
to
start
connecting
these
communities
with
these
jobs
so
that
they
can
start
making
their
own
money
and
then
they
can
start
being
self-sufficient?
B
I
think
that's
a
bit
disconnect
that
we,
if
it's
any
kind
of
way
that
we
can
address
this.
What
can
we
do
to
assist.
C
So,
mr
gore,
the
response
that
I
would
have
to
that
is,
if
you
all
approved
these
categories,
I
would
see
that
if
a
non-profit
or
some
other
entity
wanted
to
work
with
us
and
provided
a
proposal
in
response
to
our
rfp
process,
that
patricia
will
talk
which
talk
to
you
about
shortly.
The
small
business
recovery
and
the
workforce
development,
I
think,
would
be
those
categories
where
something
of
that
nature
would
fit
fit
neatly
into
into
these
categories.
C
C
We
would
be
obviously
managing
the
grants
and
disbursing
the
funding,
but
it
wouldn't
be
us
being
the
direct
service
provider.
B
Yes,
I
could
understand
that,
but
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
a
way
that
we
could
actually
provide
funding
for
or
to
supplement
a
transit
to
do
this,
because
what
it
is
is
doing.
This
would
not
be
very
profitable,
of
course,
so
they
would
need
some
type
of
funding,
but
I
just
think
that's
a
big
gap
that
we're
we're
overlooking
it
sort
of
reminds
me
of
when
emily
talked
about
the
people
that
were
in
the
shelters
and
how
most
of
the
people
didn't
even
have
ids
things
that
we
don't
think
about.
B
You
know
because
we're
okay,
we
have
ids,
we
have
our
cars
we
have,
but
for
a
lot
of
the
people,
that's
living
in
public
housing.
They
don't
have
access
to
cars
or
are
either
transportation
to
get
to
these
jobs,
and
even
if
they
could
catch
the
bus,
usually
the
jobs,
they're
very
demanding
and
they
may
call.
But
then
you
have
to
get
your
child
to
your
mother's
house
in
order
to
go
to
work
so
without
some
type
of
transportation
assistance
for
these
communities,
it's
no
way
in
the
world.
B
J
I
would
like
to
see
I
would
like
to
support
services
around
caring
for
elderly
to
to
rise
to
a
funding
category
when
I
think
about
when
we
were
sheltering
in
place
and
how
they
were
impacted
by
the
lack
of
mobility
to
get
food
and
medication
is
life-threatening
to
that
group,
especially
because
they
have
so
many
needs
related
to
their
health
that
were
not
met.
H
I
support
what
sandra
and
shanique
have
brought
to
the
table,
and
I
think
about
that.
We
ended
service
to
spruce
hill
apartments.
Our
own
city
transit
service,
at
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic
and
neighbors
didn't
have
access
to
health
and
human
services
to
groceries
and
cabs
weren't
available
and
ride
sharing
services
were
not
available,
so
a
lot
of
folks
were
having
to
run
errands
for
people.
A
Okay,
any
other
and
again
we'll
be
able
to.
This
will
be
on
our
agenda
for
tonight,
we'll
be
able
to
hear
some
public
input
and
of
course
we
can
have
some
further
discussion
and
then
we'll
be
on
our
agenda
again
before
we
solidify.
B
D
D
We
plan
to
leave
the
rfp
open
for
six
weeks,
we're
hoping
with
the
six
weeks
timeline
that
will
give
us
ample
opportunity
to
have
the
rfp
done
in
conjunction
with
community
outreach
and
we'll
also
hold
an
information
session
for
interested
applicants
to
provide
additional
information
about
the
rfp
and
give
them
an
opportunity
to
answer
questions
we'll
also
allow
them
to
formally
submit
questions
and
we'll
put
out
an
addendum
for
rfp,
but
I
do
want
to
mention
in
addition
to
the
rfp
around
the
arpa
funds.
D
D
By
doing
all
of
the
outreach
as
a
combined
effort,
we
can
direct
people
to
the
appropriate
grant
funding
initiative,
and
so
some
of
those
other
city
grants
include
our
neighborhood
grants
program
that
was
just
that
was
just
launched
and
included
in
this
la
in
this
year's
budget.
We
have
strategic
partnership
grants
in
addition
to
racial
healing,
mini
grants.
D
G
Yeah,
thank
you
patricia.
So
can
you
go
back
to?
Yes?
Thank
you.
You
know,
given
the
fact
that
the
county
has
doubled
the
amount
of
funds
that
we
have.
I
just
really
encourage
that
whatever
we're
doing
around
this
rfp
process
is
coordinated
and
that
you
know
we
don't
get
ahead
of
the
county
and
the
county
doesn't
get
ahead
of
us
so
that
either
you
know
we're
identifying
people
who
you
know
can
go
to
the
county
or
go
to
the
city
or
whatever
it
may
be.
G
So
I
really
you
know
kind
of
keep
asking
that
question
and
then
just
a
reminder
is
that,
frankly
this
I
I
I
caution
us
being
like
in
a
big
rush
to
do
this,
given
the
fact
that
these
funds
will
not
be
available
until
mid
2022
right
I
mean
we,
we
get
the
13
million,
and
then
you
wait
for
the
remaining
13
million.
So
you
know
there
there's
not
going
to
be
any
funds
available
until
kind
of
a
long
time
from
now.
G
So
I
guess
I
would
kind
of
remind
us
of
that
from
the
standpoint
of
timing.
C
Well,
when
I
think
patricia,
can
you
clarify
our
either
tony?
We
we
actually
have
our
first
trench,
it's
in
the
back
and
then
the
next
allocation
will
be
available.
I
think
sometime
in
the
spring,
which
would
the
next
13.
G
Much
I
mean
we've
darn
close
to
earmarked
the
first
13
already,
so
you
know
we're
not
going
to
have
the
new
funding
available
until
yeah.
F
No,
I
think
you
all
covered
it
already.
Okay,.
H
Go
ahead,
this
is
kim.
I
have
a
question
about
the
rfp
process
while
we're
on
this
slide
before
we
move
on
and
that's
what
is
the
point
system
going
to
look
like,
because
we
have
a
recent
example
with
a
point
system
that
we
used
for
eight
riverside
drive
rfp
and
it's
been
interesting
to
hear
community
feedback
on
participating
in
that
process.
H
H
C
D
That
is
something
that
is
currently
in
develop
in
development
with
city
staff.
I
do
hear
your
point
about
an
equitable,
an
equitable
recovery
and
it's
something
that
we
plan
to
incorporate
throughout
the
point
system.
However,
that
looks
so
it's
it's
a
key
element
in
the
treasury
guidance.
D
Obviously,
it's
it's
a
huge
initiative
for
and
a
guidepost
for
the
city
and
we'll
we'll
make
sure
that
that's
incorporated
as
much
as
we
possibly
can
in
the
rfp
evaluations.
H
Thank
you
for
that
answer,
and
then
do
we
have
a
idea
of
when
we
will
could
expect
to
see
what
that
process
could
look
like
some
sort
of
timeline.
D
Actually,
I
will
next
slide
please
and
I'll
talk
about
that.
So
tonight
at
city
council
we
will
have
an
opportunity
for
a
public
comment
on
the
categories
that
we're
recommending
for
funding
on
september
14th.
The
council
will
approve
the
category
allocations
throughout
this
time.
D
City
staff
is,
I
mean
we
are
already
meeting
and
working
through
developing
an
rfp
process,
including
what
that
evaluation
process
looks
like
so,
but
it
will
be
incorporated
into
our
rfp
so
that
any
potential
applicant
will
see
exactly
what
the
evaluation
criteria
will
be
in
the
rfp,
so
at
the
latest.
D
It
will
be
available
in
october
when
we
open
our
rfp
process
to
the
community,
we'll
hope
and
we're
hoping
to
have
it
again
open
for
six
weeks,
we're
looking
to
aim
for
the
due
date
for
proposals
to
be
november,
15th
and
then,
through
late
november
early
december,
we'll
be
evaluating
the
proposals
and
coming
up
with
staff
recommendations
for
project
awards
and
then
on
the
council
meeting
on
december
14th.
We
will
bring
staff
recommendations
and
have
council
approval
of
the
final
project
awards.
H
C
C
Matter
with
the
I
think,
the
climate
justice
report,
we
might
be
able
to
get
information
on
that
to
you,
as
you
know,
it's
probably
before
the
end
of
the
day,
but
I'm
I'm
not
sure
about
the
stormwater
one
and
the
time
frame
for
for
that
one.
This
rooney.
H
Okay,
well,
since
both
of
those
are
in
this
list,
that
would
be
so
helpful
as
soon
as
we
can
get
them.
I
know
the
stormwater
task
force
when
I,
when
I
reached
out
to
members,
said
that
the
report
was
going
to
be
delivered
so
looking
forward
to
that.
Okay,
we'll.
D
A
Okay,
all
right
folks,
we'll
we're
done
and
we'll
see
you
back
here
virtually
at
five
o'clock
this
evening.
C
And
if
we
could
get
here
just
a
little
earlier
just
to
do
the
testing,
my
checks
and
so
forth,
but
tin
till
would
be
great.