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A
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
esther
manheimer,
I'm
mayor
of
the
city
of
asheville,
and
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
may
25th
city
council
meeting
for
tonight's
meeting.
All
council
members
and
staff
are
participating
virtually
for
those
of
you
out
there
today
welcome
to
help
our
audience
follow
along
I'll
state.
Each
section
of
the
agenda
aloud.
A
we're
also
broadcasting
live
on
the
city's
youtube
channel
for
public
comment.
We
ask
callers
to
sign
up
in
advance
to
join
the
live
speaker
queue.
We
will
only
be
taking
live
comments
from
those
signed
up
prior
to
tonight's
meeting.
Those
callers
have
been
provided
instructions
on
how
to
participate.
A
Each
caller
is
allotted
three
minutes
to
speak
for
each
agenda
item.
We
will
hear
live
comments
for
up
to
one
hour
for
each
agenda
item
a
reminder
to
callers
you'll.
First
hear
staff
inform
counsel
that
you're
next
to
speak,
then
you'll
hear
an
automated
message,
letting
you
know
you're
unmuted
and
live
in
the
meeting.
A
A
A
I
just
shared
and
staff
will
enter
you
back
into
the
speaker,
queue
of
your
agenda
item
and
I
would
like
to
ask
all
those
participating
in
tonight's
public
comment
to
follow
council's
rules
of
decorum.
The
rules
include.
The
following
speakers
are
only
allowed
to
speak
one
time
during
the
public
comment
period
for
each
agenda
item
a
person
may
speak
only
if
they
have
signed
up
to
speak
in
accordance
with
the
city's
procedures.
A
A
A
I
will
now
go
through
and
introduce
the
council
members
and
staff
leadership,
council
and
staff.
As
I
call
your
name.
Please
say:
quick
hello.
Vice
mayor
smith,
hello,
councilwoman,
kilgore
good
evening,
councilwoman
mosley,
hello,
councilwoman,
roni,
hello,
councilwoman,
turner,
good
evening,
councilwoman
whistler
good
evening.
City
manager,
deborah
campbell.
B
C
A
Thank
you
all
right.
We
will
begin
with
the
pledge
of
allegiance
council
members.
Please
stand
and
join
me
in
the
pledge
of
allegiance.
A
A
All
we
do
not
have
any
problems
on
this
evening's
agenda,
so
I'm
going
to
move
right
into
the
consent
agenda.
Council.
Do
you
have
any
questions
or
comments
or
a
motion
to
adopt
the
consent
agenda.
A
Second,
okay:
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
one
thing
to
highlight
this
evening.
Is
that
we'd
like
to
thank
the
rotary
clubs
of
asheville,
buncombe
and
arden,
along
with
the
monford
neighborhood
association
for
their
donations
for
bus?
Stop
improvements?
Yay!
Thank
you
all
right,
so
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
council.
We
don't
have
anyone
signed
up
to
speak
under
this
item.
So
unless
there
are
any
questions,
I'm
going
to
take
a
roll
call
vote.
A
Sandra
kilgore,
all
right,
I
will
begin
with
councilwoman
whistler.
F
A
Myself,
I
vice
mayor
smith,
hi
councilwoman,
kilgore,
aye,
councilwoman,
mosley,
aye,
councilwoman,
rony,
hi
and
councilwoman
turner
hi
all
right.
Thank
you
all
right.
Next,
we
have
one
major
presentation
on
this
evening's
agenda
and
that
is
the
fiscal
year
2021
2022
annual
operating
budget
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
city
manager,
deborah
campbell
to
start
us
off.
B
Okay,
good
evening
mayor
city,
council,
members,
staff
and
the
asheville
community,
it
was
only
a
few
months
ago
september,
the
22nd
2020,
to
be
exact.
That
council
approved
the
2020
2021
budget.
As
you
know,
our
city
budget
is
usually
adopted
by
july
1.
But,
as
you
also
know,
last
year
was
a
very
unusual
year.
B
However,
our
finance
and
management
services
department
deserves
extra
acknowledgement
and
praise
this
year
because
they
manage
all
this
in
the
midst
of
a
change
in
leadership.
The
former
director
accepted
another
position
out
of
state
and
the
current
director
tony
mcdowell
accepted
the
position
on
an
interim
basis
before
being
permanently
hired
for
the
position.
I
think
you
will
agree
that
the
change
was
seamless
and
staff
didn't
miss
a
beat
or
a
deadline,
and
of
course
I
want
to
thank
you,
council
for
your
patience
attention
and
the
input
you've
provided
throughout
this
process.
B
B
We
wanted
to
provide
the
context
and
rationale
for
the
budget
recommendations,
so
essentially
what
we
are
going
to
do-
and
we
think
we
can
do
this
in
a
short
order-
is
to
provide
you
with
a
review
of
the
budget
process,
an
overview
of
the
recommendations
and
then
talk
about
what
our
next
steps
will
be,
because,
even
though
in
june,
hopefully,
you
will
be
adopting
some
type
of
a
budget,
whether
it's
the
proposed
budget,
this
being
recommended
to
you
tonight
or
not
that
that
will
be
determined
over
the
next
almost
30
days.
B
We
will
continue
to
talk
about
other
initiatives
like
9-1-1
consolidation,
the
emergency
response
team.
Those
things
have
not
been
finalized,
but
I
hope
that
they
will
be
over
the
next
several
months
and
many
other
initiatives.
Next
live
news.
B
B
Again,
this
proposed
budget
is
based
on
a
lot
of
internal
work.
Your
council
priorities
community
input,
including
the
continuation
of
our
reimagining
public
safety
process.
As
I
said
earlier,
I
feel
very
strongly
that
these
proposals
are
are
balanced
and
fiscally
responsible.
B
B
So
with
that,
I
am
going
to
turn
it
over
to
our
finance
finance
management
services,
director,
tommy
mcdowell.
G
All
right,
thank
you,
deborah
and
good
evening,
mayor
and
council
I'll
be
talking
to
you
all
through
the
remainder
of
the
slides
tonight.
Thank
you
for
the
introduction
deborah
and
the
nice
words
about
the
efforts
that
staff
have
put
in
over
the
last
few
months
to
bring
us
to
where
we're
at
tonight.
G
So,
as
ms
campbell
indicated
a
lot
of
the
information
that
we're
going
to
be
presenting
or
that
I'm
going
to
be
showing
over
the
next
few
slides
or
things
that
we
covered
with
you
all
at
some
of
our
other
work
sessions.
G
So
I'm
probably
going
to
move
pretty
quickly
through
these,
but
we
did
want
to
kind
of
give
everyone
an
overview
and
and
review
of
what
we've
talked
about
in
some
of
the
other
work
sessions
in
case
there
are
folks
who
have
in
the
community
have
not
seen
those
and
are
just
tuning
in
for
the
first
time
tonight
and
catching
up
on
the
budget
process.
G
So
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
please.
So
just
as
a
reminder,
we
have
been
through
a
number
of
budget
work
sessions
this
year,
five
to
be
in
total.
We
began
back
in
march
talking
to
you
all
we
kind
of
gave
you
all
an
introduction
to
the
budget.
We
talked
a
little
bit
about
where
we
were
in
the
current
year
and
we
talked
extensively
about
the
compensation
study
and
the
results
of
that
and
you'll
see
some
of
those
recommendations.
G
G
At
the
april
27th
work
session,
we
introduced
the
revenue-neutral
tax
rate
at
that
work
session
and
I'll
be
talking
a
little
more
about
that
tonight
and
then,
finally,
at
our
at
your
last
work
session
on
may
11th,
we
sort
of
brought
you
a
draft
of
what
you're
seeing
tonight
and
the
proposed
budget
you're
seeing
tonight
in
many
ways
is,
is
the
same
budget
that
we
or
the
same
set
of
recommendations
that
we
shared
with
you
two
weeks
ago.
G
Current
year
budget
in
september
of
2020.,
we
had
a
couple
of
months
of
break.
It
looks
like
here,
and
then
we
picked
up
with
starting
the
new
budget
process
in
november
and
have
been
working
on
it
internally.
Really,
since
then,
we
started
engaging
you
all
with
the
first
work
session
in
early
march.
G
You
all
had
your
retreat
on
march
31st
and
april
1st,
and
then
we
have
the
additional
work
sessions
and
then
here
we
are
tonight
with
the
manager's
proposed
budget
and
they're
really
with
this
budget
process.
Only
two
additional
steps
after
tonight
on
june
20
on
june
8th,
you
all
will
hold
the
budget
public
hearing
and
then
on
june
22nd.
You
will
vote
to
adopt
the
fy
2122
budget
next
slide.
G
G
We
did.
That
really
did
all
that
really
in
response
to
the
social,
economic
and
environmental,
environmental
and
racial
justice
issues
that
we
were
hearing
about
and
have
been
hearing
about
for
the
last
12
months,
and
we
also
went
into
this
budget
process
this
year
with
because
of
the
covet
19
pandemic,
expecting
very
limited
revenue
growth.
We
really
wanted
to
focus
our
conversations
with
internally
with
our
departments
on
what
we
could
do
with
our
existing
services
and
our
existing
resources,
and
so
we're
having
those
conversations
internally.
G
This
is
a
slide
that
we've
shared
with
you
all
on
a
couple
of
occasions
now,
but
we
did
identify
a
couple:
key
response
strategies
and
you're
going
to
see
these
response
strategies
reflected
in
some
of
our
budget
recommendations
later
on
and
those
response
strategies
were
to
refocus
our
engagement
at
the
neighborhood
level
and
again,
that's
the
theme
you're
going
to
be
hearing
throughout
the
presentation
and
also
to
develop
a
clear
data,
informed
framework
for
our
decision
making
around
budget
and
around
other
issues
here
at
the
city
next
slide.
G
So
some
of
the
key
things
that
we
heard
from
those
community
engagement
sessions,
things
that
folks
are
interested
out
interested
in
out
in
the
community,
we're
understanding
how
the
budget
affects
individuals
and
how
to
make
an
impact
on
budget
decisions,
increased
access,
convenience
and
transparency
around
the
work
that
we're
doing
and
communicating
to
the
community.
In
a
clear
plain
language
that
they
can
understand
and
feeling
like,
they
could
be
part
of
the
resource,
allocate
allocation
and
prioritization
process
that
we
go
through
every
year
as
a
part
of
the
budget.
G
Next
slide,
we
also
held,
as
I
said,
or
as
mrs
campbell
said,
a
couple
of
employee
engagement
sessions,
and
we
took
the
input
from
that
as
well
as
we
were
developing
the
budget
that
we're
presenting
to
you
all
tonight.
There
was
interest
expressed
from
employees
in
compensation
and
as
a
tool
for
billing
value
as
an
employee,
more
staff
resources.
That
was
the
theme
that
we
heard
over
and
over
to
address
both
council
priorities
and
our
course
service
delivery,
and
also
more
strategically
utilizing
the
existing
resources
that
we
have
next
slide.
E
G
Then
finally,
we
relied
on
council
strategies
and
priorities
that
you
all
identified.
As
I
mentioned,
you
all
had
your
retreat
on
march
31st
and
in
april
for
april
first
of
this
year,
and
you
identified
at
that
retreat
four
priorities
for
the
upcoming
year,
that
included
reparations,
reimagining,
public
safety,
compensation
and
utilization
of
the
american
rescue
plan
funding
and
those
those
four
areas
and
four
focus
areas
were
built
on
in
addition
to
the
areas
and
priorities
that
you
all
identified
from
2019.
G
When
you
did
the
vision,
2036
priorities
next
slide.
So
where
did
all
that
lead
us
that
led
us
to
the
development
of
the
proposed
budget
that
we're
presenting
to
you
all
tonight?
So
it
wouldn't
be
a
budget
presentation
without
at
least
a
few
slides
with
some
some
tables
and
numbers
in
it.
So
I
just
want
to
kind
of
run
through
quickly
what
the
proposed
budget
is
for
this
upcoming
fiscal
year.
So
on
this
slide,
you'll
see
that
the
total
proposed
budget
for
fy
21
22
is
201
million
point
201.7
million
dollars.
G
That's
about
a
nine
percent
increase
over
the
fy
21
budget.
This
slide
shows
our
various
funds,
the
general
fund,
as
well
as
the
six
enterprise
funds
that
we
operate,
and
what
the
proposed
budgets
are
for
fy,
21
or
22
in
comparison
to
the
adopted
budgets
for
fy21.
G
G
Is
the
largest
budget
and
it's
about
it's
up
about
12
million
compared
to
the
current
fiscal
year,
and
I'm
going
to
go
through
on
the
next
slide,
some
some
more
details
on
the
general
fund
budget.
So
we
can
go
to
that
one.
G
So,
in
the
general
fund
budget,
as
I
mentioned,
it's
a
147
million
dollar
budget.
We
want
to
show
you
all
on
this
slide,
some
of
the
larger
components
of
that
budget
and
and
how
they've
changed
from
between
fiscal
year,
21
and
fiscal
year,
22.
so
afd,
the
asheville
fire
department
apd,
the
national
police
department.
Those
are
the
two
largest
components
of
the
general
fund
budget.
G
Together
those
budgets
equal
about
60
million
dollars
out
of
the
total
147
million
dollar
budget.
The
next
largest
department
in
the
general
fund
is
parks
and
recreation
at
13.4
million
public
works
at
12.7
and
then
we've
grouped
together.
Some
of
our
smaller
departments
support
services
that
includes
finance
city
managers,
office,
I.t,
human
resources
and
then
some
of
our
other
smaller
departments
or
under
the
other
category,
and
that
includes
development
services,
transportation
planning
and
some
of
those
smaller
services.
G
We've
also
called
out
in
the
the
donut
chart
our
contribution
to
the
capital
improvement
program,
which
is
about
16.4
million
dollars
that
contribution
we've
kept
flat
in
the
current
year,
as
well
as
the
general
fund
contribution
to
the
transit
services
fund,
which
is
about
7.9
million
so
on
the
right
that
chart
shows
the
the
change
in
the
budgets
for
those
areas
between
fiscal
year
21
and
fiscal
year
22..
G
So
you
can
see
in
the
general
fund
the
department.
That's
that's
up.
The
most
is
the
asheville
fire
department
is
showing
about
a
3.8
million
dollar
increase,
and
some
of
that's
due
to
the
compensation
adjustments
that
I'll
be
talking
about
in
a
few
slides,
we're
also
adding
15
firefighters
to
that
department.
For
next
year.
In
anticipation
of
the
new
broadway
public
safety
station,
opening
in
the
fall
of
2022.,
the
next
largest
departmental
increase
in
the
general
fund
was
in
parks
and
recreation.
G
G
G
So
if
you
remember
at
your
previous
work
session,
we
highlighted
some
of
the
investments
that
we
were
proposing
for
fy22
and
we've
heard
them
together
in
the
categories,
and
some
of
these
categories
were
relate
back
to
the
priorities
you
identified
at
your
at
your
retreat
in
in
march
and
april,
and
so
the
eight
categories
that
we've
grouped
the
investments
into
for
next
year
are
reparations,
reimagining
public
safety,
employees
and
workforce
neighborhoods
and
housing,
youth
transportation,
environment
and
economic
development.
G
G
So
in
the
area
of
reparations,
we're
proposing
two
new
investments
into
the
budget
for
the
coming
year
and
those
investments
would
be
funded
out
of
our
general
fund
fund
balance
they're
one-time
appropriations.
G
Anticipation
of
spending
those
dollars
either
late
next
fiscal
year,
beginning
to
spend
those
dollars
either
late
next
fiscal
year
or
in
future
fiscal
years
after
that,
we're
also
anticipating
that,
as
this
program,
moves
along
we'll
also
receive
other
outside
investments
from
possible
hotel
rezonings
that
relate
to
the
community
benefits
table
next
slide
the
next
area
to
highlight
reimagining,
public
safety
or
safe
communities
as
we're
calling
it
here
as
well.
As
I
mentioned.
G
Ago
we,
we
are
reallocating
some
additional
money
from
from
police.
The
police
department
currently
has
about
70
vacancies
amongst
the
sworn
officers.
G
They
have
plans
to
begin
hiring
to
replace
some
of
those
vacancies
next
year,
but
they
won't
be
able
to
replace
all
of
them
next
year,
so
we're
never
going
to
have
more
savings
from
vacancies
in
the
police
department
than
we
would
typically
have,
and
so
we're
going
to
utilize
some
of
that
money
to
fund
the
things
that
are
listed
on
this
slide.
That
includes
implementing
the
police
department's
portion
of
the
compensation
study,
providing
some
additional
overtime
for
coverage.
Because
of
those
vacancies
that
I
mentioned,
we're.
G
Some
money
from
salaries
for
some
trainings
related
to
reimagining
public
safety,
those
include
de-escalation,
verbal
judo
crisis
intervention
and
some
fair
and
impartial
police
trainings
we're
also
reallocating
some
money
to
cover
some
inflationary
cost
include
increases
that
the
police
department
has
in
its
contract
and
maintenance
for
body-worn
cameras
and
then
finally,
we're
going
to
reallocate
110
000
from
the
police
department
over
to
the
development
services
department
to
provide
some
additional
funding
for
noise,
ordinance
and
animal
control
services.
G
If
you
all
remember,
we
reallocated
funding
in
september
to
begin
this
transition
from
from
the
police
department
to
development
services
for
those
two
services
and
as
as
we've
gone
through
that
reorganization
this
year,
we've
identified
an
additional
need
in
the
development
services
department
for
two
new
positions
to
help
with
that
transition
and
and
to
enforce
the
noise
ordinance
and
animal
control
regulations.
G
So
the
583
thousand
dollars
that
we
have
in
next
year's
budget
will
allow
us
to
hire
those
firefighters
and
this
this
fall
and
then
they'll
be
ready.
As
I
said,
for
the
for
the
opening
of
the
station.
When
we
come
to
you
all
with
next
year's
budget
fiscal
year,
23
budget
we'll
have
additional
dollars
that
we
will
need
to
add
to
the
budget
once
the
station
is
fully
operational
in
in
the
fall
of
2022.
G
We
also
want
to
highlight
some
of
the
ongoing
investments
from
reimagining.
As
I
mentioned,
the
dollars
that
we
shifted
over
last
fall
from
from
the
police
department
development
service
to
development
services.
We
also
moved
funding
out
of
the
police
department
to
fund
additional
services
in
in
data.
G
Moving
on
to
the
employee
and
workforce
investment
category,
a
few
things
we
want
to
highlight
here,
the
first
of
which
is
new
money
that
we're
putting
into
the
budget.
It's
really
money
to
replace
funds
that
we
did
not
budget
this
year.
As
you
all
recall,
when
we
were
preparing
this
current
year
budget,
we
were
in
the
beginning
stages
of
the
pandemic.
G
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
could
respond
if
revenues
decreased,
and
so
we
held
approximately
49
positions
vacant
or
froze
those
positions
for
the
first
six
months
of
the
current
fiscal
year
that
we're
in
and
that
netted
us
about
1.1
million
dollars
in
savings
that
we
used
to
balance
this
year's
budget,
we're
proposing
to
add
funding
back
to
the
budget
so
that
we
can
unfreeze
and
fully
staff
those
positions
for
next
fiscal
year.
G
We're
also
for
the
I
believe,
it's
the
fourth
or
fifth
consecutive
year
being
asked
by
the
state
to
put
more
money
into
the
local
government
retirement
system.
The
employer
contribution
is
going
up
by
another
1.2
percent
that
comes
at
a
cost
of
about
700
thousand
dollars
for
us
in
the
general
fund
and
then
finally
just
to
highlight
an
ongoing
investment,
and
we
mentioned
this
one
to
you
all
at
your
last
work
session
as
well.
G
We
are
proud
of
the
fact
that
we're
able
to
keep
both
the
employee
and
employer
contributions
to
our
health
care
program
at
the
same
level
again
next
year.
That's
the
fourth
year
in
a
row
that
we've
been
able
to
avoid
cost
increase
there
and
that's
really
attributable
to
really
good
trend
trends
in
our
our
spending
in
the
health
care
program
and
the
efforts
of
employees
have
made
to
keep
those
those
costs
down
as
well
next
slide.
G
So
the
the
biggest
investment
in
terms
of
dollars
that
were
that
we're
proposing
for
the
compensation
and
employees
and
workforce
next
year
is
money
to
implement
the
archery
compensation
study
that
total
citywide's
about
7.9
million
dollars.
And
it
really.
G
Of
kind
of
three
components,
the
first
of
which
is
implementing
the
public
safety
plans
in
police
and
fire,
and
also
bringing
all
of
our
employees
who
are
below
the
minimum
paid
grades
that
were
recommended
by
archer
up
to
that
minimum
pay
grade
or
providing
employees
with
a
two
and
a
half
percent
pay
increase.
Whichever
is
greater
of
those
two
and
I'll
show
you
on
the
next
slide,
somehow
how
those
dollars
break
down
across
the
funds,
as
well
as
across
our
employee
base
as
well.
G
But
before
I
get
to
that,
I
wanted
to
mention
a
couple
other
things
on
the
employee
and
workforce
investment
area,
the
first
of
which
is
that
we
are
adding
two
new
paid
holidays.
Actually,
the
juneteenth
holiday
begins
this
current
fiscal
year
here,
a
few
weeks
on
june
18th.
G
So
but
we'll
be
continuing
those
holidays
moving
forward
city
employees
will
have
juneteenth
as
well
as
veterans
day
off
moving
forward,
we're
also
adding
eight
weeks
of
paid
parental
leave
and
six
weeks
of
paid
leave
for
care
of
a
qualified
family
member
with
a
serious
health
condition
and
those.
G
Three
items:
I
do
have
a
budgetary
cost,
it's
a
small
budgetary
cost
for
to
do
those
items,
and
so
we
didn't
highlight
a
dollar
amount
for
those
next
slide.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
I
wanted
to
spend
a
few
minutes
kind
of
showing
you
all
the
the
financial
impact
of
the
of
the
compensation.
G
G
You
can
see
the
general
fund,
because
it
is
the
largest
fund,
absorbs
the
most
of
that
cost
of
about
6.7
million
and
then
the
water
fund,
at
just
under
a
million
dollars.
I'd
also
want
to
highlight
the
the
difference
in
costs
for
implementing
the
different
components
of
the
program.
G
You
can
see
that
the
adjustments
to
the
police
department,
which
are
again
being
covered
by
vacancy
savings
within
that
department,
were
about
1.7
million.
The
adjustments
in
the
fire
department
were
about
2.7
million
and
then
the
overall
adjustments
to
bring
other
employees
either
up
to
the
minimum
or
two
and
a
half
percent
increase,
was
about
3.5
million
dollars
next
slide.
G
So
taking
another
look
at
the
that
same
data
and
looking
at
how
it
impacts
our
employees
across
across
the
organization
in
terms
of
number
of
employees,
which
is
that
column
on
the
far
right
and
also
what
employees
are
currently
making.
You
can.
G
This
chart
that
for
employees
that
are
earning
sixty
thousand
dollars
or
less
the
vast
majority
of
the
benefits
from
the
com,
the
archer
compensation
recommendations
are
gonna,
be
going
to
employees
in
those
categories.
G
If
you
add
up
those
first,
four
or
five
rows,
and
and
look
at
that
as
a
percentage
of
the
total
about
87
percent
of
the
total
cost,
or
the
total
benefit
of
this
program
will
be
for
employees
who
are
currently
making
below
60
000
a
year.
G
G
New
that
we
didn't
talk
to
you
all
about
on
on
may
11th
and
that's
the
homeowners
tax
assistance
program,
and
so
this
category
of
switching
categories.
I
should
mention
first
of
all
to
neighborhoods
and
housing.
G
We've
talked
with
the
county,
the
county's
looking
currently
looking
at
exploring
a
program
that
would
provide
low-income
households
in
in
the
community,
with
with
assistance
to
offset
the
property
tax
rate,
increases
that
those
folks
may
be
seeing
as
a
result
of
revaluation
and
also
as
a
result
of
the
proposed
tax
changes
that
the
city
and
county
are
considering
the
county
included
in
its
manager's
recommended
budget.
G
Three
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
this
proposal,
based
on
the
size
of
our
tax
base,
compared
to
theirs
we're
recommending
that
we
include
150
000
as
a
placeholder,
so
that
we
could
participate
in
in
the
program
that
they're
currently
working
on.
G
They
are
hoping
to
bring
a
proposal
forward
to
their
commissioners
in
early
august
for
a
homeowners
tax
assistance
program
in
time
to
get
a
program
in
place
and
communicate
it
out
to
the
community
prior
to
tax
bills
going
out
in
late
august
and
then
to
highlight
some
of
the
other
investments
ones
that
we
did
cover
with
you
all.
At
the
previous
work
session.
We
have
150.
G
In
the
budget
for
small
scale,
neighborhood
grants
that
money
would
come
out
of
fund
balance
as
a
one-time
appropriation
and
couple,
we
would
couple
that
with
some
money,
that's
already
available
in
the
budget
to
bring
that
total
budget
up
to
about
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
then
just
some
of
the
ongoing
investments
in
the
neighborhood
and
housing
category,
we're
continuing
our
investment
in
the
housing
trust
fund,
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
G
We
have
money
set
aside
for
our
luigi
program
for
our
fee
rebates
and
both
of
those
are
for
affordable,
helpful,
further,
affordable
housing
and
then,
finally,
we
didn't
identify
additional
funding
in
our
cip.
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning
that
we're
keeping
our
overall
contribution
to
the
capital
program
flat
next
fiscal
year,
but
because
interest
rates
have
been
low
because
some
of
our
projects
have
been
spending
a
little
bit
slower
than
we
had
initially
expected.
G
Next
slide
in
terms
of
investments
in
our
youth
I
mentioned
in
our
parks
and
recreation
program,
we
have
two
new
investments
that
we're
proposing
one
at
a
cost
of
about
450
000
is
to
add
staff
so
that
we
can
expand
our
evening
and
weekend
hours
at
recreation
centers.
G
We
also
have
a
proposal
to
add
staff
and
and
and
contract
out
some
work
to
increase
the
level
of
of
service
in
some
of
our
high
use
parks
and
facilities,
and
that
comes
with
a
price
tag
of
about
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
both
of
those
proposals
are
in
the
parks
and
recreation
department
and
you'll
see
those
in
the
proposed
budget
that
we
shared
with
you
earlier
today.
G
We
also
have
ongoing
investments
as
well
in
that
area.
Our
youth
leadership
academy
program
at
257
000,
our
strategic
partnership
funding
at
242
000,
and
then
also
we
wanted
to
highlight
the
partnership,
the
ongoing
partnership
that
we
have
with
city
schools
for
the
pods
at
our
recreation,
centers
next
slide
in
the
area
of
transportation.
G
Some
key
new
investments
we
want
to
highlight
the
budget
does
include
1.1
million
dollars
to
take
the
next
steps
within
implementing
the
transit
master
plan.
The
changes
in
services
that
we're
proposing
for
next
year
would
start
in
october
of
this
of
this
year
october
2021
and
those
changes
would
include
extended
evening
hours,
which
would
be
completion
of
year.
One
of
the
transit
master
plan
as.
G
Increasing
the
bus
frequency
on
the
s3
and
s6
routes,
and
so
those
buses
would
be
coming
every
45
minutes
as
opposed
to
the
90
minutes
that
they
that
they
arrive
right
now.
G
We
also
have
just
an
ongoing
kind
of
inflationary
cost
increase
just
to
continue
providing
the
current
service
in
in
the
transit
fund
and
that's
about
175
000,
and
I
should
mention
both
that
cost
increase,
as
well
as
the
as
well
as
the
1.1
million
dollars,
is
being
covered
by
the
general
fund
and
and
that's
as
a
contribution
to
the
transit
fund
and
then
finally,
some
highlight
some
additional
money.
That's
going
into
the
river
arts
district
transportation
area.
G
G
It's
an
additional
154
thousand
dollars
next
slide
in
the
area
of
environment.
Two
new
things
we
wanted
to
call
out
and
and
really
the
first
one
is-
is
to
maintain
our
existing
household
recycling
program.
I
think.
G
We're
also
recommending
that
council
include
some
additional
money
in
the
public
works
department
budget
for
storm
response.
Over
the
last
few
years,
we've
seen
an
increase
in
the
frequency
of
storms,
not
winter
storms,
but
storms
outside
of
winter,
heavy
rain
events
that
have
led
to
landslides
and
it
led
to
additional
responses
from
the
public
works
department.
G
G
The
green
savings
program,
which
utilizes
savings
from
our
street
lights,
our
led
street
lights-
that
funding
is
part
of
every
year
of
the
budget
every
year.
We
add
some
additional
money
into
that
program,
such
that
to
start
next
fiscal
year,
there'll
be
about
425
000
available
in
that
program
for
use
for
other
green
investments
within
the
city,
and
they
finally
want
to
highlight
with
the
tree
ordinance.
G
G
In
terms
of
economic
development,
one
budget
edition
we
want
to
highlight
here-
and
it's
really
really
not
a
new
investment,
because
the
economic
incentive
agreements
that
require
the
additional
funding
this
year
have
been
our
economic
incentive
agreements
that
were
pre
that
were
approved
previously
by
city
council.
Typically,
those
group
agreements
span
over
five
years
and
often
over
that
five-year
time
frame.
The
funding
can
go
up
and
down
year
to
year,
depending
on
on
the
agreement
itself.
G
So
based
on
the
current
agreements,
we
have
in
place
we're
having
to
put
about
380
000
in
in
next
year's
budget,
to
fully
fund
those
and
then
finally,
an
ongoing
investment
that
we
want
to
highlight.
We
are
reallocating
some
money
within
the
community
and
economic
development
budget
from
their
contracted
services,
in
order
to
allow
them
to
fund
a
new
position
in
the
actual
business
inclusion
office.
G
B
G
Chart
should
also
look
familiar.
We
shared
this
with
you
all
one
of
your
previous
work
sessions
and
so
the.
G
G
G
As
we
looked
at
ways,
we
could
fund
those
once
we've
gotten
everything
loaded
into
our
budget,
our
base
budget,
we
had
about
1.3
million
dollars
in
additional
revenue.
G
So
when
you
add
up
those
available
resources,
we
identified
about
4.3
million
to
cover
the
needs,
and
so
that
left
that
left
us
with
a
gap
of
about
5.7
million
dollars,
and
so
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
So
how
we're
proposing
to
fund
that,
as
we
mentioned
to
you
all
at
the
the
last
work
session,
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
G
The
actually
we
talked
to
you
all
several
work
sessions
ago
about
the
revenue
mutual
tax
rate.
The
buncombe
county
tax
office
completed
a
revaluation
this
year,
which
spurs
all
local
governments
to
have
to
calculate
what
that
revenue
neutral
tax
rate
would
be.
We
shared
that
with
you
all.
G
I
think
it
was
at
the
april
27
work
session
and
that
revenue
neutral
rate
is
38.3
cents,
but
in
order
to
be
able
to
fund
the
additional
investments
that
we
mentioned
on
the
last
few
slides
we're
proposing
that
we
set
the
tax
rate
three
cents
above
that
revenue
neutral
rate
that
would
bring
in
the
5.7
million
dollars
that
would
allow
us
to
fund
all
the
new
investments
that
we've
highlighted
throughout
these
slides
and
so
on.
G
This
chart,
you
can
see
that
would
put
our
tax
rate
for
fy22
at
41.3
cents,
and
so
it
still
would
be
a
decrease
from
the
current
rate
of
42.89,
and
it's
been
at
that
rate
for
the
last
four
years.
Since
we
did
the
last
revaluation,
you
can
see
the
the
drop
in
tax
rate
from
from
when
we
did
the
revaluation
at
fy
18.
G
G
Public
hearing
will
happen
on
june
8th
and
then
we'll
be
back
to
you
all
for
budget
adoption
on
on
june
22nd.
But.
G
Stop
there
until
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
there's
a
lot
of
things.
Miss
campbell
mentioned
some
of
these
as
well.
At
the
beginning,
a
lot
of
things
we're
going
to
be
continuing
to
work
on
even
after
tonight
around
the
budget,
and
so
I
want
to
highlight
a
few
of
those
and
the
first
of
those
is
obviously
developing
a
spending
plan
for
the
american
rescue
plan
dollars
that
that
we
have
received
the
total
kind
of
general
pot
of
money
that
ashley's
going
to
receive
for
that
program
is
about
26
million
dollars.
G
G
We're
also
going
to
be
continuing
to
work
on
the
reimagining
public
safety
process,
specifically
we're
working
with
buncombe
county
to
look
at
consolidating
911
services,
and
we
would
do
that
utilizing
the
existing
budget
within
the
asheville
police
department
for
our
own
telecommunications.
G
We're
also
assessing
continuing
to
assess
apd's
role
in
the
actual
housing
authority,
properties
in
asheville
city
schools
and
we're
working
to
develop
budget
proposals
for
crisis
response
teams,
around
mental
health,
substance
abuse
and
then
also
a
houselessness
response
team
as
well,
and
then
next
slide
again,
some
other
things
we're
going
to
be
working
on.
Obviously,
the
reparations
process
is
going
to
continue
so
next
steps.
We
were
funding
these
these
through
the
budget,
but
just
to
highlight
some
of
the
next
steps
within
the
process
itself.
G
G
G
We're
going
to
continue
to
work
with
community
partners
to
identify
recreation
programming
needs
and
then,
as
we
mentioned
as
a
part
of
our
fee
adoption
fee
adoption.
A
few
weeks
ago,
we
were
proposing
a
mid-year
assessment
of
storm
water
and
sanitation
services
and
the
fees
that
support
those
services
and
we'll
be
doing
some
work
and
bringing
that
information
back
to
you
all
as
well.
G
E
G
Think
with
that
we're
back
to
the
key
takeaways-
and
I
know
ms
kim
will
cover
these
at
the
beginnings-
I
I
won't
go
over
those
again,
I
will
say
thank
you
all
for
the
time
and
and
effort
that
you
all
put
in
over
the
last
few
months,
there's
been
a
lot
of
work,
a
lot
of
work
sessions
we've
been
in,
so
we
appreciate
that
and
and
with
that
I'll
turn
it
back
over.
If
ms
campbell
had
any
additional
comments,
if
not
return
it
back
over
to
council
for
your
discussion.
A
Thank
you,
council.
This
is
the
so
multi-multi-part
process.
Tonight,
of
course,
was
the
presentation
of
the
manager's
budget
and
the
next
council
meeting.
We
will
have
the
public
hearing
on
the
budget
where
anyone
in
the
public
can
comment
on
the
budget
and
then,
following
that
meeting
at
the
next
meeting,
we
will
have
a
vote
on
the
budget.
A
A
F
Yes,
just
to
clarify
or
tell
me,
can
I
ask
a
question
based
on
the
proposal
for
what
comes
out
of
the
fund
balance
versus
what
comes
out
of
the
fund
balance?
What
percentage
does
that
leave
in
our
well?
What
what
amount
of
money
is
still
in
our
fund
balance,
and
where
do
we
stand
on
the
percentage
that
council
has?
Has
you
know
sort
of
typically
asked
which
has,
I
believe,
15
of
the
next
year's
estimated
expenditures.
G
Yeah,
I
don't
have
the
exact
dollar
amount
in
front
of
me
in
terms
of
what
the
fund
balance
would
be.
G
I
will
tell
you
that
it
does
taking
the
1.35
million
out
that
we're
proposing
would
bring
us
down
to
slightly
above
the
15,
so
we
would
be
somewhere
between
15
and
15
and
a
half
percent
based
on
our
estimates
right
now
and
we'll
continue
to
refine
those
estimates,
as
we
get
more
information
in
the
next
few
weeks
to
see
how
we're
doing
in
the
current
fiscal
year,
we'll
continue
to
refine
that
and
provide
you
all
of
that
information.
F
And
just
to
clarify
last
year,
I
believe
council
voted
to
dip
into
our
fund
balance,
have
the
current
budget,
so
basically
the
savings
and
the
work
the
staff
have
done
has
been
has
re
has
basically
re-established
our
savings
account
because
we
had
to
dip
into
that
below
the
15
last
year
in
anticipation
of
kovid,
but
with
all
the
savings
and
the
you
know,
holding
back
on
on
hirings,
etc.
We
were
able
to
actually
put
back
in
the
savings
to
get
up
to
a
little
bit
more
than
15
percent.
G
That's
exactly
right:
we
put
the
saving
strategies
in
place
that
certainly
helped.
We've
also
seen
better
than
expected
revenue
growth,
especially
in
our
sales
taxes.
So
the
sales
tax
revenue,
combined
with
the
savings
strategies,
achieved
exactly
what
what
you
said.
A
Hey
tony,
can
you
go
back
to
slide
29?
This
is
this
is
the
let
me
understand
this.
This
is
the
slide.
I
don't
know
if
anyone
can
bring
it
up,
but.
A
You
have
under
new
investments,
you
have
9.9
million
dollars.
If
I'm
reading
this
correctly,
1.2
million
dollars
is
reparations
funding,
but
that
is
one-time
funding
and
employee
compensation.
6.7
will
be
recurring
funding
year
every
year,
making
a
commitment
from
here
on
out
to
fund
that
transit
expansion
as
well
that'll,
be
year
over
year,
1.1
parks
0.75
and
is
going
to
be
a
continuing
expense
and.
A
A
And
is
that
one-time
available
money
or
is
this
cash
in
the
budget
that
will
continue
to
it's
just
full
of
revenue,
yeah.
A
Okay
and
the
use
of
fund
balance
there
1.3
is
a
one-time
allocation.
Correct
and
apd
savings
is
well.
We
don't
know
what
that
is.
We
don't
know
how
long
that
savings
will
continue,
because
we
have
70
vacancies
in
apd,
which
is
approximately
what
a
third
of
the
sworn
officers
in
apd
I
mean
a
massive
number
of
positions
very
difficult
to
fill,
considering
what
a
graduating
class
of
new
recruits
might
be:
15
people
so
pretty,
and
that
takes
several
months
to
complete,
so
probably
unlikely
we're
gonna
fill
those.
A
So
I'm
having
a
little
I'm
kind
of
challenged
with
the
numbers,
because
the
proposed
property
tax
increase
is
three
cents
and
if
you
do
the
numbers
on
three
cents
nets:
how
much
in
annual
revenue.
A
I
mean
some
of
it's
recurring
right,
but
some
of
it's
one
time
right.
So
we
have.
We
have
the
reparations
expenditure
of
1.2,
which
is
one
time
and
fund
balance,
which
is
one
time
so
I'm
kind
of
wondering
if
we
need
to
pull
that
out
so
that
we
have
a
flow
here
that
looks
at
recurring
expenses
and
recurring
revenue,
not
mixed
together
with
one-time
revenue
allocations
and
one-time
revenue,
expenditures,
one-time
expenditures.
G
Yeah,
we
could
certainly
do
that,
and
I
would
say
it's
in
terms
of
the
revenue
sources
on
the
on
the
right.
I
mean
the
fund
balance
you're.
Definitely
right!
That's
a
one-time
revenue
source
and
we've
got
that
matched
with
one-time
uses
on
the
left.
The
base
revenue-
that's
that's
always
a
part
of
our
ongoing
revenue
so
that
that's
that's
continuing
as
it
as
would
be,
the
5.7
million
dollars
from
the
from
the
three
cent
tax
rate
increase.
So
that
would
be
continuing
as
well.
G
I
What
why
could
it
not
be
recurring
and
the
reason
I
say
that
is
because
that's
a
good
way
that
because
people
are
concerned
about
us
not
having
enough
money
in
this
particular
fund
and
even
though
we
are
expecting
additional
funding
from
the
hotel
benefit
table,
this
would
be
a
good
way
to
make
that
a
reoccurring
expense
for
the
city.
G
Yeah
so
I
mean
I
would
say
that
so
the
I
think
the
process
around
reparations
over
the
next
six
to
12
months.
That
is
really
going
to
be
a
one-time
expense.
The
fund
itself,
I
think
the
idea
here
is
that
you
provide
the
money
into
the
fund.
G
Once
you
have
the
program
up
and
running
and
determine
how
that
funding
is
going
to
be
used.
There
might
come
a
time
in
future
years
where
you
would
have
to
provide
additional
resources
into
that
fund,
either
from
city
resources
or
from
some
of
those
outside
contributions
that
we
would
receive.
I
And
I
understand
what
you're
saying
tony,
but
I
actually
think
that
the
the
one
million
just
to
even
fund
it
and
a
one
million
reoccurrence
million
funding.
That
is
not
a
lot
of
money,
as
opposed
to
a
certain
percentage
of
the
budget
that
the
city
has
that
could
be
allocated
for
that.
So,
like
I
said,
I
I
think
that
we
really
should
look
into
that
being
a
reoccurring
funding
for
it.
I
B
Are
there
revenue
sources
that
we
ought
to
tap
in
order
to
address
those
needs,
and
we
did
not
recommend
an
ongoing
type
of
expenditure
for
reparations
until
we
got
the
report
back
from
the
commission
and
recommendations
that
they
they
may
make.
J
May
I
pick
you
back
off
of
sandra
and
deborah
please
so
because
we're
talking
about
reparations,
so
you
know,
we've
gotten
several
emails
from
community
members
discussing
how
the
county's
most
increased
in
assessment
is
disproportionately
affecting
the
african-american
community,
and
so
there's
been
quite
a
bit
of
consternation
about
raising.
This
is
the
language
in
the
community
raising
taxes,
particularly
on
black
folks,
to
help
pay
for
reparations.
J
So
help
me
understand
and
correct
me
if
I
am
mistaken,
but
by
pulling
from
the
fun
balance,
should
there
be
any
increase
should
there
be,
it
would
not
be
an
increase
to
pay
for
reparations.
Is
that
correct
help
me
with
the
the
financing
yeah.
A
So
so,
once
again,
it
would
probably
be
good
to
pull
apart
that
slide,
because
I
did
the
math
tony
and
if
you
take
out
the
one-time
allocation
from
fund
balance
and
the
one-time
expenditure
for
reparations,
the
gap
is
5.55
million,
which
is
just
under
three
cents,
but
with
the
knowledge
that
we're
not
going
to
be
70
officers
down
in
apd
for
forever.
I
assume
we'll
need
to
be
prepared
to
cover
to
cover
the,
as
that
expense
grows
gradually
very,
very
gradually
anyway.
A
I
think
just
I
think,
that's
an
important
point
to
make
that
antoinette
is
pointing
out.
This
slide
might
conflate
that
issue
for
folks
who
are
concerned
about
whether
or
not
reparations
are
being
funded
from
a
from
a
property
tax
increase
which
they're
not,
but
this.
This
doesn't
make
that
crystal
clear.
F
Well
and
esther
also,
I
think
one
another
thing
that
we
have
to
think
about.
I
mean
you
know:
we've
been
talking
about
apd,
but
also
the
the
afd
funding
is
not
for
a
full
year
to
fund
that
entire
station
right.
So
we
not
only
so
afd
will
have
current
current
year.
F
Expenses
plus
you
know
you'll
annualize,
that
firefighters
and
then
you
know
frankly,
we
we
have
this
every
year
where
hopefully
we'll
give
staff
raises
again
next
year,
so
that
we
don't,
you
know,
get
ourselves
in
the
hole
we're
in
right
now,
so
I
mean,
I
think,
we're
always
challenged
with
you
know,
inflationary
costs
and
identifying
new
programs
all
the
time.
So
this
is
sort
of
the
way
budgeting
works.
I
think.
A
There's
some
hands
some
hands
up:
okay,
sage.
E
Yeah,
I
just
wanted
to
echo
some
of
what
I'm
hearing
concern
around
raising
this
idea,
that
property
taxes
are
an
ongoing
increase
in
property
taxes.
Would
fund
reparations
is
a
little
alarming
into
councilman.
Leslie's
point
I
agree:
paying
into
property
tax
to
then
build
a
preparations
fund.
Just
doesn't
seem
right
when
we
know
it
is
impacting
lower
income
black
ash
billions
more.
So
I'm
wondering
if
there
are
other
places
that
we
can
find
money
for
the
reparations
fund.
E
I
know
I
believe
councilman
rooney
had
an
idea,
and
I
see
that
she
has
her
hand
raised
on
that.
I'm
also
wanted
to
add
my
voice
to
the
concern
that
we're
kind
of
betting
that
we'll
fully
staff
apd,
and
I
think,
if
I
recall
from
an
update
from
apd
in
another
meeting
about
a
month
ago.
You
know
we
have
maybe
a
goal
of
having
15
recruits
at
a
time,
but
even
recently,
we've
had
five
or
seven.
E
A
I
But
deborah
I
I
want
to
just
ask
you
something
now:
if
we're
able
to
get
through
the
tax
incentives
or
for
the
black
community,
the
minority
community,
the
lower
income
community
that
we
can
actually
sort
of,
you
know,
reduce
their
tax
base
and
we're
able
to
do
that,
then
that
is
going
to
actually
help
them
more
than
our.
You
know.
I
As
far
as
that
three
percent
increase,
I
I
really
like
to
see
the
numbers
when
they
say
that
that
will
impact
them
black
community,
more
which
it
will,
but
I'm
thinking
that
it
would
more
than
be
offset
by
the
homestead
or
you
know,
some
type
of
tax
break
cut
on
their
properties.
That
would
more
or
less
offset
it,
and
still
I'm
still.
I
I
think
that,
as
far
as
the
reparations
or
whatever,
I
think
it
should
be
on
going
occurring
cost
to
the
city,
because
another
reason
I
say
that
is
because,
regardless
of
whether
it
comes
from
tax
or
whatever
the
fact
is
1
million
out
of
140
750
million
to
actually
take
care
of
some
of
the
issues
that
we
have
in
the
black
community.
I
I
think
that,
because
we
do
not
have
we
have
the
hotel,
of
course
table
that
can
actually
benefit.
I
truly
do
not
believe
that
will
actually
generate
enough
income
to
make
an
impact
like
where
we
want
to
do
so.
I
think
that
should
be
something
that
we
should
consider.
B
And-
and
this
is
we-
we
totally
step
totally
agrees
that
we
have
to
find
a
funding
source
to
fund
reparations.
I
think
our
question
is:
when
do
we
do
it?
Do
we
do
it?
After
we
have
a
commission,
the
commission
makes
recommendations
and
we
begin
to
set
up
that
funding
source.
Or
do
we
do
it?
We
make
that
commitment
now
at
a
million
dollars,
when
the
commission
must
say
we
need
10.,
but
but
I've
got.
I
A
million
dollars
is
not
a
lot
of
money
and
I
truly
believe
that
by
setting
up
something
saying
we
you
know,
even
if
we
have
to
amend
it
later
or
whatever
like
I
said,
I
think
we
should
consider
it
a
reoccurring,
expense
so,
and
the
commission
may
come
back
and
say
that,
and
they
may
you
know,
I'm
just
trying
to
just
put
up
some
information
out
there
that
I
think
we
really
should.
K
Consider
this
is
kim.
I
have
a
couple
things
here
one
I
just
want
to
express
gratitude
because
there
was
a
change
in
the
in
the
process:
drivers
regarding
naming
environmental
and
racial
justices
process
drivers,
so
thanks
to
staff,
and
especially
our
neighbors,
who
brought
those
concerns
and
are
bringing
solutions
to
the
table
as
we
pursue
equitable
recoveries
from
overlapping
crisis.
K
K
Okay,
so
this
this
budget
looks
a
lot
like
investing
on
long-term
safety
strategies,
which
is
exactly
the
demand
that
we're
hearing
from
intergenerational
black
leadership,
especially
in
the
past
year
since
the
murder
of
george
floyd.
So
the
thing
I
am
also
concerned
about
is
that
disproportional
impact
from
the
even
just
looking
at
the
revaluation
maps
from
2017,
not
just
for
homeowners
in
historic
black
neighborhoods,
but
also
for
black
brown
and
poor
folks,
who
are
renters
business
owners
and
employers.
K
So
I'm
looking
just
at
this
week's
agenda,
I
know
I
sent
an
email.
I
imagine
your
email
inbox
is
full
like
mine,
we
just
re-received
1.2
million
dollars
in
housing,
trust
fund
dollars
back
to
our
fund
and
we're
going
to
be
considering
the
50
ashland
lot,
which
is
also
1.2
million
of
general
funds.
So
my
question
here
is
twofold:
can
we
use
a
restricted
or
earmarked
fund
like
land
banking
funds
or
the
sale
of
white
labs
fund
to
purchase
that
instead?
K
So
we
have
an
additional
1.2
million
dollars
in
unrestricted
general
fund
balance,
whether
that
means
that
we-
and
maybe
this
is
both
that
we
pass
reparations
outside
of
the
package
that
we
put
it
in
with
the
budget.
A
E
Councilman
councilwomaroney,
can
you
clarify
something
for
me?
You
wanted
to
separate
it
from
the
potential
budget
process.
The
reparations
funding
was
it
purely
to
be
ahead
of
the
juneteenth
date
or
was
there
an
another
reason.
K
Well,
what
I'm
hearing
from
our
neighbors
is
because
we've
chosen
to
put
it
in
this
container
with
the
budget,
we
could
have
passed
it
last
november.
We
could
have
passed
it
any
time
since
then,
we've
put
reparations
on
our
budget
before
and
chose
not
to
pass
it.
We
don't
have
to
wait,
and
so
by
putting
it
in
this
container,
with
funding
that
is
funded
by
a
property
tax
increase.
I
understand
why
our
neighbors
have
concern
it's.
E
J
J
E
Particularly
with
the
la
white
labs
proceeds,
because
I
recall
that
when
we
had
to
weigh
the
ford
purchase,
it
was
because
those
were
restricted
to
the
cdbg
funding,
and
these
were
additional
monies
were
not
restricted.
They
were
to
be
able
to
be
used
how
we
chose
so
they
could
fund
the
reparations
fund.
That's
cool
correct
me:
if
I'm
wrong
yeah.
K
Well,
that's.
That
was
what
I
was
asking
now
that
there's
four
different
pools
of
1.2
million.
It's
like
you,
know,
geographical
oddity,
it's
1.2
from
everywhere
that
we
maybe
we
have
double
if
it's
not
attached
to
the
property
tax
increase
and
we
have
additional
funds.
That
would
be
a
significant
amount
to
get
us
farther
than
where
we
have
to
go.
E
For
the
sake
of
those
listening,
I
don't
want
to
get
it's
two
in
the
weeds.
However,
I
want
to
say
I
appreciate
what
our
city
manager
is
telling
us
about.
The
process
and
listening
sessions
haven't
happened
and
figuring
that
out
and
that
commission
helping
us
identify
how
much
funding
and
regularity
I
don't.
E
I
wasn't
hearing
that
we
would
double
it,
but
I
was
hearing
that
if
we
use
the
white
lab's
money,
then
we
wouldn't
have
to
pull
from
fund
balance
this
point
and
if
you
think
about
it,
then
our
fund
balance
is
still
sitting
over
15
percent
or
even
16.
I
don't
know
those
numbers
and
may
be
able
to
help
cover
some
of
the
other
costs,
but
it.
F
Yeah-
and
I
mean
you
know-
I
don't
want
the
public
to
think
that
there's
you
know
this
extra
money.
I
sus
this.
Isn't
this
isn't
a
surprise
that
we
are
getting
money
for
the
white
lab
sale.
You
know
this
has
been
contemplated.
I'm
sure
staff
has
that
money
previously
allocated
to
some
other
capital.
So
you
know
before
before
we
all
start
doing
the
math
and
making
possibly
you
know
making
things
up.
Can
we
ask
the
city
manager
to
explain
like
where
was
that
white
labs
money
originally
intended
to
go?
F
And
if,
if,
if
that,
because
I
believe
there
was
a
plan-
I
don't
think
it,
and
I
don't
think
that
it
is
a
big
surprise
to
staff
how
money
was
going
to
be
used
in
white
labs
and
what's
is
or
is
not
allocated.
So
I
get.
I
don't
want
to.
F
K
But
there
have
been
surprises
recently
with
timeliness
deadlines
which
pools
of
funds
can
go
where.
But
tonight
tonight
we
are
considering
an
unrestricted
pool
of
funds
for
1.25
million.
E
E
The
housing
trust
fund
balance
the
land
banking
dollars
and
if
there
are
plans
in
the
queue
for
those,
because
I
agree
we're,
I
don't
want
to
make
these
on
the
fly
and
I
think
there's
other
things
in
the
queue
that
could
be
in
the
works
and
I'd
hate
for
us
to
jumble
something
at
the
last
minute.
Not
knowing
those
details.
B
And
I
I
guess
I'm
just
wondering
if
you
want
me
to
try
to
respond
to
those
questions
now
or
do
you?
Would
you
like
for
me
to
come
back?
Let
me
just
let
me
let
me
just
take
a
stab
at
this.
Is
that
miss
ronnie-
and
I
have
conversations
earlier-
and
I
think
what
ms
ronnie
is
recommending-
is
a
cascading
of
the
funding
sources.
So,
for
example,
we
have
a
transaction
that
you
all
approve
to
receive
housing
trust
fund
dollars
back.
B
Our
recommendation
to
miss
ronnie
was,
please
don't
use
housing
trust
fund,
because
that
is
very,
relatively
restricted,
very
relatively
they
are
restricted
dollars
and
it
should
be
alone
used
for
affordable
housing.
We
suggested
another
funding,
source,
land,
banking
and
so
you're
cascading
and
utilizing
different
sources.
What
are
the
consequences?
A
Okay,
so
you
know
this
doesn't
have
to
be
decided
right
now,
because
this
is
just
a
budget
presentation
and
we're
going
to
going
to
have
the
public
hearing
on
the
budget
the
next
meeting.
However,
it's
obviously
going
to
matter
when
you
get
to
the
latter
part
of
your
agenda
this
evening,
so
maybe
we'll
let
this
these
thoughts
simmer
while
we
go
through
the
other
public
hearing
items.
Is
that
okay?
Or
do
you
want
to
ask
some
more
questions
about
this
before
we
move
on.
K
This
is
kim.
I
had
one
other
outstanding
question
that
I'm
still
waiting
on,
which
is
what
are
the
list
of
the
current
vacancies,
not
just
in
one
department
but
across
all
departments.
I
had
originally
asked
for
a
list
of
all
the
vacancies
and
the
most
recent
wager
salary,
because
I'm
totally
willing
to
do
the
math
on
what
that
looks
like,
but
are
we
going
to
fill
the
other
1.1
million
of
positions
that
are
open
right
now?
I
know
that's
our
goal,
but
is
that
also
realistic?.
B
B
That's
that's.
We
dropped
the
ball
in
there.
I
I
guess
we're
getting
ready
to
close
out
but
again,
thank
you
all
for
your
engagement,
your
direction
and
just
appreciate
you,
and
I
will
turn
it
back
over
to
there.
A
Okay,
thank
you
all
right
again,
thanks
tony
for
your
presentation
and
all
the
staff
that
worked
really
hard
on
getting
that
together
and
we're
going
to
move
now
into
the
public
hearings
portion
of
our
agenda.
A
The
first
item
public
hearing
item
a
we
actually
need
a
motion
to
continue
this
to
september
14
2021..
This
is
the
item
regarding
the
unified
development
ordinance
update
to
the
open
space
requirements.
Do
I
have
such
a
motion.
A
Okay,
that's
sandra.
I
knew
maggie
was
about
to
ask
me:
okay,
I'm
gonna.
Do
a
roll
call
vote.
First
myself,
I
vice
mayor
smith,
aye
councilwoman,
kilgore,
aye,
councilwoman,
mosley,
hi,
councilwoman,
roni,
hi,
councilwoman,
turner,
hi
and
councilwoman
whistler.
L
M
Thank
you
mayor
council
members.
The
subject
property
is
located
in
the
center
of
your
screen
outlined
in
red.
It
is
a
relatively
small
parcel
about
1.6
acres
located
off
of
glendale
avenue
south
of
asheville's
downtown
glendale.
If
you're
not
familiar,
is
most
easily
accessed
from
thompson
street
or
swananoa
river
road.
M
So
it's
located
near
the
swananova
river
district,
the
property,
in
addition
to
having
access
directly
from
glendale,
which
is
a
publicly
maintained
street,
there
is
secondary
access
that
is
potentially
available
through
springvale
avenue,
which
is
on
the
north
side
of
the
property
springvale
is,
is
only
partially
open.
There
is
some
very
limited
road
infrastructure
that
reaches
the
first
two
lots
that
are
to
the
east
of
the
subject
property,
but
it
falls
short
of
the
property.
M
So
the
request
is
to
rezone
the
property
from
the
current
rm16
zoning
designation
to
commercial
industrial,
and
you
can
see
from
the
exhibit
a
map
that
the
property
is
completely
surrounded
by
commercial
industrial.
Now
I
know
it's
a
little
bit
hard
to
recognize
in
these
maps
and,
if
you're
ever,
if
you've
ever
been
wondering
why
we
use
these
maps,
it's
because
we
have
to
have
a
map
that
can
reproduce
in
black
and
white.
M
But
if
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
it's
much
easier
to
see
using
our
map
asheville
gis
layers
that
the
subject
property
is
essentially
an
island
of
zoning.
It's
rm16
is
that
kind
of
orange
color
surrounded
by
commercial
industrial
for
context.
The
property
to
the
north
kind
of
the
northeast
is
the
target
corporation.
M
If
you're
familiar
with
the
target
site,
the
subject
property
is
lower
in
elevation,
falls
away
from
the
target
site
down
to
glendale
avenue.
Also
surrounding
the
subject.
Property
are
a
number
of
other
sort
of
low
like
light
industrial
or
low
impact
kind
of
commercial
uses
typical
of
what
we
find
in
these
areas
around
the
river
districts.
M
You
can
see
this
this
island
of
zoning
is
a
very
unusual
circumstance.
This
is
you
shouldn't,
normally
see
this
in
our
zoning
maps
for
a
very
large
parcel.
That
would
not
be
too
unusual
to
be
surrounded
by
dissimilar
zoning.
However,
this
is
just
1.6
acres,
which
is
which
is
kind
of
small
to
be
to
some.
You
know,
surrounded
by
dissimilar
zoning,
so
that
is
reason
alone
to
consider
rezoning
the
property.
M
Another
reason
that
we
support
this
rezoning
is
because
the
property
owner
of
the
subject
property
owns
an
additional
six
parcels
that
are
directly
adjacent
to
this
property
and
in
total,
is
about
four
and
a
half
acres,
so
having
the
all
of
the
properties.
Having
the
same
zoning
designation
would
facilitate
infill
development
future
infill
development,
as
it
is
now,
you
would
have
to
buffer
against
this
parcel,
even
if
you
wanted
to
do
an
integrated,
consolidated
development
next
slide.
M
M
M
The
commercial
industrial
zoning
designation
is
much
more
appropriate
for
urban
corridor,
which
is
what
the
balance
of
the
sort
of
light
industrial
uses
and
commercial
uses
are.
As
you
get
closer
to
the
river
district,
and
that
concludes
my
summary.
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
The
applicant
and
his
team
are
also
available.
If
there
are
any
questions
from
council.
A
Okay,
we
I,
I
will
open
the
public
hearing
and
then
announce
that
we
have
no
one
signed
up
to
speak
on
this
item,
so
I
will
close
the
public
hearing,
as
is
the
requirements
of
a
a
virtual
meeting.
I
need
a
motion
and
a
second
to
recess
the
public
hearing
to
rezone
property
located
at
9999
glendale
avenue
from
rm16
residential
multi-family,
high
density
district
to
ci
commercial
industrial
district
until
june
8
2021..
D
M
Thank
you
mayor
council
members.
I
do
have
a
very
brief
presentation
associated
with
this.
I
don't
know
if
staff
are
going
to
bring
it
up,
but
essentially
council
has
heard
me
introduce
of
the
various
text,
amendments
that
are
associated
with
the
legislative
changes
to
the
state's
land,
use
laws
that
we
now
commonly
refer
to
as
chapter
160d.
M
M
Let's
see
there
were
this.
Current
amendment
includes
changes
to
four
different
articles-
articles
three
five,
six
and
seven,
and
these
changes
are
primarily
related
to
changes
or
updates
and
roles
and
responsibilities
to
various
decision-making,
administrative
and
advisory
bodies
so
beginning
with
article
3.
We
just
make
some
minor
changes
to
powers
and
duties
of
certain
boards
and
commissions,
and
also
some
additional
changes
related
to
county
appointees.
M
Article
5,
we're
updating
some
notice
procedures,
we're
separating
out
quasi-judicial
notice
procedures
from
legislative
hearings,
article
six,
we're
making
some
updates
to
variance
appeal
and
reasonable
accommodation
provisions
and
procedures
and
with
article
7
we're
updating,
review
steps
for
the
planning,
zoning,
commission
and
city
council
we're
also
in
article
7
removing
language
regarding
protest
petitions.
M
This
is
not
actually
part
of
160d.
It's
the
result
of
a
different
legislative
act
that
removed
the
option
for
protest
petitions
and
we're
just
taking
this
opportunity
to
update
our
code
since
we're
already
making
changes
to
article
7..
So
that
concludes
my
summary.
This
is
this
was
a
collaboration
with
legal
staff.
So,
if
council
has
any
questions
either
myself
or
legal
staff,
I
would
be
happy
to
answer.
K
Those
this
is
kim,
I
have
a
question.
It
says
in
the
documents
that
planning
and
zoning
has
reviewed.
These
changes
is
that
correct?
Am
I
reading
that
right?
That
is
correct,
and
also
what
are
the
significant
differences
in
notifications
that
will
go
to
adjacent
abutting
or
nearby
properties?
Are
they
significant?
What
would
neighbors
expect.
M
So
that
the
notice
that
is
sent
is
the
same
as
we've
always
been
sending.
What
we're
proposing
to
change
is
that
for
quasi-judicial
hearings,
we
would
only
notify
those
who
are
directly
adjacent
to
the
the
property
in
question.
Our
legislative
hearings.
We
we
actually
go
above
and
beyond
what
the
statute
requires,
which
is
directly
adjacent,
and
we
go
above
and
beyond
and
notify
everybody
within
200
feet
of
the
subject:
property
for
quasi-judicial
hearings.
M
You
potentially
introduce
concerns
about
standing,
so
people
who
get
a
notice
think
that
they
may
have
the
opportunity
to
affect
some
change
in
the
outcome
of
a
quasi-judicial
hearing,
when
in
fact
they
likely
do
not
have
standing
and
would
not
have
the
opportunity
to
even
speak
necessarily
let
alone
change
the
outcome.
M
K
Thank
you
for
that
clarification.
I
I'm
sorry
that
I'm
just
thinking
of
this
now,
and
so
maybe
this
is
a
good
question
for
our
legal
staff,
but
we
could
go
above
and
beyond
that
requirement.
M
K
Okay,
so
I
guess
my
concern
about
the
outcome
of
that.
Is
that
folks
often
already
say
we
didn't
know
this
was
happening
even
if
they
can't
participate.
What
we're
going
to
choose
to
do
is
lessen
and
make
it
less
that
even
fewer
people
will
have
an
automatic
answer.
So
that's
that's.
My
concern
is
that
we
would
be
notifying
fewer
people,
even
if
they
don't
have
legal
standing.
When
we
have
these
issues
coming
up
in
our
community.
Even
if
we
don't
agree,
I
think
it's
good
for
people
to
know.
M
A
Do
if
shannon,
if
I
just
would
interject,
I
mean
just
we're
very
different
in
the
county
in
that
we're,
we
have
already
changed
so
much
of
our
review
to
not
use
a
quasi-judicial
process
and
that
transition
is
happening
across
the
state.
A
lot
of
smaller
cities
and
counties
are
still
using
quas,
quasi-judicial
hearings
for
reviews
of
things
like
subdivision
applications,
and
you
know
very
large
projects,
but
asheville.
You
know
this
is
very.
This
would
be
unusual
for
us
very
rarely.
A
Does
council
ever
even
see
a
quasi-judicial
application,
so
the
kinds
of
things
shannon
might
give
us
some
examples,
but
at
board
of
adjustment
it
might
be
something
regarding
a
sign
or.
A
And
for
historic
resource
commission
you
know
it's
someone
making
modifications
to
a
home
in
montford
or
something
like
that.
So
I
just
I
I
do
worry
that
people
get
will
get
a
notice
and
think
that
they
have
a
legal
standing
based
on
that
and
unfortunately,
it's
pretty
limited
as
to
who
can
who
can
mount
an
objection
under
the
quasi-judicial
process,
which.
M
Thank
you
mayor.
I
think
those
were
good
examples
and
I
would
just
add
that
we
are
working
with
our
development
services
department
on
different
ways
that
people
could
sign
up
for
notification
in
their
neighborhoods.
That
could
include
these
hearings.
These
board
of
adjustment
and
historic
resource
commission
hearings
just
and
you
know,
and
to
better
inform
neighborhood
groups
that
this
option
is
available
for
them.
So
notification
is
still
possible
even
broader
than
what
we
would
normally
do.
K
And
thank
you
for
that.
I
still
have
the
same
concerns
because
not
all
of
our
neighbors
have
easy
access
to
the
internet.
I
receive
the
notifications
in
my
neighborhood
and
it's
really
helpful.
Having
that
online
option,
that's
automatic,
I
think,
is
great
for
people
who
have
the
resource
of
internet
access,
that's
affordable,.
A
Are
there
any
other
questions
for
shannon?
We
before
I
open
the
public
hearing
on
this
item?
A
Okay,
I'm
opening
the
public
hearing
on
this
item
and
once
again
we
don't
have
anyone
signed
up
to
speak
on
this
item.
So
I'm
closing
the
public
hearing
and
at
this
point
I
would
ask
for
a
motion
and
a
second
to
recess
the
public
hearing
to
consider
an
amendment
to
the
unified
development
ordinance
articles,
3,
5,
6
and
7
are
related
to
decision
making
administrative
and
advisory
bodies
and
related
functions
in
order
to
bring
the
city's
development
code
into
alignment
with
recent
state
legislation
until
june
8
2021.
A
Antoinette
second,
okay:
I
have
a
motion
and
a
second
and
I'll
do
a
roll
call
vote,
councilwoman,
kilgore,
hi,
councilwoman,
mosley,
aye,
councilwoman,
roney,
no
councilwoman
turner,
hi,
councilwoman,
whistler,
aye
myself.
I
vice
mayor
smith,
hi.
Thank
you
the
last
public
here
and
this
no
goodbye
shannon
see
you
later
the
last
public
hearing.
I
need
a
motion
to
continue
it.
This
one
also
needs
to
be
continued
to
september
28
2021.
A
This
is
a
public
hearing
to
consider
amendments
to
articles
2
and
16
of
the
udo
to
update
definitions
and
regulations
related
to
homestays
the.
So
this
would
be
to
continue.
This
is
just
a
motion
to
continue
this
item.
Do
I
have
someone
to
make
such
a
motion?
A
Okay,
that
was
sandra
and
the
second
well.
Second,
this
is
sage
all
right
have
a
motion.
A
second
we've
been
getting
a
lot
of
emails
about
this
item
and
so
we're
we're
going
to
move
this
off
until
september.
So
I'm
going
to
take
a
roll
call
vote.
K
A
I'm
fully
blaming
maggie
because
she
was
doing
our
booking.
We
were
pretty.
D
P
I
think
that
there's
two
questions
here:
we
do
have
the
ability
to
have
additional
meetings
with
agendas
prior
to
september
28th.
There
are
only
two
one
meeting
per
month
in
both
june
and
july-
pardon
me
july
and
august.
P
So
we
do
have
a
limited
number
of
meetings
during
this
stretch,
and
I
think
this
is
primarily
a
function
of
currently
what
we
have
on
those
agendas
that
we're
trying
to
work
around.
But
there
is
the
possibility
that
it
could
be
added
to
a
agenda
that's
occurring
sooner,
but
it
would
be
a
very
full
agenda
until
that
september
28th
option.
So
if
we
decide
to
continue
it
today,
as
maggie
said,
it
would
be
very
difficult
for
us
to
move
it
back
to
an
earlier
date.
P
E
I
also
have
a
question
for
you
about
the
existing
permit
holders
that
have
these
home
stays.
I
know
sometimes
in
dsd
or
in
other
aspects
of
our
online
portal
and
stuff.
You
can
sign
up
for
updates
related
to
your
permit
or
your
area
of
town
or
whatnot.
Q
E
A
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
to
continue
this
item
until
september
28th.
I
will
do
a
roll
call
vote,
councilwoman,
mosley,
aye,
councilwoman,
roney,
hi,
councilwoman
turner,
hi,
councilwoman,
whistler.
F
A
Myself,
I
vice
mayor
smith,
aye
councilwoman,
kilgore,
hi.
Okay,
thank
you.
That
concludes
the
public
hearings
agenda.
I'm
gonna
go
on
to
unfinished
business.
We
have
two
items
related
to
the
purchase
of
the
property
at
fish,
50,
ashland
avenue
or
the
talbert
lot.
A
A
resolution
authorizing
the
purchase
of
property
at
50
ashland
to
ratify
a
grant
agreement
with
dogwood
health
trust
which
provides
funding
in
the
amount
of
1.25
million
dollars.
A
budget
amendment
in
the
amount
of
2.575
million
dollars
in
the
city's
general
capital
fund
project
fund
to
establish
a
budget
for
the
purchase
of
the
property.
But
before.
G
A
Begin,
I
will
need
to
be
excused
from
these
items
due
to
a
conflict
of
interest.
So
can
I
get
a
motion
and
a
second
to
recuse
myself
from
the
items
and
related
purchase
of
the
property
of
50
ashland?
A
Okay,
I'll
do
a
a
roll
call
vote:
councilwoman,
roney,
hi,
councilwoman
turner,
hi,
councilwoman,
whistler.
F
A
N
R
R
So
tonight
we'll
go
over
the
location
and
vicinity
information.
Talk
about
the
background,
then
we'll
frame
the
property
opportunities
and
the
opportunity
for
transit
oriented
development.
There
go
over
some
due
diligence,
work
that
we've
done
on
the
property
and
we'll
talk
about
the
funding
for
the
purchased
and
on
the
next
steps
next
slide
so
tonight
in
terms
of
the
opportunity
and
the
purchase.
R
What
we
see
here
is
an
alignment
in
hopes
to
achieve
city
council
goals
as
follows:
one
being
the
opportunity
to
create
quality,
affordable
housing
downtown,
as
well
as
with
the
expansion
of
the
existing
transportation
center
there
to
enhance
transit.
So,
of
course,
with
ladders
of
economic
opportunity,
we
look
at
housing.
We
look
at
needs
to
get
around
town
and
seeing
this
opportunity
can
align
with
those
objectives.
R
The
other
opportunity
here
is
to
align
with
connected
and
engaged
community
you'll,
see
that
there's
partner
funding
for
the
acquisition
of
the
site
from
the
dogwood
health
trust,
which
is
another
way
in
which
we
can
partner
on
major
acquisitions
such
as
these
and
then
last.
We
wanted
to
bring
forward
the
opportunity
to
advance
racial
equity,
we'll
highlight
the
location
of
the
property
and
the
context
of
the
historical
lens
and
the
equity
lens,
and
then
think
about
how
we
can
frame
vision
for
moving
forward
in
order
to
accomplish
council's
objectives.
There
next
slide.
R
Okay,
so
here
we
go
I'll
orient
us
on
the
map
here,
so
you'll
see
that
the
city's
existing
transit
station
borders,
the
north
of
the
property.
You
can
see
the
roof
awning
there.
The
talbert
lot
in
question
is
a
0.89
acre
parcel
there
in
the
middle
and
you'll,
see
that
it's
currently
striped
for
parking
and
there's
also
a
driveway,
that's
owned
by
the
city
there.
So
when
combined
it
almost
equals
one
and
a
half
acres,
so
quite
an
opportunity
next
slide.
R
This
property
is
not
located
within
an
urban
renewal
area,
the
closest
one,
of
course,
being
the
east
riverside
urban
renewal
area
in
the
south
side,
but
it
is
located
within
the
northernmost
boundary
of
what
was
formerly
identified
as
redlined
by
the
homeowners
loan
corporation,
and
that
was
a
program
in
the
30s
that
was
established
wherein
access
to
capital
was
denied
on
the
basis
of
race.
So
that
creates
a
context
that
we're
looking
through
in
terms
of
understanding
the
property
next
slide.
R
So
looking
at
this
future
vision
for
the
property
being
that
it's
directly
adjacent
to
the
existing
transit
center
creates
an
opportunity
to
expand
that
at
a
cost
that
we
think
is
going
to
be
less
than
anywhere
else
in
town
and
really
to
expand
service
would
require
an
expansion
of
that
facility.
R
The
second
piece,
of
course,
the
dogwood
health
trust,
donating
half
the
purchase
price
and
the
strategic
goals
listed.
There
is
how
we
can
align
future
vision
for
the
property
with
things
like
the
living
asheville
comprehensive
plan,
as
well
as
the
racial
equity
goals,
and
when
we
think
about
that,
we
can
look
at
potential
partnerships
with
the
community
land
trust.
R
Is
there
community
owned
space
that
can
be
developed
or
even
a
purpose-built
type
community
structure
around
the
intention,
so
that,
when
the
city
goes
to
develop
this
property
that
we
can
do
so
with
intention
around
advancing
racial
equity
in
the
build
of
the
property
and
the
development
partners
of
the
property,
as
well
as
in
the
end
use
of
the
property?
Next
slide,
it's
a
bit
of
background.
We
looked
through
you
know.
In
2009
the
downtown
master
plan
identified
the
site
as
a
redevelopment
opportunity
later
in
2018.
R
The
city
actually
entered
into
a
lease
for
parking.
At
the
same
time,
we
began
negotiations
on
the
option
to
purchase,
so
we
did
lease
it
for
parking
and
I
believe
it
was
used
for
downtown
workers.
That
was
the
intent.
R
And
then
now
here
we
are
we've
completed
due
diligence
on
the
property
and
we
are
at
the
point
to
provide
notice
to
the
seller
to
then
complete
the
purchase
by
the
end
of
june.
So
that's
why
we're
here
today
is
to
really
to
get
that
final
authorization
within
the
city
to
provide
notice
to
the
seller
and
hopes
to
move
towards
a
closing
by
the
end
of
june
next
slide.
R
Next
slide,
it's
a
little
bit
about
the
due
diligence.
We
did
both
environmental
investigations
as
well
as
view
technical
investigations
and
again
on
use.
The
property
actually
has
been
a
parking
lot
for
quite
some
time
since
the
1950s,
so
that
was
a
nice
stable
use
to
look
at
in
terms
of
the
environmental
conditions.
So
we
were
satisfied
with
what
we
found
in
terms
of
the
quality
of
the
environmental
on
the
property.
The
geotechnical,
however,
did
highlight
some
issues.
R
There
is
some
substantial
fill
in
this
south
eastern
corner
of
the
property
and
really
what
that
means
is
that
when
we
go
to
build
a
multi-story
building,
we
will
need
to
pay
additional
costs
to
make
up
for
those
soil
conditions.
So
that
is
something
that
can
be
overcome,
but
it
would
cost
a
bit
of
a
premium
on
that
and
when
we
did
that
investigation,
we
made
sure
to
really
look
at
a
multi-story
building
to
really
understand
what
the
extent
of
that
cost
would
be.
If
we
looked
at,
you
know,
even
something
you
know.
R
R
R
We
see
them
as
being
a
potential
funding
partner
for
the
transit
improvements,
and
so
we
wanted
to
go
ahead
and
kind
of
pave
the
way
with
them
on
what
that
would
look
like
and
so
they've
provided
categorical
exclusion
and
we
have
already
initiated
a
section
106,
which
is
the
historic
resources
analysis
and
feel
good
about
where
we
stand
with
fda
on
a
potential
future
funding
partner.
There
next
slide
so
funding
for
the
purchase,
and
I
was
listening
earlier.
R
R
However,
we
do
have
other
funding
options
to
consider,
and
one
strong
one
tonight
that
I
see
is
coming
forward
is
really
to
look
at
our
bond
funding,
so
we
have
a
land
banking
fund
that
is
currently
balanced
at
three
million
dollars
and
that
funding
could
be
allocated
here.
So
again
that
would
be
bond
funding
with
the
timeline
for
those
bond
funds
being
2023
to
be
spent,
and
so
that
is
an
opportunity
here
to
cover
those
costs
with
bond
funds
next
slide.
R
R
It
will
continue
to
be
a
public
parking
and
then-
and
it
seems
that
those
revenues
right
that
they
they
will
go
towards
the
parking
fund
at
that
point,
we'll
start
to
work
on
the
framework
of
how
to
achieve
the
racial
equity
goals
that
we've
mentioned
above
and
really
look
through
those
options
about
how
to
set
the
intention
for
the
property
and
that
really
kickstarts
a
very
in-depth
planning
process
to
engage
community
around
transit
development,
commut,
affordable
housing
as
well
as
racial
equity
goals,
and
then
you
can
see
there.
R
We
will
look
at
other
partnership
opportunities
for
funding
from
the
federal
transit
administration
et
cetera,
and
I
did
see
a
hand
up,
and
I
think
next
slide
yeah
we're
gonna
we're
wrapping
it
up.
So
I
think
we
can
then
turn
it
over
for
questions.
So
again,
we
just
wanted
to
present
the
opportunity
to
counsel
tonight
and
be
on
hand
to
answer
questions.
K
This
is
kim
thank
you
for
this.
I
wanted
to
express
gratitude
for
the
dogwood
health
trust
partnering
with
us
and
to
staff.
I
did
have
a
question
about
when
we
look
at
the
regional
transportation
planning-
that's
happening
as
well
as
the
potential
for
us
to
look
at
an
rfp
process,
we're
going
even
farther
with
transportation
options
and
what
that
could
mean
for
the
social
determinants
of
health,
not
just
for
asheville
but
for
the
region.
R
I
think
it's
a
great
question,
because
I
know
that,
with
the
opportunity
of
understanding
the
existing
transit
options
that
are
there
today,
there
would
be
opportunities
to
expand
that,
and
so
I'm
looking,
I
think
what
we
would
have
the
opportunity
we've
already
talked
about
would
be
multimodal,
whether
it
be
both
having
opportunities
for
bikes
and
other
modes
of
transportation
to
be
connected
to
that
facility.
Thinking
about
our
greenway
networks,
as
well
as
as
the
location
in
a
key
downtown
site
to
provide
that
opportunity.
K
K
E
It
was
really
just
to
point
out
the
greyhound
opportunity.
I
knew
we
had
this.
You
know
bus
to
rail
kind
of
activity
for
the
last
30
years
of
trying
and
ray
rap,
and
I
did
this
to
me
when
we
go
through
the
rfp
process
could
really
expand
just
beyond
our
local
transit
and
I
think
that's
a
very
exciting
possibility.
E
I
love
that
we're
combining
housing
and
transit.
I
love
that
it's
in
urban
downtown.
I
think
it's
a
wonderful
thing.
I
applaud
staff
for
working
so
hard
to
get
it
to
this
point.
I
know
a
lot
of
work
goes
into
this
kind
of
pre-development
work
and
I'm
really
thankful
to
see
dogwood
health
trust
as
a
partner
on
this.
J
Internet,
I'm
wondering-
and
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
this:
does
the
rfp
process
differ
at
all
when
seeking
to
build
a
purpose-built
community?
Does
it
differ
from
just
standard
rfp
processes.
R
You
know,
I
think,
with
I
think,
with
the
planning
process
that
we
would
undertake.
We
could
also
plan
a
process
for
what
that
would
look
like.
So,
of
course,
we
have
some
experience
with
rfps
for
affordable
housing
and
I'm
sure
we
have
some
experience
on
what
it
looks
like
with
transit
as
well.
But
this
is
going
to
be
a
unique
opportunity
to
really
combine
those
efforts
together.
R
So
I
think,
as
we
go
through
the
planning
process
for
the
final
end
use
and
the
design
of
the
building,
I
think
at
the
same
time
we
could
also
look
at
what
process
that
we
would
use
to
really
identify
a
partner
in
the
future
development.
B
And
I
think
in
fact,
if
I
could
additionally,
we
can
also
think
about
what
our
real
vision
is
for
that
space
and
when
I
say
that
I
mean
mixed
use,
multi-use
mixed
income,
I
mean
there
are
a
lot
of
principles
that
I
think
that
we
could
bring
from
the
broader
purpose
built
of
concept
to
this
site.
And
I
think
what
I'm
hearing
council
suggests
is
you
know.
K
Yes,
kim
so
my
remaining
question
is
the
motion
that
is
available
to
us
in
our
documents
does
name
a
budget
amendment,
and
so
I,
my
last
leader
in
question,
is
what
what
would
we
need
to
modify
in
order
for
that
funding
stream
to
change
to
our
land
banking
funds
from
the
bonds
which,
by
the
way,
we
did
commit
to
our
community
that
the
bonds
are
going
to
impact
housing
and
transportation?
And
this
does
do.
F
F
So
nikki,
if
please
address
councilwoman
rony's
question,
but
also
can
you
kind
of
walk
us
through
how
much
money
is
in
the
land
banking
fund
remaining
in
the
bond
and
if
you
would
have
had
you
know,
sort
of
what
the
process
was
like?
Are
you
concerned
that
if
we
make
this
change,
did
we
have
other
opportunities
or
are
we
still
looking
for
opportunities
for
that
funding?.
R
Absolutely
I'm
happy
to
take
those
and
councilmember
rooney.
I
think
tony
mcdowell
might
be
able
to
answer
that
legitimate
question,
so
I'll
pause
there
for
that
one
for
a
second,
so
with
respect
to
our
budget.
So
as
council
recalls,
we
just
purchased
property.
Not
too
long
ago
we
facilitated
the
closing
of
65
ford
street,
and
originally
we
had
intended
to
use
our
land
banking
funds,
which
is
our
general
obligation,
bonds,
our
bond
funding
and,
of
course
we
did
a
switch
there
before
closing
to
use
the
cdbg
funds.
R
R
We
are
actively
looking
at
how
to
program
that
those
funds
in
support
of
the
goals
of
affordable
housing,
but
this
opportunity
does
align
with
those
objectives,
and
so
it
could
be
supported.
K
And
just
to
reiterate
from
what
we
heard
earlier
and
to
clarify
the
timeliness
deadline
for
the
bond
funds
for
this
dollar,
this
fund
will
be
november
of
2023
correct,
correct.
F
So
can
I
may
I
just
ask
a
follow-on
question,
so
does
staff
anticipate
that
there
would
be
a
problem
spending
the
three
million
dollars
I
mean
for?
I
was
wondering
excluding
this
opportunity,
because
I
thought
that
part
of
this.
The
idea
was
the
community
land
trust
and
maybe
maybe
that
has
decreased
in
priority,
or
maybe
things
aren't
working
out
for
that.
But
I
guess
I
in
my
mind
I
had
kind
of
earmarked
that
3
million
dollars
or
the
majority
of
it
for
community
land
trust,
but
maybe
not.
R
We
had
earmarked
in
the
bond
we
had
earmarked
and
I
believe
it
was
one
million
total
for
capital
cost
land
purchase,
et
cetera
house
purchase
for
the
asheville
buncombe
community,
land,
trust
and.
F
That
wouldn't
have
come
out
of
the
that
wouldn't
have
come
out
of
this
three
million
dollars.
No,
that
was
acceptable.
K
R
Not
with
land
crisis
as
they
are
currently,
I
mean,
I
think
I
think
we
we
do
know
that
we
want
to
be
timely,
but
I
I
do
believe
that
we
would
have
the
opportunity
to
program
those
funds
in
accordance
with
council's
goals.
However,
tonight
does
present
that
opportunity.
E
Councilman
wesley,
this
is
kind
of
what
I
was
referring
to
earlier,
just
kind
of
a
check
in
in
the
future
about
where
these
monies
are
and
what's
in
the
coffer
to
be
what's
in
planning
already
on
them,
but,
as
I
recall
yeah,
so
the
the
money
we
would
have
spent
on
ford
is
back
in.
I
think
this
transaction
makes
a
lot
of
sense
on
paper
with
the
funds
we've
allo
set
aside
and
really
just
as
a
big
jump
in
a
sustainable
move
for
the
downtown
area.
E
K
If
we,
if
we
look
at
connecting
with
this
regional
transit
study,
counties
adjacent
to
buncombe
and
connecting
all
of
our
transit
systems
in
the
region,
it'll
have
an
impact
not
just
for
the
city
but
for
the
region.
K
P
Yeah.
Thank
you
for
that
question,
mr
roney.
I
think
that
the
change
in
the
motion
to
item
a2,
which
is
the
proposed
budget
amendment,
would
require
a
change
just
to
the
amount
of
the
budget
amendment
and
the
rationale
behind
that
is.
We
are
still
receiving,
if
approved
in
item
a1
the
funds
from
the
dogwood
grant
in
the
amount
of
1.25
million,
so
those
funds
still
have
to
go
into
the
account
in
order
to
provide
half
of
the
purchase
price.
P
However,
in
the
fund,
which
is
labeled
in
the
most
in
the
general
capital,
projects
fund
already
exists:
the
land
banking
dollars
of
1.25
million
plus,
so
in
other
words,
we
still
need
to
allocate
through
a
budget
amendment
the
dogwood
funds,
but
we
now
only
would
need
to
do
a
budget
amendment
for
half
the
amount,
but
all
the
additional
wording
in
the
location
remains
the
same.
So
the
proposed
motion
for
item
b2
would
be
exactly
the
same
as
proposed
in
the
wording,
except
instead
of
asking
for
the
full
2.575
million.
P
I've
gotta
add
sections
yeah.
I
do
think
we
need
section
two
just
for
the
budget
amendment
of
the
dogwood
fund,
so
it
would
be
the
same
motion
except
the
half
of
the
money
is
already
in
that
fund.
If
we
are
using
the
land
banking
funds,
so
you
just
have
to
budget
for
the
dogwood
amount,
which
is
1.25
million.
P
So
my
recommendation,
if
move
forward
per
staff's
proposal,
is
to
approve
a1,
which
is
accepting
the
money
from
dogwood
and
the
grant
and
then
in
a2
to
do
the
budget
amendment,
but
only
for
half
the
amount,
which
would
only
be
for
the
dogwood
funds.
The
remainder
of
the
funds
on
the
city
side
are
already
within
that
fund
in
land
banking
dollars.
D
Vice
mayor,
we
don't
have
any
public
comments
on
this
issue.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
you
knew
that.
N
Okay,
it
sounds
like
I
got
a
motion
from
kim.
Is
there
a
second?
I
have
a
second
all
right,
second
from
sandra,
and
should
I
do
a
vote
on
that,
or
should
I
just
call
for
both
of
them?
Do
it
one
at
a
time.
P
Vice
mayor,
I
think
it
would
be
preferable
to
do
one
at
a
time
and
do
a
full
vote
on
both.
N
Okay,
now
that
I
have
a
motion
in
a
second
I'll
do
a
roll
call
vote,
starting
with
councilwoman
turner,
hi
councilwoman
whistler,
I
myself,
I
councilwoman
kilgore,
I
councilwoman
mosley
aye
councilwoman,
roney
hi
all
right
the
motion
moves
forward,
and
can
I
get
a
motion
and
a
second
to
adopt
the
budget
amendment
in
the
amount
of
1.25
to
establish
a
budget
for
the
purchase
of
the
property?
Is
that
correct,
brad.
P
I
think
you
can
go
ahead
and
say
that
that
would
be
to
the
city's
general
capital
projects
fund.
That's
where
we
keep
our
land
banking
dollars,
so
this
would
just
be
moving
the
dogwood
funds
into
the
same
account.
N
N
N
H
H
S
Sorry
about
that,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak.
S
Procedure
established
for
virtual
meetings.
It
is
my
hope
that,
sometime
in
the
near
future,
we
can
move
away
from
virtual
meetings
and
we'll
find
a
way
to
make
public
comment
easier
and
more
accessible
for
everyone.
I've
just
returned
from
the
from
pack
square,
where
both
the
advanced
monument
was
coming
down.
S
S
I
think
we
have
the
possibility
to
do
great
things,
and
I
think
that
our
leadership
can
make
a
difference
in
moving
that
along
and
being
open
to
the
views
of
our
citizens
and
how
they
would
like
to
do
that
thanks.
So
much
have
a
lovely
evening.
O
L
And
how
we're
doing
things
as
a
city?
First,
I
just
want
to
say
I
prepared
myself
for
this
meeting
to
feel
kind
of
as
bad
as
I
felt
the
last
few
years
when
we
did
the
budget-
and
I
was
pleasantly
surprised
at
some
of
the
progress
we've
seen
in
this
year's
budget,
and
I'm
really
grateful
for
that
to
all
of
you
and
to
the
city
staff
for
working
on
that.
L
It's
really
the
first
time.
I
feel
like
we're,
starting
to
make
some
really
significant
changes,
although
I
think
we
still
need
to
innovate
at
a
much
bigger
level,
especially
when
it
comes
to
the
climate
and
to
sustainability.
You
know
just
to
remind
everybody.
Last
year
you
signed
a
climate
emergency
resolution.
L
I
would
love
to
see
that
become
a
more
wildly
important
piece
to
how
we're
making
decisions
from
a
budgetary
perspective,
but
I
was
glad
to
see
it
there
at
all,
and
I
was
glad
to
see
some
new
things
like
I
said
that
were
really
valuable.
The
questions
I
think
that
I
just
want
to
all
of
you
to
think
about
as
we
go
into
the
discussion
over
the
next
few
weeks.
I'm
really
excited
to
see
some
money
going
back
into
the
fire
department.
L
L
L
I
also
didn't
see
in
there
anything
around
the
urban
forester
that
we've
been
asking
for
for
the
last
few
years
for
those
of
you
who
are
new
to
city
council
since
2017,
every
party
involved
in
the
conversation
about
our
urban
canopy
suggests
that
we
have
an
urban
forester
on
city
staff
and
I
think
that
expert
use
is
still
valuable.
It
has
a
lot
to
do
with
building
long-term
sustainable
sustainability
in
our
city.
L
L
H
H
U
Jonathan,
all
right,
great,
hey,
it's
jonathan
wayne,
scott!
I
was
also
calling
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
vance
monument
coming
down.
I
wanted
to
thank
council
for
making
that
vote.
I
would
like
to
thank
councilwoman
kilgore
for
bringing
alternative
perspectives
to
the
table.
I
don't
agree
with
them,
but
you
did
that
very
respectfully,
and
I
appreciate
that
I
want
to
play
something
that
was
said
that
evening
by
the
mayor.
If
I
can-
and
I
hope
this
works.
T
U
I
just
wanted
to
comment
on
the
last
couple,
things
that
you
said
there
madame
mayer
and
I'm
not
trying
to
nitpick
and
play
gotcha,
but
the
history
of
asheville
has
not
always
been
one
of
a
great
liberal
oasis
amongst
a
a
right-wing
state
in
the
jim
crow
era
between
you
know,
I'd
say:
1882
and
1931
asheville
was
very
active
in
its
jim
crow
policies.
U
The
democratic
party
had
a
stronghold
on
the
board
of
aldermen,
which
we
used
to
to
have
until
1915
the
board
of
aldermen
elected
our
first
black
representative
here
in
1882
newton
shepherd
and
his
political
career
ended
in
1883.,
lock,
craig's
political
career
began
here
in
asheville
in
1883,
his
white
supremacist,
who
was
asheville
city
attorney
bunkin
county
attorney
and
became
the
governor
of
north
carolina
in
1915,
while
he
was
governor,
asheville
became
the
first
city
in
north
carolina
to
eliminate
our
aldermanic
ward
system
of
electing
the
board
of
aldermen
and
went
to
an
at-large
system
of
the
board
of
commissioners
and
in
1931,
asheville
became
the
first
city
in
north
carolina
to
eliminate
absentee
balloting
upon
its
referendum
to
change
our
charter,
which
is
created.
U
Our
current
council
manager
form
of
government
and
our
at-large
election
system
that
we
still
use
today.
So
I
would
really
you
know
implore
you
all
to
take
a
a
deeper
look
into
the
history
of
asheville,
so
that
we
can,
you
know,
have
integrity
with
our
reparations
and
you
know
make
true
reconciliation.
So
if.
U
W
My
comment
tonight,
sorry,
I'm
just
thinking
about
snacks
with
jonathan.
That
was
great.
W
My
comment
tonight
is
regarding
the
budget
and
the
proposed
tax
hike
that
many
are
saying
is
comparable
to
the
second
urban
renewal
as
a
latinx
homeowner
in
west
asheville,
who
has
seen
the
ways
in
which
local
government
consistently
prioritizes
tourists,
policing
and
weapons
manufacturers,
I'm
afraid
for
my
ability
to
afford
the
home
that
my
immigrant
mother
and
I
worked
so
hard
to
obtain
just
to
see
that
money
poured
back
into
the
very
entities
that
harm
us
working
class,
bipox
families
under
a
lot
in
order
to
secure
stable
housing,
let
alone
become
a
homeowner.
W
You
could
help
us
by
lowering
tax
rates,
to
make
up
for
the
rise
in
property,
values
and
prioritize
taking
funds
from
other
sources
like
the
police
department.
A
tax
relief
program
will
do
nothing
to
address
the
inequities
that
will
persist
and
worsen
following
a
tax
hike
like
this,
however,
reprioritizing,
where
you
are
taking
money
from
will,
it
cannot
be
from
working
class
homeowners.
W
Your
council
priorities
can
be
funded
by
reimagining
public
safety
in
the
form
of
defunding.
The
police,
as
other
cities
across
the
country,
have
done
successfully
feeding
the
potential
for
mental
health,
substance,
use
and
houseless
crisis
solutions.
These
are
reparations
in
themselves
and
it
doesn't
have
to
be
a
one-time
small
one-time
payment.
Nor
is
this
complicated.
As
someone
earlier
said,
all
of
these
budget
items
are
interconnected.
W
The
ongoing
savings
you
can
make
from
defunding
the
police
can
go
to
black
communities
disproportionately
harmed
by
the
police
for
context.
I
think
the
third
of
the
police
department's
salaries,
not
being
paid
to
police
that
have
left
is
about
four
million
dollars
on
this
important
note,
I'd
also
like
to
echo
the
rjc
in
saying.
While
it
is
great
that
funds
have
been
allocated
for
operations,
it's
crucial
to
set
up
a
separate
financial
structure
for
the
reparations
fund
so
that
it
can
collect
outside
funds
and
ensure
that
the
reparations
spending
will
specifically
benefit
the
black
community.
W
H
X
Thank
you,
I'm
just
calling
to
echo
kind
of
what
the
last
speaker
just
spoke
on
between
the
county
and
the
city
taxes
being
raised.
X
You're
using
the
pandemic
as
an
excuse
and
they
have
overpriced
the
communities,
the
houses
and
the
black
communities,
particularly
in
like
south
side
on
burton
street,
and
you
guys
know
that
they
don't
have
the
money.
They
don't
have
the
time
they
don't
have
the
lawyers
to
challenge
this
and
with
both
of
these
tax
hikes
combined.
X
I
wake
up
every
day
as
who
I
am
with
what
privilege
I
have,
and
I
ask
myself
constantly:
what
can
I
do
to
be
a
better
person
today?
Hey?
What
can
I
do
to
leave
this
world
a
better
place
today
and
I
set
out
and
I
do
it
and
then
I
call
into
these
council
meetings.
I
listen
to
y'all's
meetings.
I
watch
your
budget
retreats
and
I've
heard
the
community
constantly
out
crying
voicing
what
you
can
do
to
help
us
what
you
can
do
to
lessen
the
harm
be
upon
the
police,
provide
real
reparations.
X
Don't
just
take
the
monument
down
and
constantly
you
don't
listen.
You
never
listen.
In
fact,
last
week,
county
just
approved
a
grant
to
hire
three
new
detectives
into
the
sheriff's
department.
Meanwhile,
you
guys
are
raising
the
tax
taxes.
Meanwhile,
we're
fighting
to
keep
raytheon
out
of
our
community,
because
these
these
poor
folks
will
be
preyed
upon
to
come
and
work
and
sell
their
morals
loose
for
a
job
that
pays
decently
because
they
need
it.
Meanwhile,
they'll
be
contributing.
We
as
asheville
will
be
contributing
to
war
everywhere
to
children
dying,
and
you
do
nothing.
X
You
have
power,
you
have
privilege
you
make
a
hell
of
a
lot
more
money
than
most
of
us
make
and
you
do
nothing
all
day.
Every
day,
I'll
tell
you
like,
I
told
the
commissioners.
It
is
my
only
hope
that
you
guys
have
children
that
grow
up
and
become
radicals
and
can't
even
look
you
in
the
eye,
because
they'll
have
to
ask
you.
Why
did
you
not
do
anything?
Why
didn't
you
stop
the
military
industrial
complex?
Why
didn't
you
stop
climate
change?
X
C
V
Hi
y'all,
I
have
a
lot
to
say,
but
I'm
mostly
going
to
comment
tonight
on
the
proposed
budget
and
tax
hike,
which,
like
mel,
said,
the
tax
hike
is
being
compared
to
the
second
urban
renewal,
which
is
truly
shameful.
V
This
tax
hike
will
disproportionately
set
up
black
and
brown
communities
and
homeowners
to
be
devastated
by
the
city
of
asheville
once
again,
and
it
could
very
well
be
displaced
by
the
city
of
asheville.
Once
again
and
just
a
reminder,
the
city
of
asheville
was
built
from
enslaved
black
people
on
the
stolen
land
and
continues
to
be
built
by
black
brown
and
working-class
people,
who
these
tax
hikes
will
harm
the
most.
V
I
also
want
to
speak
a
little
bit
to
the
asheville
police
department,
which
is
the
most
well-funded
police
department
in
the
state
of
north
carolina
for
such
a
small
town,
that
is,
the
city
of
asheville
needing
to
have
funding
directly
taken
from
it
and
reallocated
as
the
racial
justice
coalition
notes.
The
budget
mentions
nothing
about
divesting
from
policing,
defending
the
police
department
and
investing
back
into
the
community
is
part
of
your
reimagining
public
safety.
V
This
town
is
experiencing
a
historic
staffing
crisis,
housing
crisis,
food
insecurity,
crisis,
a
climate
crisis
and
continued
racism.
This
proposed
budget
has
no
movement
towards
divesting
from
the
policing
and
investing
back
into
this
community,
and
other
cities
have
done
it,
and
I
think
it's
time
for
asheville
to
take
the
lead.
Victoria
spoke
beautifully
on
the
raytheon
coming
to
town
there's
so
much
else.
V
I
want
to
say,
but
I'll
end
with
echoing
what
the
racial
justice
coalition
also
said,
which
is
for
the
reparations
asking
why
the
city
isn't
setting
up
the
reparations
fund
as
an
independent
financial
structure.
That
would
then
allow
it
to
more
easily
collect
outside
funding
and
to
specifically
target
black
asheville
with
reparations
programs.
V
V
A
Council,
I
believe
that
is
our
last
caller
in
the
queue
our
next
council
meeting
is
on
june
8th.
I
believe
it
is
right,
maggie
and
it'll
be
our
first
in-person
council
meeting
and
it
will
be
taking
place
at
harrah's
cherokee
in
the
banquet
room,
correct
we're
doing
the
banquet
room.
Yes,
I'm
looking.
There
was
some
discussion
about
thomas
wolfe
auditorium,
but
the
banquet
room
is
the
selection.
So
look
for
more
information
about
the
particulars
around
that
first
in-person
meeting
and
I
haven't
been
keeping
track,
but
I
think
it's
been
a
year
over
a
year.
A
Yes
over
a
year,
so
can't
wait
to
see
you
guys
and
everyone
else
who
will
be
able
to
attend
in
person.
So
any
anything
else,
or
are
we
ready
for
good
night,
okay,
good
night?
We
are.