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November 27, 2018
Asheville City Council Meeting
A
A
B
B
B
B
And
whereas
by
supporting
the
love,
Asheville
Go,
Local
movement,
we
create
greater
access
to
prosperity
for
all
the
multiplier
effect
of
both
residents
and
visitors.
Choosing
local
first
creates
diverse
job
opportunities,
greater
civic
engagement
and
protects
us
from
the
effects
of
economic
downturns
and
whereas
by
supporting
the
love,
actual
Go
Local
movement,
we
keep
money
circulation
in
the
local
economy,
for
every
dollar
spent
at
a
local,
independent
business.
B
Up
to
three
times
more
gets
circulated
back
into
our
community
compared
to
when
we
spent
compared
to,
when
spent
at
a
national
chain
store
and
whereas
by
supporting
the
love,
Asheville
Go,
Local
movement,
Asheville,
promotes
and
encourages
increased
entrepreneurship
and
access
to
ownership,
which
attracts
new
talent
and,
in
turn,
enhances
the
local
economy.
And
whereas,
by
supporting
the
love,
Asheville
Go,
Local
movement,
we
grow
a
healthy
and
happy.
Community.
B
Studies
show
that
those
who
live
in
communities
where
local
independent
businesses
are
the
norm
are
healthier
and
thus
happier
and
now
therefore,
I,
ask
your
manheimer
mayor
of
the
city
of
Asheville.
Do
hereby
proclaim
December
2018
as
love
Asheville
by
local
month
in
the
city
of
Asheville,
and
urge
all
the
citizens
to
join
in
the
celebration
and
to
local
by
local
and
pink
local.
First
then,
and
throughout
the
year.
E
Thank
you
so
much
City
Council.
This
is
this
is
very
special
for
all
of
us
and
we've
been
doing
this
being
been
doing
the
lavash
burger
local
campaign
since
2009
so
almost
ten
years,
but
we
by
far
we're
not
the
first
to
do
this.
There
have
been
so
many
organizations
to
really
drive
the
local
myth
and
the
local
economy
in
Asheville.
E
For
so
long
long
before
we
were
including
our
independent
media,
which
is
so
crucial
for
a
community
to
have
we're
lucky
to
have
them
and
I
want
to
mention
some
of
those
organizations,
including
Asheville,
downtown
Association,
Ashlin,
dependent,
Restaurant,
Association,
green
opportunities,
a
BTEC
there's
so
many
a
sab
Asheville
sustainable
agriculture
project,
West,
Asheville,
Business,
Association,
River,
Arts,
District,
artists,
and
just
you
know,
you
know
all
these
organizations
and
they
have
helped
our
local
economy
grow.
They've,
helped
entrepreneurs
and
we
need
to
open
up
more
opportunity
for
access
to
ownership
for
more
people.
E
A
F
F
Ncdot
is
holding
a
public
hearing
next
Tuesday
so
a
week
from
tonight
on
the
newest
version
and
and
probably
super
close
to
final
maps
for
the
I
26
connector
project.
This
will
be
one
of
two
final
public
hearings,
the
other
two
happen
early
next
year,
and
so
there
is
a
public
comment
period
open
and
we
thought
it
appropriate
for
the
city
to
make
public
comment
on
the
maps.
F
So
the
resolution
that
you
have
in
front
of
you
or
on
the
agenda
is
is
reflective
of
the
city's
comments
and
the
I'll
just
say-
and
this
is
reflected
in
the
resolution-
I'll-
remind
everybody
that
two-and-a-half
years
ago
actually
was
almost
exactly
three
years
ago
in
December
of
2015,
that
we
adopted
a
resolution.
Our
last
resolution,
before
public
hearing
that
d-o-t
had
on
the
on
the
draft
environmental
impact
statement,
and
in
that
resolution
we
called
on
d-o-t
to
make
a
number
of
not
necessarily
specific
changes.
F
But
two,
we
highlighted
a
number
of
things
that
we
wanted
to
be
different
in
the
project
and
we
called
on
d-o-t
to
form
a
working
group
with
this
to
help
address
that
whole
raft
of
concerns,
and-
and
they
did
that
and
we
have
been
working
together
for
two
and
a
half
years.
The
cities
team
that
has
been
part
of
that
effort
includes
the
vice
mayor,
Gwen
Whistler
and
myself.
F
A
lot
of
the
things
that
we
wanted
to
see
in
the
project
are
in
the
project
and
the
starting
with
the
fact
that
the
d-o-t
selected
alternative
for
B
as
the
preferred
alternative.
That
was
one
of
the
two
alternatives
that
the
city
endorsed
in
that
selection
process.
The
bike
and
pedestrian
infrastructure
is
significantly
improved.
F
D-O-T
has
gone
with
a
six-lane
alternative
and
west
asheville,
as
opposed
to
an
eight-lane
alternative.
That
was
also
something
that
was
very
important
for
the
city,
so
there
have
been
a
lot
of
new
things.
That
is
a
it
is
a
much
Oh
a
much
better,
much
improved
Amboy,
Road,
interchange
and
boy,
Brevard,
Road,
interchange
and,
and
basically
through
all
of
that
work.
There
are
about
50
fewer
houses
and
businesses
being
taken
as
a
result
of
this
project,
and
that
is
that
is
very
significant.
F
F
It's
the
Schwartz
report,
it's
referenced
in
the
in
the
in
the
resolution
and
it's
there
for
you
all
to
read
if
you
like,
it
has
actually
has
a
great
history
of
the
project
and
a
lot
of
the
input
that's
gone
into
this
project,
so
I
commend
it
to
you.
It
also
has
a
lot
of
renderings
of
the
the
designs
that
the
city
wants
for
the
Bowen
bridge
and
Patton
Avenue
to
really
help
the
city
achieve
the
its
vision,
its
longtime
vision
for
this
corridor.
So
we
what
this
resolution
does.
F
Is
it
basically
says
to
do
T.
Thank
you
very
much
for
working
with
us
for
addressing
a
lot
of
the
concerns
for
making
a
lot
of
the
changes
that
we've
asked
for,
but
we're
not
there
yet,
and
we
need
you
to
make
this
final
set
of
changes
as
part
of
this
project,
so
that
so
that
the
city
can
really
realize
it's.
It's
the
full
vision
for
this
corridor
and
so
that
this
project
can
fully
benefit
the
people
who
live
here
as
opposed
to
the
people
who
are
traveling
through.
So
that
is
I.
G
F
And
I'm
Ken
anything
you'd
like
to
add
to
that
and
I
just
want
to
call
out
Ken
and
his
leadership
on
this
project.
It's
been
it's
been,
we've
done
a
really
great
job
and
positioned
the
city.
Well,
so
again,
we're
just
calling
on
NCDOT
to
help
us
kind
of
close
the
gap
here
and
and
make
these
make
these
final
few
changes
and
also
hope
everyone
can
attend
the
meeting.
The
hearing
next
Tuesday
there's
an
open
house
from
I
believe
it's
4
to
6:30
at
the
Renaissance
Hotel
to
look
at
the
maps.
F
A
F
F
I
think
it
predated,
probably
most
of
us
on
council
that
project
didn't
end
up
going
and
the
the
property
owner
and
developer
made
that
property
available
to
the
city
to
reacquire,
so
that
we
could
continue
to
make
it
available
for
affordable
housing,
and
that
was
great
that
he
did
that
as
opposed
to
just
putting
it
back
on
the
open
market.
So
the
city
staff
has
been
in
conversations
with
homeward
bound
since
that
time
about
about
specifically
doing
a
project
on
this
parcel
to
house
our
hard
to
house
our
hardest
to
house
homeless.
F
That's
a
list
of
people,
it's
about
I,
think
about
a
hundred
and
eighty
people,
and
we
know
them
all
by
name
and
this
this
development
would
house
about
80
of
those
folks,
so
this
would
be
a
huge
step
toward
eliminating
our
chronic
chronically
homeless
chronically
homeless.
People
in
our
community
homeward
bound
manages
one
of
these
types
of
developments
right
now,
it's
the
Woodfin
down
on
North
Market
Street
and
have
found
it
to
be.
They
have
found
it
to
be
incredibly
successful.
F
In
sort
of
you
know,
providing
housing
and
wrapping
services
around
these
very
challenged,
folks
to
give
a
chance
at
a
stable
life,
and
so
we're
the
city
wants
to
partner,
with
homeward
bound
to
do
that
with
this
larger
development.
Again,
that
would
house
about
80
folks
again
wrapping
them
around
wrapping
services
around
them
to
help
them
get
to
a
point
of
stability.
So
this
is
simply
sort
of.
Let's
keep
going
with
those
conversations.
A
A
All
right
have
a
motion.
A
second
is
there.
Anyone
wishing
to
comment
on
the
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed.
Okay,
we
have
three
presentations
tonight.
The
first
is
health
engagement,
leading
to
prevention
and
Cathy.
Avery
is
gonna.
Make
that
presentation
Kathy
did
this
rise.
Yeah.
I
J
J
J
Something
that's
come
to
our
attention.
We
are
a
coalition
really
of
clinicians
community
health
workers,
our
ends
and
with
our
host
of
experience
working
in
the
community
and
just
hanging
out
as
friends.
We've
noticed
this
kind
of
recurring
problem
that
we
in
Asheville
do
an
amazing
job
with
the
housing
first
model
and
we
believe
in
that,
but
the
follow-up
care
and
support
that
a
lot
of
these
high-risk
individuals
that
may
live
with
severe
and
persistent
mental
illness.
The
support
is
not
always
adequate.
J
We
have
great
assertive
community
treatment
teams,
we
have
wonderful
resources,
but
we're
really
just
here
to
introduce
ourselves
as
just
a
coalition
of
passionate
people
wanting
to
problem
solve
thought.
We'd
come
talk
to
the
City
Council
today
say
hello.
We're
calling
ourselves
help,
which
is
health.
K
Engagement
leading
to
prevention,
I'm,
Cathy,
Avery
I'm,
the
nurse
with
a
pepper,
the
Asheville,
Buffum
Institute
of
parity
achievement
and
what
we
generally
do
is
go
door-to-door
out
in
the
community
as
to
how
we
do
our
work
and
because
of
that,
the
way
we
do
that
we
are
liable
to
go
into
people's
homes.
They
allow
us
to
come
in.
We
get
to
see
them,
how
they
live
all
the
time
and
in
subsidized
housing
in
public
housing.
K
People,
people
that
go
into
the
emergency
room
is
a
lot
and
repeat,
repeat,
repeat,
and
so
because
of
that
I
find
it
that
my
long-term
way
of
doing
things
may
not
be
in
health
care
systems,
way
of
doing
things,
but
just
a
short
time.
So
because
we
really
care
about
the
community,
all
the
community,
we
decided
we
put
our
heads
together
and
see
if
we
can
come
up
with
a
plan
that
would
do
some
long-term,
put
long-term
things
in
place.
That
might
address
the
the
situation
that
we
have
covered
and.
J
J
K
We
have
a
position
that
we
kind
of
work
with
he's
kind
of
a
community
guy
anyway,
dr.
Larry
Rosenberg,
and
he
is
very
good
at
working
with
ABC
cm
he
volunteers
a
lot
with
them.
He
still
practices
and
sees
patients
that
he's
been
seeing
for
ever
some,
probably
80
or
90
years
old.
So
he
is
definitely
a
community
guy.
K
So
we
pulled
him
in
to
help
us
if
we
need
anybody
to
back
us
up
medically
and
then
we
have
Frank
Casablanca
who
it
works
at
Merrick,
but
he's
also
on
the
board
of
a
pepper
and
if
we
need
those
type
of
skills
or
someone
to
call
up
to
say,
hey
we're.
Looking
at
this,
what
do
you
think
you
know?
That's
that's
somebody
we
can
call
on
for
that.
Then,
of
course,
myself
and
I'm
the
project
manager,
because
I'm
the
one
that's
always
going
out
and
covering
all
this
stuff.
K
So
so
I
get
to
be
the
one
who
tries
to
figure
out
a
plan
and
then
try
to
X.
You
know
execute
the
plan
and
then
try
to
find
people
to
bring
in
to
actually
work
with
us,
and
then
Kevin,
as
you
can
see,
is
with
the
Veterans
Court,
and
so
he
finds
a
lot
of
people
that
need
shelter
in
homes
and
places
to
be.
And
so
he
was
perfect
to
team
up
with
me
so
that
we
could
unwrap
this
project
and
these
problems
that
we're
coming
across.
K
At
least
one
of
our
other
projects
is
everyday
details.
People
helping
people
that
we
have
the
Isaac
Roman
grant
for
and
what
we
do
with
that
project
is
go
into
the
homes
clean
the
homes,
whatever
needs
to
be
done,
if
they're
getting
ready
to
get
evicted,
because
we
can't
help
with
their
mental
health
and
their
physical
health
and
all
the
things
that
we
find.
K
If
that's
not
the
first
problem,
the
first
problem,
maybe
the
manager
is
getting
ready
to
throw
them
out
because
because
of
their
mental
health
issues
and
their
cognitive
dysfunction,
they
may
not
be
able
to
do
what
they
need
to
do.
So,
if
that's
the
case,
then
you
get
evicted.
Then
you're
just
going
around
and
around
in
circles,
while
we're
trying
to
keep
up
with
them
to
work
on
their
middle
health
problems,
and
so
that's
one
of
the
problems
that
we
face.
K
Her
name
is
Shawna
Roberts
and
she
has
been
really
good
with
helping
us
calling
us
if
someone's
getting
ready
to
get
addicted
and
didn't
ever
get
back
in
that
circle,
and
she
says:
can
your
team
come
over
and
clean
and
and
I'm,
usually
working
with
them,
trying
to
get
the
mental
health
care
get
food
whatever
it
is?
They
need,
but
then
the
problem,
because
we
don't
want
you
to
get
evicted
because
they're
not
have
to
be
back
and
start
over
again
and
trying
to
find
help
for
you.
K
So
we
want
to
try
to
keep
them
and
keep
the
managers
helping
us
keep
them
where
they
are
until
we
can
get
them
to
help
maybe
long-term.
But
if
there's
just
being
going
around
and
around
in
the
system,
then
that
doesn't
help
us
and
it
didn't
help
you
it
didn't
help.
The
community
didn't
help
anybody.
J
This
is
what
we've
identified
it
as
the
revolving
door
syndrome
and
we've
kind
of
seen
it
in
our
field.
I've
seen
it
with
the
veterans,
so
we
have
the
highest
homeless
rate
of
veteran
the
highest
population
of
homeless
veterans
in
the
state.
We
have
amazing
services
here,
ABC
CMS,
doing
incredible.
Work
homeward
bound
is
doing
amazing
work,
as
was
highlighted
earlier,
we're
grateful
for
that.
J
They've
supported
the
Veterans
Court
out
measurably,
but
it's
really
just
kind
of
that
continued
care
and
we
wanted
to
explore
together
with
Asheville,
just
a
new
way
of
really
supporting
our
high-risk
community
members,
and
this
is
just
the
early
stage.
So
we
wanted
to
invite
this
continued
conversation
with
the
City
Council
and
maybe
yeah
just
continue
the
conversation
down
the
road.
K
You
know
sometimes
the
LBD
crime
is
a
they
need,
they
need
help
with
their
rent
and
they
go
into
subsidized
housing
kind
of
can't
afford
their
home
anymore
and
maybe
the
disabled.
But
if
you
have
people
that
have
mental
health
and
problems
and
substance,
abuse
problems
and
alcohol
problems
and
mental
health
problems
and
those
kind
of
things
that
are
not
getting
the
help
they
need,
then
it
sometimes
make
an
unsafe
environment
for
those
people
who
just
need
a
place
where
they
can
afford.
K
So
what
we
want
to
do
is
be
able,
as
a
team,
to
make
it
safe
and
enjoyable
for
everyone,
because
put
yourself
in
in
an
elderly
place
which
I
happen
to
be
one
of
and
if
I
lost
my
home
and
going
to
subsidize
housing.
I
want
to
be
able
to
become
out
of
my
house
safely
every
day
and
live,
and
if
I
got
the
big
became
homeless.
A
N
Thank
You,
mayor
and
city
council
I
will
not
be
making
a
presentation
that
will
be
done
by
Samir
Bao
WA,
who
is
the
managing
director
with
BBC
research
and
consulting,
but
I
want
to
do
a
couple
of
things.
I
want
to
look
you
and
I,
and
thank
you
for
the
funding
for
this
project.
It
had
been
almost
25
years
since
we
had
done
that
study.
We
are
now
current.
We
know
what
our
marketing
place
is.
N
We
know
what
our
percentage
goals
are,
and
now
we
can
start
from
here
to
work
at
those
next
steps
on
how
we're
going
to
increase
minority
participation
within
the
city.
I
also
want
to
let
you
know
our
internal
staff
will
are
going
to
be
meeting
to
start.
Looking
at
some
of
the
boned
bare
bones
of
the
plan,
this
will
be
a
public
process
of
which
we
will
go
out
and
be
taking
comments
from
the
public,
the
Open
City
Hall
anything
that
we
can
do
to
get
feedback
on
that.
N
So
we're
looking
at
another
couple
of
months
before
you
see
that
come
back
to
you
and
I
also
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
think
that
over
14
departments
who
allowed
us
to
have
functional
leads
department
directors.
We
pulled
almost
a
thousand
contracts.
We
had
to
pull
contracts.
We
had
to
get
subcontractor
data
which
took
us
months,
but
they
were
champions.
They
did
it
with
a
smile.
N
We
had
a
couple
of
hitches
with
the
date
of
pulling
out
of
our
muna
system,
which
kind
of
threw
us
off,
but
BBC
has
done
what
they
told
us
that
they
were
going
to
do,
because
we
wouldn't
have
accepted
anything
else
and
I
learned
through
the
process.
What
we
need
to
be
some
more
things
that
we
need
to
be
doing
so
without
further
ado
I'm
going
to
introduce
mr.
Samir
Bayer,
where
he's
going
to
come
up
and
do
the
presentation
and
then
I'll
welcome
any
comments
after
the
presentation
is
over.
Thank
you.
O
Thank
You
Brenda,
and
thank
you
for
having
me
here
tonight.
I
hope.
I
can
briefly
summarize
our
years
worth
of
work
in
the
ten
minutes.
But,
of
course,
as
questions
come
up,
I'm
interested
in
hearing
those
from
you
all.
So
the
primary
objective
of
the
disparity
study
was
to
answer
one.
One
fundamental
question
which
is:
do
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
face
any
barriers
as
part
of
the
city's
contracting.
O
The
study
itself
was
made
up
of
a
large
collection
of
both
quantitative
and
qualitative
research
tasks
in
the
spirit
of
time,
I'm
just
going
to
focus
in
on
results
from
what
we
consider
the
core
of
those
tasks,
which
is
what
we
call
the
utilization
availability
and
disparity
analysis,
as
well
as
presenting
some
consideration
for
the
city
and
making
refinements
to
its
minority
business
plan.
So
to
begin
the
first
of
those
tasks.
O
The
results
of
our
utilization
analysis
indicated
that
10.4%
of
the
city's
prime
contracting
and
subcontracting
dollars
during
our
study
period
or
twelve
point.
Three
million
dollars
went
to
minority
and
women-owned
businesses,
regardless
of
whether
they're
certified
as
such
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina
the
vast
majority
of
those
dollars.
Eight
point:
eight
percent
went
to
white
woman
owned
businesses,
another
1.1
percent
went
to
Hispanic
American
owned
businesses
and
half
a
percentage
point
went
to
black
American,
owned
businesses
and
I.
D
O
Now
that
information
on
its
own
is
useful,
but
it
becomes
even
more
instructive
when
the
city
has
information
about
how
many
dollars
you'd
expect
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
to
receive
based
on
their
existence
in
the
marketplace.
The
types
of
contracts
that
they
can
work
on
their
interest
in
working
for
the
city
and
a
number
of
care
other
characteristics.
And
that
is
the
primary
objective.
O
This
is
just
a
quick
example.
If
the
city
had
a
contract
electrical
work
subcontract
in
2016
worth
1.2
million
dollars,
we
would
collect
information
on
firms
in
the
marketplace
and
then
go
through
our
database
and
identified
those
firms
whose
characteristics
specifically
match
the
characteristics
of
that
one
contract
and
then
repeat
that
process
for
every
prime
contract
and
subcontract
in
our
analysis
and
then
aggregate
the
information
at
a
dollar
weighted
way.
O
So
the
result
of
that
availability
analysis
indicated
that
the
city
might
expect
twelve
point:
eight
percent
of
its
contracting
dollars
to
go
to
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
throughout
its
marketplace,
or
fifteen
million
dollars
that
availability.
The
the
group
that
was
shown
that
the
highest
availability
was
businesses
owned
by
non-hispanic
white
women,
followed
by
Native
American,
owned
businesses
and
black
American
owned
businesses.
O
So
a
disparity
index
of
one
indicates
parity.
That
means
that
participation
is
largely
in
line
with
availability.
Anything
less
than
one
indicates
a
disparity
such
that
participation
is
actually
less
than
availability
and
anything
of
0.8
or
less
is
considered
in
the
industry.
A
substantial
under
utilization
of
that
group
for
those
contracts
that
becomes
important
because
that's
often
considered
by
the
courts
as
an
inference
of
discrimination
against
that
group
and
can
be
used
as
justification
for
using
relatively
strong
program
measures
to
help
address
those
disparities.
O
So
I'm
gonna
first
show
you
the
data
for
all
city
contracts
considered
together.
So
you'll
see
you
see
a
line
solid
line
at
100,
which
again
is
that
line
of
parity
and
then
a
line
drawn
at
80,
which
indicates
the
threshold
for
what's
considered
considered
a
substantial
underutilization,
so
anything
to
the
right
of
those
lines
indicate
parody
anything
to
honor
to
the
right
of
those
lines.
Anything
to
the
left.
Those
lines
indicate
disparities.
O
So
looking
at
all
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
considered
together,
you
see
a
disparity
index
of
82.
In
other
words,
minority
moment,
businesses
consider
together
for
all
city
contracts,
are
receiving
82
cents
of
every
dollar.
You
would
expect
them
to
receive
based
on
their
availability
for
that
work,
and
then
the
lines
of
data
below
that
first
row
show
the
results
for
individual
racial,
ethnic
and
gender
groups.
O
We
also
looked
at.
We
all
looked
at
those
data
in
a
variety
of
different
ways,
but
one
of
the
important
ways
we
looked
at
it
were
by
industry.
So
we
looked
at
results
separately
for
construction
contracts
which
make
up
the
majority
of
the
city's
contracting
dollars
and
non
construction
contracts
which
are
made
up
of
professional
services,
goods
as
well
as
general
services.
So
the
first
thing
that
jumps
out
is
that
outcomes
tend
to
be
a
bit
better
on
the
city's
construction
contracts
than
on
construction
contracts.
O
So
the
disparity
index
for
all
minority
woman
businesses,
considered
together,
kids
considered
together,
was
149
on
construction
compared
to
41
on
non
construction,
which
is
a
substantial
disparity
and
then
looking
at
the
individual
groups.
Asian-American
owned
businesses
showed
substantial
disparities
on
construction
and
non-construction
contracts.
Black
American
owned
businesses
showed
substantial
disparities
on
both
sets
of
contracts.
Hispanic
American
businesses,
although
they
did
not
show
a
substantial
disparity
on
construction
contracts,
did
show
disparities
on
non
construction
contracts.
O
G
O
Actually,
the
latter.
So
we
look
at
the
different
pieces
of
work
involved
in
a
construction
project
and
if
their
piece
of
work
was
something
you
would
traditionally
consider
construction
like
building
things
or
maintaining
or
repairing
things,
they
would
be
in
the
construction
data.
But
if
it
was
the
design
work
associated
with
a
construction
project
that
would
show
up
in
professional
services,.
O
O
In
addition
to
the
quantitative
data
that
we
assess
about
the
city's
contracting,
we
also
looked
at
quantitative
and
qualitative
information
about
barriers
that
exist
in
the
marketplace
for
minorities,
women
and
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
through
both
census
data,
but
also
one-on-one,
in-depth
interviews
that
we
conducted
with
business
owners
and
trade
association
representatives
here
at
the
marketplace.
One
comment
that
often
came
up,
or
at
least
came
up
among
several
business
owners,
were
around
contract
notification.
O
So
they
indicated
that
often
opportunities
will
come
up
for
small
businesses
and
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
that
they
could
actually
compete
for
that
they
were
just
unaware
of
so
the
city
could
look
at
the
different
methods,
its
using
to
notify
local
contractors
about
contracting
opportunities
and
ensure
that
they're
sufficient
in
making
sure
they're
touching
on
the
different
segments
of
the
business
community.
That
might
actually
compete
for
that
work.
In.
O
One
another
consideration
the
the
city
can
make
is
around
local
participation.
So
one
thing
one
thing
that
came
out
of
the
data
are
that
a
relatively
large
percentage
of
the
city's
dollars
are
going
to
firms
outside
of
what
we
consider
the
relevant
geographic
market
area,
which
is
Buncombe
County
and
the
surrounding
eight
counties,
particularly
professional
services.
There
are
a
lot
of
dollars
going
to
firms
based
in
Charlotte
and
Mecklenburg
County,
so
the
city
can
look
at
ways
to
increase,
not
only
awareness
but
also
notifications
of
opportunities
to
businesses
located
more
locally
than
that.
O
What
they've,
what
they
seem
to
be
doing,
which
is
relying
at
least
to
some
degree,
on
firms
that
are
based
in
Charlotte
for
some
of
their
work.
Prompt
payment
is
an
issue
that
often
came
up
so,
of
course,
having
cash
on
hand.
Having
access
to
capital
are
crucial
to
small
businesses,
including
many
minority
and
women-owned
businesses.
O
One
thing
the
city
can
consider
is
contract,
specific
minority
and
women-owned
business
goals
on
some
of
the
projects
that
it
Awards.
So
this
is
a
measure
that
many
organizations
across
the
country,
as
well
as
here
in
North
Carolina
use
where
they
attach
goals
on
their
contracts
and
prime
contractors
have
to
meet
those
goals
by
either
subcontracting
with
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
or
showing
good
faith
efforts
that
they
tried
to
do
so,
and
they
were
unable
to
successfully
do
so
that
the
city
would
have
to
sign
off
on,
though
that's
consider
race
and
gender
conscious
measure.
O
So
there
are
a
number
of
legal
considerations-
the
city
we
have
to
make
in
implementing
such
a
program,
but
it
is
given
the
the
substantial
disparities
that
we
see
in
our
study.
It
is
something
that
the
city
could
consider
moving
forward
and
is
something
that's
often
successful
in
increasing
participation
among
minority
of
women-owned
businesses
and
then.
Finally,
information
with
the
study
also
helps
the
city
refine
the
overall
aspirational
goals
that
it
has
set
for
its
contracting,
as
it
relates
to
minority
and
women-owned
business
participation.
O
So
currently,
the
city
has
goals
of
12%,
51
percent
and
25
percent
for
its
construction,
professional
services
and
goods
and
general
services
contracts,
and
those
numbers
include
both
minority
and
women-owned
businesses.
Information
from
our
availability
analysis
suggests
that
the
availability
for
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
for
construction
and
professional
services
and
goods
and
general.
O
8%
24%
and
17%,
which
may
be
more
reflective
of
the
current
marketplace
of
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
here
locally
and
information
that
I
think
the
city
should
consider
as
it
as
it
considers
whether
its
goals
still
appropriately
reflect
its
contracting
and
the
realities.
The
marketplace
here
locally
I
want
to
thank
you
again
and
as
well
as
think
Brenda
mills
and
her
office's
efforts
in
this
entire
process
and
I
want
to
open
up
to
any
other
questions
that
you
might
have.
F
L
A
A
F
N
Go
specific
on
their
projects,
they
do
specific
goals
for
minorities
and
women.
Sometimes
the
goal
is
zero,
just
depending
on
what
they
do.
We
will
be
talking
with
them,
because
we
to
do
some
benchmarking
on
what
we
need
to
do.
We
don't
certify
a
group
of
people,
so
we
have
no
way
of
knowing
what
that
market
is.
I,
think
there's
a
couple
of
cities,
I
think
Charlotte.
Does
it
and
I
believe
Raleigh?
Does
it
so
we'll
be
talking
with
them
about?
How
do
we
do
that
process
right?
Absolutely.
Thank.
N
N
When
we
do,
we
now
have
the
uniform
certification,
so
we
don't
do
certification
at
house.
That
is
done.
It
can
be
done
online
and
then
we
are
also
in
my
role
and
now
with
Rosana,
okay
who's.
Now
our
MV
program
person
we
do
reach
out
specifically
to
businesses
who
could
do
some
business
with
us.
One
of
the
issues
and
I've
talked
to
councilman
young
about
this
is
really
trying
to
identify
businesses
who
are
available
out
there.
So
that's
going
to
be
a
big
effort
that
we're
working
on
but
yeah.
That's.
P
What
we
don't
the
reason
why
I
asked
that
question
is
because
I
know
a
minority
developer
and
he
came
to
an
informational
session
session
and
I
thought
that
maybe
a
mailing
list
can
be
comprised
of
people
who
showed
up
to
an
informational
session
but
actually
did
make
it
to
bid.
They
were
just
kind
of
so.
N
Increasing
outreach,
so
one
of
the
things
is
difficult
and
I
hear
what
you
saying
back
in
the
day
when
I
started
this
in
1998
I've
been
in
this
twenty
years.
We
used
to
make
this
book
right
it's
about
time.
The
book
is
printed,
guess
what
you
got:
50
more
people
who
have
been
added
to
the
list.
So
that's
why
I
was
genius
to
have
the
state.
Do
the
certification,
enlist
everybody?
We
did
get
a
grant
through
Amazon
and
we're
looking
at
doing
a
portal
where
you
have
to
fill
out
this
full
application.
N
You
just
put
your
name
in
there
and
then
we
can
delineate
you
by
what
you
do,
because
that's
the
problem.
Finding
who
does
the
stuff?
Who
does
Brooklyn?
Who
does
whatever
so
we're
working
on
that?
But
it
has
to
be
something:
that's
not
people
generated.
It
has
to
be
something
that
we
can
push
a
button,
get
a
list
get
people
in
as
quickly
as
possible
and.
Q
N
We
are
going
to
present
the
information
again
to
the
community.
I
sent
out
an
event
break
my
list
for
minorities,
and
women
is
about
400
aims,
of
which
probably
50
got
bounce
back,
so
hopefully,
with
everybody
got
on
we're
starting
to
get
registrations,
but
I
invited
nonprofits,
I
invited
nonprofits
that
deal
with
business,
support,
I,
invited
community
members,
and
so
between
that
we
put
it
out
on
the
website
they're
going
to
get
another
reminder
tonight,
and
tomorrow
there'll
be
one
hour
sessions.
Kathy
will
kick
us
off
talk
about
why
we're
here.
N
The
mayor
will
give
his
presentation
take
QA.
We
have
12
10
or
12
City
departments
that
will
be
there
tomorrow
to
talk
to
people
about
doing
business,
and
one
of
the
issues
we've
been
having
is
trying
to
hire
for
section
3,
so
I
told
me
bit
of
being
their
job
as
part
of
it
as
well.
It'll
be
one
hour,
we'll
have
an
interpretation,
we'll
have
childcare
for
five
and
up,
and
we
will
have
some
refreshments
at
the
shallow
center
I
think.
N
We
yeah,
if
I
had
had
it
the
Buncombe
kind
of
site,
nobody
would
have
come,
but
people
know
how
to
get
to
shadows
dinner
and
if
you
know
of
people
that
need
transportation,
if
you
let
me
know,
we
will
figure
out
something
and
that's
I
tried
to
go
in
the
community
where
people
are
comfortable
coming
to
and
I've
not
heard
anybody
say
anything,
but
that
doesn't
mean
they
don't
think
anything.
So
if
you,
if
you
know
of
things
that
we
can
do
to
help
with
that
meeting
tomorrow,
let
us
know
also
on
it.
N
Q
After
those
meetings,
I
think
we
would
like
to
come
forward
with
a
plan
on
how
we
could
implement
some
of
these
recommendations
in
this
study.
But
we
want
to
hear
from
the
community
and
what
we
can
do
better
as
well,
but
our
goal,
our
goal,
is
to
try
to
get
in
alignment
with
what
the
community
has
to
offer
and
and
I
just
want
to
say
a
special
thank
you
to
Brenda
for
all
of
your
work
on
this
effort.
D
A
C
H
Vision
goals,
admirations
aspirations.
We
had
a
strategic,
some
strategic
priorities
that
has
some
key
tasks
and
activities
and,
along
with
that
was
you
know,
becoming
members
of
the
government
Alliance
on
race
and
equity,
implementing
the
toolkit
starting
a
department
of
equity
and
inclusion,
also
forming
a
Human
Relations
Commission
came
along
a
little
bit
later
and,
of
course,
this
disparity,
study
and
I
think
we
I'm
really
greatly
appreciative
of
staffs
work.
H
Working
with
the
firm
on
this
I'll
cut
to
the
chase
about
the
numbers
they
suck,
especially
as
it
pertains
to
black
folks
and
African
African
Americans.
With
these
contracts,
I
think,
personally,
we
would
be
doing
some
sorts
of
injustice
if
we
actually
ignore
the
fact
that
we
have
a
equity
and
inclusion.
Department
that
was
specifically
set
up
to
address
these
things
and
I
would
I
would
ask
that
Council
would
consider
having
this
kind
of
placed
in
their
wheelhouse
for
oversight,
because
that's
what
they're
there
for
and
if
we
don't
do
that
immediately.
H
I
think
we
immediately
take
a
step
and
wrong
direction
of
not
under
not
recognizing
the
importance
of
what
we
just
did,
especially
as
it
pertains
to
a
human
relations
commission
and
the
department
of
equity
and
inclusion.
To
kind
of
have
this
under
their
umbrella.
I
would
ask
a
rhetorical
question,
which
is
you
know?
H
Food
is
the
head
of
that
department
answer
to
and
I
would
say
it's
not
the
city
manager,
and
so,
when
you
start
taking
on
these
sorts
of
issues,
I
think
if
you're
going
to
attack
these
issues
with
with
the
ferocity
that
it
needs
in
order
to
meet
those
goals,
especially
for
2036.
You
need
to
make
sure
that
our
organization
is
energized
in
a
way
where
folks
have
the
ability
to
make
recommendations
and
do
these
sorts
of
things.
Q
H
Wanted
to
there
I
just
wanted
to
put
it
out
there
since
we're
talking
about
it
now,
I
think
it
would.
It
wouldn't
be
right
for
me
to
go,
say
this
somewhere
else.
This
is
definitely
the
forum
for
me
to
say
that
again.
I
definitely
appreciate
all
the
work
that
everybody's
done
on
this,
but
I
think
it
would
just
be,
and
I
have
a
meeting
with
our
next
spot
next
week.
I
believe
as
well
and
I'll
mention
it
myself,
but
you
just
put
it
in
a
year.
H
Every
council
member-
that's
up
here:
let's
not
take
a
step
to
the
left
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
and
and
not
include
a
department
that
we
set
up
specifically
to
help
but
help
us
address
these
sorts
of
things
and
a
boarding
commission
that
could
offer
some
insight
as
well
from
a
community
standpoint.
So
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
on
everybody's
plate
and
I
will
be
beating
that
drum
from
here
to
whenever.
A
A
A
R
Everyone
I'm
Jessica
Morris
on
a
new
new
ish
assistant
director
of
transportation
I
want
to
apologize
I'm
getting
over
a
cold,
so
my
throat's
a
little
squirrelly
on
me
today,
but
I
will
provide
these
notes
to
you
guys.
Following
this,
we
just
have
a
few
items
that
we
wanted
to
touch
on
tonight
and
then
Joe
Joseph
Brooks,
the
general
manager
of
our
ATP
dev.
The
transit
operations
contractor
is
here
to
provide
a
couple
of
comments
to
you,
but
I'm
gonna
focus
on
a
few
things
that
I
want
to.
R
As
soon
as
we
get
those
first
three
buses,
the
staff
of
our
ATP
dev
is
going
to
immediately
start
trading.
Both
drivers
and
the
mechanics
on
those
so
part
of
the
training
also
includes
what
we
call
a
shadow
service
so
that
the
drivers
can
practice
the
route
saw
with
the
new
buses,
and
so
there
will
be
in
early,
probably
early
January.
You
guys
might
see
some
of
our
new
buses
out
on
the
road.
They
won't
be
in
revenue
service
at
that
time.
They'll
just
be
training
and
we
expect
to
have
kind
of
an
official
launch.
R
R
You
know,
as
you
know,
the
five
new
buses
are
going
to
help
us
in
terms
of
our
aging
fleet.
We
will
have
a
much
better
number
of
spare
buses
in
the
event
that
we
have
mechanical
breakdowns
with
some
of
our
older
buses
and
and
on
that
note,
I
wanted
to
give
you
an
update
about
the
the
bus
that
we
had,
unfortunately,
catch
fire
on
October,
28th,
I'm
sure
you
guys
are
aware
of
that.
R
Fortunately,
of
course,
no
one
was
injured.
In
that
event,
the
driver
was
able
to
quickly
pull
over
and
and
and
get
the
fire
and
and
other
departments
to
come
out
and
help
put
that
fire
out.
There
were
no
passengers
on
the
bus
at
the
time.
Thankfully,
another
fortunate
piece
of
that
is
that
that
happened
to
be
our
second
oldest
bus
it
had
it
was.
It
was
going
to
be
one
of
the
ones
that
we
would
likely
immediately
put
into
our
our
spares.
So
that
is
a
benefit.
The
cause
of
the
fire
is
still
unknown.
R
We
have
the
city
risk
management.
Folks
are
working
with
the
insurance
company
to
do
an
investigation
as
well
as
our
ATP
dev
is
going
to
be
doing
an
investigation.
So
as
soon
as
I
know
more
about
that,
we
will
be
sure
to
to
update
you
guys
on
a
different
note,
we've
been
working
to
try
to
improve
our
methods
of
communication.
R
R
We
have
recently
hired
a
new
transit
projects
coordinator,
Marcela
Moreno
she's
here
tonight,
she's
on
I
think
week
3.
This
is
a
new
position
that
we
hired
for
that
was
approved
in
the
in
the
budget
for
this
fiscal
year,
Ely
Mathis,
who
was
our
transit
transit
planning
manager,
left
us
a
couple
months
ago,
or
maybe
it's
only
been
a
month.
It
feels
like
it's
been
forever
and
we're
still
advertising
that
position
and
hope
to
be
having
interview
shortly.
R
On
the
construction
front,
we
have
two
major
construction
projects
that
our
transit
transit
related
that
are
coming
up
in
the
in
the
near
future.
Both
are
related
to
the
Arts
Station
downtown
one
is
involving
replacement
of
underground
utilities,
and
the
second
is
just
the
larger
renovation
of
the
art
station
to
bring
that
up
to
better
standards
in
terms
of
PDA
access,
waiting,
room
improvements,
restroom
improvements,
and
so
we
we
will
be
bidding.
Will
we
bid
one
of
those
projects
out
already
and
the
other
one
will
be
betting
shortly.
R
So
we
expect
to
have
those
construction
projects
happening
in
the
early
spring
bus
shelters.
As
you
know,
we
have
a
number
of
bus
shelters
that
were
included
as
part
of
the
bond.
We
have
completed
the
installation
of
15
bus
shelters
already,
and
we
expect
to
put
a
bid
out
for
another
ten
shelters
in
the
coming
weeks
and
as
far
as
our
current
focus
other
than
getting
the
new
buses
and
getting
that
squared
away
we're
also
working
on
getting
the
Chargers
for
those
buses
installed
and
then
our
ATP
devs
working
working
with
Proterra
on
the
training.
R
As
far
as
operations,
we
city
staff
is
working
continually
and
having
conversations
continually
with
the
management
company
about
on-time
performance,
trying
to
reduce
or
eliminate
early
departures,
trying
to
increase
the
the
maintenance
from
like
a
cleanliness
standpoint
and
having
making
sure
that
our
facilities,
whether
it's
the
art
station
downtown
or
the
bus
stops
themselves,
are,
are
in
good,
clean
and
working
order.
And
then
my
final,
my
final
note,
is
regarding
funding.
So,
as
you
know,
we
passed
the
transit
master
plan
in
July.
The
first-year
recommendation
of
that
transit
master
plan
is
is
very
extensive.
R
It's
essentially
recommending
a
40
percent
service
increase,
which
is
a
combination
of
new
routes,
extended
hours,
increased
frequency
on
routes,
and
so
it
also
calls
for
that
happening
on
July
1st
of
this
coming
year,
which
is
not
very
far
from
now.
In
order
to
accomplish
that,
we
need.
We
need
additional
funding
for
the
for
those
operational
enhancements.
R
It's
challenging
for
us
right
now,
because
if
we,
if
we'd
like
to
start
July
first
service
enhancements,
we
need
to
have
you
know
a
commitment
of
budget
pretty
soon,
because
it
takes
our
ATP
dev
several
months
to
stock
up
for
that
and
for
us
to
get
prepared
so
I'm
I'm,
just
kind
of
putting
that
on
your
radar
that
as
part
of
the
upcoming
budget,
this
is
going
to
be
something
that
we'll
probably
talk
a
lot
about
and
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
Joe.
Unless
you
guys
have
any
questions
for
me.
S
Name
is
Joe
Brooks
I'm,
the
general
manager
for
art
in
order
to
be
done
a
couple
things
that
we
have
been
working
on
since
our
last
meeting.
We
are
finally
fully
staffed
and
maintenance,
so
we
do
have
the
four
mechanics
and
mechanic
helpers
to
help
with
the
buses
we
are
also.
As
of
October
28th.
We
went
installed
a
three
shifts,
so
we
have
people
working
constantly
around
the
clock,
so
that
was
a
good
thing
that
we
did
kind
of
edge
situated
the
bus
status.
S
S
S
Miss
trips
was
a
big
issue
that
we
had
in
July,
which
was
539
missed
trips
and
over
the
past
three
months
we
have
reduced
those
conservatively
55
in
August
34
in
September
and
25
October,
so
we
are
doing
a
better
job
in.
As
far
as
the
miss
trips
are
concerned,
we
are
definitely
made
strides
in
communicating
and
keeping
the
Union
up
to
date.
We
do
have
meetings
once
a
month.
H
S
R
S
H
I
F
A
couple
questions
so
so
well
done
on
the
trips.
That's
great,
that's
those
numbers
are
all
in
the
in
the
right
direction.
Also
well
done
on
the
maintenance
piece.
That's
been
something!
That's
plagued
this
our
system
for
I,
don't
know
years
several
years,
so
well
done
that.
That's
now
fully
staffed,
really
appreciate
that
effort,
a
couple
of
questions,
the
the
new
app.
What
what
is
the
new
app
bring
that
the
old
app
didn't
or
what's
the
benefit
of
the
new
app.
R
Sometimes
what
you
would
see
was
based
off
the
paper
schedule
versus
real
time,
and
so
that's
something
that
we
are
now
pushing
out
more
consistently
and
that
gets
picked
up
not
only
by
transit,
app
but
any
other
any
other
app
or
Google.
For
example,
all
of
that
comes
from
the
same
same
feed
of
them
for
me,
which
is
now
based
a
hundred
percent
on
the
GPS.
R
D
R
R
F
Okay,
okay,
great,
but
that's
certainly
helpful
and
then
my
last
question
is
we:
we
got
an
email,
I,
don't
know,
maybe
a
month
six
weeks
ago
saying
that
there
were
bedbugs
on
the
bus
and
I
hate
to
even
say
that,
because
I
don't
want
people,
then
I
want
to
drive
people
away
from
the
bus.
But
so
one
question
is:
was
that
a
problem
and
B
has
have
we
fixed
it?
F
S
J
A
That
concludes
our
presentations.
For
tonight
we
had,
we
have
one
more,
that's
just
for
for
your
edification
online,
our
financial,
our
quarterly
financial.
After
quarterly,
we
have
no
public
hearings.
Tonight
we
have
one
item
of
new
business,
the
hotly
awaited
ordinance
regulating
the
use
of
East
Cooter's
and
the
city
limits
Ken
Putnam.
He
probably
never
thought
he
would
be
doing
this.
D
T
You
go
to
a
building,
you
you
a
bicycle,
you
get
a
helmet
and
you
go,
and
then
you
bring
it
back
to
this
place.
But
now,
if
the
technology
there's
the
doctors
programs,
which
you
just
find
a
bike,
you
activate
it
and
you
then
you're
on
your
merry
way
and
when
you
get
your
destination,
you
just
leave
it
where
you're
at
so
that
was
the
purpose
of
our
study
and
then
long
about
September.
T
Only
about
a
month
we
were
scheduled
to
finish
the
bike
study
in
December,
bringing
it
to
you
and
then
we
were
then
shifting
it
to
January,
but
when
we
took
that
idea
to
the
multimodal
Commission
in
October
to
get
their
endorsement
of
it
and
they
discussed
it
almost
that
entire
meeting
and
everybody
was
on
board
about
it,
then
that
was
October,
24th
and
then
October
25th.
We
come
to
work
and
there's
200
East
scooters
all
over
Asheville.
T
T
Collection
mode
and
we
gathered
them
up
and
and
then,
as
you
know,
that
once
the
company
bird
found
out
about
it,
they
told
us
verbally
that
they
would
not
put
them
back
out
until
we
had
a
chance
to
figure
out
the
best
way
to
regulate
it.
Then
on
Saturday,
this
was
on
the
Thursday
on
Saturday.
They
were
out
there
again
and
then
we
ended
up
with
a
restraining
order.
T
I
T
T
The
ordinance
would
also
have
a
hundred
dollar
fine.
So
for
every
violation
there
would
be
a
hundred
dollar
fine
on
it,
and
basically,
what
that
means
is.
If,
if
we
see
an
e
scooter
and
it's
picked
up
and
taken
to
a
place,
probably
a
public
works,
then
in
order
for
the
company
or
whoever
owns
it,
come
back
to
retrieve
it.
There
would
be
a
hundred
dollar
fine
on
it
as
well,
who.
L
Any
questions
I
just
want
to
clarify
one
thing,
and
actually
the
ordinance
does
not
require
the
fine
to
be
paid
in
order
for
the
e-scooter
to
be
picked
back
up,
that's
a
due
process
issue
and
then
maybe
you
can
hold
it
right
that
we
would
have
to
provide
an
appeal
right,
and
there
were
many
reasons
that
we
opted
not
to
go
that
route.
So
it's
a
civil
fine
and
if
the
east
scooter
is
taken,
then
if
it's
picked
up
within
30
days,
the
person
just
comes
and
picks
it
back
up.
H
A
D
U
Name
is
Jeff
Kaplan
I'm,
the
director
of
venture
Ashville
I,
represent
all
the
startups
and
entrepreneurs
in
town
or
offer
some
comments
from
the
perspective
of
startups
the
economy
and
the
city's
future
to
be
considered
for
startups.
We
don't
have
billion
dollar
startups
here.
We
don't
have
role
models
of
vibrating
innovators
to
follow
like
bigger
cities.
Have
our
local
startups
need
to
see
what
is
truly
possible
with
uber
and
lyft
coming
to
Asheville
we
create
service
wage
level,
jobs
for
members
of
the
community,
but
a
rising
class
of
all
generators.
U
Our
startups
have
no
ties
back
to
eibar
or
lyft.
They
receive
no
benefit
from
those
companies
being
here.
That's
not
the
case
with
bird
bird,
we'll
be
hiring
fleet
coordinators
and
few
specialists
here
in
Asheville
will
have
people
employed
here.
They
represent
one
of
the
world's
fastest-growing
startups
that
brings
connections,
leadership
and
mentorship
to
our
nascent
start
ecosystem.
U
We
need
a
company
like
bird
here
to
show
other
startups
what's
possible
and
help
entrepreneurs
dream
big
on
the
economy,
side
for
every
1,000
scooters,
a
bird
deploys
that
brings
in
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
revenue
for
chargers
that
can
either
go
back
to
public
works
or
I
can
go
to
individuals
who
round
these
things
up,
charge
them
up,
charge
the
midnight
and
drop
them
off
in
the
morning.
So
we
have
an
under
three
percent
unemployment
rate
in
our
city.
We're
a
Southside
neighborhood
has
a
35
percent
unemployment
rate.
U
This
could
bring
a
two
to
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
revenue
to
these
individuals
for
charging
the
scooters.
Lastly,
I
want
to
say
this
is
a
tip
of
the
iceberg.
A
scooters
are
nothing
compared
to
what's
going
to
happen
when
we
have
mostly
electric
vehicles
on
a
road
and
those
vehicles
become
autonomous,
and
then
our
public
transportations
become
autonomous.
You
need
to
get
ahead
of
this.
We
should
be
progress,
a
city
that
welcomes
novel
forms
of
transportation,
to
lead
so
being
left
behind
thanks
so
much.
A
V
Hi,
my
name
is
cristy
whiner
I
just
had
a
quick
question
kind
of
comment.
My
ears
perked
up
when
I
heard
him
say
that
he
would
not
only
be
charging
the
companies
but
a
user
as
well
and
to
me
I,
don't
know
that
that
makes
sense
or
would
be
fair
because
citizens
or
visitors
from
cities
that
may
have
these
programs
that
are
more
comfortable
with
these
programs,
may
already
have
the
app
on
their
phone
and
see.
Oh
there's
one
for
use
nearby
I'll
just
go,
use
it
and
then
incur
this
fine.
V
You
know
with
no
knowledge
of
the
dispute
going
on
with
the
city.
I
think
it's
the
company's
responsibility
to
do
the
due
process
to
get
it
properly
allowed
to
be
implemented
here,
to
have
scooters
in
the
city
and
it's
their
job
to
pay
for
their
their
products
when
they
get
impounded
and
get
them
returned
and
their
their
scooters.
Not
they
use
their
scooters.
Your
your
renting
it
for
for
ten
minutes
to
go
down
the
street,
because
these
sales
get
exhausting
and
I.
Think
not.
Everybody
would
be
aware
of.
V
Like
I
said,
I
wasn't
aware
that
there's
a
lot
of
restraining
order
going
on
so
I
think
that
there
should
be
one
fine
should
go
to
the
company
and
they
do
have
GPS
as
I
believe.
If
I
understand
it
correctly
on
all
their
scooters,
so
they
should
know
the
location
of
every
single
scooter
they
have
in
the
entire
country.
It
shouldn't
be
an
issue
for
them
to
notify
that
they
need
to
be
picked
up
or
whatever.
So,
if
there's
any
scooters
remaining
in
the
city,
it
should
be
their
responsibility
to
pick
them
up.
W
Hi
I'm
Peter,
Atlantis,
I,
live
downtown.
I
wasn't
going
to
comment
until
I
heard
all
of
this
about
entrepreneurship
and
economic
growth
and
whatever
I
heard
nothing
about
safety.
There's
nothing
about
the
issue
of
who's
going
to
be
driving
these
things,
I
heard
about
autonomous
vehicles.
I
would
rather
have
a
ton
of
us
vehicles
than
someone
who
may
not
have
a
brain
lighting.
One
of
these
scooters
down
the
street
I
think
we
have
to
look
at
what
it's
going
to
mean
for
the
people
who
the
pedestrians.
W
D
A
This
has
been
an
interesting
experience
all
the
way
around
and
and
most
of
it
fell
on
on
staff
to
have
to
deal
with,
and
it
did
take
quite
a
bit
of
staff
time
to
deal
with.
The
approach
is
interesting.
The
the
e-scooter
drop
happens
in
your
city.
We
are
I,
don't
know
the
fifth
North
Carolina
City.
It's
already
happened
in
Greensboro,
Chapel,
Hill
and
Raleigh,
and
Charlotte
and
I.
Don't
know
if
it's
happened
in
Durham
or
winston-salem
yet,
but
you
know
they
drop
the
e
scooters
at
bird
does.
A
But
for
me
you
know
they
drop
some
at
4:00
in
the
morning
and
started
emailing
me
at
around
9
a.m.
sending
me
waivers
and
insurance
information
and
promising
that
you
know
they'd
be
liable
for
any
damages
and
we
did
meet
with
them.
They
had
sent
an
advance
person
here.
They
do
use
locals
that
pick
the
drop
off
and
pick
up
the
scooters.
A
They
agreed
to
leave
only
200
out
they
put
out
four
hundred,
so
it
was
very,
it
became
problematic
to
try
to
do
some
sort
of
temporary
concept
with
them,
and-
and
so
that's,
why
you're
seeing
this
ordinance
here
tonight,
I,
don't
think
anybody
thinks
this
is
a
permanent
solution.
I
do
think
the
future
is
going
to
look
very
different
in
terms
of
transportation.
I
agree
with
that,
and
the
different
models
for
four
companies
I
think
we're
just
trying
to
get
a
handle
on
it.
A
I
will
share
with
you
that
I
personally
expressed
to
this
company
that
my
sense
of
where
Asheville
is
at
right
now
is
that
we're
not
interested
in
another
company
coming
here
and
using
our
community
for
their
purposes
if
they
have
something
to
contribute.
That
will
benefit
our
community
if
they
truly
see
their
product,
for
example,
as
a
transportation
transportation
solution
for
locals.
That
might
be
something.
Asheville
is
interested
in
having
a
conversation
about,
but
if
it's
going
to
add
chaos
and
more
management
issues.
A
If
you
are
here
for
our
work
session
earlier
tonight,
you
heard
about
our
challenges
around
trying
to
manage
the
visitor
population
and
keeping
up
everything
from
infrastructure
to
enforcement
within
the
city.
So
we
probably
more
than
most
cities
in
North
Carolina
have
to
be
careful
and
be
strategic
and
plan
this
out
carefully,
and
you
know
I
spent
ten
days
in
Israel
this
summer
and
I've
never
seen
so
many
scooters
in
my
life.
A
That's
pretty
much
I
believe
about
half
the
country
gets
around
and
they
do
write
on
the
sidewalk
in
between
lanes
and
it
is
you
know,
I
mean
it
when
you're
dealing
with
dense
urban
environments.
This
is
an
obvious
resort
for
a
lot
of
people
in
terms
of
just
getting
to
and
from
work
or
school
or
whatever
so
I.
Don't
I,
don't
deny
that
there's
a
different
future
for
America
in
terms
of
transportation,
that
is
for
sure,
but
I
think
for
Asheville.
We
just
want
to
be
thoughtful
about
how
we
get
there.
I.
H
Think
you
know,
as
it
pertains
to
bird
schools
I
think
what
you
end
up
seeing
here
is
you
see
two
different
lanes,
you
see
government
and
you
see
private
enterprise
and
you
see
in
some
instances.
We
all
know
how
the
speed
of
government
moves
a
lot
lots
of
times,
and
then
you
see
private
enterprise
and
and
the
model
that
this
company
uses,
such
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
is
that
they
drop
their
scooters
and
it's
up
to
government
to
catch
up.
H
As
you
can
see,
we've
been
trying
to
work
on
this
bike
share
study
for
like
three
years
or
so
and
as
soon
as
as
soon
as
we
want
it
to
implement
something
else.
Something
else
came
out
and
that
shows
you
how
slow
government
kind
of
moves
and
private
enterprise
doesn't
necessarily
wait.
I
actually,
like
the
scooters,
I,
think
I,
think
it's
interesting,
I
think
I
think
that
well,
there's
always
safety
issues.
H
I
mean
we
have
the
pub
cycle,
so
you
have
a
bunch
of
drunk
people
riding
around
on
the
ice
of
the
thing,
and
so,
but
that's
neither
here
nor
there
I,
don't
think
these
conversations
in
here
I
think
in
order
for
us
to
move
forward
with
this
company
and
to
figure
out
what
we're
actually
going
to
do
and
how
it
integrates
with
Asheville
and
and
transit
priorities
and
and
all
the
different
things
that
were
mentioned.
I
can
even
appreciate
the
comments
that
were
made
from
the
public
and
and
all
the
emails
that
I've
gotten
I.
H
Think
it's
interesting
I
like
it,
but
that's
going
to
be
for
us
to
move
forward
with
with
this
company
in
the
future
and
see
you
know
how
we
can
integrate
these
sort
of
these
sorts
of
services
into
our
city.
You
know
their
model
that
they
use
to
kind
of
get
into
cities.
Is
you
know
everybody
gets
excited
about?
Everybody
loves
it.
Everybody
rides.
C
H
H
Just
as
there
are
people
out
there,
who've
told
me
that
they
don't
want
to
see
them
on
the
street
at
all,
but
I
think
what
we're
gonna
do
here
tonight
will
help
us
at
least
get
a
handle
on
on
how
to
move
forward
and
how
to
work
with
this
company.
I
think
it
also
should
be
an
eye-opening
thing
that
you
know
you
can't
move
at
the
speed
of
government
all
the
time.
H
You
know
you
can't
take
three
years
to
do
a
study
on
something
and
then
the
next
thing,
pops
up
I
mean
that's
just
how
the
way
the
world
works,
private,
enterprise
and
and
and
and
the
people
that
that
thrive
in
a
capitalist
system,
don't
wait
for
government.
They
make
innovation
when
it
happens
as
soon
as
it
happens,
and
it's
up
to
government
to
catch
up
and
I
think
we
need
to
be
more
forward-thinking
and
and
get
ahead
of
the
curve
on
some
of
these
things.
G
A
Opposed
okay,
that
completes
our
printed
agenda.
We
do
have
several
people
that
are
signed
up
to
speak
under
public
comment
and
even
if
you're
not
signed
up,
you
I
will
call
on
the
signed
up
people
first
and
then
people
who
haven't
signed
up
folks
that
are
going
to
speak
on
the
under
public
comment
will
have
three
minutes
and
you
are
to
speak
on
items
that
were
not
not
on
our
agenda.
A
The
this
city
has
got.
Administrative
Lee
has
got,
has
had
a
kid
shift,
a
serious
shift
and
when
we,
when
we,
when
the
city
manager
left
everybody
had
to
literally
step
up
so
Kathy
balls,
been
a
fantastic
interim
manager
for
our
city
and
Sabrina
has
stepped
in,
will
you'll
still
be
the
interim
city
attorney
because
they're,
not
there
yeah,
we
haven't
fixed
that
program,
but
but
everybody
under
Kathy
had
to
shift
up
as
well.
So
there
are
several
people
and
I
know.
A
Chief
Burnett
probably
will
look
forward
to
one
day
going
back
to
being
the
fire
chief,
but
we
we've
had
to
call
on
a
lot
of
folks
to
to
make
a
change
because
we
decided
to
make
a
change.
So
so
we
really
appreciate
you
guys
have
worked
tirelessly,
Kathy
I
know
this
has
been
seven
days
a
week,
24
hours
a
day,
so
I.
We
all
really
appreciate
all
the
work
you
all
done.
Yes,.
X
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
members
of
City
Council
fellow
citizens.
My
name
is
Dee
Williams,
the
island
that
I
stayed
for
today
was
the
disparity
study,
just
one
I
guess
aged
myself
and
say
that
I
I
was
detailed
here
a
long
time
ago
when
the
city
first
Roads
minority
business
program
from
Atlanta,
the
minority
business
development
agency,
US
Department
of
Commerce,
looks
like
things
have
started,
going
downhill,
I'm,
not
surprised
at
those
numbers,
they've
been
better
and
they
have
gone
decidedly
down.
X
One
of
the
things
that
I
ask
you
to
do
is
to
put
together
performance
metrics.
You
can
put
those
things
you
can
have
all
the
mixers
and
and
well-intended
meetings
you
want
to
have,
but
unless
you
actually
have
quantifiable
metrics
that
are
being
met
by
staff
and
I,
don't
know
how
how
that
is
done.
Being
that
you're,
the
owner,
maybe
on
some
of
the
projects,
whether
there's
a
conflict
of
interest,
but
certainly
everything
that
we
do
that
we
looked
at
that.
X
We
that
had
that
was
done
where
there
was
a
change,
was
based
on
goals
in
terms
of
how
many
dollars
intentions
didn't
matter.
If
he
couldn't
be
counted
in
terms
of
contract
dollars
that
were
actually
acquired
by
the
MB
firms,
it
didn't
even
matter
how
many
jobs
were
created,
how
much
bonding
everything
was
in
relative
dollar
terms,
one
of
the
things
that
I
I
guess
modify
and
look
at
my
life
by
Albert
Einstein's,
saying
that
no
problem
can
be
solved
with
the
same
level
of
consciousness.
That
created
it.
X
If
you
keep
the
same
things,
going
we're
going
to
wind
up
with
the
same
things,
all
of
these
things
are
systemic,
which
means
they
must
be
disrupted
with
the
deliberate
action
section
3.
We
know
that
you're
out
of
compliance,
you
need
definitive
help,
and
let
me
just
say
that
there
were
some
of
us.
I
know
that
there
are
some
of
us
who
kind
of
are
like
Canaries
in
a
coal
mine.
X
If
you
will,
we
kind
of
have
either
by
way
of
being
forced
or
survival
had
to
make
our
way
in
the
world
and
I'm
one
of
those
few.
That's
still
around
able
to
earn
a
dollar,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
people
who
have
not
made
it
that
far,
and
so
the
only
reason
why
I'm
here
is
to
try
to
help
those
folks
I
knew
the
numbers
would
be
down.
X
I
know
that
in
2015
the
african-american
owned
construction
firms
had
two
hundred
and
sixty
two
dollars
and
fifty
cents
worth
of
spend
out
of
probably
about
forty
five
million
or
more.
So.
This
is
no
surprise.
It's
just
the
fact
that
we
keep
doing
the
same
things
so
looking
forward
to
working
with
y'all.
Hopefully,
you'll
have
some
people
in
who
own
businesses
who
know
how
to
get
the
thing
done.
Look
forward
to.
Y
Evening,
mayor
members
of
council,
I
think
was
the
first
time
you
ever
see
me
come
to
you,
it's
not
on
my
face,
because
I
believe
that
we
have
a
promise
can
write
ashford
that
I've
never
seen
the
support.
We
have
hope
I
believe
Astra
could
be
the
Phoenix
of
the
state
of
North,
Carolina
I
believe
that
we
can
be
the
bird
that
rises
out
of
the
ashes
that
we
have
been
dealt
with.
Y
We
have
better
people
and
a
community
who
has
fought
and
delivered
on
what
we
did
on
behalf
of
the
people
and
I
hope
that
this
council
that
keeps
endeavoring
on
that.
I
hope
that
our
city
staff
has
to
be
management,
the
newcomers
and
everyone
it
takes
the
opportunity
to
listen
to
what
we've
fought
for
for
so
long
Asheville
has
the
ability
to
change
the
state
of
North
Carolina
become
the
first
truly
progressive
city
in
this
state,
but
we
can't
make
others
videos
follow
our
policy
changes
that
we
have
implemented
here.
Y
So
what
I'm
asking
city
council
to
do
now
is
to
leave
the
past,
where
is
laid
at
I,
think
it's
best
that
we
move
forward
with
the
vision
that
the
people
of
the
city
of
Asheville
and
I
activists,
the
people
here
have
worked
so
hard
for
and
I'm
implement
a
new
police
chief
implement
new
policies
and
procedures
that
represent
the
people
of
Asheville
in
the
former
and
procedures
that
I'm
coming
into
you
it
now
because
it's
not
been
very
often
y'all,
see
me
here.
There's
a
jovial
and
I
want
to
keep
going
so
I'm.
Y
Just
asking
y'all
just
keep
in
mind
that
we
are
a
city,
that's
supposed
to
be
for
the
people
about
the
people,
just
like
our
Constitution.
It's
there
before
us,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
just
keep
this
precedent
going.
We
can't
keep
living
in
the
past
and
move
forward
to
the
future,
so
this
is
a
very
open
and
honest
opportunity
that
we
have
in
front
of
us.
I
wants
to
take
grass
for
this.
Y
I
want
us
to
move
forward
to
a
21st
century
policing
department
that
matches
the
sheriff
that
we've
just
elected
I
want
things
to
come
into
the
fruition
that
we
have
all
worked
so
hard,
for.
We
have
been
a
succeeding
enough.
People
have
worked
very
hard
and
a
lot
of
us
got
burned,
not
just
community
members,
the
City
Council
everybody
got
burning
this
and
it
took
so
much
to
get
here
out
wants
to
take
another
step
back.
The
only
way
we
can
move
forward
as
a
city
is
to
not
ever
take
two
steps.
Y
Back
again,
we
can
know
what
we're
going
to
pass
it.
We
all
came
from
I
was
so
encouraged.
I
want
to
keep
his
momentum
going,
I
am
willing
to
work
and
do
whatever
I
can
personally
as
far
as
Asheville
black
lives,
and
that
is
a
concern
to
move
this
city
into
the
direction
to
be
the
city
that
we
have.
Always
all
of
us
have
worked
for
so
hard
I'm,
so
proud
of
what
I
see
here
today.
I
don't
want
to
lose
this
momentum,
because
if
we
lose
it,
we
lose
generations
of
hope.
Y
M
M
What's
going
to
benefit
economic
opportunities
like
you
were
saying
in
relation
to
the
East
scooters
and
when
we
apply
an
equity
lens,
then
we're
also
adding
and
specifically
what's
going
to
benefit
those
who
have
been
marginalized
in
our
community.
What's
going
to
benefit
communities
of
color
and
so
I
just
ask
that
y'all
really
be
courageous
and
doing
things
differently,
because
you
know,
while
I
hear
in
the
disparity
study,
that
there
is
only
you
know
so
much
opportunity
of
businesses
to
fill
certain
roles.
M
We
also
know
that
in
the
25
years
since
the
last
study
was
done,
there
haven't
been
changes.
So,
of
course,
there's
not
going
to
be
an
increase
in
businesses
that
are
capable
to
serve
roles
that
weren't
there
to
begin
with,
and
nothing's
been
done
to
help
to
raise
up
those
capacities.
I
also
want
to
ask
like,
when
you
put
an
equity
lens
in
front
of
everything,
I
hope
that
you
saw
the
letter
that
I
sent
with
the
chart
that
I
just
redid,
which
you
know
we
had
this
chart.
M
That
shows
this
is
the
window
of
what's
going
to
minority
and
women-owned
businesses,
but
it
did
it
label
that
that
entire
rest
of
the
pie
was
for
white
men.
So
why
can't
we
just
name
where
that
amount
of
money
is
going
and
may
mean
the
fact
that
there
is
less
than
two
million
that's
going
to
people
of
color
owned
businesses
and
more
than
a
hundred
and
sixteen
million
that's
going
to
white
owned
businesses.
We
just
we
gotta
main
these
things.
If
we're
looking
at
I
really
appreciate
it.
M
The
way
miss
Avery
said
putting
our
heads
together
for
long-term
plans
and
looking
at
long
term
plans
means
we
have
to
look
at
the
past
and
justice
that
I
know
it
wasn't
y'all
sitting
in
these
seats.
That
did
these
things,
but
it
was
other
people
sitting
in
these
seats
that
made
it.
So
we
are
in
such
an
equitable
gap
in
our
in
our
community.
I
also
want
to
like
lift
up
the
councilman's
young
for
oversight.
The
oversight
element
is
so
essential.
It
sounds
like
the
what's
happening
with
the
written
consent.
M
If
you
just
say
yes,
they
should
happen,
but
we
need
really
concrete
things
that
are
partnerships
between
city
staff,
but
also
community
leaders
who
are
directly
involved
to
be
able
to
provide
oversight
for
these
really
important
matters
that
are
coming
up
and
that
you
know
these
are
like
D
just
said:
there's
systemic
issues
that
must
be
disrupted
with
deliberate
actions,
so
I'm
asking
for
y'all
to
please
be
really
deliberate
and
looking
at
the
long
term,
harm
that's
happened
and
therefore,
what's
needed
intentionally
is
looking
forward.
Thank
you.
I
V
Hello
again
Christy
Winer,
and
thank
you
for
this
second
opportunity
to
speak.
I
just
wanted
a
voice,
a
specific
frustration
that
I'm
having
in
apologies-
if
this
isn't
the
appropriate
forum
for
that,
but
a
Bowen
bridge
is,
is
becoming
a
huge
headache,
I'm
sure
to
most
of
Asheville
Asheville
city
government
posted
on
September
10th
that
there
was
gonna
be
some
road
resurfacing.
That
would
only
take
place
between
7:00
p.m.
at
night
and
5:00
a.m.
in
the
morning
and
would
be
done
by
October
15th.
V
Obviously,
that
job
is
still
not
done,
and
even
though
they
were
mostly
working
at
night,
there
seems
to
be
a
closure
to
during
the
day
still
and
the
fact
that
you
know
it
can
take
upwards
of
35
40
45
minutes
to
get
that
one
mile
past
that
bridge
it's
it's
just
really
really
frustrating
even
on
the
weekends.
On
Sunday
afternoon,
for
example,
I
sat
there.
V
A
Q
D
Z
D
Z
Last
year,
Ashville
held
a
referendum
regarding
the
construction
of
district
elections
for
the
electoral
structure
here
and
the
the
vote
was
basically
on
the
concept.
Do
you
want
to
break
the
at-large
system
into
districts
or
not,
and
the
voters
said
no
and
then,
a
few
months
later,
the
Senate
North
Carolina
Senate
passed
a
law
with
a
unanimous
vote
to
do
just
to
think
and
they
provided
us
with
this
actual
map
that
we
can
take
a
look
at
and
see
what
exactly.
That
means
for
Asheville
City
voters.
Z
There's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
about
how
this
has
created
racial
gerrymandering.
It's
splintered
the
african-american
vote.
What
you'll
see
here
is
these
shaded
just
precincts?
Those
are
the
six
precincts
that
are
the
have
the
highest
african-american
populations
of
voter
turnout,
8.3
half
of
it
has
been
put
into
district
four
and
the
South
half
of
eight
point.
Three
has
been
put
into
district
five,
which
is
South
Asheville
and
now
the
northern
part
of
district
or
precinct
8.3
is
presumably
more
white.
Z
That's
Biltmore
village
and
South
Biltmore
neighborhood,
the
south
part
is
Shiloh,
and
what
this
actually
means
is
that
in
2017,
the
percentage
of
votes
cast
by
African
Americans
in
that
election
was
only
seven
point.
Three
four
percent,
not
12
percent
of
population,
seven
point
three
four
percent
and
it
results,
though,
in
these
two
precincts
District
two
had
an
african-american
population
or
a
voter
turnout
of
sixteen
point:
four:
seven
percent,
it's
more
than
double
the
concentration
of
the
at-large
percentage.
This
does
not
dilute
the
african-american
vote
and
in
South
a
shill
District
five.
Z
Z
Now
what
we
have
is
left
is
an
argument
that
the
voters
voted
to
do
this,
but
I,
don't
think
the
voters
knew
what
this
kind
of
data
was
in
the
first
place
and
we're
emulating
the
argument
of
Topeka
Kansas
and
Little
Rock
Arkansas
in
the
1950s,
where
we're
saying
this
is
a
local
issue.
It
should
be
left
up
to
the
local
voters
to
decide
what
we're
going
to
do
here,
but
this
is
something
that
it's
going
to
help
the
african-american
community
when
we
have
a
huge
problem
with
gentrification.
Z
C
Hello-
this
is
my
first
time
ever
being
in
here
and
I'm
kind
of
nervous,
but
this
is
the
first
time
in
my
life
that
I
ever
wanted
to
do
the
right
thing
and
become
a
productive
citizen
and
I'm
here
on
the
issue
of
being
mistreated,
it
might
at
a
job
that
I
thought
and
really
helped
and
valued.
Really
high
and
I
was
working
with
the
city
of
Asheville.
C
You
know,
I
came
in
and
I
met,
I
met
a
guy,
the
same
color
as
me,
and
I
really
thought
that
he
was
in
my
best
interest
and
you
know
and
I
talked
to
him
and
I.
He
seemed
like
a
real
good
guy,
but
the
whole
time
I
didn't
never
know
that
he
was
a
snake
and
he
was
trying
to
basically
set
me
up
to
get
fired.
So
what
I
did
at
the
job?
C
I
cleaned
the
bathrooms,
so
I
would
stay
in
the
hallway,
hang
around
in
the
hallway
and
and
just
just
stay
in
the
hallway,
until
maybe
it's
time
to
clean
the
bathrooms
again.
So
the
guy
came
to
me
is
like
well,
you
don't
have
to
just
stand
right
here.
You
can
you
can
walk
around
downtown
for
hour
or
two
and
just
come
back
and
make
around
and
do
it
again.
C
C
Recommendations
of
you
know,
people
that
wrote
me
letters
saying:
I
have
a
good
job
that
I
do
so
I,
guess
that
didn't
work
for
me
to
get
out
to
get
out
the
door,
because
when
I
talked
to
my
boss,
man
I
explained
to
him
what
went
on,
but
about
four
weeks
after
that
I
thought
everything
was
good
because
I
just
avoided
the
guy
I
stayed
away
from
him
and
I.
Just
didn't
ever
go
to
the
break
room
I
would
just
eat
my
food.
Only
so
I
guess
I
became
popular
in
his
head.
C
He
says
like
well:
I'ma
go
to
a
higher
person,
so
he
went
to
a
guy
named
Harry
Brown
and
told
him
that
I
read
in
him
and
next
thing.
I
know,
I
was
terminated
from
my
job
and
they
I
came
in,
but
tonight
I
mean
the
good
thing
about
it
was
that
I
was
least
able
to
work
they
the
rest
of
that
day,
but
I
got
terminated
for
something
that
I
didn't
do
because
I
really
valued
this
job.
C
I,
really
like
that
I,
like
I
love
coming
there,
you
know,
I
was
able
to
practice
my
other
certificate.
My
peer
support,
stivity
with
with
the
homeless
people
I,
was
able
to
encourage
them.
I
was
able
to
even
even
be
a
tour
guide
to
the
to
the
tours
that
that
got
lost
and
don't
didn't
know
that
way.
I
would
actually
walk
them
to
to
their
destination,
and
it
was
just
a
real
job
in
it
really
made
me
feel
good.
It
made
me
feel
like
a
man
and
I
was
able
to
provide
for
my
family.
C
Y
A
D
Q
Q
D
Q
H
A
A
AA
AB
AA
AC
AA
AA
But
I
would
like
to
show
you
some
pictures
here.
Let's
please
use
this
I
bet.
I've
doubled
up,
give
us
a
minute
and
30
seconds
and
I
have
this
find
out.
So
this
is
the
truck
that
you've
done
something
about
since
you
didn't
matter
mister.
This
is
the
truck
that
used
to
sit
there
from
Thanksgiving
until
Christmas
and
when
mr.
Turner
ran
for
office,
we
were
able
to
get
this
truck
to
the
other
side
of
the
building,
but
these
are
the
trucks
that
your
parking
man
can't
see
on
the
sidewalk.
AA
This
is
the
sunday
or
the
Saturday
of
the
no
actually
the
cinema,
but
there's
his
car
right.
There
there's
his
car
right
there
he's
not
here
in
the
morning
when
these
cars
from
trucks
come
so
he's
certainly
missing
something.
He
can't
see
this
truck
here
here.
He
is
telling
me
I
can't
park
in
front
of
my
own
driveway
to
make
sure
the
servicemen
that
are
coming
to
my
house.
Don't
get
tickets.
I
have
a
video
of
all
that.
If
you
doubt
what
happened
here,
he
is
when
he
leaves
for
lunch.
AA
If
it
sees
a
little
red
sign
right
there,
they
come
in
right
behind
it.
I
can
show
you
choreographed
information
of
this.
You
can't
see
this
truck.
Here
is
a
Saturday
when
he's
not
around.
You
all
tell
me
to
call
the
police
there's
where
I
call
it
the
police,
here's
the
truck
sitting
on
the
sidewalk
and
here's
what
the
police
do
about.
They
come
and
drop
by
three
different
times,
and
then
the
supervisor
calls
me
and
tells
me
they
can
see
the
terms.
Thank
you!
Oh
and
we
missed
a
day.
AA
This
is
the
18-wheeler
that
was
parked
in
the
middle
of
the
road
for
20
minutes,
and
then
they
call
the
police
department.
Here's
your
safety
guy
here.
They
can't
write
it
ate
into
this
truck,
and
so
I'm
asking
you
for
some
equity
of
enforcement
on
Maxwell,
Street
and
I
would
like
a
copy
of
this
email
between
Kathy
ball
and
whoever
Kim,
Putnam
and
chase.
AD
You
never
want
to
you
can't
trail
thanks
for
your
service
once
again,
I
just
have
a
couple
quick
comments,
one
on
the
disparity
study
and
the
substantial
disparity
that
we
are
seeing
and
I
hope
that
alarm
bells
are
going
off
and
I
hope
that
we
will
commit
to
substantive
action
around
that,
and
particularly
around
capacity
building
and
business
creation
for
underserved
communities.
Particular
people
of
color
communities
in
our
city,
so
that
we
and
also
looking
at
implicit
bias
and
where
we're
going
to
build
relationships
to
create
these
contracts.
And
again
it
goes
to
resourcing.
AD
Because
I
heard
my
friend,
Brenda
Mills,
say:
I've
been
a
one-woman
shop
for
many
years
and
I've
known
her
all
those
years,
and
we
need
more
resources
of
this
and
we'll
get
better
outcomes.
I
believe,
and
that
brings
me
to
transit,
where
I'm
also
begging
for
resources.
Once
again,
one
of
the
things
that
we're
hearing.
C
C
AD
Is
what
we
need
to
find
the
first
year
at
the
transit
master
plan?
I
know
you
all
are
proud
of
that
plan,
as
I
was
being
on
the
steering
committee.
I
just
met
with
a
room
full
of
writers
who
are
deeply
concerned,
and
troubled
and
I
I've
been
doing
transit
advocacy
for
years
and
I've
never
heard
the
outcry
that
I'm
hearing
from
riders
about
the
transit
system
that
we
have
currently
and
we
just
can't
wait.
AD
F
Mister
I've
just
got
a
question
sort
of
relating
to
that
for
Kathy.
So
I
was
I'm
aware
that
Ely
kind
of
set
this
expectation
that
implementation
of
the
new
plan
would
start
July
1,
even
though
we
didn't
have
a
mechanism
to
allocate
new
money
until
July,
1
and
historically,
we
know
that
once
the
money's
allocated
it
takes
six
months
to
roll
the
to
prep
to
roll
that
out
so
I
was
I
was
puzzled
by
that
I
thought.
Maybe
he's
got
a
plan
up
his
sleeve
to
figure
that
out
and
I.
F
F
There
are
some
dashed
expectations
and
I
get
that
I'm
Minh
I,
you
know
I,
think
I
sit
here
as
our
as
our
councils,
most
advocate
transit
advocate,
but
I'm,
not
sure
that
that
was
ever
a
realistic
expectation
and
and
I
don't
know
so.
Here's
my
question,
I
guess
is
I
mean
we
don't
we
don't
really
have
a
mechanism
to
allocate
that
kind
of
money
outside
of
a
budget
process.
Q
We
don't
we
don't
have.
We
don't
have
the
ability
to
have
the
revenue
to
be
able
to
do
that?
Okay,
so
so
no
I
apologize
that
that
was
set
up
as
an
expectation,
but
typically
we
would
we've
we've
typically
rolled
up
services
and
put
them
online
in
January
right
because
it's
taken
six
months
to
plan
for
them
you're
the
money's
allocated
during
the
budget
process,
and
then
we
start
that
July
1,
but
it
typically
takes
six
months.
That's.
P
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Asheville
City
Council
go
into
closed
session
for
the
following
reason:
to
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disclosure
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information
that
is
privileged
and
confidential
pursuant
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laws
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North
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or
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consider
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public
record
within
the
meaning
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chapter
132
of
the
General
Statutes.
The
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makes
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privileged
and
confidential
is
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carolina
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statute
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10,
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3.
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carolina
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statute,
143
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11,
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with
an
attorney
employed
by
the
city
about
matters
with
respect
to
which
the
attorney-client
privilege
between
the
city
and
its
attorney
must
be
preserved,
including,
but
not
limited
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lawsuit
involving
the
follow
involving
the
following
parties.
In
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matter
of
custodial
law
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recording
sought
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the
city
of
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and
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Ashville
LLC
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The
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carolina
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statute,
143
through
318
11,
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3
also
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consider
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qualifications,
competence,
performance,
character,
fitness
or
conditions
of
appointment
of
an
individual
public
officer
or
employee.
The
statute.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
through
318
11,
a
6,
and
to
prevent
the
disclosure
of
information
that
is
confidential.
Pursuant
to
north
carolina
general
statute
168
through
168,
the
personnel
Privacy
Act
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
through
318
11,
a
1
second.