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A
Turn
this
on
a
good
afternoon.
Everyone
welcome
to
the
asheville
city
council
meeting
to
our
june
4th
city
council
meeting.
First
of
all,
if
you
could,
please
mute
your
cell
phones
if
you
need
a
parking
sticker
for
free
parking
in
the
civic
center
garage.
Please
see
the
sign
in
table
and
they'll
give
you
a
parking
sticker,
so
you
can
get
out
of
the
garage
and
if
you
want
to
speak
on
any
item
on
the
agenda,
please
go
to
the
front
desk
and
sign
in
and
they
will
have.
A
If
you
haven't
already,
they
will
help
you
sign
in
to
speak
tonight.
First,
before
we
begin,
I
need
a
motion
to
allow
councilwoman
mosley
to
participate
remotely.
Do
I
have
a
motion
so
moved?
It's
quinn.
A
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
I've
got
to
do
a
roll
call
vote.
So
I
will
okay,
I'm
gonna
start
down
there:
okay,
councilwoman
turner,
hi,
our
vice
mayor.
I
myself,
I
and
councilwoman
whistler
aye
councilwoman
kilgore,
aye,
councilwoman,
roney,
aye
and
councilwoman
mosley.
A
B
C
A
D
A
Okay,
we
have
a
number
of
proclamations
this
evening,
which
is
exciting,
we're
getting
back
into
proclamations
and
the
first
one
is
pride
month
and
I've
got
a
few
different
people
who
might
be
here
for
this,
if
you
are,
are,
is
anyone
here
for
this
one?
Yes,
oh
allison,
okay,
great!
If
you'll
meet
me
down
at
the
lectern.
A
A
And
whereas
the
battle
for
dignity,
equality
and
personal
safety
for
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual,
transgender,
queer
people
is
reflected
in
the
tireless
commitment
of
impacted
community
members
advocates
and
allies
who
strive
to
forge
a
more
equitable
inclusive
and
just
society.
Whereas
pride
month,
initiated
in
june
of
1970
on
the
one-year
anniversary
of
the
stonewall
uprising
in
new
york
city
after
lgbtq,
plus
residents
and
allies,
rose
and
fought
against
police
harassment
and
discriminatory
laws
that
have
since
been
declared
unconstitutional.
A
While
there
is
much
work
to
be
done,
we
are
committing
to
a
better
future
acknowledging
what
marsha
p
johnson
was
credited
as
saying
no
pride
for
some
of
us
without
liberation
for
all
of
us.
Now,
therefore,
I
esther
manhammer
mayor
of
asheville
do
hereby
proclaim
june
2022
as
asheville
pride
month
in
the
city
of
asheville,
and
urge
all
citizens
to
recognize
this
observance.
E
Thank
you,
esther
and
the
council
members.
I
stand
here
before
you,
while
many
cannot,
because
they
have
not
survived
the
hate
and
bigotry
that
our
country
has
fought
and
continues
to
fight
pride
is
a
month,
that's
difficult
for
me
personally,
I
know
I
stand
here
because
others
who've
come
before
me.
E
G
F
To
this
day,
the
nation
continues
to
destruct
to
struggle
with
the
struggle
to
dismantle
the
legacy
of
systemic
racism
and
equality
and
humanity,
and
whereas
we
must
collectively
strive
to
close
gaps
of
immeasurable
distance
between
us
and
affirm
the
promise
of
the
declaration
of
independence
that
all
people
have
the
right
to
life,
liberty
and
the
pursuit
of
happiness
and
to
hold
that
purpose.
For
american
government.
F
We
must
secure
these
rights
for
all
and
whereas
the
city
of
asheville
continues
its
work
of
equity
and
justice,
the
city
council
remains
committed
to
identifying
actionable
items
to
improve
policies
and
procedures,
to
improve
access
to
opportunities
and
to
ensure
that
employees
and
residents
do
not
experience
inequality
in
or
by
the
city
of
asheville
government.
And
now.
H
I
would
like
to
thank
the
city
for
proclamation
this
this
day,
the
19th.
It
is
a
day
that
we
have
been
celebrating
for
years
great
greatly
due
to
the
work
that
have
been
done
in
hillcrest
public
housing
community,
and
they
have
they
had
this
event
for
12
years.
A
I
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
and
thank
you
city,
council,
for
making
this
possible.
There
are
now
300
300
affiliates
in
45
states,
because
it
all
started
right
here,
10
years
ago,
on
june
26,
when
our
city
council
adopted
the
resolution
to
become
the
inaugural
b
city
in
the
u.s,
the
need
is
greater
than
ever.
I
Our
pollinators
are
in
serious,
serious
trouble,
so
everything
that
we
can
do
to
support
our
pollinators
is
actually
supporting
ourselves.
Our
planet,
the
biodiversity
on
this
planet,
especially
in
the
face
of
climate
change.
So
it's
not
less
important
than
it
was
10
years
ago,
it's
more
important
than
ever
that
we
continue
this
educational
campaign
to
get
people
to
use
fewer
pesticides
if
any
and
to
plant
the
native
plants
that
were
here
for
thousands
of
years
that
our
pollinators
rely
on
and
they
rely
on
those
pollinators.
I
I
All
the
new
cities
do
that,
so
I
look
forward
to
working
on
that
with
the
city,
and
I
have
some
of
the
volunteers
here
and
asheville
greenworks
dawn
chavis
is
here:
greenworks
actually
manages
the
program
for
the
city
of
asheville,
so
we
couldn't
do
this
without
all
these
volunteers,
like
betsy
betsy
who's,
the
co-chair
of
our
bcd
usa
committee.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
all
the
support
and
we
just
want
to
continue
this
work
and
do
even
more
and
make
asheville
the
best
bc.
Usa
affiliate
in
the
country
thanks.
A
Okay,
we
have
complete,
we
noticed
deborah.
Did
someone
needs
to
give
deborah
some
antennae?
She
doesn't
have
it
she's
gonna
brad's
gonna
share
hers,
okay,
all
right!
So
that
concludes
our
proclamations
for
this
evening.
We're
going
to
move
on
to
the
consent
agenda.
Are
there
questions
comments
or
a
motion
to
adopt
the
consent
agenda.
A
B
A
To
do
a
roll
call
vote
and
I'm
going
to
start
with
vice
mayor
hi
myself,
I
councilwoman
whistler
hi
and
kilgore
aye
and
roni
I
and
mosley
I
okay
and
turner,
aye.
Okay,
all
right!
That
concludes
our
adoption
of
the
consent
agenda.
A
Sorry
they
gave
me
the
roll
call
vote
names
but
they're
not
actually
in
the
order
you're
sitting.
So
I'm
trying
to
decide
if
someone
try
to
move
through
this,
so
that
was
my
hesitation.
There
we're
moving
on
to
the
presentation
reports.
We
have
the
manager's
report
this
evening,
I'm
turning
it
over
to
deborah
campbell,
the
city
manager.
K
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
good
evening
now
my
name
is
deborah
campbell
serve
as
your
city
manager,
and
I
take
great
pride
today
in
presenting
an
employee
recognition
and
actually
it'll,
be
plural.
We'll
have
an
two
staff
that'll
be
recognized
tonight.
K
He
is
an
inspector
and
just
want
to
thank
him
for
his
extraordinary
effort.
Next
slide,
please
so
several
I
just
want
to
give
you
a
little
bit
about
what
the
incident
was.
Several
republican
works
inspectors
were
having
lunch
when
wayne
little
started
choking
on
his
sandwich,
and
this
event
happened
on.
May
the
26th
co-workers
said
that
less
than
45
seconds
from
the
start
of
the
incident
wayne's
eyes
rolled
into
his
head
and
he
began
to
pass
out,
and
I
must
share
with
you
what
larry
said
to
me.
K
K
Bobby's,
quick
action
and
calmness
saved
the
co-workers,
life
bobby
and
wayne
are
both
inspectors
in
the
public
works
department
and
unfortunately
mr
little
is
on
vacation
and
mr
roberts
did
not.
He
doesn't
like
all
the
attention,
but
I
told
him
you're
going
to
be
recognized
for
this
again.
Extraordinary
heroism
next
slide.
Please,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
bobby.
L
What
an
amazing
story!
Thank
you,
so
much
debra
for
sharing
and
it's
my
privilege
tonight
to
share
another
employee
update
and
I'd
like
to
recognize
sasha
vertonsky.
She
has
been
hired
to
be
our
affordable
housing
officer.
So,
yes,
excited
for
sasha
great
to
have
you.
L
Sasha
has
been
a
public
servant
for
a
number
of
years
and
most
recently
worked
in
our
planning
and
urban
design
department
as
an
urban
planner.
South
slope
plan,
which
is
forthcoming,
is
one
of
the
projects
that
she
worked
worked
on
in
her
past
and
we're
very
excited
to
have
her
be
our
new,
affordable
housing
officer.
You'll
actually
see
her
later
in
the
agenda
present
tonight.
So
again
we
welcome
sasha
and
thanks
so
much
for
the
time.
K
A
Okay,
we
have
a
number
of
public
hearings
on
our
agenda
for
this
evening.
First
item
is
public
hearing
item
a
to
consider
a
land
use
incentive
grant
for
hilliard
flats
llc
for
development
on
217,
hilliard
avenue
and
debuting
in
her
renewal
sasha
for
10
speed,
and
I'm
always
going
to
say
that
wrong,
really
close.
Okay,
good.
M
M
Some
of
you
are
familiar
with
this
project
from
committee
work.
Some
key
takeaways,
this
application
is.
This
is
unique
for
us
in
that
this
development
is
micro,
housing.
M
M
It
hasn't
received
a
zoning
permit
yet
so,
if
you
approve
this
project,
you
are
in,
in
effect
approving
a
waiver
for
having
gone
through
the
zoning
approval
already,
which
is
part
of
our
policy,
and
I
can
explain
that
further.
If
you
want
so
just
a
few
things
of
background.
As
I
said,
there's
a
total
of
80
units
housing
represents
a
hundred
percent
of
the
all
rentable
square
footage,
and
you
know
we're
looking
at
affordability
for
80
percent
ami
or
below,
and
the
developer
is
estimating
a
total
construction
cost
of
7.2
million.
M
I
can
go
through
them,
but
basically
affordable,
housing,
rental
assistance,
their
location
because
they're
right
around
the
corner
from
the
transit
center
and
close
to
asheville
middle
and
a
bunch
of
other
amenities.
They
have
great
location,
energy
efficiency
points
and
universal
design,
and
that's
what
gets
us
to
21
years.
M
So
currently,
the
estimated
taxes
for
that
parcel
is
787
a
year
that
gets
subtracted
from
the
new
taxes
once
the
development
is
built.
If
we
do
it
that
way,
you
know
the
taxes
estimated
are
29
000,
so
the
difference
would
be
around
28
000
and
that's
what
the
city
would
pay
for
21
years.
M
M
So
these
are
estimates
and
then
that
last
statement
is
just
kind
of
saying
you
know
the
total
grant
would
be
around
592
000
for
21
years
around
this
per
unit
subsidies
around
37
000
per
unit,
so
for
a
downtown
location.
That's
actually
pretty
good.
We
used
to
try
to
keep
some
of
these
pretty
low,
but
downtown
land
is
very
expensive
and
then,
after
year
21
the
city
will
start
receiving
the
full
tax
amount.
M
M
These
are
some
renderings
of
the
exterior
of
the
building,
and
it's
very
small.
So
if
you
walk
by
it,
you
you're
you'll,
see
you're
kind
of
amazed
that
this
much
building
would
fit
on
such
a
small
piece
of
land.
So
their
walk,
score
and
bike
scores
very
high
and
this
project
was
reviewed
or
the
luige
request
was
reviewed
by
both
hcdn
finance
committee.
Hcd
was
a
vote
of
two-in-one
to
favor
in
favor
and
finance
three
to
zero.
F
F
This
is
in
census,
tract
nine,
also
known
as
south
side
community
and
based
on
the
housing
need.
I
don't
think
we
near.
We
met
near
the
affordability
level
that
the
community
members
in
that
area
need,
and
I
have
another
follow-up
question
for
a
question
for
you.
There
is
another
development
right
across
the
street
on
hillyard.
F
It's
going
to
be
about
300
plus
units,
I'm
wondering
what
new
development
like
that
near
neighborhoods,
how
that's
going
to
affect
their
property
taxes,
because
that's
the
south
side
community
and
we
know
that
after
the
tax
reappraisal,
they
got
hit
hard.
So
how
does
new
development
affect
homeowners?
In
the
south
side,
community.
M
M
C
F
F
B
F
M
I
would
think
yes,
we
could
generally
say
that
new
development,
and
especially
in
the
center
of
cities-
and
these
you
know
the
south
side
community-
is
right
next
to
downtown.
So
it's
this
very.
You
know
now
it's
become
this
desirable
location,
so
it
does
affect
all
property
owners
and
disproportionately
affects
people
of
color
for
sure,
as
we've
seen
in
some
of
the
studies
that
have
come
out
about
asheville's.
A
And
I
think
the
county
is
still
working
on
how
to
address
the
disparity
and
the
property
tax
valuations
by
neighborhood.
I
don't
I
don't.
I
saw
that
they've
been
continuing
to
work
on
that,
but
I
don't
know
that
we
have
a
resolution
or
solution
to
that.
K
Both
the
city
and
the
county
have
programs
to
help
right
to
support
property
owners
that
are
low
and
moderate
income.
I
know
there's
a
process.
Excuse
me
that
you
have
to
file
to
get
the
assistance,
but
we
do
have
a
program
and
it's
part
of
our
proposed
budget.
A
Can
I
ask
a
question
about
the
micro
unit
concept?
I
was
actually
listening
to
a
piece
on
npr
this
morning,
where
they
were
using
micro
units
actually
to
transition
folks
out
of
out
of
experiencing
homelessness,
and
I
can't
recall
what
the
city
was,
but
it
was
a
non-profit
run
housing
not
not
this
scenario,
but
but
I'm
not
surprised
to
see
that
asheville
is
seeing
this
kind
of
housing
being
introduced.
I've
heard
of
one
other
project
like
this
on
haywood
road,
have
you
seen
others
where
there's
the
shared
spaces?
M
A
N
J
Just
have
a
clarification
because
it
looks
like
reading
through
the
slides,
there's
one
critical
piece
not
mentioned,
that
is
in
the
staff
report,
and
that
is
that,
while
20
of
the
units
will
be
affordable,
half
of
those
units
will
also
accept
a
voucher
which
I
think
is
made
in
the
staff
report,
but
not
in
the
presentation.
So
just
for
the
public
half
of
the
20
years,
half
of
the
20
of
the
affordable
units
will
accept
a
voucher
which
is
part
of
the
luigi
policy.
Yes,.
O
I'm
david
moritz,
I'm
a
developer
here
in
asheville.
I've
lived
here
eight
years,
I'm
local
and
we're
excited
to
bring
workforce
housing
to
downtown
asheville.
We
think,
obviously,
one
of
the
biggest
issues
in
asheville
right
now
is
reasonably
priced
housing,
and
this
is
our
way
to
address
it.
O
Obviously,
construction
costs
have
gone
up
significantly
and
we've
seen
this
model
done
in
other
cities.
My
business
partners
built
ten
of
them
most
recently
or
the
closest
one
is
in
nashville
tennessee.
It's
recently
been
completed.
It's
100
occupied
mostly
by
workforce
people
generally,
the
average
age
is
in
the
late
20s.
O
O
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
the
project.
Okay,.
N
Well,
what
I
want
to
ask
about
is
this,
because
it
is
the
shared
amenities
or
whatever
and
they're
smaller
units.
So
what
usually,
with
the
rent
range
b
in
this
particular
unit,
building.
O
So
you
know
just
to
explain
a
little
bit
more
about
the
micro
housing,
so
I
mean
it's
similar
to
sharing
a
house.
Each
person
gets
their
own
room.
Our
model
is
very
specific
that
everyone
gets
their
own
private
bathroom
in
each
unit.
You'll
have
a
microwave,
a
mini,
a
sink,
a
mini
fridge,
so
you
can
do
some
food
preparation
and
everything
and
then
on
each
floor,
there's
a
common
living
space
in
a
common
kitchen
that
has
full
facilities.
So
you
can
bake
and
cook
and
everything.
O
So
the
idea
with
our
concept
is
there's
a
certain
amount
of
sharing
of
space,
but
it's
not
a
requirement
so
for
some
people
who
just
want
to
live
in
their
own
space,
they
have
their
own
private
bathroom.
They
have
everything
they
need
to
live.
O
O
The
nearest
studio
nearby
currently
like
at
the
patton,
runs
about
1800
a
month.
So
this
will
be
significantly
lower.
Obviously,
it's
a
compromise
for
people,
it's
micro,
housing,
it's
different,
so
some,
but
what
I've
seen
in
some
of
the
other
like
in
nashville
tennessee,
it's
a
very
social
environment.
Also
so
there's
some
benefits
to
having
the
the
co-living
aspect
of
the
project.
N
N
So,
like
you
said,
if
it's
running
about
a
thousand
a
month
and
eighty
percent
am
I
less,
then
it
will
definitely
a
lot
of
people
will
be
able
to
benefit
from
that,
if
not
from
the
using
the
vouchers
or
whatever
it'll
still
be
a
benefit.
That's
all.
I
was
trying
to
make
that
point.
Yeah.
O
I
mean
the
idea
is
that
you
know
the
units
will
be
reasonably
priced,
but
we
we'd
like
to
dedicate
20.
O
To
fit
within
the
you
know,
80
ami
and
lock
that
in
for
21
years,
because
you
know
we
don't
know
exactly
how
the
market's
gonna
be
with
inflation
and
everything.
So
we're
we'd
like
to
you
know,
use
this
program
to
dedicate
the
20
units
to
be
affordable
for
21
years.
J
I
know
that
annually
we
receive
updated
figures
and
we're
soon
to
receive
the
new
amis,
probably
here
in
the
next
month
or
so,
and
I'm
looking
at
the
2021
chart
in
an
efficiency
or
studio
with
utilities
included,
which
is
kind
of
what
we're
talking
about
here,
would
be
1053
a
month,
so
you're
spot
on
about
workforce
and
really
kind
of
leaning
into
affordability
already.
J
P
This
is
kim.
I
really
appreciate
the
energy
star
and
green
building
elements
of
this.
I'm
on
a
mission
to
ask
everybody
developing
housing
around
here.
If
we're
gonna
have
solar
or
renewable
energy
options,
even
if
it's
for
common
utilities
or
if
there's
not
a
plan
for
it,
as
has
a
place
been
identified
for
future
investment
and
such.
O
We
are
looking
at
doing
solar,
so
it's
something
that
that
is
possible.
We
haven't
committed
to
it
yet,
but
it's
something
that
my
business
partner
has
done
on
other
projects
like.
B
O
So
definitely
we
are
aligned
with
sustainability
and
energy
efficiency.
I
mean
there
are
certain
things
that
that
make
this
project
easier
to
build,
for
example,
because
we
pay
for
all
the
utilities
for
everyone.
We
just
have
one
electric
meter,
and
so
there's
other
things
like
that
that
allow
us
to
be
a
bit
more
sustainable
and
it
does.
It
would
make
a
lot
of
sense
to
do
solar,
for
example,
and
something
we've
discussed.
A
O
Yeah
we
purchased,
we
purchased
the
property
and
the
land
for
this
development
is
going
to
be
split
off
from
that,
but
we
will
continue
to
own
that.
O
Adding
something
for
the
city
that
wasn't
a
requirement
is
that
we'll
extend
the
sidewalk
all
the
way
through
in
front
of
that
house,
so
that,
but
because
that
currently
sidewalk
is
very
narrow.
So
we're
going
to
have
a
full
sidewalk
all
along
that
street.
That
section
of
the
street.
J
O
We'd
like
to
start
we'd
like
to
break
around
the
summer
and
the
construction
timing
would
be
about
12
to
18
months.
So
we're
hoping
to
finish
this
within
2023.
A
Council,
if
you
don't
have
any
other
immediate
questions,
do
we
have
one
person
signed
up
to
speak
under
this
item?
A
Okay
and
folks,
when
you
sign
up
to
speak
under
each
item,
you're
allowed
to
have
three
minutes
to
speak
and
nina
tovish
there.
You
are.
You
signed
up
to
speak
under
this.
Q
Good
evening,
council
and
I
apologize
in
advance,
because
this
is
just
the
first
of
three
comments
this
evening-
please
bear
with
me.
I
heard
some
new
information
just
now,
which
influences
a
little
bit.
What
I
hope
to
say.
My
understanding
is
under
this
agreement.
Only
16
units
which
are
essentially
glorified
dorm
rooms
will
be
available
to
folks
making
80
of
ami,
which
is
42
000
for
a
single
person
or
48
000.
Q
For
a
couple-
and
it's
not
clear
to
me
whether
these
units
do
accommodate
are-
are
big
enough
really
to
accommodate
two
people,
with
only
eight
units
eligible
for
housing,
housing
vouchers.
Let's
be
clear,
these
minimalistic
units
are
not
going
to
make
a
dent
in
the
need
for
affordable
housing
for
asheville's
residents
who
work
in
the
city's
service
economy.
Q
Not
a
thing
anymore,
okay,
I
wasn't
sure
about
that.
Thank
you
for
clarifying
in
return,
the
city
waives
a
big
chunk
of
taxes
for
a
period
that,
when
I
looked
at
the
materials
on
the
city
site,
seemed
to
be
one
year
longer
than
the
20
years
of
the
promised
affordability.
Maybe
that's
changed
as
well.
If
so,
I'm
glad
to
hear
it,
but
any
case,
I'm
I'm
questioning
the
value
for
taxpayer
money
here.
Q
A
Thank
you.
We
don't
have
anyone
else
signed
up
to
speak
under
this.
I
I
do
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
know,
and
we've
discussed
the
luige
policy,
which
is
what
we've
re-written
it
maybe
six
times
now
something
like
that.
This
project
conforms
to
the
current
policy
guidelines.
I'm
looking
yes,
you're
saying
yes,
so
we're
not
being
asked
to
change
the
policy
in
any
way
or
modify
the
policy
it's
being
applied
as
written.
A
M
A
If
you
want
yeah
okay,
well
I
mean
because
it
does,
you
know
whenever
we
get
a
request
like
this
it
does.
I
feel,
like
council
sort
of
struggles
a
little
bit
about
whether
the
policy
is
right
or
not,
and
whether
we
need
to
revisit
it.
J
J
Lastly,
I
wanted
to
share
one
thing:
if
I
could,
because
in
preparation
for
so
much
housing,
you
know,
council
made
housing,
affordability
and
stability,
one
of
its
top
priorities
this
year,
so
I've
been
reviewing
our
existing
housing
strategy
plan
from
2008..
I'm
just
going
to
read
two
sentences
from
it
that
I
thought
struck
me.
J
The
solution
to
asheville's,
affordable
housing
needs.
This
is
from
2008
is
a
long-term
commitment
to
continue
wrestling
with
the
problem.
The
city
of
asheville
cannot
meet
all
housing
needs
alone.
True,
partnership
between
local
government,
private
and
non-profit
housing
developers
and
residents
is
required
to
create
more
affordable
housing
opportunities.
Asheville
as
a
whole
needs
to
recognize
that
housing
is
the
most
fundamental
of
needs.
Housing
stability
is
an
indicator
of
a
person's
ability
to
meet
his
or
her
other
basic
needs.
J
R
Sorry
I
wanted
to
piggyback
on
something
that
the
vice
mayor
said
earlier
and
I'm
noticing
or
is
not
lost
on
me,
the
similarity
between
what
the
vice
mayor
just
said,
and
what
the
folks
from
emma
during
our
last
meeting
were
concerned
about
sage.
You
mentioned
that
hcd
was
going
to
look
into
this
policy,
I'm
wondering
if
a
discussion
has
been
had
with
the
developer
developer,
about
the
possibility
of
increasing
the
affordability.
A
Are
you
saying
the
number
of
units
or
the
level
of
affordability.
R
Both
hand,
okay,
I
share
the
concern
that
the
vice
mayor
has
given
the
location
of
the
development.
The
fear
is
that
and
not
just
gentrification,
but
the
folks
who
live
in
that
area
may
not
be
the
ones
who
are
able
to
move
in,
and
I'm
also
concerned
with
the
increase
in
property
taxes.
A
Do
you
want
to
speak
to
that?
You
don't
have
to
yeah.
O
O
At
least
actively
doing
it
rather
than
talking
about
it,
construction
costs
have
gone
up
significantly
and
since
we
started
this,
so
we
would
love
to
do
this
project
and
bring
80
units
of
housing
for
80
people
who
want
to
live
downtown
that
currently
can't
because
they
can't
find
a
place
to
live.
C
O
Under
your
affordability
requirement
for
21
years
and
lock
that
in
we've
met
all
requirements
for
the
luigi
grant
based
on
your
matrix,
and
so
I
you
know
that's
what
we're
willing
to
do
already
with
the
construction
costs
that
are
increasing
so
much
the
project
is
tight,
and
so
I
mean
the
answer
to
is
this
is
what
we've
got
that
we
can
do
I
mean
to
answer
your
question
kim.
O
I
don't
really
know
how
the
numbers
would
stack
up
in
terms
of
doing
fewer
units
at
a
deeper
discount.
I
haven't
really
done
that.
Math.
P
S
Yeah,
the
the
city
ordinance
enacted
in
2018
is
going
to
prohibit
in
this
particular
as
in
most
zoning
categories,
short-term
rental,
which
are
leases
for
anything
less
than
30
days.
So,
given
that
it
is
a
new
development,
regardless
of
it
being
in
the
downtown
or
central
business,
it
is
going
to
be
limited
in
the
ability
for
any
of
the
units
to
be
allowed
to
be
utilized
as
short-term
rental
under
our
current
ordinance,
so
they're
to
do
otherwise
would
expose
it
to
a
zoning
violation.
O
F
I
was,
I
would
like
to
say
that
no,
I
don't
have
a
question
for
him
just
just
in
general.
I
think
the
developer
met
all
the
requirements
based
on
policy,
but
moving
forward
location
does
matter.
We
do
have
a
couple
census
tracts
that
are
desperate
for
affordable
housing,
so
just
giving
that
community
a
swath
of
affordable
housing
or
you
know
just
a
measure
of
housing
choice
vouchers.
It's
not
sufficient.
F
F
We
cannot
answer
that
question
they're
all
they're
already
desperately
trying
to
keep
their
homes
after
the
tax
reappraisal
on
top
of
inflation,
on
top
of
the
rise
in
gas
prices
and
food
costs.
Most
of
these
people
we're
talking
about
elderly
people
or
people
who
don't
even
qualify
for
the
tax
relief
programs
that
we
have
so
there
are.
F
There
are
a
lot
of
unanswered
questions
for
me
concerning
this
development
and
again
I
don't
want
to
discourage
any
developers
from
coming
to
the
table,
but
I
think
we
have
to
do
our
due
diligence
to
put
stuff
out
in
front
of
developers.
Hey
the
community
which
you
purchase
this
property
is
this
type
of
community
with
this
type
of
income
base,
this
type
of
affordability
need,
and
then
we
won't
have
conversations
like
this,
where
it
feels
like
it's,
not
a
win-win.
We
need
a
win-win,
so
I'm
going
to
continue
in
my
no.
J
I
wonder
too,
that
makes
me
think
about
it's,
not
just
this
project
and
it's
not
just
the
one
coming
across
the
street,
there's
the
one
that
was
just
built
up
the
corner,
the
other
one
that
was
just
built
up,
the
top
of
the
corner.
Now
the
one
coming
next,
this
is,
this
part
of
hilliard
is
going
to
be
very
busy
and.
F
Side
community,
which
is
a
river
arts
district.
It
seems
like
all
of
this.
You
know
development
is
moving
in
on
this
community.
That
is
desperate
for
some
type
of
relief
and
we're
not
giving
them
any
by
continuing
to
approve
development
like
this.
We,
I
guess
we're
just
gonna-
have
to
come
to
the
table
and
do
do
better
negotiation.
J
I
mention
it
because
I
wonder
about
land
use
and
buffers
and
the
trend
the
transition
from
this
corridor.
That's
going
to
have
all
this
growth
to
the
neighborhood.
If
that's
something
we
could
review
before
all
this
gets
built.
You
know
we
have
a
great
new,
affordable
housing
leader
now,
but
something
land
use.
It
might
be
worth
looking
into.
A
A
A
We,
the
city,
did
partner
on
the
redevelopment
of
lee
walker
to
double
the
number
of
units
approximately
there
on
the
other
side
and
is
working
hard
on
the
matthews
ford
site,
which
I
hope
will
move
forward.
Again
I
mean
again,
these
are
city-owned
properties,
something
that
we
have
control
over,
but
we
know
the
challenges
even
there
when
we're
trying
to
get
those
properties
developed.
I
I
think
it's
very
difficult
to
expect
that
we
can
solve
an
affordable
housing
crisis
out
of
new
construction
just
because
of
the
cost
of
lands
and
construction.
A
J
It
may
be
worth
mentioning
too
this
idea
of
workforce
housing.
J
Much
like
the
mayor
was
saying
how
some
of
these
projects
turn
out
to
be
like
some
affordable
and
some
at
the
very
other
end
and
there's
there's
some
missing
workforce
numbers
in
there,
and
I
keep
hearing
this
in
the
community
and
from
our
workforce
themselves.
So
I'm
just
kind
of
putting
that
out
there
that
it
probably
needs
to
be
discussed
as
well
as
we
move
forward
reviewing
policies.
P
Because
this
is
already
the
level
of
development
that
it
is
and
acknowledging
that
it
may
be
a
false
binary
is
the
option
before
us
that
we
build
unaffordable
units
or
partner
for
affordable
units.
P
D
Going
up
either
way
right,
I
mean
that
you
know
I
think,
to
just
for
the
community's
benefit.
We're
not
approving
this
project,
we're
only
approving
luige.
It
would
not
have
been
required
to
come
in
front
of
council
because
they,
the
developer,
you
know,
followed
all
the
rules.
It's
not
a
conditional
zoning.
The
only
issue
here
is
the
luige
and
the
fact
that
you
know
trying
to
incentivize
some
affordable
housing
in.
A
Other
words,
if
we
don't
approve
the
luige
grant,
the
developers
option
is
to
move
forward
with
no
affordability
in
the
project
at
all
without
any
city
subsidy.
So
it's
really
do
we
want
to
put
this
level
of
subsidy
into,
which
is
the
future
income
that
we
haven't
earned
yet
from
the
improvements
to
the
property,
or
do
we
want
to
just
say
no
and
let
it
go
forward
as
a
hundred
percent?
R
A
A
A
O
I
mean
the
short
answer:
is
no
we've
been
working
on
this
project
for
a
year
over
a
year,
we'd
like
to
get
started
with
it.
It's
it's
like.
I
said
before
it's
a
very
popular.
O
O
O
O
This
project
we've
been
working
on
it
for
over
a
year
and
we'd
love
to
work
with
you
in
dedicating
20.
But
you
know
what
we're
proposing.
B
M
So
I
just
want
to
be
really
clear
here
that-
and
I
am
a
little
new
to
this-
is
the
third
one.
I've
come
to
you
with,
but
the
way
the
policy
works
you
commit
to
20
years.
The
maximum
benefit
is
21
years,
so
I've
heard
david
say
a
couple
times
locking
in
for
21
years.
So
it's
20
years,
if
he
wants
to
offer
you
21
years
or
25
years,
he's
free
to
do
that
and
we
can
change
the
resolution.
But
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we're
all
on
the
same
page.
P
So
I
really
really
hope
that
we
can
get
a
better
policy
in
place
for
what
we
need
and
I'm
struggling
with
this
one
because,
as
folks
are
dealing
with
the
cost
of
living
going
up,
the
cost
of
transportation
is
also
going
up
and
the
very
close
proximity
to
transit
means
access,
accessibility
to
a
lot
of
jobs.
P
J
A
N
Only
thing
I
would
like
to
say
is
when
they
mostly
and
smith,
their
concerns
about
the
tax
and
situation.
N
That
is
a
very
it's
a
situation
that
we
really
need
to
adjust,
but
it
is
I
need
to
address,
but
it
is
something
that
the
city
and
buncombe
county
needs
to
address
as
far
as
tax
incentives
as
far
as
abatement
of
taxes
or
reduction
of
taxes
of
the
people
that
live
within
the
community.
That
is
not
something
that
the
developer
actually
has
any
control
over.
N
So
I
guess
that's
another
conversation
we
need
to
have
later,
but
we
really
need
to
look
at
what
we
can
do
for
the
peoples
in
the
community
and
native
community
who
are
impacted
by
these
xiv.
These
are
rising
taxes.
You
know
which
is
caused
by
no
reason,
for
I
mean
no,
which
has
been
caused
not
by
them.
So
that's
another
conversation
that
we
need
to
have
is
working
on
reduction
in
taxes
for
the
native
community,
especially
those
who
are
being
affected
and
driven
out
of
their
homes.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
sandra
okay.
Now
we
are
moving
on
to
our
last
public
hearing
item
and
that
is
a
public
hearing
on
the
fiscal
year,
2022
2023
annual
operating
budget
and
I'm
gonna
kick
it
to
this
city
manager
once
again,
deborah
campbell.
Thank.
K
K
We
would
like
to
present
to
you
all
some
suggested
adjustments
or
revisions
considered
that
we
hope
that
you
all
will
consider
in
the
proposed
budget.
Also.
I
want
to
again
thank
and
acknowledge
staff
in
our
finance
department,
which
include
finance
director,
tony
mcdowell,
who
you'll
hear
from
just
shortly,
and
the
staff
in
the
budget
division,
including
taylor,
floyd,
heather,
curry
and
abigail
riley
nixon,
okay.
K
The
budget,
so
I
would
like
to
turn
it
now
over
to
tony
mcdowell
and
staff
is
recommending
additional
investments
based
on
the
feedback
that
we
received
at
the
may
24th
meeting.
A
Okay,
but
before
tony
goes,
can
I
just
say
thank
you
for
all
the
work
you've
done
with
staff
and
getting
us
to
this
point,
and
also
just
for
the
public
watching
we
do
not
vote
on
this
tonight.
We
will
take
public
comment,
of
course,
and
have
many
people
signed
up
to
speak,
but
we
council
won't
vote
on
the
budget
until
the
next
next
meeting.
T
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you,
ms
campbell
and
good
evening.
Tony
mcdowell,
finance
director,
do
have
a
brief
presentation
tonight
before
we
open
up
the
public
hearing,
and
I
want
to
start
by
giving
you
all
a
brief
recap
of
the
budget
presentation
that
ms
campbell
mentioned,
that
we
did
on
may
24th.
T
So,
as
always,
we
like
to
start
with
the
timeline
to
kind
of
give
everyone
an
indication
of
where
we're
at
in
the
process
we're
near
the
end
of
the
process.
As
you
all
know,
this
is
the
next
to
the
last
step
in
adoption
of
the
fy
22
23
budget.
It's
the
statutorily
required
public
hearing
and,
as
we
said,
we
presented
the
budget
to
you
all
on
may
24th
and
I'll
just
do
a
quick
recap
of
some
of
the
information
we
shared
on
the
24th.
T
First
of
all,
as
ms
campbell
mentioned,
the
fy
23
total
budget
is
approximately
217
million
dollars.
That's
an
increase
of
about
eight
percent
over
the
current
year
budget.
The
general
fund,
which
is
the
largest
piece
of
our
overall
budget,
is
up
about
nine
percent
for
next
year
and
listed
on
this
slide
or
the
other
funds.
The
enterprise
funds
that
make
up
the
rest
of
our
budget.
T
So
those
priorities
this
year
that
council
identified
these
are
the
six
priorities
that
came
out
of
your
strategic
retreat
that
you
had
back
in
march,
and
this
really
was
the
blueprint
that
we
used
to
make
budget
decisions
this
year.
T
T
T
We're
also
recommending
that
all
other
staff
who
don't
receive
increases
as
part
of
those
first
two
bullets
get
either
a
five
percent
increase
or
two
and
a
half
percent
increase
if
you
hired
after
december
31st
of
2021
and
we're
still
looking
at
and
costing
out
some
potential
options
for
recruitment
and
retention
incentives
as
well.
T
In
addition,
I
won't
run
through
all
of
these
again.
This
information
was
presented
on
may
24th,
but
some
of
the
other
key
investments
in
operations
and
staffing
and
all
these
are
in
the
general
fund
for
next
fiscal
year
and
again,
I
won't
go
through
all
these,
because
we've
shown
this
chart
at
the
previous
meeting
as
well,
but
happy
to
discuss
any
of
them.
The
council
may
want
to
go
over.
T
T
T
T
But
then,
in
addition
to
that,
we
would,
in
january
of
2023,
make
additional
adjustments
to
bring
the
minimum
salary
for
all
full-time
employees
up
to
36
0816
and
make
additional
compression
adjustments
as
well
as
a
part
of
that.
The
four-year
cost
of
that
is
about
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
because
we're
implementing
it
halfway
through
the
fiscal
year.
The
cost
next
year
will
only
be
around
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
T
The
second
item
that
we're
recommending
is
an
increase
in
the
budget
funding
for
reparations.
The
original
budget
recommendation
that
we
brought
you
all
included,
365
000
in
new
funding
for
reparations
next
year,
we're
recommending
increasing
that
to
500
000
next
year
and
then
making
a
change
to
essentially
treat
reparations
funding
each
year.
Much
like
we
do
the
housing
trust
fund
right
now.
The
housing
trust
fund
every
year
is
a
part
of
the
base
budget
that
we
bring
you
all
and
it's
funded
at
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
T
So
staff
will
build
the
reparations
funding
into
next
year's
budget.
Bring
that
to
you
obviously
subject
to
financial
feasibility
and
then
ultimately,
approval
by
council
and
that's
a
135
000
additional
cost.
T
Just
a
quick
summary
of
where
that
will
leave
us
if
you
all
approve
our
recommendation
around
reparations
funding
for
next
year.
If
you
recall
there
was
an
initial
appropriation
of
2.1
million
about
a
year
ago,
we
would
add
the
500
000
to
it.
We
have
so
far
spent
or
encumbered
around
365
000,
so
that
would
leave
as
of
july
1
a
balance
of
about
2.2
million
in
our
reparations
program.
T
A
T
Be
housing,
housing,
trust
fund
or
preparation,
yeah,
absolutely
yeah.
Okay.
The
third
item
we
wanted
to
cover
is
the
urban
forest
program,
and
staff
is
recommending
that
we
move
forward
with
adding
the
urban
forester
position
next
year
and
then
evaluate
the
funding
funding.
The
urban
forest
master
plan,
either
through
grants
or
in
a
upcoming
budget
cycle,
and
so
that
position
along
with
benefits
and
startup
costs,
is
about
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
next
year's
budget.
T
So
to
summarize
those
three
items
from
a
cost
perspective:
wow
that
went
up
a
lot.
It
does
have
a
weird,
sound
right
here
where
I'm
at
right
now.
I
hope
I
don't
know
how
it
sounds
for
the
rest
of
you
all,
but
so
three,
those
three
items
would
add
up
to
about
543
000
in
additional
costs
for
next
year's
budget.
T
So
how
are
we
going
to
fund
those
so
some
potential
funding
strategies
that
staff
looked
at?
The
first
thing
we
looked
at
was
fund
balance.
As
you
all
know,
we
by
policy
have
to
maintain
15
in
our
unassigned
fund
balance,
so
we
kind
of
took
a
look
at
where
we're
projecting
we're
going
to
end
this
year
and
and
looked
into
whether
we
could
appropriate
some
additional
funding
from
fund
balance
to
balance
next
year's
budget.
T
T
So
the
strategy
we
are
recommending-
and
it's
really
a
mix
of
two
things:
it's
making
some
minor
revenue
adjustments
to
some
of
our
own
ongoing
revenues
and
that
would
fund
the
reparations
edition
of
135
000
and
we
identified
about
five
general
fund
revenues
that
we
can
go
in
and
increase
based
on
current
trends
and
then
to
fund
the
rest
of
the
additions.
The
the
salary
adjustments,
as
well
as
the
urban
forester
position,
we're
recommending
budgeting
an
additional
408
000
from
the
american
rescue
plan.
Funding
that
we
have
available.
T
So
to
summarize
on
the
american
rescue
plan,
where
that
would
leave
us,
as
you
all
know,
we
received
26
million
dollars
through
that
program
on
the
left.
You
can
see
the
items
that
we
budgeted
to
date
and
then
on
the
right.
We
have
the
items
that
we're
proposing
funding
for
next
year's
budget,
which
total
out
to
about
4.8
million,
including
the
additional
400
000
that
we're
proposing
tonight,
and
so
that
would
leave
an
arpa
balance
of
about
1.7
million
going
into
next
fiscal
year.
T
And
so
to
wrap
up
again
the
key
takeaways
from
that
miss
campbell
covered
at
the
beginning
of
the
presentation,
and
I
think
I'm
going
to
turn
it
back
over
to
her
for
one
additional
follow-up
item
before
we
open
the
public
hearing.
K
K
T
Okay
and
with
that
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
the
slides
or
turning
back
over
the
mayor
to
start
the
pelvic
hearing.
A
Okay,
sorry,
our
internet
all
went
down
up
here,
so
we're
getting
restored.
Okay,
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna!
So
again
everyone!
You
have
three
minutes
to
speak.
We
do
have
one
group
that
signed
up
to
speak
that
are
going
to
exceed
their
time
to
one
speaker,
but
otherwise
everyone
you'll
have
three
minutes
to
speak
and
well
when
maggie's
done
giving
us
international
time.
The
speakers
I'm
gonna,
try
to
tell
you
who's
on
deck.
So
you
know
if
you're
coming
up.
U
U
Ms
kilgore
is
the
only
person
on
this
council
and
I'm,
including
the
city
manager
too,
that
even
listens
to
business
and
we
pay
most
of
the
taxes
and
you
know
what
we're
getting
fed
up
with
it,
and
you
know
what
of
course,
the
70
year
old
party
y'all
got
your
people
back
in
again
you
bunch
of
yes,
people
and
y'all
are
gonna,
sit
there
and
vote
yes
on
everything.
U
Thank
goodness
some
of
you
are
leaving
miss
wislet.
Thank
you.
But
going
back
you
talk
about
affordable
jobs,
that's
the
problem.
It
isn't
affordable
housing.
When
are
you
people
going
to
realize
you
don't
have
affordable
jobs?
You
have
a
bunch
of
rich
people
that
have
drove
up
prices.
This
is
a
little
tourist
town
and
you
are
in
bed
with
the
chamber
of
commerce.
U
U
You
know
it's
just
not
right,
you're
doing
the
same
thing,
you're,
creating
ghettos
on
top
of
ghettos,
and
it
shouldn't
be
that
way.
Every
working
person
should
have
a
piece
of
the
rock
they
should
have
their
own
house
dignity.
Have
you
been
to
the
store?
Lately
it's
going
to
be
five
dollars
a
gallon
july,
the
fifth
who
can
afford
that?
How
about
going
to
the
grocery
store?
Do
any
of
y'all
go
to
the
grocery
store?
I
mean,
have
you
seen
the
prices?
It's
outrageous,
it's
going
to
get
worse.
U
Interest
rates
are
going
up
this
week.
You
know
what
y'all
are
all
living
in
pi
sky.
You
really
are,
and
you
know
what
I'll
be
glad
when
we
get
more
independent
council
people
like
miss
kilgore,
that
question
the
system
that
listen
to
the
people
and
you
got
216
million
dollars.
You
blow
8
million
on
your
transit.
U
All
you
have
to
do.
Your
transit
is
broken,
I'm
not
saying
we
need
transit
for
poor
people,
but
what
I'm
saying
you
don't
blow
12
million
and
you
get
3
million
from
the
federal
government.
It's
broken.
Take
that
and
redo
it
reinvent
it
and
you'll
save
4
million
a
year.
Take
that
4
million
and
you
can
buy
land
out
here,
don't
buy
it
in
the
city.
It's
too
expensive!
U
A
The
next
speaker
is
perrin
dejong
and
then
on
deck.
I
think
is
don
chavez.
V
V
The
city
has
repeatedly
deferred
action
on
these
priorities
for
years
now,
while
advancing
the
pro-development
agenda
of
the
open
space
amendment.
In
other
words,
the
city
has
been
trying
to
leap
before
it
looks,
but
we
should
look
before
we
leap.
V
A
We
have
a
lame,
no
clapping
policy,
sorry
so
don
chavez,
you're
speaking
and
you
have
a
number
of
people
seeding
their
time.
If
you're
seating
is
there
a
zoe?
Is
it
hogel
hoyo?
That's
a
y
okay
and
alan
excavates?
Yes,
and
then
there
was
one
other
person.
A
W
Hi,
I'm
dawn
chavez,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
asheville
greenworks,
I'm
also
a
member
of
the
urban
forestry
commission.
I
came
here
tonight
well
before
when
I
was
planning
to
come
here
tonight.
I
was
under
the
impression
that
there
wouldn't
be
funding
for
an
urban
forester
recommended
for
the
fy
23
budget.
So
now
I'm
here
to
say
thank
you.
W
W
W
Thank
you
also
to
councilwoman
roni
for
her
ongoing
support
for
an
urban
forester
and
as
the
council
liaison
for
the
urban
forestry
commission
having
an
urban
forester
on
staff
at
the
city
is
essential
to
improving
and
maintaining
the
healthy
urban
forest
in
asheville
and
for
achieving
the
goals
laid
out
in
the
living
asheville
comprehensive
plan.
As
we
saw
in
the
tree
canopy
study
completed
in
2019,
the
city
of
asheville
lost
6.4
percent
of
its
tree
canopy
over
a
10-year
period.
That's
the
equivalent
of
18
000
trees
or
almost
900
acres.
W
W
The
loss
of
tree
canopy
resulted
in
an
average
increase
of
18
million
gallons
of
storm
water
control
or
the
equivalent
of
27
olympic
sized
swimming
pools.
That
loss
makes
a
huge
difference.
Also
in
the
land
surface
temperatures
that
we
experience,
especially
on
hot
days
like
we
have
now
communities
with
less
tree
cover,
are
subjected
to
dangerously
high
temperatures
that
are
exacerbated
by
the
amount
of
concrete
and
asphalt
in
those
neighborhoods.
W
Those
communities
are
often
where
the
most
vulnerable
of
our
residents
live.
As
shown
on
the
city's
climate
justice
map,
an
urban
forester
will
enhance
staff
capacity
and
professional
expertise
to
implement
the
tree.
Canopy
protection,
ordinance,
amendment
disperse
fee
and
lieu
funds
provide
cross-departmental
coordination
and
effectively
engage
community
partners.
W
W
W
A
Okay,
the
next
person
signed
up
to
speak
is
victoria
estes
and
philip
cooper.
You
are
on
deck.
X
Esther,
let
me
just
start
by
saying
how
dare
you
get
up
here
and
give
a
speech
about
equity
and
people
deserving
safe
homes
in
asheville
and
even
mention
the
stonewall
uprisings
as
a
heroic
act.
While
you
continuously
perpetuate
harm
to
our
houses,
community,
you
continuously
are
fighting
to
allocate
more
funding
to
the
police.
That's
some
hypocritical
lip
service.
If
I
ever
heard
any
anyways
since
may
24th,
there
has
been
67
mass
shootings
in
the
u.s.
X
This
past
weekend
was
the
fourth
consecutive
weekend
that
came
with
waves
of
multiple
mass
shootings,
leaving
many
dead
and
more
injured.
The
massacre
at
the
texas
elementary
school
that
left
19
dead
is
still
weighing
heavily
on
all
of
our
hearts,
and
not
one
of
these
shootings
was
prevented
by
police.
We
have
police
in
every
school
in
the
country
and
the
county
and
the
country,
and
not
one,
has
prevented
these
needless
deaths.
X
In
fact,
during
the
shooting
in
texas
officers
stood
by
for
hours
and
arrested
and
assaulted
parents
who
tried
to
save
their
children
a
not
so
fun
fact,
there
has
been
more
children
that
have
died
in
school
shootings
than
police
that
have
died
in
active
duty.
So
why
are
there
places
like
our
little
city
of
asheville
that
are
continuing
to
pump
money
into
outdated
racist,
oppressive
police
forces?
If
there
is
one
thing
that
is
inherently
clear
here,
it
is
that
police
do
not
keep
us
safe.
They
do
not
prevent
crimes,
they
show
up
to
respond
afterwards.
X
They
create
crime
in
our
communities
by
over
policing
the
underprivileged
and
continuing
the
prison
industrial
complex
revolving
door
that
keeps
poor
folks
in
jail
for
petty
crimes
instead
of
rehabilitating
those
who
need
it
like
the
broken
narrative
wishes
to
portray.
In
fact,
most
of
the
people
in
our
prison
systems
are
not
murders
or
sex
offenders,
they're,
simply
people
who
face
lives
of
poverty
and
oppression
who
had
to
commit
crimes
in
order
to
survive.
X
We
have
to
stop
putting
our
money
into
police
and
we
must
instead
invest
in
our
communities.
We
need
free
mental
health
and
physical
health
resources.
We
need
emotional
literacy
courses
in
all
of
our
schools.
We
need
affordable
housing
and
jobs
that
pay
people
true
living
wages.
If
we
want
to
truly
address
the
problem
and
prevent
crime,
we
have
to
start
with
taking
care
of
each
other
so
that
crime
becomes
virtually
obsolete,
not
criminalizing
and
punishing
people
driving
them
farther
into
destitution.
X
And
while
I
still
have
you
here,
let's
talk
about
asheville's,
most
hated
the
boys
in
blue
and
how
they
carried
out
an
investigation
last
christmas
that
ended
up
with
15
people
facing
felony
charges
simply
for
protesting
people's
right
to
live.
Not
only
did
they
paint
these
asheville
residents
as
rowdy
out
of
towners,
they
charge
them
with
felonies
that
will
follow
them
throughout
the
rest
of
their
lives,
simply
for
feeding
and
providing
wind
shelters
to
houseless
people.
They
claim
that
the
art
that
was
left
in
aston
park
was
garbage,
but
it
wasn't.
X
And,
of
course,
the
city's
response
has
been
to
listen
to
the
cops
and
work
together
to
try
and
criminalize
mutual
aid,
a
course
of
action.
That
is
absolutely
reprehensible.
You,
as
city
officials,
need
to
leverage
your
power
drop,
the
charges
against
those
facing
felonies
and
work
to
protect
the
rights
of
all
members
of
this
city.
C
Good
evening
my
name
is
philip
cooper
and
I
am
the
chair
of
the
board
at
just
economics
of
western
north
carolina
and
on
behalf
of
just
economics
who
fights
for
living
wages
for
people.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
the
recommendation.
I've
seen
that
change
in
the
number
from
you
know
17
to
1770,
so
I
do
want
to
say
thank
you
and
our
living
wage
rate
is
based
on
the
cost
of
housing
and
by
continuing
to
maintain
a
living
wage
floor,
you
demonstrate
the
council's
understanding
of
addressing
affordability
as
an
organization.
C
We
believe
that
all
workers
deserve
to
be
valued
and
should
at
least
make
enough
to
put
a
roof
over
their
head
and
food
on
our
table
and
that
our
tax
dollars
should
go
to
support
living
wages.
Thank
you
for
your
service.
I
can
only
imagine
how
it
is
to
be
sitting
in
the
seat
that
you
are
in.
You
probably
got
a
target
on
your
back,
no
matter
what
you
decide,
but
I
will
say
that
living
wages
are
important
power
to
the
people.
Thank
you.
C
A
You
so
nina
tovish
and
then
moses,
walio,
helming,
helmling.
Q
So
my
question
tonight
is:
is
public
transit,
a
core
service
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
a
little
sampling
of
messages
I
received
via
text
from
art
in
the
month
of
may,
the
late
night
service
provided
on
route
n1
on
fridays
and
saturdays
will
be
discontinued
due
to
driver
shortages.
The
n3
and
w6
routes
will
only
run
once
per
hour
due
to
driver
shortages.
The
n1,
n2
and
s4
will
miss
trips.
Today
the
s4
will
miss
the
6,
30
and
8
pm
trips.
The
n1
will
miss
the
7
pm
trip.
Q
The
n2
will
miss
the
8
30
pm
trip.
We
apologize
for
the
inconvenience
due
to
continued
driver
shortages,
roots
s2,
w5
and
n3
will
have
missed
trips
on
saturday,
the
last
s2
trip
will
be
at
7
30
pm.
The
last
w-5
trip
will
be
at
7
pm.
The
n3
will
miss
the
8
45
and
9
10
pm
trip.
Thank
you
for
your
patience.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Last
year,
cars
got
a
free
ride
for
parking
due
to
a
truly
unconscionable,
protracted
lapse
in
collecting
public
parking
fees
and
in
a
cruelly
ironic
twist,
transit
riders
are
suffering
the
consequences,
even
as
the
city
uses
valuable
arpa
funds
to
make
up
a
shortfall
but
not
expand.
The
budget
council
has
said
that
equity
is
an
important
value.
A
Y
You
said
it
correctly:
walio
humbly,
I'm
just
coming
here
to
propose
an
idea
really
to
make
asheville
fun
again,
really
so
the
old,
the
old
fun
depot.
Y
It's
actually
occupied
right
now,
but
I
feel
like
this
idea
will
bring
like
I
said
fun
to
asheville,
and
I
want
to
ask
y'all
for
a
proposal
to
try
to
work
with
me
to
make
it
into
like
a
water
park,
and
I
already
started
working
with
one
of
the
city
council
members
and
which
is
in
process
on
doing
that,
and
I
actually
already
wrote
a
proposal
to
y'all.
So
I
was
just
you
know,
just
bring
the
word
out
again.
Y
No
no
yeah
lenore
she
sent
to
eat
lenora
jones.
She
sent
the
email
to
y'all.
Y
Send
it
to
it
again:
okay,
and
one
of
the
reasons
it
would
be
good
is
because
all
the
water
parks
or
fun
stuff
is
out
of
buncombe
county.
The
closest
water
park
is
severeville
or
splash
country
in
tennessee.
All
those
are
in
tennessee
and
just
I've
noticed
a
lot
of
fun.
Y
Stuff
has
been
taken
away
since
the
panthemic,
so
it's
just
been
a
lot
of
tourist
attractions,
but
that's
for
bars
the
biltmore
house,
the
mountains,
hiking
and
everything,
but
we
just
kind
of
went
away
from
the
kids
so,
like
I
just
bring
that
idea.
You
know
back
with
some
fun
and
it
can
bring
back
to
the
city
from
that
attraction.
Y
Y
A
Green
leaf
clark
and
then
jeffrey
de
christo,
just
christopher.
What's
next.
Z
Two
years
ago,
last
week
he
made
some
conspicuous
empty
promises
at
debra,
campbell's
direct
orders,
your
mercenaries
drench,
the
city
and
toxic
tear
gas
broke
skulls
several
arteries.
I
had
to
deal
with
them
myself,
slash
and
gas.
Medic
supplies
meant
to
keep
those
people
alive
and
assaulted
the
very
medics
there
to
actually
help,
and
to
this
day
there
has
been
zero
accountability
and
instead
of
holding
debra
campbell
or
david
zak
or
any
of
the
faceless
gestapo
who
carried
out
their
orders
accountable.
Z
You
made
empty
promises
in
our
rage
at
the
dehumanizing
racist,
lynching
of
not
just
george
floyd,
but
of
our
community
member
right
here
in
asheville,
jerry
williams.
In
our
rage,
we
demanded
that
you
stop
incentivizing
those
same
murderers
who
still
occupy
our
streets.
Instead
of
listening,
you
made
more
empty
promises.
Z
Z
This
proposed
budget
is
just
one
more
clear
action
at
the
scale
of
1.6
million,
more
dollars
towards
funding
and
emboldening
the
white
supremacist
mob
occupying
our
streets
and
terrorizing
the
people
of
the
city.
You
promised
change
in
total.
The
cops
will
be
sitting
on
nearly
32
million
dollars
next
year.
If
you
pass
this
that
you
could
be
using
to
make
actual
change
all
this
talk
of
all
these
resources,
we
need
to
fund
the
money's
there.
Z
Z
Supposedly,
according
to
your
colonizer
power
structure,
you
have
a
mandate
to
keep
us
safe.
We
are
here
we
have
been
here
telling
you
how
to
do
that,
provide
or
at
least
allow
sanctuary,
camping,
provide
or
at
least
allow
access
to
safe
consumption
sites,
at
least
allow
people
to
live
without
the
fear
of
being
murdered
by
police.
Z
The
cops
don't
keep
us
safe,
they
never
have,
and
they
never
will,
and
we
will
never
trust
them
to
do
so.
Anyone
with
the
state
of
shred
of
doubt
in
their
mind
should
have
clarity
now,
after
seeing
their
incompetence
on
display
in
nevaldi
more
than
incompetence,
they
actively
handcuffed
a
mother
trying
to
prevent
to
prevent
her
from
trying
to
keep
her
own
children
safe
and
instead
of
listening
to
the
people
who
know
what
they're
talking
about
begging
you
to
listen
and
keep
up,
let
us
keep
ourselves
safe.
Z
AA
As
a
representative
of
the
local
chapters
of
sunrise
movement,
extinction,
rebellion
western
north
carolina
and
reject
raytheon,
I
must
add
a
ecological
angle,
which
is
very
pressing.
Asheville,
like
the
rest
of
western
north
carolina,
is
not
exempt
from
the
current
climate
change
and
extinction
crisis
that
we
are
facing.
AA
AA
AA
In
order
to
make
way
for
businesses
that
actually
contribute
to
the
war
effort,
we
are
losing
the
war
against
climate
change
and
the
extinction
crisis
that
cannot
be
allowed
to
happen.
We
are
not
independent
of
dependency
on
nature.
We
coexist
with
nature.
We
are
our
species
that
is
symbiotic
with
the
survival
of
mother
nature.
AA
AA
AB
I
wanted
to
speak
about
the
urban.
AB
I'm
glad
to
see
that
that's
moving
forward,
thank
you,
mr
mcdowell
and
ms
campbell
for
your
work
on
this,
and
I
can't
say
it
any
better
or
up
anywhere
near
as
well
as
perrin
and
dawn
did
so.
I
didn't
that's
all.
I
have
to
say
I'm
really
glad
this
is
going
forward
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
stronger
stormwater
protections
to
follow.
Thank
you.
AC
Hello
council,
my
name,
is
emma
hutchins.
I
have
lived
in
the
asheville
area
for
I've
lived
in
asheville
proper
for
over
12
years
now,
I'd
like
to
start
by
offering
my
support
for
the
city
of
asheville
upholding
its
own
living
wage
policy
by
keeping
quick
pace
with
buncombe
county
living
wage
rates,
and
I
urge
you
not
to
wait
until
january
to
adjust
all
employees
to
a
living
wage.
AC
I
wanted
to
take
a
second
to
remind
the
public
and
council
that
a
living
wage
is
the
bare
minimum
that
an
individual
can
earn
and
be
able
to
afford
their
basic
needs
without
public
or
private
assistance.
So
that
means
it's
not
enough
to
support
a
dependent
like
a
child
or
certainly
more
than
one
child.
AC
AC
AC
We
need
paramedicine
community
paramedicine
mental
health
resources
that
are
not
housed
within
apd.
We
need
to
address
issues
related
to
transit,
climate
change
and
food
security,
because
these
issues
also
mean
safety.
It's
discouraging
to
hear
the
city
talk
about
reimagining
public
safety,
while
continuing
to
just
fund
business.
As
usual,
the
asheville
police
department
has
seen
its
budget
increase
every
year
with
diminishing
outcomes,
perpetually
open
positions
and
a
growing
list
of
things
that
officers
will
not
respond
to
police.
Do
not
keep
crime
from
happening.
They
only
respond.
AC
I'm
concerned
about
the
city's
use
of
arpa
funding
to
balance
the
budget.
Those
funds
should
be
allocated
for
community
pandemic
recovery
and
be
placed
within
the
city.
The
city
should
not
be
in
competition
with
the
community
for
resources
and
lastly,
I
do
want
to
say
that
I
wish
that
this
public
hearing
happened
earlier
in
the
year.
I
feel
that
many
of
us
probably
feel
the
way
that
I'm
feeling,
which
is
that
what
I
have
to
say
today,
will
have
very
little
actual
bearing
on
the
budget
decision.
AC
A
Thank
you,
laura
mcpherson
and
then
sharon
summerall.
AD
We
thank
the
city
council
for
including
the
2.5
million
of
arbor
funds
for
reinstalling
the
track
at
memorial
field.
We
look
forward
to
running
the
first
lap
around
it
with
you
during
the
inauguration,
or
at
least
walking
we'd,
also
like
to
thank
the
city
council,
as
I
think
is
deborah
for
finally,
including
funds,
the
245
000
in
the
fy
23
budget
to
move
moving,
the
parks
and
rec
vehicles
out
of
mountainside
park
and
cleaning
up
our
neighborhood.
AD
Basically,
after
six
years
of
our
advocacy,
we
emphasize
that
we
hope
use
some
of
those
funds
or
some
of
the
arpa
funds
from
mountainside
or
bond
funds
to
clean
up
the
trash
that
is
left
once
the
trucks
leave
and
to
maybe
lay
turf
or
otherwise
integrate
that
land
back
into
mountainside
park.
Please
don't
just
leave
the
hole
sitting
there.
AD
A
last
note,
we
are
very
pleased
that
both
mountainside
park
and
memorial
stadium
are
being
retained
by
the
parks
and
rec
department,
even
as
mccormick
field
has
moved
to
the
new
department
of
entertainment,
I
guess
it's
called.
We
emphasize.
We
hope
this
incurred.
This
means
that
these
remain
neighborhood
facilities
for
use
by
residents
in
the
city
and
are
not
too
turned
into
tourist
attractions.
G
Hi
everybody,
my
name,
is
sharon
sumrall
and
I'm
a
member
of
the
urban
forestry
commission.
Thank
you
mayor
and
council
and
ms
campbell
for
including
urban
forester
in
the
fiscal
a
year,
2023
budget.
Quite
a
surprise.
Thank
you
especially
thank
you
to
our
council
liaison
ms
roney
for
continued
support
and
understanding
the
importance
of
an
urban
forester.
G
I
need
to
thank
director
of
development
services
ben
woody,
who
has
guided
us
in
the
submitting
budget
request
year
after
year
and
for
also
understanding
why
the
city
needs
an
urban
forester
and
thank
you
to
the
citizens
of
asheville,
especially
the
tree
protection
task,
force
and
greenworks
and
knowing
what
is
important
for
our
community
usc
is
a
good
example
of
why
we
need
to
keep
our
boards
and
commissions
to
hear
the
voices
of
the
community
and
to
implement
those
voices
into
action.
Thanks
again,
thank.
AE
Hi,
my
name
is
steve
rasmussen,
I'm
a
member
of
the
tree
protection
task
force.
I'm
pleased
to
see
that
the
city
staff
has
realized
that
the
salary
of
an
urban
forester
easily
qualifies
for
funding
under
the
rules.
The
american
rescue
plan
act.
That's
because
managing
and
restoring
our
severely
threatened
urban
tree
canopy
will
promote
the
improved
health
and
safety
outcomes.
The
plan
calls
for
including
not
just
parks
and
green
spaces,
but
also
protection
from
the
dangerous
rise
in
urban
heat,
island
effect
and
storm
water
flooding
that
I
feel
is
important
to
point
out.
AE
These
consequences
of
afflicted
low-income
minority-majority
neighborhoods
worst
because
of
historical
maximum
asphalt
and
concrete
zero
green
space
development
patterns
that
focus
on
quantity
and
profit
for
developers
and
landowners,
rather
than
quality
and
health
for
residents,
which
were
traditionally,
if
unjustly
reserved
for
wealthier
lower
density
suburbs.
But
now
climate
change
consequences
are
reflecting
gentrifying
middle-income
neighborhoods
too.
Thanks
to
the
tight
grip
development
and
real
estate,
lobbyists
have
on
most
of
our
state
and
some
of
our
local
politicians.
AE
To
help
rectify
this
short-sightedness,
we
desperately
need
the
urban
forest
master
plan
that
the
city's
living
asheville
comprehensive
plan,
calls
for
and
that
the
urban
forestry
commission
has
repeatedly
recommended,
and
at
the
very
least
for
the
sake
of
reinforcing
neighborhood
resiliency,
we
need
to
hire
an
urban
forester
to
oversee
the
tree
protection
ordinance
that
our
city
did
manage
to
pass.
After
years
of
being
deceived
into
believing
that
we
couldn't,
the
federal
government
is
giving
us
the
funds,
put
the
urban
forester
position
into
your
budget,
please
thank.
A
Okay,
okay,
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
all
right
thanks
after
grace,
baron
martinez
is
patrick
gilbert.
AF
Good
evening
city
council,
as
you're
well
aware,
I
have
deep
concern
about
our
city's
so-called
reimagining
of
public
safety.
Tonight.
You
are
here
to
receive
comment
from
the
public
about
the
budget,
and
tonight
is
112
days
since
city
council
started
the
budgeting
process.
Yet,
just
14
days
before
you
make
a
final
vote,
you've
already
decided
what
the
priorities
are
revised
the
budget
multiple
times
and
even
made
some
last
minute
changes.
AF
You
can
meet
people
where
they're
at
with
these
meetings
in
the
community
and
allow
remote
participation
like
you
grant
to
other
council
members,
we
can
provide
child
care
transportation
and
even
meet
at
different
times
of
day
to
make
it
more
accommodating.
You
did
not
include
us.
You
did
not
include
the
immune
compromised
person
who
can't
attend
this
meeting,
while
kovitz
spreads
like
wildfire
through
our
community.
AF
I
appreciate
the
increase
in
funding
for
reparations
in
this
budget,
but
with
the
ongoing
harm
your
police
inflict,
combined
with
the
concerns
I
heard
from
councilwoman
smith
tonight
about
gentrification
and
the
displacement
of
the
ever-dwindling
black
community.
I'm
concerned
it
just
won't
be
enough
to
backpedal
through
the
ongoing
damage
last
year.
In
fact,
you
had
to
be
sued
to
even
allow
the
public
to
hear
the
council
retreat
that
no
members
of
the
public
were
even
allowed
to
participate
in
and
tonight
for
the
second
city
council
meeting
in
a
row.
AF
AG
My
name
is
rick
freeman,
I'm
the
president
of
the
coalition
of
asheville
neighborhoods.
As
most
of
you
know,
I've
been
here
before
and
once
again,
I'm
here
to
thank,
rather
than
to
debate,
I'd
like
to
thank
all
council
members,
city
staff,
all
the
people
who
have
worked
hard
to
finally
include
an
urban
forester
in
this
plan,
and
this
conversation
is
just
to
reinforce
that.
AG
Should
there
be
any
pressures,
as
the
budget
closes,
the
board
of
directors
for
can,
which
represents
city
22
city
neighborhoods,
recently
voted
unanimously
support
funding
for
an
urban
forester,
one
of
the
most
cost-effective
approaches
to
ensuring
a
healthy
balance
to
development
of
our
neighborhoods
is
through
comprehensive
urban
forest
management
practices,
developing
and
maintaining
a
vibrant
green
infrastructure,
including
an
urban
forest
program.
It's
not
only
essential
to
the
healthy
environment
neighborhoods.
It
also
increases
property
values
and
contributes
to
the
overall
well-being
of
neighborhood
residents.
AG
Part
of
your
priorities
for
asheville
accomplishing
this
piece
of
neighborhood
resilience
requires
professional
management
in
the
form
of
an
urban
forester,
who
has
a
technical
training
and
experiences
to
pull
together
policies
and
planning
for
promoting
a
healthy
urban
forest
and
a
green
infrastructure
vital
to
the
sustainability
of
our
neighborhoods
and
our
city
as
envisioned
in
living
asheville,
comprehensive
plan.
This
not
only
includes
development
designs
and
uses,
but
also
incorporating
those
planning
techniques
with
a
green
infrastructure
and
a
healthy
quality
of
life
that
will
define
the
asheville
for
the
future.
AG
AG
A
Thank
you
elsa
and
strom,
and
the
last
person
we
have
signed
up
to
speak
under
the
budget
is
faith
and
I
think
hope
it's
got
that
right.
AH
First,
I'd
like
to
thank
those
who
spoke
on
the
budget
and
pointed
out
its
shortcomings,
and
then
I
would
like
to
start
by
saying
that
we
need
to
stop
acting
like
the
city
is
broke.
We
are
a
tourist
attraction.
AH
AH
We
need
to
defund
the
police
we
need
to.
Instead
of
reimagining,
we
need
to
reconstruct
public
safety.
We
need
to
work
directly
with
community
groups
as
councilman
of
councilwoman
roman
roney.
Excuse
me
mentioned
in
the
last
meeting
that
I
was
at.
We
need
to
talk
to
those
groups,
see
what
they
need
see.
What
the
people
in
our
community
needs
like
what
grace
said,
go
out
in
the
community
and
listen
to
the
people,
listen
to
what
they
want
retraining.
AH
AH
My
house
for
six
years,
and
I'm
still
just
getting
by
it,
is
painfully
stressful
to
exist
in
this
city
right
now
on
a
living
wage,
salary-
and
you
know,
housing
has
really
become
an
issue
and
if
we
were
to
work
harder
to
stabilize
housing
living
wage,
wouldn't
this
be
wouldn't
be
as
high
as
it
is
right.
Now
we
have
one
of
the
worst
housing
markets
in
the
country.
I
believe
we're
in
the
top
five
worst
housing
markets
in
the
country.
AH
AI
And
council
people,
I
got
a
random
message
yesterday
that
you
know
there
was
a
public
hearing
and
people
were
encouraged
to
come
and
speak
to
advocate
for
reallocation
of
some
of
the
police
funding
that's
being
proposed,
and
there
have
been
times
in
my
almost
18
years
in
asheville
now,
as
a
community
member
on
south
french
fraud,
there
have
been
times
that
I've
been
very
active
in
the
community
and
these
past
few
years
I've
not
shown
up
to
a
council
meeting
and
have
have
not
been
you
know
had
my
finger
on
the
pulse
of
what's
happening.
AI
I
do
know
that
the
city
has
made
efforts
to
use
funding
through
emergency
solutions,
grants
and
other
coveted
related
funding
to
use
that
well,
and
yet
the
programs
that
are
created
are
not
effective.
They,
you
know,
there's
not
capacity
to
provide
some
of
the
services
and
solutions
that
are
needed
in
meeting
the
needs
of
the
community's
most
vulnerable
residents.
AI
Some
of
you
all
may
know
or
may
not,
that
I've
worked.
You
know
pretty
deep
in
the
nonprofit
sector
within
asheville.
You
know
as
a
professional
and
then
also
as
a
volunteer,
and
you
know
have
seen
that
you
know
what
we're
doing
isn't
working
clearly.
As
you
know,
rates
of
you
know
all
of
the
horrible
things
whether
it's
you
know,
I'm
not
going
to
give
a
list.
AI
You
know
you
know
what
the
things
are
is
getting
worse
and
I
think
that
it
will
continue
to
get
worse
and
I'd
like
to
encourage
you
know,
considering
you
know,
holding
back
some
of
that
police
funding
and
looking
at
ways
that
you
know,
programs
that
you
know
can
contribute
to
community
safety
in
a
more
community
rooted
way,
and
I
know
that
there
are.
There
are
pilots
that
have
been
launched
and
there
are
programs
that
funding
has
been.
AI
You
know
given
over
to
that
haven't
gone
as
planned,
and
you
know
to
look
at
ways
that
funding
can
be
used
to
meet
immediate
needs,
contribute
to
long-term
community
health
development
and
sustainability,
but
also
build
capacity
and
build
community
responsibility
and
relationships
so
that
people
are
able
to
protect
their
own
communities
and
aren't
relying
on
police
intervention,
and
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
just
a
brief
story,
I
became
aware
of
a
community
member,
a
female
who,
oh
thank
you
all.
I
appreciate
it.
Yeah.
A
Sorry,
okay,
that
that
concludes
the
number
of
folks
that
have
signed
up
to
speak
under
public
comment
under
the
budget.
Again,
we
don't
vote
on
this
on
the
budget
tonight
we
will
vote
on
it
at
our
next
at
our
next
meeting.
P
We
are
we
able
to
ask
a
clarifying
question
about
the
presentation
before
we
move
on.
Yes,
certainly
when
I
think
about
our
budget
I'll
reiterate
that
I'm
I'm
still
thinking
about
the
same
as
last
year.
It's
not
just
what
we
do,
but
it's
how
we
do
it.
How
do
we
fund
the
budget
that
we
present
to
the
public?
P
I'm
still
waiting
for
an
answer
on
what
would
the
impact
be?
If
we
capped
salary
increases
at
five
thousand
dollars,
could
we
essentially
provide
living
wages
immediately
for
our
staff,
because
we
say
we
care
about
affordable
housing,
but
we're
not
doing
that
for
our
lowest
paid
staff,
not
not
july
1.?
P
Additionally,
if
we
continue
to
dip
into
the
arpa
funds,
I
have
the
clarifying
question
about
what
have
we
committed
to
in
the
second
tranche
of
funding
for
arpa
funds
that
we
are
removing
our
commitment
from
because,
through
those
months
of
processes,
we
identified
some
very
specific
needs
for
what
we
committed
to
as
being
an
equitable
recovery,
and
my
understanding
was
that
emergency
shelter
was
part
of
that.
P
A
I
I
I
asked
the
same
question.
We
in
our
arpa
funds
we
had
in
my
mind
we
had
set
aside
a
lump
sum
of
money
we
held
back.
We
have
been
chipping
away
at
that
funding
various
things
and
we
originally
set
aside
three
million
dollars
in
the
with
the
thinking
that
the
city
was
going
to
partner
with
dogwood
in
the
county
and
the
purchase
of
the
ramada
inn
for
a
high
access
shelter
that
has
not
happened
and,
of
course,
we've
assigned
that
purchase
contract.
A
I
did
speak
with
the
county
commissioners
yesterday
with
the
chairman
to
let
him
know
that
we
were
going
to
be
presenting
a
budget
tonight
where
he
would
see
you
know
if
they
were
watching
that
we
have
a
reduction
in
the
amount
of
arpa
funds
that
are
left
over
to
make
clear
to
them.
At
least
personally,
I
would
like
to
see
us
continue
to
move
forward
with
that
commitment.
A
I
don't
know
what
that'll
look
like,
because
that
set
aside
was
based
on
the
purchase
of
the
ramada
being
around
9
million,
and
that's
obviously
not
going
to
happen,
and
some
things
have
changed
since
then,
the
county
has
received
a
significant
amount
of
opioid
funding.
We
thought
at
that
time
we
were
going
to
be
receiving
a
significant
amount.
A
We
are
not
not
nearly
very
much
at
all
compared
to
the
county,
so,
but
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
indicate
a
potential
for
a
strong
partnership,
not
knowing
exactly
where
this
council
will
fall
when
it
finally
comes
time
to
vote
on
that
after
we
get
our
study
back,
that's
underway
so
anyway.
I
I
share
that
concern,
because
I
would
like
to
see
the
city
move
ahead
with
the
with
the
high
access,
shelter
and
partnership
with
whoever
it
takes
to
make
that
make
that
happen.
A
I
I
do
think
we
need
to
be
very
careful
about
funding
any
recurring
costs
with
one-time
funding.
I
mean,
obviously,
if
you
only
have
one,
if
you
only
have
one-time
funding
and
you're
funding
recurring
expenses
that
you're
going
to
see
the
next
year
and
the
next
year
and
the
next
year,
you
need
to
have
that
recurring
revenue
to
be
able
to
match
it
and
we've.
A
I
think
we've
seen
an
atrophy,
not
this
full
council,
but
we
we've
definitely
seen
an
atrophy
in
our
budget
before
in
past
years,
where
sales
tax
during
the
great
recession,
those
numbers
really
dropped
and
what
happened
instead
of
raising
taxes
was
we
went
to
our
we
went
to
our
departments
and
said:
make
cuts,
cut
10
percent
across
the
board,
and
that's
generally
speaking,
what's
well,
at
least
from
my
experience,
what's
had
to
happen
in
the
past,
so
I
I
do
think
I
feel
confident
in
what
our
financial
planners
have
put
together
here.
A
It
is
predicated
on
some
level
of
continued
growth.
It
is
and
if
something
were,
if
we
don't,
I'm
not
the
kind
of
growth
we've
seen
in
the
last
year
or
two,
but
but
it
is
predicated
on
on
continued
somewhat
strong
growth,
and
if
that
doesn't
happen,
we
we're
gonna
have
to
be
prepared
to
make
difficult
decisions
to
address
that.
I
think
that's
a
pretty
that's
a
very
important
issue.
J
I'll
just
layer
in
something
that
I
learned,
this
is
only
my
second
budget
cycle.
Second
year
on
council.
I
was
rather
amazed
at
the
impact
of
increased
sales
tax
revenue.
For
us
it
allowed
us
to
do
more
things
than
we
thought
we
would
be
able
to
do,
and
it's
not
lost
on
me
that
that
increased
revenue
is
often
related
to
tourism,
and
I
know
that's
not
always
a
loved
topic
in
this
community.
But
there
is
a
correlation,
and
I
know
as
we
were
you
know
in
the
recent
months
as
we
were
asking
our
finance
director.
J
The
sales
tax
revenue
is
a
big
thing
as
well
and
it's
in
the
presentations-
and
I
don't
actually
know
the
total
offhand,
but
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
little
bit
too,
that
the
sales
tax
revenue
did
provide
us
the
opportunity
to
meet
more
needs.
P
What
we
didn't
hear
today
was
a
follow-up
from
yet
from
our
check-in
agenda.
I
understand
it's
legally
feasible
that
we
can
have
a
policy
similar
to
our
general
fund
balance
policy
so
that
we
not
only
set
reparations
funding
into
the
budget
but
set
it
at
a
percentage,
so
it
can
grow
exponentially
as
the
city's
budget
grows
and
if
it
is
legally
feasible.
What
would
be
the
next
step
for
that
to
come
forward
to
council?
P
I
imagine
it
could
go
to
planning
economic
development
or
finance
or
governance
something,
but
it
should
probably
go
to
a
subcommittee
first.
S
Let
me
first
respond
to
that
by
saying
that
there
are,
as
you
said,
there's
no
legal
restriction
from
the
council
adopting
a
budgetary
allocation
based
upon
a
percentage
rather
than
a
dollar
amount.
Nor
is
there
any
legal
limitation
on
setting
a
policy
guideline
that
you
would
like
that
funding
stream
to
continue
into
the
future.
An
example
of
this
would
be
our
housing
trust
fund
that
we
continue
to
fund
at
a
specific
amount
year
after
year.
It's
not
a
percentage,
but
it
is
a
dollar
amount.
S
The
limitations
kick
in
legally,
when
the
council
is
an
ongoing
legal
entity,
meaning
that
city
council
remains
a
going
concern,
even
though
its
members
will
change
over
time.
When
any
particular
iteration
of
the
council
attempts
to
legislate
away
its
future
policy
discretion,
you
can
enter
into
contracts
that
will
proceed
into
the
future,
and
future
iterations
of
council
will
be
bound
by
that.
But
budgetary
items
are
the
prime
example
of
council
setting
policy.
S
Therefore,
what
you
will
often
hear
is
that
existing
councils
cannot
bind
future
councils.
That's
an
oversimplification
of
the
legal
principle,
but
you
will
be
limited
to
say
that
this
council
can
specifically
bind
future
councils
to
a
specific
allocation,
whether
it's
based
upon
a
percentage
or
a
dollar
amount,
but
you
can
certainly
set
as
a
goal
to
try
to
achieve
or
a
policy
decision
that
recognizing
you
can
have
that
change
in
the
future
that
you
will
continue
to
do
so.
There
are
no
limitations
on
the
proposal.
B
F
Ronnie
brought
up
I'm
just
wondering
where
it
would
go
committee
wise.
If
we
wanted
to
think
about
percentages
to
decide
if
a
percentage
of
our
budget
would
be
the
way
this
council
wants
to
go
and
then
how
much
what
percentage
we
would
decide.
F
Kind
of
interested
in
seeing
what
that
process
looks
like.
A
C
A
A
Okay,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
vice
mayor
for
boards
and
commissions.
All.
F
Right,
the
boards
and
commissions
committee
met
earlier
this
morning
and
we
have
a
couple
of
recommendations
to
make
today
the
african-american
heritage.
Commission.
The
committee
recommends
the
appointment
of
diamond
sloan
couch
to
the
african-american
heritage
committee.
Can
I
get
a
second
a
second
okay
I'll
have
to
do
a
roll
call
vote
for
approval
turner,
hi
myself,
I
mayer
whistler
hi
kilgore,
I
roney
aye
mosley
hi
motion
carries
airport
authority.
The
committee
recommends
the
reappointment
of
brad
galbraith.
N
F
F
W
F
All
right,
the
audit
committee,
no
applications
were
received,
so
the
clerk's
office
will
re-advertise
for
that
vacancy
civic
center
commission.
The
committee
recommends
the
reappointment
of
yvonne
cook
riley.
This
is
kendall.
Second,
all
right
roll
call
vote
turner.
I
myself,
I
mayor
aye,
whistler,
aye,
kilgore,
aye,
rony,
bye,
mosley
aye
motion
carries
historic
resources.
Commission
the
board.
Well,
the
committee
recommends
the
reappointment
of
sarah
grosch.
F
The
clerk's
office
will
continue
to
read
to
advertise
for
the
two
vacancies.
Is
there
a
second
sage?
All?
Second,
all
right
sage?
What's
your
vote?
I
myself.
I
mayor
whistler,
aye
kilgore,
I
roni
aye,
mosley
mosley.
F
All
right
I'll
move
forward
human
relations,
commission
of
asheville.
The
committee
recommends
the
reappointment
of
brandon
oliver
and
harvey
dean
harrell
and
the
appointment
of
alma
atkins
and
christopher
boyd.
The
clerk's
office
will
continue
to
advertise
for
the
remaining
seat.
Is
there
a
second?
This
is
kev.
Second
right,
roll
call
vote
for
approval,
turner,
hi
myself,
I
mayor
I
whistler
hi
kilgore
hi
rony
hi.
F
Multimodal
transportation
commission
the
board
hold
on.
I
think
we
have
something
all
right
for
the
multimodal
transportation
commission.
The
committee
recommends
the
reappointment
of
randy
warren.
Is
there
a
second?
It's
gwen
ii,
all
right
roll
call
vote
turner.
I
myself,
I
mayor,
I
whistler
I
kilgore
hi
rony,
I
mosely
aye.
There
you
go
okay,
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee.
The
committee
recommends
reappointment
of
elizabeth
lycus
world
and
she'll
represent
the
at-large
seat
and
the
appointment
of
elise
martyr
for
the
at-large
seat.
On
the
neighborhood
of.
F
All
right
roll
call
vote
turner,
hi
myself,
I
mayor
I
whistler
aye
kilgore
aye
roney,
aye,
mosley
aye
motion
carries
and
for
the
homeless
initiative
advisory
committee.
Emily
ball
actually
came
in
and
she
wanted
to
lift
the
pause
that
they
requested
for
real.
I
mean
for
appointment,
they're
restructuring
the
homeless
initiative
advisory
committee
to
have
more
representation
for
from
different
sectors
in
our
homelessness
system,
so
that
is
being
lifted
and
because
the
the
restructure
is
the
restructuring
process
is
complete.
F
P
F
And
it's
the
first
time
we've
had
that
position.
So,
first
time
we
had
a
person
on
our
in
our
continuum
of
care
that
represents
mckinney-vento
population.
Can
I
get
a
second
I'll?
Second
sage,
all
right,
four
roll
call
vote
turner,
hi
myself,
I
mayor
aye,
whistler
aye,
keil
gore,
hi
rony.
I
mosely.
P
A
You
for
the
clarity
we
have
reached
the
informal
public
comment,
formal
discussion
and
public
comment
portion
of
our
agenda
before
we
begin
that.
Please
note
that
our
next
meeting
will
actually
be
back
in
the
council
chamber
on
the
second
floor
of
city
hall,
with
our
new
enhanced
improvements.
A
Yep
we've
had
some
council
members
that
have
never
even
met
there,
yeah
pretty
crazy,
it's
a
little
more
cozy
than
this,
and
then
also
I
want
to
thank-
and
we
want
to
thank
our
harris,
cherokee
staff
that
have
been
working
with
us
back
there
in
the
corner
for
all
the
great
work
they've
been
doing
for
us
and
helping
come
in
here
as
an
army
comes
in
here
and
sets
up
all
these
chairs
and
takes
out
the
trash
and
does
all
kinds
of
things
to
make
sure
our
communications
work.
A
So
thank
you
all
for
hosting
us
here
for
so
long.
We
do
technically
pay
you,
interestingly,
even
though
it's
a
city
facility,
but
it
is
an
enterprise
fund.
So
so
it's
all
good
all
right.
So
we
have
a
few
folks
signed
up
under
the
public
comment
portion
of
our
agenda
and
I'm
just
gonna.
Go
in
order
and
again
three
minutes
to
speak.
The
first
person
signed
up
to
speak
is
paul
howell
and
then
on
deck
is
nina
tovish.
AJ
The
first
is
that
I
got
nothing
against
the
ymi
or
the
wanna,
but
that
juneteenth
proclamation
that
y'all
issued
should
have
went
to
thomas
boyd
and
daniel
sugar,
because
they've
been
doing
the
june
10th
for
11
years,
the
city,
the
ymi,
the
community,
just
took
notice
these
last
two
years.
AJ
So
I
think
that
proclamation
is
in
the
wrong
place,
just
put
that
out
there.
My
second
thing
is
about
this:
neighborhood
matching
grant
funds.
AJ
F
And
he
raised
a
great
point
with
the
proclamation
and
where
the
proclamation
lives.
Who
makes
that
we
don't
make
that
decision,
I'm
wondering
who
makes
that
decision
and
if
we
could
redirect
that
to
live
wherever
the
hillcrest
community
decides
it
lives,
because
juneteenth
has
always
been
their.
You.
N
Q
Q
Q
Q
Do
I
think
that
this
prosecution
will
cost
the
city
more
than
it's
worth,
both
financially
and
in
reputation?
Yes,
I
do
do
I
think
the
city
will
succeed
in
getting
convictions
with
this
prosecution.
I'm
skeptical
one
likely
outcome
is
misdemeanor,
please
another
is
a
protracted
and
expensive
litigation
around
first
amendment
issues.
Q
Q
Is
this
the
best
use
of
city
resources,
not
to
my
mind,
neither
in
the
policing
effort
nor
in
any
subsequent
prosecution
of
charges?
I
won't
even
go
into
the
questionable
claims
about
the
quantity
of
so-called
trash
or
the
merits
of
the
art
projects
for
a
department.
That's
short-staffed,
investigating
and
pursuing
the
arrest
of
16
citizens
for
their
politically
motivated
speech
and
humanitarian
efforts
seems
an
absurd
and
possibly
unconstitutional
overreach.
Q
AK
Hello,
council
members,
thank
you
for
your
continued
consideration
of
helping
get
the
jones
park.
Playground
rebuilt,
there's
a
long
history
of
collaboration
here
between
the
city
and
asheville
city,
schools
in
the
late
1990s,
the
city
partnered,
with
the
school
to
help
build
the
baseball
field
and
the
playground
the
city
maintained
both
initially
why
the
playground
was
abandoned
after
five
years
is
not
clear.
The
city
continued
providing
maintenance
over
the
decades
for
the
baseball
field.
AK
AK
If
you
can
partner
with
them,
I
hope
you
can
partner
with
that.
Asheville
city
schools,
city
staff
has
said
maintaining
a
playground
such
as
tempe
avery
is
likely
just
fifteen
hundred
dollars
per
year
in
years,
one
through
ten,
maybe
thirty,
five
hundred
to
five
thousand
in
years
eleven
through
20.,
the
baseball
field
is
used
primarily
by
little
boys
to
play
in
organized
leagues.
AK
AK
If
we
can
provide
maintenance
of
the
baseball
field
at
jones,
surely
we
can
do
the
same
for
the
playground
used
by
kids
and
parents
of
all
socioeconomic
backgrounds
and
ages.
Please
go
to
rebuildjonespark.org
and
look
at
the
link
to
the
petition
and
you
will
see
all
the
comments
from
your
constituents.
AK
AK
AK
Please,
please,
please
sincerely
work
with
acs
to
get
this
going.
We
can
work
in
parallel,
just
like
when
you
buy
a
house
lots
of
moving
parts.
Everyone
needs
the
other
party
to
do
things
and
it
all
comes
together
on
closing
day.
Please
do
what
you
need
to
do
to
set
up
an
agreement
to
provide
long-term
maintenance
acs
board.
Members
have
pledged
to
rebuild
this
when
funds
became
available
before
they
tore
it
down.
I've
recently
spoken
with
several
board
members.
They
are
still
supporting
this
I've
emailed
you
this
directly.
AK
B
AL
AL
We
none
of
the
parks
and
recreation
centers
that
has
been
open
for
our
kids
to
have
no
safe
place
to
play,
but
our
kids
are
being
victimized
to
be
witness
to
seeing
other
people
getting
killed.
Nothing
has
been
done.
AL
AL
As
to
hillcrest
and
david
view,
where
we
gonna
go,
what's
gonna
be
done,
I
mean
we
need
some
action,
stop
stop
talking
about
it
and
do
something
when
what
y'all
gonna
do
about
the
trees
and
hillcrest
that's
been
removed,
are
they
going
to
cut
them
down
because
they're
selling
drugs
that
girl
grow
parking
like
they
did
heal
chris
we're
not
going
to
address
this
problem?
Thank
you.
AM
I
basically
came
up
here
to
introduce
myself,
I'm
pretty
sure
a
lot
of
y'all
know
me
well,
some
of
y'all
know
who
I
am,
and
I'm
part
of
the
community,
the
black
community
and
the
information
that
I'm
receiving
right
now
will
be
headed
to
my
community.
You
know
I'm
saying
I'm
playing
that
piece
and
playing
that
part,
but
I
came
up
here
to
talk
about
juneteenth,
but
it's
someone.
I
ain't
heard
nothing.
AM
I
ain't
heard
nothing
being
talked
about
our
youth,
like
nobody
addressed
the
youth
of
of
trying,
except
for
that
young
black
man
that
did
come
in
here.
He
did
come
up
with
a
plan
where
he
got
a
plan
to
try
to
help.
You
know
I'm
saying
bring
some
activities
to
these
cities.
I
right
now
live
in
a
project
right
now,
probably
about
I
say:
200
black
kids
ain't
got
nowhere
to
go
for
the
summer.
What
do
we
expect?
AM
Another
news,
article
saying
one
of
them
got
shot
like
that's
the
fact.
That's
what's
going
on,
so
you
know,
let's,
let's,
let's
kill
all
this
talking
back
and
forth.
Let's
come
up
with
some
solutions
to
help
these
kids
believe
in
hope
and
believing
living,
because
right
now
everything
they
seen
is
death.
I
don't
know
if
y'all
care
or
not,
but
it's
what's
going
on
in
our
neighborhoods
and
you
know,
try
to
trying
to
help
us
come
together.
Do
some
good
for
our
communities.
That
would
be.
B
AM
Struggle
to
get
for
june
team
just
to
bring
some
happiness
and
heal
into
our
community,
it
was
very
troubling.
We
don't
volunteer
a
whole
lot,
a
whole
lot
of
time,
trying
to
bring
this
stuff
together
to
make
our
community.
You
know
saint
hill
and
the
lack
of
resources
and
help
and
representation
for
our
community.
As
far
as
for
this
juneteenth
celebration,
that's
going
to
do
a
lot
of
good.
We
put
a
lot
of
money
in
a
lot
of
vendors
pocket.
AM
You
know
what
I'm
saying
and
the
resource
that
we
got
was
very
limited,
and
it's
not
I'm
not
here
to
blame
nobody,
but
I'm
just
saying
for
future
references
when
y'all
see
some
good
going
on
in
the
community,
try
to
support
that
without
the
bickering
and
then
the
pushback.
You
know
I
mean
that's
all.
I
have
to
say.
A
Thank
you
that
does
make
me
think.
I
know
gentlemen
you're
leaving,
but
maybe
at
the
next
city
council
meeting
deborah
you
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
funding.
First,
the
summer
programming.
That's
come
together
recently
here
for
mostly
for
children
who
are
living
in
public
housing
this
during
the
summer
for
summer
camp.
A
AN
All
right,
thanks
for
sticking
around
mayor
vice
mayor
councillor,
city
manager,
campbell,
thank
you
for
your
service
and
your
time.
I
wanted
to
first
thank
you
and
commend
you
for
including
funding
for
an
urban
forester
in
the
fy
2223
budget.
You've
made
a
lot
of
people
happy
and
you've
heard
from
many
of
them
here
tonight,
and
urban
forester
is
central
to
establishing
an
urban
forest
master
plan
and
something
that
the
urban
forestry,
commission
and
members
of
the
community,
including
myself,
have
been
calling
on
for
years.
AN
It
also
provides
a
critical
missing
piece
following
on
two
policy
initiatives
that
were
approved
by
this
body:
the
tree
canopy
protection
amendment
and
the
zero
net
loss
tree
canopy
resolution,
the
latter
of
which
sets
out
an
ambitious
goal
of
expanding
our
tree
canopy
to
50
by
the
year
2040..
AN
We
know
from
the
urban
tree
canopy
study
commission
in
2019
that
our
city
has
experienced
a
6.4
loss
in
our
canopy
from
2008
to
2018..
I
think
we
can
comfortably
assume
that
we
continue
to
see
further
loss
today.
I
believe
an
earned
4
urban
forester
will
play
a
critical
role
in
understanding
and
promoting
the
health
and
expansion
of
our
tree
canopy
toward
that
50
goal.
AN
Yesterday,
our
city
experienced
record
temperatures
made
all
the
worse
by
the
urban
heat
island
effect,
watching
the
news
coming
out
of
the
yellowstone
national
park.
We
see
the
potential
that
extreme
rainfall
can
have
on
communities
such
as
ours.
We
know
that
our
tree
canopy
is
nature's
air
conditioner,
reducing
temperatures
and
also
plays
a
role
in
sequestering
rainwater
and
runoff.
Our
tree
canopy
is
an
essential
part
of
our
infrastructure,
so
let's
preserve
and
protect
it.
So
thank
you
for
including
the
urban
forester
in
the
budget.
AN
Second,
I
want
to
thank
you,
along
with
david,
for
lending
your
support
to
considering
rebuilding
jones
park.
I
know
there
are
details
that
need
to
be
fleshed
out
in
terms
of
cooperating
with
the
school
district,
but
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
fact
that
this
was
a
community
park.
It
was
considered
part
of
the
fabric
of
this
community.
AN
AN
I
think
we
we
came
to
learn
through
the
pandemic,
how
critical
parks
and
playgrounds
are
to
our
community
as
safe
places
to
gather
where
children
of
all
ages
of
all
backgrounds
can
come
together.
Parents
as
well-
and
I
just
hope
that
you
will
continue
to
work
with
folks
and
actors,
the
cost
of
maintaining
that
site,
which
I
believe
is
about
a
half
an
acre
or
an
acre,
is
very
modest.
AN
I
imagine
the
cost
of
this
meeting
right
now
is
greater
than
the
annual
cost
of
maintaining
that
we're
talking
about
mowing
some
grass
picking
up
some
trash.
But
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
I
hope
you
can
meet
the
community
in
the
middle
on
this
and
then
we
can
rebuild
that
park
and
have
another
awesome
park
for
the
city.
AN
AO
AO
So
what
brought
me
here
was
the
potential
rebuilding
of
jones
park.
I
raised
my
kids
a
couple
miles
away
from
jones
park
and
used
it
a
lot
with
them.
They
went
to
jones
elementary
school
as
well
and
when
the
park
was
torn
down,
I
actually
thought
that
this
was
a
city
park.
I
had
no
idea
which
I
think
most
people
didn't
realize,
that
it
was
owned
by
the
asheville
city
schools.
AO
AO
AO
I
can
tell
you,
as
a
mother
in
north
asheville,
on
that
side
of
merriman,
the
only
specific
children's
park
with
play
equipment
left
is
weaver
park.
That's
the
only
one
left
and
that's
a
huge
neighborhood
huge
territory
for
kids,
also
just
to
finally
say
it's
on
right
by
a
public
school.
You
know
at
the
bottom
of
the
hill,
close
to
a
bus
line
close
to
this
road
diet.
That's
coming
where
people
will
be
biking
up
to
a
couple
blocks
away.
AO
I
know
that
project's
moving
forward
and
because
people
thought
it
was
a
city
park,
buses
have
been
taking
kids
there
for
the
last
20
years
for
camps
all
sorts
of
things.
It's
really
used
by
kids,
all
over
the
city,
so
I'm
hoping
it's
a
nominal
maintenance
fee
to
the
city
and
that
we
can
work
it
out
and
hopefully
it
can
be
maintained
by
the
city
and
thank
you
all
very
much
for
your
consideration
and
again.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
Thank
you,
I'm
just
some
just
on
the
jones
park,
just
where
we
are
right
now.
First
of
all,
I'd
like
to
say
that
the
vice
mayor
received
a
letter
from
my
son
asking
that
jones
park
be
rebuilt.
A
One
of
my
three
boys
apparently
took
it
upon
himself
to
write
to
her.
So
that's
how
it's
going
down
in
our
house.
A
A
Yes,
so
the
the
school
board
is
going
to
put
this
on
their
agenda
for
june
30th
to
just
make
the
threshold
decision.
They
have
already
told
us
that
they
do
not
have
the
capacity
to
maintain
the
park
were
to
be
rebuilt
and-
and
they
have
various
other
reasons-
why
they've
decided
not
to
move
in
that
direction
and
we've
we've
sort
of
struggled
through
that
because
we,
you
know,
as
a
parent,
I
I
did
get
an
email
last
summer
from
the
school
system
saying
we're.
A
Gonna
have
to
demolish
this
park
and
but
don't
worry,
we're
gonna
rebuild
it
when
we
have
the
funds,
but
they
have
changed
course
on
that
and
they
they
do
not
feel
that
they
have
the
staffing
capacity
to
be
able
to
maintain
the
park
and
they
have
the
children
at
the
school
using
other
park
facilities
around
the
school.
A
So
the
playground
facilities
around
the
school,
so
so,
but
before
this
and
this
council
has
asked
already
our
staff
to
evaluate
this
proposal,
which
they're
doing
and
our
parks
and
rec
directors
here,
but
before
we
can
get
to
our
part
of
this,
we
do
need
to
understand
from
from
the
board
from
the
asheville
city
school
board,
whether
or
not
they
will
allow
the
park
to
be
rebuilt
under
any
kind
of
partnership
agreement.
A
Whether
we
add
this
park
to
our
mou
with
them
for
facilities,
we
maintain
there
are
some
other
city
school
facilities
that
the
city
maintains,
because
we
they're
mostly
all,
I
believe,
fields
that
we
program
with
sports,
whether
we
lease
it
whether
we
have
to
take
title
to
it.
You
know
what
in
other
words,
what
would
it
take
for
the
school
system
to
feel
comfortable
with
the
park
being
rebuilt
and
the
city
maintaining
it
once
they
answer
that
question.
A
If
that's
a
green
light,
then
it
would
come
to
us
to
answer
the
question
of
whether
or
not
we're
willing
to
take
on
take
that
on
so
we're
we.
They
have
told
us
they're,
going
to
put
it
on
their
agenda
for
june
30th.
They
always
obviously
have
a
lot
going
on
over
there
and
and
then
we'll
be
able
to
digest
whatever
it
is.
They
say
and
and
move
forward
with
our
peace.
Unfortunately,
it's
it
is
gonna
hit
us
june.
A
We
don't
have
another
meeting
till
the
end
of
july,
because
we
take
the
take
the
first
meeting
in
july
off,
so
we
won't
be
meeting
until
it
believes
july
26th
anyway,
process-wise,
that's
where
it's
at
so
everybody
run
back
across
the
town
to
to
that
meeting
on
june
30th
and
then
then
come
back
here,
hopefully
so,
including
my
youngest
son,
we'll
need
to
do
that
all
right
anything
else.
Anybody.
F
I
wanted
to
speak
to
some
of
the
comments
that
were
made
by
the
black
men
that
were
represented
tonight
seems
an
ongoing
theme
that
we
need
more
neighborhood
engagement,
family
fun,
like
family,
friendly
things
in
our
neighborhood.
F
I'm
asking
that
we
expedite
our
vision
for
our
community,
centers
and
and
safe
places
for
our
kids
to
be
because,
as
I'm
talking
to
a
lot
of
our
youth
development
program,
managers
or
program
founders,
I
mean
they're
doing
the
work
they're
doing
as
much
as
they
can,
but
they
don't
have
a
a
permanent
place
that
they
can
call
home
that
they
can
create
this
safe
and
stable
and
nurturing
environment
for
our
children.
F
So
we're
as
a
community
we're
going
to
have
to
co-create
something
that
is
impactful,
something
that
has
long-term
effects
on
not
only
our
children,
but
all
residents
who
live
here
and
I'm
pretty
sure
that
we
can
make
that
happen.
We
just
we.
We
just
need
a
vision.
We
we
just
have
to
make
it
happen,
because
it's
getting
to
the
point
where
you
know,
I'm
I'm
almost
moved
to
tell
people
to
be
very,
very
cautious
of
where
you
let
your
kids
play
like
do.
We
call
a
curfew.
F
A
curfew
might
not
work
if
people
are
getting
shot
in
broad
daylight,
like
the
reality
of
gun,
violence
and
the
volume
of
gun.
Violence
in
our
community
is
something
that
we
should
have
at
the
forefront
of
our
radar,
because
the
summer
months
are
here,
a
lot
happens
in
the
summer.
There's
a
lot
of
activity
on
all
different
levels
and
as
a
mother,
I
want
people
to
feel
safe.
So
I
know
we
have
some
things
in
the
queue
but
we're
going
to
have
to
get
those
things
moving
and
popping
because
lives
are
being
taken.
A
Talking
about
our
initiatives
to
open
our
rec
centers
and
make
them
more
available
for
youth
activities,
and-
and
you
know,
and
as
I
alluded
to
earlier,
we
also
have
I'm
taking
steps
to
help
fund
the
summer
program
at
eddington
center.
So
maybe
we
could
hear
kind
of
comprehensively
the
things
that
we're
doing
on
on
the
part
of
the
city
and
with
our
facilities
and
our
programming
and.
F
I
think
there's
a
deeper
level
of
coordination.
That's
going
on
right
now
with
some
friends
from
charlotte
who,
who
has
you,
know
a
a
thriving
program
but
but
I
think
a
disconnect
is
like
the
trust
in
city
services.
F
If
it's
going
to
be
long-standing
like
we
have
to
strengthen
our
trust
in
one
another
and
to
to
to
make
sure
we're
very
honest
about
what
we
can
actually
provide
the
community,
but
I'm
going
to
continue
to
say
you
know
we're
going
to
have
to
co-create
something
and
whoever
comes
to
the
table
you're
going
to
have
to
be
just
as
consistent
as
you
are,
with
the
loudness
of
your
roar.
I
mean
things
are
serious,
but
we
need
hands
on
deck.
P
F
Pushing
that
through
I'm
telling
you
we,
we
expedited
it
and
now
I'm
thinking
that
with
that
process
coming
through,
that
is
only
a
measure
of
what
we
need
to
provide
for
our
children.
City
manager
campbell
has
continued
to
say
that
we
need
a
whole
child
approach
and
with
the
strategic
partnership
funds
we
can
possibly
do
that.
But
how
can
we
speak
to
the
academic
wellness
while
speaking
to
the
the
mental
and
social
learning
of
a
child
as
well
as
make
sure
their
environment
is
straight?
F
You
know
that
is
a
three-pronged
attack
and
I'm
not
sure
that
we
can
do
that
with
spf
funds
alone
july
kim,
oh
and
and
then
to
that.
To
that
point
you
know,
because
I've
been
in
some
thought,
deep
thought
about
it.
You
know
this
is
a
quick
turnaround
and
a
lot
of
our
youth
organizations
and
organizations
that
serve
our
families
who
are
in
duress.
F
I'm
just
I'll
continue
to
say
that
we
think
about
how
to
allow
people
to
submit
video
submissions
because
grant
writing
is
a
beast
and
you
can
be
very
productive
and
be
effective
at
your
work,
but
sitting
down
collecting
your
mind
to
sit
down
and
write
something
out.
That
is
a
huge
impediment
when
it
comes
to
getting
funding.
F
So
I
know
that
there
is
twofold:
you
have
to
be
able
to
tell
your
story
and
then
give
your
narrative
and
hit
all
the
points
as
well
as
submit
a
budget,
but
maybe
that
is
an
additional
thing.
Maybe
we
can
allow
folks
to
submit
a
video
response
and
then
have
a
budget
to
prove
or
to
yeah
to
prove
the
use
of
funds.
That
would
be
very
helpful.
K
So
vice
mayor,
thank
you
for
for
those
comments.
We
looks
like
june
22nd
through
july
12th
we're
asking
people
to
apply,
but
actually
a
letter
is
going
out
tonight.
K
It
went
out
tonight
to
various
organizations
encouraging
them
just
kind
of
getting
them
additional
notification.
We
have
streamlined
the
application
process.
I
think
there's
like
four
questions
or
no
ten
questions,
four
pages,
four
page
mexican.
Okay
of
of
the
questions,
so
we're
not
asking
for
anything
elaborate
and
we
are
looking
forward
to
having
our
conversation
with
so.