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A
Oh
sorry,
okay
I'll
start
reading
my
script
again,
which
says
bones:
reading
noodle
the
13
year
old,
pug
woke
up
with
bones
today,
which
means
we're
going
to
have
a
great
council
meeting.
That's.
A
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
esther
mannheimer,
I'm
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
asheville
and
welcome
to
the
november
9th
city
council
meeting
for
tonight's
meeting.
All
council
members
and
staff
are
participating
virtually
for
those
of
you
out
there
with
us
today
welcome
to
help
our
audience
follow
along
I'll
state.
Each
section
of
the
agenda
aloud.
We
are
streaming
live
on
our
virtual
engagement
hub,
which
is
accessible
through.
A
And
entering
the
code
8635
we're
also
broadcasting
live
on
the
city's
youtube
channel
for
public
comment.
We
ask
callers
to
sign
up
in
advance
to
join
the
live
speaker
queue.
We
will
only
be
taking
live
comments
from
those
who
signed
up
prior
to
tonight's
meeting.
Those
callers
have
been
provided
instructions
on
how
to
participate.
Each
caller
is
allotted
three
minutes
to
speak
for
each
agenda
item.
We
will
hear
live
comments
for
up
to
one
hour
for
each
agenda
item
a
reminder
to
callers.
You
will
first
hear
staff
inform
counsel
that
you're
next
to
speak.
A
Then
you
will
hear
an
automated
message,
letting
you
know
you
are
unmuted
and
live
in
the
meeting.
You
may
begin
speaking
after
the
automated
message
to
best
ensure
staff
can
support
you
in
the
case
of
technical
difficulties,
we
ask
that
you
join
the
queue
no
later
than
the
beginning
of
the
agenda
item
before
the
agenda
item
on
which
you
have
signed
up
to
speak.
Additionally,
if
you
have
joined
the
speaker
queue
and
need
to
be
disconnected
before
you
or
you
get
disconnected
before
your
time
to
speak,
please
hit
star
4
before
hanging
up.
A
And
staff
will
enter
you
back
into
the
speaker
queue
of
your
agenda
item.
I
would
like
to
ask
those
participating
tonight's
public
comment
to
follow
council's
rules
of
decorum.
The
rules
include
the
following
speakers
are
only
allowed
to
speak
one
time
during
the
public
comment
period
for
each
agenda
item.
A
person
must
speak
only
if
they
have
signed
up
to
speak
in
accordance
with
the
city's
procedures.
A
Speaker
substitutions
at
the
meeting
are
not
allowed.
Each
speaker
is
allotted
three
minutes
to
speak
on
an
agenda
item
in
general.
Each
agenda
item
will
have
up
to
a
total
of
one
hour
for
public
comment.
A
speaker
may
not
share
or
relinquish
any
remaining
time.
They
have
not
used
to
another
speaker.
Speakers
should
not
expect
council
members
or
city
staff
to
comment
on
or
respond
to
the
speaker's
comment
during
their
three
minutes.
A
C
D
F
A
A
A
All
kinds
of
a
mess
tonight,
sorry
all
right.
We
do
not
have
any
proclamations
on
tonight's
agenda,
so
we're
going
to
move
on
to
the
consent
agenda
and
I
know
we
have
some
questions
and
comments
regarding
the
consent
agenda.
So
I'm
going
to
ask
staff
to
address
some
of
those
and
I've
lost
my
oh
here
we
go.
A
E
H
Hi
good
evening,
everybody
paul
d'angelo
with
the
city
of
asheville,
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
on
this
home
funding,
but
in
brief,
the
city
of
asheville,
the
asheville
regional
housing
consortium,
which
is
the
four
county
region,
buncombe
county,
madison,
transylvania
and
henderson
county,
will
be
receiving
about
4.7
million
dollars
in
home
funding.
This
is
a
one-time
funding
allocation
that
creates
a
significant
opportunity
to
meet
our
housing
and
service
needs
of
some
of
our
community's
most
vulnerable
populations.
H
This
staff
reported
before
you
now
is
requesting
that
the
235
000
that
we've
can
receive
in
admin
funding,
which
is
more
than
we
normally
receive
for
home
funds.
Fifteen
percent
is
what
we
normally
or
excuse
me.
Ten
percent.
This
is
fifteen
percent.
Hud
is
looking
to.
Let
us
use
that
additional
five
percent
to
help
us
get
started
administratively.
With
that
planning
process,
public
outreach
needs
assessment
and
particular
most
likely
hiring
a
staff
member.
H
This
is
over
four
times
our
normal
allocation
and
funding,
and
this
is
will
be
a
lot
of
work
for
the
community
development
team.
So
we
have
asked
to
recognize
that
additional
five
percent
from
hud
that
also
would
like
us
to
receive
that
funding.
So
we
can
get
started
with
our
planning
process.
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you
paul,
so
because
this
is
american
rescue
plan
funds
that
do
have
a
public
engagement
element,
and
I
did
hear
you
name
that
what
is
our
role
in
the
consortium
or
how
we
plan
to
engage
the
public?
Specifically,
I'm
thinking
about
how
we
might
engage
the
impacted
population
experiencing
homelessness.
H
Absolutely
so
for
right
now,
councilwoman
turner
is
the
representative
on
the
asheville
regional
consortium,
recommending
the
city
representing
the
city
of
asheville
and
of
course
we
have
representation
from
the
other
counties,
buncombe
henderson,
transylvania,
madison.
Right
now
we
are
in
those
very
initial
phases
of
figuring
out
the
needs
assessment
and
that
public
outreach
that
we
need
to
do
so
there
will
be
more
to
come.
H
We
are
recommending
a
nearly
year
process
here
to
be
able
to
move
this
funding
because
of
the
importance
of
the
work
we
need
to
do
on
the
front
end.
So
more
could
come.
We
have
submitted
a
draft
timeline
to
the
consortium
that
I
think
will
get
voted
on
in
january
and
two
steps
quickly
that
we've
asked
our
consortium.
Members
is
to
immediately
recommend
boards
committees
meetings
that
we
can
be
a
part
of
when
it
comes
to
that
public
outreach
to
your
point
so
more
to
come.
Hopefully,
after
the
beginning
of
the
year.
J
We
then
typically
do
an
analysis
and
gather
data
for
speed
and
volume
and
crash
history,
and
if
it
meets
the
criteria
for
adding
traffic
calming
features,
then
we
will
proceed
to
do
so,
and
we
do
that
every
year,
through
an
annual
budget
item
that
we
have
for
traffic
calming
programs,
once
we've
identified
the
projects
that
we're
going
to
do,
it
then
gets
turned
over
to
the
capital
projects
department
for
implementation
and
they
run
the
process
for
bidding
and
and
outreach,
and
so
I
think
jade
is
here
to
talk
about
that
portion
of
this.
K
Thank
you,
jessica,
jay,
dundas
capital
projects,
director
as
jessica
said
that
the
project
was
handed
off
to
pride
to
capital
projects.
K
Staff
did
the
a
survey
of
our
resources
for
vendors
that
are
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
that
that
is
through
hub
websites
through
our
internal
information,
our
databases
that
we
have
access
to
then,
once
those
resources
are
surveyed
for
potential
vendors,
then
emails
are
sent
to
those
vendors
indicating
that
the
project
is
coming
out
and
will
be
bid.
K
I
Thank
you
for
that
information.
This
is
kim.
I
So
the
first
thing
I
notice
is
this
is
a
great
opportunity
where,
instead
of
just
a
financial
impact,
we
could
see
an
equity
and
sustainability
impact,
but
the
main
question
that
I'm
hearing
from
folks
that
live
on
these
streets
is
how
were
these
neighbors
most
recently
engaged
and
something
that
could
be
beneficial
for
the
council
and
the
public
moving
forward
is
when
was
the
request
made
and
when
is
it
being
ultimately
answered,
so
that
we
can
gauge
how
long
it
takes
for
these
requests
to
be
met?.
K
I
could
I
can
answer
the
most
recent
engagement
is
that
we
send
notifications
out
indicating
that
this
work
is
being
presented
to
council
and
is
proceeding
on
the
the
streets
that
have
been
identified.
I
I
don't
know
the
gap
between
when
the
initial
survey
petition
was
done
and
to
to
this
point
jessica,
do
you
know.
J
I'm
sorry
I
don't
I
don't
know
specifics.
I
can
tell
you
that
we
receive
lots
and
lots
of
requests
for
us
to
investigate
speeding
issues
or
other
traffic
safety
issues
and
that
we
have
a
significant
backlog
in
doing
those
studies.
So
if
I
had
to
take
a
guess,
I
would
say
at
least
a
year,
if
not
longer,
for
us
to
really
get
into
the
meat
of
project
development.
A
J
I
I
am
not
sure
that
there's
an
actual
percentage,
I
would
need
to
go
back
and
and
review
the
traffic
calming
policy
again.
So
I
can
get
back
to
you
with
that
information.
A
Okay
yeah,
I
was
just
thinking
about
the
the
upfront
engagement
just
to
even
get
the
process
started,
but
I
thought
it
was
tied
to
a.
E
E
J
G
Good
evening,
everyone
and
good
evening,
mayor
members
of
council,
I'm
going
to
speak
briefly
about
item
f
on
your
consent
agenda,
which
stems
from
a
recent
piece
of
legislation
passed
by
the
north
carolina
originally
initiated
by
the
north
carolina
senate
and
was
designated
as
senate
bill
300.
This
past,
both
of
the
houses
of
the
legislature
were
signed
into
law
by
governor
cooper
in
september
of
this
year
and
among
its
many
parts,
there
were
some
specific
elements
of
this
dealing
with
the
criminalization
of
local
ordinances.
G
This
was
all
part
of
a
large
omnibus
criminal
justice
reform
act.
The
only
element
of
which
we
are
dealing
with
this
evening
is
the
updating
of
city
ordinances
to
comply
with
this
new
state
law.
In
a
nutshell,
what
it
says
is
that
any
ordinances
which
a
city
wishes
to
enforce
with
a
criminal
penalty
must
now
have
that
language
specifically
included
in
every
ordinance.
G
Prior
to
this
evening,
the
city
has
generally
relied
on
a
catch-all
provision
not
contained
in
any
individual
ordinance
but
applying
to
all
of
the
ordinances
that
the
city
currently
has
and
enforces
in
this
manner
going
forward.
All
ordinances
throughout
the
state
that
are
to
be
enforced
criminally
under
state
law
must
now
have
the
language
specifying
that
criminal
penalty
in
the
ordinance.
So
what
we've
done
here
is
we've
added
that
language
to
those
ordinances
dealing
with
issues,
infractions
and
other
violations
of
city
code,
which
we
already
dealt
with
via
criminal
enforcement.
G
Now,
let
me
specify
the
criminal
enforcement
under
state
law
for
these
types
of
violations
only
deal
with
class
three
misdemeanors,
which
is
a
very
low
standard
of
misdemeanor
or
by
infractions,
which
is
a
lower
level
of
criminal
offense
than
a
misdemeanor,
and
no
more
than
a
50
fine,
unless
the
ordinance
specifies
as
such
and
in
no
case
more
than
500
dollars
a
fine.
So
these
are
very
low
level
infractions
and
criminal
penalties.
G
G
Well,
I
should
say-
and
we
have
not
in
any
case
increase
the
criminal
penalty.
So
in
terms
of
the
effect
of
this,
there
is
no
substantive
change
in
any
of
the
city's
enforcement
either
in
terms
of
the
types
of
things
that
are
criminally
enforced
or
the
degree
to
which
they
are
enforced,
and
I
will
say
that,
without
going
over
each
individual
item
where
this
has
been
added,
these
primarily
deal
with
issues
of
property
damage
traffic
violations,
parking
violations.
G
Discharging
firearms
is
a
good
example
interfering
with
animal
control
officers
or
breaching
animal
control
rules
and
a
few
variety
of
other
things.
But
typically,
as
I
said,
this
only
deals
with
those
ordinances
which
were
previously
criminally
enforced
and
now
in
order
to
comply
with
state
law,
must
have
this
language
specifically
added
into
each
ordinances.
I
will
also
add
that
there
are
a
new
list
of
ordinances
which
can
no
longer
be
enforced
criminally.
The
city
did
have
a
few
of
these
on
the
books.
G
An
example
of
this
would
be
the
regulation
of
specific
businesses
and
trades.
We've
removed
language
about
that.
Those
are
no
longer
amongst
a
few
others
allowed
to
be
enforced
criminally
and
in
certain
cases
we
found
some
other
administrative
changes
that
needed
to
be
made
in
order
to
update
the
code
to
comply
with
our
current
city
structure,
state
or
federal
law.
An
example
of
this
is,
we
still
have
language
in
our
code
regarding
privilege,
tax,
which
has
been
repealed
and
is
no
longer
authorized
under
state
law.
G
I
Thank
you
brad.
This
is
kim.
I
heard
some
concern
around
the
quantity
of
changes,
and
I
appreciate
you
giving
the
information
that
was
available
to
us
in
the
check-ins
in
a
situation
like
this.
My
understanding
is
that
we
had
a
tight
turnaround
that
these
decisions
had
to
be
made
by
december,
and
these
changes
had
to
be
made
by
december
in
the
future.
It
could
benefit
for
us
to
see
them
at
something
like
governance
or
public
safety,
but
thank
you
for
that.
Additional
information.
G
And
I
I
do
appreciate
that
addition
councilwoman
rony.
It
is
really
important
to
note
that
this
was
an
extremely
quick
turnaround.
In
fact,
as
I
mentioned,
this
law
was
only
passed
on
september,
the
second
of
this
year,
and
the
requirement
is
for
each
municipality
to
pass
these
ordinance
updates
by
december
1st.
So,
given
our
schedule,
we
essentially
had
only
this
meeting
to
be
able
to
bring
it
to
you,
which
is
why
it
did
not
additionally
go
through
some
of
the
committee
structure
under
all
normal
circumstances.
That
would
certainly
be
the
case.
G
G
Recently
in
reviewing
the
city
council
rules,
it
was
noted
that
there
was
an
inconsistency
in
your
current
rules
and
state
law,
also
with
regard
to
the
way
that
we
currently
operate
regarding
public
hearings
so
currently,
rule
27
requires
that
all
public
hearings
performed
by
city
council
actually
go
through
a
secondary
preliminary
step
of
voting
to
set
the
public
hearing
now.
This
is
absolutely
required
for
some
public
hearings,
but
the
vast
majority
of
them
are
not
required
to
have
this
two-step
process.
G
In
most
cases,
you
merely
notice
the
public
hearing
and
conduct
it
at
a
single
council
meeting.
There
are
some
circumstances,
such
as
annexations,
where
two-step
process
is
required.
However,
it
is
absolutely
not
required
under
state
law
to
do
it
in
each
and
every
case.
Therefore,
we
are
updating
or
proposing
to
update
your
council
rules
to
align
with
state
law
so
that
this
two-step
process
is
voluntary
and
will
be
done
either
when
it's
necessary
under
state
law
or
when
the
council
deems
it
appropriate
to
take
that
additional
step.
G
I
will
also
note
that
there
is
one
additional
wording
change
proposed
where
the
vote
to
set
a
a
public
hearing
was
to
be
done
by
a
quote
special
order.
This
is
simply
not
the
procedure
that
we
use.
We
act
on
resolutions,
so
we're
proposing
to
change
special
order
to
resolution
again.
Neither
of
these
are
substantive
changes,
because
this
is
actually
how
council
conducts
itself
now
and
it
would
bring
you
into
alignment
with
state
law.
G
With
regard
to
public
hearings,
I
will
also
note
that,
as
a
matter
of
effect,
this
will
do
absolutely
nothing
to
limit
the
process
for
the
public
to
be
able
to
receive
the
required
legal
notice
of
public
hearings
and
to
participate
in
those
hearings.
We
are
not
reducing
that
or
changing
council's
process
in
any
way.
A
Okay,
we
found
a
motion
and
a
second
to
adopt
the
consent
agenda
and
I
will
do
a
roll
call
vote.
Oh
first,
we
don't
have
anyone
signed
up
to
speak
under
this
item,
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
move
into
a
roll
call
vote.
Vice
mayor
smith,
aye,
councilwoman,
kilgore,.
C
A
E
My
report
today
is
going
to
be
presented
by
dana
frankel
and
she
is
going
to
talk
about
a
initiative
that
began
just
at
the
heart
of
of
covet
in
an
effort
for
us
as
a
city
organization,
local
government,
to
assist
in
any
way
that
we
could
to
keep
the
number
of
small
businesses,
particularly
in
downtown,
and
a
lot
of
those
businesses
were
restaurant
tours
to
provide
them
opportunities
to
operate
their
businesses
safely.
So
dana
is
going
to
talk
to
you
about
the
program.
E
We
have
extended
this
program
a
couple
well
many
times
and
we
actually
will
be
extending
it
again
and
dana
will
be
again
providing
you,
the
detailed
information
about
the
program
and
the
next
steps,
dana
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
Welcome.
L
L
We
are
extending
elements
in
their
temporary
format
in
order
to
continue
to
support
local
businesses
to
operate
safely
and
successfully
recognizing
that
coved
19
is
still
posing
some
challenges
and
we
are
working
towards
pursuing
longer
term
equitable
and
resource
supported
processes
and
programs.
Moving
forward
next
slide,
please
so
what
is
avl
sharespace
you've
probably
seen
some
funny-looking
cones
and
signage
and
outdoor
dining
in
the
street
and
in
parking
lots
throughout
town,
and
that's
what
we're
talking
about
here.
L
Next
slide,
please.
So
these
are
the
initiatives
that
fall
under
the
program.
I'm
really
gonna
focus
on
the
first
four
and
go
into
those
in
more
detail.
These
are
kind
of
the
core
programs
that
we've
worked
on
next
slide.
Please
and
first
just
a
bit
on
our
approach.
So
we
launched
this
initiative
in
the
spring
of
2020.
L
We
formed
an
inter-departmental
team
to
review
community
ideas
that
were
coming
in.
There
was
a
lot
of
proposals
and
ideas
about
repurposing
our
streets
in
public
spaces,
and
we
reviewed
those
and
really
tried
to
consider
these
emerging
needs
and
what
was
possible
for
us
to
be
able
to
do
and
do
quickly.
L
So
we
established
some
guiding
principles
to
focus
our
work,
and
I
do
we.
We
can
revisit
that
at
the
end,
if
you
guys
would
like
our
primary
focus,
really
became
supporting
economic
recovery
and
helping
our
businesses
operate
safely,
also,
making
sure
that
the
public
and
customers
can
access
goods
and
services.
L
So
we
established
several
working
teams
and
I
want
to
quickly
call
out
a
few
folks,
david
hazard,
developed
fairly
extensive
parklet
guidelines.
That
program
were
able
to
launch
very
quickly
jessica
morris,
took
the
lead
on
reconfiguring
our
shared
streets,
claire
richardson
and
development
services,
developed
online
awesome,
online
application
processes
and
john
phillman,
who
didn't
have
as
many
events
going
on
at
the
time,
was
able
to
lead
our
parklet
review
team,
and
he
actually
continues
to
do
that
and
is
doing
an
awesome
job
and
working
very
closely
with
with
each
of
those
individual
businesses
as
well.
L
So
it's
been
a
real
team
effort
and
we
sought
guidance
from
business
organizations
and
from
public
health
officials.
We
continue
to
do
so
along
the
way.
Also,
a
lot
of
one-on-one
engagement
and
I'd
say,
especially
with
in
the
areas
where
we
launch
the
shared
streets
really
working
in
collaboration
with
those
business
districts.
L
You'll
see
a
few
photos.
This
is
businesses
who
have
expanded
on
private
property.
We
initially
allowed
businesses
to
use
up
to
50
percent
of
their
parking
spaces.
These
areas
would
normally
have
minimum
parking
requirements
to
continue
to
have
those,
but
that
50
percent
was
aligned
with
the
initial
50
capacity
restrictions.
L
L
Expansion
on
public
sidewalks,
so
we
actually
leaned
on
our
existing
standards
for
this,
but
we
created
a
quick
and
easy
process
for
folks
to
be
able
to
utilize
sidewalk
space
again
a
one
one
to
two
day
turnaround
time
next
slide,
please
our
parklet
program.
So
we
opened
up
the
opportunity
for
businesses
or
organizations
to
utilize
on-street
public
parking
spaces
on
city-managed
streets
in
front
of
their
storefronts.
L
Really
we
created
the
opportunity
for
that
space
to
be
able
to
use
flexibly.
As
we
know,
most
of
those
are
being
used
for
outdoor
dining
and
you'll
see.
We
have
two
different
types
of
parklets:
there's
at-grade
parklets,
where
you're
just
using
the
surface
of
the
street
and
and
elevated
parklets,
where
folks
have
built
platforms-
and
we
worked
on
each
of
these-
to
ensure
wheelchair
accessibility
and
and
traffic
safety
and
and
all
of
the
safety
elements
that
that
were
in
our
guidelines
that
need
to
be
in
place
next
slide.
L
L
In
our
case,
we
we
proactively
came
to
these
areas,
worked
with
these
neighborhood
groups
and
opened
up
the
on-street
parking
spaces
for
flexible
uses,
and
it
was
a
very
organic
and
continues
to
be
an
iterative
process.
We
didn't
know
exactly
how
those
spaces
would
be
utilized,
maybe
for
walking
maybe
for
pedestrian
queuing
or
for
business
use,
which
they
had
the
opportunity
to
do
for
the
space
outside
of
their
storefronts
and
so
yeah.
There's
a
lot
of
good
coordination.
Every
each
area
we
looked
at
had
some
different
characteristics.
L
We
worked
with
the
block
to
do
some
custom
signage.
It
was
an
opportunity
for
branding
for
them.
So
that's
been
a
neat
process
to
work
very
closely
with
those
folks
to
roll
that
program
out
and
next
slide.
Please
our
timeline.
So,
as
deborah
mentioned,
we
have
extended
this
program
three
times
and
we
are
extending
it
again
in
order
to
work
towards
permanency
on
elements
of
the
program
and
to
to
further
their
development
of
longer
term
programs
in
all
areas.
L
So
we
have
made
a
few
iterations
over
time
that
I'm
going
to
point
out
in
fall
of
2020.
We
introduced
a
process
for
businesses
to
be
able
to
use
heaters,
we're
going
to
be
using
that
again
this
year
and
created
guidance
around
that
in
fall
of
2020.
We
actually
transitioned
our
shared
streets
to
be
within
the
parklet
program
for
parklets,
just
to
provide
some
more
clarity
and
consistency
and
and
july
1st.
L
Next
slide,
please
so
participation-
and
this
is
interesting
because
folks
might
think
of
downtown
and
of
course
we
have
tons
of
activity
and
tons
of
seating
downtown,
but
but
more
than
half
of
the
businesses
and
organizations
utilizing
this
program
are
actually
on
commercial
corridors.
Merriman
haywood
road
areas
like
that
that
that
are
using
for
the
most
part,
some
of
their
parking
lot
space.
L
L
It's
had
positive
impacts
to
their
business
during
this
tough
time
and
recently
we
administered
another
survey
and
we
heard
from
them
that
the
programs
have
had
positive
impacts
on
staff
retention,
morale
and
a
sense
of
safety,
not
only
for
customers
but
for
their
staff.
So
and
I'll
just
say,
anecdotally,
we've
heard
from
so
many
businesses
literally
that
they
would
have
closed
if
they
didn't
have
this
opportunity.
So
that
feels
great
next
slide.
Please
and
we
administered
a
public
survey
just
this
past
september.
L
We
got
very
positive
feedback,
the
program
just
to
highlight
it
helped
people
feel
safer
and
it
encouraged
them
to
access
local
goods
and
services,
which.
I
L
Really
nice
to
hear
and
and
people
are
generally
supportive
of
seeing
these
programs
continue
longer
term
next
slide.
Please
so.
We've
obviously
learned
a
lot
we've
seen
and
we
didn't
know
that
this
is
what
would
happen,
but
the
programs
have
primarily
been
utilized
by
restaurants.
L
In
most
cases,
these
spaces
are
being
commercialized
in
some
way
and
we
do
think
there
are
some
policy
questions
to
consider
to
ensure
that
uses
and
fees
are
equitable
moving
forward.
As
we
look
to
longer
term
programs,
it
does
take
significant
staff
time
to
manage
these
initiatives
and
we
currently
have
limited
enforcement
abilities.
It's
you
know
we
reacted
really
quickly
and
and
now
it's
time
to
kind
of
figure.
This
out
longer
term,
there
continues
to
be
some
maintenance
challenges
and
and
yeah.
L
While
this
has
been
a
great
success,
development
of
longer
term
programs
is
going
to
take
some
more
time
and
staff
resources
and
also
some
additional
public
input.
So
what's
next
next
slide,
please
thank
you.
So
we're
extending
some
elements
and
we're
working
we're
really
going
to
be
working
one-on-one
with
a
lot
of
businesses
to
find
a
path
to
permanency.
L
That's
the
case
for
expansions
on
private
property
and
that's
the
case
for
sidewalks
on
private
property.
We
need
to
look
at
this,
the
spec
each
specific
site
and
see
what
the
parking
requirements
are
and
see
what
can
be
done
so
development
services
staff
is
going
to
be
reaching
out
to
businesses
probably
later
this
week
to
get
that
process
started
for
public
sidewalks.
We
are
going
to
lean
on
our
existing
process
and
we're
going
to
begin
permitting
for
2022.
L
There
are
some
opportunities
to
consider
fee
adjustments
and
also
some
updates
to
standards
which
will
look
to
do
probably,
hopefully,
fees
before
the
next
fiscal
year
and
looking
and
making
progress
on
updating
those
standards
as
well
for
parklets
we're
going
to
allow
existing
parklets
to
stay
in
place
through
july
1st
and
we're
going
to
during
this
time,
work
to
make
more
progress
on
longer
term
program,
development
and
I'll.
Just
note
that
that
could
look
like
two
different
paths,
typically
parklets.
As
we
know
them
before.
Covid
were
public
space.
L
Instead
of
parking,
we
may
have
a
track
to
be
able
to
create
parklets
of
that
nature
and
a
separate
track
for
businesses
or
restaurants
to
utilize
that
space
we've
seen
other
cities
call
those
streeteries.
So
we're
kind
of
approaching
two
possibilities
there
and
shared
streets
are
particularly
time
and
resource.
Intensive
I'll
note.
Many
of
the
businesses
who
initially
set
up
both
on
banks
avenue
also
on
south
market
street,
have
chosen
to
dismantle
their
their
seating
areas.
L
We
are
working
with
wall
street
merchants
to
reinforce
the
shared
street
environment.
There
we've
been
working
with
those
businesses
for
quite
some
time.
It's.
It
is
a
street
that's
designed
to
function
as
a
pedestrian
priority
area,
and-
and
so
we
are
reinforcing
that
longer
term.
On
on
that
street,
we've
gotten
rid
of
the
media
parking
there
and
instead
of
the
metered
parking,
there
will
be
used
from
the
businesses
as
well
as
additional
public
space
and
next
slide.
Please
so
also
during
the
next
several
months.
L
We're
gonna
work
on
resource
development,
explore
funding
options
to
support
a
work
plan
for
transitioning
each
element
of
this,
and
and
just
know
that
you
know
we're.
This
is
we're
making
updates
as
we
go
here,
and
we
we're
going
to
post
some
the
latest
information
on
the
city's
website
later
this
week.
So
the
last
deadline,
folks
probably
heard,
was
january
3rd,
but
we
are
extending
that
and
next
slide.
Please.
L
L
A
M
Well,
apologies,
I
guess
we're
all
going
to
struggle
with
that
tonight.
Thank
you,
dana.
I
appreciate
all
the
updates.
I
remember
how
difficult
this
was
to
roll
out
in
the
beginning
and
how
hard
staffed
work.
So
I'm
glad
to
see
it's
helpful
and
I've
heard
from
so
many
businesses,
like
you,
mentioned
that
it
has
really
made
or
broken
their
survival
during
the
pandemic.
So
I
think
it's
been
really
successful.
M
I'm
curious
if
we're
doing
anything
around.
One
of
the
things
I
was
asked
recently
was
around
busker
spaces.
M
L
No,
I
think,
that's
a
great
question
and
I
think
that's
part
of
why,
when
we
work
towards
these
longer
term
programs,
we
need
to
consider
how
public
spaces
are
used
and
and
consider
if
you
know.
C
L
Public
space
being
created
specifically
and
while
in
the
wall
street
area
and
of
course
we
work
to
expand
sidewalk
space
whenever
we
can.
But
but
I
think
it's
a
really
good
question
and
something
that
we
would
want
to
look
at
in
developing
the
longer
term
programs.
M
I
just
really
love
it.
You
know
the
I
work
downtown
and
I'm
walking
downtown
often
and
the
atmosphere
has
changed
since
all
the
on-street,
dining
and
just
seeing
people
and
watching
seeing
them
eat
and
discuss
things,
it's
just
more
active
in
general,
and
it
feels
great
so
including
some
music
in
there
and
all
it
just
sounds
wonderful
and
I
know
it's
a
slow
crawl
back,
but
thanks
for
all
you've
been
doing
and
all
the
folks
you
mentioned
as
well.
F
Thank
you.
Apparently,
we
will
all
do
that
all
day.
So
one
one
of
the
things
that
I
thought
was
interesting
about
this
is
you
said
that
people
really
weren't
complaining
about
the
reduction
in
parking.
It
kind
of
makes
me
go
back
to
you
know.
Maybe
we
should
look
at
our
udo
and
say
wait.
Maybe
we're
requiring
people
to
have
more
parking
than
we
really
need.
F
You
know
it's
like
another
learning,
and
might
you
know
might
be,
might
be
interesting
and
you
know
we
could
use
space
a
little
bit
better
than
on
you
know.
Surface
street
parking
than
we've
got
right
now,
and
I
just
didn't
know
see
that
as
a
key
takeaway
to
something
to
question.
L
I
Thank
you,
dana
the
one
of
the
issues
that
I
didn't
hear
just
yet
is
when
we
have
that
private
use
of
a
public
space,
what
happens
when
there's
not
left
room
for
pedestrian
space?
So
how
are
we
going
to
moving
forward?
Make
sure
that
we
have
a
safe
place
for
people
to
commute
once
they
get
out
of
their
car
or
if
they
arrive
without
one.
L
Absolutely
and
we
have
created
standards
to
ensure
that
there
is
public
space.
You
know
minimum
six
feet,
but
is
that
good
enough?
I
think
that's
one
of
the
questions
that
we
definitely
need
to
consider
moving
forward.
In
any
longer
term
programs.
E
And
I
think
if
I
could
just
add
that
that
is
why
this
is
kind
of
a
slow,
methodical,
look
at
the
data
do
analysis
before
we
move
to
some
level
of
permanency,
so
this
will
go
maybe
six
to
nine
months
and
then
we'll
relook
to
figure
out
if
we
have
enough
information
informed
data
in
order
to
direct
potentially
some
policy
changes.
E
E
I
I
just
had
one
more
question:
have
we
utilized
our
contacts
and
relationships
with
the
open
streets
programming
leadership
in
our
town
to
see
since
we've
closed
wall
street,
at
least
twice
before
completely
to
vehicular
traffic?
Now
that
we're
removing
the
parking
element?
L
So
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
opportunities
for
wall
street
for
sure
it's
definitely
a
step
forward
and
and
we'll
continue
to
to
work
with
both
the
businesses
and
the
community
to
to
consider
possibilities.
There
definitely.
M
It
was,
it
was
me
briefly.
I
was
just
going
to
say
we
did
just
recently
down
to
a
pd
to
reduce
the
speed
limit
on
wall
street
and
there
is
talk
of
some
closing
some
streets
for
some
pedestrian
trials
again
so
either
the
downtown
asheville
downtown
association
is
engaged,
and
you
know
maybe
there's
more
ways
to
connect
with
the
public
and
reactivate
some
of
that.
A
Thank
you,
okay,
we're
going
to
move
on
to
our
public
hearings
agenda
and
hold
on
to
your
seats,
because
we've
got
a
bunch
of
things
we
got
to
continue
so
the
first
is
the
hearing
on
the
three
corridor.
Studies
will
need
to
be
continued
until
december.
14
2021-
and
I
understand
this-
is
due
to
additional
community
outreach
on
these
items.
I
believe
that
is
the
reasoning
behind
the
continuance.
A
A
F
A
H
The
background
talks
just
a
lot
about
our
consolidated
plan
and
what
that
does
for
our
community,
as
well
as
the
city's
role
with
hud
funding,
cdbg
and
home,
and
how
the
consolidated
plan
is
carried
through
the
annual
action
plan.
I'm
directing
everyone
to
the
summary
in
the
staff
report.
A
two
hundred
and
two
thousand
dollar
discrepancy.
Five
hundred
dollars
was
discovered
in
program
income.
H
The
funds
were
inadvertently
awarded
twice
in
previous
fiscal
year
allocations
in
july
of
2018
battery
park,
apartments
paid
back
their
225
000
home
loan
from
2004,
but
there
was
conflicting
documentation
about
how
the
funds
were
recorded.
Attempting
to
correct
the
issue.
Last
summer,
the
funds
were
reported
to
hud
as
program
income
and
included
in
the
fiscal
year,
2021
reallocation
staff
determined
in
august
that
the
money
had
already
been
earmarked
for
reallocation
in
the
fall
of
2018
staff
reached
out
to
the
hud
field
office
in
greensboro
for
guidance
and
technical
assistance
in
addressing
this
discrepancy.
H
Community
development
staff
with
health
assistance
and
support
arrived
at
the
following
solution,
which
was
to
move
the
admin
funding
back
to
2018,
but
202
000.500
will
would
be
assigned
from
the
current
reallocation
to
make
up
the
difference
in
funding.
Our
hud
field
office
has
confirmed
that
this
is
a
good
solution.
H
City
has
identified
an
existing
sub-recipient,
the
asheville
buncombe
community
land
trust
that
had
agreed
to
have
their
funds
substituted
for
their
fiscal
2021
award
still
pending
contract,
the
fiscal
2021
and
20
1
and
22
action
plan
should
be
amended
to
correct
and
properly
assign
that
funding
received
from
battery
park
and
again
10
reallocation
and
the
remaining
two
hundred
and
two
thousand
five
hundred.
This
is
time
we
need
to
make
amendments
or
any
kind
of
corrections
like
this.
H
It's
important
to
bring
them
back
through
with
our
hud
greensboro
office.
We
thought
it
was
good
to
bring
this
forward
to
council
as
well.
This
went
through
a
committee,
the
asheville
regional
housing
consortium,
as
well
as
housing
and
community
development,
and
we
have
a
staff
recommendation
with
no
fiscal
impact
here
on
any
city
funding.
This
has
to
do
with
our
annual
hud
allocation
to
amend
the
action
plan
and
assign
that
funding
properly,
and
I
am
happy
to
answer
any
questions
on
this
amendment
to
the
fiscal
year.
2021
annual
action
plan.
A
M
I
almost
I
moved
to
amend
the
fiscal
year.
This
is
your
2021
annual
action
plan
and
correct
and
properly
assigned
225
000
in
home
program
income
received
from
battery
park
apartments
to
the
fiscal
year
1819
program
year
and
adjust
the
fiscal
year
2021
funding
to
reflect
this
change
and
to
sign
all
documents
necessary
to
implement
the
plan.
I
A
Okay,
we
have
a
much
in
a
second
I'm
going
to
do
a
roll
call
but
councilwoman
mosley,
aye
councilwoman
roney,
councilman
turner,
aye,
councilwoman,
whistler,
hi
myself.
I
vice
mayor
smith,
aye
councilwoman,
kilgore,
hi.
Okay,
thank
you.
Public
hearing
item
see
this
is
also
a
hearing
to
consider
updating
the
hud
annual
action
plan
for
21
2021
2022.
This
time,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
paul
d'angelo.
Once
again,.
H
Great
thanks
again
for
having
me
paul,
d'angelo,
with
community
and
economic
development
just
shifting
a
year
ahead
to
fiscal
year
2122
and
our
annual
action
plan
for
an
amendment
here
somewhat
of
a
longer
staff
report
here.
But
the
action
requested
is
to
move
additional
cdbg
funds
to
contingency
to
be
allocated
next
spring
in
our
fiscal
year.
2223
application
cycle,
updating
the
home
phones
allocation
and
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
submit
the
amended
21
22
annual
action
plan
to
hud
to
reflect
these
changes
most
years.
H
The
typical
cycle
is:
is
we
receive
notification
of
funding
in
march?
We
do
an
allocation
round
for
cdbg
and
home
funds
that
gets
finalized
in
june
and
then,
usually
in
august
or
september,
we
go
back
to
look
at
the
home
funds
again
based
on
the
tax
credit
awards
that
happen,
so
we're
doing
that
with
our
home
funding
in
this
staff
report.
Bringing
that
back
like
we
normally
do
how
those
funds
have
been
reallocated
based
on
tax
credit
awards,
but
in
the
cd
cdbg
allocation,
we're
looking
at
some
funding
that
was
returned
this
previous
year.
H
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
that
gets
allocated
to
next
fiscal
year
so
that
that
can
be
distributed.
That's
about
a
hundred
and
thirty
four
thousand
dollars,
and
then,
lastly,
because
of
the
challenges
with
home
ownership
and
home
prices
in
our
region,
the
cdb,
the
cd
team,
was
able
to
take
advantage
of
an
opportunity
to
amend
our
annual
action
plan
and
our
home
hud
home
home
ownership
value
limits
to
better
reflect
true
housing
costs
in
our
region
and
to
a
better
assist
home
ownership.
H
Cd
calculated
the
current
home
home
ownership,
value
limits
which
are
normally
lower
and
based
on
hud
amounts.
We
were
able
to
get
up-to-date
data
from
the
four
county
region
and
take
advantage
of
those
value
limits
that
are
out
there.
95
of
the
median
area
price
purchase
price
for
single
family
homes.
We
can
turn
this
in
with
our
hud
amended
annual
action
plan
and,
if
accepted
by
hud,
we
should
be
able
to
assist
more
homeowners
at
perhaps
a
more
realistic
home
ownership
rates.
H
So
a
request
here
for
three
changes
to
move
the
contingency
funding
of
about
134
000
to
fiscal
2223
allocation.
That's
going
to
those
applications
will
go
out
in
december,
except
the
new
home
awards
that
have
been
adjusted
from
tax
credits
and,
lastly,
submit
some
of
the
data
for
more
realistic
home
hud
home
homeownership
limits
hard
to
say,
and
I
think
steph
is
calling
on
folks
so
councilwoman
whistler
and
reminder
to
not
mute
yourself.
F
Okay,
well,
I
think
you
can
mute
me
if
you
want
paul.
Don't
do
it,
though
absolutely
so
so
these
the
programs
where
the
funds
are
coming
back,
I
mean
you
know
some
of
them.
You
know
less
than
a
thousand
dollars
are
a
little
like
who
cares
but
do
do
we
know
why
you
know
some
of
these
funds
are
coming
back,
that
you
know
the
larger
amounts
that
are
coming
back
from
the
agencies
were.
Is
it
just
coveted
they
weren't
able
to
spend
their
funds
or
did
programs
fall
apart?
F
H
Sure
that's
a
great
question:
councilwoman
whistler!
So
normally
we
see
a
little
bit
of
this
each
year,
but
it's
much
smaller
amounts.
But
as
a
reminder,
since
I've
been
with
the
city,
I
don't
think
we've
had
kind
of
a
normal
hud
cycle
where
we
actually
get
our
hud
contract.
In
october,
there's
been
government
shutdowns,
there's
been
coven.
Last
year
we
didn't
get
our
hud
contract
until
march.
I'm
sorry
this
year,
and
so
literally
our
funding
gets
out
the
door.
H
Everyone
has
to
kind
of
scramble
to
make
sure
they've
got
the
receipts
so
that
they
can
get
paid
back
all
to
close
out
the
fiscal
year
and
june
31st.
It
was
quite
a
bit.
I
think
our
agencies
did
a
great
job
to
get
this
funding
back
into
the
community.
There
were
some
leftover
balances,
two
of
the
agencies
just
struggled
a
bit
to
to
move
their
funding,
riverfront
development,
great
job,
to
be
able
to
move
that
funding
became
a
challenge
that
had
been
on
the
books
for
a
few
years.
H
Hud
wants
to
see
us
put
funding
towards
you,
know
shovel-ready
or
movable
projects,
and
then,
regarding
the
funding
that
went
to
homeward
bound,
they
actually
were
able
to
do
that.
Capital
stack
to
purchase
the
days
in
without
any
federal
funding.
This
federal
funding
would
trigger
a
lot
of
activities
in
this
round
that
wasn't
quite
necessary.
They
may
do
that
when
it
comes
to
their
renovations,
but
they
had
the
funding
to
put
that
purchase
together.
H
So
we
were
able
to
receive
that
money
back
we'll
send
the
hundred
and
thirty
four
thousand
out
fiscal
2223
reminder
to
the
community.
Those
applications
should
open
in
december.
A
F
Really
go
ahead.
I
make
the
motion
to
to
move
additional
cdbg
funds
to
contingency
to
be
allocated
next
spring
in
the
fiscal
2223
application
cycle,
updating
the
home
funds
allocation
and
authorizing
the
city
managers
to
submit
the
amended
2021
22
annual
action
plan
to
hud
to
reflect
these
changes
and
assign
all
documents
necessary
to
implement
the
plan.
A
E
A
Councilwoman
mosley
hi.
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Paul
next
is
public
hearing
item
d.
This
is
the
it
was
supposed
to
be
a
conditional
rezoning
amendment
of
511
brevard
road,
but
it
needs
to
be
continued
until
december
14th
2021
do
I
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
continue
this
item
to
december
14th.
E
C
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Okay,
we're
done
with
the
public
hearings
portion
of
the
agenda.
We
do
not
have
any
items
of
unfinished
business
under
new
business.
We
have
three
items.
The
first
item,
new
business
item,
a
one
and
two
is
the
nine.
It's
two
items
related
to
the
911
consolidation
and
we're
going
to
start
this
item
off
with
kathy
ball.
Who,
for
the
last
time,
is
presenting
to
us.
O
Thank
you
mayor
vice
mayor
and
members
of
city
council.
As
the
mayor
said,
I
am.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
come
before
you
tonight
with
two
different
items
that
are
related.
The
first
one
is
the
opportunity
to
consolidate
the
city,
the
county,
911
system,
dispatch
services,
as
well
as
the
second
is
to
do
a
budget
amendment
to
appropriate
money
that
the
city
has
been
receiving
for
the
purposes
of
upgrading
equipment
for
the
911
services.
O
So
the
key
takeaways
is
this
is
an
opportunity
for
the
city
and
the
county
to
coordinate
communication
and
services
and
operations
under
one
entity.
Currently,
our
fire
department
already
receives
calls
through
the
county,
and
our
police
department
has
a
separate
system,
and
I
would
note
that
we
do
have
chief
burnett
on
the
call
if
we
have
any
questions
around
the
fire
department.
O
We
consolidating
911
services
is
a
step
forward
in
a
systems
approach
to
reimagining
public
safety
that
I
will
touch
on
at
a
very
high
level.
This
requires
an
inter
governmental
agreement.
Discover
intergovernmental
agreement,
addresses
the
cost
issue,
data
access
and
the
operational
decision
making
to
enhance
community
service
delivery.
O
O
So
currently
the
county
receives
call,
as
I
mentioned
before,
for
the
the
fire
departments,
including
the
city's
fire
department,
but
all
the
other
fire
departments
within
the
county.
Our
ems
services,
black
mountain
mon
creek
police
departments
and
the
sheriff's
department,
our
asheville
police
department
dispatch
is
co-located
with
buncombe
county.
They
are
just
under
different
organizational
authorities.
O
So
I
mentioned
earlier
that
this
is
a
step
in
a
process.
It
is
a
systems
approach
as
part
of
a
process
for
consolidating
city
emergency
communication
to
be
more
efficient
and
effective
to
respond
to
the
public.
O
It
does
develop
the
first
stage
of
this
system's
approach
to
providing
the
appropriate
level
of
response
to
residents
in
crisis
from
drug
overdoses,
homelessness
and
mental
issues.
It's
a
holistic
approach
that
better
serves
our
communities.
Emergency
response
needs
to
those
people
in
our
community
that
are
most
vulnerable.
O
O
Then
it
moves
forward
into
who
responds
to
that
call,
and
specifically,
here
we're
talking
about
folks
who
were
in
crisis
from
mental
health
issues,
drug
overdoses
or
other
other
substance,
abuse,
ish
issue
or
substance
issues,
so
the
community
paramedic,
the
change
team
responds
hopefully
there's
an
opportunity
for
pre-arrest
diversion
and
then
the
relief-
and
we
you
all
have
heard
a
lot
about
this-
is
through
two
different
sources:
the
bihac,
which
is
also
known
as
the
behavioral
health
clinic
on
biltmore
avenue,
as
well
as
the
emergency
shelter
that
has
come
before
you
several
times
so
again.
O
The
purpose
of
this
slide
is
just
to
demonstrate
that
it's
part
of
a
larger
system-
and
this
is
the
first
step
in
that
system-
next
slide,
please
so.
We've
talked
about
this
time,
but
you
know
why
consolidate
I
mean.
We've
said
it's
more
efficient,
but
why
is
it
more
efficient,
so
it
helps
eliminate,
call
transferring
when
folks
call
in
they
typically
don't
care
if
they're
in
the
city
or
county.
O
O
So
the
intergovernmental
agreement
is
kind
of
the.
How
that's
the
tool
that
we're
using
to
make
it
happen.
So
it
includes
specifically
items
around
how
do
staffing
that
currently
work
for
the
asheville
police
department.
How
do
they?
How
do
they
and
how
are
their
jobs
impacted
through
this
we'll
go
into
each
I'll
go
into
each
of
these
a
little
bit
in
more
detail,
but
the
agreement
itself
does
speak
in
detail
to
these
items.
O
The
cost,
the
cost
of
doing
this
agreement
or
transferring
this
over
access
to
data
operational
decision
making,
and
then
the
termination
clause
always
the
opportunity,
within
this
agreement,
to
identify
if
it
is
not
working
for
both
parties.
How
to
terminate
the
agreement
next
slide,
please
so
the
staffing
transition
there
are
19
full-time
equivalent
positions
from
the
city
that
would
be
under
the
county
management.
If
this
is
approved
by
city
council
tonight,
employees
will
be
made
whole
with
no
reduction
in
pay
or
benefits
being
made.
O
O
City
staff
will
agree
to
provide
backup
coverage
for
six
months
as
we
are
able,
and
that
is
given
the
ability
of
actual
officers
to
be
able
to
provide
that
backup
service
next
slide,
please
so
the
cost
the
model
for
the
cost.
I
failed
to
mention
that
we
are
entering
if
council
approves,
we
are
entering
into
this
agreement
tonight,
but
the
county
is
working
with
all
of
the
other
agencies
that
are
not
currently
within
the
agreement.
O
To
work
with
them
on
a
similar
agreement,
all
of
the
methodology
of
calculating
the
the
calls
or
the
cost
are
the
same.
It's
a
percentage
of
the
population
of
each
municipality
as
well
as
the
calls
for
service
for
in,
in
our
case,
for
the
city
again,
the
formula
will
be
applied
to
every
other
community
in
buncombe
county.
O
O
That's
consumer
price
index,
so
this
gives
you
thank
you.
Ashley.
C
O
So,
compared
to
what
we're
currently
paying,
I
kind
of
mentioned
these
numbers
before
I
would
go,
I
will
go
into
a
little
bit
more
detail,
so
we're
currently
paying
1.4
million
in
police
services
that
are
in
within
the
city,
and
then
we
are
contracting
with
the
county
for
around
210
000
for
a
total
of
1.61
million
under
the
consolidated
agreement.
Again
it
is
a
maximum
of
2
million
dollars
and
the
difference
being
400
000..
O
I
mentioned
that.
There's
a
second
part
that
we're
asking
city
council
to
approve
and
that's
a
budget
amendment
in
the
amount
of
800,
and
I
think
it's
37
837
605
dollars
that
would
be
moved
into
the
account
to
help
cover
this
differential
for
two
plus
years.
If,
in
fact
the
cost
does
exceed
two
million
dollars
or
does
go
up
to
two
million
dollars
next
slide,
please
so
data
the
city
will
have
access
to
all
the
data
that
we
currently
have
now,
except
for
audio
recordings,
and
when
I
say
have
access,
I
mean
immediate
access.
O
So
when
a
call
is
put
into
the
computerized
data
system,
our
staff
will
be
able
to
access
it.
The
only
exception
is
audio
recordings
of
the
caller,
making
the
call
into
9-1-1
and
for
audio
recordings.
The
agreement
specifies
that
that
would
be
available
as
soon
as
possible
or
sit
as
requested,
but
no
longer
than
one
shift,
which
is
12
hours.
O
The
one
of
the
biggest
items
that
we
work
through
closely
with
the
county
is
the
way
that
the
governance
committee
would
be
set
up.
So
there
would
be
a
government
governance,
operational
decision-making
body.
O
It
would
be
called
the
communication
steering
committee
and
it
would
review
performance
and
compliance
with
data
and
resolve
questions,
issues
and
disputes
relating
to
the
911
call
center
operations.
So
there,
if
there's
any
agency
that
is
within
this
body,
they
would
bring
questions
before
this
group
to
get
them
resolved.
O
The
list
below
is
a
list
of
the
makeup
of
the
committee.
When
we
had
talked
to
council
about
this.
Previously,
there
were
some
questions
about
the
number
of
at-large
members.
What
we
heard
from
the
majority
of
county
of
the
city
council
members
was
either
they
were
okay
with
the
one
committee
member
or,
if
it
didn't
matter,
we
had
one
that
really
would
like
to
see
two
so
we're
open
to
hearing
more
information.
If
council
wants
to
revisit
that
next
slide,
please
I
cam.
I
So
if
we
can
go
back
to
that
slide
in
addition
to
a
desire
to
see
more
community
voices
at
that
table,
my
question
was:
is
there
a
desire
to
have
an
odd
number
so
stacking
a
board
with
eight
may
present
some
challenges
just
being
an
even
number.
O
Yeah,
if
you
can
go
back
actually
to
that
previous
slide,
to
address
your
first
question
kim
all
of
the
issues
that
come
before
this
body
are
technical
in
nature,
so
even
the
person
that
is
selected
as
the
community
member
at
large
would
have
to
be
somebody
who's
knowledgeable
about
the
technical
jargon.
So
it's
not
it's
not
necessarily
a
community
member
who's
just
concerned
about
calls.
O
O
We
wanted
to
be
able
to
control
the
protocol
around
how
the
call
was
received,
how
it
was
put
into
our
computer,
aided
dispatch
system
and
then
how
the
the
the
dispatcher
called
made
the
call
to
the
responders,
so
that
really
handles
the
majority
of
all
the
issues
that
we
have
around
the
governance
committee.
O
As
long
as
the
city
has
control
over
those
issues,
the
county
will
work
directly
with
the
city
to
ensure
that
call
taking
and
processing
operations
along
with
accreditation,
both
the
actual
police
department
and
the
national
fire
department
are
accredited
and
part
of
their
accreditation
is
based
on
this
dispatching
any
decisions
that
would
impact
multiple
agencies
would
come
before
the
steering
committee
that
we
mentioned
before
next
slide.
Please.
O
There
is
a
termination
clause
within
the
agreement
that
would
allow
either
party
to
terminate
the
agreement
by
giving
the
other
party
written
notice
of
six
months
in
advance
of
the
july
1,
which
is
the
regional
date
upon
termination.
The
city
would
reinstate
a
call
center
at
100,
for
plaza,
which
we
we
know
as
the
municipal
building
and
the
county
would
transfer
equipment
back
to
the
city
so
that
we
would
have
an
operational
call
center
next
slide.
O
O
It
is
a
systems
approach
in
the
beginning
of
a
systems
approach
around
reimagining
public
safety.
As
far
as
the
way
that
we
receive
and
address
calls,
it
addresses
the
key
components
that
were
of
concern
to
our
staff
and
making
sure
that
we
provided
really
good
service
and
that
we
were
accountable
to
our
community,
which
included,
cost
data
access,
operational
decision
making
and
operational
decisions,
and
again
it's
a
best
practice
from
the
state.
O
E
And
mayor,
if,
if
I
could,
I
just
would
like
to
acknowledge
that
functional
consolidation
between
a
city,
government
and
a
county
government
around
a
function
is
is
not
an
easy
task.
E
There
are
just
lots
of
details
that
had
to
get
work
through,
and
I
just
appreciate
kathy's
leadership
on
this,
as
well
as
if
I
could
just
acknowledge
the
fire,
both
the
foreign
police
chiefs,
burnett
and
chief
zack,
the
finance
director,
tony
mcdowell,
and
our
interim
assistant
city
manager,
peggy
rowe,
who
also
worked
as
a
team
on
this,
as
well
as
john
maddox
and
brad
branham
and
man.
I
could
just
probably
literally
list
10
or
12
other
individuals
that
that
worked
on
this,
because
again
it
was
a
lot.
E
A
lot
of
detail
every
word,
especially
with
that
in
a
local
intergovernmental
agreement,
was,
was
looked
at
with
a
final
time.
Fine
to
come
so
again,
just
appreciate
the
work
appreciate
the
time
that
you
all
give
us
gave
us
to
update
you
all
on
this
initiative,
and
I
hope
that
you
will
see
fit
to
approve
it.
So
thank
you
and
thank
you
again,
kathy.
A
Thank
you
and
thank
you
all
for
all
the
hard
work
and
also
shout
out
to
the
county
across
the
way
they're
going
to
vote
on
this
after
us
so
and
that
I
think
this
will
be
a
great
thing
for
the
city
and
the
county
and
for
the
folks
that
live
here.
Who
will
re
receive
the
services?
F
I
just
I
think
this
is
great.
You
know
I,
the
idea
that
we're
working
a
little
you
know
closely
together,
and
it's
just
you
know
one
more
one
more
step
of
doing
things
in
a
smart
in
a
smart
way.
I
think,
is
great.
I
Running
so
I
know
this
came
up
in
our
check-ins,
but
another
thing
for
us
to
think
about
when
we're
collaborating
together
is
the
future
and
so
having
visited
the
facility
and
seeing
that
the
staff
work
in
a
building,
that's
required
to
not
have
windows
when
we
think
about
future
land
use
and
the
wise
use
of
taxpayer
dollars
when
land
is
so
expensive.
I'm
excited
for
the
opportunity
to
see
a
future
where
our
911
staff
may
be
able
to
have
an
office
with
windows.
O
So
kim,
excuse
me,
council,
member,
I'm
sorry
as
part
of
this.
The
county
is
required
to
provide
a
backup
location,
so
I
think
they're
in
the
process
of
trying
to
identify
where
that
can
be
and
they're
getting
input,
I
think
from
their
their
staff,
as
well
as
the
staff
who
currently
work
for
the
city
around
the
same
issues
of
having
a
better
location
to
work,
especially
in
the
stressful
environment,
that
they
work
in.
O
So
I'm
happy,
I
will
be
sure
to
pass
along
to
them,
but
I
think
they're,
aware
of
the
need
for
there
to
be
better
conditions,
especially
with
having
just
natural
light
and
windows
available
to
them.
Thank
you.
M
I'll
just
share
briefly.
Yes,
thank
you
kathy
thanks
for
all
that
information
and
for
all
your
work
on
this
when
I
was
onboarding
the
council,
this
was
something
I
had
to
learn
a
lot
about.
I
didn't
know
much
about,
and
one
of
the
things
I
did
was
the
took
a
ride,
along
with
the
community
paramedic
pilot
program,
which
is
really
inspiring
work
that
we're
doing
in
the
community
and
I'm
sure
we'll
hear
more
about
that
in
the
future.
M
But
what
sticks
out
to
me
that
is
related
to
this
is
that
at
the
end
of
that
day,
in
the
field
with
them,
I
asked
them.
You
know
what
is
it
that
really
would
make
what
you're
doing
so
much
more
successful?
How
do
we
expand
it?
How
do
we
grow
it?
What
do
you
need-
and
they
pointed
to
two
things
really
one
was
this
consolidation
of
the
and
the
other
was
a
access
shelter
like
we've
been
talking
about
with
ramada,
so
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
you
know.
I
know
we're
talking
about
reimagining
police.
M
We're
talking
about
addressing
lots
of
community
needs
mental
health
addiction,
all
of
these
services,
homelessness
and
there's
so
much.
That
is
wrapped
up
in
this.
That
also
ties
to
the
911
call
center,
so
just
kudos
to
everyone
and
wanted
to
kind
of
draw
those
things
into
their
interconnectedness.
But
thank
you.
A
E
A
C
A
Myself,
I
vice
mayor
smith,
hi
kilgore,
aye,
councilwoman,
mosley,
aye,
councilwoman,
brody,
aye,
councilwoman,
turner,
hi
and
then,
as
a
corollary
to
this,
we
need
to
make
this
budget
amendment.
Do
I
have
a
motion,
a
second
to
adopt
a
budget
amendment
in
the
special
revenue
fund
in
the
amount
of
eight
hundred
thirty
seven
thousand
six
hundred
five
dollars
from
says
country
on
this
by
summit
means
county
contributions
towards
city,
radio
maintenance
for
the
consolidation
of
a
9-1-1
system.
A
C
A
Councilwoman
moseley
aye
councilwoman,
roney,
aye
council
and
turner
hi
councilwoman
whistler
hi.
Okay,
thank
you
kathy.
Are
you
gonna
stick
around
to
the
end
of
this
meeting,
so
we
can
crawl
over
you
at
the
end.
I
hope
you
do.
Okay,
good
okay,
new
business
b,
I'm
going
to
turn
over
to
the
vice
mayor
for
the
last
item
of
new
business
related
to
boards
and
commissions.
N
Thank
you,
boards
and
commissions
committee
met
this
morning
and
we
make
the
we're
making
the
following
recommendations
for
our
november
appointments
for
the
alcoholic
beverage
commission.
The
committee
recommends
the
reappointment
of
max
haner
and
neon
avery.
Is
there
a
second.
N
Who
is
it
I
heard
gwen,
let's
go
with
twin
okay
I'll,
do
a
roll
call
vote
for
approval,
councilwoman,
whistler,
aye,
councilman
turner,.
C
N
We
have
a
vacancy,
we
had
a
vacancy
for
the
alternate
seat,
so
the
board
recommends
the
appointment
of
andrew
gerard
gerard.
Maybe
I'm
sorry
to
that
alternate
seat.
Is
there
a
second.
N
Second
I'll
do
a
real
call
vote
for
approval,
councilwoman,
rony,
hi,
housewoman
turner.
C
F
N
N
F
A
Hey
all
right,
thank
you
very
much.
Now
we
have
reached
the
informal
discussion
public
comment
portion
of
our
agenda
staff
will
now
we
have
four
folks
signed
up
to
speak
under
this
portion.
Staff
will
now
connect
live
calls
from
our
speaker
cube
for
informal
discussion
and
public
comment.
Again
we
are
only
taking
callers
who
signed
up
in
advance
callers.
You
will
first
hear
staff
inform
counsel
that
you're
next
to
speak.
Then
you
will
hear
an
automated
message,
letting
you
know
you
are
unmuted
and
live
in
the
meeting.
B
B
I
call
in
solidarity
with
every
poor
person
in
our
community,
because
this
city
and
by
extension,
haka
systematically
disenfranchise
and
displays
us.
Every
day
your
illegitimate
councils
may
actively
making
policy
decisions
that
are
killing
us
every
day.
You
choose
an
action,
is
an
active
choice
against
human
rights.
B
You
weren't
there,
the
family,
being
evicted,
a
mother,
grandmother
and
two
children
under
five
has
been
living
in
their
home
for
six
years
in
good
standing
with
part
of
their
rent
covered
by
the
section
8
program
that
haka
offers
because
of
a
transfer
of
property
last
spring.
Their
new
landlord
cindy
rice
stopped
accepting
section
8,
but
did
not
notify
the
tenants
tenants
nor
provide
a
new
lease.
B
The
mother
said
we
are
working
on
getting
an
email,
acknowledging
that
our
voucher
was
cancelled
due
to
a
mix-up,
but
now
our
voucher
has
been
reinstated
and
the
evictions
going
forwards
anyway,
they
twice
paid
to
appeal.
The
eviction
in
court,
with
the
assistance
of
fiscal
eagle,
paid
the
bond
and
fees
mandated
by
the
court
three
times
over.
B
But
despite
this,
the
court
found
in
favor
of
the
landlord
they
have
not
received
any
restitution
from
the
county.
They
have
not
received
their
home
back
and
have
instead
been
displaced.
These
are
the
community's
demands.
One
haka
must
pay
immediate
restitution
to
the
displaced
family
in
the
amount
that
the
family
desires.
Number
two,
the
city
of
asheville
and
buncombe
county-
must
immediately
forgive
overdue
rent
for
those
living
in
public
housing
and
cease
threatening
residents
with
evictions.
B
Number
three
city
of
asheville
must
forgive
all
unpaid
or
overdue
water
bills,
including
interest
for
all
residential
customers,
were
in
a
pandemic
number
four
buncombe
county
sheriff's
department
must
declare
an
indefinite
moratorium
on
eviction
enforcement.
No
one
should
be
convicted
ever
number.
Five,
the
city
of
asheville
and
buncombe
county
must
make
camping
legal
on
city
and
county
property,
provide
24
7
access
to
clean
public
restrooms,
where
facilities
exist,
continue,
offering
regular
trash
and
recycling
disposal
and
add
permanent
sharks,
disposal
containers
to
all
public
park
infrastructure
communities.
B
D
Dear
councilwoman,
thank
you
for
your
time
and
attention.
Last
weekend,
a
national
busker
was
robbed
in
broad
daylight
in
the
busy
part
of
the
city.
Recently,
a
close
family
member
of
mine
joined
some
friends.
Downtown
for
dinner
was
disgusted
by
what
gross
things
were
on
the
sidewalk
and
stated
she
did
not
intend
to
go
back
downtown.
D
These
stories
and
experiences
inspired
me
to
revisit
a
program
that
I
had
previously
submitted
to
city
council
to
be
considered
under
the
reimagining
public
safety
paradigm.
The
program
would
be
called
the
asheville
ambassadors
and
would
consist
of
four
electric
bike
patrol
riders.
Each
rider
would
receive
a
living
wage.
The
downtown
area
would
be
divided
into
four
quadrants,
and
each
cyclist
would
take
turns
riding
that
area
during
their
prescribed
patrol
times
rotating
quadrants.
D
Frequently
each
cyclist
would
be
provided
appropriate
safety
equipment
and
communication
devices
such
as
walkies
and
cell
phones,
saddlebags,
will
be
labeled
and
would
include
downtown
maps,
information
and
basic
first
aid
kit,
also
bikes,
would
include
poles
and
flags
on
the
back.
One
side
of
the
flag
would
say:
asheville
ambassadors
and
the
other
side
could
include
sponsors
as
you
ride
around
the
city.
You
are
part
of
a
peaceful
triage
of
downtown
eyes,
ears
and
goodwill.
Let's
say
a
cyclist
discovers
something
unsavory
on
the
sidewalk.
D
They
could
contact
the
street
crew
if
they
witness
someone
in
physical
distress,
they
would
have
a
hotline
to
the
ms.
If
someone
deemed
to
be
homeless
in
a
distressed
state,
appropriate
response
teams
could
be
alerted
and,
of
course,
maps
and
directions
could
be
given
out
at
tourists
at
free
will.
Please
note
the
cyclists
are
ambassadors
and
not
police
all
circumstance
all
circumstances.
Cyclists
are
directed
to
right
away
and
then
make
appropriate
calls.
D
Funding
could
be
provided
through
some
of
the
770
thousand
dollars
that
was
allotted
to
reimagine,
public
safety
programs
and
partnering
partnering
with
tourist-driven
organizations,
downtown
merchants,
churches,
individuals,
etc.
Unfortunately,
the
ratio
of
outputs
to
inputs
are
hard
to
quantify
in
this
program.
D
The
output
is
significant
but
elusive
to
put
into
charts
and
numbers,
because
the
type
of
security
this
program
offers
is
psychological.
The
presence,
the
presence
of
the
bike
patrol,
will
give
a
sense
of
oversight
and
that
in
itself
will
be
be
a
layer
of
safety
for
the
downtown
visitors.
It
will
relieve
police
of
unnecessary
cause
and
the
process
create
an
atmosphere
of
goodwill.
D
It
is
unknown
if
the
bike
patrol
could
have
any
way
prevented
the
assault
on
the
busker
sunday
downtown
in
daylight
in
a
busy
part
of
town,
but
I
do
know
that
that
clean
streets
and
a
sense
of
eye
on
the
prize
will
bring
my
family
back
downtown
to
shop
and
eat.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
consideration
and
I
recognize
that
this
situation,
in
which
I'm
speaking,
is
far
more
complicated
than
I
can
give
to
you
in
a
three-minute
speech.
Thank
you.
So
much.
Q
Okay,
thank
you
good
evening,
city
council.
I'm
calling
tonight
to
speak
about
the
events
that
happened
on
thursday
november
4th,
where
six
people
were
arrested,
defending
a
family
facing
eviction.
This
family
included
a
mother,
a
grandmother
and
two
children
under
five
due
to
the
negligence
of
the
housing
authority
and
their
new
landlord
cindy
rice
who
stopped
accepting
vouchers
but
did
not
notify
tenants.
This
family,
who
has
lived
in
this
house
for
six
years
in
good
standing,
was
forced
to
leave
with
winter
approaching
and
with
the
pandemic
still
affecting
our
community.
Q
Unfortunately,
this
story
is
not
unique
and
is
happening
time
and
time
again,
with
properties,
changing
hands,
raising
prices
and
landlords,
not
understanding
vouchers
and
the
responsibility
that
comes
with
providing
housing.
The
city
is
not
addressing
the
affordable
housing
crisis
with
the
urgency
that
is
needed.
Mayor
manheimer,
since
you
appoint
the
boards
the
board
members
of
hakka,
it
would
be
of
interest
to
our
community
if
you
started
appointing
people
who
understand
how
to
be
part
of
this
community
haka
is
and
has
been
problematic
in
the
way
they
engage
with
low-income
neighborhoods.
Q
You
have
direct
control
over
the
unethical
ways
in
which
the
housing
authority
moves.
So
please
keep
this
in
mind.
Some
demands
coming
from
the
community
include,
and
I
will
reiterate
what
green
leaves
said.
Number
one
hakka
must
pay
immediate
restitution
to
the
displaced
family
in
the
amount
that
the
family
desires,
being
displaced
is
extremely
traumatic.
Q
A
Okay,
thank
you
all
right.
Once
again,
everybody.
This
is
kathy
ball's.
Last
council
meeting
with
us.
I
think
her
official
last
day
is
friday.
I
believe-
and
I
just
a
few
fun
facts
about
kathy
ball.
She
joined
the
city
in
1997
and
her
while
she's
been
with
the
city,
she
has
been
the
transportation
director,
the
public
works
director
and
assistant
city
manager.
She
was
even
our
interim.
O
A
Manager
in
2018,
so
a
long
history,
and
she
has
many
accomplishments
with
the
city
under
her
belt.
We're
extremely
sad
to
see
her
go.
I
personally
have
had
some
great
times
with
kathy.
She
has
taught
me
a
lot
about
all
things,
city
and
things
not
about
the
city
that
I
learned
too,
but
they
were
really
interesting
and
it's
just
been
a
pleasure
kathy.
You
lead
with
your
heart.
You
care
about
this
community.
O
Super
thanks.
I've
learned
so
much
here
and
I
would
not
be
the
person
I
am
today.
It
wasn't
for
the
city,
the
people
who
care
about
it
and
I'm
I'm
not
leaving
forever,
not
that
I'm
a
better
person
today
than
I
could
have
ever
imagined
that
I
would
be,
and
thank
you
all
dearly
for
your
service.
I
absolutely
love
the
employees
of
the
city.
O
I
appreciate
the
commitment
that
you
showed
to
them
when
you
took
a
big
chance
on
improving
taxes,
increasing
taxes
for
the
payroll
made
a
big
difference
and
it
was
important,
but
I'm
leaving
here
a
better
person,
and
it
is
all
so
good.
It
is
all
so
good.
I've
been
so
blessed
and
thank
you
all
so
very
much
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
P
R
Hey
council,
I
just
sorry
I'm
a
little
late
to
this.
When
I
moved
here
15
years
ago,
my
neighbor's
parents
were
both
still
living
and
every
weekend
I
watched
as
her
father
would
come
out
and
care
for
his
cars,
each
of
which
he
bought
brand
new
and
have
been
in
his
home
ever
since,
even
after
his
passing,
these
cars
mean
a
tremendous
amount
to
my
neighbor,
and
they
mean
a
lot
to
me
too,
because
they
remind
me
of
this
family.
R
That's
been
a
pillar
of
my
community
and
this
past
thursday,
my
husband
and
I
encountered
an
individual
from
the
city's
development
services
department
that
was
citing
my
neighbor
for
having
these
vehicles
on
her
property.
This
comes
after
this
has
happened
or
several
times
with
folks
who,
I
suppose,
have
the
valuable
time
in
their
day
to
waste
harassing
my
neighbor.
R
It's
a
mentality
that
I
don't
understand
and
which
doesn't
foster
a
sense
in
our
community,
and
I
was
able
to
navigate
to
the
complaint
through
the
asheville
app
and
learned
that
this
person,
who
called,
doesn't
even
live
in
my
community
and
owns
a
vacant
lot
down
the
street
I
reached
out
to
ben
woody
at
development
services,
who
was
really
tremendously
helpful
and
gracious,
and
I
let
him
know
that
I
was
concerned
that
folks
have
been
living
in
our
con
historically
by
communities
for
generations
are
being
targeted
through
these
enforcement
policies,
and
my
neighbor
has
repeatedly
expressed
her
feelings
that
gentrification
makes
her
feel
unwelcome
in
a
place.
R
She
and
her
family
have
lived
for
a
very
long
time
beneath
the
story,
the
larger
equity
issue,
but
I
think
it's
imperative
that
you
all
address
the
council
and
that
you're
actually
really
able
to
which
is
great.
Our
current
system,
deputizes
private
citizens
to
drive
the
enforcement
of
hundreds
of
complaints.
These
are
results
in
policies
that
fine,
our
neighbors
and
add
a
lot
of
additional
work
and
economic
distress
to
the
plate
of
folks
who
have
already
been
impacted
strongly
by
gentrification.
R
What
they
found
in
portland
said.
The
analysis
shows
city's
reliance
on
complaints
for
enforcement,
adversely
affects
communities
of
color
in
neighborhoods,
vulnerable
to
gentrification,
race
and
ethnicity,
and
the
five-year
change
in
home
value
were
the
two
neighborhood
factors
that
strongest
had
the
strongest
positive
association
to
complaint
rates.
On
average
households
and
neighborhoods,
with
higher
percentages
of
people
of
color
and
greater
increases
in
median
home
prices
over
five
years
were
most
strongly
associated
with
higher
complaint
rates.
R
They
also
said,
in
short,
the
auditor's
office
finds
that
wealthy
white
people
are
moving
into
low
income
and
racially
diverse
neighborhoods
and
complaining
about
their
new
neighbors
property
and
those
complaints
are
putting
people
in
debt
with
our
city's
commitment
to
equity.
Adjusting
policy
regarding
the
asheville
app
and
our
city's
complaint
driven
enforcement
system
seems
like
a
great
and
simple
place
for
us
to
implement
change
and
reduce
harm.
Ben
has
been
extremely
helpful
and
I
think
it's
really
worth
reviewing
whether
things
like
cars
in
someone's
driveway.
R
It's
even
an
issue
that
we
want
to
use
the
city's
valuable
time
and
resources
to
go
after
low
wealth,
folks
and
folks
in
communities
of
color
to
enforce
property
restrictions,
have
racist
roots
and
have
long
been
used
for
the
purposes
of
gatekeeping.
In
the
meantime,
I
encourage
my
neighbors
once
again
to
evaluate
who
you
are
harming
by
making
such
complaints.
A
Okay,
council.
That
concludes
our
meeting.
We
do
not
have
another
meeting
in
in
november.
We
have
one
meeting
in
december
and
originally
we
thought
that
meeting
would
be
in
person,
but
since
we
only
have
one
meeting
in
december,
I
think
we're
going
to
make
a
clean
sweep
of
the
year
and
well.
We
briefly
met
in
person
back
in
the
spring,
but
anyway
we'll
have
this
final
meeting
virtually
and
then
it
is
anticipated
that
the
county
will
likely
lift
the
mask
mandate
for
sure
but
likely,
and
we
will
resume
in
person
meetings
in
january.