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From YouTube: City Council Agenda Briefing – February 23, 2023
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Regular agenda briefing work session of the Asheville City Council.
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A
B
Hello,
everyone
and
welcome
to
the
agenda
briefing
board
session
of
the
city
council.
This
is
the
first
of
these
in-person
work
sessions,
in
which
staff
will
provide
updates
and
discussions
and
discuss
upcoming
agenda
items.
Mayor
mannheimer
and
councilwoman
Mosley,
as
well
as
Shanika
Smith,
have
scheduling,
conflicts
and
on
are
unable
to
attend
the
work
session.
Today.
These
work
sessions
will
be
held
regularly
on
Thursdays
before
the
Tuesday
council
meeting
and
are
open
to
the
public
and
available
to
view
the
live
stream
on
the
city.
B
B
855-925-2801
meeting
code
3540
these
work
sessions
are
an
opportunity
for
the
staff
to
review
and
the
public
to
hear
issues
and
concerns
from
the
city
council
regarding
current
and
potential
future
Council
agenda
items
and
public
comment
is
not
permitted
at
the
work
sessions
and
Council
will
not
be
voting
on
any
matters
and
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
our
city
manager.
To
get
us
started.
A
Good
morning,
and
I
too
want
to
welcome
everyone
to
our
first
in-person
agenda
briefing
work
session
formally
call
check-in
meetings.
Format
of
these
meetings
will
generally
flow
the
way
we
have
had
them
in
the
past.
Other
than
that,
we
won't
cover
any
substantive
legal
issues.
Those
matters
will
be
handled
in
closed
session
or
through
confidential
memos.
A
C
Deborah
good
morning,
everyone
in
keeping
with
the
previous
process,
once
we
get
to
consent,
we're
going
to
cover
that
by
exception.
So
please
note
that
you're
welcome
to
ask
questions
on
any
of
the
agenda
items,
including
the
items
that
I
don't
cover.
By
way
of
quick
reminder.
The
city
council
meeting
for
February
28th
has
a
special
scheduled
start
time
of
4
pm,
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
was
noted
for
Council
Members,
as
well
as
the
public
that
is
listening.
C
We
do
not
have
any
Proclamation
scheduled
for
the
February
28th
agenda
so
moving
into
the
consent
agenda.
I'm
going
to
start
with
item
C
item
C
is
an
arpa
funded
project.
This
is
for
the
litter
and
cleanliness
program.
It's
actually
two
contracts
with
a
combined
total
of
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
one
of
the
contracts
totaling
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
with
wnc
landscaping
for
roadside
litter
and
Hot
Spot
collection.
The
other
two
hundred
thousand
dollar
contract
is
with
steri
clean
NC
for
biohazardous
waste.
C
C
Moving
on
to
item
D
item
D
I
know,
several
of
you
are
very
familiar
with
this
is
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
enter
into
a
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
dollar
contract,
with
opticos
design
for
the
missing
middle
housing,
study
and
displacement.
Risk
assessment,
as
many
of
you
know,
opticos
is
a
highly
recommended,
firm
and
I
believe
the
company's
principle
is
actually
responsible
for
coining
the
term
missing
middle,
so
they
are
definitely
an
industry
leader.
C
Yes-
and
that
is
an
item-
that's
on
our
organizational
work
plan
and
it's
a
joint
effort
between
planning
and
Urban
Design,
as
well
as
the
community
and
Economic
Development
Department
item
f
is
another
good
news
item,
so
this
is
kudos
to
the
Department
of
community
and
Regional
Entertainment
facilities.
This
is
a
budget
amendment
to
increase
the
Heritage
Cherokee
Center
fund
budget,
because
revenues
have
come
in
much
higher
than
originally
forecasts.
C
E
C
Levels
that
had
to
be
closed
for
that
temporary
demolition
work
were
reopened
earlier
this
month.
This
requested
lease
agreement
is
for
the
poor
back
phase
of
the
construction
to
pour
back
that
slab.
That
was
previously
demolished.
The
dollar
value,
as
I
previously
mentioned,
for
this
agreement
is
thirty
nine
thousand
dollars,
and
there
are
a
total
of
over
400
spaces
in
the
Biltmore
parking
garage
staff,
has
done
really
great
work
in
working
with
Transportation
as
well
as
Cape
have
worked
with
surrounding
business
owners,
as
well
as
communicating
with
the
monthly
parking
subscribers.
C
We
have
planned
that
monthly
Parkers
will
be
able
to
use
any
other
city
of
Asheville
lot
with
their
passes
during
construction,
they're
being
notified
of
that
via
listserv
and
they're,
also
going
to
receive
a
50
discount
during
the
construction
period,
since
the
closure
period
will
be
for
a
period
of
15
days.
The
lease
agreement
stipulates
that
that
closure
will
be
March
25th
through
April,
8th
So.
F
Before
we
move
on
from
the
consent
agenda,
I
have
a
couple
questions
on
IMC,
so
first
I
totally
acknowledge
that
waste
cleanup
needs
to
be
a
priority.
My
question
on
this
is
how
we
fund
it,
especially
because
local
taxpayers
continue
to
fund
sanitation,
Parks
and
Rec
Public
Safety
for
our
daytime
population,
so
a
notice
that
this
seems
to
be
coming
from
the
arpa
funds
and
when
we
first
went
through
the
arpa
fund
process,
the
littering
cleanliness
program
ranked
67th
in
our
list.
F
C
B
Would
like
to
make
a
comment
on
that.
Basically,
that
was
one
of
the
things
that
we've
had
the
Opera
funds.
B
That
I
was
very
have
strong
opinion
about
that
we
needed
to
clean
up
the
city
and
obviously
from
a
lot
of
the
comments
that
we're
hearing
about
the
cleanliness
of
the
city
and
how
it's
actually
affecting
the
overall
product
as
far
as
people
come
in,
and
people
living
and
I
think
we
have
to
be
more
conscientious
of
how
we
protect
the
city
and
take
care
of
the
city
and
for
that
reason,
I
think
that
I
think
that's
more
than
enough
reason
to
push
it
up,
because
that
is
the
core.
B
It's
almost
like,
if
you,
if
you're
living
in
a
house
and
it's
never
clean
it's
hard
to
get
anything
done
and
I
I,
truly
believe
that
the
more
we
work
on
core
services
and
the
cleanliness
of
our
city.
It's
not
only
behooves
to
Citizens,
but
also
the
people
that
visit
our
city,
because
I
will
tell
you
that
once
you,
a
reputation
is
set
by
any
City
and
cleanliness
is
a
big
factor.
B
Then
you
can
see
the
city
actually
go
down
in
value
if
I
say
down
in
value
not
only
value
as
far
as
tourists
but
various
Sports
people
even
moving
here,
because
it
becomes
sort
of
a
bad
reputation.
So
I
I
think
that
that
definitely
should
have
been
an
eye
on
the
agenda,
and
it
was
one
of
the
things
that
I
put
forward
and
I'm
happy
to
see
that
we're.
A
Moving
forward
with
that,
and
as
I
recall,
this
was
an
item
that
Council
recommended
in
terms
of
our
funding
staff
submitted
a
couple
of
projects
related
to
operational
things.
This
is
above
and
beyond.
It
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
quickly
respond
to
trash
and
litter
issues,
in
particular
The
Biohazard
piece.
That
is
a
piece
that
I
personally,
as
your
city
manager,
very
concerned
that
our
staff,
who
are
not
trained
to
handle
biohazard
type
of
material
and
by
this
by
The
Biohazard.
D
Maybe
not
even
the
Staffing
right
so
Public
Works
is
it
I
mean
we're
still
down.
Last
I
heard
it
was
like
60
percent,
so
this
is
having
the
resources
I
want
to
layer
in
that
I
support
this
as
well.
It's
critical,
I
think
I've
lived
here
for
decades.
I've
never
seen
us
quite
like
this,
and
if
it
takes
extra
effort
to
get
us
back
to
a
kind
of
a
standing
normal
of
cleanliness
than
I'm
supportive
but-
and
we
did,
the
city
manager
is
correct.
D
F
I
have
a
couple
other
yeah
one
I
do
hear
the
issue
about
quality
of
life
and
I
also
hear
the
Staffing
issue
about
a
hazardous
waste.
When
we
use
one-time
funds
like
arpa
funds,
it
can
help
us
to
address
those
quality
of
life
issues
and
our
water
quality
issues
moving
forward.
But
what
is
the
future
funding
that
we've
identified
for
this
once
the
pilot
funding
is
wrapped.
A
And
and
that
will
come
through
when
we
do
Solid
Waste
Services
plan
and
there
there
we
are
thinking
longer
term
about
how
do
we
manage
this
in
a
much
more
efficient
and
hopefully
economically
feasible
manner?
Well,.
D
F
That
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
asked
what
are
our?
What
are
our
anticipated
budget
surplus
areas?
What
is
our
overtime
comparing
those
two,
because
if
we
end
up
having
a
budget
surplus
that
we
could
use
for
this,
then
we're
talking
about
really
addressing
it
with
our
staffing
shortage
funds.
On
the
other
hand
of
that
we
have
over
time.
So
once
we
have
a
conversation
about
that,
then
we
may
be
able
to
identify
future
funding
for
this
instead
of
competing
for
arpa
funds.
F
A
F
D
I'm
going
to
briefly
comment
on
the
transportation
part:
the
parking
deck
so
did
I
hear
this
correct.
It's
going
to
be
another
15-day
period,
I
understand
the
first
closure
ended
up
being
quicker
and
so
we're
being
compensated
for
the
loss
of
income
and
the
loss
of
Staff
using
storage
space
kind
of
stuff,
and
then
all
the
businesses
I
did
hear
from
a
number
of
businesses.
It
sounds
like
they've
all
been
notified.
Now:
okay,.
D
C
Okay,
unless
there
are
other
questions
on
consent,
I'll
move
on,
we
do
not
currently
have
any
presentations
or
reports
scheduled.
So
moving
on
to
public
hearings,
our
public
hearings
are
two
straight
rezonings.
The
first
item:
a
is
234
Hendersonville.
This
is
a
request
to
rezone
a
single
property
from
office
to
Highway
business.
The
subject
property
is
currently
split
zoned,
and
this
request
removes
the
split
zoning,
so
this
one
is
relatively
straightforward:
moving
it
to
consistently
being
zoned
Highway
business.
C
The
second
one
is
for
43
red
fern.
The
location
is
right
by
the
West
Asheville
Public
Library.
This
request
is
to
rezone
a
single
property
from
institution,
institutional
use
to
residential
multi-family
or
rm8.
The
property
was
previously
zoned
rm8
in
2004
the
current
property
owner,
whose
West
Asheville
Baptist
Church
is
who
requested
to
have
the
rezoning
to
institutional
CZ
for
the
purposes
of
selling.
They
are
wanting
to
return
it
back
to
RMA
and
I
believe
there
is
a
single
family
residence
on
the
property.
Now,
item
C
on
the
agenda
is
being
continued
to
March
28th.
C
That's
the
South
slope,
Vision
plan
and
I
know.
Staff
is
doing
a
lot
of
work
with
Community
engagement
on
that,
as
well
as
updating
some
maps.
So
that's
the
reason
for
the
continuation
there
under
new
business.
This
is
primarily
going
to
be
an
opportunity
for
public
comment
on
the
fiscal
year.
2024
budget
priorities
and
we've
heard
the
requests
from
the
public,
as
well
as
from
Council
Members,
to
make
sure
early
on
during
the
budget
process.
That
residents
had
an
opportunity
to
provide
feedback
prior
to
the
city
manager's
recommended
budget.
C
At
the
start
of
this
item,
Taylor
Floyd,
our
budget
manager
will
provide
just
a
brief
overview
of
some
of
our
community
priorities
and
expectations
for
Service
delivery.
Talking
really
generally
about
the
budget
structure,
explaining
the
difference
between
the
operating
budget
and
the
capital
budget,
for
example,
and
then
talking
at
a
really
high
level
about
what
some
of
our
key
revenue
streams
are.
C
But
again,
the
intent
behind
this
item
is
really
to
allow
as
much
time
as
possible
for
the
general
public
to
provide
feedback
as
we
go
into
the
thick
of
budget
season
also
wanted
to
know
on
the
city's
website
through
public
input.
There
is
a
survey
available
where
we're
also
seeking
feedback
to
inform
the
budget
process.
That
survey
is
going
to
be
open
until
March
3rd
and
it's
being
offered
in
multiple
languages,
English
Spanish,
Ukrainian
and
Russian.
F
I
guess
the
Curiosity
I
have
around
this
I
wanted
to
start
with
thanks
because
after
eight
years
of
budget
input,
this
is
the
first
time
we're
moving
this
part
of
the
public
input.
So
soon,
I
really
appreciate
that
I
feel
heard
and
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
be
able
to
make
some
tweaks
instead
of
hearing
people,
but
not
being
able
to
really
do
anything
at
the
last
minute.
So
thank
you
for
that.
F
We
did
talk
about
this
in
the
equity
and
engagement
committee
meeting
that
staff
have
spent
a
lot
of
time
putting
this
into
multiple
languages,
but
then
you
don't
know
to
look
for
it.
Unless
you
can
speak
English
with
the
way
the
city's
website
is
and
I
wonder
if
there's
a
feature
for
Tech
to
like
pin
this
to
the
top
of
the
story.
F
Somehow
right
now
for
anyone
who's
watching,
you
can
go
to
Asheville
nc.gov
and
go
to
the
story
section
and
then
click
the
archive
stories
and
then
scroll
down
and
then
keep
scrolling
down
and
then
you'll
find
a
survey.
F
C
Thank
you
for
that.
So
that
concludes
the
February
28th
City
Council
agenda.
Unless
there
are
questions
on
any
of
the
items
we
have
scheduled
and
barring
any
questions
will
then
transition
to
talk
briefly
about
upcoming
city
council
committees,
as
well
as
this
week's
equity
and
engagement
committee.
So
you
may
recall
that
you
will
received
a
briefing
on
the
February
21st
equity
and
engagement
committee
meeting,
but
I
wanted
to
really
briefly
highlight
the
Strategic
partnership
Grant
conversation
that
we
had
this
week,
just
to
make
sure
that
full
council
is
aware
of
where
we
are
so.
C
The
program
as
we
discussed
on
Tuesday
has
been
very
successful,
but
we
want
to
look
at
ways
that
we
can
make
sure
we're
maximizing
the
impact
of
these
dollars.
So
one
of
the
considerations
that
we
discussed
with
the
equity
and
engagement
committee
on
Tuesday
was
raising
the
minimum
award
amount
from
twenty
thousand
dollars,
which
is
what
we
had
at
the
pilot
to
now.
Thirty
five
thousand
dollars
the
median
award
amount
was
thirty
six
thousand
dollars
with
the
pilot
program.
The
community
and
economic
development
teams
done
a
great
job
of
surveying.
C
The
applicants,
as
well
as
some
of
the
prospective
applicants
for
the
pilot
program
and
the
feedback,
was
that
that
award
minimum
honestly
could
have
been
higher.
So
that's
the
reason
for
that
recommendation.
We
right
now,
or
at
least
going
to
have
the
evaluation
committee
and
we're
still
finalizing
who
the
evaluation
committee
members
will
be.
C
We
do
plan
on
having
representatives
from
Asheville
City
Schools,
as
well
as
a
cross-section
of
City
staff
on
that
evaluation
committee,
that
they
will
be
recommending
awarding
full
funding
amounts
instead
of
partial
funding
amounts,
and
that
comes
from
feedback
that
we
got
from
agencies
wanting
to
make
sure
that
they
didn't
have
to
retool
their
program
if
they
received
partial
funding.
Ultimately,
the
equity
and
engagement
committee
and
City
Council,
of
course,
has
the
discretion
to
make
partial
Awards,
but,
based
on
the
feedback
that
staff
has
received,
the
evaluation
committee
will
be
recommending
full
award
amounts.
C
The
last
portion
of
the
conversation
was
around
the
the
time
period
it's
taken
to
execute
agreements
and
then
also
to
have
invoices
submitted,
and
so
we
have
several
opportunities
that
are
scheduled
to
make
sure
that
prospective
applicants
are
aware
of.
The
expectations
also
want
to
thank
the
community
and
economic
development
department
for
working
with
several
other
departments
on
preparing
a
lot
of
sample
materials
to
make
sure
that
the
prospective
nonprofit
agencies
who
will
be
applying
are
aware
of
the
requirements
going
into
this
application
process.
C
There
will
be
two
virtual
information
sessions
tentatively
scheduled
for
early
March,
where
prospective
applicants
can
request.
Information,
have
open
dialogue
with
staff
staff's
also
making
their
contact
information
available
online.
To
answer
questions
and
there
will
be
a
frequently
asked
questions
document
posted
to
the
website
with
materials.
C
But
what
we
discussed
with
the
equity
and
engagement
committee
is
the
need
to
get
those
agreements
executed
in
a
timely
manner,
and
so
we're
hopeful
that
some
of
this
upfront
work
having
additional
resources
available
to
the
nonprofit
agencies,
will
mean
that
the
exec,
the
agreements
can
get
executed
more
quickly.
It
took
a
median
I
think
of
90
days
or
more
to
get
the
agreements
fully
executed
for
the
pilot
and
so
we're
wanting
to
shorten
that
time
period
to
around
60
days.
C
One
because
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
funding
is
available
to
the
agencies
as
quickly
as
possible,
particularly
for
agencies
that
are
going
to
be
providing
programming
in
the
spring
and
summer
months,
but
then
also
to
assist
with
the
administrative
burden
that
it's
placed
on
staff
to
to
continue
to
work
with
agencies
to
make
sure
that
those
documents
are
executed.
So
we
are
looking
at
requiring
60
days
to
have
the
agreements
executed.
C
Of
course,
if
they're
extenuating
circumstances,
staff
turnover
staff
will
work
with
agencies,
it
won't
be
that
it's
just
cut
off
at
60
days,
but
the
award
mate
award
may
be
subject
to
redistribution.
If
the
agreement
is
not
fully
executed
within
60
days,
we
also
had
a
conversation
around
a
60-day
time
period
for
submitting
invoices.
We
have
had
some
challenges:
getting
agencies
to
submit
their
invoices
to
staff
so
that
we
could
pay
them
for
their
Grant
Awards.
So
just
wanted
to
summarize
that
conversation
also
wanted
to
give
you
just
a
quick
overview
of
the
timeline.
C
So,
as
I
mentioned,
applications
posted
yesterday
and
we'll
be
accepting
applications
until
March
31st,
we
are
going
to
have
presentations
from
agencies.
Sometime
in
early
April
I
know
we're
working
with
some
calendar
conflicts
right
now,
but
the
presentations
will
occur
in
early
April.
They
will
be
made
to
the
equity
engagement
committee
as
well
as
to
the
evaluation
committee.
It'll
be
one
round
of
presentations.
F
There
are
a
couple
things
that
came
up
in
our
Equity
engagement
conversation
that
were
a
little
more
nuanced
around
the
partial
versus
full
funding.
We
are
looking
at
whether
or
not
the
recommendation
could
be
to
do
multi-year
funding.
So
when
we're
looking
at
addressing
the
opportunity
Gap,
what
would
it
look
like
to
make
some
long-term
Investments
and
Partnerships?
On
the
one
hand-
and
this
was
my
original
thinking
a
few
years
ago-
is
if
we
fully
fund
partners,
then
we're
really
publicly
getting
behind
our
partners.
F
At
the
same
time,
if
we
provide
partial
funding,
it
allows
them
to
leverage
for
other
funding
opportunities
and
we
might
be
able
to
get
more
dollars
to
go
farther
with
those
kind
of
Leverage
points.
So
I
think
that
one
of
the
things
that
I
was
hearing
around
the
table
virtually
of
course,
is
that
if
we're
going
to
do
multi-year,
maybe
reconsider
the
full
versus
partial.
So
we
don't
cut
out
some
of
the
smaller
Grassroots
organizations.
F
Another
thing
was
the:
when
I
look
at
the
projections
of
child
care
costs,
one
of
the
top
recommended
applications
last
year
that
didn't
get
funded
was
the
mother
love
program
and
when
we
look
at
like
long
term
what
that
means
for
young
parents
and
for
workers
and
for
the
children
that
are
in
the
programs
as
well
going
into
school
and
over
the
summer.
F
F
Also
I'd
have
to
give
a
plug
for
this
and
I
know
Sage.
You
had
some
ideas
too,
when
we
have
like
our
last
quarterly
fund
for
ABC
funds
was.
Our
last
check
was
1.1
million
instead
of
that
just
going
into
the
general
fund,
as
we
continue
to
see
historic
growth
in
our
ABC
Revenue.
My
question
is
around:
should
we
look
for
that
as
a
potential
untapped
Revenue
source
for
this
kind
of
programming,
so
we're
not
creating
scarcity?
We
could.
We
could
do
more
in
our
strategic
partnership.
G
As
part
of
the
budgetary
process,
you've
got
a
lot
of
flexibility
and
obviously,
as
we
go
forward,
you
would
have
the
ability
to
make
amendments
to
that.
A
budget
where
the
limitations
going
to
apply
is
when
we
are
doing
certain
things
and
I'll
Define
that
in
just
a
second
that
extend
beyond
the
budgetary
cycle,
you
have
a
limitation
in
that
you
are
unable
to
the
common
terminology,
uses
binding
future
counselors.
G
The
reality
is
the
legal
limitation
is
that
you
cannot
contract
away
your
or
a
future
council's
authority
to
make
budgetary
alterations,
so
some
of
the
limitations
may
take
the
form
of
you
providing
Direction
with
the
understanding
that
there
could
be
Alterations
by
either
this
or
future
iterations
of
the
council
in
the
future.
That's.
D
Kind
of
what
I
thought
you'd
say,
so
we
can
really
just
talk
about
it
in
the
open
budget
item.
It's
not
like
one
of
our
Enterprise
funds
where,
like
parking
used
to
give
a
million
to
Transit,
it's
just
a
discussion.
We
can
have
each
year,
okay,
yeah.
The
idea
that
councilman
Roney
was
talking
about
is
that
I
also
was
intrigued
by
how
much
net
profit
these
stores
are
making
I
think
one
store
made
over
two
million
dollars
net
last
year
was
a
combined
revenue.
D
Net
revenue,
like
four
million
I,
think
anyways
I
was
digging
in
I.
Think
Gwen
was
the
ABC
liaison
or
something
and
I
was
digging
in
with
her
about
what
it
meant,
and
it
was
this
higher
volume
of
Restaurant
related
purchases.
So
it
was
restaurants,
purchasing
a
bunch
of
alcohol
for
their
retail
environment.
We
know
our
sales
tax
going
up,
it's
all
in
there.
D
So
one
of
the
ideas
there's
currently
in
the
community
air
and
an
affordable
housing
developer
are
partnering
to
do
this
program
where
Workforce
housing
for
restaurant
workers
and
service
workers
could
become
a
thing
and
where
would
they
seek
funding
and
was
kind
of
pointed
at
that
ABC
fund
as
a
natural
kind
of
tie?
That's
where
that
came
from
I,
don't
I'm,
not
saying
we
are
looking
at
that
in
any
way,
but
just
an
idea
at
a
table,
but
I
thought
it
was
a
good
one.
C
It's
for
context
around
current
funding
for
the
Strategic
partnership
program.
After
all,
funds
have
been
awarded
for
the
pilot,
assuming
the
standard
242
thousand
dollar
general
fund
allocation
is
approved
as
a
part
of
the
2324
budget
process.
That
would
give
a
program
balance
of
577
500
to
the
program
as
it
currently
stands.
A
And
we're
talking
again
just
thinking
back
on
the
changes
that
have
been
made
to
the
Strategic
partnership
funding.
It
is
linked
to
the
achievement
Gap
correct
initiatives
that
are
related
to
reducing
that
achievement.
Yeah,
correct,
okay,
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that,
because
we
got
so
far
off
on
another
issue.
C
Yeah
and
and
thank
you
to
both
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
members,
as
and
now
the
new
equity
and
engagement
committee
members
for
the
ongoing
feedback.
This
is
going
to
be
a
program
that
will
continuously
improve.
We've
come
a
long
way,
even
just
in
the
last
year,
but
that's
thanks
to
the
feedback
that
we've
gotten
in
your
leadership
and
support
in
the
program
and.
C
C
A
You
very
too
so
we
only
have
one
Council
committee
meeting,
that's
scheduled
before
the
end
of
the
month
and
that's
as
she
know,
the
environment
and
Safety
Committee,
which
I'm
the
staff
support
so
I'm
going
to
go
over
it
very
quickly.
The
agenda
we
start
at
11
o'clock
and
that
meeting
will
be
on
February
the
28th.
There
are
four
kind
of
business
items,
maybe
five
with
the
minutes:
approval
on
the
agenda
with
two
being
Public
Safety
APD,
APD,
related
contracts
that
need
Committee,
Action
and
referral
to
full
Council.
A
The
remaining
matters
are
those
related
to
some
environmental
initiatives
which
we
do
not
need
any
type
of
action
from
the
committee.
They
will
be
updates
and
a
review
of
a
municipal
plan.
The
first
Public
Safety
agenda
item
is
to
review
and
consider
approving
a
contract
with
evidence
IQ
to
renew
an
amend
a
current
contract
evidence
IQ
produces
the
only
automated
ballistics
Imaging
equipment
that
enables
immediate
scanning
of
ballistics
or
gunshot
casings
evidence
having
access
to
this
information
provides
law
enforcement
with
real-time,
unbiased
forensic-based
intelligence
to
help
solve
gun
crimes.
A
A
F
Terrific
and
what
are
some
other
cities
that
are
using
the
U.S
ISS
agency
to
quickly
onboard
new
Elias.
A
I
will
have
to
get
some
information
on
that
I
do
not
know
that
we
are
going
through
this
process
because
of
the
lack
of
administrative
staff
that
we
need
to
quickly
process
applicants.
So
this
is
again
like
with
Public
Works
we're
having
a
contract
out
work
in
order
for
us
to
continue
the
momentum
of
onboarding.
B
By
actually
moving
to
this
particular
process
now
we
can
actually
I
think
it's
sort
of
gives
us
more
transparency,
and
it
doesn't
give
us
a
conflict
of
interest
as
far
as
how
we
process
and
whether
things
cannot,
we
do
not
have
accountability
more
or
less
for
the
responsibility
for
bringing
people
on
board,
because
in
light
of
what's
going
on
in
the
police
department
and
trying
to
get
as
many
people
in
as
possible,
I
would
think
that
if
we
made
any
kind
of
mistakes
that
we
could
actually
be
held
accountable,
whereas
we
have
an
outside
process,
I
think
it
sort
of
gives
us
a
little
bit
more.
A
What
what
we
are
doing
is
trying
to
be
as
Innovative
as
possible,
as
well
as
being
creative
to
address
our
organizational
needs,
and
sometimes
it
is
utilizing
outside
vendors
to
help
support
some
of
the
administrative
processes
that,
unfortunately,
we're
not
able
to
quickly
attend
to
in-house.
E
Know
some
of
this
makes
me
think
of
I
was
at
a
multimodal
commission
meeting
yesterday
and
folks
were
mentioning
how
there's
a
bit
of
a
lag.
Sometimes
when
folks
apply
to
a
commission
and
then
get
towards
the
commission
and
that's
okay,
that's
natural,
and
some
of
it
is
just
a
matter
of
there's
only
so
much
volume,
our
delightful
120
or
1
200
employees
can
do,
and
so,
if
this
seems
like
a
method
that
will
help
us
with
a
very
pinpointed
pressure
point
that
we
have
in
getting
our
police
force.
E
Restaft
I
think
it's
worth
trying
something
different.
If,
if
an
out
of
the
house
approach
can
get
there.
A
Thank
you
so
the
next
item,
the
next
two
items,
are
going
to
be
kind
of
the
environmental
initiatives
and
the
first
one
is
an
update
on
the
single-use
plastic
reduction
initiative
and
we'll
just
give
a
status
report
on
the
work.
That's
been
done
where
we
are
and
whether
we're
going
to
be
on
track
in
terms
of
meeting
having
some
type
of
action
or
recommendation
to
the
committee
and
then
to
full
Council
by
this
fall.
A
The
last
item
is
a
presentation
on
our
proposed
Municipal
climate
action
plan
and
that
plan
kind
of
focuses
on
internal
Municipal
operations
and
what
the
city
of
Asheville
can
do
in
terms
of
our
city
operations
to
help
meet
carbon
reduction
and
other
sustainability
goals.
That
item
will
come
back
to
the
committee
for
former
action
next
month
and
then
to
a
full
counsel,
and
that
is
the
overview
of
environment
and
Safety
Committee
I.
E
Do
want
to
chime
in
just
to
Talk
Amongst
peers.
I'm
super
excited
about
this.
The
last
time
we
had
this
plan
was
in
2008
when
the
office
was
founded,
and
so
it's
really
time
to
look
at
all
the
success.
We've
had
and
really
look
at
the
new
climate
data
and
really
where
we
need
to
go
to
make
sure
that
our
operations
and
the
services
we
provide
are
really
top-notch.
Yesterday
yesterday,
two
days
ago,
it
passed
unanimously
at
the
Stacy
environment
committee.
A
Okay,
so
I
think
we
are
moving
to
the
review
of
the
eight
week
agenda
and
I
think
I'm
to
do
that.
She's
telling
me
yes,
okay,
and
this
will
I'm
just
going
to
talk
about.
What's
coming
up
on
the
March
14th
agenda,
it's
similar
to
how
we
do
work
session
items,
I,
don't
plan
to
speak
to
each
one
of
them,
but
just
to
highlight
a
few
that
are
becoming
to
you
for
consideration.
A
I've
already
addressed
the
consent
items
from
Asheville
Police
Department
Brad
will
be
discussing
more
detail
the
opioid
settlement,
just
shortly
in
the
in
the
agenda
and
next
month,
under
the
manager's
report,
we'll
provide
an
update
on
where
we
are
in
terms
of
arpa,
arpa,
funding,
status
of
the
contracts
and
disbursements
of
of
the
funds
and,
last
but
not
least,
McCormick
field
under
new
business.
That
will
be
our
decision.
Well,
you
all's
decision,
Point
in
terms
of
making
a
recommendation.
A
I
would
like
to
add
that
we
are
meeting
with
Eastern
Valley,
as
well
as
the
Oakhurst
community,
to
talk
about
their
concerns
if
any
in
terms
of
creating
a
multi-purpose
facility,
and
so
we
will
have
a
information
back
to
you
all
at
your
agenda.
Briefing
work
session,
I
believe
that's
on
March
the
9th
before
the
meeting.
So
we
can
give
you
all
an
update
at
that
time.
G
Right,
thank
you,
madam
manager,
and
yet
again
good
morning,
council
members
I
just
have
one
item
to
speak
to
you
about
today
and
I
am
happy
to
say
that
it
is
an
item
of
good
news.
You
may
or
may
not
already
be
aware
of
a
recent
development,
so
let
me
start
with
a
little
bit
of
history.
G
As
you
probably
are
well
aware,
beginning
in
2021
and
flowing
into
2022,
there
was
a
national
settlement
with
several
of
the
large
manufacturers
of
opioids
that
was
primarily
spearheaded
by
the
Attorneys
General
from
all
50
states.
Several
municipalities
and
counties
served
as
the
plaintiffs
in
those
lawsuits,
including
Buncombe
County.
G
It
resulted
in
a
26
billion
dollar
settlement
that
was
to
be
paid
out
to
the
various
states,
with
the
money
primarily
flowing
to
local
governments,
sets
counties
and
Municipal
governments
over
the
period
of
several
years
in
order
to
provide
funding
specifically
to
address
the
effects
of
the
opioid
crisis.
The
good
news
on
top
of
that
already
good
news
is
that
there
has
now
been
a
second
opioid
settlement,
primarily
with
some
of
the
other
retailer
and
Distributors
of
opioids.
This
settlement,
although
not
quite
as
large
as
a
verse,
is
still
considerable.
G
It
equates
to
21
billion
dollars
nationally
compared
to
the
26
billion
from
the
first
wave
of
settlements.
What
this
means
for
North
Carolina
is
that
we
can
expect
to
see
approximately
600
million
dollars
flowing
to
the
state
with
the
majority
of
that
money
coming
to
local
governments
in
order
to
continue
along
the
same
lines
of
addressing
the
opioid
epidemic
locally.
G
The
amount
that
would
come
to
Asheville
is
still
somewhat
unsure
and
I
say
that,
because
the
terms
of
the
settlement
months
negotiated
by
the
attorney's
General,
are
contingent
upon
the
percentage
of
counties
and
large
municipalities
within
each
state
that
sign
on
to
the
settlement.
Last
time
during
the
original
settlement,
North
Carolina
had
100
percent
participation,
thanks
primarily
to
a
tremendous
amount
of
assistance
from
the
league
of
municipalities,
the
state
and
other
organizations
that
assisted
in
getting
the
word
out.
G
It
is
our
hope
that
we
can
get
100
participation
again
because
that
maximizes
the
amount
of
money
that
flows
to
North
Carolina
from
this
settlement.
If
we
are
able
to
obtain
100
approval
from
the
largest
municipalities
in
the
state
and
all
100
counties,
as
we
did
during
the
first
wave,
we
will
get
approximately
600
million
dollars.
G
What
that
means
for
Asheville
is
we
could
receive
up
to
approximately
1.2
additional
million
additional
dollars
to
add
on
to
the
one
point,
approximately
five
million
dollars
that
we
previously
received
now
that
may
sound
somewhat
minor
in
comparison
to
the
total
amount,
but
the
money
is
intended
and
designed
specifically
to
flow
primarily
to
County
governments
who
house
the
Health
and
Human
Services
function
for
local
governments.
In
this
case,
Buncombe
County
had
previously
received
about
16
million
dollars.
This
additional
settlement
would
give
them
almost
13
million
in
more.
G
On
top
of
that
now
again,
this
is
going
to
flow
over
multiple
years,
but,
as
with
the
previous
settlement,
it
would
be
front
loaded.
So
a
lot
of
this
money
comes
in
quick
and
it
would
be
combined
with
the
money
that's
already
coming
in
from
the
initial
settlement.
In
order
to
make
this
a
reality,
we
will
need
Council
approval
to
authorize
me,
as
you
did
previously,
to
work
with
the
Attorney
General's
office
and
the
state
settlement
facilitator
in
order
to
execute
all
the
necessary
documents.
G
So
I
will
be
coming
to
you
specifically
on
the
14th
to
ask
for
that
authorization
and
authority
to
enter
into
this
settlement
so
that
we
can
obtain
the
right
to
get
these
additional
funds.
If
we
do
that,
we
can
expect
the
money
to
begin
flowing
fairly
quickly.
It
is
anticipated
that
the
first
payments
from
Wave
2
would
start
to
arrive
in
the
second
half
of
2023.
So
later
this
year
we
can
begin
seeing
money
both
to
Asheville
as
well
to
Buncombe
County,
for
this
has.
G
Is
fairly
new,
I'm
I
think
that
they
are
aware
of
it.
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
speak
directly
to
the
county
attorney
on
this
yet,
but
we
do
have
the
option
to
do
quite
a
bit
of
coordination,
as
we
previously
did
in
order
to
determine
the
best
the
most
effective
use
of
those
funds,
so
I
suspect
that
they
will
likely
be
speaking
about
it
very
soon.
The
deadline
for
all
local
governments
to
sign
on
to
this
is
April
the
18th.
F
G
F
Like
if
we
don't
have
a
chance
to
leverage
in
the
future,
we're
giving
up
all
future
leveraging
for
funds
and
we
are
going
to
get
a
small
amount
like
our
other
cities
having
paused
because
of
that
change,
the.
G
The
original
proposal
as
this
was
being
worked
out
and
there
was
a
tremendous
amount
of
negotiation
going
on
at
the
the
level
of
the
actual
lawsuit,
and
there
is
a
Nat
there
was
a
national
lawsuit
going
through
the
federal
court
system
and
really
there
were
multiple
suits,
but
the
primary
one
filed
by
municipalities
and
States
dealt
with
the
actual
settlement
first,
so
we
had
an
idea
of
what
the
total
settlement
was
going
to
be.
G
We
then
got
a
level
more
granular
in
terms
of
how
much
would
be
flowing
to
each
state.
There
was
a
final
detail
that
decided
that
the
majority
of
the
money,
instead
of
being
split
sort
of
evenly
between
all
local
governments,
would
flow
primarily
to
the
county
governments
and
again
that
was
based
upon
the
the
sense
that,
as
the
houses
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
they
might
be
the
primary
beneficiary
of
this
money
in
terms
of
what
they
can
use
it
for
so
that
seems
to
still
be
in
place
this
time.
G
So
some
of
that
question
mark
is
gone.
I,
don't
know
that
we
would
be
giving
up
a
tremendous
amount.
Now
that
that
structure
has
been
determined,
the
alternative
for
us
here
is:
if
we
decide
not
to
enter
into
the
settlement
agreement,
it
essentially
leaves
us
with
the
ability
to
individually
Sue,
these
particular
manufacturers
and
Distributors
of
opioids.
There
are
some
municipalities
around
the
country
that
are
choosing
to
do
that.
Along
with
that
would
come
a
tremendous
amount
of
cost
and
time
and
expenditure
certainly
uncertainty.
G
It
would
be
our
advice
from
the
city
attorney's
office
that
this
particular
settlement
represents
by
far
the
least
cost
and
most
efficient
way
to
partake
in
the
already
largely
agreed
upon
settlement
and
then
utilizing
what
we
did
last
time,
which
is
a
lot
of
collaboration
between
the
city
and
the
county
on
how
the
larger
sum,
which
in
total
is
close
to
15
million
dollars
between
us
and
montgom
County,
might
be
used.
Yeah.
F
That's
why,
when
I'm,
looking
with
what
other
cities
are
doing
and
what
our
options
are
here,
because
it
is
such
a
smaller
number
than
we
had
originally
talked
about,
it's
going
to
be
really
important
for
us
to
leverage
with
the
county,
whether
it's
expanding
the
community
paramedicine
program,
their
port
team
working
with
Community
organizations
like
when
cap
and
others
like
I,
think
there's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
leverage
the
small
amount
in
a
really
powerful
way.
But
it's
not
what
we
originally
hoped
for.
The
Deep
need
in
our
community.
G
G
What
period
of
time
I
believe
that
the
total
time
frame
will
have
to
relate
this
back
to
the
original
settlement,
which
I
think
was
late?
2021
is
about
something
like
14
years,
but
the
fast
mass
majority
of
the
money
is
front
loaded.
So
most
of
the
funds
come
in
early
and
then
that
trickles
off
as
we
get
further
into
it,
so
we
will
be
receiving
money
either
from
the
city
or
the
county
standpoint
for
several
years
to
come,
but
this
will
come
close
to
essentially
doubling
the
payments
in
each
iteration
of
that.
F
Unless
we
absorb
it
with
costs
like
Consultants,
exactly.
G
And
I
will
just
add
one
additional
note
to
this.
There
is
the
option
of
essentially
allowing
your
money
as
a
city
who,
again
in
all
cases,
municipality
is
receiving.
The
smaller
amount
can
simply
divert
your
money
to
the
county
and
add
it
to
their
funds.
What
that
would
do
is
remove
the
city's
obligation
to
go
through
the
reporting
requirements
of
this
and
allow
them
to
them
being
the
county
to
handle
the
full
administration
of
the
additional
funds.
F
D
D
Like
we
don't
you
know,
health
is
not
really
our
thing
and
I
love
that
we're
embracing
it
as
something
that
we
need
to
start
being
more
aware
of
and
concerned
about
and
focused
on,
but
it
really
to
me
has
always
landed
with
the
county
and
the
health
care
that
they
already
you
know
having
their
everyday
work,
so
I'm
thrilled
it's
coming
into
the
community.
It's
great
that
we'll
be
able
to
work
with
them
in
some
capacity.
D
B
G
All
right,
if
there
are
no
further
questions
on
that
and
do
be
reminded
that
you'll
see
this
on
a
council
agenda
on
the
14th
I
will
turn
the
Rachel
for
the
next
steps.
C
C
The
county
manager's
office
plans
on
having
a
companion
request
that
will
be
funded
at
the
county
level.
Staff
have
had
preliminary
conversations.
The
first
meeting
actually
occurred
on
the
13th
when
I
know.
Several
of
us
were
in
Raleigh,
where
city
and
county
staff
met
to
discuss
some
planned
goals,
map
out
some
preliminary
next
steps
and
then
also
discuss
who
needed
to
be
the
primary
Mary
members
from
from
the
two
agencies,
the
city
and
the
county,
to
discuss
this
effort
moving
forward.
C
The
next
meeting
is
scheduled
for
February
28th,
where
staff
will
have
more
detailed
discussion
around
what
the
scope
of
this
master
plan
should
look
like
again.
This
is
all
very
preliminary
information,
but
at
their
February
13th
meeting
there
was
a
discussion
around
at
least
the
scope,
including
the
transition
of
a
potential
regional
transit
system,
from
what
we
currently
have
right
now,
looking
at
the
size
of
the
fleet
and
the
best
way
to
expand
route
performance
for
including
frequency
and
ridership
Improvement
of
services,
sustainability.
C
Of
course,
that
includes
environmental
sustainability,
as
well
as
fiscal
sustainability
of
the
transit
program.
Looking
at
revenue
streams
that
could
help
support
and
make
the
transit
system
more
sustainable
moving
forward
and
then
looking
at
how
long
this
master
plan
would
take
from
an
implementation
perspective.
So
again,
this
is
all
very
preliminary.
We're
hopeful
that
the
transit
master
plan
is
going
to
give
us
a
basis
so
that
we
can
work
with
city,
council
and
County
Commission
on
some
of
those
important
decisions
to
potentially
include
that
quarter.
C
Cent
sales
tax
discussion,
as
we
look
at
a
potential
referendum
for
that
in
2024.,
so
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
groundwork
is
starting
on
all
of
this.
You
will
see
a
budget
request
as
part
of
the
budget
program.
Staff
are
working
right
now
on
what
that
scope
of
work
for
the
master
plan
could
be,
but
I
don't
have
any
more
specific
details
at
this
time.
F
So
that's
a
little
bit
different
story
than
what
I
heard
in
the
transit
committee
meeting
this
week,
because
I
heard
that
there
was
I'll
use
the
word
enthusiastic
interest
in
the
transit
committee,
members
being
involved
in
defining
the
scope.
But
what
I
heard
was
that
we
have
we're
weren't
at
that
level.
F
Yet
we
were
just
looking
at
funding,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
if
we
have
an
opportunity,
especially
because
we
have
regular
Transit
Riders
engaged,
but
also
as
an
opportunity
for
public
engagement-
that
if
we
can
get
that
that
scope
analysis
on
the
work
plans,
I
know
the
transit
committee
for
one
is
interested.
Absolutely.
E
Another
thought,
too,
is
I.
Think
there's
been
a
lot
of
folks
in
the
community
working
thinking
about
this
type
of
thing
and
I.
Think
the
when
I
hear
Regional
Transit
from
a
planner
perspective,
I
think
of
something
kind
of
different
than
what
I'm
hearing.
What
I'm
hearing
is
like
a
City
County
Transit
Regional
to
me
implies
a
bit
bigger
and
I.
Think
dude.
E
Since
there's
there's
I
am
hearing
a
lot
of
enthusiasm
from
lots
of
different
players
that
I'm
excited
about
that
I'm
excited
about
that,
because
our
community
is
growing
and
growing
and
being
able
to
service.
More
and
more
people
through
Transit
is
important,
but
yeah
I
think
that
at
this
really
early
phase,
where
there
are
a
lot
of
different
goals
being
floated
and
if
we
will
have
to
make
a
decision
on
funding
something,
we
need
to
get
really
crisp
on
what
the
what
is
and
even
hearing
Regional
Transit
I'm
like
are.
E
We
gonna
include
Hendersonville,
because
that
is
what
Regional
implies
to
me.
So
perhaps
getting
more
precise,
it
really
is
a
city
county
conversation
which
is
awesome
and
I'm
thrilled
that
there's
enough
interest
to
go
towards
that.
But
I
think
again,
the
scoping
phase
will
help
tease
out
some
of
these
things
so
that
we
just
get
more
and
more
clear
so
that
when
it
comes
to
us
or
budget
considerations,
there's
Real
Alignment
in
a
path
that
has
Focus
yeah.
C
Those
points
are
all
very
well
made
and
we'll
be
working
on
a
communication
and
engagement
plan
that
will
include
very
extensive
stakeholder
engagement
and
then,
of
course,
the
whole
intent
behind
this
master
plan
is,
for
the
agency,
that's
selected,
to
do
this
study
to
give
us
recommendations
on
what
will
be
the
most
effective
transit
system
and
help
us
Define.
What
Regional
even
looks
like
to
your
point
council
member
oleman,.
D
F
You
on
that
and
pointing
in
that
direction,
so
I
know
we're
I
heard
you
say
a
moment
ago
we're
looking
at
scope,
including
increased
ridership,
and
it
was
in
our
Transit
master
plan
to
look
at
potentially
a
pilot
for
Fair
free
I
know
that
we
don't.
We
didn't,
have
the
Staffing
and
we
weren't
maybe
ready
to
do
that
pilot.
Yet
we
had
some
other
higher
priorities
like
the
South
Asheville
routes
being
doubled,
because
right
now,
like
every
90
minutes
and
so
getting
them
to
45
getting
10
pm
service
is
a
higher
priority
than
fair
free.
F
However,
if
Raleigh
and
wake
are
moving
to
fairfree
to
increase
ridership-
and
we
already
know
that
Orange
County
and
the
Chapel
Hill
area
are
doing
that
had
to
happen
for
a
long
time.
Maybe
we
could
look
to
Raleigh
to
see
like
we
did
see
that
when
we
were
at
the
healing
transitions
on
our
recent
trip,
if
they're
making
that
change,
what
are
some
of
the
outcomes
they're
getting.
So
we
know
what
to
expect
if
we're
looking
at
a
Pilot
in
the
future
as
part
of
the
scope.
E
And
we
we
have
done
a
fair
free,
Transit
pilot.
You
might
recall
my
first
foray
in
this
local
government
was
as
an
intern,
but
then
commissioner,
brownie
Newman,
we
did
a
I
want
to
say
nine
month,
Fare
free
Transit
pilot.
It
did
not
continue,
but
maybe
we
have
some
old
lessons
learned
that
we
can
dig
up.
A
E
A
From
the
previous
professional
experience
in
terms
of
doing
Transit,
Master
planning
and
and
planning
our
routes
and
our
development
pattern,
that
is
what
increases
ridership,
I,
think
the
most
having
key
destinations
like
employment
or
those
are
the
things
that
truly
truly
and
having
higher
density
development
along
Transit
corridors.
That's
what
helps
us
with
Transit
ridership
ridership
as
well
as
okay,
so
I'll
explain
it
again
since
she's
been
here.
A
It
is,
it
is
also
important
in
terms
of
performance
that
bus
has
to
come
on
time
when
it's
scheduled
and
those
I
mean
those
are
kind
of
the
elements
that
help
us
with
with
increased
ridership.
But
all
of
those
things
we
need
to
to
look
at
all
kinds
of
strategies,
but
mostly
it's
about
the
quality
of
that
trip
and
the
bus
has
to
be
clean.
I
mean
it's
a
lot
of
things
that
go
into
increasing
ridership.
E
E
E
This
is
a
really
big
opportunity
for
us
to
collaborate,
and
it
is
not
just
a
Transit
conversation.
It's
a
land
use
pattern,
growth
and
sprawl
conversation
that
has
to
be
intertwined.
It's.
A
D
Not
I
support
all
of
those
things
in
theory.
I'm
also
fiscally
concerned
about
to
do
that,
because
and
that's
why
I
asked
about
the
percentage
of
ridership
I
won't
be
surprised
if
it's
jumped
down
a
little
bit
to
like
one
and
a
half
and
when
I
say
that
I
mean
like
one
and
a
half
percent
of
our
population
are
using
it.
Meanwhile,
we
are
investing
about.
D
I
could
be
wrong
10
and
a
half
million
dollars
a
year
and
we're
relying
on
the
parking
services
Enterprise
fund
to
also
subsidize
a
million
dollars,
and
we
learned
that
that
can't
happen
this
year,
because
it's
not
doing
well
so
we're.
You
know
everybody
wants
a
bigger,
more
robust
transit
system,
but
we
also
just
fiscally
can't
right
now,
so
yeah
I
just
want
to
layer
that
in
can
I
add
a
friendly.
Yet,
yes,.
A
And
the
other
issue
with
Transit
is
I.
I
really
don't
know.
If
it's
going
to
ever
break
even
I,
don't
think
any
community
that
provides
transit
services
breaks
even
so,
there
is
some
definitely
fiscal.
You
know
analysis
that
we'll
have
to
do,
but
what
Transit
does
is
provide
choice
and
that,
if,
if
you
don't
have
treasant,
you
don't
have
choices.
So
therefore
you
do
have
to
have.
D
F
Yet
we
also
know
that
North
Carolina
is
growing
yes
and
in
the
10-year
projections
of
North
Carolina
12
of
people
won't
have
access
to
a
car.
So
it's
also
an
equity
issue.
We're
looking
at
aging
populations
growing
excellent
young
people,
there's
going
to
be
lots
of
young
people
who
can't
drive
a
car
yet
there's
also
our
disabled
community
members.
Absolutely
so
their
populations
are
growing
as
well.
So
I
think
that
it's
not
just
oh
who's
riding
it
now,
but
with
land
use.
We
got
to
find
the
dedicated
funding.
C
A
Yeah
and
on
the
agenda,
we
have
water
committee
update,
it
relates
to
water,
but
it
is
the
independent
Review
Committee.
H
Yeah
yeah
good
afternoon
vice
mayor
members,
Council
Jay,
Dundas
capital
projects
director
and
also
serving
in
the
role
of
administrative
liaison
to
the
independent
committee.
H
So
we
were
it's
going
to
be
a
very
short
update
because
we've
not
had
a
lot
of
time
to
to
be
working
on
this,
but
we
did
have
the
kickoff
meeting
this
this
week.
Earlier
this
week,
all
11
members
of
the
committee
were
able
to
participate,
and,
fortunately
nine
of
those
members
are
able
to
participate
in
person.
The
the
purpose
of
that
meeting
was
to
start
building
to
introduce
the
members
start.
H
Building
that
Rapport
provide
some
opportunity
for
discussion
around
the
events
and
then
also
to
start
creating
the
dialogue
associated
with
moving
this
forward
to
meet
council's
expectations
and
the
timeline
we
are
currently
working
on
with
all
members
on
roles
and
responsibilities
and
really
trying
to
focus
on
developing
a
program.
A
path
forward.
That'll
allow
us
to
to
meet
the
again
the
expectations
of
the
timeline
for
delivery
of
the
report,
foreign.
A
The
next
item
is
upcoming:
Council
meetings
I'm
going
to
ask
Jamie
Matthews
if
she
can
review
these
and
as
she
is
reviewing
Jamie
and
I
were
talking
earlier
today.
Note
to
selves
not
scheduled
these
kinds
of
meetings
within
one
week
of
each
other,
because
we
have,
we
have
you're
going
to
be
busy
and
we
we
apologize,
but
there's.
I
A
lot
going
on
yeah,
but
just
wanted
to
remind
you
all
of
these
upcoming
meetings
and
like
Rachel
mentioned
earlier,
the
council
meeting
on
Tuesday
will
start
at
four
o'clock.
That
is
just
for
this
upcoming
Tuesday.
Tomorrow
morning
we
have
the
legislative
breakfast
that
will
be
at
hatch
co-working,
starting
at
nine
o'clock,
we'll
provide
breakfast
y'all
can
park
across
the
street
in
the
United
Way
parking
lot,
and
our
Retreat
is
a
week
a
week
from
today.
Right.
Yes,
so
that'll
start
Thursday,
we'll
start
at
noon,
we'll
provide
lunch
starting
at
11
30..
E
F
Great
I
have
a
question
about
logistics
for
that
in
the
future,
could
we
like
pull
out
what
is
better
for
all
of
us
around
ours,
because
I
know
that
for
some
people
having
built-in
child
care
in
the
morning,
it
can
be
helpful
for
being
able
to
participate.
F
So
if
what,
for
example,
we
could
have
started
at
nine
and
ended
at
two
or
three,
it
could
have
been
another
option:
I
just
it
wasn't
presented
as
an
option,
so
maybe
for
future
consideration
would
be
cool
yeah.
Thank.
I
You
and
again
so
those
those
times
are
12
to
5
and
then
8
30
to
4
in
the
county
building.
In
that
first
floor,
administrative.
D
We're
parking
in
their
County
deck
I
will
check
on.
F
That
I
also
have
a
logistics
question
for
Tuesday,
so
we're
starting
at
four
we've
put
out
that
we're
doing
a
public
hearing
around
the
budget.
What
happens
if
an
amazing
amount
of
people
show
up
to
comment?
Do
we
have
a
plan
for
I
know
some
folks
really
prepare
their
comments
around
a
three-minute
Time
window
or
have
we
communicated
different
expectations,
or
will
we
still
stay
with
that?
If
there's
a
large
number
of
comments,
if.
A
A
Okay,
thank
you.
We
just
have
to
add
it
to
the
March
14th
agenda,
but
yes,
we
could
we.
We
are
thinking
that,
because
there
aren't
a
lot
of
agenda
items
that
in
the
first
probably
30
to
35
minutes,
we
should
probably
get
through
our
normal
agenda
and
then
go
into
that
that
I
shouldn't
say
normal
agenda,
but
the
consent
items
and
the
public
hearings
and
then
go
into
new
business,
which
would
be
the
piece
for
the
of
the
budget
comment.
E
Back
on
the
retreat,
what's
the
agenda
like
when
will
we
get
to
see
that
it
helps
me
prepare
to
definitely
anticipate
especially
I'm.
E
A
A
Hopefully
we
there's
there
won't
be
a
whole
lot
to
prepare
for
so
we.
I
A
Okay
yeah:
we
we
hope
that
just
generally
day
one
will
be
team
building.
It
will
be
about
revisiting
our
our
vision
and
when
I
say
revisit
it's
just
looking
at
it
again.
Here's
our
vision
statement
here
are
Focus
areas
and
it
sets
the
context
for
you
know.
We
said
this
is
the
kind
of
community
that
we
want
to
work
towards.
A
How
do
we
get
there
and
an
important
piece
of
that
is
how
we
collectively
as
an
organization
as
well
as
with
the
community
work
to
collaboratively
and
together
to
achieve
that.
So
that's
kind
of
the
first
step
second
day
is
all
about
business.
Here's
where
we've
been
here's,
what
your
priorities
have
been,
and
here
are
the
things
that
have
been
accomplished.
I
think
one
of
the
things
the
challenge
is
for
local
governments
in
general.
A
Is
we're
always
looking
forward,
we're
always
trying
to
do
better
and
Achieve
something,
greater
and
and
so
forth,
and
sometimes
we
just
don't
take
the
time
to
look
back
to
say
this
is
how
far
we
have
come
community
and
obviously
this
is
how
much
further
we've
got
to
go.
But
it's
kind
of
a
reflection.
A
look
back
at
this
is
what
has
been
accomplished
over
the
past
several
years
and
that
level
sets
to
say
and
Inspire
not
to
Pat
ourselves
on
the
back.
A
I
A
F
Something
that
came
to
my
attention
and
I
hadn't
thought
of
it
because
it
hadn't
come
up
in
our
CIP
presentations
is
City
Hall
like
what's
happening
on
the
top
floors.
Is
it
on
timeline?
Is
it
on
budget?
Where
does
it
fit
in
our
CIP
and
our
goals?
It's
just
kind
of
we
started
out
like
I
started
out
in
the
zoom
square,
and
now
that
I'm
spending
more
time
and
hearing
the
noise
and
seeing
the
changes
I
think
would
be
good
to
have
a
conversation
about
this
facility.
When
we're
talking
about
the
facilities
you.
A
Will
be
getting
as
part
of
our
update
on
where
we've
been
and
where
we're
going
we'll
be
giving
you
an
update
on
the
budget
where
we
are,
as
well
as
additional
information
on
CIP
and
the
Capital
facilities
assessment
and
where
we
are,
and
what
and
the
implications
of
both
financial
and
space
needs
for
us
to
be
that
high
performing
organization
that
I
think
we
aspire
to
be
so
yep
long
and
short.
That
was
a
long
answer.
You
will
be
getting
that
information
through
that
presentation.
Thank.