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Council,
members
and
staff
are
participating
virtually.
We
appreciate
your
patience
as
we
continue
to
work
out
the
kinks
of
holding
council
meetings
in
this
virtual
format
to
help
our
audience
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I'll,
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to
make
sure
to
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part
of
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agenda
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we
come
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it.
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for
those
of
you
out
there
right
now
welcome
for
public
comment.
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ask
callers
to
sign
up
in
advance
to
join
the
live
speaker.
Queue
we'll
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.
A
Each
caller
is
allotted
three
minutes
to
speak
for
each
agenda.
Item
we'll
hear
live
comments
for
up
to
one
hour
for
each
agenda
item
and
a
reminder
to
callers
your.
You
will
first
hear
staff
inform
counsel
that
you're
next
to
speak.
Then
you
will
hear
an
automated
message,
letting
you
know
you're
unmuted
and
live
in
the
meeting.
You
may
be
begin
speaking
after
the
automated
message.
A
A
A
I
would
like
to
just
remind
folks
that
we
do
have
rules
of
decorum,
which
we
voted
on
again,
an
amendment
to
those
at
our
last
meeting.
But
just
a
reminder.
Speakers
are
only
allowed
to
speak
a
one-time
during
the
public
comment
period
for
each
agenda
item
and
you
can
only
speak
if
you've
signed
up
to
speak
in
accordance
with
the
city's
procedures,
and
we
don't
allow
speaker,
substitutions.
A
You'll
have
three
minutes
to
speak
and
the
staff
will
manage
the
the
time.
But
you
will
hear
a
chime
that
our
city
clerk,
maggie
burleson,
will
be
using
when
you
come
to
the
end
of
your
three
minutes.
A
Okay,
I'm
going
to
go
through
and
introduce
all
the
council
members
and
staff
who
are
participating
virtually
and
I
want
to
just
make
sure
everybody.
You
mute
your
microphones
until
it
is
your
turn
to
speak.
So
I'm
going
to
begin
by
introducing
our
vice
mayor,
gwen
wessler
good
evening,
councilman
brian
haynes,.
A
And
our
city
clerk,
we
already
pointed
out
maggie
burleson
and
I
don't
see
her
right
now
up
there.
She
jumped
out
okay,
all
right.
So
as
we
start
all
meetings,
we're
going
to
start
with
the
pledge
of
allegiance,
so
please
rise
for
the
pledge
of
allegiance.
A
A
A
Okay,
the
first
item
on
our
agenda
tonight
is
the
deliberation
and
vote
on
the
appointment
of
a
new
city
council
member.
A
vacancy
was
created
when
council
member
vijay
kapoor
resigned
recently,
and
we
have
just
finished
today
earlier
before
this
meeting
the
interviews
of
the
six
finalists
for
the
vacancy
appointment
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
city
attorney
brad
bradham
who's
going
to
explain
how
this
process
works.
E
Thank
you
mayor
and
I'm
going
to
be
fairly
brief
tonight.
Your
council
rules
actually
lay
out
the
specific
procedure
to
be
followed
anytime.
You
are
appointing
a
replacement
for
council
c,
I'm
going
to
refer
directly
to
rule
30
of
the
adopted
city
council
rules
of
procedure
and
lay
out
the
procedure
that
you
will
follow
this
evening.
E
First
and
foremost,
the
mayor
will
open
up
the
floor
for
nominations.
Any
person
can
be
nominated,
but
council
has
already
reduced
the
total
number
of
interviewees
to
six
any
council
member
may
nominate
anyone
that
they
would
like
nominations
do
not
require
a
second.
E
E
Once
discussion
has
ended,
the
mayor
will
close
discussion
and
a
roll
call
vote
will
be
taken.
Every
member
of
council
is
required
to
vote,
and
what
you're
trying
to
accomplish
is
for
one
nominee
to
receive
a
majority
of
the
votes
cast.
This
is
slightly
different
from
our
normal
up
or
down
vote
on
most
substantive
items.
Instead,
you
will
be
able
to
vote
on
anyone
who
has
been
nominated,
and
in
order
for
someone
to
be
appointed,
we
will
need
four
votes
for
that
particular
individual.
E
If
you
do
not
receive
a
majority
for
any
one,
particular
individual
on
the
first
go
around,
you
can
continue
to
conduct
additional
roll
call
votes
until
such
time
as
someone
does
receive
a
majority
of
the
vote.
If
the
mayor
feels
it's
necessary,
additional
periods
of
discussion
can
be
inserted
between
those
votes.
E
If
it
is
determined
that
you
are
unable
tonight
to
reach
a
consensus
for
a
majority
for
any
one
of
the
final
candidates,
this
matter
can
be
continued
to
a
future
council
meeting
for
final
vote.
At
that
point,
council
is
required
by
law
to
fill
this
position
by
appointment.
However,
there
is
no
legal
deadline
placed
on
you.
Therefore,
council
does
have
additional
time
if
it
determines
it
needs
it.
A
Anyone
have
any
questions
about
the
process
and
I'm
glad
to
see
our
clerk
is
back
since
she
normally
oversees
things
like
this,
this
part
of
it.
So
so
I'm
going
to
begin
by
opening
the
floor
for
nominations.
Do
I
have
anyone
who
would
like
to
make
a
nomination.
F
Madam
mayor,
I
would
like
to
make
a
nomination.
I
would
like
to
nominate
miss
antoinette
mosley.
Should
I
just
nominate
and
then
give
words
or.
A
You
can
go
ahead
and
speak
about
her
now,
if
you
would
like.
F
Yeah,
I
believe
she
was
a
very
strong
interview,
even
though
she's
not
a
household
name
like
some
of
the
other
finalists.
I
strongly
feel
that
she's
the
person
for
the
job.
F
F
He
was
also
one
of
the
a
member
of
snik,
the
student
nonviolent
coordinating
committee,
her
her
mother,
the
late
lou
mosley
was
a
teacher
in
the
asheville
city
school
system
for
over
30
years,
and
I
believe,
just
like
her
parents,
she's
demonstrated
a
strong
commitment
to
be
a
voice
for
those
who
seldom
feel
seen
or
hurt,
but
she's
also
a
builder
of
self-determination
within
his
community.
F
So
I'm
very
confident
in
that
miss
miss
mosley
is
well
suited
for
policy
work
in
city
leadership,
and
I
have
no
doubt
that
she'll
be
able
to
face
the
complexities
of
this
position
with
transformative
lands
and
a
lot
of
tenacity.
So
I'm
very
glad
that
she
rose
to
the
occasion.
A
Okay,
nominations
do
not
require
a
second,
but
is
there
anyone
who
would
like
to
second
the
nomination
of
antoinette
mosley?
Okay,
vice
mayor
yeah,
okay,
yes,
councilman
haynes,.
B
So
I
would
like
to
start
by
saying
that
I
I
feel
like
we
had
many
great
applicants
to
choose
from,
but
I
was
particularly
oppressed
impressed
with
a
few,
so
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
make
my
nomination
and
my
reason
for
doing
so.
In
the
same
breath,
the
unprecedented
occurrences
of
2020
have
brought
to
light
the
daunting
challenges
we
face
both
as
a
city
and
a
nation.
B
These
times
are
calling
out
for
a
new
kind
of
leader
individuals,
whose
life
experiences
give
them
first-hand
knowledge
of
the
ongoing
oppression,
individuals
that
can
bring
that
unique
perspective
to
finding
lasting
solutions
to
the
extremely
difficult
issues
we
face
as
a
people.
I
would
like
to
nominate
robert
thomas
jr
to
fill
this
council
vacancy.
A
G
I
just
I
mean
we,
I
I
was
just
very
impressed
by
all
the
candidates.
This
is
a
tough
decision
and
we
all
know
everybody
who's.
Here
knows
how
difficult
it
is
to
hold
yourself
out
and
put
yourself
in
front
of
all
this
public
scrutiny,
and
I
just
really
salute
all
the
folks
and
really
appreciate
their
dedication
and
interest
in
the
position
and
just
want
to
thank
them
all.
A
I
would
agree
we
had
some
excellent
candidates
apply.
I
I
actually
went
through
this
process
myself
in
2009.
A
A
Yes,
okay,
so
I'll
just
go
down
my
roll
call
list
that
I've
been
using
for
all
of
these
virtual
meetings
and
you'll
just
say
which
of
the
nominees
you
support.
So
vice
mayor,
I'm
going
to
start
with
you,
which
nominee
do
you
support,
miss.
G
A
Okay,
next
councilman
haynes.
A
Okay,
councilman
councilwoman
mayfield
antoinette
mosley,
okay,
councilwoman
smith,
antoinette
mosley
and
councilman
young.
A
Okay
and
myself
antoinette
mosley,
so
antoinette
mosley
will
be
the
selected
new
council
member
and
she
will
be
sworn
in
before
our
next
council
meeting
and
join
us
on
council
welcome
antoinette
mosley.
If
you
are
watching
us
and
again
thank
you
to
everyone.
A
Okay,
all
right
we're
gonna
move
to
the
consent
agenda.
The
does
anyone
have
any
questions
or
comments
regarding
any
item
on
the
consent
agenda,
or
do
I
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda.
A
A
Second,
all
right:
I
have
a
motion
in
a
second
to
approve
the
consent
agenda.
We
do
not
have
anyone,
I'm
just
looking
at
my
sheet.
We
do
not
have
anyone
signed
up
to
speak
under
comment
on
the
consent
agenda,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
move
to
the
vote.
A
If
we
as
we
have
to
do
during
these
virtual
meetings
per
the
legislature's
requirement,
I
will
do
a
roll
call
vote.
Vice
mayor,
whistler.
G
B
A
Councilwoman
mayfield
aye,
councilwoman
smith,
aye,
councilman,
young,
all
right
and
myself,
I
okay,
the
consent
agenda
passes
we'll
now
move
on
to
the
presentation
portion
of
our
agenda.
We
have
four
presentations
tonight.
The
first
presentation
is
is
on
the
one
bunkum
fund
and
I
will
turn
it
over
to
the
assistant
city
manager,
richard
white.
H
Thank
you,
mayor
manheimer,
good
evening,
mayor
and
council.
It's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
kit
kramer,
she's,
the
president
and
ceo
of
the
asheville
area
chamber
of
commerce.
During
her
nearly
10
years
at
the
chamber,
she
has
emphasized
the
importance
of
growing
jobs
serving
as
a
voice
for
business
and
helping
chamber
members
thrive.
I
Thank
you
richard
and
thank
you,
council
members
for
allowing
me
to
be
with
you
today
to
talk
about
the
the
results
from
the
one
bunkum
fund.
I
understand
that
beth
is
going
to
be
advancing
so
beth.
Could
you
please
advance
to
the
next
slide?
I
I
want
to
share
with
you
just
as
a
reminder.
In
march,
the
county
commission
voted
to
create
the
one
bunker
fund,
and
then
you
in
april
decided
that
you
were
going
and
they
authorized
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
then
on
the
next
slide.
I
think
we'll
see
the
city
council's
involvement
march
24th,
you
undertook
an
appropriation
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
then
set
a
public
hearing
for
april
14th
and
on
the
next
slide,
we'll
see
that
this,
what
we
did
was
develop.
I
We,
instead
of
developing
a
separate
foundation,
we
utilize
the
buncombe
county
service
foundation.
Their
board
was
gracious
enough
to
step
aside
and
allow
us
to
appoint
members
to
serve.
Who
could
raise
money
who
represented
the
various
aspects
of
the
community
that
we
needed
to
ensure
were
included
in
the
one
buncombe
fund?
I
The
next
slide
shows
that
the
results
which
have
been
great,
we
raised
almost
1.4
million
dollars
between
march
and
august,
and
we
were
looking
at
this
funding
as
being
bridge
funding
before
federal
and
state
funding
really
kicked
in.
So
with
the
200
000
from
buncombe
county,
the
hundred
thousand
from
the
city
of
asheville,
we
were
able
to
seed
the
fund,
but
then
proceeded
to
raise
over
a
million
dollars
from
citizens
throughout
the
community.
I
There
were
over
1
176
donations
and
they
ranged
from
very
small
amounts
to
very
large
amounts,
but
I
think
it
speaks
volumes
to
the
to
the
the
generosity
and
the
spirit
of
this
community
that
people
stepped
up
for
their
neighbors
and
for
small
business
on
the
next
slide.
I
We'll
see
that
we
served
over,
we
had
a
goal.
It
was
the
one
bunkum
fund,
so
we
had
a
goal
of
supporting
1,
000
individuals
and
100
businesses,
and
we
surpassed
that
goal
on
the
individual
side,
with
1048
households
being
served
and
then
on
the
business
loan
side.
We
didn't
quite
get
to
100.
We
got
to
92,
although
we
did
have
218
applications,
many
of
whom
ended
up
being
served
in
other
ways,
so
we
were
able
to
utilize
over
850
000
of
the
funds
to
retain
674
jobs.
I
Now
you
all
know
that
we
work
with
the
with
the
economic
development
coalition
and
if
we
were
announcing
674
jobs,
we
would
be
celebrating
in
a
big
way.
So
it's
important
that
we
retain
that
number
of
jobs
on
the
next
slide.
I
You'll
see
that
we
had
that
in
terms
of
the
individual
assistance,
the
vast
majority
of
the
individual
assistants
went
to
housing
and
you
can
see
that
the
utilities
also
were
were
a
pretty
significant
percentage,
but
far
and
away
it
was
housing,
and
I
think
it's
it's
a
testimony
to
organizations
like
man
of
food
bank
that
food
was
such
a
small
item
next
slide.
I
You
can
also
see
that,
in
terms
of
the
individual
assistance
there
were
people
all
over
buncombe
county
who
received
assistance.
The
graph
shows
this
particular
chart
shows
that
the
darker
colors
are
where
we
had
the
most
assistance
coming
from,
and
you
can
also
see
the
poverty
lines
in
the
smaller
map
of
buncombe
county
up
above
next
slide.
I
You'll
also
note
that,
in
terms
of
the
individual
assistance
we
were
we
had
equity
in
mind.
We
know
that
has
been
an
important
principle
for
local
government
as
well
increasingly
throughout
the
community
and
you'll,
see
that
the
buncombe
county
demographics,
which
are
listed
on
the
right
that
we
exceeded
the
goal
of
providing
assistance
at
a
better
rate
than
the
buncombe
county.
Demographics
next
slide,
also
in
terms
of
the
business
loan
program.
We
were
intent
on
helping
small
business.
I
97
of
our
business
is
small
business
and
and
in
many
cases
I
mean
the
federal
government
thinks
a
small
business
has
fewer
than
500
employees.
Well,
the
board
made
the
decision
that
we
wanted
it
to
be
truly
very
small
business
and
the
vast
majority
of
the
loans
went
to
those
businesses
with
one
to
five
employees.
Next
slide.
I
You'll
also
see
that
equity
also
played
a
role
here.
29
of
borrowers
were
minority
borrowers
as
compared
to
10
percent
of
of
minority-owned
businesses
in
the
county
and
65
were
women
borrowers
compared
to
that
the
percentage
of
47
percent
of
women-owned
businesses
in
the
county
next
slide,
and
if
you
take
a
look
at
the
various
sources,
as
I
said,
we
worked
very
very
quickly.
I
But
you
can
also
see
the
other
types
of
programs
that
have
offered
assistance
to
small
businesses
in
our
county
and
I'm
very
grateful
that
they
exist.
The
bunk,
the
buncombe
county
tourism,
development
authority,
jobs,
recovery
grants
represented
a
huge
number
of
jobs,
as
well
as
the
ppp
program
at
federal
level
and
the
north
carolina
rapid
recovery
program.
I
At
the
state
level,
all
told
we
provided
assistance
at
for
six
thousand,
eight
hundred
and
forty
four
jobs
now,
given
that
we
lost
thirty,
eight
thousand
jobs
in
initially
and
we've
come
back
a
great
deal,
but
we
still
have
a
higher
unemployment
rate
than
we
want
to
have.
This
program
was
providing
assistance
at
a
really
critical
time
next
slide.
I
So
what's
next,
I
was
talking
earlier
about
the
fact
that
we
had
seen
ourselves
almost
as
a
task
force
and
wanted
to
get
this
job
done
and
get
it
done
quickly
and
efficiently,
and
we
in
working
with
mountain
biz
works
and
health
and
human
services.
We
were
able
to
accomplish
that.
So
we
have
now
effectively
disbanded
the
board
for
one
bunkum
and
allowed
the
buncombe
county
service
foundation
to
return
to
its
normal
activity
of
doing
great
work
throughout
the
county.
I
You'll
you'll
note
that
we
are
we
plan
to
have
an
ad
co
hot
committee
from
the
one
bunker
board
that
will
return
when
there
is
enough
money
coming
back
into
the
fund
to
make
determinations
about
what
to
do
with
it
and
rest
assured.
No
decisions
about
city
money
will
be
made
without
notification
to
the
city
next
line
before
I
want
to
share
with
you
some
remarks
from
a
couple
of
the
recipients
of
these
loans.
The
first
is
from
stephen
smith,
who
is
the
owner
of
ms
lean
landscaping.
I
This
is
something
he
had
to
say.
First,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
receive
assistance
from
the
one
buckham
fund
working
with
mountain
biz
works.
They
assisted
me
in
obtaining
the
fund
during
a
hard
time
for
small
businesses,
especially
black
businesses.
Through
the
fund,
I've
been
able
to
keep
my
employees
working.
It
came
in
a
much
needed
time
when
several
of
my
commercial
clients
had
to
prioritize
certain
contracts
that
they
were
able
to
keep.
I
I
I
I
was
able
to
breathe,
knowing
that,
while
I
could
not
have
in
person
classes,
I
had
the
financial
support
I
needed
to
pay
rent
utilities
and
insurance
on
my
studio
space.
Additionally,
one
bunkum
money
has
helped
me,
prepare
the
studio
for
socially
distant,
safe
classes
again
with
cleaning
sanitizing
and
disinfecting
supplies,
and
I
can
tell
you
there
are
any
number
of
these
types
of
stories
from
small
business
owners.
The
the
business
owners
that
help
make
this
place
a
really
special
place.
I
The
other
thing
that
makes
this
place
a
really
special
place
is
the
realization
from
our
local
government
that
we
needed
to
get
assistance
out
to
these
businesses
in
a
very
quick
fashion.
So
I
congratulate
you
for
recognizing
that,
for
for
to
deborah
campbell
and
to
avril
pender
for
pushing
for
the
creation
of
the
fund
as
well
and
to
the
individuals
on
this
slide,
who
really
helped
us
seed
the
fund
in
a
way
that
would
show
we
could,
we
could
make
it
happen.
I
A
I
just
want
to
thank
you
kit,
for
all
the
work
you've
been
doing
not
just
on
the
one
bunkum
fund,
but
throughout
this
pandemic,
to
really
help
prop
up
the
business
community
and
bring
all
the
cohorts
in
the
business
community
together
to
brainstorm
about
ideas
around
how
to
survive
and
how
to
reopen.
A
That's
been
invaluable
to
the
community
for
us
to
have
that
structure
in
place
to
help
support
businesses
as
they
suffer
through
this.
So
thank
you
and
thanks
to
the
folks
that
you
work
with
as
well.
G
I'll
just
say
the
same:
it's
it
was
amazing
and
how
quickly
it
got
done.
It
was
just
amazingly
grassroots
and
it's
a
real
tribute
to
the
community
for
pulling
together
and
thanks
for
your
leadership
kit
and
richard
and
deborah.
A
Okay,
thank
you
all
right.
That
concludes
our
first
presentation.
We're
going
to
move
on
to
the
second
presentation,
which
is
the
manager's
report
on
the
30-60-90
day
plan.
So
I'll
turn
it
over
to
the
manager,
deborah
campbell.
J
Thank
you
mayor
and
again
good
evening,
everyone
and
as
the
slot
comes
up,
you
can
go
ahead
and
advance
that
one
next
slide.
Please
so
thank
you.
Since
june
9th
we
have
been,
we
staff
have
been
trying
to
provide
you
all
within
an
update
on
what
we've
called
a
30
60
90
day
work
plan.
J
We
have
developed
this
work
plan
in
response
to
numerous
requests
from
all
the
social
unrest
that
black
asheville
demands
coalition
asked
us
to
specifically
address
related
to
racial
justice
and
economic
inclusion
issues.
I
really
really
want
again
to
clarify
that
this
work
plan
reflects
only
when
we
would
start
working
on
these
requests.
J
J
J
We
had
an
unfortunate
happenstance
with
the
shrouding
that
was
done.
We
had
a
lot
of
bad
weather,
lots
of
wind
and
rain
and
unfortunately
remove
the
shroud,
but
we
think
the
scaffolding
is
is
a
message
that
we're
still
working
on
addressing
that
issue.
The
lee
monument
has
been
removed,
the
task
force
has
been
organized
and
we
have
a
a
person
that
is
facilitating.
Cartina
caldwell
has
been
selected
as
the
facilitator
facilitator
of
the
task
force
and
they
meet
on
thursdays
from
4
30
to
6
30
p.m.
J
The
second
item
is
to
work
on
the
renaming
of
the
streets,
we're
continuing
community
engagement
to
develop
the
next
steps
and
we'll
have
a
project
page
up
later
this
week
with
regards
to
that
process.
Next
slide,
please,
within
the
60-day
horizon.
Let's
see,
did
you
go
to?
J
Okay?
Within
the
60-day
horizon,
we
were
working
with
asheville
city
schools
and
buncombe
county
schools
to
address
opportunity
gaps.
I
think
I
reported
on
this
my
last
presentation:
the
parks
and
recreations
partnering
with
asheville
city
schools,
we've
created
community
learning
centers
or
what
we
call
learning
pods
in
some
of
our
city
facilities,
a
number
of
the
park
and
rec
recreation
facilities.
J
We
have
happy
to
report
that
we
have
two
sites
that
are
currently
up
and
running
it's
serving
about
40
students
right
now
and
additional
sites
will
open.
Next
week
we
anticipate
having
the
opportunity
to
serve
over
300
students
and
we'll
be
operating
seven
days
a
week.
Eight
a.m
to
eight
p.m.
Next
slide:
please.
J
Also,
within
the
60-day
horizon,
we're
gonna
initiate
conversations
with
the
district
attorney's
office
around
the
decision
for
probation
for
mr
hickman,
the
city
attorney,
as
we
reported
at
our
last
update,
has
been
communicating
with
the
da's
office
around
the
restorative
justice
process.
We
are
also
meeting
later
this
week
to
follow
up
with
some
of
the
community
members
to
discuss
additional
conversations
with
the
da's
office
and
concerns
that
that
they
have
that
they
would
want
us
to
represent
to
the
da's
office
and
our
role.
We
want
to
clarify
the
role
that
the.
J
Item
number
five:
I'm
going
to
spend
the
latter
part
of
this
presentation
on
that
one,
so
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
please,
and
so
under
the
90
days,
the
work
that
would
be
underway
to
provide
some
protocol
practices
related
to
equity
and
inclusion
and
put
it
on
our
website
the
city.
I
know
that
there
have
been
lots
of
conversations
around
city-owned
property
for
use
for
a
variety
of
uses.
J
J
J
We
have
changed
the
name
of
this
initiative
from
race
and
gender
conscious
policy
to
a
business
inclusion
policy
and
decided
that
this
should
probably
go
to
a
council
committee
before
coming
to
full
council,
so
it
will
be
discussed
at
the
planning
and
economic
development
committee's
meeting
starting
tomorrow.
They
will
begin
to
review
that
policy
next
slide.
Please.
J
And
so
the
other
one
that
I
said
would
go
into
a
little
bit
more
detail
related
to
conversations
around
defunding
the
police
budget
by
50
percent.
It's
kind
of
a
dif,
defund
divest,
invest
strategy
and
a
little
bit
more
detail
about
the
community
engagement
process.
Community
engagement
really
is
around.
J
As
you
all
know,
you
all
adopted
only
three
months
operating
budget
for
most
of
our
departments.
We
asked
for
this
staff
suggested
that
we
wanted
to
have
these
engagement
conversations
around
our
our
budget,
not
just
police's
budget,
and
that
we
would
bring
back
some
recommendations
to
you
on
september,
the
22nd.
J
So
the
the
next
steps
in
terms
of
having
these
conversations
next
slide,
please,
is
that
again
reimagining
public
safety
in
asheville.
Our
goal
with
these
conversations
is
again
in
a
holistic
way.
Looking
at
all
of
our
department
budgets
is
to
determine
how
the
city
of
asheville
structures,
department,
responsibilities
and
community
partnerships
in
a
way
that
promotes
racial
equity
and
economic
inclusion.
J
Next
slide,
please,
and
so
our
process
in
terms
of
community
engagement
piece,
we
have
completed
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
focus
groups
to
talk
about
the
approach
we're
now
in
the
second
part
of
this
process
hosting
the
community
meetings
we
had
one
actually
earlier
today
and
step
three
would
be
to
come
back
in
september
to
report,
recommendations
and
implementations,
and
I
cannot
say
enough.
I
can't
say
it
again
enough
is
that
this
is
the
beginning
of
conversations
not
the
end.
J
J
So
we
have
selected
the
facilitators,
chemeketa,
ebony,
coleman,
glenn,
thomas
and
christine
edwards,
christine
and
glenn
are
with
amplify
charlotte
and
we're
so
pleased
with
them
being
willing
to
take
on
this
awesome
responsibility
within
this
compressed
time
frame.
Next
slide.
J
J
In
fact,
we
hosted
a
engagement
process
with
the
key
community
leaders
on
last
thursday,
we
invited
99
community
leaders
and
we
had
30
to
attend.
Essentially,
we
met
with
them.
We
kind
of
tested
the
conversation
that
we're
going
to
have
this
week
with
the
rest
of
the
community.
We
focus,
though,
on
getting
community
leaders
to
share
information
about
the
process
and
to
encourage
involvement
and
participation
with
their
networks.
Next
slide.
Please.
J
J
I
attended
that
meeting
and
I
thought
it
went
very
well,
but
we
we
we
got
some
some
feedback
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
want
to
lift
up
in
terms
of
feedback
was,
quite
frankly,
people
said
they're
tired
of
talking.
J
They
want
us
to
start
doing
something
and
that
resonated
with
me
and
puts
a
tremendous
amount
of
responsibility
on
staff
for
us
to
make
something
happen,
this
budget
cycle
and
into
future
budget
cycles.
I
won't
go
through
all
of
these
listening
sessions.
You
can
go
to
next
slide
our
web
page,
where
we
have
a
lot
of
information
and
you
can
stay
apprised
and
be
kept
updated
on
on
this
process.
J
J
And
so
far
in
terms
of
this
questionnaire,
we've
had
a
thousand
293
people
have
participated
in
this
survey
and
I'm
extremely
pleased.
So
far
with
that
kind
of
of
response,
we
have
representation
from
all
groups
that
identified
as
most
impacted
and
we're
gonna,
obviously
stay
committed
to
get
as
many
people
engaged
and
hear
their
voices
as
possible.
But
again
people
just
don't
want
to
talk.
They
want
action
and
we
hear
you
next
slide
please,
and
so
in
terms
of
additional
outreach.
J
We
have
targeted
emails
and
texts
and
calls
to
all
of
these
organizations,
and
we
will
continue
to
reach
out
to
them.
They
are
helping
us
administer
the
questionnaire
either
electronically
or
through
heart
copy
of
the
of
the
questionnaire,
and
so
we
are.
We
are
extremely
grateful
that
our
partners
are
willing
to
help
in
this
endeavor.
J
J
And
so
again,
our
next
steps
will
be
to
for
the
to
the
end
of
this
week
to
have
conversations
with
the
community
asking
them
some
some
critical
questions.
Please
encourage
all
of
your
networks
and
friends
and
and
relatives
and
whoever
to
fill
out
the
questionnaire.
J
We
will
be
bringing
back
some
preliminary
recommendations
on
the
22nd,
as
we
said,
as
it
relates
to
organizational
changes
and
our
budgetary
changes
and
then
we'll
begin
the
next
round
of
discussions
in
the
november
december
time
frame
next
slide.
Please.
G
I
just
received
an
email
from
a
constituent
saying
that
they
were
having
a
hard
time
getting
into
the
survey.
Okay,
what?
What
sort
of
guidance
should
I
give
said
constituent.
J
G
F
A
Yeah,
I
I
thought
that
today's
went
pretty
well,
I
mean
the
virtual
format
is
limited
because
you
can
never
see
all
the
people
that
are
there
and
I
did
think
it
was
helpful
for
the
facilitator
to
mention
how
many
people
were
attending,
since,
if
you,
if
you're
attending,
you
can't
tell
that
so
so
I
thought
that
was
fairly
helpful.
J
Appreciate
that
and
I'll
pass
that
on
to
the
facilitators
in
in
your
right
mayor,
having
this
type
of
a
conversation
virtually
is
is
difficult,
but
I
am
so
impressed
with
our
consultant
team.
I
think
they
have
the
facilitation
skills
but,
more
importantly,
I
think
they
have
the
passion
around
this
issue
and
I
believe
that
they're
going
to
process
the
information
in
a
way
that
will
will
provide
the
the
essence
of
the
conversation
that
we're
having
with
the
community.
So
we
can.
J
We
can
make
sure
that
when
we
provide
you
with
recommendations,
it
really
came
from
the
community
and
it
was
synthesized
by
by
staff.
But
but
I
hope
that
the
community
will
have
the
faith
and
the
confidence
in
us
that
we're
going
to
represent
what
they're
communicating
to
us.
C
Yeah,
I
also
thought
they
did.
A
the
facilitators,
did
a
really
good
job
and
and
did
a
good
job
of
bringing
people
into
the
conversation
through
voice.
So
just
so
people
can
understand
you,
even
though
it's
a
webinar
format
they
can.
They
will
ask
questions
during
the
course
of
the
session,
and
if
you
raise
your
hand,
they
will
unmute
you
and
you
can.
You
can
speak.
So
there
was
a
lot
of
that.
So
there
was
actually
quite
a
good
bit
of
of
interaction
and
people
being
able
to
provide
verbal
feedback
during
the
meeting.
C
But
then
also
the
chat
was
a
very
active
place
during
the
meeting
and
there
was
really
good
stuff
happening
there.
So
so
just
encourage
people
to
try
to
attend
one
of
the
one
of
the
next
ones.
That's
coming
up.
A
All
right,
thank
you.
As
I
mentioned,
we
do
have
four
presentations
tonight,
so
we're
up
to
number
three.
This
is
a
presentation
from
the
city
attorney
on
the
internal
review
of
police
responses
to
protests.
A
E
Thank
you,
mayor
and
good
evening
to
all
the
members
of
council
and
everyone
watching.
As
the
mayor
said
tonight,
I'm
going
to
be
presenting
to
the
council,
the
city
attorney's
internal
review
of
the
asheville
police
department's
response
to
the
recent
demonstrations
here
within
the
city.
Now,
as
council
is
aware,
I
provided
a
written
report
which
is
far
more
detailed
than
what
I'm
going
to
go
into
tonight
last
week.
E
As
you
all
know,
this
process
was
originally
slated
to
take
place
in
two
separate
phases:
two
phases
of
evaluation,
one
being
the
city
attorney's
internal
review,
which
per
council's
direction
was
very
specifically
stated
to
be
dealing
primarily
with
the
decision-making
process,
while
the
much
broader
analysis
of
the
appropriateness
of
actions
taken
during
the
protest
was
going
to
be
handled
by
an
outside
firm
thereafter,
council
made
the
determination
that
it
was
in
the
best
interest
of
the
process
to
alter
that
initial
trajectory
to
allow
the
city
attorney's
internal
review,
to
continue
as
as
originally
planned,
but
to
allow
the
asheville
police
department
to
perform
a
full
investigative
internal
after
action
report
and
from
that
we
will
actually
get
the
results
of
the
appropriateness
of
the
actions
taken
as
well
as
any
sort
of
disciplinary
measure.
E
Measures
would
flow
from
that.
So
that
gives
a
little
sense
of
the
difference
between
these
two
things,
which
are
both
happening.
Concurrently
with
that
being
said,
you
can
advance
to
the
next
slide.
I
do
want
to
provide
counsel
just
a
quick
background
of
what
we're
talking
about
as
you're
all,
certainly
aware
at
this
point.
E
In
late
may,
and
early
june
of
this
year,
asheville
experienced
several
nights
of
ongoing
demonstrations
around
the
national
and
local
problems
of
systematic
racism,
police
brutality,
the
unlawful
and
unjustified
killing
of
george
floyd,
amongst
others.
E
In
response
to
these
protests,
the
asheville
police
department
responded
with
crowd
control
efforts.
In
some
cases,
the
use
of
force
was
included
in
addition
to
apd
officers,
law
enforcement,
personnel
from
other
local
agencies,
as
well
as
the
national
guard,
assisted
in
that
effort
next
slide
in
conjunction
with
this
asheville
by
mayoral
declaration
determined
that
a
curfew
would
be
in
place
from
june,
2nd
through
june
5th,
which
restricted
protesting
as
well
as
other
activity,
8
pm
each
night
onward.
E
E
Now,
where
we
are
today
is
at
the
end
of
phase
one
while
phase
two
is
still
ongoing
phase
one,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
is
what
I'm
presenting
to
you
this
evening.
It
is
the
city
attorney's
internal
review,
per
council's
direction
of
the
operational
decision-making
aspect
of
certain
portions
of
the
police.
Response
council
outlined
several
aspects
of
this
response,
which
they
felt
needed
to
be
looked
into
examined
and
provided
public
information
on,
which
is
what
I'm
going
to
be
doing
for
you
this
evening.
E
At
the
same
time,
the
internal
after-action
report
is
ongoing
and
it
is
from
that
second
phase
that
any
final
conclusions
regarding
conformance
with
policy
or
disciplinary
action
would
flow.
This
dual
phase
approach
was
presented
to
the
public
safety
committee
and
approved
its
meeting
in
july,
as
well
as
the
full
council
at
its
meeting
on
august,
the
25th
next
slide.
E
In
order
to
accomplish
this
phase,
one
of
the
city
attorneys
review.
We
conducted
interviews
with
each
member
of
city
council,
the
city
manager,
the
chief
of
police,
the
deputy
chief
of
police,
as
well
as
several
additional
members
of
apd
command
staff.
Beyond
this,
I
reviewed
multiple
media
reports.
Communications
between
the
relevant
parties,
as
well
as
body
cam
footage
from
the
event,
the
interviews
that
we
conducted
focused
per
direction
of
council
on
certain
aspects
of
the
protest
response.
E
These
include
the
utilization
of
riot
gear,
the
calling
in
assistance
from
the
national
guard
and
other
police
agencies,
the
use
of
tear
gas
and
other
less
than
lethal
projectiles,
and
the
events
specifically
dealing
with
what
occurred
on
the
jeff
bowen
bridge
and
the
elimination
of
supplies
and
personnel
at
the
medic
tent
area.
I'm
going
to
be
discussing
those
in
more
depth
this
evening
next
slide.
E
Now
it's
extraordinarily
important
to
mention
that
the
scope
of
this
review
was
very
narrow.
It
was
limited
to
a
time
frame
beginning
on
may
29th
and
lasting
until
june.
6Th
may
29th
does
seem
to
be
the
first
night
of
the
recent
protests
here
in
asheville
falling
very
closely
after
the
death
of
george
floyd.
E
Now,
during
this
period,
the
number
of
protesters
and
the
protesting
activity
increased,
as
did
the
police
response
that
police
response
slowly
declined
until
essentially
returning
to
normal
levels.
On
june
6th,
I'm
very
aware
that
protests
continued
demonstrations
continued
after
june
6.,
but
because
this
report
is
focused
on
the
police
response
and
not
the
protests
themselves,
I
believe
that
this
is
the
appropriate
time
frame
to
examine
all
of
the
facts
established
in
this
report
were
taken
from
internal
sources.
E
Only
now
again,
we
are
not
drawing
any
final
conclusions
in
this
particular
phase
of
the
evaluation
about
the
appropriateness
of
any
access
taken.
We
are
trying
to
determine
how
decisions
were
made,
who
made
those
decisions
who
was
involved
in
that
process
and
what
those
individuals
knew,
because
each
one
of
those
are
internal
to
city
staff
or
elected
officials.
E
We're
able
to
derive
that
information
only
from
internal
sources,
again,
no
opinions
or
final
conclusions
regarding
the
actions
taken
will
be
drawn
from
this,
but
that
will
be
included
in
phase
two
of
the
evaluation
and
again
any
and
all
disciplinary
action
will
flow
from
that
particular
report.
If
warranted
next
slide,
I'm
going
to
be
talking
about
four
particular
areas
of
the
report
with
you
this
evening
and
try
to
give
you
a
general
overview
of
what
we
found
as
well
as
the
conclusions
that
we
can
draw
factually
from
that
information.
E
First
of
all
is
the
general
response
to
the
protesters
following
two
days
of
protests,
which
occurred
peacefully
without
much
if
any
police
interaction
beginning
on
may
29th
by
may
31st,
the
number
of
protesters
had
begun
to
increase
significantly
and
the
demonstrations
move
throughout
the
city.
Concurrent
with
this,
the
police
response,
it
began
to
be
increased
on
may
31st,
and
this
was
the
evening
where
protesters
began
moving
away
from
pack
square
park
and
on
two
occasions
entered
onto
I-240.
E
During
this
period,
apd
requested
assistance
from
numerous
officers
and
personnel
agencies
beyond
itself,
as
well
as
the
national
guard,
and
I
will
refer
council
members
to
my
written
report
in
appendix
b,
which
gives
a
specific
breakdown
of
how
many
officers
were
provided
on
each
night
and
where
they
came
from.
I
can
tell
you
that
this
number
fluctuated
from
day
to
day.
However,
on
certain
nights,
the
additional
officers
numbered
over
100
from
local
agencies,
as
well
as
a
hundred
national
guardsmen.
E
Also
during
this
period
specifically
beginning
on
may
31st
apd
made
the
decision
at
the
command
level
to
deploy
its
crowd
control
unit.
These
are
specialized
officers
with
training
and
crowd
control
tactics
and,
more
importantly,
these
are
the
officers
that
carry
the
crowd
control
gear.
We'll
talk
more
about
that
in
just
a
minute,
but
this
is
a
unit
whose
numbers
can
vary,
but
during
the
protest
timeline
at
no
point
were
there
more
than
36
total
crowd
control
unit
officers
deployed
on
any
one
night.
E
It
is
important
to
note
that,
although
the
decisions
were
made
at
the
apd
level,
that
no
specific
direction
was
provided
to
apd
from
any
member
of
city
council
regarding
the
increased
protest
response,
city
manager
campbell
made
the
determination
early
on
that
apd
would
be
allowed
to
make
the
tactical
decisions
and
that
she
would
allow
their
law
enforcement
background
and
expertise
to
control
the
efforts.
E
She
provided.
One
lone
direction
on
that
night
of
may
31st
to
chief
zach,
which
was
to
take
these
steps
necessary
in
his
judgment,
to
keep
the
community
and
the
people
safe
beyond
that,
the
tactical
decision-making
process
was
made
by
apd,
primarily
command
staff.
In
this
regard
next
slide
now
I
want
to
talk
more
specifically
about
the
utilization
of
crowd,
control
gear
and
certain
munitions.
E
E
These
are
the
only
members
of
apd
during
the
protest
who
were
wearing
or
utilizing
that
riot
gear
again.
This
unit
is
made
up
of
less
than
40
members,
and
the
total
number
that
were
deployed
on
each
night
vary
in
addition
to
the
riot
gear.
These
officers
also
carry
what
is
called
sting
balls
and
these
are
hand
thrown
devices
that,
when
they
connect
with
the
ground,
they
eject
rubber
pellets
in
a
certain
radius
for
the
purpose
of
dispersing
crowds.
E
Now
beyond
this,
I
will
note
that
some
members,
outside
of
the
crowd
control
unit,
also
carry
pepper
ball
launchers,
but
it's
limited.
The
majority
of
officers
do
not
carry
this
apd.
Despite
some
reports
that
came
out
early
on
does
not
possess,
or
did
they
utilize
during
the
protest
rubber
bullets,
it
is
simply
not
in
the
apd
arsenal
and
regarding
any
particular
use
of
rubber
bullets
or
bean
bags.
None
of
these
were
utilized
by
apd
officers.
During
the
protests,
all
officers
have
pre-existing
authority
per
apd
policy
to
use
the
equipment
that
they
carry.
E
E
So
the
way
this
works
is
that
when
an
officer
leaves
if
he
is
part
or
she
is
part
of
the
crowd,
control
unit,
the
ordinance
and
munitions
that
they
carry,
they
are
permitted
to
use
that
in
the
field
once
that
field
commander
gives
them
the
go-ahead.
These
decisions
are
not
made
at
the
command
level.
E
E
I
will
also
note
that
the
manager
was
informed
of
the
use
of
tear
gas,
but
only
informationally
after
that
decision
was
made
because,
again,
once
the
crowd
control
unit
officers
are
deployed,
the
decision
to
use
their
equipment
is
made
in
the
field
and
not
at
the
command
level.
The
manager
did
keep
counsel
up
to
date
throughout
that
evening,
via
email
on
what
was
happening.
But
again
the
same
trend
is
applicable
here.
E
The
next
element
I'd
like
to
discuss
is
the
request
for
outside
agency
assistance.
As
I've
already
mentioned,
you
can
look
at
appendix
b
of
my
report
and
see
exactly
where
officers
came
from
that
assisted
apd,
as
well
as
the
national
guard,
but
I
will
mention
that
our
evaluation
determined
that,
after
the
initial
two
nights
of
protests
that
occurred
very
peacefully,
apd
began
to
notice
that
the
number
of
protesters
on
may
31st
were
beginning
to
grow.
E
In
conjunction,
they
also
were
aware
of
what
was
going
on
at
numerous
cities
and
communities
regionally
as
well
as
nationally,
and
they
were
seeing
some
of
the
evidence
that
certain
protests
in
certain
locations
were
becoming
much
more
contentious
and
there
were
occasions
of
violence
that
were
erupting
in
certain
cities.
E
In
order
to
combat
these
issues
and
to
maintain
the
safety,
as
requested
by
the
city
manager,
apd
believed
it
was
necessary
to
utilize
existing
shared
resource
agreements,
which
permits
them
to
request
agency
assistance
from
these
other
law
enforcement
entities
outside
of
apd.
E
Following
an
additional
day
of
protest,
a
discussion
was
had
between
the
city
manager,
the
mayor
and
chief
zach,
regarding
the
possibility
of
calling
in
the
national
guard
as
well.
Chief
zack
noted
during
that
conversation
that
he
was
beginning
to
see
the
officers
of
apd
becoming
fatigued
after
multiple
nights
of
crowd,
control
efforts
and
suggested
that
additional
support
may
be
necessary.
E
Now
I
we
were
able
to
determine
that
with
regard
to
other
law
enforcement
personnel,
that
apd
made
the
unilateral
decision
to
request
that
particular
support
chief
zach
in
in
consultation
with
his
command
staff
made
that
decision
and
the
city
manager
was
informed
with
regard
to
the
national
guard.
Again,
chief
zach
provided
the
information
what
he
was
seeing
in
terms
of
intelligence
and
the
status
of
his
officers
to
the
mayor
and
the
city
manager,
and
following
that
conversation
the
decision
was
made
to
call
in
the
national
guard.
E
I
will
note
that
beyond
this
particular
conversation,
no
council
member,
including
the
mayor,
played
any
role
in
the
determination
to
call
in
outside
law
enforcement
agency
and
the
loan
input
provided
by
the
mayor
and
the
manager
was
the
conversation
with
chief
zach
regarding
the
possibility
of
national
guard
inclusion
next
slide.
E
E
Now
this
occurred
on
may
31st,
the
third
night
of
protests-
and
this
was
the
first
occasion
where
the
specialized
crowd
control
unit
was
deployed.
On
this
particular
night.
The
crowd
control
unit
consisted
of
23
officers.
E
It
was
these
officers
that
formed
the
line
on
the
jeff
bowen
bridge
that
confronted
the
protesters
who
were
advancing
along
the
interstate.
In
addition
to
the
crowd
control
unit,
there
were
approximately
10
to
15
bike
officers
as
well.
To
give
you
a
sense,
there
are
approximately
40
to
45
total
apd
officers
on
the
bridge
and
approximately
two
to
three
hundred
protesters
based
upon
the
best
estimates.
E
Now
this
was
the
second
time
that
evening
the
protesters
had
entered
onto
I-240
and
it
was
apd's
belief
at
the
time
that
marching
on
the
interstate
resulted
in
a
far
more
dangerous
situation
for
the
demonstrators
themselves
for
apd
officers,
as
well
as
passing
motorists,
and
because
this
apd
made
the
determination
not
just
to
release
the
crowd
control
unit
along
with
the
specialized
gear
that
they
carry.
But
as
protesters
reach.
E
E
E
However,
as
I
mentioned
on
this
evening,
the
field
commander
did
make
a
call
to
chief
zack
to
confirm
that
that
authority
existed
and,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
chief
zack
did
affirm
that
if
the
field
commander
believed
it
necessary
that
he
had
to
go
ahead
to
proceed
with
authorizing
tear
gas
use-
and
this
was
in
fact
done-
the
manager
was
informed
that
apd
had
deployed
the
quote
hard
gear,
and
this
is
a
specific
reference
to
the
equipment.
That's
carried
by
the
crowd
control
unit.
E
This
was
then
relayed
to
council
members
via
email.
However,
at
no
point
again
did
the
manager
provide
any
additional
direction
to
apd.
These
decisions
were
made
primarily
at
the
field
commander
level,
and
we
could
find
no
evidence
that
any
member
of
city
council
provided
any
input,
nor
was
their
input
sought
on
the
events
that
occurred
on
the
jeff
bowen
bridge
next
slide.
E
The
final
interaction
that
I
think
is
worth
highlighting,
which
has
certainly
been
publicized
widely,
are
the
interactions
with
police
at
the
area.
That's
come
to
be
known
as
the
medic
tent
and
although
I've
I've
heard
different
terms,
I'm
going
to
use
that.
I
think
it's
the
most
common,
and
this
was
an
area
that
was
primarily
made
up
of
some
temporary
barricades
in
an
alleyway
on
patton
avenue,
just
near
pack
square
on
june.
E
The
second
two
days
after
the
events
on
the
jeff
bowen
bridge
apd
field
commanders
made
chief
zach
aware
of
the
existence
of
this
particular
area.
However,
they
did
not
relay
that
this
station
was
being
utilized
as
a
medic
station.
In
fact,
chief
zack
was
informed
that
it
was
being
used
as
a
resupply
station
for
some
of
the
objects
that
a
few
members
of
the
demonstrations
were
throwing
at
officers
such
as
water
bottles
and
fireworks.
E
In
addition,
there
was
information
provided
to
chief
zach
that
the
area
was
being
used
to
treat
some
of
the
protesters
who
had
been
exposed
to
tear
gas
and
dispersed
so
that
they
could
rejoin
the
demonstration
lines.
E
E
E
Primarily,
council
members
became
aware
of
this
only
through
social
media
reports.
I
will
note
that
there
had
been
some
initial
statements
that
the
medic
tent
area
might
have
been
specifically
permitted
by
the
city.
We
could
find
no
evidence
that
this
was
the
case.
In
fact,
it
existed
on
private
property
and
therefore
the
city
did
not
have
the
legal
authority
to
permit
such
a
facility,
and
in
fact
we
were
able
to
determine
that
apd
had
actually
received
a
phone
call
from
the
neighboring
property
asking
for
the
removal
of
it
in
advance
of
this
particular
instance.
E
Next
slide.
So
again,
although
there
is
quite
a
bit
more
detail
in
my
written
report,
I
do
want
to
move
on
to
some
of
the
conclusions
that
we
were
able
to
draw
again.
These
are
not
conclusions
about
appropriateness
of
actions
that
will
be
withheld
until
the
full,
more
comprehensive
after
action
report,
but
we
were
clearly
able
to
determine
that
the
tactical
decisions
regarding
such
things
as
the
deployment
of
the
crowd
control
unit,
the
type
of
gear
that
was
then
utilized
by
those
or
other
officers.
E
The
assistance
from
other
local
police
agencies
were
all
made
by
apd
as
tactical
law
enforcement
decisions
rather
than
at
the
city
manager
or
the
city
council
level.
The
city
manager,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
did
provide
chief
zach
with
the
general
direction
that
he
was
authorized
to
take
whatever
steps
necessary
in
order
to
keep
the
public
safe.
E
But
beyond
that,
she
allowed
him
to
do
the
job.
He
was
hired
for
no
member
of
city
council
provided
any
direction
to
apd
to
the
city
manager
or
specifically,
to
chief
zach.
Regarding
the
response
tactics
that
I've
discussed
this
evening,
with
the
loan
exception,
being
the
input
that
the
manager
and
the
mayor
did
have
regarding
the
discussion
around
the
national
guard,
chief
zach,
as
I
mentioned,
did
maintain
the
final
say
in
deploying
the
crowd
control
unit,
along
with
the
specialized
gear
that
they
carry.
E
There
were
12
reported
injuries
to
apd
officers
and,
as
of
the
last
week,
there
has
been
one
formal
complaint
filed
against
apd
officers
regarding
the
response
during
the
relevant
timeline,
although
there
have
certainly
been
numerous
general
complaints,
this
refers
to
formal
use
of
force.
Complaints
next
slide
again.
One
last
time
I
will
refer
council
members
to
my
written
report
for
additional
information
on
all
of
these
topics.
E
B
I'm
happy
to
start
no
one
else
is
so
let
me
start
by
saying
that
I
I
have
a
bit
of
an
issue
with
this.
So
much
of
this
being
called
fact
when.
B
When
the
only
folks
interviewed
were
apd
and
us-
and
I
I
this
is
more-
should
morse
state
apd
suggested
this
or
or
said
it
happened
this
way,
but
we
don't
know
that
it
happened
that
way
unless,
unless
you
viewed
footage
around
all
this,
which
I'm
sure
that
no
one
has
at
this
point
to
to
call
this
entire
timeline
facts,
I
I
think,
is
less
than
accurate
and
being
that
we
still
have
yet
to
hear
from
any
of
the
witnesses
that
were
protesters
on
the
ground
and
that
have
first-hand
knowledge
of
of
what
they
experienced.
B
B
Let's,
when
going
back
to
the
there
was
no
use
of
rubber
bullets.
Well,
that
may
be
factual.
B
But
to
me
those
sting
balls
sound,
a
whole
lot
like
rubber
bullets,
that
they'd
land
and
and
and
then
rubber
bullets
come
out
of
them
and
if
it,
if
it
makes
the
person
feel
like
they've,
been
shot,
then
I
don't
care
what
you
call
them.
That's
that's
a
dangerous
weapon,
and
so
it
it.
It
also
seems
to
me
that
there
are
there
is,
though
we
call
this
report,
factual
and
and
that
we're
going
to
make
no
efforts
to
say
whether
or
not
any
of
these
actions
were
appropriate
there.
B
K
B
Whether
or
not
in
their
own
minds,
they
can
rationalize
what
they
did
doesn't
take
away
from
the
facts.
But
it
does
sort
of
distort
the
information
being
offered
here
and
and
make
it
sound
as
if
they
were
taking
appropriate.
K
B
So
that's
just
my
beginning
thoughts
on
this.
I'm
sure
I
will
have
much
more
as
I
read
further
and
and
hear
further.
My
other
thing
is
okay.
We
have
phase
one
and
phase
two,
but
what
is
phase
three
because
phase
three
is
the
most
important
thing.
That's
going
to
happen
here
and
and
that's
how
we
determine
what
these
responses
should
look
like
in
the
future,
and
we
were
told
today
at
public
safety
that
it
would
be
90
days
before
we
receive
the
apd
report.
B
B
I
don't
think
that
you
know
I.
I
don't
need
a
report
to
tell
me
that
I
think
we
were
inappropriate
in
many
actions
that
we
took
during
this,
and
I
think
we
need
to
be
prepared
to
act
differently
today,
rather
than
waiting
90
days
to
decide
what's
appropriate,
so
that
the
discussion
about
what
whether
or
not
these
tactics
were
appropriate
or
actions
were
appropriate.
B
That
needs
to
continue
right
now,
the
discussions
need
to
go,
continue,
be
ongoing
and
and-
and
we
can't
just
wait
for
this
report-
because
the
apd's
report
is-
is
highly
unlikely
to
be
extremely
critical
of
their
own
actions
and
and
it's
ultimately,
it's
going
to
be
up
to
the
community
and
members
of
council
to
determine
what
we
feel
is
appropriate
and
those
discussions
need
to
continue.
A
B
Just
feel
like
there's
certain
aspects
you
know
to
to
describe
it,
what
we
was
in
the
timeline
and
in
the
report
as
factual.
I
don't.
The
facts
are
unknown
at
this
point,
so
I
I
don't
think
we
can
call
it
that.
So
that's
I'm
looking
for
a
little
different
wording
in
the
way
this
is,
is
and
and
maybe
of
some
possible
editing
around
where
it
looks
to
be
rationalizing
the
actions
of
the
police-
and
you
know,
though
I
I'm
not
suggesting
that
that
the
bad
job
was
done
here.
B
I
know
the
intent
was
to
not
enter
into
the
appropriateness
of
the
of
the
measures
and
and
for
the
most
part
I
think
that's
done,
but
I
I
do
think
it's
there's.
I
can
speak
to
certain
levels
of
certain
things
that
were
said
in
the
report
that
I
witnessed
personally
that
I
do
not
feel
are
factual
or
or
accurate.
B
A
So
yeah
and
I
think
brad
you
make
clear
that
the
findings
include
in
this
are
based
on
the
interviews
you
conduct
with
the
names
you
provide.
So
it's
according
to
the
folks
that
you,
you
interviewed,
and
obviously
you
didn't
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
were
know
a
lot
of
facts
that
were
not
interviewed.
I
mean
just
because
we
just
to
remind
everyone.
We
went
through
this
process.
We
were
going
to
hire
a
consultant
and
it
would
probably
be
a
much
broader
and
deeper
review.
A
It
was
also
going
to
cost
80
000,
so
the
council
decided
not
to
do
that,
so
we,
but
we
did
ask
brad
to
conduct
this
review
and
and
he
did
that
without
hiring
any
additional
help.
So
I
think
if
we
want
more,
we
would
probably
have
to
take
that
step
to
to
hire
folks
to
review
the
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
hours
of
body,
cam,
footage
and
other
material.
That's
available.
G
Esther
esther
today
at
the
public
safety
committee
meeting
when
we
were
speaking
to
chief
zach,
and
we
talked
about
this
report
and
his
and
then
we
talked
about
brad's
report
and
then
we
all
talked
about
apd's
phase,
two
report
or
whatever
we're
calling
it
and
the
public
safety
committee
made
it
pretty
clear
that
we
were.
G
We
were
hearing
things
from
chief
zach
that
were
in
contrast
to
what
we
were
hearing
from
the
public
and
what
we
possibly
saw
on
videos
at
the
public
ad,
and
we
specifically
asked
chief
zach
to
do
what
he
could
to
reconcile
those
two
seemingly
different
reports,
and
he
said
that
they
would
do
the
best
they
could
to
do
that
because
they
do
have
access
to
public
social
media,
etc.
So
I
mean
you
know.
G
I
think
we
recognize
that
there
are
just
some
some
conclusions
or
thoughts
that
aren't
that
are
different
from
the
public
versus
what
apd
is
saying.
So.
E
Sure-
and
let
me
say
I-
I
do
appreciate
very
much
councilman
haines
insight
into
these
things.
This
is
an
interesting
report
in
that
it
was
very
narrowly
focused
and-
and
I
think
it
is
important
to
say
again
and
again,
that
this
report
draws
or
takes
no
opinions
or
conclusions
regarding
the
appropriateness
of
any
actions
that
were
taken
by
city
personnel.
That
was
not
the
intention
of
the
report.
Had
it
been.
E
No
such
report
could
take
place
without
reviewing
and
interviewing
outside
sources
as
well,
but
because
those
particular
initiatives
have
been
reserved
for
the
second
phase
of
this
evaluation.
We
wanted
to
focus
very
clearly
on
the
request
that
was
made
of
this
report,
which
was
how
were
decisions
made
by
internal
staff.
That
does
not,
as
brian,
I
think,
has
correctly
pointed
out,
lead
us
to
draw
factual
conclusions
about
what
actually
transpired.
E
What
it
allows
us
hopefully
to
do
is
to
know
who
it
was,
who
actually
made
certain
decisions
and
what
information
was
available
to
them
at
the
time
now.
Certainly,
we
do
our
very
best
to
be
as
accurate
as
possible
and
it's
why
we
interviewed
so
many
people
in
order
to,
for
lack
of
a
better
term,
triangulate
the
facts
and
figure
out
exactly
what
occurred.
E
We
feel
that
we
were
able
to
paint
a
clear
enough
picture
to
show
how
decisions
were
made,
but
we
would
certainly
not
endeavor
with
the
information
available
to
us
just
during
this
report,
to
make
any
determinations
about
the
appropriateness
of
actions
and
we
take
absolutely
no
position
on
whether
they
were
justified
sufficient
within
policy
or
otherwise,
because
that
simply
was
beyond
the
scope
of
this
particular
requested
report.
E
But
if
we
are
of
the
determination
that
anything
in
this
report
is
inaccurate
or
needs
to
be
updated,
we
will
do
that
in
a
minute,
because
it
is
the
goal
to
make
sure
that
within
the
scope
of
what
it
is
intended
to
be,
that
we
get
it
as
right
as
possible,
no
matter
how
many
edits
that
may
require.
Hopefully
this
provided
council
with
the
again
much
more
narrowly
focused
portion
of
the
larger
evaluation.
E
While
some
of
the
big
questions
that
we
all
hope
to
answer,
which
is
what
I
think
councilman
haynes
is
is
speaking
about,
will
be
answered
as
part
of
that
second
evaluation.
But
we
we
do
hope
that
it
is
his
it's
clear
that
that
was
not
the
focus
of
this
particular
review.
And
it's
for
that
reason,
and
only
that
reason
that
we
believed
it
was
sufficient
to
interview
only
those
people
who
were
involved
or
potentially
involved
in
those
decisions
that
were.
C
Made
so
I've
got
a
couple,
a
couple
of
thoughts
about
this
people,
I'm
I'm
feel
sure
that
there
are
people
out
there
watching
and
people
who've
read
this
report
who
are
thinking?
Well
then,
what
was
the
point
brad
given
what
you
just
said?
Why
on
earth
did
we
do
this
and
I
I
just
want
to
try
to
remind
folks
where
we
were
back
in
june
when
all
of
this
was
happening
and
in
the
immediate
wake
of
it,
and
I
know
that
I
was
getting
a
lot
of
phone
calls
and
emails
from
people
saying.
C
How
could
you?
How
could
you,
city
council,
let
this
happen?
How
could
you
city
council
have
authorized
these
things
and
and
of
course,
what
I,
what
I
hope
everybody
now
understands
is
that
council
did
not
authorize
these
things.
We
did
not
have
any
role
in
the
decisions
about
how
all
of
the
how
everything
unfolded
on
those
evenings.
C
You
might
say.
Well,
that's
stupid.
We
should-
and
you
know
I
I
don't
even
necessarily
disagree
with
you-
I'm
not
sure
that
I've
ever
felt
as
helpless
in
my
entire
life
as
that
week
of
protests
and
and
deep
frustration
at
at
the
inability
to
you
know
at
the
at
the
sort
of
contradiction
of
being
in
a
position
of
leadership
in
the
city
and
having
people
look
to
us
and
yet
being
completely
and
utterly
powerless
to
do
anything
and,
as
brad's
report
says,
and
maybe
it
was
in
one
of
your
slides
as
well.
C
H
C
So
I
again,
I
think
the
report
is
useful,
just
as
a
either
a
reminder
or
as
information
to
help
us
all
understand
the
role
that
that
we
play
and
and
again
it
is.
It
is
extraordinarily
frustrating,
at
least
for
me
to
be
in
this
to
be
in
this
place,
but
that
is
the
structure
that
we
have
and,
and
that
is
where
we
are.
I
I
agree
with
brian
that
the
the
truly
even
given
what
I
just
said,
but
the
really
important
thing
that's
going
to
come
out
of
the
report.
C
I
don't
think
I
don't
know
that
any,
but
whether
you
were
a
police
officer
who
was
in
it
in
the
in
the
midst
of
the
chaos.
I
don't
think
anybody
was
happy
with
how
it
happened,
so
we
do
have
to
understand.
C
C
We
know
that
other
communities
are
doing
this
differently
and
when
I
say
this
I
mean
I
mean
managing
managing
large
public
demonstrations
like
we
have
seen
and
both
to
ensure
the
safety
of
the
people
who
are
participating
in
them
and
of
people
who
are
just
happen
to
be
there
and
of
officers
to
ensure
everybody's
safety
there.
So
so
brian,
I
don't.
C
D
I
would
just
like
to
say
the
comments
made
by
vice
mayor,
whistler
and
councilman
haynes.
I
would
like
to
highlight
those
and
just
kind
of
reiterate
in
this
process
moving
forward
that
we
take
an
acute
and
intentional
effort
and
working
through
some
of
those
issues
that
councilman
haynes
has
and
specifically
what
vice
mayor
whistler
mentioned
as
well.
I
think
that's
going
to
be
very
important
moving
forward.
I
agree
with
julie
on
the
accelerated
time
frame.
D
I
hope
that
we
can
make
some
headway
prior
to
the
three-month
time
period.
I
do
understand
that
councilman
haynes,
as
well
as
council,
councilwoman
mayfield,
will
not
be
here
coming
up
to
that
time
frame,
so
there
won't
be
much
work
for
them
to
get
in
on,
and
I
know
that
there
is
a
serious
concern
from
community
members
and
individuals
that
were
involved
in
those
incidents
to
see
something
happen
something
rather
sooner
than
later.
D
I
do
applaud
the
work
of
this
city
attorney's
office
in
doing
this
report
and
and
bringing
it
forward
to
council
just
wanted
to
shed
light
on
the
comments
that
were
made
by
councilman
haynes
and
vice
mayor
whistler,
as
well
as
the
time
frame
that
was
mentioned
by
councilwoman
mayfield.
F
E
That's
an
excellent
question,
so
what
these
agreements
are
typically
used
for
and
their
long-standing
agreements
that
have
been
in
place
and
multiple
agencies
have
these
and
they
simply
are
what
they
sound
like
they
are.
They
allow
you
to
request
additional
support
when
you
feel
it's
necessary,
they
do
not
go
into
detail
regarding
the
type
of
equipment
carried.
So
I
think
what
you're
getting
at
is
a
determination
of.
E
We
know
what
apd
carries,
but
you
may
very
likely
have
officers
from
these
other
agencies
which
carry
different
equipment
and,
although,
when
the
officers
are
provided,
they
are
to
a
certain
degree
under
the
direction
of
apd,
they
bring
their
own
equipment
based
upon
that
agency,.
F
And
I'm
just
putting
a
lot
of
different
conversations
that
we've
had
with
you
and
deborah
and
chief
zach
together,
because
that's
what's
going
to
be
necessary
in
order
for
us
to
come
up
with
the
truth.
But
what
I
would
like
to
say
is
to
really
address
the
public
and
the
people
who
were
involved
in
this
protest,
and
I
I
know
that
it
often
feels
like
this
council.
F
The
staff
and
the
city
leaders
aren't
really
here
to
protect
you,
and
I
feel
that
as
well.
I
feel
like
there's
a
lot
of
emphasis
protecting
the
officers
involved,
but
but
what
I
would
like
to
say
is
it.
It
looks
a
little
fishy
and
it
doesn't
look
great
because
we're
kind
of
piece
milling
a
process
together
after
we
decided
after
hearing
a
lot
of
input
from
the
community
is
that
we
don't
want
to.
We
don't
want
to
pay
the
price
tag
of
86
000.
F
So
then
we
had
to
start
putting
different
things
together
to
try
to
make
something
representative
of
the
truth
that
that
is
the
agenda.
That
is
the
goal
not
so
much
how
we
do
it
better,
but
know
right
now.
We
need
the
truth
and
and
brad's
part
that
he
presented
today
was
also
a
report
that
he
was
going
to
provide
to
the
third
party
investigation
and
that's
why
we're
going
this
direction
now
phase
two
goes
back
to
something
julie
said
earlier
about
the
police
policing
themselves.
F
You
know,
I'm
not
going
to
say
that
you
know
phase
two
is
going
to
be
satisfying
either,
but
in
the
spirit
of
power
to
the
people.
I
believe
that
the
third
cog
to
this
wheel,
which
we
have
yet
to
determine,
I
believe
that
is
going
to
be
the
most
powerful
and
do
we
need
help
determining
how
that
looks.
Yeah.
F
We
really
need
a
lot
of
help
determining
how
that
looks,
because
it
not
only
gathers
the
stories
that
gwen
referred
to,
that
might
be
very
contradictory
to
what
brad
has
presented
to
what
chief
zach
will
present.
What
we've
seen
on
on
film
what's
being
said,
even
in
the
press,
they
are
to
take
and
synthesize
all
of
these
legs.
The
first
phase,
the
second
phase,
along
with
what
the
community
is
saying
and
deduce
it
to
truth,
because
that's
what
we
need
right
now.
We
need
truth.
F
Everything
hinges
on
this
moment
because
if
this
goes
wrong,
then
the
next
phase
are
our
reimagine,
the
sessions
leading
in
to
reimagine
the
police.
Those
won't
go
right,
you
know,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
time
to
figure
out
how
this
will
end,
and
we
don't
have
that
time.
So
I'm
saying
what
I'm
saying
right
now,
so
that
people
will
not
lose
faith
in
the
process,
that's
being
spelled
out
for
us,
divesting
and
reinvesting
in
community.
F
We
need
your
participation
and
I
hope
this
process,
because
people
are
saying
this
is
less
than
satisfying
for
a
lot
of
people.
It
doesn't
hit
right.
You
know
he's
using
language
when
it's
not
actually
factual.
Please
trust
the
process,
please
trust
the
process
and-
and
I'm
saying
what
I'm
saying
right
now
and
adding
even
to
what
julia
said
council
has
got
to
get
ahead
of
this
and
report
in
between
in
in
in
between
the
90
days.
We
can't
wait
90
days
to
figure
this
out.
F
We
have
to
assure
this
community
that
this
council
is
fighting
for
the
people,
so
please
be
please
be
involved.
I
hope
there
is
some
hope
somewhere
that
you
know
so
that
people
will
get
involved
in
the
process
of
reimagining
the
police,
because
we
really
have
to
work
together
to
figure
this
out.
A
Anyone
else
wanna
has
a
question
or
comment
while
we're
waiting
for
julie
to
jump
back
in.
J
J
Where,
if,
if
I
could,
at
the
public
safety
committee
meeting
chief
zack,
agreed
to
bring
back
some
updates
to
council
within
a
time
frame,
we
also
will
be
bringing
in
experts
to
talk
about
innovative
ways
for
crowd
management,
we'll
be
bringing
in
experts
to
talk
about
21st,
century
policing
and
obviously
we'll
be
using
the
input
that
we'll
be
getting
from
the
reimagining
public
safety
as
part
of
this
discussion.
J
So
it's.
I
hope
that
we
don't
think
that
that
there
aren't
a
lot
of
things
going
on
on
a
parallel
track
and
I
think
someone
said
we
need
to
synthesize
and
integrate
all
of
these
different
initiatives
that
we
have
underway
to
one
end,
which
is
what
ms
smith
was
talking
about.
It's
about
trust,
it's
about
accountability,
and
it's
about
the
truth,
and
that's
that's
exactly
what
we
are.
We
are
after
we're
going
to
allow
that
to
guide
us
into
the
future
and
the
next
steps.
C
C
I
think
I
understand
that
people
are
afraid
to
report
that
people
who
you
know
some
people
who,
in
the
past
have
reported
and
complained
to
the
police
have
been
harassed
or
approached
or
their
houses
approached,
and
I
get
that
fear
so
deborah.
What
I
would
like
to
ask
is
if,
if
somehow
the
city
can
create
well,
I
I
don't
know
how
we
I
don't
know
how
we
do
it,
but
we
have
to
have
a
safe
way
for
people
to
complain
formally
about
the
their
experiences
related
to
police
conduct.
That
night.
C
We
if
we
don't
have
that
if
we
don't
create
a
safe
space
now
for
people
to
come
forward
with
that,
we
will
miss
a
lot,
and
you
know
we
we've
talked
about.
C
You
know
having
a
a
sort
of
a
truth
and
reconciliation
process
later
where
people
can
come
and
tell
their
stories,
but
I'm
afraid
that
that
might
happen
too
far
down
the
line
for
the
kind
of
factual
investigations
that
are
happening
right
now,
and
so
I
don't
know
the
answer
to
this,
but
I
just
know
that
the
system
we
have
right
now
is
not
one
that
people
feel
safe
in,
and
so
I
think
we
need
we
need.
We
need
to
fix
that.
We
need
to
address
it.
We
need
to
create
an
alternative
path
for
people.
J
Sure
julie,
we
we
talked
about
this
also
at
the
public
safety
committee
meeting,
and
this
one
is
by
far
the
most
important
next
step.
We
just
don't
know
when
we
can
bring
a
recommendation
back
to
the
committee.
We
said
that
there
may
be,
as
a
result
of
discussions
about
21st
century
policing,
the
discussions
about
reimagining
of
public
safety,
that
there
may
be
some
ideas
that
come
out
as
a
result
of
that
those
processes
that
we
could
come
back
to
the
committee
and
make
and
make
a
recommendation.
J
We
just
feel
this
is
so
important.
We
we
really
want
to
get
it.
We
want
to
get
it
right.
We
want
people
to
feel
comfortable.
It
may
be
an
another
entity
that
they
don't
even
come
through
the
city
of
asheville
that
there's
some
another
entity
that
they
go
to
to
to
lodge
these
type
or
have
these
types
of
conversations
also
miss
whistler.
J
You
asked
about
the
the
reimagining
public
safety
and
whether
we
were
doing
something
that
might
relate
to
this
in
terms
of
the
questionnaire,
and
I
may
have
been
remiss
because
it
at
our
drop-in
sessions
on
friday,
there
will
be
kind
of
a
storytelling
session
where
people
can
just
express
now.
They
may
not
go
into
all
of
the
details
or
have
the
time
to
have
the
kind
of
real
detail
conversation
that
they'll
need
to
have
around
any
kind
of
police
action,
and
this
isn't
just
about
the
civil
unrest
that
occurred
and
the
demonstrations.
J
Where
they
feel
yeah,
I
think
it's,
I
think
it's
more
than
just
the
civil
unrest.
I
think
it's
it's
it's.
The
scope
should
be
much
broader,
where
people
can
come
and
and
tell
their
story,
but
definitely
we
want
to
create
that
space
for
them
to
talk
about
the
demonstrations,
but
also
other
types
of
encounters
that
they've
had
with
with
apd,
where
they
didn't
feel
comfortable.
C
Well,
in
the
meantime,
I
would
just
encourage
everybody
if
you
haven't
made
a
complaint,
because
you
don't
feel
safe,
please
make
sure
that
you
have
written
it
all
down.
If
there's
video
out
there
on
facebook,
if
they're
photographs
gather
just
gather
it
all
together,
so
that
you
are
ready,
because
the
farther
we
get
away
from
this
the
harder
it
is
going
to
be
for
everyone
to
remember
so,
please
just
please
be
writing
it
down.
A
Okay,
unless
anyone
else
has
any
other
questions
or
comments.
That
concludes
the
third
presentation
of
four
anything
further.
Okay,
our
final
presentation
for
this
evening
is
on
the
hotel
development
study
and
our
planning
and
urban
design
director
todd.
Okla
chaney
is
here
to
present
this
item.
L
Good
evening,
mayor
and
council
members,
the
purpose
of
tonight's
presentation
is
to
provide
you
all
with
an
update
on
the
hotel
development
study,
including
our
draft
zoning
framework
and
the
public
feedback
we've
received
to
date.
Next
slide,
please
it's
hard
to
believe,
but
council
adopted
a
temporary
one-year
moratorium
close
to
a
year
ago.
Now
it
was
september,
24th
2019.
L
L
After
the
september
24
2019
moratorium
date,
the
city
quickly
went
out
and
contracted
with
the
urban
land
institute,
which
is
a
non-profit
educational
organization
that
provides
on
unbiased
and
pragmatic
advice.
They
have
a
planning
process
called
the
technical
assistance
panel
or
a
tap
where
they
invite
volunteers.
From
from
this
type
of
industry,
they
were
land
use
officials,
developers,
folks
that
that
kind
of
understand,
hotel
development
within
other
cities
in
the
southeast.
L
They
were
a
volunteer
panel.
They
came
here
twice
earlier
in
the
year
in
january,
and
if
you
recall,
in
february
of
this
year,
we
held
a
city
council
work
session
to
review.
Basically
the
the
findings
or
recommendations
of
the
uli
tap
report,
as
well
as
the
findings
of
a
briefing
report
that
was
prepared
by
city
staff.
That
briefing
report
included
an
analysis,
quantitative
analysis
of
the
impacts
of
new
hotel
or
just
rather
any
hotel
development
on
things
like
infrastructure
traffic,
the
environment.
L
It
also
looked
at
our
affordable
housing
crisis
in
the
city.
It
looked
at
hotel
trends
over
the
last
20
years,
or
so
it
also
looked
at
the
economic
impacts
of
hotels
and
what
types
of
wages
are
are
paid
through.
The
the
hotel
and
accommodations
industries
in
march
of
this
year,
uli
released
its
final
written
report,
which
included
recommendations
related
to
mainly
related
to
land
use
policies
and
we'll
get
into
that
in
a
little
bit
since
the
springtime
city
staff
has
conducted
a
number
of
community
engagement
opportunities.
L
We
held
a
public
survey
which
I'll
discuss
some
of
the
results
of
that
in
a
little
bit,
but
we
held
that
public
survey
during
the
months
of
july
and
portion
of
august,
as
well
as
some
other
focus
group
meetings,
and
then
this
is
actually
an
outdated
schedule.
This
is
our
initial
schedule
that
we
shared
with
you
in
february,
where
we
initially
were
set
to
present
our
land
use.
L
L
Through
the
planning
process,
again,
it
was
the
uli's
technical
assistance
panel
process.
We
identified
several
questions
that
we
wanted
uli
to
answer
through
their
engagement
process.
We
asked
questions
such
as
what
is
the
appropriate
balance
of
hotels
and
how
can
we
leverage
that
land
use
to
meet
city
goals
such
as
affordable
housing?
L
All
the
the
findings
and
answers
to
these
questions
can
be
found
within
the
uli
tap
report
that
was
released
in
march
next
slide.
Please.
L
L
Those
observations
included
a
need
to
balance
the
economic
benefits
of
tourism
and
hotel
development
with
other
community
needs,
such
as
affordable
housing
and
market
rate
housing
and
office
needs.
The
hotel
development
approval
process
needs
to
be
more
predictable
and
transparent.
Again.
This
relates
back
to
a
lot
of
the
uncertainty,
as
it
relates
to
a
development
application
in
the
current
process.
It
goes
through.
L
L
L
L
The
intent
of
that
was
to
to
continue
to
work
with
our
partners
in
the
community
to
ensure
that
we're
investing
in
the
community
wisely
and
then
the
third
bucket
was
the
policy
and
design
type
recommendations
and
those
are
going
to
be
the
main
focus
of
the
recommendations
that
I'll
discuss
tonight
and
the
the
sort
of
land
use
and
zoning
related
recommendations
that
planning
staff
will
be
presenting
to
you
within
the
next
couple
of
months.
L
As
a
reminder,
at
the
february
city
council
work
session,
city
council
directed
staff
to
to
look
into
several
regulatory
land,
use
related
strategies
and
one
revenue
generating
strategy
that
revenue
revenue,
generating
recommendation
was
related
to
requiring
a
license
agreement
for
city
right-of-way
during
hotel
construction,
and
then
the
regulatory
recommendations
were
related
to
re-establishing
possibly
re-establishing
hotels
as
a
permitted
use
in
select
areas
of
the
city.
L
Incentivizing
public
benefits
such
as
affordable
housing
and
green
building
infrastructure,
identifying
design
improvements
to
enhance
and
elevate
the
design
of
hotels
as
a
development
within
the
city
and
looking
at
traffic
and
parking
standards.
Next
slide.
Please.
L
The
first
one
I'll
discuss
is
related
to
public
benefits,
the
public
benefits.
What
this
means
is
for
a
new
development
proposal
for
hotels,
we've
identified
areas
within
the
city
where
they
might
be
appropriate
and
with
public
benefits.
What
we're
saying
is
that
we
want
to
leverage
hotel
development
as
a
use
to
try
to
to
get
some
of
the
public
benefits
and
that
align
with
city,
council
and
community
goals,
or
that
would
help
to
mitigate
impacts
of
hotel
development.
L
Some
of
those
public
benefits
include
living
wage,
providing
living
wage
jobs
or
living
wages,
rather
integrating
green
building
infrastructure
into
the
design
of
a
hotel,
giving
free
transit
passes
to
employees
and
there's
a
lot
of
other
sort
of
public
benefits
related
to
especially
to
affordable
housing
we've
identified
and
are
recommending
a
scoring
system
where
a
hotel
project
could
would
have
to
meet
a
certain
number
of
points
and
that
point
system
and
matrix
is
weighted.
L
L
The
idea
is
that
if
all
of
these
three
categories
are
met,
that
this
would
be
setting
very
clear
and
predictable
standards,
development
standards
that
could
be
followed
by
all
hotel
development
applications,
and
the
idea
is
that
the
again,
if
these
were
all
met,
that
the
application
would
be
reviewed
and
possibly
approved
at
a
staff
level,
rather
than
going
through
the
current
rezoning
process
that
we
have
in
place
today,
which
is
via
the
otherwise
known
natural,
the
conditional
zoning
process
next
slide.
Please.
L
L
Obviously
the
pandemic
stymied
the
the
in-person
meetings
that
we
originally
had
planned,
but
we
were
able
to
meet
virtually
with
several
smaller
focus
group
sessions.
We
did
present
at
the
downtown
and
riverfront
commissions
and
we
did
consult
with
some
community
partners
that
have
expertise
in
sustainability
in
particular,
as
it
relates
to
our
public
benefits
table
next
slide.
Please.
L
When
I
prepared
this
slide,
I
was
ready
to
to
say
tonight
that
we
broke
a
record
for
public
input.com,
getting
close
to
1300
participants
involved
in
that
survey,
and
I
spoke
with
dawa
tonight
and
I
think
the
reimagining
public
safety
surveys
up
to
about
1600
so,
but
but
nonetheless,
this
was
a
very
important
topic
that
that
folks
are
passionate
about
in
the
community.
L
We
received
3
000
individual
comments,
written
comments,
in
addition
to
the
multiple
choice,
type
questions
that
we
asked-
and
this
is
just
a
sample
of
the
types
of
questions
that
we
asked
in
the
public
input.com
survey
next
slide.
Please.
L
In
the
public
input
survey,
we
we
had
a
lot
of
varied
responses,
but
but
there's
certainly
a
lot
of
concern
about
any
new
hotel
development
projects
going
in
the
city
at
all.
In
particular,
we
got
some
specific
feedback
about
our
original
hotel
overlay
map
that
we
displayed
earlier
in
the
summer.
L
As
a
result
of
that
public
input
we
greatly
reduced
the
extent
of
where
especially
small
hotels
could
be
permitted
in
the
city.
We've
actually
we're
identifying
what
we
call
a
large
hotel,
which
is
anywhere
over
35
rooms
and
we're
identifying
a
small
hotel
as
being
under
35
rooms.
Actually,
between
7
and
35
rooms,
we've
used
a
number
of
different
criteria
in
recommending
where
a
new
hotel
could
be
permitted
in
the
city,
and
that
ranges
from
looking
at
existing
clusters
of
hotels.
L
Looking
at
where
tourists
are
already
visiting
today,
we
want
to
try
to
limit
the
impact
of
new
hotels
being
built
in
areas
where
we
don't
have
current
clusters
today
or
areas
that
maybe
aren't
don't
have
the
sufficient
infrastructure,
either
roadway
highway
infrastructure
or
transit
infrastructure.
L
L
Some
of
the
other
changes
we
made
as
a
result
of
the
public
input
process
is
that
we
looked
at
creating
a
greater
focus
on
protecting
our
historic
districts,
in
particular
our
traditional
downtown
core,
where
we
are
are
no
longer
recommending
that
a
new,
a
large
hotel
should
be
zoned,
at
least
as
of
right
within
our
traditional
historic
core.
L
In
the
center
of
our
city,
we
looked
at
protecting
view
shed
corridors
as
well
as
part
of
our
criteria
for
locating
new
hotels
and
then
finally
changing
the
definition
of
small
hotels,
and
we
made
a
lot
of
adjustments
to
our
public
benefits
table
and
our
scoring
we've
also,
I
want
to
mention,
as
part
of
our
public
benefits
table,
we've
actually
included
negative
points
that
a
hotel
project
could
receive
if
residents
or
office
users
are
displaced
as
a
result
of
that
hotel
development
project
or
if
a
historic
structure
or
building
is
demolished
next
slide.
L
C
C
L
That's
certainly
an
option
I
think
in
our
schedule,
trying
to
keep
everything
on
track
with
our
schedule.
We
did
not
include
a
ped
meeting.
There
may
have
been
some
previous
presentations
to
ped
in
the
past
in
terms
of
a
kind
of
a
zoning
map
and
zoning
text
amendment.
It's
not
a
requirement
to
go
to
ped.
Basically,
that
would
go
to
definitely
would
go
to
planning
and
zoning
commission
and
city
council.
L
C
But
at
the
same
time-
and
we
ran
into
this
once
before
you-
you
really
need
to
go
to
ped
before
you
go
to
planning
and
zoning,
because
if
ped
then
changes
something,
then
you
have
to
go
back
to
planning
something.
So
I
I
guess
I'll
just
I'll
leave
that
out
there
and
if
it's
possible,
that
would
be
great.
Now.
I
also
say
that
saying
right
now,
ped
only
has
two
people.
After
september
22nd
we
will
have
three
people,
but
anyway
I
I'll
just
leave
it.
A
Later
there
isn't
a
requirement
that
it
goes
to
pd
and
I
actually
asked
for
this
to
be
on
our
agenda
tonight,
because
it
is
such
a
big
item
and
it's
really
tricky
for
staff
to
navigate,
because
it's
got
a
lot
of
parts
to
it.
And
I
thought
this
could
be
an
opportunity
for
council
to
sort
of
give
a
little
bit
of
temperature
check
on
this
direction.
A
Instead
of
just
going
because
I
think
there
could
be
issues
just
going
to
pd
with
three
council
members
and
then
it
come
into
the
full
council
and
we
run
into
a
lot
of
questions
and
concerns.
So
this
is
a
good
opportunity
to
give
todd
some
feedback
from
council
and
ask
some
questions.
I
mean
we're
not
taking
a
vote
tonight.
This
is
we're
we're
seriously
in
the
rough
draft
stage,
but
it
is.
It
is
starting
to
be
reviewed
by
some
committees
like
downtown
commission
and
other
committees.
A
That
council
appoints
so
we're
starting
to
hear
some
feedback
from
those
committee
members
and
the
public,
and
I
thought
it
would
be
helpful
for
us
to
get
a
little
caught
up
so
that
we
kind
of
knew
when
we're
hearing
that
feedback.
What
they're
talking
about
and
todd.
I
I
to
that
end.
I
have
a
few
clarifying
questions
here.
So
from
what
I
understand.
A
Permitted
use
is
not
the
right
word,
but
would
not
be
allowed.
So
I
understand
that
and
that
it
says
I'm
looking
at
your
graph,
it's
graphic.
It
says
overlay
and
standards.
A
Now
one
of
the
questions
that
I've
gotten,
that
there
is
a
proposed
map
out
there
and
different
people
are
reacting
to
it
in
different
ways.
But
when
you
say
standards
are
those
standards,
you
know
some
people
have
said:
well,
there
aren't
any
standards
drafted,
yet
there
aren't
any
so
you're
going
to
need
these
standards.
So
what
what
standards
to
me
in
this
in
your
graphic,
are
like
technical
standards
like
like
having
to
deal
with
the
appearance
of
the
hotel
or
height
or
other
features
of
the
hotel's
physical
structure?
Is
that
right.
L
That's
correct,
so
I
would,
I
would
call
it
our
our
development
standards
and
we
do
have
a
draft
of
those
within
our
draft
ordinance
that
we
presented
to
pnz
commission
last
week.
That
does
include
things
like
allowable
building
height
for
hotels,
for
example.
L
We're
recommending
that
no
hotel
over
100
feet
would
be
allowed
as
of
right
and
and
reviewed
or
approved
at
a
staff
level
that
any
hotel
over
100
feet
would
automatically
trigger
that
conditional
zoning
process.
So.
A
So
it's
those
just
to
be
clear,
though.
That's
when
you
talk
about
those
kinds
of
standards,
we're
talking
about
that
those
kind
of
very
technical
standards
having
to
do
with
the
you
know,
maybe
exterior
lighting
or
signage
or
other
features
of
of
the
hotel.
L
That's
correct,
I
mean
we
have
a
number
of
standards
just
like
that
standards
related
to
activating
the
first
floor,
new
standards
related
to
drop-off
areas
for
guests
or
to
fenestration,
or
the
amount
of
windows
that
are
are
part
of
a
first
floor
of
a
building
or
within
the
overall
development.
And
we
also
have.
A
About
your,
the
timing
of
how
it
would
come
together
is
the
idea
that
the
standards
would
be
ready.
At
the
same
time,
a
comprehensive
ordinance
would
be
ready,
or
would
it
be
that
the
standards
would
have
to
follow
at
a
later
date?.
L
So
we
we,
we
have
those
strengths,
I'm
understanding
your
question
correctly.
We
we
do
have
a
our
map
and
our
standards
already
drafted.
L
There
was
a
public
hearing
at
the
planning
and
zoning
commission
last
week
on
that
those
draft
standards
and
at
the
next
playing
a
zoning
commission
meeting,
there's
an
opportunity
by
that
commission
to
possibly
make
a
recommendation
for
city
council's
consideration,
or
they
could
possibly
continue
that
meeting
to
a
later
a
later
date
as
well,
but
we
we
do
have
draft
standards.
A
draft
zoney
map
prepared
today
that
that
is
available
online
and
was
presented
to
the
planning
and
zoning
commission.
A
And
how
about
the
so,
I'm
just
again,
looking
at
your
graphic
here,
so
that's
one
bucket,
the
other
one,
other
one
is
design
review.
So
do
you
already
have
a
proposal
for
what
the
design
review
process
would
be.
L
L
Yes,
that
that
process
in
general
looks
something
like
this,
that
we
would
have
a
separate,
a
new
design,
review,
board
or
or
body
or
commission,
that
would
consolidate
some
of
the
design
review
functions
of
the
subcommittees
for
the
downtown
and
riverfront
areas
for
for
those
areas.
L
L
L
Those
types
of
subjective
design
guidelines
we
feel
like
would
would
be
better
suited
for
a
design
review
body
to
make
sort
of
those
those
decisions
on
the
on
design
and
as
it
relates
to
the
design
guidelines
that
we've
drafted.
L
It's
it's
an
incentive
for
a
hotelier
to
comply
and
get
a
positive
recommendation
from
the
design
review
body
if
they
do
that,
along
with
meeting
the
scoring
threshold
for
the
public
benefit
point
system
and
they
meet
all
other
development
standards,
then
the
incentive
is
that
project
meets
all
the
rules
and
staff
is
recommending.
It
should
be
reviewed
at
the
staff
level.
It
meets
all
the
rules
that
we've
established
up
front.
L
So
a
standard
is
going
back
to
I
use
the
word
objective
or
subjective,
so
a
standard
might
look
like
here's.
The
the
maximum
height
for
a
hotel
or
a
drop-off
area
shall
be
located
at
the
rear
or
the
side
of
the
building.
L
L
It
utilizes
language
more
like
should
rather
than
than
shell,
and
it
gives
more
design
flexibility
to
to
a
project
so
that
someone
could
propose
a
very
creative
project
that
might
meet
the
intent
of
the
design
guideline
and
again,
it's
it's
more
subjective
in
our
review,
where
we
feel
it's
best
suited
for
a
design
review
body
to
provide
that
recommendation
and
not
staff,
because
the
the
guideline
is
more
subjective
and
not
not
as
technical
as
a
standard
would
be.
A
And
so
the
one
one
message
I
got
from
downtown
commission
is
that
they
were
concerned
that
something
wasn't
ready
to
go
yet,
and
I
don't
remember
if
it
was
the
guidelines
or
the
standards
for
for
moving
with
the
whole
package.
Are
you
familiar
with
that.
L
So
we
yeah
we
and
we
presented
to
them
several
times
and-
and
you
know
we,
we
have
these
draft
standards,
draft
design
guidelines
already
out
there
and
made
available,
but
at
the
same
time
we
we
acknowledge
that
there
really
needs
to
be
a
greater,
more
holistic
review
of
our
design
guidelines
we
feel
like
in
general
and-
and
that
was
some
of
the
feedback
we
received
from
the
downtown
commission.
Riverfront
commission.
L
Buildings
in
general
and
and
that
and
even
for
the
draft
design
guidelines
that
we
have
for
hotels.
There
were
some
commissioners
on
the
downtown
commission
that
expressed
an
interest
in
postponing
or
or
having
a
lengthier
planning
process
to,
to
really
give
the
community
more
ample
time
to
work
in
detail
on
those
guidelines
and
standards
and
map,
and
just
give
the
community
more
time
to
do
that.
L
As
you
know,
we're
just
moving
forward
right
now
with
these
recommendations
trying
to
meet
our
our
deadline
for
the
end
of
the
the
moratorium,
but
there's
certainly
an
option
for
council
to
maybe
not
not
have
make
a
decision
on
staff's
recommendations
and
possibly
consider
a
longer
planning
process.
Well,.
A
We're
we're
about
to
consider
the
extension
of
the
moratorium,
so
I
appreciate
that
and
then
finally,
the
public
benefits
component.
A
L
So
we
we
have
a,
we
have
a
table,
a
spreadsheet
or
or
a
matrix
or
a
rubric.
I
use
a
lot
of
words,
but
that
includes
a
list
of
public
benefits
that
we
feel
align
with
the
types
of
benefits
that
city
council
has
requested
before
of
applicants
or
various
public
benefits
based
on
best
practices.
L
We've
seen
in
other
cities
or
again
public
benefits
that
the
community
has
identified
through
this
planning
process,
and
the
idea
is
that
a
hotel
would
have
to
meet
a
certain
number
of
points
in
our
table
and
we've
assigned
different
points
to
different
public
benefits.
So,
for
example,
if
a
hotel
project
includes
a
certain
number
percentage
of
affordable
housing
or
contributes
a
certain
amount
of
money
to
the
the
city's
affordable,
housing
trust
fund,
it
might
receive
a
hundred
points
in
our
table
and
I
not
sure
what
our
maximum
threshold
is.
But
I'll
just
say
it's.
L
That
project
might
select
from
the
other
options
of
public
benefits,
so
that
project
might
choose
living
wages
as
something
that
they're
that
they'll
provide
or
they
might
choose
public
parking
or
extra
open
space
that
could
be
utilized
by
by
the
public
or
that
project
might
try
to
get
like
a
green
building
certification
and
we
have
scoring
that's
associated
with
all
the
public
benefits
and
once
a
project
meets
the
threshold
that
we've
established,
that
it
could
possibly
be
approved
at
a
staff,
level
or
administrative
level.
L
We've
identified
a
different
scoring
system
for
projects
within
the
downtown
versus
areas
outside
the
downtown.
The
reason
for
that
is
land
in
the
downtown
is
higher,
and
we
feel
that
projects
located
outside
the
downtown
should
be
held
to
a
different
different
standard,
similar
to
how
we
require
additional
standards
within
the
downtown
for
other
land
uses.
Today
that
there
is
sort
of
a
higher
level
of
of
scrutiny
and
there's
a
potential.
You
know
great
impact
on
projects
in
the
downtown.
B
I
would
like
I
have
a
question,
maybe
a
statement,
but
so
when
this
came
to
downtown
commission
there
there
were
not
some
members
that
recommended
that
we
slow
down
and
and
look
at
this.
That
was
an
actual
vote
and
the
majority
of
downtown
commission
made
that
recommendation
and
I've
got
to
say
that
I
strongly
agree
with
it.
B
B
They
don't
want
to
see
a
continued
proliferate
proliferation
of
hotel
development
and
I
feel
very
strongly
that
if,
if
we
go
through
with
this
and
this
point
system,
isn't
you
know
the
the
uli
didn't
come
up
with
their
recommendations
or
us?
With
this
point
point
scoring
system
they're
not
designed
to
limit
hotel
development.
They
actually
are
just
making
a
clear
path
to
do
so
and
and
when
we
pass.
B
If
we
passed
as
the
recommendations
as
I've
seen
them,
I
ca
and
I
and
I
have
heard
that
that
we
have
hotel
developers
and
investors
waiting.
Can
that
cannot
wait
to
get
nude
projects
on
the
ground,
and
I
I
do.
I
don't
think
that
what's
being
proposed
will
do
anything
to
slow
the
development
of
hotels
and
I'm
afraid
that
we're
we're
gonna
look
down
the
you
know.
B
It's
gonna
be
like
2015
2016
all
over
again
and
we're
going
to
go
how
many
hotels
got
built
while
we
weren't
paying
attention
and
now
it's
out
of
control
and
I'm
going
off
into
another
rant,
and
I
apologize-
and
I
don't
know
that
I'm
but
I
I
don't
intend
to
support,
taking
away
council's
review
of
hotel
projects.
B
I
think
that
right
now,
that's
the
only
thing
that
we
had
that
was
actually
slowing
the
pace
at
all,
and
and
while
it
could
be,
maybe
not
the
most
equitable
way
to
do
things
and
and
maybe
subjective
it
at
least
did
slow
down
development,
and
that's
what
most
of
the
folks
that
I
know
in
this
city
want
to
see.
So
my
recommendation
is
that
we
that
we
slow
down
here-
and
you
know
we're
in
the
midst
of
a
pandemic.
You
know
we've
got
hotels,
opening
back
up
that
a
lot
of
us.
B
Don't
even
want
to
see
opened
up
now
and
we're
going
to
talk
about
building
more
and-
and
you
know,
returning
back
to
the
system
that
was
failing
us
to
begin
with
and
and
going
to
require
even
further
spending
from
the
tda
in
marketing
to
to
keep
these
new
hotels
field.
B
So
I
I
just
you
know
I
you.
You
said
at
some
point
that
that
that
council
directed
the
council
direction
was
to
see
about
the
possibility
of
allowing
hotels
as
a
use
conditional
use.
I
I
think
now
is
just
the
wrong
time
to
do
so
and
that's
where
I'm
going
to
be
pushing
it
as
hard
as
I
can
in
the
coming
months
to
see
that
we
do.
I
think
we
have
a
lot
more
important
issues
on
our
hand
and
a
lot
more
important
things
to
do
than
getting
hotel
development
up
and.
A
C
So
todd
one
of
the
things
that's
been
helpful
in,
for
instance,
the
the
tree
protection
ordinance
and
in
talking
about
the
open
space
ordinance
that
hasn't
yet
come
to
us.
Yet
I
guess
it's
really
the
tree
protection
ordinance
is
the
staff
took
some
real
developments
and
kind
of
and
applied
the
standards
to
see
what
what
would
have
happened?
C
Can
you
do
that
with
the
matrix
that
you
have?
Can
you
take
some
of
the
hotel
developments
that
we
have
approved
that
have
had
those
kind
of
conditions
on
them
and
tell
us
you
know
here's,
let's
just
you
know,
let's
take
them,
let's
go,
but
let's
go
back
to
the
mckibben
standard.
You
know
the
heiress
hotel.
This
is
what
we
required
of
the
heiress
under
your
matrix.
That
would
be
x
number
of
points
and
just
see
where
that
falls.
C
I
think
if,
if,
if
I'm
gonna,
if
I'm
gonna
go,
if
I'm
gonna
agree
to
take
councils
to
take
counsel
out
of
this
role,
those
ins,
those
the
requirements-
have
to
be
really
really
high
and
stringent.
For
me,
taking
brian
agrees
with
that,
and
so
you
know,
I
need
to
unders
better
understand
how
your
table
works
with
the
existing
developments
that
we
have.
L
That
that
absolutely
does-
and
we
have
done
that
for
several
projects-
definitely
happy
to
share
that
with
all
council
members.
We
did
take
a
look
at
the
errors
project
for
sure.
We
also
took
a
look
at
the
flatiron
hotel,
adaptive,
reuse
project
and,
to
give
you
an
example
with
the
flatiron
project
under
our
scoring
system,
it
would
not
have
been
it
would
not
have
been
approved.
It
would
have
been.
L
It
would
have
automatically
triggered
a
conditional
zoning
process,
and
the
reason
for
that
is
even
with
any
of
the
benefits
that
the
project
may
have
had
the
the
displacement
of
office
uses.
It
received
a
lot
of
negative
points
for
displacement
of
those
businesses,
so
we,
I
know,
that's
just
one
example,
but
to
give
you
that
example,
the
flatiron
project
would
have
been
would
not
have
been
approved
as
of
right.
L
It
would
have
gone
to
the
city
council,
the
the
heiress
project,
because
it
was
adapting
reusing,
an
existing
building
and,
as
you
mentioned,
the
mckibben
standard
and
some
of
the
things
that
council
negotiated
with
with
the
developer.
L
L
But
again,
I'm
happy
to
share
with
you
all
what
what
projects
we
we
looked
at
and
compared
it
to.
C
G
L
That's
correct,
I
mean
technically
speaking,
we
before
the
moratorium.
We
we
prohibit
hotels.
This
was
adopted
by
council,
I
want
to
say,
maybe
two
years
ago
we
prohibit
hotels
throughout
the
city
as
of
right,
with
the
exception
of
one
zoning
district
called
the
resort
zoning
district
right,
which
is
basically
the
crown
plaza
property
and
the
grove
parking,
and
what
that
means
is.
There's
there's
still
an
opportunity
for
a
hotelier
to
submit
an
application
for
conditional
zoning
and
come
before
you
and
present
that
project.
L
Unlike
other
noxious
land
uses
like
industrial
users,
if
there's
a
big
industrial
plant
that
causes
a
lot
of
pollution,
that's
the
type
of
land
use
that
that
could
possibly
be
outright
prohibited
from
within
the
city
of
asheville
boundaries,
as
it
pertains
to
hotel
use
it.
Just
we
we've
found
in
in
through
our
briefing
report.
It
doesn't
rise
to
that
that
level.
L
L
We
looked
at
those
things
and
tried
to
quantify
that
in
our
in
our
briefing
report,
but
but
I
don't
believe
and
brad
feel
free
to
chime
in
here,
that
that
we
would
be
able
to
outright
prohibit
hotels
in
the
same
way
that
we
could
potentially
do
that
for
a
large
industrial
user.
As
an
example.
G
I
just
think
that
there's
a
perception
out
there
that
we
have
that
authority
to
just
not
build
hotel
or
not
allow
the
building
of
hotels,
and
that
is
just
not
you
know
we
have
you
have
found
and
legally
we
found
that
this
is
not
a
use
that
we
could
under
the
law
just
prohibit,
and
so
the
point-
and
I
think
what
councilman
haynes
is
trying
to
get
to
is
he
wants
it
as
high
a
bar
as
we
possibly
can
you
know
just,
but
but
again
it's
not
complete
prohibition.
B
But
one
one
and
what
about
prohibition?
And
if,
if
you
were
to
say
no
downtown
hotels,
that
that
too
is
is
illegal
to
to
say
that
or
I
mean
because
apparently
we're
saying
that
you
can
have
no
hotels
in
certain
neighborhoods.
B
So
why
can
we
not
say
the
same
thing
about
downtown
or
the
or
you
know
that
that
that
we
would
continue
to
review
them
on
haywood
road
and
the
river
arch
district?
I
mean
I'm
really
concerned
that
what
we're
going
to
see
in
the
river
arts,
district
and
and
in
haywood
road
is
downtown
all
all
over
again.
So
what
what
I
really
want
to
see
is
some
way
of
preventing
that
from
from
happening
right.
G
And
I
mean
I
guess
my
question
here
is
all
I
mean
we
can't
prohibit
it.
All
we
could
do
is
say,
they'd
have
to
come
in
front
of
council
and
frankly,
you
know,
while
since
you
and
I
have
been
on
this
council,
a
lot
of
these
hotels
have
been
approved
under
the
cz
prop
process,
and
so
I
think
you
know
having
an
objective.
B
I
think
we
would
have
to
really
raise
that
standard
high.
In
order
for
that
to
happen,
I
I
think
as
what's
being
proposed
right
now.
I
I
think
the
hotel
projects
are
just
going
to
come
one
at
one
after
another
under
under
that
plan,
and
you
know
if
we
raise
the
bar
even
higher.
You
know.
I
was
once
asked
on
the
downtown
commission
when
I
first
got
there
a
lot
of
folks.
B
There
were
not
really
happy
with
me
and
why
I
got
elected
on
running
of
the
anti-hotel
campaign
and
they
asked
me
what
I
wanted
them
to
look
like,
and
I
named
off
every
possible
thing.
You
could
think
of
that.
I
that
I
wanted
them
to
pay
living
wages.
I
want
them
to
have
rooftop
gardens.
I
want
them
to
have
solar
panels.
I
want
them
to
be
leads.
Greening
green
building
codes,
everything
you
know
not
just
enough
to
to
to
you
know
meet
their
needs,
meet
our
needs,
and
yet
the
hotel
building
goes
on.
B
I
mean
if
whatever
we.
If
we
are
going
to
make
changes,
I
don't
want
to
see
something
that's
going
to
bring
in
10
new
hotels.
Next,
the
following
year
or
15
hotels,
you
know
if
it
brought
it
ended
up
with
one
or
two,
because
the
standards
were
set
so
high.
C
A
A
So
now
she
is
the
guru
once
again
of
times,
but
in
terms
of
the
process
todd
you
know,
I
I
know
what
you
know
what
I
might
suggest
for
this
rather
than
ped
to
pnz
to
council,
since
I
fear
that
council
will
mangle,
I
mean
on
behalf
of
the
people
of
asheville,
whatever
comes
to
us.
A
If
we
don't
get
to
weigh
in
pretty
heavily
on
it,
and
so
I'm
I'm
wondering
if
you
could,
when
we're,
when
we're
looking
at
a
draft
ordinance
if
it
could
actually
start
with
a
review
at
council,
not
in
a
binding,
not
in
a
binding
decision
process
way
but
more
of
a
preview
feedback
purpose
before
it
makes
its
way
from
pnz
to
council.
And
I
say
that
because
I
actually
used
many
years
ago,
I
was
doing
something
in
hendersonville
and
they
use
that
process
for
everything
they
do.
A
This
preview-
or
I
don't
know
if
they
do
anymore
but
and
it
was
kind
of
an
interesting
process
to
get
sort
of
a
heads
up
for
and-
and
I
just
wonder
if
on
this
item,
we
might
benefit
from
it.
A
Based
on
what
you're
hearing
I
mean
you're
spending
a
lot
of
time
with
staff,
putting
together
a
proposal
that
includes
an
overlay
map
that
would
restrict
development
in
certain
areas
of
town
and
allow
it
in
others
and
creates
a
system
where,
if
an
applicant
meets
the
various
criteria,
they
would
bypass
a
review
on
council
and
I
think,
that's
sort
of
a
threshold
question
right
there
for
council
to
decide.
If
that's
a
structure,
they're
willing
to
consider
at
all.
J
And
mayor,
if,
if
I
could,
I
believe
that-
and
I
don't
know
if
this
is
the
process
that
you
were
talking
about
in
terms
of
hendersonville,
but
I
know
that
this
subject
matter
seems
to
have
garnered
a
lot
of
interest.
It's
really
complicated,
I
I
would
suggest.
Maybe
we
have
like
a
work
session
where
you
all
can
turn
into
exactly
what
I
was
thinking.
Okay,.
A
J
G
But
even
to
that
end,
you
know
when
we
were
doing
check-ins.
We
were
talking
about
this
two-month.
You
know
additional
two
months
for
the
moratorium,
given
what
we
just
asked
that
now
we
want
to
do
a
work
session
and
you
know
maybe
we
want
it
to
go
to
pe
ped,
etc.
G
Brad
had
said
that
he
had
looked
to
the
to
you
todd
for
a
top.
You
know
an
estimate
of
how
long
it
was
going
to
take
given
this
discussion
tonight
is
two
months
adequate,
or
should
we
really
be
looking
at
maybe
four
months,
because
I
don't
think
we
want
to
keep
coming
back
to
this
and
you
know
having
to
extend
an
extend,
but
I
mean
we've
now
put
a
lot
more
hurdles
in
front
of
you.
G
Does
the
two
months
still
look
reasonable,
or
should
we
be
thinking
about
making
that
I
don't
know
I'll,
just
throw
it
out
there?
Four
months.
L
I'll,
let
brad
speak
to
the
the
extension
time
frame.
Part
of
the
question,
but
in
terms
of
holding
a
work
session,
getting
a
png
commission
recommendation
holding
an
actual
public
hearing
to
city
council
and
then
a
city
council
vote.
I
I
we
would
either
be
cutting
it
very
close
to
the
two
month
extension
or
we
would.
L
We
would
probably
we
may
go
into
december
and
when
the
moratorium
is,
is
proposed
to
end
actually
at
the
end
of
november,
that
that's
certainly
an
option
for
you
all
to
consider
that
if
the
moratorium
expires,
it
would
just
go
back
to
the
status
quo.
So
a
hotel
application
could
be
submitted.
It
would
go
through
our
our
current
development
review
process,
which
is
via
conditional
zoning.
L
E
Sure
I
think
I
can
add
some
insight
to
that.
Thank
you.
Todd
the
the
general
rule
with
regard
to
moratorium
in
general
is
the
same
as
the
rule
is
for
extensions
to
the
moratorium,
which
is
take
no
more
than
you
shall
need,
and
in
this
particular
case
the
goal
is
to
utilize
the
time
necessary
in
order
to
complete
the
tasks
that
we
have
laid
out
in
order
to
address
the
problem
that
we
have
identified.
E
So
if,
if
city
staff
is
of
the
good
faith,
opinion-
and
I
certainly
trust
their
estimation
on
this-
that
three
months
four
months
is
what
is
necessary
and
then
I
believe
that
as
well
within
the
possible
legal
rights
under
the
statutory
authority
for
moratoriums,
the
goal
is
to
keep
in
mind
that
we
cannot
take
longer
than
we
need
to
complete
the
tasks,
and
we
should
be
mindful
as
well
that
our
moratorium
has
already
essentially
extended
one
full
year,
and
these
things
are
probably
viewed
holistically
and
therefore
it
is
not
four
months.
E
It
is
four
months
in
addition
to
the
year,
so
we
want
to
be
mindful
of
of
what
has
been
laid
out
thus
far
as
well
as
what
still
needs
to
be
done
and
how
much
time
would
be
required
to
do
it.
So
if
it
is
this
additional
time
and
all
the
tasks
that
have
been
suggested,
I
think
are
certainly
justifiable
means
to
take
us
through
that
process.
Then
we
could
certainly
recommend-
and
I
think
justifiably,
accept
a
moratorium
longer
than
two
months.
J
And
brett,
what
would
it
take
to
extend
that
time?
Because
I
strongly
believe
that,
as
long
as
we
are
diligently
working
on
advancing
getting
clarity
working
on
creating
standards
that
we
can
just
we
can
go
to?
I
I'm
not
I'm
not
an
attorney,
but
I
am
a
former
planner
that
we
can.
We
can
advance
a
justification
that
would,
I
think,
hold
up
in
any
court
that
we
were
we
were.
We
were
working
on
these
changes
in
a
serious
way.
We
weren't
dragging
our
feet.
J
E
I
I
would
only
advise
counsel
that
we
we
should
keep
in
mind
that
limitation
and
the
fact
that
we
have
already
gone
one
year
and
there's
certainly
an
indication
that
the
longer
you
go,
the
more
suspect
the
legal
basis
for
your
moratorium
becomes.
But
I
have
not
heard
a
rationale
that
I
would
question
legally
to
this
point,
extending
it
beyond
the
proposal.
G
So
we
could
talk
about
this
in
our
next
vote,
but
I
guess
I
you
know
unless
todd
unless
you
just
say:
oh,
my
god,
four
months
would
just
be
ridiculous.
I
mean,
I
would
say
we
should.
We
should
vote
on
the
four
months
and
I
mean
look
if
we
get
it
done
earlier.
We
can
always
pull
the
moratorium
away
right.
I
mean
it's
not
like,
but
I
mean
you
know.
Covet
19
has
not
just
been
an
extra
four
months,
at
least
from
my,
and
I
think
it's
still
going
on.
I
could
be
wrong,
but.
G
Oh
okay,
well
all
right,
but
I
mean
I'm
just
saying
that
I
mean
all
of
this
from
a
timing
perspective
given
given
how
we're
having
to
hold
meetings
and
how
we're
having
to
get
public
input
and-
and
you
know
the
other
distractions
you
know-
I
I
don't
feel
I
mean
you
know
it's
not
like.
We
said,
oh
we'd,
like
another
six
years
I
mean
I
don't
think
from
two
months
to
four
months-
is
unreasonable.
C
D
I
have
a
question
for
brad
in
light
of
the
information
that
you
know
we're
discussing
right
now,
when
we
move
on
to
the
next
agenda
item
in
light
of
needing
some
sort
of
recommendation.
Of
course,
it
wouldn't
come
in
written
form
at
this
late
hour,
which
one
of
you
individuals
from
a
staff
perspective,
would
be
making
this
pertinent
recommendation
to
to
extend
the
moratorium
to
a
time
frame
that
is
needed
to
complete
the
work
that
would
hold
up
in
any
court
or
should
anything
transpire
after
the
fact
and
how
should
how?
D
How
should
we
approach
that
in
in
our
next
agenda
item.
E
I
think
that's
an
excellent
question,
councilman
young
and
I
would
say
that,
first
and
foremost,
we
would
need
to
hear
from
from
todd
and
his
department,
I
think,
he's
on
the
spot
a
bit,
but
certainly
getting
some
indication
about
how
much
his
his
time
his
staff
needs
not
just
to
complete
what
they
had
already
talked
about,
but
now,
with
this
additional
input
from
council
how
much
more
time
he
believes
we
need,
and
then
we
could
take
that
and
and
formulate
the
legal
language
around
it,
and
it
is
important
to
remember
that.
E
The
next
item
is
the
the
public
hearing,
but
it
is.
The
vote
will
not
happen
until
your
next
meeting.
So
certainly
at
that
point
after
having
a
public
hearing,
amendments
could
be
made
to
the
vote
during
your
next
session
to
adjust
for
these
things.
So
there
is
the
possibility
that
additional
information
could
be
provided
to
council
up
to
your
next
meeting.
If
todd
doesn't
feel
appropriately
prepared
to
make
that
final
determination
tonight.
A
E
I
believe
you
could
mayor
this
to
me
this.
The
substance
of
the
proposal
is
an
extension
of
the
moratorium.
The
additional
time
frame
is
certainly
up
for
amendment.
I
believe,
and
the
purpose
of
the
public
hearing
is
to
receive
input
about
all
the
things
that
are
being
discussed
by
anyone
listening.
So
certainly
someone
could
add
input
about
four
months
six
months,
two
months,
one
month
and
council
could
make
that
determination
at
the
next
meeting.
E
However,
I
would
suggest
that
you
have
the
public
hearing
tonight,
because
you
need
to
still
wait
until
the
next
meeting
to
vote
and
we're
about
to
run
out
of
the
period
of
your
initial
moratorium
so
that
you
don't
have
a
gap
in
that
we
need.
K
A
So
so
should
we
go
to
that
next
item
and
do
that
any
everybody
okay,
you're
all
nodding
at
me
all
right?
Okay,
thank
you!
Todd
you're,
don't
go
very
far
because
we're
about
to
hear
from
you
here
again
so
that
concludes
our
presentations
and
reports
setting
a
record
maybe
for
presentations
and
reports,
and
we
have
one
public
hearing
item
tonight
now.
As
a
reminder,
we,
as
was
already
mentioned
because
of
the
coveted
requirements
for
virtual
meetings.
We
cannot
vote
on
public
hearing
items
the
same
night.
A
We
have
the
public
hearing
hearing
so
so
this
is
only
to
well.
I
have
my
notes
here
one
I
am
here
to
remind
the
audience
that
we
are
only
considering
an
extension
of
the
moratorium
period.
We
are
not
actually
considering
a
new
ordinance
at
this
time
that
will
be
coming
in
the
future.
L
L
This
is
the
basic
general
statute
that
allows
cities
to
to
approve
a
temporary
moratorium.
Cities
can't
just
do
that
unless
there's
a
valid
purpose
and
a
time
frame
associated
with
that
next
slide.
Please.
L
Our
our
valid
purpose
in
this
case
for
the
original
moratorium
approved
last
september
of
2019,
was
that
the
city
needed
time
to
analyze
the
impacts
of
hotel
development
and
needed
time
to
develop
land
use
policies
and
zoning
recommendations
related
to
the
regulating
that
land
use.
L
L
Next
slide,
please
and
and
I'll
now
discuss
a
little
bit.
Some
of
the
reasons
as
to
why
we're
asking
for
an
extension
and
why
our
time
frame
to
to
review
these
recommendations
has
been
extended.
L
North
carolina
statues
do
allow
cities
to
extend
the
duration
of
a
moratorium,
but
it
cannot
be
extended
unless
the
city
has
taken
reasonable
steps
to
address
the
problems
or
conditions
and
unless
new
facts
and
conditions
weren't.
That
extension,
as
you
saw
in
the
previous
time
line,
and
in
my
previous
presentation,
we've
taken
a
number
of
steps,
everything
that
we
said
we
were
going
to
do
for
the
most
part
as
part
of
the
planning
process.
We
prepared
a
briefing
report
that
looked
at
the
impacts
of
hotels
as
a
land
use
and
looked
at
hotel
development
trends.
L
L
Resources
within
the
department
to
address
other
community
needs
related
to
the
pandemic,
and
we
also
weren't
able
to
conduct
our
community
engagement
sessions
as
early
as
we
wanted
to
earlier
on
the
planning
process,
and
I
think
you
we
just
had
a
good
conversation
during
the
last
presentation
about
how
that's
impacted
the
the
overall
time,
sched
timeline
for
the
project,
and
why
we
we
think
that
the
pandemic
is
a
good
reason
to
request
an
extension
of
our
moratorium
next
slide.
Please.
L
L
As
part
of
the
the
general
statutes
and
the
requirement
for
duration,
a
moratorium,
extension
or
ordinance
must
have
a
termination
date
and
explain
why
the
duration
is
necessary
to
address
the
problem.
L
So
I
believe
that
the
five
months
would
provide
us
with
sufficient
time
to
be
able
to
go
through
this
new
revised
planning
process
and
hold
the
city
council
work
session,
possibly
hold
a
new
public
hearing
with
planning
and
zoning
commission
and
then
come
back
to
city
council
early
next
year.
Next
slide,
please.
L
L
A
Okay,
does
that
conclude
the
presentation?
Yes,
okay,
council.
We
have
a
couple.
People
signed
up
to
speak,
so
I'm
going
to
open
the
public
hearing
on
this
item.
The
staff
will
connect
us
to
the
live
callers
for
public
comment.
Under
this
item
callers.
You
will
first
hear
staff
and
form
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
and
you
may
begin
speaking
after
the
automated
message,
if
you
accidentally
drop
out
of
the
speaker,
queue
just
redial
the
number
and
the
meeting
code
press
star
3
to
rejoin
the
speaker.
Queue
you'll
have
three
minutes
to
comment
and
at
the
end
of
the
three
minutes
you
will
hear
a
bell
and
staff
will
ask
you
to
wrap
up
your
comment.
A
C
B
A
Just
letting
folks
know
we're
trying
to
get
the
public
comment
speakers
through
and
we're
waiting
for
that
to
happen.
We
have.
We
had
two
folks
signed
up
to
speak
under
this.
A
N
N
N
A
A
A
Item
a
this
is
a
vote
on
initial
zoning
to
apply
new
resource
management,
overlay
district
to
all
properties
located
within
the
city
of
asheville
corporate
limits.
Again,
all
three
of
these
items
are
related
to
the
tree.
Canopy
preservation,
ordinance
amendments
and
we
had
the
public
hearing
on
all
three
of
these
items.
At
the
last
meeting
and
again
due
to
the
covet
requirements,
we
don't
get
to
vote
on
them
until
this
meeting.
A
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
council
when
I
call
your
name,
please
give
me
an
I
or
an
a
vice
mayor,
whistler
hi,
councilman
haynes.
B
A
And
myself,
I
julie
your
audio's
wonky
again.
Item
b
you
might
want
to
get
back
in
item
b,
is
a
vote
on
amendment
to
the
unified
development
ordinance
amending
section,
7-2-5
definition,
7-11-3-d,
7-11-3,
f2,
7-12-2e2d,
and
establishing
a
new
section,
7.7-9-1
resource
management,
overlay,
district
and.
K
A
A
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
council
want
to
call
your
name.
Please
give
me
an
irna
vice
mayor,
whistler,
aye,
councilman,
haynes,.
B
A
Councilwoman
mayfield
hi,
councilwoman
smith,
hi
councilman,
young
hi
and
myself
I
and
then.
Finally,
we
have
a
vote
on
an
ordinance
amending
the
fees
and
charges
manual
for
the
fiscal
year,
2020
2021
to
establish
a
fee
in
lieu
of
option
for
tree
removal
concerning
land,
administration
and
installation.
Can
I
get
a
motion
on
a
second
to
adopt
an
ordinance
amending
the
fees
and
charges
manual
for
fiscal
year,
2020
2021
to
establish
a
fee
in
lieu
of
option
for
tree
removal.
A
B
A
Councilwoman
mayfield
aye,
councilwoman
smith,
I
councilman
young
hi
and
myself.
I
okay
staff,
any
luck
connecting
our
callers
under
the
public.
One
public
hearing
item
we
have
this
evening.
N
N
A
M
M
Okay,
great
well,
my
name
is
daniel
ullam
from
west
asheville,
and
I
just
wanted
to
encourage
the
council
to
extend
the
moratorium,
which
it
sounds
like
y'all
are
planning
on
doing.
M
You
know,
I
learned
a
lot
about
urban
planning
and
geography
and
I
learned
about
injustices
that
have
been
carried
out
in
the
name
of
development
and
economic
prosperity
like
interstates
or
like
urban
renewal
here
in
asheville,
and
so
I
am
hearing
all
this
discussion
about
hotel
development
and
just
thinking
about
urban
renewal
and
thinking
about
what
the
city's
responsibility
to
our
community
is.
When.
N
M
To
asheville
a
couple
years
ago,
I
immediately
found
employment
and
housing
with
an
ease
that
I
attributed
to
good
luck
and
after
being
here
a
while
and
after
participating
in
discussions
like
building
bridges
and
things
like
that.
I
realize
that
this
luck
is
really
just
white
privilege.
I
understand
that
asheville
is
really
easy
to
move
to
as
a
young
white
professional,
and
that
is
at
the
expense
of
people
who
have
been
living
here
for
generations,
specifically
at
the
expense
of
our
black
community.
M
That's
the
legacy
of
urban
renewal
hotel
development
is
good
for
me
in
my
bank
account
and
my
career,
but
it
is
not.
It
doesn't
appear
to
be
good
for
the
city
in
the
long
run
and
its
relationship
development
with
its
relationship
with
urban
renewal,
does
not
align
with
the
reparations
resolution
adopted
by
the
council.
M
So
I
encourage
all
of
y'all,
which
sounds
like
you're
going
to
do
to
continue
this
moratorium
on
hotel
development.
So
we
can
study
the
issue
more
and
in
that
time
I
also
encourage
the
council
to
consider
a
moratorium
on
selling
land
that
was
taken
from
black
families
during
urban
renewal.
M
P
J
P
Going
to
echo
a
few
things
that
daniel
said,
I
appreciate
his
comment.
I
also
want
to
comment
on
the
hotel
moratorium
and
and
also
how
it
connects
with
the
city's
reparations
resolution.
From
two
months
ago.
P
I
want
to
thank
the
city
manager
for
her
commitment
earlier
tonight,
not
to
sell
any
other
land
that
the
city
currently
owns
that
has
been
taken
from
black
people
during
urban
renewal.
The
harm
that
the
city
did
to
the
black
community
during
this
period
is
is
huge.
Getting
back
the
few
parcels
the
city
still
owns,
isn't
going
to
cover
it.
It's
not
even
going
to
be
close,
but
it
would
be
a
start
there's
another
step.
P
The
city
can
can
take
to
show
that
it
it's
taking
its
own
reparations
process
really
seriously
and
that's
to
extend
this
hotel
moratorium
for
another
year.
I
appreciate
the
extension
from
two
to
five
months.
That's
certainly
a
step
in
the
right
direction,
but
five
months
really
isn't
going
to
be
enough
time
either
we're
still
going
to
be
in
the
midst
of
a
pandemic
and,
more
importantly,
the
reparations
process
is
just
beginning
before
the
city
ushers
in
a
new
crop
of
hotels.
We
need
to
give
the
reparations
process
a
chance
to
get
started.
P
P
It's
completely
incompatible
with
a
commitment
to
reparations
when
the
city
passed
that
resolution,
what
some
of
the
language
was
to
increase
minority
homeownership
and
access
to
other,
affordable
housing,
increased
minority,
business
ownership
and
career
opportunities,
strategies
to
grow
equity
and
generational
wealth,
closing
the
gaps
in
healthcare,
education,
employment
and
pay,
and
these
are
massive
commitments
that
are
going
to
require
a
significant
shift
in
the
way
this
city
functions,
and
I
submit
to
you
that
asheville
cannot
continue
to
be
in
the
pocket
of
a
tourist
industry
in
the
hotel
industry
and
live
up
to
those
commitments.
P
A
Mayor,
thank
you,
okay,
council.
We
we
need
a
motion,
since
we
can't
officially
vote
on
this
item
tonight
until
the
next
council
meeting.
We
I
need
a
motion
and
a
second
to
recess
the
public
hearing
to
consider
extending
the
temporary
moratorium
on
hotel
development
for
five
months
due
to
delays
associated
with
covid19
the
covet
19
pandemic
and
other
reasons
that
were
already
stated
earlier
tonight.
That
will
take
more
time
until
september,
22nd
2020,
that's
the
date
when
we'll
actually
be
able
to
vote
on
an
extension
of
five
months.
C
A
B
A
Councilwoman
mayfield
aye,
councilwoman
smith,
aye,
councilman,
young,
all
right
and
myself,
I
okay,
we've
already
done
our
unfinished
business,
and
so
now
I'm
going
to
turn
to
one
item
of
new
business.
This
regards
sports
and
commissions
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
the
vice
mayor.
For
this
part
of
the
meeting.
Thank.
G
You
these
we
we've
got
some
openings
and
we
did
not
have
a
planning,
I'm
sorry,
a
boards
and
commissions
meeting,
so
the
recommendations
I'm
going
to
make
are
just
mine
and
not
not
necessarily
of
the
boards
and
commissions
committee.
G
G
You,
okay,
I
will
I'll
start
with
the
mayor.
Esther
vote
yes
or
no.
Hey,
yes,
okay,
councilman,
haynes,.
G
And
I
agree
too
so
that
brad
doesn't
yell
at
me
and
for
the
for
the
tourism
and
development
opening.
I
would
make
a
motion
to
reappoint
andrew
selwyn
of
for
that
open
position.
So
that's
a
motion.
May
I
have
a.
B
G
A
Right
folks,
we
have
reached
the
end
of
our
agenda
and
we
have
five
folks
that
have
signed
up
to
speak
under
informal
discussion
and
public
comment.
So
staff
do
we
have
any
callers
on
the.
A
Q
Good
evening,
mayor
and
council
members,
I
am
a
veteran
and
a
nashville
community
member
who
is
currently
concerned
with
the
issues
that
have
that
have
been
affecting
the
black
community
members.
Q
I'm
grateful
for
the
commitment
that
you've
made
and
your
both
of
a
four
to
a
seven
to
zero
vote
is
praiseworthy
on
voting
for
reparations.
Q
Please
continue
the
moratorium
on
the
hotels
and
two
we
can
figure
out
how
and
what
the
reparations
are
that
will
be
provided.
I
believe
that
this
extension
will
further
show
your
compassion,
commitment
and
sincerity
to
reparations.
Q
I
look
forward
to
hearing
about
the
plans
on
reparations
and
thank
you
for
your
hard
work
and
dedication
to
the
black
community,
as
well
as
the
entire
community.
Thank.
K
P
And
I
wanted
to
comment
on
the
city
attorney's
internal
review
of
police
action
during
the
protests
I
wanted
to
start
by
letting
council
member
mayfield
know
that
the
racial
justice
coalition
has
collected
well
over
two
dozen
detailed
reports
from
the
people
who
were
subjected
to
traumatic,
excessive
force
during
the
uprising
we
contacted
the
city
attorney's
office
with
this
information
and
they
frankly
disregarded
our
outreach
and
didn't
want
the
information
that
we'd
collected.
P
P
And,
frankly,
that's
just
the
only
analogy
I
could
think
of
for
the
report
we
heard
tonight.
Has
anyone
actually
alleged
that
it
was
mayor
mannheimer
who
who
gave
the
order
to
use
chemical
weapons
on
the
jeff
bowman
bridge,
or
has
anyone
alleged
that
it
was
vice
mayor
whistler
who
instructed
officers
to
destroy
the
medic
tent?
I
I
just
don't
understand
why
council
was
trying
to
clear
its
name
from
charges
that
no
one
was
making,
but
there
are
some
charges
that
we
are
making
and
that's
that
the
police
of
the
city
brutalized
people
in
the
city.
P
During
the
protest,
we
all
saw
the
videos,
it's
really
not
debatable
this.
The
the
apd
used
chemical
weapons,
which
are
considered
a
war
crime
under
international
law
and
the
city
used
the
apd
used
these
brutal
tactics
because
they
have
that
authority.
They
have
the
authority
to
tase
people
and
beat
people
and
gas
people
and
shoot
people
with
all
kinds
of
projectiles,
including
bullets
nobody's
really
debating
that
they
have
that
power,
we're
debating
whether
they
should
have
that
power
and
that's
not
something
that's
up
to
them.
P
O
I'm
hearing
the
council
didn't
know
plans
and
did
not
advise
on
use
of
force,
but
the
force
was
funded
by
our
council
with
unanimous
vote
last
year
and
a
majority
vote
for
years
as
community
offered
cautionary
pleas
to
fund
investment
and
long-term
safety
strategies.
Instead,
council
also
hires
an
instructor
city
manager
to
oversee
daily
operations.
So,
as
I
consider
my
own
responsibility
as
a
taxpayer
and
my
desire
for
racial
healing
in
our
community,
I'm
thinking
tonight
of
bell
hooks
who
spoke
to
the
intersection
of
imperialist
white,
supremacy,
capitalism
and
patriarchy.
O
It's
not
about
what
we
didn't
do
personally
with
tear
gas.
Is
that
we're
all
complicit
in
a
policing
culture
that
allows
it
to
happen.
This
isn't
past
tense.
It's
current.
This
is
how
we
treat
the
people
of
asheville
when
they're
grieving
and
under
duress,
while
they
rally
in
the
it,
is
being
less
valuable
than
vehicles
moving
on
a
highway
and
less
valuable
than
replaceable
property.
O
If
we're
going
to
get
in
right
relationship
with
each
other,
we're
going
to
need
restorative
justice
for
this
moment,
which
would
require
an
equitable
seat,
a
table
for
thousands
of
residents
who
are
tear
gassed
and
harmed
by
non-lethal
weapons
and
unable
to
see
the
faces
of
the
people
employed
by
the
city
who
hurt
them.
As
we
dismantle
white
supremacy,
tackling
the
imbalance
of
power
and
the
lack
of
meaningful
accountability,
we
must
divest
from
the
apd
force
and
invest
in
long-term
safety
strategies.
O
Additionally,
regarding
the
hotel
moratorium,
I
signed
up
at
the
same
time
as
this
sign
up
so
I'll
speak
to
it
now
I
agree.
The
standards
should
be
high
and
the
benefit's
greater
than
what
we
see
here.
We
heard
about
protection
of
a
downtown
district,
but
not
historic,
black
neighborhoods
devastated
by
urban
renewal.
We
heard
about
public
benefits
for
hotel
use,
but
we
can't
pretend
that
additional
hotel
development
is
going
to
advance
our
stated
goals,
while
the
percentage
and
use
of
the
hotel
occupancy
tax
remains
the
same
for
the
tda.
O
Additionally,
it's
understood
that
we
spent
millions
of
dollars,
river
arts
district
on
infrastructure,
to
expand
the
tourism
industry
and
guest
experience,
what's
at
stake,
more
low-wage
jobs,
more
extraction
of
our
natural
resources
and
less
land
available
to
develop
housing
on
transit
corridors.
This
reads
is
a
missing
medal
for
hotels,
but
we
already
have
whole
home
short-term
rental.
Small
hotel
use
in
our
neighborhoods
as
used
by
right
for
more
than
30
day
rentals
and
the
design
standard
is
single-family
housing
for
consideration.
O
K
K
The
review
was
done
internally
and
only
interviewed
city
officials
and
police.
First
I
want
to
just
I
want
to
contextualize.
We
asked
at
a
meeting
in
july
not
to
have
an
outside
group
investigate
it's
partially,
because
we
are
suspicious
of
in
investigators
who
have
worked
with
with
cops
and
with
ice
in
the
past,
but
also
because
we've
witnessed
unproportional
and
inappropriate
violence
against
peaceful
last
may
and
the
first
week
of
june
we're
not
trying
to
save
money.
K
Eighty
thousand
dollars
we're
asking
you
to
believe
your
citizens.
I
attended
my
first
protest
against
police
brutality
in
the
city
of
asheville
on
june
3rd.
I
attended
the
protest
because.
K
Because
on
may
31st,
I
had
heard
that
tears
were
fired
on
a
crowd
that
had
that
had
children
present
yeah
all
the
kind
of
support
I've
heard
that
the
police,
the
first
to
do
violence,
let's
see
the
yeah.
I
was
alarmed
that
that
the
national
guard
was
called
against
people
on
the
lethal
sydney
trains,
calling
it
less
than
lethal,
but
really
less
lethal
weapons
were
attacked
against
people.
K
I,
when
I
was
there,
I
saw
us
walking
away
from
the
municipal
building
after
our
after
the
current,
with
our
hands
up
the
we
had
our
hands
in
the
air.
We
were
saying
the
names
of
people,
black
men.
K
Who've
been
split,
the
hands
of
systemic
police
violence
and
we're
saying
hands
up,
don't
shoot
when
us
and
tear
gas
were
shot
at
us.
The
city
attorneys,
the
city
attorney,
said
report
that
there
was
only
four
people
on
grant
here
and
that
the
the
rest
of
these
officers
were
not
part
of
crowd.
Control
measures
were
chased
by
men
on
bikes
and
men
when
we
were
not
in
riot
gear
into
small
alleyways
and
into
into
clouds
of
tear
gas
and
into
parking
garages
that
were
then
later
gassed.
K
Let's
see
I'm
worried
about
these
listening
sessions
being
inaccessible.
I'm
asking
that
you
listen
to
the
hours
of
police
that
they
were.
N
N
N
A
You
council,
we
do
not
have
a
closed
session
this
evening.
So
this
concludes
the
meeting
unless
there
are
any
other
questions
or
comments.
A
Everybody's
grinning,
because
it's
8,
20
and
maggie
was
only
off
by
20
minutes.
That's
pretty
remarkable!
Okay,
all
right
folks!
We
will
be
back
here
for
we're
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
do
our
swearing-in,
virtually
possibly
for
the
new
council
member
at
our
next
meeting
on
september
22nd.
So
stay
tuned.