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February 13, 2018
Asheville City Council Meeting
A
A
As
many
of
you
might
know,
we
are
saddened
to
hear
the
announcement
of
our
city
manager,
Gary
Jackson,
who
has
announced
his
retirement
today,
Gary
I,
provided
a
statement
around
3:30
today
about
this
news
and
attached
to
it
is,
is
a
letter
from
me
on
behalf
really
of
all
of
our
City
Council
to
Gary
and
I.
Just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
and
and
read
that
letter
it's
not
on
your
printed
agenda.
A
This
is
we're
gonna
just
take
a
moment
so
so
Gary
Jackson
has
announced
his
retirement
today
and
the
letter
that
I
signed
states.
You
have
made
me
aware
that
you're
retiring,
effective,
December,
31
2018
and
that
you
will
announce
your
decision
to
retire
shortly.
You
have
served
the
city
selflessly
wisely
and
with
grace
and
integrity.
Our
community
is
forever
indebted
to
you.
A
In
its
history,
streamlining
permitting
and
processes
to
better
meet
the
needs
of
citizens,
greening
the
city
through
dramatically
increased
recycling
and
other
environmental
measures,
improving
and
growing
transit
services,
building,
more
affordable
housing
per
capita
than
any
other
city
in
North
Carolina
leading
city
staff
through
the
planning
of
a
74
million
dollar
general
obligation
bond
program,
making
our
city
safer
through
improvements
to
police
and
fire
services
and
helping
us
forward
as
we
ensure
greater
equity
across
the
community.
These
are
extraordinary
accomplishments
for
any
municipality
to
achieve,
and
they
would
not
all
have
been
possible
for
Asheville.
A
Without
your
commitment
and
leadership
and
on
a
more
personal
note
and
I
know,
I
speak
for
many
members
of
so
that
have
served
during
your
tenure.
I
want
to
express
that
has
been
a
privilege
and
deep
honor
to
serve
alongside
you.
You
have
helped
us
all
become
better
leaders
by
tending
so
carefully
and
wisely
to
the
governance
process
with
us
individually
and
as
a
group.
Your
humor
and
grace
has
made
it
a
joy
and
we
treasure
the
experiences
and
friendships
that
have
resulted.
A
Gary
has
agreed
to
stay
until
the
City
Council
is
able
to
hire
a
new
city
manager
and
that
we
anticipate
will
take
several
months.
So
thank
you
for
your
willingness
to
do
that.
The
the
announcement
included
an
announcement
that
the
council
will
go
into
closed
session
tonight
to
talk
about
that
process,
but
we're
not
going
to
do
that
tonight.
We're
going
to
do
that
during
the
retreat,
which
is
Thursday
and
Friday
this
week
for
City
Council,
so
that
was
a
just
an
edit
there
to
the
timing
of
that
closed
session.
D
I'm
I'm
at
a
loss
for
words
and
I'll,
leave
it
at
that
I
just
think
I'm.
It's
been
an
honor
and
a
privilege,
I'm,
so
excited
I,
love
my
job
and
stay
with
it.
Every
day
we
have
the
best
team
going
in
the
organization
right
now
and
that
long
list
that
you
you
provided
those
were
aggressive
goals
and
ambitious
goals
of
this
council
that
we
as
a
team,
were
more
than
honored
to
carry
out
and
that's
that's.
D
A
Okay,
alright,
so
back
on
the
agenda,
we
have
two
proclamations
for
this
evening
and
let
me
let
me
first
just
make
one
quick
change.
We,
the
boards
and
commissions,
have
put
appointments
that
are
at
the
end
of
the
agenda.
If
anyone
is
here
for
those
we're,
gonna
postpone
those
to
the
next
meeting,
actually
we're
going
to
postpone
those
to
the
March
13th
meeting,
so
just
in
case.
Anyone
is
here
for
those
all
right,
so
our
first
proclamation
tonight
is
Black
History,
Month
and
councilmember.
Keith
Young
is
going
to
deliver
the
proclamation.
E
Now,
therefore,
I
Esther
manheimer,
mayor
of
the
city
of
Asheville,
do
hereby
proclaim
February
2018
as
Black
History
Month
in
Asheville,
and
encourage
all
citizens
in
Asheville
to
recognize
the
importance
of
Black
History
in
our
lives
and
heritage,
and
witness
wear
of
I
have
here
on
to
set
my
hand
and
cause
the
seal
of
city
of
Asheville
North
Carolina
to
be
affixed.
This
first
day
of
February
2018.
A
A
B
The
positive
impact
they
have
on
the
city's
culture,
I'm
meeting
character
and
whereas
by
choosing
mobile-first
and
supporting
me,
love
eggshell,
go
local
movement.
Asheville's
resident
Avenger,
embrace
our
unique
community
save
businesses
to
keep
us
from
becoming
and
encourage
a
strong
sense
of
pride
in
our
team
and
whereas
by
supporting
the
love,
don't
go
bobaloo
that
we
create
a
stronger
community
by
sustain
a
vibrant
town.
Centers
and
neighborhoods
Labour's
and
economic
value
in
supply
chain
and
develop
social
relationships
are
increasingly
contribute
to
local
companies.
B
Whereas
by
supporting
the
love
at
your
local
movement,
we
create
greater
accent,
prosperity
for
all
the
multiplier
effect
of
doughnuts
and
in
visitors.
Juicy
little
first
creates
the
worst
job
opportunities
greater
city
pavement
and
protects
us
from
the
effects
of
and
wear
hats
by
supporting
the
Louisville.
B
F
B
B
It
encourages
increase
entrepreneurship
and
access
to
ownership
which
attract
new
talent
and,
in
turn,
enhances
the
local
time
and
whereas,
by
supporting
we
grow,
a
healthy
Kentucky
community
states
show
that
those
who
live
communities
where
local
businesses
are
healthier
in
the
second
and
now,
therefore,
I
assert
and
honor.
The
mayor
of
the
city
festival,
does.
C
B
A
A
Our
presentation
or
not
presentation.
That
concludes
our
proclamations
for
this
evening.
The
next
item
we
have
is
our
consent
agenda.
Are
there
any
questions
regarding
the
consent
agenda
from
counsel?
Do
I
have
a
motion.
Its
motion
to
approve
second,
okay,
Gwen
made
the
motion
to
approve
Julie
seconded.
Is
there
anyone
wishing
to
comment
on
the
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda?
A
C
H
A
I
I'm
mud,
Steve,
Hendricks
I'm,
the
chair
of
the
tree
Commission
this
year.
We
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
make
a
presentation
before
City.
Council
is
evident
that
Asheville
is
now
losing
some
of
this
tree
cover,
as
the
city
becomes
more
densely
developed.
It's
very
important
that
our
future
urban
forest
is
well
planned
and
is
not
an
afterthought.
I
I
Thanks
to
the
help
of
City,
Council
and
2017,
the
tree
Commission
was
able
to
work
with
an
independent
urban
forester
group
to
conduct
a
review
of
Asheville's
urban
forestry
programs.
This
kind
of
review
is
commonly
called
a
gap
analysis.
The
gap
is
a
difference
from
where
the
city's
programs
are
to
where
they
should
be
in
the
future
to
have
a
healthy
urban
forest.
The
tree
Commission
is
committed
to
recommend
an
innovative
but
practical
ways
of
making
asheville
as
a
sample
green
city
that
can
be
fully
integrated
into
the
a
comprehensive
plan.
I
I
To
have
it
may
see,
as
a
member
of
Asheville
tree
committee,
he's
an
urban
far
through
the
syrup
over
30
years
with
the
u.s.
Forest
Service
working
with
urban
forestry
programs
in
13
southeastern
states,
from
Virginia
to
Texas
to
Florida
he
retired
from
the
Forest
Service
and
moved
to
Asheville
from
Atlanta
two
years
ago
and
Ed's
going
to
God
got
us
through
a
summary
of
the
review.
J
Thank
you,
Steve
I
appreciate
that
good
to
talk
to
you
all.
As
Steve
mentioned,
we
hired
a
contractor
called
dovetail
partners
over
the
last
year
to
conduct
this
sustainability
review
or
calling
it
gap.
Analysis
for
sure
this
project
was
funded
in
part
by
the
city
of
Asheville,
Asheville,
majesty
of
50
50
grand,
and
it
was
also
partially
funded
by
the
u.s.
Forest
Service
through
a
grant
with
the
North
Carolina
Forest
Service.
J
Our
contractor
dovetail
partners
is
an
internationally
known
organization,
most
famous
for
their
ability
to
to
study
forest
sustainability
efforts
in
the
forest
certification
efforts,
but
they've
branched
off
into
urban
forestry
over
the
last
ten
years
and
have
been
conducting
these
gap
analysis
throughout
the
southern
United
States
Raleigh
was
one
of
the
more
recent
cities
that
was
done,
and
they
also
did
some
work
in
Austin
Texas.
So
we
appreciate
Steve
Asheville's
support
of
this
project.
It's
very
important
to
us.
J
J
So
the
primary
objectives
of
the
study
were
to
engage
a
full
spectrum
of
stakeholders
within
the
city
to
provide
direction
that
increases
the
standards
of
practice
and
care
for
our
trees
of
the
city,
but
for
most
the
connected
conduct,
the
gap,
analysis
of
management
practices
to
assess
where
the
city
is
with
respect
to
management
compared
to
where
the
city
should
be
to
prepare
for
the
future.
In
terms
of
a
lot
of
management
challenges
we
might
face,
including
continued
growth
and
climate
change.
Things
like
that,
we
also
wanted
to
assess
the
health
of
the
trees.
J
We
call
them
green
assets,
they
are
assets
and
an
identifier
is
to
improve
their
health
and
then
overall
optimize
management
for
identified
ecosystem
services.
So
I
want
to
sort
of
introduce
that
concept
that
really
the
next
step
in
this
century
for
managing
urban
forest
resources
is
to
take
a
systems-based
approach
to
manage
not
just
for
green
and
beauty,
but
to
manage
for
stormwater
manager,
trees
for
air
quality,
manage
our
trees
for
human
health
and
and
so
on.
So
it's
more
of
a
system
based
approach
and
I
think
that's
the
direction
we
need
to
go.
J
There
are
11
categories
in
this
review.
I
won't
read
them
all
off,
but
it
starts
with
policies
and
ordinances,
and
it
goes
through
funding
and
accounting
and
planning
and
management
and
green
asset
evaluation
and
community
engagement.
I
know
that
you
all
got
a
copy
of
the
report
won't
get
into
the
weeds
on
it
too
much
within.
J
There
are
119
elements
that
our
contractor
looked
at
and
they
basically
scored
each
one
of
these
elements
as
to
whether
or
not
the
element
was
practiced
or
if
it
was
in
development
or
if
it
was
adopted
as
a
common
practice
in
the
city
of
Asheville,
whereas
exceeded
common
practice.
So
it's
basically
a
binary
look
at
it.
It's
either
happening
or
it's
not
happening,
and
if
it's
happening,
how
good
is
it
happening,
and
that
was
the
next
level
of
evaluation.
J
J
We
were
happy
to
find
that
the
urban
forest
program
here
in
Asheville
has
many
core
strengths.
A
lot
of
the
nationally
accepted
best
management
practices
and
standards
of
care
are
adopted
and
followed
in
the
city.
We
also
found
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
gaps,
specific
opportunities
for
improvement,
which
include
number
one
increasing
capacity
to
manage
a
resource
sort
of
kidded
ceiling
in
the
city.
To
do
some
of
the
stretch,
management
moving
towards
a
system
based
approach
is
the
capacity
to
do
it.
J
There's
not
enough
information
on
the
resource
itself,
so
developing
improved
inventory
of
public
trees
and
data
sets,
and
this
means
a
comprehensive
public
tree
inventory
and
in
urban.
The
tree
urban
tree
canopy
analysis,
which
is
the
bird's
eye
view
looking
at
the
trees
and
what
their
coverages
in
the
city,
the
Trade
Commission
data
preliminary
analysis
last
year,
and
we
saw
that
in
a
10-year
period,
between
2005
and
2015.
J
K
J
K
J
J
The
third,
the
third
area
for
improvement,
is
updating,
ordinances
and
plans
and
there's
a
lot
of
community,
and
this
is
particularly
with
respect
to
treat
conservation
in
the
context
of
building
construction
land
development.
A
lot
of
communities
across
the
South
in
the
US
have
some
pretty
progressive
and
forward-thinking
programs
that
help
us
protect
reason
we
can
and,
if
not
ensure,
that
they
get
back
it
put
back
and
the
last
one
is
increasing
community
commitment
building
awareness
in
the
community
as
to
the
value
of
our
urban
forest
resource
and
building
support
behind
that.
J
So
those
those
findings
lead
to
a
series
of
recommendations
that
the
tree
Commission
is
making
a
City
Council
and
will
be
following
up
on
some
of
those
over
the
course
of
the
next
year.
The
first,
the
first
and
most
important
one
is
adequate
staffing,
including
the
addition
of
an
urban
forestry
staff.
The
Curt
the
city
currently
has
a
City
arborist
that
arbres
treats
trees
or
deals
with
trees
on
a
treaty
by
tree
basis.
J
J
Updating
city
ordinances
is
our
third
recommendation
and,
in
particular,
strengthening
active
tree
protection
during
development
and
adoption
of
an
urban
tree
canopy
policy
and
that's
the
city.
The
City
Council
used
saying
that
we
would
like
the
tree
canopy
in
the
city,
to
go
from
its
downward
facing
curve
to
an
upward
facing
curve
and
saying
that
we
don't
want
to
accept
any
net
loss
any
more
or
even
setting
up
a
community
goal
of
saving,
50%
or
40%.
Now
I
think
it's
very
important
than
the
city's
canopy
goals.
J
Are
they
they
adopt
canopy
policies,
then
all
kinds
of
programs
and
practices
and
policies
can
come
behind
it.
To
support
that
vision,
so
we
encourage
this
and
then
finally
strengthening
of
public
and
private
partnerships
that
engage
citizens
and
increase
awareness
and
supports
the
city's
urban
forest
goal.
There
are
nonprofit
organizations
in
the
city
that
it
can
accomplish
things
at
the
city
camp
like
Green
Works,
for
example,
so
strengthening
this
park
partnerships
and
can
get
us
down
that
road,
so
I
hope
I'll
have
time
for
questions.
J
L
L
J
L
J
Yes,
that's
correct.
I'm
gonna
go
back
to
the
previous
slide,
but
yes,
yeah
discussion
is
over
the
last
couple
of
months.
We've
really
really
thought
that
an
urban
forester
positioners
is
the
most
appropriate
next
step
after
the
canopy
analysis.
Okay,
because
all
these
other
things
that
staff
position
will
help
all
these
other
things
fall
on
boys
I
seem.
A
J
A
J
L
They
doing
it
when
I
was
in
Charlotte.
This
past
fall
for
the
National
League
of
Cities
conference.
Keith
and
I
were
both
there.
I
did
a
tour
with
them
of
their
urban
with
their
urban
forest
team.
They
have
a,
they
have
a
team
of
people.
It's
astonishing
and
I
kept
asking
this
question.
You
know:
how
is
it
that,
because
they
have
tree
safe
requirements,
I
mean
they
do
the
full-blown
regulatory
stuff
and
I
said?
L
A
J
There,
what
they
were
trying
to
do
is
talk
talk
about
our
trees
as
as
infrastructure.
It's
our
green
infrastructure.
It's
not
the
concrete
and
steel
gray
infrastructure,
but
it's
it's
really
valuable
asset
to
the
city
and
and
and
once
folks
start
getting
into
that
that
into
their
head.
Then
fara
policy
becomes
a
lot
more
palatable,
but
I
I
appreciate
the
legislature.
Legislative
issue
died.
It's
just
sorry
for
you.
D
L
D
L
A
F
B
G
H
To
start
I
wanted
to,
let
you
all
know
in
the
public
know
what
this
process
looked
like.
We
had
our
first
meeting
August
23rd
and
we
met
at
least
11
times
in
official
meetings
between
that
and
the
end
of
January.
We
also
met
in
between
each
of
those
meetings
very
frequently,
basically
every
week
in
small
working
groups,
to
move
these
recommendations
forward
as
quickly
as
possible.
We
did
an
interim
report
to
boards
and
commissions
on
November
14th
and
we
held
to
public
input
sessions,
January
10th
and
jaren
January
24th.
H
Both
of
those
sessions
had
40
or
50
people
show
up,
and
then
we
held
our
last
meeting
on
January
31st,
where
we
actually
read
through
all
of
that
feedback.
It
was
like
40
pages
of
public
comments
and
we're
actually
able
to
incorporate
a
lot
of
those
suggestions
right
into
our
recommendations,
and
you
can
see
if
you're
looking
at
the
recommendations
themselves,
anything
with
a
star.
Next
to
it.
We
indicated
that
that
came
from
the
public
input
process,
and
today
this
is
the
end
of
our
process.
We're
presenting
our
results
in
recommendations
to
City
Council.
G
We
work
tirelessly
with
community
and
as
a
group
to
really
drill
down
on
the
mission
we
want
to
be
intentional.
I
am
really
really
intentional
about
the
potentials
for
this
HRC
to
really
influence
change
within
our
city.
So
the
mission
that
we
came
up
wit
wit
community
input,
is
the
Human
Relations
Commission
strives
to
improve
human
relations
with
priority
on
racial
equity
in
Asheville,
by
partnering,
with
communities
and
agencies
in
the
effort
to
better,
promote
and
ensure
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
H
And
after
we
establish
our
mission
statement,
we
wanted
to
figure
out.
How
will
this
HRC
work?
What
will
it
focus
on?
So
we
moved
into
the
long
process
of
establishing
our
focus
areas.
The
first
set
of
focus
areas
are
more
around
how
the
HRC
will
function,
and
for
these
we
came
up
with
four
big-picture
areas
and
all
lead
quickly
through
the
duties
within
each
area.
The
first
one
and
a
very
important
function
of
this
HRC
is
to
make
policy
recommendations
to
City
Council
to
enhance
equity
within
that
area.
H
Strong
community
support,
utilizing
existing
city
resources
to
conduct
research
and
gather
data
to
analyze
the
equity
of
existing
city
programs
and
develop
policy
recommendations,
review
the
demographics
of
city
staff
and
committee
members
and
make
policy
recommendations
to
improve
the
diversity
of
these
groups
to
better
represent
our
community
and
provide
reports
and
other
information
to
the
community
to
provide
feedback
on
the
efforts
and
results
of
equity
initiatives
within
the
city
and
from
the
public
input
process.
We
also
added
to
collaborate
with
City
Council
to
develop
an
effective
process
for
policy
recommendations.
H
We
feel
this
HRC
could
act
as
a
public
forum
and
hearing
complaints
involving
racial
tension,
discrimination
or
other
concerns
of
equity
to
bring
together
the
parties
involved
to
discuss
the
facts
to
assist
in
the
resolution
of
such
complaints
to
recommend
the
City
Council
action
needed.
We're.
Resolution
cannot
be
achieved
and
to
develop
creative
mechanisms
to
gather
concerns
and
ideas
from
citizens
and
to
work
together
with
the
groups
and
individuals
to
improve
outcomes
for
the
city.
H
Finally,
the
last
functional
focus
area
is
to
engage
the
community
around
funded
programs
and
policies,
as
we
head
into
the
next
budget
cycle.
That's
something
that
the
community
obviously
expressed
interest
in
last
year
and
probably
will
again
this
year
in
that
area.
We
feel
that
this
HRC
could
provide
a
mechanism
for
the
community
input
and
oversight
of
programs
funded
in
the
city.
H
This
HRC
could
involve
the
community
in
the
development
of
outcome
based
metrics
using
a
racial
equity
lens,
provide
community
input
on
the
allocation
of
city
funds
as
specified
in
the
city
budget
and
members
will
be
available
for
conversations,
education
and
learning
partnerships
to
guide
analysis
through
a
racial
equity
lens,
and
also
this
HRC
from
the
public
input
process.
We
added
that
it
could
implement
inclusive
practices
for
public
engagement
within
the
activities
of
the
HRC
and
advocate
for
their
use.
Some
city
programs.
G
Promote
equity
and
Public.
Safety,
promote
mutual
respect
and
understanding
between
the
police
department
in
our
community.
Identify
entities,
identify
opportunities
for
effective
collaboration,
provide
a
mechanism
to
educate
and
solicit
feedback
from
the
community,
about
police
department
policies,
training
programs
and
other
activities
improve
Community
Trust
and
the
police
department.
By
advocating
effectively
effective
methods
of
community
policing
by
ensuring
the
transparency
and
accountability
of
the
department,
review,
Public
Safety
outcomes
and
other
data
from
an
equity
perspective
provide
a
forum
for
community
discussion.
G
The
second
focusing
is
from
equity
and
educational
opportunities,
provide
educational
resources
and
other
opportunities
to
encourage
youth
engage
in
the
city
programs
and
the
local
government
posits
establish
initiative
venice's
with
the
development
and
retention
of
talent
and
expertise.
With
this
Asheville
and
collaboration
with
city
departments
established
working
groups
between.
C
G
Regarding
the
outcomes
of
economic
development
efforts,
research
recommended
policy
changes
that
provide
an
equity
perspective
in
the
creation
of
economic
development,
centers
and
programs
review
incentive
program
on
an
annual
basis,
ensure
representation
from
community
colors.
New
economic
development
recruitment
process
encourage
the
cities
to
increase
the
development
and
utilization
of
african-american
businesses
for
city
contracts,
advancing
features
and
publications
work
with
existing
city
departments,
boys
and
communities,
as
well
as
outside
agencies,
health,
Human,
Services,
analyze,
healthy
Human,
Services
outcomes
for
city
residents
through
racial
equity
lands.
H
H
Us
so
much
work
to
get
to
this
point.
After
establishing
the
focus
areas,
we
started
to
discuss
how
we
would
recommend
that
this
Commission
is
structured
and
from
the
broad
sense,
the
basics.
We
decided
that
there
should
be
15
members
on
the
Commission.
We
would
recommend
that
there
are
staggered
terms
so
that
everyone
doesn't
rotate
off
at
the
same
point
and
we
felt
that
a
term
of
two
years
would
be
appropriate
for
a
commission
like
this.
G
As
we
look
at
the
structure
of
membership,
we
also
thought
about
what
would
be
some
criteria
for
on
board
for
the
board
membership,
and
so
this
is
the
criteria
that
we
came
up
with
board
criteria
for
all
on
the
committee
for
all
members
of
the
community.
The
city
follows
the
non-discrimination,
discriminatory
policy
in
the
section
of
its
members.
There
is
currently
in
place
in
this
membership
that
is
currently
in
place.
G
City
residents
with
close
ties
to
the
community,
that
is
most
impacted
by
racism,
oppression
and
inequity
is
in
this
city
people
with
the
capacity
to
attend
meetings.
People
who
have
a
passion
for
this
word,
people
who
do
not,
who
not
only
have
equity
training
but
have
demonstrated
involvement
in
community
application,
share
some
examples,
and
we
would
like
this
to
be
a
part
of
the
application
process.
G
Does
that
statement
is
share
some
examples
of
what
you
have
already
done,
that
has
influenced
creating
more
equity
in
some
aspect
of
your
work
or
community
attention
to
demonstrate
an
action
not
just
intentions
to
help,
and
then
the
last
criteria
is
lived
with
people
they
are
still
in
it.
Not
just
I.
Did
this
once.
H
After
providing
those
broad
criteria
for
membership,
we
also
wanted
to
provide
some
demo
demographic
criteria,
which
is
common
in
each
RC
structures
and
other
cities
in
North
Carolina
for
Asheville.
We
we
wanted
to
choose
something
that
would
set
this
HRC
up
for
success,
based
on
the
unique
challenges
facing
our
city
and
the
first
point
in
demographic
criteria.
We
went
into
this
thinking.
H
G
So
we
actually
met
with
the
city
manager
and
we
have
been
throughout
this
process
working
with
the
equity
and
inclusion
manager
on
these
recommendations
and
how
we
could
structure
it
to
also
include
funding
for
staff
and
our
recommendations.
So
we
are
asking
we
are
recommending
that
the
city,
our
first
staffing
for
the
HRC
and
for
the
equity
and
inclusion
manager
department,
because
right
now
it's
just
one
person
and
we
want
to
really
be
honest
about
the
work
of
the
HRC
and
be
intentional
about,
even
with
the
recommendations
that
we
are
making
in
the
focus
areas.
G
If
you,
if
you
took
off
half
a
day,
it's
still
a
lot
of
work
for
volunteer
committee,
so
we
wanted
to
be
intentional.
So
the
HRC
provides
public
advisory
role
for
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusion.
We
recommend
three
staff
positions,
the
equity
and
inclusion
director
who
will
oversee
and
facilitate
equity
and
inclusion
initiatives.
Citywide
manages
the
post
equity
core
team,
provides
consultation
and
technical
assistance
across
city
government
oversees.
The
development,
implementation
and
evaluation
of
an
equity
action
plan
facilitates
the
adoption
of
an
equity
lens
by
our
departments
and
decision-making
managers.
G
Staff
believes
programs,
staffs
Human,
Relations
commissions,
communicates
cooperates,
coordinates,
and/or
collaborates
with
public
institutions
and
private
organizations
to
address
structural
oppression
and
racism,
and
the
next
step
position
is
the
equity
and
inclusion
program
manager
who
will
work
with
the
terms
of
Garland,
develop,
implement
and
trade
results
of
equity.
H
of
equity
action
plan
provide
technical
assistance
on
using
equity
lands
and
plans
and
implements
events,
workshops
and
learning
opportunities.
G
To
promote
equity
and
inclusion
inside
city
government
and
across
the
city
supports
the
development
of
community
leaders.
Also,
the
human
relations
specialists
serves
as
the
point
of
contact
for
community
to
report.
Complaints
related
to
discrimination
facilitates
the
process
for
the
Human
Relations
Commission.
To
hear
complaint
supports
the
administrative
needs
of
the
human
relations
Commission's.
G
So,
with
the
recommendations
on
for
the
staff
positions,
we
understand
that
this
work
is
not
easy.
If
it
was,
it
would
have
been
done.
We
wouldn't
be
here.
Developing
is
so
we
want
it
to
be
really
intentional
about
our
recommendations
and
be
serious
about
the
outcomes
that
we
would
like
to
see
like
what
is
our
tenure
go
down
to
something
that
was
actually
asked
us?
What
would
I
like
to
see?
G
Five
years
from
now,
once
this
HRC
is
implementing-
and
one
thing
we
don't
like
to
see-
is
drastic
change
around
a
lot
of
the
focus
areas
that
they
re
looking
at,
and
we
know
that
if
other
City
Commission's
there
are
working
and
how
functioning
for
a
while
that
this
commit
that
this
HRC
can
work
with
to
get
this
work
done
to
really
start
moving
the
needle
a
little
bit.
So
thank
you
all.
You
have
any
questions
and
I'm
not
sure
I.
C
H
I
want
to
thank
City
Council
for
giving
us
the
opportunity
to
do
this
work
and
especially
the
additional
time
we
requested
to
do
public
engagement
and
to
do
that
properly,
because
you
can
see
just
from
looking
through
our
recommendations
that
it
did
make
an
impact
and
a
lot
of
the
ideas
we've
heard
made
it
in
into
our
recommendations.
So
the
process
works,
and
it
allowed
us
to
feel
a
lot
better
and
be
a
lot
more
proud
of
the
work
we
did
in
the
process
to
be
able
to
see
it
all
the
way
through.
B
Well,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
very
much.
I
had
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
six
of
your
eleven
meetings
and
watched
how
hard
how
hard
you
worked
and
how
you
worked
with
the
community
and
with
city
staff
and
trying
to
you
know
craft
this
amazing
framework.
You
started
out
with
an
idea
and
really
develop
something
that
I
think
the
new
Human
Relations
Commission
can
work
with
and
really
hit
the
ground
running
so
I.
Thank
you.
B
A
And
I
want
to
take
the
opportunity
to
echo
Glen's
sentiment.
I
know
it
takes
a
lot
of
time
and
work
and
I
really
appreciate
how
you've
distilled
this
down
it's
sort
of
a
step
by
step
set
of
recommendations,
and
that
is
extremely
helpful
in
terms
of
how
how
you've
delivered
it
and
what
your
vision
is
for
how
this
will
work.
A
E
I
think
these
are
really
smart
beginnings
and
I
am
so
grateful
for
each
and
every
one
of
you
for
taking
the
time
out
of
your
lives
to
meet
when
you
didn't
have
to
meet
to
push
and
say
we
need
more
time
to
get
it
right
and
and
some
of
those
back
and
forth,
even
with
me
and
I
appreciate
that,
because
it
helped-
and
it
shows
and
I
think
it's
just
me
being
here
for
two
years.
I
am
my
personal
opinion.
E
L
So
I'll
echo
thanks
I
actually
have
about
a
half
a
dozen
questions,
but
I'm
sensing
that
this
is
not
the
moment
for
me
to
be
asking
those
questions.
So
maybe
I
have
a
procedural
question
about
what
happens
with
this
next
and
whether
there
is
a
more
appropriate
place
for
me
to
ask
some
of
my
questions.
L
A
B
What
I
was
envisioning
and
I
check
it
with
Robin?
Is
you
know
that
we
tonight
will
gratefully
accept
your
report
and
that
will
ask
the
legal
department
to
kind
of
put
enabling
legislation
to
you
know
form
this
commission
and
the
framework
that
you've
laid
out
I,
don't
know
whether
it
actually
goes
into
the
resolution
or
whether
it
just
gets
kind
of
packaged
up
to
for
the
human
recent
Relations
Commission
to
work
on,
but
during
that
process
I
would
be.
B
E
Think
that's
fine
personally,
I
would
just
add
one
thing:
I
think
that
we
have
an
opportunity,
as
we
always
do,
to
have
staff
report
on
this
and
I.
Think
the
staff
member
with
the
most
chops
and
giving
a
staff
word
on
this
would
be
Kimberly
arches.
So
I
would
hope
that
she
would
give
a
staff
recommendation
as
well
yeah.
C
G
One
highlight
that
I'd
be
imaging
because
it
was
not
one
not
bullet
points
that
is
included
in
this
staffer
funding
is
the
recommendation
that
the
equity
and
inclusion
manager
reports
directly
to
the
city
manager
and/or,
City
Council,
and
that
is
in
there
intentionally.
We
were
very
intentional
with
that
and
give
him
who
she
reports
directly
to
now,
and
these
things
like
the
extra
layer,
this,
the
we
really
talking
about
equity
and
inclusion,
is
in
Vita,
especially
given
the
role
of
her
position
and
the
importance
of
what
she's
doing
and.
H
C
A
We
did
have
a
request
for
public
comment
on
this
topic.
We
don't
normally
take
public
comment
during
presentations
and
reports,
but
but
if
there
is
somebody
here
who
wishes
to
speak
on
this
topic,
even
though
the
committee
is
leaving
so
you
you
can
do
that
if
you
would
like
to
just
raise
your
hand,
okay,
so
so
come
on
ahead,
we'll
just
use
the
same
rules
as
normal
just
state.
Your
name
and
you'll
have
three
minutes.
M
This
there
has
been
concerned
voice
that
this
is
do
y'all
really
care
about
this,
like.
Is
this
really
going
to
lead
to
change,
or
is
this
just
a
motion
to
check
the
boxes
and
to
make
it
look
like
Asheville
is
a
city
that
cares
about
equity,
and
so
I
want
to
speak
as
a
witness
to
this
process.
I
applied
to
be
on
it
through
Councilwoman,
Mayfield
suggestion
and
I,
went
to
all
of
the
meetings
and
have.
M
Us
took
all
of
the
notes,
for
you
felt
you
know,
wanted
to
see
this
succeed,
and
my
concern
is
that
I
just
want
to
name
that
you
recruited
a
very
an
extremely
powerful
team
of
leaders
from
our
community
that
are
brilliant
and
invested
so
much.
These
are
busy
people
just
like
y'all,
and
so
the
task
that
you
gave
them
from
my
perspective
felt
like
an
almost
impossible
task
and
they're
brilliant.
So
they
pulled
it
off,
but
they
have
never
worked
together.
M
Supposed
to
figure
out
the
mission,
the
structure,
the
scope,
all
of
the
responsibilities
for
human
relations
commission,
in
addition
to
providing
recommendations
about
CPAC
and
then
their
own
recommendations
about
an
equity
manager.
That's
a
lot
to
do
in
three
months.
So,
fortunately
they
asked
for
more
time,
but
in
the
process
they
learned
the
scope
of
what
was
being
asked
for
them.
The
first
meeting
I
was
there.
M
You
lost,
do
it
from
I,
think
11
or
12
members
down
to
8,
and
it's
perpetuating
this
pattern
in
the
city,
which
is
asking
leadership,
often
of
color,
but
often
not
as
well
to
do
a
ton
of
the
heavy
lifting
work
with
no
compensation
with
no
structure
to
help
support
it,
and
so
I
just
want
to
see
those
same
mistakes
not
made
again
for
the
Human
Relations
Council.
You
lost
some
members
because
they
felt
like
this
was
just
kind
of
a
propping
up
going
through
the
motions
you
lost.
M
So
if
I
could
just
30
more
seconds,
I
just
want
to
ask
that
you
please
consider
the
recommendations
for
the
increase
of
budget
for
the
equity
department,
that
that
is
extremely
essential
for
this
committee
to
be
able
to
follow
through
on
their
actions
and
that
it
is
an
independent
department
underneath
the
city
manager
and
that
the
equity
manager
is
responsible
for
hiring
the
people
who
serve
on
this
commission
and
that
we
stop
asking
people
to
do
such
heavy
lifting
for
free
and
without
out
of
this
support.
Thank
you
was.
B
N
Other
minorities
and
recent
immigrants
to
our
country
also
have
so
much
to
offer.
If
only
our
resources
were
allocated
equitably,
we
could
expand
the
base
of
our
tourism
and
development.
So
it's
not
just
white
folks
who
visit
here
and
white
folks
who
move
here
and
white
folks
white
people
and
companies
who
profit
here
in
this
room.
We
know
the
data.
That
is
heartening
statistics.
We
know
the
history
of
redlining
and
urban
renewal
and
that
the
reality
of
state
of
black
Asheville
today,
but.
N
The
next
big
step
and
fully
support
these
recommendations
from
the
blue-ribbon
committee
and
especially
the
budget
request
around
staffing
for
the
equity
manager
position
and
support
staff
without
money
and
support
staff.
You
have
set
up
a
skilled
black
woman
to
fail
don't
make
her
escape.
Go
make
her
your
conscience.
You
should
be
accountable
to
her,
not
the
other
way
around,
we're
only
paying
lip
service
to
equality
and
justice,
otherwise
I'm
here,
because
I
love
Asheville,
but
this
talent
so
much
better.
N
O
My
name
is
Kim
Roni
I'm,
a
piano
teacher
and
I.
Am
your
neighbor
and
I
do
want
to
say
thank
you
for
showing
up,
not
just
with
words
that
we
were
going
to
address
equity,
to
see
but
I
think
Ashley
said
really
well
the
burden
that
was
put
on
our
community
members
and
yet
they
showed
up
to
I'm
encouraged.
But
now
it's
time
to
move.
O
O
Of
institutional
and
structural
racism,
it's
going
to
take
more
than
an
office,
that's
buried
in
a
hall
with
only
of
funding
for
that
positions,
salary,
and
that's
why
I'm
asking
you,
in
addition
to
supporting
the
recommendations
of
the
Learning
Commission,
to
actually
bring
the
equity
inclusion
manager
in
line
with
our
to
pop
offices.
This
is
not
just
for
this
year,
five
year
or
ten
or
twenty
years
down
the
road.
It's.
O
A
A
P
Director
of
Water
Resources,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
share
this
report.
It's
not
as
a
part
of
the
non-revenue
water
program
that
the
work
department
has
I
thought
that,
but
a
couple
of
things
I'll
to
leave
in
that
that
the
program
helps
us
do
as
organization,
and
it
does
make
us
responsible
stewards
of
our
natural
resources
and
it
does
help
us
be
effective.
It's
effective
program
for
effective
management
and
operation
of
the
water
system,
I.
P
Get
the
right
way:
every
year
we
do
a
annual
audit
or
annual
report
on
the
program
throughout
the
year.
I
want
to
back
up
just
a
little
bit
before
we
talk
about
where
we're
at
and
how
we
got
here
and
where
we're
headed
I
think
we
need
to
see
what
we've
been
so.
The
inform
of
start
to
the
non-revenue
water
program
was
in
2007,
so
we
actually
just
celebrated
our
tenth
year
anniversary
with
the
program's
enactment.
P
The
program
started
with
major
water
line
improvements
meter
replacements
coupled
with
basic
data
acquisition
at
that
point
in
time,
and
that
was
back
in
2007
with
some
of
the
big
bond
issues.
While
a
lot
of
major
water
line
work
went
on
down
other
places,
the
fundament
water
loss
program
was
established
in
2012,
with
data
collection,
refinement
and
establishing
the
program
things
in
other
programs.
P
Program
teams
will
have
the
audit
input
team,
which
is
responsible
for
the
data
collection
without
an
elite
team
which
is
responsible,
filled
surveys
Darvill
customer
team,
which
is
responsible
for
ensuring
billing
accuracy,
the
metering
team,
which
is
responsible
for
meter
accuracy.
The
pressure
management
team
is
responsible
for
freshman
optimization
throughout
the
system,
and
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
actual
fire
department.
P
They
have
been
super
partners
in
this
in
this
whole
program,
with
reporting
their
water
usage
for
their
functions,
that
they
do
okay
and
over
the
past
ten
years-
and
this
is
one
of
my
favorites
thoughts
here,
because
I
think
it
tells
a
true
story.
Over
the
past
ten
years,
the
city
of
Asheville
has
sustained
sustained
if
acun
growth
without
extracting
any
additional
water
from
our
sources.
P
And
if
you
look
at
the
top
line,
that's
the
water
supply
to
me
and
gallons
per
day
started
in
2007
and
running
through
September
of
last
year,
and
if
you
notice
it's
flat,
the
Green
Line
is
the
authorized
consumption
and
million
gallons
per
day,
which
is
risen
and
is
getting
really
close
to
the
blue
line,
which
is
to
go.
Who
is
where
we
want
to
hit
it
and
the
water
loss,
which
is
the
bottom
red
line,
is
on
the
decline.
That's
hit
it
in
the
right
direction
as
well.
Okay,.
A
A
Water
industry
leaking
water
is
nothing
Andra,
have
a
new
watch,
that's
what
right,
but
what
this
chart
is
saying
is
that
the
supplied
water
has
stayed
steady.
Even
though
we've
seen
growth
in
the
city
and
development,
it's
stayed
steady
and
you've
made
the
increased
demand
by
fixing
the
lines
so
that
were
Thailand.
What
I'll
leak
in
as
much
water
right,
you're.
C
P
P
These
practices
are
these
practices
will
consider
innovative,
especially
in
North
Carolina,
because
there
are
no
environmental
drivers
or
any
mandates
that
drives
this.
So
we're
doing
this
because
it's
the
right
thing
to
do
some
more.
The
tangible
resources
are
the
program's
accomplishments.
Accomplishments
have
gathered
attention
from
the
US
EPA,
who
recently
featured
Asheville
as
it
Larry
in
its
conservation
and
efficiency.
P
D
D
Off
the
top,
so
the
importance
of
that
I
can't
avoid
the
opportunity
to
provide
some
context.
So
if
you
will
go
back
beyond
this
ten-year
timeline
before
2007,
there
was
a
decision
made,
but
a
council
the
higher
that
they
would
sever,
hung
the
agreement
and
discontinued
having
an
independent
Water
Authority,
with
appointees,
by
the
City
Council
and
in
the
County
Commission,
and
one
of
the
primary
reasons
for
that
was
that
they
could
not
get
agreement
to
invest
in
the
water
repairs
that
would
produce
these
kind
of
results.
D
The
council
stayed
with
it.
They
made
the
decision
so
we're
going
to
operate
this
like
a
business.
There
are
engineering
studies
done
that
identified
the
capital
investments
that
needed
to
be
made
meribella
mean
Terry,
Bellamy
led
this
with
council
support,
we
issued
40
million
dollars
worth
of
water
revenue
bonds
which
were
repaid
by
the
customers,
so
the
customers
fees
were
gathered
to
invest
in
capital
improvements
which
were
a
primary
and
instrumental
element
in
producing
these
savings
and
from
2007,
and
then
in
2012.
D
We
continued
to
get
the
argument
that
the
city
cannot
and
should
not
be
operating
this
system,
and
there
was
significant
litigation
and
expense
in
the
litigation.
The
importance
of
the
financial
part
here
is
that
the
city
of
Asheville
has
proven
that
this
is
the
best
management
model
for
this
water
system
and
what
has
been
invested
in
retaining
that
ability
to
be
professional.
Stewards
of
this
system
is
more
than
made
up
in
the
financial
savings
to
the
ratepayers
and
it's
clearly
quantified
in
this.
D
So
if
you
wanted
to
measure
and
justify
this,
it's
clear
in
the
data
unmistakable
financial
benefits
to
water,
ratepayers,
not
only
within
the
city
of
Asheville
of
limits,
but
the
entire
regional
system
and
all
the
customers
benefit
from
this
sound
it.
Making
financial
management
practice
in
its
investment.
That
couldn't
happen
without
the
council's
leadership
and
taking
the
risk,
and
then
it
couldn't
happen
without
competent
staff
in
the
water
utility
department,
seeing
through
seeing
it
through
and
making
it
happen.
A
A
You
know
personally,
I
haven't
been
with
Gary
in
conversations
with
legislative
leaders
at
the
time
who
found
that,
because
Asheville
backed
out
of
the
Water
Authority,
you
know
we
needed
to
have
the
system
seized
from
us,
because
we
wouldn't
know
how
to
run
it
on
our
own.
But
in
fact
the
opposite
was
true.
Investments
need
to
be
made
that
we
just
couldn't
get
agreement
on
through
this
multi
governed
approach
and
we
were
able
to
unilaterally
make
those
improvements
on
our
own
and
so
I
know.
A
A
lot
of
people
that
live
in
this
city
have
seen
water
line
work
in
their
neighborhoods
and
on
their
streets,
and
that
that's
because
of
this
repeated
investment,
and
it's
made
a
big,
obviously
a
major
quantifiable
difference.
So
this
is,
we
better
be
getting
an
award
for
this
by
one
of
these
water
leaking
committee.
National
conferences
to
go
to
I
can't
believe,
there's
like
hold
conferences
dedicate,
but
but
this
is
a
tremendous
tremendous
achievement.
There.
D
Are
national
conferences
if
I
may
add,
because
other
municipalities
are
wrestling
with
how
to
make
this
happen?
They
are
looking
for
success
stories
and
they're,
seeing
their
pipes
and
their
distribution
systems
and
their
water
paint
plants
fall
into
further
disrepair.
And
it's
going
to
be
a
long
road
back
for
a
lot
of
municipal
systems
and
you've
heard
the
tragedies
of
mismanaged
municipal
water
system
and.
L
Let
me
on
that
note.
Let
me
just
mention
David
mentioned
that
I
was
invited
to
speak
at
a
conference.
Last
fall,
it
was
a.
It
was
a
conference
of
environmental
advocates
who
are
struggling
with
these
very
issues
and
their
communities
all
across
the
southeast,
and
you
know
I
got
to
show
up
and
tell
a
great
story
and
thanks
very
much
to
Jay
and
Dave
and
the
rest
of
the
team
for
helping
me
prepare
for
that,
and
we
I
mean
we
were.
L
We
were
the
envy
of
of
everybody
in
the
room,
because
we
we,
as
gary
said
it
to
me
and
when
I
was
preparing
for
this.
You
know
we,
the
city,
the
city,
its
leaders,
its
elected
officials
and
I,
would
say:
Gary
has
the
had
the
courage
to
do
what
needed
to
happen,
and
this
is
just
this
is
nothing
but
a
story
of
good
governance
and
courage
and
elected
officials,
and
it's
great
that
we
get
to
tell
this
story
today
and
I
hope.
People
who
made
these
decisions
back
then
are
watching
as
well.
So
well
done.
L
A
A
Q
Right
good
evening,
mayor
and
city
council
members,
my
name
is
Ken
Putnam
I'm,
the
transportation
department
director
I
just
want
to
just
basically
key
it
up.
We,
this
has
been
a
fairly
long
process
of
this
review
process
that
we've
been
all
working
on
together
and
the
city
staff
has
submitted
the
comments
that
are
part
of
this
package
on
the
due
date,
which
was
the
January,
and
then
we've
been
working
with
your
direction.
Q
B
Okay,
thank
you.
The
only
question.
This
is
great
work
and
I
hope
in
we.
We
will
continue
to
insist.
The
d-o-t
keep
us
at
the
table,
but
how
have
you
talked
to
people
from
DMT
and
how
was
this
accepted
and
have
they
proposed
to
go
forward
a
strategy
on
how
we're
going
to
coordinate
not
just
the
Merriman
project,
but
all
the
projects
in
the
city,
or
is
that
still
an
ongoing
discussion
was.
Q
Definitely
an
ongoing
discussion,
and
as
far
as
specifically
for
a
Merriman
I
know
that
the
deity's
consultant
is
very
busy.
Putting
all
the
comments
together
that
they
received
and
they'll
come
back
to
us
with.
You
know
an
action
plan
we
don't
know
and
have
also
been
very
proactive
and
we've
already
made
a
complete
list
of
the
18
or
19
or
so
projects
that
we've
got
in
the
in
the
book
and
we
are
taking
steps
to
reach
out
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
going
to
be
at
the
table
on
individual
projects.
Q
Obviously
you
know
some
process
will
be
done
much
earlier
than
others.
So
we're
already
taking
those
active
steps
and
one
of
the
main
things
that
we're
doing
is
we're
to
fine
the
projects
that
will
be
handled
by
the
raleigh
office
versus
the
projects
that
will
be
handled
out
of
the
local
office
and
so
far.
What's
good
news
for
us
out
of
the
raleigh
office.
Most
of
those
projects
so
far
have
been
assigned
to
Derek
Weaver,
who
has
been
instrumental
in
helping
us
through
the
I
26
process.
So.
A
It'll
be
coming
up
here
shortly
and
they
they
of
course
on
the
Merriman
project,
have
provided
us
sort
of
an
extension
not
technically,
but
to
get
to
get
in
this
resolution,
because
the
timeline
on
the
public
comment
period
was
so
was
so
tight
and
of
course
we
heard
from
so
so
many
people
on
this
project
so
hopefully
well
well,
I
mean
you
know,
I
think
their
response
was
well.
We
just
did
the
same
thing.
We
always
do,
but
you
know
this
is
Ashwell,
so
that's
not
like
it
was.
Nothing
can.
L
I
just
add:
can
I
I
want
to
thank
you
and
your
team
for
again
putting
together
a
set
of
excellent
comments
and
if
I
can
I
just
want
to
particularly
call
out
Padilla's
Ithaca,
who
I
think
put
a
lot
of
work
into
the
comments
this?
The
comment
letter
on
this
project
is
something
I've,
never
seen
it's
a
quality
I've
not
seen
on
a
transportation
project
like
this
and
it's
it
was
just
excellent
I
mean
it
just
made
the
case
brilliantly
so
well,
well
done.
A
Okay,
so
we
have
the
resolution
attached
to
the
agenda.
I've
got
it
up
in
front
of
me.
I
know
it's
been
circulated.
There
were
a
couple
of
folks
that
had
some
comments
and
changes,
the
it
it's
in
the
staff
report.
We
again
we
are
going
to
vote
on
this
resolution
and
normally
we
have
a
motion
and
then
we
take
comment
but
I
think
what
we'd
like
to
do
is
hear
from
anyone
who
wants
to
talk
on
this
topic.
First
and
it'll
be
business
as
usual.
Three
minutes,
please
state
your
name,
Dave
you're.
First
up.
F
We
do
not
see
that
NC
dot
has
in
any
way
lived
up
to
its
own
Complete,
Streets
and
vision.
Zero
policies-
we've
you
both
as
protections
of
historic,
architectural
and
cultural
resources
in
its
present
form.
The
project
we'll
lose
substantial
and
irrevocable
damage
to
the
character
of
the
study
area.
Historic
and
community
resources
in
the
project
area
include
the
Norwood
national,
historic
district,
the
Grove,
Park,
national,
historic
district,
the
commercial
style,
brick
buildings
at
the
Woolsey's
dip
core
of
the
project.
F
The
UNCA
owns
robes
property
and
house
with
its
exquisite
tree-lined,
stone
walls
on
Weaver
and
Merriman
clusters
of
Arts
and
Crafts
style,
historic
homes,
unclear
unclear,
View,
Terrace,
historic
streets,
west
of
Merriman
and
the
natural
and
built
environmental
features
of
the
Glen's
Creek
Greenway.
In
his
tributary.
The.
F
Offer
an
exciting
adaptive,
reuse,
opportunity
combining
land
buildings
and
water.
We
are
aware
that
NC
dot
is
proposing
to
reconstruct
the
Glenn's
Creek
culvert.
This
reconstruction
is
a
special
environmental
design
element
warranting
u.s.
Corps
of
Engineers
attention.
We
believe
that
an
urban
street
project
of
this
magnitude
deserves
a
thorough
and
interactive
public
engagement
process,
beginning
now,
as
a
state-funded
STI
P
project
directly
affecting
federally
designated
National
Historic
Register
districts,
the
project
also
requires
serious
environmental
and
historic
preservation
review,
which
has
not
been
done.
R
I'm
Mike
Sewell
and
the
executive
director
of
Asheville
on
bikes.
There
are
501c3
nonprofit
and
our
mission
is
to
cultivate
the
culture,
urban
and
community
through
advocacy
and
celebration,
because
we
believe
that
cycling
has
a
direct
impact
on
the
health
of
our
community.
I.
Think
you've
already
read
our
public
comment.
It
was
submitted
to
you,
so
I
will
go
through
it,
but
we
oppose.
F
R
Currently,
designed
on
this
evening,
we
hosted
a
ride
from
Airmen
called
the
many
for
multimodal
Merriman.
We
rode
by
division
13,
and
we
did
a
component
called
selfies
for
safety,
where
we
took
pictures
of
ourselves
in
front
of
the
DoD
building,
encourage
them
to
get
on
board
with
their
own
Complete
Streets
policy
and
vision,
zero
policy.
The
ride
culminated
here
with
you
all
tonight
and
I.
R
R
S
So
at
the
center
lane
that
I
think
the
State
Department
of
Transportation
and
Maryland
would
tell
you
that
they
would
be
happy
to
be
able
to
dispose
of
I
worked
on
my
City
Council's
in
a
much
smaller
child
in
Nashville
and
served
as
the
development
director
overseeing
developments
in
the
area,
commenting
on
them
to
the
Planning,
Board
and
so
on,
and
worked
directly
with
the
State
Department
of
Transportation
and
at
least
in
Maryland
and
I.
Believe
the
person
from
North
Carolina
Department
of
Transportation
that
I
met
would
agree
with
this
as
well.
In
the
state.
S
My
husband
and
I
went
to
a
lot
of
trouble
to
find
the
right
place
to
live
in
Asheville,
and
we
are
so
pleased
that
we're
in
growth
Park
and
that
we
are
in
an
area,
that's
walkable,
and
we
wanted
to
see
it
become
more
walkable,
my
husband's
a
road
bike
enthusiast
and
at
71
years
old.
It
would
be
grateful
for
anything
that
can
be
done
to
make
his
Road
biking
safer
in
Asheville.
Having
just
purchased
an
electric
bike,
he'll
be
out
there
a
lot
anyway.
S
We
paid
a
lot
more
for
the
home
here
than
we
had
expected
to
pay
to
get
into
this
area.
That
is
so
awful,
and
it's
so
desirable
at
this
point
in
time
and
I
feel
that
I
owe
it
to
everyone
here
to
try
my
best
to
convince
people
to
protect
this
area
and
only
develop
it
further
to
become
more
pedestrian,
more
bicycle,
friendly,
more
mobile
transportation
friend,
like
increase
the
buses
use
and
minimize
the
lanes
slow
down
traffic.
S
35
miles
per
hour,
which
results
in
40
miles
per
hour
is
no
longer
safe
there,
it's
something
that
went
with
the
past
whether
it
was
the
state
highway
that
was
used
as
a
state
highway.
So
I.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration
of
this
and
for
your
decision
to
have
this
looked
at
much
more
seriously
and
thoroughly
and
I
wish
everyone
the
best
that's
going
to
work
on
it
to
come
up
with
the
Complete
Streets
planned
like
thank
you.
C
C
A
T
No
the
our
community
this
evening
and
thank
you
for
the
resolution
that
you've
brought
for
us
this
evening.
My
name
is
Tony
Hauser
I'm,
Annette,
North
Asheville
resident
somebody
who
spends
an
awful
lot
of
time,
riding
around
the
streets
of
that
but
walking
around
the
streets
of
Asheville
and
right
in
transit.
Nashville
I
originally
grew
up
in
used
in
Texas
and
there's
a
second
of
I-10
through
Houston.
That
is
including
the
service
roads
on
both
sides.
T
22
lanes
wide
14
of
those
lanes
are
interstate
and
at
5:30
in
the
evening
and
at
7:30
in
the
morning
you
have
22
lanes
of
traffic.
That's
standing
still
adding
planes
doesn't
solve
traffic
problems,
adding
lanes
and
creates
induced
demand
where
someone
who
might
otherwise
ride
the
bus
wall
or
ride
bicycle
realizes
that
there's
now
more
lanes
out
there,
so
they
decide
to
drive
instead.
So
adding
that
center
turn
lane
isn't
going
to
solve
the
problem.
T
It's
gonna
create
another
road
cross-section
like
South
tunnel
Road
or,
like
me,
Lester
Highway
or
smokey
Parkway
in
a
part
of
Asheville
that
doesn't
need
baxworth
facility.
Adding
lanes
creates
more
runoff
and
creates
more
Flay.
Adding
lanes
increases
speeds
particularly
wider
lanes
and
cause
it
as
more
fatalities
and
more
injuries.
T
T
A
K
And
I'll
be
very
quick
and
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
for
all
their
efforts
on
this
Videla
can
both
of
you
in
particular,
one
of
the
other
things
that
that
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
here
and
make
sure
we
don't.
We
don't
lose
this.
Obviously,
the
main
focus
of
this
is
building
upon
merit,
as
those
of
you
who
may
have
been
really
involved
in
this,
you
know
clearly
terrorists.
K
A
little
rode
off
the
outside
there's
been
some
proposal
from
the
DoD
to
actually
take
houses
in
order
to
allow
them
to
have
it
have
a
different
route,
because,
based
on
the
way
the
the
current
design
is
there
ingress
and
egress
on
American
haven't.
It
would
be
a
problem.
I
went
out
there
to
take
a
look
at
it.
I'm
hopeful
that
that,
during
this
process
and
during
the
comments
that
we
have
with
d-o-t
we're
not
gonna
have
to
worry
about
that.
K
To
avoid
having
someone
have
their
house
taken
there,
anything
in
that
area,
I,
don't
know
if
you
guys
have
been
out
there.
There
is
some
there
is.
There
is
some
there
appears
to
at
least
be
a
path
where
a
road
could
be
put
in
that
wouldn't
be
able
to
do
that.
So
just
something
to
keep
in
mind,
as
you
all
are
doing,
that
thank.
U
B
So
I
make
the
motion
that
we
that
we
reject
the
proposed
plan
because
it
fails
to
meet
city
goals
and
that
we
request
North
Carolina,
do
t
that
collaborate
with
city
staff
to
develop
alternatives
that
align
with
city
goals
and
adopted
plans,
and
that
safety
accommodate
all
users,
especially
those
most
vulnerable.
A
second.
E
That
most
and
I
hope
that
this
will
lead
to
NC
BLT
working
more
closely
with
the
city
of
Asheville
when
they
proposed
projects
and
see
that
it
aligns
with
our
our
our
goals
as
a
city
and
how
we
move
forward
with
that.
I
think
it's
very
very
telling
that
the
the
community
itself
wants
things
like
a
road
ID
and
wants
us
to
be
a
more
multimodal
City
and
how
we
have
the
walkability
and
bikeability
of
all
our
corridors
throughout
this
city
and
I.
E
A
Right
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second.
Is
there
anyone
else
like
console
wishing
to
comment
and
the
motion?
Okay,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you
very
much.
That
concludes
our
printed
agenda
because
we
are
not
gonna.
Take
up
the
committee
appoint.
What
are
we
missing
and
you're.
B
B
So
just
I'd
like
to
go
ahead
and
re
advertise
for
the
whole
audit
committee,
but
again
the
community
that
we'd
really
like
some
more
opportunities
to
look
at
people
with
CPAs,
and
so
in
order
to
do
that,
if
I
could
I'll
make
that
I
just
need
your
nods
at
you
agree
nothing
everyone's
nodding,
lovely,
so
Maggie.
If
you
wouldn't
mind
going
in
Andrea
Bert
eyes.
For
that
but
again
hopefully
it
will
come
in
front
of
Council
March
13th.
Okay,
thank
you.
A
V
My
name
is
Katherine
Ann,
Walsh
and
I'm.
Here
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
Elijah
and
Mitchell
Audubon
Society
and
North
Carolina
Audubon.
We
are
asking
you
to
be
aware
if
you
have
not
already,
but
this
is
a
considered
at
the
year
of
the
bird,
that
the
National
Geographic
Society
Audubon,
the
ornithological
lab
of
Cornell
and
also
birdlife
international,
have
partnered
this
year
to
commemorate
the
100th
anniversary
of
the
migratory
bird
treaty
passed
in
1918.
V
To
commemorate
this
governor
Cooper
passed
a
resolution
back
in
October
stating
that
it
was
the
native
plant
week
at
that
time,
and
the
first
lady
authorized
the
planting
of
a
thousand
native
plants
on
the
governor
mansion
grounds.
So
why
do
I
mention
that
habitat
loss
is
a
real
and
present
threat
to
Asheville
and
all
of
our
country?
V
The
tree
committee
has
made
some
wonderful
recommendations,
one
of
which
was
that
they
that
we
be
aware
that
there
is
a
risk
that
invade
and
non-native
plants
pose
to
our
plant
community
peat
wall,
your
landscape,
architect
in
your
Commission
in
Europe.
A
staff
has
given
me
a
list
of
the
preferred
species
for
the
city.
There
are
a
lot
of
native
plants
on
that
and
ours
pleased
to
see
that,
but
there
are
also
invasive
plants.
V
I
would
like
to
urge
the
council
to
consider
strengthening
the
list
of
preferred
species
and
to
in
fact
consider
that
we
would
want
to
also
prohibit
certain
non-native
invasive
plants.
Other
cities
here
in
North
Carolina,
such
as
winston-salem,
have
actually
passed
ordinances
to
this
end
and
I
would
like
to
ask
that
we
work
together
with
Elijah
Mitchell,
the
North
Carolina
Audubon
and
ambassadors
such
as
myself
and
Jinyu
Agner,
who
is
with
me
to
pass
an
ordinance
to
address
this
issue.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration.
U
I
want
to
discuss
with
you
tonight
briefly,
which
is
homelessness
in
Asheville
I
came
here
in
July
sick
as
a
dog
with
a
life-threatening
disease
homeless,
friendless
insurance
lists
and
penniless,
so
I
kind
of
covered
the
whole
spectrum
of
being
less
I,
went
into
Mission
Hospital
and
spent
eight
days
there
and
then
had
nowhere
to
go
and
where
I
ended
up
going
was
a
great
place
that
really
saved
my
life
called
Haywood
Street
congregation
and
they
have
a
respite.
They're
an
eight-bed
facility,
it's
small,
but
it's
changing
people's
lives
and
it's
saving
people's
lives.
U
I,
don't
know
if
you're
familiar
with
it.
There
are
many
different
places
in
Asheville
that
do
a
lot
and
work
very
hard
for
the
homeless,
but
unfortunately
it's
the
problem
is
getting
worse.
It's
not
getting
better
and
I
know
that
things
like
rezoning
variances
on
drive-thru
lanes
for
fast
food,
restaurants
and
Pensions.
For
you
know,
pensions
for
the
firemen
and
all
kinds
of
issues
come
up
day
to
day
for
you,
but
I
encourage
you
to
keep
the
homeless
in
this
town
in
mind.
U
They
say
that
20
I've
heard
repeatedly
I've
read
repeatedly
that
20
people
will
die
this
winter
on
Asheville
streets,
that's
unacceptable!
It's
we
owe
it
to
our
brother
and
brothers
and
sisters
out
there
to
take
better
care
of
them.
That's
what
our
taxes
are
supposed
to
be
for
that's
what
we're
all
supposed
to
do
in
this
world.
We're
supposed
to
look
after
the
least
obese
and
in
spite
of
all
the
good
work
by
ABC,
cm
by
Evelyn
charities
by
homeward,
bound
and
hope
by
rescue
mission.
U
I
mean
there's
so
many
different
agencies
out
there
working
very
hard,
and
so
many
people
dedicating
their
lives
to
this,
and
it's
just
not
getting
any
better.
So
I'm
gonna
come
back
here
from
time
to
time
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
homeless
situation
in
Nashville,
which
I
feel
is
a
public
emergency
I'm
from
New
York
City,
and
we
like
to
think
we
know
homelessness
up
here
up
there.
I
I
think
down
here
in
Nashville
per
capita.
It
might
be
as
bad
or
worse
than
New,
York
City.
U
U
I'm
trying
to
make
this
my
life
now
I'm
trying
to
dedicate
my
life
to
helping
the
homeless
I've,
never
seen
a
politician
say
that
my
central
issue
is
homelessness,
but
I
would
love
to
find
that
politician
that
elected
official
who
finds
the
homeless
issue
so
compelling
that
they
just
won't
be
quiet
about
it.
Thank
you
thank
you.
Could.
U
D
U
A
W
One
that
the
Asheville
City
Council
into
closed
session
for
the
following
reasons
to
prevent
disclosure
of
information
and
is
privileged
and
confidential
pursuant
to
the
laws
of
North
Carolina,
are
not
considered
a
public
record
within
the
meaning
of
chapter
132
at
the
general
general
statutes.
For
all
that
makes
the
information
privileged
and
confidential
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
through
through
818
1083.
W
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143
through
318
1181,
to
consult
with
attorney
employed
by
city
about
matters
with
respect
to
which
the
attorney-client
privilege
between
the
city
and
this
attorney
must
be
preserved,
including
the
not
limited
to
a
lawsuit
involving
the
following
parties.
City
of
Asheville
versus
Robert
H
cross
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
local
143,
through
318
1183.