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From YouTube: City Council Agenda Briefing – August 17, 2023
Description
Regular agenda briefing work session of the Asheville City Council.
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A
Good
morning,
everyone
I'm
Sandra
Kilgore
vice
mayor
of
city
of
Asheville
and
I'd,
like
to
welcome
you
all
to
the
August
17th
agenda
briefing
work
session.
All
council,
members
and
staff
are
participating.
Virtually
the
live
meeting
will
be
streamed
on
the
city's
YouTube
channel
access
through
the
YouTube
icon
on
the
front
page
of
the
city's
website
via
the
live
stream.
A
And
at
this
meeting
we
will
not
be
taking
any
public
comments
during
this
meeting
and
today,
mayor,
manheimer
and
councilwoman
Turner
will
not
be
in
attendance
and
council
members
and
staff.
Please
submute
yourself
and
please
say
a
quick
hello
once
I
announce
your
name:
councilwoman
Shanika,
Smith,.
D
Thank
you
and
good
morning
again,
as
you
all
know,
we
have
these
agenda
briefings
so
that
we
can
update
both
you
elected
officials
as
well
as
the
a
community
who
are
joining
us
on
items
that
are
coming
up
in
our
next
or
at
our
next
meeting
of
council
today,
we'll
have
Rachel
Wood
going
over
the
agenda,
so
at
this
time,
I
will
turn
it
over
to
you.
Miss
work.
E
Thank
you,
Debra
and
good
morning
we're
going
to
start
with
an
overview
of
the
August
22nd
city
council
agenda.
By
way,
a
quick
reminder,
we
do
have
a
work
session
scheduled
prior
to
the
start
of
the
business
meeting
and
I'm
going
to
let
Ben
Woody
provide
a
brief
overview
of
what
to
expect
for
that
work
session.
Conversation.
B
Thank
you
Rachel
and
again
good
morning.
Vice
mayor
members
of
council,
I
just
want
to
take
about
a
minute
or
two
just
to
kind
of
give
a
little
bit
of
what
to
expect
at
the
work
session
on
Tuesday
when
we
discussed
the
IRC
recommendations-
and
this
is
kind
of
an
outline
of
how
we
plan
to
approach
the
work
session.
First
of
all,
we
want
to
give
just
a
real
a
real
brief
overview
of
the
IRC
report.
Itself.
B
What
I
would
frame
is
the
city's
kind
of
project
management
approach,
so
kind
of
the
the
framework
that
we're
using
to
not
only
respond
to
the
IRC
recommendations,
but
also
the
steps
that
we're
taking
in
terms
of
how
we
plan
to
implement
those
recommendations
as
well.
So
again,
we'll
give
a
little
bit
of
background
on
the
city's
approach
and
then
what
we're
going
to
do
is
is
kind
of
focus
in
on
each
of
the
subcommittee
areas.
B
So
if
you
remember
right
the
IRC,
they
form
three
kind
of
topic
areas
or
three
subtle
committees
and
one
water
system
and
operations.
The
next
was
Emergency
Management
and
the
third
was
communication.
So
we're
going
to
kind
of
build
our
presentation
around
those
three
buckets
so
to
speak,
and
just
a
little
bit
of
background
on
that.
The
IRC
report
in
total
included
37,
distinct
recommendations,
and
so
what
we're
going
to
do
is
we're
going
to
provide
counsel
with
a
matrix
prior
to
the
meeting.
B
That'll
include
an
individual
response
to
each
of
those
37
recommendations,
as
well
as
a
status
update.
The
other
thing
that
we're
going
to
do
is
we're
also
going
to
provide
a
presentation
in
advance
of
the
meeting,
but
we'll
go
through
that
presentation
on
Tuesday
and
we're
going
to
focus
in
on
three
to
five
key
recommendations
for
each
subcommittee.
B
So
really
what
we're
going
to
do
is
through
the
course
of
that
work
session
is
hopefully
go
through
about
10,
maybe
a
few
more
of
what
I
would
consider
to
be
the
real
key
recommendations
that
were
included
in
that
report
and,
of
course,
you'll
also
have
access
to
the
Matrix.
So
Council
will
have
the
ability
to
see
all
the
responses,
and
then
one
thing
to
keep
in
mind
about
the
format
of
this.
B
Is
it's
not
going
to
be
just
me
talking,
which
is
probably
a
good
thing,
as
we
go
through
each
subcommittee
area,
we'll
have
representatives
from
the
Departments
that
are
responsible
for
kind
of
implementing
and
working
through
those
recommendations.
So
you'll
see
a
number
of
different
speakers
through
the
course
of
the
work
session.
Some
will
be
Department
directors,
you'll
even
see
some
project
managers
that'll,
be
there
we'll
have
technical
folks
in
the
audience
to
be
able
to
answer
your
questions
and,
of
course,
last
thing.
B
I'll
note
is
we'll
want
to
stop
after
each
kind
of
subcommittee
area
and
give
Council
some
time
to
ask
questions
and
interact.
So
again,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
right
people
in
the
room
from
a
staff
perspective
and
then
we're
providing
counsel
with
the
opportunity
to
ask
questions
and
make
sure
we're
addressing
your
concerns
and,
of
course,
we'll
wrap
it
all
up
with
the
conclusion
and
kind
of
next
steps.
We
don't
view
this
works
as
it
is
the
end
of
our
response
to
the
IRC
report.
B
We
were
actually
view
this
as
the
beginning
of
our
response
and
we'll
continue
to
keep
the
community
and
Council
updated
as
we
proceed
so
I
know
that
was
a
kind
of
a
long
explanation
of
the
work
session.
But
if
there's
any
any
questions
about
the
format,
I'd
be
happy
to
try
to
answer
those
today.
Otherwise,
I
will
see
you
on
Tuesday.
E
Thank
you
Ben.
So
then,
moving
into
the
business
meeting
for
Tuesday
first
on
the
agenda,
we
do
have
one
Proclamation
designating
September
as
emergency
preparedness
month
and
then
going
into
the
consent
agenda,
as
is
our
typical
process.
I
will
be
covering
these
items
by
exception.
Of
course,
if
you
have
questions
on
items
not
covered,
please
feel
free
to
raise
your
hand,
and
we
can
address
any
questions
for
items.
I
do
not
cover.
E
The
purpose
of
this
study
is
to
evaluate
the
current
ncdot
design
for
Patton
Avenue,
which
is
part
of
the
larger
I-26
connector
project
and
identify
opportunities
for
multimodal
transportation
place,
making
enhancing
connectivity
to
existing
residential
neighborhoods
and
businesses
and
alleviating
Regional
vehicular
traffic
on
Patton
Avenue
East
of
the
Jeff
Bowen
bridge
to
Spruce
Street.
The
associated
budget
amendment
is
for
forty
four
thousand,
and
the
majority
of
this
project
is
being
funded
by
a
two
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollar
Grant
from
the
mpo.
F
All
right
good
morning,
everyone,
Tony
McDowell
Finance
director,
item
e
and
I-
think
this
is
really
a
good
news
story.
This
is
getting
approval
from
city
council
to
issue
the
remaining
part
of
our
2016
Geo
bonds.
F
Our
74
million
Geo
bond
package
that
voters
approved
in
November
of
2016.,
and
so
you
all
will
be-
will
be
adopting
a
bond
order
and
a
bond
resolution
like
I,
said
for
the
remaining
amount
of
of
the
bonds
that
are
outstanding,
that
we
haven't
issued
already,
and
this
will
allow
us
to
move
forward
with
the
local
government,
commission
and
our
financial
advisors
to
sell
these
bonds
through
a
competitive
sale,
sale,
sale
on
September,
26
2023
and
with
that
sale
we
will
have
met
the
statutory
requirement
that
the
bonds
all
be
issued
within
seven
years
of
the
vote,
and
so
again
this
is
kind
of
the
final
final
step
with
issuance
of
those
bonds
from
that
were
from
2016.,
so
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
all
have
about
this
item.
F
All
right
next
item
is
an
addendum
to
the
tax
collection
agreement
that
we
have
with
Buncombe
County.
F
As
you
all
probably
aware,
we've
had
a
long-standing
agreement
with
Buncombe
County
in
which
they
collect
our
taxes
for
the
city,
the
agreement's
been
in
place
for
a
long
time,
I
think
it
was
last
updated.
In
2019.
F
Recently,
the
school
of
government
put
out
some
guidelines
around
some
of
the
things
that
should
be
in
those
types
of
agreements
that
that
exist
between
counties
and
cities
about
tax
collection,
and
they
want
to
make
sure
that
all
those
Agreements
are
in
alignment
with
provisions
of
chapter
105
of
the
North
Carolina
General
statutes,
which
is
the
Revenue
Act.
And
so
when
we
were
viewed
on
our
side,
the
agreement
and
when
the
county
looked
at
it.
F
We
identified
a
few
areas
that
we
needed
to
update,
and
so
the
county
has
taken
the
lead
on
putting
together
a
an
addendum
to
the
2019
agreement,
and
it
includes
a
number
of
procedural
things,
one
of
which
is
appointing
a
city
tax
collector
and
you
all
will
be
doing
that
on
Tuesday
and
you'll
also
be
approving
a
a
settlement
for
the
FY
22
23
fiscal
year
in
regards
to
the
taxes
that
we
received
from
the
county,
and
so
that's
a
quick
summary
of
that
item
as
well.
F
I
will
say,
as
a
part
of
this
new
procedure,
that's
being
put
in
place
with
this
addendum.
You
all
will
see
moving
forward
each
month
on
your
consent
agenda,
a
tax
report
from
the
county
that
that
gives
an
overview
of
the
taxes
that
have
been
collected,
any
releases
that
have
been
granted
for
taxes
that
were
owed
and
again
you
all
will
be
seeing
that
every
month
on
your
consent,
agenda
moving
forward
as
a
part
of
the
new
terms
of
this
agreement
so
again
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
this
one
as
well.
F
C
Thank
you,
Tony
all
right
in
an
effort
to
have
as
many
tax
related
items
on
your
agenda
as
possible.
We
found
him
for
one
more
and
this
one's
unique.
This
is
something
that
you
have
not
seen
before.
It's
something
that
I
have
not
seen
before
in
my
time
with
the
city,
so
I
want
to
go
into
a
little
additional
detail
to
explain
what's
happening
here
within
the
city,
the
the
as
Tony
mentioned.
C
The
county
generally
is
responsible
for
all
of
the
tax
collection
and
that's
something
that
we
contract
with
them
in
order
to
handle
now,
as
part
of
that
in
years,
2019
and
2020
General
Electric,
the
very
General
Electric
you're
thinking
of
owns
some
property
in
the
city
of
Asheville.
It's
actually
located
on
Sweden
Creek
industrial
park
and
as
they
do
every
year,
they
file
what's
called
a
tax
listing.
That
listing
shows
the
personal
property
equipment
Vehicles
these
kind
of
things
that
they
are
required
to
pay
taxes
on
every
year.
C
Now
they
did
this
in
2019
and
2020
for
this
property.
However,
in
those
years,
three
separate
entities
filed
the
tax
listing
first,
an
entity
by
the
name
of
GE
Capital,
a
second
entity
by
the
name
of
GE,
industrial
and
then
finally,
a
third
entity,
GE
Electrical
Company,
filed
a
tax
listing
for
personal
property
that
they
would
owe
taxes
on
all
for
the
same
location.
At
that
Sweeten
Creek,
Industrial
Park
address,
then
they
proceeded
to
pay
the
taxes.
C
All
three
entities
paid
the
taxes
on
what
is
essentially
the
exact
same
personal
property,
so
they
I
will
just
be
frank
and
say
they
paid
their
taxes
three
times
it
is
a
a.
It
seems
to
be
a
effect
of
them
having
multiple
different
entities
that
are
running
their
various
businesses
and
for
other
tax
purposes
in
2023.
C
Just
earlier
this
year,
a
separate
entity,
GE
Healthcare,
decided
to
send
a
note
to
the
the
county,
the
County
Tax
Collector,
as
well
as
the
city
asking
for
a
refund
of
the
taxes
that
they
feel
they
overpaid
for
the
years
2019
and
2020
on
this
personal
property.
Now
there
are
only
so
many
reasons
under
state
law
that
the
taxes
of
this
nature
are
allowed
to
be
refunded
and
they
are
defined
very
specifically
by
Statute.
C
The
statute,
in
particular,
is
North
Carolina
General
statute,
105-381,
and
it
gives
three
reasons
that
you
are
allowed
to
refund
taxes.
One
is
if
it's
based
upon
a
clerical
error.
This
is
generally
something
along
the
lines
of
there
was
the
math
was
done
incorrectly.
Then
it's
a
tax
levy
for
an
illegal
purpose.
No
one
is
alleging
that
that's
the
case
here
or
finally,
but
similar
language
an
illegal
tax.
Now
what
has
happened
here
appears
to
be
the
fact
that
GE,
through
its
multiple
different
Affiliated
entities,
paid
taxes
on
the
same
property
multiple
times.
C
Now
that
tax
was
paid
to
the
county,
a
portion
of
it
was
then
remitted
to
the
city,
so
the
city
received
some
of
those
funds,
so
the
situation
we
have
before
you
today
is
that
a
demand
has
been
made
both
to
the
county
and
to
the
city
to
refund
the
tax
based
upon
ge's
allegation
that
this
was
an
illegal
tax
in
conjunction
with
the
county
attorney's
office
and
the
County
Tax
Collector.
C
In
addition
to
this,
there
is
also
a
time
frame
that
they
are
required
to
submit
appeals
to
the
Board
of
Equalization
and
review
which
the
county
manages,
and
that
was
not
done
in
a
timely
manner
either
and
based
upon
this.
The
county,
just
that
on
Tuesday
of
this
week,
took
this
matter
up
at
the
Board
of
Commissioners
and
upon
advice
of
council.
They
voted
six
to
one
to
deny
the
request
for
the
refund.
Now,
just
like
the
county,
you
are
required
to
take
action
on
this
within
a
certain
amount
of
time.
C
So
on
Tuesday,
based
upon
the
very
similar
logic
that
the
county
was
presented
upon,
review
by
my
office
and
the
county
attorney's
office
and
the
County
Tax
Collector,
we
are
suggesting
that
city
council
needs
to
take
action
to
respond
to
the
request
by
GE.
But
it
is
our
opinion
that
you
do
not
have
the
authority
to
declare
that
someone
paying
their
taxes
twice
amounts
to
an
illegal
tax
under
the
definition
provided
in
the
statute
and
because
none
of
the
other
options
apply.
C
We
believe
that
you
don't
have
authority
legally
to
issue
a
refund
for
that
amount
and
just
to
go
ahead
and
give
you
all
the
information.
The
total
amount
collected
by
the
city
is
part
of
this
was
two
hundred
and
twenty
seven
thousand
and
seven
dollars.
So
that's
what
we're
talking
about
a
little
more
than
that,
but
similar
amount
given
to
the
county.
E
Thank
you
for
that
overview,
Brad,
barring
any
questions
on
that
item,
we're
going
to
skip
down
to
items
o
and
P
on
the
consent
agenda.
Both
of
these
items
are
related
to
a
new
Public
Safety
interoperability
system.
For
short,
we
refer
to
it
as
psip.
This
includes
an
interlocal
agreement
and
service
level
agreement
which
replaced
our
previous
criminal
justice
information
system.
E
You
may
have
heard
staff
refer
to
sieges
in
the
past
agreement,
which
was
in
place
starting
in
2002,
so
much
needed
update
to
that
agreement
and
I
do
want
to
highlight
and
commend
the
efforts
of
our
I.T
Department
finance,
department,
Fire
and
Police
Department
for
their
great
work.
Coordinating
with
the
county
to
update
this
agreement,
improve
the
governance
structure,
have
clarified
terms
in
the
service
level
agreement,
so
this
is
the
culmination
of
about
two
years
work
of
worth
of
work
with
the
county
as
well
as
surrounding
municipality
and
other
fire
agencies.
E
So
item
o
is
approving
the
interlocal
agreement
and
service
level
agreement
for
psip
and
then
item
P
includes
contract
amendments.
So
we
can
process
invoices
for
these
services.
Moving
down
to
item
Q
item
Q
is
purely
procedural.
In
nature,
there
is
no
financial
obligation
or
risk
to
this
city.
It
is
an
IRS
requirement
that
the
city
approved
Housing,
Authority
Bond
issuance,
so
the
requested
action
is
for
the
city
to
approve
the
Housing
Authority's
proposed
Bond
issuance
of
up
to
18
million
dollars
in
revenue
bonds
to
finance
improvements
to
the
Vanderbilt
Apartments.
E
So
that
concludes
the
items
I
had
planned
to
cover
on
the
consent.
Agenda.
I
will
then
move
into
the
city
manager's
report,
and
so
the
city
managers
report
we're
going
to
have
a
capital
projects
update.
The
first
portion
of
that
presentation
will
be
delivered
by
Jay
Dundas,
our
capital
projects
director
and
he's
going
to
provide
updates
on
several
recently
completed
capital
projects
and
provide
an
overview
on
a
few
remaining
projects
that
are
being
funded
using
2016
bond
funds.
E
G
I
know:
we've
got
a
lot
to
cover
today,
so
I'll
just
note
that
I
have
some
questions
around
the
bond
projects
that
we
committed
to
at
the
beginning
that
were
installed
early.
So,
for
example,
the
bus
shelters
and
are
the
bus
shelters
all
up
that
we
installed.
Did
they
last
all
seven
years
to
be
clear,
and
that
was
just
one
example.
If
there
were
other
issues
with
projects
that
were
installed
early
on,
that,
Council
might
also
have
an
update
on
their
current
status.
B
B
Then
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
approval
process,
because
this
is
this
is
a
extremely
large
and
complicated
project.
So
I
think
it's
worth
going
through
kind
of
what
the
steps
forward
may
look
like
and
then
finally,
I
want
to
walk
through
the
the
reviews
that
have
occurred
and
the
recommendations
that
have
been
provided
to
this
point.
So
this
is
a
10.5
acre
parcel
of
land.
B
It's
actually
three
Parcels
that
can
that
comprise
10,
10
acres,
it's
very
large
development
project
in
terms
of
footprint,
for
the
really
for
the
city,
but
particularly
for
the
downtown
area,
and
again
this
is
along
Woodfin
in
our
downtown.
It
goes
beginning
on
College
Street,
where
the
State
Employees
Credit
Union,
is
and
extends
beyond
the
First
Baptist
Church,
all
the
way
over
to
where
the
YMCA
is
now.
B
As
a
total
and
again,
you
can
see
the
project
total
numbers
on
the
slide.
It's
over
comprises
over
one
million
square
foot
of
gross
floor
area,
it'll
have
between
400
and
650
residential
units
up
to
75,
000
square
feet
of
community
recreational
area.
It
does
include
an
office
component
that
could
be
up
to
250
000
square
feet.
The
commercial
square
footage
is,
as
you
can
see,
are
between
75
000
and
120.
B
So
again,
this
is
the
the
the
track,
the
parcel
that's
actually
south
of
the
First
Baptist
Church
I
know
it
doesn't
look
Southland
image,
but
it
is
South.
So
this
is
what's
a
long,
wood
Fin
and
it
butts
up
to
college.
That
first
phase
would
include
some
residential
units.
As
you
notice,
the
bulk
of
the
residential
units
would
be
in
phase
two.
The
first
phase
does
include
some
commercial
space.
B
It
also
includes
the
hotel
use
and
then
finally,
the
first
phase
would
have
the
YMCA
or
the
kind
of
the
community
recreational
use,
as
well
as
one
of
the
parking
decks.
So
the
first
parking
deck
would
be
about
a
800
space
parking
garage
as
proposed
and
just
sort
of
note
on
the
first
page
you
can
see
we
have
building
two
just
want
to
highlight:
that's
where
we
have
one
of
the
large
buildings
and
that's
a
20
20
story
tall
building
that
would
include
the
hotel
and
the
lodging
when
that's
complete.
B
The
developer
would
then
move
to
phase
two
which
is
west
of
the
First
Baptist
Church
and
again
you
can
see
phase
two
has
a
bigger
footprint
of
the
residential
units
as
well
as
the
office
component
and
a
larger
commercial
component
and
phase
two
would
also
have
the
kind
of
anchored
by
a
tower
a
taller
building.
B
So
this
is
coming
to
you
as
a
conditional
zoning
you're,
not
approving
a
specific
site
plan
in
the
conditional
zoning
which
you
don't
normally
do
anyways
so
again,
you're
approving
you
would
be
considering,
and
if
you
approved
this
project
it
would
be
this
conceptual
master
plan
as
presented.
B
If
it
is
approved,
the
next
steps
would
be
for
the
actual
phases
so
really
more
the
detailed
construction
drawings
they
would
be
approved,
reviewed
and
approved
by
TRC
through
what
we
call
the
final
TRC
process
which,
because
it's
downtown
also
includes
reviews
by
the
development
or
the
design,
Review
Committee
and
the
Planning
and
Zoning
commission.
So
again,
just
to
be
clear
once
Council.
If
you
do,
if
you
approve
this
conditional
zoning,
it
will
not
come
back
to
you
for
future
approvals.
B
G
Can
you
make
sure
I
have
some
clarity
on
what
you
just
said?
This
is
the
only
time
that
we'll
be
reviewing
this
project.
B
That
is
correct.
The
only
way
would
come
back
to
council
would
be
if
they
deviate
from
what
you're
what
you
would
approve
again,
if
you
do
on
Tuesday,
so
if
they,
if,
if
the
conditional
zoning
is
approved
on
Tuesday-
and
you
know
their
phases
and
future
development
approvals
are
consistent
with
what's
approved
on
Tuesday,
that
is
correct.
They
would
not
come
back
to
city
council.
B
D
B
G
B
That
is,
that
is
correct.
Councilman
only
now
we'll
get
that
confirmed.
I
know
there
have
been
some
discussions
about
including
some
affordable
housing
in
phase
one,
but
yeah
we'll
need
to
get
those
numbers
firmed
up
and
make
sure
that's
available
to
council
before
you
make
a
decision
and
I'll
connect
with
our
planning
staff.
After
this
meeting
today.
B
Okay,
good
questions,
and
so
this
is
probably
the
longest
approval
process.
I
I
have
ever
run
through
on
a
conditional
zoning,
but
I
am
going
to
run
you
through
it.
So
this
project
went
to
the
TRC
on
March
6th
of
this
year
and
was
it
was
approved
with
conditions.
B
I
went
to
our
design,
Review
Committee
on
March
23rd,
for
an
informal
review
that
was
the
beginning
of
that
feedback.
Loop
between
the
developer
and
the
DRC
went
to
our
multimodal
Transportation
Commission
on
April
26th
again
for
another
informal
review,
I
went
to
our
downtown
Commission
on
May
12th
for
their
informal
review.
B
It
went
back
to
the
DRC
on
May
18th
for
their
formal
review,
at
which
time
the
DRC
did
approve
with
conditions.
They
went
to
the
Planning
and
Zoning
Commission
on
July
19th
for
a
special
meeting.
B
It
was
continued
at
that
special
meeting
that
I
went
back
to
Planning
and
Zoning
Commission
on
August
2nd,
at
which
time
it
was
approved
with
conditions
and
then
finally,
the
planning
staff
does
recommend
approval
and
that
kind
of
brings
us
to
where
we're
at
today,
where
we're
have
the
public
hearing
scheduled
for
Council.
On
Tuesday
any
any
questions,
this
is
a
really
big
project
and
I
know.
The
planning
staff
will
have
a
pretty
detailed
presentation
at
your
public
hearing
on
Tuesday.
G
Okay,
I
think
I
have
three
major
ones:
I
Heard
earlier
Ben,
you
were
talking
about
how
the
weather
is
changing
as
we're
moving
towards
the
end
of
summer
and
that
it's
like
has
those
foggy
mornings
and
I
was
just
thinking
about
like
because
this
is
so
big.
It
feels
like
a
little
bit
of
that
foggy
morning.
Vibe
and
I
was
just
trying
to
like
think
about
some
of
the
Rays
to
shine
through,
so
that
we
were
answering
people's
questions
before
Tuesday
or
maybe
knew
better
how
to
answer
them.
G
One
is
it
came
to
my
attention
that
we
could
consider
asking
to
keep
the
interior
roads
public
and
instead
of
it
being
part
of
the
development,
and
one
of
the
reasons
was
if,
for
some
reason,
financing
for
phase
two
becomes
an
issue,
it
makes
it
easier
to
parcel.
There
are
also
questions
about.
Is
this
going
to
become
like
a
gated
community
in
our
downtown,
and
how
can
we
like
prevent
that
happening
in
the
future?
G
So,
like
a
third
reason
to
maybe
look
at
those
interior
roads
being
maintained
as
public
was,
it
would
reduce
the
cost
of
the
tax
burden
for
the
project
so
that
maybe
we
could
get
some
deeper
affordability
and
I'm
just
not
sure
if
some
of
those
questions
are
being
brought
up
by
staff
and
maybe
those
need
to
be
brought
for
Tuesday.
B
Yeah,
that's
councilman,
moroney
I
really
appreciate
you
kind
of
you
know,
sharing
some
of
those
questions
and
Thoughts
with
us
today,
because
that
it
really
does
give
us
an
opportunity
as
staff
to
make
sure
we're
prepared
to
speak
on
those
Tuesdays
yeah.
Actually,
I
got
a
message
from
planning
stuff
that
they're
watching
The
Briefing.
So
that's
great,
so
there
certainly
will
be
prepared
and
real
quickly
in
terms
of
the
affordable
housing
question
again,
we'll
we'll
detail
this
out.
B
But
right
now
both
phases
are
proposed
to
have
20
of
the
units
affordable
at
80
Ami
for
a
minimum
of
20
years,
but
I'll
make
sure
we
have
a
little
more
specifics
on
numbers
and
things
like
that
for
each
phase.
But
yes,
they're
watching
and
they
are
taking
notes-
will
be
prepared.
G
That's
great
and
I'll
also
because
I
have
talked
with
some
of
developer
Representatives
I'll
go
ahead
and
bring
up
these
other
questions
to
what
is
the
projected
tax
value
and
impact
and
then
the
other
one
is
I
know
the
developer
has
been
engaging
in
the
East
and
Valley
Street
neighborhood.
D
And
and
just
if
I,
if
I
could
then
just
for
clarity,
Miss
Ronnie,
when
you
say
an
impact,
you
said
the
tax
value
projected
tax
value
and
impact
I'm,
not
sure.
If,
if
you
could
elaborate
a
little
bit
in
terms
of
the
yeah.
G
G
G
So
that
can
be
part
of
the
conversation
that
I
think
folks
will
be
curious
about
for
us
as
we're
looking
at
the
list
of
the
community
benefits
of
having
affordable
housing
downtown
of
having
you
know,
Health
Access,
Child,
Care
access,
what
land
use
decisions
we're
making
for
the
future
of
this
arm
of
our
downtown.
B
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you
again.
Councilman
Romney,
that
information
and
any
other
questions
on
public
hearing
item
a.
B
Okay,
I'm
gonna
I'm
gonna,
move
to
public
hearing,
Item,
B
and
again
Allison's
going
to
bring
up
a
a
map
and
some
information
about
this
particular
request.
So
this
this
item
should
look
familiar
to
council.
B
You
actually
approved
a
conditional
Zoning
for
this
project
on
February
22nd
of
2022..
This
is
a
new
construction
on
1.23
Acres
at
the
300
block
of
West,
Haywood
Street,
and
what
what
you're
doing
with
this?
This
new
conditional
zoning
request.
It's
actually
an
amendment
to
the
original
approval
and
what
it
does.
It
makes
some
changes
to
the
not
the
total
number
of
units
for
the
project
and
I'll
get
into
that
detail
in
a
minute,
as
well
as
some
changes
to
the
height
of
some
of
the
buildings.
B
So
what
what
you
have
is
1.23
Acres
on
West,
Haywood
Road,
what's
coming
before
you
in
terms
of
the
amendment
is
you'll
have
or
they're
proposing.
41
dwelling
units
located
in
one
building
includes
off
street
parking
sidewalk
new
sidewalks
in
the
playground.
B
The
41
units
is
five
less
than
the
previous
approval.
So
originally
it
was
46
units.
This
modifies
that
to
41
units.
It
also
reduces
the
height
of
the
building,
so
we're
going
to
move
or
the
developers
proposing
to
move
from
four
to
five
stories
down
to
three
to
four
stories
who
are
basically
losing
one
one
level
of
height
in
the
building.
B
B
The
other
element
of
this
and
Rachel's
actually
going
to
cover
this
as
part
of
the
new
business.
You
have
two
kind
of
interrelated
items
on
this
particular
proposal
is
the
The
Proposal
is
also
requesting
the
city
of
Asheville
to
provide
financing
and
support
for
this
project.
B
So
there
was
a
grant
that
was
provided
for
the
purchase
of
the
property
using
affordable
housing
bonds
and,
of
course,
there
is
a
Housing
Trust
Fund
loan
and
again
I'm,
going
to
let
Rachel
kind
of
cover
the
specifics
of
the
Financial
subsidy
from
the
city
of
Asheville.
B
So
not
not
a
lot
of
changes
in
this
particular
request
and
again
it
was
previously
approved
by
Council.
It
has
been
to
the
TRC
on
July
17th
and
that
body
recommended
approval
with
conditions
and
a
Planning
and
Zoning
commission
heard
this
at
their
August
2nd
meeting
and
they
approved
it
unanimously.
B
G
Yeah
I
guess
I'm
just
curious
about
are:
are
we
really
clear
on
our
side
what
the
Gap
is
on?
It
just
seems
like
with
economy
of
scale.
You
would
want
to
go
higher
to
get
the
most
out
of
a
development,
this
building,
affordable
housing
and
adding
housing
to
the
neighborhood.
That's
this
close
to
Transit.
It's
really
close!
G
B
E
We
can
certainly
provide
additional
details.
I
know
some
of
the
feedback
that
was
received
from
the
weekend.
Neighborhood
was
associated
with
concerns
around
Building
height,
so
making
a
lower
footprint
and
reducing
the
number
of
units
is
actually
more
aligned
with
the
feedback
that
we
received
from
community
members
who
had
concerns
about
the
impact
of
this
development
in
their
neighborhoods,
and
while
it
does
change
the
per
unit
subsidy
level,
it's
around
sixty
thousand
dollars.
I
don't
have
the
exact
number
now
and
it
was
in
the
50s.
G
Okay
and
I
just
was
thinking
about.
When
we
talk
about
a
neighborhood,
there
will
be
five
people
or
families
that
won't
be
able
to
call
this
a
neighborhood,
because
there
won't
be
those
units,
so
just
wanted
to
name
that,
as
we
can
prepare
for
Tuesday.
E
Thank
you
for
that
feedback
and
Allison.
If
you'll
keep
this
up,
Ben
has
really
highlighted
the
majority
of
what
I
was
planning
to
cover
so
new
business
item.
A
is
consideration
of
a
resolution
approving
the
revised
unit
count
and
affordable
affordability,
levels
for
the
Housing
Trust
Fund
loan
associated
with
this
project
and
as
Ben
mentioned
in
addition
to
a
Housing
Trust
Fund
loan.
E
There
were
also
two
grants
that
the
city
contributed
to
this
project,
so
the
grants
were
for
pre-development
activities
as
well
as
the
purchase
of
the
land,
those
two
items
plus
the
nine
hundred
and
four
thousand
dollar
Housing
Trust
Fund
loan
totaled
to
2.5
million
dollars
in
City
investment
in
this
project.
So
on
Monday,
the
21st,
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
will
be
considering
those
revised
terms
to
the
Housing,
Trust
Fund
loan
and
then
on
Tuesday
city
council
will
be
asked
to
approve
those
revisions.
E
The
one
note
I
do
want
to
highlight
is
on
that
fourth
bullet,
where
Ben
mentioned
that
21
of
the
units
or
50
will
be
reserved
for
housing,
Choice
vouchers.
That
information
is
correct,
but
we
also
have
confirmation
from
the
developer
that
they
plan
to
exceed
this
goal.
At
least
90
percent
of
the
units
or
37
total
units
to
to
voucher
holders.
The
other
no
I
know
council,
member
Roney.
You
you
referenced
wanting
to
make
sure
we're
able
to
accommodate
housing.
E
E
As
part
of
this
development,
there
will
now
be
four
three
bedroom
units
as
a
part
of
this
development,
which
of
course,
does
limit
itself
to
supporting
families
as
part
of
the
development
all
right,
so
that
is
all
I
had
to
cover
on
new
business
item
a
Allison
you're
welcome
to
take
down
the
visual
now,
thank
you
and
so
moving
on
to
a
new
business,
Item
B.
This
is
the
Strategic
event
partnership
program.
E
The
revisions
to
this
program
have
been
discussed
at
both
the
planning
and
economic
development
committee,
as
well
as
the
policy
finance
and
HR
committee,
and
this
is
a
three-part
action
item.
First
is
a
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
just
consid
discontinue
the
city's
previous
strategic
event
partnership
program?
C
Thank
you,
Rachel
and
again
I'm
going
to
try
to
give
maybe
perhaps
a
little
more
detail
on
this,
because
I
do
want
to
be
clear.
I
know
this
is
one
item
that
you
have
been
receiving
quite
a
lot
of
public
input
about.
This
is
a
set
of
proposed.
What
I'm
calling
technical
amendments
to
two
separate
ordinances
that
are
already
on
the
books
right
now,
both
of
which
deal
with
what
has
been
termed
solicitation
but
depending
upon
where
you
look.
C
This
is
often
also
referred
to
in
other
legal
sources
as
panhandling
or
even
begging.
All
of
those
essentially
refer
to
the
same
items,
so
I
generally
use
the
term
solicitation,
which
is
how
it
is
defined
in
the
city's
ordinance.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we
currently
have
two
city
ordinances.
The
first
is
section
11-5.
The
second
is
11-14.
C
As
a
result
of
a
couple
of
recent
Federal
Supreme
Court
cases,
there
has
been
some
change
in
the
law
around
First
Amendment
activity,
which
includes
solicitation.
As
a
result
of
that,
my
department
has
looked
closely
at
our
existing
ordinances
and
determined
that,
in
order
to
maintain
the
defensibility
and
enforceability
of
our
existing
ordinances,
we
need
to
do
a
couple
of
updates.
These
updates
are
primarily
intended
to
maintain
our
legal
defensibility
on
these
two
ordinances
in
consistency
with
those
two
new
Supreme
Court
cases.
C
Now,
when
this
matter
went
before
the
environment
and
say
Safety
Committee
on
July
25th,
which
did
recommend
this
unanimously
to
go
before
the
council
for
approval,
there
were
a
couple
of
additional
what
I
call
substantive
amendments
proposed.
City
staff
took
listened
to
those,
and
we
decided
that
we
were
going
to
begin
analyzing.
Those
substantive
amendments.
C
Now
I
will
tell
you
that,
generally
speaking,
those
dealt
with
looking
at
what
we
currently
designate
as
high
traffic
zones,
which
are
areas
within
the
city
that
have
additional
restrictions
around
solicitation
and
some
additional
potential
restrictions
around
what
I
call
roadside
solicitation.
Now.
C
Our
proposal,
therefore,
is
that
we
phase
these
two
options
so
that,
before
your
excuse
me
at
your
next
meeting
on
the
22nd,
we
only
bring
to
you
the
proposal
that
was
originally
brought
before
the
environment
Safety
Committee.
That
only
dealt
with
the
technical
amendments
recommended
by
my
office
as
needed
to
bring
us
back
into
consistency
with
the
existing
federal
law.
The
additional
substance
of
amendments
will
continue
to
be
analyzed.
Data
collected
internally
very
with
multiple
departments
within
the
city,
and
then
we
would
bring
that
back
to
the
environment.
C
Safety
Committee
as
a
separate
set
of
proposed
amendments
for
additional
review
public
comment
before
it
would
come
back
before
Council.
So,
to
reiterate
our
proposal,
that's
coming
before
you
on
the
22nd
only
deals
with
the
original
technical
amendments
that
are
the
Catalyst
being
those
two
Supreme
Court
cases
which
suggested
we
need
to
update
some
of
our
language.
C
C
These
are
only
language
amendments
again,
in
my
opinion,
and
I
can
go
into
more
detail
with
anybody
who
has
a
questions
about
that
at
this
time,
but
I
wanted
to
make
it
clear
for
you
and
the
public
that
the
two
additional
substance
of
amendments
are
still
being
analyzed
and
that
would
come
back
before
the
environment,
Safety
Committee
in
late
September,
for
additional
consideration
as
part
of
a
separate
phase.
Now,
with
that,
I'll
try
to
be
quiet
and
ask
if
there
are
any
questions
at
this
point.
Yes,
councilwoman
Oldman.
H
Thanks
Brad
just
saying
that
wanted
to
speak
up
on
appreciation,
I
think
that
you
know
I
personally
and
I'm
sure
others
have
been
hearing
a
lot
of
feedback
on
kind
of
both
sides
of
those
phase,
two
options
and
so
I
think
it
makes
a
lot
of
sense
to
split
them
up
phase
one.
We
just
got
to
make
sure
that
we're
updating
the
language
to
to
be
in
compliance.
If
you
will
so
I
see
just
moving
forward
those
not
waiting
on
those
making
sure
that
the
existing
ordinance
is
Tip-Top
shape
and
then
yeah.
C
Thank
you,
councilwoman
Oldman.
Any
additional
questions
about
this
proposal
again
I'll
be
giving
a
full
presentation
before
the
Council
on
Tuesday
night
and
that
will
be
available
with
the
other
materials
that
are
published
publicly.
Probably
tomorrow,
yes,
council,
member
Oldman.
Excuse
me
councilmember
Roney,.
G
Thank
you,
so
I
did
submit
some
concerns
to
my
colleagues
already
this
week,
so
this
shouldn't
be
a
surprise,
but
what
I'm
hearing
is
that
we're
going
to
spend
more
of
public
resources,
including
staff
time
to
continue
on
this
path,
which
I
feel
very
strongly
is
a
distraction
on
issues
around
an
ordinance
expansion.
G
That's
not
going
to
solve
the
very
serious
issues
we
were
facing
in
our
community,
but
does
open
us
up
to
a
whole
lot
more
problems,
and
so,
while
I
hear
that
we're
sending
this
back
to
committee,
I
think
we
should
stop
and
not
push
this
forward.
So
I
just
wanted
to
be
really
clear
in
reiterating
that.
C
Any
additional
questions
comments
about
this
particular
agenda
item
and.
D
Brad,
if
I
could
and
I
just
want
a
clarification
of
councilman
morani
when
you're
saying
not
post
this
sport,
you're
you're,
not
saying
the
technical
things
that
would
be
coming
on
on
Tuesday,
which
are
language
clarifications.
Those
things
you're
talking
about
the
additional
amendments
that
were
discussed.
Today's
part
of
the
council-
okay,
great
okay,
for.
G
Example,
another
one
conversation
that
folks
aren't
really
looking
at
is
like
the
six
to
ten
feet.
Well,
most
of
our
sidewalks
are
10
feet.
So
are
we
really
talking
about
having
a
measuring
stick
and
making
sure
that
no
one
asks
or
gives
anything
on
a
sidewalk
I?
Just
this?
This
is
a
really
a
serious
issue
of
Staff
time.
That
number
one
doesn't
address
the
really
serious
issues
that
we
have
committed
to
our
strategic
priorities,
going
all
hands
on
deck
and
two
it's
creating
more
problems.
C
Council,
member
Roney,
if
I,
can
you
brought
up
a
point
that
I
think
if
I
may
have
just
a
point
of
privilege
here
to
take
that
particular
item
up?
I
think
this
is
really
important
amongst
the
recommendations
from
the
environment
and
Safety
Committee,
we
were
asked
to
also
look
at
the
current
existing
high
traffic
zones,
as
well
as
additional
regulation
around
roadside
panhandling.
C
But
there
was
this
discussion
about
6
and
10
feet
and
and
I
do
think
that
that's
something
that's
not
entirely
clear
in
the
public
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
everybody's
aware
that
that
is
something
that
we
are
actually
bringing
forward
as
phase
one.
So
that
is
something
that
was
brought
up
for
the
first
time
in
part,
because
let
me
tell
you
where
this
is
coming
from.
C
As
part
of
our
proposed
technical
amendments,
we
found
two
locations
in
the
existing
ordinances
that
talked
about
geographical
limitations
distances,
but
it
didn't
Define
the
distances
one
area
just
said
at
and
another
said
in
close
proximity
to.
So
we
felt
that
those
kind
of
ambiguities
are
the
very
things
that
we
need
to
address,
not
just
for
clarity's
sake,
but
also
to
bring
us
into
compliance
with
the
existing
law
from
from
case
law
decisions.
So
we
propose
to
add
in
a
distance
of
six
feet,
there
was
some
discussion
about
maybe
10
feet.
C
We've
actually
gone
in
and
done
some
additional
research
on
that,
and
we
have
found
that
existing
Supreme,
Federal
Supreme
Court
law
in
similar
situations
has
upheld
a
regulation
around
similar
type
of
restrictions
for
a
distance
of
eight
feet.
So
we're
actually
coming
forward
to
you
as
part
of
our
technical
amendments
to
instead
of
utilizing
terms
like
in
close
proximity,
to
which
we
don't
understand.
We've
added
in
the
term
eight
feet
and
and
I
see
that
your
hands
raised,
but
I'll
finish
just
by
saying
this.
It
only
applies
in
two
spaces.
C
This
is
not
a
general
prohibition.
There
is
one
situation
where
it
only
applies
to
a
limitation
of
panhandling
at
Transit
stops.
So,
for
many
many
years
we
have
had
a
Prohibition
around
panhandling
at
a
Transit
stop
and
it
actually
said
in
close
proximity
to
a
Transit
stop,
so
it
didn't
Define
how
far
that
was.
So
our
recommendation
to
you
is
just
to
say
that
means
eight
feet.
That
means
be
at
least
eight
feet
away
from
a
Transit
stop.
C
The
second
situation
only
applies
to
those
occurrences
where
someone
has
attempted
to
solicit
some
sort
of
a
donation
and
the
individual
has
declined.
They've
said
no,
you
are
not
allowed
to
continue
to
solicit.
It
basically
said
again
in
close
proximity
to
that
person,
so
we
wanted
to
Define
that
and
based
upon
the
Supreme
Court
decision,
we
suggested
that
we
Define
eight
feet
so
that
everybody's
clear
what
that
means.
Those
are
the
only
two
places
that
that
particular
distance
applies.
C
There
are
no
other
restrictions
around
where
you
can
and
cannot
do
this
other
than
one
previously
existing
limitation
around
soliciting
near
an
ATM
or
other
financial
institution
which
we
are
not
suggesting.
Any
changes
to
that.
So
I
did
want
to
provide
that
clarification.
Thank
you
for
the
allowance.
Councilwoman
Roney.
G
So
I
want
to
tell
a
good
story
and
a
hopeful
story
for
our
community,
but
it
also
has
to
be
a
true
story,
and
what
I'm
hearing
is
that
there
is
in
the
name
of
clarity
and
addition
right.
So
it
is
an
ex.
It
is
an
addition
or
expansion
or
whatever,
where
we
want
to
call
it,
but
it's
not
just
a
leveling,
because
otherwise,
we'll
still
be
in
that
ambiguity,
we
have
chosen
a
distance
that
we
are
going
to
discuss
on
Tuesday
and
that
is
in
its
own
form.
An
expansion.
E
Thank
you,
Brad
last
item
on
the
agenda
under
new
business
is
appointments
to
the
Planning
and
Zoning
commission
and
that's
the
last
item
on
the
August
22nd
agenda.
E
I
will
then
launch
into
an
overview
of
our
Council
committees
and
the
first
committee.
We're
going
to
reference
is
the
August
21st
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
Council
has
actually
already
been
briefed
on
this
agenda,
so
I'll
just
provide
a
few
quick
reminders,
but
I
do
want
to
note
the
revised
start
time
of
this
meeting.
The
meeting
was
originally
scheduled
to
begin
at
two
o'clock.
We
have
moved
up
this
dark
time
to
1
30
and
the
intent
behind
that
revised
start
time
is
to
make
sure
Council.
E
Has
the
ability
committee
members
have
the
ability
to
attend
the
Thomas
Wolfe
panel
meeting.
That's
scheduled
to
begin
at
three
o'clock
at
Harrah's
on
the
21st,
so
that
is
the
primary
reason
for
the
revised
start
time.
But
by
way
of
quick
reminder,
we
have
three
substantive
items
on
the
agenda.
First
will
be
an
update
from
a
thrive
on
the
affordable
housing
ecosystem
ecosystem
review
that
they
have
done,
which
was
funded
with
135
thousand
dollars
in
City
arpa
funds.
E
Next
on
the
agenda
is
a
discussion
about
reallocating
approximately
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
available
Community
Development
block
grant
funds
to
promote
accessibility,
downtown
town
with
some
ramp
and
sidewalk
work
on
Patton
Avenue.
And
finally,
the
committee
will
make
a
recommendation
related
to
the
Haywood
Street
development,
which
we
discussed
as
part
of
the
August
22nd
city
council
agenda
and
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Brad
I'm,
sorry
Ben,
to
cover
the
boards
and
commissions
committee.
B
As
referenced
earlier,
we
have
Planning
and
Zoning
commission
interviews,
there
are
seven
applicants
for
the
vacant
seats
and
what
I
believe,
let
me
make
sure
yes
and
I
think
what
we
want
to
do
is
make
sure
that
Council
you
know.
Of
course,
these
these
meetings
are
recorded.
B
So
I
think
to
ask:
is
that
obviously
the
board
and
commission
committee
members
will
be
a
part
of
those
interviews,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
full
council
is
able
to
watch
those
to
see
the
candidates
and,
and
of
course
those
appointments
will
be
made
by
the
full
Council
to
the
Planning
and
Zoning
commission.
So
again
just
want
to
highlight
the
council
that,
if
possible,
you
want
to
find
an
opportunity
to
either
tune
in
or
watch
the
interviews
or
walk
to
us
at
some
point
before
they
come
to
full
Council
for
recommendations.
B
B
That's
been
a
long
been
around
for
some
time
and
and
some
of
the
things
that
they're
working
on
one
of
the
work
plan
items
was
to
in
our
urban
forestry
convention
recently
did
this
as
well,
but
one
of
the
work
plan
items
was
to
reevaluate
kind
of
the
role
and
the
purpose
of
that
board,
and
what
what
it's
there
to
accomplish
and
I
think
what
they've
determined
is
is
they'd
like
to
propose
some
changes
to
the
ordinance
to
the
enabling
ordinance,
and
some
of
that
includes
changing
the
name
to
the
Asheville
Buncombe
Riverfront
commission,
so
trying
trying
to
expand
the
scope
and
the
footprint
of
that
important
work.
B
That
board
does
but
also
bringing
on
some
new
members,
Black
Mountain,
for
example,
in
Swannanoa,
and
then
making
some
changes
to
kind
of
the
composition
of
the
membership
so
that
actually
they
came
to
ped.
Actually
earlier
this
or
yeah
earlier
this
week
and
and
kind
of
reviewed,
some
of
that
information,
they'll
come
to
boards
and
commissions
do
the
same
thing
and
again,
since
there
are
some
ordinance
modifications
associated
with
that.
That
too
will
eventually
come
to
full
Council
for
consideration,
so
that
is
or
Maggie
go
ahead.
I'm
probably
left
something
out.
I
B
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that.
So
that's
our
two
items
for
boards
and
commissions.
If
there's
not
any
other,
questions
on
that,
I
will
turn
it
back
over
to
Rachel.
B
D
There
is
a
lot
of
items
on
the
environmental
Safety
Committee
agenda.
We
meet
on
the
22nd
as
well
at
11
o'clock
and
most
of
the
items
are
for
information,
but
we
do
have
one
item
that
we're
going
to
ask
the
committee
for
Action
I'll.
Just
writing
just
very
briefly
what
the
items
are
on
the
agenda.
D
The
sustainability
advisory
committee
will
be
doing
their
annual
update
talking
about
accomplishments
from
the
previous
year
and
what
they
see
going
forward
in
terms
of
some
things
that
they
would
like
to
work
on.
The
next
item
is
the
municipal
climate
action
plan.
It
will
be
a
kind
of
a
phase-
one
update
kind
of
our
commitment
going
into
this
next
fiscal
year
of
things
that
we
still
need
to
get
accomplished
in
terms
of
implementing
that
plan.
D
So
there
will
be
action
at
the
committee,
then
a
request
for
and
I
believe
it's
a
consent
for
full
Council
of
action.
And
then
the
last
item
is
work
plan
development,
and
this
will
be
pretty
much
the
first
time
that
we've
kind
of
at
this
committee
wrote
up
our
sleeves
to
look
at
upcoming
work
plan
items,
and
that
is
all
for
that
committee.
G
Help
me
understand
why
we're
using
the
words
Mutual
aid
for
that
agreement
instead
of
something
like
resource
sharing
agreement
or
something
like
that.
There's
a
long
history
of
mutual
Aid,
going
back
to
the
early
1900s.
That
was
around
workers
having
to
share
resources
when
the
government
didn't
meet
their
needs.
I.
D
G
G
Wouldn't
want
the
the
words
being
used
to
distract
from
the
intention
of
the
work.
Absolutely.
D
Appreciate
that
all
right,
so
Rachel
lieutenant.com
to.
E
You,
yes,
so
really
briefly,
review
of
the
eight
week
agenda
and
Allison.
If
you
can
pull
that
up
for
us,
we
have
made
several
references
to
this
being
the
end
of
summer.
So
of
course,
starting
back
in
September.
We
will
have
two
Council
meetings
a
month,
so
our
summer
break
is
over
Allison.
Oh
there
we
go
so
just
a
couple
of
quick
items
to
highlight
importantly
on
September
12th.
The
major
item
there
is
Council
will
be
asked
to
adopt
the
pack
Square
Vision
plan.
E
This
was
recently
reviewed
and
approved
by
the
planning
and
economic
development
committee
and
a
lot
of
really
great
cross-departmental
work
has
happened
led
by
our
planning
team,
namely
Steph
Watson
Dahl.
For
for
the
great
work
that's
happened
there
then
at
the
September
26th
meeting
Council
will
review
and
consider
a
recommendation
of
our
annual
application
to
HUD
for
Continuum
of
Care
funding,
which
is
about
two
million
dollars
in
covers
both
hmis,
as
well
as
a
planning
Grant.
E
So
this
is
an
annual
application
to
support
the
work
of
the
Continuum
of
Care
and
then
not
listed
on
this
eight-week
planning
agenda.
But
I
do
want
to
note
that
we're
working
through
a
specific
date
that
on
either
September
12th
or
September
26th,
the
city
council,
be
asked
to
consider
funding
for
a
short-term
shelter
option
that
is
being
recommended
and
requested
by
Hayak,
and
so
we're
still
working
through
that
timeline
that
at
one
of
those
two
Council
meetings,
we
will
be
asking
Council
to
consider
funding
a
portion
of
that
request.
E
We
are
hopeful
that
that
request
will
be
a
partnership,
including
funding
from
Dogwood
Buncombe
County,
as
well
as
the
city,
and
that
concludes
the
review
of
the
eight-week
agenda.
I'll
note
this
because
I
needed
a
reminder
this
morning
that
September
4th
is
Labor
Day,
so
we
do
have
a
holiday
coming
up
that
I
had
meetings
scheduled
for
earlier,
so
we'll
now
transition
to
other
issues
and
updates
and
we've
got
both
Jay
Dundas
and
Chris
Coral
here
to
talk
through
McCormick
field.
Zoning
changes.
J
Good
morning
vice
mayor
members
of
his
account
projects
during
this
director,
we,
as
we
have
gotten
into
the
details
of
the
conceptual
designs
and
considerations
of
the
zoning
and
the
site
limitations
associated
with
the
parcel
on
on
which
McCormick
field
sits.
It's
it's
become
apparent
that
there
are
challenges
with
us
meeting
the
existing
site,
zoning
requirements,
and
so
what
we're
proposing
and
going
to
initiate
is
a
process
to
request
conditional
zoning,
we'll
preserve
the
institutional
zoning
that
is
in
place
right
now,
so
supercently
zoned
institutional.
J
J
But
we
did
want
to
come
to
council
early
to
provide
you
with
the
notice
that
we
are
starting
this
process
that
will
involve
initially
a
Outreach
to
the
community
in
a
notification
on
August
31st
for
a
public
meeting,
a
neighborhood
meeting
that
is
on
September
7th
and
that's
that's.
Those
are
the
early
contact
with
the
community.
J
We
do
believe
that
preserving
the
institutional
zoning
in
this
is
is
consistent
with
what
we've
heard
from
the
community,
the
neighborhoods,
the
adjacent
neighborhoods
in
in
past
public
Outreach,
and
really
just
wanted
to
provide
this
information
to
you
early
on
and
then
bring
bring
and
then
providing
okay
for
questions.
I
will
say
that
this
is.
We
are
at
least
tentatively
estimating
October
24th
Council
approval
day
our
action,
the
action
yes.
E
G
E
D
You
Rachel
I,
wish
I
could
say
that
we
have
decided
on
a
our
chief,
but
that
is
not
the
case,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
we
got
extremely
good
responses.
We
got
69
applicants,
we
actually
started
at
about
20,
something
called
it
down
to
14
and
we
literally
interviewed
14
individuals.
D
Last
week
we
have
gotten
it
down
to
six.
That
would
be
coming
for
a
second
interview,
and
that
would
be
a
day
when
I
say
coming.
They
were,
we
will
have
them
physically
come
here.
We
can
do
that.
D
We
do
this
virtually,
but
we're
looking
at
probably
for
the
second
interview,
sometime
late,
August
or
early
September,
and
then
the
decision,
hopefully
sometime
early
October,
but
I
am
I'm
just
so
pleased
with
the
quality
of
the
candidates
in
their
interests
and
they
they
were
all
so
complimentary
of
the
work
that
Chief
Burnett
the
foundation
that
he's
built
within
that
department
and
I
believe
that.
D
That
is
why
we
got
so
much
interest
to
try
to
I
mean
this
is
a
really
good
position
to
to
move
into,
because
again
so
much
work
has
been
done
to
create
an
exemplary
department.
So
very
pleased
and
I
will
cut
it
over
to
Ben
to
see
if
he
can
give
us
some
really
really
good
news
about
our
planning
director.
Well.
B
I've
got
some
great
news
and
there's
nobody
happier
than
me
to
share
this
is
because
I
will
no
longer
be
the
interim
planning
director.
Well,
I
have
really
actually
I've
enjoyed
getting
to
know
the
the
planning
department
better
and
it's
they're
they're
fantastic.
What
a
great
group
of
professionals
and
creative
and
talented
staff
we
have
in
that
department,
but
I'm
really
really
happy
to
announce.
We
have
provided
an
offer
and
it's
been
accepted.
B
We
we
had
a
very
robust
National
search,
so
it
was
very
competitive
and
we
are
pleased
to
announce-
and
hopefully,
Council
used
all
this
email
earlier
today,
but
please
to
announce
one
of
our
internal
candidates.
Stephanie
Monson
Dahl
has
been
selected
as
our
next
planning
director,
so
we're
yes,
Round
of
Applause
very
excited
about
that.
We
have
such
I
think
I.
B
Of
just
how
much
talent
that
we
have
in
this
organization,
man
and
I'm
just
so
excited
and
happy
for
Stephanie
for
our
planning
department
for
organization
and
our
city,
We've
made
the
announcements
to
the
planning
staff
to
our
leadership.
This
to
you
Council.
So
this
afternoon,
we'll
see
announcements
go
out
to
the
community
and
I
hope.
Everybody
will
join
me
in
congratulating
Stephanie
on
her
new
position.
So
again,
thank
you.
D
Yeah
we
are,
we
are
extremely
proud
when
we
can
promote
someone
from
within,
especially
with
Stephanie's
tenure,
I
think
about
18
years
she's
been
with
the
organization,
so
we're
very
happy
very
happy
to
make
that
announcement
and
to
do
it
in
a
way
where
it
was
a
national
search
and-
and
she
competed
and
she
did
very
well
in
the
interviews.
H
I,
just
I
am
so
excited
to
hear
about
this.
Stephanie
is
one
of
the
more
Visionary
people
I've
met
in
Asheville.
She
really
is
a
planner
she
understands
what's
coming
in
the
future
and
how
to
prepare
and
how
to
take
our
current
vision
and
move
it
forward,
I,
just
I'm
so
thrilled.
It
doesn't
surprise
me
that
she
competes
nationally
with
the
best
of
the
best
we
we
just
had
this
talent
and
our
organization,
so
long
I'm
so
excited
for
us
and
for
her
and
thankful
she's
stepping
up
to
do
it.
D
C
H
Yes,
oh
maybe
I'm,
seeing
it
okay,
yeah
I
think
I
might
have
gotten
to
it.
Okay,
817
yep,
all
right,
I
move
that
the
Asheville
city
council
go
into
closed
session
for
the
following
reasons:
one
to
prevent
disclosure
of
information
that
is
privileged
and
confidential.
Pursuant
to
the
laws
of
North
Carolina
or
not
considered
a
public
record
within
the
meaning
of
chapter
132,
the
general
statutes.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
North
Carolina,
General
statute,.
H
For
the
second
reason,
number
two
to
consult
with
an
attorney
employed
by
the
city
for
matters
with
respect
to
which
the
client
attorney
privileged
between
the
city
and
the
county.
Excuse
me,
the
city
and
the
attorney
must
be
preserved,
including,
but
not
limited
to
the
handling
of
settlement
or
claim.
Regarding
the
following
to
Zachary
Hebb
versus
city
of
Asheville,
having
a
case
file
number
of
wdnc-1
semicolon
22-cv-00222.
C
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
councilmember
Allman
I
will
let
everybody
know
that
once
the
vice
mayor
has
adjourned,
we
will
move
over
to
a
separate
second
meeting,
invite
that
you
should
have
received
for
the
closed
session.
So
vice
mayor.