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November 28, 2017
Asheville City Council Meeting
A
C
Since
they're,
all
there
should
I
just
be
here:
okay,
great
well,
I
am
I,
am
so
happy
to
be
able
to
read
this
resolution.
As
many
of
you
know
trains,
it
was
kind
of
my
thing
before
I
got
on
council.
It's
still
kind
of
my
thing
and
and
I
am
very
happy
to
have
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
just
economics
and
the
night,
the
campaign
for
the
19-point
agenda
and
the
people's
transit
campaign.
We've
we've
gotten
some
good
work
done
together.
C
And
whereas
this
December
marks
the
5th
year
anniversary
of
the
people's
transit
campaign
and
also
marks
the
completion
of
the
campaign's
19-point
people's
agenda
on
public
transit
for
Asheville
and
whereas
community
members
participating
in
just
economics.
Voices
for
economic
justice
group
believed
that
necessity,
riders
could
lift
their
voices
and
work
together
to
make
positive
change
to
our
transit
system
and
whereas
the
people's
transit
campaign
of
just
economics
will
continue
to
support
necessity.
Bus
riders
in
leading
everyone
in
our
community
to
work
with
the
city
of
Asheville
to
build
better
buses
together.
C
Now,
therefore,
I
Esther
manheimer,
mayor
of
the
city
of
Asheville,
do
hereby
proclaim
December
2017
as
better
buses
together
month
in
the
city
of
Asheville,
and
encourage
all
citizens
to
celebrate
with
festivities
appropriate
to
the
situation,
one
of
which
would
be
get
on
the
bus.
Everybody
thanks
very
much.
D
E
Maybe
you
can't
try
I
just
want
to
introduce
these
some
of
my
heroes
and
Shiro's
of
this
work.
Calvin
Allen,
who
is
now
on
the
train.
That
committee
was
one
of
the
originators
of
this
campaign:
Julie
McDowell
and
James
gambrel,
a
couple
of
our
other
originators
and
Sabrina
has
been
with
us
almost
from
the
beginning
and
her
son
Waylon,
and
imagine
doing
this
really
amazing
work
as
a
single
mom.
So
it's
really
awesome.
E
Whalen's
Whelan's
been
on
the
campaign
almost
as
long
as
the
rest
of
us,
so
we're
very
grateful,
and
then
Vicki
Methos,
director,
just
economics
and
Carmen
Aramis
Kennedy
is
our
living
wage
certification
program
coordinator.
So
all
of
us
are
here
tonight,
James
and
Julie.
I
know,
y'all
have
something
to
say.
F
G
H
F
H
F
A
Okay,
the
we
have
no
other
proclamations
for
it
tonight.
We
do
have
a
consent
agenda.
Are
there
any
questions?
Comments
on
the
consent
agenda?
I
will
note
one
item.
Our
regularly
scheduled
meeting
for
December
12th
will
be
pushed
back
to
December
19,
since
December
12th
was
the
first
night
of
Hanukkah.
A
I
I
The
service
of
the
super,
a
services
that
ask
for
staffing,
would
provide
is
a
96
thousand
dollar
contract
annually.
That
can
be
renewed
with
a
two-year
option.
I'm
assuming
here
and
would
like
to
know,
can
these
services
in
the
future
be
filled
by
city
staff
and
if
so,
why
haven't
we
done
so
and
if
their
cost
offsets
of
that
could
be
explained?
I
K
J
Temporary
staffing
is
the
I,
don't
want
to
say
erratic
nature,
but
the
irregular
nature
of
when
we
need
them.
My
friend
Chris
Korell
does
a
wonderful
job,
filling
up
the
US
Cellular
center,
but
it's
not
every
day
and
we
primarily
use
these
temporary
staffers
to
do
our
special
event
parking.
They
may
be
days
like
for
the
Warren
Haynes
concert,
we're
probably
going
to
need
a
nine
or
ten
that
night
tonight
we
don't
need
any.
J
So
it's
a
way
for
us
to
have
the
flexibility
to
bring
staff
in
when
we
need
it
and
not
pay
for
when
we
don't
need
it
in
the
future.
There
may
be
times
we
could
add
a
city
staffer
to
cover
some
of
this,
but
at
the
current
time
I'd
recommend.
We
still
do
it
this
way,
as
that
gives
us
the
most
flexibility
at
the
most
reasonable
cost.
For
us.
These
are.
I
Nature
and
everything
flexibility,
yes,
I
was
looking
on
here
and
we
chose.
Asheville
looks
like
we're:
gonna
choose,
Ashley
staffing
at
14
dollars
and
70
cents
per
hour
now.
Is
that
what
they
pay
their
employees
or
is
that
the
contract
pricing
and
they
divvy
out
what
they
pay
them
for
their
employees?
That's
the
price.
J
D
C
I
ask
a
related
question,
which
is
even
if
they
don't
I,
can't
believe
I'm
gonna
say
this
amount
Republican
on
TV.
Can
we
can
we
say
that
it's
important
for
us
to
pay
people
a
living
wage
and
even
if
they
come
in?
If,
if
we
ask-
and
they
say
we
pay
people
ten
dollars
now
and
we
say
well,
we
want
you
to
pay
a
living
wage.
C
I
L
D
A
So
if,
if
the
goal,
though,
is
I
mean
we've
struggled
with
us
ever
since
the
the
legislature
banned
cities
from
requiring
a
living
wage
of
contractors,
if,
but
obviously
the
goal
is
to
make
sure
employees
are
making
a
living
wage.
We
can
do
that
if
they're
city
employees,
if
their
contract
employees,
were
challenged
to
do
that.
So
is
there
a
way
where
we
could
explore
this
add
more
depth
with
more
time,
maybe,
but
at
a
subcommittee
level,
just
kind
of
look
at
options.
A
M
A
D
And
we
can
look
at
it
too
and
come
up
with
some
options,
for
you,
I
mean
we've
had
some
some
other
situations
where
you
know.
As
long
as
we
have
existing
city
employees
that
aren't
bumped
into
overtime
or
something
like
that,
you
know
there
may
be
some
who
can
do
it,
and
so
we
can
come
up
with
sort
of
some
some
legal
options
as
well.
So
we're
glad
to
work
on
that.
So.
I
That
that's
that's
great
I'm
gonna
make
a
personal
statement
here
and
ass
that
item
G
be
considered
separately
and
the
reason
I'm
saying
that
is
because
moving
forward
I,
don't
think
I'm
gonna
be
able
to
support.
Now
we
can't
ask
these
people
if
they're,
if
they're
paying
a
living
wage,
but
considering
that
some
of
these
places
are
here
in
Nashville
this.
You
know
the
standard
that
we
are
trying
to
set
right
now
for
a
living
wage
in
the
city
of
Asheville
and
I
can't
even
face
support
any
business.
A
D
G
O
A
A
J
N
J
A
G
K
N
N
The
food
policy
council
that
began
coming
together
in
2011
2012
brought
forth
the
food
action
plan
back
in
2013
I
may
be
getting
some
of
these
dates
wrong
and
we've
since
been
working
toward
more
full
understanding
of
what
we
can
do
more
and
a
more
full
implementation
of
doing
it.
This
council
made
it
a
priority
at
its
strategic
retreat
two
years
ago,
and
the
product
would
from
the
Food
Policy
Council
from
our
own
city
staff
and
from
other
partners
is
before
us
tonight.
N
There
are
a
lot
of
pieces
to
this
action
plan
because
there
are
a
lot
of
pieces
to
the
the
whole
food
ecosystem,
and
so
when
we
were
trying
to
figure
out,
how
are
we
going
to
approach?
All
of
these
important
pieces
of
our
food
systems
became
pretty
evident,
pretty
quickly
that
you
can't
prioritize
everything
or
nothing
becomes
the
priority
and
it's
easy
to
drop
balls.
N
So,
as
we
took
more
time
with
this
and
took
a
look
at
it,
we
decided
to
prioritize
a
couple
of
very
important
pieces
knowing
that
the
rest
of
the
pieces
are
also
going
to
be
coming
together,
but
we
had
to
figure
out
what
to
do
first
and
so
what
we
prioritized
out
of
this
broad
plan,
our
first
and
foremost
growing,
more
food
in
the
city
of
Asheville.
You
will,
as
a
result
of
the
vote
tonight,
assuming
this
passes
community.
You
will
see
more
food
growing
on
our
Green
Wave's
at
our
community.
N
Secondly,
the
second
prioritization
piece
here
that
will
be
happening
concurrently
with
all
the
planting
and
growing
is
going
to
be
doing
an
assessment
of
our
assets
and
resources
and
a
creation
of
metrics
for
all
of
the
other
priority
areas.
So
we
can
set
some
hard,
concrete
goals
that
we
haven't
done
up
until
now
and
so
over
the
course.
That's
next
12
months,
it'll
be
planting,
partnering
growing
and
doing
this
assessment
and
creation
of
metrics.
So
we
can
move
forward
beyond
that.
N
I
am
really
grateful
to
everyone
who
has
put
their
heads
together
to
bring
this
to
us
tonight,
because
this
has
been
created
by
a
very
broad,
lengthy
community
process,
as
well
as
the
efforts
of
amber
Weaver
in
our
sustainability
department,
as
well
as
other
members
of
staff,
because,
as
you
know,
this
cuts
across
all
the
departments
as
far
as
how
we
get
this
done.
So
that's
with,
with
my
gratitude,
I'd
like
to
open
the
floor
to
anyone
who'd
like
to
speak
on
it.
O
A
L
Hello:
everyone,
my
name,
is
Kara
bulan
I'm,
the
coordinator
for
the
Astra
Buncombe
food
policy.
Council
I'm
excited
to
see
this
on
your
agenda
tonight
and
appreciate
the
time
first.
I
just
want
to
start
with
an
appreciation
of
the
authentic
partnership
that
did
go
into
the
development
of
this
document.
There
was
a
lot
of
community
input,
as
Gordon
mentioned.
It
was
a
year-long
process.
We
had
started
with
a
survey.
We
went
through
a
number
of
revisions.
L
The
growing
food
is
the
tip
of
the
iceberg.
Here
we
want
to
be
able
to
put
the
seeds
in
the
ground.
We
want
to
be
able
to
appreciate
the
work
that
it's
already
going
on:
there's
incredible
worker
community
centers
and
there's
Gardens
happening
and
Stevens
Lee,
there's
neighborhood
coordinators
that
are
spreading
the
word
in
a
really
grassroots
way,
even
within
the
city
department.
So
our
first
step
is
to
appreciate
and
elevate
that
work.
That's
already
going
on
so
getting
growing.
L
Food
is
really
the
tip
of
the
iceberg
and,
as
we
think
about
these
metrics
as
we
as
we
go
forward
and
assessments
and
best
and
benchmarking,
it's
giving
the
city
of
Asheville
an
opportunity
for
visionary
leadership
and
that's
really
a
place
that
we
can
hold
not
only
in
Western
North
Carolina,
but
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina.
There
are
food
policy
councils
around
the
state,
we're
part
of
a
wider
network,
we've
tapped
into
that
for
four
resources.
As
we've
put
this
plan
together
and
also
they're
looking
to
us,
they
look
to
the
2013
plan.
L
Those
14
points
that
that
were
at
the
time,
also
visionary
and-
and
you
know,
put
that
forward-
we've
been
working
towards
it
and
realizing
that
we
just
haven't
been
able
to
do
enough.
We
need
to
dig
a
little
deeper.
We
need
to
ask
ourselves
as
the
community
leadership
and
also
the
city
leadership,
to
to
set
the
the
stakes
a
little
higher.
And
so
that's
what
we're
doing
with
this
plan.
And-
and
there
are
food
policy,
councils
and
city
and
county
governments
around
the
state
who
are
looking
to
us
and
excited
about
the.
L
That's
kind
of
our
next
step,
this
benchmarking,
the
asset,
develop
development,
understanding
our
metrics
better
allows
us
this
opportunity
to
do
some
regional
systems.
Thinking.
Yes,
we're
focused
on
the
city,
we're
asking
the
city
to
approve
this
plan
at
the
city
level,
and
also
it
has
an
important
it
has
an
important
role,
pivotal
role
in
our
in
our
regional
food
system.
It's
a
complicated
system,
and
so
this
digging
deeper
over
the
next
two
years
to
think
about
the
metrics.
Here,
that's
going
to
allow
us
to
really
take
take
the
reins
on
that
visionary
leadership.
L
P
P
P
Really
wants
it
to
move
forward,
so
we're
gonna
work
this
winter
to
find
that
information
and
you
forget
it
to
Gwen
and
then
hopefully
the
city
can
help
us
with
an
agricultural
rate
for
water,
which
will
really
help
the
vision,
which
is
multiple,
many
farmers
growing
throughout
and
all
of
Asheville.
So
the
next
part
is
land
so
for
our
land.
We're
really
hoping
to
continue
to
partnership
with
the
city
and
for
the
city
to
have
the
awareness
in
the
minds
of
via
trade
barter
or
a
lease
agreement.
P
We
would
be
really
interested
in
that
myself,
particularly
because,
if
I'm
working
at
putting
in
some
chestnuts
in
the
ground-
and
this
is
a
20
year
15
year,
operation
I
need
sites
like
schools
or
for
the
city
to
be
able
to
have
faith,
that
those
things
will
come
into
fruition
and
then
for
the
either
part
of
it.
The
community
building,
where
the
last
part
is
just,
is
the
partnerships
and
what
we're
hoping
to
build,
which
is
infrastructure
as
far
as
every.
P
We
hope
that
every
part,
every
community,
every
part
of
the
city
will
be
able
to
have
that
has
infrastructure
to
support
food,
the
storage
of
it,
the
drawing
of
it
facilities
like
that.
So
we're
just
we're
really
hoping
that
the
city's
mind
is
open
to
helping
patchwork
or
being
in
partnership
with
patchwork
to
be
creating
these.
These
systems,
like
food
kitchens
and
storage
facilities,
we
a
cold
cellar,
which.
G
P
Q
Hi,
my
name
is
Nicole
I'm
with
bountiful
cities
and
also
the
Asheville.
Welcome
food
policy,
council
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
a
few
quick
things.
First
of
all,
I
wanted
to
say
how
much
we
really
appreciate
the
partnership
and
the
work
that
we've
done
this
year
with
the
office
of
sustainability
in
the
city
of
Asheville.
That
work
has
been
really
phenomenal
and
we
really
feel
like.
We
have
a
true
ally
there.
We
really
appreciate
working
with
Amber,
so
much
and
all
of
her
work
on
this
has
been
really
phenomenal.
Q
Of
course,
in
partnership
with
so
many
organizational
community
partners
and
the
rest
of
the
Food
Policy
Council,
so
I
wanted
to
really
thank
you
all
for
that,
and
I
wanted
to
say
that
growing
food
is
something
that's
really
exciting
and
important,
and
as
a
member
of
bountiful
cities,
a
representative
of
bountiful
cities.
This
is
some
work,
that's
been
near
and
dear
to
our
heart
and
work
for
a
long
time,
something
like
18
years
and
so
one
piece
of
this
food
action.
Q
Food
policy
action
plan
that
we're
really
excited
about
is
the
idea
of
and
lifting
and
supporting
those
partnerships
of
the
work.
That's
already
happening,
not
just
through
organizations
like
bountiful
cities,
but
also
many
other
organizations
that
are
out
there
doing
the
work
and
have
a
real
opportunity
now
to
come
together
and
be
supported
in
partnership
with
the
help
of
the
city.
So
I
appreciate
that
very
much.
Thank
you.
K
A
A
G
N
A
A
B
Evening,
mayor
members
of
council,
I'm
Barbara,
whitehorne
chief
financial
officer
for
the
city,
I,
would
like
to
introduce
Doug
Carter
with
Dec
associates.
He
is
our
financial
advisor
for
those
of
you
that
have
not
met
him.
I
think
everyone.
Here's
met
him
though,
but
he'll
be
talking
about
the
triple-a
rating.
B
R
L
R
Before
you
and
say
that,
slightly
over
two
years
later,
you
now
have
Moody's
triple-a
credit
rating
and
I'm
going
to
take
just
a
little
time
to
talk
to
you
about
that
and
give
you
a
few
statistics
that
you
might
find
interesting
as
part
of
that
process.
When
you
see
the
agenda
at
my
scary,
it's
not
going
to
take
that
long
and
from
our
veal
plant
County,
but
I
speak
rapidly.
I
want
to
talk
about
why
the?
What
is
the
rating?
What
is
the
importance
of
what
do
they
say
about
Asheville?
To
have
these?
R
R
R
It's
scored
by
letters
and
triple
is
the
best
a
is
in
the
middle
and
when
you
get
below
triple
B
or
BB,
not
many
people
will
buy
your
credit,
and
so
the
credit
rating
relates
to
your
debt
and
how
you
sell
it
and
how
people
want
to
buy
it
in
terms
of
their
understanding
and
belief
that
you
will
pay
them
I'm
going
to
give
you
three
or
four
facts
right
now
about
Asheville.
That
I
think
makes
you
really
special
and
that
you
may
have
heard
before
or
might
not
have.
R
You
are
one
of
the
smallest
cities
with
the
triple-a
credit
rating
from
Moody's
and
the
other
small
cities
that
generally
have
them
are
wealthy
suburbs
of
New,
York,
Chicago,
Los,
Angeles
and
other
major
cities
in
the
country,
the
rich
towns,
but
you
were
rich
in
many
other
things
and
I
think
that's
what
brings
to
the
table,
how
you
get
a
credit
rating.
You
at
the
current
time,
have
a
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
per
capita
appraised
value.
Now?
What
does
that
mean?
R
How
does
that
compare
your
per
capita
appraised
value
is
higher
than
Charlotte
Raleigh
Greensboro,
winston-salem
Durham,
and
the
only
cities
in
this
state
that
have
a
higher
value
would
be
beach
towns,
and
so
that
value
gives
you
a
strength
that
many
cities
do
not
have
and
I
think
is
why
you,
as
a
smaller
city
than
some
of
the
others,
I
have
mentioned,
brought
you
to
the
table.
Your
CIP
is
currently
or
will
be
once
you
make.
The
investments
that
are
already
in
your
capital
budget
will
take
you
at
around
$2,000
per
capita.
R
That
is
moderate
levels
of
debt.
When
compared
to
some
of
your
other
sister
cities
like
my
home
city
of
Charlotte,
you
would
be
far
less
than
they
would
be.
They
are
way
more
than
they're
also
waiting
for
a
balloon,
so
you
are
generally
smallest.
You
have
high
per
capita
appraised
values
and
you've
managed
your
debt
burdens
very
well.
R
Why
I
have
a
high
credit
rating?
Why
would
you
want
one
it
gives
you
lowest
interest
cost
that
results
in
your
lower
cost
of
borrowing.
I've
had
people
say
how
much
do
we
save
how
much
an
interest
rate
well,
a
lot
of
that
depends
on
how
high
interest
rates
are
right.
Now,
interest
rates
are
very
low
in
gentlemen,
so
the
spread
or
the
difference
between
a
triple-a
and
a
double-a
is
not
nearly
as
large.
R
It's
maybe
25
basis
points,
maybe
a
quarter
not
nearly
as
large
as
it's
going
to
be
when
we
have
5%
interest
rates
again
and
they
are
on
their
way,
unfortunately
I'm
afraid
so
bottom
line
is,
as
you
get
this
lower
cost
of
borrowing.
I
think
what
may
be
even
more
important
than
the
lower
cost
of
borrowing
is
access
to
lenders
of
public
and
private.
For
many
of
you,
you
remember
2008.
It
was
not
a
good
time.
The
access
to
lenders
was
very
difficult,
so
being
the
best
of
the
best
you
get
the
greatest
access.
R
You
also
get
a
greater
ability
to,
alternatively,
structured
your
debt
and
to
use
the
most
cost
effective
structures.
It
puts
you
in
an
exclusive
club
of
membership.
You
are
the
best
of
the
best
and
now
you're
best
of
the
best
to
both
of
the
agencies.
That
rate
you.
Finally,
it
gives
you
respect
and
I
think
you've
earned
that
and
we
all
like
it,
I
think
what
does
Moody's
say
about
you.
You
have
a
continuing
strengthening
of
your
financial
position.
You
have
a
healthy
and
diverse
local
economy.
R
They
are
particularly
happy
to
see
a
major
university
in
the
city
and
mentioned
I
know
there
are
others,
but
in
the
area,
but
mentioned
the
University
of
North
Carolina
Asheville.
They
believe
that
you
have
a
prudent
management
record
and
that
you
adhere
to
your.
There
were
conservative
I
prefer
prudent
fiscal
policies
and
they
believe
that
your
current
limited
debt
burden
and
you
have
a
manageable
pension
position
position.
R
What
does
Dec
say?
Your
financial
advisory,
firm
I
think
you've
gotten
this
in
addition
to
what
they
say
because
of
your
emphasis
on
planning
your
ability
to
do
it.
City
infrastructure
improvements,
your
partnerships
and
economic
development.
We
just
heard
about
a
partnership
in
food,
so
I
think
you,
as
a
city
are
somewhat
known
for
partnerships.
The
one
with
respect
to
economic
development.
They
really
drill
down
and
see,
is
extremely
important.
You
have
strong
financial
and
operational
management
and
policy
surrounding
them.
R
You,
as
a
council
coupled
with
your
management,
both
understand
the
meaning
of
what
it
means
and
what
it
takes
to
be
the
best,
and
that
isn't
always
the
case.
So
I
think
this
blending
between
the
policymakers
and
the
managers
on
an
understanding
of
what
that
means
is
exceedingly
important.
You've
involved
the
public,
your
bond
election
couple
with
other
community
involvement
says
there
is
a
confidence
level
and
then
finally,
another
thing
that
I
think
is
extremely
important,
for
you
is,
you
are
the
core
driver
of
the
Western
North
Carolina
economy?
R
R
The
city
economy
and
how
it
performs
is
really
the
only
rating
factor
that
you
don't
directly
control.
You
can
be
a
partner.
You
can
make
investments
that
the
economy
is
the
economy.
You
can
do
what
you
can,
but
it
pretty
well
does
what
it
does
so
bottom
bottom
line
what
you
have
done
in
infrastructure
improvements,
particularly
of
late
in
your
more
aggressive
look
at
your
infrastructure
and
capital
needs,
and
how
you
make
investments
and
strategies
within
your
economic
development
is
something
that's
extremely
important.
R
As
I
said
to
you,
you
can't
control
it,
but
how
you
engage
with
it
makes
you
one
of
the
best
of
the
best.
Moody's
spoke
about
the
positives
of
your
current
capital
plans,
including
your
vascular
infrastructure,
both
from
a
Geo
and
a
non
geo
side,
and
they
gave
us
this
upgrade
for
well
understanding
that
your
current
capital
program
or
investments
in
the
next
five
to
six
years
exceed
200
million,
which
for
Asheville,
is
a
considerable
number
and
a
good
number.
Somebody
used
to
say
to
me
when
I
was
City
finance
director
in
Charlotte.
R
We
had
more
facilities
and
issued
more
debt
to
get
facility,
so
we
could
provide
services
so
low
levels
of
debt
are
online.
It's
not
always
a
high
criteria
for
credit
rating,
its
prop
in
investments.
What
do
you
need
to
do
to
maintain
the
ratings?
Keep
doing
what
you're
doing
the
triple-a
rating
that
you
received
from
both
of
your
rating
agencies
have
a
two
year
look
out
and
what
they
look
at.
R
Is
they
want
you
to
continue
to
demonstrate
your
strong
management
and
budgetary
performance,
and
they
would
expect
you
to
keep
your
reserve
levels,
your
liquidity,
your
fund
balances
at
similar
levels
that
you
have
now.
Liquidity
is
very
important
to
them.
2008
taught
the
lesson
of
what
happens
if
city
has
cities
have
inadequate
liquidity
and
the
best
of
the
best
habit.
We,
as
your
financial
expert
adviser,
don't
see
the
rating
changing
in
the
two
years
and
I
would
plant
finish
by
saying
planning
planning
planning,
that's
how
you
maintain
community
capital
long-term.
R
R
If
you
broadly
define
or
look
at
what
is
sound
from
management
in
policymaking,
it
includes
several
elements.
These
are
defined
not
only
about
those
of
us
who
work
in
this
business,
but
also
by
the
rating
agency.
First
is
governance:
how
does
your
governance
process
work?
How
do
you
use
your
committees
and
your
policy
structure
to
make
things
happen
and
how
effective
and
how
operationally
sound,
is
what
you
do?
How
do
you
perform
your
operational
management?
How
do
you
do
budgetary
and
financial
management?
R
I
said
in
the
Finance
Committee
earlier
today,
y'all
received
an
update
on
finances
that
doesn't
happen
in
a
lot
of
cities,
but
once
a
year
you're
going
to
hear
it
four
times
a
year,
that's
very
important.
You
provide
support
for
economic
improvement
and,
yes,
the
Doug
Carter
planning
something
that's
all
part
of
it.
I
would
say
that
Asheville's
professional
staff
have
made
such
a
strong
contribution
to
getting
this
rating
and
will
will
contribute
greatly
to
keeping
I
think.
R
In
particular,
your
finance
department
has
just
performed
unbelievable
things
in
a
short
time
period
to
move
us
to
this
level.
Obviously,
under
the
management
of
your
city,
manager,
I
think
the
City
Council,
but
it's
contributions
by
defining
policy
in
appropriating
the
money
have
also
done
your
role
in
appropriate
way
and
I
think
you've
accomplished
a
great
deal,
and
this
is
why
it's
taking
you
to
the
triple-a
rating
in
terms
of
your
policy
making
and
management
and
then
to
close
I,
want
to
say
this
and
I've
said
this
a
couple
of
times.
R
Thinking
about
this
at
the
Great
Depression,
we
all
know
what
happened
in
Asheville.
You
were
the
biggest
city.
You
were
one
of
the
most
well-known
cities
of
the
country.
You
had
a
lot
of
debt.
The
Great
Depression
happened,
the
debt
didn't
get
on
time.
You
issued
significant
refunding
bonds
through
the
auspices
of
the
newly
created
local
government
commission,
which
is
still
to
this
day
unique
in
the
United
States,
and
you
paid
those
off
a
number
of
years
ago,
but
I
think
the
lesson
to
be
learned
for
this.
R
R
T
T
A
A
A
R
The
other
triple-a
rated,
you
listen,
think
the
other
triple-a
rated
towns
have
tended
to
be
wealthy
suburbs
of
large
cities
right
with
respect
to
the
160.
Just
to
explain
it
to
you
and
I:
don't
have
a
breakdown
for
you
now,
but
a
lot
of
cities
also
with
a
high
per
capita
appraised
value,
have
high
investment
in
businesses
inside
their
city,
so
I
think
there's
a
combination
of
forces
that
makes
that
per
capita
appraised
value
what
it
is
not
singularly.
The
value
of
residential
property
right.
T
R
Have
an
independent
third
party
that
has
a
strong
economic
incentive
to
get
this
right,
so
the
economic
study
that
they
undertake
is
not
at
a
macro
level.
It
is
at
a
micro
level
and
at
least
from
the
experts
in
the
field
of
how
cities
are
run
and
managed
their
finances
and
their
operational
manager.
You
raked
with
the
best
thank.
M
A
B
Okay,
so
Oliver
is
received
in
your
packets,
the
first
quarter
financial
report,
and
that
is,
we
give
you
a
sorry.
We
give
you
a
financial
report
quarterly
so
that
you
can
have
an
idea
of
where
we
stand
during
the
year
and
where
we
expect
to
end
the
year
and
in
the
financial
report
for
the
first
quarter,
we
looked
at
the
adopted
budget.
What
amendments
we've
made,
where
we're
coming
in
on
revenue,
where
we're
coming
in
on
expenditures
and
then
our
sort
of
anticipated
budget
performance.
B
Two
percent
revenue
is
always
extremely
low
in
this
first
quarter,
because
property
tax
comes
in
generally
in
December
and
January,
which
is
the
second
and
third
quarter
of
the
year.
You'll
see
revenues
spiked
up
in
those
two
quarters
and
then
kind
of
a
lot
through
the
end
of
the
year.
So
we're
looking
at.
B
We
anticipate
on
this
little
bit
of
data
that
we
have
slightly
better
than
budget
performance
for
both
revenues
and
expenditures,
and
a
potential
increase
to
fund
balance,
so
performance
indicators
in
the
general
fund,
as
I
talked
about
the
property
tax
collections
of
primarily
December
in
January
licenses
and
permits
sales
and
services.
Both
categories
are
tracking
approximately
the
same
as
last
year,
so
we
anticipate
those
will
be
on
budget
investment
income.
It
may
seem
counterintuitive
that
we
have
predicted
that
our
investment
income
will
be
lower
than
last
year.
Even
the
rates
are
increasing.
B
B
I
would
like
to
point
out
that
the
fire
department
and
I
know
you
all
have
been
involved
in
our
management
and
trying
to
understand
what
was
driving
overtime
and
salary
there
for
the
fire
department
is
dead
on
budget,
in
fact
0.1%
under
budget
for
salaries
and
wages,
because
we're
at
twenty
three
point
one
percent
of
our
pay
periods,
because
we
have
26
pay
periods
and
palete.
That
meant
police
is
just
a
little
bit
over
budget
which
is
not
concerning
they
usually
come
in
perfectly
right
and
fire
is
on
budget.
B
So
that's
the
big
thing
I
wanted
to
point
out
for
that
and
yeh
Scott
yeh
budget
team.
A
lot
of
people
have
gone
to
a
lot
of
work.
To
make
that
happen
so
and
y'all
can
interrupt
me
if
you
want
to,
but
I'll
just
keep
rolling.
If
you
don't
our
quarter,
one
Enterprise
funds,
water
resources
fund.
It
looks
like
they're
going
to
have
a
projected
positive
budget.
B
Variance
of
about
1.5
million
revenue
from
development
is
up
and
there
is
an
increase
in
water
usage
in
commercial
and
multi-family
that
we're
seeing
we're,
not
sure
what's
driving
up.
But
that's
that's
what
we're
seeing
and
we
have
a
projected
positive
budget
variance
of
1
million
in
the
expenses
which
is
vacancy
savings
and
then
also
savings
from
legal
fees.
B
The
US
Cellular
center
fund
is
doing
quite
well
for
sold-out
concerts
out
of
13
in
the
first
quarter
versus
one
out
of
nine
in
quarter
one
of
the
previous
year.
We
do
anticipate
that
they
will
have
an
overall
positive
budget
variance
of
more
than
300,000.
They
are
still
subsidized
by
the
general
fund,
but
that
would
reduce
the
the
amount
of
subsidy
required.
B
The
stormwater
fund,
the
adopted
budget
included
a
use
of
fund
balance
this
year
and
our
early
projection
is
that
they
will
use
less
of
the
fund
balance
than
we
had
anticipated
transit
fund.
As
you're
all
aware,
the
441
thousand
was
one
of
our
two
budget
amendments
and
that
was
for
the
new
management
contract,
the
new
model
that
we
have
in
place
with
McDonald
quarter.
One
expenses
are
just
about
spot-on,
but
they
are
significantly
higher
than
the
previous
year.
B
We
did
have
a
transition
period
between
the
management
companies,
so
we
paid
them
both
for
90
days
and
ridership.
So
far
this
year
is
down
10%,
so
don't
have
to
interpret
that
parking
fund.
All
parking
garage
revenue
categories
are
exceeding
budget.
The
garages
are
doing
very
well.
Citation
revenue
is
down.
That's
for
personnel
turnover.
Meter.
Revenues
are
right
in
line,
and
we
project
that
they'll
be
slightly
better
than
budget
this
year
as
well.
So
capital
highlights
any
questions
about
the
budget
before
we
roll
into
capital,
excellent,
okay,
so
capital
highlights.
B
These
are
just
a
few
things
to
tell
you.
You
know
what's
going
on
here
and
there
and
Jade
is
here.
If
you
have
more
questions,
because
I'm
just
kind
of
gonna
go
over
what
what
he's?
Given
us,
North
Fork
dam
improvements.
This
is
a
huge
project
to
improve
the
spillway
at
the
dam.
It
brings
us
up
to
state
standards
and
it's
a
really
big
deal.
Rad
tip
I
know:
we've
all
heard
about
that.
Like
a
zillion
times,
that's
ongoing
martin
luther
king
jr.
B
B
The
total
number
of
projects
or
project
bundles
is
thirty.
Two
standalone
projects
are
like
Jake,
russer,
russer,
Park,
Haywood
street
improvements,
and
then
we
have
bundled
projects
like
quartz
lighting,
bus
shelters.
Any
of
those
that
are
you
know,
multiple
things
that
we
do
with
one
pot
of
money
in
design.
We
have
seventeen
projects,
including
the
Montford,
complex
and
traffic
signals
design
contracts
awarded
our
one
point:
almost
three
million
projects
under
construction.
Right
now
we
have
two
bus
shelters,
road
resurfacing.
B
B
D
A
U
Okay,
this
is
the
council
strategic
priorities
update
for
essentially
the
first
quarter
of
this
year
really
wanted
to
touch
base.
You
know
the
vision
that
was
established
for
the
council
priorities
as
vision,
2036,
a
lot
of
the
information
that
we'll
be
talking
about
tonight.
You
can
find
it
on
the
city
of
Nationals
website,
there's
an
elaborate
page
on
on
this,
which
lists
out
all
of
the
categories
the
priority
areas.
U
This
is
this,
this
slides
a
little
bit
difficult
to
see,
but
the
highlights
for
the
categories
are:
the
diverse
community,
a
well-planned
and
livable
community,
clean
and
healthy
environment,
quality,
affordable
housing,
transportation
and
accessibility
connected
and
engaged
community
and
smart
cities.
Now,
in
developing
this,
this
presentation
we
kind
of
felt
like
we
could
really
spend
a
lot
of
time
discussing
the
this
bits
and
pieces
that
are
going
in
daily
to
address
in
all
of
these
these
areas,
but
felt
like.
U
Nicky
will
be
next
in
line
here
with
presentation.
She'll
also
walk
you
through
the
inventory
catalyst
staff
had
taken
those
counties,
these
these
priority
areas
and
broken
them
down
and
to
keep
tasks.
Nikki
will
present
on
on
the
what
what
the
the
inventory
the
property
inventory
is
and
how
that
impacts.
U
Our
our
future
assessments,
important
housing,
really
the
area
that
we
wanted
to
focus
on
today
was
diversity,
diverse
community
and
and
how
we,
as
an
organization,
are
incorporating
our
this
focus
into
program,
development,
project,
identification
and
really
is
becoming
just
the
thing
that
is
really
influencing
a
lot
of
the
decision-making
and
the
efforts
that
we're
going
through
to
try
to
develop
that
and
to
really
make
that
the
focus
for
staff
development
and
to
meet
the
the
council's
goals.
Again
we
have.
This
is
another
piece
of
information.
It's
on.
U
Our
website
highlights
Kimberly
Archie,
our
new
equity
and
inclusion
manager,
her
work,
she's,
really
kind
of
leaving
us
a
lot
of
this
effort
and
then
really
touches
on
the
areas
that
that
are
the
focus
in
the
intent
of
providing
this.
This
view
of
in
this
this
path
forward,
one
of
the
efforts
again
organizationally.
This
is
a
big
deal
for
us.
We're
really
trying
to
incorporate
this
into
all
our
thought
processes
and
decisions.
This
this
equity
focus,
but
we
understand
that
this
that
it
was
going
to
take
some
some
focused
attention
as
well.
U
This
group
right
here
that
you
see
on
the
on
the
on
the
slide
is
our
core
team.
This
group
is
getting
together
to
evaluate
the
various
processes,
policies,
decision-making,
efforts
that
we
go
through
on
a
regular
basis
to
try
to
determine
how,
if
how
we
can
improve
and
how
we
can
incorporate
more
of
that
equity
decision
and
inclusion
decision,
thoughts
of
focus
into
our
into
arts
city,
making
good
cross-section
of
the
of
the
the
organization
here.
U
You
can
see
you
see
that
in
the
implementation
of
bond
projects,
I
think
for
the
most
part
you
see,
the
major
projects
that
were
identified
are
well
distributed
throughout
the
city,
but
even
some
of
the
bundled
packages
that
the
barber
talked
about
there
was
it
that
those
were
specifically
viewed
with
that
with
that
putting
focus
how
what's
the
best
place,
the
most
underserved
areas
of
talented
that
we
could
put
this
this.
This
parks,
investment
into
it.
So
really
a
strong
focus
in
in
Parks
and
Rec.
U
This
is
a
little
bit
off
of
off
of
the
council
vision
to
it
to
a
certain
extent,
but
I
thought
it
was
very
important
to
include
it.
Is
our
public
safety
organizationally
we're
really
looking
at
trying
to
diversify
the
the
employee
base.
Public
safety
has
its
so
so
much
of
focus
that
they've
included
it
as
part
of
their
their
departmental
goals.
You
see
in
the
budget
you'll
see
in
the
future
budgets
that
they,
they
have
a
strong
desire
to
increase
the
the
diversity
within
their
their
work
groups.
U
Some
of
the
efforts
that
have
been
taken
on
by
fire
and
police
are
specifically
working
with
with
Miss
Archie
and
her
in
her
role
to
help
them
to
try
to
identify
recruiting
practices
that
could
help
to
enhance
and
identify
help
people
to
identify
Asheville
as
it
as
a
preferred
employer,
Police
Chief,
is,
is
participating
in
recruiting
the
conference.
That's
a
large
portion
of
it
will
be
about
equity
inclusion
and
then
the
there
also
do
local
outreach.
There's
a
recruiting
efforts
that
happen
at
Saint
Eugene
Church
to
try
to
save
the
outreach
to
to
other
communities.
U
Polly
Fire
has
really
taken
approach
that,
with
regard
to
too
using
or
hitting
the
recruiting
at
a
longer
younger
age,
they
were
getting
the
middle
schools
really
trying
to
get
people
interested
and
as
youth
and
really
reaching
out
to
the
in
real
life.
The
Kayla
program,
Girl
Scouts
fire
explorers
summer
camps
a
lot
of
works
being
done
that
they
have
seen
successes.
The
minority
and
female
recruits
that
they're
seen
and
have
gone
from
8%
previously
to
the
last
recruiting
class
at
26
percent
female
minority.
So
really
seeing
some
some
improvements
there
as
well.
U
One
recent
budgeting
is
also
again,
like
said,
the
project
identification
and
the
the
assessment
of
how
these
these
decisions
are
made.
With
regard
to
the
the
city
spending
our
money,
the
the
information
that
you'll
see
in
the
upcoming
budget
with
regard
to
capital
and
operating,
has
started
to
become.
U
In
our
development
of
those
budgets
as
councils,
where
we've
kind
of
pushed
the
the
capital,
this
decision-making
process
into
the
fall,
we've
gone
through
some
staff
retreats
and
discussions
on
on
that
topic,
one
of
the
equity
is
a
actual
factor
in
our
decisions.
How
is
this
helping
underserved
populations,
and
is
it
it
does
it
do
the
projects,
have
an
equity
focus?
U
F
U
This
is
also
an
important
part
that
has
been
included
in
this.
It
was
we
sat
down
as
a
department,
head
team
talked
about
the
impacts
of
the
projects
occurring
across
the
city
and
how
that
the
the
underserved
parts
of
the
community
individuals
in
the
community
might
be
better
served
by
these
projects
so
really
has
become
a
part
of
our
decision
process,
except
we
understand
that
we're
not
done.
We
do
have
work
to
do
there.
U
The
core
team
is
an
indicator
that
the
inclusion
initiatives
included
a
racial
equity
toolkit
that
the
product
of
that
product,
of
what
we
do
on
a
day
to
day
basis,
will
hopefully
inform
our
decisions
moving
forward
and
to
help
us
to
become
better
at
making
these
decisions.
With
this.
With
that
equity
in
mind,
in
continuing
engagement
as
stakeholders
and
have
partners
within
the
community
really
do
an
outreach
I'm
making
sure
that
that
through
presentations
like
this
people,
understand
the
efforts
and
then
really
are
provided
a
lot
of
provide
feedback.
U
Council
will
will
will
get
an
additional
explanation
of
our
efforts
in
the
council.
Retreat
really
look
for
feedback
on
the
process
and
then
also
again,
as
I
said
earlier,
the
FY
19
budget
process
is
being
developed
around
with
it,
with
with
equity
and
inclusion
in
mind,
and
so
the
the
recommendations
you
see
and
the
budget
presentations
will
have
lateral
is
focus.
So
with
that
said,
that's
concludes
my
presentation
and
I'm
having
to
try
to
answer.
If
you
got
any
specific
products.
U
C
I'm
Jade
I've
got
a
question
in
so
the
there's,
a
big
matrix
that
that
we
have
seen
of
you,
know
specific
staff
activities
and
that
sort
of
thing
and
it
was
sent
to
us
before
this
meeting
I
think
in
response
to
Keith
good
for
us,
that's
very
helpful.
For
me
it
was
color-coded
in
a
way
that
was
not
completely
clear
to
me
some.
So
my
question
is
so
some
activities
were
grayed
out
and
some
were
not
and
does
think
like.
S
A
V
Thank
You
mayor
members
of
council,
I'm
Nikki
Reed
on
the
city's
real
estate
program
director
and
tonight,
I'm
here
to
demo
a
new
mapping
tool
that
we've
created
in
collaboration
with
ite
that
basically
serves
to
to
be
a
visual
inventory
of
all
the
real
estate
owned
by
the
city.
So
we're
really
excited
this
tool
did
stem
from
the
council
strategic
priorities,
goal
15
specifically,
which
reads
to
analyze
city,
owned
property
and
establish
a
strategy
for
sale
or
lease,
and
so
creating
this
tool
is
a
great
first
step
to
do
that.
So
here
we
go.
V
So
this
is
the
tool.
Our
first
step
was
really
to
define
a
classification
system.
Since
we
have
so
much
property,
it
was
a
good
way
to
group
parcels
into
a
classification
to
kind
of
group
them,
so
you
could
could
better
understand
what
type
of
properties
there
are.
We
have
a
nice
link
here
that
will
show
you
the
database
definitions.
We
have
strategize
those
properties
that
were
gearing
towards
accomplishing
council
strategic
goals,
review
properties
that
need
further
analysis
to
inform
their
classification
monitor
these
are
our
leased
properties
operational
as
our
city
service,
buildings
and
stewardship.
V
That's
where
we
have
our
parks
and
community
centers,
so
I'll
show
you
how
that
works
in
action
here
on
the
map.
So
we'll
click
OK
and
the
first
thing
that
you
see
highlighted
in
yellow
I'm
gonna,
just
move
this
layer
list,
the
teepee
I'll
get
it
go.
So
the
yellow
is
our
strategized
properties
and
you'll
notice
that
these
are
the
parcels.
V
These
three
are
slated
for
the
the
bond
project
and
for
potential
housing,
affordable,
housing
redevelopment,
and
we
also
have
the
Hilliard
Avenue
site,
the
former
parks
maintenance,
that's
currently
working
through
the
permanent
process
for
affordable
housing.
So
that's
how
we're
using
this
strategized
classification
I'll
come
back
to
that
there's
some
more
functionality
with
that,
but
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
show
you
the
other
parcels.
So
we
have
review
here
in
purple.
So
we
see
some
properties
that
are
up
for
review.
V
This
parcel
Ashland
Avenue,
currently
vacant,
and
so
we
want
to
talk
about
future
use
of
that
site.
Then
the
brown,
our
parcels,
that
we
have
basically
under
lease
here's
a
good
example
right
here-
is
the
property
that
the
city
leases
to
white
labs
and
so
you'll
see
in
this
pop-up.
We
have
some
more
information
that
we
populate.
That
shows
you
know
the
acreage
and
the
site
name,
etc.
There
I'll
keep
going
I'll,
show
you
our
operational
properties
that
populate
in
red,
of
course,
a
good
example.
Right
here
is
City
Hall.
V
So
that's
a
property
that
comes
up
under
the
operational
feature
and
then
last
mice
show
stewardship
in
blue.
So
there's
our
parks,
a
good
example
is
Aston
Park
or
we
can
see
Memorial
Stadium.
So
the
the
other
thing
that
we
wanted
to
do
with
this
mapping
tool
is
provide
a
portal
for
for
folks
to
look
at
more
information.
V
So
we
can
show
this
very
well
and-
and
that's
really
what
we're
doing
with
the
properties
in
the
yellow,
because
that's
where
we
can
really
provide
some
up-to-date
information
so
with
Hilliard,
we
have
a
link
to
the
website,
we're
working
on
a
project
page
right
now
for
that
project.
Right
now
that
link
goes
to
the
affordable
housing
page.
V
We
also
have
a
public
file,
so
in
spirit
of
open
day
we
are
managing
a
public
file
which
we
can
share.
Information
I
pulled
up
one
file
already,
that's
in
the
conceptual
submit.
Also
this
is
actually
what
has
been
submitted
to
TRC
right
now
on
the
redevelopment
of
that
site.
So
you
can
open
that
up.
This
is
actually
the
DSD
publishes
this
information,
so
we're
just
linking
to
that
existing
info
and
there
you
go,
that's
a
snapshot
of
their
development
plan,
and
so
that's
it.
So
we're
hopeful
that
this
this
information
is
helpful.
V
This
will
go
on
the
city's
website.
It
will
be
open
and
available
to
the
public.
I
was
thinking
earlier
when
the
food
Action
Group
was
up
thinking
of
how
this
tool
could
be
useful
for
that
discussion
as
well
on
assets,
etc.
So,
hopefully
this
will
help
further
counsels
goals.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
time,
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
I,
don't.
I
D
I
Has
totally
brought
us
out
of
the
stone
ages
into
something
really
good
I
think
it's
gonna
be
really
helpful.
It's
not
only
council
members,
but
to
the
public
at
large
to
look
at
this
and
be
able
to
see
what
projects
may
be
coming
about
and
are
on
and
online,
and
even
for
individuals
who
may
be
wanting
to
partner
with
the
city
in
the
future
to
develop
city-owned
land.
This
is
really
good.
Work.
I
really
appreciate
everything
that
staff
has
done
on
this.
So
thank
you.
K
U
A
A
D
W
You
mayor
members
of
City
Council
members
of
the
public,
glad
to
be
here
tonight.
We
are
asking
for
your
consideration
for
this
property
1568
Brevard
Road,
also
known
as
the
been
Creek
property.
By
some
it
is
a
county-owned
property
once
owned
by
the
city
and
in
conjunction
with
Henderson
County.
The
city
maintains
a
deed
restriction
for
for
the
property
itself
and
the
deed
restriction
is
that
it
be
used
in
the
future
for
Economic
Development
purposes.
W
The
county
is
requesting,
through
the
second
item
of
this
agenda,
to
rezone
that
property
from
industrial
use
to
residential
RM,
16,
residential,
high
density
16
under
the
agreement,
the
interlocal
agreement.
It
follows
the
General
Statutes,
158
7.1,
and
it
the
economic
development
purposes
is
focused
on
manufacturing
enterprises,
industrial
and
commercial
uses,
and
so
releasing.
This
would
help
move
the
property
from
an
industrial
use
to
other
uses,
and
the
interest
today
is
for
more
of
a
residential
development
nature
for
the
site
there.
W
It
is
worth
noting,
though,
that
the
that
same
general
statute
does
does
reference
that,
at
the
discretion
of
the
governing
body,
a
land
use
may
also
increase.
The
population
increase
the
tax
ability
of
the
property
or
increased
business
prospects
for
the
city
or
a
county,
and
while
the
residential
development
obviously
is
not
focused
on
manufacturing
or
industrial
uses,
it
could
be
interpreted
with
the
other
uses
to
increase
population,
maybe
taxable
property
and
business
prospects
for
the
city.
W
W
It
has
challenges
from
an
industrial
you
standpoint
because
of
lack
of
infrastructure
and
challenges
with
access
and
that's
in
the
last
few
years
since
we've
had
a
number
of
requests
and
considerations
for
changing
industrial
property,
we've
noted
the
need
for
a
really
good
access
to
highway
and
good
roadway
access
to
and
to
and
from
a
site
to
make
it
a
viable
industrial
property.
So
we
know
the
challenges
here.
On
this
property,
like
I,
said,
the
request
would
be
to
change
it
to
a
multifamily
high
density
zoning
category.
W
We
also
note
that
the
other
the
comp
plan
recommends
a
retaining
industrial
property.
We
note
the
challenges
with
this
particular
industrial
property
and,
as
with
the
current
comp
plan
and
the
one
we're
working
on
the
living
Asheville
plan,
we
have
a
shortage
of
housing
and
we
would
like
to
deal
with
that
as
well,
so
working
with
Buncombe
County,
maybe
we
can
do
that.
We
did
take
this
rezoning
action
and
request
to
the
playing
a
Zoning
Commission
and
they
did
review.
W
C
Do
you
have
a
question
we
got,
or
at
least
I
got
an
email
expressing
some
concern
about
traffic
volume
on
a
couple
of
these
roads,
not
Brevard
Road,
but
the
two
smaller
roads?
And
so
my
question
is
I
know
that
for
development
in
the
city
that
I
guess
I'm
not
sure
what
the
threshold
is.
But
at
some
point
we
require
a
traffic
study
or
some
analysis
where.
W
A
N
X
Name
is
Sharon.
Can
I
if
I
live
in
the
community,
I've
lived
there
for
39
years?
The
neighboring
of
our
neighbors
are
concerned
about
them.
Rezoning
this
to
a
multi,
high
density
and
family
property.
I
know
it's
going
to
go.
I
know
that
something's
going
to
be
built
there,
and
we
understand
that
we
wanted
to
shoots
because
we
ought
to
be
parked
like,
but
that
didn't
happen,
but
to
do
this
and
then
use
I
know
if
we
were
at
the
City
Council
meeting,
they
talked
about
coming
up
Ferry
Road.
That
is
an
extremely
narrow
road.
X
It's
got
a
sharp
curve
at
the
beginning
of
it.
That's
also
shaded
in
the
winter.
If
does
it
it's
the
last
spot
to
to
melt?
We
have
children
that
catch
the
bus
where
fury
road
meets
Brevard
Road,
there's
the
school
buses
that
come
up
and
down
through
there
numerous
times
I've
been
run
off.
The
road
I
mean
it's
just
a
very
short
curve.
So
we
do
have
those
concerns
we
have
concerns
about.
We
have
right
now
we
have
six
bear.
We
have
numerous
deer
turkeys,
hundreds
of
those,
and
so
we
have
concerns
about
them.
X
X
I
don't
know
we
talked
about
the
Wildlife.
Commission
is
the
one
that
let
us
know
that
there
were
six
up.
I
was
just
curious.
We
have
one
that
stays
in
our
yard.
I
paid
him
in
my
yard.
Numerous
times,
we've
got
the
one.
That's
Maine
ransom
go
like
that
one,
but
anyway,
that's
that's.
The
biggest
concern
is
the
safety.
If
it
were
single-family,
you
know,
like
I
said
we
know
that
something's
gonna
have
to
is
going
to
get
sold.
X
X
If
you
calculate
that
by
cars
by
vehicles,
that
would
be
3261.
If
there's
1.5
car
per
person,
you're
gonna
have
a
lot
of
you
know:
dual
income
single
people
they're
going
to
be
two
cars.
Sometimes
it
takes
40
minutes
to
go
six
miles.
If
you
get
off
of
40
and
you
go
to
Ferry
Road,
it
has
taken
me
as
long
as
40
minutes
to
travel
that
six
miles.
It's
it's
ridiculous.
There
is
traffic
backed
up
all
the
time.
26
backs
up,
so
they
come
down
clayton,
but
then
they
come
out
for
hard
bread.
X
X
Y
Y
I,
don't
think
it
should
be
what
not
only
be
about
what
the
multifamily
high
density
of
district
will
do
badly
for
her
neighborhood,
but
I
think
there's
much
more
that
we
could
do
that
would
make
Asheville
more
beautiful
and
I
mean
we
have
a
sustainability
advisory
committee
on
energy
in
the
environment
and
there
this
is
137
acres
that
we
can
look
to
to
do
much
more
for
Asheville
gonna.
So.
Y
A
No
okay:
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
members
of
council,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Okay.
The
second
item
I'm
going
to
open
the
public
hearing.
This
is
a
two
at
public
hearing
to
rezone
the
property
located
at
1568
Brevard
Road
from
industrial
district
to
RM
16
residential
multi-family,
high-density
district.
This
is
the
same
property.
This
is
sort
of
just
the
second
part
of
this
piece.
A
N
Moved
to
approve
the
rezoning
request
for
1568
Brevard
Road
from
industrial
district
to
residential
multi-family
high-density
district
and
find
that
the
request
is
reasonable,
as
within
the
public
interest
and
is
consistent
with
the
Comprehensive
Plan
and
other
adopted
plants
in
the
following
ways.
One
the
site
is
a
suitable
location
for
housing.
N
Development
which
is
needed
in
the
community
to
the
site,
as
is,
does
not
have
suitable
infrastructure
for
industrial
use
and,
in
addition,
would
note
that
any
future
development
that
will
go
there
will
be
coming
before
this
body
for
deliberation
as
to
appropriate
in
a
scale,
etc.
It
assuming
it
meets
the
threshold
well.
A
L
W
W
Member
of
the
public
I'll
try
to
clarify
the
issues
were
looking
at
tonight.
The
Haywood
Road
forum
district
was
actually
adopted
by
City
Council
about
three
years
ago,
and
so
the
bulk
of
the
work
that
we've
done
to
bring
an
amendment
to
you
all
was
what
I
would
consider
to
be
sort
of
maintenance
of
a
zoning
code
based
on
things.
W
Two
other
items
to
cover
as
well,
so
a
number
of
these
are
really
kind
of
like
what
I
call
a
red
line
changes
and
there
are
things
to
clarify
how
to
use
this
code
and
and
what
we,
what
we
intend
to
happen
here
as
we
develop
and
renovate
existing
buildings
on
Haywood
row.
So
there's
a
number
of
these
red
line,
changes
in
this
case
I'm,
showing
you
a
bill
to
zone
and
we're
trying
to
build
in
a
little
more
flexibility
to
that.
W
For
example,
we
need
some
some
some
accommodation
for
driveway
widths
and
we
need
to
clarify
how
staff
is
supposed
to
work
with
that
a
lot,
but
also
provide
for
access
to
the
property,
so
we're
kind
of
defining
that
sort
of
thing.
So
a
number
of
the
changes
in
this
code
would
be
in
the
category
of
red
line.
Changes
to
hopefully
make
the
code
easier
to
use
and
more
successful.
W
None
of
the
changes
that
I
I'm,
showing
you
right
at
this
moment
would
do
anything
to
change
the
vision
of
what
Haywood
Road
was
meant
to
do
with
with
that
long.
Community
development
process
that
we
went
through
another
example
would
be
a
red
line.
Change
would
be
a
setback
detail,
it's
noted
on
page
17
of
the
ordinance
and
it
provides
greater
options
for
for
building
step
backs
and
setbacks
are
really
to
to
ensure
that
air
light
reaches
the
street
not
overwhelm
the
streetscape.
W
But
we
have
some
other
issues
with
overhead
power
lines,
things
that
are
inflexible
in
a
very
difficult
to
work
around,
and
so
we
took
a
one
or
two
cases
where
we
actually
had
a
Board
of
Adjustment
variance,
because
someone
couldn't
build
into
the
setback
area
because
of
overhead
power
lines,
we
needed
to
clarify
that
for
Haywood
Road
roofs.
Is
it's
not
an
uncommon
occurrence
on
Haywood
Road?
W
In
addition
to
that,
the
the
code
also
specifies
building
Heights,
and
so
sometimes
the
code
was
requiring
12
12
feet
between
floors
and
which
is
a
little
bit
of
a
hardship.
When
you
have
a
very
small
structure,
you
have
a
very
high
ceilings,
a
lot
of
stairs
to
get
to
the
second
floor.
So
we
wanted
to
make
that
a
little
more
flexible
and
that's
based
on
feedback
from
the
community.
W
I
also
wanted
to
share
with
you
the
second
thing
so
in
September,
when
we
brought
this
big
list
to
you
all
for
consideration,
you
all,
as
a
council,
asked
staff
to
to
focus
on
the
area
below
Beach's
curve,
and
this
area
is
currently
HR.
Five
will
work
and
just
to
orient
you.
This
is
the
French
Broad
River
across
the
bridge
here
and
at
the
top
here
is
Beecham's
curve
and
we've
seen
a
lot
of
great
new
renovation,
reinvestment
new
restaurants
activity
in
this
area.
W
So
the
question
was
about
HR
five
live
work
and
at
our
September
meeting
council
was
concerned
that
we
were
expanding
opportunities
for
for
lodging
facilities.
So,
instead
of
our
original
request,
was
our
consideration
was
to
rezone
to
HR
for
traditional,
which
does
permit
lodging
facilities
that
staff
greatest
new
7th
district,
and
so
what
I
wanted
to
do
with
this?
This
version.
Neither
this
what
we've
added
to
this
red
line
changes
is
a
new
hr7.
W
What
this
is
showing
is
that
it's
going
to
act
and
behave
a
lot
like
the
HR
for
traditional
and
scale
formatting
standards
for
the
code
itself
would
apply
to
both
areas:
Beecham's
kerbin
down
to
the
river,
except
that
we
did
not
permit
laughing
in
this
use
logic
facilities
in
this
location.
So
this
is
several
areas
of
the
the
code
itself.
The
use
table
includes
a
new
7th
HR,
7
district.
So
there's
a
note
that
uses
that
kind
of
mirror
HR
for
traditional
we've
added
that
to
the
code
since
September.
W
We've
also
wanted
to
point
out
to
you
that
we
have
for
lodging
facilities,
we've
obviously
left
any
permitted
uses
off.
That
would
include
lodging
facilities.
Now
it
still
permits
the
things
that
we
all
fairly
agree
on,
which
is
the
bed
breakfast
in
or
the
homestead.
Those
are
other
options
that
we
allow
citywide,
and
so
they
would
still
be
allowed
on
table
Road,
but
we've
taken
out
HR
7
for
council
direction.
W
The
final
big
item
that
council
asked
staff
to
do
in
September
was
to
to
evaluate
to
reconsider
the
appropriateness
of
lodging
facilities
in
the
rest
of
the
ordinance
and
the
rest
of
the
district
I'm.
Sorry
this
this
correction
today,
the
red
line
here
means
really
we're
bringing
in
what
staff
of
a
Council
approved
in
February
council
changed
the
thresholds
for
for
lodging
facilities,
twenty-one
guest
rooms
and
more
always
come
to
Council,
that's
citywide,
and
so
this
code
didn't
reflect
that
in
February.
We
didn't
make
that
change.
W
We
didn't
show
it
it
applied
to
the
penguin
row,
but
it
didn't
show
it
very
clearly.
So
we
wanted
to
correct
that
with
this
change.
But
what
we've
really
done
here
is
just
pointed
out
that
20s
rooms
or
less
would
be
permitted
in
the
poor
area,
expansion
area,
a
corridor
area
and
the
HR
for
traditional
area
in
hr6
town.
G
W
That's
because
they
are
already
are
permitted.
They're
printed
today
in
those
Lawrence's
wanted
to
specify
that
at
the
September
meeting,
council
asked
staff
to
go
back
to
playing
Zoning
Commission
and
consider
the
appropriateness
of
maintaining
or
keeping
that
lodging
facilities
in
the
rest
of
the
this.
These
other
areas,
in
addition
to
HR
seven.
W
So
what
we
did
is
we
took
it
back
to
the
plan
Zoning
Commission
in
early
November,
so
to
remember.
First,
we
also
discussed
this
with
the
West
Asheville
Business
Association
for
council
agreement
that
we
would
take
it
back
with
them
where
central
business
feels
like
this
is
a
use
that
would
help
small
business
on
Haywood
Road.
W
When
we
took
it
to
the
planning
zoning
commission,
they
did
wrestle
with
it
some
they
discussed
it
a
lot
and
in
the
end
they
voted
to
recommend
sending
the
copy
that
you
have
in
front
of
you
back
to
you
all
for
consideration,
which
means
keeping
lodging
facilities
as
they
are
here.
20
units
or
less
would
still
be
allowed.
So
I
know
that
part
of
the
discussion
or
concern
has
been
short-term
rentals
on
Haywood,
Road
and
and
and
you
know,
but
that
was
that
threshold
that
was
established
in
February.
W
W
W
And-
and
these
to
this
area
was
was
left
out
and
and
sort
of
intentionally
considered
for
live
work
because
it
there
was
a
sense
that
there
may
not
be
enough
energy
I'm,
Haywood
Road
to
have
success
there.
You
might
have
gapped
properties,
you
know
things
that
never
got
renovated
and
no
new
energy
went
there,
and
if
you
stretched
out
the
commercial
opportunities
along
the
whole
section
of
Haywood
Road,
it
might
result
in
some
areas
not
not
doing
very
well.
So
that
was
during
the
the
2014
approval
process.
W
We
went
with
of
live
work
as
an
option
here.
Well,
since
then,
lots
changed
and
and
the
growth
and
activity
has
followed
the
corridor
all
the
way
down
to
the
river
and
the
new
buildings
helped
with
that,
and
so,
if
it
was
changed
to
the
new
hr7.
If
you
all
move
forward
with
all
these
amendments,
it
would
allow
a
variety
of
commercial
uses.
One
two
three
stories
throughout
that
section
of
the
quarter,
except
not
permitting
lodging
facilities.
So
with
that
I
can
answer
any
questions
for
you
by
if.
K
A
Z
Good
evening,
austin
walker-
I
am
here
today
as
the
president
of
West
Apps
for
Business
Association
I,
believe
I
was
mentioned
in
the
report
and
I
am
here
to
implore
you
guys
to
listen
to
staff
recommendation
in
planning
zoning
recommendation
regarding
retaining
lodging
20
units
or
less
as
a
permitted
use
on
Haywood
Road.
We
do
what
West
Asheville
Business
Association
wobba
does
support
the
rezoning
of
the
river.
G
Z
Z
In
fact,
the
last
time
I
was
in
front
of
you
was
when
the
council
accepted
the
vision
of
Haywood
Road
as
the
the
bedrock
for
what
the
community
wanted
over
there,
and
that
vision
was
a
work
of
14
years
or
so
10
to
14
years
of
community
public
input
sessions.
Most
of
it
was
actually
facilitated
by
Allen
that
I
commend
Allen
for
his
work
on
that.
Z
That
vision
is
what
the
community
wants,
and
that
is
a
commercial
corridor,
and
if
there
is
any
place
for
lodging
in
that
community,
that
would
be
the
spot
for
it,
and
the
businesses
are
very,
very
excited
about
watching
we
don't
have
lodging
over
there.
The
lodging
that
is
over
there
has
spread
into
the
neighborhoods.
G
Z
Is
a
separate
issue
altogether
than
what
we're
talking
about
tonight
with
the
lodging
on
a
commercial
corridor
in
the
district
that
has
goes
along
with
the
vision
of
the
community.
The
other
thing
that
I
would
mention
is
that
you
know
Haven
Road
was
was
first
in
this
form
base
code
thing.
You
know
it
was
innovative.
It
was
done
elsewhere
in
the
country
sure,
but
it
was
the
first
place
in
Nashville,
which
is
correct.
Z
That
code
is
formed
based
not
use
best,
so
it
the
form
was,
was
determined
by
the
community
and
it
was,
it
spelled
out,
beautifully.
I
think
Alan's
doing
a
great
job
to
manage
those
expectations
and
in
terms
of
how
it's
actually
applied,
that
the
rubber
meets
the
road,
but
it
is
form
based,
not
use
based,
and
that
should
remain
such.
Z
AA
Good
evening
my
name
is
Michael
buttrum
I'm,
representing
the
land
of
the
sky
association
of
realtors,
which
next
Thursday
will
hit
1980
members
in
Asheville,
so
that's
become
significant
in
size.
Was
your
fun
here,
though,
about
private
property
rights,
specifically
Haywood
Road
corridor,
and
maybe
more
specifically,
drilling
down
to
short-term
rentals.
AA
The
we
posed
a
question
to
our
association,
where
my
is
a
restriction
or
a
regulation,
a
taking
in
a
different
form,
and
the
idea
of
course
comes
from
the
standpoint.
If
it's
not
the
case
here,
it's
not
a
problem
today
since
you're,
not
using
it
for
public
purposes
and
you're,
not
offering
any
compensation
because
you're
not
doing
it.
AA
G
AA
That's
something
that
I'm,
hopefully
going
to
point
out
that
some
of
the
issues
here
and
whatever
is
decided,
particularly
if
it's
restricted,
there's
gonna,
be
clever
people
circumventing
it
and
about
30
minutes,
which
is
unfortunately,
what's
going
on
right
now
with
the
current
one.
So
again,
it's
something
to
consider.
We
gave
the
council
on
two
occasions
what
we
refer
to
by
a
colleague
of
mine
from
California,
a
common
sense
approach
to
short-term
rentals
written
by
the
city
of
Goleta
California,
which
is
a
greater
part
of
Santa.
Barbara
here,
believe,
is
about
50,000.
AA
They
have
a
short-term
rental
ordinances
allowed
and
it
makes
sense
its
property
regulated.
It
offers
revenue
streams
properly
to
both
the
city,
as
well
as
the
people
that
own
the
property,
the
private
property
and
I
would
urge
you
to
reconsider
at
least
look
at
it
from
the
standpoint
of
whether
or
not
it
would
be
helpful
for
you
also
I,
think.
A
lot
of
complaints
that
take
place
with
short-term
rentals
are
really
long-term
runs.
AA
When
you
ask
the
professionals
that
manage
these
properties
they're
far
greater
problems
with
long-term
rentals
in
there
are
certain
levels,
far
greater
which
put
you
into
the
enforcement
business
and
you
know
and
its
problem
for
the
city.
It's
a
problem
for
the
owner,
I
think
it's
confused
between
short
term
and
long
term
and
I
think
the
problems
with
short
term.
Certainly
there
are
some,
but
not
merely
to
the
amount
of
long
term
routes.
AA
A
AA
O
Good
evening,
my
name
is
Christopher
Fink
and
I'm,
representing
my
neighbors
or
Bruce
month
circle
in
regard
to
this
matter,
and
what,
though,
none
of
us
are
zoning
experts?
The
the
overriding
concern
we
have
is
to
advocate
for
the
continued
development
of
West
Asheville
as
a
community
and
not
a
recreation
zone.
We're
hoping
that,
as
you
think,
about
the
zoning
application
that
it
be
done
with
a
mind
toward
encouraging
community
business
development
and
community
use.
Many
of
us
who
have
lived
in
other
places
that
have
benefited
from
forward-thinking
zoning
activities
know
a
lot.
O
The
difference
between
recreation
zone
development
and
the
benefit
for
those
who
are
eager
to
have
lodging
and
the
predominance
of
recreation,
businesses
in
hospitality
or
and
addres
create
of
restaurants,
bars,
coffee
houses
and
the
like
good
place
for
those
in
the
community,
but
in
in
some.
What
we're
hoping
is
to
maintain
a
community
that
supports
a
living
community
of
residents
as
opposed
to
visitors,
and
that
does
not
exclude
visitors
coming
and
enjoying
our
community,
but
it
places
the
priority
on
a
residential
community
development
over
a
recreation
community
development.
Thank
you
very
much.
K
AB
Mike,
Collins
and
I
think
that
the
HR
for
traditional
would
be
just
fine
I,
don't
see
a
reason
to
create
the
HR
7
to
restrict
the
property
owners
rights
to
do
what
they
want
to
do
as
far
as
short-term
rentals,
because
that
part
of
the
corridor
on
the
court
over
there,
it's
not
going
to
bother
any
of
the
neighborhoods
there's
no
way.
It's
gonna
really
bother
anybody,
because
the
way
that's
late,
there's
no
houses
up
straight
up
a
bank
up
on
the
hill
there
and
I
think
it.
AB
A
M
G
C
C
Are
not
respecting
the
very
long
process
Austan
that
you
talked
about
that
went
through
that
we
went
through
to
develop
this
form
based
code.
I
will
also
the
quote.
Our
assistant
planning
director,
who
opened
this
presentation
by
saying
that
that
most
of
what's
being
proposed
here
is
based
on.
Is
our
changes
base
on
things
that
we've
learned
in
the
community
and
what
we've
learned
in
this
community
is
that
affordability
is
only
an
increasing
problem
and
that
short-term
rentals
are
only
an
increasing
problem.
C
C
This
simply
says:
if
you
want
to
build
a
short-term
rental
facility
on
the
on
the
spine
of
the
Haywood
Road
in
West
Asheville,
you
need
to
come
talk
to
us
and
what
we
have
found
with
I
think
the
the
20
room
plus
threshold
is
in
the
last
year,
since
we've
put
that
in
places
that
that
has
gotten
us
better
projects
than
we
would
have
gotten
otherwise,
and
so
I.
Don't
see
any
reason
that
this
wouldn't
that
that
wouldn't
be
the
case
with
this
as
well.
I
Before
we
get
a
second
on
that
motion,
this
is
these
are
very
taxing
conversations
and
trying
to
be
pragmatic
about.
Where
do
you
go
on
this,
especially
with
the
20
room
threshold?
I,
think
that-
and
we
did
that
that
was
in
my
mind
that
was
more
or
less
for
a
larger
scale:
hotels,
not
short-term
rentals.
When
you
start
thinking
about
short-term
rentals
there,
there
are
merits
on
both
sides
of
this
argument
to
be
able
to
come
in
and
just
kind
of
pick.
I
These
things
apart
as
we
go
from
quarter
to
quarter,
is
still
not
something
that
I'm
willing
to
do
I'm
going
to
support
the
foreign-based
code
tonight,
but
in
the
hopes
that
the
next
iteration
of
council
will
significantly
take
a
look
at
this
and
make
a
really
pragmatic
view
on
we.
How
do
we
regulate
this?
I
mean
people
are
doing
short-term
rentals,
whether
we
want
them
to
or
not?
I
That's
that's
already
been
seen
as
far
as
short-term
rentals
affecting
affordable
housing,
I
mean
they're
anecdotes
out
there,
that
short-term
rentals
don't
affect
a
affordable
housing
in
the
sense
of.
If
it's
a
short-term
rental,
is
it
in
the
neighborhood
that
you're
gonna
have
an
affordable
housing
unit?
Is
it?
Is
it
someone
who's
gonna
want
to
do
that
long
term?
How
do
we
know
that?
I
That's
what
the
owner
of
that
individual
property
is
going
to
want
to
do,
because
we
say
you
can't
do
a
short-term
rental
that
doesn't
necessarily
make
it
make
it
that
you're
gonna
make
a
long-term
rental
out
of
that
that's
affordable.
I
can't
say
that
I
owner
of
a
property
is
going
to
do
that.
How
do
we
look
at
all
these
things?
I'm,
not
saying
they're,
right
or
wrong,
but
I
still
think
it
deserves
more
comprehensive,
look
than
what
we're
giving
it
now.
I
It
just
sounds
like
we're
just
throwing
darts
at
a
dartboard,
its
popping
balloons,
but
I'm
going
to
support
this
with
the
hopes
that
the
next
council
will
really
take
a
serious
look
at
short-term
rentals
in
the
comprehensiveness
of
how
we
deal
with
them
across
the
city
and
whether
or
not
they
really
do
affect
affordable
housing.
I
don't
know.
C
C
G
D
C
C
I
think
I
did
okay,
if
I
didn't
I'll
say
it
louder.
I
moved
to
approve
the
Haywood
Road
form-based
code,
amendment
with
the
additional
amendment
to
exclude
lodging
facilities
of
all
types
from
all
districts
in
the
Haywood
form-based
code,
Haywood
form
code
and
find
that
the
request
is
reasonable
and
is
in
the
public
interest
and
is
consistent
with
the
Comprehensive
Plan
and
other
adopted
plans
in
the
following
ways:
number
one:
the
code
amendment
will
encourage
infill
development
and
vibrant
mixed-use
neighborhoods
and
two.
The
amendment
will
facilitate
the
implementation
of
the
code.
Second,.
K
A
N
The
for
based
code
process-
it's
been
set
up
here
before
a
really
comprehensive,
excellent
process,
lots
of
community
input
and
since
its
completion,
we've
seen
the
emergence
of
this
seriousness
of
the
STR
issue
across
the
city
of
Asheville.
So
it
has
become
an
emergent
issue
and
I
think
that
if
we
were
doing
the
forum
based
code
today,
it
would
be
one
of
those
things
that
was
kind
of
long
debated
during
the
process.
But
the
fact
is
that
these
issues
have
emerged
and
we
are,
as
a
body
responding.
N
I
would
also
say
that
the
corridor
is
a
neighborhood.
Mr.
Walker
has
apartments
excellent
apartments
there
on
Haywood
Road,
Bledsoe
building
his
apartment,
st.
Joan
of
Arc
apartments.
This
is
a
neighborhood
and
not
only
that,
but
the
the
separation
between
the
corridor
in
the
neighborhood
proper
is
such
a
thin
line.
N
If
it's
a
line
at
all
that,
even
now
all
of
the
traffic
from
the
commercial
corridors
flooded
into
the
neighborhoods,
so
I
would
say
that
the
corridor
issues
are
the
neighborhood
issues
that
to
say
that
they're
separate
is
I,
think
it
ignores
the
reality
to
underscore
councilman
Mayfield's
point.
This
is
not
a
ban.
This
is
a
removal
of
the
use
by
right.
The
conditional
zoning
process
remains
available
for
all
applicants
and,
if
you've
got
something
that
you
want
to
put
it
on
Haywood
Road,
that
is
gonna,
it
looks
like
it's
in
a
really
good
spot.
N
N
G
N
If
we
don't
have
the
speed
limits,
I
just
don't
buy.
It
I
think
that
we're
still
learning
how
to
enforce
this
and
I
don't
know
if
it'll
get
to
perfect,
but
I
think
it'll
get
better
as
services
emerge
and
as
we
as
as
we
as
a
municipal
government,
get
better
at
this
kind
of
enforcement.
I
think
we're
not
good
at
it
yet
I
think
we're
getting
better
at
it.
Every
single
day,
though,
and
then
more
broadly
I'm,
looking
forward
to
watching
from
afar
as
PD,
and
then
this
council
discusses
what
did
you
want?
N
All
the
commercial
in
all
the
commercial
districts
across
the
city
on
this
I
think
Heath
is
right
that
it's
time
to
have
a
more
comprehensive
take
on
this
and
it's
I
I
started
talking
about
two
years
ago
about
house
looking
at
this,
the
central
business
district.
In
this
regard,
and
at
the
time
there
hadn't
been
a
lot
of
appetite
for
it,
but
I
think
that,
as
we've
seen,
these
condo
projects
emerge
that
are
STRs
that
are
essentially
hotels,
masquerading
as
condos
that
it's
time
it's
just
time
for
us
to
respond
to
this
stuff.
N
Downtown
is
also
a
neighborhood
ask
darn,
we
are
a
city
of
neighborhoods
and
I.
Think
there's
some
places
where
this
use
might
be
really
appropriate
and
I
look
forward
to
hearing
where
you
all
decide
those
are
and
but
and
to
go
ahead
and
look
at
that
Rodney's
important.
But
for
tonight
this
is
in
front
of
us
and
it's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
take
a
really
strong
stance
on
saying
that
we're
gonna
make
sure
that
our
residents
are
going
to
come.
N
N
Every
noise
carries
across
that
gully.
So
if
you
end
up
with
a
row,
a
short
term
party
houses
on
that
road,
so
people
walk
down
to
the
PIRs
guarantee
that
every
neighbor
in
that
neighborhood
is
going
to
have
to
contend
with
them.
So
just
gonna
throw
that
little
throw
a
little
cold
water
on
comment
there.
I
I
I
think
when
you
start
talking
about
people
who
do
short-term
rentals,
if
we
not
make
it
a
you,
spy
right
that
they'll
either
come
to
us
or
they'll,
do
a
a
long-term
room
is
I,
mean
I,
think
it's
kind
of
fickle
to
look
at
that
and
think
that
that's
how
it's
gonna
play
out
I
think
you
can't
make
the
Asheville
North
Carolina
beer,
City,
USA
and
then
complain
about
the
fallout.
I
think
you
have
to
I
think
you
have
to
really
try
to
look
at
this
in
a
more
pragmatic
way.
I
So
hopefully
will
help,
will
continue
these
conversations
and
will
I'm
not
necessarily
sure
we'll
have
a
perfect
mobile
to
put
on
it.
When
it's
all
said
and
done,
I
don't
think
it's
all
said
and
done
now,
I,
don't
think
anybody
on
either
side
of
this
issue
is
gonna
be
happy
with
whatever
results
we
have
and
then
we
had
some
task
force
in
the
past
about
short-term
rentals
and
things,
and
we
figured
we
wrapped
it
up
in.
N
I
T
We
can
figure
it
out.
I
would,
since
we're
discussing
all
this
again,
I'd
like
to
interject
that,
for
those
of
you
who
support
a
short-term
rental,
particularly
of
accessory
dwellings,
I
count,
four
votes
on
the
new
council
will
be
in
favor,
so
I
think
the
policy
is
very
likely
to
change
in
the
course
of
rationalizing
the
policy
I
predict
that
we're
gonna
end
up
banning
whole
house.
Rentals,
citywide
and
accessory
dwelling
units,
at
least
by
my
camp
of
the
new
council,.
A
A
A
D
W
C
S
W
Hr
5
live
work
does
not
permit
a
variety
of
commercial
business
uses
that
it's
focused
really
on
residential
uses,
with
a
very
small
smattering
of
Studio
and
sort
of
home
occupation
type
of
live
work
type
of
uses.
Should
you
change
the
zoning
here
folks?
In
the
end,
these
properties
could
do
a
fuller
range
of
commercial
activity
here
now,
what
I
must
say
is
HR,
4
and
HR.
7
are
practically
identical
because
now
there's
no
difference
in
the
lodging,
but
we
might
need
to
deal
with
that
at
a
later
date.
W
If,
but
depending
on
how
the
conversation
goes
in
the
future,
with
short-term
rentals
and
other
issues,
we
might
have
the
need
to
maintain
HR
7.
So
we'll
we'll
wait
to
see
how
that
goes,
but
just
to
show
you
that
the
land
use
table
ooh
this
column
here,
I'm
going
to
zoom
out
the
column
on
the
far
right
is
the
hr7.
It
permits
a
wide
variety
of
housing
types.
It
provides
a
lot
of
allowance
for
public
and
institutional
uses.
It
would
allow
some
food
and
beverage
activity
here.
W
It
would
also
include
a
wider
range
of
retail
and
services.
On
point
to
this
category
here
office
and
those
sorts
of
things
for
this
section
of
Haywood
Road
that
the
difference
the
interesting
part
of
this
section
of
Haywood
Road-
is
that
the
properties
here
cannot
really
benefit
from
the
on
street
parking
that
is
actually
available
in
other
portions
of
Haywood
Road.
W
The
corridor
is
pretty
tight.
You
just
don't
have
a
lot
of
room,
so
pretty
much.
Everyone
is
going
to
be
providing
the
scale.
The
development
will
be
scaled
to
the
size
of
a
lot
without
any
additional
ability
to
use
the
on
street
parking
or
other.
You
know,
sort
of
community
services
in
that
area
alone.
So
that's
that's
kind
of
a
reality
for
these
properties.
That's
a
slightly
unique
I
think
the
scale
of
development
will
be
moderated
for
that
reason,
but
any
other
questions
all
we
have
answer
for
you.
A
K
A
V
Okay,
I'm
going
a
my
name,
is
Nikki
Reed
real
estate
program
director
we've
received
an
unsolicited
offer
to
purchase
property
that
the
city
owns
along
Broadway
and
so
I'm
going
to
summarize
some
of
the
key
points
from
this
staff
report
about
the
deal.
So
the
parcel
that
you
see
on
the
screen.
It's
about
0.38
acres
zone,
neighborhood,
corridor
district,
the
city
came
to
own
it
via
NCDOT
and
DDOT,
purchased
a
lot
of
property
along
Broadway
during
the
widening
project
and
also
purchased
some
property
for
requite
Greenway.
V
And
so
that's
how
the
city
came
to
own
that
property
and
you'll
see
the
recruit.
Greenway
is
fully
constructed
to
the
rear
on
a
separate
parcel
there.
So
the
gas
station
closed
a
couple
years
ago
and
at
that
time
a
new
owner
bought
it
and
then
came
to
the
city
requesting
to
purchase
its
property.
So
it's
a
small
site
but
an
effort
to
to
leverage
the
sale
of
the
property
to
achieve
affordable
housing
goals.
The
following
viewpoints
were
put
together.
V
First
is
the
offer
of
a
purchase
price
at
a
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
dollars
that
is
based
on
an
appraisal
that
assumes
certain
restrictions
on
the
property
and
also
with
that
is
the
agreement
of
an
affordable,
housing
deed
restriction
that
requires
the
construction
of
a
minimum
of
eight
units
or
20%
of
the
total
build
out
of
a
new
development
at
60%
ami
for
25
years
so
and
actually
and
follow-up
to
the
review
at
the
HDD
committee.
The
developer
has
also
agreed
to
restrict
short-term
rental
on
the
property
for
a
period
of
25
years.
V
Also
so,
and
one
more
thing
due
to
the
fact
that
the
developer
has
agreed
to
these
affordable
housing
restrictions
and
the
city
has
the
ability
to
do
a
direct
sale
rather
than
put
the
property
up
for
upset
bids.
This
can
be
done
as
a
direct
sale
due
to
that
affordable
housing,
deed
restriction.
I
also
like
to
point
out
that
we
have
representatives
of
the
purchaser
here
tonight.
If
you
have
any
questions
for
them,
but
otherwise
I
can
answer
your
questions.
Any
questions.
K
N
N
Really
want
to
thank
Hans
your
willingness
to
work
with
the
city
staff
and
to
come
forward
and
really
help
I
think
that
you're,
the
32
units-
or
you
know,
however,
it
takes
out
exactly-
are
gonna,
be
really
helpful,
but
especially
these
eight
units
of
housing
that
will
be
affordable
to
people
at
sixty
percent
of
area.
Median
income
is
gonna
meet
such
an
important
need,
and
your
willingness
to
come
forward
with
this
is
exactly
the
kind
of
partnership
that
this
body
asks
for
again
and
again
and
and
your
willingness
to
come
forward.
It's
just.
A
AC
A
D
AC
The
reason
I
ask
is
that
I
think
that
there
are
several
projects
that
are
being
considered
downtown
other
that
may
be
stalking
horses
for
STRs
and
by
the
time
you
get
around
to
actually
putting
the
restrictions
whatever
they
might
be
in
place.
It
might
be
too
late
for
whatever
has
been
added
on
so
again.
If
you
could
do
a
temporary,
that
would
allow
you
not
not
to
make
a
permanent
decision.
Zoning
might
give
you
the
leeway
to
to
consider.
Thank
you.
Y
I
name
is
Brittany.
Leopard
I
have
two
points
of
decorum
and
two
questions
of
how
we
conduct
business.
My
main
point
is
I
felt
really
disrespected
that
I
was
interrupted
during
my
three
minutes.
Red
tape
should
impede
innovation
and
my
point
wasn't
about
who
owned
the
land
it
was
about
what
we
can
do
with
it
in
Buncombe,
County
and
the
city
can
communicate
with
each
other.
At
that
point,
I
feel
that
when
we
come
up
here,
we
have
to
listen
to
everyone
talk
so
in
my
three
minutes.
I
don't
want
to
be
interrupted.
Y
Also
I
was
unfair
that
moody
investors
Services
was
allowed
to
go
well
over
their
10-minute
time.
While
Shannon
came
here
to
talk
about
her
neighborhood
and
was
cut
off
right
at
her
three
minutes.
I
don't
want
anyone
to
be
left
over
their
time
if
someone
else
won't
be
led
over
their
time.
My
question
is
about
consent
agenda
and
the
minutes
I
was
wondering
if
the
minutes
could
be
posted
before
the
next
meeting,
so
we
have
time
to
research
it
and
come
prepared.
Y
I've
only
seen
on
there
that
it's
from
the
past
one
and
I
can't
really
do
anything
about
that.
So
I'd
like
to
see
maybe
a
link
to
a
minute
for
the
next
meeting
before
December
19th,
if
that's
possible
and
I,
also
have
a
question
about
the
consent
agenda
whenever
that's
already
on
the
minutes.
For
this
meeting
and
I
come
in.
Is
that
something
that
public
comment
is
allowed
on,
because
I
had
issue
with
numbers
I&L
but
I
didn't
know.
If
that's
something
that
we
can
comment
on
publicly
or
not.
A
G
Y
A
The
way
the
consent
agenda
is
done
is
it
is
a
motion
for
all
the
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
Unless
anyone
on
council
wants
to
take
an
individual
item
off
and
consider
it
separately
and
today,
two
items
were
removed
to
be
considered
separately.
So
then
there
was
a
motion
for
all
the
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
Those
and
the
public
was
invited
to
comment.
T
Y
Have
been
whenever
he
said
would
have
been
the
thing
okay,
just
as
speaking
on
my
behalf
and
maybe
other
people
here,
I
would
like
to
see
each
item
like.
Does
anyone
have
anything
to
say
about
item
a
I
don't
be
because
that
makes
it
easier
for
us
to
come
forward
and
speak
about
them.
It
doesn't
feel
like
we're
being
rushed
out
or
like
it's
all,
being
swept
under
the
rug.
That's
all
I
have
to
say
thank
you.
I
apologize.