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August 25, 2020
Asheville City Council Meeting
A
I'm
mayor
mannheimer
and
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
this
august
25th
meeting
of
the
asheville
city
council,
all
council
members,
that'll
be
participating
tonight
and
staff
are
participating
virtually
and
again.
We
appreciate
your
patience
as
we
work
through
this
process.
We've
done
this
several
times
now,
so
I
think
we're
getting
better
at
it.
As
time
goes
by,
we
are
streaming
live
on
our
virtual
engagement
hub,
which
is
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
hub
link
on
the
front
page
of
the
city's
website.
A
855-925-2801
and
entering
the
code
7725,
we
are
also
broadcasting
live
on
the
city's
youtube
channel
charter,
cable,
channel,
9
193
and
on
a
t,
u-verse
channel
99,
so
for
everyone
who's
out
there
tonight
welcome
for
public
comment.
We
ask
callers
to
sign
up
in
advance
to
join
the
live
speaker
queue.
We
will
only
be
taking
live
comments
from
those
who
signed
up
prior
to
tonight's
meeting.
A
Those
callers
have
been
provided
instructions
on
how
to
participate.
Each
caller
is
allotted
three
minutes
to
speak
on
each
agenda
item.
We
will
hear
live
comments
for
up
to
one
hour
on
each
agenda
item.
If
there
are
that
many
callers
as
a
reminder
to
callers,
you
will
first
hear
staff
and
form
counsel
that
you
are
next
to
speak.
Then
you'll
hear
an
automated
message,
letting
you
know
we.
You
are
unmuted
and
live
in
the
meeting.
You
may
begin
speaking
after
the
automated
message
to
best
ensure
staff
can
support
you
in
case
of
technical
difficulties.
A
A
A
A
A
And
speakers
should
not
expect
council
members
or
city
staff
to
comment
or
respond
to
their
comments
directly
during
their
during
the
meeting.
Sometimes
folks
who
are
speaking,
ask
a
question
in
the
middle
of
their
comments
and
instead
what
we
need
you
to
do
is
complete
your
statement
and
at
the
end
of
your
comments,
if
there's,
if
it's
appropriate,
someone
may
be
able
to
answer
questions
or
comment
further,
but
not
while
you're
speaking.
A
Okay,
now
I'm
going
to
go
through
and
introduce
all
the
council
members
who
are
participating
members
please
make
sure
to
meet
your
microphones
when
you're,
not
speaking,
I'm
also
going
to
introduce
the
staff
that
are
participating
council
itself.
As
I
call
your
name,
please
say
a
quick
hello.
Vice
mayor
whistler
good
evening,
councilman
haynes.
B
A
And
city
clerk,
maggie
burleson,
hello,
okay,
we'll
begin
the
council
agenda,
like
we
always
do
with
the
pledge
of
allegiance.
If
you'll
please
rise
wherever
you
are
for
the
pledge
of
allegiance,
I
pledge
allegiance
to
the
flag
of
the
united
states
of
america
and
to
the
republic
for
which
it
stands.
One
nation,
under
god,
indivisible
with
liberty
and
justice
for
all.
A
G
For
the
past
several
years,
buncombe
county
has
been
subsidizing
the
paratransit
service
offered
by
the
city
of
asheville
the
year
before
last
they
were,
they
were
subsidizing
by
around
400
000
and
then
last
year
they
subsidized
the
city's
fair
transit
by.
I
believe,
238
thousand.
I'm
just
very
disappointed
that
this
the
county
decided
at
this
time
to
completely
eliminate
that
subsidy,
especially
during
this
time
where
we're
all
experiencing
budget
budget
issues
and
the
fact
that
the
county
selected
this
time
to
completely
take
their
subsidy
away.
A
C
You
and
esther
I've
got
just
a
couple
of
comments.
I
want
to
make
nothing,
nothing
big.
I
just
I
just
want
to
remind
folks
that
there's
still
a
lot
of
good
stuff
happening
at
the
city.
I
know
it's.
It
can
be
hard
to
think
about
that
or
remember
that,
but
on
our
consent
agenda
today
we
have
movement
on
a
number
of
our
priorities,
and
so
I
just
want
to
flag
those
for
you
number
one.
C
C
We
are
approving
the
contract
with
the
green
built
alliance
for
to
manage
the
blue
horizons
project,
which
is
going
to
be
the
you
know,
a
key
factor
in
moving
asburg,
clean
energy,
renewable
energy
and
and
continuing
to
implement
energy
efficiency
in
wealth
houses,
low-level
homes.
So
that's
a
key,
a
key
strategy
for
us
as
well
we're
ordering
two
new
buses.
They're
hybrids.
I
know
everybody
wants
electric.
C
A
I
Grant
millen
I'm
a
long-time
asheville
resident
who
has
spoken
at
city
council
meetings
on
dozens
of
occasions.
Over
many
years
I
have
a
deep
and
diverse
experience
with
hundreds
of
local
civic
engagement
activities.
I
publish
over
100
commentaries
and
letters
to
the
editor,
mostly
in
the
asheville
system
times
and
mostly
commentaries.
One
of
my
favorite
most
recent
more
recent
commentaries
is
happiness,
is
comparing
the
usa
with
norway's
liberal
democracy.
I
I
I
Next,
the
30
60
day,
360
90
day
work,
plan
and
everything
city
asheville,
is
doing
under
the
banner
of
justice,
equity,
diversity,
inclusion
and
wellness
jedi
w
being
a
flag.
I
promote
alongside
our
national
and
state
flags
like
a
new
rainbow
coalition
flag,
is
more
destabilism
and
ableism.
Creating
this
new,
harmonious
world
with
no
input
or
space
for
persons
with
disabilities
is
a
sin.
In
the
face
of
my
lord
jesus
christ,
my
lord
healed,
the
disabled.
I
I
I
asked
city
of
asheville
to
produce
an
anti-poverty
strategy
in
2015.
No
one
has
done
that.
No
one,
not
mayor
mannheimer,
not
the
city
manager.
At
the
time,
no
members
of
city
council
thought
that
was
important.
I
think
hearing
asheville's
african-american
community
is
both
rational.
Just
I
think
I
could
get
really
depressed
living
right
next
right
on
the
edge
of
the
actual
asheville
african
american
census
tracts
and
the
community
centers
like
wesley
grant,
southlake
south
side
center
might
as
well
be
on
mars.
I
I
K
Hi
council,
thank
you
for
taking
my
call.
My
name
is
robin
sunston.
I
live
in
the
inca
candler
area
and
I
have
some
specific
comments
about
items:
g,
l
and
s
on
the
consent
agenda
g
hearing
that
there's
a
public
hearing
close
to
the
unopened
right-of-way
on
gale
street,
set
for
september
22nd
wondering
if
that's
the
day
that
the
public
hearing
for
the
budget
will
be.
K
There
tends
to
be
many
other
public
hearings
at
the
same
time
as
issues
where
the
public
is
showing
up
with
a
lot
to
say.
So,
I'm
urging
you
to
not
pack
the
same
meeting
with
a
budget
hearing
with
other
presentations
and
public
hearings,
and
I'm
really
looking
forward
tonight
to
hearing
you
speak
very
specifically
about
the
public
engagement
process
that
you
will
be
undergoing
with
the
upcoming
budget
hearing,
because
there
has
to
be
some
sort
of
public
engagement
process.
K
As
far
as
item
l,
I
want
to
just
thank
you
for
realizing
that
the
end
of
the
more
ending
the
moratorium
on
new
hotels
at
this
moment,
while
we
were
in
a
pandemic
and
also
in
the
process
of
living
up
to
the
commitment
of
the
resolution,
the
reparations
resolution
that
y'all
passed
a
few
weeks
ago
and
appreciate
seeing
that
this
is
being
suggested
and
that
you
will
have
some
public
comment
coming
up.
So
very
much
appreciate
that
and
then
item
s.
Just
thank
you
for
the
rental
assistance
resolution.
K
What
are
and
wondering
what
the
next
steps
are
for
the
city
for
you,
each
to
specifically
using
your
power
to
communicate
directly
to
landlords,
especially
how
is
this
urgent
necessity
being
made
clear
to
them
so
that
they
actually
heed
the
warning
that
you
are
naming,
and
so
it's
essential
right
now
for
people's
lives
to
be
able
to
live
safely
where
they
are.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your.
B
A
B
B
E
E
E
E
They
actually
had
their
first
meeting
last
week
and
that
was
an
orientation
meeting
and
so
that
work
will
be
ongoing
for
the
next
several
months.
The
second
item
was
work
with
the
community
on
renaming
of
streets.
We
have
met
with
the
african-american
heritage
commission
and
we're
going
to
continue
community
engagement
and
outreach
to
really
finalize
the
the
definitive
next
steps.
The
african-american
heritage
commission
said
that
they
did
not
feel
that
they
could
take
on
the
full
responsibility
of
this
initiative.
E
E
We
lost
touch
with
a
number
of
these
students,
and
then
we
had
the
summer
break.
So
we
know
that
there
are
lots
of
opportunities
we
hope
to
reconnect
and
to
help
bridge
the
that
learning
gap
that
has
occurred
over
those
number
of
months
and,
as
I
said,
we're
really
excited
about
this
partnership
and
we
will
be
providing
you
with
a
lot
more
detailed
information
about
the
launch
date,
we're
doing
some
things
on
an
experimental
basis
toward
the
end
of
of
of
august
and
then
launching
full
speed
ahead.
E
So
within
90
days
there
is
work
currently
underway
on
these
initiatives,
providing
protocol
practices,
resource
allocation,
a
lot
of
data
regarding
equity
and
inclusion,
utilize
best
practices
to
recruit
people
of
color,
developing
race
and
gender
conscious
policy.
In
response
to
the
disparity
study,
that
policy
will
actually
come
to
council
for
review
in
in
september
september.
The
8th
at
our
next
meeting
next
slide.
Please.
So
I
think
that,
as
I
said,
I
was
going
to
come
back
to
this
one,
the
defund
divest
and
invest
strategy
in
our
community
engagement.
E
E
We
heard
that
we
should
use
paid
facilitators,
not
city
staff,
that
we
the
conversations
needed
to
be
authentic,
that
we
needed
to
convene
smaller
groups
so
that
we
can
have
opportunities
for
genuine
input,
use
lots
of
different
outreach,
mediums,
questionnaires,
blogs
face-to-face
meetings
and
make
a
special
effort
to
hear
from
those
in
impacted
populations,
particularly
focusing
on
black's
indigenous
population
and
latinx
next
slide.
So
hopefully,
as
I
go
through
and
discuss
the
process
moving
forward,
it
reflects
some
of
the
lessons
lessons
learned
and
so
facilitation
services.
E
E
E
The
facilitator
teams
that
have
been
selected
is
shimeka
coleman
out
of
out
of
raleigh,
and
this
is
a
combined
team,
glenn
thomas
and
christine
edwards,
and
they
are
an
organization
called
amplify
next,
please
so
the
public
engagement
process,
those
two
teams
have
agreed
to
deliver
us
these
types
of
services.
They
will
haul
virtual
meetings,
small
group,
in-person
meetings,
the
facilitators
will
connect
with
and
focus
on,
the
most
impacted.
E
The
facilitators
have
also
included
some
opportunities
to
provide
professional
development
for
a
limited
number
of
people
representing
those
most
impacted
groups
and
what
that
means
is
they're
going
to
actually
team
with
some
local
people
pay
them
to
help
them
facilitate
and
have
these
conversations
important
conversations
around
public
safety
services
in
our
community
city
staff
then
will
provide
surveys,
questionnaires
blogs
that
will
mirror
the
facilitated
experience.
That
is
the
questions
that
will
be
asked
at
the
in-person
or
virtual
discussions.
E
Next
slide,
please,
and
so
when
we
start
we're
going
to
launch
our
website
this
week
on
the
27th
the
next
following
week,
we
are
going
to
have
our
first
virtual
community
engagement
meeting
and
then
the
week
of
september.
The
7th
will
be
where
we
have
some
very
intensive,
numerous
types
of
engagement
opportunities
that
will
be
virtual
community
meetings,
as
well
as
some
in-person
small
group
meetings.
E
E
E
E
Our
city
is,
is
operating
in
unprecedented
times
and
and
we're
being
challenged
with
things
that
are
happening
to
us
all
at
the
same
time,
economic,
social,
racial
and
public
health
issues
that
we're
being
confronted
with
and
having
to
address
all.
At
the
same
time
people
are
experiencing-
and
I
dare
say,
expressing
valid
feelings
of
sadness,
anger,
fear
and
uncertainty,
as
evidenced
by
the
numerous
requests
that
we've
gotten
from
black
asheville
and
the
broader
community.
E
E
L
E
L
And
I
don't
want
the
people
to
be
disappointed
because
it
is
going
to
be
a
process.
And
it's
going
to
take
some
hard
work.
And
that's
why
I
suggested
maybe
looking
into
you
using
the
same
organization.
If,
if
they
are
favored
by
the
community
going
forward
because
they're
just
going
to
be
able
to
scratch
the
surface.
Because
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
time.
E
And
those
are
the
conversations
that
we
want
to
have
with
the
community
and-
and
I
know
that
there
is
laser
focus
on-
we
need
to
impact
and
affect
the
police's
budget.
I
get
that
and-
and
we
are
so
willing
to
look
at
that,
but
I'm
hoping
that
we
can
get
the
community
to
look
more
broadly
at
public
safety
in
our
community,
because
what
we
do
know
is
that
issues
related
to
mental
health
and
poverty.
E
L
And
that's
the
conversation
that
you
know
the
broader
community
needs
to
hear
because
advocacy
for
this
immediate
thing.
It
may
not
come
because
our
focus
is
really
talking
to
the
people
who
are
most
impacted.
That's
right,
the
individuals
who
are
most
impacted
are
going
to
vary
even
in
the
definition
of
deep
fun
and
what
they
need
and
what
their
communities
need.
So
I
hope
everybody's
going
to
be
listening.
I
hope
everybody
is
going
to
be
patient
and,
and
the
focus
is
not
going
to
be
on
what
we
feel
needs
to
happen
from
our
perspective.
L
But
when
we
get
when
we
are
able
to
listen
to
a
lot
of
different
stories,
because
blackness
and
being
poor
is
not
a
monolith,
everybody
has
a
different
experience.
They
need.
Everybody
has
different
needs,
so
we're
going
to
have
to
be
patient
beyond
even
what
the
national
cry
is.
This
is
asheville
we're
going
to
have
to
be
very
specific
to
what
the
people
in
asheville
need,
what
the
communities
need
and
what
they
suggest
and
guess
what
we
might
not
get
at
that
by
september.
L
A
F
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
and
good
evening,
everyone
tonight
I
want
to
give
the
council
an
update
regarding
the
findings
or
the
direction
from
a
recent
public
safety
committee
meeting
on
july
28.
This
committee
met
and
voted
on
several
recommendations
for
consideration
for
the
full
council
or
for
continued
work
by
city
staff
and
the
committee
regarding
a
variety
of
public
safety
issues.
Now
the
primary
element
that
came
out
of
that
recommendation
involved
the
previously
discussed
evaluation
of
the
asheville
police
department's
response
to
the
protest
here
in
the
city.
F
Now
council,
as
you
know,
had
originally
requested
a
two-pronged
approach
towards
this
evaluation,
the
first
part
being
an
internal
review
of
the
decision-making
process
to
be
performed
by
my
office
and
then
a
second
outside
full
evaluation
of
the
police
activities.
In
response
to
the
protests
to
be
performed
by
an
agency
that
the
city
would
contract
with
thereafter,
council
made
the
determination
that
it
would
be
in
the
best
interest
of
the
city
not
to
move
forward
with
that
external
evaluation.
F
The
8th,
the
second
recommendation
element
was
that
apd
would
now
perform
its
own
full
after
action
review
of
the
events
and
officer
conduct
during
the
protest-
and
this
would
include
a
report
to
the
council
and
any
necessary
and
warranted
discipline
of
police
officers
would
flow
directly
from
this
report.
However,
it's
important
to
note
that
the
existing
state
laws
regarding
personnel
privacy
will
place
certain
limits
on
what
can
be
shared
publicly.
F
For
my
own
part,
I
can
say
that
we
are
closing
in
on
completing
the
city
attorney's
internal
review
and,
as
I
mentioned
just
a
minute
ago,
we
do
plan
on
presenting
that
to
this
council
in
both
written
and
presentation
form
at
your
next
council
meeting
on
september.
The
8th,
the
second
recommendation
that
came
out
of
the
public
safety
committee,
involved
the
release
of
certain
portions
of
body
cam
footage
that
were
collected
during
the
protest
now.
F
The
final
three
elements
that
were
proposed
or
recommended-
I
should
say
from
the
committee-
were
essentially
these
three
things
number
one:
a
a
methodology
to
seek
expert
advice
and
opinions,
recommendations
on
best
practices
for
the
future
of
crowd,
control
tactics.
This
would
give
a
road
map
for
the
asheville
police
department
to
be
able
to
utilize
the
most
modern,
progressive
techniques
in
any
crowd
control
situations.
F
Second,
the
task
force
recommended
that
all
law
enforcement
agencies
within
the
state
enact
a
use
of
force
policy
that,
at
a
minimum,
prohibits
all
neck
holds
in
any
cases,
unless
it's
absolutely
necessary
to
protect
the
life
of
the
officer.
Now,
that's
a
bit
more
stringent
than
the
current
policy
which
we
have
in
place.
F
City
staff
intends
to
continue
to
work
directly
with
the
public
safety
committee
as
the
lead
to
bring
these
matters
forward
with
more
information
and
next
steps
at
your
next
meeting
in
september
now.
Madam
mayor,
that
concludes
my
update,
but
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
council
may
have
about
these
items.
M
E
L
C
Just
so,
I've
got
a
question
so
at
the
next
public
safety
meeting
is.
Is
these
other
few
things
forward?
Is
staff
going
to
be
bringing
recommendations
forward
about
getting
expert
advice
on
crowd,
control
and
and
an
appropriate
process
for
people
to
be
able
to
share
their
stories
or,
or
is
the
public
safety
committee
going
to
be
sort
of
debating
that
on
their
own.
F
Councilwoman
mayfield:
I
think
that
we
as
city
staff,
want
to
be
bringing
some
additional
information
recommendations
to
advance
these
initiatives
for
the
committee
now,
certainly,
we
will
leave
it
up
to
the
committee
to
provide
additional
direction
or
additional
assignments
of
how
they
would
like
these
things
to
go.
However,
we
don't
want
to
leave
it
completely
to
public
safety
to
come
up
with
these
things,
but
we
want
to
instead
give
you
some
recommendations
and
information
that
you
can
build
upon
from
your
last
meeting.
C
C
Where
I
mean
where
we
can
consider
a
lot
of,
should
I
say,
sort
of
institutional
changes,
and
so
I
just
wonder
how
how
extensive
that
and
and
how
public
that
conversation
is
going
to
be,
and
so,
for
instance,
one
of
the
things
that
that
we
that
I've
talked
to
some
folks
about
here
is
you
know,
changing
or
expanding
or
improving
the
basic
law
enforcement
training
class.
That
happens
that
our
officers
have
to
go
through
to
include
you
know,
other
elements
that
are
not
included
right
now.
C
E
We
think
avenues,
opportunities
for
us
to
bring
that
information
to
to
council,
but
we
think
the
we
will.
I
think
it's
I've
understood
it
correctly,
that
we
would
bring
that
information
to
public
safety.
Public
safety
would
review
then
make
a
recommendation
to
full
to
full
council,
but,
yes,
staff
will
be
reaching
out
to
experts
bringing
those
experts
in
to
well.
E
E
C
C
You
know,
sort
of
better
crowd,
control
measures,
and
I
hope
you
know
I
hope
you'll
bring
that
you'll
you'll
communicate
that
to
us
or
bring
it
to
public
safety
and
also,
I
think,
some
ideas
about
you
know
about
how
to
about
how
people
can
tell
their
stories.
This
is
you
know
a
public,
it
strikes
me.
I
mean
this.
C
This
is
inviting
people
to
come
to
a
public
meeting
and
giving
them
three
minutes
to
talk
about
their
stories
is
not
the
right
thing
right,
so
this
is
something
that
we
don't
normally
do
as
a
government.
We
don't.
This
is
a
this
is
sort
of
the
soft
side
of
you
know,
of
letting
people
share
a
broad
range
of
information
and
emotions
and
experiences
with
us,
which
is
not
normally
what
we
do.
C
A
A
The
final
presentation
isn't
really
a
presentation,
but
it
is
an
update
on
the
city
council
vacancy
and
I'm
going
to
provide
that
update.
As
you
know,
vijay
kapoor
has
now
resigned
and
we
have
a
council
vacancy
and
our
city
attorney
presented
to
us
at
our
last
meeting.
I
believe
it
was
our
last
meeting
the
process
for
filling
the
vacancy
and
by
law.
This
council
is
required
to
appoint
the
vacancy.
A
Those
will
be
the
six
people
that
are
interviewed
by
city
council.
Those
interviews
are
public.
They
will
happen
before
the
next
city
council
meeting.
Each
person
will
be
interviewed
for
20
minutes
by
the
city
council
in
this
format,
so
it
will
be
virtual
and
available
for
the
public
to
view
at
our
next
council
meeting.
A
We
will,
after
we
interview
the
candidates.
During
that
same
council
meeting,
we
will
vote
to
elect
one
of
these
people
to
fill
the
vacancy
on
council
that
whoever
is
elected
by
the
council
to
fill
the
vacancy
will
be
sworn
in
at
the
next
meeting
of
council.
The
september
22nd
meeting
of
council
and
this
wearing
in
will
be
sort
of
a
strange,
bizarre
virtual
swearing-in,
but
we'll
figure
that
out-
and
that
is
the
process.
Are
there
any
questions
about
that
process?
C
A
A
If
you
want
to
ask
something
different,
generally
speaking,
given
the
time
constraint,
we're
lucky
to
make
it
once
around
but
be
prepared,
maybe
with
two
questions
just
in
case
we
make
it
two
times
around
and
and
generally
speaking,
the
opening
question
is
tell
tell
us
a
little
something
about
you
and
why
you're
seeking
the
seat,
so
sometimes
that
can
have
some
variation
in
terms
of
how
long
that
takes,
but
but
we've
set
aside
20
minutes
for
each
candidate.
So.
D
May
I
make
a
suggestion
yeah
the
way
that
we
handle
the
school
board
appointments.
Is
it's
a
separate
meeting
prior
to
the
council
meeting
right?
I
would
suggest
that
if
anyone
is
open
to
it
that
we
do
that
to
allow
these
individuals
more
time
to
answer
questions.
If
council
members
would
like
to
go
a
little
bit
more
in
depth
in
a
few
minutes.
D
C
G
G
A
Right
right,
anybody
can
speak
to
any
of
these
candidates
when
they
put
whenever
they'd
like
to
prior
to
their
interview
or
prior
to
the
meeting,
so
that
yeah,
that's,
there's
no
prohibition
on
that
at
all.
Certainly,
some
candidates
do
reach
out
to
council
it's
to
be
advised
in
some
cases,
so
some
people
would
say
that
they
they
often
have
folks
that
are
supporting
them,
also
reach
out
to
council
members.
So
that's
fine.
C
N
C
C
A
This
is
like
any
other
political
vacancy
appointment.
There
are
many
times
where
political
vacancy
appointments
have
to
be
made,
whether
it's
by
the
governor,
whether
it's
by
in
buncombe
county
every
time
we
have
the
resignation
of
somebody
elected
by
the
county
at
large
and
and
it's
a
partisan
seat.
It's
the
party
that
appoints
the
vacancy,
so
you
know
there's
many
different
times
where
vacancies
are
appointed
in
they're,
not
criteria
unless
it's
a
unless
it's
a
position.
That
requires
something
like
you're
a
judge
and
you
have
to
have
a
law
degree
or
something
like
that.
B
A
Its
very
nature,
it's
somewhat
subjective
to
those
that
are
making
this
election.
Now
you
you
can
develop
your
own
personal
criteria
and
you
can
say
what
those
are,
but
the
candidates
themselves.
The
only
criteria
is
that
they
are
registered
to
vote
and
reside
in
the
city
of
asheville,
and
so
it's
a
minimal
criteria.
A
Any
other
questions
comments
all
right.
That
concludes
the
presentation
portion
of
our
agenda.
We
do
have
five
public
hearings
on
our
agenda
this
evening,
the
first,
but
the
first
will
be
continued,
as
is
often
the
case
these
days.
So
do
I
have
a
motion,
a
second
to
continue
the
public
hearing
to
october
13
2020,
to
amend
the
u.s
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
five
year
consolidated
action
plan
in
order
to
assess
affordable
housing
and
community
development
needs
and
marketing
conditions,
and
to
make
data-driven
place-making
investment
decisions.
A
B
D
A
A
The
next
is
a
consideration
of
an
ordinance
amending
the
fees
and
charges
related
to
this
same
change,
and
third,
is
a
consideration
of
an
initial
zoning
that
would
apply
a
new
resource
management
overlay
district,
which
is
essentially
a
city-wide
overlay
district.
To
help
facilitate
this
tree,
canopy
ordinance-
and
we
are
going
to
hear
from
chris
collins
who's
going
to
present
all
three
of
these
items.
They
are
going
to
require
separate
votes,
but
we're
going
to
hear
a
presentation
on
all
of
them.
Yeah
glad
you
were
asking
a
question.
G
G
A
O
So
for
an
overview.
What
we're
going
to
look
at
tonight,
we
look
at
what
is
prompting
this
ordinance,
how
the
draft
ordinance
works.
Take
a
look
at
an
example
site
address
some
of
the
concerns
that
came
up
with
planning
and
zoning
commission
and
other
places
throughout
this
process
and
talk
about
the
feedback
cycle.
We
plan
for
this
ordinance
to
have
next
slide.
O
Now
we
are
looking,
of
course,
to
implement
several
goals
of
the
comprehensive
plan
to
slow
or
reverse
tree
canopy
loss.
That's
been
shown
to
us
by
a
few
studies
we've
had
lately
and
to
equate
tree
canopy
production
to
canopy
loss
by
development
activity
and
create
positive
change
in
land,
surface
temperature
and
urban
heat
issues.
Next
slide,
please.
So
those
things
are
supported
by
a
couple
of
studies
we've
had
recently.
The
council
is
aware
of.
O
Some
general
highlights
of
the
ordinance
some
things
that
are
kind
of
higher
level
about
it
is
that
we're
allowing
trees
to
be
preserved
for
other
udl
requirements.
You'll
hear
people
talk
about
building
impact,
landscaping
street
trees,
parking
lot
landscaping
when
folks
are
preserving
trees
to
meet
those
requirements,
we'll
let
the
those
are.
The
ordinance
will
allow
those
to
be
used
to
meet
canopy
requirements.
O
We're
replacing
our
current
ground-based
tree.
Save
requirements,
that's
important,
because
we
have
a
lot
of
ground-based
requirements
on
development
sites.
Right
now
we
have
setbacks.
We
have
open
space
requirements,
we
have
all
sorts
of
ground-based
requirements
competing
for
the
ground,
so
this
takes
it
out
of
that
arena.
O
O
We've
incentivized
preservation
over
replanting
with
measurement
flexibility
and
also
lower
total
requirements,
and
we're
offering
multiple
methods
of
compliance,
which
is
important,
because
that
really
takes
us
out
of
the
arena
of
variances
and
alternative
compliance
and
puts
every
development
in
a
position
to
be
able
to
comply
with
this
ordinance.
Next
slide.
Please.
O
There
are
a
couple
of
associated
changes
that
are
coming
with
this
that
were
asked
for
through
public
input,
while
this
was
being
developed.
First
of
those
is
introducing
a
requirement
for
a
developer
to
maintain
udl
required
street
trees
for
a
period
of
two
years
after
co
and
then
also
one
to
change
how
we
deal
with
speculative
grading,
so
a
change
to
712
that
is
going
to
disallow
mass
grading,
including
mass
tree
removal
on
sites
that
have
don't
have
an
approved
development
plan.
O
Yet
so
next
slide
all
right,
so
this
ordinance
will
be
applicable
to
the
following
things:
we're
looking
at
major
and
minor
subdivisions.
That's
the
creation
of
a
new
lot,
not
the
adjustment
of
lots
or
anything
like
that
areas
that
are
steep
slope
and
aquatic
buffer
zones.
Construction
of
new
buildings
again,
not
one
and
two
family
residential,
but
all
other
new
buildings.
O
Next
slide,
we've
taken
taken
through
this
process.
We've
had
several
encounters
with
stakeholders
and
engagement
efforts.
We've
worked
really
heavily
with
the
urban
forestry
commission
as
an
advisory
group
on
this
ordinance
and
we've
bounced
a
lot
of
the
ideas.
We've
come
up
with
from
working
with
that
group
off
the
development
customer
advisory
group,
that
is,
a
group
of
heavy
users
of
development
services
plan
review,
permitting
services
that
came
out
of
the
mayor's
blue
ribbon
development
task
force.
O
So
the
easiest
way
to
describe
this
ordinance
to
you
is
to
kind
of
take
you
through
how
we
would
go
about
regulating
a
site
or
someone
would
go
about
designing
a
site
under
this
ordinance
to
see
how
the
components
work
so
we're
going
to
go
over
four
key
elements.
The
first
of
those
are
resource
management,
districts,
second,
being
canopy
classifications
and
canopy
preservation
requirements.
O
We're
going
to
talk
about
a
key
element
here,
which
is
flexibility,
as
mentioned
before,
giving
people
many
ways
to
comply.
So
it's
easy
to
comply
next
slide,
please,
and
if
you
could
click
the
arrow
one
more
time
for
me
all
right.
So
one
of
the
first
key
things
here
are
resource
management
districts,
and
this
is
actually
a
separate
action
item
on
the
agenda
tonight.
These
act
as
overlay
districts
and
we've
formulated
those
based
on
the
comprehensive
plans,
future
land
use
areas
and
are
creating
three
resource
management
districts.
O
First
of
those
is
a
downtown
resource
management
district,
which
is
self-explanatory.
It
really
follows
our
traditional
downtown
boundaries,
an
urban
resource
management
district,
which
is
composed
of
a
lot
of
our
traditional
commercial
and
neighborhood
corridors
and
areas,
and
a
suburban
resource
management
district
which
composes
a
lot
of
our
suburban
form
areas,
so
wider
roads,
strip,
shopping
areas
and
undeveloped
areas,
so
the
red
on
your
map.
There
corresponds
to
some
of
our
heavier
tree
canopied
areas
in
the
city
right
now.
O
Okay,
next
slide,
please
so
to
determine
a
requirement
here.
You
would
cross-reference
a
proposed
land
use
with
that
resource
management
district.
So
every
project
that
comes
through
is
going
to
be
classified
as
a
class,
a
b
or
c
tree
canopy
classification
requirement
based
on
land
use
and
resource
management.
District.
Next
slide,
please,
the
ordinance
contains
two
tables
that
cover
each
one
of
these
classes
and
the
next
three,
possibly
four
sides
will
show
you
those
tables.
O
O
The
second
column
is
that
requirement,
if
you're,
installing
new
tree
canopy,
rather
than
preserving
old,
existing
tree
canopy.
The
third
column
is
just
simple
math.
It's
the
combination
of
the
two,
so
you'll
see
as
you
preserve
more
and
plant
less.
Your
total
requirement
is
lower.
For
instance,
if
you
preserve
completely,
your
requirement
is
5.
O
The
same
goes
around
class
b
and
I
didn't
mention
class
a
mainly
as
our
downtown
areas.
Class
b
is
mainly
our
urban
that
we
own
the
map
we
saw
and
the
next
slide
class
c
is
broken
up
into
three
separate
sections
based
on
the
current
level
of
tree
canopy.
If
you
remember,
I
said,
class
c
or
suburban
mostly
represents
our
areas
with
the
heaviest
tree
canopy.
O
The
third
element
here
is
on
the
next
slide.
Well,
this
slide
illustrates
to
you
that
that
incentive
you'll
see
the
green
being
preserved
tree
canopy
the
blue
being
planted
again.
This
just
clearly
shows
the
more
you
preserve
the
lower.
Your
requirement
is
next
slide
calculating
tree
canopy
credits
is
important
because
it's
how
we
determine
how
much
per
how
much
square
footage
you
get
to
measure
that
percentage
for
each
tree
so
seven
table
seven.
Nineteen
four
in
front
of
you
on
the
left
shows
the
credit
given
for
existing
trees
that
are
preserved.
O
O
O
So
the
first
scenario
we
look
at
on
this
site
is
full
canopy
preservation.
So
in
this
instance,
the
developer
is
chosen
to
meet
the
requirement
purely
through
preserving
existing
trees.
If
you'll
hit
the
right
arrow
for
me
and
you'll
see
highlighted
in
red
here,
we
mentioned
the
trees
that
are
already
required
by
section
711
of
udo.
These
are
vehicular
use,
area,
trees
and
street
trees.
O
O
O
This
shows
some
of
the
reasons
people
might
change
things
up,
but
in
this
case
we
are
looking
at
a
partial,
canopy
preservation,
they're,
preserving
part
of
the
requirement
planting
part
of
it
if
you'll
hit
the
right
arrow.
For
me,
real,
quick,
again
highlighted
in
red.
These
are
the
trees
that
are
already
required
by
the
udo
for
a
building
of
this
type
inside
of
the
site
type
and
in
the
top
right
you
see
9.3,
preserved
canopy,
and
then
you
see
a
number
of
trees
labeled
in
c,
which
are
newly
planted
canopy
trees.
O
So
everything
at
the
top
above
the
red
is
gained
by
this
ordinance
amendment.
In
this
example
next
slide:
please
here
we
have
the
same
site
under
a
no
canopy
preservation
requirement,
for
whatever
reason,
they've
decided
to
take
all
the
trees
out
and
replant
completely
if
you'll
hit
the
right
error.
For
me,
one
time
again,
we
have
in
red
are
exist,
our
trees
that
are
required
by
the
udo
now
building
impact
vehicular
use
in
street
trees,
and
at
the
top
we
see
the
trees.
Labeled
nc
are
all
newly
planted
trees
to
meet
this
canopy
requirement.
O
Next
slide,
please,
the
next
option
they
have
available
to
them
is
a
payment
in
lieu
of
planting,
and
this
slide
illustrates
that
is
only
available
for
the
new
canopy
installation
requirement.
Number.
You
can't
come
in
and
say
I
would
have
preserved
five
percent,
but
I'd
rather
pay.
It's
going
to
be
based
on
that
full
new
number.
So
in
this
case
in
class,
a
it's
ten
percent
or
if
you
preserve
three
you're
paying
four
percent,
it's
really
a
choose.
Your
own
destiny
in
that
table
next
slide.
O
Next
slide,
please,
this
slide
kind
of
shows
that
example
site
we
were
working
with
and
the
numbers
you
see
right
here
are,
if
someone
elected
to
for
whatever
reason,
to
take
out
all
the
trees
and
completely
pay
to
meet
their
tree
requirement
and
you'll
see
at
the
top
right.
Those
three
fees
broken
down
for
a
total
fee,
and
this
is
in
our
least
expensive
resource
management,
district,
suburban
because
again,
it's
based
on
the
average
square
foot
cost
of
land
in
the
district.
O
You
end
up
with
a
relatively
large
fee,
large
enough.
We
think
to
encourage
folks
to
go
the
preservation
or
planting
route.
Of
course,
it
is
a
kind
of
a
choose,
your
own
destiny
situation.
A
developer
could
choose
any
of
the
scenarios
in
the
table
in
719.3.
On
this
slide,
they
could
choose
to
preserve
some
of
this
plant,
some
of
this
and
pay
for
some
of
it.
O
O
Those
funds
have
to
be
tied
to
installation,
administration
and
maintenance
of
the
city
street
canopy
within
that
district
again,
and
it
does
present
through
policy
and
how
we
implement
these
fees
and
how
they're
spent
an
opportunity
for
equitable
maintenance
and
distribution
of
tree
canopy
throughout
the
city.
Since.
O
O
Next,
I
want
to
talk
about
some
of
the
concerns
that
were
raised
to
the
planning
and
zoning
commission.
As
you
know,
this
did
come
to
you
with
a
negative
recommendation
from
that
crew.
On
that
group,
they
were
concerned
about
increased
development,
cost
overall,
increased
development
costs
on
affordable
housing
and
possible
barriers
to
constructing
density
in
the
downtown
area.
O
Next
slide,
please,
as
far
as
increased
development
costs
we
as
staff,
we
can
see
that
there's
a
chance.
This
will
increase
in
development
cost
if
we
were
not
able
to
come
up
with
a
way
to
ensure
that
wouldn't
happen,
while
creating
a
stricter
tree
preservation.
Ordinance
next
slide,
please,
as
far
as
affordable
housing
effect
staff
did
an
analysis
on
projects
over
the
last
five
years
that
have
been
recipients
of
the
land
use
incentive
grant,
and
we
found
that
more
than
half
of
them
can
comply
likely
could
comply
with
this
ordinance
as
they
were
planned
now.
O
The
caveat
I
want
to
give
you
on
that
is
that's
kind
of
a
rough
science.
Those
plans
weren't
drawn
to
show
compliance
with
this
ordinance,
so
we
didn't
always
have
all
the
information
we
needed
of
those
that
did
not
comply.
Astron
staff
felt
it
was
very
likely
that
this
they
could
easily
comply
by
preservation
or
planting
rather
than
going
with
the
more
expensive
fee
in
lieu
of
option
and
in
many
cases
that
preservation
consisted
of
saving
too
mature
trees
on
the
site.
O
O
We
really
looked
at
three
projects
that
are
approved
or
in
the
works
right
now.
The
cox
ashland
development
collier
avenue
apartments
both
of
those
incorporate,
affordable
housing
also
and
251
shortcuts,
which
was
more
of
a
smaller
scale,
downtown
residential
project
or
cbd,
residential
south
slope.
Actually,
collier
avenue
complies
right
out
of
the
gate,
as
it's
planned,
they're,
preserving
trees,
nothing
else
has
to
be
done.
251
short
has
some
tree
preservation,
which
actually
met
its
requirement
as
well
and
cox
ashland.
O
O
O
We've
already
had
some
new
recommendations
come
at
us,
since
we
kind
of
got
this
too
far
down
the
line
to
effectively
implement
them
for
things
like
heritage,
trees
and
larger
trees,
and
how
to
deal
with
that,
and
it's
just
really
good
practice
to
have
a
feedback
cycle
and
see
how
ordinances
are
going.
So
we
would
like
to
commit
ourselves
to
that
next
slide,
please
some
of
the
key
takeaways,
as
we
said
before,
I'm
going
to
summarize.
O
That
was
that
we
think
we
have
an
ordinance
here
that
creates
a
new,
predictable,
flexible
requirement
to
preserve
or
install
preserve,
install
or
pay
for
tree
canopy
for
many
development
types
that
we're
providing
heavy
incentives
to
preserve
other
than
the
other
options,
and
that
we
are
planning
these
requirements
for
shading
canopy
to
all
developments
within
the
city
outside
again
not
applying
to
one
and
two
family
houses
and
the
requested
action
staff
would
request
that
council
consider
and
adopt.
The
proposed
treaty
can
be
protection,
ordinance
and
the
associated
fee
and
zoning
actions.
G
C
Yeah,
I
I
will
add
my
thanks
to
that.
This
is
this
kind
of
thing
is
something
that
the
tree
former
tree
commission
has
been
asking
for
for
over
a
decade,
and
I
particularly
want
to
thank
deborah
and
brad
who
came
from
charlotte
and
brought
their
knowledge
and
wherewithal
on
how
to
make
it
happen,
and
then
also,
of
course,
ben
and
you
and
development
services
who
were
willing
to
make
it
happen
as
well.
So
it's
it's
just
a
testament
to
when
you
get
the
right
people
in
the
right
place.
A
P
So
the
industry
lobbyists
who
pushed
that
failed
effort
made
the
same
false
claim
that
was
used
to
attack
the
tree
canopy
protection
amendment
at
last
month's
planning
and
zoning
meeting.
Without
any
proof
we
have
heard
opponents
declaring
that
protecting
trees
would
prevent
desperately
needed,
affordable
housing
from
being
built.
P
In
short,
what
they're
saying
is
that
asheville
can
have
both
the
affordability
and
the
sustainability
that
our
city
needs.
The
two
priorities,
don't
conflict
they
intersect
and
because
this
ordinance
applies
to
subdivisions
and
not
small
single
lot
builders,
we
can
now
finally
address
the
systemic
environmental
injustice
that
denies
sheltering
tree
canopy
to
low-income
housing
developments,
making
low-income
neighborhoods
the
most
dangerously
heat
afflicted
in
our
city,
as
the
nasa
develops
study
shows
so
yeah.
Q
Kim
roney
calling
today
in
support
of
the
tree
canopy
preservation
and
enhancement,
ordinance
amendments.
First,
I
want
to
express
gratitude
that
the
intention
is
to
incentivize
preservation
over
replanting.
That
will,
of
course,
require
ongoing
analysis
and
review.
Second,
please
ensure
that
a
fee
in
lieu
is
of
scale
to
replace
and
maintain
the
impact
of
canopy
loss.
Q
Third,
what
I
don't
see
here
is
an
opportunity
to
address
our
stated
climate
emergency
with
the
racing
class
analysis,
which
is
thoroughly
needed
on
page
30
of
the
presentation
attached
the
agenda,
a
concern
for
planning
and
zoning
names
quote.
Access
to
share
and
canopy
is
needed
for
residents
at
all
housing
cost
levels.
End
quote
while
true.
This
doesn't
address
the
loss
of
trees
in
historic,
black
neighborhoods,
and
it
doesn't
account
for
trees
removed
for
surveillance
purposes
in
our
housing
authority
neighborhoods.
Q
Lastly,
one
might
hope
to
see
a
greater
balance
of
the
conversation
around
barriers
to
construction,
with
acknowledgement
of
the
benefit
to
our
ecosystem
and
our
people.
This
looks
like
setting
high
standards
for
developers
new
neighbors
and
businesses
joining
our
community
as
they
join
in
understanding
how
seriously
we
take
the
impact
of
development,
our
natural
and
lived
environment.
Thank
you.
N
This
is
sixty
dearman,
I'm
also
known
as
lady
passion.
You
may
recall
me
from
the
big
tree
sit
that
saved
the
magnolias
from
a
millionaire
condo
developer
and
from
the
city
hall.
If
we
had
not
sat
there
day
and
night
through
a
hurricane
and
many
other
things
for
three
and
a
half
months,
they
would
not
be
there.
N
The
tree
loss
continues
daily,
making
our
town
dangerously
hotter,
increasing
flooding
and
wildlife,
habitat
loss
and
threatening
future
tourism,
which
is
asheville's
chamber
of
commerce,
constantly
plugs
and
seems
to
be
our
cause
to
live.
Our
month-long
tree
set
in
2008
saved
the
century-old
magnolias
and
inspired
the
present
push
to
document
the
broader
urban
tree.
N
N
We
ask
you
to
nurture
our
tourist
luring
tree
canopy,
protect
trees
that
remain
and
encouraging
planting
to
restore
tree
loss
to
irresponsible
building
practices
at
the
expense
of
all
our
futures,
enable
asheville,
please
to
be
cool,
green
and
relevant
for
generations
to
come.
Please
vote
yes
to
adopt
the
tree
canopy
protection
amendment.
Thank
you.
A
A
G
C
A
Okay,
so
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna.
Do
I
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
recess
the
public
hearing
to
consider
an
amendment
to
the
udo
amending
section,
7-2-5
definitions,
7-11-3-d,
7-11-3,
f2,
7-12-2e2d,
and
establishing
a
new
section,
7-9-1
resource
management,
overlay
district
and
a
new
article
19
tree
canopy
preservation
until
september
8
2020.
A
B
A
Woman
mayfield
aye
councilwoman
smith,
aye,
councilman,
young,
all
right
and
myself
aye
do
I
have
a
motion
in
a
second
to
recess
the
public
hearing
to
consider
an
initial
zoning
to
apply
the
new
resource
management
overlay
district
to
all
properties
located
within
the
city
of
asheville
corporate
limits.
Until
september,
8th
2020.
B
A
A
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
vice
mayor,
whistler,
aye,
councilman,
haynes,
aye,
councilwoman,
mayfield,
aye,
councilwoman
smith,
aye,
councilman,
young
and
myself
as
mayor,
I,
okay.
We
have
no
unfinished
business,
we
have
under
new
business.
We
have
boards
and
commissions,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
vice
mayor.
G
B
G
So
the
boards
the
commission's
committee
met,
I
believe
it
was
last
week
and
came
up
with
recommendations.
Once
again,
we
had
a
plethora
of
amazing
applications
and
a
lot
of
wonderful
interest
in
our
boards
and
commissions,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
the
community.
It's
never
easy
to
come
up
with
these
recommendations.
G
B
G
D
G
B
G
B
G
G
B
M
G
G
B
G
Councilwoman
mayfield
aye,
council,
woman
smith,
aye
councilman,
young
aye,
and
I'm
and
I
for
the
human
relations
commission.
I
make
a
motion
to
appoint
zakiyah
rogers
to
betty
council's
vacant
seat,
to
appoint
raynetta
waters,
to
miss
arena's
vacant
seat
to
reappoint
ivan
melkor,
tiffany
de
debolo.
G
B
G
And
I'm
and
I,
and
for
multimodal
transportation,
commission
and
the
wnc
air
quality
ever
agency
board.
I
make
a
motion
to
re-advertise
for
those
two,
those
two
vacancies
I
don't
know
do
we
really
need
a
do.
We
need
to
yeah
okay,
so
we
just
will
recommend
that
we
will
re-advertise
for
the
multimodal
five
vacancies
and
the
wnc
air
quality
agency
board,
and
I
guess
I
would
make
the
the
comment
right
now
that
we
would
really
love
to
see
some
environmental
advocates.
G
C
Well
and
people
said
that
the
person
who's
rotating
off
is
a
is
a
scientist,
brings
a
very
strong
science
background
and
that,
in
my
experience
when
I
was
liaison
to
that,
that
was
very
helpful
right
right
and
gwen.
Can
I
also
ask
so
we
there
are
five
vacancies
on
multimodal?
Is
that
correct?
Yes,
and,
and
it
seemed
like
there
were
some
qualified
applicants
in
the
pool,
but
you
don't
you
just
want
to
wait
to
do
them
all
at
once,
instead
of
appointing
any
right
now.
G
Well,
typically,
the
multimodal
commission
likes
to
interview
and
make
and
make
a
recommendation,
and
they
haven't
been
able
to
do
that.
So
we,
I
believe
that
the
boards
and
commissions
committee
was
basically
trying
to
give
the
multimodal
commission
an
opportunity
to
do
that
right.
Okay,
so
you're,
absolutely
right.
A
lot
of
amazingly
qualified
candidates.
C
C
G
C
G
F
A
A
Okay,
that
concludes
the
regular
printed
agenda.
Now
we
have
informal
discussion
and
public
comment.
Staff
will
now
connect
live
calls
from
our
speaker
queue
for
informal
discussion
and
public
comment.
Again.
This
we're
taking
callers
who
signed
up
in
advance
callers.
You
will
first
hear
staff
informed
counsel
that
you
are
next
to
speak.
Then
you'll
hear
an
automated
message,
letting
you
know
that
you're
unmuted
and
live
in
the
meeting.
A
You
may
begin
speaking
after
the
automated
message,
if
you
accidentally
drop
out
of
the
speaker,
queue
just
redial
the
number
and
meeting
code
press
star
3
to
rejoin
the
speaker,
queue
you'll,
have
3
minutes
to
comment
and
end
of
the
3
minutes.
You
will
hear
a
bell
and
staff
will
ask
you
to
wrap
up
your
comment
and
then
we're
gonna
have
a
closed
session
after
that,
but
we
have
eight
people
signed
up
for
public
comment
staff.
I
feel
play
public.
R
Hi,
we
haven't
been
allowed
to
speak
for
about
a
month.
Please
bear
with
me
august
1st
a
group
including
known
far-right
extremists
back
the
blue
openly
bribed
the
asheville
police
department
with
1500
in
gift
cards.
The
bribe
clearly
worked
as
apd
did
absolutely
nothing.
While
these
people
hit
their
license
plates
and
blew
through
red
lights
august
5th,
an
actual
resident
was
murdered
according
to
a
witness.
R
He
tried
their
best
to
save
his
life
and
later
wrote
publicly
about
the
events
that
transpired
apd
filed
with
basic
tasks
plainly
prevented
medics
from
helping
jackson
and
leaving
the
scene
quickly.
The
cops
pr,
of
course,
would
later
claim
jackson's
death
as
a
reason
they
need
to
keep
their
funding.
The
audacity
of
this
is
not
lost
to
me
august
8,
apd,
openly
protected,
fraternal
order
of
police
president
rondell
lance
who
harassed,
shut
demonstrators
and
falsely
claimed
to
be
a
police
officer.
R
There
are
multiple
videos
of
this
incident
circulating,
including
the
bizarre
videos
posted
publicly
on
his
own
facebook
august,
9th
apd
drug,
a
member
of
the
press
from
their
car
in
the
middle
of
the
road
and
detained
them
for
hours
longer
than
others.
As
a
clear
act
of
retaliation,
the
cops
arrested,
people
on
vague
charges,
a
failure
to
disperse
or
blocking
traffic.
The
fbi
is
now
involved
in
investigating
two
recent
deaths
at
our
detention
facility.
One
person
jacob
biddix,
was
arrested
at
the
beginnings
of
the
protest
for
simple
property
damage.
R
I
knew
jake
since
we
were
in
kindergarten.
We
went
to
school
together
for
over
a
decade
to
clarify.
I
will
always
firmly
believe
that
people
are
infinitely
more
important
than
property.
Clearly,
bcso,
apd
and
city
leadership
do
not
agree
with
me
august
20th
apd
attempted
to
serve
an
abc
warrant
on
asheville
man,
grant
dalton
on
a
city
bus
after
approximately
30
minutes
of
talking
to
the
cops
and
harming
himself
with
a
knife
according
to
video
shot
by
a
witness
at
the
scene.
It
shows
that
apd
immediately
shot
him
after
he
exited
the
bus.
R
What
occurred
as
per
usual
was
the
opposite
of
crisis.
De-Escalation,
let
it
be
known
that
the
bartenders
and
other
industry
workers
in
our
city
are
certainly
better
de-escalators
than
apd.
There's
a
lot
more
I'd
like
to
talk
about,
such
as
the
recent
absurd
and
blatantly
intentional
changes
to
the
methods
of
commenting
at
these
meetings
to
crush
dissenting
opinions,
the
searches
and
covet
cases
and
deaths.
Plainly
due
to
unfettered
tourism,
the
reopening
of
our
city,
coupled
with
losing
access
to
free
community
testing,
is
causing
irrefutable
damage
to
citizens
and
tourists
alike.
R
Hotels
are
running
at
full
or
high
capacity,
and
not
following
cdc
guidelines
for
cleanliness
or
how
people
are
receiving
less
than
200
a
week
in
unemployment
with
the
average
rental
in
our
city
is
priced
well
beyond
that.
It's
currently
estimated
that
43
percent
of
renters
in
nc
will
be
evicted
or
maybe
how
numerous
locals
are
being
blatantly
targeted
and
harassed
by
far-right
extremists.
But
I
don't
have
the
time
if
you're
not
ready
to
defund
and
abolish
dcos
and
apd
and
directly
invest
in
our
communities.
You
are
not
paying
attention.
S
Hi
yeah
this
casey
camp
field.
I'm
calling
to
well
repeat
a
lot
of
the
things
that
the
previous
caller
said,
probably
not
as
eloquently,
but
I'm
addressing
the
state
of
policing
in
asheville
today,
which
I
think
is
completely
out
of
hand
and
terrifying.
The
public
and
I
don't
think
terrifying
is
an
exaggeration.
I
know
a
lot
of
people
who
are
afraid
to
go
to
their
homes,
afraid
to
walk
down
the
street,
not
because
of
crime,
but
because
of
the
police.
S
S
Are
they
not
able
to
take
care
of
people
who
are
sick
or
mentally
if,
in
any
case,
we
shouldn't
be
having
kids
in
their
20s
dying
in
our
jails,
like
that's
insane
on
august
20,
20th,
a
mentally
ill
man,
clearly
mentally
ill
man
armed
with
nothing
more
than
a
pocket
knife
who
had
no
hostages
was
on
a
bus
alone,
was
surrounded
by
police
and
then
immediately
shot
the
minute
he
stepped
off
the
bus.
There's
footage
to
confirm
this.
S
S
Conversation
that
we're
all
having,
but
it's
right
here
in
our
backyard
they've,
got
to
stop
authorizing
these
kinds
of
use
of
force.
With
our
police
department
august
8th
former
former
police
officer
ron,
dale
lance
was
caught
on
camera
impersonating,
an
active
duty
officer
while
assaulting
peaceful
anti-racism
process
processors.
He
was
then
taken
in
and
protected
by
the
apd.
S
These
things
are
on
film.
You
know
these
things
are
recorded.
This
is
not
hearsay.
These
are
all
things
that
are
happening
on
your
watch
and
I
want
to
know
who's
going
to
answer
for
it.
The
police
department
uses
nearly
a
third
of
the
entire
city
budget.
It
is
the
big
by
far
the
biggest
recipient
of
our
tax
dollars
and
that
money
is
being
used
to
terrorize,
injure
and
murder.
Our
citizens,
I'm
calling
for
a
drastic
reduction
in
spending
on
the
police
department.
S
T
T
He
was
antagonizing
people.
He
was
trying
to
illegal
illegally
videotape
people
on
his
phone.
He
was
trying
to
record
people
on
his
phone
illegally
and
he
was
hurling
insults
at
us
when,
when
the
police
officers
began
attacking
the
people
on
bikes
who
were
helping
protect
us
from
cars,
he
helped
them.
T
T
T
We
were
not
breaking
windows,
we
were
being
peaceful
if
people
needed
to
get
in
and
out,
they
were
more
than
welcome
to
do
so.
Were
we
trying
to
make
it
uncomfortable
for
them?
Yes,
because
you
are
gentrifying
our
city,
you
are
running
the
people
out
of
the
city
who
have
lived
there
for
generations
and
we
were
just
doing
our
civic
duty
of
standing
up
for
people
of
color
standing
up
for
the
marginalized
communities
around
here
and
the
police
lied
publicly
on
facebook.
T
T
Q
The
budget
our
budget
is
a
reflection
of
our
community
values
as
it
funds
our
processes,
plans
and
policies.
I
hear
my
neighbors
calling
in
tonight
with
recent
examples
of
policing
in
asheville
and
my
heart
is
broken.
I
know
that
my
tax
dollars
are
being
used
to
harass
my
neighbors
and
it
has
to
stop
as
part
of
the
human
family,
we're
currently
in
a
violent
relationship
with
each
other.
Q
Q
As
I
hear
my
neighbors
calling
in
tonight
with
recent
examples
of
policing
in
asheville,
my
heart
is
broken.
I
know
that
my
tax
dollars
are
being
used
to
harass
my
neighbors
and
it
has
to
stop
as
part
of
the
human
family.
We
are
currently
in
a
violent
relationship
with
each
other
that
is
reflective
of
our
violent
relationship
with
planet
earth,
where
we
treat
people
and
our
natural
resources
as
disposable,
and
the
outcome
is
disproportionately
deadly
for
black
brown
and
indigenous
people.
Q
Q
Given
the
trauma
that
has
been
inflicted
in
our
society
and
against
the
people
of
the
city,
there's
a
fear
moving
into
the
unknown
as
we
reimagine
public
safety,
because
we
don't
yet
know
what
restorative
justice
looks
like.
Please
consider
instruction
for
an
immediate
hiring,
freeze
extension
to
include
apd
and
setting
up
a
participatory
budgeting
that
allows
for
meaningful
opportunity
for
public
input
past
september,
as
we
move
towards
a
community-led
strategic
plan
to
divest
from
policing
and
invest
at
least
50
percent
of
our
apd
budget
and
long-term
safety
strategy,
we're
currently
operating
at
a
hundred
percent.
Q
U
Asheville
hi
there
this
is
ben
just
calling
I've
got
several
things
to
touch
on
so
I'll,
be
as
brief
as
possible
here.
First
of
all,
I've
requested
multiple
times
to
have
somebody
contact
me
at
my
given
contact
information
for
this
comment
with
information
regarding
the
resolutions
and
votes
that
actually
established,
not
only
the
rules
of
decorum
which
I've
requested
previously,
but
as
well
as
this
amended
online
process,
which
seems
to
serve
only
to
stifle
the
public
critique
in
public
comment
period
and
create
barriers
to
accessibility
and
participation
to
the
community.
U
Additionally,
I'm
still
very
concerned
by
the
reduction
in
time,
unannounced
at
the
previous
budget
hearing,
that's
as
well
as
some
of
the
technical
difficulties
that
seems
to
have
left
folks
without
a
voice,
so
this
is
again
a
request
to
be
contacted
with
the
information
of
the
codes
and
what
was
passed
regarding
this
format,
as
well
as
those
rules
of
decorum
again
next,
the
canopy
resolution.
Well,
I
am
typically
in
support
of
that.
U
I
do
hope
that
the
fees
can
actually
be
made
substantial
to
actually
encourage
the
leaving
of
native
of
our
existing
canopy.
I
also
hope
we
can
encourage
that
the
any
trees
that
are
planted
are
in
fact,
native
species,
particularly
native
canopy
species,
such
as
the
hickories
very
important
to
not
only
think
of
the
canopy
as
a
mitigation
against
heat,
but
as
well
as
to
use
that
as
that
resolution,
as
a
way
to
help
foster
our
native
species.
U
When
I
hear
your
comments
earlier,
this
meeting
about
the
need
for
increased
training
and
increased
bias,
training
that
team
that
shot,
that
man
was
specifically
trained
for
the
scenario
of
crisis,
and
I
think
this
really
just
speaks
to
the
problem-
that
what
is
necessary
is
not
an
increase
in
training.
What
is
necessary!
This
is
not
this.
You
know
bias
mediation.
U
U
I
I,
while
I
you
know,
like
the
idea
of
having
public
comment
and
getting
information
when
you
turn
around
and
make
statements
about
using
that
comment
to
facilitate
more
training.
It
really
just
shows
that
you're
not
really
aware
of
the
conversation
or
the
history
around
the
institution
of
policing,
and
I
find
that
quite
problematic.
U
Finally,
moving
on,
I
additionally
I'm
concerned
with
the
the
discussion
of
modern
and
progressive
crowd
control
techniques.
Again
there
are
people
there
demonstrating,
which
is
a
constitutionally
protected
right.
The
idea
that
what
we
need
is
a
better
kinder
gentler
way
to
brutalize
them
is
disingenuous
and
wrong.
So.
A
A
L
L
Statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
section
143-318-1181,
the
laws
that
make
the
information
privileged
and
confidential,
or
north
carolina
general
statute.
Section
143-318-10e
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
section
160
a
dash
168,
also
to
consult
with
an
attorney
employed
by
the
city
about
matters
with
respect
to
which
the
attorney-client
privilege
between
the
city
and
its
attorney
must
be
preserved,
including,
but
not
limited
to
a
judicial
action.