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A
We
are
delighted
to
have
you
here
at
harris
cherokee,
where
we
have
opportunities
to
spread
out
for
those
that
would
care
to
do
so
so
meet
your
asheville
city
council
in
person
who
got
elected,
some
of
whom
got
elected
only
this
in
the
last
year
2020..
So
here
we
are
tonight.
We
are
going
to
begin
our
agenda
with
two
proclamations
and
we
have
two
very
special
proclamations
on
our
agenda
this
evening
and
I'm
going
to
begin
that
by.
Oh
I'm,
sorry,
I'm
forgetting
my
in
person
boy
used
to
do
this.
A
All
right
tonight
I
will
begin
with.
A
Maggie
I'll
I'll
go
over
the
yeah
when
we
get
going
okay,
so
we're
I'll
begin
with
the
first
proclamation
and
the
first
proclamation
concerns
juneteenth
and
I'm
going
to
read
the
proclamation,
whereas
juneteenth
also
known
as
jubilee
day,
freedom
day
emancipation
day
or
liberation
day.
Honors
the
day
that
enslaved
people
in
galveston
texas
learned
that
the
emancipation
proclamation
had
been
signed
by
president
abraham
lincoln
and
whereas
the
signing
happened
almost
two
years
earlier.
A
And
now.
Therefore,
I
esthery
manheimer
mayor
of
the
city
of
asheville,
joined
by
the
entire
city
council,
do
hereby
proclaim
june
19th
as
juneteenth
in
the
city
of
asheville,
and
implore
all
community
members
to
honor
june
19th
as
a
day
of
reflection,
cultural
and
public
education,
earnest
assessment
planning
and
commitment
to
the
end
of
systemic
racism
and
all
forms
of
dehuman
dehumanization
and
threaten
equality
and
freedom
for
all
which
threaten
equality
and
freedom
for
all.
In
witness
whereof.
A
A
C
A
D
A
All
right,
thank
you.
So
for
now
I
do
need
to
have
items
c
one
and
two
considered
separately.
So
can
I
have
a
motion
to
adopt
the
consent
agenda
without
items
c1
and
c2.
A
C
A
E
Please
so
I
want
to
take
responsibility
for
my
no
vote
in
advance.
I
have
reviewed
the
most
recent
annual
report
for
the
hitta
grant,
which
is
rooted
in
h.r
5210,
the
1988
federal
bill
that
started
the
war
on
drugs,
a
failed
war
against
americans
in
their
homes
and
in
the
streets
and
reinstated
the
federal
death
penalty,
and
when
I
see
that
there
are
high
traffic
drug
areas
in
our
community,
that
tells
me
we
have
high
economic
development
needs
and
high
opportunity
needs.
E
I
thought
we
were
going
to
be
reimagining
public
safety,
and
so
I'm
very
concerned
that
this
is
doing
it
the
old
way,
and
I
know
that
we
need
to
address
root
causes.
This
is
something
we
can
do
with
our
community,
but
I
also
don't
see
that
we
have
the
capacity
in
our
public
safety
staffing
to
move
from
community
policing
to
even
this
federal
intention.
So
that's
why
I'm
voting
now
on
this.
A
Tonight:
okay,
thank
you
and
just
to
clarify
this
is
a
funding
that
is
a
we're,
a
pass-through
agency
and
it
funds
surrounding
counties.
So
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
any
further
comment:
question
before
we
vote
on
item
c1,
all
right,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposed.
E
A
F
A
A
A
Okay,
we
have
two
presentations
and
reports
tonight.
The
first
is
a
presentation
regarding
the
dr
wesley
grant
senior
south
side
center.
Gymnasium
expansion
and
pool
construction
project
and
roderick
simmons
in
his
exiting
presentation
is
going
to
make
the
presentation.
B
Mayor
vice
mayor
council,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
the
first
department
director
since
the
break
to
do
the
presentations.
I
appreciate
it
very
much
tonight
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
grant
recreation
center
improvements
and
the
south
side
opportunity.
Recreational
opportunities
in
south
side
community
come
some
of
the
takeaways,
are
the
strategic
priorities:
community
engagement,
the
south
side,
neighborhood
and
recreational
services
and
a
summary
of
the
project.
That's
what
we're
going
to
have
from
this
presentation.
B
B
So
some
of
the
project
history
2009
council
adopted
the
parks
and
recreation
master
plan
and
from
that
master
plan
the
south
side
community
was
ranked
very
high
with
programs
and
services
that
was
needed
to
serve
the
community
in
2006
council
authorized
a
facility
needs
assessment
for
our
swimming
pools.
There
was
funding
allocated
for
swimming
pools
and
want
to
figure
out
which
pools
need
to
be
funded
first
and
fortunate
enough.
In
2006,
we
were
fortunate
to
pass
a
bond
to
improve
some
of
our
facilities
and
the
grant
recreation
center.
B
B
B
B
So
part
of
the
engagement
process
in
2006
when
the
project
was
first
envisioned
in
the
community,
there
was
staff
led
effort
in
terms
of
trying
to
do
the
outreach
part
of
it
2007.
When
I
started
as
director,
my
first
community
meeting
was
actually
with
the
south
side
community
and
they,
let
me
know
very
clearly
that
the
city
and
the
department
wasn't
hearing
their
needs
or
listened
to
what
they
said
or
involved
them
in
the
process.
B
So
I
promised
them
that
every
step
of
the
way
in
this
project
that
we
would
involve
them
to
make
sure
that
they
understood
that
the
city
recognized
their
needs
and
we
want
them
at
the
table.
So
they
made
that
very
clear
to
me.
So
between
2006
and
15,
a
lot
of
our
efforts
was
department-led.
It
was
staff
setting
up
the
meetings
engaging
with
the
communities,
getting
the
surveys,
putting
it
on
the
board
coming
back,
telling
them
that
so
in
2016
we
create.
We
excuse
me.
We
created
our
equity
action
plan
for
our
department.
B
In
that
plan
it
was
based
off
of
our
master
plan
and
the
components
of
it
was
getting
more
community
involvement,
actually
letting
the
community
lead
the
process
and
determining
how
to
engage
a
lot
of
that
was
feedback
from
the
community
of
the
city,
not
knowing
the
different
avenues
to
reach
the
community,
not
knowing
how
to
touch
the
different
key
leaders
in
each
community.
So
we
felt
it
was
important
to
let
the
community
drive
that
process
and
the
city
staff
would
just
facilitate
it.
B
B
So
this
is
a
community
engagement
planning
team.
We
reached
out
to
the
housing
authority,
our
close
working
partner,
neighborhood
residents
partners,
including
green
opportunity
and
south
side
advisory
council,
and
here
the
members
there
were
a
lot
more
community
members
on
the
team.
This
is
the
core
group
that
actually
put
the
program
together
and
actually
outline
all
of
the
things
that
I'm
gonna
go
through
next.
In
terms
of
outreach
and
things
like
that
that
we
did
so,
we
had
221
hours
of
outreach
over
this
time
period,
the
advisory
board
group
and
community
meetings.
B
We
had
design
workshops
and
exercise
meetings.
We
also
had
a
youth
design,
exercise,
meeting
and
social
events
and
community.
So
the
youth
design
exercise
meeting
we
spent
a
lot
of
time.
A
lot
of
the
facility
users
were
are
young
under
18.,
so
we
made
sure
that
we
heard
their
voice
and
they
were
involved
in
the
process
and
not
just
left
out
and
just
enjoying
the
facilities
to
make
sure
it
meet
their
needs.
B
So
the
wall
street
park
community
investment
project
so
walton
street
park,
it's
one
of
the
oldest.
It
is
the
oldest
swimming
pool
that
we
have
in
the
system.
It's
four
thousand
square
feet
and
it
only
accommodates
217
users.
When
you
compare
that
to
wrecked
park,
pool
which
is
14,
233
square
feet
and
holds
about
866
users,
you
also
have
mountain
hills,
that's
7
500
square
feet
and
holds
about
694,
so
you
can
see
the
the
equity
gap
there
between
walton
street
pool
and
the
other
two
pools
we
have
in
the
city.
B
So
this
is
attendance.
Last
year
we
didn't
operate
the
swimming
pools,
but
the
prior
year,
just
to
give
you
an
understanding
of
the
actual
users
wall,
street
pool
only
had
505
for
the
whole
summer
out
of
the
505
373
was
18
and
under
129
was
30
and
under
a
lot
of
those,
are
the
parents
that
bought
the
younger
kids
and
only
three
people
over
at
age
31
that
actually
use
this
facility.
So
it's
a
lot
of
younger
kids
using
this
facility.
B
So
from
the
feedback
that
we
received
a
lot
of
the
adults
advocated
for
preserving
the
history
of
the
park
because
it
touched
so
many
lives
and
generations
and
the
pool
was
just
one
element
of
the
history.
So
a
lot
of
community
citizens
focus
on
the
pool
and
a
lot
of
the
other
community
members
focus
on
the
park
as
a
whole.
It's
the
first
well
the
only
park
in
the
system
that
was
designed
by
african-american
farmers,
so
it
has
a
special
place
in
the
community
and
preserving
that.
B
History
is
what
a
lot
of
the
citizens
would
like
to
see
and
the
youth
advocated
for
building
a
new
pool
with
capacity
accommodate
more
swimmers,
fun
activities
and
programming.
What
you
expect,
kids
to
say
a
lot
of
the
kids
when
I
talked
to
them.
There
was
a
couple
of
kids
comments
that
stood
out.
One
was
a
kid
so
that
he
likes
to
go
to
wreck
park,
but
his
parents
can't
take
him
all
the
time,
and
so
we
offered
free
swim
days
at
walton
and
he
said
he
would
he'd
come
on
those
days.
B
But
he'd
prefer
to
be
a
wreck
park
because
it's
more
fun
and
the
water
is
cold
at
walton,
because
we
never
heat
the
water
up.
The
other
young
kid
mentioned
that
his
parents
won't
let
him
walk
up
to
walton
street
park
because
it's
not
safe,
so
he's
not
allowed
even
to
go
on
his
free
swim
days
to
be
able
to
access
the
pool
because
his
parents
didn't
feel
like
it
was
safe
in
the
location
that
was
in
and
also
the
the
summer
camp.
Kids
really
gave
an
insight.
They
actually
walk
up
to
the
pool.
B
They
said
it
was
a
long
walk
too
far
of
a
walk
for
them
to
have
to
enjoy
swimming
in
the
swimming
pool,
so
they
figured
walking
up
the
street
was
a
long
walk.
You
know
seven,
eight
years
old,
it
would
seem
like
a
long
walk,
so
a
lot
of
the
kids
centered
around
having
fun
and
enjoying
the
facility,
which
is
our
next
generation
that
will
be
using
the
facility
so
part
of
that
understanding
that
the
history
of
the
park
is
important.
B
We
looked
at
having
we're
looking
at
having
south
side
rising,
lead
that
effort
both
on
what
do
we
do
to
preserve
the
history
of
the
park
and
also
the
programming
at
the
grant
center
when
we
get
to
that
phase
of
it
we
want
to
once
again.
This
is
part
of
an
equity
plan,
is
reaching
out
to
community
groups
that
are
embedded
in
the
community
to
be
that
voice
that
have
the
relationships
that
understand
the
community,
where
city
staff
have
to
try
to
build
that.
B
We
want
to
embed
work
with
partners,
that's
already
in
the
community,
embedded
in
the
everyday
operations
of
the
neighborhood.
B
B
So
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
that
for
amber
she'll
be
happy.
I
said
that
so
in
terms
of
programming,
the
new
edition
will
provide
an
additional
162
hours
of
recreational
programming.
B
B
So
we
really
don't
have
the
lot
of
program
space
with
the
first
phase.
So
this
will
give
us
an
additional
amount
of
space
to
be
able
to
do.
Community
programs
in
terms
of
the
swimming
pool
portion
will
be
220
person,
capacity,
zero
entry,
title
toddler,
play
zone,
changing
room,
restrooms,
lounging
picnic
area
and
a
nice
facility
kind
of
have
any
on
the
same
site.
You
have
dual
effects
of
having
blended
facilities,
so
you
have
outdoor
courts.
You
have
other
amenities
that
families
can
enjoy
other
than
just
being
at
the
pool.
B
So
with
this,
you
have
a
well-rounded
recreation
center
facility
like
most
communities
where
it's
all
embedded
in
one
and
parents
can
go
on
one
site
and
be
able
to
experience
different
activities.
While
the
parents
may
be
doing
a
class,
the
kids
can
be
in
the
pool
or
on
the
playground
on
the
basketball
court.
So
it
brings
everything
into
one
hub.
B
So,
as
I
mentioned,
the
outdoor
facilities
would
be
outdoor
basketball,
courts,
picnic
areas,
rain
garden,
landscape
enhancements
and
a
connection
to
what
used
to
be
called
town
branch,
but
nasty
branch
greenway.
Really
that
name
comes
against
me.
Every
time
you
used
to
call
in
the
town
ranch
connecting
to
that
in
an
outdoor
lighting.
So
these
will
be
the
amenities
that
it
connects
with
as
well.
B
Project
timeline:
the
internal
review
was
in
2015,
as
you
can
see
in
city
council
management
update
in
2016.,
public
engagement
kicked
off
in
2017
and
construction
design
bought
the
council
last
year
to
start
that
process
and
then
we're
looking
at
the
construction
contract
this
month
at
the
next
council
meeting
for
council,
hopefully
approval
in
terms
of
addition
to
the
addition,
the
funding
at
the
20
june
22nd
council
meeting
we're
looking
to
award
the
contract
not
to
exceed
6.7
million
and
that's
containing
the
project.
Contingency
as
well.
B
So
some
of
the
key
takeaways
are
the
strategic
priorities
of
that
neighborhood,
the
community
engagement
process
that
we
covered.
We
went
above
and
beyond
to
include
every
section
of
the
population
and
every
user
group
and
also
the
recreational
services
with
the
recreational
service
plan.
We
outline
all
of
the
programs
and
opportunities
that
the
community
would
like
for
the
youth
to
see
and
in
a
summary
of
the
project.
G
I
have
a
question,
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
congratulations
on
your
recent
retirement.
So
in
the
beginning
we
talked
about
the
square
footage
of
the
various
pools.
Can
you
explain
a
little
bit
why
this
in
the
end
isn't
a
larger
pool?
Unless
I
heard
something
and
correctly
it's
actually
smaller.
B
B
With
the
current
funding
that
we
have
on
hand
out
of
the
2
million
that
council
authorized,
it
gives
us
the
ability
to
create
a
facility
in
conjunction
with
this
one,
because
it
would
be
hard
to
find
another
two
million
dollars,
but
this
is
one
way
that
we
could
bring
it
in.
So
it's
not
a
deal
but
on
this
site
there's
ways
to
expand
in
the
future.
If
council
wishes
to
do
that,
it's
also
with
the
gymnasium.
B
The
community
asked
for
a
larger
gymnasium
to
be
able
to
grow
into
the
community
and
provide
just
not
one
per
se-
basketball
court
square
area,
but
footage
for
two,
but
we
didn't
have
enough
funding,
but
we
designed
the
outdoor
court
so
in
the
future.
If
we
wanted
to
expand
the
building
out,
you'll
be
able
to
do
that.
So
the
same
thing
with
the
swimming
pool
we'll
be
able
to
expand
it
in
the
future.
H
I'd
just
like
to
say
thank
you
very
much
for
presenting
this,
and
I
wish
that
we
would
have
already
had
this
information
out
to
the
community
earlier.
H
Basically
what
we
were
doing
at
the
grant
center
to
actually
open
the
communication
up
with
the
community
when
they
would
have
been
more
open
and
not
feeling
that
they
were
left
behind.
Thank
you.
B
Yeah
and
one
of
the
things
that
over
the
last
10
years,
council
went
from
investing
27
000,
the
previous
10
years
from
2000
to
2009
27
000
in
this
community,
where
from
2009
to
if
this
project
is
approved,
it'll
be
13
million
dollars.
The
council
has
authorized
to
spend
in
the
southside
community,
which
is
amazing.
That
is
just
amazing,
and
I
don't
really
think
the
public
understand
exactly
how
much
council
has
invested
in
this
community
over
the
last
10
years.
But
it's
a
lot
of
money
and
that
needs
to
be
celebrated.
A
H
Of
course,
yes,
yes,
because
I
and
the
reason
I
say
that
is
because
I've
spoken
to
many
people
and
they
basically
feel
like
they're
not
doing
anything.
All
I
kept
hearing
them
say
is
they're
closing
walton
street
park
and
they're
not
giving
us
anything
and
they're
taken
away,
and
I
mean
this
was
on
facebook,
everything.
So
I'm
saying
had
we
had
an
idea
of
what
was
in
the
makings
for
the
south
side
community.
We
could
have
had
a
better
conversation
with
the
community.
B
What
I'm
saying
the
conversation,
but
I
do
I
do
have
a
question
yeah
in
terms
of
the
engagement
team
that
we
put
together.
That
was
a
big
concern
and
topic
that
we
discussed
of
how
to
get
that
information
out,
because
we've
heard
those
comments
for
years
and
we
wanted
to
bring
the
community
along.
So
a
lot
of
the
strategic
approach
to
it
was
making
sure
that
we
bring
the
community
members
along
with
that.
H
B
Right,
yeah
and
the
one
of
the
reasons
we
put
the
community
let
the
community
team
design,
that
is
to
make
sure
we
reach
everyone,
but
every
project
you
can
always
have
individuals,
that's
not
engaged
as
much
as
others,
and
we
just
try
to
go
above
and
beyond,
with
our
engagement
plan
to
make
sure
we
capture
them,
but
unfortunately
a
lot
of
projects.
It's
hard
to
make
sure
you
capture
everyone,
but
we
were
sending
out
emails,
everyone
that
was
on
the
mailing
list
at
the
town
hall
meeting
put
their
email
address
down.
H
As
you
know,
the
people
that
are
usually
on
that
mail
list
and
they
show
up
at
council
meetings
or
staff.
Unfortunately,
there
has
there's
a
disconnect.
J
H
I
I
wanted
to
comment
on
the
size
of
the
pool,
I'm
glad
you
brought
that
up.
Councilwoman
turner,
because
walton
pool
as
it
stands
is
very
small.
I
think
we
a
lot
of
people
in
this
facility.
We've
swam
there
learned
how
to
swim.
There
is
there
any
way
that
you
can
take
another
portion
of
this
total
project
and
not
build
it
out
in
full.
Maybe
the
gymnasium,
because
we
already
have
a
gymnasium
at
the
eddington
center.
B
Yes,
and
with
design
anything
is
possible.
The
designers
have
finished
the
construction.
Drawing
now
it'll
be
more
cost
added
to
the
project,
but
you
know
if
council
wishes
to
do
that,
I
would.
I
would
say
that
you
know
adding
on
to
the
facility
in
the
future,
is
a
lot
easier
than
shrinking
the
gym
now
and
adding
it
to
the
pool,
because
with
the
public
they
were
promised
that
this
gymnasium
would
have
been
built
10
years
ago.
So
it's
that
public
trust
that
we're
trying
to
continue
to
to
move
forward
with.
B
So
it's
just
if
we
had
a
plan
in
place
to
come
back
in
the
future
and
add
that
component
back,
some
of
the
feedback
that
we
received
was
having
a
gym
that
is
larger
other
than
eddington
be
able
to
host
more
activities,
because
that
gym
is
not
adequate
as
well
with
the
space
wise,
so
it'll
be
kind
of
a
trade-off.
You
get
a
larger
swimming
pool.
That's
only
operated
three
months
out
of
the
year
versus
a
gym.
That's
used
year-round,
so
just
got
to
make
that
cost
scenario.
G
G
B
So
that,
where
we're
designing
it
there's
room
to
expand,
there's
there's
nothing.
That's
going
to
impede
from
expanding
the
swimming
pool
for
as
large
as
we
wanted
on
that
site,
because
it's
all
out
there
we're
not
putting
anything
in
the
way.
Currently
like
we
done,
we
completed
the
first.
We
left
room
for
expansion
of
this
gymnasium
so
that
we're
not
taking
out
amenities
with
that.
So
this
pool
the
area
we're
locating
it.
You
can
be
able
to
expand
it
and
you're
not
going
to
impact
any
improvements.
E
B
Yes,
so
the
south
side
rising
is
taking
that
initiative
once
again
to
embed
themselves
in
the
community
to
get
that
feedback
to
figure
out.
What's
the
best
way
that
the
community
feel
to
honor
and
preserve
that
and
we're
going
to
work
on
implementing
that
plan,
once
the
community
decides
what's
the
right
way
and
the
best
way
to
honor
the
history
and
preserve
the
heritage
of
the
park.
A
So
time-wise
this
would
come
to
council
at
our
next
meeting
because
apparently
we're
going
to
put
everything
on
our
next
agenda
and-
and
it
would
be
up
for
a
vote
at
the
next
meeting-
if
you
all
are
not
comfortable
with
that,
let's
say
so.
You
know
if
you
want
it
to
go
back
for
some
more
community
input.
A
If
you
want
different
options
to
be
looked
at
this,
would
you
know
just
think
about
it?
That
would
that
would
be.
The
kind
of
thing
we
would
want
to
give
direction
on.
Roderick
will
probably
go
ahead
and
retire,
but
but
but
I
you
know-
I
and
I
am
hearing-
we
have
construction
drawings.
That
sounds
like
a
really
costly
pivot.
At
this
point,
so
I
just
you
know,
go.
K
Ahead,
we
actually
jay
dundas
capital
projects
director.
We
actually
have
a
fully
bid
project,
and
so
we
at
that
22nd
we'd
be
pushing
our
our
bid
limits
and
we
may
end
up
having
to
go
out
to
re-bid
the
project.
A
Right
and
to
change
things
would
be
extremely
expensive.
Okay,
all
right.
So
the
idea
to
thank
you
for
indulging
us
we,
this
was
supposed
to
be
on
our
agenda
to
vote
on
and
we
asked
for
it
to
be
a
presentation
just
because
we
hadn't
all
had
a
chance
to
see
it
and
thought
it'd
be
a
good
chance
to
also
let
the
community
those
who
haven't
already
seen
the
final
proposal
see
it.
A
So,
thank
you
all
for
that,
and
so
it
will,
unless
something
dramatic
changes,
be
on
our
next
meetings
agenda
for
for
a
vote.
So
thank
you.
L
Okay
good
evening-
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here-
it
feels
good
to
see
faces
live
faces,
so
I'm
going
to
provide
you
with
an
update,
pretty
much
focusing
in
on
our
initiatives
around
reparations,
I'm
going
to
hopefully
step
through
these
slides
relatively
quickly,
and
I'm
just
going
to
turn
this
just
a
little
bit.
L
L
I'm
not
going
to
go
over
all
of
the
details
of
the
resolution,
but
essentially
I
think
we
could
capture
the
content
of
the
resolution
just
by
identifying
kind
of
the
definitions
of
of
reparations,
the
action
of
repairing
something,
the
making
of
a
means
for
wrongs
or
injury
done,
the
making
of
a
man's
for
wrong
one
has
done
by
paying
money
to
or
otherwise
helping
those
who
have
been
wronged.
And
so
essentially,
I
think
that's
the
essence
of
the
of
the
resolution.
L
But
one
specific
direction
within
the
resolution
was
to
establish
a
process
and
they
and
the
resolution
specifically
asked
the
city
manager
or
directs
the
city
manager
to
develop
this
process.
And
what
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you?
All
a
little
bit
about
is
the
first
phase
of
this
process.
L
We
started
out
with
kind
of
thinking.
There
was
a
need
to
have
some
information
sharing
kind
of
truth,
telling
an
opportunity
for
even
people
across
the
country
to
come
to
our
community
and
talk
about
the
efforts
around
reparations,
and
so
we've
prepared
a
speaker
series,
that's
underway.
Currently,
we
have
recruited
all
of
our
speakers
and
we
divided
this
speaker
series
into
three
parts:
a
past
the
present
and
the
future.
L
L
We
think
that
we
can,
and
we
think
that
legally
we
can
do
this.
We
don't
have
to
call
it
reparations.
We
can
call
it
repair,
identify
barriers
to
addressing
a
generational
wealth,
inspire
our
community
to
identify
collaborative
opportunities
and
hear
community
perspectives,
which
is
actually
the
most
important
part
of
this.
L
So
all
of
the
comments
that
we
receive
as
part
of
the
speaker
series
will
kind
of
be
foundational
for
when
we
are,
you
all
create
your
reparations
commission.
They
will
use
that
information
and
the
feedback
that
we've
gotten
from
the
community
and
the
information
that
we've
gathered
from
national
speakers
and
local
speakers.
L
And
this
is
just
a
highlight
from
the
event
last
week.
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
all
kind
of
some
numbers.
We
had
approximately
100
people
and
we
are
actually
in
this
facility,
but
in
the
thomas
wolfe
auditorium
we
had
a
hundred
people
again
in
attendance
that
were
there
live
183
views
on
the
against
youtube
and
45
people
called
in
to
listen
by
phones.
So
a
total
of
328
people
were
were
connected
generally.
The
format
for
these
sessions
are
the
doors
open
at
5
pm.
We
have
a
local
dj.
L
L
We
also
have
provided
an
opportunity
for
people
who
are
uncomfortable
with
you
know
relaying
or
conveying
their
thoughts
in
that
type
of
a
format
or
a
venue
we're
allowing
people
to
be
videotaped,
and
we
are
retaining
that
information
and
it
will
be
be
shared
again
with
with
you
all
with
the
community,
as
well
as
as
with
the
reparations
commission.
L
So
we
have,
as
I
said,
two
events
coming
up,
one
on
june
10th
and
the
other
one
on
june
17th,
and
you
can
see
our
list
of
illustrious
speakers
that
will
be
attending.
So,
if
you
miss
the
event,
the
videos
can
be
found
at
our
public
engagement
hub
and
youtube
channel
comments
can
be
emailed
to
us.
You
can
call
a
number
and
leave
a
voicemail
message,
we're
also
having
comment
carts
that'll
be
available
at
some
of
the
community
pop-up
events.
L
These
will
be
led
by
the
buncombe
county
community
engagement
team,
and
we
want
you
to
kind
of
stay
tuned
for
additional
information.
We're
also
very
very
grateful
and
thankful
to
our
sponsors,
explorer
asheville,
the
tda
and
mckibben
hospitality,
as
well
as
duke
energy,
for
helping
sponsor
this
event.
L
Is
you
have
a
item
related
to
funding
for
this
effort,
a
resolution
and
a
budget
amendment
in
the
amount
of
2.1
million
in
the
city's
general
capital
projects
fund,
utilizing
land
sale
proceeds
to
provide
initial
funding
for
the
reparations
initiative,
and
I
think
there
was
a
question
about
well.
How
will
this
be
spent?
What
are
the
projects
we
don't
know?
Yet?
L
What
we
do
know
is
that
we
have
asked
the
commission
once
it
is
formed
to
provide
us
with
short,
medium
and
long-term
initiatives,
and
what
we
want
to
do
is
to
be
poised
be
able
to,
particularly
with
some
of
the
short-term
recommendations
which
we
are
asking
the
commission
in
a
very
short
time
period.
I
think
it's
january
2022
to
give
us
some
immediate
things
that
we
can
do
and
that's
how
this
funding
will
be
will
be
utilized.
L
And
so
again,
the
next
steps
is
the
formation
of
the
commission,
and
we
don't
have
all
of
the
details
about
how
the
commission
will
be
formed
over
the
next
couple
of
weeks
and
possibly
maybe
a
month.
We
will
come
up
with
a
recommendation
to
to
both
city
council,
as
well
as
the
county
commission,
in
terms
of
the
process
of
making
those
those
appointments
and
then
phase
three
will
obviously
be
the
really
really
hard
work
which
is
making
recommendations
and
providing
those
to
both
the
elected
boards
and
finalizing
a
report.
L
It
may
be
longer,
it
may
be
shorter,
but
we
hope
that
we
will
come
up
with
a
report
that
truly
is
transformational
particularly
in
the
lives
of
black
people
in
the
city
of
asheville,
and
with
that
I
think,
that's.
My
last
slide.
I'd
be
more
than
happy
to
take
any
comments,
but
I
I
do
want
to
just
say
thank
you
all
for
your
attendance
at
the
event
last
thursday
and
I'll
open
it
up
for
any
comments
or
feedback.
A
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
and
the
staff
for
your
hard
work,
putting
together
the
speaker
series.
I
thought
it
was
a
wonderful
event
and
I
know
I
think
all
of
us
were
able
to
to
attend
and
and
enjoyed
it,
and
it
seemed
that
those
in
attendance
enjoyed
it
as
well.
Thank.
C
Thank
you.
Can
you
remind
me
what
the
county's
commitment
is
around
the
reparations
initiative.
L
So
they
have
not
presented
any
kind
of
budget
or
recommended
funding
for
this
initiative.
As
of
yet
is
my
understanding.
A
And
I'll
just
share
the
chairman
reached
out
to
me
today
again
to
talk
about
this,
because
I
think
there
is
a
desire
to
sync
up
on
their
part
with
us
in
terms
of
a
long-term
funding
commitment-
and
I
know
that's
been
a
little
bit
more
of
a
challenging
conversation
on
our
side,
not
from
the
desire
to
commit
but
an
identifying
a
funding
source
that
we
feel
doesn't
create
greater
disparity.
A
So
I
think
they're
eager
to
to
put
a
number
to
it,
put
a
timeline
to
it
and
and
make
that
commitment.
So
so
it's
very
much
out
there.
It's
it's!
It's
just
a
matter
of
of
the
of
the
so
of
us
agreeing
to
something.
So
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
for
the
managers
to
continue
to
talk.
I
mean
the
managers.
A
Are
are
very
much
synced
up,
but
I
think
we
need
to
provide
some
direction
about
what
we're,
what
we're
aiming
at,
so
that
they
have
something
to
line
up
with.
L
Well,
we
we
definitely
hope
that,
if
you
all
adopt
this
suggested
at
least
starter
funding
right
and
then,
depending
upon
the
work
of
the
commission,
they
may
come
up
with
other
alternative
funding
sources.
We
hope
that
this
definitely
is
not
a
public
sector
initiative
alone.
We
need
the
private
sector
also
to
participate,
but
certainly
with
with
buncombe
county.
We
are
are
hoping,
obviously,
that
they
will
participate
as
well
state
federal
it
takes
a
village.
A
A
Okay,
we're
up
to
the
public
hearing
on
the
budget
and
I
think
we're
gonna
we're
gonna
have
well
the
manager,
kick
it
off
to
our
finance
director
here
in
just
a
minute,
so
we
have
done
several
work
sessions
already
and
I
think
tony's
probably
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
history
of
our
budget
process
this
year,
but
just
to
remind
folks
tonight
is
the
public
hearing
on
the
budget.
A
So
this
is
our
opportunity,
after
this
brief
presentation
to
hear
from
you
and
then
the
vote
on
the
budget
does
not
actually
happen
until
the
next
meeting,
and
that
is
the
statutorily
required
process.
All
right.
L
M
Right
well,
thank
you
all
good
evening,
mayor
vice
mayor
city
council.
We're
going
to
be
very
brief
tonight
with
our
presentation
from
staff.
You
all
heard
from
us
a
lot
over
the
last
few
months
related
to
the
budget,
and
so
now
tonight
is
your
opportunity
to
hear
from
the
community
on
the
budget,
but
I
do
have
a
few
slides
I'm
going
to
go
through
before
we
turn
it
back
over
to
you
all
for
the
public
hearing.
M
First
of
all,
just
kind
of
an
overview
of
our
proposed
budget,
and
this
is
the
slide.
We
showed
you
all
at
your
presentation
a
couple
weeks
ago.
The
proposed
budget
that
we
brought
to
you
all
at
the
end
of
may
represented
the
internal
work
that
we've
done
over
the
last
few
months,
reflected
council
priorities
and
community
input
and
reflects
a
continuation
of
the
reimagining
public
safety
process
that
we
began
last
fall.
M
The
proposal
is
a
balanced
and
fiscally
responsible
budget.
It
funds
investments
in
a
number
of
council
priorities
and
I'll
run
through
some
of
those
highlights.
In
a
moment,
it
does
fund
those
investments
through
a
property
tax
recommendation
that
is
three
cents
above
the
revenue
neutral
property
tax
rate.
M
M
M
So
just
a
calendar
where
we've
been
with
the
budget,
it's
been
a
long
budget
process.
I
think
you
all
know
we
wrapped
up
last
year's
or
the
current
year
budget
that
we're
in
last
september.
We
turned
around
soon
after
that
and
began
the
current
budget
process
internally
in
november,
and
so
we've
been
working
on
budget
internally.
Really.
Since
november
we
came
to
you
all
with
our
first
budget
work
session.
M
In
early
march,
we
had
a
total
of
five
budget
work
sessions
with
you
all,
as
we
worked
our
way
through
the
process
this
year,
and
then
we
brought
you
the
manager's
proposed
budget
on
on
may
25th,
which
has
led
us
to
where
we're
at
tonight,
which
is
the
public
hearing
that
is
required
by
north
carolina
general
statutes,
it's
not
on
these
slides,
but
we
did
along
the
way,
get
input
from
the
community.
So
this
is
really
not
the
first
time
the
community
has
had
a
chance
to
weigh
in
on
the
budget.
M
M
It
reflected
specifically
those
strategies
from
the
vision
2036
the
priorities
that
you
all
identified
in
2019
and
the
four
priorities
that
you
all
identified
at
your
retreat
in
april,
which
included
reparations,
reimagining
public
safety,
compensation
and
utilization
of
the
american
rescue
plan
funding.
M
So
the
response
strategy-
and
that
really
is
the
budget
and
I'll
run
through
some
of
the
highlights
quickly-
is
that
we've
utilized
the
internal
and
community
strategies
to
guide
future
investments
and
the
inves
investments
that
we've
made
in
this
this
budget.
M
M
So
when
we
talk
to
you
all
at
the
last
couple
of
work
sessions
and
then
on
may
25th,
when
we
presented
the
budget,
we
presented
the
budget
in
in
terms
of
investment
categories,
and
we
identified
eight
major
categories
of
investments
for
fy22,
those
included,
reparations,
reimagining,
public
safety,
employees
in
the
workforce,
neighborhoods
and
housing,
youth,
transportation,
environment
and
economic
development,
and
so
in
the
next
few
slides
I'm
just
going
to
hit
some
of
the
major
highlights
and
for
those
investments
I
want
to
start
with
reparations
and
as
city
manager,
deborah
campbell
mentioned,
there's
an
agenda
item
later
this
evening
for
you
all
to
adopt
funding
for
reparations,
and
so
that's
a
slight
adjustment
from
the
original
plan
that
we
presented
to
you
all
on
may
25th.
M
In
that
plan.
In
that
proposed
budget,
we
were
proposing
1.2
million
dollars
for
operations
that
would
be
funded
out
of
our
fund
balance
and
that
would
be
adopted
with
the
proposal
with
the
proposed
budget
on
june
22nd.
Tonight.
The
revised
recommendation,
which
you
all
will
be
voting
on,
increases
that
amount
to
2.1
million
dollars.
M
It's
funded
out
of
the
sale
of
white
labs,
which
occurred
several
months
ago
and
the
adoption
will
occur
tonight.
So
when
we
bring
you
all,
if
you
all
approve
the
revised
recommendation
tonight,
when
we
bring
you
the
budget
for
adoption
in
two
weeks,
it
will
reflect
the
removal
of
the
fund
balance
appropriation
and
the
2.1
million
dollars
will
have
already
been
approved.
As
of
tonight.
M
We
also
have
150
000
dollars
in
the
budget
to
fund
small
scale,
neighborhood
grants
that
would
be
coupled
with
fifty
thousand
dollars
that
we
already
have
in
the
budget
to
bring
that
total
to
two
hundred
thousand
in
terms
of
investments
in
youth.
We
have
two
items
in
our
parks
and
recreation
department.
We're
going
to
highlight
one
is
an
additional
450
000
investment
in
our
recreation
centers
that
will
allow
us
to
expand
evening
and
weekend
hours.
M
It
would
bring
all
other
employees
either
up
to
the
new
minimums
or
provide
employees
with
a
two
and
a
half
percent
pay
increase,
whichever
is
greater
to
fund
those
investments.
We
talk
to
you
all
about
this.
At
the
at
your
last
presentation,
we
are
proposing
a
tax
rate
that
is
three
cents
above
revenue
neutral.
M
This
was
a
revaluation
year
in
the
county,
so
everyone
got
new
property
values
and
the
revenue
neutral
rate
based
on
their
new
property
values,
is
38.3
cents
we're
proposing
a
tax
rate
three
cents
above
that,
as
I
mentioned,
a
tax
rate
of
41.3
cents
to
fund
those
investments.
M
And
then,
finally,
as
I
mentioned,
the
work
will
not
end
after
we
adopt
the
budget
here
in
june.
The
thing
you
will,
probably
the
thing
that
you
will
see
most
quickly
will
be
us
coming
back
to
you
in
july
and
august
to
talk
about
a
spending
plan
for
the
american
rescue
plan.
M
Other
items
we'll
be
working
on
city
manager
talked
about
the
next
steps
in
the
reparations
process.
I
mentioned
the
partnering
with
buncombe
county
on
the
homeowners
tax
assistance
program.
We're
also
going
to
continue
talking
with
the
community
about
needs
in
terms
of
recreation
programming,
and
then
we
will
be
coming
back
to
you
all
with
a
mid-year
assessment
of
our
storm
water
and
sanitation
services
with
potential
fee
adjustments
brought
forward
with
that.
E
I
actually
do
have
a
question,
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
the
document
that
you
sent
me
with
the
vacancies
from
april
21st
when
I
reviewed
the
lowest
compensation
and
the
highest
compensation
for
those.
It
seemed
like.
We
have
a
7.6
and
10.5
million
dollar
range
of
vacancies,
but
then,
when
I
saw
the
waging
compensation
was
going
to
be
7.9
is
that
on
the
lowest
end
or
on
the
highest
end.
M
M
E
So
from
that
document
we
had
168
vacancies.
So
if
I
remember
right,
the
the
vacancy
assumption
is
1.1
million.
M
L
If,
if
I
could
just
respond
a
little
bit
to
the
number
of
vacancies,
yes,
we
have
vacancies
within
our
police
department
that
that
has
been
well
documented,
but
also
last
year
as
a
cost-saving
measure.
We
actually
froze
positions.
We
did
not
hire
unless
a
department
could
provide
a
compelling
argument
for
why
we
should
hire.
We
just
did
not
know
what
was
going
to
happen
to
our
budget
as
it
relates
to
to
covet.
L
A
I
guess
burning
is
a
bad
pun,
but
about
pay
pay
raises
within
the
fire
department
will
will
the
pay
raises
result
in
all
firefighters
receiving
the
pay
at
a
level
of
the
living
the
current
living
wage
calculation
based
on?
Well,
we
have
different
ways.
We
calculate
it,
but
if
you
can
answer
that
question-
and
maybe
peggy
would
be-
I
don't
know
if
she's
here
too,
but.
M
Yeah
I
mean
the
the
starting
rate
for
for
firefighters,
once
they're
out
of
the
academy
would
be.
I
don't
have
the
exact
number
in
front
of
me,
but
be
a
little
over
forty
four
thousand
dollars
under
the
new
plan,
which
I
do
believe
would
bring
them
based
on
their
scheduling
up
above
the
fifteen
dollar
an
hour
minimum
pay,
okay
peggy!
If
there's
anything,
you
would
okay,
okay,.
E
A
Well
and
I
think
in
the
context
of
the
property
tax
relief
just
because
it
only
goes
to
owners
but
they're
there,
the
county
does
have
funds
through
the
federal
package
that
are
directed
at
renters.
I
believe
the
commissioner,
the
chairman,
told
me
that
they've
received
about
seven
million
dollars,
so
we
probably
need
to
talk
with
them
a
little
bit
more
about
how
they're
making
that
available
to
folks
as
a
resource.
A
I
feel
like
at
the
council
chamber,
this
table
is
a
little
curved,
so
I
can
see
everybody
a
little
bit
better.
So
sorry,
all
right,
we
have
some
folks
signed
up
to
speak
under
the
public
hearing
under
the
budget.
So
that's
what
we're
we're
doing
now
and
just
as
a
reminder,
since
we
haven't
done
this
a
long
time.
You'll
have
three
minutes
to
speak
and
I'm
assuming
maggie
you're
keeping
time
over
there.
So
watch
out
for
maggie
she'll
swoop
down
there
and
grab
you
if
you
exceed
your
three
minutes.
N
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
letting
one
one
of
your
sheep
get
up
here
for
three
minutes
and
have
the
I
don't
know
pleasure,
of
discussing
a
200
million
dollar
budget,
but
you're
going
to
give
three
minutes.
It's
okay.
You
know
you've
been
mayor
for
six
years.
You
know
what
you
do.
Every
year
you
raise
taxes
for
six
years.
N
You
know
you
know
what
saved
you
this
year,
the
federal
government
they
wouldn't
have.
Given
you
that
money
you'd
be
in
big
trouble,
you
know
what
they
saved.
You
that's!
Okay,
all
y'all
do
is
raise
taxes.
You
know
why
you
raise
taxes
because
you're
controlled
you're,
a
one
party
group,
one
party
group,
hey
it
ain't
only
that
this
group.
N
I
get
extra
time.
Yes,
please!
Thank
you!
Oh,
and
this
is
not
the
only
crooked
political
group.
You
got
a
county
there's
another
crooked
group.
They
got
50
million
dollars,
but
guess
what
they're
going
to
raise
your
taxes?
Boy?
What
what
nice
people
you
know,
we've
been
in
covet
a
year
and
a
half
y'all
have
been
hiding
for
a
year
and
a
half
you're,
giving
10
million
in
in
in
salaries.
Are
you
kidding?
N
N
It's
a
joke,
but
the
sheep
will
keep
boating
you
in
because
you
got
8
000
of
them
over
there
in
north
asheville
west
asheville
that
keep
just
pulling
one
ticket.
And
it's
you
guys,
there's
no
other
party,
you
know
what
happens
in
a
one-party
system,
they
burn
books,
they
tell
people,
they
can't
talk
like
me
for
three
minutes.
You
know
what
countries
like
that
you
might
as
well
be
in
venezuela,
cuba
same
thing:
china,
you
know
what
it's
a
y'all
are
a
joke.
N
N
N
A
All
right
folks,
we'll
just
review
one
more
time
we're
going
to
have
we're
going
to
continue
with
the
public
hearing.
Please
refrain
from
yelling
and
clapping,
while
we're
hearing
from,
if
you
don't
like
it,
you're
welcome
to
leave
and
watch
this
meeting
remotely
and
we've
got
a
you're
making
a
whole
bunch
of
police
officers
stand
up
there
in
the
back.
So
all
right,
let's
try
this
again.
We
haven't
met
in
person
a
long
time,
so
we'll
try
it
again.
The
next
person
signed
up
to
speak
is
tasha.
O
All
right,
my
name
is
tasha
etheridge,
I'm
an
asheville
native
and
resident.
I
also
am
here
with
three
folks
who
are
willing
to
seed
their
time
from
me.
So
if
those
folks
will
raise
their
hand.
A
Did
they
sign
up
on
the
yeah.
P
O
Thank
you,
nice.
First,
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
are
on
stolen
land
built
with
stolen
labor
and
lives.
I
acknowledge
this
land
as
cherokee
and
yucci,
and
pay
homage
to
my
ancestors
who
were
kidnapped
and
brought
here
and
indigenous
folks
forced
from
this
land.
O
O
O
So
I
want
to
thank
all
the
community
members
who
have
advocated
for
these
things.
I'm
thankful
that
you
have
listened
to
these
requests
on
july,
14
2020,
the
city
of
asheville
vowed
to
address
and
rectify
the
harms
that
systemic,
social
and
institutional
racism
has
inflicted
on
its
black
residents.
The
county
followed
suit,
and
the
union
states
that
there
are
five
conditions
for
reparations
restitution,
compensation,
rehabilitation,
satisfaction
and
guarantee
of
non-repetition.
O
So,
as
I
come
through
the
budget
for
the
first
time
and
saw
that
there
was
to
be
a
property
tax
hike,
and
I
saw
that
y'all
are
still
funding
the
asheville
police
department,
30
million
dollars.
I
was
angry
because
once
again,
I
believe
you
have
lied
to
my
community
and
have
reiterated
that
you
do
not
care
for
the
well-being
of
black
and
brown
folk
in
the
city.
O
I
thought
about
the
black
homeowners,
who
could
lose
their
homes
they
had
held
on
so
tightly
to
over
years
of
y'all,
bulldozing
our
neighborhoods
and
communities
that
you
deem
blighted
and
we
deem
home
when
you
implement
a
tax
hike
that
disproportionately
affects
black
neighborhood.
It
seems
you're
saying
that
black
lives
don't
matter
when
you
plan
a
relief
program
for
these
taxes
that
only
hold
150
000.
When
you
are
taxing
the
community
to
earn
5.7
million.
O
You
are
saying
that
black
lives
do
not
matter
when
you
provide
30
million
of
funding
for
a
police
force
that
is
destroying
itself.
That
has
outwardly
stated
that
it
cannot
do
its
job,
that
we
overpay
to
over
police,
our
black
and
brown
communities
and
children.
I
hear
you
saying
that
black
lives
do
not
matter,
and
today
I
hold
the
black
youth
men,
women
and
siblings,
who
will
continue
to
be
stalked
and
hunted
by
white
supremacy
and
regalia,
who
we
pay
to
disappear.
O
Data
shows
when
we
put
more
police
in
neighborhoods,
violent
crime
is
not
reduced.
Drug
trafficking
is
not
reduced,
cops
are
merely
reactive.
I
don't
hear
communities
saying
they
need
more
cops.
What
I
hear
is
people
saying
that
we
need
to
feel
safe.
We
need
to
feel
heard
and
we
need
to
be
comfortable
in
our
communities.
O
What
alternatives
are
you
willing
to
provide
to
a
community
that
has
been
calling
out
for
help
from
you
for
years?
How
are
you
going
to
hold
yourself
accountable
to
the
promises
you
made
to
the
black
community?
How
are
you
going
to
address
the
harms
that
these
racist
systems
have
perpetuated
in
our
city?
How
are
you
going
to
do
anti-racist
work
within
your
departments
when
you
have
failed
the
equity
and
inclusion
department
and
allowed
for
it
to
dissolve?
O
How
are
you
truly
going
to
commit
to
reparations?
If
you
do
not
stop
the
harms
that
haven't
continued
to
be
inflicted
on
our
black
community?
How
are
you
going
to
hold
yourself
accountable
to
bipod
communities?
You
so
proudly
boast
your
aiding
with
these
initiatives
again,
when
you
continue
to
perpetuate
the
harm
you
all
vowed
to
stop
back
in
july,
I
hear
you
saying
that
black
and
brown
lives
don't
matter
with
this
tax
hike.
O
I'm
thinking
about
the
previous
hearing
community
event
that
was
held
on
june
3rd
and
not
many
black
community
members
showed
up
nor
were
were
there
live
streams
from
communities
or
this
or
neither
were
these
set
up
in
our
black
communities,
and
I
also
have
heard
and
heard
you
acknowledge
that
the
amount
is
not
sufficient
for
the
entirety
of
the
reparations
process
and
I
look
forward
to
you
all
identifying
committing
to
funding
in
the
future.
O
But
tonight
I
ask
you
to
not
vote
on
this
budget
on
the
22nd
if
it
does
not
implement
drastic
changes
around
providing
tax
relief
in
wake
of
this
property
tax
hike.
I
ask
that
you
do
not
vote
on
the
budget
unless
you
look
into
ways
to
divest
money
from
our
police
department
and
invest
into
our
communities
in
reimagining
public
safety
and
provide
the
public
a
timeline
and
a
dollar
amount.
O
You
are
willing
to
commit
the
to
this,
and
I
ask
that
you
truly
begin
working
within
your
departments
to
implement
anti-racist
policies
and
initiatives
to
reimagining
how
you
allow
white
supremacy
white
supremacy
to
be
perpetuated
in
our
local
government
and
in
our
community.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
Okay,
I'm
recognizing
the
snap
as
kind
of
a
workaround,
but
I
can
live
with
all
right.
The
next
person
signed
up
to
speak
is
mel
and
I
think
it's
noise,
but
I'm
not
positive.
It's
an
a
or
no
I'm
sorry.
Q
Q
So
now
is
your
chance
to
deliver
on
the
number
one
demand
that
came
out
of
the
black
lives
matter.
What
some
say
is
the
largest
movement
in
our
protest
history,
and
that
demand
is
to
defund
the
police.
Last
year.
It
seems
like,
in
order
to
save
face
from
a
disgusting
display
of
police
brutality
that
got
national
attention.
Q
Y'all
approved
the
reparations
resolution
that
did
not
have
receipts
for
where
the
money
would
go.
Black
locals
explained
to
you
that
it
needs
to
go
to
long-term
safety
strategies,
including
investing
in
black
business.
Yet,
in
a
bizarre
plot
twist,
you
sold
land
to
white
labs,
brewery
built
in
a
historically
black
neighborhood,
enabling
a
white
upper-class
out-of-town
business
owner
to
make
profit
here
indefinitely,
while
the
black
community
gets
a
one-time
payment
too.
Q
We're
not
really
sure
where
exactly
one
of
my
friends
recently
broke
down
that
2.1
million
in
reparations
and
how
it
would
translate
to
property
ownership
here,
which
I
think
is
an
excellent
point
with
that
money.
You
could
maybe
create
eight
black
homeowners
in
asheville,
yet
with
the
tax
hike
you're
proposing
in
the
hotel
years,
you
continue
to
court,
it's
almost
impossible
to
pay
to
even
live
here.
So
what
I'm
saying
is
these
reparations
are
still
not
good
enough
and
no
one
will
get
them
anyway.
Q
If
you
price
them
out
of
town,
you
must
work
reparations
into
the
fabric
of
the
city
until
there
is
increased
black
land
ownership.
Black
businesses
are
thriving.
The
achievement
gap
disappears,
bypack,
stop
filling
jails
at
disproportionate
rates,
our
communities
have
funded
funded
systems
of
care
and
every
cop
has
quit
or
been
let
go
of,
and
I
beg
you
not
to
raise
our
taxes
only
to
fund
a
police
department
that
is
struggling
to
even
exist
with
the
staff
they
have
left.
They
prioritize
targeting
low-income
communities,
perpetuating
the
war
on
drugs.
Q
Q
This
town
does
not
belong
to
cops
and
tourists,
so
have
some
courage
to
reflect
the
demands
of
the
movement
in
the
budget
or
consider
quitting
your
jobs
and
side
note
when
the
200
houses
folks
get
kicked
out
of
hotels
at
the
end
of
the
month.
I
really
hope
you
all
leave
them
alone,
no
matter
where
they
decide
to
camp.
Shame
on
you
for
not
thinking
that
one
through.
A
R
R
First
of
all,
it's
important
that
homeowners
be
automatically
enrolled
in
rebates
if
they
meet
specific
criteria
that
are
identifiable
by
city
staff
based
entirely
on
property
records,
citizens
should
not
need
to
do
anything,
no
forms,
no
documentation.
No
application
eligibility
for
residential
property
rebates
should
be
based
on
the
following
three
card
criteria:
tenure.
R
R
And
finally,
the
third
criterion
is
property
value.
I
suggest
rebates
should
be
issued
to
those
whose
property
value
is
80
or
less
of
the
area.
Median
residential
assessment
city
staff
should
be
able
to
pull
a
list
of
pins.
That's
parcel
identification
numbers
that
would
satisfy
these
three
criteria
and
automatically
earmark
those
residential
properties
for
rebates.
R
R
R
R
I
urge
counsel
to
earmark
funds
from
the
american
rescue
plan
funds
to
assist
renters
at
risk
of
eviction
or
sharply
higher
rents.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
S
Good
evening,
scott
mullins,
I'm
the
president
of
the
professional
firefighters,
the
asheville
professional
firefighters,
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
ms
campbell
and
your
team
for
the
work
on
the
budget
this
year.
I
know
you've
spent
a
countless
amount
of
hours
on
it
and
we
appreciate
that
as
city
employees,
I
rise
in
support
of
the
city
manager's
proposed
budget,
your
firefighters
appreciate
and
are
encouraged
by
the
amount
of
support
we've.
Seen
from
you
all
during
all
these
budget
work
sessions
over
the
past
few
months.
S
S
S
A
D
T
Hello
council,
I'm
here
tonight
to
voice
some
support
for
a
few
things
in
the
budget.
First,
I
want
to
voice
my
support
and,
on
behalf
of
just
economics,
our
support
for
living
wages
in
the
budget
and
maintaining
a
living
wage
policy,
including
that
for
firefighters.
We
have
stood
in
solidarity
with
asheville
firefighters
in
making
sure
that
they
are
compensated
fairly
and
appropriately
for
the
work,
the
important
work
that
they
do
in
our
community.
T
Second,
I
want
to
voice
some
support
for
the
funding
for
transportation
in
the
budget.
We
have
been
advocating
as
just
economics
for
a
very
long
time
for
increased
evening
service
hours
and
and
increased
frequency
to
south
asheville.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
and
encourage
you
to
include
those
in
your
final
version
of
the
budget
that
is
approved,
and,
finally,
I
want
to
voice
my
support
on
behalf
of
just
economics
for
a
paid
family
and
medical
leave
policy
this,
while
this
does
not
have
a
huge
impact
on
the
budget.
T
U
All
right,
I'm
here
speaking
out
for
the
defunding
of
the
police
department,
the
money
needs
to
be
used
for
the
fire
department.
You
don't
have
the
fire
department
telling
us
who
they
gonna
protect,
who
they
gonna
save.
You
don't
have
the
fire
department
killing
our
kids,
but
you
had
the
police
killing
lucky
ears.
U
The
money
y'all
used
them
for
the
tax
hike
on
a
property
should
be
used
for
us.
Stop
how
we
gonna
get
out
of
covert
situation.
Y'all
gonna
jack,
the
prices
up
on
the
level
come
on.
You
got
people
they're
still
paying
for
people
to
die,
but
y'all
want
to
jack
the
prices
up
on
our
houses.
Come
on
that.
Don't
make
sense,
use
that
money
for
our
community
do
do
right
by
the
community
y'all
sitting
up
here.
Not
doing
it
do
what
you
got
to
do
for
our
community
for
our
kids
defund.
U
A
Thank
you.
Sharon.
V
I'm
here
once
again
to
ask
for
the
need
of
an
urban
forester
and
an
urban
forest
master
plan.
Staff
is
doing
an
admirable
job,
but
there
is
so
much
falling
through
the
cracks,
even
with
greenworks
involvement
in
training
outside
inspectors.
It
is
taking
months
for
violations
of
clear
cutting
and
grading
to
get
any
resolutions.
V
The
new
tree
protection,
canopy
amendment
may
or
may
not
be
correctly
implemented
as
field
oversight
is
scarce
due
to
staffing
issues.
An
urban
forester
is
an
integral
part
of
most
modern
cities,
asheville
with
all
of
the
current
studies
that
have
been
done
in
the
past
and
present
falls
far
behind
in
protecting
our
green
infrastructure.
A
W
W
I
know
that
there
are
some
people
who
come
to
the
police
force
with
good
intentions,
but
I
also
all
of
the
stories
that
I've
heard
from
people
that
I
love
are
stories
of
harm,
and
I
feel
that
every
day
and
I
carry
that
every
day
and
I'm
worried
about
my
community
and
I'm
sorry-
I
get
really
anxious
with
public
speaking
I
just
want
to.
W
I
want
to
make
sure
that
you
guys
know
that
the
support
for
reallocating
funds
from
the
police
budget,
to
reparations
and
to
community
safety
is
large
and
the
reason
that
you're
not
seeing
as
many
people
here
are
because
we're
busy
and
we
have
a
lot
going
on,
but
the
support
is
huge
and
vast
and
we
care-
and
I
think
something
that
unites
us
all
as
asphalt
citizens
and
as
people
that
we
forget
sometimes
is
something
that
teja
said
as
well,
which
is
safety.
W
We
all
desire
safety
in
our
communities
and
we
want
to
sleep
peacefully
and
wake
up
and
have
our
neighbors
be
safe
and
have
their
needs
met,
and
that
will
not
happen
if
we're
not
caring
for
the
most
vulnerable
among
us,
and
I
also
would
like
for
if
the
property
taxes
are
going
up
to
making
sure
that
we
are
not
or
that
we
are
putting
something
in
to
protect
the
poorest
of
our
community
and
black
minority
members.
W
If
that
has
to
happen,
and
the
police
budget
is
huge,
it
is
militarized.
If
police
mean
safety,
there
is
so
much
in
the
police
department
right
now.
That
does
not
equate
to
safety.
I
do
not
feel
safe
when
I
see
someone
walking
around
with
a
weapon.
My
friends
who
are
raped
or
assaulted
by
police
officers
do
not
feel
safe
when
they
see
someone
so
powerful
moving
through
the
streets,
and
I
just
want
us
all
to
be
able
to
unite
and
what
safety
means
and
to
listen
to
our
neighbors
when
they're
asking
for
safety.
A
Okay,
that
that
concludes
the
public
hearing
on
the
budget
and
again
the
the
budget,
will
not
be
voted
on
until
I
signed
up,
but
there
was
nobody
up
there.
A
F
Hi
council,
my
name
is
victoria
estes,
it's
good
to
finally
see
you
all
in
person.
I
have
a
few
things
to
go
over
so
I'll
cut
to
the
chase
on
reparations.
F
A
F
It
up
when
you
get
home
all
right,
anyways
all
right,
well,
replacing
them
with
dispatchers
who
send
unarmed
teams
that
rely
on
de-escalation,
nonviolent
resolution
and
harm
reduction.
Why
are
we
not
setting
the
stage
for
this
type
of
public
safety
shift
here?
Why
are
we
clinging
to
a
police
force
that
nobody
wants
and
nobody
even
wants
to
work
for
defund
the
police
50?
No
more
excuses,
they
already
cut
down
your
payroll
for
you.
What's
stopping
you
on
taxes,
the
current
draft
budget
calls
for
a
5.7
million
dollar
hike
on
property
taxes.
F
This
comes
immediately
after
huge
spikes
in
home
appraisals
by
the
buncombe
county
government
in
the
past
year,
and
there
is
ample
evidence
that
these
appraisals
were
deeply
inequitable.
These
taxes,
this
tax
increase,
will
disproportionately
affect
our
buy-back
community.
No
doubt
if
you
insist
on
this
tax
hike,
the
proposed
150
000
that's
to
be
set
aside
to
fund
a
property
owner.
Tax
relief
program
needs
to
be
greatly
increased,
and
I
agree
with
somebody
that
said
it
earlier.
F
You
need
to
automatically
enroll
these
homeowners
in
that
there's
no
way
that
such
a
small
amount
of
money
will
be
able
to
offset
the
inequitable
outcomes
of
this
proposed
property.
Tax
it'll
only
work
if
it
has
a
broad
scope,
is
easy
to
apply
for
and
contains
provisions
to
support,
lower
income,
homeowners
and
renters.
And
lastly,
please
allow
people
to
continue
calling
in
to
comment
to
these
meetings,
just
like
the
county
commissioners
did
at
their
last
meeting.
Accessibility
is
a
crucial
part
of
a
working
representative
democracy.
A
A
We
have
two
items
of
unfinished
business
that
we
took
public
comment
on
at
our
last
meeting,
so
at
this
meeting
we're
just
voting
on
them.
The
first
is
a
vote
to
rezone
property
located
at
999,
999
glendale
avenue
from
rm16
residential
multifamily
high
density
district
to
ci
commercial
industrial
district.
Do
I
have
a
motion
to
approved
unfinished
business
item,
a
mayor,
I'll
move.
G
J
A
Any
opposed
okay!
Thank
you.
So
much
sorry,
all
right
do
I
item
b
is
a
vote
to
amend
the
unified
development
ordinance
articles
three
five,
six
and
seven
related
to
decision
making
administrative
and
advisory
bodies
and
related
functions
in
order
to
bring
the
city's
development
code
into
alignment
with
recent
state
legislation.
Do
I
have
a
motion?
A
A
Again
we
heard
a
little
bit
about
this
already
in
the
managers
report
and
tony
mcdowell
already
presented
on
this
during
the
budget
presentation
that
that
this
will
not
come
from
a
fund
balance
that
it
will
come
from
the
sale
of
white
labs.
So
are
there
any
questions?
Council
comments
regarding
this
item
or
do
I
have
a
motion,
and
once
I
have
a
motion
and
a
second,
I
will
open
the
a
public
comment.
I
A
Okay,
so
we
will,
unless
anyone
else,
has
any
questions
or
comments.
We're
going
to
vote
on
this
a
monumental
moment,
all
right,
all
right,
all
right,
all
those
in
favor.
Please
say
I.
J
A
It's
only
on
here,
as
one
item
should
have
been
on
here
as
two
items.
Are
you
sure
you
think
so.
A
I
don't
think
we
need,
I,
I
think
it's
just
a
budget
amendment,
because
we
already
established
the
fund
when
we
established
when
we
created
the
community,
the
community
table
investment
table.
D
A
I
P
Vice
mayor,
after
our
meeting,
I
had
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
the
chair
of
the
commission
and
because
there
were
so
few
applications
and
some
were
not
actually
in
the
city.
I
Can
I
remove
the
motion
and
put
forth
another
motion
or
you
don't
have
okay
just
withdraw
it?
You
don't
need
anything.
I
withdraw
the
motion.
Okay
for
the
board
of
electrical
examiners.
The
board
of
commissions
committee
recommends
the
reappointment
of
drew
pike,
russell
thatcher,
roger
vault
and
the
appointment
of
donald
shane
massey
and
requested
the
clerk's
office
re-advertised
for
the
fifth
seat.
I
All
right,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed
all
right
for
the
citizen
police
advisory
committee.
The
committee
rep
recommends
the
reappointment
of
robert
hooper
for
the
housing
authority
staff
seat
and
the
clerk's
office
will
re-advertise
for
the
other
opening
positions.
Can
I
get
a
second
just
a
second
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed
all
right
for
the
civic
center
commission.
I
P
I
All
right
all
in
favor
any
opposed
and
for
the
historic
resources
commission.
The
committee
recommends
the
appointment
of
georgine
falcon
and
the
clerk's
office
will
re-advertise
for
the
other
position
positions.
Can
I
get
a
second
second
all
right,
any
opposed
and
for
the
human
relations
commission.
I
I
P
I
All
right,
all
in
favor,
any
opposed
right
that
motion
carries
and
for
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee.
The
committee
recommends
the
reappointment
of
mark
westmer
for
the
at-large
seat.
The
appointment
of
juan
pablo
shalarka
for
the
seat
representing
two
eight
eight
zero
one
area
and
the
clerk's
office
will
re-advertise
for
the
open
position
for
28803
28704
area.
Can
I
get
a
second
a
second
all
right,
all
in
favor,
hi.
Q
I
Opposed
all
right
and
for
the
noise
ordinance
appeals
board.
The
committee
recommends
reappointment
of
wayne
willer
patrick
gilbert,
for
full
terms
and
the
reappointment
of
todd
levin
for
one
additional
year.
Can
I
get
a
second
second
all
right,
all
in
favor,
any
opposed
motion
carries
and
for
the
public,
art
and
cultural
commission.
The
committee
recommends
the
reappointment
of
johanna
hagarty
and
ali
mcgee
and
the
appointment
of
reggie
tidwell.
Can
I
get
a
second.
E
E
E
G
G
I
A
A
Favor,
okay
and
I'll
turn
it
back
to
you,
okay.
That
brings
us
to
the
informal
discussion
and
public
comment
portion
of
our
agenda
and
and
we
don't
have
a
closed
session,
so
this
will
close
us
out.
A
Again,
three
minutes
under
under
this
section
of
the
agenda
for
each
speaker.
X
It's
really
good
to
see
all
of
your
faces.
I've
been
listening
to
many
of
the
voices
of
the
folks
in
and
outside
of
this
room,
as
they've
called
in
over
the
course
of
the
past
year,
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
I'm
really
grateful
to
be
in
community
with
people
who
are
taking
the
time
to
be
engaged
and
help
make
asheville
a
better
and
safer
place
for
everyone.
X
Where
folks
were
gassed
and
pepper,
balled
and
injured
in
various
ways,
including
a
fractured
skull,
and
yet
the
primary
demand
to
divest
from
policing
and
invest
in
our
communities
has
not
been
addressed
at
all.
In
fact,
the
police
have
conveniently
defunded
themselves
with
82
officers
leaving
the
department,
and
yet
here
we
are
with
the
same
budget,
with
no
detail
as
to
how
this
discrepancy
and
savings
from
lack
of
staffing
will
be
used.
X
We
have
an
opportunity
here
to
truly
reimagine
what
public
safety
looks
like,
because
we
know
that
our
community
is
not
safe
under
a
carceral
police
state
and
that
police
are
not
equipped
to
handle
many
of
the
problems
that
our
community
faces.
What
happened
to
the
30-60-90
plan,
where
defunding
was
supposed
to
be
on
the
table?
X
X
Our
city
is
struggling.
You
have
the
power
to
support
our
community
and
you've
been
given
this
opportunity,
but
here
you
are
allocating
more
money
to
policing
with
the
passage
of
the
high-intensity
drug
traffic
trafficking
grant
tonight,
and
I
have
seen
the
harm
that
imprisonment's
caused
to
children
and
families
in
our
community
and
seeing
the
way
that
substance
use
is
causing
death
and
harm
policing
cannot
solve
these
problems.
D
Q
Hi
it's
mel
again,
so
I
just
wanted
to
read
the
recent
recommendation
that
came
out
of
the
hrca,
because
I'm
afraid
that
it
won't
get
prioritized,
even
though
the
houses
community,
it's
it's
regarding
the
encampment
removals,
an
issue
that
affects
predominantly
and
disproportionately
black
and
brown
people.
Q
We,
the
aforementioned
members
of
the
hrca,
strongly
recommend
that
the
asheville
city
council
swiftly
remove
the
following
ordinances:
city
code,
articles
city
code,
chapter
12,
article
3,
section,
12-51
and
section
12-52
immediately
seizing
encampment
removals
on
city
city
property.
In
addition,
the
aforementioned
members
of
the
hrca
recommend
the
asheville
city
council
redirect
ordinance
enforcement
and
federal
homeless
assistance
funds
to
provide
or
improve
sanitation
receptacles
at
known
encampment
sites.
Q
Q
This
was
to
make
sure
that
it
was
done
by
the
30th
of
this
month
when
houseless
people
will
be
kicked
out
of
hotels,
almost
200
people,
in
order
to
prevent
residents
and
visitors
in
and
of
asheville
from
potential
and
or
continued
health
and
public
safety
issues,
and
so
that
we
may
all
move
forward
with
good
faith
efforts
supported
by
the
people's
peoples
of
asheville,
our
partners
in
the
region
and
members
of
asheville
city
council
to
make
the
city
of
asheville
a
more
equitable
and
inclusive
place
for
all.
A
Y
Hello,
my
name
is
greenleaf
clark.
I'm
gonna
tell
you
a
little
story
just
to
catch
you
up
on.
Why
you
even
heard
me
speak
in
a
couple
months.
Y
I
was
assaulted
by
the
white
supremacist
gang
that
the
two
people
in
blue
over
here
are
part
of
I'm,
not
the
only
person
there
have
been
a
lot
of
us,
and
the
reason,
in
fact
that
we
got
assaulted
was
because
we
were
trying
to
protect
some
of
our
most
vulnerable
community
members
as
we
do.
That
is
the
work
that
abolitionists
do
day
in
and
day
out.
That
is
not
the
work.
The
cops
do
they
are
here
to
cause
harm
and
to
create
terror
in
our
communities.
Y
So
a
little
backstory
in
case
you're,
not
aware
of
the
harm
that
your
city
government
is
doing,
we're
friends
with
a
lot
of
folks
living
on
the
streets
and
those
folks
have
been
living
in
the
best
situations
that
they
can
put
together,
whether
that's
an
encampment
on
cherry
street
or
an
encampment
in
aston
park,
they're
doing
the
best
they
can
time
after
time.
After
time
they
find
a
little
bit
of
peace
and
security.
Y
Just
to
have
this
city
government
sweep
in
you
know,
under
the
guise
of
a
sanitation
department,
with
a
giant
claw
that
takes
all
the
possessions
they
can't
carry
with
them
and
shoves
them
into
a
dumpster
and
then,
when
they're,
not
fast
enough,
getting
harassed
by
the
cops
and
yeah
captain
mike
lamb
will
show
up
with
a
creepy
ass
smiley,
face
on
and
pretend
like
everything's
okay.
But
it's
not.
Y
Y
T
Us
real
quick,
I
just
want
to
encourage
you
all
to
use
american
rescue
plan
funds
to
to
set
up
a
some
more
supports
for
evictions
and
for
renters
in
our
communities.
The
eviction
moratorium
is
about
to
expire,
we're
going
to
see
a
huge
increase
in
people
being
evicted.
We
have
great
partners
in
this
community
like
pisco
legal
that
can
help
with
identifying
where
those
needs
are,
and
I
just
encourage
you
to
use
those
funds
to
do
so.
Thank.
Z
Z
Z
Z
I'm
going
to
take
this
agenda
fold
it
and
put
it
in
an
envelope
and
send
it
to
my
two
and
a
half
year
old
granddaughter
and
I'm
going
to
put
some
money
in
this
envelope,
and
that
is
so
that
in
17
years
she
will
come
back
to
asheville
and
when
she
comes
back
to
asheville,
she
used
to
stay
in
the
arab
airbnb
across
from
me.
Where
we
live
at
now,
and
her
role
is
to
take
this
agenda
and
say:
did
you
make
a
difference
by
that
time?
Z
She'd
be
going
off
to
college,
and
so
I'm
willing
to
pay
for
that
first
year,
she's
going
to
need
a
job
that
year,
so
I've
decided
that
I
will
pay
for
her
to
come
to
asheville,
even
if
I'm
not
around
to
look
at
the
issues
that
we're
facing
now
to
see.
If
we
actually
did
what
we
said,
we
were
going
to
do
and
you
all
know
some
of
the
issues,
and
I
appreciate
you
all
going
through
what
you
went
through
this
year
in
2020
2020
set
us.
Z
I
see
babysitters
that
once
babysit
at
my
house,
I
see
one
babysitter
that
probably
didn't
get
very
much
chance,
but
she
was
always
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
go
to
my
house
and
babysit.
I
see
people
that
I
see
on
the
street
of
asheville,
so
good
luck,
ivy
will
be
here
in
17
years
and
she
will
be
checking
on
the
progress
that
we
made
here.
Thank
you.
A
R
Amina
tovish,
I
just
like
to
say
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
in
the
same
room
with
all
of
you
again,
it's
a
pleasure
to
hear
you
all
say
I
in
unison,
it's
a
wonderful
sound
of
women's
voices
all
together.
It's
really
it's
really
sweet,
since
we've
only
been
hearing
you
via
zoom
for
a
long
time
and
that's
not
such
a
exciting
medium.
R
They
were
able
to
not
have
to
worry
about
transportation.
If
they
were
not
well,
they
were
able
to
attend.
They
were
able
to
see
their
government
in
action
and
participate.
If
they
weren't
able
to
work,
they
were
able,
they
didn't
have
to
be
someplace
at
some
time
they
were
able
to
time
shift
it.
This
is
all
a
great
improvement
in
accessibility
and
transparency.
R
I
strongly
urge
you
to
allow
remote
participation
as
we
go
forward
in
person.
It's
wonderful
to
all
be
in
the
same
room,
but
for
those
who
can't
be
in
the
room,
it's
wonderful
to
be
able
to
participate
and
have
your
voice
heard
remotely,
whether
that's
by
phoning
in
whether
that's
by
a
video
telepresence
whatever
it
takes.
R
I'm
a
broken
record
on
this,
but
the
process
of
signing
up
days
in
advance
that
we
had
while
we
were
doing
remote,
video
conferencing
was
really
hobbling
as
well.
It
didn't
allow
people
the
opportunity
to
respond
contemporaneously
to
what
was
happening
in
the
meeting
in
the
interests
of
public
engagement.
I
urge
you
to
undertake
means
where
people
can
respond
in
the
moment
to
decision
making
that's
happening
in
front
of
them,
whether
it's
via
screen
or
in
person.
R
I
think
it's
important
that
we
derive
every
bit
of
value
possible
from
the
lessons
we've
learned
from
having
to
make
adjustments
to
difficult
conditions,
and
I
see
no
reason
why
we
can't
glean
the
good
from
the
things
we
had
to
do
by
necessity
and
carry
those
forward
into
the
future.
Thanks
for
your
attention,.
O
O
Yeah,
I
just
wanted
to
return
briefly
to
the
reparations
process
and
how
the
city
is
going
about
it,
especially
with
the
second
truth-telling
event
happening
this
thursday.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
I
didn't
believe
that
it's
been
made
very
accessible
to
our
communities,
but
I
also
want
to
note
that
the
rjc
has
been
doing
the
walk.
O
The
walk
campaign
since
december
of
last
year,
within
that
we
have
interviewed
around
4-500
black
residents
and
without
punching
numbers,
but
based
on
the
conversations
I
am
having
with
my
community
members
and
the
folks
who
are
helping
me,
I
could
easily
say
that
90
of
those
folks
have
either
not
heard
of
reparations
or
have
no
idea
of
what
the
city
is
putting
in
place.
And
so,
as
we
come
to
our
second
truth-telling
phase,
I
I
hope
that,
of
course,
this
is
an
initiative
that
the
city
does
and
then
goes
quiet.
O
I
know
we
are
in
the
phase
of
I
guess,
like
organizing
this
commission,
and
I
think,
it's
very
necessary
to
make
sure
that
this
is
accessible
to
everyone.
O
Before
you
open
up
the
ability
to
be
on
a
commission,
you
should
open
up
to
the
entire
black
community
what
your
reparations
plan
is
or
what
reparations
is
and
the
fact
that
you
all
vowed
to
it,
and
so
I
currently
am
under
the
personal
impression
that
we
are
moving
a
little
quickly
in
a
way
that
may
end
up
causing
more
harm
than
fixing
any.
O
The
black
community
is
not
a
monolith,
I'm
sure
we
have
all
heard
this
and
and
if
you
truly
believe
it,
then
I
think
you
all
should
be
doing
work
to
give
everyone
all
black
people
in
asheville
and
in
buncombe
county
the
opportunity
to
engage
with
the
process.
O
I'm
just
going
to
say
again
last
week's
event
proved
itself
to
not
be
sufficient
for
the
black
community,
as
not
many
black
community
members
showed
up
based
on
the
numbers
that
you
gave
me
not
not
much
community
showed
up,
the
black
community
in
asheville
is
small
and
the
numbers
are
dwindling,
but
I
know
that
it's
more
than
238
and
so
yeah,
especially
with
a
process.
That's
supposed
to
center
truth
and
healing.
O
AA
But
I
am
concerned
about
the
press.
In
this
town
I
mean
van
winkle
law
firm,
gives
a
whole
lot
of
money
to
wcqs
our
local
mpr
affiliate.
It's
almost
like
local
news
brought
to
you
by
the
mayor
that
doesn't
sound
like
it's
a
you
know,
a
really
good
system
there
and,
of
course
our
asheville
citizen
times,
was
founded
by
a
klansman
and
that
paper
really
leaned
into
and
was
a
cheerleader
for
our
1931
election
system
that
we
set
up
and
they
you
know,
were
a
cheerleader
for
it
in
in
2019.
AA
Wcq
doesn't
have
any
black
people
that
work
there
at
all.
None
the
mountain
express
doesn't
have
any
black
people
on
its
staff
right
now.
The
editorial
board
that
supported
the
ninth
2019
renewal
of
our
jim
crow
election
system
didn't
have
any
black
people
working
at
it
at
the
time.
AA
So,
if
you're
wondering
why
you're
not
finding
out
about
the
things
in
this
town
and
you've
got
the
the
buncombe
county
explore
asheville
explore
asheville
26
people,
all
of
them
white
spending,
26
million
dollars
a
year,
seventy
thousand
dollars
a
day
every
day,
saturday
and
sunday
sponsoring
the
reparations
truth-telling.
AA
AA
AA
You
know
I've
been
trying
to
be
a
lot
more
convivial
with
everybody.
You
know
three
minutes
doesn't
afford
a
whole
lot
of
time
for
pleasantries.
I
would
like
to
you
know,
be
able
to
kick
around
and
smile
a
lot
more
often
with
you
guys,
but
you
know
this
is
this
is
an
embarrassment.
AA
Our
conversation
about
our
charter
change
two
years
ago
is
the
most
unbelievable,
embarrassing
embarrassment
that
we
could
have
as
we're
going
to
set
ourselves
on
an
international
stage
for
doing
reparations
so
good
to
see
you
guys
again.
F
Hello
again,
I
just
wanted
to
share
a
personal
story,
because
I
know
that
sometimes
that
has
more
of
an
effect
than
numbers
and
statistics
and
studies
so
growing
up.
I
grew
up
here.
I
am
25
years
old.
I
was
born
and
raised
in
western
north
carolina.
F
F
Something
I
will
say
is
I'm
sure
you
guys
are
aware
of
the
statistic
that
america
makes
up
four
percent
of
the
world
population,
yet
we
have
25
percent
of
the
prison
population
housed
here
most
disproportionately
black
brown
and
indigenous
folks
filling
those
prisons.
F
My
family
was
torn
apart
by
they
called
the
carceral
system
at
a
young
age.
My
oldest
uncle
got
in
a
lot
of
trouble
with
the
law
because
he
was
hard-headed
that
seems
to
run
in
my
family
and
he
ended
up
making
a
reputation
for
the
rest
of
my
family,
which
he
had
three
and
then
one
half
brother,
after
that,
all
of
which
were
targeted
by
law
enforcement,
including
my
own
father,
as
a
young
child.
F
One
of
my
father's
worst
memories
is
of
being
10
years
old,
taking
a
nap
on
his
couch
when
the
police
came
in
the
house.
Looking
for
his
older
brother
and
then
woke
him
up,
shook
him
and
said
you're
next,
we're
gonna
get
you
apologize.
That's
what
the
cops
said,
though,
and
that
instilled
the
fear
in
my
father.
They
grew
up
poor.
They
had
four
boys.
My
grandma
worked.
Full
time
was
a
single
mother
for
a
lot
of
it.
F
F
F
The
letters
he's
written
me
are
pretty
pretty
terrifying,
they're
really
hard
to
read
this
tore
my
family
apart.
My
family
doesn't
get
together
for
all
days
anymore,
because
this
broke
my
father.
This
broke
my
grandmother,
my
family
and
not
just
physically,
like
financially
thousands
and
thousands
of
dollars
trying
to
have
our
family
member
back,
who
never
hurt
a
single
person.
F
F
AB
I
hope
you
all
are
sitting
here
with
an
immense
amount
of
gratitude,
gratitude
for
the
intense
emotional
labor
that
these
people
are
giving
you
right
now
to
talk
about
their
stories.
They
don't
have
to
be
here.
This
is
triggering
this
is
trauma
that
all
these
people
are
sharing
with
you
right
now
and
to
look
at
us
and
to
give
us
eye
contact
and
then
go
forward
and
not
follow
through
on
the
things
we're
asking
you
to
do
is
violence.
AB
A
Anyone
else
wishing
to
speak
okay
with
that
we
are
adjourned.
We'll
have
our
next
council
meeting
back
here
on
june
22nd.