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From YouTube: City Council Meeting – May 9, 2023
Description
Regular meeting of the Asheville City Council.
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A
C
Good
evening,
everyone
we
are
live
in
the
meeting
if
everyone
would
just
take
a
moment
and
silence
their
cell
phones
Also.
If
anyone
wants
to
speak
tonight,
there
is
a
sign
up
table
out
in
the
hallway
if
decide
during
the
meeting
that
you
want
to
sign
up
to
speak,
just
make
your
way
out
into
the
hallway
and
sign
to
speak,
and
it
will
populate
on
our
on
our
list
right
here
in
the
council
chamber,
so
we'll
be
able
to
see
it.
If
you
could
please
rise
for
a
pledge
of
allegiance.
C
All
right,
thank
you.
We
don't
have
any
proclamations
tonight,
so
we're
going
to
jump
right
into
the
consent
agenda.
Council
do
I,
have
questions
comments
or
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda.
Let's.
C
F
C
Okay,
yes,
all
right,
we
have
one
person
signed
up
to
speak
under
the
consent
agenda
speakers.
You
will
have
three
minutes
to
speak.
Please
watch
the
lights
on
the
lectern
green
means,
go
orange
means
you're,
getting
close
to
the
end
and
red
means
stop
so
miss
Aldridge.
If
you'll,
please
done
come
forward.
G
Good
evening,
everyone
I'm
here
to
agree
and
kind
of
protest
at
the
same
time
for
the
jury.
Stadium
for
the
875
thousand
dollars
annually
for
20
years
is.
A
G
Okay,
anyway,
I'm
here
to
I've,
been
activist
for
sidewalks
and
things
of
that
nature
for
us
locals
and
tourists,
and
any
any
big
amount
of
money
I'm
just
worried
about
because
of
the
need
for
so
many
things
in
our
city
as
the
sidewalks
that
type
of
thing
and
that's
brilliant,
I
love
for
kids
to
have
somewhere
to
go
to
that's
fabulous,
but
as
far
as
the
money
goes,
I
would
like
to
go
back
and
look
exactly
at
what
monetary
spending
the
city
is
doing
on
that
project.
D
I
had
a
curiosity
about
this
one,
because
it
was
brought
to
my
attention
that
there
was
something
about
sidewalks
that
was
missing,
but
I
didn't
see
anything
that
that
would
exclude
sidewalks.
So
if
there's
need
for
follow-up
that.
D
D
J
Not
sure
yeah,
the
Jayden
is
capital
projects
director,
oh
yeah,
the
details
of
Memorial
Stadium
have
been
a
great
Pawn
since
last
March
we've
proceeded
checking
in
with
Council
last
fall
on
the
details
of
the
scope
of
that
project.
C
Okay,
any
other
questions
are
common.
All
right.
We
have
a
motion
and
a
second
all,
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
The
consent
agenda
is
adopted.
We
have
a
number
of
presentations
and
reports
under
the
presentations
and
reports
section
of
our
agenda
and
the
first
one
on
my
list
is
the
presentation
of
the
fiscal
year
2024
annual
operating
budget.
Just,
let
me
just
say
real
quickly.
There's
been
a
little
bit
of
confusion
around
this.
C
The
public
hearing
on
the
budget
will
be
at
next
week's
meeting,
but
next
two
weeks
me
two
and
meeting
two
weeks
from
today,
but
we're
gonna
see
this
presentation
and
not
take
public
comment
until
two
weeks
from
from
today.
So
Taylor
Floyd
take
it
away.
Well,
if
you
don't.
H
C
C
H
H
H
So
a
lot
of
information
will
be
presented
tonight.
It's
kind
of
already
been
shared
with
you
over
the
past
several
work
sessions,
so
forgive
us
for
being
repetitive,
but
in
case
there
are
people
in
the
community
who
are
seeing
or
hearing
this
budget
presentation
for
the
first
time.
We
wanted
to
provide
the
background.
The
full
context
and
rationale
for
the
proposed
recommendations.
Now
Taylor
Ford
will
be
doing.
A
majority
of
the
presentation
will
provide
an
overview
of
the
budget
development
process.
H
However,
without
a
property
tax
increase,
balancing
the
fy24
proposed
budget
requires
unconventional
use
of
our
kind
of
budget
reserves.
Are
our
fund
balance
using
this
source
of
Revenue
strategic
one-time
Investments
are
prioritized
versus
using
these
funds
for
recurring
expenses
in
order
to
minimize
impacts
on
future
budgets
like
most
budget
processes,
a
lot
of
time
and
energy
usually
goes
to
identifying
new
and
expanded
services
and
programs.
H
So
now
I
would
like
to
turn
it
next
slide.
I
would
like
to
turn
it
over
to
our
budget
manager,
Taylor
floorett,
to
provide
the
details
of
the
proposed
fy24
budget.
As
I
mentioned,
we
have
a
lot
of
slides,
but
we
think
we
can
step
through
this
relatively
quickly
and
Taylor.
Don't
let
me
down.
L
I'll
do
my
best
thank
you,
Miss
Campbell
good
evening,
Marion
Council,
as
the
manager
said
of
Taylor
Floyd,
our
budget
manager
and
I
will
try
to
move
pretty
quickly
through
this.
But
please
stop
me
if
you
all
have
any
questions,
so,
of
course
we
want
to
start
with
kind
of
the
overview
of
our
process.
That
process
starts
with
staff
in
the
fall
and
kind
of
transitions
in
the
late
winter
spring.
Two
conversations
with
you
all,
culminating
in
today,
our
the
city
manager's,
recommended
budget.
L
L
So
just
a
reminder
of
some
of
the
times
that
we
have
come
to
you
all.
With
some
information
we
did
have
four
Council
budget
work
sessions.
You
all
had
a
retreat
in
early
March.
Prior
to
that
we
did
do
a
public
comment
at
city
council
meeting
on
budget
priorities
in
alignment
with
an
online
survey.
We've
come
to
you
all
into
the
policy
HR
and
finance
committee,
several
times
on
fees
and
charges
and
again
all
of
that
work.
L
Did
want
to
mention
again
that
public
input
that
we
had
earlier
in
the
budget
process
we
heard
from
folks
here
in
the
council
chambers
and
also
from
our
online
survey
a
number
of
things
we
just
wanted
to
highlight
a
few
items
that
we
think
are
reflected
in
this
proposed
budget:
an
increase
in
interest
in
increased
investment
in
community
safety
and
emergency
response,
increase
investment
in
water
production
and
distribution
and
prioritizing
Capital
investments
in
roads,
sidewalks
and
housing.
L
And,
of
course,
we
also
make
sure
that
we
are
reflecting
the
priorities
that
you
all
refined
at
your
retreat
in
early
March,
as
listed
here,
and
with
that
I
will
move
into
a
few
numbers,
starting
with
kind
of
a
high
level
summary
of
all
of
our
operating
funds.
As
the
city
manager
mentioned,
our
net
total
for
all
operating
funds
is
just
under
240
million
dollars.
L
For
the
general
fund
at
a
high
level
we're
we
continue
to
see
growth
at
totaling
around
5.4
million
dollars
in
our
revenues,
that
includes
normal
property
tax
revenue
growth
around
two
percent,
continuing
a
strong
sales
tax
growth
and
some
additional
revenue
from
Council
approved
fee
increases
primarily
for
the
general
fund,
the
sanitation
fee.
Then,
on
the
expense
side,
we
continue
to
see
growth
in
Personnel
costs,
including
adjustments
that
we're
recommending
to
compensation
and
benefits.
That's
the
bulk
of
that
13.3
million
dollars.
L
Additional
costs
include
inflation
that
many
people
in
our
community
are
experiencing
City
experiences
just
the
same
and
those
additional
Investments
that
we
are
recommending.
So
the
difference
between
those
two
totals
that
7.9
million
dollar
fund
balance
appropriation
and
as
the
city
manager
mentioned,
that
is
a
bit
unconventional,
but
it
does
that
appropriation.
We
Believe
will
still
keep
you
above.
The
policy
Target
at
15
fund
balance.
L
A
broad
overview
of
how
that
money
is
in
the
general
fund
is
divvied
up
amongst
our
departments.
You
can
see
some
of
our
larger
departments.
Those
departments
have
lots
of
employees.
Those
employees
are
essential
to
the
service
those
departments
deliver,
including
our
police
and
fire
departments,
Parks
and
Recreation,
and
Public
Works
up
there
in
the
top
right.
You
can
see
the
change
year
over
year
and
again
those
larger
departments
seeing
a
Lion's
Share
of
that
increase.
A
L
L
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
to
highlight
a
number
of
those
by
your
Council
goals,
so,
starting
with
a
Equitable
and
affordable
housing,
we
have
the
continuation
of
our
property
tax
mitigation
program
that
was
started
after
the
last
re
property
tax
revaluation.
We
have
a
number
of
our
affordable
housing
tools
and,
of
course,
our
federal
funding
management
that
is
directly
goes
to
affordable
housing.
L
We've
expanded
homelessness
strategies
a
lot
over
the
last
several
years,
including
the
items
you
see
below
our
street
Outreach
team
has
grown
our
homeless
division,
staffing
has
grown
and
we've
included
ongoing
funding
for
code
purple
and
winter
Sheltering.
L
We
invest
a
significant
amount
of
resources
on
improving
and
expanding
core
Services,
both
from
a
capital
and
in
operating
maintenance
of
our
infrastructure
and
Facilities.
We
have
some
examples
of
targeted
Investments
that
we've
made
with
arpa
funding
and
then,
of
course,
we're
always
looking
to
make
technology
invest
Investments.
That
will
help
improve
and
enhance
our
ability
to
do
our
job
and
provide
us
with
some
additional
data,
for
example,
that
human
resources,
information.
L
On
reimagining
Public
Safety,
we've
realigned
a
number
of
services
to
allow
APD
to
focus
on
their
core
Mission
and
also
provided
them
with
some
additional
equipment
and
training
to
support
that
as
well
and
then.
Finally,
with
reparations,
there
was
an
initial
2.1
million
dollar
investment,
and
then
we
have
an
ongoing
500,
000
allocation
and,
of
course,
continued
staff.
Support
for
the
reparations
Commission.
L
L
As
a
reminder,
looking
at
our
total
compensation
and
benefits
package,
this
the
city
makes
a
contribution
to
the
state
retirement
system
for
all
employees.
We
also
provide
a
five
percent
401k
contribution
to
employees,
health
and
dental
insurance
and
then
vacation
and
sick
leave
paid
parental
and
family
leave
and
13
City
holidays.
L
L
Changes
on
the
compensation
side
and
across
the
board,
salary
increase
of
five
percent
or
six
percent
for
sworn
APD
positions,
a
number
of
additional
items
that
we
think
really
focuses
on
our
ability
to
again
recruit
and
retain
employees
in
those
hard
to
fill
positions,
especially
looking
at
providing
some
additional
incentive
for
those
employees
that
we're
relying
on
right
now
that
are
working.
Those
night
shifts
that
are
working
on
call
working
extra
hours
and
trying
to
provide
certification
for
our
law
enforcement
officers.
C
The
the
other
items.
L
L
So
that
concludes
the
compensation
and
benefits
portion.
So
I'll
move
on
to
additional
new
Investments.
We
did.
These
are
organized
by
service.
We
thought
that
would
be
a
clear
way
to
make
sure
that
our
community
understands
kind
of
why
we're
making
these
Investments
and
what
services
they're
impacting
so
looking
at
Community
safety
and
emergency
response.
These
are
essentially
three
one-time
items
that
will
provide
resources
for
our
police
and
firefighters
to
do
the
job
that
we
ask
them
to
do:
providing
assistance
during
emergencies,
helping
to
prevent
and
reduce
crime.
L
For
Community
engagement
and
public
information,
we
believe
that
an
opportunity
to
upgrade
excuse
me
our
constituent
Services
position
to
full-time
and
also
invest
in
some
management
software
for
our
boards
and
commission
appointment
process
will
help
us
provide
more
and
better
information
for
our
city
and
work
collaboratively
with
community
members
for
our
trash
and
recycling
service.
We're
investing
in
a
solid
waste
master
plan
to
help
guide
the
future
of
that
service.
L
Additional
staff
to
address
growth
in
our
community
and
a
single-use
Plastics
initiative
that
you
all
have
highlighted
as
a
priority
related
to
our
sustainability
goals,
entertainment
programming.
We
have
positions
at
both
the
Nature
Center
and
the
Civic
Center,
both
of
which
are
at
least
partially
offset
by
additional
Revenue
to
support
growth
in
both
of
those
facilities
and
then
the
McCormick
field
project
that
you
all
approved
earlier
in
this
calendar
year,
the
administration
and
financial
management
side.
L
These
are
really
some
some
positions
that
will
help
us
support
our
purchasing
division,
our
city
attorney's
office
and
then
again
always
looking
for
opportunities
to
invest
in
technology.
That
will
help
us
better,
manage
our
processes
and,
in
this
case,
with
the
fleet
management
software
provide
us
some
additional
information
to
help
achieve
our
sustainability
goals.
L
Looking
at
Investments
to
preserve
and
improve
city-owned
buildings
and
Recreation
spaces,
we
have
a
position.
Excuse
me
to
support
a
new
building
the
Broadway
Public
Safety
Center,
additional
technology
to
improve
our
Park
maintenance,
additional
staff
at
the
Civic
Center
to
help
with
maintenance
and
event
support
there
and
some
additional
funding
for
repairs
at
the
municipal
building.
L
In
code
enforcement
and
urban
planning
design
review
guidelines
to
support,
updated
streetscape
plans,
additional
software
or
shouldn't,
say
additional
replacement
really
of
software.
That
will
help
us
improve
our
customer
service
related
to
development
services
and
an
urban
forestry
master
plan
to
guide
the
management
of
our
Urban
Tree
canopy.
L
For
water
production
and
distribution
you
all
approved
fee
increases
that
will
help
support
a
variety
of
Investments,
including
in
the
maintenance
in
the
distribution
system,
water
treatment
plants,
Communications
customer
service
and
continued
increase
in
our
capital
investment
and
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
mentioned
that
adjustments
to
the
rates
and
the
rate
structure
and
water
will
be
considered
mid-year.
Once
we've
completed
our
consultant
study,
we'll
bring
that
forth
to
you
all
storm
water
drainage
system.
We
have
a
number
of
basic
enhancements
here.
L
We're
looking
to
find
an
operational
study
that
will
help
again
kind
of
identify
where
we
have
opportunities
to
enhance
and
grow
that
service
and
also
some
Capital
funding
to
address
some
immediate
needs
in
the
garages
and
then
for
Transit.
Again,
we
have
a
significant
increase
in
the
cost
to
just
maintain
our
existing
level
of
service,
but
we
are
also
investing
in
a
city
county
master
plan,
additional
funding
to
support
Grant
Management
and
the
procurement
process
for
a
new
management
company
contract
that
will
come
up
in
fy25.
L
Then
we've
also
in
our
capital
budget
added
an
additional
bus
purchase
of
note
here
again
is:
we
are
using
two
million
dollars
in
arpa
funding
that
was
initially
programmed
in
the
current
fiscal
year
for
the
general
fund,
but
because
our
revenues,
we
believe,
will
exceed
our
expenses.
We
don't
think
we
will
need
to
utilize
that
two
million
dollars
so
we're
appropriating
it
here
to
support
the
transit
service.
L
And
then
finally,
I
think
this
is
the
last
slide
on
the
new
Investments.
We
have
really
the
retooling
of
an
existing
existing
position
to
focus
on
Redevelopment
of
city-owned
properties.
We
think
that
will
hit
a
number
of
services
we
provide
and
then
the
compounding
five
percent
increase
in
our
support
of
reparations.
L
So,
to
summarize
again,
the
compensation
and
benefit
changes
that
I
mentioned
earlier
really
do
impact
all
of
the
services
we
provide.
We
do
we
are
recommending
a
total
of
20
new
positions.
Most
of
those
funded,
at
least
in
part
through
fee,
increases
directly
tied
to
those
services.
L
So
I'll
move
on
to
a
brief
overview
of
our
Capital
Improvement
program.
As
a
reminder,
our
we
have
a
five-year
Capital
plan,
the
you
all
will
adopt
the
first
year
of
that
plan.
As
an
fy24
highlighted
in
blue
there,
you
can
see
the
rolled
up
total
for
our
Capital
plan,
the
changes
or
adjustments
that
have
been
made
from
our
current
plan
in
the
in
the
first
year.
So
things
that
you
all
will
be
adapting
include
the
McCormick
field
project.
L
If
anyone
is
curious,
why
that
number
is
not
37.5
million.
That
is
because
the
TDA
grant
that
is
going
to
go
towards
the
McCormick
field
project
has
already
been
budgeted
because
that
was
originally
approved
for
the
Cox
avenue
project.
So
we
already
have
that
budgeted.
So
that's
why
that
number's
slightly
lower
and.
N
L
Correct
yeah,
and
and
as
we
do
with
any
project,
whether
it's
a
few
hundred
thousand
or
or
multi-million
in
this
case,
we
typically
budget
the
entire
project
at
the
start.
Knowing
that
that
will
spend
will
happen
over
the
course
of
a
number
of
years,
also
included
in
the
first
year,
is
additional
funding
for
a
municipal
building
renovation,
the
additional
bus
replacement
that
I
mentioned
earlier
and
a
playground
replacement
changes
to
the
out
years.
O
P
C
L
One
of
our
budget
work
sessions
gave
you
all
an
update
on
our
comprehensive
facility
study
that
will
heavily
inform
our
future
Capital
planning
efforts.
The
facility
condition
assessment
portion
of
that
I
believe
is
mostly
complete
or
entirely
complete,
so
we're
really
kind
of
working
on
those
second
two
levels
now
and
as
we
complete
that
work
later
in
this
calendar
year,
we'll
certainly
be
bringing
forward
that
information
to
you
all.
L
To
wrap
up
on
the
capitol
side,
we
do
have
additional
needs
to
maintain
our
existing
facilities
and
infrastructure,
and
we
are
currently
working
to
prioritize
Investments.
The
facilities
study
is
an
example
of
that.
The
parking
garage
assessment
that
I
mentioned
earlier
also
will
factor
into
that,
as
will
the
parks
master
plan,
work
that
is
underway
and.
A
L
While
our
Revenue
growth
continues,
especially
in
sales
taxes,
as
always,
our
identified
needs
and
requests
exceed
our
available
funding.
We
are
not
recommending
a
property
tax
increase
with
this
proposed
budget,
but
we
are
balancing
the
proposed
budget
with
an
unconventional
use
of
fund
balance.
We
have
a
prioritized
strategic
one-time,
Investments
aligned
with
that
one-time
Revenue
source
and
our
other
Investments
respond
to
increased
operating
costs,
infrastructure
for
essential
service
staff
retention
and
recruitment.
Your
priorities
and
Community
safety
needs
so
next
steps
again.
We
are
here
today
with
the
proposed
budget.
D
We
have
a
couple
things.
Thank
you.
So
three
so
I
appreciate
the
staff
inclusion
of
an
urban
forestry
Master
plans
budget.
D
We
do
have
a
recommendation
from
the
art
of
Forestry
commission
to
join
a
partnership
in
the
inflation
reduction
act,
funding
not
just
for
the
urban
forestry
master
plan,
but
also
implementation
that
could
jumpstart
our
work
to
repair
and
maintain
the
tree
canopy.
One
of
the
things
we
talked
about
in
the
Thursday
agenda
briefing
is
that
we
are
budgeting
if
I'm
correct
for
the
whole
amount
of
the
forestry
master
plan,
but
we
may
be
able
to
reduce
that.
Is
that
correct?
D
D
And
then
also
on
Thursday,
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
impact
of
fuel
costs.
That's
having
on
Transit
I
know
that
this
item
has
veered
in
and
out
of
the
lane.
It's
always
a
reminder
to
me
of
why
we
have
to
invest
in
hybrid
and
electric
buses,
because
the
fuel
cost
is
not
reliable
and
can
impact
our
budget.
So
could
could
you
reiterate
or
clarify
what
percentage
of
increase
from
last
year's
Transit
budget
the
fuel
is
having
if.
I
D
That
response
that'd
be
great,
so
the
main
goal
is
that,
when
we're
looking
at
Capital
Improvements
for
the
Long
Haul
investing
in
an
infrastructure,
that
is
not
only
helping
us
to
meet
our
carbon
reduction
goals,
but
also
is
fiscally
a
good
investment
to
help
us
with
fuel
cost.
It
would
be
a
dual
benefit.
Q
Good
evening,
Rachel
Wood
I
can
just
really
quickly
read
through
what
is
included
in
the
memo
that
was
provided
to
council
earlier
today.
So
we
included
that
between
fy19
and
FY
22
fuel
expenses
have
been
three
percent
and
six
percent
of
the
total
Transit
expenses.
The
percent
increase
in
the
fuel
expenses
for
FY
23,
which
is
the
current
fiscal
year,
is
estimated
to
be
approximately
23
or
159
thousand
dollars.
D
Thank
you
for
that,
and
then
the
third
thing
I
brought
this
to
our
policy
finance
and
Human
Resources
Commission.
Today,
I
noted
that
in
the
presentation
it
says
that
we're
looking
at
the
pledged
rate
for
living
wages
as
identified
by
Jessica
nomics
The
Pledge
rate,
isn't
just
18
an
hour
which
we've
talked
about
being
above.
It
is
also
a
commitment
to
a
three
percent
increase,
plus
inflation
until
the
organization
or
business
reaches
a
living
wage
rate.
D
So,
as
I
mentioned
on,
Thursday
I
did
have
some
conversations
with
County
Commissioners
about
recruiting
and
retention
across
pay
scale,
and
what
some
cities
are
noting
is
that,
while
we're
working
to
recruit
and
retain
for
Quality
Equitable
service
outcomes
a
lot
of
times,
what
can
happen?
Is
we
focus
on
filling
positions,
which
means
the
focus
is
on
overtime,
which
causes
organizations
to
completely
burn
out
their
staff
and
they
leave,
and
it
can
have
the
opposite
impact
on
recruiting
and
retention
when
you
focus
on
boosting
over
time,
so
I
share
that
concern.
D
My
other
concern
is
that
by
not
keeping
up
with
the
base
rate
of
other
Municipal
Employers
in
our
in
our
community,
namely
the
county,
we
could
lose
even
more
of
our
dedicated
staff,
so
the
living
wage
rate
being
2010
is
based
on
the
four-year
average
of
cost
of
housing
in
Buncombe,
Hayward
and
Madison
counties.
So
we
already
acknowledge
that
people
are
living
farther
away,
we're
also
looking
at
a
four-year
average.
So
we
can
expect
that
this
is
going
to
continue
to
go
up
every
single
year,
because
that
cost
of
housing
is
going
up.
A
D
Well,
I
appreciate
that
we're
getting
ready
to
bring
this
back
to
our
strategic
priority
goal
setting.
We
still
have
some
unfinished
work
to
do
with
Council
My
Hope
Is
that
we
consider
meeting
businesses
and
orgs
in
our
community
that
are
pledging
not
just
to
the
18
hour
commitment,
but
also
to
that
three
percent
increase
and
inflation
increase.
And
my
hope
is
that
we
would
look
at
onboarding
that
over
a
period
of
time
and
look
at
projections
instead
of
just
responding
year
to
year.
A
D
Don't
want
to
see
that
happen,
I,
don't
think
any
one
of
us
wants
to
see
us
fail
at
delivering
water
and
trash
and
Public
Safety,
but
I
think
that
if
we
don't
look
at
recruiting
and
retention
at
the
lowest
rate,
we
are
going
to
fail
and
I
don't
want
us
to
fail.
So
my
ask
is
that
we
bring
this
back
not
only
at
the
council
commitment
to
finish
up
our
strategic
priorities,
but
then
look
at
a
projection
of
how
long
it's
going
to
take
us
to
meet
the
Gap.
D
C
E
D
Just
a
production,
it
may
take
us
a
step
every
six
months
or
essentially,
we
just
need
a
staff
recommendation
of
looking
at
how
far
the
Gap
is.
If
we're
already
above
18,
it's
like
1855
at
the
lowest
rate.
What
would
it
take
us
to
fill
the
Gap
while
also
projecting
that
there's
going
to
be
inflation?
Well,.
C
And
yeah
I
mean
I
think
what
I
heard
you
say
was
getting.
You
know,
kind
of
just
working
on
this
continuously
as
each
year
rolls
on,
because
it's
it's
a
conversation
every
year
during
the
budget
cycle,
and
then
it
becomes
this
complicated.
How
do
we
deal
with
compression?
How
do
we
deal
with?
What's
the
full
fiscal
impact?
C
D
C
No
I
mean
it
definitely
yeah
again.
It's
not
lack
of
will
of
this
Council.
We
would
like
to
fund
our
employees
for
the
hard
work
that
they
do
for
our
city
more
than
what
we're,
including
in
this
budget,
it
is.
We
are
already
using
fund
balance
to
balance
this
year's
budget,
so
we
would
have
to
make
Cuts.
We
may
have
to
cut
positions,
but
that's
not
what
this
budget
direction
is.
C
In
fact
it's
adding
20
positions
in
the
city,
so
so
so
I
I
resist
the
framing
that
it's
that
somehow
the
council
doesn't
support
paying
employees
more
than
what
we're
even
proposing
here
in
this
budget,
but
I
think
over
the
last
few
years
we've
tried
to
be
really
aggressive
in
raising
employee
pay,
because
cost
of
living
is
going
up
because
jobs
are
so
hard
to
fill
and
it's
very
competitive
out
there
and
it's
hard
work.
C
With
balancing
that
with
you
know,
trying
not
to
raise
taxes
on
folks
who
are
also
trying
to
live
in
our
community
and
make
this
community
affordable
for
them
to
live
here,
so
it's
a
you
know,
always
a
balancing
act,
but
I
I
do
appreciate
having
that
conversation
earlier
having
that
analysis
done
earlier,
so
we
know
what
it's
going
to
be,
what
it's
going
to
take
and
then
be
able
to
make
those
hard
decisions
about
you
know.
Are
we
making
cuts?
Are
we
raising
taxes?
What
are
we
doing
to
close
the
gap.
O
It's
hard
to
track
as
well.
I
mean
we're
guessing
at
what
the
future
housing
costs
will
be
and
when
it'll
Plateau
I
agree
that
we
should
probably
have
some
idea
of
what
it's
going
to
take
to
get
there.
But
that's
going
to
be
a
moving
Target
and
you
know
technically.
This
year's
fund
balance
use
is
a
product
of
last
year's,
good
planning
and
budgeting
right.
N
The
living
wage
prices
were,
we
didn't,
have
the
new
living
wage
price
until
early
March
and
so
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
I
think
that
staff
is
really
responsive.
Once
we
got
the
information
and.
N
O
O
I'd
love,
more
information,
it
doesn't
have
you
right
now
and
then
I
was
curious
if
the
1.5
million
increase
in
parking
is
mostly
personnel
and
and
if
there
is
any
update
on
how
that
might
impact
the
transit
fund,
because
it
was
giving
a
million
dollars
to
Transit
I'm,
not
sure
if
that's
still
happening
or
if
that
got
lost
in
the
shuffle.
A
L
For
example,
like
they're
one
of
the
Departments
that
utilizes
the
shift
differential
as
they
have
folks
that
work
overnight
as
well
as
you
know
again,
all.
L
Putting
in
we
could
certainly
find
out
the
specifics
of
the
other
items,
but
those
are
the
two
that
come
to
mind
off.
L
O
It's
still
happening,
we
didn't
lose
that
in
the
shuffle
of
the
downside,
okay,
good
and
then
the
place
making
and
those
big
numbers
in
the
upcoming
years.
I'd
love
to
hear
some
more
detail
on
that.
As.
O
And
then
just
maybe
a
little
Clarity
you
might
be
able
to
address
now.
I
want
to
make
sure
I
heard
you
correctly
about
the
2
million
in
arpa,
that's
going
to
cover
the
transit
Gap.
That
was
money
that
we
originally
designated
for
Transit
improvements
that
we
didn't
utilize-
or
this
is
different
parts
of.
C
L
So,
usually
utilized
a
combination
of
those
two
things
in
the
to
find
the
transit
service
in
the
current
fiscal
year
that
2
million
I
think
it's
actually
two
million
eight
thousand
dollars.
That.
A
Is
budgeted
69
cents
yeah?
It
is
it's
budgeted
this
year.
O
L
C
O
O
C
I,
don't
I
don't
have
any
questions.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
everyone's
clear
that
we,
this
is
kind
of
this
really
long
process
where
we
have
a
million
meetings
on
the
budget.
But
this
is
the
presentation
and
the
official
public
comment
on
the
budget
actually
happens
at
the
next
meeting,
which
is
the
statutorily
required
public
hearing
on
the
budget
that
has
to
take
come
place.
However,
many
days
before
the
vote
on
the
budget
so
but
I
see
a
lot
of
people
are
here
and
I
know
they
want
to
talk
about
the
budget.
C
C
There's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
and
question
and
concern
around
Public,
Safety
Public,
Safety
pay
and
efforts
to
enhance
Public,
Safety
and
cleanliness
and
I
I
I'm
glad
that
we're
finally
finally
able
to
be
at
a
place
where
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
activity
in
our
community
and
thank
you,
Deborah
Campbell,
for
steering
the
ship
on
that
and
we're
seeing
monies
in
this
budget
to
to
address
a
lot
of
those
concerns.
C
And
it's
been,
you
know
it's
been
a
real
challenge
to
get
get
back
on
track
if
I
had
a
way
to
categorize
it
and
we're
not
there
yet.
But
we're
really.
This
council
is
really
working
with
the
administration
to
try
to
make
a
great
effort
to
try
to
restore
some
of
what
we
lost
during
the
pandemic
and
post
pandemic
period,
and
we're
going
to
hear
a
little
more
about
that
tonight.
C
Some
of
us
have
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
with
the
police
benevolent
Association,
to
meet
with
the
police
chief
and
with
the
manager
around
the
the
conversation
around
Staffing
and
pay
for
officers
and
and
yet
keep
standing
there.
Yeah.
H
C
And
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
I
know:
I
know
that
there
is
a
lot
of
questions
and
concerns
around
that.
The
numbers
that
you
see
in
this
in
this
budget
from
just
the
salary
standpoint,
my
understanding
are
supported
by
you-
want
to
keep
working
on
getting
to
the
side
which.
H
A
H
A
K
C
C
If
you
work
nights,
for
example,
right
now,
you
get
75
cents
more
an
hour
to
work
nights,
and
so
this
will
bump
folks
that
work
nights,
not
just
in
APD
but
in
APD
as
well
to
an
additional
two
dollars
a
night
and
the
on-call
pay,
which
is
where
you're
on
call
will
be
increased
as
well,
and
that
intermediate
law
enforcement
certification
is
very
important
because
that
will
provide
an
increase
in
pay
for
those
that
have
that
certification.
It's
my
understanding.
A
lot
of
folks
do
have
that
certification
and
the
critical
Staffing
supplement.
C
So
I
just
want
wanted
to
to
make
that
clear,
because
it's
a
little
bit
difficult
to
see
all
that
in
this
presentation.
But
when
we
were
meeting
with
the
PBA
and
the
chief,
all
that
was
explained
to
us
why
that
mattered
and
why
we
should
put
it
put
it
together
in
this
format
and
I.
Think
the
other
thing
in
case.
Anyone
missed
it
that
we
are
looking
at
is
this
issue
about
in
health,
insurance
and
retirement.
So
the
city
of
Asheville
stopped
providing
health
insurance
and
retirement
for
employees
several
years
ago.
C
So
new
hires
after
I
believe
it
was
2012
before
that
you'd
be
grandfather,
but
after
2012
I
think
it
was.
You
would
no
longer
get
health
insurance
if
you
reach
full
full
retirement,
and
that
is
a
decision.
A
lot
of
employers
have
had
to
make
the
state
of
North
Carolina.
It's
made
that
change,
but
we're
re-examining
that
we're
not
making
any
promises
that
that's
something
that
we
could
reinstitute.
We
don't
know
what
the
fiscal
impact
is,
but
we're
we're
looking
at
it.
C
You
know
I,
think
I,
think
we
recognize
that
the
employment
landscape
has
changed
drastically
in
the
last
three
four
years.
Employees
have
a
lot
of
choices
and
options;
they
don't
necessarily
want
want
or
need
to
work
for
a
city.
They
don't
necessarily
want
or
need
to
be
a
police
officer.
So
if
we're
going
to
be
able
to
attract
and
retain
employees,
we've
got
to
kind
of
look
at
every
everything.
We
need
to
look
at
the
total
pictures,
so
we're
making
our
best
effort
to
to
do
that.
C
So
we
heard
what
the
what
the
list
of
asks
were
and
work
through
that
list
and
I
think
a
good
deal
of
it
is
incorporated
here
and
I
and
what
I
mean
there
more
is
you
know
the
list
from
from
the
chief
you
know
to
the
manager
when
she's,
putting
together
a
budget
as
well
as
advocacy
groups
like
The
PBA,
who
Advocate
on
behalf
of
the
of
the
officers,
so
hopefully
that
helps
fill
out.
That
picture
a
little
bit
more
on
Public
Safety.
C
This
is
a
priority
for
for
our
city.
We
we
appreciate
our
law
enforcement
officers
and
the
service
they
provide
to
our
city.
We've
heard
from
a
lot
of
you
about
how
much
you
appreciate
it.
C
We've
heard
how
important
it
is
to
see
law
enforcement
officers
in
our
community,
the
feeling
of
safety
that
people
get
from
that
in
our
especially
in
our
downtown
area
and
and
as
well
for
all
of
our
crews,
whether
they're
our
fire
department,
our
fire
department's,
rolling
out
a
community
Paramedic
program,
hopefully
you'll,
see
them
out
and
about
and
our
efforts
around
cleanliness
and
public
works
and
improving
streets.
Sidewalks
Parks
we're
on
a
roll
and
I
hope.
This
momentum
keeps
up.
C
It's
super
challenging,
got
to
make
all
these
numbers
work,
but
but
I
think
the
will
of
this
council
is
to
move
us
in
a
very
positive,
Direction
and
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
leadership,
Miss
Campbell
and
your
staff
for
hearing
us
and
what
our
concerns
are
and
figuring
out
how
to
make
that
actionable.
O
To
Echo
those
appreciations,
you
really
did
hear
us
I
feel
like
some
of
those
ideas.
Came
live
from
these
meetings
and
I'm
thankful,
you're
able
to
prioritize
them
and
get
them
in
so
quickly
and
yeah.
I'm
thankful
to
see
that
both
the
staff
and
the
council
and
it
looks
like
more
and
more
community
members,
are
gaining
in
support
for
our
Public
Safety
initiatives
and
thank
you.
H
Thank
you.
Sometimes
it
takes
us
a
little
time
for
us
to
get
organized
because
don't
want
to-
and
you
all
hear
this
from
me
all
the
time
don't
want
to
over
promise
another,
and
so
we
we
like
to
kind
of
get
our
act
together,
because
we
don't
like
to
also
not
have
this
be
an
organizational
effort,
because
Community
safety
is
the
community's
responsibility.
S
Hi
all
Chris
Coral
with
the
Regional
Entertainment
facilities,
Department.
First
apologies
for
attire
I
thought
I
was
going
to
be
late
and
ran
over
here
and
didn't
change
after
loading
for
our
show
today.
So
here
to
talk
about
the
Asheville
Sports
commission.
So
some
key
takeaways
that
we'll
get
to
throughout
this
process
is
that
the
Asheville
Buncombe
Regional
Sports
commission
is
a
501c3
currently
funded
by
the
TDA,
the
county
and
the
city.
Governments.
S
The
founding
members,
which
include
the
city
elected
last
summer
to
evaluate
the
current
structure
of
the
sports,
Commission
and
consultant
recommendations
have
come
in
and
the
key
takeaway
from
all
of
the
recommendations
is
that
the
consultant
recommends
absorbing
the
sports
commission
staff
into
the
TDA
no
actions
requested
today.
S
This
is
an
update
to
Council
on
the
study,
but
items
that
we're
going
to
want
to
discuss
in
the
future
include
evaluation
of
the
current
city
funding
for
the
sports
commission
items
that
we
may
think
that
need
to
be
included
in
any
future
new,
bylaws
and
event
ownership
and
risk.
S
So
a
little
history
on
this
Sports
commission.
It
was
founded
in
2010
by
the
city
of
Asheville,
Buncombe,
County
tourism,
Development
Authority
and
the
University
of
North
Carolina
Asheville,
the
founding
members.
The
initial
funding
structure
was
50
000
per
entity
plus
in-kind
use
of
facilities
from
UNC
Asheville.
The
initial
Staffing
structure
for
the
organization
was
one
full-time
position
and
a
part-time
position
that
helped
around
the
southern
conference
championships
and.
I
S
Was
initially
built
to
bring
the
Silicon
back
to
Asheville
and
execute
that
event,
current
structure
now
about
12
years
later,
the
city
and
county
both
couldn't
put
in
45
000
per
year,
which
is
15
each
in
their
operating
budget
and
the
tea
puts
in
230
000
a
year
which
is
about
70
of
the
operating
budget.
Unca
still
provides
in-kind
use
of
facilities
for
sports
commission
events.
S
Their
Staffing
structure
has
grown
to
three
full-time
people
one's
vacant
at
the
moment
and
in
the
last
11
years,
they've
hosted
53
major
sporting
events,
many
more
than
53,
but
at
the
majors
53
in
Buncombe
County,
83
percent
on
city
property
and
62
percent
are
venue
the
Heritage,
Cherokee
Center.
S
They
will
identify
and
attract
sportive
sports
events
and
related
meetings
to
enhance
the
health,
wellness
and
quality
of
life
for
area
residents
and
sports
enthusiasts,
and
will
generate
a
positive
economic
impact
by
promoting
our
region
as
a
recognized
sporting
destination,
and
their
vision
statement
is
to
host
memorable
sporting
events
that
will
enrich
the
wise
of
athletes
in
spectators
so
that
they
promote
a
lot
of
events.
It's
not
just
so
con
for
those
in
the
community
that
know
of
the
sports
commission.
S
They
think
it's
just
the
socom
but
they're
involved
with
youth
sporting
events,
adult
amateur
sport,
tournaments,
High,
School,
tournaments,
NCAA,
basketball
and
wrestling
in
the
past
they've,
assisted
with
a
professional
tennis
events
that
we
host
and
amateur
tennis
events,
5K,
half
marathons
bike
races.
We
used
to
have
a
Spartan
Race
pre-coveted
over
in
Black
Mountain.
That
was
a
huge
event.
Every
July
and
a
lot
of
people's
favorite
cornhole
tournaments
in
2022.
Only
I
just
picked
one
of
the
most
recent
calendar
year.
Sports
commission
was
involved
with.
S
S
So
there's
a
pretty
good
return
on
investment
for
us
as
the
city
we
put
in
45
000
in
cash
to
their
operations
annually.
We
also
provide
some
traffic
management,
free
of
costs
for
the
Southern
Conference
basketball
championships
from
Thursday's
briefing
to
now.
I
only
had
access
to
Harris
Revenue,
specifically
so
there's
more
in
event,
parking
and
others,
but
Sports.
S
So
the
reasoning
behind
requesting
a
consultant
review
of
the
sports
commission.
There
was
some
Financial
stability
concerns
coming
out
of
covid
and
where
funding
sources
might
come
for
the
future
to
help
continue
the
non-profit.
There's
a
vacancy
in
the
executive
director
we're
about
one
year
in
with
an
interim
executive
director
and
then
really
a
conversation
for
the
future.
And
how
can
the
commission
grow
and
expand
so.
S
After
an
RFP
process,
the
huddle
up
group
was
selected.
A
sports
commission
was
involved
in
selection
as
well
as
the
four
founding
members
and
huddle
up
group
was
directed
to
assess
the
current
structure
and
bylaws
analyze.
The
current
funding
model,
optimize
the
board
and
staff
structure
and
identify
any
critical
relationships
for
future
success.
Huddle
up
conducted
a
lot
of
State
stakeholder
engagements
I
want
to
say,
there's
about
20
phone
calls,
one
town
hall
meeting
and
a
survey
went
out
that
they
collected
information
from
to
do
their
report.
S
S
Foremost,
staff
of
Asheville
Buncombe
Regional
Sports
commission
should
become
part
of
the
auspice
of
explore
Asheville
the
TDA,
so
TDA
is
participating
in
this
process,
along
with
the
other
founding
members,
future
listening
sessions
and
they're.
Considering
the
recommendations.
At
the
moment,
the
non-profit
status
of
the
sports
commission
should
remain
the
same
with
bylaws
Rewritten,
so
huddle
up
groups
contract
has
funding
available
for
them
to
rewrite
the
bylaws.
If
the
founding
members
request
that
rewrite
and
founding.
S
S
That
board
is
structured
with
four
seats
being
appointed
one
by
each
founding
member
and
then
up
to
21
additional
seats
appointed
currently
there's
18
seats
and
then
last
set
of
recommendations,
short-term
goals,
which
are
pretty
significant
here,
a
goal
of
driving
20
million
dollars
in
new
economic
impact
to
the
destination
annually
through
hosting
events
renew
four
annual
events,
2024
and
Beyond
create
one
new
event
per
year
to
replicate
past
success.
S
Those
are
some
of
the
sports
commission
owned,
operated
events,
secure
events
that
will
attract
at
least
30
000
new
room
nights
and
specifically
off-peak
season
in
24,
25
and
26.
executive
annual
recognition
event
and
provide
access
to
Sports,
Camps
and
Clinics
for
a
hundred
underserved
youth
in
our
community
each
year
and
to
commission
economic
impact
study
to
show
the
value
of
sports
tourism
in
Buncombe
County.
S
S
Be
a
lot
more
extensive,
I
tried
to
get
to
the
major
Pros
cons.
Financial
stability
and
administrative
support
are
probably
the
number
one
positive
of
this
if
the
staff
of
the
sports
commission
is
paid
by
the
TDA
benefits
and
they
have
that
administrative
support.
That's
time
off
of
those
two
employees,
currently
a
clearer
definition
of
the
role
of
sports
tourism,
sales
can
be
created.
S
Rewritten
bylaws
are
always
a
good
thing
to
update
it's
been
12,
Years,
A,
more
transparent,
founding
member
board
structure
is
definitely
a
bonus
of
this
and
right
now
it's
even
numbers.
So
you
know
you
have
the
ability
for
a
50
50
vote,
which
is
a
seven-member
board.
You'd
avoid
there's
long-term
growth,
potential
and
economic
impact
and
in
the
organization
it's
a
lot
greater.
Just
because
TDA
has
some
significant
funding,
as
we
all
know,
and
so
the
ability
to
grow
that
is
there
and
it
should
strengthen
the
partnership
between
the
TDA
and
the
sports
Commission.
S
Some
negatives
that
come
with
a
securing
sponsorship
might
be
harder.
You
know
if
you're
out
in
the
actual
community
and
your
email
says
at
exploreraschal.com,
it
might
be
a
lot
harder
to
generate
a
sponsorship
for
an
event
than
at
ashevillesports.org.
For
example,
there's
volunteerism
concerns.
I
can
speak
from
the
tennis
events
that
we've
held
here
at
the
Harris
Center
we've
had
over
140
volunteers,
I
want
to
say
it
is
for
each
given
tennis
event
that
are
all
rallied
up
for
controlled,
managed
and
everything
by
the
non-profit
again
same
thing.
S
If
it's
the
TDA,
it
could
be
a
lot
harder
to
get
volunteers.
That's
just
really
an
unknown
more
than
anything,
less
control
by
the
volunteer
non-profit
board
in
the
structure.
As
listed
in
the
consultant
report,
there
would
be
less
control
there
and
it
would
be
more
on
that
seven
member
board,
which
could
be
a
concern
potential
shift
in
event,
Logistics
and
risk.
S
That
would
be
a
concern
as
well.
Right
now,
for
example,
there's
all
these
Sports
commission
events.
They
help
execute
the
logistics
of
the
event.
In
some
cases,
the
sports
commission
is
the
at-risk
partner.
So
if
the
event
loses
money,
it's
the
sports
commission
that
loses
money,
not
the
facility
that
the
event
is
hosted
at,
for
example,
and
the
last
one
you
know
there
have
been
Rumblings
over
the
last
two
years
of
regionalizing.
S
I
S
Camps,
Youth
and
high
school
tournaments,
for
example,
continuation
and
growth
of
jobs
and
Sports
Programming
and
training
opportunities
that
going
pro
in
sports.
That
I
mentioned
earlier
that
had
the
five
thousand
dollars
in
sponsorships.
Those
kids
at
local
high
schools
here
also
had
speaking
engagements
from
individuals
in
the
industry
from
across
the
country
had
jobs
related
to
the
Asheville
championships.
Basketball
tournament
last
fall
worked
in
advance
of
that
tournament
and
then
worked
at
the
actual
tournament
to
get
some
experience
and
then
had
the
opportunity
for
a
scholarship.
S
We
should
evaluate
the
current
city
funding
that
goes
to
the
sports
commission
every
year
and
the
new
board
that
seven
member
board
those
three
additional
seats.
Should
it
be
seven?
Should
it
be?
Nine
are
the
types
of
seats,
the
types
of
seats
that
we
would
prefer,
for
example,
and
then
the
the
big
one
is
event
ownership
and
risk.
Who
assumes
the
responsibility
of
your
risk
for
the
events
that
they
own
or
co-own,
which.
A
S
High
school
wrestling
event,
every
December
that
we,
the
venue
co-own
with
the
sports
commission,
and
we
have
done
one-off
events
in
the
past
with
them,
but
those
are
the
only
two
that
are
currently
under
co-owned,
both
on
other
basketball
events
and
similar,
that
there's
been
a
risk
component
with
with
them
so
back
to
those
key
takeaways
they're,
currently
a
501c3,
the
founding
members
last
summer
elected
to
go
through
this
process.
These
are
the
recommendations
of
that
Consultants
process.
S
S
U
S
H
S
Now
the
sports
commission
covers
it
for
the
southern
conference
championships
for
the
grapple,
which
we
co-own,
we
would
50
50
any
laws.
U
At
the
moment,
so
in
other
words,
it
would
actually
help
them
financially
if
they
don't
cover
the
risk.
If
someone
else
is
responsible.
U
See
that's
what
we're
talking
about
the
rewriting
of
certain
relations
bylaws
or
how
it
would
actually
I.
U
Something
like
that,
because
I'm
looking
at
some
of
the
things
that
you
stated
and
like
I
said,
I
think
that
those
can
be
worked
out
within
the
committee
or
commission
itself,
where
it
could
give
some
resolution
to
some
of
these
issues
and
I
and
I
will
say
you
know
just
looking
at
it
and
just
sort
of
getting
more
information.
I'd
like
to
ask
you
too,
are
there
any
other
cities
that
sort
of
have
this
plan
or
utilize
it
yeah.
S
I,
don't
know
the
breakdown
all
the
way
through,
but
essentially
71
of
sports
commissions.
I
think
was
the
number
it's
around.
70
are
inside
of
a
CVB
and
then
the
remainder
30
or
anywhere
independent
to
within
a
municipal
government
I
think
there's
a
couple
oddballs
in
there
too.
But
it's.
U
About
this
is
because
the
city
is
growing
in
so
many
different
ways,
and
it's
almost
like
you
almost
have
to
partnership
in
different.
You
know
just
like
we're
doing
everybody's
bridging
out
and
partnering,
because
it's
so
much
more
effective
as
far
as
the
growth
and
being
able
to
spread
the
responsibilities
and
risk
you
know
as
opposed
to
having
it
in-house
so,
and
that
was
the
reason
I
was
asking
about.
U
Tda
does
have
the
money
they
can
advertise,
they
can
get
it
up
and
I
didn't
realize
that
the
position
they
only
had
two
physicians
in
a
sports
commission-
well,
three
now
and
still
once
fake
it
all
this
time
and
I
just
think
with
the
the
working
together
I
think
they
could
actually
do
something
to
move
the
needle
as
far
as
our
Sports
here,
because
we
are
definitely
hurting
in
the
area
of
sports
activity
here
in
this
city,
as
opposed
to
most
cities
that
I
visit-
and
that
is
that's-
always
been
a
concern
of
mine
even
from
the
beginning
and
I
didn't
know
really
why?
U
S
So
this
word,
the
staff
does
like
an
amazing
job
for
how
few
of
them
there
are
and
like
what
they
get
done.
I
would
say
a
bigger
hindrance
than
the
number
of
Staff
in
the
sports
commission
to
our
ability
for
sports
tourism,
just
in
general,
is
the
facilities.
So
we
don't.
S
Fields
enough
baseball
fields,
basketball
arena
was
built
in
the
70s,
like
we've
got
a
lot
of
things
that
we
have
to
work
through.
We
don't
have
pickleball
courts,
as
you
guys
know,
so.
There's
opportunities
and
Facilities
too,
that
growing
marketing
growing
the
staff
themselves
to
execute.
We
can
build
our
own
events
instead
of
attract
events,
which
is
a
big
key
to
partnering,
locally
and
regionally.
On
the
tourism
side.
With
the
types
of
events
we.
U
S
Been
happening
over
the
last
year
or
two
I
guess
at
this
point,
but
there's
a
lot
of
sports
facility
growth
happening
down
in
Henderson
County
right
now,
Madison
County
is
considering
some.
The
casino
over
in
Cherokee
has
built
an
entire
Convention
Center
that
has
a
wing
that's
like
dedicated
for
sports,
but
nobody
to
sell
these.
S
S
N
D
I
have
a
couple
things
and
I'm
really
eager
to
hear
what
others
have
to
say,
so
I'll
try
to
be
quick,
we're
having
National
and
even
Global
conversations
about
sports
business,
ecology
right
now,
looking
into
the
structures
and
hierarchy
of
systems,
quite
literally
who's,
making
the
money
and
who's
being
who's
labor
is
being
exploited.
D
I'm
really
worried
about
duplicating
I,
see
that
kind
of
happening
in
our
own
Community
when
I
was
on
the
UNCA
campus
this
week
and
I
saw
fires
up
around
graduation
time,
asking
for
to
help
raise
funds
for
the
new
track
and
I
was
like
we're
building
two
new
tracks.
At
the
same
time,
that's
awesome!
D
D
I
think
of
the
grant
Center
pool,
which
was
at
one
point
considered
for
Olympic
level
swimming,
which
could
have
been
part
of
the
facilities
and
programming
part
of
a
bigger
swim
system
and
I
know
that
that's
another
issue
that's
been
addressed
as
far
as
for
people,
maybe
non-male,
identifying
athletes
that
want
to
level
up
and
take
things
to
the
Olympic
level.
S
S
First,
because
it's
a
little
easier,
a
long-term
goal
that
was
in
that
report
was
to
do
a
facility
master
plan
and
a
review
of
all
the
facilities
we
have
because
you're
right
Greensboro
has
a
really
great
Aquatic
Center,
there's
no
reason
for
us
to
build
one,
but
there's
not
a
really
good
indoor
track.
Well.
Winston
now
has
an
indoor
track.
S
D
That
master
plan
look
at
our
programming
demands
because
I'm
thinking
about
like
even
when
we
have
a
new
facility,
but
then
there's
multi-layered
infrastructure
issues
like
say
parking.
If
there's
multiple
groups
trying
to
use
the
same
parking
infrastructure
there
can
be.
Are
we
looking
at
the
whole
system?
Could
the
master
plan
look
at
that?
It.
S
I
S
I
S
D
The
second
thing
is
that
part
about
connecting
our
locals,
especially
our
youth
I,
think
about
programming,
priorities
and
proximity
to
it
being
in
your
neighborhood
and
then,
when
you
also
look
at
nerding
out
this
week,
the
long
term
of
salaries
over
the
course
of
a
career
in
correlation
to
which
Industries
in
sports
have
the
most
injuries-
and
there
are
reasons
locally-
that
I
see
folks
that
are
stepping
into
really
major
careers
because
of
their
proximity
to
the
sports,
whether
it's
from
our
schools,
to
the
major
leagues
like
being
able
to
make
sure
that
we
identify
the
Gap
in
our
whole
ecosystem.
D
I,
see
this
new
information
as
an
opportunity
really
to
stay
at
the
table.
For
some
of
these
conversations
around
Community
benefits,
the
sports
commission
could
immediately
make
the
implementation
of
more
board
members
happen.
Reviewing
the
bylaws
could
be.
You
know
an
immediate
thing,
but
this
it
really
feels
like
staying
at
the
table
is
a
positive.
O
It
does
I'm
curious.
This
whole
Regional
concept,
I'm
talking
about
right
now
so
at
the
tourist
stadium,
is
coming
to
mind
because
it's
a
big
need
in
the
community
supports
Regional
customers
and
residents
and
the
organizations
that
came
together
to
fund
it
were
a
handful,
that's
included,
but
if
we're
talking
about
more
facilities
and
we're
not
in
a
regional
partnership,
we
may
find
ourselves
with
just
those
three
funding
agencies
ourselves:
the
county,
the
TDA
available
to
do
these
facilities
right.
C
A
C
D
Yeah
I'm
also
really
I'm
surprised,
I
haven't
heard
more
about
this,
but
if
the
focus
is
on
creating
more
big
events
that
bring
in
tourist
dollars,
what's
the
competition
for
the
local
uses,
I
know
that's
going
to
happen
every
single
time
that
we
build
something
new
everyone's
going
to
know
how
to
use
it
and
I
get
that
new
Greenway.
We
want
to
use
a
new
track.
We
want
to
use
it.
What
will
the?
What
will
the
impact
be
on
the
people
who
had
anticipating
it
being
used
in
a
neighborhood
the
way
that
they
imagined?
E
E
G
A
S
Well,
the
Cormac
we
could
because
that
lease
isn't
finalized
yet
so
we
could
take
control
of
all
non-base
sports,
so
at
eight
at
Harrah's,
there's
Cheerleading
Gymnastics
wrestling
multiple
basketballs,
occasional
tennis,
I'm,
probably
missing
one
cornhole,
so
we
might
not
own
all
of
them,
but
we
help
execute
them.
So
there
is
execution
that
happens
on
our
side
in
all
of
those
cases.
S
Or
securing
the
halftime
acts
volunteers,
you
know
copiers
for
stats
people
like
all
these
little
things
and
if
they
were
not
doing
that
yeah
we
would.
We
would
need
a
body
of
some
sort
to
make
that
happen,
because
we're
kind
of
already
maxed
at
our
ability
to
support
from
the
menu
side.
We
could
grow
it.
If
we
had
the
people
to
grow
up
they're
like
we
don't
have
that
ability
right
now.
S
Away,
we
would
need
some
additional
help,
either
contractor
or
full-time
person
like
pretty
immediately
our
first
big
event
with
the
sports
commission.
This
coming
year
is
first
weekend
in
November,
which
is
the
NCAA
basketball
tournament.
Can.
C
I,
ask
you
just
sort
of
you
know
I,
this
is
what
I
understand
is
being
contemplated.
Is
an
mou,
a
memorandum
of
understanding,
that's
technically
between
the
sports
commission
and
the
TDA,
so
we're
not
a
direct
party
to
to
it,
but
we're
obviously
greatly
impacted
because
these
83
of
the
events
or
whatever
you
said
happen
on
on
our
facilities,
so
I
mean
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
that
we're
really
struggling
with
is
there's
all
these
unanswered
questions.
Would
there
be
a
possibility
for
us
to
ask
for
this
to
be
fleshed
out?
C
Could
we
see
a
draft
of
the
mou?
Could
we
could
we?
You
know
I
know:
we've
got
some
concerns
around
continuation
of
community
benefits
that
we
realize
from
the
sports
Commission
Now
that
we'd
like
to
see
continued
and
I.
Think
Maggie
might
have
a
few
items
that
she
could
list
that
I'm,
not
remembering
off
the
top
of
my
head.
C
We
have
these
cherished
local
events
that
we
love
like
so
con
and
other
events
that
happen
and
we'd
hate
to
see
see
those
disappear
because
they
don't
produce
enough
heads
in
bed,
so
Khan
probably
does
but
some
of
the
other
ones.
Maybe
they
you
know
they
don't
fit
the
model
for
the
heads
and
beds
or
or
a
kind
of
the
just
the
purely
number
crunching,
but
they
are
cherished
events.
So
it
would
greatly
comfort
me
if
we
could
see
what
the
plan
is
if
we
could
sort
of.
I
C
Harrah's,
that
might
be
great.
You
know,
let's,
let's
see
what
that
what
that
looks
like
or
would
they
take
a
different
course
and
do
something
that
looks
very
different
and
not
you
know
not,
you
know,
I,
don't
know
I,
don't
I
guess
what
I'm
struggling
with
is
I'd
hate
to
make
this
decision,
and
then
we
lose
a
lot
of
these
things
that
we're
enjoying
so
much
and
we
don't
have
any
control
to
to
and
then
and
and
then
all
the
things
that
you
talked
about,
that
I.
C
Don't
think
a
lot
of
people
realize
in
terms
of
benefits
to
folks
that
live
here
who
are
exploring
opportunities
in
sports
in
sports
as
careers
or
or
you
know,
whatever,
whatever
the
case
may
be
so
I
know,
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
Leverage
because
we
can't
demand
anything
and
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
suggesting,
but
if
there
is
more
time
like
you're
saying
and
maybe
there's
not
a
great
sense
of
urgency,
it'd
be
great
to
kind
of
see
the
plan
before
we
before
we
you
know
can
really
assess
whether
this
is
a
yes,
a
good
thing
or
not
a
good
thing.
C
S
S
A
S
Related
facilities
that
the
city
owns
or
in
Buncombe,
County
and
City
on
so
they're,
definitely
invested
in
this
as
well.
So
it's
it's
a
partnership,
conversation
of
the
city,
the
county,
the
TDA
and
the
sports
Commission
in
all
three
of
our
entities
have
a
separate
mous
with
the
sports
commission.
So
getting
those
all
aligned
to
have
similar
goals
is
going
to
take
a
little
bit
of
time
but
possible.
Right.
N
The
place
where
I'm
glad
you
just
mentioned
on
the
goals
is
when
I
looked
at
the
goal
slide
slide.
16
I
saw
really
thoughtful
strategy
for
the
ultimate
mission
of
the
entity
wherever
it
lives
around
Economic
Development,
which
I
think
is
good,
but
I
felt
like
it
was
a
little
thin
on
the
community
benefit.
So
I
keep
hearing.
My
councilwoman
mention
that
you
know
I've
been
to
some
events
and.
N
Well,
more
than
100
youth
party,
so
yeah
part
of
what
I'd
be
interested
in
you
know,
I
don't
need
to
know
as
much
about
the
mechanics
of
how
we're
going
to
get
there.
But
if
these
are
the
agreed
upon
goals,
I
have
some
assumptions
that
it's
probably
going
to
take
more
staff
than
they
have
now.
What
what
does
that
look
like,
but
I
would
love
to
see
goals
in
here
about
about
youth
programming.
N
N
Ash
villains
and
Buncombe
County
ends,
so
that
would
be
a
place
where,
if
we
are
having
more
time,
I'd
love
to
learn
kind
of
what
the
goal
metrics
are
for
Community
benefits,
so
just
kind
of
echoing
what
several
Melody
Council
women
are
saying.
D
And
I
would
say
in
addition
to
that,
one
of
the
things
I
learned
through
the
McCormick
field
process
is
that
we
it's
our
field.
We
could
use
it
more
often
if
we
had
a
better
agreement
in
place,
so
we
could
have
gospel
nights.
We
could
have
a
dollar
movie
nights,
but
we
had
kind
of
left
at
sitting
on
the
table
because
we
were
in
our
own
way.
D
So
if
we
have
a
way
to
show
to
the
community
that
we
care
about
family
friendly,
affordable
events
by
getting
a
better
deal
because
we
maintained
a
seat
at
the
table,
there
may
be
less
pushback
when
there's
going
to
be
a
big
event.
If
we
are
using
our
spaces
more
effectively
for
the
people
who
live
here,
yeah.
U
N
O
N
I
think
they're
I'm
hearing
concern
about
where
this
lives
and
I
think
that's
people
doing
due
diligence,
I
think
that's
appropriate
and
from
the
the
role
that
I
sit
at
I
want
to
know
about
how
we're
going
to
grow.
Our
community
and
I
see
clearly
some
of
the
thoughts
around
Economic
Development,
which
is
great
but
I'd
like
to
see
more
on
what
does
it
do
for
the
ash
average
Ash
villain
like
this
past
weekend?
There's
a
youth,
dance,
competition
I
took
my
nine-year-old
and
my
mom.
N
Of
the
weekend,
it
was
so
special
right,
it
was
free,
we
walked
in,
it
was
really
magical.
That's
what
this
type
of
thing
can
do
right,
let
alone
watching
the
youth
performing
and
so
I
think
being
explicit
about
whatever
in
that
industry
standard
is
for
what
gifts
it
gives
back
to
the
community.
Make
me
excited
about
us
looking
up
and
having
kind
of
some
bigger
strategy
here
and.
U
O
Yeah
I
just
want
to
say
a
couple
things
in
appreciation
because
I'm
both
I'm
just
really
thankful
for
this
Council
right
now
and
for
our
staff
for
picking
this
up
so
quickly.
This
came
at
us
very
quickly.
We've
now
come
to
understand
a
lot
of
the
potential
impacts
to
our
residents
to
our
regional,
County,
member
or
county
regional
residence,
not
sure
what
I'm
trying
to
say
there.
O
What
I
hoped
would
come
from
this
is
that
you
all
would
help
me
be
guided
in
the
process
of
being
one
of
these
voted
members
voting
members.
So
what
I'm
hearing
tonight
is
like
are
we?
How
do
we
feel
about
the
size
of
a
seven
person
board
and
how
do
we
feel
about
identifying
community
events
and
if
we're
going
to
have
a
slide
that
says
this
will
attract
30
000
room
nights
as
a
goal?
O
Do
we
have
more
Community
goals,
because
the
next
number
I
see
is
like
a
hundred
underserved
youth,
but
maybe
that
doesn't
sound
so
good
to
me
right
and
and
then
how,
as
far
as
how
it's
housed,
I,
think
we're
going
to
have
to
figure
out
between
the
sports
commission
and
the
TDA
board
and
those
are
coming
up
in
listening
sessions.
O
So
my
colleagues
on
the
founding
board
founding
members
have
intentionally
set
some
meetings
for
the
17th
and
18th
to
hear
from
more
folks
in
the
community,
more
the
sports
commission
board
itself
and
those
that
are
directly
employed
and
so
on.
So
there's
still
some
Discovery
to
happen.
I
think
the
outcome
here
will
be
that
the
likely
that
the
sports
commission
stays
as
an
independent,
non-profit
and
the
TDA.
If
we
maybe
have
another
mou
which
is
traditionally
how
we
have
done.
This
there's
been
an
mou
kind
of
in
effect
and
with
all
the
partners.
U
O
And
the
one
thing
you
know,
I
wanted
to
make
sure
we
point
out
one
of
the
things
that
was
swagging.
This
study
was
our
amazing
ability
to
have
volunteers,
I
think
the
consultant
said
he's
never
seen
so
many
was
like
6
000
volunteers.
So
when
you
have
that
quick
line
of
like
we
have
some
concerns
about
volunteerism
I
mean
that's
a
real
thing.
Those
are
our
kids
and
our
youth
and
our
kids
running
across
the
tennis
court.
Picking
up
balls
right,
there's,
that's
a
big
it's!
A
lot
of
community
engagement
is
what
it
is.
D
N
I
also
want
to
call
out
that
we
have
a
founding
member,
the
initial
Sports
commission
to
founding
members.
So
I
see
you
we're
glad
you're
here,
I
think.
Procedurally,
this
isn't
a
time
we
do
comment
but
I,
don't
know
I,
just
kind
of
felt
like
I.
N
To
have
our
conversation
this
way
because
of
following
rules
which
are
set
for
very
good
reasons,
but
we
know
there's
folks
here
interested
about
it,
and
we
know
that
there's
going
to
be
time
later
to
hear
folks,
and
it
also
sounds
like
there's
no
decision
making.
We
have
some
more
time.
So,
even
if
we
move
on
from
this
right
now,
like
there's
more
iterations
to
hear
from
and
engage
with
each
other.
O
It's
true
I
do
hope
to
hear
some
of
the
public
comments.
I
see
a
few
people
signed
up
and
wearing
socon
shirts
and
so
on
so
I
hope
to
hear
from
them
and
we
are
not
making
any
decisions
or
recommendations
right
now,
but
maybe
we'll
come
back
to
us
for
more
input
or
maybe
I'll
have
an
update
after
the
listening
sessions,
because
it's
a
little
different
right
like
this,
isn't
we
have
to
send
me
fourth
on
if
you
have
25
of
the
vote
and.
N
O
So
that
that
timeline
was
because
it's
budget
season
for
everyone
right
and
so
we're
all
coming
up
on
this
new
count.
This
new
fiscal
year
we've
got
to
the
side
and
know
what
we're
doing,
because,
like
our
budgets,
the
tda's
budget
is
also
a
public
document
right.
So
there
was
a
timeline
there
and
I
think
they
were.
They
had
two
scenarios
and
depending
on
which
way
it
went
right.
O
So
I'm
really
thankful
to
my
colleagues
that
it's
been
able
to
slow
down,
because
this
is
a
figure
impact
and
I.
Think
people
really
have
an.
A
H
Manager's
report
the
weight
again
I'm,
so
sorry
for
the
number
of
presentations,
but
this
is
really
good
information
and
timely
in
terms
of
when
we
need,
is
time
sensitive.
We.
So
we
have
to
bring
this
to
you,
so
we
will
have
Jamie
Matthews,
who
will
open
up
and
give
I
think
the
initial
presentation
on
the
TDA
along
with
Chris,
you
always
gotta,
have
Chris
and
then
we'll
have
Emily
wall
present
on
the
point
in
time.
Okay,.
W
Thank
you,
Miss
Campbell
good
evening
mayor
and
Council
I'm,
Jamie
Matthews,
the
assistant
to
the
city
manager
and
I'm,
going
to
give
you
all
an
update
on
the
TDA
Grant
process.
W
So
we'll
start
with
key
takeaways
grants
from
the
TDA
provide
funds
for
tourism-related
capital
projects.
The
city's
goal
is
to
align
our
Capital
needs
with
the
allowable
uses
from
the
TDA
legislative
changes
last
year
allocated
more
funds
for
Grants
we're
working
closely
with
the
TDA
in
the
county
to
plan
and
partner
on
projects.
W
The
tpdf
phase,
one
applications
are
due:
May
17th
and
the
new
Legacy
investment
from
tourism
fund
Grant
cycle
will
start
in
October,
so
changes
to
the
occupancy
tax
last
year
will
allocate
less
funding
to
the
marketing
and
more
to
the
grants.
In
a
one-thirds,
two-thirds
split,
the
one-third
will
be
split
between
the
tpdf
grants
and
the
newly
created
Lyft
funds
and
the
maximum
Debt
Service
period
has
moved
from
10
years
to
15
years.
W
W
W
C
O
W
W
So
here's
some
of
the
some
of
the
details
on
the
2023
tpdf
Grant
cycle
requests
and
Chris
is
here.
If
y'all
have
any
questions
on
those
details.
W
W
Also,
we
will
have
the
condition.
You
know
the
continued
focus
on
those
Regional
assets,
Thomas
Wolfe,
Harris,
Municipal
Golf
and
the
Nature
Center
here
is
the
timeline
for
the
the
upcoming
grants
again
tpdf
phase
one
closes
May
17th
they'll
make
recommendations
in
October
and
then
the
lift
Grant
cycle
will
begin.
S
Hi
I'm
Chris
Coral,
director
of
community,
the
the
grant
request
that
we're
asking
for
there
we
go
so
a
lot
of
this
has
to
do
with
the
additional
audio
and
lighting
equipments
and
concert.
Audio
and
lighting
is
not
going
to
specifically
get
us
new
acts,
but
what
it
does
is
it
reduces
what
we're
renting
for
shows.
Yeah.
We
have
a
rig,
but
we
need
more
stuff.
S
The
rigging
enhancements
and
the
freight
elevator
replacement
are
really
are
like
the
two
biggest
things
with
this
that
are
TDA
focused
freight
elevator,
for
example
the
First
Fed
Cup
tennis
event.
We
had,
we
had
Ashley.
A
S
Former
world
number
one
get
stuck
on
the
elevator
15
minutes
before
her
match,
which
is
a
really
stressful,
15
minutes,
but
we're
not
the
elevator
working
on
amazing
and
then
in
rigging.
I,
don't
want
to
get
too
complicated,
but
we
have
20
foot
Bays
to
rig
the
concert
gear
off
of,
and
so
when
the
point
where
the
truss
needs
to
hang
is
in
the
middle.
You
have
to
use
Pythagorean.
A
S
And
you
get
to
where
the
motor
Hook
is,
and
it's
like
15
feet
lower
than
the
rigging
area.
I
mean
you
need
to
get
the
hook
height
up,
because
the
tours
are
getting
bigger
and
bigger,
and
we've
missed
out
on
a
lot
of
really
large
events,
because
the
hook
height
is
too
low,
which
makes
the
lights
and
everything
too
close
to
the
head
of
the.
S
I
C
C
X
X
Go
good
evening,
Emily
ball
and
Chris
Coral.
Maybe.
X
To
talk
to
you
with
a
couple
updates
from
the
homeless
strategy
division
here
at
the
city,
two
main
things
I
want
to
share
with
you.
One
is
some
updates
on
the
homeless
initiative,
advisory
committee
Hayak
and
their
implementation
of
recommendations
from
the
National
Alliance
to
end
homelessness.
You
know
we
received
those
recommendations
as
a
community
at
the
end
of
January
and
Hayek
has
begun
their
work
in
implementing
those
they're
actively
transitioning
to
a
new
way.
X
We
we
collectively
are
actively
transitioning
to
a
new
way
of
working
together
as
a
community,
and
that
work,
I,
think
is
led
by
Hayak,
and
one
thing
they
have
done
is
established.
Work
groups
I'll
talk
more
about
that
in
a
minute
that
are
starting
to
take
action
on
those
recommendations.
X
X
Shelter
beds
are
coming
back
online
as
pandemic
recovery
continues,
so
a
lot
of
our
shelters
had
decreased
their
capacity
during
the
pandemic.
Some
of
those
beds
are
coming
back.
Unsheltered
homelessness
certainly
continues
to
be
higher
than
than
prior
to
the
pandemic,
and
also
as
utilization
of
our
homeless
management
information
system
continues
to
improve.
Then
we
expect
our
data
will
continue
to
improve.
X
So,
first
again,
as
as
you
all
know,
the
primary
a
primary
recommendation
from
the
National
Alliance
to
end
homelessness
on
how
we
can
decrease
unsheltered
homelessness,
specifically
in
our
community,
is
really
to
reorient
our
Continuum
of
Care,
which
is
a
federal
framework
for
how
local
communities
can
collaborate
to
decrease
homelessness.
X
The
Continuum
of
Care
really
Maps
out
seats
at
the
table
so
really
identifies.
Who
is
in
which
seed
with
what
decision-making
ability
and
how
are
those
seeds
coordinated
with
each
other
and
creates
a
way
for
stakeholders
to
work
together
effectively
across
the
community?
We
know
that
there
is
no
single
entity
that
controls
every
element
that
connects
with
the
issue
of
homelessness,
and
so
the
Continuum
of
Care
is
intended
to
provide
a
platform
for
stakeholders
across
all
of
those
elements
to
come
together
and
collaborate.
X
The
Continuum
of
Care
is
governed
by
a
governance
board,
and
that
is
currently
the
homeless
initiative
advisory
committee,
and
so
they
have
begun
implementation
of
the
alliance
recommendations
with
four
high
priority
recommendations
through
a
series
of
work
groups
that
they've
established.
The
first
is
shelter
looking
at
expanding
our
emergency
shelter
capacity
in
the
community.
Second,
is
Outreach
and
encampment
response
to
deepen
our
capacity
and
improve
our
overall
response.
X
Secondly,
I
want
to
share
with
you
the
results
of
the
2023
point
in
time.
Count
some
background.
The
point
in
time
count
is
a
federal
requirement.
It
is
required
that
that
count
occur
during
the
last
10
days
in
January
for
every
Continuum
of
Care
and
that
it
provides
a
census
of
people
who
meet
the
federal
definition
of
literal
homelessness,
I.
I
X
That
you
all
have
mentioned
in
the
past
some
interest
in
additional
accounts,
recognizing
that
it
seems
that
we
have
some
population
shifts
through
the
course
of
the
year.
So
that's
something
that
Hayek
may
consider
point
in
time
counts
cover
the
full
Continuum
of
here.
So
for
us,
that's
all
of
Buncombe,
County
geography
and
our
team.
X
Here
at
the
city
and
the
homeless
strategy,
division
works
with
service
providers
and
with
volunteers
to
collect
all
of
that
data
aggregate
those
results
and
de-duplicate
and
then
submit
those
to
the
federal
government
that
was
done,
April,
28th
and
and
that
submission
informs
Federal
resources
and
strategy,
and
that's
partly
directly
to
our
community
and
partly
aggregated
with
other
cnc's
across
the
country.
For
an
annual
report
to
Congress
on
progress
and
for
a
resource
request.
X
So
again,
our
our
account
was
conducted
on
January,
31st,
shelters
and
transitional
housing
programs
provide
data
on
folks
who
are
staying
with
them
on
that
night.
So
we
know
that
that
count
should
be
very
accurate.
We
have
a
really
clear
picture
of
who
those
folks
are
in
emergency,
shelter
and
transitional
housing,
and
then
we
had
75
volunteers
who
participated
in
a
street
count
to
identify
and
Survey
folks
who
were
unsheltered.
X
I
know
that
several
of
you
participated
in
that
count,
and
that
is
the
largest
volunteer
effort
that
our
COC
has
had
it's
a
really
tremendous
participation
from
our
community.
In
that
effort
we
also
had
ahope
and
Haywood
Street
surveying
folks
who
are
unsheltered
on
the
following
day.
A
lot
of
unsheltered
folks
participate
in
services
at
both
of
those
locations.
X
Point
in
time.
Count
for
me
is
our
most
comprehensive
data
set
in
the
community,
because
it
covers
our
full
COC
geography
and
also
certainly
has
limitations,
and
those
are
important
to
acknowledge.
One
of
those
is
that
participation
is
voluntary.
Of
course,
we
definitely
had
volunteers
on
the
street
count
teams
who
reported
that
people
declined
to
participate
in
an
interview,
and
we
staff
discarded
16
surveys
of
folks
who
are
on
shelter
because
they
just
didn't
have
sufficient
data.
X
The
overview
for
this
year's
point
in
time
count
I've
included
our
point
in
time,
data
for
the
last
several
years,
because
the
pandemic
has
had
such
a
significant
impact,
but
our
total
count
in
2023
was
573
people
identified.
Most
of
those
folks
were
in
emergency
shelter
or
transitional
housing
that
was
402
people,
and
then
171
people
were
accounted
as
unsheltered
on
that
night,
again
included
data
from
prior
to
the
pandemic
and
then
throughout
the
pandemic.
If
you
look
at
our
2020
data,
our
total
population
is
not
significantly
different.
X
Based
on
this
year's
count
and
the
2020
count,
but
where
folks
are
located
is,
is
a
key
change.
That's
occurred
during
the
pandemic.
Overall,
the
majority
of
people
identified
in
the
count
are
single
adults
about
88
percent.
We
have
a
relatively
small
number
of
homeless
families
that
was
about
12
percent
of
the
count
and
21
of
people
identified
were
chronically
homeless,
which
means
they've
been
homeless
at
least
12
months,
and
they
have
a
disability,
and
then
34
of
people
identified
were
veterans.
It's
really
high.
Nationally
veterans
are
about
seven
percent
of
the
homeless
populations.
X
O
C
One
thing
that
that
we
don't
see
on
this
chart
is
the
breakdown
of
unsheltered
versus
sheltered
and,
as
I
recall,
though,
are
unsheltered.
Homeless
veterans
was
very
low.
They
they
because
they
are
participating
it
through
the
va's
programs.
So
we
we
have
an
interesting
situation
in
Asheville
where
some
folks,
who
are
veterans,
travel
to
Asheville
for
services,
because
the
services
are
here
through
our
VA
and
abccm,
so
just
to
highlight
that
kind
of
unique
aspect
of
our
community.
That's.
X
Exactly
right,
I,
do
you
have
that
data
in
front
of
me,
but
it
would
take
me
a
minute
to
find,
but
I
believe
that
we
had
something
like
11
or
12.
Unsheltered
veterans,
vast
majority
of
veterans
are
in
an
emergency
or
in
transitional
housing,
primarily
and
I'll
also
say
that,
because
we
have
such
a
large
veteran
subpopulation,
we
are
also
eligible
as
a
Continuum
of
Care
for
federal
housing
resources
for
veterans.
N
I
find
that
really
hopeful
I
don't
think
we're
done
any
of
the
hard
work,
but
I
feel
like
we're
moving
in
a
direction
that
we're
trying
to
and
we're
rowing
in
the
same
direction
and
I
feel
I
feel
I
feel
hopeful.
I
feel
like
we
might
look
back
at
2023
and
go
all
right.
That's
when
things
turned
around
and.
C
I'm
I'm
very
hopeful
about
the
number
I
think
why
it
still
seems
to
people
when
you're
driving
around
when
you're
looking
around
our
community.
It
doesn't
feel
like
it's
dropped,
and
that
is
because
of
that
unsheltered
number
in
2020
unsheltered.
What
the
number
was
only
65
and
so
we're
still.
You
know
almost
three
times
that
number
so
visually.
If
you're
out
in
the
community,
it
doesn't
feel
like
it
doesn't
feel
like.
Oh
we're
only
you
know
we're
moving
in
the
right
direction,
but
I
think
one.
C
Another
important
point
that
Emily
made
is
that
one
of
the
big
things
we
saw
dropped
during
the
pandemic
was
shelters
providing
bed
spaces.
We
saw
a
reduction
in
the
number
of
bed
spaces,
and
so
now
those
are
coming
back
online
and
there
are
more
opportunities
for
folks
to
have
shelter
and
we've
we've
seen
it.
I
mean
I
I
I'm
on
the
Hayek
subcommittee
on
for
shelter,
exploration
and
tour,
at
almost
every
shelter
in
Buncombe,
County
and
I
mean,
for
example,
the
Salvation
Army
has
rooms
of
made
up
beds.
That.
A
C
I
D
I
have
two
questions
really
I'm
glad
to
serve
with
y'all,
because
y'all
are
sparking
a
lot
of
ideas,
but
does
the
482s
include
some
numbers
that
we
had
as
temporary
rooms
like.
X
The
the
482
was
prior
to
the
pandemic
when
we
didn't
have
any
non-congregate
shelter
operational,
but
I
I
was
going
to
mention
to
your
point
that
the
402
in
this
year's
count
for
folks
in
shelter
and
transitional
housing.
X
It's
it's
relatively
similar,
almost
identical
to
the
number
of
Shelter
beds
that
we
had
in
the
2022
count.
But
the
nature
of
those
beds
is
very
different,
because
in
2022
we
still
had
significant
non-congregate,
shelter,
operating
and,
and
so
what
we've
seen
since
then,
is
that
kind
of
our
traditional
shelter
beds
are
coming
back
online.
X
At
the
Ramada
would
have
been
included
in
that
405
last
year,
because
they
were
that
was
a
non-congregate
shelter,
so
did
was
included
in
that
shelter
account.
But
I
will
say
we
are
Charles
on
my
team
who
did
a
yeoman's
job
in
pulling
this
data
together
and
did
cross-reference
the
folks
who
were
at
the
Ramada
with
the
unshelter
account
this
year.
We
only
had
two
people
who
were
identified
in
that
unsheltered
account
for
2023,
so
wow
great
great
to
see
and
we're.
W
D
D
X
For
housing,
security
I'll
give
you
two
examples,
so
so
this
the
point
in
time,
data
set
is
used
frequently
by
the
federal
government
in
formulas
when
new
resources
are
being
allocated
to
communities
and
that's
a
bit
of
a
simplified
version.
But,
for
example,
during
the
pandemic,
we
received
47
new
emergency
housing
vouchers
as
part
of
the
cares
act,
I'm
sorry
as
part
of
arpa
and
in
the
formula
to
to
determine
how
many
vouchers
every
Continuum
of
Care
received
included
data
like
the
point
in
time
data.
X
So
it's
it's
a
data
point
that's
frequently
used
by
the
federal
government,
more
specifically
in
our
annual
Continuum
of
Care
funding,
which
is
the
largest
Federal
program
for
homeless,
Pro,
homeless,
funding
in
our
community.
That's
about
two
million
dollars
a
year
and
it's
a
competitive
program.
We
compete
with
other
cocs
across
the
country.
We
submit
an
enormous
amount
of
information
that
is
scored
and
the
higher
our
score
is
the
more
resources
we're
eligible
to
receive.
X
A
significant
portion
of
that
scoring
Matrix
is
based
on
your
Continuum
of
Care's
performance,
and
one
of
those
performance
indicators
is
a
decrease
in
the
overall
number
of
people
identified
as
homeless
in
your
point
in
time,
count
and
specifically
related
to
unsheltered
homelessness.
Okay,
so
it's
not
it's!
It's
a
it's,
not
exactly
Deborah's.
D
D
For
example,
I
don't
carry
cash
like
I
did
maybe
have
a
couple
dollars
in
2020.,
so
in
my
neighbor's
experiencing
deep
need
are
asking
for
the
spare
change
that
gleaning
isn't
happening
because
people
aren't
carrying
extra
resources
or
the
neighbors
who
used
to
go
through
the
recycle.
I
I
D
Finding
less
resources
to
turn
in
for
a
trade,
so
I
am
concerned
about
some
of
the
that
impact
that
the
needs
seems
maybe
smaller
on
this
chart,
but
a
deeper
need
and
a
more
intense
need.
I
also
will
acknowledge
that
you
named
the
limit
of
this
tool.
D
While
it
is
a
important
tool
having
experienced
the
point
in
time
Cal
as
a
volunteer,
there
were
a
lot
of
people
that
didn't
want
to
be
counted
and
there
are
a
lot
of
people
that
weren't
counted
because
they
weren't
close
to
resources
because
we
pushed
people
to
the
outskirts
and
to
the
neighborhoods.
D
So
we
didn't
count
the
people
in
my
neighborhood
and
I
I
just
wanted
to
maybe
acknowledge
that
while
this
is
like,
we've
addressed
the
issue
with
more
resources
and
more
people
and
more
coordination
and
more
ways
of
possibility
and
saying
yes,
but
we
have
a
long
way
to
go
and
I
I
just
can't
help,
but
remind
myself
that
that
number
is
not
the
whole
number.
X
Yeah
I'll
say
to
that
that
that
this
is
quantitative
data
only
and
it
does
not,
as
you
say,
doesn't,
doesn't
really
convey
the
depth
of
suffering
of
people,
particularly
people
who
are
unsheltered
and
also
that
171,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
is
almost
triple.
Our
pre-pandemic
numbers
is
still
a
significant
need.
X
Demographic
characteristics
of
the
573
people
who
were
counted
I
I,
won't
talk
through
all
of
these.
You
can
see
these
here,
but
these
are
relatively
in
line
with
the
demographic
characteristics.
From
last
year's
count,
you
can
see
that
the
majority
of
folks
identified
as
white,
and
also
that
we
have
a
disproportionately
high
number
of
people
who
identified
as
black,
African-American
or
African
compared
to
the
general
population
majority
of
people
identified
as
male
and
also
as
non-hispanic.
O
X
We
also,
you
may
remember
that,
so
the
the
data
that
I've
just
been
through
are
the
the
data
points
that
we
collect
are
prescriptive.
Hud
has
a
lot
of
requirements
around
that
and
then
last
year
in
our
community.
For
the
first
time,
we
added
some
supplemental
questions
specifically
for
people
who
were
unsheltered,
so
we
hadn't
really
had
that
Baseline
data
prior
to
last
year,
but
then
we
again
asked
those
same
questions
this
year.
X
The
first
was
when
you
last
had
housing.
Where
was
it
so?
What
we're
getting
at
here
is.
Did
you
you
know
where?
Where
were
you
living
when
you
became
homeless?
In
this
episode
of
homelessness,
you
can
see
the
2023
data
is
in
that
darker
color
and
the
top
bar
of
each
of
these
2022
right
below
it.
Not
a
you
know
in
some
ways,
not
a
significant
change,
but
about
70
percent
of
folks
were
either
in
Asheville
or
Western
North
Carolina
when
they
lost
that
housing.
X
X
We
also
asked
what's
the
main
reason
you
aren't
staying
at
a
shelter
right
now.
We
had
109
responses
here
and
you
can
see
the
answers
there.
These
this
is
again
fairly
similar
to
last
year,
and
this
is
great
data
for
that
shelter.
Work
group
of
Hayak
in
particular,
as
they're
looking
to
implement
the
alliance
recommendations.
The
alliance
recommended
a
specific
number
of
beds
that
that
our
community
should
look
at
adding
and
also
had
some
recommendations
around
the
nature
of
those
beds
and
the
the
program
design.
So
this
is
good
information
for
that
work.
Group.
X
Next
steps
Hayak
will
review
these
results
in
detail
and
really
unpack
those
at
their
meeting
this
week.
That's
on
May,
11th
and
overall,
as
we
have
talked
about
the
point
in
time,
certainly
does
have
limitations,
and
we
want
to
continue
to
increase
utilization
of
hmis
in
our
communities
so
that
we
have
better
real-time
data
and
can
really
increasingly
inform
strategies
in
a
in
a
higher
impact
way.
X
I
anticipate
that
the
new
Continuum
of
Care
governance
structure,
again
Hayek,
has
that
work
group
that
is
developing
that
I
anticipate
that
that
structure
will
reflect
a
real
focus
on
performance
and
data.
It's
directly
related
to
our
funding,
but,
more
importantly,
it's
directly
related
to
whether
or
not
we're
ending
homelessness
in
our
community
and
so
that,
and
that
is
the
job
of
the
Continuum
of
Care.
X
We
will
have
this
full
data
set
posted
on
the
data
page
of
our
homeless
strategy
division
website
here
at
the
city
and
I
will
also
say
that
we
I
expect
that
you
know
we
have
two.
We
have
198
units
of
permanent
Supportive
Housing
coming
online
within
the
year.
You
know
we
don't
have
an
exact
timeline
for
either
of
those
Homeward
bounds.
Project
has
85
units
and
certainly
should
have
occupancy
in
advance
of
the
2024
account.
Shangri-La's
project
has
113
units
and
may
have
occupancy
right
around
the
point
in
time
count.
I
X
O
You
Emily
is
there
any
follow-up
on
doing
additional
point-time
counts?
We
had
talked
about
doing
them.
More
often,
she
said
just
miss
it.
Okay,.
C
A
X
And
again,
I
I
think
we
want
and
I
I
can't
project
a
timeline
on
this,
but
staff
are
working
very
hard.
Charles
on
our
team
is
working
very
hard
with
service
providers
to
really
increase
their
capacity
around
hmis,
because
ideally
hmis
captures
a
wealth
of
information
when
it's
used
well-
and
we
have
a
lot
of
opportunity
to
really
better
understand
the
needs
of
folks
in
our
community
throughout
the
year.
Not
only.
X
O
C
I
I
just
want
to
thank
you,
Emily
and
your
growing
team
for
the
work
you're
doing
on
this.
This
is
great.
We,
some
of
us
did
get
to
participate
in
the
point
in
time.
Count.
It's
really
interesting
to
have
conversations
with
folks
and
hear
the
complex
stories
and
I
gotta
say
it's
really
hard
to
put
it
on
the
form.
You
know
that
you
got
to
fill
out.
The
form
doesn't
always
work
with
the
story.
C
So
I
know
that
information
is
really
hard
to
to
pull
out,
and
you
know
really
interesting
data
around
where,
where
folks
are
first
experiencing
homelessness,
whether
in
Asheville
or
somewhere
else
and
they
traveled
to
Asheville.
But
you
know,
I
I
think
we're
doing
our
best
to
try
to
get
a
picture
of
something.
That's
you
know
got
a
lot
of
layers,
pretty
complicated.
X
I
want
to
also
say
thank
you
to
you
all
for
supporting
that
growing
capacity
on
my
team.
It
really
it
has
made
a
huge
difference
and
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
in
our
community,
and
the
job
of
our
team
is
to
support
that
happening
with
service
providers,
be
a
convener
and
provide
some
technical
assistance
and
be
kind
of
that
behind
the
scenes,
infrastructure
and
I
think
with
the
capacity
that
we
now
have
in
the
current
budget
year,
which
is
new
for
us.
X
O
O
C
Y
X
I
think
also
I'll
also
plug
hmis
again
for
this,
because
I
think
on
the
to
your
question
about
you
know,
are
we
just
saying
like
thanks
for
your
information,
see
you
later.
That
is
the
nature
of
the
point
in
time.
Count.
That's
not
the
nature
of
service
providers
work
with
people
when
they're
showing
up
for
those
programs.
So
there
is
opportunity
to
really
dig
in
with
people
about
what's
going
on,
and
you
know
what
their
needs
and
opportunities
are.
Can
we
help
them
reconnect
with
friends
or
family
who
might
be
in
the
state?
X
They
came
from
yeah
and.
N
Also
anecdotally,
I
know:
several
of
us
were
at
the
point
in
time
count
and
several
people
I've
talked
to
were
from
rural
Southern
Appalachia,
and
so
we
look
at
it
as
another
state
and
for
some
reason
the
picture
in
my
head
is
that
they're,
like
hopping
trains
across
the
country,
to
come
to
Asheville
to
be
unhoused
and
the
reality
is
they're
like
from
East
Tennessee
and
the
bus
was
quicker
to
get
here
than
Knoxville
or
they're
from
North,
Georgia
and
so
I.
Think,
as
we
get
more
granular
that'll
be
interesting.
N
That
doesn't
change
that
they're
out
of
state,
but
the
context
matters
to
me
somehow
that
were
the
biggest
resource,
the
biggest
city
in
several
States
driving
distance.
So
it's
it's
more
about,
like
The
Meta
region
than
a
state
boundary
I.
O
C
C
C
I
know
that
was
a
mistake.
A
mistake,
I
think
it
was
supposed
to
be
under
the
tpdf
stuff
and
things
yeah
I
saw
that
too
I'm.
Y
Of
the
community
Economic
Development
Department
I'm
here
tonight
to
share
some
slides
regarding
the
public
hearing
for
the
2023-24
annual
action
plan.
So
just
some
key
takeaways
here
so
really.
Each
year
the
U.S
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
provides
the
city
with
cdbg
and
home
funds,
support.
Y
Public
Services
Economic,
Development
Community
improvements
and
then
here
too
tonight
we're
bringing
forward
some
funding
that
is
related
to
the
cdbgcv
fund,
so
that
was
in
2020
an
allocation
to
in
response
to
coronavirus
we
have
here.
This
is
takes
a
lot
of
work
through
our
Housing
and
Community
Development.
Y
Who
reviews
the
cdbg
and
the
CV
allocation,
and
so
looking
at
that
of
almost
1.1
million,
was
decided
through
hcd
for
a
total
of
12
grants
that
also
includes
staff
Administration
and
then
there's
the
cdbgcv
funding
and
the
remaining
amount
of
193
000
and
some
change
looking
at
two
grants
there
and
then
also
for
the
home
funding.
This
is
really
siphoned
through
the
affordable.
Excuse
me,
the
Asheville
Regional
Housing
Consortium,
so
that
is
a
Four
County
Consortium
that
really
comes
together
as
a
collaboration
to
get
this
affordable
housing
allocation
from
HUD.
Y
So
we
looked
at
a
total
of
nine
grants
that
came
out
of
arhc
for
almost
2.7
million
in
funding.
That
also
includes
staff
Administration.
So
tonight
this
really
represents
the
final
step.
So
the
public
hearing
is
really
the
final
step
in
submitting
this
action
plan
to
HUD
to
really
Define
these
Community
Investments
of
the
federal
funding
resources,
and
so
here
I
just
wanted
to
walk
through
the
process,
so
in
December
is
when
the
applications
for
cdbg
and
home
opened.
Y
Those
applications
were
due
in
February
and
then
February
March
is
really
when
staff
reviews
that
out
of
the
applications
and
then
marches
when
we
work
with
committees,
both
hcd
and
arhc,
to
really
dive
deep
on
those
presentations.
We
hear
from
the
applicants
in
this
process
and
then.
A
Y
Y
Here
we're
also
seeing
Asheville
area
Habitat
for
Humanity
looking
at
affordable
housing
repairs.
We
also
have
a
set
aside
here
for
the
community
center,
so
this
is
city
of
Asheville
community
centers
that
are
located
in
our
low
to
moderate
income
Citrus
tracks.
Last
year
we
funded
some
improvements
at
Stevens
Lee.
So
here
we
are
setting
aside
for
funding
for
community
centers,
as
well
as
the
admin
staff
line
there.
Y
I
did
want
to
point
to
our
cdbgcv,
so
really
the
initial
funding
for
this
CB
program
was
almost
1.5.
We
spent
a
lot
of
that
funding
on
rental
assistance,
so
this
is
really
some
of
the
last
remaining
unallocated
funding
and
you're.
Seeing
helpmate
there
with
covid
court
advocacy
their
emergency
shelter
costs.
We
learned
were
eligible
for
this
funding
and
so
you're,
seeing
that
on
the
slide
as
well
as
physical,
legal
and
then.
Lastly,
this
was
the
recommendations
that
came
through
arhc,
the
Consortium
and
so
again
with
a
four
County
footprint.
Y
What
you're
seeing
on
the
slide
here
is
that
we've
looked
at
really
dispersing
These
funds
through
a
variety
of
of
housing
types
as
well
as
locations,
so
you're,
seeing
that
rental
construction
funded
in
Transylvania
County,
as
well
as
some
homeowner
homeownership
investments
in
Madison,
with
a
Community
Housing
Coalition
there,
some
tenant-based
rental
assistance,
as
well
as
Henderson
County,
really
showing
up
with
down
payment
assistance
for
their
Habitat
for
Humanity
Branch,
as
well
as
some
of
buncombe's
Investments.
Here
in
Mountain.
Y
Okay,
so
again
a
key
takeaways.
This
is
really
just
rounding
out
our
process
here
tonight
and
with
that
I
will
say
that
after
the
public
hearing,
we
are
looking
for
a
council
to
take
action
so
that
we
can
submit
this
to
HUD
I'm
here
to
answer
any
questions,
but
otherwise
I
will
turn
over
to
the
mayor
to
host
the
public
hearing.
C
A
E
O
C
O
I
want
to
make
one
comment,
though,
as
the
home
Consortium
chair,
so
we
had.
This
was
just
one-time
money
because
it
was
related
to
coven,
yep
and
but
it
you
know.
In
a
previous
conversation,
we
were
just
talking
about
the
possibility
of
things
like
the
growing
uses
of
Tourism
lodging
tax
dollars,
and
we.
These
are
great
projects
on
this
slide.
O
I
know
the
slide's
gone,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
things
moving
forward
that
are
critical,
like
homeowner,
rehab
and
homeowner
replacement
that
we
don't
often
see
get
a
lot
of
funding
and
I
sure
would
love
to
have
a
couple
million
dollars
a
year
in
housing.
Coming
from
that,
just
to
even
focus
on
this
like.
If
we
could
crank
this
much
out
every
year,
we
would
really
make
a
bigger
dent
in
our
housing
needs.
O
C
Yeah,
we
did
have
it
so
so
what
council
intern
is
talking
about
is
the
use
of
the
room
tax
and
a
more
flexible
way
to
include
affordable
housing,
though
I
think
would
still
have
to
be
Capital
Construction,
so
the
jury's
still
out
about
that.
But
we
did
have
a
conversation
just
yeah
last
week.
I
believe
it
was
last
week
about
about
that.
C
AA
Council
willpump
was
planning
Urban,
Design
and
I'll
be
present.
This
request
to
amend
the
unified
development
ordinance
specifically
regarding
open
space
requirements,
just
a
little
bit
of
background,
and
just
to
start
off
that,
as
you
all
know,
open
space
just
pertains
to
an
area,
that's
required
by
the
zoning
to
be
set
aside
for
recreation
or
relief
and
just
kind
of
making
sure
that
buildings
do
not
occupy
every
square
inch
of
a
property.
So
essentially
back
in
July
of
2022,
the
Udo
was
amended
pretty
significantly
to
change
the
open
space
requirements.
AA
It
reduced
the
required
open
space
for
project
sites
that
are
less
than
an
acre
in
size,
as
well
as
incentivizing,
higher
quality,
open
space
overall
and
also
incentivize.
The
projects
that
were
on
a
site
of
one
acre
or
more
to
either
provide
a
minimum
amount
of
affordable
housing
or
to
upgrade
the
site
to
meet
current
stormwater
standards.
Essentially
saying
that,
if
you
don't
do
those
things,
you
have
to
provide
an
open
space
requirement
of
50.
AA
AA
What
we
found
since
the
adoption
of
that
code
and
some
project
reviews
that
have
been
have
been
reaching
out
to
staff
is
that
this
has
become
pretty
restrictive
overall
having
having
that
limit,
that
maximum
allowance
of
1500
square
feet
of
building
size
for
an
expansion.
Essentially
what
projects
and
and
existing
buildings
we're
running
into
is
that
because
they
can't
be
at
the
incentives
to
either
provide
affordable.
AA
Let's
say
they're
commercial
site
or
because
it's
an
existing
site
and
it
has
to
tear
up
their
entire
property
to
install
a
storm
water
mitigation
infrastructure
and
they
can't
reasonably
do
50
open
space,
they're
kind
of
stuck
with
a
very
limited
expansion
size.
AA
So
what
this
proposed
amendment
would
do
essentially
is
would
raise
that
threshold
for
expansions
or
additions
of
existing
buildings
instead
of
being
1500
square
feet.
It
would
be
50
percent
of
the
building's
pre-expansion
gross
floor
area
and
that
aligns
really
nicely
with
the
provisions
for
when
a
site
needs
to
come
into
full
compliance,
providing
things
like
the
latest
and
greatest
Landscaping
and-
and
you
know,
parking
all
that
kind
of
requirements.
AA
So
that's
a
good
alignment
with
existing
code
already
in
section
711-1
and
there's
also
a
couple
of
minor
cleanups
that
this
would
be
doing
as
well,
such
as
clarifying
the
intent
of
how
much
natural
open
space
can
be
used
to
meet
the
overall
requirement
and
also
to
remove
historic
resources
from
the
open
space
typology
list.
Since
properties
with
Historic
Landmark
designations
are
already
Exempted
from
open
space
requirements.
AA
The
only
con
that
you
know,
staff
identified
is
that
there
would
be
a
number
of
sites
that
would
be
Exempted
from
either
meeting
that
really
high
50
open
space
or
redeveloping
their
site
into
affordable
housing
or
or
storm
water
standards.
So
there
will
be
some
sites
purposefully
that
we
that
would
not
have
to
make
those
meet
those
new
requirements,
but
would
be
able
to
still
expand
their
existing
building.
I
O
AA
AA
Of
different
things
cancel
that
department.
Thank.
A
D
We
talked
about
this
on
Thursday
at
the
budget
or
the
agenda
briefing.
But
can
you
confirm
that
there
are
other
parts
of
7-Eleven
that
have
been
recommended
by
the
urban
portion
commission
for
over
a
year
that
we
might
consider
it
a
future
date.
AA
Yeah,
so
there
are
ongoing
efforts
to
amend
sections
of
udos,
which
is
Open,
Spaces
7-Eleven
for
so
I.
Think
7-Eleven
3
is
the
general
Landscaping
section
and
that's
being
looked
into
as
far
as
amendments
that
would
perhaps
increase
the
minimum
soil
volume
for
trees
so
that
they
are
healthier,
so
maybe
focusing
more
on
quality
of
trees
for
landscaping
standards,
instead
of
just
the
quantity
requiring
third-party
inspections
of
those
plantings.
AA
So
as
well
as
the
tree
candy
preservation
ordinance,
which
there
are
some
proposals
being
pursued.
So
those
efforts
are
being
led
by
other
staff
in
our
department
and
development
services.
So
not
they're
not
unrelated
to
this,
but
they
are
separate
initiatives
that
are
being
worked
on.
D
And
I
did
hear
our
new
Urban
Forester
talking
about
that.
Our
last
Urban
portion
commission
meeting
I
hope
to
see
that
soon
and
to
be
able
to
support
it
out
for
consistency.
I
didn't
support
the
last
iteration
of
this
and
I
won't
be
supporting
this
one
tonight,
but
I
still
have
the
same
questions
around
impact
on
our
tree,
canopy,
which
is
our
living
above
ground,
storm
water
mitigation
infrastructure
and
the
level
of
affordability
of
housing
that
this
is
meant
to
incentivized,
which
seemed
unfortunately
won't
be
supporting
Authority.
Helping
added
to
my
understanding.
C
W
C
C
Folks,
you
will
have
three
minutes
to
speak
and
I'll.
Please
watch
the
lights
on
the
lectern
I
think
I've
seen
some
people
exit
who
signed
up
to
speak
so
we'll
just
try
to
do
our
best
here.
C
The
lights
on
the
lectern
will
indicate
green
means.
Go
orange
means
almost
ready
to
stop
red
means.
Stop
please
direct
your
comments
to
council
and
and
also
we're
we
just
as
a
reminder.
We
don't.
We
don't
get
an
opportunity
to
engage
in
a
back
and
forth.
This
is
just
our
opportunity
to
hear
from
from
you,
so
the
first
person
signed
up
to
speak
and
I've
got
a
toggle
back
and
forth.
Here
is
Stephanie
Phillip.
C
F
There,
okay
good
evening,
I
am
Stephanie
Phillips
I've
been
told.
My
ancestry
goes
back
to
four
generations
in
Western,
Carolina
I
am
from
Royal
descendants
who
began
Phillips
66
Corporation,
who
hold
extensive
property
and
business
interests
in
this
region.
I've
been
petitioning
the
federal
government
and
politicians
to
declassify
my
family's
ancestry,
since
2005.
I
am
requesting
a
shared
seat
and
vote
at
the
board
table
of
Phillips
66
with
my
daughter,
I
am
still
married.
I
am
proposing
a
peace
treaty
signed
with
two
territory
solution
at
the
northern
border
of
Pennsylvania.
F
To
begin
with,
we
do
not
concede
any
oil
or
natural
gas
rights
north
of
that
Priority
One,
equal
representation
of
both
territories,
securing
all
dams,
the
electrical
grade,
Communications
and
food
supply
and
helping
people
out
of
potential
floodplains.
Many
people
are
working
on
this
International
World
Peace
festivities
can
begin
weekend
before
the
day.
September,
21st
and
continuing
through
the
following
weekend
all
are
invited.
Please
have
a
Citizens
emergency
preparedness
day
on
or
around
the
second
weekend
of
September
references
that
are
available.
F
Quality
of
life
should
be
defined
as
purpose
Community
choices,
opportunity,
quality,
lifelong
education,
entertainment,
Early,
Childhood,
physical
education
and
Recreation,
and
proper
care
of
seniors
for
Optimum
Health,
a
sense
of
peace
and
security
that
endures
the
entire
life
span
mutually
secured
by
all
civilians.
Civil
servants,
beginning
at
the
neighborhood
level.
Peace
be
with
you
and
thank
you
for
your
service
and
consideration.
J
M
M
Olson
first
let
me
thank
you
for
reporting
this
time.
I'm
here
submitting
30
petitions
signing
my
small
business
owners
like
our
family
cooperate
businesses
along
Merriman
Avenue,
as
well
as
over
2
000
petitions
signed
by
local
residents,
each
in
opposition
to
the
Merriman
Avenue
traffic
reconfiguration.
There.
M
M
Project
and
its
current
configuration
looks
like
the
proverbial
bridge
to
nowhere
we're
concerned
about
the
safety
and
economic
impacts
of
the
Merriman
Avenue
Road
diet
being
a
once
heavily
traveled
major
commercial
Corridor.
It's
now
suffering
from
a
predictable
and
sometimes
unbearable
congestion.
The
results
have
been
slowed
and
less
traffic,
as
our
customers
are
now
avoiding
Maryland.
Yes,
Merriman
may
be
safer
for
pedestrians,
but
there
are
other
methods
to
slow
traffic
without
sacrificing
two
full
Lanes
on
a
U.S
Highway.
M
While
this
may
seem
like
it
seem
great
for
the
very
few
numbers
of
cyclists
using
this
Corridor,
it
has
come
at
a
cost,
including
loss
of
Revenue
to
those
of
us
doing
business
on
the
corridor.
It's
imperative
that
the
interest
of
the
business
owners
be
given
equal
consideration
to
the
cyclist's,
complete
Street
advocates
in
the
planning
for
this
U.S
Highway.
M
In
order
to
assess
and
evaluate
the
impact
of
the
traffic
lane
reductions
in
the
addition
of
bike
Lanes,
we
want
to
know
how
you
will
measure
the
results
and
when
you
can
get
back
to
us,
we
request
the
city
obtain
and
publish
data
on
one
drafting
counts
on
Merriman,
pre
and
post
reconfiguration.
Two
traffic
counts
on
major
intersecting
arteries
such
as
Graceland,
Edgewater
and
Beaver.
Dam
three
vehicle
accident
counts
types
and
severity
relative
to
the
number
of
vehicles
as
a
percentage.
Four
cyclists
and
pedestrian
accident
counts
types
and
severity.
M
Five
vehicle
speeds,
travel,
pre
and
post
reconfiguration
and
six,
most
importantly,
first
responder
times
pre
and
post
reconfiguration.
We
remind
you
that
the
public
and
businesses
were
guaranteed
a
return
to
four
lanes.
If
the
road
diet
was
determined
to
be
unsuccessful,
those
critical
success
factors
have
never
been
identified.
When
will
we
get
answers
on
the
real
outcomes
of
this
project?
It
is
not
very
acceptable
to
hear
nothing
back
from
Council.
M
A
M
Attention
to
all
of
your
constituents
as
we've
weathered
pandemics
and
inflationary
impacts
on
our
businesses,
it's
an
attempt
to
secure
measurable
determinants
and
a
timeline
for
that
decision.
Hopefully,
you'll
provide
this.
We
sincerely
ask
that
this
be
given
a
priority
to
return
Merriman
to
its
original
configuration.
Thank
you.
C
Has
them
great
okay,
Sandy
Aldridge.
G
Good
evening
again,
the
last
time
I
spoke
about
the
subject.
It
was
10
o'clock
and
we
were
all
about
to
go
to
sleep
and
yawning
and
I
was
looking
up
at
the
ceiling,
but
to
repeat
what
I
had
said,
then
I've
done
some
research
for
city
buses
in
Asheville,
so
the
Federal
Transportation
Administration
offered
a
4.4
million
dollar
Grant
for
six
buses
and
three
batteries
on
behalf
of
a
lot
of
drivers,
a
lot
of
the
Riders
of
the
buses.
G
We
would
like
Clarity
on.
What's
really
going
on
with
this,
taking
the
grant,
what
what's
the
deal
with
it
and
I
know,
everybody
would
appreciate
that
because
we
are
determined
to
get
more
buses.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
AB
Hey
guys,
Tim
savler
I'm
here
to
just
mention
that
there's
a
coalition
that's
formed
to
address
this
lift
on,
and
you
know,
I
just
got
back
to
town
about
two
months
ago.
I
was
gone
for
some
time
and
I'm
just
wondering
you
know
where
the
community
engagement
is
like,
where
the
energy
is
in
the
community,
and
you
know
going
around
talking
to
folks
they're.
Just
there
really
is
quite
a
bit
of
Interest
excitement
potential
excitement.
AB
People
are
excited
at
the
potential
that
we
have
here
with
this
moment,
and
it's
a
big
moment
for
this
Council
I
would
say.
Maybe
the
biggest
that
I've
personally
witnessed
you
know
is
what
are
we
gonna
do
with
this
new
opportunity
to
specifically
address
service
workers
and
housing.
Those
service
workers
in
our
community
I'm
going
into
restaurants-
and
you
know,
service
places
a
lot
these
days,
I've
been
lucky
to
have
the
time
to
do
it
and
talking
to
folks
and
I
mean
yes,
we're
doing
great.
Our
budget
is
up
to
over
200
million
dollars.
AB
You
know,
I
think
when
it
first
got
here
in
2010
it
was
90
million
dollars,
so
we're
gaining.
You
know,
but
at
the
same
time,
our
service
workers
are
never
more
pinched
than
they
are
today
and
I
just
call
on
this
Council,
specifically
those
that
are
going
to
be
involved
with
that
committee
and
picking
the
people
that
are
going
to
be
on
that
committee.
All
eyes
are
on
this
Council.
Please
do
not
let
us
down,
and
secondly,
I
I
also
wanted
to
mention
where
I
asked
the
question.
AB
I
should
say
why
the
South
slope
was
prioritized
for
infrastructure
over
Eagle
Market
Street
I've
talked
to
folks
over
there,
and
they
are
absolutely
miffed
that
the
sidewalks
there
are
still
not
addressed,
and
the
street
lights
there
are
still
not
addressed.
Why
do
they
not
have
a
seat
at
the
table
on
the
team
TDA?
AB
Why
is
one
seat
not
designated
for
Eagle
Market
Street,
black
Asheville
I'd
love
to
see
I'd
love
to
see
that
become
a
real
thing
where
we
ask
for
that?
So
lastly,
if
I
have
a
little
bit
here,
I
had
this
idea
about
the
monument
as
well
and
really
kind
of
a
testament
to
to
Mayor
mannheimer
your
leadership
in
preserving
the
water
system.
AB
AC
A
AC
Sports
commission
has
always
worked
well
in
the
past
with
explore
Asheville,
but
then,
within
the
last
year
it's
more
Asheville,
both
temporarily
withheld
funding
for
a
period
of
time
from
the
sports
commission.
They
also
asked
the
sports
commission
to
move
out
of
their
office
space
which
have
been
provided
by
explore
Asheville,
so
Sports
commission
had
to
on
short
notice,
seek
out
new
office
space,
buy
furniture
Etc,
but
during
that
time
they
also
managed
to
carry
on
with
what
they
were
doing
and
do
an
outstanding
job
and
overcome
those
obstacles.
AC
P
Hello,
thank
you
for
making
this
opportunity
for
me
and
those
of
us
that
feel
we
have
important
things
to
say
so.
I
am
Ramsay,
Higgins
I
am
representing
deaverview
community
and
I
have
38
signatures
on
a
traffic
calming
questionnaire
that
I
had,
and
they
would
all
be
here
because
as
soon
as
I
asked
them
about
this,
they
were
like
sign
me
up.
So
the
problem
that
we
have
in
on
my
road
on
in
Beaver
View
from
Bear
Creek,
North,
Bear,
Creek
Road
to
Pisgah
View
Road,
it's
a
half
a
mile.
P
There
are
eight
public
transit
stocks.
There
are
no
sidewalks,
there's
no
speed,
humps,
no,
always
stop
signs.
How
do
you
suppose
those
people
get
to
those
bus
stops
in
the
road
double
yellow
line?
Road
people
are
constantly
having
to
go
around
them
to
get
around
the
people
because
they're
in
the
road
there's
nowhere
to
walk
a
lot
of
times.
There
are
small
places
where
they
can
get
over,
so
they
don't
get
hit.
P
P
P
C
C
Jeff
Joyce
Sports,
Commission
I,
don't
know
why
I
just
said
that
you
guys
all
signed
up
with
your
topics.
I,
don't
know
why.
A
C
Am
I
so
I
just
apparently
tonight
we
signed
up
with
our
topic,
so
yeah.
T
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mayor
council,
appreciate
being
in
front
of
you.
My
name
is
Jeff
Joyce
and
I
represent
both
the
Asheville
tennis
Association
and
the
Asheville
Sports
Commission
I
serve
on
Executive
Committees
of
both
organizations,
I'm
Vice,
chair
of
the
sports
Commission.
We
all
know
what
is
best
for
the
sports.
Community
I've
been
involved
in.
T
For
several
Southern
Conference
basketball
tournaments
and
had
the
honor
of
serving
as
the
volunteer
chair
for
the
three
Billie
Jean
King
cups
that
we
had
in
town.
These
events
plus
many
more
not
have
been
possible
without
the
hard
work,
incredible
hard
work
of
the
sports
commission
staff
and
hundreds
of
volunteers.
T
Shared
these
concerns
with
the
four
founding
members.
First,
what's
the
budget
going
to
look
like
what's
the
plan
for
long-term
success?
Second,
what
is
the
organizational
structure
going
going
to
be?
We
have
two
incredibly
hard-working
staff,
people
that
are
pretty
not
feeling
the
love
right
now.
I'm
gonna
be
honest
with
you,
you're,
not
feeling
the
love.
They
have
very
large
concerns
about
their
Futures.
Their
names
are
Chris,
Smith
and
Madison
Davis.
You
need
to
know
their
names,
they
have
names
and
they
have
heard
both
terms,
merger
and
takeover
okay,
hostile
takeover.
They
have
heard.
A
T
Now
the
question
is:
if,
if
the
sports
commission
goes
under
the
auspices
of
TDA,
well,
the
city
and
county
continue
to
fund
it,
as
they
are
now
flip
side
if
it
remains
independent
with
the
TDA
continue
to
fund
it
lots
of
questions,
more
questions
and
answers,
and
finally,
what's
the
future
of
the
501c3,
there
are
lots
of
legal
and
ethical
questions
that
need
to
be
answered
for
that
I'm
glad
I
think
I
heard
that
there's
not
going
to
be
a
may
vote.
Thank
you
I
appreciate
that,
but
that
leaves
potential
for
a
June
vote.
T
Let's
put
the
brakes
on.
Let's
make
sure
we
get
this
right.
T
A
R
Good
afternoon
Council,
ladies
and
all
staff
people
I
appreciate
the
work
you
do.
I
appreciate
the
policy
that
you
set
out.
I
appreciate
the
hard-working
staff
that
you
have
good
job
all
the
way
around
I'm
here
as
speak
for
the
Asheville
Buncombe
Regional
Sports,
commission,
Chris,
Coral
I
had
a
presentation
and
he
read
the
mission
statement
for
the
sports
commission,
but
I
think
it
would
be
okay.
R
If
you
all
heard
this
again
and
then
let
me
say
something
after
that:
the
Asheville,
Falcon
Regional
Sports
commission
will
identify
and
attract
sports
events
and
related
meetings
to
enhance
wellness
and
quality
of
life
for
area
residents
and
sports
enthusiasts,
and
we
will
guarantee
when
we
will
generate
a
positive
impact
by
promoting
our
region
as
a
recognized
sporting
destination.
There's
no
question
that
we
do
this.
R
The
regional
Sports
commission
does
this
years
ago
about
15
years
ago
there
was
a
a
committee
that
got
together
in
the
basement
of
the
Highsmith
Center
under
the
direction
of
Janet
Cohn
Wilma
Cheryl,
who
was
a
representative
at
the
time
in
Raleigh,
had
heard
the
word
Sports
tourism
and
thought:
hey,
that's
something
we
need
to
do
in
Asheville.
So.
B
R
Called
together
representatives
from
the
County
Commission
Kay,
Ray
Bailey
and
myself
did
that
Jan
Davis
your
outstanding
former
city
council
person,
Greg
Duff
with
Greyhound
events,
my
karate
job
with
abysa
Chris
Smith,
who
was
with
the
tourists
and
people
I,
know
I've
forgotten,
Kelly
Smith
with
the
TDA
we
had
our
first
big
win
was
praying
thy,
so
con
tournament
here,
I
know:
City
people,
Sam
Powers,
was
instrumental
in
that
we'll
say:
Jan
Davis
again,
you
can't
say
sports
commission
without
saying
Jan
Davis
they
there
was.
R
There
are
all
kinds
of
stories
about
how
the
socon
God
here
everybody's
got
their
own.
Take
on
that
my
take
is
City
got
it
here.
They
gave
the
contract
to
the
sports
commission,
and
the
sports
commission
saw
that
it
happened.
We
have
the
socontruent
here
through
2026
their
100th
year
of
celebrating
the
basketball
tournament
will
be
here
in
Asheville,
we've
had
the
Billie
Jean
King
Cup
three
out
of
five
years.
That
is
unbelievable.
In
America
we
had
the
Williams
sisters
here,
venison
Serena,
you
should
stand
in
a
buffet
line
beside
them.
R
Roy
Williams,
who
was
one
of
my
students
at
Robertson,
High
School,
who
he's
bringing
brought
that
here:
Great
Smoky
Mountain
grapple.
We
have
outstanding
leaders
in
the
wrestling
Community,
a
young
man
named
Mark
Harris,
who
was
an
All-State
wrestler
at
Inca
and
has
on
grand
championship
team.
There
I
thought
I'd
just
throw
that
out.
Oh
I
can't
quit
now.
I've
got
to
say
that
you
all
have
like
got
to
let
the
sports
commission
stand
as
we
are.
We
do
a
great
job.
R
I
I,
don't
normally
stand
up
here
to
talk
to
you
all,
because
I
know
what
you're
sitting
through
I've
been
in
those
seats,
and
you
know
you've
got
a
great
opportunity
and
I
know
you
do
it.
Well,
the
sports,
Commission
and
Carol
said
most
of
the
things
I
was
going
to
say,
but
I
think.
Most
importantly,
you
need
to
know
really
where
it
came
from.
We
had
an
old
building
down
there,
the
Civic
Center
that
was
not
in
good
shape
at
all.
They
had
an
opportunity
to
make
a
bid
for
the
Southern
Conference
tournament.
I
We
have
been
working
as,
as
Carol
said,
to
develop
a
sports
commission
and
we've
met
for
weeks
and
weeks
and
weeks
and
just
parallel
to
the
bid
for
the
Southern
Conference
tournament,
which
became
the
key
event.
We
came
together
at
the
right
time
with
the
right
people
who
formed
the
right,
Partnerships
TDA,
the
county
who
Esther
you
can
recall.
Things
were
not
great
with
the
county,
and
this
was
the
city
and
the
county
where
it
odds
over
water
over
the
years,
and
this.
I
Process,
everybody
came
together,
contributed
to
making
it
happen,
and
the
sports
commission
was
born
what
you
lose
with
losing
the
sports
commission
as
it
stands.
Now.
Is
that
Grassroots
effort
that
getting
together
going
out-
and
you
ask
some
great
questions
about
how
it
affected
the
local
community?
It
gives
local
people
local
kids,
an
opportunity
to
see
Collegiate
and
professional
athletes
to
be
athletes
themselves
at
the
grapple.
It
just
does
so
much
for
the
community
Beyond
just
doing
tourism.
It
is
a
great
tourism
thing
we
have.
I
We
were
accountable
for
a
great
deal
of
what
TDA
put
in
the
community
this
year
and
I
think
that
if
we
lose
the
Standalone
Sports
commission,
then
we
lose
the
opportunity
of
that
grassroot
effort
where
we
get
140
volunteers
out
for
an
event
that
that's
that's
the
important
part
of
this
thing.
Staying
together
now
it
would
be
funded,
probably
more
properly
with
TDA
but
I'm
afraid.
I
Ultimately,
it
would
kind
of
just
be
dissolved
into
it
and
I
fear
that,
because
I'm
I'm
on
the
executive
board
and
have
been
on
that
board
for
many
years
and
I,
just
can't
tell
you
how
it
would
hurt
to
see
that
board
just
go
away
and
not
really
be
a
part
of
what's
creating
sports
events
in
this
community.
So
you
have
that
opportunity.
I
appreciate
you
putting
the
brakes
on
it
really
a
while
ago,
I
thought.
I
Maybe
we
would
get
some
questions
to
answer
time
and
would
be
very
available
if
you
want
to
do
a
workshop
or
a
work
session
on
it.
I
would
be
very
help
happy
to
be
there
and
Carol
and
some
of
the
people
that
have
been
a
part
of
this
thing
for
a
long
time,
but
I.
Thank
you
for
what
you
do.
I
do
appreciate
that
you
said,
let's
think
about
it,
a
little
bit.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
C
Okay,
the
next
person
signed
up
to
speak
is
Tom
tesser,
but
I
don't
see
him
here.
George
morasonic.
AF
George
Morrison
have
lived
and
worked
around
Asheville
for
55
years
and
I'm
very
proud
of
the
city.
I
enjoyed
coming
downtown
and
enjoy
doing
many
things
that
are
around
here.
Unfortunately,
I
have
been
concerned
about
the
safety
in
public
safety,
and
with
that
in
mind,
let
me
first
commend
you
all
for
putting
the
60-day
plan
in
and
Kilgore
and
I
talked
about
it,
that
it
will
happen
and
and
I'm
very,
very
happy
with
that
and
I'm
also
happy
with
the
budget
today.
AF
I'm
glad
I
was
here
for
three
hours
away
and
saw
that
you
have
acknowledged
a
need
for
for
the
public
safety
people.
We
had
a
policeman
shot
just
recently
in
and
it's
not
an
easy
job.
It's
not
an
accountant
upstairs
it
is
someone
that
puts
their
life
online
and
I,
see
what
you
have
in
there.
But
I
must
say
if
you
have
to
give
people
bonuses
go
get
them
here
or
we
need
to
to
spark
them
and
say
they're
fully.
Welcome
here
or
anything
else.
That's
something
else.
AF
So,
with
any
regards
I'd
like
you
to
continue
to
work
hard
on
doing
of
the
public
service
and
to
get
the
service
people
the
police
here
and
get
get
us
as
a
community
to
support
it.
Last
but
not
least,
I
don't
know
if
you
have
any
plans
or
any
thoughts
about
the
sanctuary,
City
designation,
you
all
have
here
and
with
the
new
people
coming
across
the
border,
starting
in
two
days,
I
hope
you
have
some
plan
that
the
buses
don't
come
here
as
they're
going
in
Upstate
New
York
again.
Thank
you.
AF
C
Are
you
what
Ingrid
yeah
Ingrid
Bailey?
Yes,
David
I
thought.
That's
why
you
might
be
doing
it.
So
please.
K
Z
Thank
you
to
the
members
of
the
city
council.
My
name
is
Ingrid
Bailey
and
I
am
the
wife
of
an
EVD
officer.
I
am
speaking
tonight
because
I
believe
it's
important
for
you
and
the
community
to
see
and
hear
from
the
people
that
are
directly
affected
by
the
decision
that
is
made
by
this
Council.
My
husband
joined
law
enforcement
at
39
years
old
because
he
wanted
to
help
people
and
be
a
role
model
to
our
son.
To
show
one
person
can
enact
change.
Z
Z
Because
my
husband
is
usually
working
overtime
here,
but
I
always
make
sure
to
watch.
I
was
struck
by
something
a
member
of
the
council
set
in
regards
to
recruiting
efforts
in
a
previous
meeting.
The
sentiment
was
that
when
PD
posts
pictures
and
ads,
they
are
sure
to
highlight
the
beautiful
mountains
and
all
the
outdoor
activities
our
community
has
to
offer
to
entice
people
to
come
to
APD.
There
is
no
doubt
that
the
people
want
to
live
in
Nashville.
We
did
for
that
very
reason.
I
Z
Z
The
community
I
think
most
of
us
agree
that
community
policing
is
a
positive
thing
for
both
the
officers
and
the
people
that
they
serve.
My
husband
lives
in
his
Patrol
area,
but
that
is
only
possible
because
we
rent
an
apartment,
affording
on
a
home
a
home
on
our
salaries
on
an
elementary
school
teacher,
is
not
likely.
I
was
a
homeowner
at
22
and
now
I'm
scared
I'll,
not
experience
that
unless
I
leave
Asheville,
my
husband
loves
what
he
does
and
makes
an
effort
to
get
to
know
the
people,
businesses,
organisms
and
organizations
in
his
community.
Z
Z
He
constantly
run
into
people,
he
has
helped
and
I
think
the
visibility
and
accountability
is
important
on
both
sides.
However,
the
salary
is
a
barrier
for
us
to
continue
to
stay
in
this
community.
We
call
home,
we
are
looking
at
moving
to
smaller
towns
with
a
salary
for
police
officers
is
the
same.
The
cost
of
living
is
much
less.
Z
The
proposed
budget
increase
for
officer
salaries,
six
percent.
We
honestly
think
they
were
going
to
boost
recruitment
numbers
that
retain
the
existing
officers
that
we
have
here.
Six
percent
doesn't
even
account
for
the
rising
cost
of
living
in
Asheville
has
one
of
the
highest
costs
in
North
Carolina,
not
to
mention
increased
medical
benefits
for
city
employees,
one
medical
coverage
for
the
officers,
it's
great
once
they
have
their
families
the
cost
of
greatly
increases.
My
family
is
paying
480
a
month.
Cigna
the
city's
provider
was
out
of
network
for
many
of
the
doctors
and
Specialists.
Z
My
son,
who
has
a
disability,
needs
to
see
his
weekly
therapies.
Cost
is
160
out
of
pocket.
Specialty.
Doctors
are
far
and
few
between
here.
I
know.
This
is
just
one
officer
and
his
family's
experience,
but
I'm
certain
many
would
share
a
similar
sentiment.
I
constantly
hear.
While
you
knew
a
public
service
fee,
you
shouldn't
have
joined
what
will
happen
when
there
are
no
more
police
officers.
AG
AG
It's
been
from
nine
to
five
percent,
so
I'm
asking
for
what
I
think
that
the
chief
of
police
is
asking
I,
think
I've
heard
him
say
he
would
like
to
make
our
Police
Department
the
highest
paid
in
the
state.
Not
six
percent
the
highest
in
the
state
and
I
know
that's
going
to
be
hard
to
dig
in
and
do
that,
but
if
you
guys
want
to
make
a
change,
we're
going
to
have
to
do
something.
Drastic
six
percent
isn't
going
to
incentivize
anybody
to
come
here.
AG
AG
P
AG
You
want
to
make
a
change.
You've
got
to
do
something:
drastic
you're
competing
against
small
towns
where
people
can
live
larger
on
the
same
rate
that
you're
paying
here
we're
going
to
have
to
do
better,
or
else
we're
going
to
get
worse.
Police
and
I
know
you
guys
want
to
have
good
police
if
you're
not
paying
them.
Well,
what
are
you
going
to
do?
You're
going
to
have
people
leaving
we're
going
to
get
the
you
know,
hate.
AG
Drugs
people
that
can't
find
jobs
anywhere
else
we
want
to
have
a
good
staff
police.
You
need
to
pay
them
the
best
in
the
state.
So
please
reconsider
that.
There
are
ways
that
you
can
do
things
with
the
budget.
Maybe
put
a
cap
on
how
much
money
you
give
to
developers
every
year.
You
know
we
give
land
away
that
cost
us
five
million
dollars
for
a
dollar,
maybe
put
a
cap
on
how
much
of
that
we
do.
AG
Each
year
five,
ten
million
20
million,
then
you'll
have
revenues
or
put
a
cap
on
how
many
incentives
you
give
to
people
who
are
building
affordable
housing
and
say
we
can
only
afford
to
do
5
million
this
year.
10
million
or
20
million-
put
some
kind
of
a
cap
on
it,
so
you
guys
will
still
have
revenues
coming
in
from
tax
dollars.
When
you
give
the
tax
dollars
away,
we
don't
have
the
money
to
pay
the
police.
K
We
invest
in
tourism,
and
that
makes
sense.
Tourism
will
always
be
an
important
contributor
into
our
local
economy.
It
is,
however,
subject
to
boom
and
bust
cycles,
and
it
doesn't
really
reduce
income
gaps
much
as
a
community.
We
need
to
invest
in
growing
an
economic
sector
that
pays
everyone
in
it,
a
living
wage
or
better.
K
We
need
to
lead
the
way
in
supporting
incentivizing
and
growing
our
local
talent,
expertise
and
educational
and
institutional
resources
in
the
fields
of
environmental
sustainability
and
climate
resilience.
Asheville
should
be
a
beacon
for
the
nation.
In
this
sector
we
should
be
attracting
National
Enterprises,
as
well
as
investing
in
our
local
businesses
as
a
city.
Our
thriving
future
depends
on.
V
Good
evening,
nice
to
see
everybody
I
hung
in
here
I
most
of
our
crew
went
home,
but
when
I
saw
that
Ingrid
of
police
officer's
wife
with
two
tiny
kids
and
one
disabled
could
hang
in
here
to
come
and
speak
to
you
all
I
knew
I.
Could
we
have
a
supply
and
demand
right
now
in
our
city
with
police
officers,
public
is
asking
for
more
police
Patrols
in
all
of
the
neighborhoods.
We
know
this.
Our
group
is
hyper
focused
on
this
for
seven
or
eight
months
now
we
continue
to
grow.
V
We've
become
sort
of
a
group
of
a
depository
for
public
concern,
but
we
also
continue
to
educate
ourselves
meeting
with
local
organizations
listening
to
concerns
on
all
sides
of
our
city,
but
we
do
keep
hearing
from
just
regular
people
in
all
the
neighborhoods
around
Asheville.
They
want
more
police
patrols.
That's
a
common
theme,
so
everybody's
been
discussing
the
budget
and
I.
Don't
know.
If
you
guys
know
you
probably
do
that.
Charlotte
starts
off
at
51
465
dollars
and
tops
out
at
about
ninety
thousand
and
I've
heard
that
that's
actually
going
to
go
up.
V
That's
it's
about
to
go
up.
We
know
that
the
there's
a
there's
a
bill
proposed
so
that
the
state
highway
patrol
is
going
to
get
a
really
huge,
raise
and
The
Proposal
with
the
APD
officers,
starting
out
at
45
856
topping
out
at
61
399,
the
Asheville
Coalition
for
Public
Safety
feels
that's
just
not
enough.
It's
not
competitive
enough
to
keep
up
with
competitive
with
cities
even
close
by.
V
We
all
know
that
you
can't
even
find
a
starter
home
in
Buncombe
County
for
much
under
five
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
at
this
point,
and
then
I
want
to
say
this
that
I
know
everybody
here
continues
to
see
massacres
happening.
You
know
all
over
the
country
and
I
hope
it
never
happens
in
Asheville,
but
when
I
saw
the
body
cam
footage
of
the
police
officers
in
Nashville
that
went
into
that
school
I
heard
from
so
many
different
people
in
law
enforcement.
V
V
AD
AD
AD
Fire
and
negotiating
contracts-
this
has
been
previously
proposed
by
former
state
representative
Susan
Fisher,
but
was
not
taken
up
by
the
general
assembly,
I'd
like
to
add
that
the
PBA
was
on
board
with
this.
We
must
all
continue
to
push
for
this.
Despite
the
setbacks,
Chicago's
Community
Commission
of
Public
Safety
is.
AD
That
is
a
tangible
goal.
We
cannot
just
throw
money
at
the
police
department
and
ignore
the
issues
that
brought
thousands
of
people
onto
the
streets
in
2020
to
protest
police
brutality.
We
cannot
ignore
the
past
and
current
mishap
missteps
of
APD.
We
have
a
deputy
chief
who
was
just
on
trial
for
sex
trafficking
in
Virginia.
He
is
accused
of
protecting
a
prostitution
ring
within
its
former
Department.
AD
That
needs
to
be
investigated
by
an
independent
Commission,
we're
talking
about
a
police
department
that
shot
and
killed
Jerry
Williams
in
2016
that
continues
to
tear
down
homeless,
encampments
and
arrest
journalists
and
non-violent
activists.
Their
Public
Image
is
deservedly
awful
without
putting
the
same
increase
in
budget
towards
the
root
causes
of
crime,
poverty
and
inequality
or
community-based
resources.
We
can
only
expect
that
this
budget
increase
will
ultimately
serve
the
wealthiest
Among
Us,
rather.
A
AD
C
As
is
my
practice,
if
there
is
misinformation
stated
during
a
public
comment
period,
I
will
flag
it,
and-
and
there
was
some
misinformation
that
you
stated,
but
you're
yeah,
obviously
Everyone's
entitled
to
their
opinion,
but
I
think
some
of
the
references
to
the
trials
that
you
mentioned
are
not
correct.
B
Hello,
I'm,
Cheryl,
Shermans
I
was
getting
nervous
about
talking
again
tonight,
but
courageous
I'm
going
to
be
one
of
those
people
that
you
guys
were
the
517.
You
know
the
homeless,
people
I'm
58,
I'm,
disabled
and
I've
talked
to
you
guys
before
about
this
I
moved
here
in
2020,
a
victim
of
domestic
violence.
B
Plenty
of
money,
I
had
another
income,
but
I
lost
that
income
and
I
guess
what
my
thing
is
is
I.
Did
the
18
months
of
you
know,
Financial,
you
know
rental
assistance
through
the
federal
government
and
I'm
sitting
here
tonight
and
when
it
comes
to
affordable
housing
or
rental
assistance,
it's
all
coming
from
the
federal
government,
but
you
guys
don't
mind
doing
two
billion
to
Harris
and
does
the
city
own
Harris?
B
Yes,
why
doesn't
the
city
say
hey,
let's
not
wait
for
the
federal
funds,
you
know
and
then
the
last
time
I
was
here.
I
think
it
was
in
April.
There
were
seven
million
dollars,
I
believe
that
was
going
to
the
tenant
base
and
you
guys
put
it
towards
or
you
were
proposing
to
put
it
towards
Construction
wait,
don't
say,
please
you
have
to
understand
your
way:
you're
waiting
for
federal
funds
and
Friday.
If
I
don't
come
up
with
five
thousand
dollars,
I'm
going
to
be
on
the
street
at
58..
B
Why
isn't
the
city
saying
wow
it
sucks
to
see
all
those
people
with
homeless
signs
and
then
you're
saying?
Oh
wow,
they
don't
like
the
restrictions.
Would
you
want
to
be
restricted
in
your
own
home?
No
I,
don't
think
so
everybody
deserves
this
is
United
States
of
America
and
I
see
the
light.
The
United
States
of
America
people
from
Ukraine
came
over.
They
got
housing,
they
got
10
if
they
got
all
this
stuff.
B
A
AE
AE
U
AE
Raleigh
at
legislative
breakfast
I
got
to
speak
to
Lindsey,
Prather
and
other
legislators
down
there
about
law
enforcement
issues.
AE
Fop
conference
in
Greenville,
North
Carolina
I'm
flying
out
Saturday
to
go
to
Washington
D.C
for
the
law
enforcement
memorial,
we're
going
to
add
names
to
the
wall
there
of
All
Sorts,
that's
lost
their
life
in
the
line
of
duty
and
for
the
last
two
years
and
people
would
ask
me
about
the
city
of
Israel
and
the
law
enforcement
Community
I'm,
saying
it's
bad,
really
bad
I
can't
recommend
you
come
to
Asheville
and
be
a
law
enforcement
officer.
The
environment
is
not
good,
but
about
eight
months
ago
I
changed
my
attitude.
AE
Environment
in
the
city
of
Israel
for
our
law
enforcement
family,
the
issues
that
caused
the
loss
of
officers-
it's
going
to
take
a
minimum
minimum
of
two
years
to
overcome
that
minimum,
if
not
more
and
that's
still
a
long
way
to
go,
but
I
believe
that
Council
you're
on
the
right
path,
Miss,
Campbell,
I,
appreciate
you
and
getting
helping
on
the
right
path.
I
really
do
believe
that
the
issues
that
cause
of
that
but
I
feel
positive.
AE
We
can
once
again
and
get
back
to
the
level
that
will
ensure
Public,
Safety
positive
influence
on
the
city
and
those
that
visit
to
Asheville
the
fop.
We
feel
they're
at
the
right,
Point
steal
some
issues.
A
J
AE
A
AE
Have
to
make
a
commitment
you
have
to
make
a
commitment
as
an
officer
to
conduct
at
your
conduct,
be
moral,
ethical,
professional
and
understand
and
respect
the
citizens,
the
fop
we
are
putting
together
training
to
say
this
is
how
you
need
to
treat
the
citizens
of
Butler
County.
This
is
their
rights,
understand
the
rights
and
freedom.
This
way,
I've
watched
over
50
over
hundreds
of
body
cameras.
AE
C
D
I
do
have
a
closed
session.
There
were
two
comments
about
members
of
our
community.
It
may
be
part
of
the
migrant
community
of
the
Human
family
may
I,
take
a
moment
of
personal
privilege,
sure
I
went
and
looked
at
the
city
of
Asheville's
vision
and,
while
I
acknowledge
that
we
have
a
lot
of
art
to
do
when
we
talk
about
our
neighbors,
who
may
be
migrating
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
We
are
on
the
ancestral
land
of
the
Cherokee,
nicodawaki
People,
and
so
our
vision
is
stated
quote.
D
Asheville
is
a
great
place
to
live
because
we
care
about
people,
we
invest
in
our
city
and
we
celebrate
our
natural
and
cultural
heritage.
Our
city
is
for
everyone,
our
Urban
environment
and
locally
based
economy,
support
workers,
entrepreneurs
and
business
owners,
families
and
tourists
and
people
of
all
ages.
Cultural
diversity
and
social
and
economic
equity
are
evident
in
all
that
we
do.
Our
neighborhoods
are
strong.
N
All
right,
I
make
a
motion:
I
have
two
together
and
I'll.
Make
them
together.
One
is
to
prevent
disclosure
of
information
as
privileged
and
confidential,
pursuant
to
the
laws
of
North
Carolina
or
not
considered
a
public
record
within
the
meaning
of
chapter
132
of
the
general
statutes.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
NC
General
statute
143-318.1181.
The
law
that
makes
the
information
privileged
and
confidential
is
North.
Carolina,
General
statute,
143-318.10e.
N
K
N
B,
the
second
option
is
I,
move
that
the
city
of
Asheville
go
into
closed
session,
to
consider
the
qualifications,
competence,
performance,
character,
Fitness
conditions
of
appointment
or
conditions
of
initial
employment
of
an
individual
public
officer
or
employee
or
prospective
public
officer
or
employee.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
at
North
Carolina,
General
statute,
143-318.11a6.