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B
A
B
A
Paintings
have
been
covered
by
by
the
landscape
of
photographs.
I
believe
there
are
photographs
which
actually
happened
quite
some
time
ago,
but
we
haven't
been
here
to
enjoy
it.
Also.
We
have
some
new
equipment,
which
is
actually
what
took
us
so
long
to
come
back
into
the
chamber,
cameras
and
and
tech
technology.
A
A
A
A
E
A
F
As
you
see,
we
brought
a
few
folk
to
kind
of
recognize
july
as
national
parts
of
recreation
month.
But
before
I
get
started
mayor.
Thank
you.
Vice
mayor
council
for
the
record,
I'm
d,
tyrell
mcgirt,
the
parks
and
recreation
director
here
with
the
city
of
asheville
and
yes
july,
is
national
parks
and
recreation
month
for
us.
It's
a
time
to
kind
of
highlight
and
celebrate
the
parks
and
recreation
essential
services
that
departments
across
the
country
are
offering
their
local
communities
at
the
national
level.
F
The
national
recreation
and
park
association
has
identified
conservation,
health
and
wellness
and
social
equity
as
its
three
pillars,
and
these
are
the
three
pillars
that
kind
of
guide
what
we
do
as
parts
and
recreation
professionals
in
the
industry.
I
think
we
all
agree
that
it's
important,
that
as
communities
grow,
that
we
don't
just
grow,
but
we
grow
smarter
and
part
of
growing
smarter,
includes
using
our
lands
and
natural
resources
to
connect
people
to
nature,
maintain
and
build
recreation
facilities
close
to
where
people
live,
to
provide
more
options
for
people
to
have
healthier
lifestyles
and
ensure.
B
F
The
community
has
access
to
these
recreation
services
now
asheville
parks
and
recreations,
especially
more
now
than
ever
before.
Our
focus
is
on
community
recreation.
Specifically,
our
goal
is
to
provide
the
citizens
that
live
here
that
work
here
in
the
city
of
asheville,
with
quality,
recreation
services
and
amenities
that
all
people
can
enjoy.
So
for
the
month
of
july,
I
invite
you,
we
invite
you
all
to
explore,
connect
and
discover
your
local
parts
and
recreation
department.
F
I've
shared
with
you
all
the
program
guide.
Everyone
should
have
a
copy
of
it
for
those
who
are
watching
online.
You
can
find
a
copy
of
our
program,
guided
asheville
parts
and
recreation
on
our
website,
but
it
is
a
complete
listing
of
everything
that
we
have
going
on
within
asheville
parks
and
rec.
I.
F
Without
the
employees
of
people
that
you
see,
many
of
who
are
not
here
today
tonight
without
these
professionals-
and
my
emphasis
is
on
professionals
much
like
any
other
occupation
or
field
or
industry
parts
and
wreck.
Employees
are
professionals
a
lot
of
times.
You
have
to
have
a
combination
of
education
and
certification
and
years
of
experience
in
the
field,
and
we
have
employees
that
are
in
our
department
who
have
bachelor
and
master's
degrees
in
parks
and
rec.
F
They
have
a
number
of
years
working
specifically
for
asheville
parks
and
rec,
but
we
also
have
a
number
of
employees
that
have
several
years
experience
working
for
other
municipal
parks
and
rec
departments,
as
well
as
we
have
a
number
of
employees
that
have
gone
a
step
further
and
acquired
the
certifications
to
certify
parks
and
recreation,
professional
certification,
which
is
one
of
the
highest
levels
in
our
in
our
field.
So
we
want
to
commend
these
people.
We
have
folk
here
who
are
responsible
for
maintaining
our
parks,
keeping
our
restrooms
clean.
F
We
have
our
recreation
team,
that's
the
face
of
our
department,
the
programs
that
you
see
in
the
activity
guide.
It's
that's
them.
Putting
all
this
together
for
the
community
and
we
certainly
have
people
who
are
working
behind
the
scenes
to
help
make
what
the
people
who
are
doing
in
the
field
possible.
So
we
just
want
to
take
some
time
and
recognize
the
employees
of
asheville
parks
and
rec.
F
I
would
end
with
saying
this:
last
week
I
was
reminded
why
what
we
do
is
important.
I
had
an
opportunity
to
go
out
with
our
outdoor
recreation
coordinator
and
there
was
a
young
and
we
went
kayaking
on
the
green
river.
So
it
was
an
opportunity
for
me
to
kind
of
experience
and
explore
some
more
parts
of
western
north
carolina,
but
on
this
trip
there
was
a
young
boy
who
had
told
his
mom
that
he
wanted
to
get
outside
his
comfort
zone
and
do
something
that
he
had
a
fear
of.
F
He
wanted
to
experience
something
like
kayaking
on
the
river
that
he
had
never
done
before.
Now
I
can
tell
you
with
20
some
odd
kids
on
the
river
kayaking.
Many
who
have
not
done
it
before
that
in
and
of
itself
was
an
adventure,
so
you
can
imagine
for
this.
Young
man
who's
never
done
it
before.
He
first
started
out
in
a
kayak
by
himself
and
it
didn't
take
long
for
we
realized.
We
probably
should
prepare
one
with
someone,
but
through
the
whole
thing
he
had
a
great
attitude.
F
F
C
F
A
We
have
one
other
proclamation
on
our
agenda
that
we
added
too
late
to
to
be
on
the
printed
agenda,
but
that
was
not
our
fault,
so
we
have
a
proclamation
tonight
entitled
affirmation
of
fundamental
reproductive
freedom
and
councilwoman
kim
brownie
is
going
to
present
this
proclamation
and
miss
shelly
brown
is
here
to
receive
it.
So
please.
I
So,
on
behalf
of
planned
parenthood,
south
atlanta,
I
proudly
accept
this
proclamation,
and
I
am
also
so
proud
that
our
city
is
our
ally
in
our
fight
for
women.
For
for
women's
equality,
for
women's
dignity,
for
women's
freedom,
no
one
should
decide
for
a
woman
whether
or
not
to
have
a
child
when
to
have
a
child.
How
many
children
to
have
that
is
a
deeply
deeply
personal
decision
and
no
politician
should
make
that
decision
for
her.
So
I'm
extremely
grateful
that
you
all
made
this
proclamation
today,
I'm
grateful
for
your
support.
A
Our
councilwoman
sage
turner
suggested
tonight
that
we're
all
wearing
pearls
to
channel
the
late
ruth
vader
ginsburg
supreme
court
justice.
So
that
is
our
symbolic
effort
tonight
and
we
have
been
receiving
a
number
of
emails
just
inquiring.
What
role
the
city
plays
in
this
big
picture,
this
big
conversation
and
and
as
was
maybe
already
clear
to
a
lot
of
folks
in
north
carolina.
A
So
that's
an
area
where
the
city
cities,
police
department,
offers
partnership
and
trying
to
provide
security
for
that
facility.
So
I
just
wanted
to
offer
that
that,
as
far
as
I
know,
that's
the
only
resource
in
the
in
western
north
carolina
and
now
in
the
multi-state
region,
that
of
georgia
and
tennessee
south
carolina
for.
J
A
A
I'll
second,
it's
still
good
for
maggie,
so
she
can
tell
who's
talking
any
other
any
questions
or
comments.
Before
we
vote
do
we
have
anyone
signed
up
to
speak
under
the
concern?
No
okay
and
we
do
not
we're
not
doing
a
roll
call
vote
which
we
haven't
been
doing
well.
We
have
because
we've
had
remote
attendance,
but
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed
all
right
all
right.
Moving
on
to
the
public
hearings
agenda
first
under
item
a,
I
need
a
motion
to
continue
item
a
to
september.
13Th.
A
Do
I
have
a
motion?
Second,
all
right.
We
have
a
motion,
a
second
all,
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposed
all
right.
I'm
hearing
here
public
hearing
item
b
is
a
public
hearing
to
consider
the
conditional
zoning
of
three
one.
Two
four
three
one:
three
zero
sweden
creek
road
from
rm16
residential
multi-family,
high
density
district
to
residential
expansion,
district,
slash
conditional
zone
and
will
palm
quest
where's
will
was,
will
rushing
they're
rolling
in
well
you're
up.
You
are
up
for
a
public
hearing
item
b,
it's
a
dramatic
entrance.
L
The
project
is
proposed
to
be
clustered
in
the
front
half
of
the
site,
leaving
the
rear
of
the
property
undisturbed,
with
just
some
surface
mulch,
surface
walking,
trails
and
another
view
of
the
the
site
plan,
which
basically
consists
of
three
new,
mostly
four-story
multi-family
buildings
and
a
clubhouse.
All
77
units
proposed
to
be
affordable.
L
I
just
want
to
include
a
grading
plan
just
to
show
that
there
is
a
lot
of
grading
going
on
on
the
site,
including
retaining
walls
and
some
some
taller
foundation,
walls
due
to
the
topography
of
the
site
and
then
just
some
building
elevations.
You
can
see
the
buildings
are
a
combination
three
to
four
stories
based
on
the
slope,
this
one's
two
to
four
and
then
this
one's
three
to
four.
L
So
they're
kind
of
angling,
those
buildings
into
the
slope
of
the
site
and
the
clubhouse
staff,
finds
that
the
project
is
consistent
with
the
future
land
use
map
of
residential
neighborhood
by
providing
residential
uses
in
a
diversity
and
housing
type.
The
project
also
supports
a
number
of
goals
in
the
comprehensive
plan,
including
greater
densities
overall
increase
in
the
supply
of
affordable
housing
and
utilizing
creative
design
solutions
to
minimize
the
impact
to
the
natural
environment,
such
as
natural,
open
space
and
steep
topography.
L
A
project
was
reviewed
and
approved
with
conditions
at
the
technical
review
committee,
and
also
the
planning
and
zoning
commission
back
on
june
1st.
A
few
comments
that
were
conditions
that
were
added
to
the
approval,
including
some
relating
to
the
steep
slope
area,
to
address
any
potential
hang-ups
with
some
of
those
specific
requirements.
L
C
L
There
are
no
bike
lanes
proposed
into
the
development.
The
landscape
buffer
on
the
north
side
of
the
site
is
proposed
to
be
reduced
slightly
due
to
the
project
allowing
a
driveway
access
to
an
existing
single-family
house.
There
they're
also
above
the
maximum
density
of
units
per
acre
in
steep
slope
areas,
so
overall
they're
proposing
77
units
and
on
the
site,
total
73
are
allowed
by
wright.
L
L
L
A
A
Yeah,
so
we
have,
I
have
four
people
signed
up
to
speak
under
this
item,
so
during
public
comment.
You'll
have
three
minutes
to
speak
and
oh
we're
back
to
our
lights.
Do
the
lights?
Work?
Okay,
so
just
watch
the
lights,
just
like
traffic
lights,
green
means
go
and
whatever
the
middle
color
is
kind
of
an
orange
means.
You're
almost
done
and
red
means
stop.
So
again,
you'll
have
three
minutes
and
I'm
just
going
to
go
in
order
of
the
folks
who
signed
up
to
speak
under
this
item.
The
first
is
linda
cozart,.
B
Hello,
I
live
in
the
kensington
place
apartment
complex,
which
is
right
next
door
to
this
one.
I
read
about
this
complex
a
while
back.
My
first
thought
was
on
the
traffic,
but
I
know
we
need
more
housing.
I
know
we
need
more
affordable
housing
and
it
would
talk
about
how
they
were
going
to
put
their
buildings
up
front
and
leave
the
back
on.
You
know
undeveloped,
so
it
sounded
like
everybody
was
trying
to
do
everything
right.
I
didn't
stay
on
top
of
it.
B
B
B
A
Thank
you
and
you
can
go
ahead
and
sit
down.
I
was
just
going
to
say
to
the
staff
or
the
applicant.
As
you
hear
the
concerns
or
comments.
Maybe
they
can
be
addressed
at
the
end,
so
that
one,
what
I
heard
was
the
height
variance
and
the
makeup
of
the
buffer,
whether
all
the
natural
vegetation
will
be
removed
and
replaced.
A
M
I'm
the
manager
at
kensington
police
apartments.
I've
also
been
a
resident
there
for
four
years,
so
I
feel
like
I'm
representing
kensington
and
my
family
when
I'm
speaking
on
it.
So
I
have
a
few
concerns
and
notes
to
go
back
to
my
biggest
concern
is
the
steep
slope
ordinance
I
would
like
for
that
to
remain
in
place.
M
You
know
so
many
people
value
asheville
and
the
beautiful
mountains,
and
we
would
not
like
to
have
concrete
jungles
right
beside
our
homes.
So
if
the
steep
slope
ordinance
could
be
honored,
that
would
be
wonderful
and
not
expanded
beyond
that.
That
would
be
great,
also
major
concerns
with
traffic
as
well
too.
I
know
the
600
unit
proposal
is
in
place
across
from
carolina
day
school
and
that
will
be
getting
leased
and
being
developed
and
everything.
M
So
I
have
major
concerns
about
traffic
on
sweeten
creek,
without
seeing
any
advancements
with
the
expansion
project,
I
don't
know
where
that
is
or
where
it's
going
or
whatnot,
but
just
kensington
place
alone.
We've
lost
our
entrance
sign
twice
in
the
past
year
due
to
traffic
and
accidents,
and
if
you
were
able
to
look
at
the
planner's
map,
I
actually
the
building
that
it
runs
up
against
too.
M
On
the
the
line
I
actually
lived
in
that
building
for
almost
four
years,
and
I
have
concerns
about
the
residents
in
those
buildings,
because
that
building
is
already
so
loud
with
traffic,
and
I
can
only
imagine
with
72,
more
units
being
developed
at
least
72
more
cars
coming
in
how
much
louder
it
is
going
to
be
for
those
residents
and
I'm
sure
your
inboxes
are
going
to
get
flooded,
because
I've
had
a
lot
of
residents.
Tagged
me
as
they've
sent
emails
to
you
guys.
M
A
A
L
L
So,
as
mentioned
the
road
widening
projects,
I
did
speak
to
ken
putnam
about
and
he
was
able
to
get
some
information
about
that
which,
on
these
dates,
are
can
be
subject
to
change,
but
currently
the
ncdot
is
going
to
be
looking
for
bids
to
expand
mills
gap
road,
so
the
road
that
runs
east
west
north
of
the
site
in
october
2024
and
then
sweden,
creek
road,
would
be
october
of
2027,
and
that
would
always
be
a
multi-year
process.
So
that's
kind
of
where
we're
at
with
that.
C
J
Just
that's
the
current,
that's
the
current
step.
There
is
currently
right.
It's
currently
a
plan
to
take
sweden
creek
off
to
to
re-prioritize
it
sometime,
so
that
date
is
the
current
step
that's
in
place,
but
in
fact,
that
step
is
not
funded
so
and,
and
the
current
proposal
is
that
sweden
creek
would
not
be
on
the
plan
to
widen.
J
J
A
So
the-
and
there
was
a
proposal
before
the
legislature
this
year
to
change
the
funding
formula
to
try
to
provide
more
funding,
because
the
gas
tax
is
what
supports
transportation
funding
right
now
and
it
is
decreasing
in
the
revenue
produces.
Thank
you
for
standing
there.
While
we
talked
about
the
transportation
issues,
but
a
lot
of
people
are
concerned
about
sweden,
creek,
and
so
are
we,
but
that's
the
current
situation.
L
Yeah,
I
would
just
add,
you
know
some
projects.
The
recently
completed
hawthorne
project
made
some
intersection
improvements
to
mills
gap,
road
and
some
timing,
improvements,
turn
lanes
and
that
sort
of
thing
I
know,
traffic's
still
an
issue
in
the
area
overall,
also
add.
I
know
the
buffering
and
landscaping
came
up
and
that
and
and
the
height-
and
I
think
those
are
kind
of
related
due
to
the
proximity
to
the
building
to
the
existing
apartments.
A
L
L
Down
on
the
western
side
will
be
all
will
be
cleared,
the
type
a
buffer
is
is
based
on
every
100
feet,
there's
about
500
feet
or
so
or
600
feet.
So,
if
you
do
the
math-
and
this
is
off
top
my
somewhat
off
top
my
head-
basically
along
this
section-
there
would
be
24
evergreen,
trees
required,
18,
large,
deciduous
trees,
18
small
deciduous
trees,
60
large
shrubs
and
60
small
shrubs,
so
that
kind
of
the
length
of
that
buffer
dictates
the
per
100
linear
feet
of
plantings
required.
L
L
L
Yeah,
the
steep
slopes
have
lower
height
allowances
overall
than
the
residential
expansion
district
or
other
similar
zoning
districts.
So
they
allowed
two
to
three
stories,
so
two
stories
on
the
uphill
side
and
three
stories
on
the
downhill
side,
whereas
this
project
proposes
three
mostly
three
to
four
so
they're.
One
story
above
that
existing
allowance-
and
this
came
up
during
the
planning
and
zoning
meeting,
that
due
to
how
the
height
is
measured
in
steep
slope
areas.
L
C
K
C
C
K
No,
not
a
question
for
will
sorry.
Thank
you
will
just
some
comments
because
you
know
we
affordable
housing
and
stable
housing
has
become
our
one
of
our
key
priorities
for
the
upcoming
year
and
this
is
100,
affordable,
housing
project
and
we
can't
always
pull
these
off.
So
I
just
wanted
to
share
some
of
what
made
this
possible.
So
this
received
a
north
carolina,
housing
and
finance
agency
tax
award
in
2021
a
nine
percent
tax
credit
award,
which
is
rare
and
hard
to
achieve
it,
was
a
nine
percent.
Yes,
it
was
nine.
H
K
Higher
peaks
seem
okay
and
then,
lastly,
to
councilwoman
rooney's
point
you
know
the
only
reason
that
we're
actually
having
this
discussion
is
because
it's
over
50
units.
So
we
have
a
rule
that
if
you
surpass
50
units
you're
required
to
come
to
council
for
express
permission,
and
that
may
be
something
we
want
to
revisit.
Perhaps
a
100,
affordable,
housing
project
that
goes
through
all
the
plan,
review
and
design
review
and
checks.
All
the
boxes
doesn't
need
additional
timing
and
challenges.
N
A
K
K
100,
affordable,
big
crowd,
okay
question
to
approve
the
conditional
zoning
request
for
the
property
located
at
3124
3130
sweden,
creek
road
from
residential
multifamily,
high
density
district
rm16
to
residential
expansion
conditional
zone
and
find
that
the
request
is
reasonable
in
the
public.
Interest
is
consistent
with
the
city's
comprehensive
plan
and
meets
the
development
needs
of
the
community
and
that
the
request
won.
Prioritizes
greater
densities
of
development
overall
two
increases
the
supply
of
affordable
housing
and
proximity
to
transit,
schools
and
parks,
and
three
utilizes
creative
design.
P
P
We're
talking
about
our
public
area
for
rider
way
closure,
and
I
want
to
go
ahead
and
get
to
the
picture
so
to
make
a
little
bit
more
sense,
but
betty
kosart,
who
I
believe,
is
here
if
there's
any
questions
for
her
later
on
she's
a
property
owner
she's
petitioned
for
this
closure.
She
lives
at
907
old
fairy
road,
which
is
this
property
right
here.
P
P
The
technical
review
committee
reviewed
this
request
on
april
18th
and
their
recommendation
was
to
approve
the
closure.
The
multimodal
transportation
committee
reviewed
this
request
on
april
27th
and
their
recommendation
was
to
approve
the
closure.
There
are
no
utility
conflicts
nor
transportation,
nor
transportation.
K
A
A
second
all
right:
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
all,
those
in
favor.
Please
say
I,
I
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you,
and
our
last
public
hearing
item
is
a
public
hearing
to
solicit
comments
for
the
community
development
block,
grant
and
home
investment
partnership
program
fund's
annual
action
plan
for
fiscal
year.
R
The
action
plan
has
been
posted
to
the
city's
website,
describing
how
these
funds
will
be
used
and
both
the
hcd
committee
and
the
affordable
housing
advisor.
I
mean
the
I'm
sorry.
The
asheville
area
home
consortium
has
provided
recommendations
on
on
those
funds,
so
this
year,
cdbg,
the
cdbg
allocation
awarded
to
the
city
was
just
over
a
million
dollars
with
an
additional
300
000
or
so
from
prior
year.
Resources
that
have
been
recommended
for
12
programs
that
applied
to
the
city.
R
A
C
A
Concludes
our
public
hearings
agenda
we're
now
going
to
move
on
to
the
fiscal
year,
2022
2023
annual
operating
budget
and
before
I
hand
it
over
to
the
c
manager.
I
would
just
add
that
we
did
the
public
comment
on
the
budget
at
our
last
meeting.
So
we
don't
take
public
comment
at
this
meeting
and
we'll
have
a
brief
presentation,
but
I'll
turn
it
over
to
the
city
manager.
C
O
O
We
hope
the
adjustments
we
presented
at
the
june
14th
meeting,
though
to
the
proposed
budget
we
presented
on
may
24th,
are
consistent
with
in
support
both
the
council
and
community
priorities
to
close
mayor
council.
I
want
to
again
thank
you
for
your
time,
your
energy,
your
passion,
your
endurance,
your
guidance
and
advocacy
in
helping
staff
develop
this
proposed
budget.
O
I
need
to
also
again
acknowledge
and
thank
the
village
of
city
of
asheville
employees
that
were
involved
in
developing
this
budget,
but
especially
staff
in
our
finance
department,
which
include
finance
director,
tony
mcdowell
and
staff
in
the
budget
division,
including
taylor,
floyd,
heather,
carey
and
abigail
rowley.
Before
I
turn
it
over
to
you
mayor,
I
would
like
for
tony
mcdowell
to
provide
some
additional
information
about
the
process
needed
to
vote
on
this
proposed
budget,
which
is
a
little
different
than
we've
done
in
the
past.
Okay,
tony
thank.
S
C
S
Months,
yeah
and
I'll
be
very
brief.
I
just
wanted
to
add
quickly.
As
miss
campbell
indicated,
there
has
been
a
change
in
north
carolina
law
since
you
all
voted
on
your
budget
last
year
and
that
law,
the
north
carolina
session
law
2021-191,
prohibits
council
members
from
participating
in
in
making
or
administering
a
contract,
including
the
awarding
of
money
with
any
non-profit
with
which
a
public
official
is
associated,
and
that
was
effective
january
1
2022.
S
So
what
that
means
for
the
the
budget
vote
tonight.
Is
you
all
going
to
be
taking
some
separate
votes?
You
will
vote
once
on
the
budget
ordinance
and
then
you'll
vote
twice
more
after
that
on
some
non-profit
funding
that
is
included
in
the
budget,
ordinance
that
we've
separated
out
and
then
you'll
do
a
budget
amendment
to
approve
of
that
funding.
So
that's
really
the
only
thing
I
had
to
add
so
with
that
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
the
mayor.
Thank
you
all.
A
Thank
you
and
the
and
the
non-profit
funding
is,
is
a
little
bit
odd.
It's
our
economic
development
commission,
which
exists
in
most
cities
and
counties
and
is
funded
by
most
cities
and
counties,
but
it's
technically
a
non-profit
that
we
fund
so
we're
under
this
new
state
law.
I
will
have
to
recuse
myself
under
that
vote,
because
I
serve
on
the
economic
development
commission.
Al
white
sides
of
the
county
had
to
recuse
himself
for
the
same
reason,
and
then
I
think
sage
you've
got
to
recuse
yourself
because
of
the
sports
commission.
A
A
A
So
not
every
local
government
goes
through
that
multi-step
process
to
get
to
this
point,
but
we've
sort
of
developed
this
in
in
the
interest
of
transparency
and
inclusivity.
It
is
not
a
perfect
process
by
any
means,
but
it's
a
lot.
It's
a
lot
more
accessible,
I
think,
to
the
community
than
you'll
find
in
a
lot
of
communities.
A
A
In
addition,
just
so
you
know,
this
is
an
effort
around
reparations,
we're
doing
with
the
community
and
with
buncombe
county
and
become
counties
included,
two
million
dollars
in
reparations
in
their
budget
to
help
catch
up
with
us.
I
would
offer
so-
and
I
say
that
positively-
we
also
importantly
have
an
increase
for
pay
for
our
city
employees.
A
A
They
will
receive
2021,
they
will
receive
a
5
increase
in
pay
and
those
hired
after
will
receive
a
2.5
percent
increase
in
pay.
We've
also
a
very
exciting
moment.
We've
also
included,
finally,
the
position
of
an
urban
forester
in
this
budget
yay,
and
we
have
some
other
positions
in
this
budget:
a
gis
specialist,
a
houseless
strategy,
project
specialist
that
those
are
new
positions
that
we're
funding
in
this
budget.
We're
also
doing
a
lot
of
important
software
updates.
We
have
a
sanitation
and
waste
reduction
program
funded
in
this
budget.
A
A
We
along
the
lines
of
reimagining
public
safety
and
continuing
that
journey.
We
have
consolidated
the
911
call
center
with
the
city
and
county,
and
this
is
providing
us
an
important
foundation
so
that
we
can
have
emergency
response
that
better
fits
the
needs
of
our
community,
integrating
the
county's
community
paramedic
program
into
the
first
responder
protocol
for
for
asheville
that
that's
very
important
if
we're
going
to
provide
emergency
services
differently
than
we
have
before
in
our
community.
A
We've
also
funded
additional
training
for
emt
firefighters
to
handle
opioid
overdose
calls.
Unfortunately,
this
continues
to
be
a
challenge
in
not
just
our
community,
but
especially
in
our
community.
On
the
housing
front
we
already
have.
You
know
we
get
emails
every
once
in
a
while
people
asking
us.
What
are
you
doing
about
affordable
housing
and
we
probably
need
to
be
able
to
develop
our
answer.
We
can
include
in
every
email
response.
A
This
is
in
addition
to
the
several
large
projects
that
the
city
was
able
to
fund
through
federal
relief
funds
this
last
year
and
really
scale
up
our
efforts
around
housing
at
all
different
kinds
of
levels,
including
permanent,
supportive
housing
and
shelter
for
domestic
violence
victims,
as
well
as
code
purple,
which
is
instead
of
kind
of
this
last
year.
We're.
A
Middle
of
the
year,
we're
funding
that
from
the
outset
this
year
and
then
just
a
couple
other
final
things.
We
we
are
finally
funding.
The
relocation
of
the
parks
maintenance
facility
in
the
east
end
neighborhood,
which
is
very
exciting
and
been
asked
for
by
the
neighborhood
for
quite
some
time,
and
in
addition
to
that,
allocating
significant
funding
to
the
memorial
stadium
redevelopment
to
include
a
track.
So
this
will
be
quite
transformational
for
that
area
of
town,
very
exciting
and
then
finally,
just
to
mention
in
this
budget.
A
I
don't
know
how
many
people
know,
but
we
offer
after-school
programs
and
camp
programs
and
d
tyrell
talked
a
little
bit
about
some
of
those
opportunities
and
we've
increased
funding
for
that
here
that
those
are
services
provided
through
parks
and
rec
and
our
recreation
center.
So
just
a
few
things
to
highlight
in
this
in
this
year's
budget
and
and
again
thanks
for
everyone's
hard
work
and
patience
and
listening
to
us
and
changing
changing
the
budget
as
we've
moved
along
through
this
process
to
get
to
where
we
are
today.
H
I
do
have
a
couple
thoughts,
and
none
of
these
should
be
a
surprise,
because
I
brought
them
up
through
the
work
sessions.
But
first
I
wanted
to
express
gratitude
for
the
urban
forester
position,
which
I
don't
think
would
be
in
our
budget
if
it
hadn't
been
the
urban
forestry
commission
advocating
for
the
past
at
least
four
years
so
steadily,
and
also
thanks
to
the
reparations
commission
for
their
recommendation
for
a
percentage
of
our
budget
which
we're
not
doing
yet.
But
we
have
talked
about
moving
that
forward.
H
I
will
not
be
supporting
this
budget
tonight,
because
I
remain
committed
to
affordability,
to
public
safety,
and
I
have
concerns
about
how
we're
doing
the
budget.
Firstly,
we're
not
doing
living
wages,
yet
we're
delaying
it
until
january,
which
means
delaying
lagging
when
we
could
lead
on
affordability
for
our
own
staff.
H
Living
wages
will
be
going
up
for
city
staff
in
january
when
the
living
wage
is
anticipated
to
go
up
as
well.
We
are
backing
out
of
our
commitment
to
expand
transit
funding.
We
do
have
to
shore
up
our
core
service
first,
but
we
need
to
expand
not
back
out
of
transit,
so
transit
can't
wait
public
safety.
H
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
around
public
safety,
and
I
hear
a
lot
of
conversations
like
we
heard
in
the
public
safety
committee
today
about
partners
who
are
already
doing
the
work,
but
they
need
funding
in
space
youth,
mentorship
programming.
We
heard
from
my
dad.
He
taught
me
that
this
morning,
operation
gateway
with
philip
cooper's
program
with
diversion
re-entry
programming
community
paramedicine.
H
Q
Else
I
do
just
have
just
something
I'm
hoping
you
can
chime
in
on.
As
I
was
running
to
the
car
on
my
way
here,
a
mother
of
a
staff
member
called
me
and
indicated
that
there
was
consternation
related
to
compression,
and
I
said
something
along
the
lines
of
there's
going
to
be
a
tiered
increase
in
salary.
Can
you
address
that
specifically?
So
staff
will
feel
more
at
ease,
sure.
O
For
the
first
time,
we
presented
recommendations
around
employee
compensation
with
the
intent
and
intent
of
addressing
compression.
Now,
every
time
we
increase
people's
salaries,
it
creates
compression.
So
it's
it's
something
that
we're
chasing
every
budget
cycle,
but
it
is
something
that
we
are
committed
to
addressing.
O
O
O
K
I'll
just
share
a
little
appreciation.
This
is
only
my
second
time
working
on
a
budget
like
this,
and
I
was
amazed
at
some
of
the
expertise
at
this
dios
and
the
staff
out
with
us
today,
particularly
these
three
women
to
the
left
of
me,
because
they
have
extensive
experience
and
have
been
here
for
so
many
years,
and
I
just
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
expressed
my
appreciation
for
y'all
and
your
expertise
and
mayor
had
to
deal
with
my
endless
questions
for
months
and
the
city
manager.
K
A
J
T
J
I
mean
just
and
I'm
gonna
take
a
moment
doing.
The
budget
is
like
the
hardest
thing
and
the
most
important
thing
that
council
members
do
and
this
this
group
of
women
on
this
council
has
probably
spent
more
time
and
more
energy
and
more
passion
around
the
budget.
Adoption
than
I've
ever
seen,
and
I
I
do
wanna.
Thank
you.
You
know
I've
I've
seen
other
council
members
who
you
know
I'm
not
really
sure,
actually
even
read
it
and
that
that's
not
evident
at
all.
J
E
A
J
H
J
And
then
I'll
make
a
motion
to
adopt
a
fiscal
year.
2023
budget
amendment
in
the
amount
of
100
000
in
the
general
fund
to
allocate
budget
from
the
city
manager's
contingency
to
fund
the
city's
annual
contribution
to
non-profits,
with
which
members
of
council
are
associated,
which
this
refers
to
the
economic
development
coalition.
C
J
Refused,
yes,
you
can't
vote
now
and
then
motion
and
then
I
will
make
a
motion
to
adopt
a
fiscal
year
2020
to
23
budget
amendment
in
the
amount
of
45
000
in
the
general
fund
to
allocate
budget
from
city
the
city
manager's
contingency,
to
fund
the
city's
annual
contribution
to
nonprofits,
with
which
members
of
the
council
are
associated,
and
this
refers
to
the
sports
commission.
A
second.
A
A
And
so
we
don't
have,
we
don't
have
anything
else
on
our
formal
agenda.
New
business,
informal
discussion
and
public
comment
is
next
and
last
and
we
have
several
people
signed
up
to
speak
so
folks,
just
as
a
reminder,
the
light
watch,
the
lights
on
the
lectern
you'll
have
three
minutes
to
speak
and
I
will
go
in
order
of
the
folks
that
signed
up,
and
the
first
person
signed
up
to
speak
is
roy
harris.
B
U
U
U
U
I
was
single
and
I
lived
in
an
apartment
now,
39
years
later,
I
have
a
house
and
all
of
those
things
I
won't
tell
the
weight
and
all
of
that
stuff.
But
thank
you
thank
you.
I
it's
got
to
be
one
of
the
toughest
processes
being
on
the
school
board
being
on
other
entities
and
being
on
those
kinds
of
things
you
you
realize
that
this
is
a
process
and
you
have
to
go
through
it.
U
U
For
your
service,
thank
you
and
thank
you
as
we
go
forward,
oh
by
the
way
I
will
pull
down
the
budget
tonight
and
I'll
print
it
off,
and
then
I
will
start
to
look
for
items
that
are
in
my
community,
which
is
the
south
side
I'll
try
to
figure
out.
What
is
what
money
is
being
spent
in
myself?
One
way,
I
did
it
one
time
I
said:
217
million
dollars
divide
the
city
up
into
10
parcels
ought
to
get
21
million
dollars.
U
U
V
V
The
aston
parks
closed
down
for
the
season,
which
was
news
to
me,
and
so
I
saw
I
thought
I
sought
out
something
else
to
do
and
I
would
see
the
game
of
pickleball
being
played
where
I
was
from,
and
I
thought
someday
I'll
play
pickleball,
but
that's
for
later
and
I
had
heard
a
joke
that
pickleball's,
where
old
tennis
players
go
to
die.
I
hope
that's
not
the
case,
but
I'm
surprised.
V
Of
other
people,
but
to
learn
a
lot
about
this
town
in
a
very
fast
fashion,
and
I
now
know
people
from
all
different
walks
of
life
from
all
different
parts
of
town.
Who
can
inform
you
about
their
experience
here,
whether
they've
been
here
a
little
while
a
long
while,
and
so
it
felt
kind
of
important
for
me
to
just
come
out
and
just
kind
of
express
gratitude.
V
I
guess
for
what's
already
here
in
terms
of
pickleball,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
people
are
committed
to
the
effort
to
kind
of
continue
to
grow
it
and
as
a
tennis
player,
I
recognize
that
we
kind
of
can
exist
on
the
same
facilities,
but
we
kind
of
can't-
and
the
amazing
thing
for
me
about
pickleball-
is
that
I
used
to
play
it
with
the
same
bunch
of
guys
in
the
same
place.
You
know
pretty
much
we'd
all
just
know
each
other.
V
We
didn't
learn
a
lot
about
much
of
anything
and
then
I
came
here
and
I
can
play
with
people
from
20
to
80
years
old
of
all
different
kinds
of
capability
and
we
can
get
four
people
together
and
we're
all
different
kinds
of
skills.
And
we
next
thing
you
know
we're
playing
a
game
tennis,
it's
not
that
possible
and
I
definitely
recognize
the
popularity
of
what's
going
on
with
that
game
and
I
think
it's
you
know
it's
going
to
grow
and
it's
obviously
growing
faster
than
tennis
and
I
may
have
to
give
up
tennis.
V
You
know
at
some
point
anyway,
but
I
do
think
that,
because
of
the
dimensions
and
everything
like
that,
it's
been
pretty
clear
to
me
as
I
go
to
oakley
and
montford,
and
all
these
other
places
that
we
do
have
limited
space
and
we're
trying
our
best
to
get
along
and
cooperate
and
stuff.
But
there
will
come
a
time.
V
I
think
where
it
would
be
lovely
to
have
dedicated
pickleball
courts
so
that
that's
the
game
that
can
be
there
and
the
tennis
folks
can
enjoy
theirs
and
then
we're
all
happy
and
and
we're
not
fighting
over
space.
That's
limited.
So
I
recognize
everybody's
resources
are
limited,
but
I'm
just
glad
to
be
here
and
I'm
glad
to
say
a
couple
of
things
and
thanks
very
much
for
listening.
Thank.
N
W
Good
evening,
I'm
cat
case,
I'm
here
to
speak
to
you
on
behalf
of
dedicated
pickleball
courts
fact
I
changed
my
name
because
of
pickleball.
Why?
Because
in
nashville
there
are
so
many
pickleball
players
concentrated
in
so
few
places
few
places
to
play
it's
common
to
have
multiple
kathy's
playing.
At
the
same
time,
we.
W
And
it's
why
cat
in
fact
pickleball
from
its
inception
is
a
social
inclusive
sport
crossing
all
barriers,
because
anyone
can
play
race,
tribe,
age,
religion,
class
or
any
other
divisive
label
just
doesn't
apply,
nor
is
it
relevant.
Pickleball
has
the
ability
to
unite
diverse
people
and
build
community.
All
we
need
is
access.
W
W
41
tournaments
in
18
months,
15
states
from
oregon
to
florida,
michigan
to
alabama
I've,
seen
a
lot
of
parks
and
recreation
venues
and
witnessed
the
pride
communities
take
in
their
pickleball
facilities.
The
fact
that
a
city
of
the
size
of
asheville
doesn't
have
any
dedicated
pickleball
courts
is
hard
to
explain
to
people.
Given
our
population
and
its
makeup.
Ben
oregon,
which
is
approximately
the
same
size
of
asheville,
has
two
park
locations
each
with
16,
dedicated
courts.
Ben
has
over
3
500,
paying
due
members
playing
in
a
league.
W
Even
the
smallest
townships
have
figured
it
out,
build
pickleball
courts
and
the
money
follows,
for
example,
opelika
alabama
parks
and
recreation
spent
700
000
on
12
covered,
dedicated
pickleball
courts
and
the
return
on
their
investment
was
less
than
one
year
within
two
plus
years
of
opening.
They
already
justified
and
completed
the
next
12
covered
quartz
impacts
of
community
2.5
annually,
that's
2.5
million
annually
and
growing
my
personal
contribution
in
three
chips
over
a
thousand
dollars
in
food
and
lunch.
W
Now
imagine
what
asheville
pickleball
courts
could
generate,
as
I
can
assure
you
all,
there's
no
comparison
between
asheville
and
opalika.
However,
unfortunately
asheville
black
is
now
starting
to
get
generation
of
negative
press.
In
summary,
dedicated
pickleball
courts
will
not
only
serve
the
public
good.
It
could
be
a
significant
source
of
revenue
for
the
community
for
years
to
come.
Please
give
asheville
the
opportunity
to
unite
over
the
love
of
this
game.
If
that's
not
enough
of
a
justification
for
the
expense,
then
do
it
for
the
money.
Please.
X
X
Luckily,
her
job
requires
that,
after
sunset,
no
associate
can
leave
without
a
partner,
so
they're,
not
ever
alone
because
of
concern
for
safety.
I
want
to
just
take
a
moment
to
commend
you
as
a
group
for
your
attempts
to
for
your
budget
for
the
funding
of
our
police
force.
Contrary
to
what
you
heard
here
a
moment
ago
to
the
efforts
to
rebuild
and
strengthen
the
police
force,
I
think
it's
commendable
and
it's
appreciated
by
both
business
owners,
citizens
and
parents.
X
X
A
Finally,
I've
been
getting
updates
all
day
and
I'm
actually
after
this
meeting,
headed
down
to
raleigh
and
we'll
be
there
tomorrow.
Hopefully
it
will
make
it
through
they're
also.
They
also
just
released
the
budget
where
we're
supposed
to
at
five
o'clock,
so
that
means
things
are
going
to
move
quickly.
I
say
all
that
to
say
that
one
of
the
things
that
we
can
do
as
a
city
is
apply
for
funding
for
projects
that
are
considered.
They
have
to
be
tourist
related.
A
In
other
words,
tourists
have
to
be
able
to
use
them,
but
locals
can
also
use
them.
So,
for
example,
a
good
example
would
be
a
greenway
project,
but
you
know,
since
we've
been
having
this
pickleball
party,
I
I've
been
trying
to
look
at
how
other
cities
have
funded
it
and
an
obvious
synergy
for
us
would
be
to
try
to
figure
out
a
way
to
harness
the
room
tax.
For
something
like
that.
A
A
A
A
And
well
yes,
and
one
funny
thing
I
learned
is
that
apparently
the
senate
rules
are
flipped
from
the
house
rules
and
they
actually
call
for
66
33
in
the
direction.
We
would
like
to
see
it
little
known.
Apparently
they
went
and
dug
those
out
of
the
closet,
but
we
didn't
get
that
mix.
We
got
the
other,
but
anyway.
G
Y
Found
something
out
recently
that
really
disturbed
me
in
the
water
department
kind
of
an
open
question
both
for
the
city
manager,
ma'am
and
for
anyone
in
the
council.
Does
anyone
know
how
long
it
will
take
to
get
a
water
tap
put
into
your
house
if
you
pay
for
that
not
fast
construction,
any
type
of
construction,
both
affordable,
anything
that
you
want
for
development
in
asheville,
when
I
paid
about
two
weeks
ago,
I
was
given
a
response
of
90
to
120
days.
Y
Y
C
Y
Y
We
need
to
immediately
find
alternatives
to
sources
of
water,
taps
and
meters
like
now.
Let's
put
people
on
a
plant,
let's
put
a
solution
so
that
we
get
taps
in
60
days
if
we
shut
down
and
we
can't
develop
all
your
affordable
housing
dreams,
you're
going
to
go
down
the
toilet.
So
I
was
deeply
concerned.
Y
C
A
D
Good
evening,
council
members
and
mayor
manheimer,
I'd
like
to
just
start
this
evening
by
congratulating
you
on
passing
the
budget
in
a
timely
fashion.
I
know
that
the
budget
is
a
huge
challenge,
extremely
complex
and
contentious,
but
it
is
essential
to
the
functioning
of
our
city
and
it
gives
us
a
baseline
to
anticipate
how
things
will
go
for
the
coming
fiscal
year
and
it's
something
we
can
benchmark
against
as
we
go
and
for
the
future.
So
thank
you
for
accomplishing
that
critical
task.
D
I
feel
it
represents
the
spirit
of
our
city
and
our
location,
so
much
better
than
what
we
had
before,
and
I
think
it
provides
a
calm,
serene
elegant
environment
in
which
to
do
the
people's
business.
So
thank
you
for
that.
It's
a
major
improvement.
The
second
thing
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
the
proclamation
on
reproductive
rights
as
well.
This
is
a
topic.
That's
on
a
lot
of
people's
minds
right
now.
D
I
know
that,
as
a
municipality,
there
are
limited
things
that
we
can
do
as
a
matter
of
policy
or
law,
but
I
think
something
like
the
proclamation
makes
it
clear
what
we
wish
would
happen
and
how
we
wish
people
would
be
able
to
live
their
lives
with
bodily
autonomy.
So
I
appreciate
both
of
those
things
very
much.
D
G
G
G
C
C
Z
I'm
jonathan
wayne
scott
and
I
couldn't
resist
coming
to
the
first.
You
know
meeting
here
in
these
rooms
greet
some
of
you
who
haven't
been
here
yet
congratulations
miss
mosley
on
on
the
memorial
track.
You
know
that
was
really
her
lift
and
thank
you
all
for
following
her
leadership
and
bringing
that
it
was
quite
an
accomplishment.
I
I'm
also
find
the
artwork
to
be
stunning,
actually
not
just
that
the
old
stuff
is
gone,
but
this
is
really
beautiful.
B
Z
You
know
at
least
all
female
and
you're
going
to
have
to
deal
with
this
issue.
You
know-
and
so
here
we
have
governor
mike
dewine,
who
is
you
know,
was
outlawing
abortions
before
roe
was
turned
over.
It's
ohio
is
one
of
the
states
that
have
done
away
with
abortions
already,
and
so
you
know,
I
think
that
this
might
be
something
to
consider
who
we're
doing
business
with
and
whether
they
reflect
the
values
of
this
community.
I
mean
not
to
spoil
your
success
on
the
the
budget.
Z
It's
not
a
change
at
all
and
not
a
change
at
all,
and
basically,
what
you
said
tonight
is:
if
we
tourists
come
first,
the
improvements
that
you
want
to
see
have
to
be.
You
know
targeted
to
tourism
and
it
can
apply
to
locals
and
that's
a
huge
problem
and
it's
not
nothing's
changing
for
the
better.
In
this.
I'm
glad
that
they'll
be
changing
the
number
to
66.6
percent.
I
think
it's
kind
of
an
auspicious
and
appropriate
number
for
the
tourism
development
authority,
but
we
need
a
better
conversation
around
this.
A
H
I
move
that
the
asheville
city
council
go
into
closed
session
for
the
following
reasons:
one
to
prevent
disclosure
of
information
that
is
privileged
and
confidential
pursuant
to
the
laws
of
north
carolina
or
not
considered
a
public
record
within
the
meeting
of
chapter
132
of
the
general
statutes.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143-318.11
a1,
the
laws
that
make
the
information
privileged
and
confidential,
or
north
carolina
general
statute,
143-318-10e
and
2.
H
to
consult
with
an
attorney
employed
by
the
city
about
matters
with
respect
to
which
the
attorney-client
privilege
between
the
city
and
its
attorney
must
be
preserved,
including,
but
not
limited
to
the
handling
of
the
following
matters:
city
of
brevard
versus
hca,
healthcare
inc.
The
statutory
authorization
is
contained
in
north
carolina
general
statute,
143-318-1183.