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February 11, 2020
Asheville City Council Meeting
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SUPERLESS STREAMED RECORDING OF THE MEETING.
B
Okay,
so
I
am
gonna,
read
this
proclamation
in
honor
of
women's
voter
Women
Voters
month,
but
I
want
to
say
a
couple
things.
First
of
all,
you
may
know
that
we're
in
an
election
year
and
I'm
just
gonna
say
that
this
is
the
most
important
election
of
our
lifetimes.
Yet
again,
so
please,
everybody
vote,
and
this
is
also
just
a
good
time
to
remind
us
of
a
very
special
place
in
North
Carolina's
history,
that
Asheville
has
in
Buncombe
County,
and
that
is
the
this
county.
B
Even
before
women
could
vote
in
1920
elected
to
the
North
Carolina
legislature,
the
very
first
woman
and
actually
the
very
first
woman
elected
to
a
legislature
in
the
southeast,
Lillian
exim
Clement.
Who
was
an
attorney
here
in
town
and
that's
just
a
great
piece
of
history
that
a
lot
of
people
don't
know.
B
And
whereas
the
women's
suffrage
suffrage
movement
led
to
the
passage
of
the
19th
amendment
of
the
constitution
of
the
United
States
in
1919,
with
ratification
by
the
states
in
the
summer
of
1920,
and
whereas
more
than
a
120,000
women
were
registered
to
vote
in
North
Carolina
by
1920
and
whereas
women
today
are
running
for
office
and
higher
numbers
and
more
active
in
the
election
process
than
ever
before.
In
history.
Now,
therefore,
is
turi.
Mannheimer
mayor
of
the
city
of
Asheville.
C
D
I'm
gonna
to
to
introduce,
and
then
you
give
a
proclamation
for
the
the
trauma
intervention
program.
I
just
want
to
say
that
this
group
of
people,
the
work
they
do
and
I
learned
about
this
group
from
Andrew
Selwyn,
who
was
part
of
it
and
had
no
idea
about
what
you
all
did
and
the
volunteer
time
you
put
in
and
just
the
emotional
toll
it
must
have
taken
on
on
you
all
in
terms
of
the
to
do
so.
D
D
E
So
we
have
our
some
of
our
amazing
volunteers
here
today
who
respond
24
hours
a
day,
365
days
a
year
throughout
the
city
of
Asheville,
Buncombe
County
in
the
city
of
Hendersonville
and
they're
there
to
support
families
at
all
hours
of
the
day,
as
well
as
our
first
responders.
So
thank
you
very
much.
A
A
F
A
G
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
the
the
description
says
it
will
enable
the
city
Peschel
to
regulate
and
administer
parking
at
the
Asheville
Regional
Airport.
What
we're
really
authorized
in
here
in
the
processing
of
citations
that
the
city
of
banja
won't
be
issuing
the
citations
all
will
be,
all
the
city
will
be
doing,
is
actually
processing
the
citations
and
collecting.
G
G
H
Cannot
support
the
House
bill,
HR
763,
which
we're
being
asked
to
endorse
here
today.
Speaking
to
Stacey
and
October,
a
representative
of
the
citizens,
climate
Lobby,
described
the
bill
as
a
meatless
bone,
while
it's
true
that
it
would
do
little
to
address
the
climate
emergency
we
are
facing.
The
flaws
run
much
deeper
than
land.
This
bill
precludes
the
EPA
from
regulating
co2
emissions
covered
by
the
bill
for
a
period
of
10
years.
H
Whether
the
bill's
targets
are
big
net
will
be
assessed
until
the
year
2030
the
same
year
that
the
last
year's
IPCC
report
says
we
need
to
have
drastically
reduced
co2
emissions,
Bret
Harte,
all
of
the
Center
for
Biological
Diversity
stated
we
don't
have
a
decade
to
cross.
Our
fingers
and
hope
is
a
huge
giveaway
to
fossil
fuel.
Companies
gets
us
out
of
this
climate
crisis.
It
also
exempts
the
US
military,
which
is
the
largest
institutional
consumer
of
petroleum
in
the
world.
H
According
to
open
secrets,
website
48
of
the
bills,
co-sponsors
have
taken
money
from
the
oil
and
gas
industry
and
the
electric
utilities
industry.
We
can
no
longer
allow
the
fossil
fuel
and
utilities
industries
to
help
write
legislation
ensuring
their
own
self-preservation,
while
their
actions
continue
to
move
the
planet
towards
irreversible,
catastrophic
changes
to
the
environment.
H
A
A
A
J
Name
is
Charles,
Warner
and
I
say
to
them
a
sebasnow
I
imposing
this
bill.
It
is,
quite
frankly
the
carbon
tax.
Now
that
sounds
great,
but
keep
in
mind
that
a
carbon
tax
imposed
on
utilities
and
other
people
they
do
not
pay
it.
They
simply
pass
it
right
along.
It
will
come
down
to
you.
It'll
come
down
to
me.
It'll
come
down
to
the
age
until
come
down
to
the
poor.
J
It
will
come
down
to
those
who
are
on
fixed
incomes,
and
it
will
not
make
much
difference
because,
according
to
report,
I
read
as
of
2017
China
has
now
surpassed
both
the
US
and
Europe
combined
in
their
co2
emissions.
India
is
not
far
behind
and
the
rest
of
Southeast
Asia
is
rapidly
increasing.
So
we
will
be
wasting
our
time
and
money
approving
that
bill.
If
we
want
to
prove
anything,
let's
ask
for
more
money
for
development
of
co2
sequestration.
Thank
you.
K
Hi,
my
name
is
Steffi
Roush
and
I'm
here
to
support
the
passing
of
this,
though
at
resolution,
because
it
will
help
the
city
reach
its
goals
set
forth
in
the
comment,
emergency
and
other
resolutions
that
they've
cast.
It's
also
mentioned
in
the
climate
emergency
resolution
as
one
of
many
options.
However,
this
particular
carbon
pricing
legislation
truly
is
the
best
first
step
to
reduce
our
emissions
of
the
scale
and
speed
that
is
necessary
without
spending
any
government
money.
K
It
will
also
protect
low-income
and
middle-income
citizens,
obtain
the
support
of
both
political
parties
and
is
gaining
momentum
worldwide.
In
fact,
carbon
fee
and
dividend
was
passed
in
Canada
and
implemented
this
year
due
to
see
sales
efforts
and
now
we're
seeing
many
other
countries
talking
about
the
Canada
carbon
dividends
plan,
which
is
a
progressive
plan
versus
a
regressive
carbon
tax,
because
it
gives
the
money
right
back
to
people,
so
it
will
offset
that
rising
cost.
K
Carbon
pricing
is
fast
becoming
known
around
the
world
as
a
much
better
alternative
to
regulations,
because
it
does
more
than
just
force
producers
to
change
their
ways.
It
gives
predictability
to
the
markets
so
that
banks
and
investors
can
invest
in
low-carbon
markets.
Faster
innovators
can
innovate
faster,
seeing
that
they
could
make
money
and
producers
can
frontal
their
money
towards
the
transition
faster
without
getting
tied
up
and
regulatory
difference,
so
they
can
funnel
their
money.
That
way.
K
As
a
result,
carbon
pricing
initiatives
worldwide
have
doubled
in
the
past
year
from
25
to
which
means
a
quarter
of
global
emissions
are
now
covered
by
a
price
on
carbon.
Already,
an
80%
of
US
imports
come
from
carbon
pricing
countries
here
in
the
US.
This
is
a
reason.
The
Enron's
climate
change
solution,
simulator
that
was
created
by
MIT
and
climate,
interactive
and
Asheville
shows
pricing
as
one
of
the
strongest
solutions
to
help
meet
our
mission
reduction
goals
in
time.
L
M
Thank
You
Don
Kraus
from
North
Asheville
I'm,
a
volunteer
organizer
in
the
Tennessee
state
coordinator
with
citizens,
climate
Lobby
I'm,
here
to
speak
in
favor
of
passage
of
the
council's
resolutions
supporting
HR
763,
the
energy
innovation
and
carbon
dividend
tax.
I
congratulate
the
council
on
recent
passage
of
this
climate
emergency
resolution
and
Durst's
endorsement
of
the
Congressional
passage
of
the
energy
innovation,
carbon
dividend
Act
as
an
excellent
next
step.
As
you
know,
in
2018
the
council
endorsed
the
underlying
principle
behind
this
bill,
namely
carbon
fee
and
dividend,
and
it's
not
alone.
M
M
Here
in
Asheville
over
100
businesses,
prominent
individuals
of
organizations
have
specifically
endorsed
HR
763,
including
17
breweries,
15
green
builders,
10
realtors,
as
has
the
Asheville
Transit
committee,
the
Asheville,
multimodal
transportation
Commission
and
the
Western
Carolina
Medical
Society.
This
legislation
is
effective,
it's
good
for
people
and
will
reduce
u.s.
greenhouse
gas
emissions
by
40%
by
2030
and
90%
by
2050
within
10
years.
The
monthly
dividend
of
a
family
of
four
is
three
hundred
and
sixty-eight
dollars
per
month
because
of
better
air
quality.
The
legislation
will
save
295
thousand
lives
through
2030.
M
The
bill
will
create
2.1
million
new
jobs.
This
revenue,
neutral
legislation,
is
the
first
best
step
our
nation
can
take
towards
addressing
climate
crisis
without
duty
and
on
the
backs
of
our
vulnerable
people.
Although
we,
although
they've,
yet
to
join
the
78
co-sponsors
currently
of
the
legislation
represented
as
men,
henry
and
meadows,
have
spoken
positively
about
the
bill.
Unanimous
endorsement
by
the
city
council
could
help
to
increase
support
for
this
legislation.
Asheville
cannot
solve
the
climate
crisis
alone,
but
national
legislation
will
move
the
needle
all.
M
A
B
N
O
Volunteer
was
citizens
causing
lobby
fundamentally
was
citizens.
Climate
Lobby
is
trying
to
do
is
to
pass
bipartisan
legislation.
We
want
to
pass
something
that,
hopefully
with
slight
changes
in
in
Congress,
that
will
won't
get
overturned,
like
all
the
regulations
that
have
been
overturned
by
the
current
administration.
O
So
there
are
compromises
that
need
to
be
made,
as
you
mentioned,
the
regulatory
pause
that
was
a
compromise
to
get
bipartisan
co-sponsorship
of
the
bill.
Initially,
there
were
three
Republicans
and
three
Democrats
that
introduces,
though
the
comment
that
you
mentioned
about
being
a
weedless
bomb
was
specific
to
the
regulatory
pause
it
was
given
to
to
elicit
co-sponsorship
by
Republicans,
so
we
could
have
bipartisan
bill
right
now.
There
is
no
legislation
or
no
regulation
that
is
related
to
carbon
emissions.
O
O
P
Dividend
be
used
to
help
those
people
that
can't
afford
help
here
they
have
a
can't
go
to
the
doctor
to
go
see
your
doctor,
and
not
only
it
just
don't
help
us
today.
We
think
about
our
children
and
our
grandchildren
down
the
road
where
this
can
be
a
benefit
for
them.
I
just
feel
like
you
guys
support
this,
be
the
great
step
for
our
young
people,
our
kids
migrating
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
Q
R
My
name
is
Alex
Juanes
I'm,
with
the
sunrise
movement
and
I
live
in
North.
Asheville
I
did
not
plan
on
speaking
right
now,
but
I
felt
like
I,
had
to
get
up
and
urge
you
to
not
endorse
this
resolution.
I
think
there
Brian
put
it
very
well.
It
is
too
little
too
late
and
it
will
not
get
us
to
where
we
need
to
go
fast
enough.
It
would
reduce
our
emissions
on
a
2050
timeline
rather
than
a
2030
timeline,
and
it's
not
transformational
change
like
the
Green
ideal
is.
R
We
know
that
we
need
to
transform
our
entire
society
to
survive
climate
change
and
just
regulating
co2
without
a
comprehensive
plan
for
transit
for
housing.
A
sustainable
agriculture
is
not
going
to
get
us
to
where
we
need
to
go.
Additionally,
everybody
keeps
talking
about
how
this
is
so
great
because
it
has
bipartisan
support,
but
we
should
not
be
championing
being
signed
off
by
mark
meadows.
R
We
shouldn't
be
championing
these
leaders,
so-called
leaders,
who
have
been
bought
off
by
fossil
fuel
executives,
who
have
been
bought
off
by
corporations,
and
you
don't
care
what's
happening
to
the
people.
A
plan
that's
championed
by
them
is
not
good
enough
and
we
know
that
it's
a
death
sentence
because
they
wouldn't
sign
out
into
anything
else,
so
I
just
really
want
to
say.
This
is
not
good
enough.
R
S
I
S
So
we
figured
that
if
we
had
something
that
a
community
felt
like
was
a
real
concern,
we
would
get
more
folks
to
turnout
and
we
did
so
as
is
no
be
no
surprise
to
City.
Council
traffic
was
one
of
those
issues,
and
that
was
in
June
and
the
noise
ordinance
that
is
being
written
and
that
we
wanted
input
on
from
everyone
we
could
talk
with
was
held
in
August
the
traffic
issues
that
were
brought
before
us.
S
We
had
the
city
staff
in
transportation,
police
and
planning,
along
with
the
North
Carolina
d-o-t
local
division,
13
review
these
issues
that
came
forth
out
of
this
forum.
Comparisons
were
made
on
the
issues
that
are
already
in
line
for
review
or
how
the
remaining
traffic
matters
will
be
addressed.
For
example,
some
will
be
part
of
the
I
26
project
and
some
will
be
part
of
the
tone
Road
quarter.
Study
follow-up
has
been
made
with
all
the
attendees
and
the
issues
addressed
and
next
steps
noise.
S
We
have
begun
to
not
neighborhoods
to
presented
our
regular
monthly
meetings
and
we
are
finding
that
more
and
more
neighborhoods
are
forming
associations.
They
feel
they're
being
asked
to
accept
a
lot
of
things.
They
would
rather
have
some
input
on
and
the
way
to
do
that
is
to
have
an
association
and
bring
their
concerns
to
the
proper
departments
or
to
the
council.
S
S
Housing
cost,
Ghent,
ocation,
housing,
supply
traffic,
parking
crime,
break-ins
safety,
complaints,
loss
of
community
involvement
and
diminishing
civic
participation,
and
what
that
means
is
that
the
city
of
Asheville
is
blessed
that
we
have
a
community
that
wants
to
give
input
to
their
council
representatives.
They
want
to
give
input
to
the
Planning
Department.
S
We
have
observed
that
people
care
about
neighborhoods
in
the
community.
They
want
to
help
their
neighbors.
If
I
don't
have
the
problem,
that
doesn't
mean
habits
down
the
road
sometime
and
it's
a
network
and
people
will
work
with
city
planners
and
police
have
given
the
opportunity
and
what
people
get
out
of
the
neighborhood
is
just
like
any
other
community.
It's
in
part
what
they
put
in
it.
S
We're
also
offering
to
have
with
the
neighborhood
Award
for
Heroes,
because
there
is
a
lot
of
heroes
in
this
community,
and
we
hope
that
this
year
we
again
will
have
many
many
applications
for
this
wonderful
award
for
people
who
just
do
extraordinary
work
on
behalf
of
the
community.
We
have
heard,
or
we
have
learned
on
homestays
revenue,
diversification,
infill
development,
notification
to
open
space
tree,
say:
noise,
ordinance,
urban
centers,
the
budget
process
and
advancing
racial
equity,
101
training
with
that
I.
Thank
you.
Is
there
any
questions
and
I
really
appreciate
it.
B
Barbara
I
had
a
question
for
the
for
the
committee.
I
I
seem
to
remember
a
couple
of
years
ago,
right
after
I
got
on
council
that
the
neighborhood
Advisory
Committee
was
exploring
ways
to
try
to
increase
the
capacity
of
neighborhood
leaders
to
you
know,
run
good
meetings
and
engage
constructively
with
city
staff.
Is
that
I
mean
I
know?
Is
that
effort?
Is
that.
S
Gone
ahead,
effort
is
ongoing,
Julie,
we
we
definitely
not
only
with
knack
but
with
outside,
for
example,
coalition
ovations.
Whenever
this
we
work
together
on
some
things,
because
we're
all
out
for
the
same
thing
to
make
a
better
community
and
definitely
to
teach
folks
how
to
do
their
homework
run.
A
meeting
is
on
the
top
of
our
list
and
something
that
yes
ma'am.
We
will
continue
that
effort.
Thank
you.
U
To
apologize
in
advance,
I
have
a
chronic
cough
and
it
just
kind
of
comes
up
once
too,
so
it
was
a
mint
in
my
mouth.
That's
gone,
but
I
have
some
water
just
in
case
I
have
an
attack.
So
please
forgive
me.
I'm
Kimberly,
our
chief
of
director
of
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusion
and
I'd
like
to
provide
a
report
for
office
and
what
the
city's
been
doing.
My
plan
tonight
is
to
revisit
the
council's
priorities.
U
So
the
two
of
the
top
13
council
priorities
of
fiscal
year
2020,
is:
are
these
two
particular
strategies
or
yes,
strategies?
The
first
one
has
to
do
with
working
with
Asheville
City
Schools
to
eliminate
disparities
in
access
to
quality
schools
and
other
educational
resources,
as
well
as
working
with
within
our
city
processes,
to
implement
strategies
that
work
in
the
National
League
of
Cities
report
to
foster
economic
mobility.
I
think
that
was
like
a
2017
report.
U
Additionally,
I'll
give
an
update
on
or
other
strategies.
These
are
not
the
top
13
for
this
year,
but
they
are
part
of
council's
overall
strategies,
and
these
are
ongoing
strategies
regarding
equity
in
hiring
practices
and
policies.
Expanding
diversity
on
boards
and
commissions
reviewing
our
programming
facilities
and
staff
operations,
with
an
emphasis
on
Parks
and
Recreation,
and
also
working
with
others
in
community
to
honor
the
history
and
the
contributions
of
african-americans
in
Asheville's
community.
U
So
just
as
a
reminder,
this
was
the
2036
vision
that
council
put
together
in
2016
and
it
speaks
of
Asheville
being
an
inclusive
and
diverse
City.
We
have
a
we've
created
an
equitable
community
where
everyone
can
participate
and
has
the
opportunity
to
fulfill
their
potential
because
they
have
access
to
affordable,
healthy
food
transportation,
quality
education
and
living
wage
jobs.
Asheville
promotes
and
supports
minority
businesses
as
a
means
of
strengthening
our
local
economy
and
we
use
a
racial
equity
lens.
U
So
where
have
we
been
since
those
working
that
working
mission
and
those
vision
statements
were
created?
We've
been
working
through
this
racial
equity
framework,
which
is
a
reminder,
is
around
normalizing,
organizing,
operationalizing
and
visualizing
racial
equity
in
city
government?
How
we
been
doing
that
we'll
go
through
the
framework
and
I'll
give
you
some
examples
of
how
we've
been
doing
that
in
the
area
of
normalized
we've
been
training
staff
and
added
boarding
Commission's
to
the
trains.
U
U
Also
part
of
normalizing
is
the
idea
of
getting
more
comfortable
talking
about
race
and
institutional
and
structural
racism.
The
way
we're
doing
that
or
how
we're
accomplishing
that
is
through
other
learning
opportunities
and
dialogue
opportunities.
So
we
have
videos,
documentaries
that
we
watch
or
have
viewings.
U
U
I
U
Our
external
organizing,
we
have
what
are
called
equity
core
teams
which
are
representatives
from
different
departments
and
they
help
to
design
or
develop
different
tools
that
we
can
use
in
the
city.
Our
first
equity
core
team
helped
to
develop
and
design
our
the
action
plan
which
you
approved
in
2018,
and
they
have
also,
most
recently,
the
equity
core
team
put
together.
Our
budget
analysis
tool,
which
is
being
has
been
adapted
as
being
used
for
the
fiscal
year
21
budget
process.
In
addition,
we
organized
through
interdepartmental
action
teams.
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These
are
also
representatives
but
more
subject
matter
experts
and
the
folks
that
are
working
on
the
ground
from
different
departments
on
particular
areas
of
the
equity
action
plan.
So,
for
instance,
we
have
a
workforce,
equity
action,
interdepartmental
action
team
that
works
to
move
the
needle
and
deepen
the
work.
That
stated
the
strategies
that
are
stated
in
our
equity
action
plan.
U
An
example
could
be
how
we
are
looking
at
through
HR
and
through
the
HR
process,
we're
looking
at
how
to
be
more
inclusive
and
in
our
hiring
and
retaining
people
of
color
in
ours
in
our
city
as
staff
as
employees.
So
things
that
we've
done,
for
instance,
could
be
looking
at
the
true
nature
of
the
expectations
and
experience
that
we're
requiring
folks
to
have
is
a
license
really
required
for
every
job
in
the
city.
U
Maybe
not
is
a
four-year
degree
required
for
every
job
in
the
city,
probably
not
so
being
able
to
look
through
and
analyze
each
of
our
positions
that
we're
posting
and
making
sure
that
we're
actually
important
requiring
what
is
necessary
to
do.
The
job
is
one
way
that
we
have
been
working
with
HR
through
the
interdepartmental
action
team
to
embed
equity
in
the
process.
In
addition
to
that,
we've
got
a
workforce.
Sorry,
an
inclusive
community
engagement,
work
group,
as
well
as
the
contracting
and
procurement
interdepartmental
action
team.
U
Just
to
touch
on
some
of
the
external
organizing
and
influencing
that
we've
done.
We
are
supporting
boards
and
commissions.
They
are
attending
our
trainings.
We
also
are
involved
with
Buncombe
County.
We
meet
with
the
county
manager's
office,
around
equity
work
that
they're
interested
in
doing
they're
learning
from
our
process
and
our
journey.
We
all
saw
part
of
their
safety
and
justice
challenge
and,
of
course,
we're
a
member
of
the
Western
North
Carolina
diversity,
engagement
coalition.
U
We're
very
glad
to
have
an
office
with
staff.
It
takes
all
of
us
to
embed
equity
and
move
it
forward
tools.
We
talked
about
some
of
the
tools
that
we've
invented
or
that
to
use
equity,
to
create
again
the
fiscal
year.
21
budget
process
has
equity
embedded
in
the
process.
The
property
city
property
disposition
policy
that
you
adopted.
U
I
U
As
well
as
we
have
staff
cited
as
a
equity
resource
in
at
least
one
school
on
a
regular
basis
that
second
strategy,
a
six,
we
are
working
to
position.
The
city
as
a
model
employer,
which
was
one
of
the
suggestions
in
the
in
LC
report
to
foster
economic
mobility
and
I,
can
go
deeper
into
that.
But
it's
really
around
the
hiring
and
retention
of
people
of
color
and
having
equitable
practices
and
policies
for
HR,
which
I
touched
on
already
a
little
bit.
U
The
other
council
strategies
that
I
want
to
touch
on
quickly
on
where
we
are
now.
We
are
working
with
HR
and
through
the
interdepartmental
action
team
to
improve
our
data
collection
so
that
we
can
get
a
good
understanding
of
who
are
our
employees.
What's
the
demographics
of
our
population
of
folks
that
work
as
employees
with
the
city,
how
we're
tracking
that
and
be
able
to
track
progress
as
we
move
forward
and
we're
also
piloting
different
practice.
U
Changes
such
as
the
going
deeper
and
analyzing
job
descriptions,
council
strategy,
a2
we've
been
working
with
assistant
city
clerk
and
the
interdepartmental
action
team.
That's
focused
on
inclusive
community
engagement.
They've
come
up
with
a
new
application
for
accounts
for
I'm,
sorry
for
boards
and
commissions,
and
we
currently
have
an
inclusion
survey
out
there
to
understand
it's
kind
of
the
climate
of
all
of
our
boards
and
commissions
if
they
feel
that
we're
doing
a
good
job
of
including
our
community
in
our
decisions.
U
Council
strategy
a3
was
really
about
how
to
emphasis
on
Parks
and
Recreation
and
we're
working
to
develop
an
action
team
within
the
Department
of
Parks
and
Recreation
to
track
their
performance
on
their
particular
departmental
action.
Action
plan
around
equity
and
the
other
departments
are
where
we
are.
So
we
are
also
looking
at
how
to
make
sure
that
our
programming
and
our
operations
and
our
facilities
were
reviewing
the
equity
or
how
equitable
or
being
across
the
city.
U
Lastly,
what
we're
doing
right
now
and
that's
key:
we
have
a
results-based
accountability,
training,
that's
happening
on
February
28,
which
is
the
opportunity
for
us
to
go
deeper
in
how
we
decide
what
direction
we're
going
as
a
city,
not
just
inequity,
but
all
across
the
city,
so
that
we
can
answer
the
questions
of
how
much
did
we
do?
How
well
did
we
do
it
and
is
anyone
really
better
off
and
then
we've
embedded
racial
equity
in
our
decision-making
and
policy
recommendations
by
making
sure
that
we
have
additional
analysis
again?
U
Data
collection
improvements,
it's
important
to
have
good
data
before
we
make
decisions
the
boards
and
commissions
involvement
that
we
have,
as
well
as
the
inclusive
community
engagement
work
that
we've
already
talked
about.
Lastly,
I'm
gonna
just
talk
about
where
we're
going
so
to
get
to
that
visualized
part
of
the
framework.
We
really
need
to
listen
and
be
responsive
and
accountable
to
the
community's
vision
for
racial
equity
and
Asheville,
especially
the
those
that
are
most
impacted
by
the
equities
and
the
disparities
that
we
see.
U
We've
deepened
our
racial
equity
facilitators
pipelines
that
we're
adding
to
the
number
of
racial
equity
facilitators
in
the
city.
We
also
did
that
through
a
mini
grant
and
then
we're
being
responsive
and
inclusive
with
African
American
business
development.
We
work
in
the
office
equity
inclusion.
We
work
deeply
with
our
business
inclusions
dead.
U
This
is
the
last
slide.
We
are
another
way
we're
normalizing
is
we've
scheduled.
Black
history
is
American
history,
film
series
this
month
celebrating
Black
History
Month
and
we're
having
discussions
after
each
one.
We
had
our
first
one
last
night.
You
can
see
the
other
dates
here,
starting
at
six
o'clock
over
at
rainbow
rainbow
community
school
and,
lastly,
we
are
hosting
the
economics
in
southern
cities.
U
U
T
Just
quickly
add
Maggie
is
gonna
ding
the
time
we
went
over
a
little
bit
and
we
apologize
for
that.
But
hopefully
what
you
hear
from
the
presentation
is
that
equity
and
inclusion
is
a
value.
It
is
being
played
out
through
a
number
of
initiatives
that
we
have
underway,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
don't
feel
as
though
this
is
a
program.
We
are
truly
truly
trying
not
to
have
this
be
a
program,
but
to
have
this
be
of
value,
and
you
can
see
it
permeates
all
of
our
departments.
T
X
A
F
You
mayor
members
of
council
I
just
said
we
do
have
three
closings
tonight.
I
will
start,
as
the
agenda
says,
with
Oak
Street
a
little
background
on
this
one.
This
is
located
south
Asheville
Hall,
Peachtree
Road,
which
is
near
the
Walmart
area
off
of
Hendersonville
Road.
This
Hitler
closure
has
been
petitioned
by
metal
wood
LLC.
They
are
actually
the
owner
of
all
the
adjoining
parcels
in
that
area.
There
are
multiple
parcels
that
they
are
of
the
owner
of
all
of
those.
F
The
purpose
of
this
closure
will
be
to
facilitate
the
construction
of
this
new
surgical
center
in
South
a
field,
and
that
will
help
consolidate
or
this
closure
will
help
consolidate
all
of
those
parcels
to
allow
for
that.
This
was
reviewed
by
staff,
no
objections,
essentially
no
utility
conflicts
and
I
say
essentially,
because
there
is
that
existing
I
think
2
inch
water
line
that
served
the
former
houses
that
were
in
there
that
water
line
and
the
homes
are
no
longer
there.
It.
F
A
A
F
As
I
said,
it's
located
at
the
intersection
of
ramoth
Willis
way
over
to
the
Midway.
The
petitioners
for
this
particular
closing
are
ted
and
jessica
levin
they
own
both
parcels
that
are
joined
this
they
on
either
side
this
particular
right-of-way
prior
to
them
on
it.
There
was
a
deck
that
from
the
house
that
extended
into
the
right
way.
You
can't
quite
see
it
because
of
the
yellow
shading,
but
there
is
a
deck
that's
in
there.
Their
intention
is
to
rican
bind
these
parcels
into
one
parcel,
since
they
are
the
owner
of
both
sides.
F
A
F
F
Now
it's
kind
of
an
l-shape
in
there.
The
new
mixed-use
development
that
is
proposed
for
between
Cox
and
Ashland
would
actually
use
this
right-of-way.
It
would
allow
them
to
build
a
wider
sidewalk
at
Moore
Street
trees,
along
federal
ally,
to
get
at
least
closer
to
compliance
with
the
zoning
ordinances.
So
this
will
be
for
for
that
development.
The
owner
of
this
of
both
properties
that
but
there's
the
small
one
inside
the
l-shape
and
then
the
larger.
Both
owners
are
Ashland
properties,
so
they
petitioned
that
on
both
parcels.
I
Y
Well,
yeah
yeah
I
work
in
that
building
right
there
in
the
middle
called
chemists.
Spirits
right
next
to
us
is
bucket
or
iam,
and
you
have
cleaners
next
door
now
I'm
not
saying
anything
against
this
closure,
because
they're
gonna
grow
on
this
property.
They're
gonna
put
their
parking
decks
there.
It's
gonna
build
out
to
be
a
450
apartment
unit,
along
on
the
other
side,
with
the
other
building
of
lots
of
businesses
that
they're
applying
in
retail
as
well.
Y
That's
being
added
I'm
one
of
the
leadership
members
of
the
south
slope,
Neighborhood
Association
and
a
huge
you
know.
We
have
a
lot
of
little
things
that
we're
dealing
with,
but
a
huge
thing
is
parking
for
all
the
employees
in
the
area.
You
can
see
some
cars
in
there,
not
the
ones
that
are
in
the
main
square.
Those
are
all
towed
cars
that
are
all
disappeared,
but
eleena
giving
day
there's
about
20
people
parking
there.
That
has
been
gracious
enough
to
be
allowed
to
park
there
for
pocket.
Y
It
comes
to
a
those
apartments
coming
in
and
people
needing
to
find
more
parking
on
the
streets
because
you
get
one
parking
space
and
that
parking
deck
per
apartment,
not
when
there's
no
people
living
in
there,
including
the
apartment
complex
across
the
street
from
chemists.
Those
people
also
be
utilizing
that
parking
on
the
street.
There
are
plans
coming
down
from
the
city
to
that
to
our
parking
that
is
not
enforced
on
that
street.
Y
Thankfully,
so
we
can
park
there
all
we'll
be
enforced
with
metered
parking
here
in
the
future,
so
we
will
be
losing
our
street
parking,
we'll
be
losing
our
thank
you
for
taking.
You
know
pity
on
us
parking
and
another
kind
of
arrangements
that
we've
done
and
that's
there's
just
more
apartments
and
more
retail
and
more
things
that
are
building
up
in
our
neighborhood.
Y
So
I'm
just
commenting
to
implore
you
that
any
opportunities
that
you
can
make
to
support
the
employees
of
downtown
that
are
bringing
in
that
tourism
those
breweries
as
distilleries
those
food
restaurants,
but
all
those
employees
have
to
travel
and
when
it's
our
busiest
times
not
being
able
to
park
having
to
spend,
have
their
paychecks
than
parking
being
able
to
happen
to
walk
long
distances
with
money
in
their
pocket
to
get
to
their
car
at
midnight.
Up,
they're
done
serving
all
those
wonderful
tours
that
bring
in
all
those
money.
We
need
that
support
to
find
solutions.
Y
Ideas,
like
maybe
busing
systems,
for
tourists
with
a
park
out
of
town
and
bus
into
the
cities
where
they're
not
having
to
pick
up
that
parking
all
the
time
on
the
bus
that
can
go
around
at
West,
Asheville
or
any
other
fun
places
to
visit
here.
So
just
imploring
you
to
keep
your
minds
open
to
those
solutions
as
we
grow
and
are
needing
to
support
the
people
that
keep
this
city
running,
including
yourselves,
on
a
daily
basis
versus
just
those
who
are
visiting
in
for
the
day.
So.
B
A
A
And
I
feel
like
we
need
it
on
the
parking
I.
Just
wonder
if
you
could
leave
some
information
with
with
Ken
or
somebody
to
talk
about
parking
options
that
made
me
wonder
if
Buncombe
County
is
leasing
spaces
in
their
news
deck
on
Cox,
which
is
over
600
spaces
and
I
and
I
wonder
if
the
tribute
is
willing
to
do
any
leasing
arrangements.
G
E
G
A
AA
A
AB
Hello
I'm
Vicki
me
I,
live
in
West,
Asheville
I
am
speaking
on
behalf
of
just
economics,
our
butter
buses
together
and
the
289
Asheville
residents
that
have
signed
our
petition
to
implement
a
budget
amendment
to
or
to
pass
a
budget
amendment
to
implement
evening
service
hours
that
were
outlined
and
the
first
year
of
the
transit
master
plan.
In
this
fiscal
year
the
transit
or
the
chair
of
the
transit
committee
said
at
the
last
transit
meeting.
AB
I've
been
before
council
more
times
than
I
can
count
over
the
last
10
years
and,
frankly,
I
thought
that
evening
service
hours
would
have
been
the
easiest
thing
for
me
to
be
advocating
for
because
it
was
doable.
It
has
wide
community
support
and
because
you
all
outlined
that
as
your
number
one
priority
in
2019
at
your
council
retreat.
Instead,
it
has
been
the
hardest.
I
want
to
see
evening
service
hours
before
all
the
people
in
my
community
that
them
and
I
anticipate
will
be
before
him
from
many
months
advocacy
through
the
budget
process.
AB
Z
Frank
I'm
Reese
burns
I
live
in
West
Asheville
and
thank
you
for
letting
me
speak.
I
just
wanted
to
say
in
the
support
with
Vicki
and
hope
that
you
all
can
work
on
getting
extended
hours
and
but
also
make
a
plug
for
fair
free
transit.
Obviously,
the
most
important
reason
to
expand
our
transit
system
is
for
the
people
who
depend
on
it
to
get
to
work,
the
grocery
store,
doctor's
appointments
and
all
of
their
daily
activities.
However,
even
if
we
look
more
broadly,
we
can
still
see
problems
with
not
expanding
these
hours.
Z
You
can
look
at
this
town
on
a
Friday
night,
when
dozens
of
uber
and
lyft
drivers
will
descend
into
the
town
to
pick
people
up,
who've
gone
out
to
drink
or
get
dinner.
You
can
look
up
the
traffic
on
the
paten
bridge
at
nine
o'clock
or
five
o'clock,
we're
just
seeing
a
huge
waste
of
vehicle
miles
traveled
and
a
lot
of
that
is
because
people
just
don't
think
that
the
bus
is
convenient
or
reliable,
but
we
can
show
them
that
it
is.
Z
Z
Personally,
when
my
work
offered
to
pay
for
my
Monthly
Pass,
it
empowered
me
to
stop
making
excuses
and
try
it
out
and
I
am
now
a
frequent
bus.
Writer,
relatively
small
things
like
that
is
$20
a
month,
can
have
a
really
big
impact
on
people's
lives.
I
firmly
believe
that
if
we
extend
ours
and
implement
fair
free
rides,
more
people
will
try
it
out.
Z
More
people
will
be
able
to
supplement
their
incomes
with
evening
hours
and
later
night
shifts
more
people
will
be
able
to
keep
the
tips
that
they
make
if
they're
not
having
to
pay
to
take
an
uber
home
and
more
people
will
be
able
to
realize
how
important
our
transit
system
is
and
be
willing
to
fight
for
it
in
the
future,
so
whether
it's
this
year
or
next
year,
hopefully
this
year,
I,
would
really
encourage
you
all
to
look
at
those
changes
and
do
theirs
any
way
possible.
And
thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
AC
Good
evening
my
name's
Aaron
Cruz
from
Mars
Hill,
North
Carolina,
but
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
lethal
arts
and
we've
downtown
event.
For
the
past
three
years,
we've
had
a
wonderful
partnership
at
the
city,
establish
and
leaf
downtown.
It's
been
an
event
that
started
as
a
15,000
people
and
has
evolved
and
blossomed
into
30,000,
multi-ethnic
intergenerational
families
that
come
out
and
celebrate
music,
art
and
culture
for
two
days
during
the
summer.
This
past
year,
there's
been
some
confusion
and
challenges
and
trying
to
establish
our
date.
AC
For
the
event,
this
was
due
in
some
parts
of
being
in
an
intern
phase
where
our
date,
that
is
usually
well
established
as
the
first
weekend
in
August,
was
now
open
for
re-establishment
and
had
to.
We
had
to
go
ahead
and
reconvene
reapply.
Then
the
date
was
challenged
with
two
different
organizations,
our
original
with
shindig
on
the
green
and
then
the
date
that
we
are
now
looking
at.
August
7/8
has
an
event
that
is
put
together
by
the
Downtown
Association
tiny
Tikes
taking
place
on
this
Sunday
are
being
challenged
here.
AC
AC
This
is
something
we
evaluated
very
intensively
with
an
organization
to
see
if
we
can
do
this
sustainably
and
within
our
current
beens
and
fiscal
structure,
largely
dependent
upon
concessions
and
sponsors,
as
this
is
a
free
downtown
event,
we
have
not
found
avenues
of
sustainably
doing
this
honoring
the
tiny
Tikes
that
date
the
next
day.
So
it
is
our
hope
that
the
city
can
make
a
commitment
to
assist
us
in
this
process
so
that
we
can
host
this
event,
which
has
had
a
major
impact
on
the
city
just
to
dive
into
that
a
little
bit.
AC
It's
not
only
30,000
people.
We
are
partners
for
14
different
nonprofit
organizations
that
advocate
on
social
welfare
of
the
city.
We
have
80
staff
dependent
on
this.
We
have
an
NEA
grant
for
$15,000
to
help
support
us
and
we
also
have
minimal
response
for
businesses,
and
this
is
become
a
marquee
event
where
families
are
invited
into
town
who
frequent
restaurants
visit
the
beautiful
city
of
Asheville
and
really
take
the
time
to
see
the
very
best
of
the
culture
that
we
establish.
AC
So
we
feel
like
at
this
time
we're
gathering
peacefully
celebrating
culture
and
showing
people
that
we
can
come
together
as
different
races
and
different
people
and
the
heart
and
enjoy
a
good
family
weekend
together
that
this
event
is
more
important
than
ever,
and
so
we
would
love
your
support.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
L
L
Last
time
I
was
here.
I
was
proud
to
see
the
city
commit
to
bold
change
with
the
climate
emergency
resolution
and
now
it's
time
for
the
city
to
make
good
on
commitments
it's
made
in
the
past.
It's
time
to
extend
evening
bus
hours
and
trial
fare
free
weekends.
I
have
the
privilege
of
having
been
able
to
drive
here
tonight
as
I
believe
that
all
of
the
City
Council
has
as
well
and
from
this
point
of
privilege,
expanding
bus
hours
may
not
seem
urgent.
Well,
I
would
love
to
ride
the
bus
more.
L
It's
not
urgent
for
me,
but
it
is
urgent
for
our
friends
and
neighbors
who
do
not
have
that
privilege
it's
urgent
if
you
feel
uncomfortable
walking
home
from
work
at
night,
it's
urgent!
If
you
need
to
cross
town
to
visit
a
sick
family
member,
it's
urgent
if
it
means
the
difference
between
getting
to
work
and
not
having
a
job
by
pushing
this
topic
back
to
a
later
date
again,
City
Council
does
not
acknowledge
this
urgency.
L
I
hope
that
City
Council
will
have
the
empathy
to
step
into
someone
else's
walking
shoes
and
considering
that
it's
not
from
the
point
of
view
of
years
long
goals,
but
in
terms
of
nights
and
cold
in
the
rain
and
in
the
dark.
So
please
extend
evening
bus
hours
for
our
climate,
for
our
city
and
for
our
neighbors.
Thank
you.
R
Again,
my
name
is
Alex
I'm,
with
sunrise
and
I
live
in
North
Asheville
I
just
want
to
echo
what
everybody
has
said
tonight.
We
aren't
here
here
in
support
of
just
economics
and
better
buses
together
and
I.
Do
want
to
re-emphasize
that
we're
very
happy
y'all
passed
the
climate
emergency
resolution
and
yeah
I
just
want
to
really
emphasize
the
connection.
This
is
absolutely
the
first
step
towards
acting
on
the
climate
emergency
resolution.
We
have
to
make
good
on
our
commitments
to
funding
transit,
we're
in
year,
one
of
the
transit
master
plan
and
we're
already
behind.
R
We
should
already
be
funding
evening
hours
year.
Two
includes
extended
service
to
south
Asheville
and
I
want
to
get
us
there,
but
we
need
to
begin
by
starting
all
the
commitments
we've
already
made
and
if
we
really
want
to
prepare
for
and
mitigate
the
effects
of
the
climate
crisis,
as
we
all
committed
to,
we
need
to
prioritize
this.
We
need
to
get
people
out
of
cars.
R
A
V
Well,
my
name
is
Max
mandler
I
live
in
North,
Asheville
and
I'm,
a
volunteer
with
the
sunrise
movement
and
I'm.
Also
here
tonight,
standing
in
solidarity
with
Vicki
and
just
economics
and
better
buses
together,
I
find
that
the
factor
that
determines
if
a
job
is
worth
having
is
if
the
boss
is
cool
right,
bad
boss
can
turn
even
the
best
job
into
a
terrible
experience
every
day,
whether
they're
micromanaging
you
or
just
rude
I'm
thinking
about
this
tonight,
because
as
I
stand
here
in
front
of
you
as
public
servants,
I
am
your
boss.
V
V
You
said
you
would
extend
bus
hours
into
later
into
the
night
and
trial,
fair,
free
weekends,
and
still
that
hasn't
happened.
So
now
we
as
your
collective
boss
have
to
step
in
and
say
what's
going
on.
Why
aren't
you
doing
the
job
that
you
said
you
would
do
so
that's
what
I'm
here
to
say
tonight.
I
would
love
to
see
this
on
the
agenda
for
the
next
city
council
meeting.
Thank
you.
AA
Hello,
my
name
is
Kim
Roni
and
I'm
here
in
solidarity
as
a
member
of
better
buses
together
and
I
just
want
to
lift
up
the
work.
A
former
transit
committee
member
saber
de
Ravin,
who
reminded
me
when
the
transit
master
plan
was
going
down
that
the
first
parts
of
year
1
we're
gonna,
have
broad
public
support
because
evening
service
hours
is
something
we
all
understand
when
30
percent
of
our
buses
ending
at
or
before
8
o'clock.
AA
Bashira
is
coming
to
mind
tonight
that
geographic
equity
is
important
too,
and
we
can't
forget
our
neighbors
in
south
Asheville,
so
I'm
standing
here
tonight
asking
you
to
go
ahead
and
plan
an
e
retreat
for
the
fiscal
year,
2
funding
as
well,
because
the
South
Asheville
service
needs
to
be
happening
we're
already
behind
with
year
one.
So
thank
you
for
your
consideration.
AD
Name's
jonathan
Wainscott,
I
guess
by
North
Carolina
state
law,
I
live
in
District
two
central
she's
happy
to
see
that
the
problem
on
Riverside
Drive
was
attended
to
so
quickly.
I
saw
that
there
were
some
work
trucks
out
there
Wednesday
and
day
after
I
came
out
here
and
told
you
about
it.
It
looks
like
the
problem
has
been
remedied.
AD
W
AD
Be
a
long
process,
but
it's
it's
unconscionable
to
me
that
that
qualifies
as
infrastructure,
so
those
were
kind
of
my
two
grounds
and
also
I
just
wanted
to
iterate
that
you
know
with
the
equity
inclusion
department's
effort
to
get
more
after
Americans.
Minorities
involved
in
boards
and
commissions
could
be
helped,
especially
with
the
board
of
the
Tourism
Development
Authority,
which
is
predominantly
white,
to
say
the
least
in
its
structure
and
staffing,
and
it's
in
the
board
membership
as
well.
So
you
know
that
would
be
improved
by
perhaps
keep
younger.