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A
Good
evening
and
welcome
to
the
asheville
city
council
meeting,
I'm
esther
mannheimer
mayor
of
the
city
of
asheville.
I
apologize
first
of
all
for
the
delay
we're
having
some
trouble
with
the
google
meets
platform,
as
is
apparently
a
lot
of
people
in
america
right
now,
maybe
around
the
world,
so
we're
gonna,
hopefully
get
through
without
too
many
technology
issues.
A
All
of
our
council
members
and
staff
are
participating
virtually
for
those
of
you
out
there
with
us
today
welcome
to
help
our
audience
follow
along
I'll
state.
Each
section
of
the
agenda
aloud
we're
streaming
live
at
our
virtual
engagement
hub,
which
is
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
hub
link
on
the
front
page
of
the
city's
website.
A
855-925-2801
and
entering
the
code
2776
we're
also
broadcasting
live
on
the
city's
youtube
channel
for
public
comment.
We
ask
callers
to
sign
up
in
advance
to
join
our
live
speaker
queue.
We
we
will
only
be
taking
live
comments
from
those
who
signed
up
prior
to
tonight's
meeting.
Those
scholars
have
been
provided
instructions
on
how
to
participate.
A
Each
caller
is
allotted
three
minutes
to
speak
for
each
agenda
item
and
we
will
hear
live
comments
for
up
to
one
hour
on
each
agenda
item
as
a
reminder
to
callers.
You
will
first
hear
staff
inform
counsel
that
you
are
next
to
speak.
Then
you
will
hear
an
automated
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letting
you
know
you
are
unmuted
and
live
in
the
meeting.
A
You
may
begin
speaking
after
the
automated
message
to
best
ensure
our
staff
can
support
you
in
the
case
of
a
technical
difficulty,
we
ask
that
you
join
the
speaker
queue
no
later
than
the
beginning
of
the
agenda
item
before
the
agenda
item
on
which
you
have
signed
up
to
speak.
Additionally,
if
you
have
joined
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speaker
queue
and
need
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disconnect
before
your
time
to
speak,
please
hit
star
4
before
hanging
up.
You
can
then
call
back
in
using
the
same
directions
I
just
shared
and
staff
will
enter
you
back
in
the
speaker.
A
Queue
of
your
agenda
item
I'd
like
to
ask
all
those
participating
in
tonight's
public
comment
to
follow
council's
rules
of
decorum
those
rules
of
decorum
include.
The
following.
Speakers
are
only
allowed
to
speak
one
time
during
the
public
comment
period
for
each
agenda
item
a
person
may
speak
only
if
they
have
signed
up
to
speak
in
accordance
with
the
city's
procedures.
A
Speaker
substitutions
at
the
meeting
are
not
allowed.
Each
speaker
is
allotted
three
minutes
to
speak
on
an
agenda
item
in
general.
Each
agenda
item
will
have
up
to
a
total
of
one
hour
for
public
comment.
A
speaker
may
not
share
or
relinquish
any
remaining
time.
They
have
not
used
to
another
speaker.
A
A
Okay,
we
do
not
have
any
proclamations
on
tonight's
agenda,
so
I'm
going
to
move
right
into
the
consent
agenda.
Council.
Do
I
have
any
questions,
comments
or
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda.
D
A
E
B
Oh
yes,
sir,
I'm
sorry
on
item
c.
B
Maybe
this
is
the
wrong
time
to
ask
this,
but
we
got
a
letter
from
an
employee
and
I
was
just
wondering
if
either
debra
or
somebody
or
shannon,
maybe
could
give
us
a
little
bit
more
depth
relative
to
the
transition
etc.
But
with
that
I
will
make
a
motion
to
accept
the
consent
agenda
with
if
we
can
have
that
brief
discussion.
A
G
H
What
I
was
going
to
say
what,
when
gwen's
question
wondering
if
we
should
go
ahead
and
do
this
as
far
as
getting
a
second
without
hearing
what
he
had
to
say,
because
I
was
concerned
and
wondering
if
they
may
need
a
little
bit
more
time
to
review
the
insurance
policies
before
moving
forward.
A
Well,
how
about
let's
do
this?
We've
got
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve
the
consent
agenda
minus
item
d:
let's
do
we
have
any
staff
that
can
speak
to
item
c
and
then
we
can
see
whether
or
not
we
need
to
delay
it
or
remove
it
or
anything
like
that.
I
I
J
So
we
asked
our
benefits.
Consultants,
willis
towers
watson,
to
help
us
with
this,
and
they
conducted
a
thorough
audit
and
they
found
that
our
current
plans
are
really
below
market
norms.
So
we're
not
receiving
the
same
level
of
service
that
we
would
like
to
to
receive
that.
We
would
like
to
provide
for
our
employees,
and
so
we
went
through
the
pretty
standard
process
of
issuing
a
request
for
proposals.
So
we
sent
out
an
rfp
and
we
had
responses
from
a
number
of
carriers
to
that.
It
has
been
almost
10
years,
since
we've
done
that.
J
We
went
into
this
knowing
that
any
kind
of
change
we
make
was
going
to
probably
result
in
some
type
of
disruption
to
some
of
the
members
in
our
current
plans,
and
that
was
very
heavily
weighted
in
our
rfp
process.
So,
as
we
went
through
the
process,
we
kept
that
in
the
forefront
really
looking
at
the
networks
that
the
the
carriers
submitted
that
they
have,
and
in
addition
to
that,
we
also
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
had
the
most
robust
plans
that
we
could
provide
so
really
focusing
on
care
management
wellness.
J
All
of
those
things
that
are
important
to
our
employees,
and
so
with
that
a
team
did
review
in
conjunction
with
willis
towers
watson.
We
did
review
the
rfps
and
again
we
were
really
keeping
that
disruption
in
the
front
of
our
minds
as
we're.
Looking
at
the
plan
designs
and
the
other
things
that
the
carriers
who's
applied
could
provide
cost
containment
obviously,
is
one
of
the
considerations,
but
that
was
not
the
driving
factor
and
in
reviewing
all
of
the
submittals,
we
found
that
cigna
had
projected
almost
four
percent
disruption
in
the
network.
J
So
when
the
providers
that
are
in
their
network,
there
would
be
about
a
four
percent
disruption
at
the
time
of
the
rfp.
We
also
did
talk
about
making
sure
that
there
was
a
process
in
place
for
carriers
to
be
able
to
add.
New
providers
and
cigna
does
have
a
process
in
place
for
new
providers
to
be
added
at
any
time,
so
we're
hopeful
that
the
disruption
rate
will
actually
be
less
than
four
percent,
and
again
we
did
collect
information
from
employees
over
time.
D
This
is
kim,
I
have
one
question,
so
what
is
the?
What
is
the
impact
if
we
were
to
delay
this
decision
until
an
official
survey
of
staff
instead
of
an
informal
survey,
maybe
specifically
guarded
or
geared
towards
which
services
would
need
to
be
shifted?
For
example,
how
many
folks
will
have
to
then
go
out
of
network
or
an
official
survey?
Is
it
possible
to
do
it?
What
would
the
impact
be
if
we
did.
J
A
H
Well,
it's
okay!
Well
the
one
thing
I
was
concerned
about
when
the
gentleman
said
something
about
a
lot
of
the
their
positions,
not
being
a
network
and
not
knowing
if
they
you
know,
as
far
as
limiting
the
service
they
can
get
if
they
can't
get.
You
know,
medical
professionals
but
professionals
in
the
networking,
but
shannon
just
answered
that
question
by
saying
that
they
were
accepting
new
doctors
into
the
network
so
that
in
itself
sort
of
I'm
okay
with
that.
But
that
was
my
concern
so.
A
Well,
for
what
it's
worth,
I
have
cigna
and
I
have
not
had
any
trouble
managing
my
chronic
illness
of
rheumatoid
arthritis
using
them
and
I
have
to
see
a
number
of
doctors.
But
that's
my
experience
and
I
realize
that's
not
everyone's
experience,
but
what
it's
worth?
A
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve
the
consent
agenda,
minus
item
d
and
if
there
aren't
any
other
questions
or
comments,
we
will
take
public
comment.
I
think
we've
got
a
few
people
signed
up
to
speak,
although
I
suspect
they're
going
to
want
to
talk
about
item
d.
But
let's
we
don't
know
so
we'll
just
go
ahead
and
take
public
comment.
Now.
M
Yeah,
that's
fine!
So
one
of
those
concerned
people
asking
about
consent,
item
c,
and
I
hear
what
you're
saying
about
accepting
new
providers,
but
I
would
encourage
you.
I
realize
that
you're
moving
forward
with
the
boat,
but
I
would
encourage
you,
even
if
it's
five
days
for
us
just
to
do
like
a
significant,
deep
dive
search
into
how
many
providers
we're
gonna
have
to
relocate
from,
because
I
personally
have
to
find
three
of
five
new
providers
for
our
family
and
because
our
providers
choose
not
to
use
cigna
network
for
a
multitude
of
reasons.
M
And
so
my
concern
is
for
the
city
at
large,
not
just
for
my
own
family,
but
how
many
providers
within
the
city
of
asheville
rely
on
blue
cross
blue
shield
and
those
1100
employees
that
use
these
services?
How
many
of
those
other
people
are
going
to
be
impacted
by
this?
This
might
cause
a
ripple
effect
that
we
aren't
well
aware
of
yet,
and
I'm
just
asking
you
to
please.
Please
give
us
a
couple
of
days
to
figure
out
what
the
impact
of
this
would
be
on
our
city.
That's
already
impacted
in
many
ways.
M
N
Hello,
this
is
rachel
bliss.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
ma'am,
we
can
hear
you
okay,
I
live
in
downtown
and,
like
tim
rooney,
I
am
asking
to
have
dee
taken
off
the
con
consent
agenda
tonight.
N
N
N
M
Good
evening,
city
council,
I
just
wanted
to
comment
on
item
l1
and
new
business,
a
apologies.
If
this
is
not
the
right
place
to
do
this.
M
However,
not
all
houseless
people
want
to
be
inside,
so
it's
it's
really
important
for
folks
to
be
visible,
to
be
close
to
resources
and
to
be
easily
located
to
provide
aid.
So
what
campers?
M
Mutual
aid
groups
and
non-profit
prophets
alike
are
calling
for
is
actually
city-sanctioned
campsites
with
basic
sanitation,
provided
this
would
reduce
a
lot
of
harm.
It
would
be
safer
for
the
campers.
We
would
be
able
to
monitor
them
a
lot
more
easily.
It
would
just
it
would
help
a
lot
and
other
cities
have
successfully
done
this.
M
So
I
look
forward
to
being
in
conversation
with
you
about
that.
I
also
just
wanted
to
briefly
talk
about
new
business.
A
from
what
I
understand
it's
worse
than
the
the
county's
non-discrimination
act,
there's
no
teeth
to
it.
It
doesn't
actually
do
anything
concrete
to
protect
our
lgbt
community.
M
You
know
I'm
just
thinking
about
my
trans
friends,
and
it
makes
me
angry
that
this
doesn't
really
do
anything
and
it's
symbolic
like
jasmine
beach,
ferrara
said
and
symbolic
isn't
good
enough.
The
charges
seem
pretty
like
comparable
to
traffic
tickets,
and
I
just
think
that
our
community
deserves
better.
So,
thank
you
very
much
have
a
great
evening.
A
You,
okay,
council,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve
the
consent
agenda.
Minus
item
d:
I'm
gonna,
take
a
roll
call
vote
unless
there
any
other
questions:
okay,
councilwoman
rony,
hi,
councilwoman
turner,
hi,
councilwoman,
whistler,
hi
myself.
I
vice
mayor
smith,
hi
councilwoman,
kilgore,
aye
and
councilwoman
mosley,
aye.
A
Okay,
thank
you!
Okay!
So
to
do
item
d,
I
need
a
motion
to
approve
items,
d1
d2
and
then
we
can.
Then
we.
O
B
I
A
E
A
Staff
want
to
speak
at
all
on
this
item,
or
do
you
want
to
just
move
on
yeah.
B
B
Deborah,
I
think
for
for
me-
maybe
you
know
if
we're
gonna,
bring
this
up
again,
to
really
understand
the
role
that
apd
plays
in
this
whole
program.
I
think
there's
you
know
like:
what's
it
mean
to
be
the
administrator,
what
does
this
pay
for,
etc?
How
does
it
sort
of
all
roll
into
to
our
reimagining
police
etc,
and
the
fact
that
the
chief
had
committed
to
de-emphasize
any
sort
of
low-level
drug
enforcement?
Just
you
know?
How
does
that
all
tie
into
that?
B
So
maybe
I
mean
I
would
certainly
like
to
hear
that
and
if
we
bring
it
up
again
I
mean
if,
if
staff
decides
to
bring
it
up
again,
maybe
just
a
little
bit
of
that
background,
because
I
think
there's
some
misunderstanding
about
it.
P
A
A
P
You,
but
I
would
like
to
chime
in
and
just
say
something
really
quick,
the
moving
this
item
to
public
safety.
P
I
think
it
is
for
us
to
be
cautious
about
our
movement,
because
we
are
thinking
about
reimagining
police
and
I
have
read
several
of
the
the
comments
that
were
sent
to
us
around
perpetuating
the
war
on
drugs,
and
I
think
that
is
the
right
thing
to
say,
but
I
also
think
that
we
have
to
think
about
strategies
to
attra
attack
the
drug
problem
and
I
think
the
mothers
of
individuals
who
were
caught
in
the
crossfire
these
last
few
years.
P
I
think
they
would
push
for
us
to
pay
special
attention
to
the
enormous
amount
of
drug
volume
and
value
in
this
community.
This
community
is
a
pass
through
and
drugs
and
are
destroying
our
community,
so
I
don't
want
to
get
up
get
caught
up
in
rhetoric
in
what
is
right
to
say,
because
there
are
things
that
seem
right,
but
the
end
is
destruction.
P
So
I
think
this
is
not
a
other
rather
than
invest
in
we
should
do
this
is
a
both
and
because
we
do
have
a
problem.
I
And-
and
if
I
could
I,
I
do
have
some
some
additional
information
from
the
police,
but
I
think
it
would
be
better
that
they
explained
this
role
rather
than
me
trying
to
give
you
some
highlights
of
it.
But
what
I
will
say
is
that
this
initiative
is
definitely
not
directed
at
low-level
trafficking
and
distribution.
I
It
is
more
about
production,
but
I
will
I
will
we
will
bring
this
back
to
community
safety
and
because
there
are
other
partners
involved,
so
I
really
do
want
to
get
it
right,
particularly
for
those
other
partners
that
are
involved
in
in
this
network,
so
we'll
bring
that
back
to
community
safety.
But
thank
you
all.
I
A
Q
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
members
of
council.
I
appreciate
the
time
you're
allowing
me
to
speak
this
evening
to
give
you
our
annual
update
on.
What's
going
on
with
the
with
the
airport
as
you
all
and
as
we
all
have
experienced,
2020
was
quite
a
year.
We
still
are
experiencing
the
effects
of
that
pandemic.
Q
Q
From
an
air
service
perspective,
we
had
four
carriers
operating
at
the
airport.
Those
four
carriers
are
allegiant.
American
delta
and
united
allegiant
is
the
carry
with
the
most
service
out
of
the
airport
and
has
continued
to
do
so.
During
the
year
of
2020.
Through
the
pandemic,
we
served
18
destinations
in
in
2020.
Q
Those
18
destinations
are
boston,
newark,
new
jersey,
baltimore,
maryland
washington,
dulles,
charlotte
sanford
florida
palm
beach,
fort
lauderdale
florida,
puente,
gorda,
florida,
sarasota,
florida,
saint
pete,
florida,
atlanta,
houston,
austin,
texas,
dallas,
fort
worth
denver,
chicago,
o'hare
and
chicago
midway.
Q
Although
we
had
18
destinations
for
2020,
we
pretty
much
stayed
somewhat
stable
and
since
then
we
have
gotten
some
of
our
our
service
back
into
2021
total
passengers
that
we
had
in
2020
was
704
0972,
which
is
down
56.
Q
From
an
operations
standpoint,
we
had
sixteen
thousand
eight
hundred
and
fifty
six
airline
operations,
which
is
down
thirty
31
and
from
general
aviation
and
military
aircraft
operations
we
had
41
348
that
was
down
18
from
a
construction
standpoint.
Moving
forward.
Some
of
this
was
you
know.
The
pandemic
allowed
us
to
move
forward
with
some
additional
projects,
which
was
good,
but
we
did
complete
the
infrastructure
for
our
utility
upgrades
that
will
be
necessary
for
our
terminal
new
project.
That
was
approximately
1.8
million
dollars
worth
of
construction.
Q
That
was
a
total
of
1.8
million
dollars
worth
of
work,
south
apron,
which
is
on
our
commercial
ramp,
we're
expanding
our
commercial
ramp
to
allow
for
additional
aircraft
park,
as
we
continue
to
add
flights
at
the
airport
that
is
currently
under
construction.
Q
That's
a
total
of
9.5
million
dollars,
and
then
we
did
commission
our
runway
after
three
years
of
delay,
with
all
the
problems
that
we
have
with
contractors
and
that
commissioned
on
november
5th
2020
and
we're
finishing
up
that
project
and
should
be
finished
this
this
coming
summer
and
we
also
purchased
the
broadmoor
golf
course
as
a
means
to
protect
our
flight
path
in
and
out
of
the
airport,
that
was
a
2.75
million
dollar
purchase
back
in
august
and,
lastly,
we're
working
on
our
terminal
project.
Q
You
may
have
seen
some
of
that
throughout
the
past
year.
That
was
a
project
that
we
have
involved.
The
community
involvement
right
when
the
pandemic
hit
a
year
ago,
we
were
getting
ready
to
have
some
public
meetings
in
person.
A
couple
months
later,
we
switched
those
over
to
virtual
meetings,
got
a
lot
of
input
on
what
asheville
means
in
western
north
carolina
means
to
you
and
from
that's
general
statement.
Q
We
got
over
4
000
comments
from
the
general
public
and
we've
been
able
to
transform
those
words
and
those
ideas
into
what
we
released
here
recently
within
the
last
month
of
of
our
conceptual
design
of
what
the
new
terminal
will
look
like
we're
looking
at
breaking
ground
sometime,
hopefully
in
summer
of
next
year,
for
the
terminal
building
and
we're
looking
at
a
cost
of
a
cost
of
about
235
million
dollars
for
the
new
terminal
building.
Q
We
do
like
to
participate
in
a
lot
of
community
activities
and
we
sponsor
a
lot
of
events.
Unfortunately,
a
lot
of
that
stuff
was
was
suspended
because
of
the
pandemic.
We
were
able
to
hold
our
annual
wings
for
autism
event
in
january
of
last
year
before
the
pandemic
hit
we're
hoping
to
bring
that
back
again.
Once
things
settle
down
for
assets
on
hand,
we
had
169
million
eighty
one
thousand
dollars
or
I'm
sorry
yeah.
Eighty
one
thousand
dollars
on
hand
at
the
end
of
our
fiscal
year.
Q
That
was
an
increase
of
fourteen
point,
two
million
dollars
over
2019
and
the
airport.
Under
our
latest
economic
impact
study,
we
contribute
1.95
billion
dollars
to
the
economic
impact
to
asheville
and
western
north
carolina
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have
from
me
this
evening.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
we
have
one
public
hearing
on
the
agenda.
Tonight
is
public
hearing
item
a
public
hearing.
This
is
a
public
hearing
for
submission
of
the
city's
annual
action
plan
for
2021
2022
to
the
u.s
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
and
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
sign
all
contracts
or
agreements
required
for
the
implementation
of
the
2021-2022
annual
action
plan
and
our
community
development
program
director
paul
d'angelo
is
here
to
present
this
item.
R
All
right
good
evening,
everyone
good
evening
mayor
the
vice
mayor
city,
council
and
city
management,
paul
d'angelo,
with
community
development,
thanks
for
having
me
here
tonight
here
to
talk
about
our
annual
action
plan
for
hud
fiscal
year,
2021
to
2022.
R
a
little
background
here.
The
city
has
received
our
hud
allocation
notice
for
2122
fiscal
year
with
approximately
1.13
million
dollars
in
community
development,
block
grant
funds
cdbg
and
approximately
1.37
million
dollars
in
home
partnership
funds
available
for
the
fiscal
year
that
will
begin
july.
R
1St
2021
community
development
staff,
in
coordination
with
the
housing
community
development
committee,
as
well
as
the
asheville
regional
housing
consortium,
have
made
recommendations
for
the
use
of
the
cdbg
funds
which
are
used
for
housing
and
community
development
programs
within
the
city
of
asheville
limits,
and
also
for
the
home
partnership
funds
to
be
used
for
how
housing
programs
within
the
four
county
consortium
area,
buncombe,
county,
henderson,
county,
madison
and
transylvania
county
right
now.
This
meets
goals.
Council
goals
of
a
diverse
community
quality,
affordable
housing,
thriving
local
economy.
R
At
the
end
of
march,
approval
of
the
action
plan
paves
the
way
for
hud
funding
to
be
utilized
by
partners
in
the
city
of
asheville
and
the
region
with
funds
used
to
create
affordable
housing,
jobs
and
impacts
to
our
moderate
and
lower
income,
individuals
and
families,
and
no
cons,
except
really
just
that
we
receive
a
lot
more
applications
and
we
actually
have
funding
two
to
three
to
four
times
the
request
in
funding
versus
what
we
actually
have
to
distribute
fiscal
impact.
This
is
funded
completely
with
hud
programs
of
cdbg
and
home
entitlement
grants.
R
Staff
costs
to
administer
the
program
are
also
also
fully
paid
for.
With
these
federal
resources
and
fiscal
21,
22
budgets
will
be
included
in
the
annual
budget,
ordinance
and
city
council
will
adopt
in
the
coming
months,
and
with
that
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions,
I
did
want
to
say
that
I
do
apologize.
The
links
in
the
staff
report-
I
have
not
been
updated
correctly.
There's
been
a
lot
of
moving
parts
of
hud.
I
did
send
maggie
those
links
to
correct
on
the
staff
report
and
my
apologies
to
council
and
city
management.
G
I'll
just
share
a
little
something
I
chair
both
of
the
hcd
and
the
regional
housing
consortium,
and
we
had
great
conversations
about
all
the
applicants
and
it
was
a
really
great
pool
of
folks,
and
I
think
both
commissions
did
a
great
job
of
kind
of
understanding.
G
How
a
little
could
go
a
long
way
and
how
to
you
know,
I
think,
with
the
in
particular
the
the
home
funds
it
was
or
the
regional
consortium.
We
looked,
particularly
at
an
area
of
the
county
that
had
been
trying
to
get
an
affordable
housing
project
for
many
years
and
hadn't
been
able
to
is
transylvania
county.
I
believe
an
area
in
the
region
and
we
kind
of
rallied
behind
them,
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
it
was
a
the
process,
felt
really
good.
G
A
Okay,
all
right,
we
have
one
person
signed
up
to
speak
on
this
item,
so
I
will
open
the
public
hearing
staff.
Do
we
have
anyone
on
the
phone.
K
A
We're
not
able
to
hear
anything
staff
is
there,
do
you?
Can
you
tell
us
what's
going
on
here.
A
Okay,
I
will
close
the
public
hearing.
That's
the
only
person
we
had
signed
up
to
speak
and
is
there?
Are
there
any
other
questions
comments
on?
Otherwise
I
will
take
a
roll
call
vote.
A
Oh
actually,
I
need
a
motion.
Sorry,
I
always
get
confused
on
the
public
hearing
ads.
Do
the
motion
after
the
public
hearing
do
I
have
a
motion
two
and
a
second
to
recess
the
public
hearing
for
submission
of
the
city's
annual
action
plan
for
2021
2022
to
the
u.s
department
of
housing
and
urban
development
and
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
sign
all
contracts
or
agreements
required
for
the
implementation
of
the
2021-2022
annual
action
plan
until
may
11
2021.
A
C
A
Myself,
I
vice
mayor
smith,
aye
councilwoman,
kilgore,
aye,
councilwoman,
mosley,
aye
and
councilwoman
roney
aye.
Okay.
That
concludes
our
public
hearings
agenda.
We
have
one
item
of
unfinished
business.
This
is
a
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
the
asheville
buncombe
united
for
youth
network.
T
T
T
T
T
We
are
missing
the
partnership
agreement
that
lifts
up,
how
we're
going
to
show
up
smarter,
stronger
and
better
for
one
another,
and
therefore
our
students,
families
and
community,
and
a
shared
data
and
evaluation
platform
for
support
problem
solving
and
course,
corrections
along
the
way.
Next
slide.
T
T
This
needs
to
be
about
the
community
showing
up
for
us
to
reach
our
goals
and
dreams
that
we're
more
than
just
those
those
outcomes
or
results.
This
is
about
us,
our
goals,
our
dreams,
and
we
do
need
a
way.
You
know
ways
to
measure
this
bold
community
goals.
So
here
are
a
couple
of
examples
in
this
slide
one.
It's
about
closing
these
opportunity,
achievement
gaps
that
exist
throughout
our
community
and
it's
about
our
students
graduating
for
their
chosen
path,
be
that
college
and
or
career
next
slide.
T
T
T
T
So
these
are
just
a
few
of
the
partners
involved
in
the
work.
The
partnership
agreement
is
new
and
through
that
youth
engagement
process,
we
have
a
new
name
of
our
network,
but
the
network
itself
and
the
partnerships
have
been
active
for
some
time.
U
Thank
you
laura
good
evening
mayor
vice
mayor
council,
peggy
rowe
with
the
city
manager's
office,
and,
as
we've
talked
about
previously,
the
city
is
going
hopefully
with
your
vote
tonight,
we'll
agree
to
provide
community
learning
centers
the
the
pods
that
we're
already
doing
at
the
recreation
center
and
many
of
these
things
on
the
list
we
are
already
participating
in
and
and
doing
currently
the
summer
youth
programs.
U
U
So
again,
many
of
these
commitments
we
already
have
our
intent-
is
to
have
an
eye
toward
any
any
enhancements
expansions
modification
to
these
programs
with
an
eye
toward
this
partnership
and
reducing
the
opportunity
gap
and
I'll
stop
there.
I
think
the
next
slide
is
opportunity
for
questions
for
laura
or
me
or
anyone
else
who
might
be
able
to
answer
any
of
your
questions.
D
This
is
kim,
I
do
have
a
question,
I'm
not
sure
who
the
best
person
to
ask,
but
in
my
questions
leading
up
to
tonight
when
we
think
about
the
school
to
prison
pipeline,
I'm
still
very
concerned
about
what
happens
when
a
student
is
flagged
for
those
three
reasons:
whether
it's
attendance,
referrals
or
drop-in
grades,
and
how
long
does
that
stay
a
flag
or
a
issue.
T
Great
great
question,
thank
you
and
and
kim
you're,
referring
to
the
early
warning
and
response
system,
and
just
so
others
on
the
call
and
listening
this
evening
know
this
system
is
a
shared
system
based
on
confidentiality,
practices
and
laws,
and
agreements
between
our
schools,
youth
services,
organizations
and,
and
first
and
foremost,
parents
for
schools
and
community
partners
to
see
in
lifetime
when
a
student
is
starting
to
fall
off
track,
have
time
to
problem,
solve,
put
supports
and
interventions
back
in
place
and
track.
T
If
those
interventions
are
working
or
not,
sometimes
it
means
it's
not
the
right
supporter
intervention,
and
sometimes
it
means
it
is,
but
we
need
to
tweak
how
we're
doing
that
a
little
bit
and
that's
where
that
problem
solving
comes
in
so
I
will
say
with
asheville
city
schools.
The
system
is
in
different
stages
of
implementation,
but
is
in
all
asheville
city
schools.
Now
there's
about
10
community
partners
within
the
district
that
are
again
at
different
stages
of
implementation
and
all
of
the
schools
have
problem-solving
teams
in
place
to
meet
on
a
very
regular
basis.
T
So
I
can
speak
to
asheville
middle
process.
A
great
process
called
teaming
on
kids,
where
again
they
can
in
lifetime.
You
know
see
which
of
those
kids
are
starting
to
fall
off
track,
but
the
system
also
tracks
again
the
interventions
and
supports
and
how
they're
moving
the
needle
on
those
on
those
you
know
warning
signs.
Community
partners
are
also
tracked
in
there,
so
the
schools
can
see
you
know.
T
If
that
organization
is
in
place,
then
they
can
reach
out
and
start
to
partner
with
that
organization,
which
I
think
is
one
of
the
key
features
of
the
system
that
it's
not
about
schools
going
it
alone
or
community
partners
going
in
alone.
It's
about
schools
and
partners
working
stronger
together.
D
My
second
question
was
around
capacity,
so
knowing
that
there
are
six
official
signed
on
partners
and
we're
being
tasked
with
whether
or
not
we
are
going
to
become
one
of
those
signed
partners
tonight,
there's
a
long
list
of
community
partners
that
are
named
that
maybe
haven't
officially
signed
on
yet,
obviously,
with
this
amount
of
partnership,
we
could
expect
to
see
great
things,
but
I
am
concerned
about
some
of
these
smaller
or
grassroots,
or
maybe
organizations
that
haven't
been
around
for
as
long
are
you
seeing
any
needs
for
capacity
and
if
so,
how
will
that
capacity
for
a
data
entry
be
addressed.
T
Awesome
absolutely
we
are
a
couple
of
ways
that
we've
been
working
on
addressing
that
thus
far
and
we'll
wait
to
you
know,
hear
from
community
partners.
T
If,
if
these
two
initial
plans
are
are
enough
or
we
need
to,
you-
know,
tweak
that
plan
and
do
something
different
or
show
up
in
in
better
ways,
but
with
regards
to
data
capacity,
one
is
we've
hired
a
data
and
evaluation,
specialist
who's
working
with
the
early
warning
and
response
system,
who's
working
with
the
shared
data
and
evaluation
framework,
and
one
of
her
roles
and
responsibilities
is
specifically
to
support
smaller
grassroots
organizations
and
nonprofits
with
that
data
tracking
collection
processing,
and
it
really
is
about
her
reaching
out
to
those
organizations
and
hearing
the
needs
that
are
specific
to
them,
and
it
might
look
a
little
bit
different
based
on
it
could
be
a
grassroots
organization
that
has
is
run
by
solely
volunteer
but
solely
volunteers,
or
it
could
be
a
smaller
organization.
T
So
there
are
similar
efforts
underway
when
an
organization
submits
those
commitments
to
the
agreement
that
crew
reaches
back
out
and
says
these
are
great.
Now,
how
can
we
support
you
and-
and
you
know,
with
the
date,
the
shared
data
and
evaluation,
and
what
does
that
look
like
for
your
organization.
V
B
Any
other
questions-
oh
yeah
nude,
so
so
this
is
probably
more
just
a
comment
to
the
other
council
members
as
well
as
staff.
You
know
we
we
have
prioritized
in
selecting
our
strategic
partners.
B
We've
we've
prioritized
tackling
the
achievement
gap,
and
so
I
would
ask
that
again,
assuming
we're
gonna
sign
on
to
this
to
to
this
network.
I
would
ask
that
all
of
our
strategic
partners
that
we
helped
to
you
know,
fund
in
any
way
that
that
are
addressing
the
achievement
gap
would
commit
to
be
a
part
of
this
network
again,
so
that
we
can.
B
You
know:
we've
struggled
as
a
city
with
kind
of
trying
to
figure
out
whether
whether
the
strategic
partners
are
really
getting
the
results
that
we're
looking
for,
and
I
think
that
one
of
the
things
with
this
network
is
it's
a
lot
about
tracking
those
results
and
trying
to
help
all
the
organizations
kind
of
row
in
the
same
way,
and
maybe
you
know
maybe
at
different
speeds,
but
hopefully
in
the
same
way,
and
so
I
was
just.
P
Some
of
the
organizations
are
very
beneficial
in
the
community,
but
they
don't
have
the
capacity
to
sign
on
as
at
the
same
rate,
that
a
larger
organization
with
more
people
and
higher
skills
and
just
the
time
to
put
into
all
the
requirements.
B
And
yeah
I
mean
again
what
I
would
say
is
you
know,
understanding
that
you
know
sort
of
a
commitment
or
move
toward
that
if
they
can't
join
the
network.
P
And
maybe
it
is
the
network
providing
information
to
them
instead
of
the
opposite
way
around,
but
I
think
we
have
to
tailor
it
so
that
we
don't
put
more
of
a
workload
on
folks
who
are
hands
on
with
our
students
in
our
community,
but
outside
of
that,
laura
you've
been
at
this
for
a
while,
which
seems
like
the
pinnacle
of
a
lot
of
hard
work.
Just
in
real
talk,
you
know
real
language.
What
does
it
mean
for
the
city
of
asheville
to
sign
on.
T
T
One
thing
that's
different
and
unique
about
the
design
of
this
partnership
agreement
is
that
it's
about
each
organization
having
the
opportunity
to
craft
their
own,
unique
value,
add
and
name
and
claim
that
so
those
will
look
very
different
and
should
you
know,
look
very
different
from
an
anchor
institution
to
a
grassroots
organization
and
and
again
just
really
want
to
echo
that
point
that
I
do
think
there's
a
lot
of
responsibility,
as
you
were
saying,
on
the
anchor
institutions
or
larger
organizations
reaching
out
and
being
smart,
really
supportive
of
smaller
organizations,
critical,
absolutely
critical
to
the
work.
T
I
you
know,
I
think
what
this
means
is
is
when
we,
you
know
we're
coming
together
around
this
shared
goal
and
supporting
one
another
in
ways
that
perhaps
we
haven't,
with
shared
learning,
shared
professional
development,
opening
up
capacity
for
all
to
participate,
opening
up
those
experiences
and
opportunities
for
family
members
for
community
leaders.
T
I
think
having
the
shared
data
and
evaluation
with
a
public
facing
transparent.
How
are
we
doing
checking
in
on
each
other?
I
think
it's
going
to
help
us
sort
of
move
farther
and
faster
than
perhaps
we
have
in
the
past
on
closing
these
opportunity.
Slash
achievement
gaps,
so
we're
really
excited
about
it.
Thank
you.
H
And-
and
I
would
like
to
say
that
laura,
I
think
this
is
a
great
program,
an
initiative
that
has
been
brought
forward,
and
this
is
one
of
the
things
I
was
concerned
about
and
my
run
for
council,
because
I
had
felt
there
was
not
enough
collaboration
with
all
the
different
groups
we
have
available
here
in
asheville.
We
have
so
many
different
programs,
but
they
weren't
connecting.
H
I
think
this
is
what
I
was
concerned
about
is
connecting
those
dots
and
bringing
us
together,
because
stronger
working
together,
we
can
keep
those
people
from
falling
in
the
cracks,
because
you've
got
so
many
different
aspects
and
business
says
actually
working
together,
like
you
said
for
the
same
goal.
So
I
am
really
hopeful
for
this
project.
I
think
it's
something
that
we
need,
especially
the
data
sharing,
where
we
actually
have
information
that
we
can.
Actually
you
know,
base
things
on
before.
H
We
don't
really
have
any
data
to
sort
of
you
know
sort
of
direct
us,
but
what
you're
doing
here?
I
think
it's
great.
I
think
that
it's
the
beginning
of
what
we
need
to
bring
together
a
great
program
for
our
youth,
who
have
been
totally
neglected
here
in
this
asheville
community,
that
I
felt
we've,
let
we
I
feel
that
they've
been
sort
of
left
behind
and
falling
through
the
cracks.
So
I
I'm
just
very
thankful
that
you
bought
this
program
and
I'm
hoping
that
council
will
actually
consider
it.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
I
just
want
to
chime
in,
and
thank
you
all
for
your
hard
work.
This
work
is
this
work
began
along
a
long
time
ago,
and
you
know
we
began
by
looking
at
models
used
in
other
communities
that
really
had
real
outcomes,
positive
outcomes
and
what
we
we
had.
We
had
a
chance
to
explore
how
they
structured
those,
and
what
we
saw
is
that,
first
of
all,
you
had
to
pull
together
all
kinds
of
community
partners.
It
couldn't
just
be
the
school
system,
it
just
couldn't
be.
A
You
know
just
the
city
or
just
united
way,
and
then
there
had
to
be
a
convener
someone
who
would
shepherd
it
and
I'm
so
appreciative
that
united
way
has
picked
that
up
to
take
on
that
task,
because
you
cannot
what
we
saw
is
you
cannot
have
a
successful
program
unless
there's
someone
who's,
always
beating
the
drum
someone
who's
always
trying
to
move
forward
and
bring
everyone
together.
A
So
I'm
to
me
this
has
been
a
pretty
long
process
and
I
you
know
I
want
to
thank
also
deborah
has
been
involved
in
many
many
of
these
meetings,
and
I
know
gwen
has
as
well
and
and
others
may
have
too
and
sorry
if
I
miss
miss
you,
but
but
I'm
excited
that
we're
here
at
this
moment
and
and
I'm
sure
you
know
there
are
there's
room
for
criticism
or
questions
or
concerns
or
trepidation,
but
I
would,
I
would
certainly
hope
that
we're
gonna
eagerly
partner
and
see
see
where
this
takes
us
and
along
the
way,
if
you
know,
if
we
think
things
need
to
be
changed
or
modified,
you
know
we're
going
to
be
a
partner
at
the
table,
so
we'll
have
an
opportunity
to
voice
voice
that.
D
This
is
kim,
I
I
just
needed
to
say
one
more
thing
and
it
isn't
like
a
cautionary
tale,
and
it's
just
about
us
as
a
partner,
as
I've
been
having
some
of
these
conversations
in
the
community
about
like
what
this
could
mean
as
a
possibility.
The
three
concerns
are
around
that
part
partner
capacity
and
barriers
so
that
we're
not
creating
an
even
bigger
gatekeeping,
funnel
focus
on
data
collection.
What
happens
if
a
parent
guardian
or
student
doesn't
opt
in
because
of
existing
trust
issues?
How
will
that
impact
our
outcome
data?
D
But
the
third
part
is
our
role
as
a
partner,
so
hearing
that
we're
going
to
just
do
what
we
do
and
more
of
it.
Well,
our
housing
policies,
issues
around
parks
and
rec
and
the
past
and
after
school
programming,
the
kayla
programming,
there's
something
that,
like
really
hasn't
been
named,
is
like
how
housing
and
policing
and
our
sros,
which
interact
with
students,
the
school
and
in
community.
What
is
economic
mobility
like?
D
So
I
know
that
our
policies
have
had
disproportional
impact
on
black
brown
and
indigenous
folks.
We
see
that
in
the
opportunity
gap
in
our
schools,
so
as
a
partner.
What
I
haven't
seen
yet
is
what
really
meaningful
relational
accountability
looks
like,
so
that
it's
not
just
a
transactional
data
relationship,
but
a
transformational
relationship
that
will
result
in
the
positive
outcomes
that
our
students
really
need,
and
I
am
hopeful
because
I
think,
with
the
partners
at
the
table.
We
can
pull
this
off
and
that's
why
I'm
going
to
support
it
tonight.
A
Okay,
council
will
be
unless
there's
any
other
questions
or
comments.
We
would
need
a
motion
at
this
point
for
a
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
the
asheville
buncombe
united
for
youth
network,
so
move.
Okay,
I'm
sorry,
okay,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second.
We
do
not
have
anyone
signed
up
to
speak
under
this
item,
so
I'm
gonna
go
to
a
vote
unless
there's
any
other
questions
comments:
okay,
councilwoman
whistler.
A
A
Much
okay:
we
have
two
items
in
new
business
tonight.
The
first
is
an
ordinance
prohibiting
discriminatory
practices
in
private
employment
and
public
accommodation
and
our
city
attorney.
Brad.
Branham
will
start
us
off
on
this
item.
O
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
and
good
evening,
all
the
members
of
council
and
the
public.
I
do
have
a
presentation
tonight.
So,
as
that's
loading,
I
will
again
repeat
what
you
just
said:
I'm
brad
branham,
the
national
city
attorney,
and
tonight
I'm
going
to
be
talking
to
you
about
a
proposed
ordinance
banning
discrimination
in
certain
areas
within
the
city,
as
you
may
know,
buncombe
county
just
last
week
approved
unanimously
a
new
anti-discrimination
ordinance
for
the
unincorporated
areas
within
buncombe
county.
O
The
purpose
of
the
city's
proposed
ordinance
would
be
to
prevent
discrimination
within
the
city
in
two
areas:
private,
employment
and
public
accommodations.
It
would
further
provide
assistance
for
anyone
experiencing
housing
discrimination
practices.
By
passage
of
this
ordinance,
the
city
would
be
aligning
its
regulations,
as
I
said
previously,
with
the
newly
adopted
ordinance
of
buncombe
county.
In
addition,
this
is
a
big
step
in
advancing
the
city's
goals
of
fostering
equity
and
inclusion
throughout
our
community.
Next
slide.
O
O
However,
house
bill
142
also
prohibited
local
governments,
such
as
the
city
from
enacting
ordinances,
which
regulated
private
employment
and
public
accommodations,
but
that
prohibition
ended
at
the
end
of
2020
and
since
that
time,
multiple
cities
and
counties
throughout
the
state
have
enacted
anti-discrimination
ordinances
dealing
specifically
with
private
employment
and
public
accommodations
and,
as
I
said,
the
most
recent
of
which
is
buncombe
county
just
last
week.
Next
slide.
O
It
would
further
provide
a
process
for
enforcement,
primarily
through
education,
persuasion
and
entering
into
voluntary
conciliation
agreements
to
cease
the
discriminatory
activity.
If,
however,
these
voluntary
methods
fail,
the
ordinance
would
authorize
civil
penalties,
as
well
as
other
potential
civil
remedies.
Next
slide.
O
Diving
a
little
deeper
into
the
elements
of
the
ordinance.
As
I
said
previously,
it
would
prohibit
discrimination
within
the
city
in
two
areas:
private
employment
and
public
accommodations.
A
private
employer
is
defined
as
anyone
employing
one
or
more
persons.
So
this
essentially
deals
with
all
employers
and
it
covers
things
such
as
hiring
tenure
conditions
of
employment,
as
well
as
other
employment
related
matters
with
regard
to
public
accommodations.
The
ordinance
defines
this
as
any
place
facility
store
or
other
establishment
which
supplies
accommodations
goods
or
services
to
the
public.
O
This
is
essentially
all
businesses,
including
things
such
as
airbnb,
retail,
restaurants
or
almost
any
other
service
provider.
There
are
certain
exemptions
which
are
built
into
the
ordinance
which
mirror
those
built
into
the
county's
ordinance
as
well.
Primarily,
these
are
designed
to
align
the
city's
law
with
that
of
existing
state
and
federal
law.
However,
I
will
note
that
there
are
exemptions
in
the
city's
proposed
ordinances
which
mirror
the
county's
ordinance
for
religious
educational
institutions,
as
well
as
religious
corporations
and
associations.
O
O
Also,
persons
who
receive
a
complaint
or
have
a
complaint
filed
against
them
or
their
business
may
also
provide
a
written
answer
for
consideration
to
the
office
of
equity
inclusion.
The
staff
of
that
office
will
thereafter
commence
an
investigation,
utilizing
certain
discovery
methods,
and
this
could
include
anything
from
visiting
a
site
to
businesses
to
reviewing
documents
taking
the
testimony
of
witnesses
and
interested
parties,
as
well
as
asking
additional
questions,
these
investigations
will
use
what
is
called
a
reasonable
cause
standard,
which
essentially
means
that
they
will
be
asking
based
upon
the
evidence.
O
O
Now,
if
these
methodologies
do
fail
or
were
unsuccessful
in
reaching
mutually
acceptable
resolutions,
the
city
manager
or
her
designee
is
authorized
under
the
ordinance
to
issue
civil
penalties,
100
per
violation
per
day,
as
well
as
seeking
injunctive
relief
through
the
city
attorney's
office.
If
the
need
arises,
none
of
the
ordinance
penalties
will,
however,
be
criminalized,
and
I
will
say
that
these
particular
fines
match
what
buncombe
county
adopted
last
week
next
slide
due
process
is
also
protected
for
all
parties
under
the
ordinance
by
providing
an
appellate
procedure
for
all
involved.
O
Following
the
complaint
process,
an
investigation
will
occur
at
which
point
the
office
of
equity.
Inclusion
will
eventually
issue
a
final
report
to
the
parties
of
their
determination
of
whether
or
not
there's
reasonable
cause
to
believe
that
discrimination
occurred.
O
Appeals
from
these
decisions
can
be
made
to
the
director
of
the
office
of
equity
inclusion
or
to
a
panel
which
will
consist
of
the
city
manager,
the
city's
human
resources
director
and
the
city
attorney.
These
appeals
must
be
filed
with
the
clerk
of
court
or,
excuse
me,
the
clerk
of
the
city
within
10
days
of
the
final
decision,
or
that
right
will
be
waived.
O
This
will
allow
local
businesses,
as
well
as
the
government
agencies,
involved
a
brief
period
of
time
to
prepare
for
the
implementation
of
the
new
rules.
With
regard
to
the
city,
we
are
placing
the
burden
of
the
investigative
process
on
the
office
of
equity
inclusion,
which
currently
is
in
the
process
of
seeking
to
hire
a
new
director
as
well
as
multiple
staff
members.
O
This
new
responsibility
was
taken
into
consideration
with
regard
to
that
search
process.
O
Now,
with
that
said
next
slide,
I'm
happy
to
take
any
additional
questions
or
comments
for
discussion
that
you
may
have.
D
Brad,
this
is
kim.
One
of
the
questions
that
I've
been
receiving
is
how
we
would
look
at
the
fines
in
the
future,
because,
right
now
the
fines
are
lesser
than
some
parking
or
traffic
violation,
tickets.
O
Thank
you
for
that
councilwoman
ronnie,
that
that
is
a
very
good
question,
and
as
cities
we
have
the
ability
to
determine
the
level
of
our
own
fines
for
nuisances
of
this
type.
O
We
have
been
looking
very
closely
at
other
municipalities
and
counties
throughout
the
state
as
to
determine
what
level
of
civil
penalty
they
are
imposing,
and
I
can
say
that
at
this
point
there
is
no
consistent
number
being
applied
throughout
the
state.
I
will
say
that
these
vary
from
undetermined
to
up
to
500
as
a
max.
O
If,
however,
we
get
some
people
who
continue
to
violate
these
issues,
I
would
note
that
the
penalties
can
continue
per
day,
so
these
can
add
up
consistently
for
repeat
violators
and
in
addition,
in
extreme
situations,
my
office
would
be
authorized
to
pursue
court
injunctive
relief
to
force
someone
to
stop
a
certain
activity
that
was
in
violation
of
the
ordinance.
So
this
is
also
something
the
council
can
review
in
the
future
and
determine
if
additional
higher
levels
of
civil
penalties
would
be
appropriate.
W
And
when
we
spoke
he,
he
counseled
me
that
the
that
civil
rights
should
always
be
expanded
and
never
sought
to
be
reduced.
W
I
said
all
that
to
say
that
he
was
at
the
intersection
of
activism,
civil
rights,
activism
and
religious
liberty
and
freedom,
and
it
was
his
opinion
that
this
ordinance
was
worth
moving
forward
with.
So
when
I
cast
my
vote
in
favor
of
this
ordinance,
I
will
do
so
with
him
in
mind
and
out
of
a
desire
to
make
him
proud.
A
Folks,
we
have
several
people
signed
up
to
speak
under
this
item
and
shall
I
move
on
to
the
public
hearing.
G
G
A
Sure
that
all
the
staff
upstairs
are
probably
almost
bald
from
pulling
all
their
hair
out
over
this,
so
hopefully
they'll
have
a
chance
to
fix
it
as
we
move
along,
but
I
will
I'll
go
ahead
and
open
the
public
hearing
and,
let's
see
maybe
some
folks
are
able
to
speak
at
this
point.
We
can
work
on
issues
as
we
go
along.
D
Is
this
is
kim
I
didn't
see
a
prepared
motion,
but
I
am
prepared
to
make.
A
D
Please
go
ahead,
so
I
would
motion
that
the
city
of
asheville
adopt
a
non-discrimination
ordinance.
I
don't
know
if
I
need
to
say
anything
more
in
addition
to
that.
A
You
okay!
Now
we
will
take
public
comment
and
staff.
Are
you
beth?
It
looks
like
your
little
green
light's
on.
Are
you
ready.
X
Thank
you,
mayor
manheimer
and
members
of
city
council.
My
name
is
payton
o'connor,
my
pronouns.
Are
they
them?
I
live
in
the
five
points.
Neighborhood.
First
of
all,
I
wanted
to
thank
you
for
my
recent
appointment
to
the
asheville
city
school
board.
As
you
may
have
seen
announced
in
the
news
today.
Last
night
we
unanimously
approved
a
resolution
to
oppose
the
anti-trans
legislation.
That's
working
its
way
through
the
general
assembly.
X
As
I
see
it,
the
presence
of
such
vile
and
human
and
hurtful
legislation
underscores
the
importance
of
the
resolution
that
you're
now
considering.
We
still
have
citizens
whose
daily
lives
are
marred
by
discrimination.
I'm
a
lifelong
resident
of
bunking
county,
a
combat
veteran,
a
father
of
five
and
a
non-binary
trans
person.
My
journey
towards
self-realization
understanding
has
been
entrenched
in
internalized
homophobia
and
transphobia.
When
I
first
read
the
supreme
court's
postdoc
versus
clayton
county
decision
and
its
implications.
X
X
While
many
maintain
many
attempts
to
raise
the
absence
of
complaints
as
validation,
I
would
counter
that
the
absence
of
these
protections
that
force
our
neighbors
to
swallow
the
discrimination
about
them
and
internalize
the
pain
of
being
other
in
their
community,
I'm
also
disturbed
by
the
people
that
claim
these
protections
are
in
place.
Without
bothering
to
do
the
basic
research.
Lgbtq
protections
are
not
codified
and
discrimination
is
still
very
much
present
in
our
society,
and
many
other
of
the
other
speakers
can
provide
you
with
countless
experiences.
X
This
experience
reflects
the
values
of
the
asheville,
where
I've
chosen
to
raise
my
kids
and
the
city.
I've
called
home
my
whole
life.
It
represents
the
values
of
a
country
that
I
fought
to
protect
and
it
shows
our
children
that
we
care
enough
about
our
community
to
make
equity
and
inclusion,
something
that
is
meaningful
enough
for
us
to
have
codified
into
a
law.
X
Y
Y
I'm
asking
you
to
pass
the
non-discrimination
ordinance.
I
wish
you
could
talk
to
the
people
I
talked
to
people
after
coming
out
have
been
fired
from
their
jobs
or
denied
housing.
You
see,
I'm
tired
of
telling
people
that
what's
happening
to
them
is
legal
and
that
there's
no
process
for
holding
others
accountable
for
this
type
of
discrimination.
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
L
Z
I
use
he
and
him
pronouns
and
I
live
in
astro
up
in
montford.
I'm
calling
today
to
speak
in
strong,
supported
support
of
this
non-discrimination
ordinance.
Z
I
was
so
excited
to
move
to
asheville
last
august
and
I'm
especially
proud
to
live
here
now
that
you're,
considering
this
lgbt
inclusive
non-discrimination
ordinance,
you
see,
hundreds
of
other
cities
have
already
passed
ordinances
like
these,
like,
like
this
rather
from
tiny
towns
in
west
virginia
to
big
metropolitan
areas,
it's
time
for
asheville
to
join
them,
and
I
strongly
urge
you
to
enact
it.
Z
You
see
I
I
speak
almost
every
day
with
lgbt
people,
including
people
here
in
nashville,
and
I
listen
to
stories
of
discrimination,
and
so
many
people
believe
that
discrimination
doesn't
exist,
but
that's
just
not
true.
I've
spoken
to
people
who've
been
denied
service
by
a
landscaper,
an
event
venue,
a
pediatrician,
a
daycare,
a
tax
preparer,
an
uber
driver.
Z
I
walked
past,
so
many
rainbow
flags
in
asheville
and
they're
lovely,
and
I
really
hope
that
I
never
faced
discrimination
here.
I
hope
no
lgbt
person
faces
discrimination
here,
but
we
can't
guarantee
that
and
when
discrimination
happens,
it's
important
that
we
have
a
way
to
address
it
and
that's
what
this
non-discrimination
ordinance
does.
It
won't
solve
everything,
there's
a
lot
of
education
and
work
that
we
need
to
do
to
ensure
everyone
be
able
to
live
with
dignity
and
respect.
Z
E
Hi,
my
name
is
abby
bowen,
I
use
she
her
pronouns
and
I
live
and
work
in
asheville.
I've
been
visiting
asheville
for
years
before.
Finally
moving
here
with
my
partner
as
much
as
I've
enjoyed
most
of
the
time
in
the
city,
I'd
be
lying.
If
I
said
I
always
felt
safe
here,
there's
a
fear
that
exists
when
you're
part
of
the
lgbtq
plus
community,
especially
if
you're
you
know
visibly
quote
different.
E
E
I
know
that
passing
this
ordinance
won't
suddenly
erase
bigotry,
but
it
will
send
a
message
that
asheville
isn't
a
city
where
that
kind
of
hatred
is
welcome.
So
I
would
really
like
to
encourage
the
council
to
pass
this
ordinance
and
to
affirm
the
dignity
of
the
queer
community.
Here,
thank
you
so
much.
V
Hi,
my
name
is
lauren
beale.
I
use
cheat
hair
pronouns
and
I'm
a
member
of
asheville
city's
lgbtq
plus
community,
I'm
here
today
in
strong
support
of
the
lgbtq
inclusive
non-discrimination.
Ordinance.
Many
north
carolinians
mistakenly
believe
that
lgbtq
people
are
protected
from
discrimination
in
housing,
health
care
and
public
spaces,
but
unfortunately
that's
not
true,
and
in
fact
there
are
numerous
pieces
of
legislation
in
north
carolina
that
seek
to
rule
specifically
against
lgbtq
protection
here
in
our
state
and
beyond.
V
As
a
result,
the
buncombe
county
commissioners
passed
a
similar
nbo
last
week,
which
covers
unincorporated
areas
of
the
county,
but
exclusive
cities
and
towns
such
as
asheville.
I
urge
our
city
council
tonight
to
vote
yes
to
keep
our
asheville
community
free
from
discrimination
and
provide
any
protections
necessary
to
our
families
and
neighbors.
I'm
encouraged
to
hear
that
the
city
can
consider
expanding
signs
and
penalties
in
the
future
if
necessary.
V
This
is
a
small
but
important
starting
place
for
the
city
of
asheville.
Passing
these
protections
will
make
me
my
family,
my
neighbors
and
my
community
feel
safer,
more
welcome
and
more
included
in
buncombe
county.
Please
do
the
right
thing
and
vote.
Yes,
on
this
ordinance
tonight,
so
asheville
can
support
safety
for
all
and
lead
by
example,
in
north
carolina.
AB
AB
I
am
here
to
kindly
request
to
vote
against
the
proposed
of
the
non-discriminational
ordinance
pertaining
to
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity
across
our
nation.
You
know
the
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity
law
has
been
found
to
be
undermining
both
fairness
and
freedom.
So
I
urge
that
you
not
to
adopt
this
ordinance.
It
has.
AB
This
ordinance
has
threatened
the
women's
privacy,
the
force
of
sections
sex,
specific
facilities
and
open
areas
to
the
constitution
of
freedom
of
religion,
liberty
and
freedom
of
speech,
and
also
affects
christian-owned
businesses
and
it's
in
its
endeavor
to
an
endeavor
to
hire,
and
so
I
plead
to
you
to
not
to
adopt
of
this
proposal
of
non-discrimination
due
to
the
fact,
I
believe,
is
being
misused
by
discretion
or
by
hate
by
acknowledging
that
so.
Thank.
L
C
C
C
C
AC
AC
I'm
a
white
cisgender
member
of
the
lgbtq
community,
but
pass
as
straight,
which
means
most
people
perceive
me
to
be
straight
because
of
how
I
look.
I
grew
up
in
southwestern
virginia
and
was
not
able
to
express
the
full
extent
of
my
queer,
not
straight
self.
Until
I
left
my
hometown,
which
I
love
as
a
member
of
the
lgbtq
community.
I
innately
know
that
I
have
to
keep
parts
of
myself
hidden
in
certain
situations
to
stay
safe.
AC
AC
Furthermore,
it
is
not
the
job
of
those
that
face
the
most
discrimination
and
danger
to
relive
and
show
off
their
trauma
to
prove
their
humanity
is
the
job
of
those
with
privilege
who
lgbtq
discrimination
does
not
affect
daily
to
take
some
of
the
weight
off
of
the
shoulders
of
our
loved
ones
and
neighbors
by
speaking
out
in
favor
of
this
non-discrimination,
ordinance
or
bypassing
it.
Many
changes
need
to
happen,
and
this
is
a
very
small
step
in
the
right
direction.
I
urge
you
to
pass
this
ordinance
and
will
be
grateful
when
you
do.
Thank
you.
AA
My
personal
experience
is
that
in
all
my
49
years
I
hadn't
felt
the
care
I
felt
after
hearing
that
hb2
passed
here
in
asheville.
This
is
not
what
I
expected
when
I
moved
here
and
I
expected
that
all
citizens-
black
brown,
trans,
non-binary,
queer
everything
in
between
I
expected
that
everybody
could
live
here
with
dignity
and
respect.
AA
So
I
joined
a
small
group
of
trans
and
non-binary
community
members
who
went
door-to-door
of
downtown
businesses
and
asked
the
owners
to
specifically
if
they
would
endorse
the
suppressive
and
awful
ordinance
this
law
and
to
my
relief
most
of
the
business
owners
believed
that
it
was
oppressive
and
that
it
was
ridiculous
and
would
not
enforce
this
bathroom
used
by
gender
assigned
at
birth.
The
outpouring
of
support
from
any
downtown
small
business
owners-
my
peers,
was
somewhat
corrective
for
me,
but
it
wasn't
enough.
AA
Obviously,
I
was
also
supporting
trans
and
non-binary
teens
and
college
students
who
then
had
to
fight
this
battle
at
their
schools.
Thank
you,
peyton
for
telling
us
tonight
about
the
celebratory
dismantling
of
this
rule
in
the
local
schools.
I'm
really
happy
to
hear
that
it's
going
to
make
my
job
a
little
easier.
AA
A
Thank
you
counsel.
That
was
our
last
speaker
under
public
comment,
so
I'm
going
to
well,
I'm
not
closing
public
hearing,
because
we
don't
this
wasn't
whatever
that
was
our
last
speaker
under
this
item.
Councilwoman
roney
did
you
have
a
comment.
D
Yeah,
I
just
wanted
to
say
a
couple
of
thanks
to
those
who
called
and
shared
their
stories
tonight
to
those
who
have
named
that
the
fines
are
not
enough
to
those
who
have
called
for
the
support
that
will
be
needed
for
our
office
of
equity.
Inclusion
to
have
the
capacity
to
enforce
to
those
who've
reminded
that
our
religious
freedoms
are
protected
by
the
first
amendment,
but
protection
against
discrimination
and
employment
and
public
accommodations
is
not,
and
that's
why
we
are
among
the
municipalities
in
north
carolina
passing
this
lgbtq
plus
inclusive
non-discrimination
ordinance.
D
I
acknowledge
this
as
a
starting
point.
We
have
farther
to
go
with
the
passage
in
virginia
of
their
house
bill
6.
It
was
news
to
me
this
week
to
learn
about
source
of
income
as
a
way
that
we
could
protect
against
discrimination
against
use
of
housing
vouchers.
So
we
this
is
the
beginning
of
a
conversation,
not
the
end.
Then
I
want
to
say
a
special
thanks
to
my
students,
specifically
zola
ferriby
and
sophia
ramirez,
from
forming
my
thinking.
A
Council,
I
wasn't
on
the
city
council
years
ago,
when
lenny
cynic
was
mayor
and
this
council
took
up
at
the
time
a
very
controversial
issue
about.
I
believe
it
was
the
city's
personnel
policy
around
not
discriminating
and
and
the
expanding
the
non-discrimination
provision,
and
it
was
to
cover
lgbtq
members
of
the
community,
and
it
was
so
controversial
that
I
believe
they
had
to
have
and
maggie
can
correct
me.
I
believe
they
had
to
have
the
hearing
over
it
as
what
is
now
harris,
cherokee
or
at
the
civic
center.
A
Wow-
and
I
remember
when
we-
the
council,
adopted
a
provision
recognizing
civil
unions
and
even
then
we
had
a
handful
of
folks
that
came
to
the
council
meeting
opposing
that,
and
I
so
I
just
think
about
the
evolution
of
this
city
and
where
we
are
sitting
here
today
and
I
know
we're
not.
We
are
not
a
perfect
city
and,
as
councilwoman
roney
said,
we
have
further
to
go,
but
I
want
to
congratulate
this
community
on
being
in
a
new
place
today.
A
B
A
All
right,
thank
you.
Our
last
item
of
new
business
is
regarding
boards
and
commissions.
Oh
I'm
sorry,
I
forgot
we
have
one.
We
have
one
board
that
we
were
to
appoint
tonight,
but
we
are
going
to
move
that
out
to
our
next
meeting.
This
is
the
new
design
review
committee
and
we
need
a
little
more
time
to
move
this
out.
A
It
is
to
be
made
up
of
members
from
the
downtown
commission
and
the
riverfront
commission,
and
we
need
a
little
more
time
to
put
this
one
together,
so
we're
going
to
move
it
out
to
our
next
meeting,
and
so
that
will
take
us
into
our
informal
discussion
and
public
comment,
and
we
have
a
few
folks
that
are
signed
up
to
speak
under
our
informal
discussion
of
public
comment
and
also
council.
A
Let
me
tell
you,
under
our
public
hearing
item
a
as
you
recall,
we
had
one
person
signed
up
to
speak,
who
fell
off
the
call,
and
I
believe
she
is
going
to
rejoin
us
under
this
last
section.
So
just
know
that
we
might
hear
from
that
caller.
L
AD
Hi
grant
millen
long
time,
national
resident
unity
future
can
happen.
The
strategic
innovation
lab
is
a
solution.
Design
element
of
the
unity
future
strategic
innovation
platform
feel
free
to
visit
silab.mn.co
the
unity
future
rp
science
vision
that
fits
perfectly
into
the
advanced
monument
task
force
vision
is
not
meant
to
go
in
the
current
spot
of
the
obelisk.
AD
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
the
national
police
department,
coal
probe
media
work,
is
something
I
asked
about
at
the
time
back
in
june
that
that
engagement,
appeared
350
for
a
video
production
and
or
editing
job
isn't
wrong.
The
point
is
to
see
evidence
of
the
work
and
how
well
we
are
served.
AD
Regarding
consent,
d,
the
high
intensity
drug
trafficking
area,
grant
that's
275
thousand
dollars.
I
asked
for
a
fentanyl
solutions
report.
The
public
safety
committee
needs
to
recognize
that
and
recognize
that
fentanyl
is
it's
really
unpleasant?
It's
going
to
be
really
unpleasant.
When
city
of
asheville
starts
talking
openly
about
fentanyl
illegal,
you
might
call
it
illegal
or
pseudo
sentinel,
because
you're
talking
about
trans
fentanyl,
produced
by
transnational
organized
crime,
not
central
slips
out
of
hospitals,
but
that's
a
chance
to
reinvent
law
enforcement.
AD
We
should
all
be
looking
at
that
and
hearing
more
it's
a
time
for
ideas.
It's
not
something
to
fear.
When
I
brought
up
the
fentanyl
solutions
report
regarding
new
business,
a
that,
the
ordinance
prohibiting,
discriminative
practice,
good
practices
against
lgbtq
citizens
as
to
private
employment
and
public
accommodations.
AD
As
I
told
the
pumpkin
commissioners,
it
was
necessary
to
vote
yes.
However,
everyone
needs
to
understand
the
city
of
national
record
on
serving
the
disabled.
I
am
developing
a
national
impact
nonprofit.
Until
then,
I
can
really
only
comment
on
behalf
of
our
truly
vulnerable
citizens,
including
disabled
children
and
the
elderly.
United
for
a
youth
network
doesn't
seem
to
mention
the
largest
minority
in
asheville
and
definitely
buncombe
persons
with
disabilities
or
pwds.
E
I
note
that
the
report
says
the
decision
to
destroy
the
supplies
was
made
by
the
highest
ranking
apd
supervisor
on
the
scene
and
in
two
separate
places.
The
report
indicates
that
the
decision
to
destroy
first
aid,
surprising
food,
was
wrong.
These
items
could
have
been
easily
seized,
transported
and
returned
later.
E
What
happened
after
that
is
not
at
all
clear
in
one
place
in
the
report
it
says
numerous
attempts
have
been
made
to
deliver
the
check
to
the
students.
However,
they
refuse
to
accept
it
in
another
place.
It
says:
apd
issued
a
check
for
the
invoice
amount.
However,
the
check
was
not
picked
up
by
the
invoicing
parties
after
multiple
attempts
to
notify
them
were
made
so
which
was
it
it's
really
not
clear.
E
E
E
S
I
want
every
lgbtq
person
to
feel
included,
welcomed
and
free
from
discrimination
in
every
area
of
life.
The
sexual
orientation
and
identity
of
an
individual
is
very
particular
and
unique.
I
believe
that
every
human
being
is
worthy
of
dignity
and
respect
behind
all
our
appearances
are
brilliant
minds
with
normal
ideas
that
enhance
the
progress
of
our
world.
In
many
ways,
why
allow
people
in
business
to
bother
people
about
the
way
we
look
or
who
we
love?
S
Humanity
needs
more
true,
love,
respect,
harmony
and
justice
to
be
a
better
world
to
live
in.
No
discrimination
largeness
remind
us
in
human
forces,
equal
protection
for
all
under
the
law.
I
believe
in
equality
and
the
rights
everyone
has
to
be
who
they
are.
I
support
all
lgbtq
people
with
love
and
compassion
in
my
heart.
S
M
M
A
reflection
of
this
nation's
decisions
to
evict
people
experience
houses
experiencing
healthlessness
is
straight
up.
Violent,
sending
people
to
hotels
and
scattering
them
around
the
city
really
without
their
choice,
removes
them
from
their
resources,
from
their
support
networks
and
from
people
who
take
care
of
them
and
people
that
they
take
care
of.
We
want
long-term
solutions
in
the
city,
not
placation.
M
No
more
evictions
city
sanctioned
campsites
with
sanitation
services
to
continue
to
work
towards
defunding
the
asheville
police
department.
That
was
on
record
that
deborah
campbell
deployed
nearly
the
whole
on
duty,
apd
team,
to
aston
park
last
friday,
where
there
were
violent
arrests
made
to
evict
the
people
and
that
were
unhoused
and
camping
there
and
the
people
they
asked
to
stand
in
solidarity
with
them.
We
want
affordable
housing.
L
M
Hey
there,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
hear
you
awesome
council,
I'm
calling
today
to
speak
on
what
happened
last
week
to
our
houseless
community.
The
city
has
been
calling
for
evictions
of
all
the
houseless
encampments,
despite
the
fact
that
we're
in
the
midst
of
a
pandemic
with
an
eviction
freeze
and
effect
across
the
nation.
M
First,
let
me
say
that
I
am
disgusted
that
asheville
thanks
so
little
of
our
houseless
folks,
that
you
didn't
consider
clearing
their
camps
and
actual
eviction.
Otherwise
they
would
have
been
protected
by
the
cdc
mandate.
What
happened
last
week
at
aston
park
and
has
been
continuing
to
happen
across
the
city,
is
despicable.
M
Deborah
campbell
and
kathy
ball
specifically
called
for
these
evictions
and
sent
out
40
plus
apd
officers
to
enforce
them,
which
perpetuates
violence
and
instability
in
our
communities.
I'm
not
sure
what
you
heard
about
last
friday,
but
as
someone
who
was
there,
I
can
tell
you
that
what
happened
was
horribly
traumatic
for
all
involved.
M
We
were
calmly
holding
space
and
providing
support
and
resources
for
our
houseless
comrades,
because,
unlike
council,
we
went
out
and
met
with
the
folks
there
ahead
of
time
and
asked
them
what
support
they
needed
and
then
the
police
came
marching
in
and
we
had
to
watch
a
young
mentally
disabled
black
woman
be
arrested,
which
was
enraging
and
caused
three
of
my
friends
to
be
arrested
afterwards
because
they
were
trying
to
protect
her
apd
keeps
claiming
that
they
are
understaffed
and
in
crisis.
So
then,
why
were
there
so
many
officers
there
willing
to
destroy
others
lives?
M
I
know
that
you
as
well
as
apd,
think
that
this
intimidation
and
oppression
will
squash
the
movement
of
the
folks
that
are
demanding
a
better
world.
But
I'm
here
to
tell
you
that
all
it's
going
to
do
is
continue
to
fuel
the
movement
and
further
disconnect
us
from
the
need
of
the
state
and
the
militarized
police
force.
The
more
you
keep
enforcing
and
instilling
violence
in
our
communities,
the
more
we
will
push
back
for
our
own
rights
and
dignity.
We
have
been
telling
you
for
a
year
now.
M
We
do
not
feel
safe
with
cops
in
our
city
because
we
don't
need
them.
What
we
need
is
love
and
community
care.
What
we
need
is
housing,
living
wage
jobs,
health
care
and
respect.
Every
single
person
in
this
community
deserves
to
be
respect,
respected
and
cared
for,
and
providing
temporary
housing
in
hotels
is
not
a
permanent
solution.
M
I
know
you
guys
have
been
looking
for
more
solutions,
and
I
urge
you
to
continue
looking
and
to
ask
the
racial
justice
coalition,
because
they
are
about
to
launch
an
amazing
plan
which
has
been
used
across
internationally
to
help
provide
permanent
housing
solutions
and
support
for
the
folks
that
need
it
most.
So
I
urge
you
to
listen
to
the
folks
that
are
calling
in
to
tell
you
to
listen
to
the
groups
that
are
organizing
and
taking
to
the
streets.
M
Don't
just
listen
to
us
when
you
up
and
we
have
to
yell
at
you
like,
listen
to
us
when
we're
talking
and
trying
to
formulate
plans
and
work
with
you,
because
the
truth
is
we
don't
need
to
work
with
you,
but
we
would
like
to
work
with
you
if
you
would
like
to
work
with
us
so
far.
We
have
gotten
nothing.
A
Okay,
all
right
counsel
that
that's
a
wrap
for
our
council
meeting
this
evening.
So
unless
there's
any
announcements
or
anything,
I'm
going
to
say
we're
adjourned,
we're
adjourned.