Asheville, North Carolina City Council Meetings, 8 Nov 2016

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November 8, 2016
Asheville City Council Meeting

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Well, the microphones are working your.

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Figures pick your technology, if everyone will take a moment in silence their cell phones and please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty to justice, pearl.

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Evening we have a- hopefully relatively short council meeting tonight, this being the election. We have no proclamations on our agenda tonight.

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We have a pretty lengthy consent agenda if there are any questions, comments or emotion regarding the consent agenda, this would be the time yes, Maggie. Oh item em right. So item m is not on the consent agenda. So if you'll make a motion, we.

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Mean out item and we're considering a separate layer, no.

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It needs to be that.

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Role we just fine I need to alter the consent agenda with the exception of item am second.

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Okay, I have a motion and a second is there. Anyone wishing to comment on the motion to approve the consent agenda.

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All right, all those in favor, please say aye aye any opposed.

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This is so kind of you happening.

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To I know boards.

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And commissions.

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Right so the miasma ah here.

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We go so maybe I'll have this up. We.

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Have nothing on public hearing to cutting-edge business? We.

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Have no presentations and reports, no public hearings, no unfinished business under new business. We have a number of boards and commissions to consider, and the vice mayor will take over great.

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Once again, really thank the community for being responsive. We have some great applications, so I'm going to go through what the recommendations of the board that Commission's committee suggested. So on the ABC Board, we recommend that we appoint Jan Davis for the one opening so.

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All in favor aye any opposed. We also would recommend that Louis Isaac be appointed the chair of the ABC Board for this particular board, though the council does a point that chair, so we would recommend that Louis Isaac be appointed as the ABC chair move.

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To approve second, does he want it? Have we asked him? Okay, he does he's.

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Young he's demonstrating great leadership at the state level. We recently altered the board structure, the ABC Board, to allow our local delegation to gain more leadership positions of the state and mr. Isaac has it's already making inroads is already a part of that state board. Excellent.

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All those in favor aye any.

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Opposed I will just note that makes him chair now. Two boards he's also chair at the housing authority board. So just as an FYI for us.

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Okay, historic resources, commission, the boards and commissions would like to post. We.

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Right to to readd vert eyes for the applications, in the hopes that we get a little more diversity in our candidate pool for.

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Report historic resources, commission will have emotion or that's motion, do I have a second.

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Discussion all in favor, okay,.

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Post, okay, the homeless initiative, Advisory Committee, we had a lot of applications, really great applications.

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Unfortunately, the committee itself has not met and we would like to get there the committee's recommendations, because this is a fairly technical committee and we'd just like to hear from them, so not actually opening opening the application process up, but just basically postpone a decision until we get the recommendation from the committee. So I don't think that we really need to make a motion on that. That's just okay, hub.

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That boards and commissions would like to recommend Mark Collins, be appointed to.

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Second, a any discussion: all those in favor good.

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Opposed, thank you. A neighborhood, Advisory Committee boards and commissions recommends Ken. Miller do I have a second second.

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Time for some discussion.

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All those in favor any pose: okay, a public art and cultural commission boards and commissions recommends Micah Mackenzie got a second second.

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Those in favor, okay,.

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Opposed okay for the recreation board, the boards and commissions recommends Tiffany de be low at the recommendation. Do I have a second second.

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Those in favor aye any opposed public soil erosion, stormwater review committee. This committee, apparently doesn't meet very often tell.

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You that because I'm, the liaison okay.

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And so I don't know, I think we should kind of start to think about just making the public aware that there is this option if they do have issues about stormwater decisions, but nonetheless the boards and commissions recommends the reappointment of Pete Hildebrand and to re-advertise for the second opening.

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So I have a question about that: I noticed so with the two members current members, including mr. Hildebrand, have both served two terms. Don't we normally turn people out after two terms, if.

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They mean I.

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How long, how long has it been since the committee's men.

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I would agree with that. This is one that people should volunteer for if they don't want, don't.

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Really do anything.

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So do I have a second second.

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Any discussion all in favor uh-huh.

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Well, so can I sit, make a suggestion on that. No well I mean so we we have erosion and soil issues in our in our city, I'm just wondering they have a very narrow scope and I'm wondering if broadening that out, because there is not a boarding border Commission here that actually deals with the broader issue of storm water or anything like that. I don't think it's not clearly part of saic's. Why don't you.

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Jurisdiction boards and conditions: that's what I'm! That's what I'm serving to you some statutory reason we have it and it.

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May be some limited scope right now, because this is sort of more judicial because they review they make everything. Thank you as I understand it. There's some investigation now.

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How this board legally would operate and whatnot so jazz.

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Good time that maybe it's.

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A circle back circle back sort. One of our assistance, I believe, is working on this issue right now, great okay, super thanks! That's what.

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I was guy suggest, thank you. That was a swift, hey.

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We're about to break a record we're on right, we're gonna.

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But we are going to have a closed session, but we, this is the opportunity for public comment. If there's anyone here wishing to make public comment, you can have three minutes to make public comment, but you'll double our time, but you yeah, but you might ruin the record. It's not to discourage any anyone, know. Okay, we are ready for the closed session, no show okay yeah. I.

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Move that the Astro City Council, going the closed session for the following reason, is number one: to prevent disclosure of information that is privileged and confidential. Pursuant to the laws of North Carolina, we're not considered a public record within the meaning of chapter 132 of the general statutes. The law that makes the information privileged and confidential is north carolina general statute, 143. That's three 18.10. A three statutory authorization is contained in north carolina general statute.

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143, that's 3, 18 point 11 a one second, to consult with an attorney employed by the city about matters with respect to which the attorney-client privilege between the city and its attorney must be preserved, including, but not limited to a lawsuit involving the following parties. Oh.

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There, oh all right, getting the wrong.

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That's how it you think, what.

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A restate the motion yeah the second part of the motion to consult with an attorney employed by the city about matters with respect to which the attorney-client privilege between the city and its attorney must be preserved. Second,.

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Right, we have a motion in a second all, those in favor, please say aye all right. We will adjourn from the closed session.