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A
A
I
want
to
first
start
out
by
recognizing
that
we
do
have
some
elected
officials
in
the
room,
so
state
senator
julie,
mayfield.
Thank
you
for
coming,
also
councilwoman
gwen
whistler
and
our
mayor
of
asheville,
esther
manheimer.
If
I've
missed
anyone,
please
somebody
just
put
that
in
the
chat.
Let
folks
know
who's
here
and
representing
them.
A
So
as
we
move
forward,
we
ask
you
today
to
not
forget
our
complex
history
and
to
embrace
the
river
and
our
transportation
network
as
a
thread
through
time,
creativity
and
industry
that
serves
to
connect
all
of
us
we're
going
to
pause
here
for
just
five
seconds
and
ask
everyone
to
set
a
silent
intention
for
our
community's
future
or
you
can
use
that
time
to
decide
for
like
yourself
what
you're
most
grateful
for
today
and
those
of
you
that
are
willing
to
share.
You
can
go
ahead
and
put
that
in
the
chat.
So
five
seconds.
A
A
That
was
great
right,
okay,
so
yeah
asheville
has
a
wealth
of
extremely
talented
musicians
and
other
creative
folks,
and
we
were
lucky
to
get
producer
jessica,
thomason
to
put
a
fabulous
band
together
and
if
you
saw
the
credits
are
in
the
chat.
So
thanks
everybody
for
that
we're
going
to
hear
from
them
a
little
bit
later.
So
let's
keep
the
love
train
going
and
hear
from
somebody
that
loves
asheville.
Oh
so
very
much
that
is
our
mayor,
esther
manheimer!
A
B
Okay-
oh
all
right
thanks
steph
for
that
introduction-
and
it
is
my
pleasure
to
be
here-
I
might
my
dog
did
not
even
wake
up
during
this-
the
band
performance,
but
he
I
know
he
was
listening
to
it
in
his
sleep.
B
B
This
is
really
an
exciting
moment
for
our
city
and
I,
as
I
said
yesterday,
I
cannot
believe
we're
here.
It
was
in
2014
that
I
was
standing
in
a
dirt
lot
with
then
secretary,
anthony
foxx,
secretary
of
transportation
under
president
obama,
and
we
were
celebrating
the
grant
that
we
were
receiving
from
the
federal
government
for
for
the
project.
So
I
it's
I
here
we
are
so
many
years
later
and
speaking
of
partners,
not
just
the
federal
government
that
helped
us.
B
We
have
many
partners
and
along
the
way
we
had
that
include
the
state
government,
the
tourism
development
authority
and,
of
course,
the
people
of
asheville,
but
this
project
also
folds
in
partners
from
asheville's
entrepreneurial
sector,
our
not-for-profits,
our
local
artists,
our
shop
owners,
our
brewers
and
beyond,
as
a
community.
We
have
invested
in
the
rad
because
of
the
incredible
potential
now
realized
to
create
an
amazing
place
that
we
can
all
enjoy.
B
C
B
Recreation,
business
to
five:
we
went
from
three
restaurants
or
a
coffee
shop,
none
of
them
serving
dinner
to
15,
restaurants,
coffee
or
tea,
or
with
nine
serving
dinner.
B
We
went
from
140
artists
in
16
buildings
to
over
250
artists
and
19
buildings,
and
we
went
from
one
lonely,
brewery
and
one
bar
to
three
breweries,
and
I
think
that's
about
to
be
four
and,
of
course,
we
now
have
a
couple
of
wine
bars
too.
B
We
created
a
new
greenway
trailhead
greenway
section
and
bike
and
pet
friendly
craven
street
on
the
west
side
of
the
river.
We
renovated
1200
square
feet
of
historic
office,
warehouse
at
14,
riverside
drive
now
eight
river
arts
place
and
now
at
the
completion
of
rad
tip,
the
public
has
nine
acres
of
open
space
featuring
wetlands
swings
benches
and
more
trees
than
were
here
when
we
started
a
safe
road
network
with
two
more
miles
of
greenway
and
asheville's.
B
First
ever
protected
bike
lanes
yay
and
while
we're
celebrating
the
red
trips
completion
today,
there
are
still
some
great
things
coming
in
and
around
this
area,
we'll
be
constructing
the
french
broad
river
greenway
west
side
connector
this
summer
and
in
the
fall
we'll
be
constructing
nasty
branch
greenway
in
the
south
side.
Neighborhood
and
also
this
fall
will
be
hiring
several
artists
to
create
a
mural,
a
community
table
and
a
playful
musical
art
piece
along
the
newly
named
wilma
dikeman
greenway.
B
So
it's
really
exciting.
What's
to
come,
what's
already
happening
what's
to
come,
but
before
I
close
out,
let
me
thank
one
more
group
of
people
for
making
all
this
possible
and
that's
your
city
staff.
Let's
give
them
a
big
round
of
applause
because
they
have
invested
so
much
energy,
heart
and
soul
into
making
this
a
reality,
and
you
can
plainly
see
it
when
you're
down
there.
So
thank
you.
D
Nix
hi
everybody-
this
is
lucy
crown.
I
am
the
greenway
planner
for
the
city
of
asheville.
On
march
23rd
council,
officially
named
this
new
section
of
greenway,
the
wilma
dykeman
greenway,
it's
our
first
phase.
We
will
be
working
on
the
second
phase,
the
last
mile
of
which
we'll
connect
with
the
counties
greenway
starting
this
year,
and
yesterday
we
had
a
great
celebration,
I'd
like
to
show
you
a
little
clip.
D
That
was
the
asheville
high
jazz
band
by
the
way
that
gave
us
the
great
music
yesterday
so
wilma
dykman
was
quite
a
force.
She
was
a
celebrated
author
and
a
fantastic
environmentalist
and
a
warrior
for
civil
rights.
D
A
A
A
So
we
had
three
winners
that
are
each
going
to
get
a
hundred
dollar
honorariums
for
their
work
and
they're
very
interesting
and
cool
pieces.
A
This
next
one
is
very
whimsical
and
it's
by
unc
asheville
student,
molly
skanga,
and
it's
called
french
onion
broad.
She
even
has
a
little
story
that
goes
along
with
it,
but
I
want
to
get
right
to
the
me
and
invite
eliana
franklin
up
to
the
stage
because
she
won
for
her
poetry,
piece,
which
is
called
hear
me
after
rain.
A
Stage
and
one
thing
you'll
have
to
do-
hopefully,
you're
you're-
here,
I
think
you
are
one
thing
you'll
have
to
do-
is
to
turn
your
camera
and
mic
on
awesome.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
coming
today.
E
Yes,
so
this
poem
is
called
hear
me
after
rain,
and
I
wrote
it
while
standing
in
front
of
the
french
broad
river
in
carrier
park,
and
it
was
on
a
day
after
it
flooded.
So
the
poem
was
inspired
by
the
flooding
that
occurred
after
the
rain
the
day
before
so
today,
the
french,
broad,
gleams
and
glistens,
twice
its
usual
size,
the
path
ahead,
gone
filled
and
spilling
over
with
ripples
and
waves.
I
kneel
in
the
soaked
grass
breathing
in
the
scent
of
soil,
letting
the
mud
touch.
E
E
A
A
Thanks
house
fans,
it's
fantastic,
okay,
so
this
is
the
part
where
we
are
going
to
shout
out
and
do
some
thank
yous
all
over
the
place.
So,
first,
if
you
were
here-
and
you
worked
on
this
project
and
there's
about
a
99
chance
that
if
you're
here
you
worked
on
the
project,
I
think
I'm
asking
you
right
now
to
put
it
out
there
in
the
chat,
what
your
role
was
on
the
project.
A
A
We
kicked
this
project
off
just
the
rad
tip,
not
all
the
other
stuff
that
we
did
in
the
river
arts
district,
but
just
the
red
tip
off
in
may
2010
and
the
person
who
kicked
that
project
off
with
us
was
hey.
Judy
might
want
to
come
up
a
little
later,
but
you're
on
stage
the
person
that
helped
us
kick
that
project
off
was
miss
karen
craig
nolan.
A
That
need
a
big
shout
out
because
they
are
huge
are
all
the
artists
in
the
river
arts
district
that
have
made
this
space
a
creative
space,
so
especially
people
who
took
the
big
chances
and
risks
early
on
like
porge
buck,
kevin,
hogan,
brian
and
gail,
mccarthy
and
patty
turno,
and
about
25
other
people
that
I
wish
I
could
list.
But
I'm
not
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
but
definitely
including
the
250
artists
that
are
there
today
and
that
are
making
it
making
it
happen
now
more
than
ever,
and
there
are
co-businesses
in
the
area
for
creative
commerce
and
all
the
residential
neighbors
that
have
been
attending
these
meetings
and
providing
the
community
input.
A
That's
been
very
fabulous,
also
our
advisory
boards,
of
course,
so
there's
so
many
designers
and
planners
and
engineers
that
have
worked
on
this
project
just
to
name
some
we've
got
land
design,
site,
design,
studios,
cdm
smith,
our
construction
contractors,
beverly
grant
barnhill
and
tanoka
and
sepi.
There's,
of
course,
a
bevy
of
local
and
state
agencies
that
did
permitting
with
us.
That
alone
was
probably
a
year
of
work.
So
so
thank
you
to
all
of
those
people
there.
There
are
a
hundred
people
who
helped
design
this
project.
A
A
The
epa
really
helped
us
connect
the
dots
from
the
very
beginning
and
served
to
try
to
help
this
community,
not
just
through
this
project,
but
through
a
lot
of
projects
or
a
a
decade
or
so
ago,
and
there
are
two
folks
that
are
here
today
that
I
get
to
shout
out
to,
and
that
is
ann
keller,
keller
and
camilla
warren.
Thank
you
both
of
you,
your
inspiration
to
me
now
we're
going
to
bring
up
our
awesome
funders
who
got
to
put
some
skin
in
the
game
and
really
make
this
happen.
A
So
I'm
going
to
start
by
asking
deputy
director
of
north
carolina
land
and
water
fund
will
summer
and
also
mavis
greg
from
the
north
carolina
parks
and
recreation
trust
fund
to
come
up
on
stage
with
me
and
judy
francis.
If
you
want
to
come
up
on
stage
she's
a
killer
friend
that
has
been
from
the
very
beginning
has
been
helping
us.
So
if
you
guys
want
to
come
up
on
stage,
I
would
love
to
get
you
guys
to
to
chat
for
a
second
and
tell
us
how
your
agencies
work
with
communities
like
ours.
A
While
we're
waiting
for
mavis
and
or
judy
will
do
you
want
to
go
ahead
and
and
chat.
F
Absolutely
thank
you.
Yes,
it's
really
wonderful
to
have
the
opportunity
today
and
I'm
used
to
used
to
following
engaging
speakers
and
folks
who
are
passionate
about
the
community,
but
the
band
and
the
poetry.
It's
too
much,
it's
fantastic.
So
what
a
wonderful
event
so
I'm
will
summer
and
I'm
the
deputy
director
with
the
north
carolina
land
and
water
fund.
If
the
name
sounds
unfamiliar
to
you.
That
may
be
with
good
reason.
F
F
It
creates
a
walkable,
bikeable,
livable,
sustainable
landscape
that
serves
the
community
and
the
visitors.
We're
thrilled
to
be
a
part
of
this
thinking
project
with
the
final
touches
being
put
on
everything
and
the
stormwater
features
in
the
ground
of
the
work
that
our
organization
funded
can
really
begin
in
earnest.
F
The
storm
water
ponds
are
already
doing
their
part,
reducing
runoff
and
improving
storm
water
quality,
and
what
we
hope
to
accomplish
with
our
funding
working
with
the
city
of
asheville
and
researchers
from
nc
state,
is
to
use
these
stormwater
wetlands
as
a
real
world
laboratory
to
test
soil
amendments
that
we
hope
can
track
even
more
pollutants
and
further
improve
the
water
quality
of
the
french
broad.
And
if
it's
successful,
the
data
collected
on
this
site
can
be
used
to
support
these
innovations
at
other
sites
in
north
carolina
and
perhaps
the
country.
F
A
That's
fantastic!
Thank
you!
So
much
chairwoman
greg
we're
so
glad
that
you're
here
with
us,
can
we
hear
from
you
a
little
bit.
C
Yes,
thank
you
for
having
me,
I
am
I'm
mavis
greg,
I'm
of
the
north
carolina
parks
and
recreation
authority,
and
I'm
very
excited
to
be
here
virtually
from
durham,
but
I
grew
up
in
black
mountain
and
western
north
carolina
is
my
home,
so
I'm
very
happy
to
be
here
and
very
excited
about
this
project.
C
I
want
to
thank
the
city
of
asheville
for
the
invitation
to
attend
the
opening.
I
also
want
to
thank
our
julie,
mayfield
esther
manheimer
gwen
whistler.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
support
in
making
this
happen
and
everyone
else
that
was
involved.
I
think
this
is
an
awesome
project
and
it's
clear
that
this
is
a
community
effort.
C
The
first
fund
dedicated
to
improving
quality
of
life
in
north
carolina
through
the
preservation
of
natural
resources
and
the
development
of
public
parks
and
recreational
facilities,
and
I'd
like
to
thank
the
members
of
the
general
assembly
for
their
support
and
passage
of
the
north
carolina
parks
and
recreation
trust
fund
and
on
behalf
of
the
parks
and
recreation
authority.
I
want
to
congratulate
the
city
of
asheville
for
looking
to
the
future,
for
making
radtip
and
for
working
to
make
the
community
a
better
place
for
its
citizens
and
and
prosper.
C
We
are
pleased
to
be
a
part
of
this
exciting
project
and
look
forward
to
working
with
you
as
you
strive
to
improve
parks
and
recreational
in
in
the
city
of
asheville.
So
thank
you
very
much
and
congratulations.
Oh.
A
Thank
you
mavis,
it's
fantastic,
because
people
have
been
out
and
using
this,
and
I
can't
wait
for
you
to
come
and
see
it.
So
we
are
going
to
move
on
to
another
group
of
people
from
north
carolina
agency
now,
so
we're
going
to
have
steve
cannon
who's,
a
project
development
engineer
with
ncdot
and
tristan
winkler,
who's
the
director
of
the
french
fraud,
river
metropolitan
planning
organization.
I
got
all
these
things.
I
have
to
say,
come
on
down
guys
and
tristan
we're.
Gonna
start
with.
You
appreciate
you
coming.
G
Cool
thanks
for
having
us
thank
you,
steph
yeah.
My
name
is
tristan
winkler.
I'm
the
director
of
the
french,
broad
river
metropolitan
planning
organization
or
mpo
for
short,
a
lot
of
what
we
do.
A
lot
around
the
region
is
working
with
our
local
governments
to
develop
long-range
visions
and
prioritize
projects.
G
Looking
back
at
my
notes
for
this,
it
was
in
2013
that
the
mpo
designated
the
rad
tip
as
the
region's
number
one
priority,
but
it's
now
that
we
have
a
project
on
the
ground
and
has
been
well
utilized
since
before
construction
was
completed,
I
won't
lie.
I
was
one
of
those
people
that
was
out
there
and
really,
I
I
think,
just
looking
at
it
over
the
years.
G
So
as
a
resident
as
well
as
someone
who
works
on
regional
transportation,
I
am
absolutely
thrilled
by
the
addition
of
this
project
and
as
someone
who
is
required
to
look
further
out,
I
am
also
very
excited
about,
what's
coming
later,
with
greenway
connections
reaching
up
to
woodfin,
with
additional
projects
working
with
ncdot.
G
A
We
appreciate
all
your
help
with
all
of
our
transportation
and
planning
projects.
Thank
you
tristan.
So,
unfortunately,
steve
cannon,
he
told
me
he
was
having
tech
issues,
so
he's
not
going
to
be
here,
but
I
can
just
say
that
ncdot
has
been
a
lot
of
help
in
coordination
and
we
also
did
get
a
grant
through
ncdot
to
help
with
our
right-of-way
acquisition,
which
was
a
really
important
piece
of
this
project,
but
at
this
time
we're
going
to
bring
up
vic
eisley,
so
she's
new
in
town,
but
she's
already
rocking
and
rolling.
A
H
H
Her
career
took
her
far
and
wide,
and
she
experienced
the
power
of
travel
in
spreading
her
love
of
the
mountains,
river
and
the
environment
through
grants
funded
by
occupancy
tax
from
hotels
and
short-term
rentals.
That's
paid
by
visitors,
the
tourism
development
authority
contributed
more
than
seven
million
dollars
to
help
create
these
shared
spaces
along
the
french
broad
river.
In
the
river
arts
district,
the
team
also
invested
more
than
two
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
neighborhood
way.
Finding
signage.
H
The
river
arts
district
and
the
wilma
dikeman
greenway
will
enhance
the
quality
of
life
for
our
residents
and
the
overall
visitor
experience
for
our
guests.
It's
a
place
to
connect
with
nature
and
with
each
other,
which
it
was
so
great
to
do
in
person
yesterday
in
3d,
but
that
connection
with
nature
and
with
human
beings.
A
Next,
we
are
going
to
hear
from
aaron
williams.
Aaron
has
been
with
us
not
for
the
longest
time,
but
in
a
really
deep
way,
the
last
few
years.
So
we
appreciate
him
being
here
today.
He
works
under
the
u.s
department
of
transportation
as
a
transfer
transportation
engineer
for
federal
highway
administration
in
the
north
carolina
division
office.
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you
stephanie.
I
appreciate
it.
It
is
my
pleasure
to
be
here
today
with
you
guys
on
behalf
of
the
federal
ohio
administration.
Our
division
administrator
john
sullivan,
sends
his
regard
to
his
congratulations
on
the
project.
He
could
not
be
here
today,
unfortunately,
so
I'll
be
saying
a
few
words
in
his
place,
just
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
it
is
in
the
work
that
we
do
from
federal
highway.
I
The
eastern
riverway
multimodal
network
project
was
our
first
direct
recipient
project
using
tiger
grant
funding
in
the
state
of
north
carolina
projects
like
this
help
local
workers
and
residents
alike
without
question,
but
they
are
more
than
that.
This
project
provides
convenient
transportation
choices
to
the
citizens
around
the
river
arts
district,
whether
it's
walking,
cycling
or
driving.
I
I
Infrastructure
is
a
high
priority
for
us
nationwide.
We
believe
it
is
the
foundation
of
economic
growth,
competitiveness
and
job
creation.
The
need
for
infrastructure
improvement
is
clear
and
is
growing
day
by
day
and
not
just
infrastructure
but
safe
infrastructure.
Safety
is
our
top
priority
and
one
of
our
strategic
goals
at
the
federal
highway
administration.
I
I
I
Last
thing
I
would
like
to
say
is:
it
has
been
a
true
pleasure,
working
with
the
city
of
asheville,
to
develop
and
implement
such
a
historic
and
well
needed
multimodal
network
project.
We
look
forward
to
helping
the
city
of
asheville
build
its
future
and
share
your
pride
in
this
great
project
so
from
federal,
highway
administration.
A
Thank
you
aaron
really
appreciate
that.
So
I'm
you
know,
many
of
you
have
had
a
few
tech
issues
here
today.
We've
got
one
tech
issue
with
our
last
speaker.
He
is
connected
via
phone,
but
he's
not
sure
if
that
we
can
see
or
hear
him.
A
So
I'd
ask
ed
or
lucy
who
are
helping
out
here
to
see
if
they
could
see
a
personal
phone
with
the
202
area
code-
and
this
is
mr
charles
small,
who
is
the
deputy
deputy
secretary
of
transportation,
intergovernmental
affairs
office,
so
we
yeah
deputy
assistant
secretary
of
intergovernmental
affairs
from
usdot
and
and
I
was
so
hoping
we
could
get
him
on
here.
I'll
say
this
about
him.
I'm
excited
that
somebody
from
that
office
was
was
wanting
to
come
and
speak
to
us
today.
A
Mr
small,
in
particular,
has
a
lot
of
experience
with
cities.
He
worked
with
the
city
of
los
angeles
for
many
years
to
advance
transportation
funding
for
infrastructure
in
that
area.
So
he
understands
what
we
go
through
as
a
city
any
shot
at
seeing.
A
Yeah,
I
I
think
that
there's
there's
not
a
way
it
looks
like
mr
small
yeah
we're
not
able
to.
We
don't
see
you
via
phone,
although
we
are
super
glad
that
you
were
here,
we
don't
actually
have
a
way
to
patch
you
in
via
phone,
so
we
apologize
for
that.
But
really
thank
you
for
for,
for
coming
and
for
and
trying
to
to
do
some
comments.
We're
sorry,
then
that
you
can
get
on
today.
He
mentioned
a
firewall
issue,
which
I
think
a
few
of
you
also
had
as
well.
A
A
I
think
one
one
thing
that
would
be
really
great
if
we
could
wrap
it
up
in
this
way
is
to
just
say:
don't
forget
that
we
have
some
awesome
events
that
are
happening
all
month
long
and
you
can
go
to
ashevillenc.gov
backslash
river
and
go
to
the
calendar
calendar
there
and
it'll
be
changing
and
updated
every
week
you
can
go
to
the
at
and
find
out
something
cool
to
do.
Rain
may
interfere
with
this
saturday's
thing,
which
is
a
wreck
and
roll
in
the
afternoon.
A
That
will
be
at
the
north
end
of
gene
wood
park,
but
next
week
is
going
to
be
fantastic
on
thursday
afternoon
it's
the
first
night
of
the
pop-up
bike
skills
park
by
asheville
on
bikes,
so
go
to
that
website,
ashevillenc.gov
backslash
river,
to
find
out
more
information,
and
for
those
of
you
that
can
stick
around
we're
going
to
do
two
things.
I
think
we'll.
A
Let's
go
ahead,
I
want
to
play
helene
green's
video
she's,
the
she's,
the
owner
of
riverview
station
co-owner
of
riverview
station
and
and
she
she
has
a
thank
you
that
to
me
kind
of
sums
everything
up.
So
it
would
be
a
really
great
summary
and
then
after
helene's
video,
we're
gonna
have
one
last
song
by
our
band
to
take
us
out.
So
I
thank
everybody
for
coming
today
and
really
appreciate
everyone's
participation
in
this
event,
but
really
just
in
the
community
and
we'll
need
you
moving
forward
onward.
A
He
is
the
deputy
assistant
secretary
of
intergovernmental
affairs,
we're
so
happy
that
you
finally
made
it
and
we're
appreciative
of
you
coming
and
sharing
some
words
with
us
today.
J
I
thank
you
stephanie
and
apologies
for
the
the
technical
difficulties
and
a
big
shout
out
to
some
folks
on
from
fhwa
who
reminded
me
that
to
turn
off
my
vpn,
which
would
solve
the
the
firewall
issue
that
I
was
having
here
on.
Our
a
very
a
hack
proof
laptops
that
we
have
here
at
at
uscot.
J
And
I
do
want
to
say
at
the
top.
You
know
that
the
secretary
sends
his
his
apologies
that
he
could
on
this
virtual
gathering.
We
are
he's
actually
headed
to
a
meeting,
I
believe
over
at
the
white
house
and
the
timing,
just
just
sitting
just
didn't
quite
work.
I
literally.
J
To
north
carolina
at
some
point
soon-
and
I
know
at
some
point
either
myself
or
the
secretary
or
other
dot
officials
will
will
come
to
to
asheville.
We
have
we've
already
heard
that
there
are
some,
maybe
some
interesting
issues
with
I-26
in
asheville
that
that
will
be
in
need
of
our
attention.
J
So
I
I
will
be
glad
to
work
with
you,
stephanie
and
the
rest
of
the
the
community
and
the
leadership
in
asheville
to
to
to
look
at
these
issues
and
address
them,
as
as
we
can
uscot
just
really
really
great
to
be
invited
to
the
celebration
of
the
river
arts
district
transportation
improvement
project.
I
I
know
how
how
critical
urban
space
along
the
river
can
be
here,
where
I'm
sitting
in
mcpherson
square,
I'm
not
not
too
far
away
from
the
white
house.
J
We
are.
We
have
a
lot
of
a
new
great
projects
along
our
rivers,
the
anacostia
and
the
potomac
area
here
in
washington,
and-
and
you
know
that
that
that
opening
of
space
is
just
so
so
critical,
and
I
know
that
one
of
the
things
with
these
pro
with
this
particular
project
was
really
to
to
try
to
take
an
area
of
the
city
that
was
unsafe
and
really
prioritize
safety,
especially
for
pedestrians
and
bicyclists,
and
that
is
something
that
is
near
and
dear
to
the
secretary's
heart.
J
He
has
been
known
to
literally
bike
from
the
oval
office
to
washington
dc,
I'm
sorry
to
to
dot
headquarters
here
here
in
dc
and
as
an
avid
bikeless
safety
bike.
Safety
is
very,
very,
very
close
and
near
and
dear
to
his
heart
and
and
obviously
you
know
our
first
priority
as
an
apartment
is
safety
and
making
sure
that
people
get
to
where
they
go
safely.
It's
literally
inscribed
as
the
first
operating
initiative
in
our
mission
statement
as
usdot.
So
it's
really.
I
J
Grant
you
know
we
are.
The
build
program
has
now
actually
be
been
rechristened
by
this
usdot.
So
I
guess
it
was
a
tiger
when
you
guys
got
it.
I
was
billed
in
the
previous
administration.
Now
it
is
called
the
raise
grant
which
stands
for
rebuilding
american
infrastructure
with
sustainability.
J
Obviously,
you've
probably
seen
a
lot
about
climate
and
sustainability
over
over
the
past
couple
days
with
the
climate
leader
summit
that
posted,
but
I
do
really
want
to
want
to
actually
focus
in
on
on
the
equity
piece
here,
because
I
know
the
city
of
asheville
is
also
a
strong,
strong
leader
on
equity,
particularly
with
the
work
that
you've
done
on
reparations,
and
that
is
that
is
something
that
you
know,
particularly
in
in
the
wake
of
this
week
and
and
the
the
the
the
ending
of
the
trial
derek
shoving
up
in
up
in
minneapolis,
something
that
we
can.
I
H
In
our
society,
and
also
with.
J
What
we're
trying
to
do
as
a
department
to
to
to
getting
to
that
place
of
truly
having
an
equal
society
for
for
all
of
us,
regardless
of
our
skin
color
or
sexual
orientation
or
religious
creed.
So
so.
I
J
Today,
when
I,
when
I
learned
that
I
was
going
to
be
speaking
some
folks
from
asheville,
particularly
on
on
this
reparations
point,
because
you
guys
are
doing
some
of
the
most
interesting
work
on
that
particular
subject
in
the
country,
but
just
to
turn
this
back
to
transportation
a
little
bit
there
is,
I
would
be
not
doing
my
job
if
I
didn't
highlight
and
go
back
a
little
bit
to
the
safety
aspect
of
this.
You
know
the
president
earlier
this
month
or
actually
wasn't
quite
this
month.
J
It
was
actually
the
last
day
of
march,
but
it
feels
like
this
month.
The
america,
the
president,
proposed
the
american
jobs
plan
and
the
american
jobs
plan
is
really
meant
to
be
a
one-time
investment
to
really
boost
up
our
our
transportation
infrastructure
and
make
it
competitive
in
all
sectors
around
the
globe.
J
And
one
of
the
things
I
did
want
to
highlight
with
the
american
jobs
plan
and
one
thing
that
I
think
would
be
important
for
the
city
of
asheville.
As
you
guys
continue
to
develop-
and
you
know
I
I've
I've
not
been
to
the
city,
but
I
have
tons
of
friends
who
have
been.
I
have
a
friend
who
actually
lives
in
hendersonville,
who
I
was
texting
with
earlier
this
morning
and
was
telling
me
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
great
things
that
this
project
will
bring.
J
How
do
we
get
local
funds
directly
to
cities,
especially
around
safety,
and
that
is
something
that
I
know
is-
is
going
to
be
going
to
be
really
really
critical
to
winning
the
support
for
for
cities
for
this
plan
around
the
country,
and
we
just
want
to
want
to
work
with
you
very
very
closely
to
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
get
those
dollars
down
so
that
cities
can
use
them
in
a
unique
way
to
meet
their
transportation
needs.
So.
G
C
J
Just
really
really
great
to
be
here.
Thank
you,
stephanie,
for
bearing
with
me
through
my
my
lack
of
tech
savvy,
but
but
I
I
I
just
really
want
to
bring
you
guys
greetings.
You
know
it
is.
It
is
the
intention
of
of
the
department
and
the
attention
of
the
secretary
says
this
all
the
time.
He
said
this
earlier
in
a
hearing
this
week
that
he
wants
to
ensure
that
cities
of
all
sizes,
especially
those
that
don't
have
the
ability
to
have
a
professional
federal
affairs
staff
on.
I
I
J
I'm
here,
for
I
I'm
I'm
here
here
to
be
that
guide
so
happy
to
work
with
you
guys
on
whatever
projects
are
coming
your
way
and
coming
down
the
pike,
and
I
look
forward
to
deepening
our
relationship
with
the
city
over
this
coming
years
and
months.
So
stephanie
I'll
turn
this
back
over
to
you
and
I'm
happy
to
take
a
question
or
two.
If
that
is
helpful,.
A
I
appreciate
that,
if
you
would
stick
around
for
just
a
minute
deputy
assistant
secretary
small,
and
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
you
really
should
connect
if
you
haven't
already
with
our
city
manager,
deborah
campbell,
you
brought
up
reparations,
she's,
really
leading
this
charge
and
putting
putting
together
a
very
thoughtful
and
process.
This
is
a
very
complex
issue,
so
speaking
about
I-26
and
also
about
that
issue,
I'm
sure
that
connecting
you
to
her
and
to
some
other
folks
will
be
fantastic
in
the
future,
so
yeah.
I
think
that
this.
A
If
someone
has
a
a
question,
we
do
have
a
q,
a
section
of
the
chat
people
can
pop
that
in
and
but
I'll
just
start
off
there
to
say
you
know.
I
I
mentioned
earlier
that
you
have
pretty
considerable
experience
with
understanding
the
needs
of
cities.
Your
work,
in
los
angeles,
los
angeles
but
other
places,
but
in
particular,
so
are
you
it
sounded.
It
sounded
like
this.
Am
I
reading
this
correctly
that
you
feel
like
this?
A
J
No,
absolutely
I
mean
look,
I
think
I
don't
know
if
this
has
really
happened
before,
but
you
have
the
the
two
top
officials
of
uscot
in
secretary
mayor
pete,
as
a
lot
of
folks
like
to
call
him,
as
as
the
top
official
and
our
deputy
secretary
paul
trottenberg
who's,
also
a
local
official
having
just
spent
seven
years
running
new
york
city's
transportation
system.
So
the
focus
on
on
working
with
locals
is
it.
It
really
starts
all
the
way
from
the
top
and
stephanie
referenced.
J
My
background
working
with
the
city
of
los
angeles
it
it
that
is,
that
makes
it
also
personal
to
me
as
well
to
try
to
ensure
that
the
issues
on
safety,
the
issues
on
on
direct
funding,
the
issues
also
around
innovation,
whether
that
is
you
know,
crazy
things
like
automated
vehicles
or
I
I
have
taken
a
lot
of
meetings
on
urban
air
mobility,
which
is,
which
is
a
crazy
concept
that
might
come
to
life
in
the
next
couple
years.
J
But
but
all
these
things
that
cities
really
really
care
about.
You
are
going
to
have
a
very,
very
willing
ear
and
a
very,
very
willing
staff
here
at
uscot
to
try
to
make
sure
that
cities
can
meet
and
meet
those
meet
the
challenges
of
of
their
of
their
of
their
respective
economies
and
also
really
what
really
a
true
desire
to
work
with
you
on
on
trying
to
build
those
projects
and
construct
those
projects
that
are
really.
J
Transformational
to
your
your
community,
so
I'm
really
excited.
I
have
a
goal
of
trying
to
talk
to
all
19
000
cities
and
towns
across
the
country,
while
during
my
tenure,
I'm
not
sure
I'm
gonna
gonna
make
it,
but
I'm
doing
I'm
doing
my
little
bit
each
and
every
week
and
I'm
glad
to
while
I
can
check
asheville
off.
This
will
certainly
not
be
the
the
last
time
you'll
be
hearing
directly
from
me
or
the
department.
A
All
right
absolutely
thank
you.
So
I
know
we
have
a
couple
of
people
here
in
including
like
dan
bechtold
and
lucy
crown
and
tristan
winkler,
folks
that
work
in
transportation,
specifically
I'm
just
looking
to
any
of
them.
If
they
have
any
questions,
they
can
pop
them
into
the
the
q
a
and
I
think,
I'm
kind
of
hogging
this
a
little
bit,
but
I
actually
wanted
to
ask
you
something
personal,
because
I
think
that
since
we
do
have
so
many,
this
is
like
a
transportation
fan.
A
Town
asheville
is
like
a
very
like
we
love
the
multimodal.
We
love
that
you
know
so,
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
are
doing
advocacy,
work
and
then
there's
a
lot
of
people,
doing
technical
and
professional
work
and
as
well.
What
what
why
did
you
want
to
work
for
the
federal
government.
J
Sure
on,
if
you
would
I've
been
I've,
been
a
a
fortune
in
my
career
to
work
at
every
level
of
government,
whether
it's
state
government,
I
spent
five
years
working
for
the
state
of
new
york
and
the
governor,
and
also
the
federal
government.
This
is
my
second
tour
in
an
administration
I
spent
the
the
first
year
and
a
half
of
of
the
barack
obama
presidency
with
president
obama
working
at
the
office
of
the
u.s
trade
representative,
which.
J
Very,
very
a
personal
and
distinct
highlight
I,
I
think
and
I'll
say
this
working.
I
J
A
city-
I
think
the
secretary
says
this
too:
it's
really
the.
B
J
Job
you
can
ever
have
because
you
can
really
see
the
and
really
have
the
ability
to
affect
change
rapidly
and
quickly,
but
for
but
for
me
I
think
there
were.
There
were
two
things
you
know
number
one,
having
always
been
a
fan
of
the
president
since
I
first
met
him
on
an
intern
day,
which
is
a
bit
of
a
longer
story
about
about.
J
Happened,
but
when
I,
when
I
was
a
a
young,
a
young
staffer,
he
allowed
me
to
crash
an
intern
day
of
his
when
I
was
working
in
the
u.s
senate
and
I've
been
a
fan
of
president
biden
ever
ever
now,
president
biden,
ever
ever
since,
but
also
too
just
having
sat
on
the
front
lines
of
what
happened
to
this
country
over
the
last
four
years,
whether
it
was
what
was
going
on
culturally,
what
was
going
on
from
a
government
perspective
and
obviously
all
of
that
being
exacerbated
or
exposed
by
by
the
pandemic.
J
I
I
really
felt
called
to
try
to
try
to
see
if
I
could
take
my
knowledge
base
and
add
it
to
the
team,
the
the
great
team
that
we
built
around
the
secretary
at
dot
to
to
really
try
to
affect
change
at
a
national
level.
We're
we're
at
an
incredibly
unique
moment
in
in
our
history
in
our
in
the
world
history.
After
every
pandemic,
the
world
has
always
changed
and
and
to
be
part
of
that
moment,
to
try
to
change
it.
For
the
better
was
was
a
you
know,.
J
A
All
right:
well,
we've
got
this
one
last
question
for
you:
you
know
we
did
host
president
barack
obama
here
and
in
the
river
arts
district.
He
happened
to
visit
12
bones
barbecue
and
I
believe
that
was
twice
in
the
in
the
river
arts
district.
It
might
have
been
that
he
went
once
in
the
river
arts
district
and
somebody
else
helped
them
out
in
south
asheville.
At
some
point,
the
bottom
line
is
when
you
do
come
to
town.
A
This
is
a
this
is
a
question
we
can
work
with
our
partners
at
the
the
tourism
development
authority
on
when
you
come
and
you
visit
what
are
what
are
a
couple
things
that
you
like
that
we
can
think
about.
So
we
can
spend
a
day
with
you
in
the
river
arts
district.
J
Oh
wow,
certainly
obviously
you
hear
a
lot
of
great
things
about
north
carolina,
barbecue,
so
barbecue.
It
would
definitely
be
be
high
high
on
my
list,
but
but
to
keep
it
maybe
a
bit
more
transportation
focused.
I
I
would.
I
would
personally
be
interested
in
in
trying
to
to
learn
more
about
your
your
city's
efforts
on
sustainability
and
and
fighting
climate
change.
J
You
know
having
you
know
during
the
middle
of
this
pandemic,
I
I
was
blessed
enough,
my
wife
and
I
we
had
our
first
kid
and
which
I
think
really
conceptualizes,
or
really
narrows
your
focus
on.
Like
what
issues
do
you
need
to
do
to
make
sure
that
she
grows
in
the
best
world
that
she
can
grow
up
in
and
and
for
me
on
on
a
personal
level?
J
Trying
to
to
solve
this
existential
crisis
of
climate
is,
is
something
that
I
I
I
grapple
with
every
day
as
an
individual,
but
also
every
day,
as
a
professional
trying
to
try
to
you
know,
learn
more
about
what
you
guys
are
doing
on
on
you
know,
electrification,
or
I
know
hydrogen
in
some
places
is
is
also
also
very
popular-
would
be
really
great
for
me,
and
also
that
also,
you
know,
means
too.
You
know
how
do
we
get
places
or
how.
E
J
In
this,
in
this
cobia
post
covered
world,
where
we've
actually
seen
what
our
transportation
system
looks
like
when
it's
not
congested,
and
so
what
does
that
mean?
How
do
we
marry
that
lack
of
congestion
that
we've
just
seen
with
what
the
new
economy
will
be
like
and
how
it
can
function
in
front
and
thrive?
We're
already
starting
to
see
some
really
interesting
projects
and
progress
actually
out
in
out
in
san
francisco
in
terms
of
trying
to
capture.
J
Maybe
the
congestion
gains
that
that
that
were
made
under
the
pandemic
that
have
allowed
them
to
really
expand
transit,
particularly
to
to
low-income
communities
who
often
times
those
communities
were
still
riding
buses
at
a
high
level.
They
were
still
taking
the
subway
at
a
on
a
high
level
because
they
were
essential
workers,
and
that
was
the
only
way
they
could
get
to
work.
So
we
we
are
really.
I
J
An
incredible
moment,
maybe
you
know
something
that
hasn't
happened
in
20
30.
J
Of
congress,
a
transportation
bill
has
always
been
passed
either
in
divided
government
or
with
or
republican
republicans
at
the
helm.
Never
I
think
it's
been
almost
30
or
30
or
40
years,
where
you've
had
a
democratic
house,
a
democratic
senate
and
democratic
white
house
and
a
transportation
bill
up
for
exploration.
So
so
this
is
so
personally.
J
This
is
also
an
interesting
moment
for
us
from
that
perspective,
as
well
and
and
and-
and
so
you
know
for
and
just
getting
back
to
sustainability,
how
how
we,
how
we
are
able
to
take
what
what
cities
are
doing
and
put
it
in
our
work
on
sustainability
here
at
the
national
level,
is
going
to
be
so
so
critical
and
so.
J
A
And
we're
going
to
make
that
happen
for
you
100.
It
sounds
like
we're
all
going
to
have
a
fascinating
conversation
between
our
office
of
sustainability
and
a
bunch
of
other
different
partners.
We
have
some
people
in
the
district
that
you'll
you'll
want
to
speak
to
as
well
that
are
doing
cool
things.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
rounding
out
our
grand
opening
celebration
for
the
round
tip.
I
think
we
couldn't
be
more
excited
that
you
were
able
to
come
and
that
we
were
end
able
to
end
on
this
high
note.
J
J
I
can
take
you
to
that.
I
think,
would
would
meet
your
fancy.
A
Okay,
that
sounds
fantastic.
Thank
you
and
thank
you.
Everyone
for
coming
take
care,
have
a
wonderful
day
enjoy
your
weekend.
It's
look,
we're
gonna
get
rain
tomorrow,
but
it's
looking
great
after
that
and
we
need
the
rain.
Take.