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A
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
I'm
gwen
whistler
the
chair
of
the
planning
and
economic
development
committee,
and
this
is
the
september
13th
meeting.
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council
members
and
staff
are
participating
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our
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A
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engagement
engagement
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A
Great
so
the
first
thing
on
the
agenda
is
the
approval
of
the
minutes.
May
I
get
a
motion
to
approve
the
main
minutes,
I'll
move?
Thank
you.
May
I
have
a
second
I'll
second,
okay
great,
so
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
and
I'll.
Do
a
roll
call
vote
to
approve
the
motion?
And
second,
when
I
say
your
name,
please
say
I
or
nay
councilwoman
kilgore
aye,
councilwoman,
turner,
hi
and
myself,
I'm
I
so
the
minutes
have
been
approved.
A
C
All
right
can
y'all
see
that
okay,
great
all
right
so
hi.
My
name
is
rachel
taylor,
I'm
the
economic
development
specialist
in
the
community
and
economic
development
department,
we're
here
today
to
present
a
proposed
memorandum
of
understanding
between
the
city
of
asheville
and
duke
energy
to
get
started
I'll,
discuss
a
brief
overview
of
the
project
and
outline
the
project
goals
and
process.
C
C
C
So,
on
the
left
hand,
side
of
the
map,
you
can
see
the
big
white
building,
which
is
hera's
event
center
and
just
to
the
right
of
that
are
duke's,
two
properties,
the
larger
of
which
is
where
the
electrical
substation
is
currently
located.
You
might
not
be
able
to
see
the
numbers,
but
that
property
is
number
535355
and
it's
0.34
acres.
C
The
proposed
future
land
exchange
would
also
involve
the
smaller
property
as
well,
and
that
number
is
4434
and
it's
0.14
acres.
The
city's
property
is
the
large
rectangle
on
the
right
hand,
side
of
the
map,
it's
property
number
6296,
and
it's
0.64
acres.
This
property
is
currently
used
as
parking
for
monthly
permit
holders
of
which
there
are
35
active,
permit
holders
that
use
that
law
on
a
regular
basis.
C
C
So
why
are
we
excited
about
this
project?
Well,
first,
there's
the
obvious
continued
and
uninterrupted
service
provision
by
duke
energy,
but
this
property
exchange
would
really
provide
the
opportunity
and
potential
to
expand
access
to
harrah's
event
center
through
the
rear
entrances
that
could
happen
fairly
quickly
in
that
proposed
project
timeline.
C
It
also
provides
the
opportunity
to
possibly
redirect
some
of
the
power
lines
surrounding
the
event
center
which,
to
my
understanding,
posed
a
bit
of
a
challenge
during
the
maintenance
and
then
there's
also
the
longer
term
potential
and
opportunity
to
possibly
expand
the
auditorium,
an
event
center
which
would
allow
for
larger
events,
even
a
building
a
convention
center
space.
It
could
also
provide
the
potential
to
build
along
rankin
avenue,
with
mixed
use
connected
to
that
expanded
event
space.
C
So
the
challenges,
especially
in
the
near
term,
would
be
the
potential
loss
of
parking
for
the
monthly
permit
holders
in
that
rankin
avenue
lot.
C
So,
just
to
recap,
on
our
goals
for
this
project,
they
are
to
provide
transparency,
communicate
and
engage
with
stakeholders
and
collaborate
with
duke
regarding
a
visual
mitigation
plan.
The
mou
provides
a
framework
to
work
with
duke
energy
and
guides
the
development
of
these
project
goals,
and
our
process
is
to
enter
into
the
mou,
which
would
facilitate
that
preliminary
site
planning
and
investigation
work.
C
C
That
recommendation
would
ask
city
council
to
approach
to
approve
a
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
enter
into
a
memorandum
of
understanding
and
subsequent
right
of
entry
agreement
with
duke
energy
to
seek
a
property
exchange,
facilitating
the
reconstruction
of
the
existing
downtown
electrical
substation.
So
that
mouthful,
I
will
pause
and
allow
us
time
to
answer
questions.
Thank
you.
A
Rachel,
I
don't
when
we
say
visual
mitigation.
What
does
that
mean?
I
mean
I
know
what
environmental
mitigation
means,
but
what's
visual.
C
B
Okay,
so
councilwoman
whistler,
if
I
may,
it
really
talks
about
what
type
of
screening
is
appropriate
around
the
substation.
So,
unlike
some
of
the
other
stations
and
community
engagement
efforts
that
we
have
had
in
the
city,
we're
replacing
the
substation,
that's
there
with
the
same
technology
so
that
it'll
look
very
similar
to
the
station.
B
So
this
is
just
an
idea,
but
in
some
of
our
substations
in
other
cities,
we've
actually
done
some
artistic
lighting
in
substations,
where
we've
been
able
to
provide
those
controls
to
you,
know
to
a
city
or
someone
else
to
highlight
different
features,
just
kind
of
to
to
do
different
things.
So
we
don't
know
what
that
outcome
is,
and
so,
when
we
talk
about
visual
mitigation,
it's
what
are
some
things
we
can
do
to
make
a
substation
more
aesthetically
pleasing
in
a
in
an
urban
and
commercial
setting.
Okay,.
A
And
what
do
you
all
think
the
timing
of
this
is.
B
So
I
I'll
kind
of
go
a
step
further
than
rachel
did
in
saying
that
this
substation
has
really
reached
the
the
end
of
its
useful
life.
B
B
You
know,
and
that
kind
of
that
goes
with
you
know
what
type
of
doing
soil
borings
to
find
out.
If
there's
anything
in
the
soil
that
needs
to
be
remediated.
B
What
are
some
of
the
environmental
conditions
on
both
sides
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
investigation
that
has
to
do,
which
is
why
the
mou
and
the
right
of
entry
are
kind
of
the
first
step
for
us
to
jointly
do
that
investigation
before
we
all
agree
that
hey,
yes,
we
are
going
to
go
forward
with
a
project.
It's
really.
B
We
need
to
do
that
investigation
to
find
out
to
make
sure
that
it's
feasible
to
do
so
first,
but
we
would
hope
to
move
very
quickly
so
that
we
can
build
this
station
as
soon
as
possible.
A
Okay,
council,
other
questions.
D
I
have
a
question.
Thank
you
for
the
information
I'm
excited
at
the
idea
that
that
right-of-way,
that
has
been
an
access
piece
for
y'all
could
become
a
functional
piece
for
us
that
civic
center
has
aged,
and
I
think
it's
an
exciting
opportunity
to
think
about
the
parking
loss
to
rankin.
It
was
mentioned
it's
on
the
report.
I'm
not
sure
I
ever
saw
a
space
number,
how
many
spaces
we
might
be
at
risk
of
losing.
B
D
C
I
can
follow
up
with
that
exact
number.
I
I
I
know
that
35
number
of
who's
using
it
actively,
but
I
I
don't
know
the
exact
number
right
now,
but
I
can
follow
up
with
that.
E
Well,
the
only
thing
I
have
to
say
is
I
I
think
it's
a
great
swap
for
the
city
and
I
like
the
actual
location,
I'm
ranking
for
that
substation,
because
it's
sort
of
out
the
way
you
know
in
downtown
it's
sort
of
out
the
way.
So
I
I
do
like
that
and,
like
you
could
say,
for
saying,
being
able
to
utilize
that
land
for
the
civic
center,
that's
a
plus
other
than
that.
E
I
I
think
it's
a
great
move
as
far
as
I'm
concerned
and
as
and
that
parking
lot
sage
that
you
talk
about
down
there.
I
use
that
parking.
I
use
that
parking
lot
a
lot,
even
I'm
just
but
and
most
of
the
time
it's
not
really
used
that
often,
which
is
shocking.
I
very
seldom
see
it
full
or
anything
like
that.
So
I
don't
know,
but
you
know.
D
You
know
one
thing
to
add
here
that
might
be
relevant.
Is
I
don't
know
how
quickly
this
moves
forward,
but
there
because
of
the
pandemic
for
the
first
time
in
like
history,
any
of
us
can
recall
the
city
instead
of
a
600
person.
Waiting
list
on
the
parking
decks
has
extra
monthly
spaces.
I
wonder
if
we
should
at
least
alert
the
folks
that
park
there
to
grab
some
while
they
can.
D
I
know
they've
been
getting
grabbed
as
time
passes,
but
there
might
still
be
some
available,
so
they
don't
lose
adjacent
faces
and
other
than
that,
you
know,
as
we
start
to
look
at
the
value
of
the
parcels
and
the
remediation
and
everything
that's
needed.
I'll
just
be
curious
to
see
how
we
value
that
0.2
acre
difference
in
the
two
but
sounds
good
to
me.
Moving
forward.
D
A
So
I'd
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
to
to
approve
a
recommendation
to
city
council
to
approve
a
resolution
authorizing
the
city
manager
to
enter
into
the
memorandum
of
understanding
and
right-of-entry
agreement
with
duke
energy
to
seek
a
property
exchange,
facilitating
the
reconstruction
of
the
existing
downtown
electrical
substation.
So
then,
just
I
need
a
move.
Somebody
moves
back.
A
Okay,
I'll
do
a
roll
call,
councilwoman
kilgore,
I
councilwoman
say
it's
turner,
hi,
and
I
am
also-
and
I
we
didn't
so
that
will
go
forward
to
council
for
approval
and
we
did
not
receive
any
public
comments
beforehand,
but
I
will
open
it
up
to
public
comment
now
so
bryson
do
we
have
any
folks
in
the
speaker,
queue.
A
Okay,
so
after
opening
public
comment,
I
will
close
public
comment
and
I
will
thank
everybody
for
participating
today
and
adjourn
the
meeting.
Thank
you.