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B
E
Right,
okay
welcome
everyone.
Good
afternoon
I
am
chair
of
the
sustainability
advisory
committee
on
energy
and
the
environment.
My
name
is
anna
priest
and
I
would
like
to
welcome
you
to
our
january
19th
2022
meeting
all
committee
members
and
staff
are
participating
virtually,
so
we
appreciate
your
patience.
Obviously,
we
had
a
huge
little
setback,
huge
little
step
back
but
looks
like
we're
on
on
track
now.
So
thank
you.
Everyone
we're
working
hard
to
get
us
on
track.
E
We
also
have
an
option,
I
believe,
still
for
the
public
to
listen,
live
by
phone
and
for
those
of
you
who
are
out
there
with
us
today.
Welcome
I'll
now
go
through
and
introduce
all
the
committee
members
who
are
participating
virtually
please
make
sure
to
keep
your
microphone
muted.
If
you're,
not
speaking,
and
when
you
have
a
question
or
would
like
to
speak,
please
use
the
raise
hand,
button
or
unmute
your
microphone,
and
then
please
mute
it
again
after
you're
done
speaking
all
right.
B
E
F
Well,
thank
you
very
much
and
I
appreciate
being
here
with
everybody.
I've
been
following
your
great
great
works
for
a
while
now
and
decided
I've
moved
here
nine
months
ago,
my
wife
and
I
from
denver
colorado
and
then
before
that
we
were
25
years
in
washington
dc
and
I've
pretty
much
been
doing
both
nonprofit
and
government
and
private
enterprise
for
the
last
45
years,
all
focused
on
trying
to
shrink
the
economy's
ecological
impacts,
and
I
might
stop
right.
There.
E
Hey
sage
and
we
have
staff
members
from
the
sustainability
office,
amber
weaver,
bridget
herring
and
kyra
boulin,
all
right,
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
get
started
on
the
agenda
items
to
help
our
audience,
follow
along
I'll
state
each
section
of
the
agenda
aloud
and
do
a
vocal
roll
call
for
each
vote,
if
required
and
again,
if
you're.
If
you
would
like
to
make
a
comment,
please
use
the
raise
hand
feature
in
your
google
call
all
right.
E
E
The
minutes
have
been
approved.
Second
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
public
comment
which
we
received.
One
public
comment
that
I
believe
has
been
circulated
regarding
the
open
space
ordinance.
E
B
E
Recreational
space
includes
for
every
250
square
feet
of
required
os
os
being
open
space
from
here
on
out.
One
linear
foot
of
seating
shall
be
provided
and
os
credits
for
private
or
common
balconies
response.
Why
should
private
balconies
that
are
not
publicly
accessed,
be
credit
worthy
and
why
a
bench
for
every
250
square
feet?
E
That
is
a
lot
of
impermeable
surface
os,
should
be
maintained
in
perpetuity
response,
except
if
an
amendment
is
approved
such
as
in
a
cz
b1
condition
or
if
another
type
of
variance
is
requested
required,
setbacks
may
be
counted
for
up
to
half
of
a
developer's
os
requirements
required
property
line
buffers
and
an
unlimited
amount
of
these
buffers
may
count
towards
up
to
100
percent
of
a
developer's
os
requirements.
If
the
slope
is
less
than
15
response,
why
give
credit
for
what
is
already
required?
E
Retaining
walls
over
18,
inches
in
height
must
provide
a
walkable
connection.
That
is
a
minimum
of
six
feet
wide
response.
This
is
hardly
ever
possible
nor
practical,
I'm,
a
landscape
contractor
and
behind
most
walls
is
a
vegetative
buffer
to
hold
the
soil.
This
requirement
makes
no
sense.
The
affordable
housing
clause
is
set
to
the
ambiguous
term
below
80
ami
for
30
years,
etc.
Response.
E
This
is
my
experience
that
most
developers
will
not
use
this
as
a
criterion
for
os
credits
due
to
how
it
is
written,
and
it
is
entirely
voluntary.
This
could
be
a
great
clause
if
written
with
more
specifics,
to
emi,
provides
a
fee
and
loop
provision
to
allow
developers
to
pay
their
way
out
of
100
of
their
open
space
requirement,
but
fails
to
set
a
policy
on
how
or
when
open
space
fee
and
lube
funds
may
and
shall
be
spent
for
the
purchase
of
new
public
lands
for
the
city.
B
Thank
you
for
that,
as
we
move
into
updates,
because
we're
running
behind
I'd
like
to
ask
tapia
marisa
jimenez,
with
the
tapioca
consulting
to
provide
her
presentation
before
open
space,
because
she
has
some
time
constraints.
H
Hi
everybody.
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
my
name
is
marisol
jimenez.
She
her
pronouns
and
I'm
the
founder
and
lead
consultant
for
tabaya
consulting
and
just
really
happy
to
be
here
and
thank
amber
and
kira
for
inviting
me
to
present
our
work
to
you
amber.
I
think
you
are
going
to
do
some
opening
framing
for
us.
B
Yes,
I
can,
let's
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
just
some
key
takeaways
here,
and
these
are
takeaways
that
will
also
be
relaying
to
city
council.
What
this
work
entailed
is
coming
up
with
a
community
defined
understanding
of
climate
equity,
climate
justice
and
climate
resilience.
B
B
B
It
also
fits
into
the
gear
racial
tool
kit,
which
is
something
that
our
equity
and
inclusion
department
is
still
continuing
to
train
staff
on,
and
I
think
finally,
you
know
just
to
highlight
the
importance
of
climate
equity
in
climate
justice
and
how
it's
going
to
these
terms
and
ways
of
working
on
projects
and
implementing
projects
are
both
internal
uses
as
well
as
communicating
this
externally
and
how
we
will
be
utilizing.
H
Yeah,
so
I
just
I
wanted
to
take
advantage
of
the
opportunity
to
do
a
quick
overview
with
you
all
the
work
that
we
have
done
over
the
past
two
years
and
so
as
amber
just
shared
she's,
already
shared
the
good
work
that
was
done
around
developing
these
climate
justice
maps
and
identifying
climate
vulnerability
zones
in
and
around
the
city
of
asheville.
H
H
I
also
want
to
say
that
these
interviews
were
held
in
the
late
summer
of
2020,
when
a
lot
of
these
leaders
were
already
organizing
social
safety
nets
around
their
communities
in
the
face
of
covet,
and
so
these
questions
that
we
were
bringing
about
building
community
resilience
and
what
that
meant
in
the
face
of
potentially
large-scale
social
collapse
were
certainly
things
that
were
fresh
on
their
minds.
H
When
we
asked
folks
to
talk
about
what
they
were
learning
around
community
resilience,
they
named
these
three
pillars
of
economic
power,
healthy
environments
and
strong
social
networks.
These
three
pillars
are
what
hold
up
the
social
safety
nets
that
were
being
reactivated
and
constructed
in
the
face
of
covid
and
pandemic.
H
H
That's
happening
evolving.
The
work
to
be
in
deeper
alignment
with
shifting
values
or
mission
also
responding
to
a
deepened
equity
analysis
which
I'll
touch
more
on
that's
happening
in
the
city
and
then,
lastly,
challenges
and
harms
that
perhaps
you
weren't
aware
were
happening,
but
now
they
are
within
your
awareness.
H
So
at
that
point
you
know
decisions
around
strategies
and
resource
distribution
become
choice,
points
they
become
choices
to
amplify
equity
or
to
delay
it
or
simply
to
not.
So
when
community
members
described
these
equity
choice
points,
and
particularly
in
the
face
of
real
potential
for
climate
crisis
events,
they
named
a
few
things.
One
was
certainly
an
escalation
of
already
occurring
displacement
from
the
city.
H
H
And
so
then,
we
also
wanted
to
make
sure
that,
as
we
started,
identifying
these
equity
choice
points
that
frontline
community
were
naming,
that
we
also
took
time
to
listen
to
staff
and
leadership
throughout
the
city
and
who
were
positioned
in
different
departments
throughout
the
city
to
learn
more
about
the
equity
work
that
has
already
been
happening,
as
well
as
to
seek
guidance
around
how
to
design
a
youthful
climate
justice
screening
tool.
H
So
certainly
one
of
the
first
things
that
people
talked
about
in
our
conversations
was
the
creation
of
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusion
in
2017,
joining
the
governmental
alliance
on
race
and
equity
gear
and
then
adopting
the
garrett
toolkit
throughout
the
organization
and
staff
described
the
value
added
of
having
these
equity
tools
and
the
important
support
systems
that
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusion
offered
that
allow
them
to
try
on
and
advance
equity
strategies.
H
So
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusion,
really
what
it
was
offering
as
a
support
system
around
these
emerging
equity
analysis
and
strategies,
were
things
like
foundational
capacity
to
departments,
training,
technical
assistance,
coaching
network
building,
even
supporting
interdepartmental
network
building,
as
well
as
offering
you
know,
key
resources
around
community
engagement
to
the
departments.
H
So
there
one
of
the
lessons
certainly
was
that
when
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusion
went
into
some
leadership
transition
and
the
office
was
essentially
de
facto
closed
for
some
time.
The
loss
of
that
support
system
was
really
felt
by
city
staff,
as
they
continued
to
try
to
implement
the
gear
toolkit
and
their
equity
strategies.
H
They
also
thought
that
that
the
tool
offered
real
guidance
almost
like
a
road
map
in
what
it
meant
to
practice
equity.
Not
like.
Oh
here's,
a
checklist.
I
I
ticked
off
my
five
items,
but
more
as
an
ongoing
practice
that
could
be
and
should
be,
really
implemented
and
included
throughout
the
process.
Everything
from
setting
priorities,
distributing
resources
to
designing
projects
and
evaluating
their
work
and
then,
lastly,
in
the
climate.
I'm
sorry
in
the
context
specifically
of
climate
and
climate
responses.
H
H
Certainly-
and
this
is
not
something
that's
unique
to
the
city-
any
organization
or
community-
that's
undertaking
equity
is
going
to
encounter
challenges
and
obstacles
to
those
efforts
and,
and
the
city
is
no
different,
so
folks
definitely
named
what
some
of
those
challenges
were.
So
one
is
that
you
know.
Equity
is
simply
a
political
issue.
It's
a
politicized
issue,
and
so
there's
really
a
recognition
that,
at
some
point,
equity
will
come
up
against
the
structures
of
inequity
or
policies
practices,
budgets,
procedures
that
that
don't
always
align
with
emerging
equity
strategies.
H
There's
also
work
to
still
be
done
around
shifting
culture
internally
and
that
some
of
that
culture,
shifting
that
is
still
happening
within
the
city,
falls
along
lines
of
power
and
influence
around
decisions
that
are
made
within
the
city
and
and
particularly
one
place
where
people
were
naming
that
there
was
some
stuckness
is
in
building
more
clarity
and
discernment
about
the
difference
between
a
framework
of
equity
versus
a
framework
of
equality.
H
H
Conversations
where
equity
strategies
in
an
equality
framework
come
up
against
these
understandings
of
what
it
means
to
be
fair
or
what
it
means
to
be
just
another
challenge
that
people
named
were
was
inequitable
voice
and
influence,
and
you
know
that
the
city
is
very
often
positioned
to
be
reactive
to
complaints.
H
So
the
city
moves
when
complaints
happen
or
the
city
reacts
to
problems
and
that
a
lot
of
times
who
feels
empowered
or
even
aware
of
how
to
file
and
move
a
complaint
through
the
city
is
going
to
align
with
you
know,
class
and
race
and
geography
and
and
all
these
things
that
that
encourage
me
to
feel
like
my
voice
matters
and
not
only
does
my
voice
matter,
but
I
know
how
to
work
the
system
to
get
my
voice
amplified.
H
And
so
these
dynamics
meant
that
there
is
this
sort
of
implicit
power
dynamic
around
what
complaints
rise
to
the
surface
and
get
responded
to
verses
which
never
even
necessarily
get
voiced
or
don't
get
fully
voiced
within
the
within
the
system
or
within
the
organization.
H
But
it
is
how
these
things
all
kind
of
come
into
the
challenge,
the
leadership
challenge
and
the
equity
challenge,
which
is
building
and
implementing
an
impactful
reparations
resolution
response
and
so
certainly
being
able
to
effectively
engage
a
particularly
black
community
in
defining
the
issues
and
leading
in
the
solutions
and
being
able
to
access
and
participate
in
that
project
directly
relates
to
how
well
the
city
is
or
isn't
able
to
effectively
engage
long
term
with
communities
period,
but
frontline
communities
in
particular.
H
The
next
challenge
that
I
would
lift
up
is
this
question
around
investing
in
equity
capacity.
So,
in
order
to
be
successful
at
doing
consistent,
ongoing
equity
work,
as
well
as
its
twin
of
equitable
community
engagement
work.
Certainly,
there
needs
to
be
resources
dedicated
to
that.
You
know,
including
building
capacity
among
staff
in
an
ongoing
way.
H
The
trainings
the
workshops,
the
coaching,
the
technical
assistance,
but
then
who
offers
that
like
and
how
are
they
resourced
in
order
to
be
able
to
offer
those
in
a
in
an
impactful
and
sustainable
way
over
the
long
term?
H
But
it
also
meant
you
know
possibly
exploring
what
collaborations
need
to
exist
between
the
office
of
sustainability
and
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusion,
to
offer
that
type
of
capacity
and
support
it
also
lent
to
questions
around
the
distribution
of
resources
in
the
city
overall
and
community
investments
that
would
be
necessary
to
actually
implement
some
of
these
equity
strategies
right,
and
that
gets
us
to
that
last
piece
around
how
the
city
makes
decisions
about
where
to
plant
trees,
which
storm
water
to
address
which
plum,
which
pipes
to
to
fix
where
to
place,
compost
bins.
H
H
Lastly,
sorry
talk
about
needing
water
and
okay,
so
recommendations
right.
This
was
the
guidance
that
was
offered
to
us.
One
was
certainly
to
build
on
the
already
good
work
that
has
happened
around
the
investments
and
the
creation
of
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusion,
the
building
of
capacity
around
the
use
of
the
gear
toolkit,
and
how
does
the
climate
justice
screening
tool
sort
of
onboard
into
all
of
that
investment
and
foundation
in
ways
that
are
complementary
to
the
gear
toolkit?
H
So
it
wouldn't
be
like
oh
and
then
there's
this
whole
other
training
and
orientation
and
capacity
building
for
the
climate
justice
screening
tool,
but
to
really
build
on
on,
what's
already
been
created,
as
well
as
the
lessons
that
have
been
learned
around.
H
The
second
recommendation
was
collaborate
with
departments
like
you
can't
build
a
single
tool
and
then
think
that
it's
going
to
plug
and
play
for
every
department,
or
that
every
department
is
going
to
have
the
same
readiness
or
capacity
to
begin
innovating,
really
like
innovating
equity
strategies.
Yeah,
like
that
is
its
own
skill
set
and
its
own
practice,
and
so
there
was
a
lot
of
feedback
that
sounded
like
yeah,
build
these
tools
for
the
city
wide
and
then
the
technical
assistance
and
coaching
that
we
need
is
to
make
it
make
sense
for
my
department.
H
And
then,
lastly,
was
you
know,
there's
like
it,
the
it's
it's
penetrating
into
the
city
and
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusions
work
and
building
equity
capacity
like
department
heads
across
the
departments,
but
not
quite
yet.
All
the
way
into
the
departments
where,
like
all
your
departmental
staff,
have
the
same
language
and
frameworks
and
background
to
be
able
to
do
this.
H
So
there
was
definitely
a
ask
that
that
capacity
continue
to
be
built
deeper
into
the
departments
and
then
offering
ongoing
coaching
and
support,
as
people
are
innovating
and
piloting
things
that
sometimes
will
work
and
sometimes
won't,
and
how
do
they
adapt
and
pivot
and
and
as
well
as
make
those
tell
those
stories
to
decision
makers
in
way
that
encourage
continued
investment
and
don't
necessarily
like
punish
the
failure
of
innovation.
H
Thirdly,
you
know
it's
this
piece
around:
committing
resources
to
racial
equity
and
climate
justice
and
and
most
particularly
making
sure
that
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusion
and
the
office
of
sustainability
have
the
staff
capacity
and
the
time
that
they
would
need
to
work
individually
with
each
department
to
be
available
for
that
coaching
and
offering
that
technical
assistance
and
then,
lastly,
related
to
that,
is
investing
in
community
engagement
capacity.
H
I
mean
people
were
like
which
it
was
like
they're
banging
their
head
against
the
wall
like
we
try
and
we
try
and
we've
tried
this
and
we've
tried
that,
and
we
can't
quite
figure
out
how
to
gain
traction
around
community
engagement.
And
some
of
that
is
that
we
don't
know
how
and
our
strategies
haven't
yet
been
effective.
H
Some
of
that
is
around.
We
need
time
to
be
in
consistent
relationship
with
community,
not
just
show
up
when
we
need
something
but
consistent
relationship
and
presence,
which
is
a
lot
of
staff
time
and
that
so
some
of
what
would
be
needed
is
not
only
training
and
capacity
building
on
effective
community
engagement
approaches,
but
actually
dedicated
staff
positions
and
support
to
be
able
to
have
that
consistent
presence.
H
H
It's
meant
to
help
city
staff
and
city
council
be
able
to
identify
and
understand
what
we
mean.
What
like
what
climate
justice
implications
would
look
like
in
a
policy
or
a
proposal
and
and
to
take
it
as
far
as
work
plans,
budgeting
legislative
decisions
and
it's
a
way
of
being
able
to
practice
applying
a
tool.
H
It's
some
like
markers
along
the
way
that
say:
hey,
you
are
about
to
approach
an
equity
choice,
point
okay
and-
and
the
idea
is
that
this
would
allow
people
to
be
able
to
proactively
consider
these
decisions
from
the
very
beginning
instead
of
be
reacting
to
complaints
or
reacting
to
harm
or
reacting
to
challenges,
but
actually
to
build
it
in
proactively
from
you
know,
proposal
to
design
to
implementation,
to
evaluation,
as
well
as
to
support
city
council
and
being
able
to
make
decisions
again
that
are
backed
by
real
intentionality
and
a
practice
of
discernment
and
again
that
this
would
be
used
in
budgeting
midstream
and
evaluations
and
yeah.
H
So
that
would
be
the
climate
justice
screening
tool.
I
will
drop
the
working
draft,
I'm
sure
it
did.
Okay,
I
just
dropped
a
link
to
the
working
draft
of
the
tool.
This
is
just
the
tool
part.
It
will
come
with
bookends
of
some
context,
setting
how
to
use
the
tool,
some
key
language
that
is
aligned
with
what
the
office
of
equity
and
inclusion
has
already
developed,
as
well
as
some
of
our
own
language.
For
example.
H
What
is
climate
justice
and
community
resiliency,
and-
and
this
is
the
tool
that
we're
offering
as
a
living
document,
for
how
departments
can
begin
practicing-
climate
justice,
discernment
and
practice,
and
then
last
slide
and
the
last
piece
that
I'll
share
with
you
is
that
to
stay
tuned,
because
we
have
been
working
with
this
incredible
crew
of
teaching,
artists
and
young
artists
who've
been
doing
what
we
call
a
photo
voice
project,
so
they've
been
going
into
neighborhoods
and
communities
that
have
been
considered
climate
vulnerable,
taking
pictures
talking
to
elders,
talking
to
residents,
building
their
own
analysis
and
we're
currently
in
conversations
with
the
asheville
art
museum
to
get
them
a
gallery
showing
in
the
spring
we're
looking
at
the
potential
of
march,
and
so
as
soon
as
we
are
able
to
confirm
like
this
is
when
the
exhibition
will
be
of
their
work.
H
We
will
let
stacey
know
for
sure,
because
we
would
love
to
have
you.
There
have
city
council
and
really
celebrate
these
youth
for
for
building
their
own
analysis
about
what
this
means
for
them
as
the
ones
who
will
likely
be
frontline
leaders
leading
this
work
in
the
next
10
years.
B
Yes,
okay
and
they're
very
much
the
same
as
the
big
they
are
the
same
as
the
beginning,
key
takeaways.
Thank
you
marisol.
I
really
appreciate
you
going
over
the
work
that
has
taken
place
over
the
last
18
plus
months
at
this
point
in
time.
If
you
have
a
few
minutes,
if
there's
any
questions
from
the
sustainability
advisory
committee,
members.
I
How
long
have
you
has
it
taken
to
see
the
beginnings
and
the
real
outcomes
that
you're
focusing
on
that
people
are
interested
in.
H
I
Well,
in
this
case,
they're
kind
of
married,
I'm
not
sure,
pick
either
one
I'm
just
trying
to
get
a
sense
of
the
length
of
time,
because
you're
moving
government
structure
of
people's
viewpoints
and
opinions
experience
all
that
it's
not
a
fast
thing.
I
just
wanted
to
know
if
you
had
a
measure
of
time.
H
So
you
know,
I
would
say
that
the
the
most
parallel
project
that
I've
worked
on
is
actually
one
in
eastern
north
carolina,
so
I've
been
working
with
a
foundation
called
the
amplify
fund
and
they're
a
national
foundation
and
they've
been
working
with
organization,
collectives
that
are
at
the
front
lines
of
climate
crisis,
and
one
of
those
front
lines
is
in
eastern
north
carolina
and
so
a
lot
of
the
time
that
I
was
doing
this
work
in
western
north
carolina.
H
The
juxtaposition
of
that
was
just
fascinating
because
you
know
for
eastern
north
carolina
of
course,
they're
dealing
with
all
of
the
same
frontline
issues
around
covet
and
police
and
voting,
and
all
of
that
was
happening
simultaneously,
but
they
were
also
experiencing
hurricanes
and
flooding
and
black
mold
and
right,
and
so
all
of
that
organizing
was
happening
simultaneously.
So
it
was
this
like,
I
want
to
say
forecasting
of
what
we
haven't
felt
yet
in
the
same
way
in
western
north
carolina.
H
And
so
you
know,
what
I
would
say
is
that
their
advocacy
in
eastern
north
carolina
has
been
constant,
they're
very
well
organized.
You
know:
they've
built
their
own
rescue
and
recovery
systems
outside
of
city
government
and
outside
of
federal
response,
because
their
experience
over
the
last
number
of
years
has
been
they
they
get
left
behind.
H
Gotten
boats
created
gis
maps
of
where
people
are
gone
and
pooled
people
into
the
boats
out
of
their
homes,
without
any
government
assistance
that
really
we
can
see
the
potentiality
of
what
it
looks
like
when
we
don't
move
right
when
government
doesn't
move,
is
that
city
is
left
to
its
own
device?
I
mean
sorry.
H
Community
is
left
to
its
own
survival
devices,
and
so
there's
like
this
parallel
of
we
as
a
community,
we
got
to
start
figuring
this
out
now
like
we
got
to
get
hands
radios
in
people's
hands,
so
they
can
practice
with
them.
Solar
power
generators
is
part
of
the
art
project.
We
got
to
get
people
starting
to
think
about.
What
would
this
look
like,
but
it's
so
hard
to
imagine
the
possibility
when
it
feels
far
away.
H
You
know
in
terms
of
in
terms
of
that
preparation
in
terms
of
what
that
means.
As
far
as
reparations
goes.
How
long
does
that
take?
I
mean
how
long
has
it
taken?
You
know
that
would
be
my
response
like
there's
it's
it's
been.
This
is
an
ongoing
effort.
H
The
city
is
at
a
always
facing
equity
choice
points
and
I
would
say
that
there's
a
lot
of
really
powerful
work
that
could
happen
in
building
that
capacity
and
getting
getting
equity
action
plans
developed
and
piloted
in
the
next
two
years.
But
will
the
issue
be
like
glad
we
address
that
climate
justice
issue
in
two
years?
H
There
was
this
dramatic,
like
all
of
it,
like
presence
in
the
community
distribution
of
resources
that
happened,
so
we
can
crisis,
manage
this
thing
or
or
we
can
start
like
planning
proactively
and
building
the
framework
for
it
now,
so
I
would
say
two
years
you
could
see
equity
strategies
gaining
traction
and
being
practiced.
E
A
You
had
a
question
well,
thank
you
mayor.
It's
nice
to
see
you.
This
is
the
first
I've
heard
of
the
the
presentation,
so
I'm
curious
both
like
how,
where
you
go
next
with
this
information
and
how
stacy
might
be
able
to
help
you
along
that
path
or
encourage
you
along
that
path
and
then
a
couple
things
came
to
mind.
You
know
we
were
talking
about
open
space
earlier
and
in
lieu
funds
and
there's
also
the
tree
canopy
product
protection
ordinance.
A
So
I'm
sorry,
it's
gonna
be
a
wringer.
What
people
may
not
realize
is
that
we
did
have
our
first
project
come
through.
That
is
going
to
contribute.
I
think
it's
half
a
million
dollars
to
the
tree
so
sorry
to
the
tree
fund,
but
there
hasn't
been,
to
my
knowledge,
any
kind
of
plan
on
how
that
is
equitably,
planted
or
chosen
or
where
or
how
or.
J
A
A
A
So
the
first
one
is
that,
for
the
tree,
protection
fund
is
the
amazon
facility
that
is
supposed
to
be
constructed
in
2022.
A
So
at
the
end
of
this
year
we
might
see
500
000
dropped
into
a
fund
that
could
be
activated,
but
we
don't
quite
have
a
plan
yet
so
great
I
mean
this
is
mayor,
so
you'll
be
great
on
this,
so
I
I
hope
that
this
is
where
this
leads
that
you
all
will
start
doing.
Work
on
that
kind
of
thing
or
you
just.
Let
me
know
how
I
can
be
supportive,
it's
nice
to
finally
see
this
data.
H
H
This
tree
conversation
because
the
tree
ordinance
was
certainly
a
place
where
people
had
applied
the
gear.
Toolkit,
okay
and
a
climate
justice
screening
tool
would
add
the
layer
of
saying
in
your
consideration
of
where
trees
go.
Where
are
the
heat
islands
in
the
city
not
just
like?
Who
has
the
best
advocacy
to
say
we
wanted
trees
and
then
beautiful
trees,
and
you
know
I'll,
say
montford.
We
would
love
trees
right,
but
where
are
the
heat
islands?
It's
pisgah
view.
Pisgah
view
is
a
heat
island.
H
They
need
trees,
right
and
and
so
there's
that
kind
of
assessment.
But
then
there's
the
complication,
and
this
is
where
systemic
change
and
interdepartmental
collaboration
is
so
powerful.
You
know
if
you
came
into
mine,
okay,
where
I
grew
up
in
chicago.
If
you
came
into
my
neighborhood
in
chicago
and
you
started
building-
and
it
was
the
hood
y'all
and
you
started
putting
in
a
bunch
of
trees
and
green
space
and
parks,
and
how
long
do
you
think
they
would
let
us
live
there?
Not
long!
H
That's
documented
property
taxes
go
up,
the
area
becomes
more
appealing
and
then
you,
you
fall
into
the
displacement
so
as
we're
community
investing
trees
and
open
space
and
parks.
How
are
you
protecting
the
residents
to
stay
in
place
and
not
get
pushed
out
when
the
neighborhood's
nicer
and
there's
trees,
so
there's
a
lot
of
ways
that
the
systems
levers
and
pulleys
around
why
structural
inequities
exist?
H
This
equity
analysis
helps
you
to
see
that
and
think
about
it.
In
a
climate
perspective
and
an
equity
perspective
that
says
yeah,
it's
not
as
simple
as
saying,
let's
just
put
all
the
trees
in
the
bipark
communities,
because
after
that
there's
these
unintended
impacts
that
look
like
all
of
a
sudden.
The
house's
values
went
up
this
much
and
people
can't
afford
to
live
in
those
neighborhoods.
B
Yes,
I
think
what
one
of
the
things
that
I
would
add
to
councilwoman
turner's
inquiry
is
that
a
part
of
what
we
created
here?
B
One
of
the
outputs
of
the
climate
justice
plan
is
the
climate
justice
data
map
that
was
presented
to
city
council
during
the
first
update
and
utilizing
that
map
as
a
tool
to
be
able
to
identify
things
such
as
heat,
island
effects
and
additional
climate
threats
within
the
city
is
what
we
will
be
using
alongside
the
gear,
racial
racial
tool
kit
and
through
layering,
the
work
of
the
climate
justice
tool
and
the
gear
racial
racial
toolkit.
We're
hoping
to
build
this
climate
resilience
in
a
more
eco,
equitable
and
just
fashion.
B
Yes,
actually
we
do
need
to
move
on
and
amy.
If
you
could.
Please
hold
your
comments
to
your
presentation
and
I'm
gonna
kick
the
agenda
back
over
to
you.
E
D
Is
yours
great?
Thank
you
welcome
everybody.
I
am
vadilla
sadiko
with
the
planning
and
urban
design
I'll
try
to
be
brief.
I
cut
some
slides
out
of
here,
so
we
can
move
through
more
quickly,
knowing
that
we
lost
half
an
hour,
just
a
heads
up
that
you
can
get
more
information
about
this
at
astrolency.gov,
open
space
there's
a
video
on
there.
I
will
be
talking
about
that,
but
I
might
be
going
a
little
bit
fast,
so
you
can
go
go
to
that
website
for
more
information
next
slide.
D
So
what
are
we
doing
or
what
are
we
proposing
the
open
space
amendment
that
we're
suggesting
relates
to
the
udo,
so
the
the
building
code
for
property
in
asheville?
This
is
about
the
development
of
private
property.
I've
struck
out
the
parks
master
plan
here
to
make
it
clear
that,
although
this
relates
to
open
spaces
and
small
pockets
on
parcels
throughout
the
city,
this
is
not
about
shared
public
open
space.
D
We
heard
in
some
of
the
public
comment
that
there
was
a
concern
that,
for
example,
private
balconies
shouldn't
count
as
open
space.
Well,
a
lot
of
the
open
space
that
we're
considering,
isn't
open
to
the
public
in
a
subdivision.
You
can
create
open
space,
but
that
open
space
is
only
actually
available
unless
they
want
it.
The
subdivision
wants
to
open
it
up
to
others.
It's
not
open
to
the
general
public,
the
same
with
a
playground
in
an
apartment
complex.
D
That's
it's
open
space,
that's
primarily
for
the
residents
and
that
isn't
to
say
that
we
shouldn't
focus
on
parks
and,
potentially,
a
parks
master
plan,
considering
our
most
recent
plan
is
from
2009,
but
that's
a
separate
issue.
So
so
these
are
some
of
the
primary
goals
that
were
that
led
us
in
the
beginning
to
look
at
this:
implementing
the
comprehensive
plan
strategy
for
more
housing,
reducing
barriers
to
infill
and
we'll
talk
about
why?
D
That's
particularly
pertinent
to
open
space,
improving
the
quality
of
open
space
so
that
it's
it's
really
good
open
space
for
the
people
who
need
it,
aligning
regulations
that
are
dysfunctional
and
that
contradict
or
conflict
with
each
other
and
simplifying
regulations
for
the
for
the
community.
Next
slide,
please.
D
As
part
of
the
background,
I
want
to
highlight
that
we
most
recently
had
about
15
meetings
with
what
we
call
the
open
space
task
force.
Allison
and
maggie
from
stacey
were
on
that
and
involved
in
pretty
much
all
of
those.
I
think-
and
we
had
representatives
from
this
diverse
list
of
boards
that
you
see
on
the
screen
here.
It
was
challenging
because
we
have
so
many
different
interests,
but
I
want
to
highlight
that
we
decided
on
a
consensus-based
decision-making
process
which
was
difficult,
but
it
ultimately
led
to
better
outcomes.
D
Now,
unfortunately,
a
couple
members
walked
away
from
their
commitments,
and
so
you
know
it's
been
you've
heard
some
of
the
news
from
those
points
of
view,
but
we
did
reach
consensus
and-
and
we
can
talk
about
any
of
these
specific
details-
this
might
be
a
little
bit,
not
the
great
the
greatest
venue
for
that,
but
we
can
definitely
go
into
all
that
stuff.
Oh
sorry,
next
slide
I
was
trying
to
forward
it
on
my
screen.
So
what
are
the
key
changes
that
are
coming
out
of
this?
D
This
chart
shows
how
asheville's
regulations
today
and
proposed
those
those
two,
the
four
bars
on
the
far
right,
compare
to
other
cities
when
it
comes
to
open
space
for
residential
development.
I
put
that
dotted
line
there
to
highlight
that
pretty
much
everybody
agrees
that
the
low
end
should
be
about
five
percent.
Some
a
couple
a
little
bit
lower
a
couple
higher.
D
The
the
second
big
thing
I
want
to
highlight
is
that,
under
the
current
regulations,
our
high
requirement
is
exceeding
all
the
others.
By
far-
and
this
is
the
broken
standard
that
we
really
need
to
address
and
I'll
point
that
through
some
visuals
next
slide,
this
is
an
example
of
a
building
that
my
wife
and
I
live
in
for
a
year
here.
It's
in
five
points
near
trader
joe's
and
harris
teeter,
it's
on
a
third
of
an
acre.
D
D
What
you
see
on
the
left
is
the
the
shaded
amount.
Is
the
amount
of
open
space
that
that
project
would
be
required
to
provide
had
open
space
regulations
been
in
place
practically
the
whole
long?
Obviously,
that's
broken.
I
think
everybody
can
agree
to
that
and
what
we're
proposing
is
a
ratio
to
the
lot
to
be
much
smaller
so
that
it's
reasonable
and
balanced
with
our
other
city
goals.
D
D
D
Almost
half
the
path
of
parcel
and
what
we're
proposing
again
is
a
tiered
system
linked
to
the
size
of
the
parcel.
You
only
have
to
provide
less
here,
I'm
showing
10.
If
you
do
a
higher
quality
of
open
space
than
if
you
don't,
then
you
have
15
next
slide,
but
assuming
this
doesn't
move
forward,
what
what
kind
of
open
space
are
we
going
to
get?
D
This
slide
shows
that
the
current
regulations
do
not
necessarily
create
more
open
space
and
they
actually
lead
to
fewer
more
expensive
units
because
you
either
have
to
provide.
What's
on
the
far
left
you
can.
You
can
build
22
units,
but
you
have
to
provide
43
open
space
or
I
you
can
build
if
you
want
to
include
parking
and
your
other
things,
you
can
reduce
your
unit
count
to
eight
units,
and
then
you
only
have
to
provide
the
15
open
space
so
effectively
the
look
of
the
product
doesn't
change.
D
It
might
still
even
be
a
four
four
story
building,
instead
of
instead
of
multiple
units
on
each
floor
now,
you'll
have
one
unit
per
floor
and
they'll
sell
for
a
lot
more
money.
The
developer
ends
up,
you
know
kind
of
the
same,
but
the
city
gets
the
short
end
of
the
stick,
because
we
don't
get
as
many
housing
units
and
we're
not
getting
any
more
open.
Space
land
is
is
valuable
here,
and
so
we
have
to
be
creative
and
we
have
to
balance
these
various
needs
next
slide.
D
D
250
square
feet
per
unit,
which
is
five
times
more
than
what
is
needed
for
missing
middle
housing
and
I'll
just
say
that
that
this
city
has
half
as
much
open
space
as
we
do
for
residential.
So
I
just
this
highlights
that
asheville.
What
we're
proposing
is
very
balanced,
and
maybe
it
needs
to
go
further
next
slide
for
residential
subdivisions.
D
The
current
regulation
says
that
you
have
to
set
aside
20
percent
of
open
space
in
the
project,
but
you
can
kind
of
circulate
it
wherever
you
want,
and
one
problem
that
we
found
is
a
lot
of
times.
The
open
space
is
placed
in
the
back
of
properties
that
are
have
steeper
slopes
and
they're
not
easy
to
get
to,
and
it's
not
a
great
design.
D
So
next
slide.
What
we're
proposing
is
to
allow
for
a
reduction
in
open
space
in
in
residential
subdivisions
because
they
have
front
yards
and
backyards
anyway.
So,
let's,
let's
allow
that
to
cut
back
a
little
bit
but
require
the
open
space
on
the
street
frontage
so
that
they
can
actually
have
a
place
that
people
can
get
to
easily
and
most
recently,
I
think,
you're
the
first
board
and
commission
to
see
this
we're
proposing
here
in
green
as
an
alternative.
D
D
So
it
gives
the
the
project
more
flexibility,
but
it
allows
them
to
pick
and
choose,
and
in
this
in
most
cases,
I
would
think
that
this
would
benefit
tree
canopy,
because
property
on
the
frontage
is
worth
a
lot
and
most
developers
would
want
to
give
up
that
frontage
property
that
we
would
require
for
open
space
in
order
to
put
trees
anywhere
on
the
site
next
slide.
D
D
You
see
a
high
bar
under
the
proposed
high
for
asheville,
because
we
are,
we
came
up
with
a
very
creative
solution
to
basically
artificially
inflate
the
standard
for
large
projects
in
order
to
get
some
stormwater
benefits
next
slide.
Let
me
just
talk
through
what
that
is
this?
Basically,
what
we're
well
state
statute
without
getting
into
the
details
state
statute,
disallows
any
city
from
requiring
sites
like
this
or
other
sites
like
the
innsbruck
mall
from
requiring
the
project
to
integrate
storm
water
if
they
increase
the
pervious
surfaces.
D
So
this
project
could
plant
one
tree
as
part
of
their
future
plan
along
with
many
buildings,
and
they
don't
have
to
deal
with
the
storm
water.
They
can
just
let
it
run
into
patton
avenue
and
continue
to
add
flooding.
So
what
we're
saying
next
slide
is
that
for
large
sites
over
an
acre
you,
you
actually
have
to
set
aside
half
of
your
entire
parcel
for
open
space,
which
is
kind
of
you
know
a
significant
the
big
deal
most
projects
would
not
want
to
do
that,
so
we
give
them
an
out,
which
is
an
incentive.
D
D
So
I
have
a
link
here,
interactive
map
for
parcels
by
size
if
you
want
to
look
at
sort
of
the
city
and
and
how
many
parcels
that
would
affect
it
would
affect
about
61
of
all
city
land
potentially
next
slide.
D
Finally,
we
want
to
create
better
open
spaces
that
look
like
this,
so
that
people
can
sit
and
gather
and
be
social
and
enjoy
each
other
and
hopefully
be
unmasked
soon,
and
you
know,
live
the
asheville
life
that
everybody
loves,
and
to
do
that,
we
are
suggesting
a
few
things
that
any
project
can
do
in
order
to
get
a
five
percent
reduction
in
open
space
next
slide,
and
that
is
basically
you
make
more
of
the
open
space
contiguous
you
make
it
a
regular
shape
that
is
easy
to
to
manage,
and
people
can
gather
in
you
make
it
flatter
so
that
all
people,
especially
those
who
have
disabilities,
can
enter
and
leave,
and
you
provide
seating
which
is
really
important
again.
D
The
comment
that
we
heard
was
that
seating
is
maybe
it
provides
some
imperviousness
or
it's
impractical.
Well,
that's
not
necessarily
true.
Seating
doesn't
have
to
be
impervious,
and
it's
very
practical.
It's
been
demonstrated
over
and
over
that
successful
public
spaces
need
to
have
seating.
Without
it,
you
can't
have
a
successful,
open
space.
D
I
think
the
next
slide
is
the
last
one
I
believe
yeah.
So
this
is
just
a
summary
showing
the
current
regulations
on
the
left
and
then
what
we're
proposing
on
the
right
a
little
bit
of
nuance,
but
primarily
the
the
big
difference,
is
less
a
little
bit
less
open
space
for
subdivisions,
bringing
open
space
for
commercial
property
down
a
little
bit
and
adding
more
flexibility
for
residential.
D
That
has
been
hamstrung
for
the
last
25
years
and
we
have
not
been
getting
infill
to
bring
about
the
smart
growth
policies
that
have
been
suggested
over
and
over
and
over
many
people
don't
understand
how
much
open
space
has
been
undermining.
Infill
development
people
talk
about
all
kinds
of
other
things.
Very
few
people
ever
talk
about
open
space.
D
So,
finally,
the
last
slide
is
just
a
timeline.
I
want
to
give
you
all
a
heads
up
that
we
are
going
to
the
city
council
for
a
work
session
in
february.
That
will
be
a
public
meeting
where
you
can
listen
in
and
hear
the
the
details,
the
nuance
and
the
questions
that
are
coming
from
city
council,
because
they've
heard
from
all
of
you
and
if
you,
if
you
want
more
time
as
a
committee
to
discuss
and
to
send
in
comments,
we
would
love
it.
D
That
gives
you
you
know
a
month
to
to
to
send
in
questions,
and
then
we
can
answer
specific,
specifically
anything
you
have
and
then
in
the
springtime.
You
know,
probably
soon
after
that
we'd
be
going
to
the
playing
and
zoning
commission
and
then
then
to
city
council.
D
So
that
was
the
expedited
presentation
I'll
take
any
questions
or
turn
it
over
back
to
you.
Thank
you.
J
Make
a
couple
comments
not
allowed,
so
I
just
wanted
to
give
a
little
bit
from
as
vanilla
said,
maggie
and
I
came
went
to
a
lot
of
those
15
or
16
meetings
and
it-
and
there
was
a
lot
of
discussion
which
I
will
not
get
into
right
now,
but
a
couple
of
things.
A
couple
of
questions.
Lingering
questions
are
this
five
percent,
so
lowering
it
to
five
percent.
J
There
was
a
request
to
have
it
be
a
little
higher
than
five
percent
like
seven
or
eight,
so
that
would
be
more
of
a
compromised
position
because
five
felt
pretty
low
so
that
I
would
say
that's
one
of
my
lingering
concerns
is
that
maybe
it
should
be
a
little
higher
and
then
the
other
thing
is
that
the
central
business
district
and
the
river
arts
district
are
exempted,
are
currently
exempted
from
the
open
space
regulations,
and
they
would
continue
to
be
exempted
under
this
new
amendment,
and
we
discussed
that.
J
But
I
still
wish
that
there
was
a
way
for
them
to
be
included
and,
and
then
and
finally,
this
fee
in
lieu,
so
anything
could
be
included
and
and
the
requirements
could
be
large
because
developers
could
get
away
with
whatever
with
a
fee
in
lieu,
so
that
that
option
is
still
on
the
table.
J
The
question
is,
which
I
think
was
raised
in
the
public
comment-
is
what
happens
to
the
fee
and
lou
and
we're
still
kind
of
wrangling
that,
with
some
of
the
tree
canopy
fee
and
lou
so,
and
that
as
it's
written
has
to
be
used
in
the
neighborhood
where
the
fee
was
collected.
J
So
those
are
sort
of
the
lingering
questions
that
I
have
that,
oh
and
then
one
other
request
that
maggie
and
I
had
is
that
that
the
amendment
be
revisited
every
year,
say
or
two,
because
we
really
can't
anticipate
the
interactions
like
how
is
it
gonna
interact
with
the
new
tree,
canopy,
ordinance
or
stormwater,
and
there's
no
way
for
us
to
actually
know
that.
So
we
just
want
to
make
sure
there's
a
built-in
sort
of
check-in
and
revisions
as
needed.
So
thanks.
D
Sorry
so
the
question
about
five
percent
versus
six
or
seven
or
eight-
you
know
we
could.
We
could
definitely
talk
about
the
nuance
and
how
we
we
changed
them
just
to
be
clear.
Currently
for
some
projects,
we
allow
five
percent
open
space,
so
it's
not
new
and
it's
consistent
with
most
other
cities.
So
I
think
before
we
make
a
decision
on
on
whether
to
adjust
it.
We
need
to
have
a
larger
discussion
about.
Where
are
we
putting
downward
pressure
on
development
and
in
the
fill?
And
where
do
we
want
more
open
space?
D
And
I
think
it's
a
good
question
and
and
might
be
more
appropriate
to
to
think
about
this
in
context
of
the
shared
public
open
space
that
is
parks,
the
parks
master
plan,
but
but
not
necessarily
the
cbd
exemptions.
D
So
I
didn't
mention
allison
and
maggie
know
about
this,
but
a
key
benefit
of
the
open
space
task
force
that
I'm
really
excited
about
is
that
we
agreed,
as
this
task
force,
to
allow
the
cbd
to
continue
to
be
exempt
from
open
space
and
instead
to
focus
on
trees
and
improving
tree
health,
and
we
created
a
subcommittee
to
review
the
landscaping
standards
and
big
changes
that
are
going
to
come
out
of
that
include
the
minimum
uncompacted
soil
volume
requirement
standard
for
all
trees,
city-wide
and
a
third-party
inspection
process
for
landscaping.
D
That's
going
to
be
huge
and
this
is
taking
a
whole
new
amount
of
time.
We
have
actually
bi-weekly
meetings
on
that
now,
so
that
was
a
compromise
that
was
made
in
those
meetings
to
move
in
that
direction.
So
I
would
be
concerned
about
unraveling
that
and
what
that
may
mean
it's
always
possible,
but
that
would
be
a
concern
the
fee
in
lieu
the
reason
we
are
not.
D
Clarifying
how
funds
can
be
used
more
than
they
are
written
today
is
because
there
are
several
lawsuits
currently
underway,
and
our
legal
department
has
has
told
us
that
we
would
be
jeopardizing
our
own
resources
should
we
currently
implement
some
new
language
and
potentially
get
sued
by
similar
organizations
or
persons
who
are
creating
these
lawsuits
somewhere
else.
D
So
this
is
just
basically
telling
us
to
hold
on
wait
till
those
lawsuits
are
done
and
then
to
firm
up
our
policies
based
on
those
findings
and
we're
definitely
down
for
revising
revisiting
the
ordinance
as
time
goes
by
that's
a
great
idea,
and
we
need
to
put
that
on
the
books.
Thank
you.
G
I
did
thank
you,
you
may
have
just
answered
it,
but
for
clarification
you
mentioned
the
the
idea
of
a
third
party
review
for
landscaping
for
public
property
and
then
my
question
from
your
presentation
was
around.
You
know
the
option
to
preserve
trees
on
private
land,
which
is
what
your
presentation
was
on,
and
would
there
be
any
sort
of
evaluation
as
to
the
quality
of
that
tree
preservation
or
addition
on
private
property,
similar
to
what
you
discussed
for
public
land.
D
Okay,
so
to
be
clear,
this
third-party
process
for
landscaping,
inspection
isn't
just
for
public
land.
It
would
be
for
any
project
that
triggers
landscaping
requirements.
So
this
could
be
a
commercial
development.
It
could
be
an
apartment
complex.
It
could
be
an
arby's
that
has
to
plant
some
trees.
Basically,
instead
of
just
having
joe
schmoe
come
and
plant
your
landscaping,
you
would
have
to
be
certified
by
a
land,
a
registered
landscape,
architect
or
arborist
to
ensure
that
they
they're
planted
correctly
and
they
survive
and
thrive
and
have
the
right
soil
volume.
D
When
it
comes
to
private
property
and
trees.
We
have
a
tree
preservation,
ordinance
that
incorporates
preservation
of
trees
on
all
property
that
meet
certain
triggers.
So
any
space
that,
like
I
was
talking
about-
and
these
examples
for
open
space
would
also
have
to
meet
the
tree
preservation
ordinance.
D
D
Some
people
in
their
design
might
want
just
a
place,
for
you
know,
students
or
whoever
to
hang
out
on
the
on
the
lawn
right,
but
if
you
also
are
required
to
provide
trees
as
part
of
tree
canopy
preservation
in
many
instances,
many
designs,
you
would
integrate
those
two,
so
the
open
space
and
the
tree
preservation
might
overlap,
but
it
doesn't
have
to
so
they're
meant
to
work
together.
I
guess
is
a
short
way
of
thinking
about
it.
D
A
Yeah
and
I'll
just
be
brief,
I
just
want
to
share
my
concerns
about
what
happened
with
the
tree
candy
ordinance
and
like
not
having
a
plan
for
when
it
comes
into
play,
and
I
heard
someone-
and
he
was
allison
mentioned
that
so
you
know
if
we're
gonna
stall
this
and
continue
to
have
work
sessions
and
not
hear
it
for
several
months.
A
Maybe
we
can
cue
up
what
that
process
will
look
like
I
mean
I
don't
think
we
need
to
know
it
right
away,
because
there
won't
be
funds
in
the
pot
right
away,
but
you
know
being
able
to
come
to
council
and
tell
us
what
that
process
looks
like
would
be
helpful.
How
will
identify
who
will
be
what
where
we
start
anything.
A
D
Yeah
well
again,
you
know
our
direction
has
been
that
that
we
shouldn't
be
refining
that
until
we
understand
what
the
courts
have
dictated
for
what
is
reasonable
and
how
the
funds
can
be
used.
D
So
in
order,
if
we
were
to
try
to
do
that
now,
we
would
be
working
in
in
front
of
of
that
process
and
it
it
might
lead
to
us
getting
sued
and,
and
that
would
be
undermined.
I
will
say
we
we
have,
since
over
10
years,
accumulated
just
about
a
little
bit
over
200
000
in
our
open
space
fund,
which
isn't
a
ton
of
money,
especially
if
we're
wanting
to
acquire
land,
it
can't
be
used
for
maintenance,
so
we
need
to
think
about.
D
A
E
Thank
you
so
much
vadella
all
right.
So,
let's
jump
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda
item
3c
energy
working
group.
Chris,
are
you
going
to
give
us
a
update
on
the
state
energy
update.
G
Sure
I'll
I'll
keep
it
short
and
hopefully
sweet.
You
know
there
are
some
links
here
to
the
executive
order,
246
and
hb
951
that
I
will
attempt
to
give
you
some
words
about
without
a
pretty
picture,
but
hopefully
these
words
will
be
impactful.
So,
as
we've
spoken
about
and
as
many
of
you
already
likely
know
about
house
bill
951
that
was
passed
last
year,
governor
cooper
signed
an
executive
order
last
week,
executive
order,
246
that
aligns
nicely
with
house
bill.
G
951
house
bill
951,
as
a
quick
recap,
commits
the
utility
commission
of
north
carolina
to
develop
a
plan
to
meet
greenhouse
gas
reduction
goals.
I
believe
it's
50
by
2030
based
on
a
2005
base
year
and
then
net
zero
by
2050.
So
that's
within
the
utility
sector
right
the
energy
generation
capacity
in
north
carolina.
G
You
know
without
getting
into
the
details
of
potential
issues
or
talking
points
on
951.
Here
is
executive
order,
246,
which
is
statewide,
and
the
goal
is
very
similar
to
house
bill
951's
goal.
The
dates
are
the
same
or
the
time
periods
are
the
same.
G
G
It
also
there's
a
lot
of
interesting
things
and
I'll
keep
these
short
to
my
personal
things
that
I
find
interesting
is
that
I
don't
know
when
the
last
north
carolina
greenhouse
gas
inventory
was
completed,
but
this
executive
order
articulates
that
the
next
greenhouse
gas
inventory
for
north
carolina
is
to
be
generated
by
the
end
of
this
month.
So
in
january,
2022
we
should
have.
You
know,
as
led
by
the
department
of
environmental
quality,
should
have
a
statewide
greenhouse
gas
inventory
for
north
carolina.
G
That's
extremely
important,
because
you
can't
reduce
what
you
don't
measure
so
in
addition
to
having
the
full
inventory
by
the
end
of
this
month,
it
will
be
recalculated
every
two
years
according
to
this
executive
order,
so
in
theory
we'll
be
able
to
track
progress
against
whatever's
going
to
be
developed
which
the
executive
order
articulates
as
well.
There's
a
requirement
to
you
know,
develop
some
deep
decarbonization
pathways
and
you
know
it
seems,
like
all
options
are
on
the
table
and
I
believe
that
report
is
to
be
due
by
the
end
of
this
year.
G
I
believe,
but
sometime
in
the
near
future,
so
this
executive
order,
you
know,
is
it
has
the
potential
to
do
a
lot
of
decarbonization
within
our
state
and
a
lot
of
progress.
You
know
also
related
to
climate
justice,
the
one
last
bit
I'll
say
about
it,
which
I
personally
was
really
excited
about.
As
someone
a
sustainability
professional
in
the
private
sector.
G
This
bill
articulates
the
need
for
state,
cabinets
and
agencies
to
identify
a.
I
believe
I
can't
remember
the
language
that
it
used,
but
more
or
less
a
climate
justice
person
within
each
of
those
agencies.
So
it's
kind
of
the
sustainability
professional's
dream
to
have
a
counterpart
within
each
sector
of
the
community.
To
talk
to-
and
you
know,
drive
initiatives
and
this
executive
order
seems
to
do
that.
G
So
every
agency
within
the
state
should
have
their
own
dedicated
climate
justice
person
to
help
drive
some
of
these
executive
orders
commitments
I'll
stop
there
and
you
know
if
anyone
has
any
interesting
questions,
I
probably
won't
be
able
to
answer
them,
but
just
know
that
there's
some
interesting
stuff
happening
at
the
state
level
to
help
drive
the
decarbonization
within
our
state.
F
Chris
was
there
anything
in
the
bill
that
indicated
that
for
the
greenhouse
gas
inventory,
they're
going
to
up
their
game
in
terms
of
we've,
seen
so
much
in
recent
years
that
the
underestimates
and
methane
from
landfill
by
as
now
twice
the
level
that
they
were
previously
talking
about.
Similarly
with
all
drilling,
although
I
don't
think
we
have
much
drilling
in
north
carolina,
but
certainly
with
the
farms,
I
also
understand
that's
inadequately
measured.
F
So
when
they
give
us
a
false
report
that
relies
on
these
old
numbers,
are
they
actually
going
to
do
some
new
discovery.
G
It's
a
it's
an
interesting
question
and
my
only
hunch
is
the
short
answer
is
I
didn't
see
any
articulation
about
potential
issues
with
the
existing
greenhouse
gas
inventory.
G
But
my
assumption
is
that,
because
it's
going
to
be
driven
by
a
public
entity,
the
department
of
environmental
qualities
that
I
imagine
there
would
be
a
public
review
or
at
least
comment
session
to
identify
potential
issues.
That's
my
assumption.
So
hopefully
that
would
that
would
occur.
L
Yeah
now,
just
just
one
follow-up
to
this
discussion,
that,
on
the
on
the
greenhouse
gas
inventory,
update
the
the
it's
in
the
in
the
executive
order,
and
it
actually
requires
the
first
update
to
be
released
january
31st.
E
Thank
you,
steve
and
chris
for
giving
us
that
interesting
update,
look
forward
to
hearing
more
about
it
all
right.
Next
item
on
the
agenda.
Number
four
is
old
business,
which
will
be
the
discussion
and
approval
of
the
annual
report.
E
I
wish
I
could
say
that
that
was
an
intentional
easter
egg
that
I
threw
in
there
that
three
of
you
caught.
E
In
the
first
paragraph,
I
believe,
noting
that
there
were
three
sections
when
there
were
actually
four
sections,
but
that
was
just
an
overlook.
So
we
had
a
couple
of
I
guess:
let's
go
ahead
and
get
a
motion
in
a
second
and
then
we'll
do
a
discussion.
C
E
All
right,
thank
you,
michael
okay,
so
now
we
can
discuss
the
approval.
My
discussion
would
be.
I
have
will
incorporate
the
edits
that
were
have
already
been
sent
in
one
of
which
I've
already
mentioned.
Others
came
from
steve
and
they
were
just
some
formatting
other
minor
edits.
Did
anyone
else
have
any
edits
that
they
would
like
to
discuss
and
have
implemented
in
the
final
draft
of
the
annual
report.
E
So
I
guess,
if
nobody
has
any
other
comments,
we
could
vote
in
favor
of
me
implementing
these
edits
and
then
that
would
be
the
final
draft
going
to
city
council.
E
E
B
I
believe
you
would
keep
keith
on
that
report
keith
on
it.
Okay,
thank
you
for
asking.
E
Yes,
okay,
next
on
the
agenda.
E
M
B
E
M
Hello,
everyone,
my
name,
is
paulina
jones
and
I'm
here
with
santa
sarah
branigan
and
danielle
de
bella,
lenaway
we've
been
working
for
the
past
year
on
assembling
the
first
of
what
we
hope
is
many
steps
to
introduce
to
the
city
to
adopt
and
instill
bird-friendly
city
practices.
We're
a
migratory
bird
kind
of
advocacy
group
and
fatal
bird
window.
Collisions
are
a
major
problem
in
our
migratory
bird
populations
across
the
country.
M
So
we've
assembled
this
proclamation.
I
believe
you
all
have
received
a
copy
of
it
at
this
point,
so
we
wanted
to
open
up
first
for
any
questions
and
then
move
into
kind
of
our
timeline
and
what
we
think
this
educational
outreach
campaign
surrounding
this
proclamation
will
look
like.
So
we
can
take
a
proclaimed
commitment
to
bird
friendly
building
practices
across
the
city
and
turn
it
into
an
actual,
like
tangible
campaign
that
will
have
tangible
results
and
ultimately
reduce
migratory
songbird
mortality
in
our
city.
M
So
I
guess
we'll
start
have
for
those
who
have
had
a
chance
to
review
this
proclamation.
Are
there
any
questions
that
you
all
have
for
us,
or
do
you
want
us
to
kind
of
outline?
Any
of
the
specific
details
for
you
all.
M
Thank
you
allison.
I
guess
I
could
do
just
a
brief
overview.
So
a
study
came
out
a
couple
years
ago
that
estimated
between,
like
700
million
to
900
million
birds,
fatally
collide
with
windows
in
the
con
continuous
united
states
every
single
year.
I
did
my
undergraduate
research
project
at
unca,
studying
fatal
bird
window
collisions
on
campus
and
during
the
course
of
that
study
observed
over
150
collisions,
which,
given
certain
statistics
like
one
and
eight
birds
that
collide
with
windows,
die
immediately
or
die
immediately
upon
impact.
M
So
the
coalition
for
bird
friendly
asheville
in
partnership
with
our
local
blue
ridge,
audubon
chapter
as
well
as
north
carolina,
audubon,
national
u.s,
audubon
and
wildlife
service,
and
quite
a
few
different
local
environmental
organizations,
are
wanting
to
help
guide
the
city
in
building
an
educational
outreach
campaign.
That's
directed
at
residence
owners
and
business
owners.
F
M
Essentially
outlines
how
the
city
can
implement
a
lights
out
program
which
will
reduce
light
pollution,
have
the
added
benefit
of
saving
energy
and
ultimately
reduce
the
number
of
birds
that
are
drawn
into
the
city
by
light
pollution
and
therefore
become
more
susceptible
to
fatally
colliding
with
windows,
while
they're
migrating
during
the
fall
and
spring,
which
are
the
major
migratory
seasons
and
there's
been
quite
a
number
of
cities
around
the
country
who
have
implemented
lights
out.
M
Programs
philadelphia
was
one
of
the
most
recent
ones
to
adopt
a
lights
out
program
after
a
mass
collision
event,
and
we
really
like
to
model
a
lot
of
our
educational
outreach
programs
around
some
of
the
programs
that
these
other
cities
have
implemented
and
yeah.
So,
through
the
guidance
of
north
carolina
audubon
national
audubon,
we
are
hoping
to
build
an
educational
outreach
campaign
that
you
know
there
will
be
one
flavor
kind
of
targeted,
more
so
with
business
owners
to
meet
their
needs
and
another.
M
That's
targeted
more
so
at
city
residents,
yeah
and
sarah
danielle.
Either
of
you
like
to
elaborate
on
that.
I
F
Yeah
for
dark
or
lights
out,
one
of
the
things
I
noticed
is
other
cities
are
adopting
lights
out
with
putting.
F
Sensors
motion
sensors
on
the
street
lights,
which
can
help
to
reduce
their
being
on
a
third
to
half
the
time
in
in
you
know,
the
non-cbd
areas
is
that
anything
that
you
were
thinking
about.
M
Yeah,
so
kind
of
our
main
approaches
to
a
lights
out
program
would
be
first
to
just
you
know
in
general,
extinguish
unnecessary
lights
that
are
left
on
all
night.
You
know
and
that's
where
a
lot
of
our
educational
outreach
campaign
will
come
into
play
with
business
owners
and
private
residencies
that
have
lights,
that
you
know
don't
really
need
to
be
on.
That
would
be
our
first
way
to
address
this.
The
second
would
be
to
have
timers
installed,
as
you
mentioned,
on
buildings
throughout
the
city.
M
We
would
like
to
start
with
city-owned
buildings
having
timers
installed
to
just
again
kind
of
regulate
that
light,
that's
being
emitted
at
3am
that
we're
not
really
using
and
then
for
those
lights
that
are
external,
that
can't
be
extinguished
either
for
safety
reasons
or
other
reasons.
M
We
would
like
to
address
either
the
temperature
of
the
light.
So
if
we
can
warm
the
temperature
of
the
bulb
slightly,
that
helps
reduce
light
pollution,
but
also
installing
down
shields.
So
we
don't
have
light
just
radiating
up
into
the
night
sky.
It's
only
being
it's
only
illuminating
the
areas
where
it's
needed.
F
Yes,
the
dark
sky
compliance
I
find
would
be
very
important.
I
don't
know
if
you've
teamed
up
with
the
astronomy
asheville
group,
but
they've
been
trying
to
push
this
for
years
and
the
some
of
the
standards
are
still
pretty
outdated
when
it
comes
to
looking
at
lighting
codes
and
also
even
all
the
front
porch
lights
there.
I
see
hardly
any
that
really
are
down
hooded,
so
or
they're
not
fully
downloaded
they.
They
have
an
enormous
amount
of
leakage,
so.
M
Yeah
we've
been
in
collaboration
with
our
local
dark
sky
chapter
if
you
will
and
also
have
had
some
conversations
with
the
international
dark
sky
association,
and
so
they
are
definitely
going
to
be
a
valuable
partner
in
our
educational
outreach
building
process
of
this
project.
K
All
right
I'll
go
ahead
and
talk
about
the
education
a
little
bit
more
so
kind
of.
As
pauline
mentioned.
We
really
want
to
target
the
community
because
that's
where
these
strikes
are
happening
in
the
city,
we
would
like
to
start
with
city-owned
buildings
work
directly
with
directly
with
business
managers,
building
owners
to
get
the
awareness
out
there
about
these
strikes
that
are
happening
at
night
with
a
really
easy
solution,
and
then
we
would
also
like
to
use
our
local
community
organizations
like
audubon
the
other
conservation
organizations.
K
We've
teamed
up
with
to
get
really
into
the
like
residential
areas
where,
obviously
the
proclamation
isn't
gonna
affect
that
as
much
to
just
get
the
get
the
word
out
there
that
this
is
happening
and
and
if
you
turn
off
your
lights,
you
can
prevent
some
of
these
deaths
and
save
some
money.
K
So,
ideally,
that's
where
our
education
outreach
program
will
focus
with
business
owners
and
kind
of
residential
communities.
K
Let's
see,
should
I
walk
through
the
timeline
or
have
we
seen
that
already
all
right
I'll
go
through
the
timeline,
so
obviously
this
is
happening
today.
That's
our
first
step
is
to
kind
of
finalize
the
language
for
this
proclamation.
K
Then
we'll
head
out
to
the
no
worries
me
and
danielle,
who
are
on
the
board
of
blue
ridge
audubon,
will
go
to
our
next
board
meeting
and
talk
about
ways
that
we
can
collaborate
on
this
outreach
education
program
I'll
get
that
going,
hopefully
by
early
february,
so
we
can
get
this
underway
before
spring
migration
starts
in
march,
yeah
danielle.
Did
you
want
to
take
over
some
of
the
partnership
stuff.
M
F
Yeah
yeah
there's
been
research
that
shows
that
a
lot
of
the
cities
that
have
converted
to
led
strike
street
lights
are
overlit
by
a
factor
of
two
or
three
and
they've
done
retrofits
to
reduce
them
by
25
to
50
percent,
and
people
are
much
happier.
You
know
if
that
was
another
one,
that
you're
going
to
encourage.
N
Okay,
can
you
hear
me
now?
No
yeah?
Yes,
okay,
all
right,
I'm
sorry,
everybody!
I'm
going
to
talk
about
some
of
our
partnerships
as
well
as
about
which
is
going
to
be
a
key
agenda
for
us
is
forming
an
advisory
committee
with
these
name
partners.
You
see
the
list,
that's
already
been
posted,
not
only
blue
ridge,
but
we
also
have
national
and
north
carolina
auto
bond
by
our
side.
Sierra
club
mountain,
true,
dark
skies
mentioned
the
astronomy
club.
Greenworks
are
just
a
few.
N
We've
also
talked
to
some
individual
groups,
so
we're
pretty
excited
by
the
support,
we're
getting,
and
I
think,
there's
a
lot
to
be
said
of
forming
a
decent
advisory
committee,
which
is
going
to
hopefully
take
part
immediately,
that's
kind
of
our
first
goal.
The
thing
is
what
I
added
to
this
spectrum
is
an
outreach
position
to
oversee
operations,
and
this
basically
would
be
funded
as
of
now
with
the
blue
ridge
autobahn
chapter
and
and
for
grant
monies,
there's
already
some
money
sitting
in
our
budget
to
get
this
going.
N
So
I
think
we
it's
pretty
pretty
positive,
that
we
have
some
people
to
get
this
all
done
professionally.
In
line
and
getting
up
immediately,
then
the
girls-
and
I
were
talking
last
night
of
it-
would
be
great
to
make.
I
call
it
the
abc's
asheville
bird
city,
and
we
now
have
people
such
as
architects,
have
created
some
new
light
technology
and
things
that
I
think
are
super
positive.
That
would
that
could
be
very
well
applied
into
the
city
program
as
well
as
unc.
N
Paulina
could
probably
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
more,
but
they
have
these
this
new
technology
they're
using
for
launching
balloons
and
things
like
that.
So
there's
a
lot
of
positive
things
happening
within
asheville
that
they're
really
trying
to
work
on
this
bird
agenda.
So
just
a
little
just
a
little
taste.
E
Great,
thank
you
so
much
all
right,
so
we're
gonna
hold
the
rest
of
our
comments
till
the
end
of
the
presentations.
E
Okay,
steve.
We
have
one
more
question
and
let's
make
this
the
last
question.
L
Yeah,
it's
not
a
it's
actually,
not
a
it's
a
question
of
procedure
for
us
at
an
appropriate
time.
I
I
think
that
we
want
to
consider
a
motion
to
recommend
that
stacy
that
stacy
recommend
that
the
city
council
approve
and
issue
this
proclamation,
and
I
didn't
know
whether
this
is
the
right
time
to
do
that,
in
which
case
I
would
make
that
motion
or
if
you
wanted
to
wait.
E
All
right,
michael,
let's
go
down
the
list
to
get
a
yay
or
name
ann.
E
Yeah
no
yay,
maggie
yay
tim
jay,
michael.
F
E
Chris,
it's
gone,
steve,
yay
allison
is
also
gone,
but
she
commented
in
the
chat
that
she
wasn't
for
it,
I'm
not
sure
if
that
that
will
suffice,
but
I'm
also
in
favor
all
right.
Thank
you,
ladies.
So
much
for
presenting
and
coming
up
with
the
proclamation.
We're
very
excited
for
this.
This
movement.
E
M
Much
added
thank
you
to
the
energy
working
group
for
their
health
and
us
crafting.
E
E
All
right
so
next
on
the
agenda
and
I'm
sorry
again
that
we're
running
overtime
but
we'll
try
to
keep
the
rest
of
this
pretty
short
next
item
on
new
business
is
5b
presentation,
letter
support
of
urban
forestry
commission
recommendations
by
amy
smith
amy.
Are
you
ready.
O
I
am
so
ready,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
I'll
be
as
brief
as
I
can,
but
I
really
appreciate
you
all
giving
me
some
time
to
talk
to
you
on
behalf
of
the
urban
forestry
commission,
and
I
saw
sage,
is
still
here
real
quick
before
I
forget.
I
do
want
to
address
the
fee
and
lieu
money
that
we've
been
collecting
through
the
urban
forestry
urban
canopy
protection
amendment
we
are
creating
a
framework.
O
It
is
mostly
done
we're
working
with
city
staff
to
create
that
framework,
so
that
we
do
have
a
plan
for
spending
that
money,
obviously
we're
taking
our
time
to
make
sure
we
get
that
framework
prioritize
the
best
way
we
can
so
just
want
to.
Let
you
all
know
we
are
working
on
that,
because
our
fund
is
separate
from
the
open
space
fund.
So
all
right
next
slide.
Please.
O
So
what
is
a
comprehensive
urban
forestry
program?
So
the
city
of
asheville
has
the
urban
forestry
commission.
We
have
a
city
arborist,
but
we
do
not
have
an
overreaching
plan
for
how
to
preserve
and
protect
our
urban
forest.
Unlike
wild
forests,
urban
forests
have
to
be
managed.
They
don't
just
spontaneously
grow.
They
must
be
planted,
managed
for
risk
and
really
led
along
if
we
want
an
urban
forest
in
the
future.
That
is
what
we
envision
for
our
city.
O
In
october
of
21,
the
ufc
passed
a
recommendation
to
city
council
outlining
the
need
for
the
comprehensive
urban
forestry
program
and
sent
that
along
to
council.
What
we're
looking
for
is
funding
for
an
urban
forester
position
and
the
creation
of
an
urban
forest
master
plan.
I'll
briefly
go
into
detail
about
those
give
you
some
information,
but
what
we're
seeking
here
is
really
that
funding
to
put
those
pieces
in
place
so
that
we
can
have
this
planning
and
oversight
and
management
that
we
need
for
the
urban
forest.
O
Obviously,
I'm
speaking
to
the
choir
here
that
we
know
that
urban
forests
are
important
in
carbon
sequestration,
storm
water,
housing,
property
values,
tourism,
recreation.
We
know
they
play
a
role
in
equity.
I'm
going
to
talk
about
that.
I
know
mary
sol
pointed
that
out.
We
had
that
discussion
about
trees.
I
was
like
let
me
in,
but
we
know
that
it's
important
for
equity
issues
as
well,
and
all
of
this
urban
forestry
plays
a
role
in
the
green
infrastructure.
That'll
help
save
money
in
the
future.
O
So
what
will
an
urban
forester
do
for
the
city
real
quickly?
We
are
estimating
about
an
80
000
a
year.
Expenditure
on
this
position,
including
salary
benefits,
travel
all
the
rest
of
that
the
urban
forester
is
that
professional.
It
is
a
professional
job.
There
is
a
title
and
people
who
train
in
this
that
person
will
oversee
all
the
rest
of
this
program.
They
are
separate
from
the
city
arborist,
who
is
primarily
looking
at
risk
management.
You
know
a
tree
falls
down
in
the
road.
O
The
arborist
goes
out
sends
the
crews
out
to
clean
that
up
planting
trees
on
city
streets.
That's
the
city
arborist,
but
that
is
not
sufficient
to
manage
an
entire
urban
forest.
So
we
need
that
leadership
position
to
oversee
this
whole
thing.
We
need
the
leadership
position
to
help
us
with
our
fee
and
lieu
funds.
So
how
are
we
going
to
properly
spend
that
money
with
the
lens
of
equity,
with
the
lens
of
storm
water
and
green
infrastructure?
O
Having
this
person
to
coordinate
between
offices
like
the
office
of
sustainability,
development
services,
public
works,
having
that
person
in
the
position
is
what's
going
to
put
all
of
this
together,
they
can
also
leverage
non-profit
funds.
We
have
excellent
non-profits
in
our
city.
We
work
really
closely
with
actual
greenworks
as
the
urban
forestry
commission,
but
we
can
do
more
to
leverage
grant
money
and
non-profit
support
and
that's
what
the
urban
forester
would
do
next
slide.
Please.
O
So
what
will
an
urban
forest
master
plan?
Do
we
are
requesting
about
250
000
that'd,
be
a
one-time
spend
for
the
urban
forest
master
plan,
two
big
key
pieces
of
the
plan.
First
of
all,
it's
a
full,
comprehensive
inventory
of
all
public
trees.
This
is
an
on
the
ground.
You'll
measure
the
tree.
What
is
its
species?
What
is
its
health,
and
that
gives
us
the
data
that
we
need
to
build
the
rest
of
the
plant.
We
do
not
have
a
full
inventory
of
even
public
trees,
let
alone
private
trees
in
asheville.
O
So
we
don't
know
what
we're
dealing
with.
We
have
a
canopy
study.
That's
you
know,
aerial
view,
but
having
that
on
the
ground,
data
is
what
will
build
the
rest
of
this.
The
urban
forest
master
plan
plays
to
the
the
three
pieces
of
sustainability,
environmental,
social
and
economic
built
into
the
plan.
It
puts
together
input
from
the
community.
So
a
big
part
of
building
the
plan
is
having
meetings
with
community
members
of
all
parts
of
the
community
getting
their
input
of
what
they
want
to
see
with
the
urban
forest.
O
What
outcomes
do
they
desire
and
putting
that,
together
with
the
environmental,
social
and
economic
goals
that
we
know
are
important
with
the
city,
so
the
outcomes
we
expect
from
the
plan
would
be
again
that
assessment
of
the
current
condition
the
inventory,
the
biodiversity.
We
know
that
to
alleviate
future
risk
from
pest
disease
fire.
All
of
that
we
need
to
have
a
biodiverse
urban
forest.
We
can
set
goals
for
that
future
condition,
identify
gaps
and
achieve
engage
stakeholders
to
actually
achieve
those
outcomes
all
right
next
slide.
Please.
O
So
again,
with
the
plan,
I
can
go
through
this
real
quick,
so
we
know
that
we're
going
to
assess
the
resources,
the
community
and
the
vegetation
and
the
big
key
of
an
urban
forest
master
plan.
Is
it's
not
a
plan
that
you
ride
up
and
set
aside?
It
is
a
framework
and
it's
actually
very
detailed.
If
you
ever
want
to
see
one,
you
can
look
them
up
for
other
cities,
but
it's
extremely
detailed
and
shows
you
the
pathway
to
reach
your
goals.
So
it's
something
that
is
a
living
document.
O
O
We
don't
have
great
plans,
let
alone
for
the
urban
forest,
but
how
that
builds
into
community
plans
for
storm
risk
and
things
like
that
again.
Equity
focused
and
engage
with
the
community,
and
I
just
want
to
really
highlight
that.
This
is
something
the
urban
forestry
commission
has
already
been
working
on
for
several
years
with
the
equity
lens,
all
the
decisions
we
are
currently
making.
We
try
to
bring
back
around
to
equity,
including
any
work
that
we
do
with
a
future
urban
forester
and
urban
forest
master
plan
next
slide,
please.
O
So
what
have
we
done
so
far?
Most
of
you
might
be
aware,
with
some
of
this
work
that
we've
already
done
a
few
years
ago,
there
was
an
audit
that
was
completed.
We
call
it
the
gap
analysis
and
it
highlighted
the
need
for
an
urban
forester
and
urban
forest
master
plan,
as
well
as
some
ordinance
revisions.
O
We
had
the
tree
canopy
analysis
completed
in
2018
that
took
a
2008
to
2018,
look
at
where
our
canopy
has
gone.
Many
of
you
have
seen
that,
and
I
can
get
it
to
you.
If
you
don't
have
it.
The
image
on
the
top
right
is
from
that
or
left
sorry
from
that
tree,
canopy
analysis
showing
where
we
have
lost
trees
over
that
10-year
timeline.
It's
very
rarely
a
couple
places
have
gained
trees,
so
we're
really
looking
at
tree
loss.
O
Another
thing
that
we
had
done
this
was
with
nasa
urban
heat
island
analysis
was
completed.
That's
the
image
on
the
bottom
there
and
they
put
together
not
only
the
surface
air
temperature
and
the
tree
canopy,
but
also
what
they
call
the
vulnerability
index.
So
looking
at
communities
of
low
income,
a
lot
of
elderly
people,
those
other
community
contingencies
that
are
considered
vulnerable
to
the
loss
of
canopy
and
to
urban
heat
island.
O
So
we
do
have
that
data
and
it
is
helping
us,
for
example,
in
our
framework
for
spending
the
fee
in
lieu
funds,
we
did
adopt
the
tree,
canopy
preservation,
amendment
and
a
zero
net
loss
resolution.
That
resolution
was
sent
to
council
and
they
did
approve
it,
which
means
that
the
city
does
have
a
goal
to
not
lose
any
more
canopy.
We
must
replace
and
preserve
the
canopy
we
have
now
with
the
goal
of
increasing
it
in
the
future.
O
Let's
see,
oh
the
database
comprehensive
urban
tree
inventory.
That
is
what
we
are
hoping
to
achieve
with
the
on
the
ground
measurements,
along
with
stakeholder
analysis
at
the
neighborhood
level.
Actual
greenworks
has
started
a
project
that
they
have
grant
funding
for
to
begin
some
of
those
neighborhood
vignettes,
where
people
can
get
together
and
actually
talk
about
their
needs,
wants
and
desires
with
urban
forestry,
and
we
do
hope
to
develop
the
urban
forest
master
plan.
O
You
know
we're
kind
of
at
a
point
with,
with
or
without
city
council,
help
we're
going
to
get
this
done,
but
it
really
would
be
helpful
if
we
can
get
city
council
to
invest
in
this
and
show
that
it's
important
for
them
and
for
the
city
to
have
these
pieces
in
place
next
slide.
Please
the
work
that
we're
doing
as
the
urban
forestry
commission.
O
O
So
what
we're
looking
for
today
is
your
support
in
endorsing
the
need
for
the
comprehensive
urban
forestry
program.
You
received
a
copy
of
the
resolution
that
the
ufc
passed
asking
for
the
funding
to
fund
the
urban
forester
in
the
urban
forest
master
plan,
so
we're
looking
for
other
boards
and
commissions
to
come
on
with
their
support
as
well.
So
that's
why
I'm
here?
That's
what
we're
asking
for
and
hoping
that
you'll
help
us
out.
So
let
me
know
if
there
are
any
questions.
L
Yes,
you
can
hear
me
yes,
hi
amy.
Thank
you
thank
you
and
thanks
for
sending
the
that
early
resolution
to
me,
the
resolution
you
just
talked
about
that
you're
looking
for
support
from
to
be
clear,
is
that
the
document
that
you
shared
with
us
this,
the
one
that
talks
about
situation
solution
or
is
that
a
separate.
L
Yeah
yeah,
okay.
Well
I
I
did
have
a
just
a
a
couple,
quick
questions
about
that.
I
was
thinking
you.
You
had
mentioned
the
two
primary
cost
components
for
doing
this:
the
salary,
eighty
thousand
dollar
salary
and
the
estimate
of
two
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
do
the
plan,
and
I
think
your
memo-
or
maybe
it
was
the
earlier
resolution.
I
don't
remember,
said
that
there
might
be
a
need
for
to
have
a
periodic
canopy
studies
done
by
an
outside
contractor
and
that
that
would
be
some
additional
cost.
L
My
question
is
keys
off
of
considering
those
costs
and
your
yours
and
the
statement
in
in
the
in
the
request
for
support
where
you
say
many.
Other
cities
have
faced
the
same
problem
and
have
learned
that
such
a
program
is
an
excellent
investment.
L
Have
you
been
able
to
draw
from
those
studies
in
a
way
to
put
together
some
kind
of
analysis
showing
that,
indeed,
how
cost
effective
it
would
be
to
make
the
investment
for
asheville.
O
Yeah,
like
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning,
there
are
scientific
studies
that
have
looked
at
the
cost,
benefit
analysis
and
it's
a
wide
range,
obviously,
but
on
average
for
every
dollar
spent
cities
can
achieve
around
three
dollars
in
benefits
back,
and
that
includes
all
of
the
storm
water,
carbon
sequestration,
energy
benefits.
So
we
do
see
it
as
an
investment
in
the
future.
L
Right,
I
guess:
do
those
studies
draw
on
the
actual
experience
of
these
many
other
cities
and
which
cities
are.
O
Yeah
and
again
there's
many
studies,
so
you
know
if
you
want
offline,
I
can
send
you
some
of
that
data.
I
didn't
bring
it
with
me,
I'm
sorry
but
yeah.
It
is
something
that
has
been
scientifically
studied
and
published.
F
Yeah,
first
of
all
to
your
steve's
question:
I
I've
been
working
on
urban
trees
since
1980
on
the
urban
heat
island,
and
just
as
you
say,
I
mean
the
american
forest
association
with
their
city,
green
starting
then
started
doing
cities
and
they've
done
scores
of
cities
showing
much
larger
benefits
of
I
think
than
is
it.
You
must
be
three
dollars
a
year
benefits.
F
Of
the
range
api
you
know
does
the
same
thing,
but
my
concern
was
you
know.
Traditionally,
urban
foresters
have
been
known
as
morticians,
because
they've
ignored
the
biodiversity
rule
that
you,
I
think
included,
and
I
hope
that
that
gets
firmly
entrenched.
The
10
20
30
rule
between
you
know,
don't
plant
any
species
more
than
10,
no
genus
more
than
20
and
no
family
more
than
30,
which
was
totally
abandoned,
and
now
we
have
so
many
cities
facing
longhorn,
beetles,
etc.
F
The
implementation
is
my
concern
because
the
foresters
tend
to
look
at.
How
do
I
gather
all
the
fallen
leaves
at
the
same
time
for
collection
or
some
other
reason
that
leads
them
to
long
streets
of
monoculture
so
likewise
also
the
planting
these
trees.
Historically
in
urban
areas,
they've
been
backfilled
with
the
kind
of
brick
and
sea
mesh
cementitious
fill
from
the
new
building,
so
these
trees
typically
die
well
within
10
years
and
they
don't
show
their
economic
benefits
until
15
years
plus.
So
are
you
going
to
be
specific
with
the
implementation
side
of
things.
O
Yeah
so
there's
two
parts
to
your
comment:
there,
the
first,
the
urban
forester
you
know-
obviously
that's
a
hiring
decision,
but
if
the
ufc
can
have
some
input,
you
know
we
have
many
science-based
members
on
the
ufc
and
the
current
science
is
definitely
leaning
toward
you
know
all
those
things
you
mentioned:
biodiversity,
planting
standards,
and
you
know
someone
who
understands
how
it
all
comes
together
and
that's
why
we're
seeking
the
position
is
to
have
someone
on
staff
who
can
get
all
of
those
pieces
on
the
same
page
to
the
planting
standards.
O
A
Hi
amy,
thanks
for
all
your
work
on
this,
can
you
do
two
things?
Can
you
send
me
any
examples
of
tree
urban
forestry
tree
plans?
There
are
that
you've
seen
executed,
and
can
you
fill
me
in
on
how
y'all
got
to
the
250
000
cost?
Is
there
like
an
example
out
there
an
rfp
or
something,
and
just
maybe
email
that
to
me?
I
don't
want
to
consume
the
whole
committee
together.
That
would.
O
Be
helpful,
just
real,
quick
to
address
x
people
might
want
to
know
so,
generally
speaking,
outside
consultants
help
with
the
plans,
and
so
we've
received
that
number
from
sort
of
an
average
of
what
the
open
market
is
charging
and
the
key
piece
is
the
inventory.
So
just
understanding,
you
know
how
big
our
city
is
and
how
much
it
would
take
to
do
that
on
the
ground
inventory.
That's
about
half
a
little
more
than
half
of
that
plan
cost
and
as
far
as
urban
forest
master
plans.
That's
my
research.
A
O
E
Very
good
all
right,
so
this
brings
us
to
the
meat
of
this
one
where
we
make
a
motion
to
support
this
letter
of
support.
Does
anyone
care
to
make
a
motion.
H
F
E
Might
not
be
with
us
anymore,
it
doesn't
look
like
she
is
maggie.
I
tim
hi,
michael
yay,
steve
hi,
and
I
am
also-
and
I
alison
also
said
in
her
chat-
that
she
was
as
well
all
right.
We
are
all
in
favor
of
sending
the
letter
of
support
on
behalf
of
the
ufc.
Thank
you
so
much
amy
for
your
presentation
and
working
with
us
over
the
past
few
months.
We
really
appreciate
it
and
and
others
who
who
worked
with
you.
O
E
E
E
Okay,
maggie.
Yes,
I
tim.
C
E
F
E
Thank
you,
steve,
and
I
also
am
an
eye
for
ann
and
not
for
myself
all
right,
congratulations
and
thank
you
for
serving
in
spice
chair
one
more
year
for
your
final
year,
so
both
chris
and
I
were
also
voted
by
city
council
to
continue
to
serve
a
second
term,
so
you're
stuck
with
me
for
another
three
years
and
yeah.
We
appreciate
everyone
and
michael
for
joining
us.
I
hope
you
had
a
good
time
normally.