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From YouTube: Equity & Engagement Committee – April 18, 2023
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Regular meeting of the Asheville City Council's Equity & Engagement Committee.
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Good
afternoon
I'm
Shanika
Smith
I'm,
the
chair
of
equity
and
engagement
committee,
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
our
April
18th
remote
meeting
to
help
our
audience
follow
along
with
the
agenda
I'll
State
each
section
allowed.
We
are
streaming,
live
on
the
virtual
engagement
Hub,
which
is
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
Hub
link
on
the
front
page
of
a
City
website.
We
also
have
the
option
for
the
public
to
listen,
live
by
phone
for
those
joining
us
today.
Welcome
for
today's
meeting.
B
B
855-925-2801
meeting
code
2689,
your
phone
will
be
muted
and
you'll
hear
the
meeting
live.
At
this
point,
the
speakers
will
need
to
push
star
3
to
enter
the
speaker.
Cube
I'll
now
go
through
and
introduce
all
of
our
staff
members
and
our
council
members.
We
also
have
special
guests
from
our
community
reparations
commission
staff
and
guest
and
Council
when
I
call
your
name
just
give
a
quick
hello,
councilwoman,
Sage,
Turner
woman,
Kim
Rooney
good
afternoon
assistant
city
manager,
Rachel
Wood,.
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B
B
B
B
All
right,
we'll
move
on
to
the
first
item
on
our
agenda.
We'll
have
a
presentation
on
the
community
reparations
committee
is
actually
the
annual
report
and
I
don't
know
if
Brenda
is
going
to
lead
us
in,
but
we'll
be
hearing
from
Dr
delwike.
I
I'll
Lead
You
In
I
want
to
welcome
Dr
Dwight
Mullen
and
Mr
Wana
little.
She
popped
up
there
just
a
few
minutes
after
you
called
her
name
they're,
going
to
be
here
to
kind
of
go
over
their
activities
for
the
community
reparations
commission
for
2022.,
so
without
further
Ado
Dr
Dwight
Mullen.
If
you
will
give
Katie
some
directions
whenever
you're
ready
for
the
slides
to
me
move.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
the
staff
for
pulling
the
slide,
show
together
and
so
concisely.
Putting
what
we've
done
for
your
benefit.
G
At
the
end,
there
will
be
questions
a
time
for
question
answers,
so
if
you
could
wait
till
then
that
would
be
great
first
in
the
next
slide,
please
our
mission
was
handed
To
Us
by
the
city
and
by
the
county
and
that
we're
empowered
to
make
a
short,
medium
and
long-term
recommendations
that
will
make
progress
towards
repairing
the
damage
caused
by
public
and
private
systemic
racism.
G
Task
of
the
reparations
commission
is
to
issue
a
report
in
a
timely
manner
for
consideration
by
the
city
and
other
participating
Community
groups
for
a
corporation
to
respect
to
short
term
long-term
priorities
and
plans.
This
is
pretty
much
following
the
resolutions
that's
passed
by
the
city
and
by
the
county
and
by
and
it
follows
very
succinctly,
a
discussion
discussions
we've
had
in
the
initial
phases
of
the
commission
meeting
next
next
slide.
G
Please
yeah
the
composition
of
the
community
reparations
commission,
you're,
probably
very
familiar
with
in
that
we
have
15
representatives
from
Legacy
neighborhoods,
including
Asheville,
Housing,
Authority,
Burton,
Street,
East,
End,
Valley,
Street,
the
heart
of
chestnut
Shiloh,
South
Side,
as
well
as
Stumptown.
In
addition,
we
have,
and
those
nominees
were
taken
straight
from
the
community
without
being
vetted
by
the
city
council.
G
In
addition
to
those
15,
we
have
10
Representatives
appointed
by
the
city
by
the
county,
and
they
in
turn
are
pointing
okay,
the
impact
Focus
areas
of
Criminal,
Justice,
Economic,
Development,
Education,
Health
and
Wellness
and
housing,
and
in
addition
to
those
10,
there
are
four
alternates
and
I'm
here
to
say
to
you
that
the
alternates
are
taking
their
jobs
as
seriously
as
if
they
were
full.
Our
commission
members
attending
meetings
attending
all
right
things
next
slide.
Please
thank
you.
G
So
far,
our
accomplishments
are
limited
in
to
to
the
ones
you
see
listed
in
that
that
first
bullet
in
terms
of
the
members
appointed
by
city
council
and
by
the
pumpkin
County
Commissioners.
That's
no
small
thing
to
put
with
25
people
at
the
table.
Along
with
alternates
and
honestly,
you
know
to
as
chair
I
was
not
expecting
to
be
elected
chair
of
the
commission
and
to
have
those
community
members
sitting
around
the
table
to
discuss
the
things
that
we
have
been
discussing
is
in
itself
historic.
G
It's
a
significant
thing
to
go
to
a
committee
Commission
meeting
if
you've
not
already
attended
to
see
how
these
neighborhoods
are
interacting.
These
individuals
are
participating
in
August,
the
ifas,
the
impact
Focus
area
work
groups
were
formed
and
they've
been
meeting
ever
since
at
least
monthly.
Some
have
been
meeting
bi-monthly
with
community
members
who
have
particular
interest
in
also
joining
them
and
from
the
commission.
G
Another
accomplishment
was
the
recommendation
for
ongoing
support
and
it
was
passed
June
of
2022
and
it
taken
to
the
city
and
to
buy
the
county
respectively.
G
The
we'll
get
into
that
a
little
bit
further
later
on
in
the
in
the
in
the
presentation
and
the
second
major
recommendation
coming
out
of
the
commission
that
forwarded
to
the
city
and
county
the
immediate
recommendation
to
stop
the
harm
which
was
passed
in
December
of
2022.
next
next
slide.
Please
and
the
funding
is
where
we're
the
the
continued
support
is
coming
from
in
terms
of
the
city
has
committed
initial
investment
of
2.1
million
dollars
fiscal
year
22
and
it's
fiscal
year.
G
23
budget
includes
an
additional
investment
of
500.
000
considerations
are
currently
underway
with
the
city,
the
fiscal
year
24
budget
to
include
another
half
million
dollar
annually,
with
a
two
percent
compounding
interest
compiled
the
increase
to
mirror
the
County
resolve
process.
G
The
county,
on
the
other
hand,
is
as
allocated
to
million
dollars
for
reparations,
and
it's
fiscal
year.
23
budget,
the
Board
of
Commissioners,
voted
to
add,
also
add
500
000
to
Future
reparations
of
it
with
an
annual
increase
of
two
percent
and
in
both
cases,
the
city
and
the
county
publicly,
as
well
as
personally
I
was
assured
that
the
current
membership
is
happy
to
have
made
these
commitments,
but
there's
no
guarantee
that
future
elected
bodies
can
continue
that
relationship,
and
so,
if
this
isn't,
this
is
a
present.
G
This
is
a
snapshot
of
today
as
well
as
the
near
future,
but
not
for
perpetuity.
G
The
next
slide,
please,
the
impact
budgetary
impact
of
the
recommendations,
the
immediate
recommendation
to
stop
the
harm.
The
budgetary
impact
is
determined
as
it's
anticipated
about
a
comprehensive
audit
implemented
through
a
third-party
vendor
and,
as
such,
will
be
subject
to
the
procurement
process.
G
We're
in
the
midst
of
this
now
the
city
and
county
dedicated
reparations
resources
to
be
used
to
fund
the
audit,
and
we
are
in
the
process
of
selecting
a
third-party
we're
discussing
it
within
ourselves
as
staff
as
well
as
selected
members
of
the
commission
before
it
goes
back
to
the
commission
and
continues
with
the
community
of
the
procurement
process.
So
we
haven't
selected
an
actual
third
party.
G
Yet
next
next
slide,
please
some
of
our
upcoming
goals
and
planning
for
2023
we've
actually
been
in
place
now
for
a
year
and
to
let
you
know
I
as
chair
on
privy
to
conversations
with
a
number
of
the
missed
commission
members
and
I'm
I'm,
very
proud
to
say
to
these
folks
that
they
are
tired.
G
They've
been
working
hard,
they're
halfway
through
the
process
and
are
anxious
to
continue
it
to
us
to
its
conclusion,
and
in
doing
so,
we
we
we're
finding
it
necessary
to
reaffirm
why
we're
here
we're
even
considering
the
possibility
of
a
retreat
to
talk
about
the
menial
reparations
to
to
the
sure
as
we
go
forward,
We've
adopted
a
new
project,
timeline
and
I.
Think
it's
speaking
for
myself.
The
major
characteristic
of
the
timeline
that
is
on
the
table
is
that
it's
flexible.
G
G
So
a
strict
guideline,
which
I'm
about
to
give
you
probably
is
what
more
flexible
than
it
sounds
in
that
I
am
looking
for
our
final
report
to
be
to
you
in
April
this
time
next
year,
so
to
solidify
the
vetting
recommendations
for
the
third
party
and
then
develop
online
listing
frequently
asked
questions
to
refer
to
in
2023
next
next
slide.
Please
we're
also
looking
to
increase
the
feedback
from
those
participating
in
in
the
process.
G
These
surveys
are
being
conducted
after
each
meeting
of
invaluable
ways
of
adjusting
our
Direction
and
intensity
and
the
composition
of
future
meetings.
We
are
intending
to
invite
more
local
experts
and
speakers
to
partner
with
commission
meetings.
Initially,
our
experts
and
speakers
were
National
in
scope,
sometimes
International
in
scope,
academic
and
scope,
and
now
we're
looking
at
local
folk
contributing
perspectives
as
well
as
the
as
well
as
the
results
of
ongoing
participation
in
their
various
IFA
areas.
G
How
detailed
depends
on
each
of
the
focus
areas
and
then
they
will
be
brought
before
the
full
commission,
who
will
then
recommend
their
references
to
the
city
and
to
the
county,
and
we
are
participating
in
the
selection,
General
site
of
the
audit
in
response
to
immediate
stop
the
harm
recommendation.
H
Thank
you
for
the
update
on
what
the
work
has
looked
like
and
your
points
about
reaffirming
the
why
the
historic
Gathering
is
happening
because
I
was
in
the
room
when
Priscilla
gave
the
presentation
about
the
mapping
that
she
and
her
group
have
done
around
the
impact
of
urban
renewal
and
redlining,
and
what
was
her
neighborhood
I've
looked
at
it
online
before
I
know,
many
people
that
have
but
being
in
the
room
as
it
was
being
reviewed
together
was
a
much
different
experience
to
gauge
just
the
tone
and
the
Timbre
of
how
people
were
reacting
and
responding.
H
G
It's
funny
I
I,
just
concluded
I
just
had
a
short
meeting
with
maybe
dewana.
My
vice
chair
of
the
commission
may
want
to
speak
to
this,
but
the
different
ifas
are
coming
at
their
topics
in
very
unique
ways
and
being
in
the
room,
gives
both
benefit
as
well
as
challenges.
G
It's
particularly
in
smaller
settings
than
the
commission
meetings,
but
either
way
we
go.
I
think
that
the
enrichment
of
our
outcomes
is
dependent
on
exactly
that
being
personally
in
the
room
with
each
other
to
hear
and
to
see
each
other's
responses.
J
We
actually
are
looking
at
expanding
it.
J
I
know
it
was
mentioned
at
the
last
commission
meeting
as
well
and
we
are
looking
at
what
that
will
look
like
if
to
expand
it
to
the
other
neighborhoods,
because
it
was
really
specific
to
the
South,
Side,
Community
and
and
what
it
would
take
to
do
that
and
so
I
know.
That
is
a
topic.
What
that's
going
to
look
like
over
this
next
year?
I'm,
not
sure,
but
it
is
something
that
is.
People
are
interested
in
seeing
for
the
fullness
of
the
black
Legacy
neighborhoods.
H
I
think
one
of
the
big
takeaways
that
I
was
realizing
is
that
the
city
may
have
one
parcel
of
land.
It
was
joining
together
of
multiple
Parcels
that
have
been
impacted,
so
kind
of
being
able
to
zoom
in
allowed
to
be
able
to
zoom
out
was
really
helpful.
Additionally,
I
was
able
to
attend
one
of
the
meetings
that
was
had
in
community
around
the
focus
area
for
health,
and
it
was
very
well
attended.
H
The
room
was
full
of
people,
and
I
was
wondering:
do
you
have
a
picture
of
like
how
the
focus
area
meetings
are
being
attended?
Is
it
proving
to
be
effective
to
be
in
community?
How
do
you
gauge
what's
working.
J
So
the
focus
is
all
of
the
focus.
Groups
are
now
shifting
to
that
model
that
the
health
group
did
to
be
more
engaged
in
community.
In
reference
to
our
Focus
areas.
Certain
focused
areas
have
more
attendance
based
on
interest.
As
far
as
education
has
a
lot
of
people
that
attend
that
group.
J
Housing
has
several
people
that
attend
that
group
and
economic
development
definitely
has
a
number
of
people,
and
so
it
just
it
I
guess
it
depends
on
the
community
interest
as
to
where
the
biggest
issue
is,
and
we
know
that
education
is
a
major,
a
major
area
of
interest,
and
so
we
are
like
for
the
criminal
justice.
J
Ifa
I
know
that
we
are
about
to
do
our
community
engagement
event
as
well,
and
so
we
want
to
be
able
to
be
more
accessible
and
More
in
community,
and
so
all
of
the
ifas
are
working
on
getting
to
that
place.
Where
we're
doing
those
type
of
events
throughout
the
community.
G
We
can't
get
everyone
in
those
rooms,
and
so
if
we
could
approach
a
broader
way
of
educating
the
community
about
the
meeting
reparations
and
the
intent
and
purpose
of
the
different
ifas,
that
would
be
great.
That
would
be
great.
H
E
B
This
time
no
I
know
we
had
entertained
the
idea
of
maybe
having
a
representative
from
each
IFA
come
to
this
body
and
do
a
high
level
review
of
what
they
are
communicating
to
the
commission
or
communicating
to
the
community.
I
still
look
forward
to
that
come
into
reality
and
I
would
like
to
say
thank
you
all
for
all
your
work
and
let
the
Commissioners
know
that
their
hard
work
and
dedication
and
stick
to
witness
is
very
much
appreciated.
I
look
forward
to
you
all
coming
back
very
soon,.
I
You,
madam
chair,
so
we're
going
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
update
this
month
in
particular
Katie.
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
This
one
in
particular.
Your
meeting
is
just
prior
to
the
community
reparations
commission
meeting.
We
changed
the
date
because
there
was
an
event
at
the
Civic
Center
this
week,
so
we
will
be
meeting
on
Monday.
So
this
is
what
we
see
is
the
future
and
then
I'll
come
back
next
month
in
May,
with
any
updates
from
that.
I
So
they're
going
to
be
going
through
several
updates,
looking
to
vote
on
a
few
things
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
beginning
to
do
we
started
in
January
is
hearing
from
our
impact
focused
areas
so
last
month,
I'm
gonna
get
this
wrong.
It
was
education
and
health
and
wellness
this
month,
Monday
we're
going
to
hear
from
the
housing,
criminal
justice
and
economic
development
impact
Focus
areas.
The
members
will
get
an
update
on
where
we
are
with
the
audit
scope
of
work
and
we'll
get
a
presentation.
I
So,
like
I
said
we
we
we
get
really
excited
because
we
get
to
hear
about
the
ongoing
word
now.
This
is
not
the
recommendation
phase
of
their
update
so
generally
they're,
just
talking
to
us
about
the
kind
of
work
they're
doing
they're
taking
q,
a
from
the
other
members
of
the
impact
Focus
areas
and
the
in
the
greater
Community
reparations
group,
and
so
it's
been
great.
There
will
be
a
slide
deck
if
you
check
on
their
web
page
on
the
community.
I
Reparations
commission,
like
with
all
the
other
boards
and
commissions
you'll,
see
those
updates
in
slide
deck,
I
think
moving
forward.
What
we
could
tend
to
do
is
that,
once
we
hear
an
update
from
them,
we
can
bring
them
on
over
to
your
the
following
months
meeting
and
have
a
few
representatives
of
those
folks
come
and
give
you
an
update
of
what
they're
working
on
so
that
they
can
hear
some
feedback
from
you
and
you
can
kind
of
hear
from
them
about
the
work
they're
doing.
This
has
not
been
easy
work.
I
It
is
difficult
when
you
are
dealing
with
a
whole
community
that
has
a
lot
of
Great
Expectations,
but
these
people
have
stayed
the
course
and
a
lot
of
the
energy
of
this
commission
comes
out
of
those
impact
Focus
areas.
So
the
members
were
here
the
next
steps
about
the
audit
scope
of
work
recommendation.
We
actually
posted
it
I
believe
it
was
yesterday,
and
you
have
some
information
that'll
be
shared
with
you
from
Katie
noun
in
your
packet
around.
I
We
posted
it
on
the
County
website.
It
was
posted
on
the
city
website
this
morning.
We
posted
it
on
the
interactive
purchasing
system
for
the
state,
so
Statewide
we'll
see
it,
and
then
we
had
some
recommendations
from
three
or
four.
Maybe
five
specific
businesses
that
might
do
this
type
of
audit
work
and
we
reached
out
to
them
directly
so
we'll
be
talking
to
the
committee
about
that
and
then
we're
really
excited
Tiffany
anacio
has
been.
I
Is
the
impact
focused
area
expert
for
criminal
justice
working
with
salami
and
merit
with
criminal
justice,
and
they
have
really
teamed
up.
They've
had
Terry
Bellamy
doing
them
in
that
office
with
the
safety
and
Justice
Grant.
So
we're
going
to
hear
a
lot
of
work
around
what
they've
been
doing
in
terms
of
Criminal
Justice
and
supporting
that
work
next
slide.
I
So
to
kind
of
give
you
an
idea
about
the
timeline
around
this
audit,
we're
in
the
phase
of
March
and
April,
where
we
have
gotten
it
posted
on
on
date,
I'm
going
to
take
the
spring
into
summer.
To
really
do
the
evaluation
process.
I
want
to
remind
you
that
we
had
four
members
of
the
community
reparations
commission
that
helped
us.
They
will
also
be
a
part
of
that
we're
going
to
have
a
pre-submittal
meeting
time
for
Q
a
responding
to
questions
and
then
we're
going
to
evaluate
the
the
proposals.
I
They
will
help
us
with
that
and
then
make
the
final
selection
and
and
present
that
to
the
community
reparations
commission,
but
looking
around
the
timeline
of
late
June,
early
July
and
then
the
fall.
We
we
hoping
we're
all
of
this
depends
on
where
the
the
vendor
says
they
have
the
capacity
how
long
it
would
take
them
to
do
this
audit
we're
preparing
stuff,
even
as
we
speak
within
our
internal
places
and
then
we'll
do
an
ongoing
update
to
the
Community
reparations
commission
and
the
impact
Focus
area
groups
on
the
work
of
this
audit
next
slide.
I
So,
like
I,
said,
they're
going
to
be
we're
going
to
get
some
great
presentations
with
housing,
criminal
justice
and
economic
development.
We'll
give
an
update
on
the
audit
scope
of
work.
We're
really
excited
about
that.
That
was
a
big
team
effort,
but
the
city,
the
county
and
the
four
representatives
from
the
community
reparations
commission
and
then
a
presentation
from
the
county,
Justice
Services,
director
and
I
believe.
The
next
slide
is
questions
yeah.
H
This
is
Kim,
I
did
see.
Dr
mullen's
presentation
outlined
that
we
have
a
budget
proposal.
That's
come
through
the
budget
work
sessions
of
council
for
compounding
interest
or
compounding
account
for
reparations.
That
would
include
a
two
percent
increase
like
matching
what
the
County's
been
doing
since
that's
new
to
our
budget
process
this
year.
Will
that
also
be
presented
to
the
commission.
I
H
Okay,
I
guess
I
was
just
curious
because
this
would
be
definitely.
This
is
because
it's
new
it's
like
the
initial
talks.
It
seems
like
waiting
until
after
the
budget
would
miss
an
opportunity
to
provide
input
during
the
public
input
process.
Will
the
May
meeting
be
after
our
public
engagement
for
the
budget
this
year,
I.
I
Don't
think
so,
but
you
know
we
can
let
them
know,
that's
not
a
problem
to
email.
The
commission
about
that
and
I
do
know
that
we've
been
pretty
active
in
asking
people
to
to
participate
in
the
budget
process,
so
we
just
remind
them
to
do
that.
C
I
think
just
looking
at
the
dates
Brenda
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
but
I,
think
reparations
meets
on
the
15th
of
May
and
then
I
need
to
confirm
this
with
Taylor,
but
I
believe
the
State
mandated
public
hearing
is
on
May
23rd,
and
so
there
would
be
an
opportunity
for
us
to
present,
as
Brenda
was
saying
to
the
reparations
commission
after
the
manager's
recommended
budget
presentation
on
May
9th
and
before
that
required
public
hearing
on
May
23rd.
I
And
and
what
we
could
do,
we
could
add,
we
could
add
some
information
at
the
meeting
this
meeting
and
then
they'll
have
at
that
date
for
giving
feedback.
You
know
you
know
they
already
have
the
allocation,
we're
just
looking
at
the
the
compounding
interests.
That's
that's
what
we're
looking
at
we're
not
looking
at
the
allocation,
but
the
compounding
interest
so
right
so.
H
I
would
certainly,
of
course,
lean
on
the
the
leadership
of
the
CRC
to
make
the
decision
on
that
agenda
item.
It
would
be
curious
to
me
if
we
would
be
making
it
change
to
the
funding
amount
and
not
bring
it
to
the
commission
to
let
them
know,
but
thank
you
for
letting
me
know
the
timeline
all
right.
B
D
Good
afternoon
committee
members,
I'm,
Dallas,
hitch
and
I
have
the
pleasure
of
serving
as
the
communication
and
public
engagement
director
for
the
city
and
here
in
the
middle
of
this
presentation,
I'm
very
I'll
be
very
pleased
to
introduce
you
to
one
of
our
team
members.
Who's
done
a
lot
of
the
work
that
is
contained
within
this
presentation,
so
we
will
get
started.
D
You
want
to
move
to
the
next
slide,
Katie
all
right.
So
in
today's
presentation,
we're
going
to
be
going
over
the
creation
of
a
language
accessibility
plan.
I
wanted
to
make
sure
the
committee
knew
that
that
is
being
developed,
and
the
creation
of
this
plan
will
allow
for
there
to
be
more
organizational
and
departmental
work
plan
information
as
we
as
we
look
at
those
areas
in
the
coming
years.
D
Language
accessibility
is
one
component
of
the
arpa
inclusive
and
accessible
government
project
which
we
have
given
presentations
about
here
in
the
last
few
months,
and
that
project
seeks
to
improve
neighborhood
resilience
by
addressing
barriers
to
communication
and
engagement,
and
then
the
last
piece
is
going
to
be
a
summary
of
the
biannual
website.
Audit
audit
that
our
department
does-
and
that
is
in
support
of
continuous
Improvement
in
information
and
accessibility,
all
as
it
relates
to
the
website.
Next
slide,
all
right.
D
So
just
to
recap
on
that
arpa
project,
it's
got
four
components
we
presented
on
two
of
them
in
February
today,
we'll
be
talking
about
the
language
accessibility
component
and
we'll
be
back
to
you
for
an
update
on
the
a
bit
of
community
spaces
component
of
the
project
in
June
and
just
as
a
reminder
that
total
project
budget
is
about
a
little
over
514
000
140
000
of
that
is
going
direct
to
the
community
and
then
indirect
to
the
community
is
in
the
ballpark
of
374
thousand
dollars
next
slide
so
back
to
that
language
accessibility
plan.
D
So
this
project,
this
component
of
the
arbor
project,
is
going
to
create
a
plan
that
can
be
used
in
the
development
of
organizational
and
departmental
work
plan,
priorities
and
budget
requests.
So
it's
something
that
will
be
able
to
be
reviewed
on
an
annual
basis,
as
departments
and
the
organization
determine
what
our
priorities
are,
as
that
relates
to
the
budget
process
and
what
we
have
funding
for.
Next
slide,
all
right,
so
we
started
off
with
an
environmental
scan.
D
We
wanted
first
to
to
start
with
understanding
and
staff
has
worked
throughout
the
organization
to
make
sure
that
we
have
an
understanding
of
what
the
accessibility,
the
language
accessibility
tools
are,
that
all
departments
are
using.
So
what
we
have
right
now,
we've
got
website
translation.
D
We
have
over
the
phone
interpretation,
we
have
document
translation
and
online
and
on-site
interpretation
and
then
wanted
to
also
let
the
committee
know
that
this
work
has
been
informed
by
the
federal,
limited
English
proficiency
website,
where
which
is
rich
in
resources
and
and
has
given
us
some
insights
into
laws
and
regulations,
best
practices
and
has
also
given
us
some
templates
for
language
access
planning
next
slide
all
right.
So,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we
started
internally.
We
really
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
heard
from
different
departments.
D
So
we
had
a
good
understanding
of
opportunities
that
exists
or
challenges
that
are
being
experienced.
We
also
collected
ideas
and
suggestions,
and
we
also
promoted
the
use
of
current
services.
So
there
are
about
18
department
meetings
that
Ricardo
acerto,
who
will
be
talking
with
you
here
in
just
a
second
he
went
and
visited.
D
We
did
a
lot
of
listening
and
through
that
we've
been
able
to
do
a
lot
of
learning
next
slide,
all
right,
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
now
to
Ricardo
and
he's
going
to
share
with
you
what
we
heard
in
those
departmental
listening
sessions.
F
Thank
you
very
much
for
like
this
opportunity
in
the
meetings
that
we
received
it
was
we
identified
like
many
of
the
staff
identified
as
a
necessity,
the
importance
of
recruit
and
incentivize
having
a
multilingual
staff
to
better
assist
like
our
our
community.
We
would
like
to
work
to
have
a
voluntary
directory
of
Staff
proficient
a
different
language,
because
we
already
have
some
internal
capacities,
but
we
really
don't
know
that
much
about
it.
F
We
are
discussing
having
like
maybe
a
bonus
to
multilingual
staff
willing
to
assist
with
translation,
because
this
can
be
a
complicated
work
that
could
be
like
an
addition
to
current
responsibilities.
We
talk
about
having
a
department,
specific
plain
language
and
translating
frequency
question
handouts
to
with
a
career
code
effect,
so
we
can
better
explain
to
the
population
in
general
to
the
community.
What's
what
the
city
does
and
in
English
or
any
other
language
we
also,
and
that
was
really
inspiring
for
us.
F
We
also
discuss
about
the
importance
of
having
more
inclusive
spaces,
with
multilingual
signs
and
document
through
City
facilities,
to
better
facilitate
that
when
someone
walks
in
can
navigate
better
and
finally,
the
importance
of
language,
accessibility,
accommodations
for
Community
engagement
efforts,
social
habit,
interpreter
or
signage
during
meetings,
and
so
we
are
already
doing
some
efforts.
But
we
undoubtedly
we
could
be
doing
some
more.
D
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
Ricardo
and
Katie.
If
we
can
move
to
the
next
slide,
I
wanted
to
spend
a
little
bit
of
time
talking
about
some
of
the
progress
that
has
been
made
already.
So
we
got
input
on
a
number
of
things
that
we
could
do.
We
know
we
want
to
take
that
input.
It's
going
to
be
put
into
a
plan
that
all
departments
can
reference
as
priorities
are
established
each
year
and
in
the
interim,
we've
also
done
these
things.
D
Significant
we've
seen
a
significant
increase
in
the
use
of
translation
request,
which
is,
is
very
exciting
for
us.
We're
really
happy
to
see
that
that
folks
are
understanding
that
these
resources
are
available
and
they
are
tapping
into
them.
So,
just
from
February
to
April
we
had
23
internal
Spanish
requests
and,
and
that
resulted
in
about
32
hours
of
work.
We've
also
been
able
to
send
out
social
media
messaging
in
Spanish.
D
We
are
currently
evaluating
training
opportunities,
but
the
programs
could
be
and
the
costs
could
be
again,
so
all
of
our
departments
have
good
information
to
make
decisions
off
of
moving
forward
this
one,
the
internal
Outreach
planning
for
available
tools
and
standard
operating
procedures.
D
If
you
recall
from
the
last
slide,
there
was
a
piece
that
was
in
green,
and
that
was
something
that
we
heard
from
our
colleagues
and
they
that
they
wanted
were
there
to
be
interpreters
and
multilingual
signs
at
Community
meetings,
and
we
have
those
we
have
a
process
in
place
and
what
we
learned
is
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
of
making
sure
all
of
our
colleagues
across
the
organization
know
that
those
are
available.
D
So
we
know
we've
got
some
work
to
do
in
that
area,
with
existing
standard
operating
procedures
and
then
finally,
we've
got
the
Google
translate.
The
select
language
drop
down
is
now
available
on
all
pages
of
the
website,
instead
of
just
the
front
page
and
some
of
our
leading
interior
pages
next
slide
all
right,
I'm
going
to
move
now
into
the
website.
Audit
I
wanted
to
take
just
a
minute
to
share
that.
D
So
there's
a
lot
of
intention
behind
a
user
preferences,
and
we
know
that
most
people
come
to
our
website
to
accomplish
a
task
or
to
engage
around
something:
that's
impacting
their
life,
and
so
again
the
website
is
structured
to
reflect
that
I
just
wanted
to
point
or
to
draw
to
everyone's
attention
these
areas
here
at
the
top,
because
it's
how
we
structured
our
website
audit
and
the
results
that
you're
getting
ready
to
hear
next
slide
all
right.
So,
if
we're
beginning
with
the
end
in
mind,
what
we
want
is
a
consist.
D
We
want
consistently
accurate
information
and
we
want
a
website,
that's
accessible
to
all
people
next
slide,
and
here
is
what
our
methodology-
and
our
findings
were
for
this.
This
last
audit
that
we
did
so
120
Pages
were
randomly
selected
again
based
on
the
structure
of
the
website.
We
pulled
pages
from
each
of
the
areas
you
see
their
Department
Pages
Services,
Pages
government
Pages
project
pages,
and
then
we
did
a
test
for
consistency
for
consistently
accurate
information,
and
that
was
a
look
at
the
date
of
the
last
review
of
each
of
the
pages.
D
We've
got
a
lot
of
pages
on
our
website
and
so
finding
some
way
to
be
able
to
manage
if
it's
got.
Accurate
information
I
took
some
time
and
energy.
Our
second
test,
the
test
for
accessibility
to
all
people,
the
test
we
used
there
was
style,
guide,
compliance
and
here
to
the
right,
there's
a
chart
and
you
can
see
the
results
from
this
particular
audit.
First,
we
looked
at
the
percent
of
audit
Pages,
which
had
been
reviewed
in
the
past
60
days
and
here.
D
Project
Pages
were
the
pages
that
had
been
reviewed
most
frequently
than
Department
pages
and
then
service
pages.
So
we
know,
we've
got
some
work
to
do
there
and
making
sure
that
we
are
reaching
out
to
the
content
editors
in
those
certain
areas
and
making
sure
that
they
are
regularly
reviewing
the
patient.
Make
sure
that
the
information
is
accurate.
D
The
second
test,
the
test
for
accessibility,
92
percent
of
the
sample
Pages,
were
in
style,
guide
compliance.
So
one
little
note
before
I
move
on
to
that,
and
that
is
if,
just
because
a
page
had
not
been
reviewed,
that
does
not
mean
going
back
to
this
test
for
accuracy.
That
doesn't
mean
that
there
is
inaccurate
information.
It
just
means
it
failed.
Our
audit
test
and
our
best
guess
at
whether
or
not
we've
got
accurate
information
across
the
board.
D
Sorry,
thank
you.
I
think
I've
only
got
like
20
seconds
more.
That
would,
that
would
be
great.
Then
I
can
turn
my
timer
off
and
make
sure
I'm
not
going
over
and
they
have
a
busy
schedule
today.
All
right
so
next
slide
all
right.
D
So
these
are
things
that
only
web
editors
will
see,
but
it
does
list
all
the
pages
that
they
are
responsible
for
in
one
spot
and
we
hope
that
that
will
improve
the
accuracy
next
slide,
all
right.
So
our
key
takeaways,
the
language
accessibility
plan
is
coming.
It
will
be
used
to
inform
priorities
on
an
annual
basis,
including
budget
requests.
D
That
plan
is
a
component
of
our
arpa,
inclusive
and
accessible
government
project
and
you've
also
seen
the
website
audit
findings
and
that
effort
is
aimed
to
make
sure
we're
continually
improving
information
and
accuracy
on
the
website
and
next
slide.
That
concludes
my
presentation.
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
H
So
can
we
go
back
two
slides
wherever
that
one
was
okay
right
here
right
here,
92
percent
of
sample
pages
are
in
style
guide.
Compliance.
Do
you
have
is
like
is
the
other
eight
percent
falling
in
the
one
bucket?
Is
it
like
really
part
of
one
area
or
is
it
scattered,
like
that's.
D
It
is
and
again
it's
a
sample
and-
and
we
know
that
there's
always
room
for
improvement,
so
I
would
say
if
my
if
I
recall
correctly,
when
we're
looking
at
the
style
guide,
we're
looking
at
our
subheadings
use
things
that
make
it
easier
for
machine
readers,
for
example,
example
to
be
able
to
read
web
pages
and
I
I
may
have
to
get
back
with
you
all
on.
If
there
were
any
my.
H
And
then
that,
because
I've
served
with
folks
in
the
blind
Community
here
in
Asheville,
it
seemed
like
the
the
bucket
that
we
kept
running
into
weren't
working
alongside
each
other
was
PDFs
because
they,
the
PDF.
If
it's
not
got
a
searchable
element
to
it,
then
the
you'll
have
whole
pages
that
look
blank
to
low
into
Vision
readers,
so
I
think
that's
something.
I
was
just
specifically
looking
for
and
then
also
the
other
thing
that
has
come
up.
H
Often
when
engaging
with
the
public
is
when
our
documents
aren't
available
in
advance.
It
makes
it
hard
to
do
any
additional
translation
verification
of
accuracy
or
work
to
make
sure
that
they
work
for
low
enough
Vision
readers
in
advance,
so
I
think
that's
part
of
that.
Like
72-hour
document
availability,
but
ultimately
I,
just
I've
pulled
up
the
city
website,
as
you
were
walking
us
through
this
and
I'll
note
that
it's
very
small
in
the
top
left
hand
corner
underneath
the
emblem
that
I
can
see
visually
as
the
city
of
Asheville.
H
There
is
a
pull
down
option
and
it
looks
like
not
only
does
that
change
the
front
Pace
facing
page,
but
also,
if
I
go
to,
for
example,
cervicious,
and
do
the
pull
down
menu
for
services
each
one
of
those
is
also
translated
as
well.
So
it
looks
really
great.
When
would
we
expect
to
see
maybe
an
update
on
how
it's
working,
like
the
outcomes.
D
D
So
the
next
time
we
are
in
we're
in
April
the
next
time,
I
think
it's
August,
that
the
audit
is
done
we'll
be
sure
to
include
a
section
about
the
improvements
that
were
made
based
off
this
one
and
then
we'll
roll
into
what
the
current
state
is
and
then
I
guess
that
will
be
the
Rhythm
that
six-month
Rhythm
we'll
be
able
to
report
back
on
what
we've
been
able
to
improve
on
the
findings
from
the
six
months
before.
Unless
it's
like
an
update
sooner.
H
I
I
trust
you
on
that
I
think
it's
going
to
take
time,
because
this
was
a
big
humongous
chunk
of
the
work.
A
big
huge
step
forward
and
I
also
wanted
to
note
that
when
I
first
saw
on
the
agenda
it
said
that
the
agenda
was
in
Spanish,
but
it
said
that
part
in
English
I
noticed
that
that's
been
updated
to
now.
It
says
the
agenda,
but
it
says
it
in
Spanish
in
Spanish
in
espanol,
so
those
kinds
of
steps
are
ones
I'm
really
excited
to
see
happening.
B
All
right,
thank
you.
Doll
and
Ricardo,
we'll
move
to
strategic
partnership,
grant
funding
recommendations
and
I'll.
Kick
it
to
Rachel
Taylor.
A
So
today
we
will
go
over
a
couple
of
updates
and
then
discuss
the
recommendations.
So
the
scope
for
this
year's
grant
program
maintained
the
defined
scope
that
was
set
by
the
pilot
in
2022,
and
that
is
to
focus
on
closing
the
opportunity
gap
for
low
to
moderate
income
students
in
Asheville.
A
A
A
The
presentations
from
applicant
agencies
were
heard
on
April
13th,
followed
by
a
finalized
funding
recommendations
from
the
evaluation
panel
So.
Today.
We're
asking
this
committee
to
review
the
recommendations
from
the
evaluation
panel
and
make
final
recommendations
to
city
council
for
city
council
consideration
on
April
25th,
so
I've
also
recommended
setting
aside
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
to
fund
technical
assistance
for
Grant
recipients.
A
So
for
this
year
the
as
I
mentioned,
the
skills
remains
consistent
as
the
pilot
grant
program.
We
also
streamlined
Communications
and
administrative
requirements
by
updating
the
application
process.
So
again,
the
goal
for
that
was
to
really
help
to
shorten
that
agreement,
development
process
and
share
information
about
requirements.
A
A
So
here's
a
brief
snapshot
of
the
grant
program
balance
so
in
June
2022,
the
program
started
with
just
over
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars,
but
the
total
pilot
award
was
a
375
500.
A
So
then
the
grant
program
balance
as
of
August,
which
is
what
and
then
what
we're
currently
working
with
right
now
is
335
500,
and
then
we
anticipate
a
budget
allocation
and
in
the
next
fiscal
year
of
242
000.
So
our
projected
program
balance
for
the
coming
fiscal
year,
so
as
of
July
1
2023
will
be
577
thousand
dollars.
So
that's
kind
of
what
we're
working
on
it's
like.
A
Location
panel
members,
we
really
wanted
to
get
a
good
cross-section
of
subject
matter
experts,
so
we
had
four
evaluators
from
the
community
and
four
evaluators
from
City
staff
and
of
the
city
staff
members.
A
We
really
tried
to
pull
from
the
staff
that
has
experience
with
the
opportunity,
Gap
budget
and
grants
and
an
equity
considerations
and
then
from
the
community
members
who
really
focus
on
education
and
programming
for
Youth
and
so
hoping
to
get
that
kind
of
a
direct
expertise.
Excellent.
A
So
in
this
latest
round
in
2023
we
received
23
applications
and
the
funding
request
was
just
under
1.7
million.
The
total
recommended
award
for
this
funding
round
is
356
209
and
then
just
to
give
an
example
of
the
comparisons
over
2022
it
received
31
applications.
We
received
a
1.9
million
and
funding
requests
and
the
initial
recommended
amount
for
the
pilot
was
336
000..
So
you
can
see
that
lined
up.
We
received
two
multi-year
requests,
so
that's
why
this
table
is
kind
of
spread
out
across
2023
and
2024
as
well.
A
Next
slide,
so
the
evaluation
panel
recommendations
we
received
23
applications
and
these
applications
were
scored
based
on
each
program's,
demonstrated
ability
to
address
the
opportunity
gap
for
school
age,
youth,
their
ability
to
attract
and
measure
results,
the
available
resources
and
capacity
to
carry
out
the
project
and
a
workable
budget
to
support
the
program.
The
evaluation
a
panel
provided
funding
recommendations
based
on
the
fully
fully
funding
the
request.
A
The
program
as
I
mentioned,
received
two
requests
for
multi-year
funding
over
two
years,
and
the
funding
breakdown
again
was
indicated
across
the
two
fiscal
years,
and
so
just
as
a
note
as
we
get
into
these
recommendations,
we
had
27
questions
on
the
evaluation
scoring
spreadsheet.
The
total
highest
combined
score
possible
was
81.
A
77.2
was
the
highest
score
from
an
individual
applicant
and
then
you'll
see
the
percentages
of
the
scores
in
the
next
slide
and
just
as
a
note,
Santa
Applications
had
a
higher
average
score.
A
The
evaluation
panel
indicated
that
for
some
applications
they
would
have
recommended
partial
funding.
If
that
had
been
directed
to
them
and
then
they
also
noted
that,
while
that,
while
the
evaluation
scores
are
helpful,
the
scores
provided
a
kind
of
imperfect
picture
of
their
complete
evaluation
next
slide.
A
Okay,
so
the
evaluation
panel
recommended
the
following
organizations
at
their
fully
funded
amounts.
So
again,
just
tried
to
separate
the
kind
of
the
multi-year
requests
every
year,
one
and
year
two
and
then
I
can
go
into
like
a
deeper
breakdown.
If
we
want
to
look
at
that.
B
H
A
A
Next
slide,
so
additional
funding
recommendation
is
that
staff
recommends
setting
aside
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
to
fund
technical
assistance
for
Grant
recipients.
So
one
example
provider
is
wnc,
nonprofit
Pathways.
A
A
So
they
would
be
an
organization
like
that
would
be
able
to
provide
really
specific
and
detailed
technical
assistance,
no
matter
where
the
organization
is
at
in
its
grow,
so
staff
recommends
supporting
organizations
with
technical
assistance,
and
that
is
to
maximize
the
impact
and
over
an
improve
overall
management
of
the
grant
program
through
timely,
just
grant
disbursement
performance
and
impact
and
using
Grant
homes
fully
next
slide
foreign,
so
just
to
break
down
those
three
categories
a
little
bit
more,
and
these
are
taken
from
things
that
we
recognize
through
the
pilot,
Grant
Administration,
so
improving,
Timeless
timeliness
and
of
a
war
disbursement.
A
Technical
assistance
would
help
to
build
capacity
to
quickly
provide
required
documents.
So
one
example
is
that
the
Certificate
of
Insurance
was
one
of
the
lengthier
documents
that
it
took
for
all
across
all
organizations
to
finalize
that
agreement,
which
is
kind
of
the
first
major
step
in
being
able
to
eventually
disperse
payment
and
then
also
getting
assistance
to
build
capacity
to
consistently
provide
accurate
and
timely
invoices
with
the
supporting
documentation.
A
The
supporting
documents
can
vary
based
on
the
agreement,
but
sort
of
the
the
next
step
is
that
we
are
not
able
to
process
an
invoice
until
we
have
a
full
and
completed
correct
invoice.
So
I
want
to
be
able
to
provide
organizations
with
some
support
in
that
area.
A
H
Well,
I'll
start
with
this
I
have
a
list
of
five
things,
but
I
wanted
to
point
out
that
on
this
slide
it
says
ensure
that
Grant
awards
are
used
fully
year
after
year
and
I
was
reviewing
the
the
pilot
that
we
did
and
seeing
who
has
already
fulfilled
the
drawdown
for
funds
and
who's
on
track
to
fulfill
that
drawdown.
H
That
kind
of
is
a
way
to
see
if
our
partnership
is
effective,
if
the,
if
the
funding
is
getting
out
into
the
community
Through
programming,
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
students
specifically
to
address
the
opportunity
Gap
right.
So
it
was
surprising
to
me
a
little
that
we
don't
see
that,
as
maybe
a
point
or
a
marker
of
like.
Are
we
going
to
maintain
the
Partnerships
that
we've
found
to
be
effective,
but
while
I
was
holding
that
question
in
mind,
I
just
have
to
acknowledge
I
think
we
all
know
this.
H
H
In
their
schools
in
their
neighborhoods
I
just
finished
the
do
the
right
thing:
analysis
with
the
youth
that
participated
in
writing
competition
and
imagine
what
a
lot
of
Youth
all
over
our
country
are
saying
is
they
want
to
see
at
the
table
around
decisions,
so
maybe
in
the
future
we
could
find
a
way
to
get
a
cohort
or
our
Kayla
students
or
some
way
to
bring
youth
to
the
table
around
this.
H
But
I
do
want
to
say
thank
you
for
expanding
the
evaluation
seats
outside
of
the
city
of
Asheville
last
year.
I
think
we
had
one
for
the
pilot
program
this
year.
It's
like
50
at
four.
H
So
what
would
it
look
like
if,
instead
of
the
either
or
of
take
the
staff
recommendation
or
don't
take
the
staff
recommendation,
can
we
bring
a
third
thing
to
the
table
and
what
I
saw
in
the
Strategic
partnership?
Grant
evaluation
scores
document?
H
There
was
a
list
of
or
a
column
of
notes,
and
in
that
notes
it
says
yes,
if
partial
and
I
wonder,
because
we
asked
the
evaluation
committee
to
consider
full
funding
which
I
originally
maybe
a
few
years
ago,
thought
that's
the
answer
right.
If
we're
going
to
partner,
we
need
to
fully
partner
and
get
behind
people.
H
Some
of
these
it
looks
like
there's
one
two,
three,
four,
five,
six:
seven
that
we
could
potentially
partially
fund
I
know
that
depletes
our
ability
to
make
additional
funding
opportunities
next
year,
but
the
urgency
of
what's
happening
with
our
kids
right
now
is
so
great,
and
it's
not
new.
So
I
guess
I'm
just
curious.
If
this
committee
would
be
willing
to
do
kind
of
a
yes
and
that
we
we
do
need
to
get
behind
the
recommendation.
B
Yeah
I
can
I
can
Vibe
with
that,
but
first
before
we
go
into
the
conversation
about
fully
and
Par
or
partial
or
both
I
wanted
to
know,
I
wanted
to
get
information
from
staff
pertaining
to
the
remain
balance
that
we
have
for
the
pilot.
B
I
know
that
we
made
a
recommendation
maybe
two
months
ago,
that
if
an
agency
was
unable
to
execute
their
partnership
agreement
after
60
days,
then
we
would
then
think
about
redisbursing
those
funds
and
I
know
it's
kind
of
hard
to
determine
where
organizations
are
in
the
process.
I,
don't
know
whether
some
have
invoice
and
they
just
have
to
do
some
corrections
with
their
invoice
and
but
or
if
some
organizations
are
not
fully
prepared
and
they
have
not
even
completed
the
partnership
agreement.
B
A
Okay,
so
so,
yes,
we
pulled
together
the
grantees
from
the
pilot
program
and
this
this
initial
part
of
the
of
the
spreadsheet
is
the
amount
that
they
were
awarded,
so
their
full
contact
amount
and
that
you
see
that
reflection,
the
total
there.
A
A
Now
the
the
question
around
you
know
what
has
been
spent.
What
is
what
has
not
been
spent?
We've
got
two
grantees
that
have
fully
sent
their
Awards
and
two
reasons
for,
for
you
know.
One
reason
for
that
is
that
umoja
here
with
20
000.,
they
had
a
one-time
payments
and
then
ytl
training
programs
had
three
payments
scheduled
a
little
earlier
in
the
process.
A
So
while
they
received
a
couple
different
payments
and
sent
us
a
couple,
different
invoices-
those
those
all
three
happened
before
today,
so
so
they
are
on
track
and
they
fully
sent
their
grants
and
I
also
want
to
highlight
three
organizations
that
are
have
some
unspent
funds
that
are
currently
appear
to
be
on
track
to
send
down
their
remaining
funds
and
so
shows
and
pods.
A
Who
is
using
the
rescue
Carolina
rescue
mission
as
a
Fiscal
Agent,
but
they
are
on
track
to
spend
their
remaining
funds,
read
to
succeed
and
serve
to
lead
or
on
track
again
through
different
changes
in
programming
throughout
the
year.
Their
agreement
allows
for
them,
and
so
they
may
have
spent
a
little
bit
less
than
one
a
month
or
quarter
than
another
one.
A
Another
bit
of
context
is
that
we
work
with
the
organizations
to
develop
an
invoicing
schedule
that
suited
their
needs.
So
that's
why
you're
seeing
some
different
spending
rates
across
the
the
different
organizations,
so
some
had
one
payment
and
some
have
many
years,
and
so
then
our
final
category,
which
is
I,
think
the
one
the
one
to
note
here
is
organizations
that
have
either
not
invoice
or
have
some
funds
that
are
not
likely
to
be
employees.
A
And
so
these
top
two
organizations
have
not
aspired
has
not
submitted
any
invoices
and
then
with
one
youth.
At
a
time
we
have
not
been
able
to
finalize
an
agreement.
A
A
They
did
not
apply
this
year
but
would
be
interested
in
applying
in
another
year,
so
that
total
again,
these
are
estimates.
So
you
know
the
spending
might
pick
up
in
in
this
group
and
that
would
leave
us
with
a
little
bit
less
or
the
spending
might
slow
down
in
this
group.
Then
we
might
have
a
little
bit
more,
but
as
of
right
now,
we've
got
about
93
000
that
we
we
could
expect
to
see,
go
back
into
the
Grant
Balance.
B
Okay
and
kind
of
following
up
with
this
information
I
saw
that
two
organizations
did
request
a
breakdown
for
multi-year
funding,
but
some
some
organizations
did
not
they,
they
requested
partial,
but
they
didn't
give
the
breakdown
and
I'm
just
wondering
if
we
would
have
different
outcomes
on
the
recommendation
if
they
were
able
to
break
down
per
month,
I
mean
per
year
what
they
request.
So
I
don't
know
if
anybody
else
from
the
committee
had
any
insights
on
that.
B
You
know
or
because
I
just
wanted
to
know
if
we
would
have
come
up
with
a
different
Yeah,
a
different
recommendation
from
staff.
If
each
organization
had
a
year
by
year,
breakdown.
H
Curious,
what
does
it
look
like
to
have
some
we've
we've
raised
the
floor
saying
we
need
to
see
a
funding
of
a
specific
amount,
but
we
haven't
really
talked
about
a
ceiling
and
I
don't
understand.
Maybe
what
the
percentage
of
the
budgets
are
of
these
organizations
like?
H
H
C
So,
council,
member
Smith,
if
I,
could
really
quickly,
in
anticipation
of
there,
potentially
being
some
questions
around
partial
funding
and
knowing
that
the
committee
received
the
spreadsheet
yesterday.
That
did
indicate
where
the
evaluation
committee
had
at
least
had
some
conversations
around
agencies
that
might
be
considered
or
recommended.
If
partial
funding
was
a
consideration
brought
forward
by
the
equity
and
engagement
committee,
today,
Rachel
has
prepared
a
spreadsheet
that
essentially
has
kind
of
the
running
total.
C
H
I
guess
something
that's
still
outstanding
for
me-
is
the
effectiveness
of
the
pilot,
like
it's
not
clear
to
me
why
the
Christie
Navy,
Learning
Center,
which
is
doing
important
work
in
our
community,
hasn't
invoiced
us,
but
that
information
would
help
me
understand
what
was
the
barriers.
We
know
how
to
be
a
better
partner,
also
because
ytl
was
effective
in
drawing
down
100
percent.
C
So
a
couple
of
notes
in
Rachel
I'll,
let
you
chime
in
in
just
a
second,
but
one
is
of
course
from
an
administrative
perspective
and
getting
the
fund
spent
perspective.
Having
one
drawdown
of
course
is
easier,
but
then
from
a
measuring
impact
and
audit
perspective,
definitely
not
a
best
practice.
So
there's
always
going
to
be
that
that
Balancing
Act
there
and
then
we
still
have
active
agreements
with
the
agencies
for
the
pilot.
So
the
pilot
is
still
very
much
underway,
and
so
unfortunately
we
don't
have
the
full
results
of
the
pilot.
C
Rachel
Taylor
has
done
a
great
job,
documenting
the
information
as
it
comes
in,
but
because
we
still
have
active
agreements
and
active
programming
underway.
We
can't
say
that
we
have
completed
programming
where
we
have
full
results
and
full
measurable
impacts,
and
so
we're
kind
of
Midway.
The
real,
really
the
intent
behind
having
the
selection
process
now
is
so
that
agencies
can
plan
for
the
upcoming
upcoming
school
year,
as
well
as
for
agencies
that
provide
summer
programming
to
give
them
a
little
more
predictability
in
the
funding
that
would
be
available
through
this
grant
program.
H
C
The
impacts
would
primarily
be
the
next
budget
cycle,
so
if,
if
we
were
to
increase
the
amount
of
funding
that
was
allocated
to
agencies
this
year,
that
would
just
obviously
decrease
what
would
be
available
to
pool
to
whatever
additional
general
fund
allocation
is
approved
as
a
part
of
the
fy2425
budget,
which
would
those
funds
would
be
available.
July,
1,
2024.
H
A
C
We
can
structure
it
that
way
or
it
would
just
be
structuring
the
agreement
so
that
the
agencies
acknowledged
they
would
not
be
able
to
draw
down
funds
until
July
1.,
so
programming
could
start,
but
they
just
wouldn't
have
city
funding
available
until
2023,
not.
H
H
C
I
guess
let
me
back
up
the
the
available
funds.
As
of
now
Rachel
are
the
three
335
500
I
believe.
If
memory
serves
me
correctly.
Yes,
that's
correct.
A
C
If
we
were
going
to
fully
fund
up
to
the
577
500,
that
would
be
contingent
on
funding
being
available.
July
1,
2020,
three
I'm,
sorry
for
the
start
of
fiscal
year,
2024.
C
Am
I
answering
your
question
and
so
then,
if
we
fully
exhausted
all
of
the
577
000,
then
any
funding
that
we
considered
for
the
start
of
fiscal
year
2025,
which
would
be
July
1
2024.
We
would
have
to
wait
until
that
fiscal
year
started
to
actually
make
funds
available
for
future
Grant
considerations.
B
I
got
it
but
I'm
tracking
on
a
whole
different
level,
because
I'm
thinking
that
we
make
the
recommendations
today
considering
full
funding.
But
we
know
we
have
a
pot
of
at
least
ninety
thousand
dollars
that
is
kind
of
up
in
the
air
right
now
we
do
have
a
recommendation
in
place
around
when
the
money
should
be
spent.
So
maybe
we
can
come
back
at
a
later
date
with
partial
considerations
using
the
funds
that
are
remaining
from
the
pilot.
C
B
Yeah
and
that's
just
my
thought
on
how
we
make
the
funds
available
right
now
and
not
exhaust
the
221.
B
And
then
I
I
can
I
can
just
I
assume
that
even
in
that
conversation
considering
the
outstanding
invoices
I'm
thinking
that
some
of
the
people
who
reapplied
this
time
and
agreed
to
partial
payment,
then
there
can
be
some
agreement
made
then
about
their
capacity
to
spend
down
or
and
or
their
capacity
to
qualify
for
new
funding.
B
So
because
we're
going
to
be
here
next
year-
and
we
don't
want
to
start
at
a
zero
balance
because
we
know
that
programming
has
to
be
funded
ahead
of
the
summer
year.
So
if
we
spin
down
too
much,
then
we're
going
to
start
at
a
floor.
I
mean
we'll
be
back
here,
doing
the
same
thing,
having
a
number
of
applications
and
not
enough
funds
to
distribute.
So
maybe
it's
a
blend
of
both.
Maybe
we
can
have
partial
a
partial
percentage
of
the
221
along
with
another,
the
93.
H
A
A
Yes,
there
are
two
recommendations:
there.
There
were
two
agencies
that
applied
for
multi-year
funding
and
those
were
both
recommended
and
and
in
the
evaluation
scores
those
are
divided
up
between
to
you
know:
you're
you're,
one
and
year
two,
so
I
can
pull
that
up.
Really
quick
and
I
apologize
for
helping
between
so
many
different
spreadsheets,
but
so,
for
example,
open
doors
Asheville
requested.
A
68
000
in
in
year,
one
and
then
58
000
in
year,
two
and
then
the
Arc
of
Buncombe
County,
requested
25
000
in
year,
one
and
then
25
in
year.
Two
so.
A
Or
is
is
that
it
was
one
application
and-
and
this
is
a
you
know-
obviously
the
funding
recommendation
is
up
to
this
committee,
but
these
two
organizations
that
offered
that
applied,
based
on
a
multi-year
request,
more
and
and
one
kind
of
package
as
an
application
sure.
So
it.
H
So
what
we
have
is
we
have
a
lot
of
organizations
that
are
going
to
get
no
funding
and
some
that
are
going
to
get
two
years
of
funding.
If
this
isn't
truly
our
goal,
then
the
recommendation
committee,
just
based
on
the
scoring
we're
not
going
like
straight
down
the
list,
we're
already
making
some
differences
in
the
scoring
rubric.
E
E
You
know
Janika
I'm,
trying
to
figure
out
so
and
maybe
I
just
haven't
been
a
part
of
it
long
enough
to
know
what
you
meant
by.
If
we
spend
it
all
down
now,
we
won't
have
anything
to
start
with
next
summer
and
and
so
on.
I
mean
I,
know
we've
this
as
long
as
I've
been
involved
with
Council.
This
thing
has
kind
of
jumped
around,
so
it's
never
been
clean
cut.
For
me
how
we're
funding
this
even
I
mean
the
first
year
we
withheld
everything
that
I
was
involved.
E
H
E
And
if
there's
like
this
Baseline,
we
don't
want
to
go
below.
We
want
to
have
some
Reserve
I,
get
that
you
know.
Maybe
zeroing
out,
isn't
quite
the
right
term
that
it
does
seem
that
we
could
spend
more
unless
there's
just
something
I'm,
not
understanding
about
the
next
cycle.
And
again
my
experience
with
this
is
that
it's
been
different
every
single
year.
Well,.
B
B
C
I
think
I
think
staff
was
directed
to
reassess
the
scope
and
come
back
with
a
recommendation,
which
is
what
we
did
last
summer
when
we
recommended
the
revised
scope
to
focus
more
specifically
on
addressing
the
opportunity
gaps
for
low
to
moderate
income.
School-Aged,
youth,
okay
and
the
only
other
note
I'll
make,
and
it's
certainly
the
discretion
of
this
committee
to
decide
how
to
disperse
the
funding.
C
But
we
did
in
previous
presentations
this
committee,
as
well
as
to
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee
talk
about
wanting
to
remain
open
to
multi-year
funding
applications
and
I
know
those
are
questions
that
Rachel
got
from
agencies
who
ultimately
ended
up
submitting
multi-year
funding
applications,
and
so
just
want
to
note
that
we
we
wanted
to
keep
an
openness
based
on
committee
feedback
that
we
received
previously.
And
so
that's
why
that
was
on
the
table
and
ultimately
recommended
by
the
evaluation
committee.
B
B
So
what
does
the
committee
think
about
following
the
staff's
recommendation
right
now?
B
The
full
funding
full
funding
recommendation
and
then
coming
out
back
at
a
later
date,
with
more
information
about
the
93
remaining
from
the
pilot
and
then
a
recommendation
on
a
percentage
of
what
we
want
to
spend
that's
remaining
of
the
221,
and
then
we
could
possibly
get
folks
some
funding
going
into
their
program
here.
H
Yeah
yeah
I
am
curious
when
we
talk
about
the
full
funding
recommendations
that
may
help
folks
follow
along
to
have
that
slide
back
up,
but
do
we
have
an
understanding
why
the
full
funding
didn't
match
the
met?
The
point
metric,
the
same
thing
happened
with
our
covid-19
Relief
Fund
arpa
funds
like
we
didn't
just
say
that
these
are
the
highest
equity
and
feasibility
scores,
one
two,
three,
four
five
six
we
like
stepped
outside
of
that.
A
So
I
have
to
look
back
to
see
exactly
that:
Mass
differential
in
it,
but
basically
the
evaluation
panel,
one
just
Illustrated
that
or
highlighted
the
fact
that
that
perhaps
an
organization
is
Adept
at
completing
an
application
and
and
that
maybe
when
they
reviewed
their
proposal,
didn't
necessarily
translate
into
The
Proposal
that
the
evaluation
committee
would
have
preferred
to
see.
A
And
so
that's
why
there's
a
bit
of
a
discrepancy
there
we
also
well.
We
worked
with
the
office
of
data
and
performance
to
build
these
spreadsheets
and-
and
there
are
some
improvements
that
we
can
make
too
just
just
because
we
had
some
questions.
A
If,
if
a
an
evaluation
score
was
not
fully
answered,
if
one
question
was
missing,
it
didn't
calculate
in
the
scores
and
so
staff
worked
with
all
of
the
evaluators
to
the
extent
possible
to
get
those
completed,
get
those
missing
questions
filled
in.
But
there
were
some
applications
that
were
completely
unscored
or
mostly
unscored
that
were
not
considered
as
a
part
of
the
score,
but
could
have
contributed
to
some
of
the
discrepancies
between
evaluator
sentiment
or
preference
and
the
scores.
H
Thank
you.
Yes,
Shanika
I
support
your
suggestion.
B
So
just
bear
with
us,
and
you
know,
show
some
Grace
it'll
be
all
good
stage.
You
wanted
to
say
something.
Let's.
B
All
right,
so
it
sounds
like
we're
moving
forward
with
the
recommendations
as
presented
by
the
evaluation,
team
and
staff
and
then
we'll
come
back
for
a
second
round
that
will
consider
partial
funding
with
the
remaining
funds
from
the
277
and
and
the
remaining
funds
from
the
pilot.
Is
that
a
notion
that
candy
I
can?
Second
that
there
you
go
all
right?
I'll
do
a
roll
call,
though
Rachel.
C
Just
a
quick
clarification,
Point
I,
don't
think
it'll
change
the
motion
at
all,
but
the
current
agreements
from
the
pilot
are
set
to
end
June
30th,
so
I'm
just
curious
around
timing
expectations
from
the
committee
with
when
we
would
come
back
with
that
potential.
Second
round
of
funding.
C
My
main
reason
for
bringing
that
up
and
Rachel's
probably
going
to
say
the
same
thing-
is
we're
going
to
need
a
little
bit
of
time
to
work
through
the
paperwork
and
just
make
sure
any
final
invoices
are
processed
and
so
Rachel
I'll
need
to
lean
on
you
on
what
would
be
realistic
for
us
to
foreseeably
close
out
the
current
agreements
before
being
able
to
come
back
to
this
Committee
in
full
council
with
confidence
saying
93,
000
or
whatever,
that
lesser
dollar
amount
is
available
for
consideration
to
make
available
to
other
agencies.
A
Yes,
we'll
we'll
work
with
the
current
grantees
to
get
a
timeline
of
their
final
invoices
and
can
at
least
have
a
more
clear
time
frame
for
when
to
return
back
to
this
is.
E
All
right,
thanks
to
staff
for
walking
us
through
this,
so
much
I,
know
I'm,
still,
learning
the
processes
and
understanding,
and
so
often
we
have.
We
come
back
to
your.
You
know
your
recommendations,
anyways,
but
I
appreciate
the
you
know,
fluid
process
of
letting
us
all
understand
and
get
to
that
same
place.
H
Isn't
the
speaker
queue
they
might
want
to
speak
to
this?
Can
we
amend
our
processes
to
hear
public
comment
before
we
vote
on
this?
We
haven't
voted
yet.
B
We'll
open
it
up
to
public
comment,
I
think
we
have
one
person
and
a
speaker
queue.
Yes,.
K
K
Your
your
your
your
perspective
on
Equity.
When
it
comes
to
Citizens
with
citizens
with
disabilities.
K
There
is
no
citizens
with
disabilities
in
equity,
I'd
like
to
Dei
to
stand
for
disability,
Equity,
included
and
I,
see
Arc
of
bunkum
is
in
there,
and
that
is
like
one
of
the
only
mentions
of
anybody
in
the
disability
ecosystem.
K
Getting
a
piece
of
the
Buncombe,
the
citizen,
City
of
Ash,
I
should
say:
Buncombe
County
has
department
of
health,
health
and
human
services,
but
in
terms
of
new
rights
and
resources
there
isn't
anything
from
citizen
from
from
citizen
from
from
city
of
Asheville
and
that
Arc
of
bunkin
mentioned
I,
don't
know
if
you're
going
to
fund
them
for
2500
25
000,
but
that's
one
of
the
only
things
I've
seen
in
in
a
long
time
that
mentions
all
the
disabled
people
in
Asheville
and
it's
just
a
huge
crisis
out
there
Asheville
Watchdog.
K
The
last
two
stories
in
their
downtown
series
are
about
people
with
people
with
disabilities,
but
they
don't
have
a
they
don't
talk
about
a
class
or
Community
called
citizens
with
disabilities,
like
the
mayors
supposed
the
committee
on
citizens
with
the
disabilities
with
city
of
Asheville
or
the
UN
convention
on
persons
with
disabilities,
it's
just
like
it's
the
idd
group,
it's
maybe
people's
physical
disabilities.
At
some
point
and
Brad
Stein,
your
Ada
coordinator
is
supposedly
they're
liaison.
K
That's
the
city
risk
manager.
How
would
African
Asheville
African
Americans
feel
if
they're
perspective
was
a
risk
management
perspective
for
city
of
Asheville,
but
I'm
still
really
I
want
my
three
minutes
at
the
end
I
I
you.
You
asked
me
to
comment
on
on
budget
issues,
this
strategic
partnership
section
and
I'm
just
trying
to
jump
into
that.
I
I
wasn't
planning
on
speaking
on
that.
B
B
And
same
thing,
we
had
a
discussion
in
one
of
our
earlier
conversations
before
the
application
was
submitted
to
the
public.
The
application
process
was
open
to
the
public.
We
had
a
conversation
about
growing
this
fund.
You
had
some
ideas
about
the
the
growing
amount
that
the
ABC
submits
to
the
general
fund.
I'm.
Also
thinking,
there's
some
things
that
we
can
do
in
alignment
with
violence.
B
Interruption
that
might
be
able
to
layer
in
here
I
think
we
need
to
get
a
little
more
creative,
because
if
our
request
will
tap
into
almost
two
million
dollars,
but
we
only
have
a
pool
of
300
000,
then
we
always
will
turn
people
away
feeling
unfulfilled,
and
so
let's
see
how
we
can
grow
this
fund
I,
don't
know
how
to
do
it
right
now,
but
I
trust
the
brain
power
of
this
group.
So
we
have
a
motion.
A
second
and
the
motion
carries.
B
B
I,
myself
and
I
think
I
had
made
comments
before,
but
I
do
want
to
put
out
a
consideration
for
the
93
I
know
it's
very
sensitive,
because
organizations
have
so
many
reasons
why
they
can't
draw
down
fully
on
their
award
I'm
wondering
if
you
can
just
give
us
some
insight
on
what
some
barriers
were.
B
A
So
two
have
not
submitted
invoices
and
then
two
have
so
the
the
two
that
have
submitted
invoices
it
just
wasn't
of
the
amount
and
and
that
we
anticipated
at
this
state.
So,
like
I
mentioned
a
little
earlier,
there's
a
chance
that
you
know
going
into
the
summer.
A
There
could
be
some
increased
programming,
and
so
we
might
see
some
higher
invoices
that
we
have
in
the
last
two
quarters,
and
so,
but
based
on
the
invoices
that
have
been
submitted
so
far,
it
does
not
seem
likely
that
the
full
awarded
amount
will
be
spent
for
those
two
organizations,
one
of
the
one
of
the
organizations
that
does
have
and
it
fully
executed
agreement
and
could
submit
invoices.
A
We
have
been
working
and
just
haven't,
been
able
to
get
that
connection.
So
I'm
not
can't
fully
speak
to
those
reasonings.
For
that.
The
third
kind
of
bucket
is
just
that.
One
organization
was
not
able
to
get
all
of
the
paperwork
together
to
fully
execute
the
agreement,
and
we've
been
in
contact
with
all
of
the
organizations
that
were
awarded
and
the
pilot
throughout
the
entire
process
that
have
not
been
able
to
get
those
documents
employed.
H
That
made
me
think
of
another
question.
The
two
groups
that
you
suggested
sort
of
like
technical
support
for
one
of
them,
was
recommended
for
full
funding.
One
of
them
wasn't
recommended
for
any
funding.
A
And
and
I
I
apologize
that
those
were
a
broad
takeaways
from
the
conversation
with
the
evaluation
panel,
so
I
I
do
apologize
for
the
confusion.
Those
are
not
full
recommendations,
but
just
a
consideration
from
the
evaluators
that
you
know.
Potentially
one
organization
might
benefit
from
some
sustained
Financial
sustainability,
technical
assistance,
but
but
ideally
we'd
like
to
be
able
to
offer
technical
assistance
to
all
grantees,
but
have
it
be
tailored
to
their
needs.
A
So,
if
they're
folks
already
starting
with
some
capacity,
then
we
want
to
be
able
to
work
with
the
technical
assistance
provider
and
meet
them
where
they're
at
and
not
have
them
start
sort
of
at
the
beginning,
but
build
on
what
they've
already
got
and
then
another
organization
that
might
not
be
starting
with
as
much
capacity.
You
want
to
be
able
to
kind
of
pair
them
with
the
appropriate
assistance.
H
Thank
you
for
that,
and
I
still
don't
have
quite
the
answer.
I
was
curious
about
because
we
recommended
full
funding
for
one
of
the
groups
that
had
suggestion
for
technical
support.
Does
that
mean
they'll
have
additional
funding
for
technical
support
that
was
listed
or
that
they?
That
would
be
a
different
process.
A
Yes,
sorry
I
misunderstood
the
so
in
the
in
the
recommendation,
staff
recommended
25
000
for
technical
assistance
based
on
some
the
courses
that
were
offered
at
wnc
profit
Pathways,
for
example.
We
believe
that
that
amount
of
funding
could
cover
all
grantees
or
so
basically,
we
would
kind
of
work
with
grantees
individually
kind
of
behind
the
scenes
to
kind
of
pair
them
with
the
courses
that
they
need
and
where
will
that
funding
come
from?
B
Again,
I
apologize
for
the
uncomfortability
here
we
just
have
to
work
through
it
to
make
the
best
decisions
and
we'll
get
there
the
best
way
we
can
so
we're
going
to
make
the
the
motion
carry
for
the
full
funding
for
the
recommendations
sent
To
Us
by
the
evaluation
committee
and
staff
and
we'll
be
back
around,
and
even
though
it
might
not
be
the
most
satisfying
decision
that
we
make,
even
with
partial
it's
the
best
that
we
can
do
so.
B
We
want
to
put
our
best
foot
forward
and
we'll
be
back
soon
and
I
trust
staff
to
let
us
know
the
perfect,
the
best
timing
for
that
and
we'll
come
up
with
a
good
pool
of
money
to
disperse
partial.
Thank
you,
Rachel
Taylor
I!
Don't
do
this
a
lot
but
kudos
to
you
solved
to
you
I
appreciate
all
your
all
your
work
and
everybody
else
is
assisted
with
the
evaluation
and
administrative
support.
A
Believe
so
we're
on
a
tight
we're
at
the
Timeline,
so
we'll
be
finalizing
documents
this
afternoon
to
take
to
Council
next
week
between
it.
B
K
Carol
another
thing
I
wanted
to
add
is
that
your
analytics
language
and
accessibility,
update
area.
K
I
am
seeing
I
brought
this
up
a
few
years
ago.
Web
content
access,
accessibility
guidelines,
which
is
something
different
and
new
compared
to
Ada
comp,
American
Americans,
with
Disabilities
Act
requirements
and
the
accessibility
page
on
the
city,
bash
website
mentions
wtag
and
there's
Brad
signs
saying
we
are
working
on
this,
and
so
the
websites
and
and
and
citizens
with
disabilities
is
something
to
show
an
audit
about
what
is
the
actual
state
per
some
independent
WK
and
Ada
experts.
K
And
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
about
language
in
the
inclusive
and
accessible
government
project,
part
of
the
aarpa
funding
choices
back
in
2021
American
Sign
Language
interpreters
were
budgeted
for
fifteen
thousand
one
hundred
twenty
dollars
and-
and
that's
like
the
budget-
that's
that's!
That's
your
budget
for
the
about
the
largest
and
most
vulnerable
constituency
you
all
have
which
is
Citizens
with
disabilities.
I'm.
Sorry!
If
people
think
that
someone
else
an
African-American
without
a
disability
is
more
vulnerable
than
anybody
with
a
disability,
but
so
this
is
with
disabilities.
You're.
K
K
That's
that's
not
rational
way
to
think
about
that
about
people
with
disabilities,
but
they're,
really
in
trouble
and
and
and
emitting
them
in
every
turn
and
event
or
just
minimalizing
them
on
a
budget
level
and
they're
minimized
on
a
budget
level,
because
they
don't
have
an
identity
and
they
don't
have
an
identity
in
part.
Because
the
mayor
quit
the
mayor's
committee
on
citizens
with
the
disabilities
and
it
was
an
African-American
woman
who
got
the
mayor's
committee
on
systems
with
disabilities
ruling
mayor
Bellamy.