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From YouTube: Environment & Safety Committee – May 23, 2023
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Regular meeting of the Asheville City Council Environment & Safety Committee.
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B
We
are
live
skating
good
morning,
everybody.
My
name
is
Maggie
Ullman
I'm,
the
chair
of
our
City's
environment
and
Safety
Committee,
and
welcome
welcome
this
is
our
May
23rd
2003
remit
meeting
all
of
our
Council
committee
members
and
staff
are
participating
virtually
and
to
help
the
audience
follow
along
I'll
State
each
section
of
our
agenda
aloud
as
we
move
through
it.
We
are
streaming
live
on
our
virtual
engagement
Hub,
which
is
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
Hub
link.
It's
on
the
front
page
of
our
website.
B
B
855-925-2801
with
meeting
code
9477,
your
phone
will
be
muted,
you'll
hear
the
live
meeting
at
this
point.
Speakers
will
need
to
push
star
3
to
enter
the
speaker,
queue
I'm
gonna,
do
a
roll
call
and,
as
I
say,
your
name
go
ahead
and
come
off,
mute
and
say
hello.
If
you
can
please
so
starting
out,
we
have
vice
mayor
Sandra,
Kilgore,
good.
B
D
B
And
our
fire
chief
Scott
Burnett
good
morning
Scott.
This
will
be
our
last
committee
meeting
with
you
look
at
that
smile.
Well,
we
miss
you
already
and
glad
you're
here.
While
you
are,
we
also
have
our
sanitation
division
manager,
Jess
Foster,.
B
Jess
and
then
our
downtown
planning
manager,
Dina
Frankel,
is
also
with
us
morning.
Hey,
oh,
and
also
our
deputy
chief
I,
see
Patrick
critup
you're.
Here
too,
I
must
have
missed
you
on
my
list
good
morning.
Welcome
and
if
I
miss
anyone
else.
Sorry,
but
I'm
sure
we
have
a
good
crew
today,
pretty
powerful
And,
Timely
and
important
topics,
so
I'm
really
excited
for
us
to
jump
in
we'll
shift
over
into
our
agenda,
and
we
kick
off
these
calls
at
this
time
with
a
starting
round
of
public
comment.
B
B
Second,
great
I'll
do
a
roll
call
vice
mayor,
Kilgore,
aye,
councilwoman,
Smith
aye
and
myself
I
they
are
approved.
Next,
we
move
on
to
an
update
on
single-use
plastic
reduction
with
our
sustainability,
director,
Bridget
Herring
and
then
Jess
Foster
from
our
sanitation
division.
G
So
when
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
this
is
a
review
of
the
timeline.
So
this
is
not
a
new
slide
but
like
to
keep
a
reminder
of
where
we
started
with
Council
directing
staff
to
look
into
this
last
October,
and
now
we
are
in
the
part
where
we're
going
to
review
and
refine
our
engagement
and
do
some
additional
research
before
making
a
recommendation
ultimately
to
City
Council
in
October.
G
So
moving
on
foreign
was
open
from
March
20th
to
April,
30th
and,
as
I
said,
there's
a
high
level
of
Interest.
We
received
a
little
shy
of
7
000
responses
and
a
little
over
6
000
of
those
were
our
resident
community.
So
a
lot
of
interest
there.
We
designed
the
survey
for
both
residents
and
businesses,
so
you
could
take
the
survey
as
either
a
resident
or
a
business
or
both
so
giving
people
those
options,
and
we
designed
the
survey
questions.
G
We
started
with
the
survey
that
plastic
free
wnc
had
issued
to
the
business
community
and
pulled
some
residence
on
in
a
previous
engagement
effort,
as
well
as
looking
at
the
questions
and
responses
that
we
got
from
internal
engagement
with
staff
and
then
reviewed
these
with
the
sustainability
advisory
members
of
the
sustainability
advisory
committee
in
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee.
So
I
want
to
give
them
a
lot
of
thanks
for
coming
together
to
work
on
something,
as
well
as
from
our
business
Community.
G
A
big
shout
out
to
go
local
on
Asheville,
independent
restaurants
and
then
also
plastic
free
wnc.
To
help
us
make
sure
we
were
asking
good
questions,
trying
to
remove
the
biases
that
we
had
and
get
the
information
we
wanted.
These
surveys
were
available
in
three
different
languages
and
we
did
have
paper
surveys
among
requests.
We
also
had
members
of
the
Buncombe
County
communications
and
engagement
team.
G
Take
paper
surveys
to
the
community
market
so
really
appreciate
that
partnership
and
plastic
free
WMC
did
take
some
paper
surveys
and
work
some
of
the
transit
stops
and
station
as
well.
So
if
we
move
on
to
the
next
slide,
this
is
just
a
snapshot
of
some
of
the
demographic
information.
I
provided
a
presentation
to
the
sustainability
advisory
committee
that
has
a
little
bit
more
information
about
some
of
these
results,
so
folks
are
interested
to
learn
more.
G
That
presentation
and
the
recording
from
that
meeting
are
available
on
the
sustainability
advisory
committee
website,
but
this
just
gives
you
a
snapshot
of
who
responded
and
looking
at
the
percentages
of
the
responses
with
the
percentages
of
folks
that
are
reported
here
from
our
Census
Data.
We're
reporting
under
representation
from
people
of
color,
from
renters
and
from
our
low
and
moderate
income,
folks
in
particular,
and
so
using
that
data
can
really
help
us
focus
on
the
missing
voices.
G
From
the
conversation
that
we
need
to
continue
to
try
and
engage
with,
so
if
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
this
is
a
summary
of
the
input
that
we
received
through
that
survey.
So
there's
as
I
said,
there's
a
high
level
of
support
from
residents,
in
particular,
about
supporting
a
band
for
plastic
bags
and
expanded
polystyrene
disposal
will
take
out
containers.
G
However,
most
of
the
people
who
responded
are
already
doing
this,
so
they're
already
reported
saying
they
often
are
always
bring
their
own
bags
to
the
store
and
reported
that
this
would
have
a
low
to
medium
impact
on
their
lives.
So
I
think
the
important
thing
about
that
is.
Is
that
there's
a
lot
of
folks
that
have
already
made
this
shift
in
our
community
that
are
actively
engaged
on
this
topic?
But
we
didn't
hear
a
lot
from
the
folks
that
this
might
be
a
bit
more
of
a
difficult
transition.
G
Should
this
policy
go
into
effect,
the
list
of
sources
for
plastic
bags
and
for
these
takeout
containers
was
majority
reported
from
grocery
stores.
The
second
highest
on
the
list
was
restaurants,
which
came
in
at
22
percent
and
so
again,
I
included
this
data
point,
because
it
really
helps
us
focus
on
the
businesses
that
we
think
would
be
most
impacted
to
really
figure
out
how
to
engage
with
those
folks
in
that
community
and
then
I
also
thought.
G
It
was
interesting
that
39
reported
recycling
their
plastic
bags,
so
most
people
said
they
use
their
bags
for
something
else.
So
it
wasn't
like
everybody
else
said
they
threw
them
away,
but
this
is
the
percentage
of
people
that
are
taking
those
to
the
retailers
that
have
bins
out
in
front
of
them.
That's
a
recycled,
you
know,
take
your
bags
here
and
put
them
back
in
so
I
thought.
That
was
an
interesting
data
point
to
include.
G
So,
if
we
move
on
to
the
next
slide
to
talk
about
some
of
the
business
responses,
I
included
in
here,
the
number
of
businesses
and
unfortunately,
as
you
can
see
on
the
pie,
chart
most
of
the
businesses
that
participated,
don't
say
that
they
use
these
products
so
they're
not
necessarily
impacted.
Should
a
policy
like
this
go
into
effect,
so
I
think
we'd
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
G
F
Thanks
Bridget,
so
our
role
in
this
was
to
look
at
the
capacity
of
our
sanitation,
Division
and
our
Municipal
services
to
capture
and
properly
manage
some
of
these
single-use
plastic
wastes.
F
So
we
compiled
and
looked
at
information
from
a
number
of
different
resources.
We
looked
at
recycling
contamination
at
our
material
recovery
facility,
curbside
management,
and
we
got
roadside
River
and
Waterway
litter
data
from
our
Community
Partners,
who
are
out
there
collecting
litter
every
week,
and
we
looked
at
disposal
our
disposal
facility
data
so
from
Buncombe,
County
transfer
station
and
landfill
about
blown
litter
issues
that
they
have
Buncombe
County
also
recently
did
a
waste
characterization
of
material
being
landfilled,
and
so
we
were
able
to
pull
some
data
from
that.
F
We
looked
at
options
for
EPS
recycling
or
styrofoam
recycling
and
also
looked
at
Compost
Facility
contamination
information,
and
so
what
we
found
is
that
some
of
the
strongest
data
that
we
have
was
around
these
these
three
items
here
at
the
bottom
of
the
slide,
and
these
these
data
points
really
point
to
our
inability
or
our
inadequate,
our
our
inadequacy
in
our
operations
to
properly
capture
and
manage
single-use
plastic
bags
and
food
takeout
styrofoam.
So
the
volume
and
types
of
litter
found
in
rivers
and
on
roadways
is
pretty
significant.
F
Just
since
July,
you
know
Asheville
GreenWorks
reports
collecting
over
eight
tons
of
litter
from
these
areas,
and
they
would
say
that
the
majority
of
that
litter
is
single-use
Plastics,
there's
also
significant
cost
for
for
staff
in
contracts
and
in
volunteer
time
to
just
manage
that
plastic
waste.
That
has
escaped
the
management
system
right.
So
I
mentioned,
like
blown
litter
at
Buncombe
County's
facilities
like,
for
example,
they
pay
over
twenty
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
spend
over
1200
hours
just
collecting
bags
that
have
blown
away
from
their
facilities.
F
So
that's
a
significant
investment
and
then
our
cycling
stream.
Contamination
from
these
materials
is
also
pretty
significant,
curbside
management,
where
our
recycling
goes,
they
spend
500,
let's
say
or
average
around
600
hours
per
week,
picking
plastic
bags
out
of
the
Sorting
line,
so
they
have
to
pay
people
to
do
that
work.
So
those
are
some
significant
impacts
that
we
see
that
show
that
these
materials
aren't
getting
to
where
they're
really
supposed
to
be
next
slide.
F
So
some
of
the
factors
that
we
we
under
wondered,
why
that's
happening,
and
it
really
has
to
do
with
the
wide
distribution
and
lightweight
nature
of
both
of
these
items.
Single-Use
plastic
bags
are
are
everywhere
and
they're
very
lightweight,
and
so
they're,
it's
easy
for
them
to
blow.
So,
even
if
somebody
put
it
into
a
trash
can,
for
example,
it's
very
easy
for
it
to
blow
out
and
then
become
litter
same
with
with
styrofoam
containers
like
they.
F
You
know
if
they're
just
sitting
there
and
they
tend
to
blow
away
they
crumble
into
little
pieces
and
that
becomes
really
difficult
to
capture.
Also,
this
type
of
the
food
takeouts
EPS.
You
know
it
tends.
It
has
had
food
in
it
and
so
it's
contaminated
with
food,
and
so
that
makes
it
not
a
preferred
item
for
recycling.
F
Okay
next
slide,
so
we
did
look
at
what
are
things
that
we
could
do
to
change
our
Municipal
operations
to
better
manage
or
properly
manage
these
materials.
So
we
said
what,
if
we
had
dedicated
curbside
recycling
for
these
materials,
and
we
looked
at
the
cost
and
the
operational
requirements
for
that
and
it's
you
know
in
the
in
the
millions
of
dollars
just
to
start
up
service
for
that
type
of
thing,
and
we
don't
have
the
processing
facilities
to
manage
those
materials.
F
We
looked
at
a
municipal,
drop-off
program
for
those
materials.
Again,
you've
got
very
expensive,
one-time
startup
costs
difficulty
transferring
the
material
to
where
it
needs
to
go
without
it
becoming
litter,
and
we
do
already.
As
Bridget
said,
we
already
have
some
retail
drop-off
programs
for
plastic
bags,
so
we
would
just
be
duplicating
efforts
that
already
exist.
F
A
lot
of
people
wonder
why
could
we
just
put
them
in
with
our
regular
Recycling
and
then
the
material
recovery
facility
pulled
them
out
and
send
them
to
be
recycled?
And
the
problem
there
is
that
those
materials
have
to
be
very
clean
and
dry
to
be
recycled,
and
so
once
they
go
into
the
recycling
truck
they're
just
too
contaminated
to
be
marketed
next
slide.
F
We
did
look
at
the
Management
Solutions
that
are
out
there
outside
of
Municipal
city
services.
There
are
some
recycling
options
for
both
plastic
bags
and
styrofoam,
but,
like
I
said
both
of
those
items
have
to
be
very
clean
and
dry
and
the
styrofoam
has
to
be
white
in
order
to
be
recycled.
So
the
you
know,
they're
very
strict
requirements
in
the
infrastructure
that
is
out
there
right
now
doesn't
seem
like
it's
able
to
capture
the
scale
of
material
that
is
being
produced
that
we
see
in
our
community.
F
So,
for
example,
there
are
maybe
36
retailers
within
30
miles
of
this
ZIP
code
that
are
accepting
plastic
bags
and
one
problem
that
we
see
like
we're,
seeing
it
in
the
landfill
or
we're
seeing
it
as
litter,
and
that
to
me
indicates
that
those
systems
aren't
really
capable
of
capturing
what
is
out
there
next
slide.
D
G
So,
where
do
we
go
from
here
right
now,
we're
looking
at
developing
strategies
to
get
increased
engagement
from
some
of
those
missing
voices,
so
looking
to
engage
some
local
residents
that
have
some
connections
and
lived
experience
in
the
communities
that
are
missing
from
our
current
public
input
effort
and
looking
at
how
we
get
in
front
of
businesses
as
well
so
trying
to
identify
what
those
strategies
are
and
looking
to
deploy
those
in
the
next
month
or
two
and
then
also
doing
additional
research
on
the
product
availability
is
from
some
of
the
vendors
that
some
of
the
businesses
have
supplied
us
looking
at
the
life
cycle,
costs
of
different
bag
options,
in
terms
of
if
we
did
make
a
recommendation,
what
kind
of
bags
would
be
appropriate
to
be
used
and
then
also
the
impact
of
the
policy
both
on
our
waste
reduction
goal
and
on-core
Service
delivery
in
terms
of
what
would
it
take
to
carry
this
out?
G
B
Thanks
to
you,
both
I
appreciate
it.
I
have
the
fortune
of
sitting
on
Stacy,
so
I
was
able
to
kind
of
look
at
some
of
the
deeper
dive
on
this
as
well.
So
it's
nice
to
get
a
second
look
at
all
this
I
guess
I
had
maybe
just
a
question
of
like
am
I,
am
I
synthesizing.
What
I'm
hearing,
particularly
just
from
the
analysis
that
you've
done
I,
think
what
I
was
hearing
in
your
work
was
okay,
say
we
don't
prohibit
bags,
but
we
recognize
this
as
a
problem.
B
How
could
we,
as
a
municipality,
address
this?
What
what
methods,
what
systems
could
be
put
into
place-
and
your
analysis
is
sounds
to
me
like
it-
would
be
pretty
extensive
and
expensive
taxpayer
programming
to
ramp
up
collecting
these
in
a
different
way
versus
the
alternative,
which
is
you
know
what
is
being
researched
is
prohibiting
these
bags?
Is
that
am
I
distilling
accurately.
B
Yes,
okay,
I
love
that
you
all
did
that
thorough
work.
I
think
it's
really
important
to
look
at
kind
of
Alternatives,
especially
when
a
ban
is
at
the
table.
That's
you
know,
that's
a
style
of
government
intervention.
If
we
can
do
this,
where
folks
are
all
willingly
moving
in
a
Direction,
that's
one
thing
and
I
think
Banning
can
can
have
a
tone
to
it.
So
I
appreciate
doing
those
Alternatives,
but
then
also
when
I
reflect
on
Bridget
the
information
that
you
shared.
B
You
know
when
I
look
at
the
number
of
responses.
That's
the
second
highest
number
of
responses.
We've
ever
had
to
Municipal
survey
like
seven
and
a
half
percent
of
our
city
responded
largely
in
favor
and
with
that,
and
although
those
folks
are
the
ones
that
might
be
kind
of
the
choir,
that's
singing
this
song
already.
B
It
also
shows
us
that
the
folks
who
are
already
really
willing
and
motivated
are
exhibiting
this
Behavior
enthusiastic
about
this
behavior
and
that
it
might
be
the
appropriate
next
step
to
have
the
government
intervene
and
say:
look
we're
going
to
prohibit
this
that
point
of
sale,
because
there's
such
a
willingness
and
interest
in
this
from
the
community,
so
I'm
excited
to
learn
from
the
additional
Outreach.
I
definitely
want
to
make
sure
that
the
input
we
get
is
representative,
our
of
our
different
culture
and
races.
We
would
never
so
I
think
that's
really
necessary.
B
So
I
hear
a
lot
of
concern
both
in
the
CC
meeting
today
about
the
number
of
businesses
that
responded,
and
so
what
is
kind
of
the
total
number
of
businesses
that
this
would
impact
or
like
what
percentage
threshold
would
we
be
satisfied
with
their
input
because
it's
still
like,
if
we
had
what
was
it
like?
Nearly
800
businesses
respond
and
about
400
of
them.
It
does
impact
400
businesses,
Matt
I,
don't
know
how
many
businesses
there
are
that
it's
relevant,
that
they
have
plastic
bags.
G
That's
a
great
question,
and
the
challenge
of
that
is
is
that
we
are
not
allowed
to
have
a
business
in
licensure
program
anymore,
so
we
had
one,
it
was
I
believe
repealed
at
the
state
level,
and
so
we
don't
actually
have
like
a
list,
and
so
that
is
the
challenging
part
about
it
is
that
we
don't
have
a
total
number.
G
We
have
reached
out
to
some
private
like
publishing
printing
services
that
have
mailing
lists
and
we're
looking
at
trying
to
figure
out
like
how
do
we
gather
some
more
data
on
who
those
folks
are,
but
unfortunately
we
don't
have
a
directory
that
we
can
kind
of
pull
and
say.
This
is
how
many
registered
restaurants
we
have.
You
know
and
then
kind
of
go
through
that
list.
G
Yeah
and
also
you
know
it's
the
whole
city,
so
we're
looking
at
our
entire
geographic
region
so
that
the
you
know,
we've
been
putting
a
lot
of
thought
into
how
we
have
a
team.
That's
relatively
pretty
small,
with
people
capacity
trying
to
reach
out
to
folks
in
a
way
that's
representative
of
our
business
community
that
exists
all
over
the
city.
So
that
is
a
challenge
and
that's
something:
we're
trying
to
work
through
right
now,
an.
B
Idea
might
also
be
to
reach
out
to
our
industry.
Partners
I
mean
you
know.
The
EDC
does
very
powerful
research
and
analytics,
so
they
might
be
folks
that
have
this,
because
my
first
sense
is
that
400
businesses,
that
seems
like
actually
a
lot
to
participate
in
a
survey,
so
I'd
be
curious
to
understand
what
the
input
of
those
businesses
that
did
respond
was
because
I
didn't
necessarily
see
the
sentiment
from
them
as
much,
but
vice
mayor
Kilgore.
Yes,.
A
Okay,
first,
if,
if
we
could
go
back
to
that
slide
where
she
was
showing
the
business
breakdown
of
and
I
noticed,
that
I
think
the
restaurant
industry
had
very
low
percentage
of
people
that
responded.
A
Okay,
yes,
okay,
very
low
percentage
and
the
one
thing
I
was
concerned
about
was
I
did
have
the
opportunity
to
meet
with
the
South
Side
Advisory
Board,
and
it
was
some
of
the
residents
that
were
there,
because
what
has
happened
is
a
lot
of
the
especially
black
or
people
of
color.
A
Basically
have
businesses
that
are
small
business
and
they
serve
food
and
they
were
really
concerned
about
the
cost
of
using
alternative
material
to
the
you
know
the
plastic
and
start
Starfall,
and
they
were
seeing
any
priest
their
costs
significantly
where
they
actually
could.
Not,
even
you
know,
make
a
profit
and
that's
how
bad
it
was
and-
and
if
you
know
like
I,
said
Hispanics,
blacks
or
whatever
are
really
a
lot
of
the
ones
that
actually
utilize
the
the
food
trucks
and
things
and
delivery
services
from
smooth
Foods.
A
So
they
would
be
tremendously
impacted
by
that
and
one
other
thing
I
was
thinking
of
I
know
that
we
did
have
a
pretty
robust
number
of
people
that
actually
participate
in
a
survey,
but
I
think
if
you
look
at
the
actual
breakdown.
A
Most
of
those
residents
were
from
the
West
Asheville
area,
where
it
basically,
we
in
West,
Nashville
sort
of
you
know
promote.
You
know
the
green
agenda
more
or
less,
so
maybe
what
we
really
need
to
do
is
make
sure
that
we
spread
out
the
awareness
of
these
you
know
of
what
is
really
going
on
and
what
we
have
more
participants
from
other
areas.
A
So
that's
the
only
thing
I
see
right
now
that
we
actually
could
maybe
because,
like
I
said
in
in
West
Asheville,
it's
a
priest,
large
awareness
of
going
Brady,
but
in
other
sections
of
the
city
you
see
it's
not
as
prevalent.
So
maybe
that
should
would
be
something
we
could
look
at
of.
How
do
we
grow
more
interest
or
it's
particip
participatory,
as
opposed
to
you
know,
a
band.
C
Campbell,
yes,
you
all
might
be
made
to
call
the
chemical
origin
of
why
you
know
City
staff
undertake
this
initiative
is
the
exact
reason
that
you
just
talked
about
something.
You
did
not
feel
that
there
was
enough
Outreach
to
back
our
communities
back
out
businesses,
and
so
we
are
making
this
extra
effort.
And,
yes,
we
yeah
chairman
Arman.
We
applaud
the
number
of
people
who
have
already
participated,
but
we
know
we've
got
to
sharpen
our
pencils
and
you
know
put
up
and
going
on
to
see
it.
C
There
are
other
ways
that
we
can
Outreach
to
these
communities
because
we
we
are
not
and
Bridget,
has
expressed
this
we're
not
satisfied
with
the
with
the
response
to
date,
particularly
from
the
business
Community
and
just
the
overall.
What
this
population
representation
that
have
responded
also
I
want
to
command
both
of
them,
both
Bridget
and
Jess,
because
the
probes
that
we
have
taken
is
is
not
a
policy
or
an
ordinance
that
bans
this
didn't
want,
and
so
I
think
Jess
is
picking
up
on
that
side
of
okay.
B
All
right,
if
there's
no
other
comments,
thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
in
the
continued
work.
I
know
that
y'all
set
out
kind
of
an
arc
of
a
year
to
work
through
a
lot
of
this,
and
this
update
seems
really
timely
understanding,
the
first
sieve
of
information
and
then
the
targeted
next
steps
so
that
we
have
representation.
Representative
input
sounds
perfect.
So
looking
forward
to
hearing
the
next
update
all
right.
B
So
our
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
item
number
four
downtown
safety
initiative
update
and
our
downtown
planning
manager,
Dana,
Frankel
and
assistant
city
manager.
Ben
Woody,
are
gonna
share
about
how
we've
been
doing
in
the
last
I
guess
23
days,
since
this
kicked
off
thanks
so
much
for
bringing
that
test.
So
we
can
hear
real
time
how
it's
going.
D
Thank
you,
chair
Ullman
members
of
the
committee,
din
Woody
assistant
city
manager,
I'm,
going
to
take
a
few
moments
to
get
us
started
before
I
turn
it
over
to
our
speakers.
D
D
The
city
is
we're
specifically
taking
targeted
steps
to
address
the
rosam
crime
in
the
downtown
area
and
to
implement
and
operationalize
reimagining
Public
Safety,
which
is
one
of
the
council's
Strategic
priorities.
The
effort
itself
and
Dana's
going
to
talk
a
lot
about
this
today.
It's
really
truly
a
interdepartmental
approach
that
includes
a
coordinated
response
from
multiple
City
departments,
so
not
only
are
Public
Safety
departments,
but
many
other
operational
departments
as
well.
Additionally,
we
have
participation
from
Community
leaders
for
partners
making
this
truly
a
community
based
and
action-oriented
60-day
initiative
throughout
the
60-day
period.
D
Staff
is
tracking
data,
we're
testing
actions
and
we
want
to
make
sure
we
hope
that
those
actions
will
result
in
a
safer
downtown
for
everyone.
So
today
we
have
our
our
first
update
to
the
environment
and
Safety
Committee
on
this
60-day
initiative.
We
are
three
weeks
into
it
and
what
you're
going
to
hear
from
today
is
first
we'll
have
Dana
Frankel
who's.
Gonna
start
the
presentation
and
end
it
and
Dana
is
our
project
manager
for
the
60-day
initiative.
D
We
have
deputy
chief
bomb
Stark
and
Captain
stepp,
who
are
going
to
share
an
overview
of
apd's
efforts
as
part
of
this
initiative,
and
finally,
we
have
assistant
chief
crudup,
who
is
here
to
review
the
launch
of
our
community
responder
pilot
program,
so
with
all
those
introductions
and
background
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Dana
Frankel
to
jump
into
our
presentation
today.
Thank
you.
H
This
initiative
very
much
takes
an
interdisciplinary
and
interdepartmental
approach
across
the
organization
and
community,
and
the
focus
of
the
initiative
is
on
conditions
related
to
Public
Safety
cleanliness,
as
well
as
helping
those
in
need,
targeted
efforts,
May
shift
during
this
period
in
order
to
be
responsive
to
the
needs,
services
and
efforts
are
being
tracked
and
they
will
inform,
along
with
other
ways
of
measuring
impacts.
Next
steps
and
the
public
is
encouraged
to
get
involved
and
stay
informed.
H
There's
also
a
focus
on
strengthening
relationships
with
local
private
sector
partners
and
non-profit
organizations
and
staff
is
supporting
that
in
a
few
different
ways.
We're
facilitating
safety
assessment
walks
with
business
and
Community
representatives
to
review
conditions
and
identify
and
work
towards
Solutions
we're
also
supporting
community
cleanups
in
the
downtown
area,
and
that's
with
some
help
from
asphalt,
Greenworks
and
we're
asking
community
members
to
report
issues
of
concern.
H
H
We're
working
with
the
city's
office
of
data
and
performance
and
and
all
of
this
work
that
we're
tracking
is
going
to
better
inform
our
areas
of
focus
both
during
the
the
initiative,
as
well
as
our
strategies
for
moving
forward
and
we'll
talk
more
about
how
to
to
view
and
receive
those
updates.
H
And
so
before
we
get
into
some
of
the
details
of
our
activities.
Thus
far,
I
just
want
to
call
out
a
few
highlights
and
just
keep
in
mind
and
I'll
probably
say
this
again
when
we
dig
into
the
numbers,
but
this
is
for
a
period
between
May,
1st
and
May
14th.
So
this
is
the
first
two
weeks
of
the
initiative.
H
Staff
has
conducted
multiple
Corridor
lighting
assessments
and
we
will
continue
to
do
that.
Weekly,
when
community
cleanup
took
place
the
first
week
in
May,
and
we
have
three
additional
cleanup
schedule-
that
first
cleanup
was
actually
with
City
employee
volunteers,
we're
working
with
air
Asheville,
independent
restaurants
and
the
Downtown
Association
to
conduct
three
safety
assessment
walks
over
the
next
few
weeks
in
different
areas
of
downtown
and
we're
using
this
initiative
as
an
opportunity
to
test
some
new
cross-departmental
coordination
strategies.
H
E
Ma'am,
you
can
do
both
yeah,
you
get
us.
Both
hey
I,
want
to
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
give
you
some
updates.
I
know
that
our
statistics
are
later
on
in
the
presentation.
So
this
is
kind
of
a
larger
view
of
what
the
police
department
is
doing.
Something
to
remember
is
this
is
only
the
first
two
weeks
of
this
60-day
initiative,
so
obviously
the
numbers
and
what
we're
going
to
do
later
in
the
initiatives
are
going
to
change,
but
for
the
first
two
weeks.
E
Basically,
what
the
first
thing
we
do
is
increase
presence
I
mean
we
have
foot
patrols,
bike,
patrols,
I,
don't
know
if
you've
been
downtown.
It's
been
a
long
time
since
we
had
officers
on
bikes
riding
around
downtown.
We
have
a
gym
car
running
around
and
we
have
obviously
officers
and
cruisers
driving
around
we've.
Also
community
policing,
Focus,
big
I,
don't
know
if
you
any
anyone
serious
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
quora
our
new
therapy
dog
but
she's
been
downtown
a
big
huge
hit.
E
We
have
officers
talking
to
businesses
talking
to
visitors
and
talking
to
community
members
downtown,
and
this
has
all
had
a
very
positive
things
from
the
community.
So
next
slide.
Please.
I
All
right,
so
we've
taken
this
first
couple
of
weeks
through
this
initiative
to
really
focus
on
education,
primarily
those
that
may
be
affected
with
some
type
of
enforcement.
So
we've
tried
to
educate
just
on
what
the
ordinances
and
the
laws
are
came
out
with
a
lot
of
verbal
warnings
before
we
started
with
the
enforcement
we
have
been
enforcing
and
that
enforcement
has
been
fair
but
firm.
I
It's
just
been
nothing
but
positive,
and
that's
just
positive
for
all
departments,
not
just
the
police
department,
but
I.
Think
the
the
feedback
that
we're
receiving
on
the
street
is
that
they
can
see
a
true
collaboration
amongst
City
departments
and
it's
been
very
positive.
E
J
E
J
In
our
Council
City
staff
and
anyone
who's
listening
in
I'll
be
glad
to
give
you
the
three
week
update
on
the
community
responder
program,
doing
some
great
work
out
there,
the
team
they're
listening
also,
and
maybe
once
if
we
still
have
some
time,
we
can
let
them
give
you
some
conversation
about
what
the
work,
the
work
that
they're
doing
they're
doing
some
outstanding
stuff
in
our
community.
So
the
team
is
practically
engaging
on
social
population
throughout
downtown
to
identify
needs
and
share
available
resources.
J
They
have
multiple
success
stories
that
they've
reported
of
connected
individuals
to
shelters
and
basic
needs.
Those
will
be
some
of
the
things
I
will
like
for
them
to
share,
with,
with
the
team
here,
they've
been
connecting
with
businesses
to
understand
their
experiences
that
they've
been
having
in
the
downtown
area
and
they've
collected
that
data
as
well.
They're
staffed
with
two
to
three
people
per
day
routinely
from
9am
to
nine
pm.
J
They've
made
adjustments,
sometimes
coming
in
earlier
and
or
staying
later,
to
make
adjustments
as
far
as
what
the
population
is
doing
in
our
downtown
area.
They've
logged
over
200
interactions
at
the
time
of
these
slides
being
created,
but
today
they
have
actually
290
interactions
with
260
of
those
to
a
little
bit
over
90
percent
being
proactive
and
over
a
hundred
responses
to
our
businesses.
They've
gathered
information
during
each
interaction
and
identify
some
resource
gaps
next
slide.
Please
questions
have
been
developed
with
the
homeless
strategy
division.
J
We
coordinated
with
them
to
kind
of
figure
out
what
we
need
to
be
collecting
and
what
questions
we
need
to
be
asking
some
examples
of
these
questions
are
immediate
needs.
Can
I
help
you
get
anywhere
connecting
to
resources.
Are
you
working
with
someone
on
housing,
a
housing
history?
Where
would
your
last
housing
our
resource
service?
History
can
I
connect
you
to
home
abound
and
as
well
as
our
business
Outreach?
What
has
been
your
experience
in
the
downtown?
J
We've
documented
identified
these
needs,
and
if
there
was
a
resolution
we
we
provided
that
next
slide,
please
so
here's
our
dashboard
here,
as
you
can
see
there
are
267
interactions.
This
is
in
the
first
two
weeks
of
the
program
which
you
see
here
again
I
mentioned
today.
J
Currently,
we
have
290
interactions
when
we
were
two
weeks
in
we
had
200,
proactive
and
16
responsive
interactions,
so
those
responsive
interactions
or
when
the
teams,
when
they're
out
and
about
if
someone
identifies
someone
else
in
need,
they
will
respond
to
that
individual
in
need
and
they
have
multiple
stories
that
they
can
share.
If
you'd
like
to
hear
those.
K
Hi
I'm
captain
Sullivan
of
the
community
responder
program
and
I
want
to
talk
to
you
about
three
events
that
occurred
in
the
past
two
weeks,
one
in
which
we
met
an
individual
named
Charles
who
was
on
the
streets.
He
his
story
was
that
he
was
driving
to
Nashville
and
his
band
broke
down
in
Asheville
and
he
had
been
on
the
streets
for
five
days.
So
I
asked
him
what
were
his
needs.
He
said
he
didn't
want
to
stay
in
Nashville.
K
He
just
want
to
get
back
home
to
Marion
North
Carolina,
so
I
got
in
connects
with
other
community
responders
that
day
I
actually
within
minutes
and
had
him
transported
to
ahope
and
later
that
day
they
connected
him
with
a
bus,
and
he
was
back
home
in
mayor
North,
Carolina
after
being
on
the
streets
of
for
five
days.
So
that
was
a
a
great
success.
Another
example
of
de-escalation
of
an
event.
K
While
we
were
collecting
data
with
the
business
owners
of
the
downtown
business
district,
we
noticed
that
ladder
one
had
responded
to
a
subject
down,
call
in
front
of
the
Ben
and
Jerry's
ice
cream
store
and
and
EMS
Supervisor
was
already
on
scene.
The
children
was
a
little
upset
and
we
intervene
and
we're
able
to
release
both
the
ladder
company
and
the
EMS
supervisor.
K
While
we
spoke
to
him
de-escalated
the
event
found
out
what
his
needs
were
and
he
simply
needed
medication
from
his
doctor,
so
working
in
congestion
with
the
other
organization,
we're
able
to
get
him
transport
to
his
to
his
doctor,
get
his
medication
and
resolve
that
situation.
For
that
day,
another
example
that
we
have-
and
there
are
many-
and
this
is
just
just
three
of
them-
I-
give
you
today
is
across
this
intervention.
K
Several
First
Responders
went
to
the
Haywood
congregation
church
on
Wednesday
earlier
in
the
month
of
May,
and
they
met
an
individual
who
was
struggling
with
drugs
and
alcohol,
and
at
that
time
he
wasn't
very
forthcoming
in
terms
of
all
of
his
needs
and
it
turned
out
that
he
had
been
on
the
streets
of
asking
for
quite
some
time
almost
a
year
from
what
the
individual
was
saying
and
he
was
currently
estranged
from
his
wife
and
his
children.
K
He
lost
his
housing
last
year
and
it
turned
to
drugs
and
it
was
depressed
and
living
on
the
streets
of
Asheville
for
almost
a
year,
a
individual
who
was
close
to
that
that
homeless
person
Jesse
contacted
one
of
our
community
responders
and
informed
us
that
Jesse
was
finally
ready
to
go
to
detox
and
take
care
of
his
drug
abuse
issues
and
his
addiction
issues.
So
as
soon
as
we
receive
that
phone
call,
we
immediately
responded
to
the
individual
over
a
hope
to
Jesse.
We
picked
him
up
and
took
him
to
adac
and
Swan.
K
C
Next
I'm
sorry,
you
saw
but
I
didn't
raise
my
hand
but
Deputy
we
had
the
others
introduce
themselves.
K
Yep
I'm
Lieutenant
Fortenberry
I've
been
here
at
the
fire
department
for
a
little
over
23
years
now.
B
I
really
appreciate
the
story:
I
mean
I
love,
it's
really
powerful
to
have
the
data
and
the
story
at
the
same
time,
because
either
are
incomplete
right.
It
shows
us
a
picture.
That's
really
helpful
and
I
also
just
want
to
express
super
gratitude,
because
you
know
when
you
signed
up
for
a
fire
to
be
a
firefighter
23
years
ago.
B
This
might
not
have
been
that
job
description,
but
we've
seen
your
department
and
folks,
like
y'all,
really
step
in
and
say
you
know,
I
can
figure
out
a
way
to
help
and
you're
really
being
creative
and
Innovative
figuring
out
how
this
goes,
you're,
probably
figuring
out
on
a
daily
basis
how
this
is
going
to
work
out,
and
that
takes
the
spirit
of
can
do,
and
it's
obviously
working
so
just
really
excited
for
our
community.
B
A
I
just
wanted
some
sort
of
echo.
What
you're
saying,
but
basically
I
am
so
I
can't
tell
this
program
program
is
so
wonderful
and
it's
so
needed,
and
it's
almost
that
intermediary.
You
know
that
we
were
missing
that
connection.
A
This
is
a
great
connection
and
it's
so
powerful
and
the
thing
is
I
I
guess
like
like
I
mean
calcium,
Pullman,
I,
can't
imagine
what
this
program
is
going
to
look
like
in
the
future,
because-
and
it's
it's
so
it's
very
unfortunate
that
things
have
to
happen
before
we
put
things
in
place,
but
I
love
what
the
police
department's
doing
unlocked
our
department
is
doing.
It's
just
making
our
city
a
such
a
positive
inspiration
and
it's
just
bringing
people
together
and
I
I.
Just
can't.
H
Thank
you
and
moving
on
into
the
numbers.
So,
as
you
can
see
in
the
next
two
slides
and
as
you
can
find
on
the
project
page,
we
are
tracking
activities
in
a
very
detailed
level
during
this
program.
This
reporting
again
is
just
from
the
first
14
days
of
the
initiative
May
1st
through
14th.
So
we
will
be
updating
the
numbers
every
two
weeks
on
the
website
and
just
to
highlight
our
cleanliness
activities.
H
So
you
heard
from
the
police
department
and
fire
department,
but
I
want
to
recognize
staff
from
sanitation,
Public,
Works
parks,
parking
services
and
others
for
their
work
during
this
time,
including
their
efforts
around
cleanliness,
we'd
love
to
have
everyone
come
and
speak
with
you
all,
but
I
think
we'd
be
here
for
too
long,
so
yeah
so
I,
don't
think
I'll
highlight
all
of
these
numbers,
but
just
encourage
you
all
to
take
a
look
and
and
to
again
let
you
all
know
that
we
will
be
updating
these
as
we
go
so
Community
Support
members
of
our
team
are
working
with
Community
organizations
and
service
providers
regularly
we're
having
regular
meetings
with
those
folks.
H
Our
Park
security
provides
assistance
regularly
in
downtown
parks,
and
you
heard
a
bit
about
our
community
responder
program
just
to
call
out
a
couple
things
here.
Over
the
first
two
weeks,
I
had
72
Wellness
checks
and
four
first
aid
wound
care
needs
addressed,
so
they
really
are
engaging
proactively
with
folks
within
our
downtown
and
let's
move
on
to
the
next
slide,
please
in
terms
of
compliance,
this
is
a
responsibility
shared
by
multiple
departments
and
we're
tracking
these
interventions,
which
includes
verbal
warnings.
So
we
can
see
on
the
previous
slide.
H
We
included
interactions
that
the
police
department
is
having
with
businesses.
Here
we
have
146
verbal
warnings
carried
out
by
the
police
department
in
addition
to
citations,
in
addition
to
rules
compliance
by
our
Park
staff,
in
addition
to
parking
enforcement,
parking
enforcement,
so
environment
Improvement
another
one
of
our
interdisciplinary
categories,
so
this
addresses
conditions
that
generally
contribute
to
a
safer
feeling,
well
maintained
downtown,
and
this
includes
potholes
lighting
issues
related
to
noise,
as
well
as
amenity
repairs
and
improvements.
H
I
That
could
be
a
number
of
things,
for
example,
trespassing
charge
where
they
might
be,
laying
underneath
a
trespass
sign
in
a
doorway
or
something
like
that,
and
we
just
simply
asked
them
to
move
along
and
and
advise
them
that
moving
forward.
They
can't
be
there
same
thing
with
a
low
level
offenses,
where
we
just
try
to
get
verbal
warning.
It's
where
we
really
try
to
educate
to
make
sure
they
understand
what
loitering
means.
What
no
trespassing
means
before
we
just
come
in
and
issue
a
citation
or
make
an
arrest.
B
Manager
Kimball
so
I,
like
I,
said
earlier
hearing
the
story
is
really
fantastic
and
I
love,
seeing
the
data
curious
if
I
know
that
we
have
a
lot
of
crime,
tracking
data
and
software
and
dashboards
elsewhere
is.
Is
that
linked
into
this,
so
that
folks,
who
want
to
see
the
whole
picture
of
a
lot
of
these
efforts?
Are
here's
what
we're
putting
in
to
the
system
and
I?
Think
kind
of
the
crime
data
is
what
the
result
is.
B
I
know
that
reducing
crime
takes
a
lot
of
various
strategies
and
it's
complex
and
it's
not
as
simple
as
one
two
equals
three
but
I'm
just
curious.
If
that
data
will
be
folded
into
this
also.
H
I
am
going
to
hand
it
off
to
Captain
stepp
to
respond
to
that
probably
a
little
bit
more
thoroughly,
but
I'll
say
that
we
want
to
do
that
analysis
at
the
end
of
the
60-day
initiative.
Just
so
we
can
get
the
full
picture.
Captain
stepp.
Do
you
want
to
add
anything.
I
I
C
Yes,
thank
you,
I,
think
that
you
have
heard
consistently
in
a
terrible,
proactive
and
and
and
I
know
that
the
community
has
been
concerned
about
you're
not
doing
enough
you're,
not
doing
it
fast
enough,
but
what
we
thought
with
the
encouragement,
quite
frankly
of
the
former
chair
of
the
Public
Safety
Committee,
then
at
the
time
that
said,
you
know,
staff
I
think
we
can
do
something
particularly
related
to
the
community
responder
program
to
help
support
with
the
county
Community
Paramedic
program
is
trying
to
do.
Can.
C
Can
you
all
go
and
kind
of
think
about
how
to
do
this,
and
so
what
what
we've
tried
to
do
is
not
only
be
proactive,
but
also
to
to
be
comprehensive,
because,
as
you
said,
Public
Safety
is
all
of
our
responsibility
and
organizationally
is
part
of
the
imaginary
Public
Safety.
We
are
taking
it
seriously,
but
it
has
taken
us
some
time
and
chief
says
this
all
the
time
chief
of
police.
C
It
has
taken
us
time
to
truly
understand
what
that
means
in
order
to
operationalize
that,
and
so
this
is
a
classic
example
that
gives
us
a
foundation
of
how
we
translate
all
these
Lessons
Learned
to
other
parts
of
our
community.
This
will
be
how
we
work.
This
isn't
an
experiment.
C
You
know
this
is
truly
training
for
us
to
be
a
better
organization
and
for
us
to
deliver
Services
in
a
more
impactful
way
and
when
I,
when
I
said
the
former
chair
of
the
Public
Safety
Committee,
that
was
actually
sneakersmith
and
I
want
to
give
her
credit
and
lift
her
her
up
for
challenging
us
and
inspiring
us
and
saying
you
know
we
we
got
to
do.
We
got
to
do
something
and
the
community
responder
program,
as
you
can
see
now.
This
whole
effort
is
not
about
displacing
people.
C
It
really
is
about
getting
out
into
that
space
and
helping
people
and
I
just
can't
say
enough
about
the
efforts,
and
we
know
we've
got
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
We
know
this,
but
sometimes
it
helps
from
an
employee,
morale
and
I
hope
for
the
community's
perspective
to
celebrate
a
little
bit
of
a
victory,
because
those
three
examples
that
were
given
by
those
firefighters,
those
people's
lives,
have
changed
period
Non-Stop
and
due
to
this
effort,
we
were
able
to
make
a
difference.
So
thank
you
to
my
stack.
F
H
You
love
all
the
participation.
This
is
great
next
slide,
please
foreign,
so
rounding
things
out
here.
The
public
can
find
information
about
this
initiative
on
the
project
page,
as
well
as
guidance
for
reporting
concerns
and
steps
to
consider
taking
directly
in
order
to
improve
safety
conditions.
If
you
Google,
Asheville
downtown
safety
initiative,
this
page
should
come
up
and
we're
sending
email
updates
out
regularly.
The
next
one
will
go
out
later
today
and
that
will
include
the
latest
information
about
the
initiative
and
folks
can
sign
up
to
receive
those
updates
on
the
project
page.
H
We
also
have
set
up
an
email.
This
is
available
to
anyone,
particularly
if
you're
interested
in
organizing
a
community
cleanup
or
a
safety
assessment
walk.
Please
contact
us
there
or
we
welcome
additional
ideas
at
that
email
or
any
feedback
that
you
have
next
slide
please
and
just
to
close
with
our
key
takeaways,
so
downtown
public
safety
is
a
complex
issue
and
it
requires
a
community
response
as
you've
heard
throughout
from
all
of
us.
This
initiative
takes
an
interdisciplinary
approach
across
the
organization
and
community.
B
The
only
thing
that
comes
to
mind
is
you
know
when
I
think
about
us
as
a
team
from
the
community
to
all
the
staff
who
have
done
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
to
pull
this
into
a
comprehensive
approach,
and
now
that
we're
in
the
60-day
initiative,
I
think
about
our
role
as
the
policy
maker,
while
y'all
are
doing
the
hard
work
on
the
ground,
collecting
the
data
and
we're
looking
towards
that
60-day
Mark,
where
we
kind
of
step
back
and
kind
of
go
all
right.
What's
working?
B
What's
not,
you
know
any
for
us,
let's
fast
forward
time
and
say
this
will
be
radically
successful
and
we
will
feel
the
impacts
we
want.
What
type
of
policy
conversations
should
we
all
be
anticipating
through
this
committee,
to
support
continued
success?
So
that's
less
of
a
someone
come
up
with
a
list
but
more
of
a
while
we're
doing
the
hard
work
and
our
staff
are
doing
the
hard
work
it.
It's
almost
a
question
for
myself
and
for
the
rest
of
us
on
Council
of
like
okay.
Well,
what
what
should
we
be
anticipating?
B
Should
we
want
to
continue
what
type
of
policy
support
will
we
need
for
that
and
again
I
don't
have
an
answer,
but
that
that
comes
to
mind
of
willing
the
future.
We
want
where
this
really
turns
the
dialogue
on
impact
and
knowing
that
we
set
a
60-day
mark
for
a
particular
specific
reason
and
that
sustaining
or
growing
these
efforts,
I
hope
is
something
we'll
all
be
wanting.
So
what's
that
going
to
take
of
us
so
I
don't
know
if
that
brings
a
thought
for
anybody
else,
but
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
in
again.
C
I
think
this
is
policy.
We
will
be
able
to
collect
a
lot
of
data,
and
so
we
will
have
an
understanding
of
from
a
regulatory
perspective.
You
know:
do
we
have
the
right
types
of
ordinances
in
place
that
will
either
mitigate
some
of
the
kinds
of
issues
that
we
are
having
downtown
like
graffiti
organs
and
I
mean
there's
a
number
of
things
where
we
may
get
more
information
that
we
think
that
you
all
may
be
able
to
effect
through.
C
You
know
to
taking
action,
but
also
we
will
have
information
about
what
it
actually
cost
us
to
do.
This
work,
and
in
particular
again
I,
want
to
lift
up
the
community
responder
program.
We
have
opportunities,
I,
think
to
encourage
other
firefighters,
to
get
the
training
and
and
increase.
You
know
our
coverage
outside
of
downtown
to
other
parts
of
the
community
and
obviously
that's
going
to
take
resources
and.
C
C
To
not
only
have
this
focused
on
downtown,
but
also
other
parts
of
the
community
and
I
just
want
our
community
to
understand
that
we
are
trying
to
get
to
you
and
we
haven't
forgotten
about
it.
We
we
do
want
to
again
make
this
much
much
easier
to
expand
into
other
geographers
by
this
particular
lesson
or
opportunity
for
us.
B
It's
great
kind
of
putting
some
seeds
out
there
for
us
as
a
community
and
us
as
policy
makers
to
be
reflecting
and
thinking
thanks.
Deborah.
B
Right,
thank
you
so
much
to
the
whole
team
of
Staff
who
joined
us
today
to
give
this
update.
I
know
that
pulling
information
together
takes
time
and
that
we're
really
focused
on
being
out
in
the
community.
So
I
really
appreciate
for
this
Midway
check-in
and
I.
Think
that'll,
conclude
that
item
on
our
agenda
and
the
fifth
and
final
item
for
this
month
is
a
second
public
comment
round.
B
No,
we
do
not
great
well
with
that.
We
are
adjourned
for
the
day,
thanks
everybody
for
putting
your
time
in
and
for
many
of
us,
we'll
all
see
each
other
later
at
our
council
meeting,
take
care,
everybody.