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So
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
october
11th
meeting.
All
council,
members
and
staff
are
participating
virtually
to
help
our
audience
follow
along
I'll
state.
Each
section
of
the
agenda
aloud
we're
streaming
live
on
our
virtual
engagement
hub,
which
is
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
hub
link
on
the
front
page
of
the
city
website.
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also
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an
option
for
the
public
to
listen,
live
by
phone
by
dialing,
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925
2801
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entering
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8187
for
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with
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welcome
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you
are
listening
to
the
meeting
by
phone,
please
be
sure
to
turn
down
the
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before
speaking,
so
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going
to
go
through
and
introduce
the
committee
members
and
the
staff
who
are
participating
virtually
please
make
sure
that
your
microphone
is
muted.
If
you
are
not
speaking
but
I'll
call
on
everyone,
and
just
ask
you
to
say
a
quick
hello,
councilwoman
sandra
kilgore
good
afternoon,
councilwoman
sage,
turner,.
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That's
my
that's
my
best
at
being
a
you
know,
a
sports
announcer,
so
a
good
thing.
I
have
this
job,
so
the
first
thing
on
the
agenda
is
the
approval
of
the
minutes.
May
I
get
a
motion
to
approve
the
september
minutes
so
moved
I'll?
Second,
thank
you.
So
I
have
a
motion
in
a
second
and
we'll
have
a
roll
call
vote
to
approve
to
approve
the
minutes.
Councilwoman
kilgore.
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D
D
A
we
did
use
an
rfp
process
to
select
a
new
tenant
at
eight
river
arts
place
and
we
worked
hard
to
incorporate
an
equity
lens
at
every
stage.
The
the
selection
committee
has
identified
the
grimes
black
wall
street
asheville
as
the
proposal
that
best
aligns
with
the
council's
visions
and
goals.
D
They
just
to
give
you
a
wee
bit
of
background.
Forgive
us
if
you've
heard
all
this
before,
but
the
riverside
drive
redevelopment
plan
was
completed
in
2015..
It
focused
on
economic,
revitalization
of
this
very
historic
industrial
area.
In
the
city,
eight
river
arts
place
was
donated
to
the
city
by
psnc
energy,
in
2012,
renovated
by
the
city
and
open
to
the
public.
In
2017.,
there
remain
public
restrooms
there
that
are
available
on-site
from
dawn
to
dusk.
D
We
wanted
to
include
basically
a
kind
of
a
rough
picture
of
the
building
that
shows
you
what
we're
really
hoping
to
kind
of
bring
to
life.
The-
and
here
is
an
inside
view.
D
D
D
The
community
outreach
occurred
before
the
rfp
document
was
released
to
allow
for
revisions,
additions
and
loads
of
comments,
the
focus
how
to
use
a
tenant's
use
of
the
site
so
that
it
might
fulfill
the
vision
of
the
river
arts
district
and
support
the
council's
strategic
goals.
D
In
our
community
outreach,
we
advertise
this
opportunity
to
as
many
people
and
organizations
in
asheville
as
possible.
We
developed
a
list
of
groups
willing
to
assist
an
applicant
with
preparing
a
response
to
the
rfp.
Special
effort
was
made
to
increase
awareness
within
the
bipod
community.
A
Great
thanks
ellen.
I
appreciate
that
and
yes,
I
think
we
just
wanted
to
really
underscore
the
level
of
community
outreach
that
we
did
as
as
really
part
of
the
equity
focus
here
of
the
rfp
process,
so
both
ensuring
that
we
did
outreach
within
within
the
and
create
awareness
about
the
opportunity,
as
well
as
develop
a
list
of
resources
and
options
for
assistance
for
those
that
were
interested
in
applying.
A
And
so
with
that
there
were
five
proposals
that
ellen's
office
received.
In
total.
A
What
we'd
like
to
do
is
introduce
you
to
the
the
team
that
had
the
winning
proposal
and
give
them
an
opportunity
to
share
with
you
about
their
proposal
for
this
space,
what
they
hope
to
accomplish
and
tell
us
about
what
their
plans
are.
So
with
that
I'll
I'll
I'll
turn
it
over
to
jay
hackett.
He
can
introduce
his
team
and
I'll
advance
the
slides
for
you
jay.
So
take
it
away.
E
All
right
thanks,
nikki
and
ellen,
and
to
the
council,
members
and
committee.
We
appreciate
you
all
so
this
this
is
our
proposal.
Black
wall
street
abl,
starting
growing
and
expanding
black
businesses
in
the
river
arts
district,
and
it
really
kind
of,
is
based
on
four
pillars.
One
is
food
and
beverage.
The
other
is
retail.
Number
three
is
recreational
entertainment.
The
fourth
is
that
this
building
would
function
as
a
business
hub
and
an
incubator.
E
Let
me
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
the
black
wall
street
program,
at
the
time
that
we
created
this
there
were
51
black
businesses
collaborating
right.
Now
there
are
58
black
businesses
collaborating.
E
Actually
I
received
a
call
this
afternoon
from
a
black
owned
home
health
agency.
That's
coming
on
board,
so
that'll
be
number
59.
inside
of
this.
Inside
of
this
building,
we
propose
that
the
building
would
be
a
retail
space
with
products
that
are
sourced
from
local
black
owners.
These
are
people
that
are
right
here
in
our
in
our
neighborhood,
their
citizens,
their
collaborators,
and
they
have
products
that
would
be
sold
here,
so
we
would
wholesale
it
from
them
and
then
we
retail
it
here
for
the
pastors
buy.
E
Also,
not
only
are
people
able
to
sell
their
products
here,
but
folks
that
have
service-based
industries
they'll
be
able
to
advertise
here
and
people
that
do
tours
there's
one
black
owned
company
that
provides
transportation
to
and
from
cherokee
casino.
This
would
be
one
of
the
stops
where
people
will
come:
they'll
buy
their
ticket,
they
could
go
there
from
this
place.
We
anticipate
20
jobs
being
created
yearly
about
500
000
in
revenue
and
again
that
this
place
function
as
a
black
business,
incubator
and
hub.
E
This
slide
shows
something
we're
really
excited
about
that
happened.
This
year
we
were
looking
for
a
way
to
to
really
spotlight
and
and
focus
on
local
black-owned
businesses
here
in
asheville
and
for
those
businesses
to
really
benefit
from
some
of
the
foot
traffic.
That
would
happen
in
the
river
arts
district
and
from
that
was
birthed
grind
fest.
We
found
that
it
was
asheville's
newest
festival,
even
though
we
didn't
intend
for
it
to
be
all
of
that,
we're
glad
that
it
did
grow.
E
We
were
trying
to
position
black
home
businesses
in
a
way
that
helped
them
really
benefit
from
from
the
growing
tourist
economy,
and
on
that
weekend
we
had
4
000
visitors
from
19
different
states
when,
when
we
did
the
report
and
checked
in
with
all
of
the
business
owners
that
sold
stuff
together,
they
earned
about
74
000
in
revenue
and
85
of
them
were
sold
out
of
all
of
their
products.
E
We're
really
excited
about
this,
this
event
and
especially
happy
that
we
had
so
much
support
with
about
36
different
sponsors
that
were
there
helping
push
it
and
and
and
really
make
sure
that
folks
enjoyed
and
had
a
good
time
we're
already
planning
for
next
year's
grime
fest.
I'm
really
excited
about
what
happened
this
year,
but
that
just
proves
what
could
happen
and-
and
that
was
just
in
the
parking
lot
of
depot
street.
There
was
a
lot
of
collaboration,
a
lot
of
great
energy.
It
was
a
wonderful
moment.
E
We
anticipate
ground
fest
happening
year
to
year,
but
when
we
look
at
the
the
black
businesses
that
are
represented
in
the
black
wall
street
cohort,
we
understand
that
buncombe
county
has
identified
some
high
growth
industries.
Well,
the
black
businesses
that
are
in
the
black
wall
street
cohort
actually
represent
four
out
of
five
of
those
industries.
E
One
piece
of
research
showed
that
one
of
the
reasons
black
businesses
fail
is
because
the
customer
base
cannot
afford
their
products
and
services,
and
so
it's
important
that
that
people
that
business
owners
diversify
here
we
have
a
sampling
of
the
different
types
of
businesses
that
are
part
of
black
wall
street.
E
We
have
fashion
designers
manufacturers,
one
example
is
a
cosmetologist
that
was
pregnant
and
after
being
pregnant,
she
was
not
able
to
physically
do
hair,
so
she
decided
to
manufacture
hair
products
which
is
much
more
scalable,
so
manufacturing
information
technology,
antique
furniture,
restoration,
cmos
retailers,
body,
oil,
jewelry
makers,
child
care,
skin
care,
a
drop
off
laundry
business,
caterers
and
food
service,
online
sales
and
funnels
music
studio
and
sound
financial
consultants,
educators,
magazines.
It
is
there's
a
huge
diversity
of
businesses
that
are
part
of
the
black
wall
street
cohort
and
it's
growing.
E
The
call
that
I
got
today
was
from
a
home
health
agency,
which
would
be
the
first.
We
also
are
really
excited
about
two
black
doctors
chiropractors,
in
fact
that
are
opening
up
the
plug
chiropractic
clinic
they're
part
of
black
wall
street.
This
is
just
one
example
of
what
can
happen
when
we
hold
space
for
black
black
businesses
to
really
shine
and
thrive.
E
E
So
when
grind
started,
it
was
like
in
the
middle
of
the
pandemic,
just
after
some
of
the
demonstrations
that
were
downtown
and
it
was,
it
was
the
landlords
in
the
river
arts
district
that
really
welcomed
us
and
when
we
said
well
would
y'all
allow
us
to
be
here
their
their
response
was
we
want
you
here
and
we
worked
out
great
terms,
but
in
the
middle
of
the
pandemic
it
was
still
scary.
E
So
we
started
and
we
opened
up.
The
coffee
shop
really
excited
about
the
progress
but
nc
idea
foundation
came
along
and
provided
initial
c
funding
for
the
black
wall
street
program
over
time.
The
51
black
black
owned
businesses
supported
each
other
first
horizon
bank
is,
is
a
huge
supporter,
asheville
chamber
of
commerce
exploration
bill.
We're
really
excited
about
mr
jim
stokley,
who
is
the
biological
son
of
miss,
wilma
indictment
and
the
woman
indictment
legacy.
They
support
the
program
and
this
use
of
the
building.
E
In
addition
to
mr
matthew,
because
junior
you
all
know
that
the
creek
that
runs
underneath
the
building
is
because
branch
creek
asheville
score
we're
actually
inside
of
a
series
with
them
where
we've
been
working
on
business
plans
and
asheville
happens
to
have
the
oldest
score
chapter
in
in
the
state
and
they're
supporting,
in
addition
to
the
200
volunteers,
that
support
grimefest
that
are,
in
the
background
making
this
making
all
of
this
happen,
and
we
couldn't
really
do
much
of
this
without
the
rotary
club
connections
and
all
of
their
support.
E
E
A
lot
of
people
are,
you
know,
making
progress
in
business
and
we
know
that
entrepreneurship
is
powerful,
but
when
we
pulled
the
numbers,
we
found
that
23
out
of
at
that
time,
50
one
of
the
businesses,
those
people
made
less
than
20
000
in
personal
income,
but
they
still
believed
in
their
businesses
and
we're
glad
to
participate
in
helping
them
grow
it.
And
then
you
have
the
other
17
out
of
51
or
somewhere
between
20
000
and
44
thousand.
E
The
majority
of
the
black-owned
businesses
in
the
cohort
are
women
and
4
out
of
51
of
them
have
experienced
incarceration.
12
out
of
51
have
experienced
homelessness,
and
so
entrepreneurship
is
a
powerful
tool
in
helping
people
really
take
care
of
themselves
while
exploring
and
expanding
their
dreams.
Our
idea
is
that
a
person
should
be
able
to
turn
their
hustle
into
a
business
and
we're
glad
to
be
able
to
hold
space
for
that
with
black
wall
street
abl.
E
E
To
date,
we've
earned
over
450
000
in
revenue
and
served
over
10
000
customers
and
created
12
jobs.
Of
course,
there's
been
more
more
diversity
attracted
to
the
river
arts
district.
We
were
recognized
as
third
best
coffee
shop
in
the
whole
state
of
north
carolina,
we're
featured
in
the
north
carolina
state,
department
of
health
and
human
services,
as
we
you
know,
advocated.
B
E
And
we're
featured
in
forbes
magazine,
and
so
that's
that's
a
pretty
big
deal
to
us
and
again
we're
really
excited
about
the
visitors
that
come
and
experience
what's
going
on
here,
rad
historically,
you
all
know
that
river
arts
district
previously
had
a
lot
of
black
owned
businesses
there
and
we're
learning
from
folks
like
miss
jacqueline
holland
and
mr
matthew,
bakote
jr
about
the
businesses
that
used
to
be
there
and
we're
we're
excited
about
this
becoming
a
place.
E
That's
more
equitable,
where,
if
you
know,
if
asheville
is
going
to
have
you
know,
lots
of
tourist
energy
and
visitors,
we
want
to
be
the
place
that
they
come
and
experience
some
more
of
what
asheville
has
to
offer.
E
All
right
and-
and
this
is
another
slide,
just
another
concept,
drawing
of
of
what
can
be
here
to
have
a
thriving
local
economy.
Our
understanding
of
council's
vision
is
that
it
will
support
local
business
owners
and-
and
we
believe
that
this
is
a
place
that
can
that
can
do
that
in
exponential
ways.
E
Folks
will
be
able
to
come
here
and
just
get
an
idea
sample
the
taste
of
what
asheville
has
to
offer
and
and
and
other
black
owned
businesses
will
be
able
to
collaborate
here
and
and
to
sell
their
products
and
services
from
this
place
and
we're
just
glad
to
be
able
to
participate
in
this
part
of
it.
A
Okay,
so
I
think
we're
gonna
wrap
it
up
back
with
our
key
takeaway,
so
jay.
Thank
you
so
much.
We
appreciate
you
and
your
partner
bruce
waller
who's
here
today
on
behalf
of
of
black
wall
street
avl.
Again,
we
feel
like
this
rfp
process
was
was
very
equitable,
was
very
fair
and
transparent.
A
Our
selection
committee
identified
as
the
grinds
black
wall
street
avl
as
the
proposal
that
best
aligned
with
council's
vision,
and
also
we
have
the
terms
here
that
they
have
put
forward
in
terms
of
the
lease
rate
which
meets
a
fair
market
value
of
that
space.
With
that
lease
term
four
years
initial
term,
with
a
renewal
of
four
years
so
really
to
wrap
it
all
up.
Staff
is
here
today
to
ask
for
ped's
endorsement.
A
B
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
it.
This
is
I
I
mean
I'm
really
excited
about
this
jay.
It's
this
looks
fun.
I
can't
wait
until
you
open,
so
that's
my
first
question.
I
mean
if,
if
council
approves
this,
when
will
this
open
when's
your
kickoff.
E
If
council
approves
this
that
the
weekend
after
city
council
meeting
is
actually
the
fall
celebration,
some
will
call
it
halloween.
So
we
would,
we
would
be
doing
activities
that
weekend
in
the
building.
E
If
council
approves
this,
then
for
30
days,
we
anticipate
lots
of
black
lead
activities
there,
folks
that
are
in
the
cohort
that
have
been
working
behind
the
scenes
on
this,
we've
invited
every
one
of
them
to
pick
a
day
to
highlight
whatever
business
or
idea
they
have
one
of
our
local
leaders,
joe
greene
many
people
know
him
for
hosting
comedy
shows
he's
also
made
it
very
public
that
he
has
cancer
and
he
is
advocating
for
early
screening
for
black
men,
and
so
he
said
well
jay
I'll,
take
every
saturday
night
and
make
sure
that
we
have
good
programming
on
saturday
nights.
E
So
there's
a
lot
of
energy
in
the
background,
of
course,
we're
we're
hoping
that
council
approves
it.
We
were
notified
by
mountain
express
that
we
were
voted
number
one
minority
owned
business
in
western
north
carolina
and
and
so
we're
just
trying
to
to
really
hold
space
for
more
and
more
black
businesses
to
do
their
thing.
So
it
will
start
that
very
weekend
on
saturday
october,
the
30th.
B
Great
okay-
and
this
is
a
a
detail,
but
really
I
think
it's
a
staff
question
who
is
going
to
maintain
the
restrooms
and
the
building.
A
Comes
to
my
mind
and
so
and
ellen
jump
in
here,
if
you
have
any
specifics
that
I
leave
out,
but
we,
those
restrooms,
are
currently
serviced
by
the
city,
and
they
will
continue
to
to
do
so.
So
the
restrooms
will
continue
to
be
serviced
by
the
city.
They
will
remain
public.
So
that
is
something
that
we
will
maintain,
and
that
was
part
of
the
party
part
of
trying
to
find
the
right.
A
Tenant
really
is
a
tenant
that
could
could
also
work
with
the
concept
of
having
the
restrooms
there
to
be
open
and
available
to
the
public
alongside
the
tenant's
use.
So
we
also
made
sure
that
the
the
rental
rate
reflected
that
as
well,
because
it's
not
as
if
it's
a
totally
private
space,
it
will
still
be
have
a
public
element
to
it.
So
the
city
will
continue
to
maintain
that,
throughout
the
duration
of
the
lease
okay.
B
Oh,
I
it
wouldn't
surprise
me
at
all-
and
I
mean
hopefully,
black
ash
black
wall
street
will
benefit
from
you
know,
people
who
come
in
to
use
the
restroom
and
might
look
around
and
hopefully
buy
some
stuff
or
learn
about
about
all
the
black
entrepreneurs
so
did
councilwoman,
kilgore
or
turner
questions
or
comments.
Before
I
ask
for
a
motion,
well,
the.
F
A
question
I
have
is
because
this
is
a
a
great
product
and
I
I
am
so
appreciative
of
jay
and
bruce
for
all
the
work
you've
done.
My
question
is,
it
looks
like
you
would
outgrow
this
place
very
quickly
and
I'm
just
wondering
about
what
other
you
know,
things
that
you
may
have
in
mind
to
expand,
because
I
I
can
see
you
know
this
is
definitely
something
that's
needed
and
it
will
outgrow
the
space
very
quickly
so
and
not
that
this
space
would
not
work.
F
It's
going,
it
will
work,
but
I
need
to
expand
into
different
areas.
Black
wall
street
doesn't
have
to
be
simply
located
to
just
one
area.
It
could
be
a
feature
that
sort
of
grows
all
over
asheville.
So
I
wish
you
all
luck
and
expanding,
because
I
would
love
to
see
that
happen.
If
that's
not
on
your
agenda.
E
Yeah
well,
expansion
is
always
on
our
mind,
but
our
idea
is
to
fit
into
the
business
incubation
and
the
the
ecosystem.
That's
already
here.
Asheville
has
wonderful
programs
that
really
help
support
businesses
like
businesses
like
mountain
blizz,
works
and
western
women's
business
center.
Those
are
our
partners
and
what
we
found
out
was
there's
this
small
gap
that
people
need
them,
but
some
folks
need
a
little
help
before
you
get
to
them,
and
so
we
intend
to
be
that
incubator
to
help
somebody
turn
their
idea
into
a
business.
E
So
imagine
this
being
a
rotating
door
where
this
becomes
a
first
step
before
somebody
goes
into
another
place,
right,
right,
right
and,
and
people
will
businesses
that
that
require
their
own
space
will
go
there.
Lots
of
the
companies
are
looking
for
their
own
space
and
they
have
their
start
here.
B
Else,
sandra
okay,
sage,.
C
Yeah
sandra
took
the
words
out
of
my
mouth.
I
think
that
you
both
asked
every
question
I
wouldn't
so
I
think
you
will
expand.
C
B
C
B
Right
I
mean
I
think
this
is
really
exciting
and
yeah.
I
I
can't
wait.
I'm
actually
gonna
be
out
of
town
that
first
night,
but
I'm
gonna
be
in
town
on
october
31st.
So
all
right
now,
I
can't
wait.
E
Well,
we've
got
some
plans
if
this
gets
approved,
we're
going
to
have
if
it
gets
approved,
then
we're
planning
for
costumes
on
the
greens
on
the
night
of
the
31st
and
some
other
things.
So
all
of
you
will
be
on
our
email
list
and
just
help
us
spread.
The
word
asheville
has
so
much
more
to
offer
than
what
has
historically
been
on
the
postcards
and
we're
just
trying
to
shed
light
on
more
of
the
greatness.
E
That's
here
in
nashville
and
and
you'll
be
pleasantly
surprised,
some
of
the
the
concepts,
ideas
and
businesses
that
that
you
know
black
entrepreneurs
in
nashville
have
in
mind
and
we're
we're
excited
about
this.
We're
pumped
just
waiting
to
hear
what
you
all
decide
and
what
city
council
decides.
We're
excited.
B
Well
great,
so
with
that,
may
I
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
recommendation
that
city
council
approve
a
resolution
authorizing
city
manager
to
sign
a
lease
agreement
with
the
grind
llc
at
eight
river
arts
place.
So.
B
Great
so
I'll
go
through
a
roll
call
vote,
councilwoman,
kilgore,
hi,
councilwoman
turner.
C
C
B
D
B
If
I
repeat
last
year,
I
was
like
a
zoom
call
and
I
wear
a
suit
up
top
and
I
had
pj
pj
pants.
That's
a
great
idea.
Okay!
So
now
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
move
to
the
general
public
comment.
Callers
will
have
three
minutes
to
comment
at
the
end
of
the
three
minutes.
Staff
will
ask
you
to
wrap
up
your
comment.