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From YouTube: Equity & Engagement Committee – May 16, 2023
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Regular meeting of the Asheville City Council's Equity & Engagement Committee.
Access the agenda and other meeting materials at the City of Asheville website: https://www.ashevillenc.gov/government/city-council-committees/equity-and-engagement-committee/
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B
Good
afternoon
I'm
Shanika
Smith,
the
chair
of
equity
and
engagement
committee
and
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
all
to
our
March
16th
remote
meeting.
All
Council
committee
members
and
staff
are
participating
virtually
for
those
of
you
out
there
with
us
today
welcome
to
help
our
audience
follow
along
our
state.
Each
section
of
the
agenda
aloud.
B
Sorry
to
get
some
feedback
our
state,
each
section
of
the
agenda
allowed.
We
are
streaming,
live
from
our
virtual
engagement
Hub,
which
is
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
Hub
link
on
the
front
page
of
the
city
website.
We
also
have
the
option
for
the
public
to
listen,
live
by
phone
for
to
call
in
live
by
phone
call,
the
number
855-925-2801
meeting
code
2689
your
phone
will
be
muted
and
you
will
hear
the
meeting
live
at
this
point.
The
speakers
will
push
star
three
to
enter
the
speaker.
B
Queue
I'll
now
go
through
and
introduce
our
committee
members
and
staff
who
are
participating
virtually.
We
also
have
special
guests
here
with
us
today
and
they'll
be
introduced
to
our
live
audience
later
on
in
our
meeting
just
a
quick
Hello
Steph
and
committee
members,
councilwoman
Kim
Roney
good
afternoon
assistant
city
manager,
Rachel
Wood,.
B
All
right
and
Sage
is
unable
to
attend
today's
meetings.
So
we'll
move
on
to
the
first
part
of
the
agenda
and
we'll
go
over
I'll
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
last
minute.
The
last
meeting's
minutes.
Second
I'm
going
to
do
a
roll
call
vote,
Kim,
I
and
myself,
I
promotion
carries
our
agenda
is
going
to
be
just
a
little
bit
different
than
what's
posted
on
the
website.
We
have
special
guests
today,
so
we're
going
to
allow
our
guests
to
go.
E
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Frank
McGowan
and
I'm,
the
interim
assistant
director
and
community
and
economic
development
with
us.
Today
we
have
Miller
3
Consulting
The
Firm
that
has
been
hired
to
perform.
The
disparity
study
for
for
the
city
of
Asheville
next
slide,
please
Katie,
so
I
want
to
start
with
some
key
takeaways.
The
city
is
legally
required
to
conduct
a
disparity
study
to
extend
the
existing
race
and
gender
conscious,
Contracting
and
purchasing
policy.
E
F
Good
afternoon
and
Frank,
thank
you
for
that
introduction
to
the
equity
and
engagement
committee
members.
Thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
take
a
moment
and
share
the
disparities
to
the
effort,
and
so
we
are
pleased
to
be
with
you
today
to
provide
that
update
next
slide
before
using
outline
of
this
afternoon's
brief
presentation.
I
will
provide
an
overview
of
the
firm.
F
We
conducted
a
very
first
disparity
study
in
1989,
where
we
correctly
anticipated
the
direction
of
the
courts
in
the
landmarks
City
of
Richmond
V
Crossing
decision,
which
I
will
speak
more
about
later
on.
We
have
extensive
experience
operating
in
the
fourth
circuit
at
some
of
our
past,
clients
are
presented
here
next
slide.
F
Our
project
team
brings
unparalleled
experience.
This
effort.
We
have
an
average
average
of
23
years
of
experience
and
inclusive
procurement,
contract
compliance
and
diversity
and
inclusion
space,
as
Frank
mentioned
today
with
me,
is
Larry
Scott,
who
you
would
hear
from
to
talk
about
the
timeline
Mr
Scott
is
serving
as
our
project
manager
for
this
effort.
Next
slide.
F
We
also
take
pride
in
ourselves
being
a
catalyst
for
economic
development,
and
we
do
this
in
conducting
disparity
Studies
by
utilizing
local
subconsultants
and
so
for
this
effort.
We
have
two
North
carolina-based
Hub,
consulting
firms
supporting
us
and
executing
quantitative
and
qualitative
tasks
in
true
Point
Solutions,
as
well
as
mmv,
Consulting
and
contracts,
and
you
can
see
the
areas.
Data
collection,
as
well
as
race,
neutral,
anecdote
analysis.
Support
are
the
areas
for
which
they
are
assisting
Us
in
this
engagement
next
slide.
Please
so
now
we'll
provide
a
brief
orientation
of
a
disparity
study.
F
What
a
disparage
that
is.
Why
do
you
conduct
disparity
studies
and
what
it
essentially
does
a
disparity
study
measure
next
slide.
In
short,
the
Spanish
study
is
a
research
study.
I
mean
it
is
a
type
that
is
designed
to
assess
whether
they
are
disparities.
There's
a
differences
in
participation
rates,
factors
that
are
considered
in
conducting
this
analysis
are
race,
ethnicity
and
gender.
It
involves
executing
methodology
that
has
both
qualitative
and
quantitative
components.
F
Overall,
they
provide
valuable
insight
into
the
organ
organization's
Health
as
a
release
of
diversity
and
inclusion.
And,
lastly,
it
really
identifies
opportunity
areas
for
advancement
of
current
efforts
and
progress
made
to
achieve
Milestones
related,
for
which
this
body
is
intimately
involved
with
next
slide.
F
So
why
do
you
conduct
a
disparity
study,
as
Frank
mentioned?
It
is
necessitated
in
part
by
the
Richmond
V
Crossing
decision.
That
decision
established
a
two-pronged
test
for
municipalities
who
are
considering
race,
conscious
initiatives.
The
first
prong
of
the
two-prong
test
is
to
establish
a
compelling
governmental
interest.
You
do
you
establish
that
interest
through
a
factual,
predicate,
but
factual.
Predicate
is
another
name
for
a
disparity
study.
The
second
prong
of
that
test
is
to
tailor
any
foul
inferences
of
discrimination
to
those
who
are
affected
and
impacted.
F
Additionally,
it
is
a
means
to
address
identify
discrimination
against
those
impacted
bodies
and
then,
lastly,
which
is
to
underscore
Frank's
point
at
the
outset.
It
is
a
legal,
defensible
means
to
establish
or
retain
preference
programs,
as
it
relates
to
Contracting.
I
will
note
that
it
is
one
tool
in
the
city's
tool
belt.
The
work
in
this
committee
is
a
direct
impact
on
the
economic
development
of
underserved
committees,
our
communities
I'm,
sorry,
but
with
policy
improvements,
adequate
oversight,
performance
and
testing
of
any
impacts
of
recommendations.
All
those
are
tools
in
your
tool
belt.
F
We
also
recognize
that
once
the
city
has
achieved
parity
and
there
is
no
longer
any
emphasis
of
discrimination-
there's
a
sunset
provision
that
states
that
you
can
then
move
to
race,
conscious,
initiative,
I'm,
sorry,
race,
neutral
initiatives,
because
you
have
remedied
those
past
identified
areas
of
where
efforts
of
discrimination
was
found
thanks
a
lot
please.
F
So
what
is
a
disparity
setting
measure?
In
short,
the
analysis
requires
both
quantitative
and
qualitative
components
which
are
highlighted
here.
The
quantitative
analysis
helps
us
understand,
past
performance
and
charts
trans.
The
quantitative
analysis
helps
us
to
better
understand
the
environment
and
any
policy
related
impacts
and
gives
us
insights
into
the
perceptions
and
experiences
of
businesses
who
are
attempting
to
do
business
with
the
city
of
Asheville,
and
we
do
this
through
executing
our
10-part
methodology
next
slide.
Please.
F
F
Secondarily,
the
procurement
analysis,
evaluates
policy
and,
most
importantly,
the
practices
of
those
making
the
bond
decision.
The
statistical
analysis
helps
us
to
understand
your
relevant
Market.
We
determine
the
relevant
market
for
each
procurement
type.
We
classify
your
procurement
types
into
five,
broad
areas:
construction,
architectural
engineering,
Services,
Professional,
Services,
non-professional
services
and
your
traditional
goods
and
supplies,
and
then
we
take
the
measures
file
from
rwa
availability
and
compare
the
proportion
of
those
firms
who
are
utilized
against
the
proportion
of
available
to
compute
the
disparity
ratio.
F
The
next
Trump.
The
next
sort
of
three
tasks
in
our
methodology
are
related
to
your
market
analysis,
and
this
is
where
we
are
engaged
in
the
community
to
understand
their
perceptions
and
experiences.
We
evaluate
race,
neutral
providers
and
management
and
technical
assistance
providers
to
determine
how
their
output
is,
creating
an
outcomes
and
making
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
more
commercially
viable
in
the
marketplace.
F
G
G
My
particular
Focus
for
this
engagement
is
around
the
review
and
Analysis
of
your
written
policies
and
procedures
along
with
interfacing,
with
identified
staff
members
to
see
if
day-to-day
practices
are
in
alignment,
with
your
written
policies
and
procedures
upon
being
engaged
for
this
opportunity,
we
mapped
out
the
10
part
methodology
that
they
just
detailed
placed
it
into
our
Gantt
chart
and
it
kind
of
identified
the
12-month
type
timeline
that
is
represented
if
I
could
get
the
next
slide.
Please.
G
Is
the
next
slide
showing
it
is
showing
okay
having
a
issue
here,
but
the
slide
identifies
the
timeline
by
which
all
of
the
individual
tasks
are
mapped
out?
As
you
can
see
on
the
represented
slide,
there
are
tests
that
occur
concurrently
and
that
average
throughput
of
the
individual
task
is
around
90
days.
If
I
would
have
done
a
better
job
on
that
timeline,
I
would
have
included
a
straight
black
line.
G
That
kind
of
shows
you
where
we
are
in
May
Frank
has
identified
that
we
are
about
halfway
through
the
engagement
and
the
intent
is,
as
we
continue
the
individual
tasks
associated
with
the
execution
of
this
important
work.
We
will
be
providing
drafts
in
a
regular
Cadence
for
your
jurisdiction
to
review
and
react
to
as
we
drive
toward
the
final
presentations
next
slide.
Please,
and
so
before.
G
I
turn
the
floor
back
over
to
Frank
for
him
to
give
the
balance
of
his
narrative
I'd
like
to
pause
here
for
any
reaction
to
the
overview
that
they've
delivered
and
the
timeline
that
we
just
discussed
at
a
high
level
being
mindful
of
the
time.
B
Thank
you
and
same
here.
This
is
exciting,
I'm,
not
sure
when
the
first
disparity
study
was
complete,
but
I
know
it
shifted
a
lot
in
conversations
and
our
programming
in
the
city.
One
question
that
I
have
you
said
that
you'll
be
able
to
release
drafts
before
the
final.
The
final
report
is
done.
Is
there
any
way
that,
when
those
drafts
are
complete
that
maybe
there
can
be
a
report
to
this
committee.
F
I
believe
so
we
have
been
in
discussions
with
Frank
around
at
what
point
we
release.
Typically,
we
make
make
sure
that
our
clients,
aware
of
those
findings
before
we
come
out
into
a
public
setting
and
so
I,
think
it
is
fair
to
say,
Frank
I'll,
look
for
some
confirmation
here
that
we
will
revisit
the
timing
for
which
we
will
come
back
to
this
committee.
E
Yes
and
I
can
speak
to
that
further.
Thank
you,
Dave
just
to
wrap
us
up.
The
next
slide
is,
is
up
and
I'm
going
to
get
to
the
timeline
in
a
moment,
but
I
just
want
to
mention
that
this
project
team,
it's
a
cross-departmental
effort,
I'm
leading
that
effort,
but
I've
got
assistance
from
various
departments
and
divisions
across
the
across
the
city
of
Asheville.
E
I'm.
Sorry,
I
see
a
hand.
E
Next
slide,
Katie
and
the
project
schedule
jumping
down
to
the
study
completion
date
is
targeted
in
in
around
August.
We'll
have
a
draft
final
report
due
to
the
city
in
September
near
the
end
of
September.
We
are
intending
to
have
presentations
to
this
committee
as
well
as
Council
in
October,
and
probably
the
most
important
date.
That
you'll
see
is
that
city
council
votes
on
whether
to
extend
the
ABI
policy.
E
Based
on
the
recommendations
of
this
most
recent
study
on
October
24th,
our
current
policy
sunsets
absent
extension,
it
will
sunset
on
November,
1st
2023.
E
council
member
Roney.
Your
question.
H
So,
last
night
after
the
community
reparations
commission,
one
of
the
conversations
that
seemed
to
be
lingering
was
the
stop.
The
harm,
audit
and
also
Economic
Development
impact
and
I
just
wondered
with
the
audit
that
we're
currently
doing
and
that
subcommittee
or
ifa's
group
of
work.
Is
there
any
intention
to
touch
base
to
see
if
there's
any
crossover
or
data
points
that
could
be
useful.
E
I
believe
we
will
need
to
see
what
the
results
of
the
disparity
study
are
before.
We
can
really
react
to
those,
so
we're
looking
forward
to
the
draft
recommendations
and
we
will
see
what
those
recommendations
are.
Certainly
the
intent
is
to
use
these
findings
to
determine
whether
or
not
or
determine
the
extension
of
the
current
policy,
and
then
we
can
see
what
other
recommendations
are
needed
to
address
in
the
interest
of
the
IFA.
H
And
the
second
thing
that's
been
coming
up
before
the
reparations
commission,
but
also
in
some
of
the
Legacy
neighborhoods
was
the
impact
of
Contracting
when
we
do
things
like
Road
repair
or
Parks
and
Rec
facility
thinking
of
Paving.
Specifically,
so
will
this
by
any
chance
touch
on
when
we
have
a
mutual
agreement
or
mou
with
ncdot,
let's
just
say
like
the
Merriman
Avenue
repaving
or
if
there
was
a
complete
Street
initiative
and
we
were
going
to
be
involved
in
a
mutual
Contracting.
H
E
H
So
that
helps
add
to
my
next
question.
When
we
come
back
and
we
see
a
recommendation,
is
it
possible
to
get
a
picture
of
what
percentage
of
the
contracts
we
have
so,
for
example,
if
we're
not
looking
at
where
we
contract
with
DOT
or
we
contract
with
the
county
or
we
contract
with
other
groups
in
the
region
that
say
TDA
for
example,
and
we
are
only
looking
at
the
city's
contracts,
could
we
get
an
understanding
of
what
percentage
of
our
total
contracts
were
actually
having
looked
at
yeah.
E
Dave
I'm
going
to
look
to
you
to
assist
me
here,
but
I
believe
the
answer
to
the
question
is:
we
are
really
only
looking
at
commercial
activity,
we're
not
looking
at
MOS
and
agreements
with
governmental
or
quasi-governmental
agencies
that.
F
Is
correct,
Frank
I
think,
council,
member
Ronnie?
What
we
can
do
is
if
there
is
documented
utilization
measures.
We
can
consider
those
as
we're
developing
recommendations
as
a
sort
of
proxy.
If
you
will
of
overall
utilization
in
the
marketplace.
H
Help
our
community
understand,
for
example,
let's
say
that
we're
looking
at
essentially
what
is
90
of
our
total
contracts
versus
if
it
was
only
30
percent.
It
might
help
us
to
tell
the
whole
story
if
we
knew
how
many
times
the
city
defers
to
well,
that's
not
really
our
jurisdiction,
even
if
we're
in
Partnership,
so
I
guess
I'm.
Looking
for
in
general,
this
may
be
like
a
deeper
dive
on
the
staff
level
and
take
a
little
bit
of
time,
but
like
what
percent
of
the
contracts
we're
actually
having
you
look
at.
F
Yeah
I
think
what
we
can
do
is
share
of
your
total
power,
which
what
percent
of
that
we
have
deemed
as
commercially
viable
and
those
things
that
are
non-commercially
available,
could
include
those
intergovernmental
agreements,
those
things
for
to
your
non-profit
sector,
whether
or
not
you're
supporting
your
local
y
MCAS
or
that
sort
of
thing
so
that
that
is
a
bifurcation
that
we
can
do
as
a
direct
byproduct
of
the
disparity
study.
H
Okay
thanks
and
then,
if,
if
anything,
comes
up,
that's
kind
of
in
that
Avenue,
if
we
have
a
way
to
touch
base
before
we
get
to
a
draft,
it
might
help
to
inform
different
questions.
For
example,
we
just
recently
had
a
conversation
about
rebuilding
a
park,
and
in
that
conversation
it
we
had
different
parts
of
the
county
and
the
city
and
the
city.
H
Schools
had
jurisdiction
over
certain
areas,
so,
for
example,
with
the
rebuilding
of
that
Park
fall
under
this
or
not
so
it
would
help
if
we
knew
which
pool
of
contracts
we're
pointing
folks
to
if
they
come
to
us
and
ask
questions
and
we
might
be
able
to
better
inform
the
studies.
So
those
questions
don't
come
at
the
end.
If
we
have
an
opportunity
to
look
at
them
through
this
process,
understood.
E
Oh,
no,
quite
all
right
the
key
takeaways.
Just
to
recap,
the
city
is
legally
required
to
conduct
a
disparity
study
in
order
to
extend
the
existing
race
and
gender
conscious,
Contracting
and
purchasing
policy
we're
at
the
midpoint
we
are
scheduled
to
complete.
The
study
is
scheduled
and,
as
I
mentioned,
draft
recommendations
will
be
presented
to
council
members
in
October,
with
the
action
required
to
extend
the
current
API
policy.
Are
there
any
other
questions.
B
Thank
you
all
for
assisting
our
city
and
look
forward
to
seeing
your
final
draft
on
to
the
next
one
of
our
agenda,
and
that
is
an
update
from
Miss
Brenda
Mills.
I
Thank
you
very
much.
Councilwoman
staff
and
guests
we're
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
update
from
our
reparations
meeting
yesterday
evening,
as
well
as
just
a
little
information.
I
want
to
kind
of
key
you
up
on
a
little
information
about
the
impact
impact,
focused
groups
who
they
are
and
what
they're
doing,
and
then
we
look
forward
in
future
meetings
to
bring
them
here
to
talk
with
you
more
about
the
work
that
they're
doing
next
slide.
Thank
you
Katie.
I
So
key
takeaways
as
we
get
started
so
you're
going
to
hear
the
community
reparations
commission
or
the
CRC,
they
heard
updates
on
several
key
items.
Last
night
the
education
and
health
and
wellness
impact
Focus
areas,
the
CRC
members
will
provide
an
update.
Well,
actually
let
me
take
that
back.
We
did
not
get
to
the
point
of
updating
them
about
the
audit
scope
of
work,
but
it
was
provided
to
them
around
with
the
timeline.
So
we're
looking
at
that.
I
The
responses
coming
in
June,
the
8th,
an
update
on
the
data
request
and
research
took
a
lot
of
conversation
and
information
last
night
and
then
CRC
Retreat
discussion.
We
had
a
little
bit
of
discussion
around
that
we're
planning
on
that
and
then
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
status
of
work
by
the
ifas
next
slide.
Miss
Katie,
so
education
and
health
and
wellness
as
I
said,
gave
their
updates
last
night.
I
I
do
know
health
and
wellness
and
education
have
the
bulk
of
the
data
requests
that
we're
still
working
on
a
lot
of
the
data
requests.
No
about
half
or
more
of
the
data
requests
are
research
level,
so
they
can't
just
be
pulled
from
somewhere
and
provided.
We
are
very
grateful
to
the
county
for
adding
us
full-time
temporary
staff
to
special
collections
with
Kate
cutshaw.
That
person
will
be
online
soon
and
they
will
start
that
research
project
so
as
a
pro
as
a
as
a
part
of
that.
I
I
We
did
not
talk
a
lot
about
the
scope
of
work,
but
I'd
love
to
update
you
on
we're
still
looking
at
Spring
and
Summer
for
the
evaluation
and
selection
we're
looking
at
around
the
first
week
of
July
choosing
a
vendor
for
this
scope
of
work
fall
and
winter
finalizing
the
audit
reviewing
and
prioritizing
recommendations.
I
So
when
we
talked
about
the
data
of
course
updates
the
two
departments
that
we
have
working
on
that
and
I
want
to
give
them
a
lot
of
Kudos
in
strategy
and
Innovation
with
the
county
and
the
cities
office
of
data
and
performance,
all
staff
most
of
their
staff,
was
there
last
night
along
with
Kate,
so
from
special
collections
with
the
Buncombe
County
Library.
They
took
a
lot
of
questions
around
the
data.
I
Think
communication
that
we're
trying
to
really
you
know
match
up
is
that
I
think
what
happens
is
they're
asking
for
a
lot
of
data,
but
we're
not
sure
what
they're
trying
what
harm
they're
trying
to
address
so
we're
going
back
out
the
the
data,
the
data
and
performance
teams
are
going
out
as
well
as
kit
cut,
show
I
attend
the
meetings,
we're
trying
to
get
a
little
bit
more
communication
around
the
data
you're
asking
for
what
is
the
harm
you're
trying
to
redress
so
we're
going
to
give
them
what
we
have
immediately
the
other.
I
We
will
provide
the
research
we're
hoping
in
the
next
30
to
45
days
and
then
the
retreat
we're
looking
at
a
Saturday
for
that
I
think
most
of
our
folks
work.
So
it's
very
difficult
for
them
to
be
off,
or
you
know
we're
thinking
at
least
four
to
six
hours,
so
we're
working
on
a
date
for
that.
So
we'll
be
hearing
more
about
that
soon.
Next
slide.
I
So
impact
Focus
there
is
so
they're,
divided
into
smaller
work
groups
to
develop
specific
strategies
around
the
the
impact
Focus
areas,
there's
five
criminal
justice,
Economic
Development
education,
housing
and
health
and
wellness
each
member
was
to
there's
a
member
from
the
commission
based
on.
You
know
how
they
rated
their
interest
in
these
impact.
Focus
areas
we
have
subject
matter,
experts
from
the
city
and
county
want
to
give
great
kudos
to
our
staff,
the
county
staff.
They
are
well
Behind.
I
These
folks
helping
you
know
with
this
information
and
running
these
meetings
and
then
our
larger
Community
I
mean
our
larger
city
and
county
team,
as
well
as
our
community,
we're
bringing
in
folks
locally
to
speak
to
them.
For
example,
we
brought
in
the
sheriff
and
achieved
to
talk
with
the
criminal
justice
folks
in
health
and
wellness.
I
We've
had
different
folks,
Dr
Armstrong,
who
came
on
board
in
March,
as
the
chief
equity
and
human
rights
officer
has
been
helping,
Ginger
Khloe
at
the
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
with
our
Health
and
Wellness
Group,
really
bringing
in
local
experts
and
we're
piping
in
folks
virtually
we
can
do
that
now
to
really
talk
to
them
about
initiatives
that
are
going
across
the
country
next
I.
I
I
Most
of
them
meet
some
a
couple
of
them
meet
twice
a
month
that
will
go
on
until
probably
at
least
July
or
August
as
they're
starting
to
form
recommendations.
We
do
have
a
process
for
recommendations.
I
They
they
come
up
with
the
recommendations
that
they
are
considering
most
most
pertinent
in
their
areas
and
then
the
project
manager
and
the
IFA
facilitators,
who
are
local
folks,
keep
this
in
one
document
and
then
there's
a
form
which
you
which
the
council
people
will
affectionately.
No,
it's
like
a
looks
like
a
staff
report,
so
we
give
information
on.
You
know
what
is
the
title
of
this
harm
or
recommendation?
I
What
are
we
trying
to
redress?
What
is
the
data
around
that?
Is
there
any
cost
around
that,
so
they
try
to
provide
as
much
as
they
can
so
that
we're
looking
at.
If
there's
still
need
more
data,
it
is
obvious
to
us
what
data
they
need.
So
these
are
our
five
areas.
Okay,
next
slide,
so
we're
looking
at
how
recommendations
are
made.
I
So
we're
really
looking
at
how
do
you
prioritize
based
on
feasibility
and
Community
impact,
so
just
a
reminder
that
the
impact
has
is
not
personal
to
an
individual
or
to
a
certain
group.
It
is
for
black
Asheville
and
totality
as
well
as
it
needs
to
be
feasible.
Now
we
know
in
the
areas
of
health
and
wellness
and
education,
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
Authority
there,
so
we
are
working
with
the
school
systems.
I
We
are
working
with
our
medical
folks
to
kind
of
see
you
know
what
a
feasible
they
also
work
with
our
legal
team
as
well,
so
that
would
be
micro-free
with
the
county
and
Brad
Branham.
Here
with
the
city,
feasibility
is
based
on
whether
the
recommendations,
whether
it's
a
policy
project
or
a
program,
can
we
implemented
or
legally
supported.
So
legal
has
been
really
really
good
in
helping
them
understand.
I
Language
we've
been
doing
some
research
around
language
that
we've
heard
across
the
country,
because
we
know
that
there
will
be
some
level
of
pushback
on
some
of
these
recommendations.
I
They
should
be
fairly
broad
as
I
mentioned,
and
they
do
not
survey
private
interests,
but
they're
they're
meant
to
impact
the
greater
black
community
and
Asheville
and
in
Buncombe
County,
and
then
the
recommendations
have
to
address
our
five
impact
areas
next
slide:
Miss
Katie,
so,
like
I
said,
we
had
several
updates
from
them.
I'm
I'm,
really
sad.
I
We
did
not
get
to
talk
with
them
as
much
about
the
audit
scope
of
work,
but
we
definitely
heard
from
Education
Health
and
Wellness
and
I
will
tell
you
that
each
meeting
hearing
from
the
rfas
has
really
energized
our
team.
Our
our
community
reparations
commission
members.
This
has
been
a
long
process
for
them
and
we
got
still
got
another
11
months
to
go
so
I
think
you
know
just
having
them
work
in
those
individual
groups
has
really
energized
them.
I
You
know
I
mean
even
well
aware
you
can.
You
can
be
well
aware
that
when
the
data
folks
go,
we
get
more
data
requests,
so
we're
really
trying
to
catch
up
with
those
research
and
we're
still
looking
at
the
data
that
doesn't
require
research.
So
a
lot
of
that's
going
to
be
fulfilled
in
the
next
two
weeks
or
so
and
then
anything
that's
research,
we've
already
we're
working
off
a
smart
sheet.
I
I
do
need
to
tell
you
that
and
all
of
this
all
the
requests
everything
that
we've
been
asked
for
will
be
saved
for
posterity.
So
we
will
know
what
that
is.
They
also
were
provided
a
dashboard,
so
they
can
go
in
and
look
each
of
the
commission
members
can
go
in
and
look
and
see
where
we
are
with
the
projects.
So
yeah.
B
And
any
idea
when
you'll
resume
taking
data
requests,
I.
I
H
Let's
see
so
some
of
the
things
that
I
took
away
from
being
in
the
meeting
last
night
was
there
is
a
new
full-time
employee,
that's
starting
on
Monday
this
next
Monday,
the
22nd
and
the
way
that
I
was
understanding.
It
is
that
full-time
employee
already
has
experience
in
data
collections,
they're
going
to
be
able
to
hit
the
ground
running
and
that
they'll
be
through
the
special
collections.
Staffing
right,
I
think
that
was
encouraging
and
I
also
heard
concern
about
the
capacity
and
the
data
request
cap
on
June
15th
but
I.
H
At
the
same
time,
I
did
hear
the
data
collection
staff
speaking
to
the
intention
to
to
touch
base
with
each
impact
focused
area
before
then.
H
H
Do
we
know
if
there's,
if
they're,
just
showing
up
to
the
regularly
scheduled
meetings?
Are
they
being
asked
to
show
up
to
more
meetings
than
the
ones
that
are
already
scheduled.
I
Education
is
making
an
effort
to
reach
out
to
other
ifas.
They
all
want
to
cross-pollinate.
So
that's
part
of
what
the
retreat
is.
The
retreat
will
will
be
a
year
look
back
wherever
we
come
from.
Where
are
we
now?
I
What
do
we
need
to
do,
and
it
will
also
give
us
time
for
those
ifas
to
give
a
more
broader
look
at
their
work,
not
just
the
team
minutes
and
then
look
at
where
they
and
they're
already
in
their
ifas
now,
in
fact,
Focus
areas
now
looking
at
here
are
the
three
or
four
recommendations
we
feel
cross
over
to
education,
criminal
justice
or
whatever
so
they're.
Looking
at
that
now,
they're
doing
that
pre-work.
Now,
that's
great!
Yes,.
H
Okay
and
then
what
I
did
here
is
it
seemed
like
stuff
was
a
support
staff,
especially
from
the
data
collection
side,
was
hearing
that,
if
it
is
possible
to
to
get
caught
up
on
some
of
the
data
requests
and
reopen
that
that
that's
certainly
on
the
table
and
absolutely.
I
So,
let's
not
use
shutdown
and
close.
We
said
moratorium,
which
means
we're
just
gonna,
leave
it
in
advance
for
about
30
to
45
days,
but
we
have
to
catch
up,
because
if
we
don't
we're,
never
going
to
get
the
research
stuff,
that's
been
needed
for
them.
The
other
thing
is
having
conversation
around.
Do
you
still
need
these
data
requests
because
some
things
were
given
a
while
back
and
we
still
need
to
know
are
these
still?
I
Are
these
still
relevant?
Have
we
have
we
understood
what
you
need
so
that
you
can?
You
know,
make
your
recommendations.
I
will
say:
education
is
not
waiting
for
data;
they
are
already
working
on
their
recommendations.
They're
just
literally
sliding
the
data
in
as
they
get
it.
So
we've
got
folks
working
very
hard
on
this.
We
actually
have
some
stuff.
That's
going
to
be
added
to
our
spreadsheet
in
the
next
few
weeks
so
and
we
when
we
keep
them
updated
as
we
go
along.
That's
the
project
manager's
job.
H
Did
hear
that
the
dashboard
which
it
seems
like
could
be
useful
not
just
for
today's
work
at
this
moment,
but
future
bodies
of
work
while
they're,
for
example,
digitizing
documents?
H
I
Don't
say
why
not
all
of
this
work
is
public
work,
and
so
at
this
point
we
just
wanted
to
make
sure
our
IFA
commission
members
could
see
what
was
being
done,
what
the
progress
was
and
they
can't
manipulate
stuff.
So
we
we're
still
trying
to
keep
that
kind
of
closed
so
that
we
can
keep
up
with
what
we're
doing,
but
I
don't
see
why
not
in
the
future.
H
And
then
the
last
thing
I'll
just
say
is
that
sometimes
in
these
meetings,
because
it's
such
a
large
table
and
a
short
period
of
time
that
you
don't
always
get
to
hear
everyone's
voice,
but
I
really
appreciate
it.
At
the
end
of
the
meeting
that
the
co-chair
went
around
and
heard
everyone's
voice,
it
was
the
first
time
that
I
had
gotten
a
chance
to
make
sure
that
every
single
person
was
heard
even
if
they
passed
and
so
I
felt
like.
That
was
a
really
great
way
to
end.
The
meeting.
I.
I
Chair
Dr
Mullen
had
to
do
this
by
himself,
while
our
vice
chair
could
not
be
there
last
night,
so
we
we
that
is
at
every
meeting
at
the
bottom
end
of
every
meeting
if
we
can
get
to
it.
If
we
were
too
too
far
after
eight
o'clock
generally
folks
are
ready
to
go
home,
but
we
tried
very
hard
to
do
that.
So,
thank
you
very
much
for
being
there.
We
appreciate
it.
B
Thank
you,
Brenda
Mills,
I,
appreciate
you
all
right.
We'll
move
on
to
the
next
part
of
our
agenda.
Did
somebody
raise
their
hand?
It's
just
Saturday.
Okay
dollar
is
going
to
go
over
our
national
Community
survey
and
then
she'll
also
talk
about
the
neighborhood
matching
grants
update.
D
Okay,
good
afternoon
committee
members,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
in
front
of
you
today.
My
name
is
dawah
Hitch
and
I
have
the
pleasure
of
serving
as
the
city's
communication
and
public
engagement
director
today
I'm
going
to
give
an
update
on
a
survey
that
the
city
has
done
over
the
last
10
plus
years
on
a
about
a
three-year
schedule
and
that's
the
national
Community
survey
next
slide
all
right.
A
few
key,
a
few
key
takeaways,
the
national
Community
survey,
was
formerly
named
the
National
citizen
survey.
D
Just
so
everybody
knows
we're
talking
about
the
the
same
thing,
but
there
was
a
very
intentional
name:
change
there
to
acknowledge,
I'm,
guessing
that
our
communities
are
made
up
of
both
citizens
and
non-citizens,
so
that
National
Community
survey
provides
a
community
livability
report,
which
is
a
pretty
digestible
format
that
takes
the
survey,
results
and
packages
it
so
that
we
can
get
a
good
idea
of
of
what
the
general
livability
of
our
city
is,
as
it
relates
to
our
resident
opinion.
D
D
Our
survey
results
inform
the
budget
process
and
operational
priorities
and
organizational
and
departmental
work
plans,
and,
finally,
today's
staff
will
be
requesting
committee
guidance
on
the
opportunity
for
some
open-ended
questions
within
the
survey
next
slide.
All
right,
a
little
bit
of
the
history
I
mentioned
that
we've
done
this
every
few
years
for
a
period
of
time.
The
first
time
the
city
can
contracted
with
poco.
To
do
this
survey
was
in
2008.
It
was
done
again
in
2015,
2018
and
2020..
So
here
we
are
in
2023
ready
to
launch.
D
Hopefully
this
fall
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
later
in
the
presentation.
So
the
survey
is
available
in
English
and
Spanish
as
well
as
Russian
and
the
topic
areas.
The
areas
that
the
survey
seeks
to
understand
as
it
relates
to
our
community's
perception
of
the
livability
of
Asheville,
are
there
in
that
table.
I
won't
read
them
all,
but
just
a
few
safeties
really
there's
time
and
energy
spent
on
safety,
health
and
wellness
inclusivity
and
engagement
and
education.
D
D
A
different
bucket
there
are,
there
are
questions
that
in
the
past
have
have
related
to
affordability,
and
certainly
we
can
I.
If
the
committee
is
interested,
I
can
get
a
full
list
of
The
Benchmark
standard
questions
that
are
being
asked
and
at
the
end
of
this,
if
there
are
questions
related
to
housing
or
affordability
that
would
like
you
all
would
like
to
be
included
as
an
open-ended
question.
There's
there's
that
opportunity
as
well
righty.
D
So
next
slide.
Thank
you
for
that
question
methodology
I'll
run
through
this
really
quick.
Unless
anybody
has
any
questions
and
if
some
folks
don't
find
this
very
interesting,
I
find
it
fascinating
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
all
might
have,
but
regarding
validity
of
this
survey
it
does
have
a
95
confidence
interval
and
then
the
margin
of
Errors
plus
or
minus
five
around
any
given
percent.
D
That's
reported
for
all
respondents
and
that's
really
important
to
note
that
that
that
is
around.
If
we're
looking
at
our
demographic
information,
the
cross
tabular
data,
we
may
not
always
have
such
a
high
or
such
a
low
margin
of
area
and
just
wanted
to
be
very
transparent
about
that.
But
it's
noted
in
the
report
that
we
get
from
polko.
D
They've
got
return
envelopes,
then
here
you
know
in
the
last
few
years,
as
technology
has
become
more
and
more
available
to
more
people,
they
are
also
sending
out
postcards
with
an
invitation
to
complete
the
survey
online
and
additionally,
this
one's
interesting
we've
heard
in
the
past
that
that
folks
are
sometimes
concerned
that
their
voices
aren't
heard
if
they
weren't
part
of
the
sample
for
the
survey,
and
so
what
polko
has
done
is
created
this
opportunity
for
all
community
members,
anybody
to
fill
out
the
online
survey,
and
so
that's
there.
D
It's
captured
it's
memorialized,
and
then
we
can
always
look
to
the
actual
sampled
survey
to
to
make
sure
that
we've
got
a
good
representative
sample
as
a
foundation.
Next
slide
all
right:
the
national
benchmarking.
It
does
include
cities
like
Cary,
Chapel,
Hill,
Durham,
Greenville,
High,
Point
and
Raleigh.
Those
are
some
of
the
cities
in
North
Carolina,
but
again
it
does
cover
cities
across
the
United
States.
D
This
survey
has
been
endorsed
by
the
by
icma,
the
international
of
City
Managers
Association,
and
there
there's
typically
a
lot
of
buy-in
for
different
cities
across
the
country
to
participate.
We
also
and
have
the
opportunity
and
have
taken
this
opportunity
in
in
the
past,
to
really
Benchmark
against
other
cities
that
are
similar
to
Asheville.
D
So
that's
an
option
that
we've
had
where
we
can
look
at
tourism-based
economies
and
see
if
our
satisfaction
rates,
how
they
stack
up
against
cities
that
that
have
the
same
type
of
economic
drivers
that
we
have
so
there's
some
examples
that
are
in
that
particular
custom
Benchmark
or
Aspen
Clearwater
Sevierville,
Tennessee,
Virginia,
Beach,
Virginia,
there's
there's
a
number
of
them
next
slide
all
right.
D
Next
slide,
all
right.
So,
in
addition
to
transparency,
it's
also
an
opportunity
for
continuous
Improvement,
and
here
again
are
the
different
ways
that
the
survey
results
are
used
to
inform
City
operations,
one
certainly
through
our
engagement
strategies.
There
are
a
number
of
questions
in
the
survey
about
engagement.
It
also
informs
the
budget
process
departmental
work
plans
and
organizational
work
plans
next
slide.
D
The
tentative
timeline
for
this
is
we're
hoping
to
finalize
the
survey
material
by
August.
Get
the
surveys
mailed
out
by
September
Poco
Works
to
get
the
responses
in
and
then
do
more
pushes
if
we're
not
reaching
the
numbers
that
we
need
to
reach
to
have
a
proper
sample,
and
then
data
collection
ends
in
October
and
then
they
take
from
October
until
December
to
finalize
the
report
with
the
report
coming
in
in
December,
so
that
it's
there
and
available
as
we
work
through
the
fy25
budget
process.
D
Next
slide
all
right.
So
here's
the
questions
we
have
for
the
committee.
You
all
have
some
direction
about
whether
or
not
to
again
use
this
particular
custom
question,
and
that
is
we've
asked
people
to.
D
Please
indicate
how
important,
if
at
all,
each
of
the
following
Investments
are,
and
so
council
member
Roni
here's
one
of
those
areas
where
he
very
specifically
been
able,
in
the
past
to
capture
affordable
housing,
for
example,
and
you
can
see
there
in
the
blue
box
the
other
items
that
were
included
in
that,
and
so
if
there
are,
if
there's
anything
that
you
would
like
to
see
included,
or
maybe,
if
there's
something
that's
not
as
important
this
year,
we
do
have
an
option
in
these
particular
questions
to
edit
what
we're
asking
all
right
next
slide,
the
next
custom
question.
D
This
was
one
that
we
only
asked
in
2018
and
I
will
note
that
that
was
before
we
had
our
living
Asheville
plan,
our
comprehensive
plan.
So
back
in
2018,
we
said
in
planning
future
development.
How
important,
if
at
all,
are
each
of
the
following
to
the
city
of
Asheville's
identity
and
character,
and
you
can
see
those
choices
there
to
the
right
next
slide.
D
Then
now
we're
moving
into
the
special
topic,
questions
that
are
available
and
one
that
we've
asked
since
2008
is.
What
do
you
think
is
the
same?
The
single
biggest
issue
facing
Asheville
over
the
next
three
to
five
years,
so
we've
got
the
opportunity,
of
course,
to
ask
that
one
again,
if
you
all
think
that's
a
good
idea,
I
I
do
and
the
second
one
just
want
to
frame
this
as
another
benefit
of
the
national
Community
survey,
and
that
is
because
it
is
statistically
significant.
D
Our
police
department
and
other
departments
are
often
able
to
use
the
results
from
that
for
their
accreditation
requirements,
and
so
this
question
was
related
to
apd's
accreditation
and
we've
been
able
to
ask
that
question
through
this
survey
as
well,
that
being
any
suggestions
or
recommendations
for
improved
Police
Services,
the
third
one,
this
related
to
short-term
rentals.
If
you
want
to
think
back
to
2018,
that
was
a
really
big
question
facing
our
community
and
there
were
lots
of
different
opinions
about
it.
D
So
the
next
steps
staff
is
will
take
any
input
that
we've
received
today
and
draft
questions
to
bring
back
to
the
committee
for
final
approval
this
summer,
and
then
there
are
survey
materials.
We
anticipate
that
we
need
to
get
the
survey
materials
back
to
Poco
in
August
so
that
we
can
follow
that
timeline
of
having
results
in
as
we
are
launching
the
budget
process.
D
And
again,
just
some
key
takeaways,
we
get
a
report
from
this
survey.
We
get
crosstabular
data
where
we
can
look
and
see
if
different
demographic
groups
respond
differently
to
different
questions.
We
have
Benchmark
comparisons
where
we
can
compare
against
other
cities,
and
we
can
also
look
at
how
our
ratings
are
trending
over
time.
Those
survey
results
inform
both
the
budget
process,
departmental
work
plans
and
operational
priorities,
as
well
as
our
engagement
strategies
and
staff,
is
here
today
to
give
this
update
and
capture
any
initial
feedback
or
input.
D
H
B
H
Okay,
first
of
all,
thank
you.
I
started
sketching
some
preliminary
thoughts
and
I'll
send
them
to
you,
dawa,
if
that's
helpful,
and
to
Rachel,
so
that
y'all
can
maybe
marinate
and
see
where
other
council
members
might
have
some
ideas,
but
I'd
be
curious
to
know
if
they're,
if
it's
common
for
our
other
North
Carolina
Benchmark
cities
to
add
to
the
survey
and
if
so,
what
they
are
adding.
H
D
We
do
have
a
sense
and
it's
it's
been
really
great-
to
work
with
them
on
this,
because
they've
been
doing
it
for
so
long,
they've
got
so
many
connections,
so
I
I
can
recall
when
we
were
working
on
our
short
term
in
2018,
when
we
were
working
on
the
short-term
rental
ordinance.
They
definitely
worked
on
that
language
with
us.
Looking
at
what
other
cities
had
been,
how
they
had
been
framing
that
question
and
then,
of
course
making
sure
that
our
questions
don't
have
any
bias
or
anything.
D
H
I
would
love
to
see
that,
because
that
might
just
help
me
understand
like
the
process
they
go.
If
you
have
like
a
document
you've
used
in
the
past
or
something
I'm
not
trying
to
make
a
lot
of
extra
work,
because
I
actually
have
some
other
bigger
ideas
here,
for
example,
is
there
anything
that
could
be
added
here
that
might
fill
gaps
in
our
understanding
are
dig
in
a
little
bit
deeper
than
maybe
the
census
does.
H
For
example,
we
could
ask
if
someone
is
a
renter
or
a
homeowner,
but,
more
importantly,
we
might
be
able
to
ask
like
what
percentage
of
the
household
income
is
spent
on
housing
or
could
that
go
alongside
of
what
does
affordable
housing
mean
to
you,
because
if
we
do
have
a
chance
to
add
open-ended
questions,
and
there
is
a
Common
Thread
across
North
Carolina,
it
might
give
us
a
chance
to
understand
where
we
need
to
fill
in
some
gaps
of
education
and
what
we're
doing
to
meet
the
public
expectation.
D
Yeah,
that
is
absolutely
something
that
we
can
look
into
and
we
can
dig
into
it
a
little
bit
more
with
with
the
consultant
that
we
work
with
to
prepare
because
I
will
say
the
way
it
has
worked
in
the
past.
Is
they
haven't
necessarily
given
us
the
questions
from
other
cities,
but
they've
said
they
said:
we've
looked
at
what
we've
done.
D
We've
got
a
number
of
cities
that
have
asked
this
question
and
kind
of
here's
where
we
landed
on
it,
but
we
can
certainly
ask
just
you
know
what
information
do
you
all
have
that
we
can
share
with
our
Council
to
see
what's
happening,
city-wide
or
across
the
state
or
the
country
whatever
level
you
all
are
interested
in
and
then
those
open-ended
questions
absolutely
create
an
opportunity
for
Creative,
Solutions
or
creative
yeah.
D
Maybe
creative
approaches
to
to
how
some
of
those
really
complex
challenges
like
affordable
housing
can
be
dealt,
and
then
we
can
get
a
better
understanding,
I
think
with
an
open-ended
question,
as
you
said
just
what
does
that
mean
to
you,
which
would
be
a
little
bit
harder
to
ask
through
a
series
question
or
a
different,
a
multiple
choice,
kind
of
question,
and
then
I
will
say
that
rent
or
own
is
definitely
one
of
the
demographics
that
is
considered.
D
So
we
do
have
cross
tabular
data
on
rent
own
again,
depending
on
how
many
people
responded
to
that
question.
Sometimes
you
know
this.
You
know
the
margin
of
error
might
be
a
little
bit
larger,
but
at
least
we've
got
something
to
go
on
and
or
go
back
and
do
a
little
bit
more
researcher
intentional
Outreach
to
see
if
that
is
indeed
what
our
community.
If
it's
representative
of
our
community.
H
Similar
vein
I
was
curious,
like
if,
if
we're
trying
to
get
a
picture
of
what
our
folks
concerns
in
the
next
five
years,
what
would
it
look
like
to
have
a
question
around?
H
Doesn't
someone
in
your
household
participate
in
youth
or
after
school
programming,
either
as
a
participant,
a
parent
or
Guardian
a
volunteer
or
employee
that
might
give
us
a
bigger
picture
and
then
on
a
totally
different?
Maybe
parallel
track
is:
is
the
county
participating
in
this
foreign.
D
To
households
that
are
within
the
city
limits
now
we
do
share
our
results
because
it
is
a
comprehensive.
It's
a
snapshot
of
our
resident's
perception
of
Asheville's
livability,
and
it
includes
it
does
have
questions
like
that.
Questions
about
education,
satisfaction
with
education
or
health
and
wellness
things
that
are
are
outside
of
the
city's
core
Service
delivery.
H
Okay
so
since
the
County's
not
involved,
we
might
have
to
think
about
this
one,
but
I
wonder
what
it
looks
like
to
break
out.
Public
Safety
a
little
bit
so
both
as
a
chance
to
educate
but
also
gain
feedback
on
our
new
and
expanding
or
growing
services
like
since
the
last
time
we've
done
the
survey
we've
added
some
areas
around
homelessness,
response,
opioid
and
substance,
use,
crisis,
violence,
interrupter,
programming,
I,
think,
would
fall
more
into
the
county,
but
our
community
responder
program.
H
So
if
folks
don't
know
that
we're
doing
new
things
around
Public
Safety
response,
I
don't
want
us
to
miss
the
opportunity,
because
we
asked
a
broad
question
instead
of
maybe
like
having
a
chance
to
break
that
out.
Does
that
make
sense.
D
H
Right
so
I'm,
just
imagining
if
someone's
like,
we
have
to
do
something
around
Public,
Safety,
I'm,
specifically
concerned
about
our
unhoused
or
housing,
insecure
neighbors,
and
then
we
miss
the
opportunity
to.
Let
folks
know
that
we
were
doing
things.
I
haven't
just
found
a
lot
of
times
if
I
go
to
a
neighborhood
meeting,
for
example,
folks
didn't
know
about
the
community
paramedicine
program
to
the
county
or
that
we
were
piloting
a
community
responder
program
parallel.
So
I
just
didn't
want
us
to
miss
that
opportunity.
H
So
I'll
just
send
you
the
sketch
that
I
have
and
thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
bounce
some
ideas
in
real
time
with
you.
D
Yeah,
it's
very
much
appreciate
that,
and
certainly
I
think
you,
you
sparked
an
idea
at
the.
There
is
a
message
from
the
mayor
that
goes
out
with
the
national,
with
with
the
survey
so
I
think
that
could
be
a
great
place
where
maybe
we
could
Point
people
towards
our
annual
report
if
they're
interested
in
some
of
the
services
that
are
being
provided
so
I
appreciate
that
feedback,
great
things.
D
C
So
we'll
definitely
come
back
to
this
committee
with
feedback
on
the
the
additional
research
that
dawa
is
going
to
do
with
the
national
Community
survey.
The
current
plan
council
member
Smith
is
to
come
to
a
future
agenda
briefing
just
to
give
Council
an
opportunity
to
provide
feedback.
C
I,
don't
think,
there's
a
plan
to
bring
this
forward
to
full
council
at
a
council
meeting,
but
just
to
get
any
other
feedback
on
potential
open-ended
questions
that
we
might
want
to
consider
prior
to
that
August
date
that
Dao
reference
where
we,
when
we
have
everything
finalized
so
that
then
the
survey
can
go
out
and
we
can
have
the
data
ready
in
time
to
inform
the
fy25
budget
process.
C
H
C
A
that's
a
really
good
point,
and,
and
yes,
they're,
very
interested
in
this.
It's
a
really
exciting
time
again.
Strategic
planning
and
Performance
Management
is
a
is.
C
Passion
of
mine,
in
addition
to
getting
to
work
on
it
every
day
at
work
and
in
addition
to
us
having
the
national
Community
survey,
we're
also
launched
relaunching
our
participation
in
the
North
Carolina
benchmarking
project.
So
this
is
a
really
exciting
year,
where
we're
going
to
have
benchmarking
data
from
peer
cities
across
this
across
the
country,
as
well
as
some
standardized
information
on
what
cities
across
the
state
of
North
Carolina
are
doing.
H
I
just
realized
when
you
said
that
how
helpful
it
would
be
for
me
if
I
hadn't
been
in
this
conversation
and
I
was
sitting
in
a
agenda
briefing
if
there
was
a
way
to
present
this
to
council
that
also
included
where
the
questions
match
up
with
our
strategic
priorities,
absolutely
I
know
in
the
past.
It's
like.
Oh,
we
don't
want
to
leave
out
climate
neighborhood
resilience
or
we
don't
want
to
leave
out
reparations
and
it'd
be
really
easy
to
see
where
we
were
missing
our
own
priorities.
H
C
C
We
currently
looking
at
and
the
North
Carolina
benchmarking
project
and
and
comparing
that
to
the
data
that's
being
collected
by
the
national
Community
survey,
but
I
think
it's
it's
something
that
we
can
start
that
conversation
around
here
are
areas
where
we're
already
collecting
data,
and
then
here
are
areas
where
we
have
specific
projects,
programs
and
initiatives,
plan
that
are
aligned
with
those
priorities
and
so
I
think
we
can
start
heading
in
that
direction.
H
D
All
right,
this
is
what
I'm
really
excited
to
to
bring
to
you
all
both
to
share
information
and
to
for
the
first
time
formally
I
believe
introduce
Miss,
Christina
Israel,
who
is
our
community
engagement
manager?
She
oversees
the
small
and
mighty
Community
engagement
division
within
our
team
and
oversees
the
work
of
our
neighborhood
services
specialist.
So
please
welcome
Miss,
Christina,
Israel
she's
done
an
amazing
job.
D
Getting
this
program
up
and
running
you're
going
to
hear
a
lot
about
the
evolution
of
it
and
just
appreciate
your
time
and
attention
to
this
program.
Christina.
A
Good
afternoon
committee
members
as
Dallas
is
shared
I'm,
Christina,
Israel
and
I
serve
as
Community
engagement
manager
with
our
communication
and
public
engagement
Department,
and
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
with
you
today
and
provide
you.
This
update
on
neighborhood
matching
grants
next
slide,
please
Katie
so
beginning
with
our
key
takeaways
neighborhood
matching
grants
were
initiated
in
2021
and
support
the
city's
priority
of
neighborhood
resilience.
The
program
goals
Center
on
building
capacity
in
Asheville's
neighborhoods,
removing
barriers
to
Civic,
participate
participation
and
strengthening
Community
Partnerships.
A
Since
2021
24
neighborhoods
have
applied
for
neighborhood
matching
grants
and
of
those
applicants.
19
neighborhoods
have
been
awarded
grants
those
19
neighborhoods
have
completed
or
are
in
the
process
of
implementing
23
projects.
Totaling.
Ninety
six
thousand
three
hundred
sixty
dollars
in
City
funded
improvements.
A
A
The
deadline
to
apply
is
May
27th,
and
our
approach
to
managing
this
grant
program
is
to
listen
to
The
participants
and
to
our
staff
and
to
use
their
feedback
to
continuously
iterate
and
make
improvements
to
the
program
and
we'll
share
some
more
about
that
here
in
a
little
while.
Okay
next
slide,
please
our
goals
for
the
program
are
centered
on
building
capacity
in
neighborhoods
and
while
the
grant
money
is
definitely
a
component
of
that,
what
we've
seen
is
that
capacity
also
grows
as
neighbors
build
connections
with
one
another.
A
These
grants
are
all
about
empowering
neighborhoods
to
select
the
improvements
that
will
make
the
biggest
impact
where
they
live,
we're
also
creating
new
avenues
for
civic
participation,
and
that
happens
through
relationship
building
with
City
staff,
as
we
provide
them
technical
assistance
in
support
of
their
projects,
as
well
as
with
the
nonprofits
and
Community
Partners,
who
are
supporting
the
neighborhood
matching
grants
next
slide.
Please
so
some
background
on
the
program
Council
established
the
neighborhood
matching
grants
in
2021
with
an
initial
allocation
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
a
fiscal
year
22..
A
The
program
was
then
allocated
75
000
in
the
FY
23
budget
neighborhoods
can
apply
for
Grants
of
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
which
they
pledge
to
match
dollar
for
dollar,
with
an
equivalent
amount
of
volunteer
hours,
cash
and
or
in-kind
donations.
The
grants
are
available
to
any
neighborhood
association
within
Asheville
City
Limits.
We
do
request
that
neighborhoods
complete
complete
a
registration
form
if
they
haven't
already,
and
we
also
ask
that
they
register
with
the
city's
vendor
self-service
portal,
which
is
how
we
process
their
payments.
A
A
Once
the
projects
have
been
selected
for
awards,
the
project
Representatives
sign
a
partnership
agreement
with
the
city
which
outlines
everyone's
roles
and
responsibilities
and
deadlines
for
payment
and
completion
of
the
project.
They
can
begin
work
after
those
agreements
have
been
fully
executed.
With
signatures
from
all
parties,
the
project
coordinators
can
request
a
one-year
term
extension
to
their
agreements.
If
they're
unable
to
complete
the
project
within
that
one-year
time
frame
next
slide,.
A
A
A
There
are
five
remaining
projects
from
the
first
grant
round
that
are
still
in
process,
but
they're
all
underway
and
nearing
completion.
Each
of
these
projects
share
a
common
characteristic
and
that
they
all
encountered
complex
elements
that
were
unforeseen
in
their
project
proposals
so,
for
instance,
Albemarle
Park,
Haw,
Creek
and
Kennelworth
forest
all
required
additional,
permitting
and
design
support
from
entities
outside
of
City
staff,
which
added
time
and
extra
work
for
those
project
coordinators,
the
ultimate
Apartments
community
room
upgrades,
are
nearing
completion.
A
A
All
of
the
projects
that
were
awarded
grants
in
the
second
round
are
still
in
process
because
there
are
10
of
those
projects.
I've
broken
those
up
between
the
next
two
slides
most
of
the
round.
Two
projects
have
been
initiated,
including
the
Beaver
Dam
Valley,
informatics
project,
the
Kenilworth
Forest
Upper,
Park
improvements,
the
Montford
Kudzu
removal
along
the
Reed
Creek
Greenway
next
slide,
the
South
Side
United
organizational
development
initiative
and
the
wecan
ncdot
right-of-way
beautification
two
of
the
projects
are
supporting
community
events.
That
will
happen
this
summer.
A
Those
are
the
Shiloh
fun
day
and
East
End
Valley
Street,
Community,
Heritage
Festival
and
several
of
the
remaining
projects
took
longer
to
get
started
because
they
were
more
complex
and
required.
Separate
land
use
agreements
from
the
city.
These
projects
are
occurring
in
city-owned
parks
and
include
the
Kennelworth
residents
Association
invasive
species
control
in
Kenilworth
and
Seven
Springs
parks,
the
Oakhurst
invasive
removal
project
in
the
Mountainside
Park
and
the
nine-hole
disc
golf
course
in
Aston
park,
that's
being
installed
by
the
south
French
Broad
neighborhood
association.
Next
slide.
A
So
here
we're
showing
ways
that
we've
promoted
the
program
this
year,
we're
very
fortunate
to
have
Meredith
reedheim
who's,
our
neighborhood
services,
specialist
working
with
community
members
in
the
field
and
so
she's,
promoting
the
grants
at
neighborhood
meetings
and
distributing
Flyers
around
town
for
us.
We've
also
been
able
to
talk
about
the
program
at
length
on
a
recent
episode
of
what's
up
Asheville
on
wres
100.7
FM
and
provided
an
update
to
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee
at
their
April
24th
meeting.
A
A
Overall,
an
informal
audit
of
the
policies
and
procedures
revealed
that
we
needed
to
provide
applicants
more
clear
and
precise
information,
especially
on
points
related
to
project
eligibility.
What
types
of
organizations
qualify
for
Grants
and
setting
clear
expectations
for
time
frames.
On
our
end
for
the
current
Grant
cycle,
we've
really
tried
to
focus
on
front
loading
as
much
work
to
the
application
period
as
possible.
For
example,
we
can't
execute
their
partnership
agreement
without
a
vendor
ID
number,
since
there's
no
reason
for
neighborhoods
to
wait
to
register
with
vendor
self-service.
A
We
decided
to
get
that
registration
done
as
soon
as
possible,
and
it
helps
us
to
avoid
delays
later
on
same
thing
for
figuring
out
any
permits
that
would
be
required
and
getting
technical
assistance
from
our
staff.
A
great
neighbor,
a
great
Improvement
made
by
our
colleague
and
finance,
was
to
allow
every
neighborhood
to
request
funds
in
advance.
We
know
that
not
everyone
has
the
capacity
to
pay
for
their
projects
up
front,
so
this
creates
a
more
access
accessible
option
for
everybody.
A
A
The
two
new
improvements
that
I'm
most
excited
about
are
the
addition
of
an
all
projects,
dashboard
which
is
accessible
to
everyone
via
the
program
webpage
and
I'll,
share
more
detail
about
that
on
the
next
slide,
and,
lastly,
I'm
happy
to
announce
that
beginning
January,
1st
of
2024,
the
neighborhood
matching
grants
will
move
to
a
rolling
application
and
funding
cycle.
This
means
that
neighborhoods
will
be
invited
to
apply
at
any
point
throughout
the
year
for
a
matching
Grant.
A
A
Circling
back
to
the
key
takeaways
I
hope
I've
been
able
to
deliver
a
comprehensive
view
of
the
grant
program.
I
encourage
anyone
who's
interested
to
visit
the
program
webpage
again,
you
can
find
that
by
just
doing
a
Google
search
for
Asheville
neighborhood
matching
grants.
All
the
info
I've
covered
in
today's
presentation
is
available
is
available
for
you
to
check
out
there
and
next
slide
thanks.
So
much
for
your
time
today
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
H
Christina,
thank
you
for
this
update
and
also
I
really
appreciated
the
part
about
sharing
some
of
the
Lessons
Learned.
As
this
program
is
new
I
know,
there
have
been
concerns
from
folks
who
maybe
were
working
with
another
organization
and
some
expectations
and
I
think
it's
really
good
for
us,
as
this
program
is
new
to
kind
of
share,
really
publicly
what
we're
learning
and
how
we're
learning
it,
as
I
have
considered
what
some
communities
like
Greensboro
and
Durham
are
doing
around
participatory
budgeting.
H
I
have
had
some
curiosity
if
we
might
start
looking
at
the
cycles
as
a
bigger
picture
to
look
at
Geographic
Equity.
The
best
solution
that
I
could
give
is,
if
now,
that
the
county
districts
are
drawn
to
include
parts
of
the
city,
maybe
that's
an
answer
to
kind
of
like
look
at
part
of
it:
north
south
east
west.
H
Central
another
thing
is
that
if,
if
we
have
one
neighborhood
who's
like
super
organized
and
so
they're
ready
to
apply
for
Grants
so
quickly,
we
want
to
celebrate
that
organization
of
a
neighborhood
but
also
I'm
curious
about
our
Legacy
neighborhoods
and
some
of
the
neighborhoods.
H
That
might
not
yet
be
fully
recognized
by
the
city,
so
I
know
there's
going
to
be
an
opportunity
to
kind
of
look
in
in
the
review
mirror
soon,
but
I
wonder
if
what
it
might
look
like
to
start
looking
in
advance
and
if,
if
we
could
consider
looking
at
some
of
those
Geographic
outlines,
if
we
move
in
this
learning
process
to
a
rolling
cycle,
for
example,
is
it
possible
that
a
neighborhood
could
apply
twice
in
one
Cycle
One
annual
cycle.
A
So
we
haven't
nailed
down
all
of
the
policies,
yet
you
know
the
changes
that
will
happen
to
the
program
policy.
When
we
move
to
the
rolling
application
cycle,
I
would
think
that
we
wouldn't
want
to
award
the
same
neighborhood
twice
in
the
same
fiscal
year,
but
we
we
already
have
examples
of
neighborhoods
that
applied
in
round
one
and
they
were
rewarded
and
they
applied
in
round
two
and
they're
awarded.
So
there
isn't.
We
don't
have
anything
that
says
you
only
get
one.
A
We
only
get,
however
many
grants,
but
that's
definitely
something
that
we'll
have
to
solidify
and
make
really
plain
for
people
and
just
to
go
back
to
your
question
about
geographic
sort
of
disbursement
of
the
grants
and
and
how
cool
it
would
be
to
see
that
on
a
map,
I
love.
That
idea
and
the
my
first
thought
was
I-
think
the
simplest
thing
to
do
could
be
on
the
program
dashboard.
A
We
could
just
add
a
column
with
those
Geographic
areas
like
you,
like
you
mentioned,
you
know,
north
south,
east,
west,
central
and
and
just
list
them
there,
and
that
way
we
have
sort
of
a
snapshot
of
where
the
program
is
right
now
and
the
geographic
disbursement
of
where
the
grants
are
where
people
are
applying
and
where
people
are
being
awarded.
The
grants.
H
Because
we
kind
of
have
that
information
Loosely
outline
when
I
think
about
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee
or
when
we
ask
folks
to
self-identify
when
they
apply
for
Advisory
board.
So
it
might
help
us
instead
of
looking
back
and
like
oh,
no,
we
really
invested
in
this
one
area
and
we
could
have
done
some
specific
Outreach
to
invite
other
neighborhoods
to
participate
I'm,
just
imagining
trying
to
chart
of
a
path
forward.
Instead
of
wishing
we
had
when
we
look
back
in
five
years,
absolutely.
A
B
All
right,
thank
you
again,
I
think
that's
all
we
have
for
today.
Katie
do
we
have
anybody
in
the
speaker,
queue
checking
right
now.