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From YouTube: Equity & Engagement Committee – August 15, 2023
Description
Regular meeting of the Asheville City Council's Equity & Engagement Committee.
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A
C
Good
afternoon
I'm
Shanika
Smith,
the
chair
of
the
equity
and
engagement
committee,
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
August
15th
remote
meeting.
We
are
streaming
live
on
the
virtual
engagement,
Hub
link,
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
those
with
us
today.
Welcome
for
today's
meeting.
We
have
the
option
for
people
to
call
in
and
comment
live
during
the
meeting
to
call
in
and
comment.
Live
use
the
number
855-925-2801
meeting
code.
C
2689
your
phone
will
be
muted.
You
will
hear
the
meeting
live
at
this
point.
Speakers
will
need
to
push
star
three
to
enter
the
speaker.
Cube
I'll
now
go
through
and
introduce
all
of
our
committee
members
and
staff
who
are
participating.
Virtually
heads
up,
councilwoman
Turner,
will
not
be
joining
us
today.
C
I'm
gonna
do
a
roll
call
for
introductions:
councilwoman,
Kim
Roney
good
afternoon
assistant
city
manager,
Rachel
Wood
good
afternoon,
director
of
communication
and
public
engagement,
dollar
hitch.
Good
afternoon
everybody,
director
of
equity
and
inclusion,
Brenda
Mills
good
afternoon.
Everybody,
equity
and
inclusion.
Analyst
Elena
Schmidt,
hello,
everyone,
City
attorney
Brad
Branham
good
afternoon.
We
also
have
other
guests
who
will
be
introduced
later
again.
Welcome
to
the
meeting
we'll
go
into
our
agenda
I'm,
going
to
pull
my
agenda
up.
Give
me
just
a
moment.
C
All
right,
I
do
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes
for
June,
so
moved
all
right.
I'll
do
a
roll
call
vote
for
approval
Council
on
running
aye,
myself,
I.
The
motion
carries
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
agenda
item.
Brenda
Mills
is
going
to
take
it
from
here.
She
has
an
update
on
our
working
Retreat
from
our
community
reparations
committee
and
welcome
Mission,
and
she
also
will
introduce
some
special
guests
Brenda.
Thank
you.
Welcome.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
appreciate
that
and
looking
forward.
This
is
exciting.
We
have
some
impact
Focus
area
people
here
next
slide:
Miss
Katie
So.
Today
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
a
little
bit
of
a
follow-up
from
our
Retreat
on
July
29th.
We
felt
like
it
was
very
successful.
We
talked
about.
D
We
did
some
sessions
on
truth-telling
experience,
defining
reparations
and
are
creating
a
framework,
including
getting
clear
on
recommendations,
discussion
on
accountability
for
Approved
recommendations
for
the
future,
a
timeline
for
recommendation
presentations
upcoming
in
an
upcoming
Community
engagement
that
we're
planning
in
October
we'll
also
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
cease
to
harm
audit
vendor
that
has
been
selected
and
the
work
that
we've
initiated
updates
from
the
impact.
Focus
areas
excited
to
have
criminal
justice
and
economic
development
with
us
here
today.
Next
slide
so
The
Retreat
on
the
29th
was
was
very,
very
helpful.
D
I
think
the
members
left
with
a
positive
feel
they
talked
about
truth-telling.
D
They
did
a
discussion
in
pairs
to
share
their
experience
about
true
telling
in
terms
of
being
African-American
in
Asheville,
and
then
they
got
together
and
their
impact
Focus
areas
to
acknowledge
the
different
harms
that
came
out
of
that
truth-telling
exercise
in
defining
reparations
for
Asheville.
Looking
at
creating
a
framework,
they
were
to
answer
the
following
questions:
when
I
read
the
city
of
Africa
resolution
supporting
Community
reparations
for
black
Asheville
reparations
looks
like
in
order
for
this
change
to
take
place.
D
So
getting
clear
on
recommendations,
we
had
a
breakout
activity
with
all
our
commissioners
reviewing
all
draft
recommendations.
So,
currently,
you
know
we're
we're
not
provide
we're,
not
making
all
of
our
FAS
come
up
with
all
the
recommendations,
but
we
look
at
the
ones
that
they
have
thus
far,
and
so
each
of
the
different
ifas
went
around
to
the
other,
ifas
and
wrote
notes
and
gave
updates,
and
they
were
also
identifying
the
ones
that
overlapped
with
each
other.
D
So
education
saw
some
overlap
with
economic
development,
criminal
justice
with
education,
the
session
following
led
by
the
IFA
facilitators
about
they
worked
in
their
individual
groups
about
the
overlap,
continuing
questions
that
they
have
and
how
they
will
determine
short,
medium
and
long-term
recommendations.
D
There
was
a
discussion
on
accountability
for
Approved
recommendations,
so
what
we're
talking
about
is
once
the
recommendations
are
approved
by
city,
council
and
Board
of
Commissioners,
who
will
ensure
that
these
recommendations
are
getting
done?
How
will
we
report
back
to
the
community
so
they're
talking
about
in
consideration
of
a
best
structure
for
accountability
and
sustainability,
how
they
work
with
the
city
and
county
and
then
the
development
of
a
recommendation
for
accountability
next
slide?
D
So
the
recommendation
timeline
is:
is
here
August
through
September
we're
going
to
be
looking
the
project
manager
provided
us
a
feedback
process
we're
now
looking
at
the
current
recommendations
that
we
have
between
now
and
September,
15th
I
believe
the
date
is,
we
will
start
in
September
through
January
of
2024,
with
the
commission
voting
on
recommendations
and
rounds.
The
vote
will
be
conducted
via
majority
vote
and
then
the
recommendations
that
pass
will
then
be
sent
to
governing
bodies.
D
I
think
we're
looking
at
you
know
compounding
all
those
that
it
wants
to
bring.
So
we're
continuing
to
look
at
our
process.
Then
February
through
April
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
recommendations
passed
by
the
CRC
to
be
compiled
and
presented
to
city
and
county
governing
bodies
and
share
with
the
wider
public.
The
project
manager
will
lead
the
development
of
the
reparations
action
plan
next
slide,
and
then
we
have
an
upcoming
Community
engagement,
which
we're
excited
about
we're.
D
Looking
at
the
week
of
October,
2nd,
we'll
have
a
showing
of
Asheville
and
black,
which
is
a
film
that
has
been
going
around
in
the
community,
which
is
really
great
about
the
history
of
African
Americans
in
Asheville.
We're
also
going
to
be
showing
The
Big
Payback,
which
is
a
documentary
effort
to
look
at
the
Evanston
Illinois
process
for
doing
their
reparations,
and
then
we're
doing
this
in
Partnership
and
very
excited
to
partner
with
unca's
Africana,
Studies
Office
of
Multicultural
Affairs
and
the
center
for
diversity
education.
D
So
we're
really
excited
about
that.
We
got
big
planning
going
on
we're
going
to
be
meeting
each
week
to
talk
about
that.
We're
looking
at
having
panel
discussions
after
each
of
the
films
we're
also
going
to
be
having
food
trucks
and
things
of
that
nature.
So
we're
hoping
to
make
it
a
big
week
of
community
events
and
we're
avoiding
church
night.
D
As
our
vendor
out
of
Florida,
the
CRC
was
provided
notice
of
the
selected
vendor
on
July
27th,
just
prior
to
the
press
release
announcement,
the
interlocal
agreement
with
the
city
and
county
to
share
the
cost
of
the
contract
was
approved
by
the
Commissioners
on
July
18th
and
the
City
Council
on
July
25th.
The
initial
meeting
with
the
vendor
was
held
in
August
Carter
Development
Group
will
attend
the
August
21st
Community
reparations
commission
meeting
along
with
spending
the
day
meeting
with
staff,
our
data
team,
our
city
and
county
leadership.
D
So
we're
really
excited
about
that
and
they're
really
excited
to
come
on
board
next
slide.
So
today,
another
exciting
part-
you
always
get
to
hear
me
doing
updates
is
you
know
our
commission
is
divided
up
into
smaller
groups.
We
call
impact
Focus
areas,
those
areas
Inc.
Those
impact
focus
group
groups
also
include,
subject
matter:
experts
from
city
and
county
and
Beyond
members
of
the
community
together
to
discuss,
harms
being
done
in
their
respective
areas
and
and
to
brainstorm
about
recommendations
in
the
areas
of
policy
projects
and
programs
to
address
those
harms
next
slide.
D
So.
Today,
we're
going
to
hear
from
Criminal
Justice
and
economic
development
next
slide
and
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
introduce
the
criminal
justice
impact.
Focus
area
D
Williams
is
here
she's
an
IFA
criminal
justice
representative
for
the
county,
she'll
be
our
speaker
today,
the
other
members
of
the
commission
are
listed
there
and
we
also
have
Salam
and
I
am
Merit.
Who
is
the
IFA
facilitator?
So,
ladies,
you
can
take
it
away
and
next
slide.
Yes,
thank
you.
E
Okay,
thank
you
and
good
afternoon
to
everybody
I'm
happy
to
be
here,
along
with
our
other
members
of
the
reparations
commission
and
the
staff
that
works
with
us.
Let
me
just
say
that
the
criminal
justice
group
basically
is
made
a
lot
quite
a
few
recommendations,
as
a
group,
for
instance,
eliminating
racial
disparities.
Some
of
them
are
very
ideal,
like
in
the
court
system.
Those
disparities
that
are
there
I
believe
the
county
has
a
MacArthur
Foundation
Grant
in
which
they
are
beginning
to
amass
data
to
chart.
E
E
Increasing
the
number
of
black
people
specified
in
the
diversion
programs
you're
going
to
hear
a
lot
of
that
and
I
think
as
time
goes
on
what
we're
probably
going
to
have
to
do
and
I
understand
how
intense,
how
we're
trying
to
be
intentional
about
citing
black
people
and
having
maybe
cut
a
bit
more
culturally
appropriate,
but
we're
going
to
have
to
find
a
way
with
the
legal
to
not
get
into
a
reverse
discrimination
procedure.
E
Also,
we
wanted
to
just
emphasize
too
that
58
of
the
referrals
that
come
from
for
juveniles
come
from
out
of
the
school
system.
We
initially
put
a
priority
on
the
school
to
prison.
Pipeline
I
did
want
to
emphasize
that
there
are
16
areas
in
the
North
Carolina
Public
Department
of
Public
Instruction,
where
it's
mandatory,
that
the
cases
be
referred
to
as
SRO
a
school
resource
officer.
E
That
also
have
and
did
pull
up
some
statistics
for
you,
which
is
why
we
got
so
I
guess
so:
enamored
not
enamored,
but
just
concerned
about
the
way
things
were
going
as
far
as
here
in
Asheville
and
Buncombe
County.
It's
clear
that
the
criminal
justice
system
is
working
just
the
way
it
was
intended
or
designed
and
pretty
much
is
not
reformed
that
much
in
terms
of
what
the
data
is
showing
us
I'm,
a
real
big
data
person.
E
D
I
see
a
hand
raised
Madam
chair.
F
Hand
raised,
it
is
I
wondered
if
we
might
invite
CRC
member
D
Williams
to
present
any
other
information
via
email
or
note
or
I'm
happy
to
take
a
call
too
I.
Just
I
think
if
there's
something
that
is
still
lingering
from
your
presentation,
I'd
be
happy
to
hear
it.
D
You
thank
you
councilmember
Ronnie,
so
I'm
going
to
introduce.
We
have
two
speakers
today:
Dwayne
Richardson
who's,
a
county
representative
and
Kimberly
Jones,
who
represents
Stumptown
community
and
then
their
facilitator
is
Tara
Brown
Tara
in
in
the
team.
You
can
take
it
away.
G
Good
afternoon,
everyone
thank
you
so
much
for
having
us
here
today
we
are
going
to
share
with
you
a
little
bit
about
economic,
the
economic
development
impact
Focus
area.
G
We
are
currently
seeking
Community
input
on
draft
proposals
for
before
presenting
them
to
the
full
commission
in
September
in
the
groups
that
we're
targeting
are
the
Legacy
communities
and
the
other
IFA
groups
like
Brenda
mentioned
earlier,
that
there's
a
lot
of
overlap,
but
we
just
want
to
you
know,
get
with
everyone
and
see
dive
into
more
what
the
overlabs
are,
as
well
as
to
talk
collectively
of
what
other
IFA
groups.
G
G
So
that's
our
community
input
area
and
on
the
next
slide,
we
have
key
themes
of
the
draft
recommendations,
black
owned
Business
Development
and
expansion
strategies
and
what
we've
come
up
with
for
that
are
Grant
programs,
business
incubators,
Economic,
Development,
Centers
and
business
corridors
and
Mr
Richardson
is
going
to
speak
a
little
bit
more
about
about
that.
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
everyone
for
having
us
today
also
to
the
county.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
for
the
reparations
topic
to
be
addressed
and
the
commission
to
be
created.
Having
said
that,
I
think
that
our
story,
my
story,
my
family
story-
has
been
told
but
I
think
it
Bears
repeating
that
we
had
a
small
grocery
store
in
downtown
Asheville.
H
It
was
known
as
Haynes
grocery
back
in
the
day
as
they
say,
and
it's
symbolic
of
one
of
the
businesses
that
was
removed
from
the
community
that
was
never
put
back
as
a
result
of
urban
renewal,
and
so
economic
development
is
trying
now
to
return
some
of
those
businesses
to
the
community
and
a
lot
of
our
a
lot
of
our
Focus
has
been
on
trying
to
accomplish
that
and
doing
things
that
would
support
black
businesses
as
they
come
back
into
the
community.
H
So
therefore,
you
see
the
the
the
recommendation
of
business
incubators,
potential,
Grant
programs,
Economic,
Development,
Centers
and
and
to
live
literally,
go
again
to
create
business
corridors,
so
Economic
Development.
We
focused
hard
on
that
in
many
ways,
I'd
like
to
give
a
shout
out,
as
they
say
right
now
to
Mr
Branham
he's
been
helpful
in
helping
us
to
formulate
ideas
that
would
be
worthwhile
and
sustainable.
H
So
so,
but
our
Focus
has
been
Dwayne.
Barton
has
been
essential.
Excuse
me
has
been
essential
in
creating
some
of
the
ideas.
Some
of
the
things
that
will
be
presented
by
us
have
been
ideas
that
have
long
been
pushed
and
trying
to
get
accomplished,
and
so
without
me,
given
that
we
have
a
limited
amount
of
time,
I
think
that
the
the
recommendations
that
you
see
that
we've
put
forward
those
are
the
things
that
we're
focusing
on.
H
We
feel
like
we're,
making
progress
towards
our
recommendations
and,
if
there's
something
that
others
would
like
for
me
to
add,
Kim
or
or
Tara,
please
say
so
here,
but
I'll
defer
to
them.
But
those
are
the
things
that
we
focused
on
and
we
feel
good
and
that
we
are
making
Pride
progress
towards
our
recommendations.
D
Thank
you
so
much
to
both
the
IFA
teams
for
coming
today.
We
know
the
time
is
very
limited.
What
we
could
do,
probably
in
the
future,
is
you
know
we're
going
to
be
having
our
recommendations
more
fully,
fleshed
out
and
we'll
be
providing
those
as
the
months
go
on
next
slide,
Miss
Katie
and
then
I'm
going
to
finish
up
so
our
key
takeaways.
Today
we
talked
about,
we
did
an
overview
of
the
CRC
Retreat
from
July.
29Th
really
feel
like.
It
was
very
successful,
very
positive.
D
We
came
out
with
some
good
things
and
good
ideas,
especially
around
accountability,
sustainability
and
recommendations
and
a
framework
for
reparations.
We
did
pick
the
vendor,
we're
really
excited
to
get
started
with
them.
We
met
with
them
last
week
and
we
meet
with
them
tomorrow
and
then
hearing
the
updates
from
the
impact
Focus
areas
for
criminal
justice
and
economic
development.
This
is
where
the
work
is
getting
done,
and
this
is
where
the
the
energy
and
the
excitement
is
going
on.
F
Kim
I
just
wanted
to
say,
having
attended
the
retreat,
I
really
appreciated
that
it
was
well
attended
and
engaged.
Especially
there
was
a
audience
from
the
public.
There
I
did
remember
hearing
a
recommendation
that
came
from
the
table.
F
That
was
around
education
and
the
way
it
worded
was
curious
to
me
and
so
I
wanted
are
we
will
we
see
that
in
a
future
recommendation
set
or
will
there
be
some
sort
of
like
briefing
on
the
retreat,
not
necessarily
like
minutes,
but
will
there
be
like
a
synopsis
or
anything
like
that
to
anticipate?
Yes,.
D
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
My
name
is
Elena
Schmidt
I
use
she
and
they
pronouns.
I
am
the
equity
analyst
in
the
department
of
equity
and
inclusion
and
I'm
the
liaison
for
the
human
relations
Commission
of
Asheville.
Also
joining
us
in
this
meeting.
Is
the
hrca's
chair,
Alma
Atkins,
Miss
Adkins?
Would
you
be
able
to
say
hello.
I
Thank
you,
Miss
Atkins.
So
very
recently
the
human
relations
commission
put
forward
recommendation
and
that's
what
we're
presenting
today
for
the
committee
to
consider
recommending
to
Council
next
slide.
Please
so
a
little
bit
of
background
information,
the
hrca's
recommendation
is
related
to
protecting
natural
hair
and
hairstyles
and
hair
textures,
and
this
was
inspired
by
some
movement
in
the
North
Carolina
general
assembly
in
2021
and
2022
around
the
NC
Crown
act,
which
was
intended
to
prohibit
employment
discrimination
based
on
traits
historically
associated
with
race,
hair,
texture
or
hair
style.
I
So
another
important
component
to
consider
is
that
the
city
of
Asheville
already
has
a
non-discrimination
ordinance
which
includes
protections
for
hairstyle
and
hair
natural
hair.
Next
slide.
Please.
I
So
in
January
2023,
the
human
relations
Commission
of
Asheville
introduced
discussions
of
a
recommendation,
a
recommended
ordinance
based
on
the
North
Carolina
Crown
act
to
protect
discrimination
against
natural
hair
and
hairstyles
in
Asheville
in
March
of
2023.
The
HRC
voted
unanimously
to
make
this
recommendation
to
adopt
the
Asheville
Crown
act
inspired
by
the
NC
Crown
Act.
I
Now,
because
the
city
of
Asheville
already
has
a
non-discrimination,
ordinance
protecting
hair
and
hairstyles
staff
recommend
revising
the
existing
non-discrimination
ordinance
to
reflect
the
additional
language
that
the
human
relations
commission
has
proposed,
with
their
recommendation
for
an
Asheville
Crown
act.
So,
rather
than
having
a
separate
ordinance,
we
would
revise
the
existing
non-discrimination
ordinance
to
reflect
some
additional
language
around
here.
I
Next
slide,
please.
So
this
is
what
the
proposed
language
looks
like
for:
revising
our
existing
non-discrimination
ordinance.
You
can
see
the
additions
in
red
ink.
It
includes
the
addition
of
hair
texture
to
our
non-discrimination,
ordinance
and
some
examples
of
hairstyles,
such
as
bantu
knots,
braids
locks
and
twists
next
slide.
I
Please,
and
so,
just
as
to
recap,
the
human
relations
commission
was
inspired
by
the
NC
Crown
act
and
made
their
recommendation
for
an
Asheville
Crown
act
and
staff
are
recommending
that
we
revise
the
existing
non-discrimination
ordinance
to
reflect
the
new
language
or
the
additional
language
around
here.
That
is
included
in
the
hrca's
recommendation.
I
So
our
requested
action
is
to
consider
recommendation
for
amending
the
non-discrimination
ordinance
to
include
this
additional
language,
and
our
suggested
motion
is
to
motion
to
recommend
that
city
council
amend
the
non
amend
the
non-discrimination
ordinance
to
include
the
proposed
additional
language
and
I
believe
that's
the
last
slide.
C
Thank
you
all
right.
Do
we
have
a
motion
on
the
floor
comments
or
questions.
F
I'm
prepared
to
make
a
motion,
I
do
have
a
question
for
Brad.
We
when
we
were
passing
the
non-discrimination
ordinances.
We
were
looking
at
working
closely
with
other
cities
across
North,
Carolina
and
especially
the
county,
so
that
we
were
in
alignment.
Has
there
been
an
Outreach
to
the
county
to
see
if
they're
interested
in
also
updating
the
non-discrimination
ordinance
for
the
county.
A
Thank
you
for
that
question.
Council
member
Roney
I
can
say
at
this
point
that
I
have
not
personally
spoken
to
members
of
of
the
county
about
this.
The
discussions
that
were
had
leading
up
to
the
city's
adoption
of
its
non-discrimination
ordinance
were
pretty
robust
and
that
included
other
municipalities
in
counties
throughout
the
state.
The
language
was,
it
ended
up
being
fairly
consistent
across
the
board
in
terms
of
what
various
cities
and
counties
adopted
around
this.
A
C
J
Thank
you
it's
great
to
be
here
today,
I
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
give
an
update
on
the
community
space
upfit
component
of
the
city's
inclusive
and
accessible
government
arpa
project.
My
name
is
dawah
Hitch
and
I
have
the
pleasure
of
serving
as
the
communication
and
public
engagement
director
for
the
city
and
I
look
forward
to
sharing
this
information
next
slide.
J
So
a
couple
of
key
takeaways
just
to
reflect
back
on
our
guiding
principles
with
this
project.
It's
really
aimed
at
improving
neighborhood
and
climate
resilience
and
that's
by
addressing
barriers
to
communication
and
public
engagement.
J
So
for
this
particular
component
of
the
project,
the
upfits
are
related
to
hybrid
meetings,
and
we
know
that
hybrid
meetings
provide
accessibility,
which
means
more
people
can
have
access
to
information
in
the
decision
decision-making
process.
To
recap:
quickly,
there's
four
components
to
this
project
updates
on
the
other
three
have
been
given
in
June,
one
back
in
February
and
one
in
April
and
again
today,
we're
going
to
be
focusing
on
the
upfit
of
community
spaces
component
next
slide:
okay,
so
total
project
budget.
J
We
feel
like
it's
very
important,
to
be
transparent
about
how
these
funds
are
being
spent.
So
direct
money
to
the
community
for
this
particular
project
is
about
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars,
part
of
that
being
the
community
center
upfits.
In
addition
to
that,
the
other
components
you've
got
the
capacity
building,
facilitator,
plus
stipends,
that's
for
our
community
engagement,
Academy
and
then
sign
language
interpreters.
J
J
Okay,
I
know
in
the
past,
and
we've
continued
to
get
questions
about
the
difference
between
the
community
space
of
fit
project
and
hybrid
meetings.
So
I
wanted
to
just
go
over
that
quickly
to
make
sure
that
we've
done
our
best
job,
explaining
the
differences
between
the
two.
So
the
community
space,
upfit
component,
that
component
of
the
project
is
focused
on
vulnerable
communities
and
making
sure
that
there
is
access
to
technology
which
would
then
allow
for
remote
participation
and
so
in
these
Community
identified
spaces.
J
The
meetings
are
taking
place,
some
are
in
person.
We
can
bring
people
in,
they
will
be
able
to
be
brought
into
those
board
and
commission
meetings,
for
example,
that
we're
moving
forward
with
for
the
hybrid
meeting
component,
and
that
was
a
recommendation
that
was
brought
to
this
committee
a
couple
months
ago
and
the
direction
was
to
go
ahead
and
move
forward.
So
we
are
moving
forward
on
that
one
and
we're
excited
to
be
able
to
add
this
component
in
into
it.
J
One
thing
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
we
convey
is
that
well,
let's
go
to
the
next
slide.
That's
what
it's
there
for
all
right,
so
the
goal
really
is
to
meet
people
where
they
are
so
that
that
does
not
mean
that
these
fits
must
take
place
in
city-owned
buildings.
The
intention
is
very
much
in
accepting
people
where
they
are
already
meeting
and
if
there
is
an
interest
providing
technology
for
participation
virtually.
So
what
might
that
look
like
in
in
the
real
world
if
we
could
go
to
the
next
slide?
Katie?
J
If,
if
anybody,
if
anybody
watching
or
listening
this
afternoon,
was
tapped
in
during
the
early
stages,
the
listening
sessions
that
were
held
that
preceded
the
reparations
commission
or
truth-telling
and
listening
series,
we
were
able
to
work
with
a
setup
in
the
editing,
Eddington
Center,
where
people
were
already
Gathering
and
we
were
able
to
bring
them
into
the
meeting
at
the
Harris
Cherokee
Center
that
way.
J
Child
Care
Transportation
just
pure
time
right
that
it
that
that
it
takes
to
be
able
to
participate,
were
addressed
and
and
voices
that
may
not
have
been
able
to
be
heard
or
able
to
be
heard
in
in
that
speaker
series.
So
that's
what
we're
looking
for!
That's
what
we're
looking
for!
Where
are
those
other
places
where
people
are
meeting
and
where
we
can
pipe
them
in
to
decision-making
meetings
such
as
boards
and
commissions
or
city
council
committee
meetings?
J
So
another
example
of
of
how
this
community
space
upfit
project
component
of
the
arbor
project
can
be
supportive
of
our
neighborhood
and
climate
resiliences
in
the
update
of
the
Emergency
Operations
plan.
That's
something
that's
taking
place
right
now
and
we
will
be
keeping
a
log
of
where
this
equipment
is
and
and
if
there
were
some
type
of
event.
Let's
say
where
there
are
a
number
of
downed
trees
and
it
was
hard
for
people
to
get
in
and
out
of
their
neighborhoods.
J
J
How
are
we
choosing
who
is
eligible
for
these
upfits
we're
going
to
be
leaning
into
in
partnership
with
our
sustainability
Department
we're
going
to
be
leaning
into
the
climate
Justice
map
that
has
been
put
together
that
identifies
different
neighborhoods
different
areas
where,
within
the
city
where
neighborhoods
are
vulnerable
to
climate
impacts,
so
on
this
map,
the
ones
that
are
in
yellow
are
the
ones
that
have
the
highest
vulnerability.
J
So
that's
where
we're
going
to
start,
rather
than
opening
up
a
process
where
we
invite
everybody
into
the
city,
we're
really
going
to
pay
attention
to
where
the
need
is
and
go
to
those
communities
engage
with
them,
learn
if
they
are
interested
in
this
opportunity
and
then
we'll
move
to
the
next
layer,
and
that
would
be
the
neighborhood
that
you
see
in
Orange.
So
so
the
intention
here
is
to
be
mindful
of
different
vulnerabilities.
We
have
in
different
neighborhoods
and
to
start
there
for
these
Investments
next
slide
timeline.
J
Let's
say
this
month,
we're
working
on
our
internal
engagement
in
September,
we'll
be
engaging
with
neighborhoods
in
December.
We
look
to
announce
the
five
spaces
that
will
receive
the
upfits
and
in
June
of
2024,
all
of
the
equipment
will
be
installed
and
neighborhood
leaders
will
be
trained
on
how
to
use
the
equipment,
and
so
when
I'm
talking
about
equipment,
it's
really
going
to
be
based
on
what
the
community
needs
we're
not
prescribing.
J
We
will
certainly
suggest
some
some
technical
equipment
based
on
what
we've
learned
through
our
own
implementation
of
those
hybrid
meetings,
but
it
could
be
televisions,
it
could
be
cameras,
telephones,
laptops
it
could
be
potentially
generators
to
make
sure
that
those
things
can
run.
It
could
be
chairs
that
they
need
that
for
some
type
of
meeting
that
they're
having.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
some
flexibility
and
appreciate
that
we
have
that
flexibility
with
these
arba
funds.
J
Yeah
next
slide
all
right.
So
the
total
project
budget
for
this
component,
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
so
we're
looking
about
five
thousand
dollars
for
three
different
spaces
and
then
up
to
thirty
thousand
dollars
for
two
spaces.
So
this
is
an
estimate.
Once
we
better
understand
what
the
needs
are
from
the
community.
A
J
Back
to
our
key
takeaways,
this
is
another
component
of
the
arpa
inclusive
and
accessible
government
project
and
we're
looking
to
address
some
needs
to
to
build
resilience,
both
neighborhoods
four
neighborhoods
and
climate
resilience.
Hybrid
meetings,
improve
accessibility
to
information
and
decision
making,
and
this
is
one
of
four
components
of
that
project.
F
This
is
Kim,
though
I
would
just
say.
Thank
you,
I'm
folding,
this
for
us,
as
it's
like
blossoming,
has
been
really
beautiful
and
I
know,
was
eagerly
anticipated
by
the
community.
I'm
sure
I'll
have
more
questions
as
we
hear
back
from
the
community.
What
the
needs
are
that
they've
identified,
but
for
today
it's
just
thank
you.
C
That's
the
next
agenda
item
the
next
and
final,
and
she
had
the
item
we
had.
Rachel
Wood
is
I'm
going
to
present
to
us
our
2024
committee
work
plan
and
we'll
have
some
discussion
about
the
plan
that
she
is
recommending.
B
Yeah,
thank
you,
council,
member
Smith,
and
this
is
definitely
intended
to
be
a
discussion
for
today
before
I
launch
into
this
slide.
So
I
do
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
kind
of
take
stock
that
this
committee
has
only
been
in
existence
for
eight
months
and
I
know.
When
staff
was
meeting
over
the
course
of
the
last
few
weeks
to
develop
proposed
items
for
the
work
plan.
B
We
all
mentioned
that
we
couldn't
imagine
not
having
this
committee
now
that
it's
in
existence
so
do
want
to
thank
the
city
council
for
allowing
staff
to
have
this
opportunity
to
have
more
open
dialogue
with
you
about
the
work
that
we're
doing
in
the
space
of
equity
and
engagement
across
the
organization
and
with
the
community
with
that
I'll
start
into
my
key
takeaways
next
slide.
Thank
you,
Katie.
So
annual
work
plan
serve
as
tools
to
plan
for
and
better
organize
the
work
of
city,
council
committees
and
those
work
plans
are
intended
to
be
dynamic.
B
Those
were
established
and
approved
in
November
of
2022,
and
we
made
a
commitment
at
that
time
that
moving
forward,
we
will
be
looking
at
your
committee
Scopes
as
part
of
your
annual
Retreat
process
when
you're
reviewing
your
strategic
priorities
as
well
as
your
goal.
Statements
committee
work
plans
include
a
combination
of
ongoing
and
administrative
items,
along
with
policy
considerations
that
include
specific
assignments
for
advisory
boards
and
other
committees,
and
that's
a
component
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
refine
across
all
Council
committees.
B
Is
how
do
we
have
more
intentional
touch
point
with
those
advisory
boards
that
are
most
closely
tied
to
the
work
within
the
scope
of
each
Council
committee
city,
council
committee?
Work
plans
are
intended
to
be
excuse
me
Dynamic
living
documents
that
will
serve
as
an
overall
guide
for
Council
committee
staff
and
Advisory
board
members
throughout
the
fiscal
year
next
line
Katie.
B
So
as
a
quick
reminder,
your
vision,
2036
framework,
as
well
as
your
strategic
priorities,
those
really
serve
as
the
basis
for
how
we
determined
as
staff,
what
items
to
propose
for
your
work
plan
looking
out
over
the
course
of
the
next
few
months.
So
while
these
are
not
Exclusive
by
any
means,
the
key
Vision
framework
components
that
are
most
aligned
with
the
scope
of
this
committee
include
Equitable
and
diverse
community
and
a
connected
engaged
community.
B
So
you
saw
today
hearing
from
members
of
the
reparations
commission
as
well,
as
evidenced
by
our
standing
reparations
commission
update
that
Brenda
leads
that
we
really
are
trying
to
be
intentional
in
making
sure
that
we
are
hitting
those
key
goal
statements
and
how
we
structure
and
propose
future
agenda
items
for
this
committee
next
slide.
Please
Katie!
B
Please
Katie,
so
I'm
not
going
to
read
through
these,
but
as
a
part
of
the
Scopes
of
work
that
were
approved
in
late
calendar
year
2022,
we
included
some
examples
of
key
policy
topic
areas.
We
got
feedback
from
all
of
the
department
directors
as
well
as
community
members
on
what
we
should
consider,
including
this,
of
course,
is
not
comprehensive
committee.
Work
is
dynamic
in
nature,
but
we
did
use
this
list
to
inform
some
of
the
proposed
work
plan.
Topics
that
we
have
slated
for
upcoming
committee
agendas.
B
Next
slide,
please
Katie
so
advisory
boards
again
the
work
of
advisory
boards
is
multifaceted.
Their
Scopes
are
relatively
Broad
in
some
instances,
and
so
what
I
have
listed
here
is
by
no
means
an
exclusive
group,
but
we
did
identify
those
advisory
boards
that
do
have
the
most
connectivity
to
the
scope
of
work,
as
well
as
the
Strategic
priorities
that
are
aligned
with
the
work
of
the
equity
and
engagement
committee.
B
So
Council
advisory
boards
with
direct
ties
to
this
committee
include
human
relations
commission,
as
well
as
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee
and
I
will
note
that
we
did
hear
last
year
annual
report
presentations
from
those
committees
and
we're
going
to
work
on.
How
do
we
have
more
meaningful
engagement
at
the
policy
level?
B
With
connection
to
this
Council
committee,
those
include
the
African-American
Heritage
commission,
as
well
as
the
community
reparations
commission,
and
then
we
do
have
one
working
group
where
we've
got
an
item,
that's
slated
for
November
and
again
in
January,
where
we
definitely
want
to
get
feedback
from
the
boards
and
commissions
working
group.
Given
the
body
of
work
that
they're
doing
and
informing
the
future
of
our
Advisory
Board
structure
in
Asheville
next
slide.
Please!
B
So
again,
this
is
a
draft
list
and
we
definitely
want
feedback
from
the
committee
members
today.
Also,
this
is
dynamic.
So,
for
whatever
reason
we
need
to
delay
an
item
based
on
staff,
availability
or
other
items
being
reprioritized.
We
will
continue
to
update
this
list
and
on
each
committee
agenda
at
the
very
end
of
the
agenda.
B
You'll
note
future
slated
agenda
items
so
that
you
can
see
how
those
things
have
changed,
definitely
open
to
feedback
from
you
on
how
else
you'd
like
to
have
us
communicate
as
things
need
to
move
based
on
the
dynamic
nature
of
the
work
that
we
provide
so
right
now,
looking
at
September,
we
do
have
a
pretty
robust
agenda
scheduled
for
September
I.
Will
note
that
two
of
the
items
should
be
relatively
quick,
so
the
first
item
slated
for
the
September
19th
meeting
is
a
Kayla
update.
B
So
that's
just
to
talk
about
the
success
of
the
program
as
we
completed
another
round
this
past
summer
also
introduce
you
to
some
new
staff
that
we
have
working
on
Kayla.
Then
we've
got
our
standing,
Community
reparations
commission
and
cease
harm
audit
update
and
I'll.
Just
note
I'm
not
going
to
read
that
for
every
month
that
we're
going
through,
but
that
is
a
standing
agenda
item
that
we
plan
to
have
until
well
after
the
audit
I'm.
Sorry,
the
recommendations
from
the
committee,
as
well
as
the
audit
recommendations
come
out.
B
Moving
on
to
our
October
17th
meeting,
in
addition
to
our
standing
reparations,
update,
we'll
have
a
follow-up
strategic
partnership,
Grant
process
overview
from
our
Economic
Development
Division
manager,
Rachel
Taylor
you'll
also
hear
from
Miller
3
as
well
as
Frank
McGowan.
On
our
disparity
study
final
report,
the
current
plan
is
for
Miller
3
to
present
to
this
committee.
We
will
be
requesting
action
prior
to
full
Council
consideration
of
continuing
our
existing
policy,
serving
as
the
basis
for
our
Asheville
business
inclusion
program
at
your
October
24
city
council
meeting.
Also
on
October
17th.
B
The
commute
Cape
department
will
provide
an
update
on
the
community
engagement
Academy,
but
moving
into
November
again
we'll
have
our
standing
reparations
update
and
then
this
is
where
we've
got.
Our
first
first
touch
point
of
the
body
of
work
where
we
will
be
coordinating
with
that
boards
and
commissions
working
group.
This
is
the
compensation
and
accommodations
for
Advisory
board
members.
B
So
this
is
the
body
of
work
making
sure
that
we
have
reduced
as
many
barriers
as
possible
to
ensure
we've
got
diverse
representation
on
our
advisory
boards
and
then
also
making
sure
that
we've
got
consistency
on
those
compensation
and
accommodations
across
the
the
different
boards
that
we
have
in
the
community
and
then
also
in
November.
We'll
have
an
update
on
the
arpa
language
accessibility
project
next
slide,
please
Katie!
B
So
then,
looking
at
December
we'll
have
our
standing
reparations
update.
December
is
going
to
be
the
month
that
we
will
have
the
results
back
from
our
national
Community
survey.
So
that
is
a
presentation
that
our
Cape
team
will
lead.
We'll
also
have
an
update,
similar
to
what
you
heard
today,
just
on
the
progress
that
we're
making
in
the
outfit
of
community
spaces
and
then
you'll
hear
well
about
a
body
of
work.
That's
been
led
by
our
equity
and
inclusion,
Department
that
has
included
departmental
representatives
from
across
the
organization
on
our
policy.
B
B
Moving
on
to
January,
we'll
have
an
update
on
that
body
of
work
around
the
compensation
and
accommodations
for
advisory
boards,
and
then
we'll
also
have
a
hybrid
meeting
update
on
that
arpa-funded
project
and
then
February
we'll
have,
in
addition
to
our
standing
Community
reparations
commission
update
an
update
on
staff
trainings
to
improve
communication,
accessibility
and
engagement.
So
those
are
the
items
that
we've
currently
got
splitted
through
the
end
of
the
calendar
year
and
the
very
first
of
calendar
year,
2024
Katie.
B
B
You
re
we
received
from
you
today
where
we
may
need
to
make
some
tweaks
even
on
what
we
have
planned
for
the
upcoming
months
staff
based
on
the
feedback
we
received
from
this
committee
will
then
work
on
providing
updates
to
impacted
advisory
boards,
letting
them
know
that
we
do
have
some
work,
that
we
want
to
better
coordinate
with
them
as
we're
reporting
status
back
to
this
committee
at
your
September
12th
meeting,
we'll
then
present
any
necessary
revisions
to
you
on
an
as
needed
basis.
B
We
will
schedule
Advisory,
Board
and
committee
report
outs
to
to
the
equity
and
engagement
committee
and
then
we'll
review,
planned
agenda
items
and
adjust
your
work
plan
as
necessary.
Again,
this
is
intended
to
be
dynamic,
and
this
is
just
to
facilitate
that
advanced
planning.
Ensuring
the
body
of
work
that
we're
bringing
forward
to
you
is
aligned
with
your
strategic
priorities
and
is
ultimately
moving
the
needle
in
the
areas
of
equity
and
engagement
across
the
community
annually.
B
We've
slated
for
you
to
have
a
report
annual
report
updates
from
advisory
boards
that
are
most
closely
connected
in
their
Scopes
to
this
committee
and
then
I
believe.
The
last
slide
is
our
key
takeaway.
B
So
just
a
quick
reminder,
your
work
plans
are
intended
to
be
dynamic,
living
documents
that
serve
as
an
overall
guide
for
this
committee,
as
well
as
staff
that
support
this
committee
and
Advisory
board
members
throughout
the
fiscal
year,
and
with
that
I'll
take
feedback
from
you
all
and
appreciate
the
effort
of
all
of
the
staff
that
help
facilitate
some
of
the
advanced
planning.
As
we
worked
on
those
draft
items
that
we
just
reviewed.
Thank
you.
Katie.
C
Thank
you,
Rachel.
There's
a
lot
of
great
and
important
work,
Progressive
work
that
we
have
on
our
work
plan.
I,
have
no
questions
or
any
recommendations
for
changes
with
our
work
plan
items
I
open
up
the
forge
of
the
committee
for
their
feedback.
F
Thank
you,
chairwoman
Smith.
This
is
Kim.
I
had
a
couple
things.
One
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
the
Strategic
partnership
funds
coming
to
us
as
a
high
priority
at
our
next
meeting,
especially
because
we've
set
the
goals
of
addressing
racial
opportunity.
Gap
in
our
schools.
F
I
am
curious
about
I,
know
we're
having
a
conversation
about
facilities,
assessment
and
I.
Wonder
if
there's
a
way
that
that
could
fit
into
our
work
plan
for
review.
F
What
I'm
thinking
of
specifically
is
like
when
we
had
a
crisis
of
water
outage
in
South,
Asheville
I
know
that
there
were
community
members
that
were
convening
in
the
Shiloh
neighborhood
to
share
resources,
and
it
made
me
think
not
just
for
like
times
when
there's
extreme
cold
temperature,
but
also
when
we're
seeing
across
the
country
Extreme
Hot
temperature.
What
happens
if
there's
grid
failures?
What
happens
if
there's
snow
on
solar
panels
and
they
don't
have
a
battery
backup?
F
So
when
we're
doing
facilities
assessments
for
neighborhoods,
if
they
do
have
research
sources,
how
do
we
make
sure
that,
like,
instead
of
scattering
a
lot
of
resources
really
far,
how
can
really
really
bolster
to
make
sure
that
we
have
Geographic
equity
and
also
applying
our
climate
Justice
map
to
make
sure
that
those
emergency
hubs
are,
as
councilwoman
Smith
mentioned
a
year
ago,
resilience
hubs
in
those
neighborhoods
so
that,
if
folks
need
to
be
able
to
charge
their
phones
or
have
Heating
and
Cooling
stations,
we
might
not
be
able
to
serve
every
house,
but
we
might
be
able
to
serve
each
community
in
a
way
that
there's
a
centralized
resilience
location,
so
I'm
not
sure
if
that
can
fit
into
our
facilities
assessment.
F
If
we
are
going
to
look
at
it,
Burton
Street,
for
example,
has
solar
powered
panels,
but
what
happens
if
it
snows
so
do
they
have
a
battery
backup?
Those
kinds
of
examples,
I
think,
might
help
our
neighborhoods
to
understand
what
we're
talking
about
with
some
examples
of
why
we
need
resiliency
hubs
and
how
important
it
is
when
we
have
emergencies.
B
Sure
so
I
guess
in
in
short
order,
I
could
say.
Yes,
we
can
certainly
provide
updates
on
specific
facility
enhancements.
I
do
know
that
Walter
ear
is
planning
a
work
session
for
Council
to
provide
a
general
update
on
the
facilities
assessment,
talk
about
where
we
are,
but
then
we
do
need
to
look
at
after
the
facilities
assessment
report
is
finalized.
Council
has
received
it
of
course,
then
we're
working
on
implementation.
Some
of
that
we'll
be
looking
at
our
our
Capital
planning
components,
but
then,
to
your
point,
council,
member
Roni.
B
How
do
we
better
engage
the
community
as
we
talk
through
those
resilience
components,
particularly
for
community
centers
and
other
City
facilities
that
have
high
touch
with
with
our
residents?
So
that's
something
that
we
can
certainly
look
talk
through.
I
can
certainly
get
with
Bridget
and
and
get
her
feedback
as
well
as
talk
to
Walter
on
so
I'll
note
that
as
a
pending
future
item-
and
we
can
just
as
things
start
to
progress
with
that
facilities
talk
through
what
specifically
would
make
sense
to
come
back
to
this
committee
on.
C
F
Yes
and
I
agree
what
I'm
also
thinking
of
is
like
if
there's
a
way
to
kind
of
line
up
where
we've
got
overlapping
agreements
like
let's
say
that
we
have
an
adopted
neighborhood
plan
and
then
the
same
solution
is
also
addressed
in
our
climate
Justice
initiative
and
the
same.
The
issue
is
addressed
in
our
emergency
action
plan.
Then
we
should
be
able
to
communicate
and
like
show
that
we've
achieved,
you
know
three
needs
at
one
time.
F
I
imagine
there's
going
to
be
some
overlap,
but
that
might
help
with
our
facilities
assessment
and
then
I
was
thinking
about
what
dollar
just
presented
with
the
neighborhoods
that
we're
going
to
make
investments
in
those
being
able
to
have
meetings
in
the
public
and
meet
the
community
where
they
are
so
that
might
also
be
able
to
help
us
heat
map.
Resiliency
hubs.
F
The
other
curiosity
that
I
have
is
I
was
thinking
about
as
the
liaison
to
the
homeless
or
the
hrca
human
relations
commission,
but
also
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee,
a
lot
of
times
we're
waiting
for
their
work
and
report
to
come
to
us
and
I
wonder
what
it
would
look
like
to
have
more
of
a
dialogue
approach.
So
we've
got
water
flowing
in
both
directions,
a
good
communication
flows.
F
Might
we
consider
a
process
of
like
sort
of
like
what
hcd
is
doing
with
the
affordable
housing
is
sending
for
requests
for
our
advisory
boards
to
look
at
things
with
us
and
that
way
it's
not
just
one-way
communication
and
reactionary
I,
don't
know
I
know
it's
just
two
of
the
three
of
us
here
today,
but
that's
like
a
spirit
of
our
work
plan.
More
than
a
thing
that
goes
on
the
list.
B
F
Okay.
Well
then,
for
example,
it's
already
on
our
September
agenda,
but
you've
got
things
like
the
equity
action
plan.
Does
that
need
to
go
to
hrca?
Does
the
festival
in
neighborhoods
I
already
know
that
that's
going
to
Neighborhood
advisory
committee
because
they're,
organizing
it
so
I
kind
of
know,
we've
got
like
a
two-way
street
on
that,
but
I
do
wonder
about
strategic
partnership
Grant.
F
If,
when
we
have
the
hrca,
for
example,
convening
regularly
to
make
recommendations
that
may
help
us
to
give
instructions
on
what
recommendations
they
could
be
making
I
just
I'm,
not
sure
if
we're
fully
activating
that
group
and
then
I
also
see
where
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee
could
be
more
deeply
activated.
C
B
This
has
been
great,
really
appreciate
the
feedback
and
again
this
is
intended
to
be
an
ongoing
dialogue.
So
we'll
continue
at
the
end
of
each
agenda
to
list
the
planned
upcoming
agenda
items
we'll
segment
those
by
month,
just
so
that
there's
a
little
more
predictability
and
you
knowing,
when
they're,
going
to
come
forward.
But
please
know
we
welcome
that
feedback,
because
we
do
want
to
make
sure
we're
meeting
the
expectations
of
the
committee
as
we're
planning
for
future
agenda
items.
C
And
have
you
have
you
thought
about
touching
base
with
councilwoman
Turner?
She
gave
her
input
I'm
sure
she'll
have
some
input
before
we
move
forward
with
solidifying
plan.
We.
C
K
Hello,
can
you
hear
me
yes,
ma'am,
you
can
go.
Okay,
I
am
maybe
a
two-part
question,
I'm
not
concerned
Citizen
and
Asheville
and
I
would
like
to
know
in
2023.
K
Why
is
it
that
we
only
have
one
one
black
director
in
the
entire
city
of
Asheville
and
also
my
other
question,
is
what
what
is
it
going
to
take
to
make
the
hiring
process
more
inclusive
for
black
women
in
the
city,
because
I'm
quite
sure
there
has
to
be
a
lot
of
qualified
candidates
and
also
how
do
you
guys
well,
three
part:
how
do
you
plan
to
address
a
lot
of
the
unfair
treatment?
That's
been
everybody's,
been
hearing
about
within
the
city
itself
pertaining
to
black
women.
C
Thank
you
for
your
comment
and
those
are
very,
very
important
and
timely
questions.
Nevertheless,
we
don't
have
a
talk
back
in
this
forum
that
you
can
submit
your
questions
to
us.
You
can
submit
your
questions
to
us
via
email,
and
somebody
would
do
that
with
a
response.
C
I,
do
not
okay,
so
we
have
your
telephone
number.
Somebody
will
reach
out
to
you
to
give
you
some
direction
on
the
best
way
to
pose
those
questions
in
a
different.
This
is
not
the
place.
Thank
you.
K
Okay,
then
well,
you
know,
hopefully
your
important
time
will
come
well,
it
will
be
the
place,
but
thank
you
anyway
for
the
information,
and
hopefully
somebody
will
be
reaching
out.
B
C
K
C
K
C
Right
then,
our
meeting
is
adjourned.
Unless
anybody
has
anything,
they
would
like
to
say
concerning
any
of
the
items
on
our
agenda
on
today.