Asheville City Council
January 22, 2019
Regular meeting
WaterOther City businessPublic safetyHousing
What it did
- Approves the conditional zoning request.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Motion to adopt an ordinance amending provisions of Chapter 10, Article IV of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Asheville concerning noise…Put off to a later meeting.
- Lets the City Manager identify a multi-year funding strategy to complete the Site Design and Implementation Plan for city-owned properties on Haywood…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Signs an agreement with the Harper Corporation for the north fork water treatment plant Sodium Bicarbonate Silo Replacement Project.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 6
- Voted on separately
- 3
- Routine items, one vote
- 3
- Votes that split
- 0
Why it matters
Regular meetings are where Council votes on laws, the budget, contracts and zoning. Routine items pass together in one vote, called the consent agenda.
The recording
Everything on the agenda
From the minutes, in the order the City lists them. Each item's first lines are the minutes' own words.
PROCLAMATIONS
Proclamation proclaiming January 22, 2019, as “National Day of Racial Healing”
“Mayor Manheimer read the proclamation proclaiming January 22, 2019, as "National Day of Racial Healing " in the City of Asheville.”
Proclamation proclaiming February 4-10, 2019, as “Celebrate Tennis Week”
“Councilwoman Mayfield read the proclamation proclaiming February 4-10, 2019, as "Celebrate Tennis Week" in the City of Asheville.”
Innovation in sustainability award
“Jason Walls, District Manager of Duke Energy in Asheville, presented the City of Asheville with Duke Energy’s 25th Annual Power Partner Award 2018 for Innovation in Sustainability.”
CONSENT AGENDA
3 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Review of budget priorities & community feedback: chief financial
“Officer Barbara Whitehorn said that the goals of the project is (1) to improve community access to budget process; (2) improve staff understanding of community profiles; and (3) provide community input for Council consideration in budget process.”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to consider an amendment to the unified development ordinance making all subdivisions in historic overlay districts and on local historic landmark properties a major work
“Councilman Young moved to table this public hearing.”
Public hearing to consider conditional zoning a portion of property located at 252 Patton Avenue and a portion of property located at 28 Knoxville Place from Central Business District and RM-8 Residential Multi-family Medium Density…
“At this time, Interim City Attorney Rockoff left the Council dais due to a conflict of interest, and in her place Senior Assistant City Attorney John Maddux sat in for her during this item.”
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Consideration to support Option 1 as the next steps for the haywood/page redevelopment Planning
“Director of Planning & Urban Design Todd Okolichany said that this is consideration to authorize City Manager to Identify a Multi-Year Funding Strategy to Complete the Site Design and Implementation Plan for City-Owned Property on Haywood Street and Page Avenue Background:”
NEW BUSINESS
Ordinance amending provisions of Chapter 10, Article IV of the Code of Ordinances concerning Noise regulation: senior assistant
“City Attorney John Maddux said that this is the consideration of amending provisions of Chapter 10, Article IV of the Code of Ordinances concerning noise regulation.”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
“Jonathan Wainscott spoke in favor of City elections being in the even year cycle.”
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Approves the conditional zoning request.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
More from the minutes
- “The balance of the two properties, along with three additional residential lots to the south, are proposed to be graded in conjunction with the utility substation project to prepare the surrounding property for future development.”
- “The GIS is proposed to be enclosed within a single two-story building that will be 25-feet tall and 5,200 square feet.”
- “Proposes the use of a GIS substation resulting in a much smaller impact leaving room for future development that will help screen the substation from view.”
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
More from the minutes
- “She said if that money doesn’t have to go into that pot where we already have designated monies for affordable housing, that City staff consider using those proceeds to at least fund a portion of this.”
Put off to a later meeting.
More from the minutes
- “Committee(s): On December 17, 2018, the Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to recommend the City Council adopt the proposed revisions.”
- “He then reviewed the proposed changes: (1) The collection of unpaid civil penalties is impractical, and as a result, violating the noise ordinance carries no practical, enforceable consequences.”
- “Proposed Solution - Punish violations as infractions instead of civil penalties.”
Routine items, passed together
The consent agenda: items Council approves in one vote, without separate discussion. A member can ask to pull an item out for its own vote.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The project will replace equipment installed in 1996.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “The WRD requests authorization to contract with The Harper Corporation for the bid amount of $968,000 ($909,000 base bid + $59,000 potential Alternate #1) plus a 15% contingency in the amount of $145,200 for a total project budget in the amount of $1,113,000.”
Changes the contract with McGuire, Wood & Bissette for legal services.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “The original contract had a not to exceed amount of $200,000, and due to the delay in hiring a new City Attorney a contract amendment is necessary to the not to exceed $200,000 section of the contract.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “The Fields Consulting Group contract needs to be amended by $3,000 to a total of $92,000 to allow for payment of the vendor’s final invoice.”
The plain-language lines are written by fixed rules from each item's official title, which is on each decision's page. Every vote the minutes record is listed; procedural motions, like approving the minutes or adjourning, are left out.