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Asheville City Council

February 12, 2019

Regular meeting

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What it did

Votes recorded
12
Voted on separately
1
Routine items, one vote
11
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

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Agenda Minutes The City's meeting page

Everything on the agenda

From the minutes, in the order the City lists them. Each item's first lines are the minutes' own words.

CONSENT AGENDA

  1. 11 routine items, passed together in one vote.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

  1. Public hearing to consider an amendment to the conditions of: urban

    “Urban Planner Jessica Bernstein said that this is the consideration of an ordinance to amend the conditions of Ordinance No. 4722 for the conditionally zoning of property located at 274 and 281 Hazel Mill Road.”

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Resolution adopting the down payment assistance policy

    “Mayor Manheimer announced that this will be considered at the February 26, 2019, meeting.”

  2. Boards and commissions

    “Regarding the Board of Electrical Examiners, no one applied for the layman seat; therefore, City Council instructed the City Clerk to continue advertising.”

INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT

  1. Public comment

    “Mayor Manheimer gave a brief update of the Vance Elementary softball field noting that one of our Parks Bond would help co-fund the softball improvements at Vance Elementary.”

Voted on separately

Each of these had its own motion and vote.

  1. Approves the conditional zoning amendment to ordinance 4722 for White Oak Grove Apartments at 275 and 281 Hazel Mill Road.

    Passed. Everyone present voted yes.

    More from the minutes
    • “Quality Affordable Housing”
    • “The project was approved by City Council with the intention for the sidewalk as proposed by the applicant, and as shown on the site plan map.”

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.

  1. Signs a contract with Cooper Construction Company Inc. for the North Fork Bridge Transmission Line Bypass Project.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “This proposed project has been determined to be a critical installation that will provide a redundant water transmission line bypass feed to a section of existing transmission mains, which are highly susceptible to failure during flooding events on the North Fork of the Swannanoa River.”
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “The WRD requests authorization to contract with Cooper Construction for the bid amount of $1,850,740 plus a 15% contingency in the amount of $277,611 for a total project budget in the amount of $2,128,351.”
    • “The scope of work for this project includes the installation of approximately 1,700 Linear Feet (LF) of 36-inch transmission line and appurtenances along North Fork Road with tie-ins to the existing 36 and 24-inch transmission lines to the north and south of the bridge crossing the North Fork of the Swannanoa River.”

  2. Lets the City Manager sign an amended grant agreement with the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority reducing a previous award of $1,000,000…

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign an amended grant agreement with Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority reducing a previous award of $1,000,000 to $25,000 in Tourism Product Development Funds.”
    • “Beaucatcher Greenway is an unbuilt segment of the proposed River to Ridge Greenway and Trail Network that is part of the Greenway Master Plan adopted in 2009 and updated in 2013.”

  3. Signs a contract98,431 contract with NHM Constructors of Asheville for the improvement to the storm drainage, sidewalk and bus travel lanes…

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “This project will also bring the ART Bus Station site back into compliance with ADA standards.”
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “The lowest responsible bidder was NHM Constructors,LLC of Asheville NC in the amount of $271,301.00 plus a 10% contingency of $27,130.00, for a total of $298,431.”

  4. Signs a contract with Patton Construction Group Inc. for the Hill Street and Bingham Road sidewalk project.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Patton Construction Group Inc. for the construction of one sidewalk on Hill Street and the other sidewalk on Bingham Road in the amount of $260,667 plus a 10% contingency of $26,066.75.”

  5. Lets the City Manager execute a supplement agreement with GHD for professional engineering services for Water Resources Department Treatment Improvements & residuals…

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “This project will develop an alternative solution for disposal of water treatment plant residuals.”
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “The WRD requests authorization to contract with GHD for the proposed amount of $218,500 plus a 15% contingency in the amount of $32,775 for a total project budget in the amount of $251,275.”

  6. Applies for Grant funding from the N.C. department of environmental quality for the purpose…, and accepts it if awarded.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “Apply for grant funds, in the amount of $30,000, for outreach efforts to reduce contamination in the recycling stream and improve material quality.”

  7. Changes the budget for the scope of work amendment to the Bike Share Feasibility Study.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of a budget amendment in the amount of $14,500 to move funds from the General Fund to the Special Revenue Fund to allow addition of e-scooters to the existing consultant contract for the Bike Share Feasibility Study. . Background:”

  8. Changes the speed limit along sections of Lyman Street and Riverside Drive from 30 mph to 25…

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

  9. Resolution of intent to set a public hearing to close an unopened right-of-way off fairfax avenue.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

  10. Lets the City Manager utilize excess Liability Insurance Recovery funds for Property and Liability claims.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

  11. States Council's support for a statewide initiative for legislative funding to re-establish a passenger rail connection…

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “This service will be evaluated after two years by Amtrak, the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division, the Western North Carolina Rail Committee Inc and the communities served by the Salisbury-Asheville bus-rail connection.”

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.