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Asheville City Council

January 14, 2020

Regular meeting

Streets and transitPublic safetyOther City businessBudget and taxes

What it did

Votes recorded
11
Voted on separately
2
Routine items, one vote
9
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.

PROCLAMATIONS

  1. Proclamation proclaiming January 21, 2020, as “National Day of Racial Healing”

    “Mayor Manheimer read the proclamation proclaiming January 21, 2020, as "National Day of Racial Healing " in the City of Asheville.”

CONSENT AGENDA

  1. 9 routine items, passed together in one vote.

PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS

  1. Manager’s report - Transit

    “City Manager Campbell introduced Assistant Transportation Director Jessica Morriss who said that City Council Strategy E.2 - Implement Year 1 recommendations of the Transit Master Plan (1-3 years), during the first half of Year 1, there has been a 25% service increase: route configurations, on-time…”

PUBLIC HEARINGS

  1. Public hearing to consider an amendment to the previously approved conditional zoning (Ordinance No. 4602) for the RAD Lofts Project located at 146 and 179 Roberts Street to revise conditions related to affordability: urban

    “Planner Jessica Bernstein said that this is the consideration of an ordinance to amend a previously approved conditional zoning approval (Ordinance No. 4602) for the RAD Lofts Project (Urban Place/Conditional Zone) located at 146 and 179 Roberts Street, to revise conditions related to affordability.”

  2. Public hearing to consider amending the 2019-20 Annual Action Plan for the reallocation of an estimated $723,208 in federal HOME Investment Partnership Program funds

    “RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 2019-20 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE REALLOCATION OF AN ESTIMATED $723,208 IN FEDERAL HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUNDS Community Development Programs Director Paul D’Angelo said that this is the consideration of a resolution amending the 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan…”

  3. Public hearing on issuance of the General Obligation refunding funding bonds adoption of the Bond Order authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $23,000,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds of the City of Asheville, North Carolina:…

    “Page 18 Chief Financial Officer Barbara Whitehorn said that this is the consideration (1) To hold a public hearing; (2) adoption of Bond Order; and (3) adoption of a resolution for the issuance of General Obligation (GO) Refunding Bonds for the refinancing of existing debt.”

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Boards & commissions

    “Regarding the Civic Center Commission, the following individual applied for the vacancy: David Nutter.”

INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT

  1. Public comment

    “Mr. Dan Glidden and Tim Birthisel urged Council to adopt a resolution urging congress to pass HR 763 - Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act to address climate change.”

Voted on separately

Each of these had its own motion and vote.

  1. Adopts a resolution for the issuance of City of Asheville, N.C. General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2020A, and City of Asheville, N.C., taxable…

    Passed. Everyone present voted yes.

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “In May, 2018, Council authorized the issuance of a GO Bond Anticipation Note in an amount not to exceed $23,000,000.”

  2. Lets the City Manager submit an Amendment to the 2019-2020 Consolidated Action Plan for the HOME Investment Partnership Program.

    Passed. Everyone present voted yes.

    More from the minutes
    • “Quality Affordable Housing”
    • “Approximately 170 affordable rental units will be created, 18 homeowners will be assisted with down payment assistance, and additional rental assistance will be supported in Henderson and Buncombe Counties.”

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. Lets the City Manager amend the existing repair agreement with Safe Industries for services related to the repair of Asheville Fire Department…

    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 resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend the existing repair agreement with Safe Industries related to the repair of Asheville Fire Department (AFD) Truck 9574 to increase the contract amount from $78,636 to $117,991.”

  2. Changes the speed limit on several streets within the City of Asheville.

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

    More from the minutes
    • “West Haywood Street, from Park Avenue North to Roberts Street will be changed to 20 miles per hour.”

  3. Signs a contract with Austin Construction & Grading for Ray l. Kisiah Park Paving and Batting Cage improvements.

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

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “This project will improve the appearance, usefulness, and safety of facilities and are consistent with the department’s Parks, Recreation, Cultural Arts Master Plan adopted by City Council in 2009.”

  4. Signs a lease with Pulliam State Bureau LLC at 9 Walden Ridge for the South Asheville Police Resource Center.

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

    More from the minutes
    • “The Asheville Police Department (APD) is currently leasing space at 1 Pond Street from Skyland Fire and Rescue Corporation.”
    • “Lease Area - 5,941 Square Feet”
    • “This space provides the option to off-site some APD units currently working from overcrowded conditions in the downtown Municipal Building.”

  5. Sells two Freightliner Dump Trucks and one john deer Backhoe deemed surplus City…

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

  6. Resolution authorizing the City of Asheville’s participation in the Local Government Climate Litigation Amicus Brief project.

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

    More from the minutes
    • “The Administration has also introduced the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficiency (SAFE) Vehicles Rule which would result in a rollback of federal and state Clean Car Standards and lead to a significant increase in climate pollution.”

  7. Sets a public hearing on February 11, 2020 on permanently close an unopened right-of-way known as Oak Street.

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

  8. Sets a public hearing on February 11, 2020 on permanently close an unopened right-of-way between Midway Drive and Willis Way.

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

  9. Sets a public hearing on February 11, 2020 on permanently close an unopened right-of-way off Federal Alley.

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

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.