Asheville City Council
January 28, 2020
Regular meeting
Budget and taxesOther City businessStreets and transit
What it did
- Signs a contract with Bryant Land and Development Industries Inc. for the enhancements to the State Street project.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Signs an agreement with Buncombe County to issue a joint Request for Proposal (RFP) for a non-profit to implement…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Adopts a resolution dissolving the Energy Innovation Task Force (EITF) and creating the Blue Horizons Project Community Council to advise the Blue Horizons…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Adopts Resolution No. 20-25: Resolution endorsing the declaration of a Climate Emergency and emergency mobilization effort to restore a safe climate.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Votes recorded
- 11
- Voted on separately
- 3
- Routine items, one vote
- 8
- 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.
CONSENT AGENDA
8 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
MANAGER’S REPORT: Investments in City Facilities and Services
“City Manager Campbell reviewed Council’s strategic priority of a Financially Resilient City (1) enhance City facilities and services to maintain high quality of life; and (2) invest needed financial and staff resources to address maintenance, new construction and operational needs.”
NEW BUSINESS
Resolution dissolving the Energy Innovation Task Force and establishing the blue horizons community Council for the purpose of achieving the community-wide renewable Energy Goal through the Blue Horizons Project
“Councilwoman Mayfield said that the following are the Energy Innovation Task Force’s (EITF) goals from 2016: (1) Avoid or delay the construction of the 190-MW/$100 million natural gas-fired peaker plant planned for 2023; and (2) Transition to a cleaner, affordable, and smarter energy future in WNC,…”
Resolution endorsing the declaration of a Climate Emergency and emergency mobilization effort to restore a safe climate: City
“Sustainability Officer Amber Weaver said that in 2017 Mayor Manheimer reaffirmed Asheville’s commitment to uphold the Paris Climate Agreement on behalf of the City of Asheville; and while world leaders have recognized the urgent need to combat climate change by signing the Paris Agreement, the City…”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
“Mayor Manheimer said that we have heard from the community about moving ahead with the Transit Master Plan’s call for extended hours and at our last budget worksession we observed how we don’t have any additional funds for this year.”
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
More from the minutes
- “This engagement should result in real benefits for these communities without exacerbating the current lack of affordable housing within the City.”
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
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Bryant Land and Development Industries, Inc. in the amount of $1,281,068.20 plus a 15% contingency of $192,160.23 ($1,473,228.43 total) for the State Street Enhancement Project.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The purpose of the Section 5310 funding program is to improve mobility for seniors and individuals with disabilities by removing barriers to transportation services and expand transportation mobility options.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of budget amendment in the amount of $332,174 in Federal Transit Administration Section 5310 funds to fund pass-through grants to sub-recipients and a portion of the City's existing paratransit and administrative costs.”
Signs a lease with First Baptist Church for City employee parking at 5 Oak Street.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “The Parking Services Fund is responsible for the rental amount of $12,000 per year under the terms of the lease.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “Civic Center Commission - December 3, 2019 - Recommended proposed rate and booking policy adjustments.”
- “Finance Committee - December 10, 2019 - Recommended proposed rate and booking policy adjustments for full council approval.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “Civic Center Commission - December 3, 2019 - Recommended proposed rate and booking policy adjustments.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The study will be completed over the next two fiscal years.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “NCDOT will review and approve the designs and inspect the work during the construction phase which is currently scheduled to begin in Spring 2020.”
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.