Asheville City Council
August 25, 2020
Regular meeting
Streets and transitOther City businessHousingPublic safety
What it did
- Signs a contract.3 million contract with WeaverCooke Construction for the Design-Build City Hall Elevator Modernization project.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Buys two Gillig 30-foot diesel electric hybrid buses.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Lets the City Manager execute a Contract Amendment with the John r. McAdams Company Inc. for the Carter-Ann Stormwater Improvements Project -…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Lets the City Manager ratify the Paratransit Services Agreement with Buncombe County and approving an amendment to the agreement to increase funding…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 18
- Voted on separately
- 0
- Routine items, one vote
- 18
- 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
18 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Manager’s report - 30/60/90 Day Work Plan
“City Manager Campbell reviewed the following presentation overview on her 30/60/90 Day Plan with Council: (1) On June 9, staff presented a 30/60/90 Day Work Plan and over the past several meetings have updated Council and the community on our work; (2) The 30/60/90 Day Work Plan was developed in…”
Update from City attorney on Asheville Police Department protest response evaluations
“City Attorney Branham said that he will provide City Council with an update from a recent meeting of the Public Safety Committee.”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to amend the U.S. dept. of housing & urban development 5-year consolidated action plan
“Vice-Mayor Wisler moved to continue this public hearing to amend the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development 5-Year Consolidated Action Plan until October 13, 2020.”
NEW BUSINESS
Boards & commissions
“Regarding the Multimodal Transportation Commission, the following individuals applied for the vacancy: Sandy Aldridge, Kristen Goldsmith and John Bausone.”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
“Closed Session At 7:04 p.m., Councilwoman Smith moved to go into closed session for the following reasons: (1) to prevent disclosure of information that is privileged and confidential, pursuant to the laws of North Carolina, or not considered a public record within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes.”
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 construction is expected to begin in January 2021 and is anticipated to take 12 months to complete.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Funding for this contract and any cost amendments up to a total of $2,304,831 is already included in the adopted Capital Improvement Program (CIP).”
Buys two Gillig 30-foot diesel electric hybrid buses.
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 purchase two new Gillig 30-foot diesel electric hybrid buses for the Asheville Rides Transit System totaling $1,441,526 using the existing Rocky Mount, North Carolina Consortium Contract No.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The contract amendment will allow The John R. McAdams Company to continue with the design and construction phase of this infrastructure project.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Amendment # 1 utilized the contingency and increased the contract amount by $15,500 for a total contract amount of $88,910.”
- “Eight (8) of the firms submitting qualifications proposed reaching out and utilizing MWBE subcontractors for portions of the project.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “An additional contract amount of $14,002.46 is needed to pay remaining invoices from FY 2020.”
Lets the City Manager grant a sewer easement to Hawthorne at Haywood Apartments, LLC.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “City is receiving unbudgeted revenue for the easement in the amount of $6,594 Motion:”
- “The City was approached by a local developer who is building a new phase of the Hawthorne at Haywood Apartments and needs a connection to the nearest Metropolitan Sewerage District (MSD )sewer line.”
- “The original request of 2,000 square feet has now been increased to a total area of +/- 2736 square feet.”
- “Project will bring much needed rental units to the Asheville area.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “The mission of the ABCLT is to provide permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for low income individuals and families in Asheville and Buncombe County with a vision to create a thriving community where all are welcome.”
- “A community land trust creates permanently affordable housing by reducing the affordability gap by acquiring the land that remains “in trust” for the benefit of the community.”
- “A Grant Agreement between the City of Asheville and the ABCLT will assist in the production and preservation of affordable housing, as well as spending the Affordable Housing Bond dollars in a timely manner.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Signs an agreement with Buncombe County.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The Project is funded through a federal grant, administered through NCDOT, with matching funds provided by the City.”
- “In order to complete the network of sidewalks in the area, the City proposes to extend sidewalk construction approximately 600 feet outside City limits into Buncombe County jurisdiction to join with the existing sidewalk.”
Changes the speed limit on several streets within the City of Asheville.
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 contract will be one year with the option to amend for an additional two years (annually), pending available budget.”
- “In the two years the Blue Horizons Project has been implemented there has been significant increases in Duke Energy Peak Demand Response and Energy-Efficiency programs resulting in the delay of a natural gas peaker plant unit.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “City staff received requests from the public to consider through truck prohibitions on these streets and the proposed revisions are based on traffic-engineering investigations.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Signs a contract with Bartholomew Construction for the Fulton Street Bond sidewalk project.
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 contract provides for the resurfacing of Livingston Street starting at Depot Street west through the traffic circle and for the resurfacing of Reservoir Road.”
Amends city council’s Rules of Procedure to update our Local Rules to coincide with recent changes…
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “The proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure contain two revisions that are required by the new law.”
- “Proposed changes will align the city’s development standards, practices and procedures with current North Carolina state law.”
- “This is a legislative mandate and while some proposed changes reduce flexibility and/or discretion it is necessary to revise these practices to be consistent with state law.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Motion approving the board of alcoholic beverage control’s travel policy adopted january 26, 2016.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
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.