Asheville City Council
October 13, 2020
Regular meeting
Other City businessStreets and transitHousing
What it did
- Approves the amendment to the previously approved conditional zoning for the Coxe/Asheland Mixed-Use Development.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Adds money to the budget from federal transit administration, for section 5339(b) funds to be used to improve and enhance bus stops…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Lets the City Manager execute a three year service contract with 120water for the Lead Education & Prevention Program.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Lets the City Manager sign an amendment to the existing license agreement with Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems LLC, d/b/a Verizon Wireless…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 7
- Voted on separately
- 1
- Routine items, one vote
- 6
- 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
6 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Manager’s report - 30/60/90 Day Work Plan
“City Manager Campbell said that provided City Council with her presentation overview: (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 response to numerous…”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to amend the U.S. dept. of housing & urban development 5-year consolidated action plan
“Councilwoman Smith moved to continue this public hearing to amend the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development 5-Year Consolidated Action Plan until November 10, 2020.”
Public hearing to consider an amendment to a previously approved conditional zoning approval (Ordinance No. 4570) for property located at 236 Charlotte Street and 336 Hilliard Street to modify the site Plan to reflect the right-of-way…
“Principal Planner Shannon Tuch said that this is the consideration of an amendment to a previously approved conditional zoning approval (Ordinance No. 4570) for property located at 236 Charlotte Street and 336 Hilliard Street to modify the site plan to reflect the right-of-way closure of Lennox…”
Amendments to the unified Development ordinance in order to bring the City’s Development code into alignment with recent State legislation public hearing to amend the Unified Development Ordinance Articles II, III, v, viii and VIX…
“Mayor Manheimer said that these two amendments both relate to bringing the City’s development code into alignment with recent state legislation; therefore, there will be one 10-13-20 Page 15 presentation and combined public hearings; but ultimately two votes.”
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Resolution to permanently close a portion of an unopened right-of-way known as Gayle Street
“Mayor Manheimer said that this public hearing was held on September 22, 2020, and in accordance with recent legislation amending North Carolina G.S. § 166A-19.24(e), regarding public hearings conducted during remote meetings, written comments for this public hearing were accepted for an additional 24 hours.”
Ordinance to consider an amendment to a previously approved conditional zoning for property located at coxe/asheland/federal alley for changes to a mixed use development zoned central business district-expansion/conditional zone
“At the request of Mayor Manheimer, Vice-Mayor Wisler moved to recuse Mayor Manheimer from participating in this matter during a conflict of interest.”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
“That worksession will be remote and public comment will not be accepted.”
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
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 budget amendment in the amount of $1,250,000, which includes $1.0 million from the FTA Section 5339(b) Discretionary Grant Fund Program for bus stop improvements and a $250,000 local match.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a three year service contract with the option to renew for an additional two years with 120Water for the Lead Education and Prevention Program in the amount of $446,648 with a 10% contingency of $44,664.80 for a total of $491,312.80.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Move to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a change order to the contract with Brown and Caldwell for the emergency repairs to the North Fork WTP water storage tank baffle curtains for an amount of $346,500 bringing the total of the project to $819,500.”
Accepts grant money from Urban Sustainability Directors for the Climate Justice Initiative.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Motion to approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept funding from the Urban Sustainability Directors Network; and a budget amendment in the amount of $15,000 to appropriate the funding in the City’s Sustainability Fund.”
- “Grant funds will be utilized for Sustainability’s Climate Justice Initiative outreach efforts to engage the community through story circles and photo art.”
- “Story circle compensation, interpretation and translation,”
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.