Asheville City Council
February 27, 2024
Regular meeting
Other City businessWaterPublic safetyStreets and transit
What it did
- Resolution authorizing the exception to competitive bidding on procurement of goods and Services from Atlantic Emergency Solutions for the purpose of standardization of Pierce…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Signs a contract with PC Construction Company for the rehabilitation for North Fork Filter 3 rehabilitation project.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Signs a contract with East Coast Truck Shop for Body Work and Paint Repairs to supplement fleet management capacity.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Changes the contract with Cinderella Partners Inc. for additional structural repairs in the Rankin Avenue and Wall Street garages…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 13
- Voted on separately
- 0
- Routine items, one vote
- 13
- 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.
PROCLAMATIONS
Proclamation proclaiming March 2024 as “Procurement Month”
“Mayor Manheimer read the proclamation proclaiming March, 2024, as "Procurement Month" in the City of Asheville.”
CONSENT AGENDA
13 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Manager’s report 2-27-24: Page 18 Shelter strategy update
“Homeless Strategy Division Manager Emily Ball provided the following overview of the key takeaways from her presentation: (1) Unsheltered homelessness increased significantly during the pandemic.”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to consider the conditional zoning of 21 London Road from commercial industrial district to residential expansion - conditional zone and to amend the future land use map from industrial/manufacturing to urban corridor
“At the request of the applicant, Councilwoman Ullman moved to continue this public hearing until March 26, 2024.”
NEW BUSINESS
Motion directing the City Manager to coordinate with Asheville PEAK Academy to collect all federally required information to finalize a formal agreement with Asheville PEAK Academy using the remaining unobligated balance of american…
“Assistant City Manager Rachel Wood said this is the consideration of a motion directing the City Manager to coordinate with Asheville PEAK Academy to collect all federally required information to finalize a formal grant agreement with Asheville PEAK Academy in the amount of $501,384 using the…”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
- complaints from African American riders about African American bus drivers
- request for Asheville to not take a stand on a ceasefire resolution
- request to condemn antisemitism and crime in Asheville
- history of at-large elections
- request for Council to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
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: “This Contract will be for an initial term of (1) one year with the option for (2) two one year renewals”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “The Contract amount for the initial (1) one year term will be $400,000 with a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $1,200,000 for the (3) three year term.”
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 construction contract with PC Construction Company in the amount not to exceed $828,300 (753,000.00 with 10% contingency) for North Fork Filter 3 rehabilitation.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “This Contract will be for an initial term of (1) one year with the option for (2) two one year renewals”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “The Contract amount for the initial (1) one year term will be $100,000 with a total not-to -exceed contract amount of $300,000 for the (3) three year term.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “A request for bids was issued and the lowest, responsive bidder, Cinderella Partners, Inc. was awarded a contract in the amount of $279,939.19 at the October 14, 2023 Council meeting.”
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: “This project will allow more lead connectors and galvanized lines preceded by lead to be identified/removed from the distribution system in project areas. ‘”
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: “This agreement provides funding for the management of two free community events annually, the fireworks display for the Independence Day Celebration, and parade volunteers.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “Over half of those buses have more than 500,000 miles on them and are past their useful life.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The grant and associated expenses will be included in the FY 2024-25 Proposed Budget for the Transit Fund.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The grant funds were scoped for preliminary engineering for a multi-use path along/near Riverside Drive/NC 251 from Hill Street to Pearson Bridge Road named North RADTIP (Wilma Dykeman) Greenway.”
- “The North RADTIP (Wilma Dykeman) Greenway Project will extend through the River Arts District, north to Woodfin and will provide a safe pedestrian and bicycle corridor for area residents in neighborhoods which include, but are not limited to, Montford and Hillcrest.”
Changes the dates of Council meetings.
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.