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Asheville City Council

November 13, 2018

Regular meeting

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What it did

Votes recorded
9
Voted on separately
3
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

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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 November, 2018, as “Diabetes Awareness Month”

    “Councilman Young read the proclamation proclaiming November, 2018, as "Diabetes Awareness Month" in the City of Asheville.”

  2. Proclamation proclaiming November 16, 2018, as “Care for Caregivers Day”

    “Vice-Mayor Wisler read the proclamation proclaiming November 16, 2018, as "Care for Caregivers Day " in the City of Asheville.”

CONSENT AGENDA

  1. 6 routine items, passed together in one vote.

PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS

  1. Asheville Police Department Open Data update

    “Assistant to the City Manager Jaime Matthews updated City Council on the Asheville Police Department (APD) Open Data requests.”

  2. City council’s strategic priorities update

    “Interim Assistant City Manager Scott Burnette briefly reviewed Council’s Strategic Plan update.”

  3. I-26 Connector update

    “Transportation Director Ken Putnam provided the following update: “The purpose of this memorandum is to provide an update to City Council regarding the I-26 Connector project (Project # I-2513). “The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and their design team are currently working to…”

PUBLIC HEARINGS

  1. Public hearing to consider an amendment to the unified development ordinance making all subdivisions in historic overlay districts and on local historic landmark properties a major work

    “Councilman Young moved to continue this public hearing until December 11, 2018.”

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Traffic Planning & Design Inc. for the Charlotte Street Improvement Project 11-13-18: Page 10

    “Capital Projects Director Jade Dundas said that this is the consideration of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a design contract with Traffic Planning and Design, Inc. for the Charlotte Street Improvement Project.”

  2. Resolution authorizing the sale of City-owned property at 360 Hilliard Avenue to the Kassinger Development Group for an affordable Housing development 11-13-18

    “Page 12 RESOLUTION NO. 18-288 - RESOLUTION TO APPROVE LOANS FROM THE CITY’S HOUSING TRUST FUND Mr. Jeff Staudinger, representing the Community & Economic Development Department, said that this is the consideration of a revised proposal from Kassinger Development Group for the development of…”

  3. Boards & commissions

    “Regarding the Board of Electrical Examiners, since no applications for the layman seat were received, it was the consensus of Council to re-advertise for the position.”

INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT

  1. Public comment

    “Ms. Tammy Summey expressed to Council a concern of harassment she experienced while voting in west Asheville.”

Voted on separately

Each of these had its own motion and vote.

  1. Adopts Resolution No. 18-287: Resolution authorizing the sale of city-owned property at 360 Hilliard Avenue to the Kassinger Development Group for an affordable…

    Passed. Everyone present voted yes.

    Who it's for: Households earning up to 80% of the area median income: up to $81,920 a year for a family of four, or $57,360 for one person (HUD's 2026 income limits for tax-credit housing in the Asheville area).

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “This project is a direct reflection of the recent policy changes and will be the first project before Council that will directly secure ownership opportunities for those at the lower price points of our community.”
    • “49 1-BR units and 15 2-BR units.”
    • “Income restricted to 80% AMI, with an affordability period of 50 years.”
    • “The developer would provide the 1st year of HOA payments on each affordable unit.”

  2. Adopts Resolution No. 18-288: Resolution to approve loans from the city’s Housing Trust Fund.

    Passed. Everyone present voted yes.

  3. Adopts Resolution No. 18-286: Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Traffic Planning & design inc.

    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.

  1. Signs a contract with WNC Landscaping, LLC for the Fiscal Year 2019 Downtown Cleaning Contract.

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

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “Summary: The consideration of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract in the amount of $226,202 plus a contingency of 15.0% ($33,930) with WNC Landscaping, LLC. for the project known as Fiscal Year 2019 Downtown Cleaning Contract.”

  2. Signs a contract with Greenlight Electric Inc. for the Bond Traffic Signals - Phase 2 project.

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

    More from the minutes
    • “Phase 2 will include one (1) of the four (4) proposed traffic signals approved by the 2016 Bond referendum (Along Patton Avenue, the intersections with Lexington Ave).”

  3. Signs a lease with Duke Energy for property across 34 Hiawassee Street.

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

    More from the minutes
    • “The consideration of a resolution to convey an easement to Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (DEP) over a portion of City-owned property that is currently used as the employee parking lot for the U.S. Cellular Center.”
    • “It is located behind the US Cellular Center and is currently being used as the employee parking lot.”
    • “Duke Energy Progress is requesting an easement that is approximately 0.136 acres under the existing overhead electrical cables.”

  4. Lets the City Manager dispose of 1.72 acres of city-owned real property located at the Mills River water treatment plant…

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

    More from the minutes
    • “The consideration of a conveyance of 1.72 acres of real property located at the Mills River Water Treatment Facility to the City of Hendersonville for the purposes of installing an emergency municipal water intake system.”
    • “The City of Asheville owns over 300 acres in Henderson County that serves as the Mills River Water Treatment Facility.”
    • “Asheville has been approached by the City of Hendersonville with a request to acquire 1.72 acres of said property to develop a new emergency water intake on the French Broad River to serve Hendersonville water customers.”

  5. Signs a contract with Alta Planning + Design, Inc. for the Design services for the Asheville Greenway Connectors project, Phase Two.

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

  6. 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.