Asheville City Council
July 14, 2020
Regular meeting
Other City businessPublic safety
What it did
- Motion to authorize the City Attorney to execute the contract with Hillard Heintze to perform an evaluation of the Asheville Police Department response…Put off to a later meeting.
- Approves the City’s submittal to HUD for the proposed use of CDBG funds for COVID-19.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Adopts Resolution No. 20-128: Resolution supporting Community Reparations for Black Asheville.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Signs a contract72,470 contract with Patton Construction Group Inc. for the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Utility Cut Concrete Repair project.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 5
- Voted on separately
- 3
- Routine items, one vote
- 2
- 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
2 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Manager’s report - 30/60/90 day Plan
“City Manager Campbell said that she will provide an update on the 30/60/90 day work plan in response to the Black Asheville Demands coalition requests.”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to solicit comments for the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership Act funds Annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2020-21
“Councilman Kapoor moved to continue the public hearing to solicit comments for the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership Act funds Annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2020-21 to July 28, 2020.”
Public hearing to consider rezoning property located at 99999 Courtland Avenue, 99999 Woodside Place, and 99999 Gudger Street from Urban Village to RS-8 Residential Single-Family High Density District
“Principal Planner Shannon Tuch said that this is the consideration of an ordinance to rezone property located at 99999 Courtland Avenue, 99999 Woodside Place, and 99999 Gudget Street, from Urban Village to RS-8 Residential Single-Family High Density District.”
Public hearing to consider conditionally rezoning property located at 61 Innovation Drive from Commercial Industrial District to Institutional District/Conditional zone, along with a change in the Future Land Use Map from…
“Vice-Mayor Wisler, moved to continue the public hearing to conditionally rezone property located at 61 Innovation Drive from Commercial Industrial District to Institutional District/Conditional zone, along with a change in the Future Land Use Map from Industrial/Manufacturing to Employment/Anchor…”
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Resolution amending the 2019-20 U.S. dept. of housing & urban development Annual Action Plan to allocation funds to help prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19
“Mayor Manheimer said that this public hearing was held on June 23, 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.”
NEW BUSINESS
Resolution delegating authority to the City Attorney to enter into a contract with Hillard Heintze to evaluate and provide a report on the Asheville Police Department response to the recent protests
“City Attorney Branham said that this is consideration to authorize the City Attorney to contract with Hillard Heintze in an amount not to exceed $82,500 to conduct an evaluation of the Asheville Police Department (APD) response to the recent protests including a report to be provided to City Council.”
Resolution supporting Community Reparations for Black Asheville
“Councilman Young said “In this moment, we have a lot of issues to deal with that affect all citizens.”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
- support the resolution supporting community reparations for Black Asheville
- demanding 50% of the Asheville Police Department’s (APD) budget be redirected to the Black community
- defund the APD
- remove Vance monument
- abolish the APD
- don’t hire the consultant firm to study the actions of the APD during the protests
- remove police presence from schools and hospitals
- request Mayor Manheimer and Police Chief Zack to resign
- ban excessive use of force and chemical weapons against citizens
- need for budget transparency
- City is running the black communities out
- rename streets named after former slave owners and replace those names with the names of historic local black leaders
- opening up the City is harming the residents
- pay volunteers for their work on committees
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Approves the City’s submittal to HUD for the proposed use of CDBG funds for COVID-19.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
Put off to a later meeting.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The contract will be funded from the Asheville Police Department Budget.”
Adopts Resolution No. 20-128: Resolution supporting Community Reparations for Black Asheville.
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
- What the minutes say it will do: “This program is an enterprise fund that is supported by the participation of and work generated by partner agencies (Duke Energy, PSNC, City of Asheville Water Resources, and City of Asheville Stormwater Division).”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Patton Construction Group, Inc. in the amount of $236,930 plus a 15% contingency of $35,539.50, for a total of $272,469.50 for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 Utility Cut Concrete Repair.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The Agreement would specify maintenance roles and requirements for the mural.”
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.