Asheville City Council
February 9, 2021
Regular meeting
Other City business
What it did
- Lets the City Manager execute a Building construction contract…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Sets a public hearing on March 9, 2021 on close an unopened right-of-way known as Trade Street.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Sets a public hearing on February 23, 2021 on the voluntary annexation of .47 acres off of Oak Hill Circle…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 3
- Voted on separately
- 0
- Routine items, one vote
- 3
- 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 February 2021 as “Love Asheville, GO Local” Month
“Councilwoman Turner read the proclamation proclaiming February 2021, as "Love Asheville, Go Local” Month in the City of Asheville.”
CONSENT AGENDA
3 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Manager’s report - Homeless camps
“City Manager Campbell explained the key takeaways on this presentation, to include (1) City has followed CDC guidance on not removing homeless camps on City-owned property since issues and will continue to do so, unless there is an imminent safety concern (2) the N.C. Dept. of Transportation…”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to amend the Unified Development Ordinance Articles II, III, v, viii, ix and XVII in order to adopt new standards regulating hotels and associated changes
“Mayor Manheimer announced that the two public hearings on the hotel development standards and the hotel overlay district will be combined into one presentation from Director of Planning & Urban Design Todd Okolichany.”
Public hearing to apply a new Hotel Overlay District to certain properties within the City of Asheville corporate limits
“Director of Planning & Urban Design Todd Okolichany said that this is the consideration of an ordinance to apply a new Hotel Overlay District to certain properties within the City of 2-9-21 Page 13 Asheville corporate limits.”
NEW BUSINESS
Boards & Commissions
“Asheville City Board of Education 2-9-21 Page 16 Regarding the Asheville City Board of Education, the following individuals applied for the vacancies: Abby Crahan, Jennifer Farmer, Jacquelyn Carr McHargue, CJ Breland, Patricia Griffin, James C. Carter, Libby Kyles, Joyce Brown, Pepi Acebo,…”
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.
Lets the City Manager execute a Building construction contract…
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “Adopt a resolution fixing the date of a public hearing on February 23, 2021 for the voluntary annexation of 0.47 acres in west Asheville off of Oak Hill Circle and Moorecrest Road.”
- “The property owner, Boomville Properties, LLC, has petitioned the City of Asheville for the annexation of 0.47 acres located at 99999 Moorecrest Road and identified in the Buncombe County tax records as PIN 9629-80-7863.”
- “This request includes the voluntary annexation of 0.47 acres of property into the City which will provide new property tax revenue with minimal increase to services.”
Sets a public hearing on March 9, 2021 on close an unopened right-of-way known as Trade Street.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “The right-of-way is needed to provide the required screening in the back of the property for 4 residential units that will front on Roberts Street.”
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.