Asheville City Council
November 14, 2023
Regular meeting
Other City businessBudget and taxesStreets and transit
What it did
- Resolution authorizing execution of an installment financing contract with TD Equipment Finance for Capital Improvement Program vehicles and equipment.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Signs a contract with Walden Security to provide Security services at the City’s parking facilities including four parking garages…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Signs a contract with Hazen and Sawyer for engineering services associated with the development of a professional engineering report…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Signs a contract with Hendrickson Transportation Group to secure transit-related administrative service,s training, and grant management support for Federal Transit…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 14
- Voted on separately
- 0
- Routine items, one vote
- 14
- 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 November 11-18, 2023, “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week”
“Mayor Manheimer read the proclamation proclaiming November 11-18, 2023, as "Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week " in the City of Asheville.”
CONSENT AGENDA
14 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Manager’s report - Tourism Development Authority Applications update: assistant to the
“City Manager Jaime Matthews provided the following key takeaways from her presentation (1) Grants from the Tourism Development Authority (TDA) provide the City with opportunities to leverage funds for tourism-related capital projects; (2) The City’s goal is to align capital needs with the allowable…”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to conditionally rezone 2 Butler Road from Community Business II District to Residential Expansion - Conditional Zone
“Councilwoman Ullman moved to recuse Mayor Manheimer from participating in this item due to a conflict of interest.”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
- school issues, especially as it relates to Senate Bill 49
- a request that the Public Art & Cultural Commission's proposed ordinance amendment not include a designated seat for Explore Asheville
- history of Vance Monument
- discrimination of Jewish people
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: “11-14-23 Page 8 Action Requested: Adoption of a resolution authorizing execution of an installment financing contract with TD Equipment Finance for Capital Improvement Program (CIP) vehicles and equipment in an amount not to exceed $8,300,000.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Funding for the first year of this contract, not to exceed $481,834, is available in the Parking Services operating budget.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “This project will become part of the Water Resources Department’s ongoing Capital Improvement Program.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign a contract with Hazen and Sawyer to provide a Preliminary Engineering Report for East Asheville Booster Pump Station in an amount not to exceed $245,000.”
- “The East Asheville Booster Pump Station has been non-operational since approximately 2010 and is currently considered decommissioned.”
- “If approved, the proposed engineering services described here within will be developed into a subcontract under the conditions of the master agreement.”
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 contract with Hendrickson Transportation Group for $124,600 to secure transit-related administrative services, training, and grant management support for Federal Transit Administration Grants.”
- “Based on the RFP scoring rubric, which ranked respondents based on experience and qualifications, project approach, and cost, HTG was selected by the selection committee and a one-year contract with options to renew for two additional years is proposed.”
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 ratifying the execution of a change order with Cinderella Partners, Inc. in the amount of $68,877 for additional structural repairs in the Wall Street garage for the Parking Garage Immediate Priority Repairs Project.”
Applies for the N.C. dept. of Transportation (NCDOT) Public Transit Apprenticeship Grant Program.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
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- The money, in the minutes' words: “The City provides 10% of the cost, not to exceed $5,491.”
Lets the City Manager execute a one-year contract (with four one-year options to renew)…
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
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- What the minutes say it will do: “The contract will be funded utilizing revenues from the 4% technology fee applied to most development fees.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
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- What the minutes say it will do: “This resolution will allow the Fleet Division to efficiently purchase the parts required to repair and maintain the City’s existing Vac-Con equipped Vacuum Suction Trucks”
- “City of Asheville Unit# 1437 requires replacement of the Vacuum Compressor Assembly.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
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- “All property owners abutting the unopened right-of-way have signed affidavits approving of the proposed closure.”
- “The Applicant has indicated that the purpose of the closure is to allow for the construction of additional housing units on the property.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
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- What the minutes say it will do: “This facility will feature improved high-visibility crosswalks, a wide shared use-path along a portion of Southside Avenue and on Short Coxe Avenue, and greenway wayfinding”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
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- What the minutes say it will do: “This program will directly serve 10 highly qualified staff members who will educate approximately 216 scholars from public housing or low-income communities in Asheville for the current school year.”
Lets the City Attorney condemn an easement needed for the Swannanoa River greenway project.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “The Swannanoa River Greenway Construction Project will install approximately one mile of greenway along the Swannanoa River where no bicycle or pedestrian facilities currently exist.”
Monthly municipal property tax refunds or releases per N.C. gen. stat. sec. 105-381.
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.