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Asheville City Council

October 22, 2024

Regular meeting

Other City businessHomelessnessWaterStreets and transitHelene recoveryBudget and taxesHousing

What it did

Votes recorded
13
Voted on separately
4
Routine items, one vote
9
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.

CONSENT AGENDA

  1. 9 routine items, passed together in one vote.

PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS

  1. MANAGER’S REPORT: Update on 2024 General Obligation Bond Referendum

    “Finance Director Tony McDowell said that as previously planned, the November ballot for City voters includes an $80 General Obligation Bond Referendum: $20M each for Affordable Housing, Transportation, Parks & Recreation, and Public Safety Facilities.”

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Support Helene Recovery

    “Mayor Manheimer said that we will consider these items with one presentation; however, individual votes will be taken.”

INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT

  1. Public comment

    “10-22-24 Page 21 Due to public comment being accommodated until 5:50 p.m. in order to allow City Council to attend the vigil in Pack Square Park, one individual spoke who was concerned about the temporary storm debris management site at 65 Ford Street in the Deaverview area.”

Voted on separately

Each of these had its own motion and vote.

  1. Authorizes the allocation of $1 million in Affordable Housing CIP funds to support Helene Recovery in the form…

    Passed. Everyone present voted yes.

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “On April 25, 2023, City Council approved an additional $1,035,000 from the Housing Trust Fund to fill an additional funding gap for a total of $2,500,000 (Resolution 23-92). 10-22-24 Page 19”
    • “The project, which included 82 apartments, was approved for a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC).”
    • “These funds will follow statutory requirements for affordable housing bonds.”
    • “Quality Affordable Housing”

  2. Authorizes an amendment to the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan for the 2018-2019 Annual Action Plan and the 2019-2020 Annual Action…

    Passed. Everyone present voted yes.

  3. Authorizes the rescission of the $1,035,000 Housing Trust Fund allocation and the $1,465,000 Affordable Housing Bond funds…

    Passed. Everyone present voted yes.

  4. Adopts a budget ordinance amendment in the CDBG Fund.

    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. 222 resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Interlocal Agreement with Buncombe County to administer their American Rescue Plan Act…

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

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “Motion to authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the ILA between COA and BC to maintain and expand the provision of Emergency Shelter Beds; and to adopt the associated budget amendment, in the amount of $3,605,000, for the funds received from Buncombe County.”
    • “Quality Affordable Housing”

  2. Changes the budget for the City’s Water Capital Improvement Fund, both funded with Federal Emergency Management Agency…

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

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of: 1) a budget amendment in the amount of $11.0 million in the City’s Special Revenue Fund and 2) a budget amendment in the amount of $25.1 million in the City’s Water Capital Improvement Fund; both funded with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimbursements.”
    • “At the end of September 2024, the City of Asheville experienced large-scale devastation and destruction as a result of Tropical Storm Helene that has affected residents, businesses and city-owned property and infrastructure.”

  3. Signs a contract with Appalachian Site Works Inc. for the construction of the New Haw Creek Sidewalk Project.

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

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “This project will install approximately 1 mile of 6’ wide sidewalk along New Haw Creek Road from Beverly Road to Bell Road, where no safe pedestrian facilities currently exist.”
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a construction contract with Appalachian SiteWork, Inc. in the amount not to exceed $2,940,901 plus a construction contingency of $294,090 for a total not to exceed contract of $3,234,991, for the construction of the New Haw Creek Sidewalk Project.”
    • “The scope of work also includes over 2,600 linear feet of stormwater pipe, 10,000 square feet of retaining wall, water line relocation, and complete roadway repaving.”

  4. Lets the City Manager execute a contract amendment with WNC Landscaping LLC to increase the total contract amount, and authorizing an increase…

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

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “As with the original project resolution, the new resolution will authorize the City Manager to execute any amendments and change orders to adjust the total amount of each individual contract, as well as change orders for individual contract renewals, within the new total project not-to-exceed amount of $618,640.”

  5. Signs a lease with Enka Samet, LLC, for a temporary debris processing site at 264 and 274 Enka Heritage Parkway…

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

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “The monthly cost of the lease is $3,500 per acre, totaling $84,000 per month for 24 acres.”
    • “Surrounding residents and businesses will be contacted with door-to-door outreach about all new temporary debris sites prior to them becoming operational.”

  6. Signs a contract with VODA.ai for the lead service line inventory.

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

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a general services contract with VODA.ai for predictive modeling services for the Water Resources service line inventory, the services not to exceed $170,000.”

  7. Signs a a05,405 contract with Bolton Construction and Service of WNC, Inc. for replacement of the chilled water pump at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center -…

    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 enter into a contract with Bolton Construction and Service of WNC, Inc for the replacement of the chilled water pump for the Harrah’s Cherokee Center - Asheville Chiller in the total amount of $105,405.00.”

  8. Lets the City Manager execute a not-to-exceed on-call contract for an initial one year term and option for two 1-year renewals…

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

  9. 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.