Asheville City Council
April 28, 2026
Regular meeting
HousingHomelessnessHelene recoveryOther City businessWaterStreets and transit
What it did
- Signs a contract with Bolton & Menk, Inc. for design and engineering services for one of three City-wide recovery projects…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Rezones 50 Coxe Ave for 203 affordable homes.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Changes the budget by $2.49 million in the amount of $2,492,801 from the State of North Carolina’s Department…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Adopts Ordinance Number 5208, ordinance amending Article VI, Regulation of Graffiti, of Chapter 10, Nuisances, of the Asheville Code of Ordinances, to amend…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Votes recorded
- 23
- Voted on separately
- 2
- Routine items, one vote
- 21
- 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
Jump to a part of the meeting (20 times listed by the City)
These times and titles are the City's own, copied from the video description.
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
21 routine items, passed together in one vote.
Public Hearings
Public hearing to consider a conditional zoning request for the property located at 50 Coxe Ave from Central Business District to Central Business Expansion - Conditional Zone
“Principal Planner Will Palmquist said that this is the consideration of a conditional zoning request for the property located at 50 Coxe Ave from Central Business District to Central Business Expansion - Conditional Zone for the purposes of constructing a 209-unit mixed-use development.”
Unfinished Business
Second reading and final reading of
“Mayor Manheimer said that public comment on this item was accepted on April 14, 2026, and it is being voted on its second and final reading since it includes a criminal penalty.”
Informal Discussion and Public Comment
Public comment
- need for more communication between developers and neighborhoods when proposing a conditional use project
- need to take a step back and look at surveillance infrastructure as a whole and invite the public to have input into the conversation
- need to increase the transit system routes and timeliness
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Rezones 50 Coxe Ave for 203 affordable homes.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
Who it's for: Households earning up to 20% of the area median income: up to $20,480 a year for a family of four, or $14,340 for one person (HUD's 2026 income limits for tax-credit housing in the Asheville area).
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: “- Resolution Book No. 46 - Page 303 Ordinance Number 5213- Budget amendment in the amount of $1,208,673 to add federal and state funds to the Stormwater Capital Projects Fund for the Bolton & Menk Inc.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “This project will fulfill multiple adopted City plan goals and is aligned with Helene recovery goals.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Motion to adopt a budget amendment in the amount of $2,492,801 for funding from the NC Department of Commerce Small Business (SmBIZ) Infrastructure Grant program to restore and repair infrastructure in Biltmore Village.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Section 5307 Urban Transit Funds Section 5307 JARC Funding will be distributed as follows: Subrecipient City of Asheville under project Route 170, S3, and S6 Operations is awarded a Federal amount of $420,732 and Local Match amount of $420,732.”
Approves financing step for 126 affordable homes on Pine Lane.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Who it's for: Households earning up to 60% of the area median income: up to $61,440 a year for a family of four, or $43,020 for one person (HUD's 2026 income limits for tax-credit housing in the Asheville area).
Accepts county funds for Code Purple winter shelter.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Repairs Helene damage at the North Fork Dam.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Adds $7.2M to the Helene recovery budget.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “Staff is currently working with the existing consortium members to formalize the addition of the Towns of Marshall and Mars Hill.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “Water Resources is currently under contract with VODA.ai to provide predictive modeling services to help meet the service line inventory deadline requirements.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “This proposed mitigation project is intended to meet those goals.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “This proposed contract complies with the On-Call Contracting Guidance provided by the City’s Purchasing Department.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The equipment was purchased in 2021 and the existing contract will expire July 1, 2026.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Resolution Number. 26-83 - Resolution reappointing Carol Goins as Chair of the Civil Service Board.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
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.