July 25, 2023Asheville City Council
From the minutes, not yet reviewedWhat it does
Signs a contract with Enterprise Community Partners Inc. for consulting services to create an Affordable Housing Plan for the City…
- Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- What the minutes say it will do: “The plan will review the effectiveness of existing City policies and programs and identify gaps in the City’s current affordable housing toolbox.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “The City has received a grant from Dogwood Health Trust in the amount of $50,000 to supplement the $96,517 in the Community & Economic Development Department budget. 7-25-23 Page 13 Motion:”
- Why it matters: Contracts are how the City pays companies and groups to do work.
More from the minutes
- “Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. for consulting services to create an Affordable Housing Plan for the City of Asheville.”
- “The City’s most recent Affordable Housing Plan was created in 2008.”
- “The Affordable Housing Plan will be informed by the work of the Housing and Community Development Committee, Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, Thrive Asheville, the Community Reparations Commission, and the Missing Middle Housing Study.”
Official title: Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Enterprise Community Partners Inc. for consulting services to create an Affordable Housing Plan for the City of Asheville
Carried unanimously, as part of the consent agenda
From the minutes: This motion was seconded by Councilwoman Turner and carried unanimously.
Read the motion as recorded
“RESOLUTION NO. 23-164 - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC. FOR CONSULTING SERVICES TO CREATE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE”
Open the minutesConsent agenda, item K