August 26, 2025Asheville City Council
From the minutes, not yet reviewedCouncil approves a $4,581,773 Sasaki Associates contract to plan rebuilding French Broad riverfront parks.
Sasaki Associates, Inc. will plan how to rebuild parks along the river, including Carrier Park, Amboy Riverfront Park, Jean Webb Park and the French Broad and Wilma Dykeman greenways. The work covers site studies, cost estimates, flood modeling, community input and early design. With a 6% reserve for changes, the total is $4,856,679. The City expects federal and state money to cover it all.
Watch the consent-agenda vote, at 9:13(time from the video's captions)- Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Still pending: This pays for planning and early design. It doesn't rebuild the parks.
What that means
- Consent agenda:
- Routine items Council approves together in one vote, without discussion. Any member can pull an item out for its own vote.
Official title: Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Sasaki Associates for design and engineering services required to rebuild the French Broad Riverfront park system
Carried unanimously, as part of the consent agenda
From the minutes: This motion was seconded by Vice-Mayor Mosley and carried unanimously.
Read the motion as recorded
“RESOLUTION NO. 25-191 - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH SASAKI ASSOCIATES FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES REQUIRED TO REBUILD THE FRENCH BROAD RIVERFRONT PARK SYSTEM”
Open the minutesConsent agenda, item AA