Asheville City Council
March 9, 2021
Regular meeting
Other City businessStreets and transitBudget and taxesHousingHomelessness
What it did
- Sets the first zoning…Passed. Voted no: Kim Roney.
- Approves the voluntary annexation of 0.47 acres located off of Moorecrest Rd. and Oakhill Circle.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Adopts a resolution permanently closing an unopened right-of-way connecting to Biltmore Avenue, directly south of White Fawn Drive.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Motion to revise the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget Calendar.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 9
- Voted on separately
- 3
- Routine items, one vote
- 6
- Votes that split
- 1
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.
CONSENT AGENDA
6 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Update from the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County
“Clark Duncan, Executive Director & Senior Vice President of the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County, shared updates on strategy and outcomes of their Economic Development Coalition partnership with the City.”
Manager’s report
“Employee Recognitions City Manager Campbell (1) recognized Anthony “Buzz” Brown, a Water Department employee who was driving by and noticed a man on the bridge (possible suicide) and stopped to help.”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to amend the Unified Development Ordinance Articles v, viii, xi & xii related to discretionary decisions in order to bring the City’s development code into alignment with recent State legislation
“Principal Planner Shannon Tuch said that this is the consideration of an amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance Articles V, VIII, XI & XII related to discretionary decisions in order to bring the City’s development code into alignment with recent state legislation.”
Public hearing to permanently close a portion an unopened right-of-way known as Trade Street: streets
“Division Manager Chad Bandy said that this is a public hearing to consider permanently closing a portion of an unopened right-of-way known as Trade Street.”
Public hearing to consider adopting the initial resolution for the 2021 Limited Obligation Refunding Bonds
“Interim Finance Director Tony McDowell said that this is the consideration of a public hearing to consider adopting the initial resolution for the 2021 Limited Obligation Refunding Bonds.”
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Resolution to permanently close a portion of unopened right-of-way connecting east of Bellevue Road and west of Edgewood Road
“Mayor Manheimer said that this public hearing was held on February 23, 2021, and in accordance with recent legislation amending North Carolina G.S. § 166A-19.24(e), regarding public hearings conducted during remote meetings, written comments for this public hearing were accepted for an additional 24 hours.”
Resolution to permanently close an opened right-of-way connecting to Biltmore Avenue, directly south of White Fawn Drive
“Mayor Manheimer said that this public hearing was held on February 23, 2021, and in accordance with recent legislation amending North Carolina G.S. § 166A-19.24(e), regarding public hearings conducted during remote meetings, written comments for this public hearing were accepted for an additional 24 hours.”
Ordinance to voluntarily annex .47 acres off of oak hill circle and moorecrest road
“Mayor Manheimer said that this public hearing was held on February 23, 2021, and in accordance with recent legislation amending North Carolina G.S. § 166A-19.24(e), regarding public hearings conducted during remote meetings, written comments for this public hearing were accepted for an additional…”
Ordinance to initially zone .47 acres off of oak hill circle and moorecrest road to RM-16 Residential Multi-family High Density district
“Mayor Manheimer said that this public hearing was held on February 23, 2021, and in accordance with recent legislation amending North Carolina G.S. § 166A-19.24(e), regarding public hearings conducted during remote meetings, written comments for this public hearing were accepted for an additional 24 hours.”
- Vote: Sets the first zoning…
NEW BUSINESS
Resolution requesting that the City of Asheville’s local delegation to the N.C. General Assembly pursue a modification to the local acts setting forth the selection process for City of Asheville School Board members (hybrid model)
“Mayor Manheimer said that City Council recently unanimously adopted a legislative agenda.”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
“She has read and responded to more than 400 emails from the Richmond Hill neighbors regarding the Bluff’s development and watched the almost 6 hour meeting of the Woodfin Planning & Zoning on March 1.”
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Passed. Voted no: Kim Roney.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
Approves the voluntary annexation of 0.47 acres located off of Moorecrest Rd. and Oakhill Circle.
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.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The contract will address severe erosion at the base of the existing gabion wall structures that has resulted in stream bank failure and potential risk to the adjacent condominiums due to their proximity to the stream.”
- “Efforts will be made to notify the residents and minimize disruptions.”
Lets the City Manager approve an amendment to the COVID-19.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “This project will finish a one mile long gap between two older sections of the French Broad River Greenway creating a four mile stretch of continuous greenway along the river through four parks.”
- “This will be a 1.02 mile paved greenway extension that further enhances the pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure constructed with the RADTIP project.”
- “It will also pave the 0.02 mile long dirt trail underneath the Amboy Road Bridge.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
Motion to revise the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget Calendar.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “In order to allow for time to incorporate input from the Council Retreat into the budget process prior to submission of the City Manager’s Proposed Budget, staff is recommending changes to the calendar.”
- “Formal presentation of the City Manager’s Proposed Budget moved from May 11, 2021 to May 25, 2021.”
- “The Public Hearing on the Proposed Budget moved from May 25, 2021 to June 8, 2021.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “In the event the Upper PRV fails completely, there are approximately five miles of infrastructure and 47 houses that would be compromised with pressure that would be too great to sustain.”
- “Safeguards City infrastructure along with 47 private homes from impending damage and liability.”
- “The funding needed for the contractual agreement is currently allocated within the Water Resources Capital Improvement Project Fund in the Meter/Vault Repair budget line item.”
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.