Asheville City Council
September 14, 2021
Regular meeting
Other City businessStreets and transitHomelessnessHousingPublic safety
What it did
- Approves a zoning change, with conditions, for 200 Villas Ct.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Lets the City Manager execute two contract amendments to continue to support an emergency non-congregate shelter for people experiencing homelessness through December…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Lets the City Manager create a program of work for the American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Government Fiscal Recovery Funds…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Adds money to the budget from American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Government Fiscal Recovery…, for the purpose of funding administrative costs over the life of the program.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 11
- Voted on separately
- 2
- 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
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
9 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Manager’s report 9-14-21
“Page 12 SIX-MONTH UPDATE ON HOTEL REGULATIONS & HOTEL OVERLAY DISTRICT Director of Planning & Urban Development Todd Okolichany said key takeaways of this presentation will include (1) regulations are working as intended; (2) text amendments are needed for clarification purposes; (3) Design Review…”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing relative to amending the unified development ordinance to update open space requirements 9-14-21
“Page 14 Councilwoman Kilgore moved to continue this public hearing until December 14, 2021.”
Public hearing to conditionally zone 200 Villas Court from RM-8 Residential Multi-Family Medium Density District to Residential Expansion/Conditional Zone, & also included in the project are 16 existing townhomes located at 402, 404,…
“Principal Planner Shannon Tuch said that this is the consideration of conditionally zoning 200 Villas Court from RM-8 Residential Multi-Family Medium Density District to Residential Expansion/Conditional Zone, and also included in the project are 16 existing townhomes located at 402, 404, 406, 408,…”
Public hearing to conditionally rezone 70 Mills Gap Road from industrial district and RS-2 residential single-family low density district to Residential Expansion/Conditional Zone
“At the request of the applicant’s attorney, Councilwoman Mosley moved to continue this public hearing until September 28, 2021.”
NEW BUSINESS
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to create a program of work for the American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Government Fiscal Recovery Funds to fund the following categories: Affordable Housing, Care for aging residents, City…
“Internal Auditor Patricia Rosenberg said that this is the consideration of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to create a program of work for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Government Fiscal Recovery Funds to fund the following categories: affordable housing, care for…”
Boards & commissions
“Regarding the Board of Adjustment Alternate seat, no one applied for the vacancy; therefore, it was the consensus of the Boards & Commissions Committee, and City Council, to re-advertise for the seat. - RESOLUTION NO. 21-203 - RESOLUTION APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE…”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
“From advanced live call-ins, 4 individuals spoke to Council, including, but not limited to the following comments: September 21 as International Day of Peace; City Council election process; social justice action and equity; and tax grants.”
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Approves a zoning change, with conditions, for 200 Villas Ct.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
More from the minutes
- “In response to Councilwoman Roney, Mr. Okolichany said that if Council doesn’t have any additional suggestions or concerns regarding the amended membership of the Design Review Committee, he will bring an amendment forward for proposed make-up change.”
- “Conditionally zone multiple parcels located off of Cedar Hill Rd. & Pisgah View Rd. totalling 5.29 acres, from Residential Multi-family, Medium Density (RM8) to Residential Expansion - Conditional Zone (RES EXP-CZ).”
- “The project area includes the undeveloped portion of the 5.29 acre community located at 200 Villas Ct. and identified in the Buncombe County land records as PIN 9628-27-0626.”
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
More from the minutes
- “Quality Affordable Housing”
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: “The contract and budget amendments will add $817,007 to the existing contract with Five P Mountain, LLC for a total contract amount of $1,736,175.”
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 budget amendment in the amount of $750,000 in the City’s Special Revenue Fund to appropriate American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Government Fiscal Recovery Funds for the purpose of funding administrative costs over the life of the program.”
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 execute a contract with TEQuity, LLC in the amount of $365,583 to provide project management services as Reparations Process Project Manager.”
Signs a contract with Landmark WNC LLC for landscape installation and maintenance.
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 a contract with Landmark WNC LLC for landscape installation and maintenance services for an amount not to exceed $146,450 with option to renew maintenance services for up to two (2) additional years at $47,800 per year.”
- “The mid-block fountain in front of Pack Pavilion is currently inoperable and is difficult to maintain in this inoperable state.”
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 execute a one year extension of a contract with Synergy Sports Charlotte LLC in the amount of $132,930.00 for the Playground Mulch contract.”
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: “The proposed project will narrow the vehicle travel lanes on the bridge to provide space for a widened sidewalk, as well as replace the pedestrian safety rail on the bridge.”
- “Their concept involved constructing a pedestrian bridge (with their sewer line attached to the underside) from the north end of French Broad River Park across the river, to a yet-to-be-determined landing point on Riverside Drive, between ⅓ and ½ mile north of Amboy Road bridge.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “AT&T has an available lot at 24 O’Henry Avenue and entered into an agreement with the City in 2011 to lease roughly 45 parking spaces or approximately 14,500 square feet of area within parcel 9649-20-5843-00000.”
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.