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Asheville City Council

October 12, 2021

Regular meeting

Other City businessHousing

What it did

Votes recorded
2
Voted on separately
2
Routine items, one vote
0
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

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Agenda Minutes The City's meeting page

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

  1. 0 routine items, passed together in one vote.

PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS

  1. Six-month update from Asheville City Schools Foundation on the use of donated funds from class action settlement

    “Darrius Stanley, Asheville City Schools Foundation (ACSF) Board of Directors Chair, said that the City’s generous donation totaling $474,592.56 has been used to further the following goals for our Asheville City Schools (ACS) community: (1) ACS and ACSF are actively working towards a proportionate…”

  2. Manager’s report - reparations process update

    “City Manager Campbell introduced Reparations Process Project Manager Debra Jones who will provide an update on the reparations process.”

PUBLIC HEARINGS

  1. Public hearing to consider adoption of a corridor study on Tunnel Road

    “Councilwoman Roney moved to continue the public hearing to consider adoption of a corridor study on Tunnel Road to November 9, 2021.”

  2. Public hearing to consider adoption of a corridor study on Hendersonville Road

    “Councilwoman Mosley moved to continue the public hearing to consider adoption of a corridor study on Hendersonville Road to November 9, 2021.”

  3. Public hearing to consider adoption of a corridor study on Biltmore Avenue and McDowell Street

    “Councilwoman Roney moved to continue the public hearing to consider adoption of a corridor study on Biltmore Avenue & McDowell Street to November 9, 2021.”

  4. 130 Charlotte Street

    “Mayor Manheime said that the presentations and public hearings for the Land Use Incentive Grant and the conditional zoning for 130 Charlotte street will be combined; however, each will require a separate vote.”

  5. Chestnut St. with vehicular access into the parking garage proposed from E. Chestnut St. The Traffic Impact Study contemplated access to the garage from Charlotte St. and will need to be updated to reflect the location change. ● The…

    “existing transit stop near the intersection of Charlotte St. & E. Chestnut St. will be retained with the addition of a transit shelter.”

NEW BUSINESS

  1. 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.”

Voted on separately

Each of these had its own motion and vote.

  1. Rezones 130 Charlotte St., with conditions, from Community Business I (CBI) to Commercial Expansion - Conditional Zone (COM EXP-CZ) with the amendment to the conditions that the designed affordable units to those earning 80% of AMI be.

    Passed. Voted no: Kim Roney.

    Who it's for: Households earning up to 80% of the area median income: up to $81,920 a year for a family of four, or $57,360 for one person (HUD's 2026 income limits for tax-credit housing in the Asheville area).

  2. Approves the land use incentive grant application for KDG for 130 Charlotte Street.

    Passed. Everyone present voted yes.

    More from the minutes
    • “The project largely aligns with the Plan on a Page by concentrating the intensity of the project ( 5 stories + commercial space) along the Charlotte St. corridor and stepping the building down as it abuts the residential properties to the north and west.”
    • “The proposed zoning (COM EXP-CZ) and land uses are generally compatible with the surrounding zoning and uses, surrounded primarily by high density residential in 2-3 story buildings, or community based offices or businesses.”
    • “The proposed building steps down in height where it abuts the adjacent residential properties.”

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.