Asheville City Council
October 26, 2021
Regular meeting
WaterOther City businessHousing
What it did
- Amends a Grant Agreement with Haywood Street Community Development for additional due diligence costs in their pursuit…Passed.
- Approves the Mountain Housing Opportunities (MHO) request to extend the maturity date of Housing Trust Fund Loan 2001-02 (Compton Place) from December 7…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Signs a lease with the Grind for $1 a year for an initial 4 year term with an option…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Resolution authorizing approval for Idexx Corporation as Sole Source Provider for Colilert/Simplate Products for the water Resources Laboratory.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 5
- Voted on separately
- 3
- Routine items, one vote
- 2
- 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
2 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to rezone approximately 128 acres of property from regional business district, river district, RM-16 residential multi-family high density district, and RS-4 residential single-family medium density district to urban place…
“Page 5 Councilwoman Turner moved to continue this public hearing until January 11, 2022.”
NEW BUSINESS
Resolution approving a Housing Trust Fund Loan modification request by Mountain Housing Opportunities to allow them to maintain Affordable Housing conditions at Compton Place
“Community Development Programs Director Paul D’Angelo said that this is the consideration of a resolution approving a Mountain Housing Opportunities (MHO) request to extend the maturity date of Housing Trust Fund Loan (HTF) 2001-02 (Compton Place) from December 7, 2021, to December 7, 2031, reduce…”
Resolution amending a Grant Agreement with Haywood Street Community Development for additional due diligence costs in their pursuit of the development of approximately 42 permanent affordable rental units
“Community Development Programs Director Paul D’Angelo said that this is the consideration of a resolution amending a Grant Agreement with Haywood Street Community Development for additional due diligence costs in their pursuit of the development of approximately 42 permanently affordable rental homes.”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
“Councilwoman Mosley hoped that the City would also consider fundraising for Hillcrest and Pisgah View parks as well as Jones Park.”
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Passed.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “With the approval of this amendment, a total of approximately $296,000 will be allocated towards this project utilizing the previously approved budget from the 2016 General Obligation Bond Program.”
- “Pastor Brian Combs said this is not a low barrier shelter - it is 45 deeply affordable permanent apartments at 339 West Haywood Street on .83 acres.”
- “It will include 24 one-bedroom, 18 two-bedrooms, and 3 three-bedrooms.”
- “One hundred percent of the units are affordable in perpetuity.”
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
Who it's for: Households earning up to 60% of the area median income: up to $61,440 a year for a family of four, or $43,020 for one person (HUD's 2026 income limits for tax-credit housing in the Asheville area).
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “This loan was made utilizing the Housing Trust Fund.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “MHO received a HTF loan in the amount of $140,000 in December 2001 for Compton Place to construct 40 affordable rental units for low-income senior citizens on Eliada Home Road.”
- “The project serves seniors who are 55+ and who earn 50-60% of the Area Median Income (AMI).”
- “Community and Economic Development (CED) attempts to work with our development partners who wish to extend their affordability periods, add additional affordable units, improve cash flow for reserves, etc.”
- “By approving MHO’s request, affordable units are preserved for an additional 10 years while also providing MHO with the opportunity to complete moderate rehabilitation of the property.”
Signs a lease with the Grind for $1 a year for an initial 4 year term with an option…
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
More from the minutes
- “The main room has 1,064 square feet of indoor space and roughly 1,300 of outdoor deck space for use by the tenant.”
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.
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.