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Asheville City Council

October 10, 2023

Regular meeting

Other City businessBudget and taxesStreets and transit

What it did

Votes recorded
7
Voted on separately
2
Routine items, one vote
5
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.

PROCLAMATIONS

  1. Proclamation proclaiming October 2023 as “Domestic Violence Awareness Month”

    “Councilwoman Turner read the proclamation proclaiming October 23, 2023, as “Domestic Violence Awareness Month” in the City of Asheville.”

CONSENT AGENDA

  1. 5 routine items, passed together in one vote.

PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS

  1. Manager’s Report

    “Parks & Recreation Comprehensive Plan Parks & Recreation Director D. Tyrell McGirt said the key takeaways from his presentation will be (1) The last Parks and Recreation Plan was updated in 2009; (2) Staff initiated a process to update the plan; (3) A Request for Proposals was issued in January and…”

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to direct Staff to move forward with the College Patton Complete Streets Project, and ordinance amendments to permit use by all modes of personal Transportation within bike lanes: assistant

    “Transportation Director Jessica Morriss said this is the consideration of a resolution reaffirming the City Council’s commitment to multimodal transportation, authorizing the City Manager to direct staff to move forward with the College Patton Complete Streets Project, and directing City staff to…”

  2. Boards & commissions

    “Regarding the Neighborhood Advisory Committee, no applications were received; therefore, the vacancy will be readvertised. 10-10-23 Page 20 Regarding the Public Art & Cultural Commission, the following individuals applied for the vacancies: Carlos A. Fernandez, Kurt Perschke, Parker Browne, Thomas…”

INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT

  1. Public comment

    • need for a Climate City Center at Haywood-Page to put Asheville on the map as the place for economic growth and opportunity in the sustainability sector
    • concern of an inaccurate police report
    • expressed disagreement with reporting process following a traffic incident, and subsequent charges
    • displeasure with election format

Voted on separately

Each of these had its own motion and vote.

  1. Lets the City Manager direct staff to move forward with the College Patton Complete Streets Project, and to prepare ordinance amendments…

    Passed. Voted no: S. Antanette Mosley, Sheneika Smith.

    More from the minutes
    • “Regarding parking, a summary of changes in the project area (1) 17 metered parking spaces are proposed to be removed -9 of these to be converted to loading zone area; (2) No American with Disabilities (ADA) parking spaces are being removed.”

  2. Permanently close an unopened right-of-way between Sulphur Springs Road and Lane Avenue.

    Passed. Everyone present voted yes.

    More from the minutes
    • “City Council passed a resolution on September 12, 2023 to set a public hearing for the proposed right-of-way closure on October 10, 2023.”
    • “9999 Hazel Mill Rd, LLC, Owner, petitioned for this closure to develop a five story multi-family dwelling with 23-30 units.”
    • “Ms. Morriss said that 9999 Hazel Mill Road, LLC, Owner, has petitioned for this closure to develop a five story multi-family dwelling with 23-30 units.”

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.

  1. Signs a contract with Cinderella Partners Inc. for the Parking Garage Immediate Priority Capital Repairs project.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “The work will be moderately disruptive and inconvenient for parking garage patrons.”
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “One bid was submitted: ○ Cinderella Partners, Inc. of Indian Trail, NC in the amount of $267,001.02 base bid; and $12,938.17 Bid Alternate #1.”

  2. Amends Section 2-185.20 - 2-185.23 of the Code of Ordinances for a more inclusive membership…

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • “The AARRC performed a review and now proposes a new ordinance.”

  3. Amends the Human Relations Commission of Asheville regarding Membership.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “The amendment will also clarify that membership decisions do not violate constitutional protections.”
    • “These proposed amendments reflect needed updates to the City’s current local ordinance which establishes the HRCA in order to come into compliance with recent Federal Court decisions.”
    • “The proposed amendment only alters one portion of the existing ordinance pertaining to membership characteristics.”

  4. Amends Ordinance No. 4370 prohibiting discriminatory practices in private employment and public accommodations to include additional language…

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “This amendment provides additional language to the existing NDO to add specificity to the current protections afforded to natural hair and hairstyles.”
    • “The recommendation as proposed would incorporate language from the NC CROWN Act, which does not currently exist in the City’s NDO.”

  5. Monthly municipal property tax refunds or releases per N.C. gen. stat. sec. 105-381.

    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.