Asheville City Council
April 8, 2025
Regular meeting
Other City businessHelene recoveryStreets and transitBudget and taxesPublic safetyHousingWater
What it did
- Approves the appointment of the proposed slate of directors for the Asheville Downtown Improvement District Board (the entity operating the Downtown Business Improvement…Passed. Voted no: Kim Roney.
- Authorizes staff to submit the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Action Plan to the US Department…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Amends the City Council agenda to add to the Consent Agenda a motion amending the 2025-26 City Council meeting agenda to (1) delete…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Changes the City's fees and charges for Fiscal Year 2025-26.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Votes recorded
- 9
- Voted on separately
- 5
- Routine items, one vote
- 4
- 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
4 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Replacement of metropolitan sewerage district’s Carrier Bridge Pump Station
“Hunter Carson, MSD’s Engineering Director, gave a brief background of MSD. He showed a map of the site of the new Carrier Bridge Pump Station (CBPS) in relation to the existing CBPS and the French Broad River Park.”
Boards & commissions Realignment Working Group
“Elyse Marder, member of the Realignment Working Group (RWG), introduced the following community members who were involved in developing the recommendations: Stacy Anderson, Chair; Alan Escovitz, Vice-Chair; Patrick Conant, Secretary; Ted Figura; Jack Hafeli; Jay Hill; Elyse Marder; Nina Tovish; and…”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing to close an unopened Right-of-Way connected to Morningside Drive between Coventry Circle and Brevard Road: assistant
“Assistant Transportation Director Jessica Morriss said that this is the consideration of a resolution to permanently close an unopened right-of-way (ROW) connected to Morningside Drive between Coventry Circle and Brevard Road.”
NEW BUSINESS
Resolution authorizing the City staff to submit the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Action Plan to the U.S. dept. of Housing & Urban Development: community development
“Division Manager James Shelton said that this is the consideration of a resolution authorizing the City staff to submit the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Action Plan to the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development for review and approval.”
Ordinance adopting the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Fees & charges manual
“Budget Manager Lindsay Spangler said that this is the consideration of adoption of an ordinance establishing the fees and charges for FY 2025-26. 4-8-25 Page 21 Background:”
Boards & commissions
“Vice-Mayor Mosley, Chair of the Boards & Commissions Committee, said that this is the consideration of appointing alternate members to the Board of Adjustment.”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
- raise awareness regarding June 1 to 7 free Clinic and Flood Recovery effort entitled "Hope Through the Storm" and request for notifying potential volunteers for the event
- advocate for a design change of the I-26 connector project and concern for I-26 flyover and impacts to the East/West Neighborhood
- need to reinstate the Urban Forestry Commission
- urge Council to take the Realignment Working Group’s recommendations seriously
- history of hatred of the Jewish community
- consider conservation easements
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
Changes the City's fees and charges for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
More from the minutes
- “Proposed changes are based on impacts to revenues, customers, and service provision.”
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: “Action Requested: Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Appalachian Sitework Inc. in the amount of $743,339.07, for Patton Ave.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
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.
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.