The next formal meeting of the Asheville City Council will be held on September 14, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, located on the 2nd Floor of the City Hall Building, Asheville, N.C.
Please contact City Clerk Maggie Burleson at mburleson@ashevillenc.gov if you have any questions.
Below please find the entire electronic agenda of City Council's last formal meeting for your continued review.
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Regular Meeting - August 24, 2010 - 5:00 p.m.
Council Chamber - City Hall Building
The following has been set as the tentative agenda for the August 24, 2010, regular meeting of the City Council. Information regarding City employees is governed by N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 160A-168 - Council does not consider personnel matters in open session. At the conclusion of this agenda the meeting will be open for the presentation of other matters by members of Council and the public. Public comment will not be taken on items as to which no Council action will be taken at this meeting, including those items listed as reports or presentations or as discussion items. When Council action is anticipated as to any matter, it will be placed on a Council agenda for consideration and public comment will be taken at that time.
Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation to be given by Councilman Davis.
I. PROCLAMATIONS:
- September 13-17, 2010, as "Minority Enterprise Development Week"
- 75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway
II. CONSENT AGENDA:
A. Approval of the minutes of the formal meeting held on August 10, 2010. [documents]
B. Ordinance increasing the membership size of the Asheville Riverfront Redevelopment Commission to add a representative from the Town of Woodfin and to alter the Commission’s name to Asheville Area Riverfront Redevelopment Commission.
[documents]
C. Resolution setting a public hearing on September 28, 2010, to consider the permanently closing of a portion of Davidson Drive. [documents]
D. Budget amendments:
1. In the amount of $110,621, for a grant from the State of N.C. Dept. of
Environment and Natural Resources through the Grassroots Science Museums
Collaborative for the WNC Nature Center. [documents]
2. In the amount of $3,527, from donated money from citizens, for procurement
of supplies for the purpose of firefighter recognition. [documents]
3. In the amount of $104,000, for Year 3 funding from the N.C. Dept. of Public
Instruction for the 21st Century Community Learning Center as part of the
City of Asheville Eweed & Seed Initiative. [documents]
4. In the amount of $5,000, from the North Carolina Arts Council to support the
Public Art 360 Conference. [documents]
E. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign an agreement with Motorola Inc. to provide maintenance coverage for the City’s radio system. [documents]
F. Ordinance amending the Civic Center Commission membership size to include two Buncombe County appointees. [documents]
G. Resolution supporting the Asheville Fire Department’s participation in Mission Hospital’s Lighten Up for Life campaign. [documents]
H. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign an agreement with SUNGARD, Inc.
formally HTE, to provide maintenance coverage for the City's HTE software. [documents]
I. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign documents related to the application
for and implementation of two grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission. [documents]
I. PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS:
A. Housing Authority Update [documents]
B. Economic Development Coalition Update [documents]
CITY COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING TIME LIMITS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS:
· APPLICANTS HAVE UP TO TEN MINUTES TO COMPLETE A PRESENTATION.
· ELECTRONIC PRESENTATIONS ARE LIMITED TO AGENDA ITEMS WITH
PRESENTATION MATERIALS PROVIDED PRIOR TO THE MEETING BY CITY
STAFF, APPLICANTS, OR ORGANIZED OPPOSITION.
· INDIVIDUALS HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL.
· A PERSON REPRESENTING A GROUP OF THREE OR MORE PERSONS
(NOT INCLUDING THE SPEAKER) PRESENT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER
HAS UP TO 10 MINUTES TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL.
· PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ANY ITEM MAY NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR.
· ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE PROVIDED IN HARD COPY AND/OR WRITTEN FORM.
IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
A. Public hearing to consider an amendment to a previously approved Conditional Use
Permit at 105 Bleachery Boulevard to increase the allowed square footage for a new
structure on an outparcel located within the existing development for construction of a
6,950 square foot Discount Tire Store, with requested modifications to the front
setback, parking within the setback, and landscaping. [documents]
V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
A. Economic development incentive grant request for the Montford Commons Project.
[documents]
B. Pedestrian Walkover Bridge at Hillcrest Apartments. [documents]
C. Resolution appointing a member to the Buncombe County Tourism Development
Authority. [documents]
VI. NEW BUSINESS:
A.1. Ordinance amending the establishment of the Public Art Board. [documents]
2. Resolution adopting the Public Art Policy and Implementation Guidelines. [documents]
VII. INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT:
VIII. ADJOURNMENT.
BOARD/COMMISSION VACANCIES: Board of Adjustment (Alternate); Citizens-Police Advisory Committee (West and North representative); Public Art Board; River District Design Review Committee (property owners within the River District); and Soil Erosion/Stormwater Review Committee. Deadline is Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. Call 259-5601 for an application form.