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Asheville council previews Oct. 28 business meeting, discusses water upgrades, housing and noise rules; approves closed session
Summary
At an Oct. 23 agenda briefing, the Asheville City Council reviewed consent items including homeless-services renewals, water-infrastructure repairs and a proposed NCDEQ loan for pretreatment work at North Fork and Bee Tree facilities; accepted a $2.9 million tourism grant for the Cox Avenue Complete Street project; discussed CDBG award changes and
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — At an Oct. 23 agenda briefing, the Asheville City Council previewed its Oct. 28 business meeting, discussed water-system resilience projects, housing and land-use items, and approved a motion to enter closed session.
Assistant City Manager Ben Woody told council the city will seek a 0% interest loan from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, eligible for up to 30% principal forgiveness, to help fund pretreatment design and planning at the North Fork and Bee Tree water-treatment facilities. Woody said staff will continue pursuing FEMA grant funding to support eventual construction of resilience improvements related to Hurricane Helene.
The briefing also highlighted multiple consent-agenda renewals: a street-outreach contract with Home Rebound and a Code Purple winter-shelter agreement with Trinity United Methodist Church; routine repairs and maintenance contracts for Bee Tree Dam (staff said the dam is safe); and a budget amendment to make a required payment to ABYSA under a 12-year lease, which funds upkeep of the JBL soccer fields.
Council was also scheduled to consider a resolution accepting $2,900,000 in grant funding from the Tourism Development Authority to…
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