Remarks by Sage Turner
70 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
- Play at 2:33:47
“I'm sorry, Rachel, I thought we were done. You're just wandering on.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
- Play at 7:52
“I don't know what happened to it. Somebody took it.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:02:45
“Just brief comments. I echo the appreciation for folks showing up. And the general idea of how do we get this to be clear to the public? How do we mesh with the state and local laws? But I want to add a different layer of just appreciation in that we've been talking a lot about apartment complexes and building new apartments. I think even the media that's here tonight has been reporting on it. We talk and focus a lot about that so you see a lot of it. I am thrilled to be talking about things that actually help the local renters, local people living here now. I wish that we would be talking…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:06:18
“It was scheduled to be and then wasn't heard. And then wasn't heard.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:07:43
“My question was for Brad for legal. I'm just curious, as someone that's very concerned about mold in general, if mold is an allowable addition or if there's some legal issue that it would not be.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:09:01
“May I respond to that just to push a little, make sure I understand? So generally, I tend to think, you know, to make a change at a state level, a lot of cities have to share a problem and get loud about it. You know, it's just kind of a general overall statement. What would be the impact of us adding mold to this? If there's no harm, does it introduce a topic? Does it create a situation where we could build some momentum around mold? Is there anything we could do?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:10:16
“To me, that translates to some more grassroot effort for a while, which I'm interested in. But we won't be able to address tonight, probably.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:14:21
“So is there already a motion and a second?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:18:29
“What if we compartmentalized past what we can? I mean, I think the Tenants Union and the community has worked pretty hard to get us here. And then we at HCD potentially take up a conversation about mold and or other items or communications. to the community or just an idea to help us get through tonight.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:19:49
“Very smart. I wasn't clear if that was, can we authorize such a thing?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:20:51
“Did you have a concern about staff and onboarding it two weeks later or anything? Did you get your need met there?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:21:35
“So no change to the motion, no change from the second. We'll move forward on the vote.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:22:02
“For those of you that are interested in the follow-up potentially on mold or a conversation that happens at HCD, you could go to the city's website and sign up for email updates for that committee, and then you'll get the agendas for that committee if that's of interest to you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:49:48
“Just as a general nerd fact, we lose more land to invasive species than we do to development each year. I learned that in city planning school. And there are some active groups, volunteer groups, throughout the community that are going ready. They're ready to show up and dig. And I'd love to come out and help you. I know when we were enacting the Tree Canopy Protection Ordinance, this was probably four or five years ago, there was a lot of talk about preserving trees from being cut down and planting more trees where we build, but there was zero talk about saving trees from vines. And I…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:56:55
“Bo, Councilman Hess, I really appreciate some of your words. I live off Haywood Road in West Asheville, much like the comment. I really appreciate you being here tonight. I'm experiencing that. I've lived there for 25 years, and I know it's not just West Asheville, but Haywood Road is really undergoing some serious challenges right now. As is Tunnel Road. Yeah, it's not just Haywood Road. Haywood Road is just more one of our traversed corridors. And previous to some issues, I think we had a conflict, but some of us were going to walk West Asheville with the city manager. So let's reschedule…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 2:02:11
“I love that idea. Before we do it, let's coordinate with these Bear Wise folks. I would love to see a bear movement. I'd love to be Bear City, not Beer City. You know, I think the trash cans, I've heard complaints over the years, they actually still get broken into. People are having to go above and beyond. So what I did, because we're just like way out of your ordinary yearly plan right here, but what I did was start a new note for my 2027-2028 budget planning. And the big first item is, how are we dealing with our bears?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 54:43
“I appreciate that comment, Maggie. I hadn't really thought about that. Not what I was going to discuss. So jumping topics a little. I just wanted to express some really excitement. Yeah. reflecting on like all of the projects i've seen come to the city that involve housing partnerships this might be one of the more interesting impactful and exciting ones i've seen so i'm really thrilled to see a large group of people involved all types of skill sets really solid groundwork to get it going um Yeah, more of an appreciation statement, really. I hope this is a new, better way to redevelop some of…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 1:14:45
“I have a concern about what feels like a moratorium on any kind of housing policy until the end of 2028 or early 2029. I think that some things might come up. And so I just want to kind of raise my hand and say, hey, I think things might come up and we might need to tackle them as they happen. But I can get behind staff's effort to do this in as much of a chunk and full way as possible. But I do think things will come up. I don't think we should treat this like a moratorium. um additionally i want to highlight a concern that i've experienced in this kind of timeline and process and that is we…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 1:24:46
“you may be on mute yep sorry about that so uh you just mentioned the downtown and riverfront guidelines i was under the impression we had already funded that update maybe something that was really a concerted effort for many years maybe it fell by the wayside in planning because it was around covet or maline time but we had already acted on that and council”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
- Play at 1:26:50
“please do because it wasn't for nothing that we prioritize that. Council may not fully recall, but you know, we've got this amazing downtown and we've got some very old design guidelines. And quite frankly, the guidelines themselves still have pages that say insert picture here. So there's just a glaring unfinished document guiding our downtown and riverfront areas. Like it's, it's a, You broke up towards the end there.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026