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A
I
need
a
second
a
second
thank
you.
Any
discussion
on
these
minutes.
A
I
will
start
with
our
agenda.
The
city
is
city
council,
which
is
antoinette,
but
she's
busy,
probably
trying
to
get
back
from
new
orleans
and
we
are
all
jealous.
We
recognize
that
sports
commission
damp.
Are
you
here.
B
C
C
D
C
Attended
two
trade
shows
in
march
the
society
for
incentive
travel
southeast
show
in
atlanta,
targeting
incentive
customers
and
the
independent,
independent
planner
education
conference
in
las
vegas,
and
that
was
geared
towards
the
the
many
independent
meeting
planners
that
are
out
in
march.
We
also
marketed
our
double
incentive
opportunity
groups
who
have
meetings
taking
place
midweek
and
all
days
of
the
week
during
the
first
quarter
are
eligible
for
twice
the
amounts
of
incentive
when
they
signed
by
april.
C
C
Partners
chris
was
able
to
attend.
Thank
you
demp
as
well,
so
we
appreciate
you
both
being
there
and
then
we're
just
in
the
middle
of
our
budget
planning
for
upcoming
fiscal
year,
we
had
a
sales
budget
retreat,
as
well
as
the
tda
board
retreat
in
march,
and
we
also
held
the
everyone,
welcome
lgbtq,
plus
diverse
audience,
training
with
our
team
and
our
partners,
and
then
lastly,
we
celebrated
the
retirement
of
glenn
cox,
our
vp
of
administration,
who
left
us
just
last
week
for
full
retirement.
A
With
your
new
business,
was
there
any
difference
in
the
people
who
who
decided
to
come?
Who
hadn't
been
here
before
any
different?
You
know
in
terms
of
profile.
C
Yeah
yeah
we've
been
trying
to
get
outside
of
of
our
our
individual
database
for
who
has
has
sourced
us
before.
So
we
used
a
couple
of
alternate
methods.
We
also
pushed
this
heavily
at
all.
C
The
trade
shows
we've
been
to
and
we
have
a
pretty
stringent
approval
process
so
that
vetted
out
some
folks
that
majority
had
not
been
here
and
those
that
had
been
here
were
focused
on
leisure
when
they
were
here
and
not
necessarily
groups,
so
they
saw
it
through
a
different
lens,
and
I
know
it'll
pay
back
big
time,
we're
probably
going
to
increase
our
our
frequency
of
these
in
the
coming
fiscal
year
to
to
have
even
more
customers
exposed
to
the
destination
smaller.
C
Are
a
trend
we're
seeing
which
bodes
well
for
us,
of
course,
the
experiences
return
on
experience
is
a
big
buzzword
right
now
and
I
think
that's
going
to
bode
well
for
for
asheville
too.
F
Oh
good
yeah,
I'm
here
sorry,
I
was
up
to
my
eyeballs
and
billie
jean
king
cup
logistics.
So
I
guess,
since
our
last
meeting
we
had
what
I
would
say
is
a
pretty
successful
southern
conference
tournament.
F
Our
attendance
numbers
were
down,
but
I
don't
think
that
that
covid
was
a
a
factor
we
it
it
had
more
to
do
with
successful
teams
like
wofford,
etsu
and
unc
greensboro,
who
all
three
have
been
in
every
final
over
the
past
five
years,
not
having
that
great
of
season,
so
chattanooga
did
bring
a
pretty
good
crowd.
F
Furman
had
a
pretty
good
crowd
for
the
finals,
but
you
know
our
numbers
were
down,
but
it
was
probably
more
of
a
a
bracket
and
a
seating
aspect
we
have
so
there
was
a
very
successful
asheville
marathon
that
was
downtown
a
couple
of
weeks
ago.
That
was
really
a
good
event
because
it
had
been
being
at
the
biltmore
estate
and
to
have
it
downtown
kudos
to
daphne
and
idaf
events
for
pulling
that
off
because
pulling
off
a
marathon
is
not
easy
and
doing
it
in
about
four
months.
Time
was
even
harder.
F
We're
in
the
middle
of
billie.
Jean
king
cup
planning,
or
maybe
executing
or
troubleshooting
or
all
those
other
above,
but
you
know
this
is
going
to
be
a
true
community
event
and
a
very
exciting
event.
F
F
This
we're
going
to
do
that
at
rabbit,
rabbit
one
session
at
10
and
one
session
at
12,
30.
it'll
be
fun
tennis
game,
our
little
games
to
basically
introduce
kids
to
tennis
and
then,
of
course
the
best
part
is
they
will
be
getting
free
pizza.
So
that's
probably
what
they'll
be
more
excited
about?
F
F
On
thursday.
We
will
also
be
having
an
abilities
tennis
event
for
the,
for,
I
think
the
way
they
described
is
is
intellectually
challenged
from
5
30
to
7
30
and
then
also
on
thursday.
They
will
have
a
wheelchair
event
at
the
asheville
racket
club
downtown
indoors,
from
5
30
to
7
30
and
the
usta
wheelchair
team,
or
some
of
the
members
will
be
there.
For
that
event.
F
Friday
really
gets
things
kind
of
crazy
we're
going
to
do
a
tennis
in
the
streets,
followed
by
a
racket
parade
we're
going
to
use
a
new
area
that
we've
never
used.
We're
going
to
use
the
area
between
the
grove,
arcade
and
the
battery
park.
Hotel
apartments
so
we'll
be
doing
probably
100
250
kids
in
that
area
on
friday
morning,
from
10
to
11,
30.,
probably
11
45
actually
transition
them
over
to
the
venue
and
chris,
I
think,
they're
also
getting
fit
they're
going
to
be
fed.
F
F
Also
on
saturday
we
will
have
the
njtl
clinic
from
10
30
to
11
30
and
I
think
that's
going
to
be
at
asheville
racket
club
downtown,
I
think,
is
where
that
one's
going
to
be
that
one
is
a
njtl
program
is
one
that
traditionally
is
used.
It's
it
targets,
minority
and
and
more
diverse
communities,
and
it's
a
statewide
program
on
saturday
morning
we
are
going
to
have
a
diversity
branch
at
the
cambria
hotel
from
10
to
11
30..
F
We
put
we
so
we
had
a
pre-sale
list
and
that
went
out
yesterday
morning
and
we
have
now
sold
83
tickets
for
that
event,
just
without
it
be
going
without
it
going
public,
so
we're
looking
at
whether
it
becomes
public
or
we
continue
to
target
some
some
individuals,
that's
a
huge
growth.
The
first
year
we
had
about
12
people
at
pax
staven,
the
second
year
it
was
at
the
back
room
of
the
beer
garden,
so
we're
looking
forward
to
being
at
the
cambria
hotel.
F
We
were
planning
on
doing
that
at
hemingway's,
but
our
numbers
are
probably
going
to
transition
us
indoors,
which
is
we
already
had
as
a
plan
for
for
weather.
So
that's
that's.
Gonna,
be
really
good,
we're
working
with
tina,
madison
white
and
a
couple
of
individuals
for
speakers.
So
that's
kind
of
like
the
community
events
aspect.
F
Volunteers
that
number
changes,
but
that's
really
good,
we'll
be
doing
transportation,
logistics,
working
camps,
all
kinds
of
different
things,
the
and
also
providing
transportation
for
the
teams.
So
it's
a
busy
week
busy
two
weeks
because
everybody
starts
arriving
this
saturday
and
luckily
most
everybody
that
is
flying
in
it's
it's
interesting.
So
the
first
year
we
had
to
deal
with
some
charlotte
arrivals,
but
now
people
have
found
out
that
flying
into
asheville
is
easier
than
flying
out
from
charlotte
or
getting
to
charlotte.
F
And
one
of
the
interesting
things
is
the
ukrainian
team
needed
to
fly
out
of
atlanta
and
they
asked
about
a
shuttle
from
atlanta
from
here
to
atlanta,
and
then
they
realized
that
they
could
fly
from
here
to
atlanta.
So
even
that
aspect
has
worked
out.
F
We've
just
got
to
get
them
here
from
charleston
now
so,
but
everything's
moving
along
and
grapple,
we
went
up,
went,
live
with
team
registration
for
the
grapple
in
december
and
have
over
20
teams
already
registered
and,
I
would
say,
seven
or
seven
of
those
are
probably
brand
new
teams
that
have
seen
how
well
the
teams
that
have
played
to
at
the
state
level.
F
F
We've
got
lacrosse
soccer
flag
football
ultimate
crispy,
we've
got
beer
city
cop
on
labor
day,
so
it's
a
packed
summer
back-to-back
also
have
the
gran,
fondo,
usa,
cycling
national
championships
here
in
july,
so
a
lot
of
things
out
there
and
just
excited
for
the
next
two
weeks
again,
I
can
never
say
enough
about
chris
and
his
staff
and
the
great
job
that
they
do
taking
care
of
everything
and
making
people
feel
welcome
and
having
that
venue,
knowing
that
they're
gonna
turn
that
venue
from
a
concert
on
friday,
I
mean
on
saturday,
is
that
right
saturday.
F
Yeah,
so
it
is
amazing,
we
last
event:
we
actually
did
a
time
lapse,
video
to
show
how
that
venue
has
progressed.
Also
we're
working
with
the
ukrainian
community
to
try
to
really
bridge
and
and
reach
out
to
them,
possibly
provide
some
free
tickets.
F
The
ukrainian
crisis
relief
fund,
10
of
all
ticket
sales,
will
go
to
that
along
with
a
dollar
for
every
ticket
sold
from
eagles
two
dollars
for
every
ticket
sold
from
hera's
casinos
and
a
5
000
donation
from
new
belgium,
so
that
that's
all
chris's
great
leadership
to
set
that
up
and
we're
very
excited
about
that.
We
need
to
sell
tickets
so
and
our
goal
is
to
sell
as
many
tickets
as
possible
because
we
want
each
ticket
to
be
a
way
that
we
are
helping
the
uk
in
the
ukraine.
F
So
you
know
our
target
is
hopefully
to
get
close
to
a
hundred
thousand,
but
we'll
see
so
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
There
also
will
be
an
announcement
later
this
week
that
someone
will
be
making
a
matching
gift
to
what
we
do.
So
it's
very
important
if
you
haven't
purchased
tickets
or
you
have
friends
that
haven't
purchased
tickets
to
please
get
out
there
and
really
push
these
tickets.
F
The
last
two
weeks
and-
and
I
know
there
was
some
kind
of
mix
up
that
donna
had
contacted
me
about
people
thinking
they
had
to
have
masks
or
whatever
the
only
people
that
are
wearing
masks
will
be
volunteers
that
are
working
with
the
team
and
so
that's
dry
transportation.
Whatever
there
are.
No,
there
are
no
guidelines
at
all
for
the
facility
for
a
person
who
is
spectating.
F
So
hopefully
we
got
that
cleared
up
last
week,
we're
hoping
that
we'll
get
some
media
bounce.
Now
that
the
national
championship
is
over,
I
would
allow.
I
would
have
preferred
to
have
a
little
bit
better
media
bounce
today
for
the
basketball
game,
but
I
don't
get
everything
I
want
so
so,
but
we're
working
with
usta
on
some
last
minute
marketing,
but
also
working
with
their
pr
team
to
hook
them
up
with
tv,
radio,
everybody
else,
and
I
volunteered
to
be
on
anything
and
everything
that
they
can
get
us
on
to
promote
this
event.
F
So,
thank
you
all
for
all
you
do
and
again
thanks
to
chris
and
laura
and
the
entire
staff
for
all
that
they
do
and
laura
loftus
for
all
she
does
at
aston
park.
She
is
also
now
a
part-time
fire
to
fire
fire
person.
So
we.
F
Get
our
heart
we're
gonna,
get
our
hard
helmet
and
a
fire
jacket,
and
maybe
kevlar
too
so,
maybe
maybe
you
can
be
the
first
hybrid
police
fire
combo
over
there
laura.
But
thanks
for
all
you
do
and
getting
I
know
you
guys
had
to
move
everything
up
early
to
get
that
facility
ready
at
aston
park
for
us.
So
thank
you
to
everybody.
A
Okay,
asheville
symphony:
is
there
someone
here
that
can
give
us
an
update?
I
know
that
daniel
isn't
here.
B
He
isn't,
but
he
sent
me
a
brief
update
to
give
the
group
okay,
so
their
concert
attendance
continues
to
be
relatively
stable,
with
single
tickets
continuing
to
outperform
past
years,
but
subscriptions
are
still
lower
than
past
years.
No
surprises
given
the
landscape
around
coven
they're,
putting
the
final
touches
on
next
year's
season.
Programming
and
new
for
this
upcoming
concert
this
weekend.
Proof
of
vaccination
and
negative
tests
is
no
longer
required
to
attend
a
symphony
event.
B
However,
we
are
keeping
indoor
mask
mandates
in
place
for
symphony
concerts
through
the
rest
of
the
season.
B
A
Okay,
general
managers
report
chris
keep
going.
B
All
righty,
I
don't
have
a
ton
this
week,
just
upcoming
events
and
then
I'll
intro,
laura
here
and
pass
on
to
her.
I'm
not
going
to
go
too
deep
into
billie
jean
king.
That,
like
den
mentioned,
we've
got
a
concert
this
saturday
or
friday
in
the
arena
symphony
on
saturday,
and
then
saturday
is
when
tennis
starts
loading
in
there
in
the
building
from
the
9th
to
the
17th
for
the
billie
jean
king
cup.
B
It's
about
4
000
man
hours
that
it
takes
to
put
that
event
on
so
he's
not
wrong.
It's
a
it's!
A
significant
lift
to
get
that
event.
Through
we
closed
the
month
out
with
two
shows
on
april
30th
with
cronbin
and
amos
lee,
which
are
both
selling
really
well
and
will
probably
be
sold
out
by
the
time
we
get
there.
B
We've
got
tom
sagan,
segura,
daughtry,
chicago
kenny
g
and
little
feet
all
in
the
house
in
may.
On
the
concert
side,
ac
reynolds
high
school
decided
to
move
their
memorial
day
end
of
season
concert
to
thomas
wolf
this
year,
which
has
historically
been
on
campus
for
them
that'll
be
at
the
end
of
may
on
the
24th,
which
is
a
new
event
for
us.
B
We
have
a
few
events
going
on
sale
for
the
fall
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
I
honestly
can't
remember
which
ones
are
which
so
I
don't
want
to
tell
you
ones
that
haven't
been
publicly
announced
yet
just
in
case,
but
the
the
fall
lineups
coming
together
really
well.
We've
got
a
good
number
of
arena
concerts
booked,
which
are
really
where
the
money
comes
from
the
arena
concerts
pretty
much
helped
fund.
All
of
our
operations,
thomas
wolfe
concerts
are
lining
up
really
well,
and
marshall
will
be
happy
to
hear.
B
We
have
a
good
number
of
monday,
tuesday
concerts
already
confirmed
and
solid
for
the
fall,
including
a
really
big
run
at
the
end
of
october.
So.
A
B
Are
looking
really
good
I'd
say
about
on
same
pace
as
this
year,
which
is
turning
out.
B
We
didn't
get
to
open
until
august
any
questions
on
events
upcoming
events,
no
all
right.
Well,
then,
in
line
with
what
we've
done
the
last
few
months
with
the
change
up
and
how
the
department
structure
works,
we've
invited
laura
loftis
who's,
the
manager
at
aston
park
tennis
center
and
has
been
for
quite
a
while
to
come
and
just
intro
to
you
guys
what
she
does.
What
aston
park
tennis
complex
is
because
it
is,
I
believe,
the
last
of
the
new
facilities
to
intro
you
folks
to
so
laura
I'll.
G
Okay,
thanks
chris
and
thanks
everyone
for
allowing
me
to
come
on
and
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
we
do
here
at
aston
park,
tennis
center.
I
have
been
here
since
at
this
location
since
2005,
I've
been
with
the
department
since
2000
and
a
lot
of
changes
have
happened
at
aston
park
since
I've
been
here
actually
just
to
give
you
a
little
overview
of
the
history.
G
When
we
took
the
park
over
in
2005
from
the
county,
it
was
through
a
water
agreement,
and
so
all
the
facilities
that
chris
is
now
taking
over
those
were
all
the
facilities
that
came
to
the
city
in
2005.
G
So
when
we
took
the
facility
over,
I
was
hired
to
be
the
manager
at
this
facility
and
have
been
here
since,
but
when
we
took
it
over
the
building
that
I'm
sitting
in
now
was
not
even
here
and
the
interesting
thing
that
we
found
out
as
soon
as
we
took
it
over
was
the
county
had
received
a
nice
donation
from
a
gentleman
who
started
the
asheville
open
tennis
tournament,
which
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
here.
G
In
a
few
minutes
the
gentleman
who
started
the
tournament
90
years
ago
this
year
he
passed
away,
I
think
in
late
80s
and
he
left
a
substantial
amount
of
money
for
a
building
to
be
built
here
at
aston
park.
So
the
county
had
sat
on
that
money
for
quite
a
few
years
and
the
only
thing
that
they
did
was
they
hired
an
architect
to
draw
up
the
plans
for
the
building,
because
that
was
his.
That
was
his
request.
Was
he
wanted
a
clubhouse
built
here
for
the
the
players
to
use?
G
So
when
we
found
out
about
the
money
it
was,
I
believe,
282
000
and
again,
I
think
16
maybe
was
used
for
the
architect
and
the
plans.
So
we
took
the
plans
and
we
didn't
really
want
to.
You
know,
get
more
plans
and
spend
more
money.
G
So
we
used
the
plans
we
had
and
the
building
I'm
sitting
in
now
we
start
we
broke
ground
in
november
of
2005
and
before
we
could
do
that,
we
obviously
realized
we
needed
more
money
and
we
didn't
really
want
to
go
to
the
general
public
to
get
that
money.
So
we
looked
into
parks
and
recreation
with
you
know,
filling
out
some
grants
and
there
was
actually
a
grant
out
there.
I
don't
even
know
if
it
still
exists
to
this
day,
but
it's
a
person.
G
It
was
a
parks
and
recreation
trust
fund
grant,
but
you
had
to
have
matching
dollars.
So
we
had
the
matching
dollars,
so
they
were
able.
We
were
awarded
the
grant.
We
got
282
000
to
match
our
282
000
and
then
we
also
went
through
usta
and
got
another
grant
for
89
000..
So
we
were
pushing
up
to
almost
600
000,
so
we
built
the
building.
We
did
a
a
playground.
G
We
did
a
two
two-sided
backboard,
it's
an
asphalt
backboard
and
we
did
some
fencing
down
on
the
tennis
courts
and
we
did
some
irrigation
updates.
So
all
that
was
done
in
2005
2006
and
we
actually
opened
the
building
in
2006.
G
We
got
the
co
the
day
before
the
asheville
open
started
that
summer,
so
that
that
was
a
crazy
couple
of
ways
for
a
couple
of
crazy
years.
For
me
to
start
my
career
at
aston
park.
So,
but
it
was
an
exciting
time
in
that
we,
you
know,
were
able
to
really
transform
this
place
and
create
what
we
felt
like
was
just
really
a
great
venue
for
tennis
players
in
nashville,
so
that
just
kind
of
gives
you
a
little
bit
of
a
history
since
then.
Obviously
we
have
done
a
few
other
projects.
G
The
biggest
one
was
in
2013
when
we
rebuilt
the
second
set
of
courts,
and
each
set
each
set
of
our
courts
has
three
courts
on
it.
So
we
have
a
total
of
12
courts,
but
one
set
we
actually
rebuilt
from
the
ground
up.
So
we
had
to
get
a
contractor
in
here
to
to
perform
that
work,
but
it
was
really.
G
We
really
moved
in
that
direction
because
we
had
to
get
a
lot
of
the
drainage
that
was
coming
off
the
courts
and
going
into
the
storm
water
drains.
We
had
to
remedy
that,
so
that
was
really
the
precursor
for
that
project
to
happen,
and
with
that
we
did
some
sidewalks
and
some
other
things
around
the
courts
that
were
really
needed,
and
I
think
we
spent
about
130
000
with
that
capital
improvement
project.
G
What
we
do
here
as
staff
is
we
every
march
we
have
to
what's
called
recondition
the
courts,
because
our
season
runs
april
first
through
the
end
of
november,
so
every
march
we
have
to
basically
get
the
courts
ready
again
because
they
are
hard,
true
clay,
so
we
just
finished
getting
the
courts
ready
we
put
down
this
year.
We
didn't
put
as
much
down
because
I
knew
it
would
be
hard
getting
the
clay
here,
but
we
did
put
down
22.4
tons
of
clay.
G
Then
we
put
down
all
new
lawns,
so
our
crews
have
been
working
for
a
month
straight
and
I'll
tell
you
we're
still
hurting,
and
none
of
us
are
getting
any
younger.
Obviously,
so
our
season
just
opened
folks
are
extremely
excited.
So
again
our
season
runs
april
1st
through
the
end
of
november.
We
we
do,
sell
season
passes,
but
we
also
charge
by
the
hour
and
that
those
two
items
break
generate
our
revenue
for
the
the
majority
of
the
revenue.
G
Here
we
do
also
sell
concessions
and
we
provide
services
of
stringing,
tennis
rackets.
So
that's
the
general
history.
As
far
as
recent
highlights
again,
we
just
started
the
season,
so
we
have
a
lot
of
goals
for
the
season
and
hopefully
we'll
produce
some
highlights,
but
for
20.
The
last
couple
of
years
have
been
a
challenge.
Obviously,
but
in
2021
we
were
able
to
produce
the
asheville
open.
G
Once
again,
2020
was
obviously
a
year
that
we
was
the
first
year
since
I've
been
working
for
the
city
that
we
did
not
produce
the
asheville
open,
but
we
brought
it
back
last
year.
It
was
an
exciting
year
and
the
fact
that
we
we
had
put
in
for
a
level
two
designation
for
the
senior
divisions
and
we
had
it-
was
actually
awarded
to
us
in
20
for
2020.
G
But
of
course
we
had
no
tournament,
so
we
were
excited
about
2021
because
we
had
gotten
this
new
level,
two
designation
from
usta,
which
there
are
not
many
across
the
country
that
get
that
designation.
So
we
were
very
ecstatic
that
we
were
able
to
do
that.
I
have
a
awesome
tournament
committee
that
really
helped
put
that
together
and
we
were
able
to
solidify
that
for
2021.
G
G
I
just
I
couldn't
believe
how
many
seniors
came
here
in
2021
we
had
for
the
level
two
designation,
which
is
60
through
90
division,
age
divisions.
We
had
228
players
for
2021..
I
don't
expect.
We
will
have
that
many,
because
what
we
learned
is
that
we
need
to
lower
the
brackets
for
each
of
those
divisions.
We
had
64
brackets
thinking
they
wouldn't
fill
up.
G
We
were
very,
we
were
wrong,
so
we
were
really
scrambling
with
courts.
So
this
year
we
have
lowered
the
divisions
to
32
draws,
so
we
probably
won't
get
as
many
people.
But
but
again
you
know
we.
We
don't
know
that
for
sure,
because
we're
really
pushing
for
the
women's
divisions
to
fill
up
a
little
bit
more
than
they
did
last
year.
So,
but
we
will
continue
that
designation.
We
were
awarded
the
l2
again
for
2022
and
and
those
designations
are
really
given
out
to
tournaments,
that
really
produce.
G
Not
only
those
top-notch
level
players
but
a
tournament
that
can
produce
a
lot
of
other
things
that
players
are
looking
for
when
you,
you
know,
like
the
hospitality
end
of
things
and
and
with
the
tournament
committee
that
I
have
it's
amazing
how
much
they
do
so
I'll
get
into
that
just
in
a
second
but
but
that
was
our
major
highlight
in
2021.
G
The
the
last
biggest
highlight
before
that
kind
of,
in
my
mind,
was
it
came
in
november
of
2019
when
we
dedicated
court
one
to
louis
isaac.
G
I
don't
know
if
any
of
you
guys
remember
louis
isaac,
he
passed
away
very
suddenly
in
2019
he
was
a
tennis
player
at
aston
park
for
over
40
years,
but
he
also
was
a
part
of
many
commissions
and
boards
that
across
the
asheville
area,
I
know
he
was
on
the
parks
and
recreation
advisory
board
for
a
couple
of
years,
but
he
also
started
the
took
a
picture.
G
If
any
of
you
all
are
aware
of
that,
he
was
a
huge
advocate
of
social
justice,
but
we
did
that
dedication
in
november
of
2019,
and
we
had
several
city
council
people
here
and
some
other
dignitaries,
and
it
was
just
a
really
well
well
done
event
that
I
was
very
proud
of.
So
we
we
have
a
plaque
on
court,
one
not
really
a
plaque,
it's
more
of
a
a
sign
that
we
made
for
him
for
that
court.
G
So
it
is
hanging
out
there
today
and
something
we're
all
really
proud
of
to
help
us.
Remember
him
so
goals
for
the
future.
Again,
like
I
said
we
just
opened
for
the
new
season,
so
our
goal
for
this
year.
I
know
with
the
tournament
committee
we've
already
been
meeting,
and
this
is
the
90th
anniversary
of
the
asheville
open.
So
our
goal
is
to
make
it
one
of
the
best
you
know
yet.
G
Obviously
we
have
a
lot
of
things
that
we're
trying
to
make
happen
for,
for
this
event,
we're
we're
gonna.
We
we
start
the
tournament
on
tuesday.
I
believe,
let
me
see
if
I
wrote
the
dates
down
july.
The
5th
through
the
10th
starts
on
a
tuesday,
and
we
have
seniors
coming
in
on
tuesday
and
then
later
in
the
week
we
have
age,
division
groups
and
younger
adults,
so
we're
doing
a
friday
night.
G
Barbecue
we've
got
some
food
trucks
coming
in.
We've
got
we're
trying
to
get
a
dj
for
some
music,
so
we're
trying
to
you
know,
do
a
few
things
extra
this
year
to
make
it
very
special
for
our
90th
anniversary
other
goals,
obviously
for
the
future,
if
not
this
year,
but
continue
our
goal
is
to
do
whatever
we
can
to
enhance
the
facility
in
terms
of
safety
and-
and
just
you
know
chris-
and
I
have
had
a
couple
of
conversations
about
these
courts
are
in
desperate
need
of
some
rebuilt.
G
A
few
of
the
sets
need
to
be
rebuilt,
and
I
know
you
know
it
takes
money
so
and
it
takes
time
so
that
that
continues
to
be
one
of
my
goals.
That
is,
is
on
a
revolving
door,
but
we
definitely
need
to
look
at
into
that.
You
know
within
the
next
five
years
for
sure
current
challenges.
G
The
past
two
years
has
been
probably
the
worst
I
have
ever
seen
since
I've
been
here
in
terms
of
the
homeless
population,
so
that
is
our
biggest
challenge
that
we
are
facing
at
this
time
and
they
are
doing
food
sharing
on
saturday
and
sunday
at
our
facility,
and
you
know,
I've
had
a
really
hard
time
working
with
this
group
in
terms
of
trying
to
to
co-exist
to
co-exist,
if
nothing
else,
because
they
they
take
over
the
parking
lot
and
they
don't.
G
You
know
they
act
like
we
are
the
enemy
which
we
are
not
but
but
but
it's
just
it's
been
a
very
difficult
situation,
because
what
that
does
is
it?
You
know
these
folks
come
over
here
for
the
food
sharing
and
then
they
hang
out
all
day.
Then
they
want
to
use
the
bathroom
and
then
they
and
then
ultimately
trash
is
strewn
all
over
the
place.
G
So,
in
addition
to
running
a
tennis
center,
we
are
now
have
found
ourselves
doing
a
lot
of
other
tasks
that
you
know
have
been
difficult
to
ask
others
to
do,
and
and
obviously
we
all
do
them,
but
but
it's
it's
been
a
very
tough
situation,
so
those
are
definitely
challenges
that
are
ongoing.
G
That
hopefully
a
resolution
will
come
about
at
some
point
in
time.
So,
let's
see
basic,
let's
see
what
else
chris
had
put
down
here.
I
think
the
the
positives
and
negatives
of
the
merger.
I
haven't
really
put
a
whole
lot
of
thought
into
it,
because
I'm
still
trying
to
to
process
the
change
that
we
made.
You
know
I
was
in
parks
and
recreation
for
20
plus
years,
so
it's
really
kind
of
hard
for
me
to
now
think
that
I'm
not
part
of
parks
and
recreation.
G
That's
been
my
career
for
28
plus
years,
so
I'm
not
really
sure
how
it
all
is
going
to
mesh.
I
think
we're
all
still
trying
to
figure
it
out,
but
the
I
think
the
positives
are
going
to
be
that
we
can
maybe
tap
into
some
money
to
where
we
can
do
some
work
on
the
courts.
The
negative
may
be
more
of
losing
some
resources
along
the
way
through
the
parks
and
recreation
asset
divisions.
G
So
those
are
things
that
I
know
you
know
chris
and
I
are
going
to
have
to
work
through
and
and
make
happen
and
to
to
make
our
park
as
as
as
nice
as
it
is.
I
mean
we
have.
You
know
clay
court,
I
mean
we
have
a
jewel
in
the
city
and
you
know
I've
been
trying
to
express
that
the
whole
time
I've
been
here
and
it's
just.
I
think
we
are
only
one
of
four
clay
municipalities
and
you
know,
or
municipalities
that
have
clay
courts
in
north
carolina.
G
So
it's
a
very
you
know
special
thing
that
we
have,
especially
with
seniors
retiring
to
asheville.
They
love
our
courts
and
people
of
all
ages
really
but
seniors
in
particular.
I
guess
the
only
other
thing
I
can
talk
about,
maybe
is
just
going
back
to
the
the
asheville
open.
That
is
obviously
our
biggest
event
of
the
year
and,
like
I
said
I
put
together
a
tournament
committee.
Probably
I
guess
back
in
2017
we,
we
created
a
tournament
committee
that
would
help
us
really
move
this
tournament.
G
You
know
to
where
it
is
today
and
the
lady
who
is
the
co-chair
of
the
tournament
she
moved
here
in
2017.
Her
name
is
debbie
southern
and
she's,
a
30-year
she
retired
after
30
years
of
coaching
at
furman
university
for
the
tennis
team.
So
when
she
came
on
board,
I
knew
I
was
like
man.
This
is
great.
I've
got
some
really
good
people
and
she's
brought
on
others
and
turned
this
com.
G
Tournament
committee
upside
down,
I
mean
she's,
got
these
people
working
like
crazy,
so
they
have
really
done
a
fantastic
job
and
and
and
made
my
life
a
lot
easier
in
a
lot
of
ways.
So
it
they
they've
been
a
wonderful
addition.
I
do
kid
with
them.
That
they've
been
my
constant
supervisor.
G
If
you
will,
because
that
they
do
ask
a
lot
and-
and
I
try
to-
I-
try
to
give
them
whatever
they
need,
because
they
are
such
huge
supporters
of
the
tournament,
but
but
with
that
being
said,
we
work
heavily
with
the
asheville
tennis
association,
so
we
are
partners
with
them
and
several
people
that
work
on
the
asheville
tennis
association
also
go
over
to
the
tournament
committee
to
work,
but
it
we're
kind
of
all
in
one
the
same
and
but
the
tournament
committee
has
done,
a
huge
has
been
huge
in
bringing
in
sponsorships
for
this
year.
G
Their
goal
was
20
000,
but
they're
already
up
to
25
plus,
and
what
that
does
is
that
helps
pay
for
prize
money
and
it
helps
pay
for
a
lot
of
things
with
the
tournament
that
this
you
know
that
the
city
just
doesn't
have
the
money
in
the
budget.
For
so
with
them.
G
I
mean
I
wouldn't
be
able
to
do
all
the
things
we
do
with
the
tournament,
if
they're
not
involved
being
the
tennis
association,
because
they
are
a
501c3,
so
they
are
able
to
bring
in
these
sponsorships
and
then
spend
money
back.
So
they've
been
a
huge,
a
huge
help,
so,
in
addition
to
the
tournament
we
also
do,
we
have
a
commitment
with
usta
league
play.
G
So
right
now
we
just
started
the
spring
season,
so
I
have
close
to
20
teams
that
play
out
of
aston
park
and
then
when
they,
when
their
season
finishes,
we'll
continue
at
one
for
the
summer
and
they
continue
on
through
the
fall,
but
then
also
work
with
mindy
at
the
racquet
club
to
help
her
host
some.
We
do
a
north
carolina
mixed
league
championships
in
may.
G
We
do
another
section
tournament
in
in
september
and
I
think
those
are
the
only
two
we've
got
this
year,
but
those
bring
in
across
the
city
those
bring
in
over
a
thousand
players.
So
it's
a
huge
economic
impact
to
the
city
of
asheville.
G
For
those
events,
I'm
just
looking
to
see
if
we
have
any
more,
we
do
have
actually
a
new
event
this
this
weekend
and
it
was
really
brought
on
through
the
tennis
association
was
the
main
driver
in
this
event
that
we're
we're
hosting
a
high
school,
a
boys
high
school
invitational
tournament,
which
starts
here
friday
and
it'll,
run
through
saturday,
and
this
is
the
first
time
we've
ever
offered
it.
We
were
hoping
to
get.
48
was
the
max
we
could
take.
G
I
heard
yesterday
there
were
42
kids
signed
up,
so
we've
got
42
that'll
be
here
on
friday,
but
we
also
work
with
the
asheville
middle
school.
We
are
the
host
site
for
their
middle
school
team,
so
they
practice
and
they
play
their
matches
here
as
well.
I'm
probably
missing
a
few
other
things,
but
that
is
those
are
the
highlights,
and
you
know
if
anybody
has
any
questions
I'll
be
glad
to
answer.
E
E
Yes,
thank
you,
donna
laura.
I
noticed
and
I
live
in
west
asheville,
close
to
melvin
hills
and
the
melvin
hills
park.
Tennis
courts.
Are
you
overlooking,
or
do
you
have
anything
to
do
with
that
particular
facility.
G
Used
to
somewhat
be
over
that
so
to
speak,
but
now
that
I
came
out
of
parks
and
recreation
that
is
no
longer
under
my
my
supervision
in
terms
of
you
know,
I
didn't
really
do
that
much
to
begin
with,
but
no
you,
you
would
have
to
go
through
the
parks
department
for
that
one.
I
know
that
that
was
one
location
that
was
redone
through
the
bond
referendum.
You
know
we
we
went
in
and
redid
some
different
tennis
courts
around
town
and
I
know
malvern
hills
was
was
one
of
them.
E
Well,
the
reason
why
I
asked
is
because
I've
seen
an
uptake
in
activity,
especially
the
the
smaller,
not
full
court
kind
of
tennis.
I
don't
know
what
they
I'm
sorry.
I
don't.
G
E
I
just
feel
glad
to
see
that
more
people
were
using
that
court.
When
I
first
moved
here,
it
was
kind
of
deserted
for
a
couple
basketball
players,
but
other
than
that.
Now
it's
hard
to
get
get
a
place
to
park
around
there
parking
is
a
parking,
is
a
bear.
Then,
when
the
pools
open,
it's
a
double
bear.
So
yeah.
G
The
pickleballers
have
taken
over,
but
those
courts
were
resurfaced.
There
were
like
three
or
four
across
the
city
that
were
done
and
what
they
did
is
they
they
created
what
they
called
multi-sport
courts.
So
it's
just
not
you
know,
honing
in
on
one
section
of
the
population,
so
you've
got
pickleballers.
You've
got
basketball
players,
you've
got
you
know,
we've
even
had
the
roller
hockey.
So
I
mean
you
know,
there's
a
multitude
of
activities
that
can
be
played
on
those
courts.
E
Okay,
but
you
and-
and
I
wasn't
really
aware
of
the
unique
possibility
of
having
clay
courts
at
tournament
level
now
does
that
have
an
impact
upon
what's
coming
in
this
next
week,
with
the
women's
billie
jean
cup,.
G
No,
it
won't
have
an
effect
on
that
at
all,
because
the
the
professional
players
will
not
be
playing
at
aston
park,
they're
just
going
to
be
playing
at
the
at
this
at
harris
cherokee
center.
So
the
activities
that
we
will
have
here
during
the
week
will
are
geared
more
for
kids,
so
those
clinics
will
be
done
here
and
no
they
they
don't
have
any.
It
won't
be
any
problem
clay
courts.
Typically
high
schools
do
play
hardcore,
so
they
don't
take.
You
know
typically
use
clay
courts.
G
Middle
schools
are
a
little
different.
I
think
really
to
be
honest
with
you.
I
go
to
a
lot
of
conferences
and
workshops
across
the
state.
Ford,
usta,
usda
north
carolina
provides
a
couple
of
workshops
per
year
and
I
do
attend
those,
and
you
know
that
they
I
mean
it's
just
it's
rare-
that
for
us
to
even
have
middle
school
here
in
this
in
this
area,
because
most
places
in
north
carolina
don't
even
have
middle
school
teams.
G
So
we
are
very
fortunate
that
we
do
so
they're
not
too
worried
about
using
the
clay
courts,
they're
just
more
concerned
about
getting
tennis
courts,
but
when
they
do
go
to
the
high
school
level
they
do
play
on
hardcore.
G
Right,
thank
you
donna.
So
I
do
have
a
video,
a
short
video,
and
this
was
done
last
year
at
the
asheville
open.
We
hire
a
photographer
who
comes
in
and
does
a
lot
of
pictures,
but
she
always
puts
together
a
short
clip
video
for
us
so
that
we
can
use
it
as
our
promotion
for
the
next
year.
So
here
we
go.
A
That
was
really
quite
good.
That
was
really
I
I
liked
that
she
did
a
good
job
of
putting
those
you
know,
pictures
together
to
show
every
different
age
level,
and-
and
I
love
the
fact
she
put
the
rain
in
the
middle
just
to
point
out-
it
is
an
outdoor
sport.
E
What
kind
of
impact
laura
do
you
feel
that
you
have,
since
the
women's
tennis
thing
came
a
couple
years
ago?
Did
you
benefit
from
from
the
the
series
of
professional
tennis
coming
to
asheville.
G
Absolutely
tennis
was
it:
it
really
became
an
uptick
in
numbers
for
us
after
the
2018.,
especially
with
venus
and
serena
coming
to
town.
That
was
huge.
We
have
a
really
good
tennis
community
in
asheville,
but
yes,
we
we
saw
the
numbers
increase
and
then
and
then
the
pandemic
hit.
You
know
we
had
the
the
matches.
G
2018
2019
numbers
were
great
and
then
the
pandemic
hit,
and
you
know
it
kind
of
suffered
for
a
few
months,
and
then
we
opened
back
up
in
may
of
that
year
and
if
you
noticed
around
town
driving
by
tennis
courts,
tennis
was
one
of
those
sports
that
was
deemed
safe.
So
we
had
people
coming
out
here
that
I
had
never
even
seen
before
during
the
pandemic.
So
I
think
the
two
things
in
combination
really
kind
of
helped
us
survive
the
pandemic.
G
If
you
will,
because
you
know
tennis
was
really
it
energized
it
really
from
2018
and
2019
and
then
the
pandemic,
and
then
it
just
our
numbers
just
continue
to
go
up.
So
I
yes
I'll
vote
on
for
both
of
those,
but
but
also
for
2018.
We
were
able
to
get
the
usta
give
gave
out
a
a
sum
of
money
that
that
year,
for
you
know
they
wanted
they
want
to
put
money
into
the
community.
They
come
into
to
provide
some
kind
of
enhancement
to
a
public
tennis
facility.
G
So
that
year
we
were
awarded
35
000
through
usta,
and
we
put
it
to
good
use.
We
we
we
had
a
company,
come
in
and
put
some
awnings.
We
we
actually
extended
the
concrete
in
the
front
and
made
a
big
patio
area,
and
then
we
put
some
awnings
that
are
retractable
from
the
building
and
some
bleachers,
and
then
we
bought
some
patio
furniture
for
the
porch
up
top.
G
So
the
money
was
really
spent
in
terms
of
trying
to
enhance
our
building
and
to
the
point
of
catering
to
those
people
who
come
and
watch
the
tennis,
because
you
know,
if
you
came
here
before
the
the
sun
hits
the
building
from
the
west
and
in
the
afternoons
it
can
get
very
hot.
So
putting
those
awnings
in
place
has
been
nothing,
but
I
every
time
I
get
them
out
people.
G
Thank
me
profusely
because
they
are
a
great
shade
and
and
provider
for
those
people
coming
to
watch
tennis,
so
we
benefited
heavily
from
the
20
2018
and
2019
bed
cups
as
they
were
called
back
then
so
we're
hoping
that
with
this
one,
it's
going
to
generate
some
more
activity,
and
so
you
know
it's
very
exciting
with
with
that
happening,
just
to
kind
of
give
you
all.
I
didn't
really.
G
I
had
them
written
down,
but
I
didn't
throw
out
the
numbers
we
have
just
recently
when
I
say
recent
within
the
last
five
years
we
put
in
a
new
system:
that's
software
right
track,
it's
not
one
of
my
favorites,
but
I've
gotten
better
over
the
years
with
it,
but
it
helps
track
our
numbers
and
the
department
identified
a
position
that
was
needed.
G
They
hired
the
position
in
this
position
now
is
in
place
by
max
cherry,
and
he
is
the
person
I
go
to
with
needs
for
racetrack.
So
before
him,
our
numbers
really
didn't
get
calculated
like
they
should
have,
because
we
just
didn't
have
the
means
to
track
them.
This
is
a
difficult
venue
and
that
you've
got
openings
on
all
sides.
So
we
really
have
to
get
people
to
come
in
and
you
know
register
and
pay,
and
you
know
oftentimes
we'll
look
out
we'll
be
like
you
know:
oh
gosh
somebody's
on
seven.
G
We
need
to
get
them
up
here
to
pay,
you
know.
So
it's
it's
been
difficult
over
the
years,
but
we're
starting
to
get
people
really
trained,
but
the
but
the
rate
track
software
system
has
been
huge
in
helping
us
track
those
numbers.
So
I
went
back
and
looked
just
to
give
you
kind
of
a
history
in
2019
our
total
attendance.
G
Now
again
we
maybe
didn't
capture
everybody,
but
this
was
what
we
have
in
the
computer.
Our
total
attendance
was
sixteen
thousand
eighty
nine,
that
is
the
total
traffic
coming
through
2020.
Obviously
the
pandemic
hit
and
we
did
not
open
the
courts
back
up
until
may
11th.
G
So
the
numbers
we
just
you
know
we
just
had
to
take
them
off
what
we
took
each
day.
So
in
2020
again
people
came
out
because
they
needed
something
to
do
outside.
We
still
had
9975,
so
we
had
close
to
10
000
people
come
through
here
in
2020
and
we
were
closed
for
six
days
in
may,
after
the
apartment
fire
next
door
caused
extensive
damage
on
our
courts
that
we
had
to
replace
some
fencing
so
that
that
happened
in
2020
2021.
G
Our
attendance
was
15
379.,
so
we
were
a
little
bit
shy
of
what
we
were
in
2019,
but
I
feel,
like
you
know,
coveted
played
a
big
part
in
that,
as
people
were
just
trying
to
get
back
out
and
get
maneuvering
again
into
league
play,
so
I
think,
because
league
play
kind
of
took
a
hit
during
the
pandemic.
So
I
expect
those
numbers
to
go
up
this
year
at
least
that's
one
of
our
goals.
So
we
you
know,
but
that
just
kind
of
gives
you
a
little
bit
of
history.
G
A
Laura
thank
you
so
much
for
your
report.
We
appreciate
it.
We
have
just
a
few
minutes
left
and
I
noticed
that
mukunda
is
on
the
line
now
and
I
so
makunda.
Could
you
give
us
an
update
on
the
muni
golf
course.
D
So
I
spoke
with
jason
sanford
and
he
had
already
spoken
with
chris
corll.
D
I
don't
have
really
any
more
info
regarding
that
any
follow-up
on
that
I
know
he
was
going
to
bring
it
up
on
the
wiseguys
show,
but
I
do
not
have
any
kind
of
results
from
that.
Yet
so.
F
Well,
I
was
just
gonna
commend
chris
for
the
great
community
session
that
he
did
the
other
day
so
I'll.
Let
him
kind
of
talk
about
that
session,
but
he
did
an
incredible
job
and
I
think
it's
probably
the
most
positive
public
input
session.
I
have
ever
seen
since
I've
been
in
asheville
and
part
of
that
was
the
way
chris
handled
that
so.
B
B
Thanks
dan
yeah,
so
we
had
a
public
meeting
for
muni
on.
I
guess
it
would
have
been
tuesday
last
week,
which
is
what
I'd
emailed
the
group
out
to
try
to
help
get
some
word
out
on
and
survey
info
has
gotten
out
a
little
quicker
and
more
steadily
in
the
last
week,
which
has
been
great,
but
public
meeting
had
a
little
over
100
people
at
it,
and
it
was
really
positive.
B
The
survey
has
gotten
a
lot
of
good
uptick.
We
did
end
up
getting
posts
and
blog
post
blog
posts
and
social
posts.
I
believe
from
last
vegas.
Wls
ran
a
story.
We
did
get
one
on
citizen
times,
wls
and
citizen
times,
both
after
the
public
meeting
and
we've
gotten
survey
cards
out,
they're
little
business
card
size
cards
that
have
the
qr
code
direct
link
to
the
survey
to
the
golf
course
the
driving
range
played
against
sports
and
to
nevada,
bobs
and
golf
usa.
B
Golf
stores
around
town
and
neighborhood
associations
sent
the
survey
out
to
the
neighborhoods,
both
haw
creek,
beverly,
hills
and
oakley,
which
are
like
the
three
closest
neighborhoods,
and
we
also
sent
the
info
out
to
gashers
creek,
which
is
across
the
river
from
uni,
but
up
above
nature
above
the
nature
center.
So
somewhat
connected,
we've
got
499
responses
so
far
to
the
survey,
which
is
pretty
good,
I'm
told
a
lot
of
the
public
surveys
get
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
300
to
400.
B
I
don't
have
any
actual
data
from
that,
though,
but
responses
are
good.
So
far,
we've
got
looks
like
20
of
the
responses
are
from
people
that
live
in
one
of
those
immediate
neighborhoods
around
the
facility.
B
Then,
once
you
add
in
people
that
live
in
the
city
of
asheville,
it's
56
of
the
people
live
in
the
city
of
asheville.
B
In
total,
it's
87
of
people
live
in
buncombe
county,
so
only
about
15
percent
are
from
outside
of
bulking
county
and
lots
of
good
feedback
in
here
and
as
we
let
the
survey
keep
running
for
a
couple
weeks.
We'll
have
a
lot
of
good
data
to
bring
back
to
this
group
and
to
council
related
to
trying
to
find
a
way
to
fund
some
improvements
there
and
laura
bringing
up
this
recreation
and
park.
B
Trust
fund
grants
that
happened
at
the
aston
park
about
20
years
ago
made
me
start
googling
that,
because
I
didn't
even
know
it
existed
and
it
looks
like
that
might
be
another
target
we
can
look
at
for
the
golf
course,
which
is
great.
A
Any
kind
of
any
word
on
we
push
the
proposal
up
to
the
city
council.
Do
you
have
some
input
on
that
at
all.
B
It
did
go
out
to
the
full
council,
though,
after
that
request
from
the
commission,
so
they've
seen
it.
It
was
talked
about
briefly
at
their
budget
retreat
on
march
17th
and
18th.
If
antenna
was
here,
she
could
probably
give
a
more
thorough
report
on
that,
but
they
have
seen
it.
They
are
aware
of
the
project.
It's
about
the
status
at
the
moment
with
council,
no
action
taken
on
their
end
by
any
means.
A
Okay,
this
basically
fell
under
old
business.
Is
it?
Is
there
anyone
else
that
has
anything
on
old
business.
E
All
right,
I
can
jump
in
there
chris
the
other
day,
I
attended
this
reorganization
of
our
commissions
and
things
like
this.
I
asked
donna
a
little
bit
about
that.
E
E
It
means
that
people
like
laura
and
these
different
venues
would,
if
we
don't
have
commissions,
to
give
them
the
voice,
and
we
don't
have
a
way
of
sharing
publicly
some
of
the
issues
that
the
city
and
county
is
confronting
it
just
kind
of
one.
It's
a
huge
puzzle
that
we
have
neglected
several
pieces
of
that
puzzle.
That
represents
why
people
come
to
asheville.
E
E
We
don't
want
to
go
back
into
business
as
we
did
in
the
past.
We
want
to
be
better
at
promoting
the
assets
that
we
have
to
involve
our
guests
and
when
we
neglect
the
maintenance
and
the
the
updating
and
and
the
investment
that
the
city
needs
to
take
in
a
good
way
to
bring
these
facilities
into
something
that
isn't
so
disgraded
or
or
you
know,
going
to
a
golf
course
and
can't
drive
a
golf
cart
down
the
lane
because
of
the
potholes
or,
if
you're,
going
to
go
to
the
tennis
court.
E
E
I
think
it's
also
part
of
the
responsibility
of
the
support
of
the
commissioners
to
take
a
more
proactive
role
in
what
this
commission
is
pushing
to
city
council
and
be
more
active
in
looking
for
the
different
financial
resp
financial
possibilities
that
this
commission
can
bring
to
enhance
and
to
make
the
issue
for
these
voters
to
feel
that
they
are
a
part
of
it.
If
we
do
not
have
these
voices
and
those
opportunities
as
a
meeting
once
a
month
to
listen
to
the
our
partners,
then
their
needs
kind
of
go
by
the
wayside.
E
And
next
thing
you
know
we
we
have
nothing
to
offer
against
and
when
our
guests
are
not
entertained,
when
our
guests
are
not
fed,
when
our
guests
are
just
abused,
to
go
drink
beer
and
not
go
to
a
concert
or
go
to
a
baseball
game
or
play
round
of
golf,
we
lose
as
a
community
and
I
better
stop
there
because
I'll
get
into
areas,
but
because
the
commissioners
who
sit
on
this
commission
need
to
be
more
proactive
and
visit.
E
We
have
commissioners
here
that
I
very
much
doubt
have
ever
been
backstage
at
the
thomas
wook
to
understand
some
of
the
facilities
here
or
even
in
the
arena
to
understand
the
complex
of
the
what
you
said:
how
many
hours
are
we
going
to
be
using
to
make
the
changes
within
the
arena
from
one
set
up
to
the
next?
E
Yeah,
I
think
4
000
man
hours
should
be
documented
in
a
way
that
the
taxpayers
can
understand
that
they
are
the
ones
who
are
benefiting
and
also
paying
for
those
resources
to
happen
in
a
way
that
they
are
supplementing
that
by
their
participation
as
community
members,
and
this
commission
should
be
more
proactive
in
being
able
to
talk
to
that
kind
of
thing.
There's
my
my
two
cents
for.
B
As
far
as
the
restructuring
goes,
I
I
don't
really
have
a
ton
of
new
info.
I
might
try
to
put
ricardo
on
the
spot
if
he
has
an
update
on
what
that
is
from
our
cape
office
with
the
city.
H
Thank
you
chris.
At
this
point,
I
don't
think
like.
I
have
like
more
different
information
than
the
one
that
you
represented
so
not
really
more
than
we
can
add
to
that
aspect.
At
least
the
conversation.
B
H
Not
that
I'm
aware,
but
I
got
to
check
with
that
when
the
department
to
see,
if,
like
we,
have
like
more
more
clarity
or
more
information
regarding
topic
and
based
on
that,
like
I
will
come
back
and
let
you
know
certainly.
F
A
E
E
E
Now
we're
exploding
this
into
many
different
physical
plants
within
the
city,
and
to
be
honestly,
I
have
to
admit
that
I
haven't
visited
all
these
places.
I
have
absolutely
no
idea.
What's
going
on,
it
was
a
nice
little
video
showing
a
promo
on
the
laura's
side,
but
laura
brought
up
a
big
issue.
A
F
First,
I
would,
I
would
say
that
laura
and
her
team,
especially
jeff
joyce,
who
is
kind
of
crosses
both
bridges
of
asheville
tennis
association
and
sports
commission
board-
have
done
a
good
job
of
of
making
our
elected
officials
aware.
F
I
I
would
just
say
that
in
some
situations
you
know
there
we
just
have
to
be
sensitive
to
the
the
things
that
are
going
on,
but
also
be.
May
I
think
the
the
thing
we're
not
doing
as
well
as
to
make
our
commission,
so
our
our
city,
council
members,
also
I'll
speak
for
one
of
them,
specifically
they're,
so
inundated
with
all
kinds
of
things
that
so
when
they
get
an
email
about
an
incident
at
aston
park.
F
F
So
I
I
don't
want
us
to
get
caught
up
in
in
one
event,
with
the
billie
jean
king
cup
and
having
visitors
and
moving
a
couple
of
clinics.
What
I
want
us
to
get
caught
up
into
is:
it
affects
the
daily
life
of
the
citizens
of
the
city
of
asheville
who
go
to
aston
park
and
play.
It
affects
the
safety
of
our
kids
that
are
going
to
aston
park
and
playing.
F
So
it's
it's
not
just
that
the
visitor
is
going
to
come
and
see
a
bag
of
trash,
it's
all
of
the
different
components
and
we
could
spend
three
hours
and
not
even
touch
half
of
the
things
that
laura
sees
or
has
to
deal
with.
In
a
day
I
mean
I
was
there
to
visit
the
other
day,
and
I
saw
some
very
inappropriate
things
out
behind
the
building.
F
Just
in
my
15
minutes
that
I
was
there,
so
I
think
our
focus
with
aston
park
really
needs
to
be
the
safety
and
well-being
of
our
general
citizens
and
by
the
way
we
have
the
asheville
open.
We
have
all
of
these
events
that
are
also
bringing
people
in,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
person
on
tuesday
night
playing
tennis
is
safe
and
feels
safe.
So
sorry
no,
but
I
I
think
I.
G
Think
right,
yes,
I
would
just
I'll
touch
on
that.
Thanks
stamp.
That's
been
really
my
focus
in
sending
emails
that
I've
sent
and
and
jeff
is
a
seasonal
employee.
Here
he's
also
a
30-year
retired
city
employee,
so
he
retired
back
in
2009.
G
He
actually
went
to
another
city
and
did
another
five-year
stint
in
parks
and
rec,
and
then
he
came
back
to
asheville
to
retire
and
then
I'm
not
sure
why
he
was
crazy
enough
to
want
to
become
a
seasonal
after
that,
but
he
did.
G
He
loves
aston
park,
but
I
will
say
the
last
two
years
he's
been
instrumental
in
sending
all
the
documentation
to
city
council
on
and
he's
done
it
on
the
standpoint
of
being
18.
He
was
the
ata
president
last
year,
so
he
kind
of
filled
those
shoes
when
doing
that,
as
opposed
to
being
a
seasonal
employee
for
the
city,
because
again
it's
better
coming
from
the
community
members.
G
But
I
will
echo
what
demp
said:
it's
not
just
a
problem
with
out
of
town
visitors,
which
I
feel
that's
just
one
component,
I'm
almost
ashamed
to.
I'm
I'm
in
the
process
of
hiring
a
couple
of
people,
and
it's
been
hard
doing
that
really
and
I'm
in
the
process
of
hiring
two
individuals
and
I'm
almost
ashamed
to
have
them,
show
up
their
first
couple
of
days
of
work
because
I'm
I
don't
know
what
they're
gonna
encounter.
G
Last
week
alone,
I
had
two
overdoses
and
another
gentleman
taken
away
to
the
emergency
room
sunday
evening
during
an
event
that
that
episode
produced
a
very
alarming
interaction
between
three
individuals
and
cursing
throwing
items.
I
mean
it
just.
It
became
a
a
really
big
problem
and
it
and
the
gentleman
that
was
in
the
middle
of
it
his
bodily
issues
that
he
was
having
are
still
on
the
steps
out
next
to
the
building.
H
G
Those
are
just
you
know,
I
mean
it's
a
daily
occurrence
and
it's
just,
and
I
feel-
and
I've
been
saying
this
for
two
years.
The
safety
concerns
are
for
patrons
of
the
facility,
but
it's
also
for
the
staff
that
work
here
and
our
staff
have
just
you
know,
gone
above
and
beyond
what
any
of
us
should
be
even
having
to
do
each
day.
G
So
I
just
give
them
kudos
more
than
anything,
because
I
I
just,
I
can't
believe
they're
still
here
to
be
honest
with
you
so,
but
thank
you,
jim,
for
bringing
that
up.
Yeah.
A
We're
at
1
16,
and
I
think
we
need
to
wrap
this
meeting
up,
but
you
know
the
unusual
part
of
this
particular
commission
is
that
it
now
covers
so
many
areas
and
every
area
is
both
citizens
and
tourists
and
they
overlap
and
it's
important
that
whenever
we
discuss
something,
we
need
to
recognize
both
sides
of
that
coin
and
weight
them
appropriately.
A
I
think
it's
important.
I
really
like
the
fact
that
laura
can
give
us
statistics
on
how
many
citizens
use
her
facilities
and
I
think
that's
important
for
all
of
our
facilities
to
have
that
data,
as
well
as
the
data
for
our
tourism
community
as
well.
So
I
really
appreciate
everybody's
comments
today
on
these
subjects.
A
A
If
it
changes,
then
will
change
for
sure
and
I'm
sorry
it
is
this
way
it
would
be
nice
to
actually
see
you
in
person
all
right.
If
there's
no
other
comments,
can
we
have
a
motion
to
adjourn
also
move?