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Regular Meeting of the Black Mountain Board of Alderman from January 8, 2018. To view the agenda, or future meeting agendas, please visit townofblackmountain.org.
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Okay,
guys
for
announcements
we
have
announced
returning
Christmas
trees,
you
deliver
the
used
trees
to
the
community
garden
and
they'll,
be
mulched
for
use
at
your
art
and
it's
2018
year,
and
this
is
it
was
from
12
26.
Then
it
goes
to
115
2018,
it's
at
the
John
Wilson
community
garden,
behind
Gray,
Eagle
Arena,
and
if
you're
looking
for
GPS,
it's
99
White
Pine
Road
bought
Mountain
North
Carolina.
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A
Nonviolent
protest
to
support
the
ideas
that
quality
for
all
and
was
a
motivating
motivating
force
by
by
the
civil
rights
movement
that
had
as
its
goal
the
creation
of
a
society
tolerant
of
all
races,
cultures,
nationalities
and
whereas
the
ideals
of
dr.
King
and
the
Black
Mountains
commitment
to
human
rights
are
worth
of
reflection
and
serve
as
a
reminder
that
improving
the
quality
of
life
for
all
members
of
our
community
is
a
responsibility
of
every
citizen.
And
whereas
the
celebration
of
dr.
A
King's
birthday
is
intended
as
a
time
for
all
Americans
to
reaffirm
their
commitment
to
the
basic
principles
that
underline
our
Constitution
equality
and
justice
for
all.
And
whereas
the
town
of
Black,
Mountain,
Courage's,
all
citizens
to
re-educate
themselves,
to
the
principles
of
respect
for
human
rights
and
freedom,
a
belief
and
non-violence
of
commitment
to
improving
our
community
throughout
community
service
and
volunteerism.
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Now
therefore,
I
Don
Collins
mayor
black
mountain
town,
county
Black,
Mountain
on
behalf
of
the
board
baldwin
and
the
citizens
of
Black
Mountain,
wish
to
honor
and
hereby
proclaim:
Monday
January
8
2018
as
Martin
Luther
King
jr.
Day,
the
town
of
Black
Mountain,
will
honor
dr.
King
jr.
its
26th
annual
Swannanoa
Valley
Prayer
Breakfast
Saturday
February
10th
2018.
As
a
a.m.
and
can't
Dorothy
walls,
Black
Mountains
hosted
the
local
Martin
Luther
King
jr.
memorial
and
it
will
be
hosted
by
the
the
mall
Martin
Luther
King
jr.
memorial,
all
righty.
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Those
of
you
don't
know
the
air
power
our
library
used
to
be
upstairs
and
what
is
now
the
museum
when
it
was
a
fire
department
and
dot
even
crawl
around
the
library
and
everybody
knew
Dottie
and
you
knew
all
the
books
she
had
because
there
weren't
a
lot
and
this
town
built
the
library
as
it
stands
today
was
total
I
think
donated
the
property
baby
tossing
almost
single-handedly
browbeat.
All
of
us.
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Excuse
me,
dr.
Ron,
could
you
remind
me,
and
probably
those
people
who
made
up
recall
exactly
how
the
board
like
yeah,
is
it
kind
of
library
board
for
every
board?
We
have
here
in
background
that
you
serve
on
and
other
folks
serve
on
and
how
that
relates
to
the
Buckland,
County,
Library
System,
and
so
for
them.
We're.
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It
just
strikes
me
as
long
as
the
books
pays
the
staff
and
says
the
schedules
and
the
town
do
money
that
you
provide
each
month
to
the
board
to
use,
maintains
the
building,
as
some
other
you
remembered
recently,
relatively
recently,
it
was
renovated
and
the
town
put
up
a
big
part
of
the
money
and
he
paid
the
bigger
part
of
that
renovated
library.
So
you
haven't
had
much
break
lately,
but
we're
coming
up
on
that
time.
Again,
reports
get
replaced,
but
the
buildings
are
looking
shape.
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Neural
innovation
is
tear
this
boards
been
general
making
sure
there's
been
adequate
funding
to
air
board
to
maintain
it
and
it's
a
good
facility.
There's
been
money
spent
on
it
that
apparently
we're
the
most.
Our
building
is
the
most
energy-efficient
and
the
system,
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
several
of
our
newer
number
of
things
this
board,
your
generosity
made
it
possible
to
super
insulate,
select
heating
systems
that
best
for
most
efficient
for
that
building.
Back
out
there.
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G
Of
course,
change
for
any
agency
is
really
tough
and
and
kind
of
my
hats
off
to
Robin
and
Joe
lieutenant
kid
lieutenant
Austin
for
an
outstanding
job
kind
of
holding
things
through
and
and
helping
through
the
transition
and
by
far
in
all
the
positions
I've
stepped
into.
This
has
been
the
easiest
transition
that
I
have
seen
and
again
that's
got
to
do
with
with
you
know,
quality
staff.
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So
in
2017
we
responded
to
2006
or
26,000
911
calls
for
service.
This
encompassed
walkins
911
calls
self
initiated
calls
traffic
stops
things
of
that
nature
kind
of
a
break
down.
What
I
wanted
to
do
to
keep
a
lot
of
the
statistics
out
of
it
and
really
just
get
the
kind
of
meat
and
potatoes
we
simply
I
put
up
there.
We
have
incidents
and
investigations,
the
vehicle,
accidents,
arrests
and
state
citations.
So
underneath
the
incidents
and
investigations
we
had
337
incidents
or
investigations
that
resulted
in
567
charges.
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G
So
we
have
61
more
calls
than
last
year.
Again,
that's
a
thirty
little
over
thirty
two
percent
growth
in
our
call
volumes
in
a
five
year
period
and
and
part
of
that
is
attributed
to
without
saying
time
period.
We're
looking
at
almost
at
three
point.
Eight
percent
growth
in
our
population,
as
well
so
with
the
growth
of
course
comes
more
calls.
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Of
the
things
that
that
we
were
trying
to
do
is
essentially
make
our
town
a
whole
lot
safer.
So
in
2017,
through
a
lot
of
proactive
approaches
and
and
the
development
of
the
pace
team,
we
have
been
able
to
have
a
massive
impact
on
the
drug
activity
when
the
within
the
community.
Essentially,
you
know,
Asheville
is
getting
the
heat
put
on,
or
the
drug
dealers
and
Asheville's
getting
me.
He
put
on
McDowell
County's,
putting
it
on
and
we're
kind
of
kind
of
in
the
middle.
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So
we
we
see
a
growth
coming
in,
so
we
want
to
do
attack
that
the
the
activity
that
we
had
was
an
18%
increase
over
drug
arrests
last
year.
The
difference
is,
is
a
lot
of
these
for
higher
quantities
of
drug
arrests
as
well,
so,
instead
of
it
being
the
simple
possessions
we're
talking
trafficking
amounts
and
our
main
drugs
that
we're
seeing,
of
course,
is
methamphetamine
marijuana
and
cocaine,
but
we're
also
still
seeing
that
Oakley
or
tissue,
which
is,
is
devastating
the
whole
state.
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Essentially,
it's
cooking
the
THC
out
of
the
marijuana,
it's
a
more
pure
form
and
and
they
mix
it,
and
so
it's
they
call
it
butter
and
the
bottom.
You
see
mushrooms
and
then
individual
bags
of
heroin
and
the
bag
to
the
left
and
then
the
cat,
some
of
the
cash
that
we've
seized
as
well
sorry,
drug
seizures
and
grams.
As
you
can
see,
our
methamphetamine
by
far
is
still
our
number
one
problem
with
3781
grams.
That's
been
seized.
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G
Is
ninety
six
dosage
units
of
oxy
and
hydrocodone
all
the
way
over
to
the
closet,
Pam
and
then
the
steroids
is
where
were
our
major,
so
the
street
values
on
those
where
the
oxycodone
hydrocodone
about
4000
all
the
way
up
to
about
4000
for
each
of
those
the
the
biggest
take
from
this
is
we
had
essentially
34
arrests
or
I'm.
Sorry,
64
arrests
that
resulted
in
4397
a
half
grams
of
narcotics
plus
448
dosage
units
of
narcotics,
with
total
estimated
street
value
of
almost
$275,000.
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One
of
the
things
that,
by
taking
a
proactive
approach
to
the
narcotics
of
the
crimes
that
we
have
been
taking,
we
develop
a
really
good
partnership
with
Homeland
Security
and
Homeland
Security
Investigations
in
this
region.
They
actually
approached
us
wanting
to
work
with
us.
One
of
the
things
that
it
does
for
us
is.
It
allows
us
some
federal
funds
to
get
some
of
the
equipment
we
need
to
combat
this.
It
also
allows
when
we're
doing
investigations.
It
allows
us
to
file
the
overtime
to
get
reimbursed
as
well.
G
Grants
we
did
receive,
as
you
guys
know,
we
received
the
Bureau
of
Justice
grant
for
$11,000
for
the
body
cameras
we're
in
the
final
stages
of
that
getting
ready
to
implement
the
body
program
body
camera
program
we've
also
put
in
for
a
governor's
crime
commission
grant
it's
a
no-match
grant
that
the
max
funds
we
can
receive
and
we're
looking
at
maxing
out
out
is
twenty
four
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
we're
trying.
What
we're
trying
to
do
with
that
grant
is
by
newer
MDT's
for
the
remainder
of
the
cars.
G
Also,
some
of
the
printers
try
to
reduce
that
cost
to
the
talents.
Well,
so,
since
May
in
come
in
here,
one
of
the
things
that
I
really
want
to
do
that
it's
always
been
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
is
open
up
our
communication
with
with
the
citizens
we
serve.
So
we
took
several
initiatives
this
year,
while
sourwood
one
what
an
initiative
what
we
did
do
was
we
took
a
more
active
role
within
sourwood,
of
course,
Facebook
community
policing,
uniforms
and
we'll
go
through
each
of
these,
so
the
sourwood
festival.
G
What
we
did
this
year
was
we
essentially
set
up
a
booth.
One
of
the
things
that
I
wanted
to
do
is
take
this
as
a
first
step
of
number
one
kind
of
introducing
myself
to
the
community,
but,
more
importantly,
is
given
the
community
a
the
line
of
communication,
a
way
to
approach
us
come
up
and
talk
to
us
and-
and
during
this
time
you
know,
I'd
bought
some
t-shirts
as
well.
This
is
when
we
were
looking
into
the
future
and
trying
to
forecast
what
we
wanted
to
do,
which
was
again.
G
You
know
we
want
to
take
a
more
active
approach
and
help
the
community,
so
we
were
selling
t-shirts
and
things
like
that
and
trying
to
raise
money
to
help
the
needy
during
the
holidays,
and
we
did
really
good
there
and
ended
up
getting
quite
a
few
donations
as
well.
Very
good
response
from
the
communities.
G
This
was
the
first
step
in
trying
to
incorporate
our
citizens
in
working
with
us,
working
together
to
make
the
town
a
whole
lot
safer.
As
of
today,
we
have
almost
2,100
followers
as
well.
We
use
Facebook
for
a
multiple
variety
of
things
number
one.
Of
course
we
put
our
felony
arrests,
drug
arrests
and
things
like
that
up
there.
It's
a
way
for
us
to
communicate
during
the
holidays,
show
the
town
exactly
some
of
the
things
that
we're
doing,
such
as
middle
picture,
where
we
were
passing
out.
G
Christmas
gifts,
put
kind
of
public
service
announcements
when
there's
road
closures
by
public
services.
Things
like
that,
and
then
we
also
try
to
put
things
up
there,
like
the
iPhone
that
you
see
in
the
top
right,
where
you
can
hit
the
button
like
five
times,
and
it
pulls
up
where
you
can
hit
SOS
and
you
never
have
to
say
a
word
and
it
sends
out
an
SOS
message.
So
we
try
to
use
that
in
multiple
ways.
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G
However,
considering
that's
what
they
were
looking
at,
knowing
what
I
know
from
the
past,
you
know
the
traditional
uniforms
just
throw
up
so
many
barriers
and
they're
so
formal
that
people
tend
to
kind
of
stand
off
and
what
these
uniforms
to
do
is
they
kind
of
break
those
barriers
down
and
they
encourage
and
promote
the
contact
with
the
citizens
and
and
so
far
you
know.
The
feedback
that
we
have
received
has
just
been
overwhelming,
with
people
like
in
these
community
police
and
uniforms,
we
did
add
some
additional
radar
signs.
G
These
are
permanently
mounted
radar
signs
that
are
now
solar-powered,
so
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
replacing
the
bodies,
batteries
so
they're,
always
working
on
each
end
of
the
town,
but
you
know
more
importantly,
what
it
did
is
it
allows
us
to
use.
Excuse
me
these
other
radar
signs.
We
have
the
portable
ones
to
put
all
through
the
town
anywhere.
We
may
get
complaints,
we
could
set
them
up.
You
know
to
help
slow
down
traffic
into
within
the
communities.
G
G
So
I
took
two
of
the
the
the
personnel
that
we
had.
We
held
and
Fred
actually
set
the
boards
for
it,
but
we
did
interviews
and
we
developed
a
pace
to
him
and
and
the
acronym
stands
for
police
and
citizens
to
get
our
police
and
citizens
enrichment.
Then
team
stands
for
together.
Everyone
achieves
more
as
I
developed
this
team,
I
figure.
G
We
would
be
doing
90%
of
going
door
to
door
knocking
and
talking
to
citizens,
educating
them
on
what
we
have
to
offer
and
just
letting
them
be
that
first
line
of
communication
between
the
department
between
those
that
we
serve.
However,
when
we
got
into
it,
we
most
certainly
started
getting
the
complaints,
but
most
of
them
were
drugs
and
I
would
have
to
say
that
we
probably
spent
90%
of
our
time
working
drugs
and
then
the
other
10%
doing
community
policing,
but
now
that's
starting
to
slow
down
a
little
bit
because
we
have
made
an
impact.
G
So
we
are
now
think
back
into
the
community
policing
initiative
and
turning
the
pace
team
into
exactly
what
you
know
it
was
intended
to
be
next.
We
we
tried
it.
What
I
want
to
do
is
and
wanted
to
do
was
come
up
with
a
way
for
citizens.
We
don't
we
don't
get
a
whole
lot
of
people
want
to
come
out
and
hang
out
to
police
department.
Nobody
really
does
you're,
usually
in
trouble
when
you
come
up
there.
G
So
one
way
to
do
that
is
put
us
in
a
less
formal
environment
and
that's
exactly
what
we
try
to
do
and
the
coffee
shops
have
been
great.
The
responses
we've
had
to
being
great.
We
usually
set
it
up
for
an
hour
at
a
time
and
I
think
we
and
I
think
the
shortest
amount
of
time
we've
been.
There
is
close
to
two
and
half
hours,
but
it's
good
because
you
know
they
can
come
in
citizens.
Can
they
can
tell
us
what
their
issues
are
or
if
they
have
any
questions.
G
But,
more
importantly,
if
this
gives
a
time
for
general
conversation
and
just
you
know
for
them
to
get
the
know,
law
says
as
part
of
the
community.
The
next
thing
we
did
was
wanna.
We
wanted
to
take
place
or
take
part
in
a
lot
of
the
community
meetings
with
the
community
meetings.
We
went
to
the
rotary
and
Kiwanis
and
any
of
the
opioids
symposiums,
which
is
what
these
pictures
are
from,
because
again
we
want
to
be
part
of
these
meetings.
G
G
One
things
that
that's
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
of
course,
is
our
elderly
population.
This
is
not
started
yet
it
is
in
the
final
stages,
but
I've
had
great
success
with
this,
and
other
agencies
I've
been
a
part
of
is
where
elderly
singles,
elderly
citizens
can
come
up
or
call
and
we'll
come
out
and
fill
it
out,
but
they
they
request
to
be
part
of
a
program
to
where
every
day
they
call
us
at
11
o'clock
to
let
us
know
they're
there
in
decay.
G
G
So
with
our
community
outreach
again
we're
not
here
to
just
protect
and
serve.
You
know
I'm,
very
adamant
that
we're
here
to
help
our
community
and
be
active
part
of
our
community
and
the
past,
seven
or
eight
months
have
been
really
really
successful
for
us
and
in
the
sense
of
the
community
outreach
and
a
lot
of
that
stuff
to
do
with
the
partnerships
have
been
formed
with
local
businesses
and
the
citizens
again.
G
We
we
can't
take
the
credit
for
this,
because
it
is
the
town
pulling
together
with
us
to
help
us
out
and
during
during
the
holidays,
just
Christmas
alone.
We
we
were
able
to
turn
the
donations
that
we
received
into.
Essentially
we
put
over
six
thousand
dollars
alone
at
Christmas
back
into
the
community
and
helping
those
in
need,
but
as
far
as
we're
in
the
school's
daily,
we
try
to
always
participate.
We
do
the
lunch
buddy
program
with
some
of
the
kids
down
there,
so
we're
very
active
within
the
schools.
G
We
want
to
make
sure
that
no
barriers
are
put
up,
because
the
youth
of
our
community
are
very
important
to
us
and
the
best
way
to
to
impact
that
is
interact
with
them
when
they're
young.
So
we
try
to
spend
as
much
time
as
possible
within
the
schools,
not
just
Buster,
who
goes
down
there
every
day,
but
we
have
the
day
shift.
G
Officers
typically
take
their
turns
going
in
now
the
schools
with
Buster
or
different
times
going
into
the
school,
so
we're
very
active
with
our
schools
within
Black
Mountain
as
well
one
of
the
things
that
we
had
of
course
earlier
this
year
was
Hurricane,
Irma
and
and
again.
This
was
simply
and
I
gave
a
brief
on
this
previously.
G
But
to
me
this
is
the
most
important
thing
we
were
able
to
represent
the
town
of
Black
Mountain.
In
a
very
positive
manner-
and
we
got
to
read
the
rewards-
and
this
is
the
rewards
here-
is
the
gratification
of
seeing
the
difference
that
you
can
make
to
a
community.
That's
going
through
such
devastation.
G
Thanksgiving
was
was
another
time
that
we
were
looking
at
just
for
the
fact,
so
many
families
sometimes
do
not
have
the
money
to
afford
Thanksgiving
meals.
So
we
again
paired
up
with
local
businesses.
We
were
able
to
provide
12
families
with
full
Thanksgiving
meals,
the
hams,
potatoes,
desserts
greens,
bread
everything,
but
not
only
do
we
want
to
do
that.
G
We
want
to
help
out
our
elderly
within
the
community
as
well,
so
we
took
and
we
were
able
to
provide
about
a
50
to
70
pound
box
of
groceries
to
over
ten
elderly
people
within
the
community
as
well,
and
then
our
more
recent
venture,
of
course
was
was
Christmas
and
when
we
first
started
this
and
back
at
the
sour
wood
I
was
thinking
we
may
be
able
to
get
four
to
five
kids.
However,
with
the
donations
coming
in
from
the
community,
we
were
able
to
initially
adopt
ten
children,
not
long
after
that.
G
Jamie's
guys
and
Public
Services
wanted
to
pair
up
with
us
and
and
help
us
out.
So
they
raised
over
twenty
three
hundred
dollars
and
then,
of
course,
the
police
officers
must
be
outdone.
They
thought
they
were
going
to
raise
equally
amount
of
money,
but
they
only
got
a
thousand
46
and
but
we
were
able
to
take
that
three
thousand
and
adopt
eight
more
children
with
it
in
the
community.
So,
ultimately,
when
we
adopted
them,
it
wasn't
just
buying
toys.
We
bought
coats.
G
So,
in
closing,
you
know:
I've
worked
at
a
lot
of
different
agencies,
but
stepping
into
the
Black
Mountain
Police
Department
was
was
great
just
for
the
fact
I've,
never
seen
the
quality
of
professionalism
and
the
heart
to
serve
from
the
majority
or
all
of
these
staff.
You
know
a
lot
of
these
guys
when
they
were
supposed
to
be
spending
time
with
their
families.
They
actually
spent
time
at
the
department
give
up
time
of
the
families
to
be
able
to
give
back
to
the
community
going
well
enough.
G
What's
expected
so
again,
you
know
we're
into
in
the
upcoming
year
in
2018,
not
only
meet
what
we
have
said
as
a
bar,
but
exceed
the
citizens
expectations
of
what
we're
doing
now.
This
kind
of
will
leave
you
with
the
quote
that
I
put
up
there,
because
this
is
kind
of
what
we
focused
on
over
the
holidays
is
it's
kind
of
our
clue
and
it
was
by
Sir
Winston
Churchill.
He
said
we
make
a
living
by
what
we
get.
H
G
Do
so
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina,
it's
a
little
bit
less
and
and
what
we've
done
by
pairing
up
we
get
essentially
with
Homeland
Security.
We
now
I
have
that
task
force
officer.
It
does
a
couple
things
that
allows
us
number
one
we
can.
We
can
seek
federal
charges
on
these
individuals,
which
is
a
more
harsh
penalty
than
they
could
get
at
the
state
level,
but,
more
importantly,
when
we
do
seizures
or
when
we
participate
with
homeland
security
anywhere
else,
we'll
get
a
cut
of
any
seizures
even
outside
of
our
jurisdiction
as
well.
G
F
G
F
F
G
Is
set
for
the
budget
in
the
upcoming
year
to
replace
that
dog
we've
actually
had
to
call
in
canines
outside
the
area
to
use
them
with
a
County
and
and
and
some
of
the
other
jurisdictions
which
again,
we
have
a
good
working
relationship
with
everyone
and
they're
willing
more
than
willing
to
help.
But,
yes,
it
is
very
model.
C
I
A
A
C
C
That
we
work
together
for
a
writ
with
or
with
a
resolution,
to
do
2d
annex
for
pieces
of
property
that
are
currently
in
the
town
of
Black
Mountain
that
that
the
town
Montreat
has
as
purchased
as
as
you
all
are
aware,
but
I'll
make
everybody
else
aware
to
the.
Obviously
neither
town
is
authorized
to
DNX
any
pieces
of
property.
The
General
Assembly
in
Raleigh
can
there's
the
only
body
that
can
do
that.
We
were
all
obviously
creatures
of
the
state
and
they
can
change
those
boundaries
as
they
wish.
C
So
the
request
from
the
town
of
Montreat
is
that
those
boundaries
be
adjusted.
The
resolution
from
us
would
would
just
agree
that
we
were
amenable
to
do
that
to
that
adjustment
of
the
of
the
boundaries,
and
you
should
have
a
map
in
front
of
you.
We
put
it
up,
it's
actually
kind
of
small,
but
but
but
it's
basically
the
piece
of
property.
C
There's
piece
of
property
that
were
owned
by
the
mountain
retreat,
Association,
that's
right,
and
so
it
so
they
were
not
taxpaying
or
taxable
parcels.
Currently,
the
town
of
Montreat
I
think
is
purchased
them,
so
they
will
again
not
be
taxable
parcels,
so
it
doesn't
impact
any
revenue
for
the
for
the
town
of
Black
Mountain.
It
does
accommodate
the
ability
of
Montreat
to
build
a
new
facility
for
their
Town
Hall
or
whatever
purposes
that
they
have.
C
I
would
point
out
that,
even
as
it's
currently
zoned
under
Black
Mountain
zoning
sr2
government
facilities
are
allowed
there,
so
they
they
could.
They
could
do
this.
They
could
build
within
within
our
guidelines.
They
could
build
a
you
know,
government
facility
owned
on
these
parcels
or
on
this
parcel
primarily
on
the
parcel.
But
you
can
you
can
see
along
that's
Montreat
road,
going
up
to
where
the
gate
is
so
that
that
is
their
request.
Is
that
we
there
there
is
no
cost
to
the
town.
There's
no
commitment
on
the
part
of
the
town.
C
The
tunnel
mantri
has
been
kind
enough
to
point
out
that
when
they,
when
they
do
construct
it,
they
would
put
sidewalk
in
front
of
their
section
so
that
it
would,
if
we
complete
the
final
portion.
You
know:
we've
worked
for
five
years
to
have
sidewalk
connection
between
Black
Mountain
and
mantri
may
have
been
very
committed
from
Berrien
to
to
complete
that,
and
so,
as
a
part
of
that,
they
would
continue
to
continue
to
work
on
work
to
get
that
work
to
get
that
done.
C
So
I
think
that
this
this
resolution
basically
says
that
we're
in
support
of
that
effort
and
it
will
go
to
the
General
Assembly.
They
are
the
General
Assembly
I,
think
convenes
pretty
soon,
but
maybe
to
take
up
just
some
specific
items
and
say
this.
What
call
is
what's
called
a
short
session
here,
which
means
they
convene
in
May
and
they
take
on
certain
legislation.
But
local
legislation
is
is
considered
at
the
time
and
they
Montreat
will
will
handle
all
of
the
all
of
the
details
of
that
with
eight.
F
E
C
C
That's
that
the
public
can
easily
digest
and
get
there
can
get
their
hands
on
so
I'll
give
you
just,
for
example,
it
has
the
policies
from
the
water
department
of
how
you
get
how
you
set
up
an
account
and
what
your
deposit
will
be
and
what
the
payment
timelines
are.
It
has
the
policies
for
the
Recreation
Department
when
parks
are
open,
enclosed,
it
has
policies
from
the
public
services
on
how
to
get
a
street
taken
over
for
maintenance.
There
are
policies
from
the
golf
course
own.
C
Who
can
you
can
ride
in?
You
know,
drive
a
golf
cart
and
the
policies
that,
if
that
the
board's
had
passed
over
many
years
and
we've
not,
this
has
not
been
reviewed,
I
think
I
think
we
have
somewhere
here
since
1998,
so
that's
20
years,
I
think
every
20
years.
We
should
look
at
our
statement
of
policy
and
and
make
sure
that
we're
being
consistent
with
that,
it's
it's.
C
But
this
is
this
is
our
starting
point
of
the
things
that
we
have
passed
and
we
know
that
that
are
consistent
with
how
we
how
we
handle
the
public
services
we
provide.
I
can
give
you
an
example.
I
know
when,
when
chief
Freeman
was
reviewing
his
section,
there
was
a
there
was
a
portion
that
said
that
the
police
department
will
escort
people
when
they
take
merchants
when
they
need
to
take
their
money
to
the
bank.
We
don't
do
that
anymore,
and
we
haven't
done
that
and
in
numerous
years,
so
we
took
that
out.
C
J
C
Gonna
say
that
when
you,
when
you
get
done,
I
would
point
out
that
that,
in
you
know,
obviously,
when
do
we
start
in
May
we're
gonna
start
advertising
again
for
the
vacancies
that
come
open,
naturally
on
all
the
boards
and
commissions,
and
so,
if
you
know
other
people
or
any
of
you,
people
want
to
be
on
a
board
of
commission.
That
information
will
come
out
and
we
would
encourage
your
by
to.
C
A
Okay,
I
have
motion
hold
favor
any
opposed
food
fiber
all
right.
Moving
on,
we
have
a
public
hearing
tonight's
public
hearing
item
M
to
authorize
town
black
man
to
file
a
financing
agreement
with
the
local
government
Commission
regarding
the
town's
purchase
of
the
property
304
Black
Mountain
Avenue
the
offer
to
purchase
was
approved
by
the
Board
of
Aldermen.
They
called
meeting
November,
2nd
2017
17
tonight's
decision
will
focus
solely
on
the
financing
and
arrangement
associated
with
the
purchase
comments
during
the
public
hearing
should
adhere
to
the
financing
portion
of
the
purchase.
I
My
name
is
Charlotte
McCraney
7.95,
Lake,
Edith
Road
here
in
Black,
Mountain
I
am
a
CPA
and
a
banker
with
30
years
of
experience
in
real
estate,
commercial
and
residential
I'm
here
today
to
touch
base
on
an
aspect
of
the
financing.
That
gives
me
some
concern
and
that
is
the
sale
of
the
old
property
and
the
timing
on
which
it
will
be
done
and
the
proceeds
applied
to
the
loan.
I
One
of
the
reasons
that
I'm
concerned
about
this
delay
is
as
a
quote
from
the
newspaper
article
about
the
property
purchase
and
I
quote
a
future
I
forty
interchange
at
Blue,
Ridge
Road
would
allow
the
town
to
eventually
sell
the
current
public
services
site.
Collins
said
we
could
sit
on
that
property
for
a
while
and
sell
it
later,
which
would
help
pay
for
a
large
chunk
of
this
purchase.
I
He
said,
as
I
mentioned,
I've
been
in
the
business
for
over
thirty
years
being
in
banking
and
seeing
lots
of
cycles
of
real
estate
ups
and
downs,
and
it
gives
me
great
concern
that
there's
even
an
inkling
of
sitting
on
this
property
for
a
period
of
time.
In
my
mind,
that's
real
estate
speculation
with
the
property
with
the
taxpayers
property,
because
we
are
now
at
the
end,
approaching
the
end
of
a
nine-year
up
cycle
in
the
economy.
I
I
read
the
other
day
that
this
is
approaching
one
of
the
longest
economic
up
cycles
that
has
ever
existed,
the
60s
being
one
of
the
longest.
So
it
is
inevitable,
probably
within
the
next
two
to
three
years,
that
we
are
going
to
hit
another
down
cycle,
it's
inevitable,
and
so
the
odds
that,
by
the
time
that
interchange
is
built,
that
we
are
still
going
to
be
on
an
up
cycle
in
real
estate
or
the
economy
as
a
whole
or
slim.
I
So
I
have
watched
three
or
four
cycles
in
my
real
estate
career
in
my
banking
career
and
anybody
who's
in
real
estate
thinks
it's
never
going
to
end.
They
always
think
this
time
is
different.
It's
always
going
to
be
different,
so
I
urge
you
do
not
sit
on
that
property.
Put
it
up
for
sale
as
soon
as
it's
vacant.
I
ran
a
couple
of
alternative
scenarios
and
again
we'll
give
you
all
the
numbers
and
I'm
going
to
hand
you
out
just
so
you
have
it
the
actual
numbers
in
my
here.
I
It
is
here's
my
handouts,
but
the
bottom
line
is
if
you
were
to
apply,
let's
just
say
it
sold
for
three
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
you
were
to
apply
that
at
the
end
of
the
first
year
of
the
loan
after
twelve
months.
The
loan
interest
would
be
reduced
from
around
five
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
over
the
life
to
around
three
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
a
savings
of
almost
two
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
dollars
over
the
life
of
the
loan.
That
is
HUGE.
I
What
if,
instead,
you
were
only
able
to
sell
it
for
two
hundred
thousand,
because
the
economy
tanked
yada,
yada,
yada
yadi,
you
know
so
there's
numerous
other
scenarios
that
could
be
run
but
I
guess
my
message
to
you
and
what
I
am
begging
of
you.
Please
don't
take
that
risk
put
it
on
the
market,
because
we
all
know
that
commercial
real
estate
does
not
sell
as
fast
as
residential
real
estate.
Finding
somebody
who's
the
right
fit
for
that
property
is
going
to
take
time
and
it
could
take
a
year
or
two
to
find
the
right.
I
Buyer
and
all
we
can
do
is
sit
back
and
hope
that
in
that
year
or
two
we
don't
have
that
ikan
the
downturn
and
yes
I
know
people
are
out
there
saying.
The
tax
cut
is
going
to
pump
the
economy
and
this
that
and
the
other.
But
what
we
don't
know
is
what
other
factors
could
be
going
on
out
there
that
could
counteract
that,
and
we
don't
know
whether
that's
going
to
be
true
anyway.
I
What
I'm
most
worried
about
is
the
length
of
the
economic
cycle
we've
already
had
and
the
fact
that
that's
running
out
and
so
I
guess
my
message
to
you
is:
if
you're
going
to
go
into
this
financing,
that's
fine
three
and
a
half
percent
seems
to
be
a
really
good
interest
rate
and
amortize
alone.
If
that's,
what
you're
doing
seems
to
be
a
good
deal,
but
please
sell
that
property
and
pay
down
as
much
as
bit
as
you
can
as
soon
as
possible.
So
don't
play
real
estate
speculation
with
the
taxpayers
assets.
J
Thank
you,
I'm
Lisa,
Milton,
406,
West,
State,
Street,
I,
understand
Charlotte's,
point
of
view,
but
I
on
the
piece
of
property
I
have
to
take
a
different
point
of
view:
we're
not
making
any
more
land.
We
have
bought
and
sold
property
that
we've
been
turned
around
and
repurchased
at
a
much
higher
price,
because
the
needs
of
the
community
have
grown
I.
J
Think
with
that
piece
of
property,
just
the
use
that
I
see
of
the
citizens
in
the
town
of
Black
Mountain
to
at
this
point
say
we
have
to
sell
this
in
order
to
purchase
the
other
piece.
I
think
it's
maybe
short-sighted
in
the
long
term
view
of
it,
because
people
utilize
that
piece
as
a
as
a
place
to
exercise
kids
get
out
there
and
they
play
people
garden
there.
We
have
talked
and
talked
at
the
Planning
Department
of
the
need
for
affordable
housing.
J
The
affordable
housing
is
not
going
to
come
in
this
town
with
the
cost
of
dirt.
Unless
the
town
maybe
looks
to
take
an
active
participating
role
in
helping
to
provide
the
dirt
to
start
the
building
of
affordable
homes.
That
is
a
large
piece
of
property
that
could
be
taken
for
that
and
I
would
much
prefer
my
tax
dollars
go
towards
something
for
that.
That
benefits
a
lot
of
the
working
people
in
this
community.
They
can't
afford
to
live
here
as
opposed
to
sell
it
and
pay
down
the
debt.
J
I
mean
I,
don't
like
taking
on
debt,
but
I.
Also
don't
like
the
idea
of
the
town
giving
up
land
when
we
are
in
a
position
where
we
can't
afford
to
be
able
to
make
the
payments
on
a
new
piece
of
property,
but
still
have
that
land
for
use
or
or
a
possible
different
use
in
the
in
the
foreseeable
future.
J
C
C
So
that
is
the
that
is
the
direction
that
we
would.
We
would
go
this
again.
The
the
purchase
at
three
to
four
black
at
Black
Mountain
Avenue
is
independent
of
other
pieces
of
property.
What
you're
doing
tonight
is
a
resolution
to
to
satisfy
the
local
government
commissions
requirement
that
you
all
are
comfortable
with
borrowing
one
point:
five
million
dollars
at
three
point:
four:
nine
percent
interest
for
the
next
15
years,
but
again,
you'll
have
to
take
all
these
other
points
into
into
account
in
the
future.
D
F
L
L
Government
Commission
this
week,
we'll
be
sending
in
the
application
and
the
signed
resolution
and
there's
about
ten
different
pieces
of
information
they
need
and
it'll
go
before
their
board
sometime
early
February.
My
expectation
would
be
that
if
we
get
all
of
our
ten
pieces
in
one
of
them
includes
the
minutes
that
Angela
from
this
that
part
of
the
medium
rare,
which
hers
will
be
a
little
bit
there.
Okay,
if
it's
a
little
bit
late,
I
think
by
February
10th,
we
will
my
guess,
see
we'll
set
up
a
closing
I.
L
C
F
L
A
Anyone
else
so
here
motion
to
adopt
resolution
or
18
o1
authorizing
the
town
black
man
to
make
the
applications
of
north
carolina
local
government
Commission
for
approval
of
a
financing
agreement
authorized
by
NCGS
one
six:
zero,
a
twenty
four
finance
and
purchase
of
property
located
at
304,
Black,
Mountain
Avenue
and
described
on
the
Buncombe
County
Tax
Maps,
as
pin
number
zero
six
one.
Nine
dash
three
four
dash:
zero.
Five.
Eight
one
salute
motion:
all
in
favor
aye
any
opposed
passes
five
over.
D
The
property,
as
this
board
knows
most
opponent,
knows
Mary
Hemphill,
left
piece
of
property,
known
as
the
Simms
property,
sits
behind
the
little
houses
off
the
seventy
through
the
Appalachian
Conservancy
Southern
Island
Conservancy.
If
the
property
would
be
used
for
town
park.
At
this
point,
this
board
has
indicated
yes
were
interested
in
doing
that
and
going
forward.
In
the
last
month,
we've
been
working
with
logistics
on
that
and.
D
E
D
They're,
pretty
together,
planned
something
I
didn't
discuss.
My
report
on
this
last
month
is
the
estate
is
I,
wouldn't
say:
Corbett
cash-poor
and
the
will
provide
for
some
requests
that
are
not
going
to
get
met
and
it
puts
if
the
town
said
now
we
don't
want
it
and
the
Conservatives
said
now.
We
don't
want
it
and
Coffee
were
available
for
sale.
D
Then
that
would
put
money
back
from
the
estate
and
some
people
who
had
specific
gifts
that
aren't
going
to
get
them
now
would
be
back
in
the
pot
and
the
Conservancy
who
doesn't
want
to
hold
title
during
the
time
that
we
have
the
properties.
Apart
wants
to
make
sure
that
there's
no
no
loose
ends
and
we're
working
on
that.
D
That's
where
we
own
the
Hemphill,
probably
just
not
mystics,
but
you
know
that
if
we
don't
create
problems
instead
of
create
a
benefit
for
the
town.
Second
matter
is
the
work.
That's
been
popping
an
email,
and
today's
a
good
day
to
ask
the
question
is,
on
the
Watson
case,
the
property
down
on
roast
on
Road.
As
this
board
knows,
this
has
been
going
on
as
long
it
should
be
forgotten,
but
now,
but
it's
not,
but
the.
D
Town
adopted
a
non-residential
building
maintenance
ordinance
and
cited
the
Watsons
for
violation
of
that
ordinance.
They
peeled
for
the
Board
of
Adjustment
and
Board
of
Adjustment
sent
that
act
for
the
building
inspector
to
give
them
more
detailed
order
on
what
they
need
to
fix
to
be
in
compliance.
That
was
appealed
back
to
the
Board
of
Adjustment
after
being
issued
that
order,
and
they
didn't
like
that
one
either
they
have
built
a
Superior
Court
spear
courts.
That's
like
the
Court
of
Appeals.
D
At
that
point,
we've
prepared
a
record
little
stumbling
there,
because
the
typical
order
is
records
provided
the
appellant
file.
It's
a
brief
and
the
respondent
filed
a
brief,
and
then
it's
heard
we
filed
the
record.
No
appellant
brief
was
ever
filed
so
to
push
it
off
the
dime.
It's
a
file,
the
respondents
brief.
Without
a
brief
reply
to
we
had
a
hearing
in
October
at
the
end
of
that
hearing,
the
judge
indicated
they
wanted,
like
that
he
had
in
a
format.
D
He
preferred
the
appellate
to
file
a
brief,
and
they
gave
me
the
opportunity
to
file
a
brief
once
I'd
seen
what
the
appellate
was
saying.
That
record
was
filed.
Tella
filed
his
brief,
my
towns,
brief,
was
filed
today.
I
reported
some
of
you,
if
not
all
of
you
a
few
days
ago,
that,
after
the
filing
of
that
brief
I,
would
immediately
ask
the
trial
court
administrator
to
schedule
with
her
hearing.
The
indication
right
now
is
from
the
judge
he's
not
going
to
have
another
hearing.
D
He
just
wants
that
information
from
him
he's
gonna
make
his
decision
based
on
the
briefs.
He's
only
heard
all
the
arguments
there's
a
good
chance,
we'll
have
an
answer.
An
order
from
the
judge,
a
decision,
much
quicker
than
I
anticipated
I
was
in
communication
with
the
judge
today,
and
he
plans
on
looking
at
this
next
weekend.
He
didn't
promise
to
have
a
decision
next
weekend,
but
that
he
would
look
at
it
so
that
may
come
a
little
faster
than
we
anticipate
just
cour.
C
The
only
thing
that
out
that
I'll
add
to
what
Ron
said
about
the
hip,
Hill
property
is
I,
think
it
would
probably
will
will
bring
something
to
you
in
February.
Just
a
like
I
set
up
a
broad
overview
of
some
options
for
for
the
uses
of
the
property
at
Meganium.
It's
not
going
to
be
it's
not
ball
fields
and
and
and
and
high-impact.
C
Park
services,
it's
going
to
be
low-impact
very,
very
much
blending
into
what
the
what
the
use
of
the
property
is,
but
I
think
we
need
to
bring
something
to
the
board
so
I'd
like
for
you
all
to.
If
you
have
ideas
of
things
that
you
think
you
don't
want
or
things
that
you
think
that
you
do
want
on
that
property
or
people
give
you
feedback
on
it.
Let's
get
that
compiled.
Casey's
worked
on
a
document
that
we
can
kind
of
present
to
the
board.
C
We
can
get
that
approved
in
February
at
least
and
like
I
said
it's
gonna,
be
it's
very
broad
and
it
doesn't
pin
you
down
to
anything,
but
it
does.
It
gives
I
think
it's
going
to
give
them
a
comfort
level
that
we
are
serious
about
using
it
as
as
as
park,
land
and
consistent
with
the
wishes
of
the
hip
Hill
estate,
and
that's
really
what
I'd
like
to
get
something
like
that.
D
I
think
that's
correct,
yeah!
Oh
there
is
one
thing:
I
didn't
mention
that
you
won't
hear
next
month
might
as
well
be
aware
of
it.
Now
is
the
Sims
property
that
oh
that's,
what
you're
talking
about
there's
one
large
tract
adjacent
to
the
large
tract
is
less
than
an
acre
tract,
but
if
you're
looking
at
you
don't
know
it's
a
separate
piece
and
then
there's
a
third
piece.
It's
1.7
acres
here
at
a
stuck
up
on
the
side
of
the
mountain.
D
It's
not
attached
to
the
rest
of
the
property
and
talking
with
Jessica
and
Matt
doesn't
look
like.
We
can
make
him
use
for
it
unless
we
buy
helicopter
and
I've
been
asked
by
the
executor
that
they
liked
at
least
the
town
to
formally
say
we
don't
want
that
piece,
because
that
gives
them
a
little
something
to
work
with
my
general
generate
a
little
bit
of
cash
thing.
Pay
bills
will.
C
H
F
F
F
D
C
D
C
M
A
F
H
It's
just
some
recognition
to
all
our
town
staff.
This
women
has
kind
of
thrown
some
curveballs,
to
say
the
least,
and
you
know
I-
think
our
town
streets,
department
and
Police
Department
fire
and
everybody
who's
working
for
the
town.
I
made
a
good
effort
to
get
out
there
and
make
sure
that
citizens
have
been
taken.
Care
of
and
situations
have
been
handled
to
the
best
of
our
ability.
So
thank
you
folks
for
the
job
that
you
do.
H
A
Anywhere
else
I'd
like
to
just
add
to
chief
Freeman,
your
report
was
great
and
I
have
heard
nothing
but
good
reports
from
all
over
this
town.
As
far
as
how
pleased
they
they
are.
We
with
you've
been
the
chief
to
this
town
and
the
performance
of
the
police
department.
Is
it's
always
been
good?
Now,
it's
even
better
and
I'd
like
to
thank
Charlotte
and
Lisa
both
for
their
for
their
comments.
I
just
remind
you
this
this
board
in
the
last
six
years,
cut
our
debt
half.
A
We
went
from
14
debts
down
to
4
by
paying
things
off
early
every
year.
Where
were
like
a
bunch
of
excited
folks
looking
to
see
what
we
can
do
to
retire
dead
early
in
this
town
and
we've
done,
we've
went
from
14
to
4
and
that's
what
you've
given
us
assumes
that
we're
going
to
do
it
at
the
the
life
of
the
loan.
I.
Don't
expect
that
for
one
one
man
I
know
that
we
also
have
1.2
million
dollars
more
in
the
general
fund,
which
is
like
a
30
31,
32
percent
increase.