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From YouTube: Black Mountain Aldermen Meeting - 3/11/2013
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Regular meeting of the Town of Black Mountain Aldermen held on March 11, 2013.
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C
There
will
be
six
presentations
beginning
this
weekend
march,
the
15th
and
16th
at
7,
00
p.m,
and
then
a
sunday
matinee
on
march,
the
17th
at
3
p.m
and
then
we'll
repeat
the
the
following:
next
weekend
march,
the
22nd
and
23rd
at
7
pm
and
then
again
the
sunday
matinee,
which
will
be
the
last
performance.
On
march,
the
24th
call
to
reserve
your
seats
tickets
are
free
and
a
love
offering
will
be
taken.
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The
script
illustrates
jesus
how
jesus
intentionally
fulfilled
prophecy
throughout
his
life,
with
his
death
on
the
cross,
to
his
glorious
resurrection
and
to
his
ultimate
goal
salvation
for
every
person.
First
baptist
swannanoa
has
consistently
consistently
looked
upon
the
passion
play
as
an
easter
gift
to
the
community.
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A
E
Well
before
I
present
this
I'd
just
like
to
just
say
a
little
bit
about
david
I'll,
tell
you
what
aka
papaw,
that's
he's
kind
of
been
a
grandfather
to
all
of
us.
So
that's
probably
one
of
the
most
kind,
hearted
individuals,
I've
ever
met,
and
it
shows,
after
22
years
of
volunteering
service
back
to
our
community,
to
make
our
community
better
and
also
to
make
an
impact
on
the
police
department,
which
he
made
a
very
positive
impact.
And
I'd
just
like
to
thank
him
for
that.
E
So
I
want
to
present
this
to
officer
david
bartlett,
an
appreciation
of
your
dedication
and
service
to
the
black
mountain
police
department
and
to
the
citizens
of
the
black
mountain
from
march
26
1991
to
february
11
2013..
This
is
a
retirement
award,
we're
going
to
miss
him.
We
want
him
to
continue
to
come
around
and
congratulations.
F
I
just
like
to
say
that
I've
worked
with
david
now
for
23
years,
steve.
I
guess
he's
going
to
start
saying:
hey
he's
grandpa
to
me
now,
young
as
I
am,
but
anyway
you
know.
I've
enjoyed
working
with
david.
He's,
contributed
a
lot
to
this
town.
This
community
and
we're
very
grateful
to
have
him,
have
had
him
on
the
reserve
for
this
many
years
and
all
his
contributions
he's
made
for
this
town
community
and,
as
stephen
say,
david
congratulations.
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H
On
top
of
this,
on
top
of
the
almost
three
million
dollars
for
which
we,
the
taxpayers,
already
indebted
to
pay
for
the
purchase
of
this
small
piece
about
this
big
piece
of
property,
well-known.
Well,
it's
even
though
now
northwestern
square,
these
three
aldermen
kept
their
campaign,
promise
of
being
good
stewards
of
the
taxpayers
hard-earned
dollars,
and
I
thank
you
for
voting
no
later
in
the
meeting
the
same
aldrin.
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H
I
Road,
I
have
two
items.
I
would
like
to
suggest
that
any
more
action
proposed
for
the
town
square
be
brought
to
a
regular
meeting
when
the
tape
is
running
that
records
these
meetings
and
the
actions
that
the
board
takes
and
that
none
of
them
come
before
a
special
meeting
anymore
for
whatever
purpose.
I
What's
the
people
running
the
golf
course
now
really
casper
people
he
likes
to
use
the
word
divorce
and
he
wants
to
divorce
them.
I
don't
that's
going
to
cost
us
money
to
get
out
of
that
contract
and
I
don't
want
to
see
us
spend
any
more
money
there.
If
we've
got
money
to
spend,
let's
reduce
the
cost
on
the
the
interest
and
so
forth
on
the
town
square.
Much.
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J
On
friday
march,
the
8th,
the
north
carolina
utilities
commission
issued
an
order
canceling
the
march
27th
public
hearing.
However,
and
this
is
a
big,
however,
the
application
has
not
been
withdrawn
and
the
utilities
commission
has
instead
granted
m
energy
an
additional
30
days
until
april
8
to
declare
its
intention
to
proceed
with
or
to
withdraw
its
application.
J
J
B
G
This
is
our
annual
report
for
the
county
shark
preservation.
Commission.
The
purpose
of
the
historic
preservation
committee
is
to
assist
the
board
of
aldermen
in
preserving
and
raising
awareness
of
the
structures
of
local
state
and
federal
significance,
historical
significance.
The
commission's
responsibility
includes
recommending
designated
areas
for
historic
districts
or
individual
structures,
building
sites,
areas
and
objects
to
be
designated
as
landmarks,
including
the
proposal
for
alterations,
demolition
and
new
construction
within
the
regulatory
town,
downtown
historic
district
and
educating
the
community
about
the
town's
historic
structures
we
had
over
the
last
12
months.
G
We've
had
six
staff
approvals
and
minor
work
approvals
that
were
changes
in
signs,
auditing,
awnings
and
repairs.
We
had
one
staff
approval
of
the
solar
panels
placed
on
the
tysons
furniture
and
we
had
one
application
for
a
certificate
of
appropriateness
at
for
the
exterior
of
the
swarnero
valley,
historical
museum
on
state
street.
G
The
commission
members
attend
work
sessions
are
presented
by
stacy
merton,
director
of
the
historical
commission
in
asheville
and
buncombe
county
on
april,
the
18th.
These
discussions
and
covered
preservation
issues
challenges
to
quasi
judicial
hearings.
Finding
a
fact
in
those
hearings,
historical
district
guidelines
and
ordinances
relating
to
historic
preservation,
certification
appropriateness
and
examining
evidence
presented
at
those
hearings,
the
commission,
members
and
staff
fulfill
training
requirements
to
maintain
the
certification,
a
local
government
standing
for
the
town
of
black
mountain
properties,
while
participating
in
workshops
on
june
20th
and
september
20th.
G
A
You
jack,
I
know
majority
board,
is
concerned
about
the
tax
valuations
on
the
downtown
property.
I
don't
know
you've
been
confronted
with
that,
but
we
process
a
drafting
letter
to
the
tax
board
that
we
think
it
should
be
re-evaluated.
It's
too
high
yeah.
That
looks
certainly
unlikely,
so
we
think
I
should
be
addressed
and
they
are
addressing
it,
but
yeah.
G
D
Thank
you,
mayor
board,
I'm
glad
to
be
up
here
tonight
giving
you
a
little
report
on
the
chamber
of
commerce
progress
for
the
year.
We
hope
to
have
a
tv
presentation
on
the
bench
screen,
but
vanna
I
mean
mark
darlene
tells
me
that
this
screen's,
not
working
so
we'll,
try
to
muddle
through
and
make
make
sure
it
goes
well.
This
is
our
90th
year
of
the
black
mountain
swanor
chamber
of
commerce.
D
The
chamber
and
looking
back
at
the
history,
has
always
worked
with
the
town
of
black
mountain
and
the
board
for
many
and
many
a
projects
early
in
the
20s.
They
named
the
city,
the
key
city
and
the
chamber
just
suggested
that
the
town
start
a
newspaper
and
they
had
some
plans
to
plant
a
lake
in
black
mountain
and
also
for
a
tourist
camp,
and
then
the
chamber's
also
been
involved
with
the
town
and
in
the
governor
of
excellence
award
in
the
80s
developed
a
visitor
center
from
the
old
abc
store.
D
We
held
a
vision
conference
in
blue
ridge
assembly
in
the
90s,
with
over
100
attending
our
valley.
Our
future,
a
blueprint
for
the
21st
century
was
the
title
of
that
conference,
and
some
of
those
committees
are
still
working
today,
like
that.
We
started
at
that
conference
like
the
tailgate
market,
the
beautification
committee
trail
and
greenways
committee
and
then
the
black
mountain
ski
challenge,
which
became
the
black
mountain
marathon
and
the
black
mountain.
The
mount
mitchell
challenge,
which
you
know
goes
on
today.
We
just
had
a
good
race
just
a
couple
weeks
ago.
D
D
We
receive
six
thousand
dollars
from
the
town
which
we're
grateful
for
we
have
retail
sales
there
at
the
chamber
and
we
have
a
lia
harper
scholarship
fund,
which
we
have.
We
give
a
thousand
dollars
each
year
for
the
lib
harper
scholarship
fund,
and
hopefully,
maybe
by
next
year.
We
can
do
two.
One
thousand
dollar
scholarship,
lib
harper
scholarship
funds,
we'll
spend
thirty
thousand
dollars
on
marketing
our
visitor
center
operations,
heat
lights,
water
management,
all
that
goes
into
running
the
visitor
center
sixty
one
thousand
dollars.
D
K
D
Our
visitor
center
is
a
unique
and
it's
a
1918
coffee
house
in
the
raw
coffee
house.
In
that
2012
we
had
24
221
walk-in
visitors
that
we
count
each
one
with
a
hand
counter
we
answered.
7589
phone
calls
mailed
out
eighty
778
dollars
in
postage
worth
of
vista
guides
and
relocation,
packets
answered
1780,
email,
vista
requests.
D
Our
visitor
center
has
about
480,
well-trained
volunteers
that
make
our
center
unique
and
of
all
other
chambers
are
envious
of
our
volunteer
program
at
the
black
mountain
swan
chamber
of
commerce.
None
can
compare
with
the
visitor
the
volunteer
staff
that
we
have
all
want
to
know
how
we
do
it
and
how
successful
it
is
for
visitors
from
the
outside
to
come
and
talk
to
our
visitors
of.
Why
did
you
move
here?
Why
do
you
like
living
here?
Just
answering
those
questions
are
just
important.
D
D
D
D
This
is
a
slide
of
our
website,
exploreblackmountain.com
that
we
developed
this
website
in
1994..
It's
been
online
for
nearly
20
years,
probably
had
several
millions
of
people
seen
the
black
mountain
website.
We,
we
average
900
visitors
a
day
on
the
website.
That's
unique
visitors,
that's
not
just
hits
that's
people.
Looking
at
black
mountain
for
information,
160
000
visitors
per
year,
our
website,
as
you
can
see,
on
a
community
calendar
that
we
update
every
day
for
the
whole
community.
D
D
D
D
People
with
smartphone
users
with
android
or
iphone
can
download
our
app
at
blk
mtn
app
and
on
our
app
you
can
get
our
calendar
of
events,
see
our
webcam
on
cherry
street,
get
all
of
our
member
locations
find
out
where
to
eat.
What
time?
Restaurants
close.
It's
just
great
information.
People
come
to
town
to
be
able
to
use
their
smartphones
for
that
information.
D
D
D
D
Our
sourwood
festival-
this
will
be
our
36th
annual
sourwood
festival
this
year.
We
hope
to
expand
our
festival.
All
the
way
down.
Terry
state
drive
to
terry
state
drive
on
vance
to
give
us
some
more
space
and
the
folks
at
the
fabric
island
have
requested
us
move
the
festival
down
there
to
help
their
business
and
we'll
gain
a
few
more
booth
spaces.
We've
been
turning
down
a
lot
of
folks
that
want
to
get
in
the
festival
we
average
about
30
000
people
a
year.
It's
about
this
one
of
the
largest
festivals.
D
Now
in
western
north
carolina
showcase
black
mountain
to
the
world
and
also
a
lot
of
our
non-profits,
like
the
owen
band,
boosters
churches
sell
items
and
barbecue
to
make
money
at
our
sire
wood
festival
and
next
year
we're
planning
a
new
event.
We
hope
to
call
the
great
american
outdoor
festival,
which
will
be
highlighting
our
outdoor
activities,
hiking
running
biking,
fishing,
golf
and
much
more
that'll,
be
in
april
of
2014
and
you'll
hear
more
about
that
later.
D
D
This
would
be
an
april
may
campaign.
The
tda
is
doing
it's
a
thirty
thousand
dollar
campaign.
These
ads
will
be
in
our
state
magazine,
charlotte
magazine,
southern
living
there's.
Also,
a
special
co-op
advertisement
will
be
in
blue
ridge
country
magazine
that
other
black
mountain
merchants
or
businesses
can
participate
in
this
campaign
will
target
one
million
four
hundred.
Ninety
one
thousand
people
will
see
these
ads
about
black
men,
as
one
writer
put
in
an
article
in
the
greenville
news
about
black
mountain.
D
K
D
D
So
that's
why
they'll
spend
money
on
outdoor
advertisements
like
in
magazines,
national
magazines
and
campaigns
we'll
take
in
close
to
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
for
black
mountain
room
tax
money
this
year,
we'll
get
about
nearly
fifty
thousand
of
that
back
in
in
kind
or
directly
to
the
chamber,
and
then
the
other
part
you
know
comes
to
bring
people
into
bunking
county
which
will
show
up
in
the
black
mountain.
So
we're
we're
doing
much
better
and
getting
more
of
our
fair
share
of
that
dollar.
Back
into
black
mountain
and.
A
L
L
If
you'll
recall
during
the
budget
process
or
last
year,
we
budgeted
for
the
for
expenses
for
the
golf
course
at
the
time
we
weren't
sure
whether
we
needed
to
do
that
or
not
we
just,
but
we
did
that
in
anticipation
and
asked
our
auditors
for
an
opinion
on
that.
They'd
come
back
after
july
and
said
we
were
not
required
to
do
that
and
did
not
need
to
have
that
in
our
budget,
as
we
did
that,
though
hedging
on
the
side
that
we
might
need
to
do
that.
L
So
as
a
result,
we
need
to
go
back
in
and
basically
reverse
those
expenses
for
the
golf
course.
We
only
need
to
reflect
long-term
assets
and
liabilities
on
our
on
our
books
right
cur
under
the
current
resume
that
we
have
with
the
golf
course
so
that
so
we
need
to
make
that
budget
amendment
that
basically
reverses
out
the
the
operational
budget
for
the
golf
course.
That's
in
our
current
annual
budget
and
then,
of
course,
speaking
of
long-term
assets
and
liabilities.
We
have
a
budget
amendment
to
reflect.
L
Your
next
item
on
there
is
to
call
for
a
public
hearing
for
text
amendments
to
update
our
abandoned
nuisance
and
vehicle
ordinance.
The
north
korean
general
statutes
has
guidelines
for
how
you
define
junk
vehicles.
We
need
to
update
our
ordinance
to
reflect
that
properly,
so
we
need
to
call
public
hearing
to
do
that.
Also.
L
We
have
a
request
here
for
a
what
amounts
to
a
refundable,
non-residential
and
residential
permit
fee
for
building
inspections.
Basically,
that
is
a
fee
that
that
you
get
refunded.
When
you
call
for
a
final
inspection,
we
have
a
backlog
of
final
inspection,
notices
that
don't
that
don't
ever
get
called
in
and
then
eventually
we
come
back
later,
even
as
much
as
years
later
and
and
notify
a
property
owner
or
a
business
owner
that
they
still
have
a
final
inspection
due
for
their
for
their
permits.
L
K
K
At
the
bottom
there,
which
is
track
and
observe
capital
assets
at
the
golf
course
to
ensure
these
items
were
properly
counted
for
on
at
least
an
annual
basis,
and
then
a
before
review
and
test
the
financial
activity
is
reported
by
billy
casper
golf.
I
mentioned
that
number
four
there,
because
sometimes
there
is
a
do.
We
know
if
they
are
charging
us
for
any
items
as
part
of
it.
Do
they
add
an
administration
fee
to
any
of
their
items
or
can
you
or
can
you
tell
that
from
the
financial.
E
K
L
M
B
M
B
E
L
And
I
would
point
out
too:
this
is
just
a
reflection:
it's
just
a
reversing
of
the
of
the
expenses,
and
so
it
didn't
it.
It
wasn't
something
that
that
had
an
immediate
impact,
and
so
it
it
just
was
filtered
out
longer
through
the
through
the
year,
but
you're
correct.
It
could
have
been
done
at
any
point.
G
M
A
L
I
mean,
I
would
just
say
we
didn't
have.
We
didn't
have
two
budgets,
they,
I
think,
and
I'll
just
and
I'll
just
speak.
Frankly,
I
think
that
they
they
offered
their
budget
and
we
we
used
that
as
the
model
for
this
for
these
expenses.
They
it
just
it
just
basically
washed
it
just
passed
through.
We
took,
we
took
their
budget
projected
budget
numbers
rolled
it
into
our
budget
that
we
approved,
and
so
as
when
google
killian
made
their
their.
You
know
their
their
response
that
we
didn't
need
to
do
that,
then
that's.
L
A
L
So
thank
you
and
then
a
couple
other
things
we
had
talked
about
taking
applications
for
the
planning
board
because
their
their
concern
was
that
even
though,
even
though
the
term
that
it
expired,
was
going
to
would
expire
on
july
1st,
but
their
conservatives
were
going
to
have
a
tie
well
now
buzz
yetman
has
also
resigned
that
reduces
the
doesn't,
reduce
it
eliminates
the
chance
of
a
tie.
So
so
that
there's
not
as
big
a
concern
to
have
it
done
immediately.
L
So
I
would
recommend,
or
at
least
request
that
we
continue
to
take
applications
and
then
just
run
it
through
the
regular
process
when
they,
when
they
would
normally
be
due
for
a
for
appointment
and
then
finally,
we
have
the
town
of
black
mountain
through
the
help
of
darlene
has
been
nominated
or
as
a
finalist
as
a
great
main
street,
and
also
a
great
neighborhood
for
kids
through
the
through
a
through
a
national
program,
and
if
anybody
would
go
to
www.greatplacesnc.org,
you
can
vote
for
the
town
of
black
mountain.
It's
got.
L
There's
a
beautiful
picture
of
cherry
street,
a
beautiful
picture
of
lake
tomahawk
and
we're.
I
think
that
I'll
try
to
pick
up
the
cities
off
top
my
head,
but
I
believe
it's
chapel
hill
franklin,
street
hendersonville,
wilmington,
maybe
fayetteville
and
and
black
mountain
are
those
are
the
five
finalists
and
it's
a
it's
a
people's
choice
award.
So
I
would
just
encourage
folks
to
go
on.
There
register
register
your
vote.
M
N
N
A
N
N
N
Well,
extremely
far,
ahead
of
us
as
far
as
participating
in
workshops
and
knowing
what
the
thinking
of
the
entire
county
is,
I
don't
want
to
argue
for
who
has
the
nicest
downtown
that
that's
not
something
I'm
here
to
discuss,
but
carlos.
Thank
you
for
the
good
conversation.
While
us
four
po
poor
folk
were
riding
the
bus.
N
N
A
A
He
was
very
impressed
with
our
merchants
downtown
and
also
throughout
our
community,
took
away
some
ideas
that
we
had
said
it's
going
to
steal
and
use
them
in
other
places,
told
them
to
take
it
that
we're
glad
to
participate
in
anything
that
he
had
to
help
the
economics
of
our
state,
and
he
was
really
pleased
with
the
merchants
once
again
and
also
with
small
manufacturing
that
we
have
here
in
regard
to
the
greenways.
We
do
see
greenways
as
an
economic
development.
A
It
it's
very
obvious
from
some
of
the
companies
that
I've
talked
with
are
impressed
with
the
greenways
and
with
their
community
being
a
green
town,
a
green
city
and
that's
large
manufacturers
that
we've
talked
to
with
200
250
jobs.
They
continue
to
be
impressed
with
black
mountain
and
what
we
have
to
offer
due
to
being
on
tv.
We've
had
two
other
towns
in
buckingham
county
and
western
north
carolina,
one,
that's
not
in
any
county.