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From YouTube: Black Mountain Board of Alderman Meeting (Feb. 10, 2020)
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Regular meeting of the Black Mountain board of Alderman from Feb. 10, 2020. For more information about the Town of Black Mountain's meetings, you can visit townofblackmountain.org
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A
A
All
right
we've
got
some
announcements
to
make
number
one.
You
can
see
the
change
with
Doug
he's
made
up
here
in
the
front
and
that's
an
effort
to
increase
access
and
the
public
meetings
for
people
with
disabilities
and
we've
installed
an
ad
a
compliant
seating
arrangements
for
presentations
in
public
comment.
A
This
past
Saturday
board
members
were
honored
to
attend
the
annual
MLK
Prayer
Breakfast
and
I
got
an
email
from
one
of
the
dear
ladies
on
the
Beautification
Committee,
you
know
to
I.
Think
was
two
years
ago
we
were
recognized
as
a
pretty
small
town
in
America.
Well,
Oprah
Magazine
has
just
recognized
us
as
the
8th
out
of
64.
You
stop
small
towns
in
America
and
the
pictures
that
is
on
her
her
site.
I,
don't
know
if
it's
hardcopy
yet
or
not.
A
She
were
taken
from
the
town
square
and
with
that
I'd
like
to
mention
Carlos
Carlos
found
peace
and
comfort.
After
an
extended
illness,
January
27
2020,
he
was
committed
to
those
he
loved.
He
exhibited
his
strong
will
to
survive
fallen
during
his
fight,
Carlos
served
as
an
alderman
since
2009,
and
it
was
the
second
African
American
to
ever.
Do
so
in
the
town
of
Black
Mountain
served
as
a
member
of
the
Black
Knights?
A
A
Carlos
was
the
embodiment
of
fairness
and
looking
out
after
all
town
citizens
in
this
town,
he
he
was
his
own
vote.
He
was
tremendously
passionate
about
the
things
that
he
was
working
for
or
trying
to
achieve
happened.
He
probably
received
more
criticism
from
past
popes
and
bored
in
this
town,
just
because
of
his
firm
stance
on
what
he
thought
was
fair
for
this
town,
so
I'll
say
in
ending
about
Carlos.
He
was
my
friend.
A
He
was
a
dear
friend
to
a
lot
of
folks
on
the
entire
board
and
he's
gonna
be
missed
and
he's
gonna
be
almost
impossible
to
replace.
He
ran
two
times
was
elected
twice
and
was
not
gonna
run
again
and
he
was
talked
into
filling.
The
remaining
ears
on
my
term
result,
which
I'll
always
deeply
appreciate,
he's
willing
to
serve
two
more,
even
though
he
was
wore
out
and
wanted
to
step
down.
He
stepped
forward
and
I
appreciate
that
the
other
one
is
my
father.
He
was
our
district
two
county,
commissioner.
A
A
His
imprint
on
our
organization,
the
organization
and
community
large
is
undeniable
and
he
leaves
the
legacy
of
having
an
unwavering
dedication
of
making
life
better
for
everyone
in
bunk
county.
Mr.
Fryar
was
one
of
the
folks
that
was
the
stand
in
the
gap
when
it
came
to
spending
money.
Now
he
also
fought
to
send
some
of
our
money
back
15
of
$650,000.
In
fact,
he
and
all
the
commissioners
did
there's
a
total
of
650
thousand
dollars
that
came
right
back
into
this
community
from
the
board
and
Micra
sister.
A
A
Charles
aids,
Campbell
regional
Leadership
Award,
the
Charles
H
Campbell
regional
Leadership
Award,
was
named
for
full
time.
Council
chairman,
miss
lannen
sky
and
long
time.
The
Lord
Mayor,
who
was
who
himself
received
the
National
Award
for
regional
leadership
in
1977
the
award
was
dedicate
dedicated
in
1983
to
annually
honor
an
outstanding
contributor
to
the
betterment
of
Western
North
Carolina
in
the
land
of
sky
region.
The
council's
executive
committee
Awards
it
to
another
council
member
who
has
made
a
major
in
long-term
contribution
to
the
council
and
its
governance.
A
B
B
We
are
pleased
to
notify
you
that
your
2018
fiscal
year
in
comprehensive
annual
financial
report
or
Cafer
qualifies
for
G
fo
A's
certificate
of
achievement
for
excellence
in
financial
reporting.
The
certificate
of
achievement
is
the
highest
form
of
recognition
in
governmental,
accounting
and
financial
reporting
and
entertainment
represents
a
significant
accomplishment.
Congratulations
for
having
satisfied
the
high
standards
of
the
program.
We
hope
that
your
example
will
encourage
others
in
their
efforts
to
achieve
and
maintain
an
appropriate
standard
of
excellence
in
financial
reporting.
A
One
more
year,
we've
met
the
requirements
and
the
standards
it
takes
to
get
get
that
notification
all
right.
At
this
time.
We've
got
citizen
comments,
none,
okay,
you
will
have
then
communication
from
staff
boards,
Commission's
and
agencies
number
a
of
autumn
industries.
They
had
a
scheduling,
conflict
and
we're
going
to
move
that
to
March
police
department,
annual
report
chief
Shawn
Freeman.
C
Kind
of
feel
like
I'm
setting
from
the
conquers,
but
we'll
try
to
looks
like
our
itinerary
is
kind
of
for
tonight,
so
I'll
hit
the
highlights
and
try
to
expedite
this
as
much
possible,
but
again
in
2019,
we've
saw
a
year
full
of
changes
and
some
good
accomplishments
and
kind
of
what
we
want
to
discuss
the
night.
Really
quick
is
just
talk
about
the
call
volumes
we
saw
talked
about
the
calls
per
officer
and
how
we
rate,
with
other
municipalities,
similar
in
size,
again
talk
about
our
impact
on
drugs.
C
So
in
2019
the
police
department
received
about
2020
six
thousand
eight
hundred
forty
five
calls
for
service.
If
you
look
at
the
previous
five
years,
that's
about
a
11
percent
growth
since
2014
again,
you
will
see
a
small
dip
in
2018.
The
reason
that
number
is
a
little
bit
of
skewed
again
as
I
explained
last
year,
is
the
fact
that
we
started
the
new
of
what's
called
an
Ivor
system
and
it
changed
some
of
the
grouping
and
categories
and
reporting
methods
of
some
of
the
crimes.
So,
therefore,
we
saw
a
slight
drop.
C
C
So
throughout
the
southeast
we
can
actually
program
in
our
population
size
and
things
of
that
nature
and
come
up
with
how
we're
sort
of
rating,
amongst
other
agencies
that
are
similar
in
size
and
there's
actually
in
your
handouts.
Three
pages
of
this
I'm
going
to
hit
very
briefly
on
some
of
the
things
that
were
a
little
bit
higher
on
and
kind
of,
explain
those.
But
overall,
our
rating
is
extremely
well
as
we're
equal
to
many
agencies
in
twenty.
C
Six
of
these
categories
were
lower
than
all
the
agencies
that
we
were
compared
to
in
twenty
six
kind
of
different
categories
and
then
we're
only
slightly
higher
in
a
few
a
few
extra
categories.
So
one
of
them
that
we
were
a
little
higher
in
was
was
it
showed
kidnapping
at
three.
The
average
is
about
two:
we
had
no
true
kidnapping
cases.
Most
of
these
cases
ended
up
being
custody,
type
disputes,
and
things
like
that.
However,
when
they're
reported,
we
have
to
report
them
as
they
come
in.
C
Motor
vehicle
thefts
seem
to
be
another
one
and
all,
but
anyway
it's
showing
us
at
22
motor
vehicle
thefts
within
the
city
and
and
on
the
average
there's
20,
where
that
number
is
a
little
bit
of
skewed
as
17
of
those
vehicles
were
actually
recovered.
Vehicles
which
go
into
the
system
is
stolen,
but
we
we
simply
recovered
them
from
other
jurisdictions.
We
had
five
vehicle
s
within
the
town
in
2019,
four
of
those
recovered
recovered
locally
and
then
what
actually
recovered
on
the
coast.
C
So
we
went
Ruth
only
had
five
motor
vehicle
thefts
and
then
we
did
have
one
statutory
rape
which
most
of
the
other
municipalities
similar
in
size
to
us,
have
none.
We
have
one,
but
that
ended
up
being
an
unfounded
case.
It
just
not
go
into
too
much
detail,
disassembly
as
unfounded,
so
that
was
where
we
rated
a
little
bit
higher.
There's
a
few
other
categories.
C
So,
if
you
look
at
our
coal
incident
types
in
2018,
the
police
department
took
a
thousand
fifty
six
calls.
2019
we
took
1201,
which
is
about
a
thirteen
point,
eight
percent
growth.
The
majority
of
our
calls,
fell
underneath
basically,
what
was
called
all
other
offenses,
which
was
everything
from
welfare
checks
to
patrol
violate
parole,
violations
to
warrant
services.
Things
of
that
nature,
our
narcotics
was
the
next
highest
which
encompassed
18
percent
of
our
calls
and
you'll
notice
too.
That
DWI
is
right
up
there.
We
we
doubled
our
number
of
DWI
in
this
past
year.
C
However,
if
you
look
at
the
Wayne
Ivers,
the
National
Incident
based
reporting
does
their
reporting.
We
saw
a
sixty
two
point:
five
percent
decrease
in
violent
crimes
which
occur
or
which
encompasses
murder,
manslaughters
rape,
simple
assaults,
aggravated
assaults
most
of
ours
in
the
past
have
been
either
simple
or
aggravated
assaults,
but
we've
we've
had
a
62
and
a
half
percent
decrease
in
those
calls.
C
C
C
In
that
keep
in
mind,
we
also
wrote
seven
hundred
sixty
two
warning
citations
and
gave
over
twenty
five
hundred
verbal
citations
and
in
the
next
slide,
I'll
show
you
why
that's
important,
and
so,
when
we
start
looking
at
vehicle
accidents
2018,
we
saw
three
hundred
and
forty-one
motor
vehicle
accidents
in
2019.
We
saw
two
hundred
and
sixty-two.
C
C
So
in
addition
to
of
the
narcotics
seized,
we
actually
seized
12
illegal
weapons
from
the
streets.
We
seized
approximately
one
hundred
and
forty
two
thousand
seven
hundred
and
thirty
dollars
in
cash,
and
we
also
seized
three
vehicles
which
have
been
taken
from
from
us
by
the
state
to
basically
auction
off
they'll
pay,
some
of
those
drug
taxes
on
the
north
cot
X.
C
C
I
was
telling
you
about
three
of
those
cases
were
adjudicated
last
year
in
federal
courts,
so
we
had
our
first
three
successful
federal
court
cases
and
in
those
three
cases
it
totaled
around
fifty
five
years
of
active
sentence
for
those
three
individuals
that
were
sentenced
so
we're
having
a
very
good
success
rate
and
ridding
these
people
off
of
our
streets.
For
some
time,
and
not
only
did
the
officers
last
year
make
a
difference
with
the
impact
on
narcotics
in
the
town.
We
were
also
again
through
through
the
narcan
that
we
carry.
C
We
were
able
to
help
with
the
saving
of
four
individuals
from
fatal
drug
overdoses
as
well
our
SRT
team,
as
I
kind
of
explained
last
year,
that
we
were
looking
to
put
together.
Essentially,
we
were
seeing
so
many
narcotics
search
warrants
that
we
had
to
come
up
and
get
the
training
and
things
that
we
needed
to
number
one
help
us
out
legally
and
in
service
of
these
warrants,
but
also
in
a
way
to
try
to
help
make
sure
that
we
were
keeping
the
town
safe,
keeping
our
personnel
safe
and
and
things
of
that
nature.
C
So
we
did
have
our
first
full
year.
This
year
we
saw
basically
17
call-outs
in
2019,
with
six
of
those
being
high-risk
search
warrants
for
were
narcotic
search
warrants,
three
high-risk,
violent
offender
apprehension
and
for
mutual
aid,
and
with
that
we
also
trained
over
a
thousand
forty
four
hours
and
60
of
those
training
additional
training
hours
or
with
outside
agencies
in
our
area,
for
a
multi
response.
C
If
we
have
something
huge
to
occur
here
within
our
County,
the
team's
goal
is
the
preservation
of
life
when
we're
out
on
home
calls,
and
the
one
thing
I
will
say
in
2019
is
the
17
call-outs
we
have.
We
have
no
offenders
hurt
and
no
officers
hurt
and
those
beings
hurt.
So
we
with
100%,
achieve
the
goals
that
we
wanted
with
the
team
and
then
I
want
to
kind
of
move
into.
C
C
Systems
or
the
conceit
key
concerns
with
our
radio
system.
At
the
time
we
ended
up
working
and
talking
with
wireless
communications.
There
was
quite
a
bit
of
negotiations
that
went
on.
We
started
out
at
somewhere
around
six
hundred
and
four
thousand
dollars
and
as
the
the
first
number
that
was
thrown
out
of
us
to
fix
our
communication
center
get
our
radios
upgraded.
C
We
talked
them
down
to
like
five
hundred
eighteen
thousand
and
through
a
little
bit
of
research,
we
found
out
what
they
had
charged
Buncombe,
County
and
kind
of
threw
that
back
said
hey,
we
want
the
same
deal,
and
so
they
had
to
go
back
to
Motorola
and
talk
to
Motorola.
Ultimately,
that's
how
we
came
down
to
the
negotiated
price,
which
again
save
the
town.
Essentially
right,
$204,000
I
wrote
a
grant
back
in
early
eighteen.
We
knew
that
we
needed
our
MDT's
updated.
We
knew
we
needed
in
car
printers.
C
They
were
all
dated
and
just
coming
to
the
end
of
life,
we
did
receive
that
grant.
It
didn't
come
till
early
in
nineteen,
that's
when
they
released
the
funds
of
the
grant
was
for
twenty.
Four
thousand
nine
hundred.
Ninety
nine
dollars,
because
it
was
a
year
off,
we
had
to
seek
new
estimates
on
everything
we
were
able
to
reduce
those
costs
and
ultimately
we
were
able
to
buy
a
75
inch,
Smart
TV,
where
we
could
do
additional
trainings
with
the
briefings
and
emergency
events.
We
could
use
it
and
project.
C
Through
the
partnership
with
homeland
security,
when
you
start
talking
about
narcotics
investigations
and
things
like
that,
especially
in
our
town,
it's
it's
important,
because
every
time
runs
into
budget
cost
and
things
like
that
so
again
and
effort
trying
to
reduce
that
they
said
hey.
You
know
what,
if
we
can
take
this
federal,
reimburse
the
funds
to
you
and
so
to
date,
we're
looking
at
roughly
about
twelve
twelve
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars,
that's
being
reimbursed,
plus
almost
a
thousand
dollars
in
equipment
that
they
purchase
for
us.
One.
C
We're
in
negotiations
with
them
on
now
indicate
it
will
be
I
think
on
the
later
slide
is
they're.
Looking
at
purchasing
what's
called
license
plate
readers
for
us,
they
run
about
ten
thousand
dollars
apiece
or
looking
at
buying
two
fours
to
help
out
with
the
narcotics
investigations
and
stuff,
like
that.
Also
through
a
partnership
with
project
Lazarus
when
fentanyl
and
stuff
is
so
bad
on
the
streets,
we
were
able
to
get
basically
the
narcan
injectors,
and
these
are
really
nice
for
the
fact
you
pull
the
cap
off
of
them.
C
They
walk
you
through
everything
that
you
have
to
do.
I
have
no
idea
what
they
cost
the
first
time
we
we
essentially
we've
got
nine
nine
boxes,
so
the
box
contains
two
actual
injectors
and
a
trainer
injector
talking
to
John
Wilson.
He
said
we
couldn't
use
such
things
like
$4,200,
a
box
and
a
little
bit
later
on
when
those
expired
project.
C
Lazarus
give
us
20
more
boxes,
and
not
only
do
they
give
us
20
more
boxes,
they
give
us
a
drug
drop
box
as
well,
and
so
the
estimated
cost
in-
and
that
was
almost
one
hundred
and
twenty-two
thousand
dollars
of
goods
that
came
in
that
we
didn't
have
to
pay
for
likewise.
I
think
and
I've
got
it
somewhere
in
here,
we've
actually
taken
in
through
the
drug
drug
drop
box,
almost
been
able
to
pull
two
hundred
and
twenty
pounds
of
prescription
medications
and
then
have
them
destroyed
appropriately.
Rather,
they
end
up
on
the
streets.
C
So
again,
to
assist
with
the
fleet
of
the
patrol
vehicles-
probably
one
of
our
highest
budget
in
areas
that
we
have
to
deal
with
and
it's
you
know
extreme
cost,
because
you're
not
just
buying
the
vehicle
you're
also
buying
the
equipment
to
go
in
and
stuff
like
that.
In
a
lot
of
cases,
we
were
able
to
use
drug
asset
forfeiture
funds
to
purchase
a
2018,
Dodge,
Charger
and
whip
it
at
a
cost
of
about
$30,000.
From
the
asset
forfeiture
funds,
we
were
able
to
see
the
2015
14
ranch
turn
it
into
a
canine
vehicle.
C
C
Know
we
have
the
individuals
within
the
town.
I
can't
talk
about
the
generosity
of
the
people
in
this
town,
not
only
for
support
in
the
department
and
in
equipment,
but
the
way
they
support
the
department
of
town
through
donations
to
be
able
to
do
the
Christmas
things
we
do
and
the
Thanksgiving
things
are
doing,
outreaches
that
we
do
I've
never
been
in
a
community.
That's
that's
so
giving
and
trying
to
take
care
of
the
community.
It's
you
know,
I
just
can't
describe
you
know
how
much
that
means
to
have
the
support
of
a
town.
C
So
with
that
being
said,
we've
got
eight
thousand
dollars
to
purchasing
some
rifles.
We
need
it
because
some
of
our
guys
were
carrying
their
own
rifles.
Not
only
that,
but
we
had
a
citizen
step
up
who
paid
for
our
canines
food
for
the
year
and
they
also
bought
a
ballistic
vest
for
the
dog
that
came
out
of
their
pocket
to
make
sure
that
the
dog
was
taken
care
of
as
well.
So
that
just
shows
the
generosity
and
the
kindness
that
our
citizens
have
in
this
town
and
again
it's
overwhelming
to
me
it's
amazing.
C
So
in
three
years
time,
if
you
tally
all
that
up,
it's
it's
somewhere
a
little
over
a
half
a
million
dollars.
You
know
we're
going
to
continue
where
we
pushing
and
look
for
grants
and
any
kind
of
initiatives,
because
you
know
again
to
be
good.
Stewards
of
the
money
that's
providing
the
department.
Part
of
that
is
is
a
negotiation
of
prices.
C
It's
looking
for
ways
to
help
offset
that
and
save
the
town
money-
and
you
know
I
just
want
to
say
that
is
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
what
we
can
do
to
try
to
help
offset
those
costs
and
make
it
cheaper
for
our
budget
as
well.
Again,
we
did
apply
for
another
governor's
crime
commission
grant.
We
just
recently
got
word
on
it.
It's
a
no-match
grant,
so
no
cost
in
the
town.
It
will
be
sometime
next
year
that
the
funds
will
be
released,
but
it's
for
$21,000
that
will
be
used
for
us.
C
C
C
We
were
also
worked
with
Swannanoa
Valley
priests,
one
bill,
Valley,
Christian
ministries
to
do
the
town's
first
ever
Community
Day,
which
I
think
was
a
great
success
for
those
that
went
out
and
saw
the
number
of
people
that
they
came
out
to
that.
Even
though
it's
raining
I
mean
it
was
a
huge
success,
our
Christmas
again,
we
were
able
to
help
15
children
this
year.
C
C
And
again
we
still
do
the
coffee
with
the
cops
we
did.
We
participated
in
some
drug
drops
that
were
throughout
the
county,
we've
been
into
the
child
daycares
and
did
presentations
and
hung
out
with
the
children
and
we're
still
doing
coffees
with
the
cops
there
they're
very,
very
successful,
and
the
numbers
continue
to
grow
each
time.
We'd
have
coffee
with
a
cop,
so
the
last
thing
I
want
to
kind
of
throw
out.
There
is
the
fact-
and
this
is
more
for
the
citizens
than
the
board,
but
we
do
have
the
Newtown
webpage.
C
If
you
look
on
the
bottom
left,
there
are
some
tabs
when
you
scroll
the
bottom
of
the
webpage,
one
of
them
comments,
that's
where
you
can
either
give
them
accolades
to
an
officer
or
if
you've
got
a
complaint.
You
can
kind
of
start
the
process
there,
but
it
also
has
a
tip
line
and
I
can
tell
you
the
tip
lines
been
very,
very
successful.
At
this
point,
I
can't
tell
you
from
larceny
it's
been
been
solved
from
tips
coming
in
to
drug
offenders
being
arrested
due
to
tips
coming
in.
C
Sometimes
it's
been
one
o'clock
in
the
morning
and
then
I'm
on
the
phone
with
the
officer
saying
hey,
we
need
to
go
check
this
area
out,
so
these
please
use
these
sites
there
they're
making
a
difference
so
use
those,
and
then
lastly
I
just
want
to
say
that
again
this
was
a
great
year
for
a
success
for
us.
You
know
we
have,
through
our
partnerships
we're
able
to
save
the
town
money.
A
B
Yeah
I
would
just
you
know,
I
think
this
report
kind
of
speaks
for
itself
own
on
Shawn,
his
department,
obviously
they're,
staying
busy
and
and
and
keeping
things
in
order.
I
would
like
to
thank
the
board
and
we
all
speak
for
all
the
staff
and
say
we
appreciate
your
support,
especially
when
we're
going
after
these
grants,
because
that
that
save
us
a
lot
of
money
in
the
end
and
that's
you
know
I-
would.
F
F
I'm
gonna
talk
about
some
different
things
than
I
have
in
the
past.
In
the
past
I've,
given
out
you
quarterly
report,
highlighting
revenues
and
expenses
for
all
the
funds,
and
you
still
have
that
in
your
possession
and
I'm
going
to
continue
to
do
that
on
a
quarterly
basis.
I
may
not
be
standing
here
in
front
of
you,
but
you
get
that
in
your
boxes
and
you
can
ask
any
questions
on
that
anytime.
You
want
including
tonight,
but
for
my
presentations,
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
I'm
going
to
sort
of
focus
on
a
different
area.
F
Every
time
I
come
up
by
in
front
of
you.
So
today
we're
going
to
talk
about
property
taxes
and
what
I
have
here
that
I
have
the
five
unit.
Municipalities
with
in
Buncombe
County
would
fin.
We
were
unable
to
get
their
information
and
I'm,
showing
you
the
actual
tax
rate
and
how
that's
changed
from
fiscal
year,
11
to
fiscal
year
20.
So
there's
there
were
two
property
reevaluation
x'.
During
that
time
are
our
actual
tax
rate
is
on
down
almost
9%
in
in
that
time
period
you
can
see
Buncombe,
County
and
Asheville
are
pretty
flat.
F
They,
they
sort
of,
went
up
a
little
bit.
Weaverville
went
up
about
five
and
a
half
percent.
Biltmore
Forest
went
up
15%
in
actual
rate
and
we're
gonna
sort
of
leave
them
aside
for
a
minute
right
now,
because
in
five
minutes
or
so
you'll
kind
of
understand
why
their
tax
rate
did
what
it
did,
but
with
the
other
four
municipalities,
our
tax
rate
actually
went
down
now.
Don
among
other
people,
is
aware
that
we
with
both
of
those
property
revaluations,
we
actually
were
revit.
F
We
were
slightly
below
revenue
neutral,
but
for
the
most
part
we
were
revenue
neutral.
So
the
taxpayers
of
Black
Mountain
as
a
whole
did
not
see
a
tax
increase
in
the
last
nine
years,
so
the
second
slide
sort
of
has
to
do
with
property.
Taxes
is
going
to
show
you
what
how
property
values
increased
during
the
time
period.
These
numbers
are
in
millions
of
dollars,
so
we
had
a
in
fiscal
year.
11
we
had
819
million
dollar
property
tax
property
evaluation.
F
This
is
not
vehicles
and
it's
not
personal
property.
This
is
just
homes
and
businesses
within
Black
Mountain
in
20
and
fiscal
year,
11
we're
up
to
1
million
and
no
1
billion
and
36
million,
which
shows
to
be
almost
a
twenty
six
and
a
half
percent
increase.
You
can
see
that
that
actually
a
little
bit
higher
than
welcome
county
title
it
legs
both
Asheville
and
Weaverville.
You
can
see
Biltmore
Forest
didn't
hardly
increase
at
all,
which
is
why,
on
the
previous
slide
and
Josh
and
I
pardon.
F
Why
their
rates
had
to
go
up
and-
and
that
probably
has
to
do
with
development
restrictions
in
that
area?
Is
that
they're
they're
just
not
or
it
could
be,
that
a
lot
of
things
were
very
highly
valued
back
in
2011
and
they
just
didn't
increase
all
that
much
in
the
last
eight
or
nine
years.
But
you
can
see
that
our
growth
rate,
while
it
stayed
even
with
a
little
ahead
of
welcome
County,
it
lagged
both
Asheville
and
Weaverville.
F
The
last
slide,
which
is
kind
of
the
some
of
these
first
two
slides,
shows
that
the
actual
dollars
in
taxes
received
so
back
in
fiscal
year
11,
which
happened
to
be
in
my
first
year.
We
received
almost
3.5
million
dollars
in
property
taxes
in
this
last
fiscal
year,
19
or
in
the
middle
of
fiscal
year.
Twenty
we're
at
four
million
and
seventy
seven
thousand,
which
is
a
17
percent
increase.
F
You
can
see
how
that
compares
to
the
next
three
Buncombe,
County,
Asheville
and
Weaverville
have
all
shown
substantial
percentage
increases
and
that
in
some
ways,
is
a
factor
of
us
being
staying
revenue
neutral.
All
these
other
Buddha's
municipality
and
County
we're
a
little
bit.
They
were
higher
than
revenue-neutral
and
that
effect
in
our
overall
tax
percentage,
and
it
shows
that
our
percentage
increased
17%
is
less
than
the
other
three
we're
not
going
to
really
count
Biltmore
for
us
because
of
some
of
their
restrictions
in
development.
F
So
don
particularly
he
and
I
have
had
discussions
at
East,
sometimes
we'll
bring
it
up
at
the
board
that,
if
you're
a
taxpayer
in
Buncombe,
County,
you're,
you're,
better
off
being
in
Black
Mountain
than
anywhere
else,
you
benefit
you've
been.
This
board
has
done
more
to
keep
your
taxes
low,
then,
in
my
opinion,
than
any
of
the
other
boards
in
Buncombe
County.
So
the.
F
E
F
F
I
have
nine
years
of
this,
and
in
when
I
first
started,
we
were
actually
under
a
million
dollars
or
so
and
now
we're
up
to
about
1.6.
That
equates
to
about
a
six
and
a
half
percent
increase
over
that
time.
Sales
tax
revenues.
When
you
go
to
the
store
town
hardware
and
you
buy
a
hundred
dollar
item,
they're
going
to
charge
you
$7
tax,
that
tax
is
distributed
among
the
governments
of
in
Buncombe
County.
F
F
F
E
F
E
E
F
D
E
F
F
I
was
really
going
to
talk
about
tonight.
If
you
have
any
questions
on
these
items
or
anything
in
the
bins.
A
six-month
review
that
I
hand
it
out
I
could
put
some
notes
in
there
as
well
I'm
happy
to
talk
about
them.
I'd
also
like
to
say
that
if
the
board
has
any
next
time,
I
come
up.
If
you
guys
want
to
hear
about
give
me
a
talk.
F
Topics,
you
know
you
guys
feel
as
important.
I
probably
won't
be
talking
about
these
topics
again
anytime
soon,
but
I
just
thought.
You
know
these
are
sort
of
some
big
dollar
items
and
I
thought
it
would
be
important
to
talk
to
you
and
have
the
public
kind
of
hear
about
them,
but
whatever
topics
any.
E
F
B
Agenda
item:
a
will
be
your
adoption
of
minutes.
This
would
be
the
minutes
of
January
1st
2020
special
called
meeting
meeting
of
January
9th
2020
agenda
session,
January
13
2020
regular
session
and
January
13th
2020
closed
session
item.
B
is
an
audit
account
contract
amendments
from
wildin,
Jenkins
you'll
recall.
We
did
select
a
new
firm
to
do
our
audit
this
year.
We
have
been
with
model
or
excuse
me
happening
with
Google
Killian
for
a
number
of
years.
B
Adjustment,
however,
Maldon
Jenkins
is
charging
us
$3,400,
so
we
would
need
to
amend
their
their
auto
contract.
We
did
sign
up
or
sign
a
contract
with
them
for
three
years.
This
would
not
affect
the
next
two-year
contract
amounts.
Only
this
year's
contract
amount
item.
C
is
a
budget
amendment
for
the
golf
course
snack
shop,
water
damage
repairs.
This
is
something
that's
been
happening
for
not
sure
how
long,
but
it's
taken
quite
some
time
to
to
do
the
damage
that
it
has
done.
Water
has
been
entering
the
basement
of
this
building.
B
The
walls
have
been
deteriorating,
there's
some
mold
in
there,
so
we've
got
some
quotes
in
we
did
it
get
in
a
to
quotes.
Actually
we
did
contact
about
six
contractors
and
four
of
those
were
not
interested
or
didn't
have
time
to
do
it.
The
other
two
had
interest
and
we
would
recommend
that
go
with
CRC.
B
2020
$1,875
for
these
repairs.
This
would
be
a
budget
amendment
of
course,
item
D.
Is
it
a
budget
amendment
for
additional
funding
for
our
comprehensive
plan?
We
budgeted
$45,000
for
our
comprehensive
plan
update
and
this
fiscal
year
budget,
as
we've
began
to
go
through
this
process.
Our
last
meeting
was
much
much
more
attendant
than
we
ever
thought
it
would
have
been.
We
had
120
folks
that
did
show
up
that
night,
even
with
the
nasty
weather
in
the
limited
parking,
so
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
continue
to
get
this
public
input.
B
G
A
E
B
Need
to
turn
the
light
there,
alright,
so
before
I
get
into
this,
probably
confusing
spreadsheet.
For
some
of
you,
but
we'll
we'll
go
through
it
and
present
you
some
numbers,
but
just
to
give
you
kind
of
a
recap
we
and
we're
in
our
last
year
of
our
of
our
sanitation
contract
with
waste
Pro
that
would
end
September
30th
of
2020.
B
F
B
Last
Monday,
we
received
those
bids
we
received
only
one
bid,
and
that
was
from
West
Pro,
so
there
was
no
other.
No
there
bits
to
open
at
that
meeting.
Of
course,
we
have
done
some
research.
We
did
meet
with
the
majority
of
municipalities
in
Buncombe
County
to
talk
about
their
operations
because
I
know,
I've
had
conversations
with
you
about
the
potential
of
bringing
this
in-house
we
did
meet
with.
We
reveal
we
met
with
Asheville.
We
met
with
the
city
of
Marion.
We
also
met
or
did
not
meet.
B
I
also
did
have
a
discussion
with
the
town
of
Woodson
about
their
their
operations.
The
all
of
these
and
Biltmore
farms.
Excuse
me,
the
majority
of
these
municipalities.
Do
they
all
do
it
in-house
all
right?
So
everybody
in
in
Macomb,
County,
every
municipality
does
their
own
garbage
service
in
the
house.
We
are
the
only
municipality
that
that
does
contract
it
out.
So
let
me
jump
in
to
this
spreadsheet
a
little
bit
here
and
try
and
go
through
some
numbers
and
not
confuse
anyone.
This
number
here
the
796
thousand
dollars,
is
what
we
are
anticipating.
B
B
Ninety
four
and
then
the
town
paper,
tipping
fees
which
were
one
one:
twenty
eight,
nine,
twenty
eight
seven
hundred
thirty
thousand
eleven
dollars
and
seventeen
you'll
see
it
goes
up
every
year,
which
is
which
is
normal,
seven,
fifty
seven,
seven
one
five,
four
eighteen
765
47
four
nineteen
and
then
we're
estimating,
like
I,
said
this
year.
796
two
hundred.
H
B
Fees
haven't
haven't,
haven't,
haven't,
fluctuated
much
I
do
know
that
this
upcoming
year,
Malcolm
County,
is
raising
their
rates
on
the
yard
waste
from
$20
a
ton
to
thirty
dollars
of
time,
but
they're
tipping
fee
will
remain
the
same
at
forty
three
dollars
and
seventy
five
cents
at
the
at
the
landfill
and
forty
seven,
seventy
five
at
the
transfer
station
all
right.
So
let
me
go
to
another
spreadsheet,
so
this
spreadsheet,
as
I
mentioned
in
the
previous
spreadsheet.
This
is
the
estimated
amount
we
are
going
to
pay
this
last
contractor
year.
796!
F
B
Per
week,
if
you
not
to
confuse
you,
but
if
you
add
it
in
the
tip
and
fees,
that
number
would
be
sixteen
dollars
and
twenty-six
on
the
new
contract,
we
will
be
going
to
18
dollars
and
51
cents
per
household
per
week.
And,
if
you
add
in
the
tip
and
fees,
it's
twenty
one
dollars
and
ninety
three
cents
per.
E
B
So
that,
like
I,
said,
that's
the
same
service
we
have
currently.
If
we
decide,
we
want
to
use
West
Pro
and
go
with
recycling
carts
and
garbage
carts,
which
is
what
I
think
Malcolm
County
has
went
through
and
is
going
through
currently
to
receive
carts.
Those
fees
are
going
to
be
a
little
more
expensive
and
I.
H
B
F
I
think
that's
my
belief
is
that
that's
in
effect,
we're
sort
of
renting
the
carts.
If
we
buy
the
cards
outright,
it
would
cost
us
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
give
to
give
everybody
a
recycling
and
garbage
cart.
But
in
this
case,
like
I
live
in
this
one,
no
I
I
didn't
buy
these
carts.
That
just
showed
up
at
my
house,
but
my
bill
went
up
a
little
bit
and
so,
in
effect,
I'm
kind
of
renting
these
carts
is
how
I
think
of
it.
But
josh
is
right.
The
waste
Pro
representative
could
speak
to
that.
B
So
let
me
jump
to
this
to
this
line
and
I
can
go
back
and
I
will
jump
back
to
the
larger
spreadsheet
in
just
one
minute:
the
fiscal
year
21
bringing
if
we
were
to
bring
all
these
services
in-house
I
can
tell
you
that
the
only
thing
I'm
missing
at
least
hopefully-
and
we've
done
some
pretty
extensive
research.
The
only
thing
we
are
missing
currently
is
the
installation
and
cost
of
buying
an
oil
and
water
separator
to
wash
these
trucks.
B
So
we
have
trying
to
may
get
those
answers
for
the
past
couple
of
weeks
now
and
we've
been
unsuccessful
in
getting
a
cost
of
installation
and
purchase,
but
I
can
tell
you
that
Asheville
has
one
we've
been
trying
to
get
numbers
from
them.
They
spend
about
$2,500,
$2,500
or
so
a
year
on
maintenance
cost,
and
that's
them.
You
know
to
pump
things
out,
take
it
away,
but
this
is
essentially
when
you're,
washing
your
trucks
out.
You
don't
want
all
that
to
go
into
the
rivers
creeks,
where.
B
Would
probably
need
to
build
a
somewhat
of
a
metal
storage
canopy
for
this
I.
Don't
know
that
there's
room
inside,
if
you,
if
you
can
go
down
we'd,
have
to
either
put
them
inside
and
move
stuff
out
and
put
those
underneath
something
or
vice
versa,
because
that
it's
relatively
full
with
the
vehicles
we
have
now
so.
B
E
B
Just
so
personnel
costs
$330,000
that
is,
for
what
we
have
currently
budgeted
in,
is
six
employees
all
right
and
we've
we've
done
research
from
other
towns,
Marion
weaverville
Asheville,
obviously
they're
much
larger
than
us,
but
we
think
we
probably
need
six
employees
to
do
this
efficiently,
just
to
be
honest,
$35,000,
contract
labor.
This
would
be
four
if
someone's
out,
potentially
don't
have
any
money
to
rotate.
The
other
municipalities
are
using
a
contract,
labor
full
of
people
to
come
in
and
do
these
services
the
tipping
fee.
Of
course,
I've
mentioned
thirty.
B
B
The
other
twenty
five
thousand
dollar
line
item
is
going
to
be
for
other
items
that
would
be
training
conferences,
things
of
that
nature
that
we're
going
to
be
unexpected
on
what
we
might
spend
recycling
disposal
based
on
previous
years,
we've
disposed
of
about
six
hundred
and
thirty
tons
roughly.
Currently,
it's
sixty
two
dollars
a
tonne
that
comes
out
to
around
$40,000
in
disposal
fees
for
recycling.
Now
that
is
a
that
number,
is
a
moving
target.
B
B
All
right,
I
don't
want
to
get
too
far
in
these
numbers
because
it
may
start
diffusing
it,
but
so
for
debt
payments
we
would
be
having
debt
on
to
come
trucks.
Okay,
that
would
be
the
debt
payments.
Those
debt
payments
would
be
for.
The
bank
has
told
us
seven
years
on.
Trucks
is
what
they
finance
trucks
that
if
you'll
notice
in
this
spreadsheet
I
did
a
ten-year
spreadsheet
for
the
costs
and
what
we
anticipate.
Those
increases
to
be
that
haven't
stays
the
same
of
course
and
you're
seven.
B
F
You
know
right
now
we're
we're
basing
that
on
two
and
a
half
percent
of
what
we
can
get
on
a
loan,
but
I
called
on
a
week
or
so
ago.
But
you
know
it's
really
impossible
to
know
what
that
rate
might
be
in
the
future.
But
I
think
if
he's
going
down
again,
I
think
he's
told
your
total
trucks
total
up
to
whatever.
B
F
B
H
J
H
B
As
I
mentioned
on
the
previous
spreadsheet,
you
know
the
full
and
water
separator,
of
course,
in
to
shed
that
we'll
get
numbers
for
they
were
going
to
be
pretty
close
to
767
517
in
that
first
year.
As
what
we've
got
projected
now,
you
know
the
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
on
these
projections.
You
know:
we've
just
met
with
lots
of
jurisdictions
and
seeing
how
they're
doing
it,
employees
they've
got
equipment
they've
got.
We
think
we're
really
close.
Of
course
we're
not
gonna
know
for
sure.
B
B
A
B
B
B
C
K
E
A
B
E
B
B
F
H
B
Yes,
I
think
that
the
sooner
the
better
marches
I
think
we'll
be
fine.
I
will
tell
you,
you
know
the
lead
time
on
getting
the
trucks
in
is
gonna.
Take
a
little
bit.
I
have
spoken
with
waste
Pro
and
that
they
have
agreed
that
if
we
aren't
completely
ready
by
the
end
of
our
contract,
they
were
willing
to
do
a
month-to-month
contract
to
get
us
by
until
we
can
get
the
trucks
in
I'm.
Still
waiting
on
a
couple
of
pricing
quotes
from
another
vendor.
A
B
B
A
E
B
A
F
Think
one
of
the
central
themes
with
josh
has
been
it's
a
means
that
I
have
not
been
any
but
right
now
we
do
not
have
much
when
it
comes
to
regulation
about
garbage
brush.
It's
kind
of
the
Wild
West
around
here
and
if
we
had
regulations
on
brush
or
maybe
if
we
had
a
certain
size
garbage
can-
and
you
could
only
fill
it
up
that
much.
F
That
would
reduce
not
only
tipping
fees,
but
it
would
reduce
you
know,
number
of
brush
pickups
and
there's
some
people
have
a
deal
like
we'll
give
you
three
brush
pickups
a
year,
then
we're
charging
you
$25
some
number
way
as
opposed
to
right
now.
You
know
you
could
fill
up
Josh's
office
with
brush
every
week
and.
B
H
H
Probably
have
to
take
a
step
at
a
time,
and
this
is
a
big
decision
for
this
particular
Junction
for
the
town,
but
we
have
to
make
it
that
was
going
to
happen
yeah
either.
I
thought
it
was
also
going
to
happen
at
some
point
in
time,
so
just
have
to
keep
keep
keep
moving
on.
It.
I
think
it
might
be
helpful
to
plan
on
a
special
called
meeting
just
to
touch
base
on
the
numbers.
H
Like
dog
was
saying,
you
know
some
summaries
of
what
it
looks
like
you
know
over
the
in
your
projection,
and
you
still
got
a
little
information
to
gather.
It
doesn't
need
to
be
a
long
meeting,
but
maybe
at
five
o'clock
one
day
or
even
5:30
I
would
think
we
probably
wouldn't
be
much
more
than
a
half-hour
meeting,
but
I
think
it's
such
a
significant
decision,
I
hate
not
to
gather
and
talk
about
it.
H
One
more
time
before
we
meet
and
March
when
we
really
need
to
say
yea
or
nay
on
it,
I
would
say:
I
don't
want
to
oversimplify
it,
but
we
should.
We
should
be
able
to
do
it
cheaper
ourselves
because
we're
not
having
to
pay
an
overhead
for
someone
else
to
do
it,
which
is
what
you
know
the
cut
this
company
is
in
the
business
of
doing
which
is
fine,
that's
their
business,
they're
not
going
to
do
it
for
free
and
it's
and
it's
been
a
great
benefit
to
the
town.
H
It's
this
is
a
pretty
tough
business
or
so
it
seems
to
me
you
know
Jamie
you're,
going
to
you
know
it's
going
to
be
something.
Yet
that's
going
to
change
your
logic
a
bit,
and
so
you
know
it's
a
big
step
to
take,
but
somebody
that
I
know
really
well
I
was
chatting
with
today
would
happen
to
be
my
wife,
and
she
said
you
know
what
you
know.
The
comment
was
like:
why
would
you
all
want
to
do
that,
and
it
is.
H
That
is
your
first
reaction
but
the
but
but
even
though
I
don't
think
any
of
us
or
it's
a
it's
sort
of
a
you
know,
it's
it's
sort
of
a
what's
the
word
a
little
intimidating.
Let's
put
it
that
way
to
take
that
you're
on.
But
if
you
look
at
I,
don't
see
you
know
the
evidence,
sort
of
mounts
mounts
that
that
that's
in
the
long
haul
would
seem
to
be
unless
we
hear
something
different
and
some
of
these
some
information
that
we
don't
have
it's
it's
hard
to
delay,
making
this
decision.
A
F
F
H
E
H
Also
I
wonder
if
we
might
be
able
to
reach
an
arrangement
wizard
where
you
know
we're
if
we
need
somebody
and
need
need
to
surfaces
in
the
gap
that
you
know,
obviously,
it's
a
sort
of
need
to
talking
to
do
show
you
know
what
happen
if
there,
because
I
don't
think
we
can.
You
know
it's
just
it's
just
you
have
to
have
some
backup
it
yeah
well,.
F
E
F
H
B
B
E
B
B
B
E
B
A
J
J
Our
original
thought
was,
we
got
bids
and
it's
been
out
for
brick
and
concrete
the
difference
between
concrete
sidewalk
and
the
brick
about
$65,000.
So
the
hope
was
that
Sykes,
regular
gonna
be
thrilled
paid
the
difference
in
we
just
go
for
it.
So
for
the
problem
of
maintenance
which
we
had
Benicia.
However,
that's
not
wasn't
the
proposal
and
we
didn't
really
add
the
agenda.
Meeting
didn't
have
much
of
a
proposal
from
him
some
ideas,
but
one
was.
J
An
awkward
proposal
that
again
I
haven't
I
can't
tell
you
that
we
can
do
it
this
way,
because
it
looks
like
we're
dodging
every
our
approach
to
it.
But
it's
a
service
contract
that
at
that
size
we
could
have
done
that
by
forum
will
be
an
informal
bid
once
you
make
you
take
the
bid,
whichever
process
and
then
you're
committed
to
either
rejecting
all
bids
or
taking
the
lowest
responsible
bidder
and
one
of
mr.
Reagan's
proposals
laws
didn't
work.
He
said
what,
if
I
hire
a
contractor,
he
builds
it
and
you
you
pay
toward
that.
J
What
you
to
pay
just
the
concrete,
and
we
can't
we
can't
do
that.
The
alternate
proposal
I
got
through
this
attorney
was
what,
if
you
buy
the
bridge
from
me
now
this
is
just
cash
flow
economics
of
what
it
is
is
then
Reagan
would
build
it
in
segments
and
then
the
town
would
pay
him
for
the
sidewalk
and
easement.
Oh
and
arguably
my
understanding
is
they
would
attempt
they
don't
what
that
number
will
be
either
they.
J
To
make
that
come
in
at
what
our
low
bid
process
and
we
would
be
providing
the
grease
to
make
the
wheels
run
but
buying
the
bridge
that
would
give
him
whatever
mountain
was
buried
on
he'd
use
that
he'll
destroy
the
sidewalk,
sell
that
to
us
he
get
that
money.
Do
it
again
and
again
and
again,
the
idea
was
not
that
he'd
make
money
on
it,
but
it
was
a
means
by
which
the
town
could
or
he
could
build
it.
The
town
could
fund
it
and
hopefully
not
pay
more
than
their
Loeb
it.
J
One
of
the
questions
are
raised
or
Jamie
suggested
was
one
if
we
do
it
in
concrete,
but
we
stamp
that
concrete
to
look
like
brick,
I
think
unless
we
use
colored
concrete.
So
it
looks
like
brick,
the
nice
point
to
that
talk
to
Appalachian
graders.
The
people
who
give
us
LOV
had
talked
old
name
kid
and
I
can't
remember
last
name
rusev
thing
and
he
went
and
checked
on
what
it
would
cost.
If
you
increase
the
cost,
they
take
the
concrete,
sidewalk
water,
colored,
concrete
and
stamped
it
sort
of
look
like
brick.
J
He
said
that
process,
although
it
looked
like
his
first
thought.
I've
talked
to
him
this
morning.
That
sounds
like
that'd,
be
a
better
deal
at
the
other
day,
Co
baggage
said
no,
it
wouldn't
the
cost
of
doing
that
for
the
increased
cost
of
concrete.
It's
just
about
as
cheap
just
go
ahead
and
put
down
papers,
but
down
the
break.
J
So
it
was
not
a
sub
cost
savings
that
it
appears,
and
that's
about
where
we
are,
is
the
proposal
that
I
haven't
responded
to,
because
there's
none
of
real
numbers
on
me
and
regularly
building
and
selling
it
to
us.
That
feels
like,
or
at
least
it
seems
to
me
that
the
cones
look
at
that.
That's
the
way
you
just
cut
around
the
bid
process
and
then
there's
some
control.
We
have
over
the
contract
that
we
paid
it
to
you
that
we
don't
have
over
at
the.
J
J
A
E
A
A
J
Was
talking
to
contractors
today,
I
didn't
ask
them
about
their
time
constraints,
but
March
the
weather
will
have
broken
living
ready
to
go
to
work
and
so
I
can
everyone
else.
I
can
gather
more.
That
might
be
a
proposal
except
at
this
board,
but
if
you're
gonna
have
a
special
called
meeting
in
a
couple
weeks
to
talk
about
garbage,
we
might
add
to
that
agenda
at
discussion
salvation
back
to
their
job
work.
J
B
Can
take
it
we,
the
next
round
of
funding,
has
opened
up,
and
this
is
the
funding
that
we
have
been
successful
in
obtaining
through
the
NPO,
it's
federal
highway
funding,
it's
the
St
BG
funding,
which
changes
acronyms
a
year
late.
It
seems
like
this
would
be
for
2020
the
amount
we
are
asking
for
and
I
think
from
the
beginning,
we've
known
that
it
would
be
around
a
six
million
dollar
Greenway
project,
and
this
is
the
Riverwalk
green
light
project
phase
two
that
runs
from
Oleg.
B
We
are
seeking
1.2
million
dollars,
which
will
bring
us
to
the
six
million
dollar
estimate
that
we've
been
given
by
our
consultant,
slash
engineer
on
the
construction
cost
and
the
total
cost
of
the
green
light.
Excuse
me
so
our
amount
as
far
as
match
is
a
20%
match.
It
would
be
$240,000
and,
of
course,
we're
responsible
for
that.
1%
of
that
total
project,
which
would
be
1.2
million,
which
is
extremely.
B
B
And
we
are
going
to
be
reaching
out
to
some
other
funding
agencies
to
track
get
some
more
makeup
off,
set
our
cost
as
we
move
through,
which
this
is
it's.
What
we
do
we're
trying
to
get
more
money
from
other
from
other
areas
and
other
agencies
to
help
offset,
though
the
town's
cost.
But
this
is
the
resolution
to
to
go
out
of
that
next
round
of
funding.
A
A
L
A
J
J
Committee
and
in
the
past
we've
had
Belize
people.
We
tend
to
try
to
select
people
who's,
the
skills
that
save
that
you
know
we
make
them.
We
have
to
work,
and
that
saves
the
money
this
used
to
maintain
the
building
Ron
Collins
fit
that
bill
on
a
number
of
terms.
So
we're
asking
this
board
appointed
if
it's
presumed
that
library
board
falls
under
that
number
of
the
other
that
you
can't
serve
on
more
than
one
appointed
Ford.
Since
this
isn't
a
policymaking
board
that
would
conflict
anything
else.
H
L
I
This
is
something
we
brought
up
at
the
agenda
meeting,
which
things
ever
been
done
before,
but
it's
something
I
thought
I
found
out
that
Maggie,
Valley
and
Mills
River
do
this
procedure
and
I
thought
it
would
be
a
good
idea
to
offer
this
to
the
public.
It's
a
notice
of
interest
interest
for
Board
of
Aldermen
appointment,
which
would
be
four
courses
position.
I
I
L
L
To
build
on
what
you're,
saying
and
Ron,
please
feel
free
to
jump
in
here
and
provide
your
expertise
as
well,
but
certainly
all
of
us
have
been
contacted
by
members
of
the
public
about
the
appointment
for
the
remainder
of
Carlos's
term
and
our
Charter
does
not
allow
for
us.
Stop
both
leave
it
vacant
or
to
call
for
a
special
election.
So
the
board
must
appoint
someone
to
fill
that
term
in
in
the
spirit
of
transparency.
L
Maggie
has
come
up
with
this
idea
of
this
notice
of
interest,
where
individuals
that
have
interest
in
serving
the
remainder
of
that
term
would
fill
out
this
form.
That
would
be
available
here
at
Town
Hall
for
public
inspection
for
individuals
to
see,
and
they
wouldn't
be
required
to
do
anything
other
than
that
they
would
certainly
have
the
opportunity
at
our
next
board,
meeting
to
come
and
speak
in
citizen
comments
like
any
other
citizen.
J
The
the
Charter,
the
law
requires
little
other
than
this
board
appoint
a
replacement.
This
is
a
nonpartisan
board
and
that's
about
the
only
limitation
in
state
law
is
if
we
had
a
partisan
board
that
the
person
replacing
the
missing
member
be
of
the
same
political
party.
We
don't
have
that,
and
the
this
board
is
putting
this
together
means
just
how
do
you
get
your
name
in
the
pot?
So
they
know
your
interests,
it's
not
like
a
job
application.
J
I
H
It
is
it
would
you
intend
for
it
to
be
mandatory?
In
other
words,
you
know
it's
again,
you
can't
really
bind
the
board
from
doing
it.
So
if
someone
failed
to
get
the
application
in
on
time
or
whatever
the
board
can
kind
of
still
do,
they
can
still
make
a
decision
they're
not
bound
by
any
due
dates
or
anything
of
that.
J
H
Right,
that's
right!
That's
right!
I
think
it
had
I'll
be
very
honest.
I
was
not
a
real
fan
of
it,
because
I
felt
it
was,
could
be
somewhat
somewhat
disingenuous
and
that
you
know
if
you're,
asking
somebody
to
to
to
submit
an
application,
but
they
really
had
very
little
experience
and
so
forth.
You're
still
you
know,
this
is
a
political
board.
I
mean
we're
nonpartisan,
but
we're
still,
you
know
we're
still
going
to
choose
people
that
you
know
that
are
that
we
that
we
can
work
with
and
so
forth.
H
That's
just
what's
going
to
happen,
and
so
I
felt,
like
it
may
kind
of
put
you
know,
maybe
a
little
awkward
at
times.
However,
there's
there's
two
sides
to
the
coin,
and
that
is
that
if
someone
is
interested
in
it
and
and
qualified
and
does
want
it,
then
it's
just
as
well
for
the
public
to
know
I
think
I,
don't
think,
there's
a
downside
to
it
sure.
E
A
They've
come
on
and
become
the
top
vote
getters
and
one
of
the
top
vote
getters
in
the
elections
after
that,
and
so
that's
our
job
is
board,
is
to
replace
somebody
that
dies
and
Carlos
is
a
spot
or
has
to
resign
for
what
you
know
for
whatever
reason
and
I
think
this
more
done
a
pretty
good
job
and
then
fell
on
the
seats.
If
you
look
at
their
up
their
performance
and
how
they
conducted
themselves
when
they
were
appointed
to
the
board.
L
No
means
in
supporting
this
measure
making
any
indication
or
any
indictment
of
any
of
the
board
members
that
have
been
selected.
It's
a
privilege
to
serve
with
all
of
you
all
I,
just
think
that
we're
in
a
in
a
unique
time
where
people
are
asking
for
more
transparency,
they're
asking
for
more
avenues
to
make
to
serve
and
to
make
themselves
known
and
be
available
and
I.
Just
think
this
is
another
tool
for
that
again
it.
It
certainly
is
not
going
to
restrict
the
board
from
selecting
someone
that
doesn't
get
this
in
on
time.
L
E
L
I
J
L
L
H
E
B
B
H
G
G
L
Are
just
a
couple
things
I
wanted
to
get
the
board's
opinion
on
as
well
I
think
everything
was
good
on
here.
There's
a
couple
of
questions
I
had
on
the
the
question
of
the
residency
that
you
say,
I
think
that's
perfectly
good
to
have
on
there
the
length
of
the
residents
residency.
Do
we
want
to
leave
that
on
there
I
think.
L
L
H
I
L
Then
the
last
one
which
I'm
perfectly
fine
leaving
on
there
I'd
salami,
get
this
out
there.
The
affirmation
of
eligibility
with
you
know
the
certain
band,
the
Box
movement.
That's
come
on
to
applications
recently,
not
asking
these
questions
about
prior
misconduct
in
criminal
history.
Do
we
want
to
keep
this
on
there?
Do
we
want
to
remove
it,
because
that.
J
E
E
A
A
K
But
a
petition
was
received
by
the
department
to
close
a
portion
of
right
away
between
ruby
avenue
and
old
state
10
Road,
the
right
of
way
that
this
has
to
be
closed,
touches
212,
Ruby,
Avenue
and
213
Old
State,
Road
people,
TN
Road.
Sorry,
the
area
to
be
closed
is
approximately
75
feet
in
length
and
about
14
feet
wide.
The
area
to
be
closed
is
not
identified
at
any
adopted
plans.
Nor
is
it
part
of
a
proposed
Greenway
of
roadway
system
and
the
right-of-way
is
not
part
of
stormwater
system.
K
A
A
K
You
may
remember
late
in
the
summer
we
had
a
successful
rezoning
application
on
Flat
Creek
Road,
which
prompted
a
conversation
about
a
significant
number
of
parcels
in
this
area
that
were
legally
non-conforming,
and
we
had
some
requests
from
other
people
who
lived
in
the
area
who
were
also
interested
in
having
the
same
zoning
district
of
tr4.
So
we
wanted
to
seek
a
more
holistic
solution
to
that
corridor.
K
There
are
44
parcels
and
in
the
study
area,
if
Ruiz
owned,
then
there
will
be
only
8
parcels
that
remain
legally
non-conforming
because
they
continue
to
be
too
small.
Even
at
the
tr4
zoning
district
I
will
point
out
that
SR
2
and
TR
4
very
similar
districts,
they're,
primarily
residential,
with
a
primary
difference
being
the
lot
size
dropping
out
to
a
quarter
of
an
acre.
K
K
The
Planning
Board
had
a
community
meeting
to
field
questions
about
the
rezoning
and
we
had
about
12
or
13
property
owners
represented
at
that
meeting.
We
also
had
a
lot
of
phone
calls
and
the
signs
went
up
and
it
was
widely
supported.
We
had
a
couple
of
questions.
People
thought
they
were
being
down
round
and
not
observed,
but
that
was
the
extent
of
that.
There
are
significant.
K
I
A
K
The
owner
of
ten
sixty
on
us
70
is
requesting
to
be
rezone
from
a
la
6
to
HB
8.
The
property
is
just
over
six
tenths
of
an
acre
and
is
situated
on
the
corner
of
old
70
in
tabernacle
Road.
You
see
on
the
map.
It's
indicated
in
red.
That
is,
if
it
were
to
be
resumed,
it
would
be
congruent
with
those
other
red
properties
that
it
is
the
adjacent
to
and
abutting
and.
K
K
K
It
does
have
a
slightly
well.
It
has
a
significantly
wider
range
of
permitted
uses,
such
as
an
industrial
park
which
is
allowed
as
a
special
use,
but
it
is
unlikely
to
be
achieved
through
the
size
constraints
of
the
parcel,
and
you
know
a
neighbor
had
a
little
bit
of
concern
that
is.
She
specifically
used
the
industrial
development
example
and
said
that
was
noted
at
the
Planning
Board
meeting
and
that
and
we
had
a
four
to
one
vote
to
still
recommend
the
application
to
you.
D
My
name
is
Chris
petit
and,
speaking
of
recently,
I
just
moved
here
from
Biltmore
Forest.
Don't
you
mention
that
our
rates
did
go
up
a
lot
anyway?
I
have
a
house:
that's
listed
up
there
as
well
and
on
this
map
you
don't
really
notice
it,
but
there's
actually
only
two
other
parcels
that
are
listed
in
red.
The
great
big
one
parallels
my
house.
My
house
is
the
little
tiny
one
there
on
the
left
and
it's
my
understanding
that
the
demarcation
line
for
everything
south
of
that
is
what
is
currently
trying
to
be
free
zone.
D
E
D
I
A
A
K
This
may
be
a
property
that
I've
had
more
calls
about
in
my
tenure
at
five
now
move
to
date,
1114
mantri,
Road,
formerly
known
as
the
Nana's
property.
It's
legally
non-conforming
use
as
a
nursing
facility,
expired
in
the
middle
of
December
and,
as
you
know,
the
rezoning
request
is
to
change
from
sr22.
You
are
eight
and
you
can
see
the
abundance
of
red
in
the
area
that
the
properties
both
adjacent
and
abutting,
the
requested
zoning
district.
K
The
parcel
is
just
short
of
two
acres
and
the
most
significant
difference
between
the
the
requested
district
and
the
existing.
It
is
that
the
lot
size
and
potential
density
of
eight
units
per
acre,
the
property,
does
appear
in
the
Greenway
master
plan
for
a
multi-use
path
on
the
back
of
the
property.
It
also
appears,
at
least
in
part,
and
the
100
and
the
500
year,
flood
plain
Maps.
There
is
sufficient
infrastructure
in
the
area
to
serve
the
parcel.
K
A
H
G
A
I
B
All
right,
Josh
yeah,
just
a
couple
quick
things
here,
just
a
reminder
that
our
our
second
comprehensive
plan
update,
meeting
public
input
meeting
is
Monday
week
from
today
on
the
17th
at
Meadowbrook
freewill,
baptist
church
off
of
blue
ridge.
Looking
it
up
blue
ridge
road
and
that
is
from
6:00
to
8:00
p.m.
look
forward
to
seeing
a
another
good
turnout
for
that
meeting.
Hopefully
also.
B
B
That
we
can
squeeze
out
and
hopefully
get
some
more
info
I
think
that
is
posted
on
our
website
for
for
senior
public
input
for
around
30
days,
or
so
at
least
I
will
mention,
did
send
out
an
email
to
the
board.
I
guess
it
was
this
last
week
about
the
potential
for
any
one
of
you
to
be
on
a
friends
of
the
fauna.
Flora
state
trail
board.
There
is
a
meeting
this
Thursday
on
the
13th
at
5:30
and
Marian
at
their
YMCA.
B
Just
to
give
you
a
little
heads-up
this
this
board
has
has
been
actively
working
to
pursue,
funding
and
and
state
recognition.
They
are
I,
think
one
of
five
six,
seven
or
eight
state
trails.
This
will
run
from
Marion.
Excuse
me
Morganton
to
Asheville
and
operates
similar
to
the
mountains
to
see
Trail
just
shorter.
The
French
board
has
just
been
created
as
of
last
week.
They
are
I,
think
they're
filing
for
their
nonprofits
tasks.
B
B
Said
he
didn't
have
a
lot
of
time,
but
he
would
be
happy
to
serve
if
we
needed
him
to,
but
that
is
like
I
said
next
Thursday
at
5:30
and
any
or
all
of
you
are
more
than
welcome
to
come,
but
I
would
be
attending
and
the
hope
is
to
get
representation
from
each
county
along
the
trail
and
each
municipality
along
the
trail.
And
last
but
not
least,
we
have
been
contacted
and
kind
of
have
went
into
what
we
have
meant
to
agreement
with.
B
H
But
there
was
one
of
the
one
of
the
folks
were
sick,
and
so
we
just
rescheduled-
and
they
will
be
here
next
month
and
I-
think
we'll
also
has
somebody
from
in
d-o-t
that
might
be
able
to
provide
little
clarity
on
on
right
away
acquisition
timing.
You
know
the
state
this
many
of
you
are
aware.
The
state
overall
money
for
roads
is
the
slowdown
on
just
the
amount
of
construction
and
the
cost
of
it,
and
so
it's
a
bit
of
a
moving
target.
H
L
I
would
just
say
that,
in
the
spirit
of
recognizing
the
the
two
public
servants
that
we've
lost
in
the
last
few
weeks,
early
voting
for
the
primaries
begins
on
the
13th
there's
an
early
voting
site
here
in
town
at
the
library.
Please
feel
free
to
avail
yourself
and
then
participate
in
the
process.
It's
better
when
everyone
participates.