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From YouTube: Black Mountain Aldermen Meeting - 01/14/2013
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Regular meeting of the Town of Black Mountain Aldermen held Monday, January 14, 2013.
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We
do
have
some
agenda
changes.
There
is
no
new
business
on
the
agenda
tonight
agenda
session.
We
had
some
and
it
contains
the
night.
We
have
the
new
business
this
time
like
to
read
the
proclamation
honoring
dr.
Martin,
Luther,
King
humans,
France
Arthur,
martin
luther
king
jr.,
inspired
millions
of
Americans
participate
in
nonviolent
protest
to
support
the
ideals
of
equality
for
all
was
a
motivating
force
behind
the
civil
rights
movement
that
had
a
zit,
Goulding
creation
of
a
society
of
all
races,
cultures
and
nationalities.
But
whereas
the
ideals
of
dr.
A
A
King's
birthday
is
intended
as
a
time
for
all
Americans
to
reaffirm
their
commitment
to
the
basic
principles
that
underlie
our
Constitution
equality
and
justice
for
all,
whereas
until
Black
Mountain
encourages
all
citizens
to
rededicate
themselves,
to
the
principles
of
respect
for
human
rights
and
freedom,
a
belief
in
gun,
violence
and
a
commitment
to
improving
our
community
through
community
service
and
volunteerism,
and
therefore
I
Carl
Martin
near
the
town
of
Black
Mountain.
On
behalf
of
or
involvement
assistant,
Black
Mountain,
we
should
honor
and
do
proclaim
Monday
January,
14
2013's,
dr.
A
Martin,
Luther,
King,
jr.,
Day,
talib,
black
mountain
again
will
honor
dr.
Martin
Luther
King
at
the
twenty-third
and
so
no
valid
prayer
breakfast
saturday
februari
second
2013
hosted
by
the
local
market,
Luther
King,
jr.
or
moral
corporation
each
year,
scholarship
from
one's
the
local
recipients
who
have
applied
and
made
it
through
the
selection
process.
The
challenge
that
scholarship
pose
include
critical
thinking
and
compassionate
action
and
I
commend
that
committee
and
will
work
they've
done
and
the
success
they've
had
been
developing
these
scholarships
again.
That
will
help
our
young
people
in
the
community.
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Good
evening
my
new
song
Gail
a
little
110
Walnut
Street
over
by
Lake
tomahawk
and
as
chair
of
the
town
square
steering
committee
I'd
like
to
come
before
you
this
evening
and
just
deliver
this
report
to
the
board
here
mayor
and
board.
I'm
pleased
to
update
you
this
evening
about
what
is
happening
with
the
town
square
project.
On
december,
seven
holly
jolly
began
with
the
official
lighting
of
the
town
christmas
tree
located
on
town
square.
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Refreshments
were
available,
as
was
new
on
high
school
marching
band,
who
played
some
Christmas
carols,
while
the
crowd
waited
for
mr.
and
mrs.
Santa
Claus
to
arrive.
We
wish
to
thank
you,
mayor
parted,
as
well
as
the
Board
of
Aldermen
for
being
present
for
this
historic
event.
Aside
from
strong
winds
that
blew
the
tree
over
a
couple
of
times,
it
stood
tall
and
proud
through
the
Christmas
season,
greeting
all
who
came
through
the
center
of
town,
beginning
in
September
of
2012
committee.
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Members
have
been
personally
with
over
160
people
who
have
expressed
an
interest
in
contributing
significant
amounts
to
the
town
square
project
of
those
visited.
Several
gifts
in
excess
of
ten
thousand
dollars
have
been
received
and
others
have
been
pledged.
An
anonymous
donor
plates,
thirty
thousand
dollars
to
be
given
when
construction
begins.
Another
local
donor
has
verbally
committed
to
a
significant
naming
opportunity
gift
what
should
be
announced
within
the
month
to
date,
outstanding
pledges
amount
to
about
86,000,
195,
58
cents,
so
far,
147,000
478
dollars
and
thirty-two
cents
in
cash
has
been
received.
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Another
donor
has
contributed
a
bequest
of
242
thousand
dollars
toward
funding
a
five
hundred
thousand
dollar
endowment
for
keeping
the
property
in
tip-top
shape
through
the
parks
and
green
leaf
foundation.
We
are
able
to
receive
stocks
as
well.
Our
team
has
also
been
working
very
hard
on
securing
grants
from
various
foundations
and
organizations.
The
monk
wat
has
already
been
submitted.
We
are
in
the
process
of
finalizing
the
following
grant:
applications.
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The
Gannett
foundation
for
five
thousand
dollar,
grant
the
Blue
Ridge
foundation
for
an
eighteen
thousand
dollar
grant
and
buncombe
county
tourism
and
Development
Authority
for
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollar
grant.
Until
now,
we
have
been
working
somewhat
behind
the
scenes
to
secure
as
much
toward
the
total
goal
of
two
million
dollars
as
possible
within.
C
Weeks
we
plan
to
bring
the
campaign
public
and
engage
the
entire
community
to
complete
the
fundraising
process.
To
that
and
several
naming
opportunities
are
available
for
individuals,
families
and
businesses,
including
park
benches
picnic
tables
and
garden
areas.
We
also
have
multiple
levels
of
bricks
available.
Our
goal
from
the
beginning
has
been
to
make
it
possible
for
everyone
in
Black
Mountain
to
participate
in
this
historic
project.
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Rick
pricing
is
as
follows,
and
the
all
these
bricks
are
too
interested
red
clay
for
laying
brick
with
up
to
three
lines
been
raiding
and
fifty
dollars
granite,
four
by
eight
bricks,
with
up
to
three
lines
of
engraving
two
hundred
dollars
granite,
eight
by
eight
bricks,
with
up
to
six
lines
of
engraving
five
million
dollars
granite
8
by
16.
Inch
bricks
with
up
to
seven
lines,
have
been
great,
with
no
logo
or
symbol,
$1,000
granted
8
by
16
bricks,
with
five
to
seven
lines
of
engraving
with
a
logo
symbol.
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Twenty
five
hundred
dollars
granite
16
by
16
inch
bricks
without
two
to
12
lines
of
engraving,
with
no
logo
over
simple
twenty
five
hundred
dollars
in
granite
16
by
16
inch
bricks
with
age
of
twelve
lines
of
Engraving
and
a
local
or
assembled
five
thousand
dollars.
I've
got
also
as
a
part
of
your
packet,
a
sample
of
what
the
bridge
sizes
would
look
like
with
you
moving
on
them
on
behalf
the
town
square.
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C
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E
Just
and
it's
just
my
suggestion
and
I
think
that
that
would
go
a
long
ways
towards
see
meaning
this
idea
that
we're
going
to
get
this
thing
done
instead
of
waiting
to
and
get
all
the
money
that
participate
in
using
some
of
this
gun
and
that
you
got
one
hundred
forty-seven
thousand
dollar
to
to
get
that
plan
to
get
that
designer
to
get
it
built
this
year.
Even
if
you
didn't
do
anything
else
on
there,
I
would
highly
suggest
that
you
that
just.
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F
My
name
is
mary
stanley
and
I
reside
at
118
Shenandoah
Terrace
mantri,
so
I
thank
the
town
of
Black
Mountain
for
this
opportunity
to
stand
before
you.
During
this
time
of
public
comment
on
Wednesday
februari
13th
of
7pm,
the
state
of
North
Carolina
Utilities
Commission
will
hold
a
public
hearing
on
an
application
to
build
a
massive
solar
farm
on
the
ridgecrest
property
owned
by
lifeway
christian
resources.
The
hearing
will
be
held
in
district
court
room
number,
one
in
the
basement
of
the
Buncombe
County
Courthouse.
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This
application
is
for
a
200-acre
90,000
panel,
65
million
dollar
solar
farm.
This
will
be
the
first
public
hearing
on
a
solar
farm
application
ever
held
by
the
Commission
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina.
No
applications
have
ever
been
denied.
I
am
concerned
that
solar
farms
are
being
built
too
big
and
too
fast
and
that
they
may
one
day
become
a
burden
to
the
taxpayers
of
buncombe
county
black
mountain
in
North
Carolina,
an
informational
meeting
of
soul
farms
was
held
by
the
county
extension
office
in
Catawba
County
North
Carolina
on
November
fifth
2012.
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Furthermore,
almost
every
solar
farm
applicant
and
elena
is
a
newly
formed,
limited
liability.
Corporation
little
can
be
done
if
the
project
is
abandoned
at
any
point
during
the
project
or
if
the
company
simply
no
longer
exists.
At
the
end
of
the
25-plus
year,
life
expectancy
of
the
solar
panels,
maroon.
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Llc,
the
applicant
company
was
incorporated,
December,
9
2011
and
the
state
of
New
Mexico
and
States.
It
will
be
self-certified,
despite
statements
to
the
press,
that
the
project
won't
be
seen
from
I-40.
No
engineering
studies
have
been
conducted
for
this
ridgecrest
project
and
as
late
as
this
past
October
mr.
Oglesby,
the
spokesman
for
this
new
mexico-based
company,
has
never
even
been
to
see
ridgecrest.
F
Despite
not
a
single
engineering
dollar
having
been
spent,
six
parcels
have
been
depicted
on
a
map
of
the
ridgecrest
property
to
show
the
location
of
the
solar
panels,
and
the
project
has
received
quote-unquote
the
go-ahead
from
the
North
Carolina
environmental
clearinghouse,
requiring
only
erosion
and
storm
water
permits.
This
massive
solar
project
includes
heavily
forested
steep
grades
on
both
sides
of
I
40.
What
will
be
the
effect
of
200
acres
of
their
purview,
solar
panels,
replacing
200
acres
of
forest
land
in
this
location
on
january?
F
Second,
I
call
the
Buncombe
County
landfill
I
ask:
how
do
I
dispose
of
a
solar
panel?
The
answer
was
I,
don't
know.
No
one
has
ever
asked
that
question
before
in
the
Catawba
County
Extension
report
it
states
there
is
little
planning
for
what
to
do
with
these
panels
once
they
are
no
longer
useful.
If
we
don't
know
what
to
do
with
one
solar
panel,
what
will
happen
with
90,000,
but
we
have
a
90,000
solar
panel
kudzu
covered
junkyard
and
rich
grass.
How
many
in
the
state
of
North
Carolina?
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F
Destroyed
200
acres
of
Western,
North,
Carolina
mountains
in
return,
40
megawatts
of
dependable
energy
and
will
solar
farms
and
the
disposal
of
solar
panels
ultimately
become
a
tax
burden
to
the
citizens
of
buncombe,
county
and
North
Carolina.
If
solar
farms
are
to
play
a
significant
part
in
decreasing
our
dependence
on
fossil
fuels,
we
need
to
work
together
to
make
sure
Don
wine.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
tonight.
Thank
you.
A
H
Phyllis
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hide
you
guys'll
I
wanted
to
speak
last,
because
I
do
have
some
very
definite
opinions
on
sustainable
power
generation.
I
think
that
every
coal-fired
anatomic
plan
should
we
be
replaced
in
its
current
location
with
solar,
Fox
I,
see
no
reason
why
we
should
let
for
profit,
please
not
controlled
by
the
utilities,
commission
or
anybody
else.
Develop
power
generation,
with
the
exception
I
think
it's
very
important
that
a
French
quest
would
like
to
have
power
to
serve
ridgecrest
that
they
have
a
solar
system
of
their
own
to
serve
the
neighborhood.
H
D
H
Sidewalks
in
this
town
decision
to
see
human
right
issue.
Second,
it's
something
that
will
pay
for
itself
very
rapidly
in
energy
conservation.
Now
that
doesn't
mean
that
the
person
investing
you
know,
people
building
the
sidewalks
are
going
to
get
it,
but
each
and
every
one
of
us
citizens
by
buying
less
gas,
it's
going
to
save
money.
So
sidewalks
are
the
number
one
energy
conservation,
measure
least
quarterly
Association
of
energy
engineers.
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I
Surly
yeah
all
right,
he
not
able
to
be
here
tonight,
and
so
he
is,
he
sent
copy
of
his
report,
which
opportune
everybody's
plate.
I
won't
read
it
read
it
to
you,
you
have
everybody
has
in
terms
of
short
synopsis
of
the
planning
board
activities
and
your
connectives.
The
debt
reduction
committee
I
went
point
out
the
end
of
this
you'll
notice.
This
writer
submitted
his
resignation
from
the
planning
board
and
the
debt
reduction
committee.
B
I
I
Role
in
the
play
board
he's
the
chairman,
the
Planning
Board
delhi,
durability
to
reappoint
the
new
chairman
and
his
and
his
term
expires
of
july
of
this
year.
So
you
can
accept
applications
and
we
can
bring
that
process
back
to
you,
but
but
but
both
of
those
both
of
those
positions
need
to
be
filled.
Assembled,
ok,.
A
J
Evening,
it's
good
to
have
the
opportunity
be
back
for
you
and
talk
about
this.
I
wanna
break
this
presentation
in
basically
three
parts.
First
of
all,
we
will
look
at
the
MSD
board
online
on
the
internet
and
like
highlights
and
things
there
for
you
and
we've
got
a
short
presentation.
Then
we'll
talk
about
this
water
or
consolidation
issue
that
so,
I
think,
really
at
the
hearts
of
everybody's
mind.
Oh
this
website
provides
a
lot
of
good
information.
Would
like
you
to
hit
financial,
please
and
get
annual
budgets.
J
J
J
Tonight,
showing
us
anything,
any
of
this
report
is
also
underwear
produced
annually
and
feel
free
to
look
at
that,
and
the
last
thing
we
want
to
go
down.
Looking
very
bottom
is
the
water
study
water
study
that
was
commissioned
by
MSD
board.
The
impact
study
which
I've
got
to
copy
up
here
is
also
on
the
web.
J
J
Darling
was
nice
enough
to
do
this,
and
you
can
just
start
through
this.
Some
of
this
will
want
to
go
over
fairly
quickly.
Some
of
it,
you
may
have
questions
on.
So
if
there's
something
that
you've
got
a
question
on,
you
know,
we
talked
about
table
of
contents.
Mst
organization
consists
of
twelve
members
right
now.
Our
legislature
has
been
introduced
to
expand
that
to
14
giving
Henderson
County
two
seats
on
the
board.
J
J
J
J
J
So
this
is
repetitive
average
response
time
of
36
minutes.
If
you
have
a
sewer
problem
and
you're,
not
sure
whether
it's
yours
or
msds,
call
MSD.
First,
the
average
response
time
is
36
minutes.
Then
we'll
have
a
technician
out
there.
He
will
evaluate
situation
and
then
determine
whether
it's
msds
or
the
homeowner
and
in
some
cases
that
likes
to
be
able
to
help
the
homeowner
out
if
it's
set
the
problem.
J
J
A
E
J
There
were
installed
in
2012
in
two
thousand
I
think
it
was
the
Christmas
of
two
thousand
that
we
had
a
bad
ice
storm
msds
generator
failed
it
cranked,
but
it
didn't
produce
power
resulting
in
a
pretty
significant
overflow.
We
have
upgraded
that
240
I
mean
24
megawatts
and
the
other
thing
we've
done
is.
We
have
put
two
power
feeds
into
the
plan.
J
K
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J
J
Hydrating
the
program,
the
big
advantage
to
this
and
what
it
involves
us,
is
actually
going
into
pipe
with
a
camera
in
determining
how
what
the
quality
isn't
that
pipe.
If
we've
got
leaks,
if
we've
got
cracks,
can
we
repair
it
with
fix
with
fold
in
place
or
the
sections
that
don't
need
to
be
replaced
at
all
and
that
way,
instead
of
replacing
the
entire
long
runs
of
sewer,
we
can
just
go
in
and
replace
those
suit.
J
J
J
J
J
J
J
J
J
There's
a
meeting
in
Asheville
I
mean
a
meeting
in
raleigh.
The
city
of
asheville
sent
a
delegation
down
MSD
sent
a
delegation
down
which
I
was
part
of,
and
it
was
basically
an
all-day
meeting
in
which
MSD
presented
its
organizational
structure
and
what
it
did
and
how
it
did
it.
City
of
Asheville
talked
about
its
organizational
structure.
J
Februari
23rd
there
was
a
meeting
in
Asheville
in
which
all
local
parties
were
allowed
to
speak
fell
out.
The
action
was
there
for
that
meeting.
Virtually
everybody
there
was
against
taking
the
water
system
away
from
the
city
of
Asheville
and
giving
it
to
you
miss
me
the
other
thing
in
the
study
Bella
was
it
said
that
really
had
three
options.
One
was
to
do
nothing
second
of
all
was
to
give
it
the
MSD.
The
third
option
would
be
to
create
a
third
entity
in
which
they
would
give
both
the
water
system
and
the
sewer
system.
J
J
Now,
prior
to
this,
if
cane
creek
came
in
to
the
MSD
here
came
under
the
authority
of
MSD,
the
city
of
asheville
would
have
lost
two
seats
and
welcome
county
would
have
lost
one
city,
so
this
new
bill
did
facilitate
the
fact
that
we
can
bring
cane
creek
in
and
not
really
upset
the
balance
on
the
MSD
board.
As
far
as
welcome
kenny
having
three
votes
in
the
city
of
actual
having
three
votes.
Oh.
J
J
If
you
invest,
be
operated
the
water
system
that
it
would
keep
the
water
rates
as
projected
by
the
city,
mansion
is
roughly
one-and-a-half
two
percent
per
year,
then
we
can
keep
all
actual
employees
and
bring
them
up
to
MSD
pay
rates
within
four
years,
and
then
we
would
complete
the
66
million
dollars
in
capital
improvements
over
five
years
at
sea,
vas
hope
and
propose.
Oh.
J
J
City
vegetable,
to
retain
title
to
be
tree
and
number
for
crest
or
less
the
area
underlying
water,
operation,
facilities,
Oh,
MST,
would
least
four
hundred
ninety
nine
years.
The
watershed
MSD
would
have
operational
maintenance
in
control
over
the
watershed,
and
a
water
system
would
be
compensated
at
a
rate
of
fifty
seven
billion
dollars
to
be
paid
over
50
years.
J
J
J
But
the
word
that
we're
getting
from
both
Moffitt
and
McGrady
is
that
we
expect,
in
the
first
quarter
of
this
year,
for
them
to
introduce
legislation
to
give
the
Water
Authority
with
the
city
bashful's
to
investigate
and
give
Henderson
County
somewhere
between
two
and
six
seats
on
that
board.
I
guess:
I'll!
Look
it
up
question
question.
J
Don't
know
that
there's
an
answer
as
far
as
I
can
find
it
somewhere.
I
think
that
the
south
end
of
buncombe
county
is
felt
like
they've,
been
bullied
by
the
city
of
Asheville
I.
Think
Henderson
County
feels
like
that
they
were
misled
by
the
city
of
Asheville
when
there
was
a
water
authority.
I
think
that
the
asheville
airport
authority
is
probably
a
mixing
thing
in
the
background
it.
G
D
D
E
You
know
we
want
less
government
control,
and
yet
here
we
are
with
the
government
down
there
telling
us
up
here
what
we
got
to
do
and
it's
just
absolutely
lose
and
we'll
Logan
people
then.
But,
but
what
can
happen
then,
is
that
once
the
water
system
is
then
put
into
ms
these
controls
that
could
be
dissolved
by
the
legislature
and
the
next
thing.
You
know
you
have
privatization
of
the
entire.
Both
water
and
sewer
systems.
J
E
J
E
D
E
Not
do
any
good,
but
the
thing
is
is
that
we
can
serve
and
let
people
know
where
we
were
where
we
stand,
because
we
are
part
of
this
first
of
all
we're
having
to
deal
with
MSD
and
then.
Secondly,
we
buy
a
good
third
of
our
water
from
the
city
of
Asheville.
So
we
are.
We
are
a
player
in
this
also
well
and
I.
J
The
meeting
in
Asheville
at
the
action
you
know
we
heard
from
Fletcher
we
heard
from
mills
river,
we
heard
from
Asheville.
Everybody
was
opposed
to
what's
going
on
with
this
Tim
off
a
bit,
and
yet
they
didn't
listen
to
any
of
that.
Now
there
there
are
pages
of
documentation
about
what
city
of
Asheville
has
done
with
warmth
and.
D
J
Have
control
voluntary
annexation
so
as
everybody
else
in
the
state?
Oh,
they
have
tried
in
periods
of
time
to
to
charge
people
outside
the
town,
a
high
rate
which
sound
us
which
Black
Mountain
does
but
we're
not
under
the
soul,
back
Oh
Raleigh's,
not
listening,
and
then
this
because
I've
heard
all
these
presentation,
they're
not
listening.
E
J
Responsible
manner
and
I
think
the
last
two
newspaper
or
articles
that
came
out
probably
two
weeks
ago
were
probably
the
two
that
that
came
as
close
to
being
correct,
based
on
the
information
that
I've
seen
a
lot
of
the
stuff
before
that
was
hearsay
and
speculation.
And
what's
going
on.
So
let
me
know
when
you
will
to
say
appears.
A
J
E
E
15
years,
but
still
no
so
we're
still
having
to
pay
it,
and
it
doesn't
matter
whether
you
turn
on
your
water
and
the
seeded
Nashville
runs
that
are
you
turn
on
the
water
and
Henderson
County
controls,
MN
Steve
runs
it
we're
still
paying
the
same.
It's
still
the
same
water
coming,
basically
the
same
lines
except
this
over
here
is
going
to
cost
more
money.
They're.
I
Sir,
thank
you.
You've
got
four
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
You've
got
the
adoption
of
minutes
from
the
December
sixth
and
December
tent
meetings.
The
board
you've
got
a
recommendation
to
appoint
Freddie
Robinson
to
the
Black
Mountain
Farms
local
relief
fund.
Lord
we've
got
the
approval
of
a
transfer
of
50000
dollars
for
operational
for
operational
costs
at
the
Black
Mountain
Golf
Course,
mere
contractually
obligated
to
to
make
that
transfer.
The.
E
I
I
E
I
Yep
and
then
finally,
you've
got
to
a
budget
amendment
to
to
reflect
Powell
expenditures.
We,
when
we
budgeted
we
discuss
this.
We
put
all
the
money
in
the
street
department
in
it,
as
the
eligible
expenditures
came
do
during
the
years
when
I
do
a
budget
to
shift
that
money.
Dr.
Powell
any
courses,
the
gas
tax
when
it
comes
back
to
the
town
and
that's.
D
A
I
The
first
public
hearing
is
to
close
the
unopened
planted
portion
of
Locust
Street,
that's
recommended
by
the
Planning
Board.
There's
a
new
subdivision
going
there
called
locust
Springs
this
the
right
away,
kind
of
lines
through
the
subdivision.
The
road
will
still
be
there.
It
just
closes
the
end
of
and
portion
of
it
and
it
just
the
road
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
subdivision.
I
A
I
Sir,
that
what
we
have
is
a
recommendation
from
the
Planning
Board
to
make
a
text
amendment
to
the
land
use
code.
Well,
what
we
have
now
is
for
the
appeal
process,
if
you,
if
there's
a
30
day,
appeal
process
for
an
administrative
decision
and
a
10-day
appeal
process
for
a
Notice
of
Violation
I,
think
that's
created
some
confusion,
sometimes
how
long
somebody
has
four
to
appeal
a
decision
based
on
the
zoning
code,
and
so
this
makes
all
of
it
30
day
after
new
process.
A
A
G
D
I
The
only
thing
that
I
have,
I
just
would
remind
you
again
that
tomorrow
evening,
at
the
Carver
center
agro
wnc
in
the
Blue
Ridge
bike
plan
are
having
a
public
input
session
from
five
to
seven.
I
would
encourage
anybody
to
come
out
that
wants
to
either
get
information
and
provide
information
on
the
bike
plan
for
our
area.
I
G
Sir
I
do
the
first
of
all
like
tank
to
thank
tom
gill
and
all
this
work
on
the
town
square
steering
committee
I
know
this
has
been
a
long,
arduous
journey
that
we've
guys
gone
through
I'd
like
to
commend
younger
dedication.
What
you've
done
and
I'd
also
like
to
challenge
the
town
of
the
people,
who
are
supporters
of
the
town
square
with
this
challenge
this
time
to
step
up
right
now
is
the
time
to
start
buying
bricks
and
the
granite
and
all
those
who
were
in
favor
and
we're
pushing
the
town
square.
It's.