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From YouTube: Black Mountain Board of Alderman (February 12, 2018)
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Regular meeting of the Black Mountain Board of Alderman from February 12, 2018.
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A
B
A
The
only
announcements
that
I
have
right
now
is
to
let
you
know
the
Carlos
is
not
with
us
whose
wife
had
fallen
in
the
shower
Saturday
morning.
We
spent
some
broke
ribs
and
deflated
long
on
one
side,
and
no
will
we
think
about
and
crane
for
her.
We
have
no
Proclamation
and
awards.
We
do
have
citizen
comments.
First
on
the
list
is
mr.
Doug
Brock.
If
you'll
give
your
name
and
press
play,
sir.
C
C
Almost
all
the
recent
high-density
residential
developments
in
Black
Mountain
have
been
on
what
was
formerly
pasture
to
de
Croft
was
formerly
Roberts
horse
farm.
A
sweet
Burke's
duplexes
on
Blue
Ridge
Road
were
until
recently
grazing
for
horses.
Nine
South
was
pasture
along
with
Jacobs
cottages.
The
upcoming
ten
acre
project
on
Avena
Road
was
a
vegetable
garden
and
a
former
horse
pasture.
It
will
soon
be
a
sixty
unit
plus
high
density
development,
when
the
Avena
Road
property
first
came
on
the
market
for
sale,
a
prospective
buyer
investigated
the
property
for
her
home
and
her
horses.
C
C
The
legislation
is
a
sincere
attempt
to
help
preserve
farmland
and
prevent
land
use
ordinances
from
prohibiting
the
use
of
land
for
agriculture.
It
is
past
time
that
black
mountain
do
the
same.
To
quote
dairy
farmer
Bradley
Johnson
once
that
land
is
sold,
that
green
space
won't
be
there
the
green
space
that
people
like
to
see
around
us
that
they
want
to
preserve
and
keep
is
almost
all
owned
by
agriculture.
C
There
are
many
environmentally
positive
reasons
for
green
space
and
helping
absorb
stormwater
and
brick
and
provide
habitat
for
wild
creatures.
There
are
a
few
economic
agricultural
land
uses
that
can
compete
with
the
high
dollar
values
of
land
development.
You
know,
one
of
these
uses
that
can
compete
is
a
horse
enthusiasts
willingness
to
pay
the
high
cost
of
land.
This
ordinance
change
will
be
a
small
step
to
allowing
agriculture
to
compete
with
developers
for
the
little
amount
of
flat
land
remaining
in
our
narrow
part
of
our
valley.
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Julie
white
205,
9th
Street
I'm
here
just
to
speak
briefly
about
the
meeting
that
happened
here,
Friday
with
the
Design
Center
looking
at
plans
for
Veterans
Park
I
know
that
this
is
an
important
decision.
That's
ahead
of
us
I
understand
that
there's
a
strong
need
for
better
daycare
and
longer
and
bigger
facilities
in
this
area
and
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
think
that
the
veteran
park
site
a
great
place
for
it.
D
We
have
an
opportunity
here,
though,
to
really
let
the
Design
Center
do
their
work
and
let
us
know
what
they
think
about
it.
They
are
an
unbiased
group.
They've
got
some
really
exciting,
ly,
exciting
planners
and
knowledgeable
people
that
can
help
us
make
an
informed
decision
about
this
piece
of
land,
so
I'm
just
pleased.
I
was
really
pleased
with
that.
D
There
were
a
couple
of
things
that
concerned
me
about
the
meeting
Friday
first
of
all,
John
DeWitt
said
that
he
had
been
meeting
with
Landis
guy
about
what
should
happen
at
the
interchange
and
and
how
that
should
be
configured
to
help
the
daycare
center.
That
bothered
me
on
two
levels:
a
I,
don't
think
citizen
should
be
going
to
places
like
land
the
sky
to
make
decisions
about
this
town
and
B.
We
don't
know,
but
that's
going
to
happen
yet
so
I
think
that's
putting
the
cart
before
the
horse.
D
Then
after
the
meeting
he
said
to
me.
Well,
you
know
they're
going
to
move
the
fire
department
over
to
the
home
and
fabric
property,
which
I
was
like
well,
no,
actually
I
didn't
know
that.
So,
of
course,
I
went
and
I
asked
Matt
Matt
is
this
happening
and
Matt
was
like.
You
know,
there's
been
no
decision
made
and
we
don't
even
own
the
land,
so
then
I'm
going.
But
why
did
this
happen
and
what
you
know?
What
I'm
afraid
is
happening?
E
F
G
G
The
largest
number
of
calls
we
run
is
about
58%
of
those
or
rescue
and
EMS
calls,
and
unfortunately,
we
have
a
lot
of
people
that
are
here
and
a
lot
of
people
get
sick.
They
get
stuck
in
elevators
in
the
conference
centers.
So
it's
about
58
percent
of
our
calls.
If
you
look
at
the
budget
and
every
response
that
averages
out
to
about
seven
hundred
and
eight
dollars
a
call,
every
time
we
go
out
the
door,
that's
about
what
it
cost
us,
our.
G
Exposures,
we
had
a
total
of
three
million-
seven
hundred
nineteen
thousand
nine
hundred
fifty
five
dollars
worth
of
exposures
exposed
to
fire
last
year,
that's
considerably
down
from
the
year
before.
But
if
you
look
at
the
year
before,
we
had
a
major,
we
had
a
fire
in
a
big
conference
center
so
that
drove
that
number
way
up
higher
and
that's
what
the
big
difference
is.
G
This
year,
our
property
loss
was
497
thousand
that's
a
little
bit
above
our
10
percent
goal
we
like
to
we
like
to
keep
it
under,
but
due
to
aging
buildings
and
new
construction
fires
are
burning
faster
and
hotter,
probably
20
years
ago,
if
your
house
caught
on
fire,
you
had
about
17
minutes
to
get
your
stuff
and
get
out
of
the
house
today.
That's
three
minutes
is
what
you
get
from
the
time
it
starts.
Til
you've
got
the
house,
so
that's
considerably
quicker,
but
it
is
again
it's
due
to
aging
buildings
and
new
lightweight
construction.
G
Our
inspections,
we
had
a
total
of
527
inspections
again
last
year
in
2016.
We
had
way
more,
but
when
we
do
inspections,
some
of
those
inspections
roll
around
on
a
three-year
cycle,
and
that's
when
that
one
of
those
cycles
were
so
that's
why
it
was
way
up
a
new
change
to
the
code
and
we're
anticipating
arrived
from
anywhere
from
five
hundred
to
a
thousand
inspections
because
of
the
residential
rental
inspections
that
we're
going
to
start
doing.
G
The
code
basically
requires
that
we
inspect
all
rental
property
residential
rental
property
to
make
sure
they
have
the
proper
CO
detector
in
them.
Of
course,
if
we're
going
to
have
to
go
to
these
homes,
and
do
this
we'll
also
do
smoke
detectors
and
fire
extinguishers
as
well,
but
we
are
expecting
that
to
go
up
our
inspection
to
go
up
because
of
the
tendency.
G
Multiple
calls
we're
down
a
little
bit,
we're
still
average
about
I.
Think
it's
about
60
a
month
just,
but
that
can
be
anywhere
from
one
call
to
today.
We
had
four
calls
at
the
same
time,
and
just
luckily
one
of
those
calls
would
got
cancelled
on
so
we
rerouted
somebody
else
to
the
to
the
other
one
or
we
would
have
been
out
of
people.
G
G
Found
this
picture
when
I
was
going
through
some
stuff
and
I
can't
tell
you
what
your
model
truck
this
is
I
can
tell
you.
Stirling
pose
is
sitting
on
top
of
it.
He
joined
in
1966
and
I
came
in
1980,
so
I
can
take
it
somewhere
between
there,
but
I'll
show
you
this
picture
leading
into
what
the
fire
trucks
used
to
look
like.
This
is
a
basically
a
commercial
cab
fire
truck
back.
When
this
truck
was
bought.
G
It
was
mainly
volunteer
and
making
one
paid
staff,
so
it
wasn't
made
to
hold
the
three
or
four
that
were
required
to
haul
now
to
it
to
fire,
and
if
that
truck
rolls
over
pretty
much
ever
who's
sitting,
the
cab
of
its
gonna
gonna
die
because
it's
not
a
custom
truck.
So
it's
not
ready
to
crash
rated
like
the
custom.
Trucks
would
run
the
day.
G
H
G
H
G
Siren
that
the
NFPA
recommends
to
get
somebody's
attention
as
we're
going
down
the
road,
so
this
is
the
only
truck
we
have
that
has
that
siren
on
it
and
I
didn't
know
that
we'd
ever
had
one
before,
but
the
old
truck
that
I
showed
you
before
it
had
one
on
it
too.
So,
but
it's
a
I,
think
the
city
runs
them
on
all
their
inches
dr.
Weston.
G
So
if
you
ever
been
to
see
national
you've
heard
that
sound
and
now
you're
gonna
hear
it
and
what
now
and
there
it
is
that's
a
custom
custom
cap
per
its
it
pumps,
2,000
gallons,
a
minute
it
has
750
gallons
of
water
on
it.
We've
already
put
it
to
good
use.
It
works
fine,
everybody
all
the
guys
like
it
and
everybody's
seen.
It
made
good
comments
about
it
and
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
guys
for
getting
us
this
truck
and
paying
cash
for
it.
G
So
I
don't
have
to
worry
five
years
down
the
road
where
I'm
going
to
get
it
get
Matt
and
Dean.
To
give
me
another
truck
payment,
so
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
things.
We've
done
throughout
the
year.
We
we
attend
the
Snyder
one
Sunday
service
every
year
at
Trinity,
Baptist
Church,
because
we
recognize
fallen,
firefighters
and
emergency
responders
throughout
the
county,
not
just
line
of
duty,
but
if
they're
retired
in
the
and
they've
passed
and
this
year
we
recognized
Bob
Weiland.
G
G
Fema
grants
we
applied
for
to
grant
FEMA
grants.
Last
year
we
applied
for
this
fire,
this
prevention
and
safety
grant.
We
wanted
to
buy
our
own
fire
safety
house
to
take
to
the
children
and
use
to
teach
the
young
children
what
to
do
in
case
of
a
fire.
The
county
has
one
that
we
borrow
from
time
to
time,
but
we
wanted
our
own
because
we
feel
like
that.
We
could.
G
We
could
really
use
it
because
we
always
have
people
coming
by
the
station
with
their
children
and
it's
a
great
tool
to
teach
young
children,
but
we've
got
denied
for
that
one,
and
then
the
big
one
was
that
we
wanted
to
purchase
some
personal
protective
equipment
and
turnout
gear.
They
put
constraints
on
us
now.
Those
are
limited
to
ten
years
life
after
ten
years
old,
you're
supposed
to
take
them
out
of
service
and
get
new
gear,
and
we've
applied
for
this
one
twice
and
got
turned
down,
so
it
doesn't
look
good.
G
G
G
Our
volunteer
firefighters
association,
they
they
do
fundraisers
online.
You
can
buy
our
stuff
at
the
station.
We
sell
coffee,
it's
the
best
coffee
in
town,
hands
down.
It's
called
the
first
alarm
coffee
and
we
sell
t-shirts
signs
and
we
even
sell
future
firefighter
t-shirts.
You
can
go
online
to
the
our
website
and
orders
directly
BMV
fire
org
and
order
that
stuff
and
buy
all
the
money
that
they
raise.
They
spend
at
the
fire
department
last
year.
I,
don't
know
if
any
of
you
guys
have
been
up
and
down
Montreat
Road.
G
You
see
the
front
of
our
building.
There's
a
new
rock
garden.
There
there's
a
new
sign
on
the
building
with
our
new
patch
there's
lights
and
the
museum
bay
that
lights
up
the
old
fire
truck.
So
they
took
in
eight
thousand
dollars
last
year
and
they
spent
about
eight
thousand
dollars
this
year.
Doing
that
for
us.
So
what
they
raised
comes
back
to
the
town,
they've
bought
couple,
buy,
pagers,
they've
helped
buy
radios
and
several
things.
G
G
G
The
Black
Mountain
Christmas
parade,
there's
the
Grinch
driving
the
new
truck.
We
do
that
every
year,
but
what
a
lot
of
people
don't
know
about
when
we
do
the
parade
it's
more
than
just
we're,
not
doing
the
parade.
We
have
to
provide
service
to
the
north,
south,
east
and
west
of
the
district.
So
we
have
to
stationed
people
in
all
those
areas
to
respond
the
case.
We
have
a
call
enough.
G
A
couple
years
ago,
y'all
remember:
y'all
were
probably
I'll
tell
you,
but
we
had
to
break
through
the
middle
of
town
to
go
on
a
call
and
that's
pretty
hard
to
do
pendant
parades
in
full
swing.
So
so
it's
a
big
chore
to
get
the
parade
done
and
get
it
get
everybody
safe,
I
go
myself
and
the
deputy
chief
go
the
North
kind
of
legislative
day
every
year
with
the
North
kind
of
firefighters
association.
We
go
up
there
and
we
talk
to
our
legislators
and
tell
them.
G
You
know
what's
important
to
us
and
try
to
get
them
on
board
some
things.
We
win
some
things.
We
don't
a
couple
of
things
this
year,
like
I,
took
the
for
House
bill.
355
was
the
firefighter
death
benefit
with
cancer,
so
we've
got
that
done
and
then
there
was
a
House
bill.
340
that
would
allow
firefighters
to
get
the
same.
Separation
pay
that
police
officers
get
that
one
didn't
go
so
well.
So
it's
in
the
short
session-
or
it's
probably
all
over.
It's
probably
not
gonna
go
anywhere.
So
but
that's
what
we
did.
G
Well
see
you
were
at
our
banquet
last
year:
Serling
Poe
is
a
retired
paid
fireman
from
the
town
of
Black
Mountain
and
also
he's
a
volunteer,
and
last
year
he
got
his
fifty
years
service
plus
he
was
firefighter
in
the
year
from
the
Rotary
Club,
so
that
was
a
big
year
for
Sterling.
He
is
one
of
the
biggest
supporters
of
his
town,
the
fire
department
and
y'all.
So
I
was
very
excited
to
see
him
get
this,
and
this
is
based
on.
He
met
him,
responding
to
calls
and
training
hours.
G
G
And
then
we
participated
in
the
town
hall
day
thanks
to
Angela.
That
went
very
well
too.
We
always
love
talking
to
children,
because
that's
who
goes
home
and
tells
the
mommies
and
the
daddies
what
needs
to
happen
with
an
emergency.
So
oh
that
went
very
well
for
our
firefighters
are
gone
a
lot.
They
miss
a
lot
so
every
year
we
do
a
kid's
Christmas
party
for
just
our
firefighters,
children.
G
G
Safety
Saturday
is
a
big
deal.
We
partner
with
the
police,
department
and
other
other
public,
our
first
responder
agencies-
and
we
put
this
on
over
at
Ingalls.
We
have
a
mock
wreck
and
it's
based
on
texting
and
driving.
Why
you
shouldn't
do
it?
So
the
public
can
come
watch
what
we
do
and
see
how
how
we
respond
to.
They
see
a
lot
of
really
neat
equipment,
so
that's
pretty
good.
G
This
year,
safety
Saturday
be
made
of
19th
from
10:00
to
2:00
this
year,
we'll
have
a
car
seat
safety
station
from
safe
kids
of
Western
North
Carolina.
So
if
you
know
everybody's
got
a
car
seat
in
the
car
and
they
want
to
get
it
checked,
we're
getting
one
today
and
all
that
go
do
to
come
between
10:00
and
1:00
on
that
day
and
there'll
be
professionally
put
in
installed
in
their
vehicle.
Also,
the
local
government
Federal
Credit
Union,
will
bring
the
shredded
truck
back.
I'm
sorry,
it'll
be
ten
to
one.
G
G
Halloween
on
Church
Street
is
always
a
big
deal.
It's
a.
This
is
probably
our
second
biggest
PR
as
far
as
getting
out
and
with
our
children,
and
let
them
see
us
and
being
answering
questions.
We
handed
out
over
1,500
pieces
of
candy
and
now
it's
hard
to
hand
out
one
piece
of
candy
at
a
time
to
a
kid.
But
when
it's
1500
pieces
it's
it's
pretty.
G
Five
prevention
in
the
skills
we
spend
the
whole
week
out
here
in
the
elementary
or
a
primary
school
field,
with
the
primary
in
elementary
school
just
doing
stuff
like
stop
drop
and
roll
without
them
spray
water,
all
kinds
of
stuff.
So
we
spend
the
whole
week
out
there
for
that
it
for,
where
they're
from
you
and
that's
another
reason,
we
wanted
a
fire
safety
house,
because
we
don't
always
have
it
her
there.
G
We
do.
We
participate
in
deck
the
trees
at
the
Monta
Vista.
All
this
money
raised
from
this
goes
to
the
Christian
ministry
for
heating
assistance
in
the
community
for
two
years
enrolled
the
fire
departments.
Christmas
tree
has
won
this
event
where
you
don't
know
how
much
money
we
actually
raise,
but
the
total
money
raised
from
the
trees
is
over
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
to
go
to
heating
assistance
in
this
valley.
That's
big,
my
deputy,
Chiefs
wife,
Jennifer
Wilson
is
the
mastermind
behind
decorating
the
tree.
So
she
gets
a
lot
of
credit
for
that.
G
G
G
We
take
a
fire
truck
out
there
and
we
set
the
deck
gun
up
and
we
spray
water,
so
the
kids
getting
run
through
it
and
they
have
a
ball,
have
a
fun
day
station
tours
we
probably
average
about
one
of
these
a
week.
We
always
have
somebody
coming
up
and
saying:
I've
got
some
kids
I
keep,
would
you
mind
doing
a
tour
or
a
monastery
school
or
some
of
those?
So
we
do
a
lot
of
station
tours
other
than
that.
That's
all
I
have
got.
It's
got
any
questions,
I'll,
be
glad
to
answer.
I
Hard
back
to
follow,
you
know:
I'll,
do
a
lot
of
great
work
not
to
hear
about
well,
thanks
for
having
me
tonight
think
Matt
and
and
mr.
Harris
asked
me
to
come
out
and
talk
about
the
progress
on
the
bottom
and
the
water
sewer
infrastructure.
That's
happening
out.
There
will
be
happening
out
there.
You
all
have
a
copy
of
a
brief
I
put
together,
and
basically
this
just
talks
about
the
engineering
work
that
will
happen
and
for
folks
that
don't
have
a
copy.
I
This
is
water,
sewer
extension
going
out
to
the
south
side
of
I-40
interstate,
so
the
inner
the
connection
will
be
happening
near
the
Ingalls
warehouse.
The
sewer
will
be
taken
across
the
fields
under
the
interstate
across
the
front
of
the
Swannanoa
River
and
to
provide
some
access
for
where
the
avada
technologies
manufacturing
plant
will
be
over
there.
Water
will
be
the
same
kind
of
following
the
the
right-of-way
access
on
on
the
roads.
So
that's
the
non
engineering
specifics
on
it.
I
The
town
has
been
awarded
eight
hundred
and
twenty
seven
thousand
five
hundred
and
eighty
from
the
US
Department
of
Economic
Development,
and
that's
with
US
Commerce
and
seven
hundred
seventy
five
thousand
from
the
golden
leaf
foundation
in
state
and
there's
50
2,580
of
local
fund
I'm,
not
town
of
Black
Mountains
fund,
that's
from
the
Commerce
Park,
so
that
that
makes
up
the
total
project
right
now.
The
both
the
words
have
been
made.
I
Eda
and
word
was
finally
made
in
early
December
on
a
December
1st,
so
that
will
allow
us
to
continue
moving
the
whole
project
forward.
We
have
the
town
has
signed
all
the
contract
documents.
We've
submitted,
everything
back.
We
had
the
project
kick
off
with
EDA
on
January
2nd,
so
we
kind
of
hit
the
new
year
off
with
that
and
the
timeline
has
been
submitted
and
now
we're
completing
the
site,
certification,
documentation
with
the
town,
the
county
and
all
the
engineering
certifications.
I
So
once
those
are
submitted,
then
the
the
project
will
go
to
bid
after
that,
so
foods
by
EDI
EDI
wants
to
prove
and
see
everything
prior
to
it
being
left.
So
that's
the
point
right
now
is
is
then
to
get
the
site
certification
document
reviewed,
I.
Think
mr.
Smith
is
working
on
that
as
well,
and
then
we'll
we'll
submit
everything
in
and
go
to
the
big
stage.
F
You
know
you're
soon
after
the
certification
process
is
over
the
engineer
on
the
project,
which
is
Jesse
Gartner
his
firm.
They
will
let
contracts
wait
until
Senate
RFP
and
then,
when
they
get
response,
is
they'll
award
contracts
and
so
generally
the
timeframe
that
we're
looking
at.
Of
course,
it
all
depends
week
or
two.
You
are
there,
but
generally
looking
at
at
contracts
being
late
and
work,
starting
in
perhaps
April
or
so
could
be
that's
a
possible
kind
of
start
date
for
construction
in
there.
It.
J
F
The
water
and
sewer
infrastructure,
and
then
the
only
thing
I
would
add,
for
you
know,
for
the
public
to
be
aware
of,
is
that
NCDOT
will
start
work
on
the
access
road
at
about
the
same
time
about
the
same
period
of
time
and
that
that
project
is
already
funded
through
NCDOT
and
so
forth,
and
they're
they're
kind
of
ready
to
roll.
But
they
too
have
to
wait.
Then
this
is
not
dependent
on
their
work
but
they're
they're
about
on
the
same
timeframe
as
as
as
far
as
leading
contracts,
aren't
they
Erica.
F
K
F
I
F
C
F
F
Only
the
thing
I
would
add
that,
just
as
a
matter
of
information
is
the
incredible
amount
of
work
that
Erica
Anderson
does
Erica
is
economic,
economic
and
Community
Development
person,
Atlantis
Co,
Regional
Council,
so
she's
got
the
region
to
look
after
him,
but
I
don't
know
what
she
could
do
in
addition
to
all
the
work
she's
done
for
us
in
the
past
in
the
past
year,
and
she
actually
is
a
aurilla
is
a
term
administrator
of
the
grant.
Yes,
so
it's
just
an
incredible
amount
of
reporting,
it's
an
incredible
amount
of
work.
F
K
I
Are
their
biotech?
They
make
a
variety
of
different
products,
but
a
lot
of
the
products
they're
making
are
non
chemical
so
of
some
organics
and
different
processes
that
they
have
for
fighting
infections.
So
a
lot
of
skin
protection
I
think
the
Department
of
Defense
is
a
major
contract
for
them.
They
do
a
lot
of
military
work.
K
I
Think
that
that's
right
I,
don't
have
the
exact
numbers
with
me.
I
think
the
county
was
I
want
to
say
around
800,000
or
so
in
this
state
with
about
seven
million-
and
this
is
the
company
part
of
that
agreement-
was
that
they
contribute
or
invest
about
25
million
to
build
the
facility
and
all
those.
So
it's
in
all
of
these
grants
are
job
dependent,
so
it's
they're
required
to
have
the
550
jobs
and
at
a
above
$45,000
average
salary.
So
it's
they
have
a
fairly
high
commitment
as
well
for
the
funding
that
they're
receiving
these.
F
There
there
they're
operating
at
a
high
capacity,
but
these
are
500
additional
new
jobs.
So
it's
and
I
just
wanted
to
mention
the
state
and
the
county
involvement
or
economic
incentive
side.
There's
just
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
interest
in
energy
in
the
product,
probably
in
the
project
and
in
the
business
and
Black
Mountains,
very
fortunate
to
be
the
recipient
of
this
good.
You
know
good
news.
K
Minutes
from
your
January
4th
I
did
a
session
and
generate
regular
session.
You've
got
a
proposal
to
award
a
contract
to
to
audit
the
accounts
to
the
town
of
Black
Mountain
for
the
upcoming
fiscal
year
for
well
16
June,
30
2017,
with
goo
Killian
in
the
amount
of
25,000
for
hundred
dollars.
You've
got
a
budget
amendment
to
purchase
police
equipment.
This
comes
from
the
restricted
ABC
or
the
alcohol
beverage
control
funding,
that's
restricted
for
the
police
department
and
only
used
for
them.
K
This
is
to
give
them
some
additional
equipment
in
light
of
some
active
shooter
training
and
some
some
some
issues
that
they
want
to
be
prepared
for.
So
this
is
ballistic
vests
and
some
things
that
some
things
ago,
equipment
for
for
those
purposes.
We
budgeted
twelve
thousand
dollars
this
year
for
those
funds.
This
is
this
is
an
amendment
before
to
appropriate
another
thirteen
thousand
dollars
out
of
the
ABC
restricted
funds
for
those
purchases.
You've
got
a
a
resolution
of
support
for
children,
friends
to
request
grant
funding,
so
they
can
file
an
application
with
the
credit
union.
K
K
K
If
you'll
recall,
there
been
some
debate
about
the
Sanitation
contract
and
the
language
that
that
came
out
of
that
that
meeting
so
this
this
motion
will
says
that
the
Black
Mountain
Board
of
Aldermen
acknowledge
and
ratify
the
current
contract
that
negotiated
by
the
town
manager
pursuant
to
the
Board
of
Aldermen
authorization
and
believe
it
accurately
reflects
the
discussion
from
the
August
8
2016
Board
of
Aldermen
meeting
and
is
consistent
with
alderman
Harris's
motion.
So
that
would
be
in
a
will,
amend
the
minutes
from
that
meeting
and
be
reflected
again
in
this
Minister.
A
K
So
so
we
have
a.
We
have
a
capital
project
set
aside
set
up
for
the
watershed
restoration
project,
which
is
making
improvements
to
storm
storm
water
in
town
and
to
improve
the
water
quality
of
the
Swannanoa
River
you
a
few
years
ago
we
did
a
watershed
management
plan.
This
is
in
conjunction.
These
are
the
projects
that
are
coming
out
of
that,
so
we
already
have
a
fund
set
up
for
that.
This
amends
that
fund
to
reflect
that
we've
received
a
grant
for
sixty
thousand
sixty
thousand
dollars
for
the
sixteen
thousand
dollar
grant.
K
To
do
some
of
these
improvements,
our
matches,
forty
thousand
dollars
in
the
fund
already
exists:
a
five
thousand
dollar
Pigeon
River
grant
and
some
and
fifteen
thousand
dollars
of
funds
left
over
from
the
previous
from
the
from
the
project
fund.
Initially
so,
with
this
project,
what
we're
looking
to
do?
We
have
a
hundred.
What
that
results
in
is
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
make
improvements
at
the
golf
course,
not
the
stream
Bank
restoration,
that's
separate
from
this.
K
These
they
overlap
a
little
bit,
but
one
of
the
projects
is
at
the
golf
course
in
the
parking
lot
area.
A
project
of
the
library
and
a
project,
a
pilot
project
on
Church
Street
to
begin
improvements
there,
where
we
have
water
quality
and
stormwater
runoff
issues
to
begin
making.
Some
improvements
along
that
Street
that'll
take
some
more
time
over
the
years.
K
A
K
So
Becca
that
goes
with
this
project,
that
is
the
budget
amendment
to
move
funding
out
of
the
general
fund
into
the
capital
project
fight.
So
we
budgeted
this
in
this
fiscal
year
$40,000,
because
that
was
the
amount
that
we
had
anticipated
for
for
our
match
for
the
grant,
but
because
of
the
Pigeon
River
find
funding
of
$5,000
and
some
leftover
funding
from
from
the
that
was
that
was
left
in
the
in
the
project
fund.
K
Previously
a
$15,000
we're
only
doing
a
a
budget
amendment
of
$20,000
to
move
the
$20,000
of
a
general
fund
into
the
capital
project,
but,
like
I
said,
we
budgeted
40
we're
going
to
move
20
out
of
the
general
fund
into
the
capital
project
fund.
So
we
can
move
forward
with
the
projects
that
I
just
mentioned.
I.
K
Were
some
of
some
of
Mary
dimples
property
was
set
aside
for
with
the
Land
Conservancy
that
can
only
be
used
as
a
public
park.
It
says
this
is
all
right
across
from
chapter
supply
kind
of
back
up
under
the
interstate
on
that
side
of
the
on
the
other
side
of
the
highway.
There's
about
26
acres
there
there.
So
this
is
a
resolution
acknowledging
our
intent
to
develop
that
property
as
a
as
a
town
park
and
not
to
and
not
to
develop
it
in
any
other
way.
K
It
also
acknowledges
that
there's
one
point:
seven
acres
that
are
non
contiguous
with
that
piece
of
property
they're
a
little
further
south
and
the
we
don't
have
any
access
to
that
piece,
and
so
it
knowledge
is
that
we
don't
we're
not
interested,
particularly
in
that
one
point:
seven
acres,
but
we
are
interested
in
the
2025
I.
Think
it's
around
25
acres
in
there
in
between.
E
E
K
So
the
25
acres-
we
are
interested
in
that
and
we've
had
some
discussions
about
some
uses
for
that
property
as
we
move
forward.
So
this
this
resolution
then
kind
of
expresses
our
interest
with
the
Conservancy
and
I
guess
the
estate
so
that
they
are
aware
that
we
want
to
move
forward.
This
is
not
fair.
The.
E
Estate's
interested
the
service
is
interested.
They
have
to
accept
this.
The
will
doesn't
leave
it
to
them
and
walk
away.
The
will
leaves
it
to
Conservancy
on
the
condition
to
be
used
as
a
park.
The
Conservancy
needs
their
commitment
to
develop
it
as
a
park
before
they
tell
the
state
we'll
take
one
point:
seven
acres,
we
can't
utilize,
and
so
the
Conservancy
will
simply
save
the
state.
E
We
turn
that
one
down
that
frees
up
at
least
a
little
piece
of
Park
they
can
dispose
of
suppose
all
by
other
means,
as
I've
informed
the
board
before
the
state.
Isn't
this
flush
the
cache?
This
myriad
hoped
it
would
be
and
they're
hoping
that
1.7
or
a
few
dollars
give
us
some
of
the
other
obligations.
A
F
E
K
We
well
we
have.
We
allow
horses
in
a
variety
of
Zoning
jurisdictions.
We
have
12
zoning
jurisdictions,
9
of
them
allow
horses
and
Greg
and
grazing
animals.
Three
of
them
do
not
central
business,
you
are,
you
are
8
and
and
neighborhood
mixed-use,
so
you
are
8
as
a
as
a
larger
there's,
one
of
our
larger
areas.
Of
course,
it's
the
is
the
area
where
everybody
lives.
It's
the
it's
the
area
around
town
and
you
know
running
running
back.
H
K
Way
at
Montreat,
Road
and
kind
of
spreading
out
around
the
rough
work
in
that
area
and
those,
and
so
that
area
does
not
allow
grazing
animals
they
were
good.
Mixed-Use
does
not
allowed
in
central
business
is
not
allowed
what
the
other
districts
already
allow
grazing
animals,
the
the
Planning
Board
did
take
a
did.
K
Take
a
look
at
Jessica
had
brought
them
some
information
kind
of
which
there
was
president
tonight
and
to
look
at
and
I
think
that
the
sense
there
was,
if,
if
you
were
trying
to
preserve
open
space,
there
may
be
other
ways
to
to
look
at
that.
We
do
a
variety
of
things
now
that
may
not
be
sufficient,
but
we
do
we
do
you
know
we
require
in
making
major
subdivisions
and
Planned
Unit
development
and
traditional
neighborhood
designs
we
require
already
at
us
a
set
aside
for
for
open
space.
K
We
already
have
a
district
for
a
conservation
residential
district
that
allows
you
to
preserve
areas.
That
could
be
that
when
you
allow
you
to
develop
about
preserving
years,
it
probably
couldn't
be
developed
any
way.
Steep
slope,
issues
or
water
quality
issues,
other
issues
that
make
him
up
in
it
and
it
does
allow
you
to
develop
with
with
those
with
those
restraints
in
mind,
so
that
you
preserve.
So
you
preserve
those
and
you
have
developments.
K
We
have
conservation
subdivisions
which
kind
of
a
lap
which
allow
us
to
be
a
little
more
flexible,
with
preserving
open
space
within
the
within
those
subdivisions,
so
we
do
have
and
we-
and
we
have
a
couple
of
other
tools
in
our
toolbox,
for
how
we
protect
open
space.
If
that
is
if
that
is
a
concern
and
I
know
that
it
is
I
know,
that's
a
balance
between
open
space
and
the
demand
for
development
and
the
demand
for
affordable
housing
all
these
pieces.
K
You
know
they
don't
know,
they
don't
always
fit
together
nicely,
but
we
do
have
tools
in
our
toolbox
for
how
we,
how
we
address
preserving
open
space
and
conserving
green
spaces,
as
as
far
as
as
far
as
we
can
and
I
think
the
the
consensus
of
the
Planning
Board
the
time
was
that
that
that
any
that
any
changes
in
terms
of
grazing
animals
probably
was
not
going
to
was
not
going
to
certain.
If
that
was,
the
purpose
was
open
space,
it
was
not
going
to
it.
May
not.
K
It
already
has
that
has
that
allowance
and
there
are
restrictions,
obviously
for
how
you
you
know
how
many,
how
we
accomplish
that,
but
but
those
districts
already
accommodate
that,
and
so
our
dits
residential
districts
and
the
central
business
district
do
not
have
do
not
or
have
not
in
the
past,
been
seen
as
some
of
them
would
accommodate
that
that
sort
of
development
in
that
slope
and
that's
why
we
didn't
move
forward
with
that.
Previously.
K
And
the
only
thing
that
I
was
doing
I'm
sorry
I'll
answer
the
gaveta
I
didn't
want
to
just
so
I,
don't
forget.
I
did
want
to
remind
the
board
that
we
did
receive
a
letter
today
from
the
local
government
Commission
approving
our
financing
for
the
the
purchase
of
the
foam
with
fabric
ability.
So
we're
going
to
be
able
to
move
forward
that
and
we'll
set
up
we'll
work
with
BB&T
and
set
a
closing
date
and
move
that
project
forward
to
hey.
Could.
F
K
K
K
A
good
quality
yeah,
what
Brett
well
Rick?
Yes,
Rick,
that
Recreation
Commission
was
there
I
represented
from
JMT?
Who
does
our
traffic
engineering?
Was
there?
The
fire
department
head
of
Steve
Jones
was
there
so
that
that's
who
that's?
Who
meant
to
start
to
get
input
so
that
they
could
so
they
could
kind
of
start
to
begin.
The
process
of.
K
The
original
idea
was
there,
gonna,
be
a
master
plan
for
the
community
garden,
and
then
this
project
also
came
along
so
they're,
trying
to
so
they're
trying
to
piece
these
two
together
into
into
a
comprehensive
master
plan
that
takes
the
whole
site
into
into
account,
and
that's
really
and
definitely
what
the
start.
That's
what
the
start
is
isn't.
This
is
not
we're
not
just.
K
F
F
Defendants,
a
foundation,
the
foundation
is
paying
for
someone,
but
then
the
other
part.
There
are
some
other
funds
coming.
There
are
from
different
places,
so
just
don't
listen.
I
do
think
it's
important
for
the
public
to
understand
that
that
that
took
place
because
it
you
should
be
that
way.
That's.
K
So
they're
I
think
I
think
they
really
do
want
to
to
reach
out
you
you
all
hear
from
them,
and
the
public
will
hear
from
them
and
I
think
they
want
to
to
get
as
much
information
as
they
can
to
to
make
to
make
recommendations
and
to
bring
them
back
and
then
and
then
tweak
them
as
they
go
forward,
so
that
there's
so
there's
not
so
there
is.
There
is
buy-in
for
whatever,
whatever
recommendations
come
there.
The
goal
of
this
process
is
not
to
it's
not
to
say
enough
down
approaches
as
here's.
K
L
J
E
J
M
M
There's
been
some
questions
about
what's
going
on
as
far
as
at
Blue
Ridge
Road
down
at
the
interchange,
certainly
Erica's,
giving
us
an
update
of
that
and
people
wanting
to
make
suggestions
for
the
interchange
itself,
a
separate
project
and
the
one
that
we
talked
about
earlier
I
did
have
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
Cole
hood
who's,
the
project
engineer
d-o-t.
They
are
just
at
the
very
early
steps
of
this
project
of
doing
psych
review
and
there
is
no
design
as
of
yet
the
d-o-t
process,
for
whatever
faults
it
may
have.
M
M
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
do
that.
It's
definitely
a
conserving
open
space
in
this
town
is
definitely
a
challenge
and
something
that
we
have
to
do,
and
we
are
working
to
do
that.
But
we
do
have
a
process
that
these
come
up
from
the
Planning
Board
they're
evaluated
there.
They
make
recommendations
and
then
we
debate
them
and
we
can
send
it
back
for
further
study.
M
M
I
think
that
by
giving
this
resolution
and
allowing
them
to
apply
for
their
grant
funding
we're
providing
an
opportunity
for
future
success
at
expanding
this
project
and
educating
children
and
giving
them
opportunities,
I
think
that's
certainly
a
good
thing.
That's
one
of
the
core
things
that
we
should
do
so
I
wanted
to.
Thank
you
all
for
your
support
of
that
again
tonight.
A
Anyone
else
I
do
want
to
mention
that
we
have
a
swearing-in
right
after
the
close
of
this
meeting,
we're
going
to
be
swearing-in,
Black,
Mountains,
newest
police
officer
and,
if
I
may
I'd
love
to
get
out
of
here
as
quick
as
anybody,
but
I
I'd
like
to
give
you
just
a
quick
little
history
lesson
in
town,
Black
Mountain
since
I've
lived
here,
y'all
know
where
the
new
Hampton
Inn
is
going
in,
that
used
to
have
cows.
It
used
to
be
a
farm
Montreat
College,
where
the
recreation
facilities
are
that
used
to
be
high
field.
A
Wife's
insurance
used
to
be
a
pastor,
Chester
Fitness
Center
used
to
be
a
pastor.
Jacobs
cottages
used
to
be
a
pastor.
The
settings
llama
Vista,
which
stood
brought,
was
the
developer
own
used
to
be
a
pasture
sweet
birch,
which
is
the
last
one.
It
seems
to
be
getting
a
lot
of
the
comelet's
of
bringing
the
horses
back
used
to
be
a
pastor.
I
mention
all
those,
because
I
was
the
last
one
to
use
all
those
places
properly.
C
A
Are
just
the
ones
that
I
was
the
last
one
on
Highland
farms
that
was
the
old
wheel
in
flight
farms?
You
should
be
a
pig
farm
horses,
cows,
9
South
used
to
be
the
count.
The
cows
were
there,
Forest
Hills
development
charge
like
there
across
from
you,
was
the
most
beautiful
farm
that
there
is
or
was
in
this
town,
Tudor
Croft
Roberts
quarter
horses,
my
sister
staying
up
there
with
those
guys
and.
A
Chester
used
to
be
the
old
leg
up
on
the
descendants
of
the
John
acre
and
tennis
camp,
the
folks
out
there
bought
that
and
it
became
into
the
village
of
Chester
the
Meadowbrook.
The
development
up
from
there
is
used
to
be
a
big
big
farm.
I
went
to
it
and
I
spent.
It
took
me
ten
if
they're
spent
tonight
with
my
first
cousin
many
a
night
and
then
you
think
about
all
the
developments
that's
been
going
on.
A
A
A
As
far
as
folks,
wanting
horses
and
they're
back
back
doors
or
their
cows,
and
things
like
that,
I
can
assure
you
that
that's
not
the
case,
not
everybody's.
That
way,
I've
had
a
complaints
filed
against
me,
because
I'm
widening
for
today
flat
faced
ground
and
turned
into
a
riding
ring,
and
one
of
the
neighbors
filed
a
complaint
against
me
here
at
the
town.
A
I've
had
complaints
filed
against
me
by
pastures
being
too
high
and
thank
the
good
Lord,
Matt
and
Josh,
and
some
of
those
they
readjusted
that
ordinance
to
say
if
it's
a
pasture
land
that
or
something
was
used
for
agriculture
use,
did
not
fall
into
the
ruling
that
it
had
to
be
so
short
because
they
collide.
Honestly,
that's
that's
silly.
It
was
just
an
oversight,
I'm
sure
the
Planning
Board
wasn't
thinking
about
pasture
or
hay
fields,
there'd
be
no
way.
You
could
ever
cut
a
hay
field
in
this
town.
If
you
couldn't
let
it
be
over.
A
Well,
that's
your
side,
I
guess
what
I'm
saying
is
guys.
We've
only
got
just
a
few
more
places
that
are
left
those
folks
on
that
property.
They
pay
taxes
on
it
all
their
life.
I've
got
some
of
those
pieces
of
parcels
and
Island
and
I've
been
paying
taxes,
and
you
have
to
understand
that
as
time
marches
on.
But
mine
was
not
the
same
place.
It
was
40
years
ago
and
I
thank
Matt.
The
town
staff
I'm,
like
Matt
I,
respect
their
Ryan
I
respect
what
the
citizen
boards
in
this
town
do.