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This is the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for June 4, 2019.
A
A
A
Before
we
get
our
public
meeting
this
evening,
I'd
like
to
ask
for
a
moment
of
silence
to
recognize
and
remember
the
12
public
servants
and
citizens
who
died
tragically
in
another
senseless
shooting
in
Virginia
Beach
this
past
week.
So
let's
have
a
moment
of
silence
for
prayer
and
recognition
of
these
public
servants
and
citizens
and
appreciation
for
the
law-enforcement
personnel
who
risked
their
lives
to
end
this
tragic
shooting.
Please
join
us
in
a
moment
of
silence.
A
Thank
you.
We
got
a
couple
of
announcements,
I'd
like
to
announce
that
parking,
validation
and
bus
passes
are
available
for
folks
who
are
attending
the
County
Commission
meeting.
Anyone
who
is
attending
this
meeting,
who
parked
in
the
county's
parking
facility
or
use
public
transit
to
travel
to
this
meeting,
can
get
validation
for
your
parking
or
transit
from
the
officers
who
are
here
with
us
at
the
meeting
this
evening.
You
can
see
them
on
your
way
out.
I
will
read
the
ethics
reminder
to
the
board.
A
In
accordance
with
the
code
of
ethics
adopted
by
the
board,
all
county
commissioners
have
a
duty
to
obey
all
applicable
laws
regarding
official
actions
to
uphold
the
integrity
and
independence
of
the
office,
to
avoid
impropriety
in
the
exercise
of
official
duties
to
faithfully
perform
the
duties
of
the
office
and
to
conduct
the
affairs
of
the
governing
board
in
an
open
and
public
manner.
Is
there
any
item
on
the
agenda,
the
outcome
of
which
will
have
a
direct,
substantial
and
readily
identifiable
financial
impact
for
any
board?
Member?
A
Does
any
board
member
have
a
financial
interest
in
any
public
contract
coming
before
the
board?
Today,
there
being
none
all
board
members
have
a
duty
and
obligation
to
vote
on
any
matters
that
are
voted
on
by
the
board
this
evening.
All
right,
we
now
come
to
the
consent
agenda.
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda
and
to
follow
the
remainder
of
the
agenda
as
published.
B
Thank
You
commissioners,
the
government
finance
office
Association,
are
GFO
a
established,
a
distinguished
budget
presentation
award
to
encourage
and
assist
state
and
local
government
to
prepare
budget
documents
of
the
very
highest
quality
that
reflects
both
the
guidelines
established
by
the
National
Advisory
Council
on
state
and
local
government
budgeting
and
the
G
fos
best
practices
on
budgeting.
The
guidelines
are
designed
to
assist
how
well
the
budget
served
as
a
policy
document
a
financial
plan,
an
Operations
guide
and
a
communication
device
receiving
the
award
is
a
significant
achievement
by
the
local
government.
B
It
reflects
the
commitment
by
the
board
and
staff
to
me
to
the
highest
principles
of
governmental
budgeting.
I
am
pleased
to
recognize
the
budget
staff
for
the
work
they
did
on
the
2018-2019
budget.
In
addition
to
the
performance
management
staff,
they
have
also
played
a
large
part
in
assistant
and
augmenting
the
budget
staff
in
compiling
the
data
for
the
budget
documents.
Staff
has
consistently
prepared
documents
that
are
proficient
in
all
four
categories
and
I
am
proud
tonight
to
award
the
award
a
budget
staff
with
the
GFO
a
distinguished
budget
award.
B
A
All
right,
congratulations!
Thank
you!
So
much
miss
Pinder!
Okay!
Next
up
we
have
a
couple
of
public
hearings.
The
first
is
on
economic
development.
State
law
requires
we
have
public
hearings
held
on
any
economic
development
projects,
and
so
we
will
go
ahead
and
do
that
and
Rachel
Nygaard
and
Tim
love
are
going
to
be
presenting
these
items.
C
Good
evening
my
name
is
Rachel
Nygaard
and
I'm
strategic
partnerships
director
for
Buncombe
County,
not
usually
the
person
that
opens
economic
development
hearings.
I
will
pass
shortly
to
Tim
love.
Who
is
our
point
person
for
economic
development,
but
first
I'll
cover
the
first
of
the
two
items
that
are
on
our
list
of
economic
development
hearings
for
tonight.
The
reason
that
I'm
here
is
that
a
couple
of
the
projects
that
are
part
of
the
strategic
partnership
grant
applications
for
FY
2008
in
nature.
C
Those
two
projects
are
Carolina:
Small,
Business,
Development,
Fund
and
Center
for
agriculture
and
food
entrepreneurship.
I'd
like
to
point
out
that
the
amount
that
was
advertised
in
the
economic
development
hearing
is
the
amount
requested.
So
the
way
that
these
work
is
that
we
follow
certain
noticing
practices
that
we
can
place
a
notice
to
the
public
ten
days
in
advance,
so
that
members
of
the
community
can
come
out
and
weigh
in
about
this
potential
appropriation.
C
The
proposed
amounts
for
these
two
projects
are
listed
later
in
your
packet.
For
this
evening's
meeting,
the
Carolina
Small
Business
Development
Fund,
is
proposed
as
part
of
your
strategic
partnership
grant
allocations
and
an
amount
of
thirty
four
thousand
seven
hundred
and
eighty
seven
dollars
Center
for
agricultural
and
food
entrepreneurship
is
not
proposed
to
receive
a
grant
for
FY
2008
development
hearings
are
part
of
a
larger
set
of
hearings
that
will
occur.
A
C
A
D
Thank
you
Rachel.
As
Rachel
said,
in
addition
to
the
strategic
partnership
grants,
there
are
two
economic
development
partners
that
the
county
has
been
working
with
for
a
number
of
years.
They're
included
in
this
year's
budget,
both
of
those
by
law
should
be
heard
in
the
public
hearing
as
well.
So
our
two
partners
max
are
the
requested
appropriations
for
economic
development
partners.
So
first
you
see
the
Asheville
Buncombe
regional
Sports
Commission.
This
is
for
an
appropriation
up
to
seventy
thousand
dollars.
D
The
current
budget
is
at
forty
five
thousand
dollars
if
you
were
paying
attention
to
that
actual
Buncombe
regional
Sports,
Commission's
responsible
for
events
like
the
Southern
Conference
tournament,
as
well
as
Fed
Cup,
and
helps
us
with
recruiting
of
other
recreational
activities
like
baseball
tournaments
and
things
like
that.
The
Asheville
Buncombe
economic
development
Coalition
or
the
EDC
is
you
probably
more
frequently
heard
of
them
as
an
appropriation
not
to
exceed
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
That
is
a
$50,000
increase
from
last
year's
appropriation.
D
The
reason
for
that
increase
relates
to
site
analysis
and
site
planning,
which
is
basically
looking
at
the
future
of
economic
development
across
the
county,
and
specifically
industrial
sites
and
infrastructure
needs
shifting
gears
slightly
into
our
third
table.
These
are
appropriations
of
for
expected,
expected
expenditures
for
previously
approved
economic
development
agreements,
and
so
this
sections
a
little
bit
different,
because
each
of
these
items
have
already
been
heard
in
a
public
hearing.
D
In
many
cases,
in
all
cases,
I
should
say:
there's
an
economic
development
agreement
that
has
already
been
put
in
place
and
signed
by
this
board,
as
well
as
the
specific
companies.
That
said,
the
statute
requires
that
we
hold
a
public
hearing
for
any
appropriation
related
to
these
on
an
annual
basis.
So,
while
you've
already
heard
of
these
companies
and
you've
already
voted
on
them,
we're
not
asking
you
to
vote
again
this
evening.
D
We
do
need
to
talk
about
them
in
today's
public
hearing,
so
starting
at
the
top,
we've
got
a
general
electric
company
in
unison
engine
components.
This
is
who
you
know
as
GE.
We
have
to
economic
development
agreements
with
them
for
a
total
of
four
hundred.
Ninety
six
thousand
dollars
three
hundred
and
thirty
four
hundred
ninety
six
thousand
three
hundred
and
thirty
three
dollars
across
the
two
agreements
for
this
year's
appropriation.
D
This
is
for
the
creation
and
maintenance
of
one
hundred
eighty
three
jobs
and
approximately
two
hundred
thirty
million
dollars
in
capital
investment
by
the
year
2021.
Next
we
have
Ingalls
markets.
This
is
an
appropriation
of
approximately
a
hundred,
and
seventy
thousand
dollars
for
this
year
relates
to
the
creation
and
maintenance
of
160
new
jobs,
as
well
as
capital
investment
of
eighty
five
million
dollars
by
2021.
As
a
note
for
those
in
the
audience,
this
refers
to
the
Ingalls
distribution
center
and
is
not
a
retail
grant,
which
is
not
something
that
we
allow
under
our
policy.
D
Next
up
is
Jacob
home
industries
for
thirty-nine
thousand
dollars
and
the
creation
and
maintenance
of
sixty-six
new
jobs
and
approximately
forty
five
million
dollars
in
capital
investment
by
the
year
2020
I'm.
As
a
slight
note,
this
is
a
carry
forward
amount,
the
Jacob
home
economic
development
agreement
and
its
deadlines,
and
this
year,
but
per
the
contract.
There
is
an
amount
of
time
to
allow
them
to
catch
up
on
any
targets
that
may
have
been
missed.
D
Next
up
is
Linamar
North
Carolina
incorporated.
This
is
$1,000,000,
which
is
for
the
creation
and
maintenance
of
800
jobs
and
315
million
dollars
in
capital
investment
by
the
year
2024.
As
a
reminder,
we
recently
consolidated
and
renegotiated
this
agreement
at
one
of
your
previous
meetings
just
a
couple
weeks
ago.
D
As
I
said
earlier,
this
is
a
public
hearing.
There
is
no
vote
or
further
action
required
from
the
board,
but
does
an
opportunity
for
the
public
to
comment
on
any
of
these
agreements
that
are
existing
as
well
as
those
economic
development
partners
and
strategic
partners
that
Rachel
spoke
to
earlier.
Are
there
any
questions.
A
A
The
amounts
indicated
here
and
in
most
cases
are
what
are
requested,
not
necessarily
what
will
be
awarded
and
the
projects
that
have
already
been
approved
in
the
past.
These
reflections
of
what
will
happen
if
the
economic
development
criteria
requirements
are
achieved.
So
it's
not
automatic
all
right,
we'll
open
the
public
hearing
at
5:15.
Are
there
any
members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
comment
on
any
of
these
items?
A
E
Board
I
would
like
to
request
from
the
county
manager
and
the
staff
to
have
some
kind
of
formulation
on
what
we
just
heard
and
what
the
desired
benefits
from
this.
These
this
little
song-and-dance
of
the
stuff
that
we
just
heard.
That's
a
lot
of
money.
You
hold
the
community,
grant
people
to
the
line
and
you
make
them
prove
whether
they
need
it
or
not,
and
how
that
goes.
I
think
these
jobs
has
been
throwed
out
here,
like
it's
candy.
E
We
need
to
hold
them
accountable
and
see
just
how
many
jobs
they
really
do
create
for
the
money
and
see
if
they
really
do
need
what
we're
talking
about
these
companies
are
well
off
I.
Don't
know
why
we
support
them.
To
begin
with,
I'd
like
to
ask
board
to
this
is
not
something
new
I've
asked
this
before,
and
it
was
supposed
to
be
put
on
the
website
and
it
showed
each
time
you
know
when
the
grants
come
up,
he's
supposed
to
show
this
that
what
what
was
good.
F
Don
Yelton
Jupiter
I
got
to
get
away
back
here.
This
microphone,
yeah
I
mean,
like
I,
thought
real
fast.
That
way,
you
don't
want
to
say
what
else
I
know
you
can't
hear
me.
That's
all
right.
I
can't
hear
the
people
that
make
the
presentation
and
they're
talking
fast.
You
don't
know
what
they're
saying
that's
where
Jerry
Rice
is
right.
How
many
of
you
up
there
heard
every
word.
F
F
You've
already
been
told
that,
and
so
I
suggest
strongly.
Some
of
you
got
a
financial
background.
You
better
start
speaking
up
you
better
stop
appeasing
all
these
handouts,
hoping
you're
going
to
buy
votes
because
you're
going
to
buy
enough
folks
to
bankrupt
the
county
and
bunker
won't
end
up
like
every
major
city
in
America.
That's
run
by
a
particular
party
and
I
hate
to
bring
party
in
because
the
Democrat
Party
are
the
Republican
Party's,
not
the
solution.
The
solution
is
7.
F
You
up
there
saying
what
you
think,
looking
in
your
heart
and
being
honest
and
open
with
us,
the
people
and
quit
trying
to
shuffle
things
behind
the
scenes.
I've
got
a
comment:
I'm
gonna,
making
public
come
in
and
I'm
gonna
be
thanking
all
for
something,
but
this
candy
has
a
tendency
to
be
like
an
old-time
saying
out
one
step
forward
and
to
backwards
one
step
forward
into
backward
and
those
backward
steps.
Folks,
we
can't
afford
so
better.
G
Good
evening
my
name
is
Smithson
Mills
and
I'm,
the
executive
director
for
the
Center
for
agricultural
and
food
entrepreneurship.
We
are
an
applicant
for
economic
development
funds
from
the
county.
We
are
the
owner
of
Blue
Ridge
food
ventures,
which
is
a
shared
use,
food
processing
center
located
at
the
AV
tech,
Inca
campus
we're
a
food
business
incubator.
We
successfully
launched
many
different
food
businesses
that
have
relocated
to
permanent
facilities
in
Buncombe
County.
Some
of
these
include
no
evil
foods,
roots
hummus
and
several
others
that
have
ended
up,
creating
a
lot
of
jobs
and
economic
opportunity.
G
We're
coming
to
the
county
this
year
to
ask
for
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
support
for
our
program.
Due
to
the
fact
that
we've
successfully
graduated
many
of
our
most
successful
companies,
we
are
asking
for
support
for
a
short
limited
period
of
time
so
that
we
can
rebuild
our
user
base
and
continue
to
create
jobs
and
economic
opportunity
in
the
county.
G
If
any
of
you
have
not
heard
about
the
Ridge
food
ventures
or
would
like
to
learn
more
I'd
like
to
invite
you
to
come
and
visit
us
at
the
AV
Tech
Inka
campus
we'd
like
to
give
you
a
tour
talk
about
what
we
do
and
show
how
we
are
kneading
engine
of
economic
development
and
growth
in
the
county.
Thanks
for
your
consideration,
thank.
A
H
C
J
H
H
It's
very
easy.
You
know
when
you're
going
through
all
these
gonna
confuse
many
I'm
just
wondering.
Why
saw
this
make
statement?
I'll
hush
it
in
the
future,
if,
if
it's
coming
in
as
a
parent-
and
we
know
them
by
someone
else-
and
we
probably
should
have
all
the
names
and
information
on
it-
it's
not
directed
to
you-
is
just
directed
out
there.
So.
C
A
Any
other
questions
all
right,
thank
you
and
we'll
close
the
public
hearing
on
this
item
at
five
223,
and
we
are
also
going
to
have
our
public
hearing
on
the
FY
2020
budget,
which
was
presented
at
the
last
Commission
meeting,
but
this
will
be
our
official
public
hearing
on
it
again
we're
taking
no
action
on
it
tonight.
Our
plan
is
to
vote
on
the
county
budget
at
our
next
County
Commission
meeting.
Mr.
Pender.
B
B
The
recommended
budget
totals
334
million
five
hundred
and
seventeen
thousand
seven
hundred
and
fifty
two
dollars
in
fiscal
year.
18
during
the
tax
revaluation,
the
board
reduced
the
tax
rate
to
fifty
three
point:
nine
cents.
Last
year
we
reduced
it
by
one
penny:
more
I'm,
recommending
that
we
maintain
that
rate
after
the
two
point:
nine
cents
for
fiscal
year
2020,
the
balanced
budget
includes
an
appropriated
funds
of
twelve
million
nine
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
nine
hundred
and
sixty
three
dollars.
B
This
budget
also
continues
to
advance
the
board's
priorities.
I
have
included
level
funding
a
level
of
funding
for
each
priority
for
2020,
in
addition
to
increase
investments
in
their
affordable
housing
and
early
childhood
education.
The
recommended
budget
includes
program
investments
in
affordable
housing
that
totals
three
million
eight
hundred
and
twelve
thousand
dollars
following
last
week's,
affordable
housing
committee
meeting.
A
recommendation
from
committee
is
that
six
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars
be
granted
to
Asheville
area
Habitat
for
Humanity
in
2020
for
the
development,
the
old
Haywood
Road
neighborhood.
B
Additionally,
we
are
proposing
investments
in
early
childhood,
a
three
point:
six
million
dollars
so
teach
at
partnership
grants
funding
is
included
in
a
recommended
budget.
At
one
point,
two
million
dollars
which
includes
six
hundred
and
five
thousand
for
Street
for
strategic
partnership
grants.
Five
hundred
thousand
for
Isaac
Coleman
grants
and
a
hundred
thousand
for
tipping
point
grants.
B
The
board
has
requested
an
increase
of
four
point:
two
four
percent,
our
twenty
five
thousand
one
hundred
and
twenty
five
dollars,
see
the
available
award
amount
for
for
strategic
partnership
grants,
which
is
an
alignment
with
their
over
unrestricted
revenue
growth.
The
total
recommend
is
to
teach
at
partnership
grants
is
six
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
eight
hundred
and
five
dollars.
This
includes
funding
across
the
functional
areas
of
culture
and
recreation,
economic
and
physical
development,
education
and
Human
Services.
B
B
The
budget
provides
funding
for
21
new
recommended
positions.
This
includes
ten
in
the
sheriff's
office,
six
patrol
officers
and
four
detention
officers,
nine
in
public
health
as
care,
coordination,
staff
members,
one
heating
and
air
specialists
in
General
Services
and
wanted
sistent
county
manager.
B
The
largest
component
of
the
general
fund
is
funding
for
education,
I'm,
recommending
the
growth
rate
of
four
point:
two:
four
percent
in
alignment
of
the
county's
unrestricted
revenue,
growth
to
fund
the
k-12
systems,
as
well
as
a
BTEC
based
on
that
formula.
The
recommended
budget
for
bumpkin
County
Schools
is
sixty
eight
million
fifty
two
thousand
three
hundred
and
seventy
four
dollars:
twelve
million
six
hundred
and
twenty
six
thousand
four
Asheville
City
Schools
and
six
million
seven
hundred
and
seventy
five
thousand
for
a
BTech
falling
the
presentation
of
the
recommended
budget.
B
Earlier
this
month,
we
met
with
the
leadership
of
both
school
systems.
Bumpkin
County
Schools
identify
their
non
negotiable
needs,
as
funding
related
to
sorry,
adjustments
of
approximately
3.7
million
their
various
scenarios
and
the
timing
of
the
proposed
increase
from
the
state
is
still
unknown.
Based
on
this,
the
decision
in
agreement
with
dr.
Baldwin,
is
to
leave
the
budget
as
recommended.
If
the
awareness
that
staff
from
the
schools
and
the
county
Budget
Office
will
come
together
to
evaluate
the
necessary
salary
related
increases.
B
Following
the
state
budget
adoption,
we
will
bring
any
additional
funding
request
back
to
the
Board
of
Commissioners.
As
a
reminder,
the
local
public
schools
appropriation,
the
total
funding
amount
allocated
to
Buncombe
County
Schools,
determine
this
year
that
is
allocated
to
Asheville
City
Schools,
based
on
the
average
daily
membership
between
the
two
school
systems.
B
I'm
recommending
funding
for
capital
and
in
information
technology
needs
7.6
million
to
be
financed
with
debt
proceeds
with
payments
beginning
in
the
year,
2021
1.1
million
in
pay-as-you-go
projects
and
479
thousand
dollars
for
IT
needs
that
would
assist
us
and
being
a
more
effective
and
efficient
in
service
deliveries.
I
am
proposing
using
savings
generated
from
prior
capital
projects
to
pay
for
new
capital
projects
and
IT
needs.
The
current
savings
available
is
1.6
million.
The
total
savings
on
working
a
minute
to
be
used
for
Pago
and
NIT
is
one
point
five
six.
B
This
will
leave
a
balance
in
the
capital
project,
savings
account
of
twenty
three
thousand
four
hundred
and
thirty-five
dollars.
The
commission
also
sets
the
rates
for
the
fire
district.
You've
heard
from
the
six
districts
that
are
requesting
a
tax
increase
staff
has
additionally
met
with
the
six
districts
and
we've
reviewed
their
financial
data
at
this
time,
I'm
recommending
to
following
at
their
increased
requests,
one
and
a
half
cents
increase
for
anka
resulted
in
a
tax
rate
of
ten
and
a
half
cents.
B
Three
cent
increase
or
fear
view
result
in
at
a
tax
rate
of
fourteen
and
a
half
cents.
Two
cent
increase
for
French
Broad
resulted
in
a
tax
rate
of
seventeen
cents
for
Riceville
two
and
a
half
cent
increase.
We
love
them
to
the
tax
rate
of
14.5
cents
and
west
Buncombe.
One
cent
increase
resulted
in
the
tax
rate
of
fourteen
since
I'm
recommending
the
Opera
hominid
district.
You
maintain
a
flat
rate
of
14.5
cents.
B
B
A
K
Thank
You,
mr.
chairman
and
commissioners,
my
name
is
Ruth.
O'donnell
I
live
in
Weaverville
I'm,
a
member
of
your
library
board.
When
I
was
interviewed
by
many
of
you
for
that
position,
we
discussed
together
that
this
library
system,
the
Buncombe
County
Public
Library's,
is
in
need
of
some
significant
additional
funding
in
order
to
bring
it
into
the
21st
century.
K
K
Excuse
me
at
costs
expended
local
money
expended
in
some
of
your
of
this
County's
pure
counties
and
I.
Can't,
for
example,
tell
you
that
Anderson
County
not
really
appear.
Since
it's
less
than
half
the
population,
a
Buncombe
spends
20
450
per
capita
on
their
libraries.
This
is
a
fiscal
year,
2018
data,
the
most
recent
available
for
all
the
counties
in
North
Carolina.
That
year
you
spent
$20
and
84
cents
per
capita
for
said
$4.
A
L
Good
evening
my
name
is
dawn,
Chavez,
I'm,
a
resident
of
the
city
of
Asheville
and
I'm.
Also,
the
executive
director
of
Asheville
green
works,
a
nonprofit
focused
on
litter,
cleanups,
waste
reduction
and
tree
stand
urban
forestry
tonight,
I'm
speaking
to
you
about
our
request
for
strategic
partnership
funds,
and
it
wasn't
detailed
in
the
presentation,
but
we
requested
50,000,
and
that
is
what
we
have
received
for
the
past
three
years
in
a
row
this
year
that
amount
the
suggested
amount
for
our
funding
was
reduced
to
forty
thousand
I'm
here.
L
To
ask
you
to
reconsider
this
and
fully
fund
our
request.
The
green
works
budget
is
about
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
The
strategic
partnership
fund
grant
has
made
up
only
about
ten
percent
of
our
overall
budget
and
now
that's
being
decreased
to
eight
percent
litter
cleanups
and
hard
to
recycle
events
make
up
about
20%
of
what
we
do,
but
because
we
mobilize
thousands
of
volunteers
on
these
projects,
we
can
do
it
on
a
shoestring
budget.
L
What
it
would
cost
the
county
to
take
on
what
we're
doing
would
be
a
lot
more
than
what
we're
asking
for.
In
2018,
we
had
two
thousand
six
hundred
and
forty
three
volunteers
who
performed
seven
thousand
four
hundred
and
seventy
three
hours
of
work,
which
is
the
equivalent
of
three
and
a
half
full-time
employees.
L
L
We're
talking
about
a
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
pounds
of
hard
to
recycle
materials
that
are
not
going
into
the
landfill
if
anything,
with
this
rate
of
increase
in
our
volunteer
and
in
the
amount
of
trash
they're
collecting
in
our
heart
to
recycle
events,
we
need
more
support
from
the
county,
not
less.
There
is
no
one
else
to
provide
these
services
if
Greenworks
not
is
not
doing
it,
who
will
and
where
will
that
trash
go
so
I
beg
you
to
please
fully
find.
M
N
M
Of
all
I
just
like
to
say
thank
you
all
for
your
support.
We
appreciated
your
support
of
our
summer
day
camp
and
support
of
our
after-school
program.
We
understand
that
the
two
thousand,
the
first
2,000
days
are
very
important
in
the
child's
our
educational
development
and
we
agree
with
that's
important,
but
we
also
believe
that
the
next
2,000
days
are
just
equally
as
important
and
we
try
to
make
an
impact
on
those
2,000
days.
M
We
have
a
summer
camp
that
that,
based
upon
John
Hopkins
studies,
they
say
that
students
lose
to
grade
levels
of
math
and
reading
during
the
summer,
and
our
summer
camp
is
the
only
summer
camp
that
intentionally
blends
education
and
recreation
into
the
summer
day
camp
into
the
summer
program
we
do
reading.
We
do
math
personal
development,
arts
and
crafts
and
recreation.
So
we
try
to
blend
that.
We
want
them
to
have
a
not
just
a
recreational
summer,
but
the
educational
and
recreational
experience.
M
We
also
provide
low-income
families
an
opportunity
to
send
their
children
to
camp.
Many
families
cannot
afford
to
send
their
child
to
camp
just
because
the
cost
is
prohibitive
is
just
too
expensive
for
them.
So
we
provide
that.
Need
that
says
that
we
want
to
provide
everyone
an
opportunity
to
go
to
summer
camp
that
blends
education
and
recreation
into
their
daily
activities.
We
believe
it
takes
a
village
to
raise
a
child,
but
also
takes
a
village
to
financially
support
that
child
at
the
same
time,
and
so
again
we're
grateful.
We
thankful,
we
appreciate
what
you've
done.
M
We
appreciate
the
funding
from
from
the
county
from
the
city
and
from
our
community,
and
we
like
to
invite
you
because
we
believe
our
community
to
invest
in
their
children
as
well.
We
like
to
invite
you
to
our
annual
Radiothon
that
occurs:
Friday
June,
7th
and
Saturday
June
8th
on
wrs
radio
station
10.7
on
the
FM
dial
weather
perspectives
in
the
music.
We
invite
you
to
participate
in
our
radio
fund
when
we
ask
our
community
to
to
support
a
summer
camp
that
blends
education
and
recreation
into
their
daily
activities.
M
A
O
Hi,
my
name
is
Michael
Michael
Carter
I
live
in
five
points
in
Asheville
and
I
work
with
the
step
program.
The
skills,
training,
Employment,
Program,
step
along
with
green
opportunities,
are
the
only
contractors
for
this
County's
employment
and
training
program
step
is
the
first
E&T
program
of
its
kind
in
North
Carolina.
Actually,
we
applied
for
strategic
partnership
funds
and
did
not
receive
an
allotment
I
wanted
to
briefly
just
tell
you
what
we
do
and
I'm
speaking
today
as
a
private
citizen
and
County
resident.
O
The
goal
of
step
is,
though,
of
the
step
program
is
sustainable,
living
wage
employment
for
County
residents
receiving
food
assistance.
We
exclusively
only
serve
County
residents
receiving
food
assistance,
since
our
exception.
In
November
2016
we
have
increased
the
average
wage
of
participants
who,
in
county
programming,
county
employment
and
training
program
by
three
dollars.
So
before
we
started
it
was
850.
Now
our
average
raises
1165
and
it's
still
climbing,
hopefully
we're
gonna
get
to
13
65,
which
is
a
living
wage
rate.
That's
our
goal!
That's
our
aspiration.
Step
is
also
taken.
O
The
lead
in
coordinating
community
workforce
development
projects
throughout
our
community,
principally
the
renovation
of
leave.
Our
kites
so
we're
working
with
our
the
developer
Weaver
cook,
to
structure
a
BTEC
training
program
for
participants,
low
income
participants
exclusively
and
after
folks
finished
that
training
class.
They
are
guaranteed
interviews
at
four
Weaver
cook
to
work
on
the
redevelopment
of
Lee,
Walker,
Heights
and
all
of
y'all
know:
that's
a
20
month,
construction
project
at
living
wage
rates.
So
we're
really
really
proud
of
the
work
we're
doing
with
that
project.
O
We've
created
similar
or
supported
some
other
projects
in
health
care,
child
care
cuz.
You
know
we
have
childcare
crisis
and
the
nonprofit
sector
since
January
2017.
Our
clients
have
received
over
two
hundred
and
eighty
certifications
attire.
The
next
region
pushing
over
three
hundred
obtained
139
new
positions,
step
plans
to
continue
our
client
centered
work,
and
we
will
use
a
buckle,
strategic
partnership,
funds
to
support
staff
salary
and
our
scholarship
fund,
which
covers
tuition
books
and
sir
vacation
fees
for
residents
in
this
county.
So
we
create
opportunities,
we
don't
create
handouts.
O
We
open
up
opportunities
for
folks
to
walk
through
they
walk
through
those
doors.
We
also
just
recently
got
to
brag
on
my
team
and
the
folks
I
work
with.
We
received
a
no
error
audit
from
the
state
and
that's
real
hard
to
do
so.
We're
really
really
proud
of
that
as
well.
So
you
know
I'm
not
just
bragging
I'm
saying
that
we
have
tangible
results.
O
So
I
would
like
to
highlight
the
any
funds
provided
to
the
stack
program.
Also
to
the
county
are
reimbursable
by
the
federal
government
up
to
fifty
percent.
We
rely
on
local
and
state
level
support,
so
the
federal
government
can
match
that
support.
So
if
you
give
us
a
dollar,
they
give
us
fifty
cents
back
that
sustainability.
If
you
ask
me
contributions
from
the
county,
we
serve
a
highly
prized
and
revered
because
we
can
use
the
leverage
them
for
more
resources.
O
N
Good
afternoon
I'm
Jim
Barrett
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
Pisgah
legal
services
and
I
wanted
to
thank
you
guys
for
your
support
in
the
past
of
our
programs
that
helped
people
actually
last
year
over
8,800
Buncombe
County
residents
obtain
various
quantifiable
benefits
worth
more
than
six
million
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
he's
clients,
average
$12,000
per
household,
so
they're,
very
low
income
people
and
we're
helping
them
most
of
them.
Stop
domestic
violence,
prevent
it
and
also
prevent
homelessness
of
those
eight
thousand
eight
hundred
people.
N
That
was
been
for
a
number
of
years
and
it
helped
offset
funding
cuts
from
the
state
government
that
were
over
a
quarter
million
dollars
since
the
recession
and
for
reasons
I,
don't
quite
understand
that
fund
that
contract
through
Health
and
Human
Services
has
been
reduced
to
a
hundred
thousand,
and
we
can
only
do
work
that
they
refer
to
us
and
in
the
past
they
haven't
been
very.
Very
good
at
referring
those
cases,
so
we
worried
that
we
won't
be
able
to
build
all
that
a
hundred
thousand.
N
So
the
only
thing
we
need
to
do
was
put
an
application
in
for
the
strategic
partnership
grant
and
that's
why
you
see
that
large
requests
that
you
hadn't
seen
previously
so
I
understand
that
you
are
generously
offering
ninety
six
thousand
four
hundred
in
that.
So
that's
a
big
chunk
of
the
partnership
grant
so
we're
grateful
for
that.
It
leaves
us
with
thirty
three
thousand
six
hundred
less
than
we've
been
getting,
and
we
were
also
due
to
experience
a
twenty
five
thousand
reduction
in
services
for
seniors.
N
N
We
had
over
15,000
volunteer
hours
over
16,000
1,600
donors,
and
we
appreciate
all
the
support
we
get
from
the
community.
We
just
said
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
and
it
said
and
justice
for
all.
So
we
think
this
is
a
very
important
investment
for
the
county
and
you
get
a
huge
return
on
that
investment.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
All
right,
thanks,
Jim,
all.
P
Good
evening,
chairman
Newman
County
Commissioners.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
My
name
is
David
Thompson
and
I'm.
The
director
of
student
services
for
Buncombe
County
Schools
in
that
role,
I
direct
and
advocate
for
the
behavioral
health
and
safety
needs
of
all
of
our
students
and
the
subsequent
impact
on
our
students,
ability
to
benefit
from
good
instruction
and
achieve
academically.
P
I
believe
our
district
has
a
clear
understanding
that
many
of
our
students
live
in
chronic
stress
due
to
homelessness,
family
struggles,
economic
uncertainty,
opioid
or
other
addiction,
and
sometimes
major
traumatic
events,
the
disruption
and
emotional
dysregulation
that
occurs
from
these
adverse
events,
negatively
impact
student,
achievement,
discipline
and
academic
achievement.
However,
we
have
science
on
our
side
that,
through
appropriate
intervention
and
supports,
we
can
positively
change
students,
lives
and
improve
their
resilience.
P
However,
it's
imperative
to
do
this
that
we
have
a
full
continuum
of
supportive
services
that
include
instruction
in
some
social-emotional
skills
for
all
students,
very
structured
and
evidence-based
supplemental
services
for
students
whose
behavior
requires
additional
supports
and
intensive
and
targeted
interventions
for
students
who
require
individual
academic,
supports,
specific
behavior
plans
and
mental
health
or
other
community
services.
I
want
to
share
with
you
some
data
so
that
you
can
fully
understand
the
frequency
and
acuity
of
the
behavioral
health
needs
in
Buncombe
County
Schools,
using
some
2017-18
data,
we're
still
collecting
data
for
this
year.
P
The
number
of
suicide
assessments
that
were
conducted
are
in
our
schools,
for
that
year
was
301.
Please
understand
these
are
not
exclusive
to
our
middle
and
high
school
students,
and
this
is
likely
an
under
estimate
event.
A
full
third
of
those
assessments
were
done
in
our
elementary
schools.
The
number
of
school
safety
threat
assessments
was
86.
All
of
these
assessments
resulted
in
development
of
safety
plans,
specific
interventions
that
school
personnel
implemented,
monitor
and
refer
to
a
community
mental
health
agencies.
P
Most
of
these
students
also
receive
school-based
mental
health
services,
as
well
as
modified
academic
setting
schedules
in
juvenile
quarter
are
available.
The
number
of
students
referred
for
school
mental
health
services.
School-Based
mental
health
services
from
our
three
agency
providers
was
1150
of
those
students.
790
actually
received
the
services.
Some
of
the
reasons
for
the
discrepancies
are
due
to
parent
choice,
but
others
are
due
to
the
frequent
turnover
or
capacity
of
those
agencies
to
provide
that
when
any
of
these
barriers
occur.
P
We
don't
forget
about
our
students,
our
teachers,
counselors
social
workers,
behavior
specialists,
school
nurses
and
administrators
continue
to
provide
behavior
supports
in
crisis
management,
but
without
that
therapeutic
intervention
that
addresses
the
underlying
natives
of
issues,
our
school.
These
numbers
have
faces
and
we
serve
all
students.
P
Q
My
name
is
Pat
Bryant
and
I'm
proud
to
serve
as
the
Erwin
district
representative
on
the
book
home
County
Board
of
Education.
Let
me
start
by
thanking
you
for
the
jobs
you
do
and
for
your
service.
The
jobs
are
not
easy.
I'm
here
representing
the
board
during
the
public
hearing
regarding
the
proposed
budget
allotment
from
the
Commission.
In
relation
to
the
request
we
made
the
current
recommended
budget
line
item
allotment.
If
I
read
it
correctly,
is
a
two
million.
Q
Seven
hundred
and
sixty
eight
thousand
$55
increase
from
last
year,
I'm
going
to
touch
on
three
areas
briefly
related
to
our
request.
First,
our
request
for
what
we
think
the
salary
increases,
health
insurance
cost
increases
and
employer
matching
retirement
contributions
coming
from
the
state
of
North
Carolina
that
we
need
to
apply
to
the
700
plus
employees
funded
by
the
county
of
bunkum.
In
Buncombe
County
schools
came
to
a
total
of
four
million
two
hundred
and
five
thousand
three
hundred
and
five
dollars.
Q
The
county
of
bunkum
has
for
years
seen
fit
properly,
so
I
would
add
to
add
local
dollars
to
fund
so
many
items.
The
state
of
North
Carolina
doesn't
fully
fund
such
as
health,
educators,
string,
music
instructors,
band,
additional
counselors,
curriculum
coaches,
coaches,
teacher
assistants,
CTE,
etc,
etc,
etc.
I
ask
on
behalf
of
the
full
board
that
you
fund
this
dollar
amount
fully,
so
the
numbers
from
Raleigh
come
in
less
than
what
our
best
educated
guess
is.
Q
We
will
certainly
do
whatever
needs
to
be
done
in
the
way
of
a
reversion
of
funds,
so
as
not
to
take
advantage
of
that.
If
you
awarded
something
above
what
we
actually
received.
Second
you've
heard
from
mr.
Thompson
in
relation
to
the
funding
for
additional
behavior
of
support
positions
that
totals
a
new
request
in
the
amount
of
486
thousand
dollars.
I
can't
add
much
to
what
he
said,
but
those
things
are
needed
and
it
would
it
would
be
a
good
start.
Q
Lastly,
I
asked
that
you
fund
the
board's
request
to
keep
20
teacher
assistant
positions
in
place
and
working
with
our
students
in
Buncombe
County
Schools.
A
total
of
that
request
we
made
I
believe,
was
728
thousand
six
hundred
forty
dollars
and
asking
for
this
specific
item.
I
will
ask
you
to
think
of
the
following
I
hear
many
times.
We
do
not
need
teacher
assistants
in
the
classrooms
or
we
didn't
have
them
when
I
was
in
school.
Similar
thoughts
to
that
I
asked
that
you
think
of
the
following
scenario.
Q
If
you
or
someone
you
know,
has
that
thought
think
of
a
7
or
8
year,
old,
child
of
viewers
or
a
grandchild
and
imagine
they're
having
a
birthday
party.
Maybe
it's
at
your
home.
The
invitation
list
is
16
to
18
long
and
all
of
those
seven
and
eight-year-olds
show
up
to
the
party
which
will
only
last
for
two
hours.
None
of
the
parents
offered
to
stay
and
assist,
and
you
only
have
two
bathrooms
in
your
home.
Q
You
have
to
make
sure
that
one
of
the
children
gets
his
medicine
an
hour
before
he
eats
pizza,
cake
and
ice
cream.
You
have
to
make
sure
one
of
the
children
doesn't
eat
the
ice
cream
because
he's
allergic
and
at
various
time
during
the
party,
four
or
five
kids
have
to
go
to
the
bathroom
at
the
same
time.
Remember
you're
by
yourself,
and
you
only
have
two
bathrooms:
one
of
the
kids
falls
down
playing
a
party
game
and
his
knee
is
bleeding.
You
got
to
keep
them.
A
R
Good
evening
my
name
is
Lee:
Ann
Smith
live
in
Arden
I
am
a
County
resident
I,
wasn't
planning
to
talk
to
not
because
I
emailed
each
of
you
to
request
that
you
consider
fully
funding
the
Green
Works
request,
so
I
want
to
back
up
what
Don
said
earlier.
I
know
you
guys
have
each
of
you
have
a
really
difficult
job
ahead
of
you,
because
so
many
of
these
organizations
are
worthy
and
appreciate
your
consideration.
R
I
just
want
to
present
to
you
my
personal,
in
addition
to
being
on
the
board
of
Green
Works,
which
I
haven't
been
on
for
quite
a
year
yet,
but
I
am
also
a
public
school
teacher,
a
public
school
librarian
to
be
exact
at
Glen,
Arden
and
I
have
a
little
along
with
a
couple
of
other
teachers.
I've
developed
a
little
environmental
and
sustainability
club
with
my
elementary
school
students
called
eco
readers,
and
we
work
on
efforts
that
will
be
friendly
to
the
school
environment
and
in
the
end
it
ends
up.
R
Saving
the
school
money
and
Green
Works
has
helped
us
over
the
last
four
or
five
years
at
no
cost
to
the
school,
no
cost
to
the
parents,
no
cost
to
the
students.
They
have
come
in
completely
free
and
helped
us
put
in
compost
bins.
We
don't.
We
were
not
ever.
It
isn't
big
enough
to
do
school-wide
composting
yet,
but
we
compost
on
small
scale
and
that
saved
hundreds
of
pounds
of
waste
from
going
in
the
landfill.
R
So
it's
an
exponential
effect
and
the
organization,
through
all
the
volunteer
efforts,
does
a
lot
of
they
lead
a
lot
of
projects
that
help
make
the
county
more
beautiful,
and
that's
part
of
the
reason
that
some
of
these
larger
corporations,
which
we
saw
in
the
presentation
earlier,
want
to
be
an
Asheville.
So
I
hope
that
you
all
will
consider
that,
as
you
make
your
decisions
and
thank
you
alright,.
S
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Mathilda
bliss
I
live
in
Asheville
and
I'm
here,
as
a
member
of
Asheville.
Shona
for
racial
justice
and
I
also
have
been
doing
some
work
of
for
better
busses
together
and
we're
asking
for
a
County
miracle
for
some
help
with
our
bus
system
and
being
able
to
serve
everybody
in
Asheville
and
everybody
in
Buncombe
who
needs
to
get
to
work
they
need
to
get
to.
You
need
to
get
their
kids
home
from
school.
S
They
need
to
get
their
kids
to
extracurricular
activities,
including
sports
and
arts,
and
we
are
looking
for
a
hundred.
Fifty
thousand
it
possible,
or
at
least
halfway
would
be
wonderful
and
the
county
has
a
commitment
through
5050
5307
funds
and
we're
looking
at
the
fact
that
affordable
housing
is
a
strategic
priority
of
the
county,
but
you
have
to
be
able
to
get
folks
to
their
life,
anything
that
happens
between
8
p.m.
and
10
p.m.
that
any
of
y'all.
S
Well,
we're
looking
for
a
little
bit
of
a
little
bit
of
help,
and
so
yes,
as
a
taxpayer
District
one
just
up
here
with
better
buses
together
in
Asheville,
showing
it
for
racial
justice
asking
that
the
county
provide
a
little
bit
of
hell
in
order
to
serve
all
of
our
communities,
especially
low-income
folks,
who
are
predominantly
who
are
disproportionately
disabled,
folks
and
people
of
color.
And
so
thank
you
for
your
time
have
a
good
evening.
T
T
What
Matilda
just
said
that
we're
hoping
that
the
county
will
will
see
the
need
and
to
invest
in
transit
and
to
support
County
residents
that
are
transit
dependent
and
that
helps
to
get
county
residents
to
and
from
work
and
and
to
kind
of
work
with
the
city
to
help
continue
to
support
the
transit
master
plan.
The
transit
master
plan
implementation
involves
routes
that
go
in
all
three
districts
in
the
county
and
serve
all
three
districts,
and
we
hope
that
you
can
find
some
ways
to
work
with
the
city
to
invest
in
the
art
system.
U
Hello
Evan.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
This
evening
my
name
is
Laura
Sexton
I
am
a
Buncombe.
County
resident
and
I
have
been
a
registered
dietitian
in
this
county
for
six
years.
I
am
here
on
behalf
of
the
Asheville
Buncombe
Food
Policy
Council,
and
the
food
waste
reduction
and
recovery
collaborative
in
Buncombe
County.
We
are
a
collaborative
of
folks
who
are
working
in
non-profit
public
and
private
sectors
and
we're
on
the
ground.
We
have
the
perspective,
expertise
and
innovation
to
inform
cross-sector
initiatives.
This
work
is
critical
as
we
seek
real
solutions
and
work
to
position.
U
Buncombe
County
as
the
forefront
in
in
snore.
'the
carolina
in
the
united
states
as
we
pursue
aggressive
and
important
food
waste
reduction
goals
in
2015
in
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
announced
the
first-ever
domestic
goal
to
reduce
food
loss
and
waste
by
half
by
the
year
2030.
By
taking
action
on
this
2030
food
waste
reduction
goal,
the
US
can
help
feed
the
hungry
with
existing
resources,
save
money
for
families
and
businesses
and
protect
our
environment
in
Bochum
county.
U
Our
food
insecurity
rate
is
twelve
point:
seven
percent-
that's
over
30,000
neighbors,
many
of
them
children,
they're
suffering
from
a
lack
of
adequate,
nutritious
and
reliable
food.
This
is
a
staggering
statistic
in
the
face
of
the
over
27,000
tons
of
edible
food
waste,
not
just
waste
edible
food
waste
that
is
clogging
up
our
landfills
each
year
and
putting
a
lot
of
pressure
on
our
infrastructure.
U
Please
consider
funding
our
food
waste
collaborative.
This
will
help
us
host
a
food
waste
summit
and
spark
private
enterprise
and
public-private
investment
in
solutions
that
feed
our
children
and
families
with
perfectly
edible
food,
while
reducing
the
burden
on
our
resources
and
infrastructure,
and
I
would
like
to
end
by
saying
that
throwing
away
food
is
a
privilege,
but
it
is
unacceptable
in
the
face
of
hunger.
Thank
you.
V
Good
evening
my
name
is
John
winger
and
with
the
Council
on
Aging
of
Buncombe,
County
I
live
out
in
Leicester
off
of
new-found
Road
and
I.
Have
something
different.
I
just
want
to
thank
all
the
commissioners
for
considering
some
support
for
our
programs,
a
strategic
partnership
to
help
with
our
benefit
enrollment
program.
This
is
a
program
that
will
seek
out
people
who
are
who
are
on
Medicare.
V
Everything
is
not
covered
at
a
hundred
percent
on
Medicare
and
it
can
become
extremely
expensive,
and
this
program
will
help
those
low
income
Medicare
recipients
here
in
Buncombe,
County
sign
up
for
programs
that
will
help
cover
their
cost,
whether
it's
for
prescription
drugs,
a
visit
to
the
doctor's
office
or
other
medical
procedures
that
are
can
be
extremely
expensive
because
they're
not
covered
at
a
hundred
percent.
So
all
we
want
to
do
is
thank
you
so
much
for
including
us
in
the
strategic
partnership
and
recommending
us
for
funding.
Thank.
A
E
E
What
do
you
expect
the
results
to
be
whenever
you
come
to
the
Commission
and
start
listening
to
what
the
schools
are
in
need
of?
Now,
let
me
tell
you
something
when
you
see
this
is
what
the
schools
is
presenting
today.
There's
another
side
to
that
story
and
hid
ain't.
What
you
heard
when
these
children
are
getting
in
trouble
at
school,
they're
children
that
needs
education,
it's
not
about
good
parents,
not
about
bad
grandmas,
cream
balls,
that's
not
what
it
is.
E
We
are
lacking
teachers
in
the
classroom
that
has
the
knowledge
and
understanding
to
teach
the
class.
The
teachers
is
in
our
classrooms.
Most
of
them
don't
even
have
a
marriage
or
they're
living
with
somebody,
and
we
have
people
that
does
not
have
the
compass
to
direct
our
children
and
what
happens
there
end
up
into
social
service
and
the
way
they
get
there
is
all
these
counselors
and
all
these
social
workers
are
directing
these
kids
that
gets
in
trouble.
Well,
why
are
they
getting
in
trouble?
E
We
don't
have
a
classroom
teacher
that
has
what
it
needs
to
direct
the
class
we
used
to
have
it.
Let
your
Thompson
knows
what
I'm
talking
about,
but
we
don't
have
that
today,
because
the
older
ones
is
passed
on
young
ones,
they're
still
in
the
learning
curve
and
they're
not
getting
the
training
data
should
either
talk
about
how
they
get
there.
They're
referred
from
the
classroom
teacher
they're
referred
to
the
principal.
The
principal
refers
them
out.
The
counts
are
refers
them
out.
You
know
what
happens.
They
go
into
DSS
and
juvenile
justice
for
20
years.
E
These
are
statistics
of
your
own
for
20
years.
1,600
a
year
is
going
into
DSS
what
happens?
These
families
are
split
up
into
referrals
all
over
this
county,
and
these
referrals
are
going
to
mental
health,
everybody's
nuts
in
Nashville
and
in
Buncombe
County
they're
nuts.
When
I
say
nuts,
everybody
is
supposed.
E
F
Well,
I'm
a
nut.
A
long
time
ago,
I
asked
this
commission.
What
does
each
library
cost
and
got
my
answer
yet
the
only
thing
they
show
they
don't
show
maintenance.
You
know
where
somebody
goes
that
the
librarian
paints
they
leave
the
Magnus
department,
they
don't
fill
out
a
little
sheet
and
that
sheet
doesn't
say
where
they're
going
and
that
sheets
not
charged
the
library
the
maintenance
eats
it
until
you
could
tell
me
what
each
library
cost.
Why
should
you
give
them
nor
money
I'm
not
against
the
libraries
but
I'm
against
the
candy
way?
F
Do
what
you're
supposed
to
do
we'll
cut
to
six
months
into
three
that
saves
you
money
coming
and
going
and
also
teaches
someone
responsibility
which
is
part
of
the
problem
about
morals?
The
jury
was
talking
about
the
camp,
the
nonprofit
cancer-
that's
great,
but
I'd
like
to
make
suggestion
to
you
that
you
form
a
non-profit
at
any
school
teacher
which
wants
to
make
more
money.
F
You
show
that
they've
contributed
so
many
dollars
per
hour
to
your
account
and
that'll,
reduce
their
taxes
and
that'll,
give
them
a
little
bit
of
a
raise
and
a
little
bit
more
money
in
your
pocket,
and
they
might
feel
good
about
doing
something
good
and
then
they
might
save
a
little
bit
of
money.
Wouldn't
that
be
wonderful.
That
would
be
wonderful,
so
think
about
that
I'm
serious.
So
you
got
to
think
outside
the
box,
but
you
got
to
ask
common
simple
questions:
buses.
F
What's
the
ridership
for
route
I've
asked
that
in
here
remember,
Mike
I've
asked
that
what's
the
ridership
reroute,
you
can't
even
tell
me
they
get
up
and
want
more
money
and
don't
say
how
many
people's
riding
that
bus
I
see
it
and
we
reveal
one
or
two
people
on
it.
You
could
run
attorney
cab
cheaper
than
you
could
run
the
bus
and
besides
the
bus,
is
a
contract
and
sometimes
pocketed
some
money
that
owns
the
buses.
Who
is
it
used
to
be
Youngblood?
I,
don't
know,
it
is
now
start
asking
those
questions.
F
These
are
questions
you
commissioners
ought
to
be
asking
rather
than
looking
down
easy
desk
and
say
it
yeah,
yells
crazy.
You
turn
right,
I'm,
crazy,
I'm,
crazy
enough
to
cave
the
truth
and
I'm
gonna
say
one
thing
about:
we
need
to
get
raptor
and
start
writing.
Tickets
on
26
will
give
a
whole
lot
of
money
to
the
school.
Every
morning
you
ought
to
be
out
on
26
I,
don't
care
they
go.
F
People
gonna
hate
me
for
saying
that,
especially
we
get
the
sheriff
out
there
pulling
over
but
son,
everyone
else
running,
75
and
80
coming
in
in
the
morning
and
guess
where
that
ticket
money
goes,
it
goes
to
the
school
now.
Finally,
I
got
eight
seconds.
You
increase
the
tax
rate,
1.1
percent
and
I
challenge
you
to
have
1%
left
over
at
the
end
of
the
year.
W
Good
evening,
commissioner
and
commissioners
chair,
thank
you
so
much
I'm,
Sharon,
Oxendine
and
I
am
the
Western
Women's
Business
Center
director,
which
is
a
program
of
Carolina
Small
Business
Development
Fund,
which
is
a
CDFI
which
is
a
Community
Development
financial
institution.
The
Western
Women's
Business
Center
opened
its
doors
in
2014.
We
were
located,
then
at
Eagle
Market
streets
and
now
we're
located
in
Candler
North
Carolina.
We
are
a
program
that
offers
technical
assistance,
access
to
capital,
business,
coaching
lending
and
networking
for
women
entrepreneurs.
W
We
also
offer
classes
for
our
Latino
clients
in
Spanish
and
also
provide
them
with
support
in
loan
development
in
Spanish
I'm.
Here
to
thank
you
for
last
year.
Your
support,
our
metrics,
are
that
we
were
able
to
provide
business
development
training
for
a
hundred
and
eighty
six
businesses.
This
includes
a
number
of
women
of
color
and
also
that
that
was
80
percent
women.
We
helped
to
create
34
jobs
and
lent
out.
2.9
million
dollars
were
deployed
here
in
Buncombe
County.
This
amount
accounts
for
50
percent
women
and
50
percent
of
those
were
also
low-income.
W
A
I
I
I
And
so
we
do
need
some
support
from
the
county
if
at
all
possible
and
I.
Just
would
ask
that
you
all
maybe
reconsider,
may
be
supporting
this
organization.
It's
the
oldest
african-american
cultural
center
in
the
country,
and
it's
a
jewel
here
in
our
community
in
downtown
Asheville
and
so
I
want
to
ask
that
you
all
maybe
reconsider.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
mr.
Thomas.
All
right!
Thank
you
all
for
taking
time
to
come.
Talk
to
us
about
the
budget
is
the
most
important
decisions
the
county
makes
each
year.
So
we
really
appreciate
hearing
everybody's
feedback
and
ideas
as
we
move
towards
vote
at
our
next
meeting.
Thank
you
all.
Alright.
A
A
J
A
B
A
Z
Sir
mr.
chairman
aboard
the
ferry
road
property
has
been
under
contract
since
February
of
2018,
with
a
group
out
of
California
Carnegie
Holdings
LLC.
They
they
offered
five
million
or
$50,000.
They
paid
a
5%
down
payment.
Two
hundred
sixty
two
thousand
five
hundred
all
be
refundable
if
they
pulled
the
plug,
except
that,
if
you
recall
last
fall,
they
extended
due
diligence
for
nine
months
and
they've
paid
seventy
five
thousand
dollars,
which
it's
non-refundable
the
closing
date
and
due
diligence.
State
deadline
is
now
June
22nd
and
they
have
requested
for
months
additional
time
with
due
diligence.
Z
The
reason
for
this
is
is
based
on
completing
DOD
approvals.
Easement
acquisition,
as
may
be
required
in
any
further
design
criteria.
Designing
that
would
need
to
be
done.
The
issue
boils
down
to
the
traffic
impact
analysis
and
what
they
would
do
with
the
northbound
side
of
NC,
191
and
dry
ferry
roads,
so
they're
thinking
about
either
a
one
lane
scenario
which
requires
70%
input
of
those
who
live
on
drive,
Ferry,
Road
or
two
lane
scenario.
Z
They
favor
a
two
lane,
but
they
just
the
two
parties,
the
d-o-t
and
this
developer
haven't
reached
an
agreement
as
to
what
to
do.
We
have
reached
out
the
d-o-t
to
try
to
get
them
to
just
say
what
is
required
and
what
we
want
to
do
now
is
try
to
negotiate
with
them,
because
the
surest
and
quickest
way
to
sell
this
property
is
to
stick
with
this
flyer.
Z
Z
Was
ten
thousand
dollars
a
month
for
the
last
six
months,
plus
five
thousand,
so
it's
a
grand
total
of
75
thousand.
That
is
expired
essentially,
so
we
need
to
come
to
terms
and
for
what
extra
consideration
would
be
required
to
extend
it
and
that's
what
we'd
have
to
negotiate
here
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
Okay,.
V
Z
B
A
Y
Yes,
board,
thank
you
and,
as
you
said
mr.
chairman,
we're
here
to
make
a
second
recommendation
on
the
on
the
second
reading
of
the
franchise
contract
proposal
and
pursuant
to
the
solid
waste
ordinance.
Our
solid
waste
ordinance,
2
votes
by
the
Board
of
Commissioners
are
required
prior
to
the
granting
of
a
franchise
agreement.
Y
The
commissioners
approved
the
first
reading
by
vote
of
7
4
&
0
against
during
the
May
21st
2019
meeting,
and
one
acknowledge
chip
jingles
regional
vice
president
is
here
with
us
this
evening
and
so
just
to
review
some
of
the
key
contract
components
that's
being
proposed.
This
is
a
five-year
base
term
contract
with
the
with
two
two-year
extension
options.
Y
Recycling
collection,
the
we're
encouraged
by
the
expansion
in
automated
and
alternate
fuel
vehicles
that
are
proposed
for
the
collection
fleet
and
also
the
incorporating
in
the
new
contract.
The
accountability
measures,
including
the
liquidated,
damages
schedule
relating
to
performance
violations
if
they,
if
they
occur
during
operations
and
the
performance
bond
requirement
that
will
be
required
for
the
duration
of
the
the
contract.
Y
So
you
know
there
was
I,
think
some
good
good
dialogue,
good
communication
back
and
forth
from
the
previous
meeting
and
during
the
meeting
and
then
following
up
you
know,
we've
had
citizen
questions,
comments
about
certain
components
of
the
of
the
contract
and
some
of
the
some
of
the
items
we've
been
hearing
about
is
the
recycling
component
and
we
understand
that's
a
change
and
obviously
people
are
curious
about
that,
one
to
know.
Okay.
What
does
that?
How
does
that
impact
me?
Y
As
a
citizen
or
as
a
subscriber
and
the
the
the
corpse
that
we
talked
about,
the
the
subscriber
will
have
size
options
on
the
on
the
waste
and
the
recycling
side,
so
the
96,
the
64
and
the
48
gallon
sizes
will
be
options
for
the
citizens.
You
know
different
households,
different
number
of
people
in
the
houses,
different
amounts
of
material
generated
that
have
to
be
managed.
Y
So
that's
I
think
that's
a
good
option
for
folks
to
have
those
different
sizes,
and
you
know
we
certainly
feel
that
the
cart
provides
adequate
volume
to
transition
to
the
every
other
week
collection,
the
city
of
Asheville.
Currently,
is
it
structured
the
same
way
with
the
roll
out
carts
and
the
every
other
week
or
cycling
collection?
And,
as
we
know,
they,
they
manage
a
substantial
amount
of
material
through
that
program.
Y
Y
The
the
reduction
in
collection
efficiency
also
works
towards
reducing
carbon
emissions,
because
you're
essentially
cutting
that
the
collection
frequency
in
half
so
there's
impacts
there
with
how
many
trucks
are
going
out
to
pick
up
those
routes.
So
I
just
want
to
discuss
some
of
those
we've
got
some
feedback
on
that
and
I
wanted
to
try
to
clarify
that.
Obviously,
the
net,
the
next
six
months
pending
a
decision
is
even
is
it's
going
to
be
just
that
education?
Y
That's
that's
huge
with
any
recycling
initiative,
it's
probably
number
one
at
the
top
is
getting
out
communicating
using
our
platforms
to
reach
out
and
touch
the
residents
and
help
them
understand
what
goes
in
the
blue
bin.
What
goes
into
the
green
bin?
So
the
bowling
balls,
the
clothes,
the
food
that
doesn't
go
in
the
recycle
side,
so
there
is
a
disconnect
we
have
to.
We
have
to
do
our
part
in
education,
so
you
get
bowling
balls,
absolutely
yeah.
Well,
we
got
some
barrier.
Besides
got
some
pictures.
It's
it's
impressive
work.
Y
H
Y
Yes,
sir,
so
those
are
those
are
certainly
efforts.
We
we
see
moving
forward
and
working
in
conjunction
with
waste,
broke,
Buncombe,
County,
waste
Pro
and
getting
educating
on
recycling,
but
also
this
transition
to
the
court
based
system.
So
that
is
the
recommendation
before
you
this
evening,
is
to
for
this
board
to
approve
and
execute
the
five-year
base
term
contract
with
waste
Pro,
and
that
would
be
effective,
January
1st
of
2020.
A
H
H
The
team
from
waste
Pro
was
there
and
the
concern
that
that
occurred
was
taken.
Care
of
you
know
in
a
very
professional
and
positive
way,
and
you
know
even
you
know,
reviewing
some
of
the
contract
and
you
know
and
standing
up
and
taking
accountability
for
that.
That
particular
issue
and
the
you
know:
I've
learned
that
once
when
someone
has
an
issue-
and
you
fix
that
issue
and
it's
called
recovery-
and
you
know
those
people
are
way
more
likely
to
recommend
you
than
the
ones
that
never
have
a
problem
at
all.
You
know
I
believe
y'all.
H
You
know
really
want
to
want
an
advocate,
not
that
you
needed
it,
but
you
did
a
did
a
good
job
and
I
wanted
to.
Thank
you
for
that.
I
think
it's
about
a
week
about
a
week
ago,
but
I
I
appreciate
it
only
questions
I
had
was
you
know
some
concerns
from
people
that
said
hey,
you
know
you're
you're
cutting
the
recycling
pickup
and
they
were
concerned
about
that
because
they
recycle
more
but
I.
H
Think
if
you
educate
them
on
the
size
of
the
containers,
surely
they
you
know
if
they
do
more
recycling,
they
can
get
a
bigger
container
for
recycling.
You
know,
and
so
I
would
think
that
would
be
helpful,
but
you
have
worked
hard
on
the
contract.
I
think
it's
a
good
one
and
I'll
be
supporting
it.
Thank
you.
A
AA
A
In
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
Thanks
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
and
we
will
stay
in
touch
as
we
move
into
the
next
phase.
So
all
right.
The
next
item
on
the
board
is
regarding
the
communication
departments,
recommendations
for
filming
rules
within
the
County
Commission
chambers
and
go
ahead.
Tell
them.
AB
O
AB
AB
To
a
doesn't
change
much
the
only
part
that
changes
is
that
anybody's
allowed
to
film
or
record
as
long
as
they
don't
impede
the
vision
of
any
audience
members
be.
Is
we
had
a
fire
marshal
come
in
and
kind
of
check
the
space
and
they
recommended
that
photographers
and
videographers
can't
block
the
ingress
or
egress
from
the
meeting
room
and
areas
around
the
doors
and
exit
must
be
kept
clear.
AB
Due
to
fire
code,
see,
we've
established
that
a
short-term
media
zone
located
between
the
front
right
pillar
here
and
the
desk
can
be
used
by
media
photographers
videographers
for
a
maximum
of
10
minutes
per
meeting
and
D
a
long-term
media
zone
located
in
the
back
of
the
room
here
will
be
for
reserved
for
permanent
placement
of
cameras
and
used
by
media
photographers
and
videographers,
and
the
last
part
is
that
the
board
reserves
the
right
to
designate
where
any
and
all
recording
devices
an
operating
personnel
may
be
placed
anytime
during
the
meeting.
That's
what
we
recommend.
A
All
right,
thank
you
can,
although
all
right
are
there
any
members
of
the
public
who
would
like
to
comment
on
the
proposal,
and
we
know
that
the
media
likes
to
cover
the
news,
not
be
the
news,
but
anyway
we
appreciate
y'all
being
here
tonight
and
would
welcome
course
any
feedback
from
members
of
the
media
as
well.
Yes,
sir.
X
Hello,
my
name
is
Daniel
Walton
I
live
in
unincorporated
Buncombe
County
towards
the
east
in
Asheville,
on
behalf
of
the
mountain
Express,
which
has
served
Western
North
Carolina
as
an
independent
alternative
weekly
newspaper
for
the
past
25
years.
I
just
want
to
share
some
concerns
regarding
the
proposed
changes
to
the
board's
policy
on
broadcasting
and
recording
meetings,
although
express
supports
the
provision
of
safe
ingress
and
egress
from
the
boards
meetings
at
all
times.
X
We
believe
that
the
proposed
rules
go
beyond
what's
necessary
to
ensure
safety
and
have
the
potential
to
hinder
the
news
media's
ability
to
report
in
a
comprehensive
manner.
As
you
know,
according
to
the
NC
General
statute,
143
318
point
1
for
a
public
body
must
allow
recording
equipment
quote
to
be
placed
within
the
meeting
room
in
such
a
way
as
to
permit
its
intended
use,
and
the
ordinary
use
of
such
equipment
shall
not
be
declared
to
constitute
undue
interference.
X
As
you
no
doubt
understand,
ordinary
is
easier
said
than
found
in
the
world
of
local
government,
while
reporters
may
remain
in
their
seats
or
filming
locations
for
99%
of
the
time
spent
covering
government
meetings.
Some
circumstances
require
flexibility
to
obtain
the
true
story.
Presentations,
protests,
groups
of
speakers
other
happenings
in
government
chambers
require
reporters
to
seek
different
camera
angles
or
to
record
sounds
from
places
other
than
the
back
of
the
room
or
a
designated
short-term
zone
and
seeking
the
story.
X
Media
members
may
temporarily
obstruct
the
view
of
audience
members,
even
while
remaining
in
compliance
with
all
fire
codes
regarding
ingress
and
egress.
A
generous
interpretation
of
the
state
statute,
without
additional
regulations
imposed
at
the
local
level,
will
give
reporters
the
flexibility
to
do
their
jobs
with
accuracy,
interest
and
depth.
Therefore,
I
encourage
this
board
to
postpone
adoption
of
the
policy
and
revisit
its
language
around
the
positioning
of
reporters
and
recording
devices.
X
I
also
encourage
staff
members
to
provide
information
about
the
concerns
that
may
have
motivated
the
drafting
of
this
policy,
which
has
not
yet
been
explained
to
the
public.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration
of
the
freedom
of
the
press,
which
is
the
bedrock
of
the
Republic
for
which
we
stand
and
of
this
honorable
County.
All.
F
The
idiot
again
question:
are
you
gonna
put
a
light
up
here
over
there
and
home
the
diocese
in
front
of
that
section
and
you're
going
to
turn
it
on
it'll,
be
green,
for
you
know
like
eight
and
a
half
minutes,
then
it'll
go
yellow.
Then
in
the
last
15-20
seconds
it
will
go
red,
so
you
won't
have
to
time
it
brown
you
up
there
and
tell
them
when
to
sit
down,
because
if
you
do
this,
you
better
put
a
lot
over
there.
So
they
could.
F
You
know
you
can
time
everybody
this
thing
because
that's
what's
caused
this
problem,
two
young
men
were
sued
taken
to
court
and
end
up
finding
$2,000
a
piece
for
being
rightward
WLOS.
Is
that
nothing
against
WLOS?
I
kid
him
about
being
we're
lost
in
outer
space,
but
that's
okay,
that's
a
joke
and
I
hope.
Most
of
them
know
that.
But
that's
what
brought
this
whole
thing
on
and
then
juries
at
the
back
and
they're
here.
F
E
E
If
you
cannot
enforce
the
policy
that
you
have
in
place
at
this
moment,
how
can
you
enforce
the
one
coming
forward
that
BLS
shouldn't
even
be
over
today?
Like
this,
your
policy
already
says
you
need
to
be
in
the
back
of
the
room.
You
won't
even
enforce
that,
and
that
goes
for
you,
mr.
chair,
when
you're
the
one
that
should
call
this
and
you
you
other
leaders
should
tell
the
Chairman.
If
you
don't
see,
he
don't
sit.
E
So
if
you
ain't
gonna
enforce
it,
ain't
no
use
to
make
a
policy,
but
I
do
appreciate
you
bringing
this
up
now.
There
is
something
here
that
I
think
would
help
you.
If
you
would
reorganize
your
position
here
with
the
person.
That's
speaking
here.
I
know
you
want
to
see
them.
You
want
to
hear
them.
Well,
don't
you
think
the
TV
wants
to
see
them
in
here
they
have
to
get
it
off
of
the
screen
at
birth.
Just
like
I
did.
E
If
you'd
position
the
speaker
in
some
form
here
that
they
could
get
a
shot
from
the
back
room
and
they
got
a
better
camera,
nah
I
can
get
your
eyeballs
in
mind.
I
think
that
would
go
a
long
ways,
don't
set
the
room
up
for
you,
set
it
up
for
the
audience
and
the
people
that's
coming,
but
you
can
hear
it
you
got.
You
got
pictures
up
here
on
the
screening
set
and
look
at
them.
I
don't
have
to
be
looking
at
you
in
the
eyeball.
You
can
look
on
the
screen.
E
A
A
AB
AC
Just
said,
maybe
someone
else
can
clarify
or
told
a
bit
just
wanting
to
engage
the
critique
we
heard
about
limiting
media
members,
mobility
and
access
Cataldo.
Can
you
speak
a
little
more
to
the
intent
of
sort
of
section
a
around
like
what
not
impeding
the
vision
of
audience
members
means
is
that
as
a
significant,
lasting
impediment
to
the
vision
of
audience
members,
is
it
zero
from.
AC
H
I
mean
I,
don't
really
see
an
issue
with
you
know,
with
with
a
camera
in
the
back
of
the
room
that
has
you
know
great,
you
know
capacity
to
be
able
to
zoom
in
and
be
able
to
cover
a
story,
I
think
they
can
do
that
and
cover
it.
I
think
the
the
purpose
of
this
was
to
create
fairness
between
those
and
have
to
stay
in
the
back
all
the
time
and
those
that
can
use
this
area
up
here.
H
H
You
know
we
just
asked
him
to
lower
their
science
and
if
somebody
was
taking
too
much
time
up
here,
the
interesting
thing
about
up
here
is
that
you
know
when
we
have
good
news
and
we
have
all
kinds
of
things
going
on
you
know,
and
there
there
are
families
here
and
there
wanting
to
take
pictures
or
kids,
and
you
know
they
all
know
they
can
come
up
there
and
do
that.
And
if
someone
is
filming
you
know
wants
to
film
the
entire
meeting
or
an
extended
period
time.
H
They
can
do
that
from
the
back,
which
frees
us
up.
You
know
for
people
to
come
up
and
not
have
to
worry
about
falling
over
equipment
and
I.
Don't
I,
don't
see,
it
has
been
I,
don't
see
it
as
a
minute
restriction,
because
I
think
anything
that
that
we
do
like
this.
You
know
I
have
to
be
the
reasonable
and
we'll
do
what
you
know.
What
what
makes
sense,
but
that's
my
take
on
answer.
A
What's
the
one
question
and
again
I,
you
know
the
media
folks
want
to
cover
the
news
not
make
it,
but
but
just
in
terms
of
Daniel
your
comments,
you
have
any
other
specific
suggestions
for
you
know
specific
changes
that
we
might
want
to
consider
as
part
of
this,
because
I
think
we
do
want
to
give
folks
a
chance
to
get
a
little
closer.
They
want
to
get
some
coverage
of
what's
happening
up
here,
but
I
think
we
want
to.
A
You
know
we
think
that's
an
appropriate
place
to
do
it,
so
it
doesn't
block
views
and
we
want
to
be
fair
to
all
the
media
so
that
everyone
could
have
a
chance
to
do
that.
But
that's
not
where
folks
are
kind
of
permanently
parked.
So
I
mean
we're
open
to
ideas,
any
specific
suggestions,
and
if
you
do
please
make
them
at
the
mic.
So
we
can
hear
them.
I
think.
X
I
mean
obviously
we'd
we'd
want
to
take
some
time
and
look
at
the
layout
of
the
room.
I
agree
with
with
mr.
rice
that
the
layout
of
the
room,
especially
for
those
of
us
without
particularly
high
powered
cameras,
is
not
particularly
conducive
to
getting,
for
example,
reaction
shots
from
far
back
in
the
room
of
Commissioners
I.
X
A
AB
J
Honestly,
I
do
think
we
ought
to
take
a
little
more
time
with
engines.
It's
a
quick
deal,
we're
just
really
learning
about
it
and
Matt
and
Express
say
he
made
a
good
case
for
it
and
I'd
look
at
it
in
a
different
form.
You
know
totally,
you
know,
how
do
you
come
up
with
the
square
footage
sure
what
we've
got
there
in
n
room
now,
you
know,
could
have
been
smaller.
J
A
AB
AD
AD
I'd
like
to
point
out,
I,
want
to
be
fair
to
the
media
and
I
know
First
Amendment
rights.
That
goes
for
all
of
us,
but
let's
not
forget
folks,
one
of
the
key.
The
main
reason
that
we
have
this
meeting
twice
a
month
is
for
our
constituents
and
I:
don't
want
to
make
it
where
they
are
blocked.
They
can't
see
and
they
can't
participate,
because
that's
who
I
want
to
hear
from.
H
H
You
know
when
you're
talking
about
angles,
I
get
challenged
by
my
constituents
and
people
in
the
audience
watch
me
and
they
watch
me
if
I'm
watching,
if
I'm
listening
and
paying
attention
in
order
for
me
to
do
that,
I
got
a
look
at
you
and
it's
so
it's
not
you
know
to
make
me.
You
know
more
comfortable
or
better.
It's
just
the
fact.
One
constituent
concern
talks.
We
need
to
be
looking
at
that
constituent.
We
need
to
be
listening
that
condition
and
we
are.
H
H
D
AE
H
I
think
that
you
know
coming
up-
and
you
know
the
larger
cameras
being
in
the
back
and
having
discretion
where,
if
someone
needs
to
take
a
picture,
they
just
step
up
there
and
that
air
and
take
their
picture,
and
you
know,
and
that's
just
being
reasonable
with
that
process
and
not
I
mean
people
will
get
used
to
that.
You
know
where
they
can
go
and
what
they
can
do.
But
I
don't
mean
somebody
stands
up
and
takes
a
picture.
AC
F
AC
A
AC
A
Right
so
Commissioner
fryer
others
suggestions.
We
knock.
We
not
act
on
it
tonight.
Does
anybody
have
a
burning
desire
to
make
a
motion
on
this?
Otherwise
we
could
just
plan
on
taking
this
a
better
next
meeting.
We
all
think
about
a
little
bit
more
there's
other
folks
in
the
community
or
media.
You
have
feedback.
B
Force
before
you
say
next
me,
then
let
us
table
it.
Let's
meet
with
in
the
media
and
staff,
and
look
to
see.
If
there's
anything,
we
need
to
do
as
a
staff
to
realign
the
office
and
let
us
come
back
well.
We
have
fully
fleshed
it
out,
since
it
just
say
next
meeting.
Just
let
us
work
on
it
and
bring
it
back
when
it's
ready,
you're.
B
H
AD
E
A
A
Die
there's
no
motion
made.
We
just
haven't
taken
any
action
on
it.
Yeah
all
right
that
sounds
fine,
I'll
say
for
myself,
I
think
it's
a
pretty
I
think
we're
going
we're
headed
in
the
right
direction,
so
I'm
open
to
open
to
ways
to
you
know,
tweak
it
or
modify
it.
So
any
last
comments
before
we
move
on
to
the
next
item:
all
right
thanks
everyone
for
your
feedback
guys.
Thank
you.
A
AF
AF
So
in
your
packets,
you
have
both
the
resolution
and
a
board
member
job
description
establishing
the
park
screen:
Land
Recreation,
Advisory
Board.
What
we've
tried
to
do
with
the
resolution
is
remove
some
of
the
language
that
made
the
appointments.
Prescriptive,
make
it
all
open
to
a
wide
sector
of
the
community
while
using
that
community
or
that
job
description
to
describe
the
types
of
community
members
that
we
were
looking
for,
but
to
still
allow
the
Commission
ultimate
discretion.
That's
as
to
who's
appointed.
AF
The
ultimate
purpose
of
the
board
is
going
to
be
not
only
to
collect
citizen
feedback,
but
to
help
us
find
the
best
ways
to
reach
the
the
broadest
segment
of
our
population
and
to
understand
how
we
can
promote
the
message
of
what
we're
already
doing
in
parks
and
recreation,
along
with
our
works
in
greenways,
to
reach
the
the
widest
segment
of
our
population
and
our
citizens.
And
so
with
that
can
answer
any
specific
questions
on
the
structure
of
the
board
or
anything.
We
intend
to
do
here.
All.
A
A
AE
Honorable
chairman
commissioners,
county
manager
and
director
of
recreational
services,
my
name
is
David
Nutter
I
am
a
County
resident
and
also
an
active
member
of
the
connect
Buncombe
Board
of
Directors,
the
city
of
Asheville
Green
Lake
committee
and
Asheville's,
multimodal
transportation
Commission.
We
have
connect
Buncombe,
strongly
support
your
creation
of
a
parks,
recreation
and
greenways
advisory
board,
and
we
have
reviewed
all
of
the
supporting
documents
and
think
they
are
great.
We
would
like
to
sustain
our
long
term.
Commitment
to
the
Greenway
is
part
of
the
committee's
purview
and
we
promise
to
do
so
vigorously.
AE
AG
Good
evening
I'm
Alison
Glackin
I'm,
a
resident
of
Biltmore
Lake
and
I'm,
the
vice
president
of
Connect,
Buncombe
and
I,
want
to
begin
by
saying
thank
you
for
the
support
you
have
given
to
parks
and
greenways
in
Buncombe
County,
particularly
with
the
funding
approval
that
you
provided
last
year.
We're
looking
forward
to
your
continued
support,
and
tonight
you
might
be
nice.
It
might
be
nice
to
hear
we're
not
asking
for
money
we're
asking.
AG
Let
us
help
you
let
the
citizens
of
Buncombe
County
help
you,
and
with
that
in
mind,
we
want
you
to
approve
the
resolution
to
establish
the
parks,
greenways
and
Recreation
Advisory
Board
for
Monken
County.
We
appreciate
the
work,
that's
gone
into
writing
this
proposal
and
we
feel
it's
really
well
thought
out.
We
expect
this
board
will
greatly
contribute
to
our
County's
parks,
greenways
and
recreation
services,
by
engaging
those
with
passion
and
expertise
who
will
represent
the
voice
of
our
broad
community.
E
E
That's
before
you,
miss
kind
of
manager
and
and
you'll
understand
what
it
was,
because
this
was
a
big
deal
and
mr.
Gant
was
very
surprised
when
he
he
got
throwed
out
from
the
legislature
and
and
the
big
money
thing
was
that
they
put
like
three
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
it,
and
then
that
was
going
to
grow
that
fund
and
then
there's
going
to
be
have
a
separate
bank
account.
E
So,
while
I'm
pointing
all
this
out,
for
you
know,
history
repeats
itself
a
lot
of
times
so
to
save
the
taxpayer
money
advisory
board
is
okay
as
long
as
it
stays
in
that
capacity,
and
the
resolution
is
not
going
to
push
it
into
something
else
for
the
future,
because
you
know
the
taxpayers
are
going
to
be
funding
something
again
yeah.
This
is
the
first
step
for
the
long
journey
I'm
in
it
for
the
long
journey,
the
taxpayers
don't
need
to
be
funding
this
bill.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
AA
AF
Approach
that
we're
using
is
adding
some
additional
questions
to
the
existing
application
for
all
boards
and
commissions,
we'll
use
those
to
kind
of
understand
the
spread
of
the
applicants
that
we
have
in
present,
or
some
type
of
ranked
or
some
kind
of
criteria
sheet.
That
allows
you
to
understand
what
background
each
individual
has
and
what
they're
bringing
to
the
board
when
you
make
your
selection
as
a
board
of
commissioners.
Thank.
AF
D
V
E
H
H
Of
the
families-
and
you
know
in
Buncombe
County,
how
do
I?
How
do
we
do
that?
You
know
I
I'm.
I
think,
commissioner
edwards,
you
know
kind
of
kind
of
teed
this
up
a
little
bit.
You
know
I've
had
a
concern
for
years,
not
that
that
we
could
invest
or
should
have
been
investing
more
money
in
her
in
our
parks
and
I've
been
pretty
vocal
on
that
you
know.
H
You
know
accessible
parks,
you
know
expanding
the
usability
of
our
parks
and
and
I
think
we've
started
on
that.
You
know
and
I
appreciate
that,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we,
as
people
are
appointed
to
this
board,
that
they
that
we're
not
leaning
in
just
one
direction
on
that.
We
don't
forget
that
we
don't
forget
about
that.
So
and
I
know
I'm
preaching
to
the
choir
for
you
because
I
know,
you've
done
a
tremendous
amount
of
research
on
that
and
I
hope
the
Commission
will
will
get
behind
that
kind
of
thought
process.
H
Also,
I
did
see
in
here
that
it's
Commissioner
Whiteside
alluded
to
that.
It's
someone
from
each
district
and
that
we're
also
paying
attention
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
folks
that
that
represent
all
areas
of
of
economic
blessings.
If
I
could
say
that
way
on
how
people
look
you
know
or
they're
getting
input
from
everybody,
because
I've
said
it
before.
H
You
know
if
you
drive
around
Buncombe
County
and
you
see
a
lot
of
the
little
swing
sets
in
people's
yards
and
then
maybe
two
or
three
years
later
you
go
back
and
they're,
not
there
they're,
not
as
maintained.
Well.
That's
that
individuals
attempt
to
do
a
park
for
their
child,
and
so
we
need
to
look
at
those
areas
and
make
sure
we've
got
those
parks
and
make
sure
they're
covered
I'm
sure
they
can
use
them
in
the
summertime
and
so
on.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're.
H
A
Great
all
right,
I
just
want
to
say
before
we
go
I
wanted
to
say
thanks
to
Josh,
there's
obviously
been
a
lot
of
thought
that
went
into
the
resolution
and
thank
the
county
manager
working
with
staff
to
think
about
how
to
create
this
new
public.
Ward
I
know
all
these
new
PO
all
these
public
boards.
They
all
take
work
both
on
the
citizens
part
and
the
staffs
part.
So,
but
so
we
don't
want
to
create
them.
You
know
without
thinking
it
through,
but
I
think
this
is
one.
That's
been
really
well
thought
out.
A
It's
obviously
a
lot
of
public
interest
in
both
the
parks
and
the
recreation
in
the
green
waste
pieces.
So
I,
you
know,
I
see
this
as
part
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
to
provide
structures
for
citizens
to
be
meaningfully
involved
in
what
the
county
is
working
on.
So
no
we'll
get.
This
will
probably
be
a
hard
one
to
a
point
for
because
I
bet
there'll
be
a
ton
of
really
interested
in
really
well
qualified
people
so,
but
I'm
excited
about
it
and
appreciate
everyone
help
them
get
it
to
here
tonight.
A
A
F
Well,
I'll
repeat
a
comment
that
I
made
a
minute
ago:
I
guess
the
rules
doesn't
preclude
that
of
the
one
step
forward
and
two
steps
back.
I
don't
want
to
congratulate
the
staff
in
the
county
on
working
on
televising
the
pre
meeting.
I
understand
you
all
tried.
They
tried
to
do
it
last
Friday
and
it
was
kind
of
like
that
rocket
that
we
were
going
to
shoot
to
the
moon.
It
kind
of
fizzled
out
so
I
told
him
me.
F
That
means
he's
in
good
company
he's
got
he's
trying
to
do
a
big
task,
so
I'm
very
positive
about
that
and
I
appreciate
that
and
I
thank
the
staff
and
elected
commissioners
that
help
bring
that
about.
I
would
like
to
know
what
a
library
cost
and
I'd
like
to
know
how
many
people
ride
the
bus.
So,
let's
see,
if
some
of
you
commissioners
will
start
pushing
for
that
now
for
the
two
steps
back
I
called
and
asked
for
a
hard
copy
of
the
budget.
Summary
the
53
pages
and
I
went
through
five
people.
F
Five
people
I
was
told.
Well,
we
wanted
to
save
paper
that
they
were
cutting
back,
had
no
printed
copies
and
I
can
go
to
somebody's
office
and
look
at
it.
I
don't
want
to
look
at
it.
I
want
it
in
my
hand,
because,
as
you
know,
if
you're
looking
at
something
that's
financial
now,
it
helps
to
have
the
hard
copy.
So
you
can
look
back
and
forth
in
the
pages
and
it's
hard
to
do
that
in
the
computer.
It's,
why
call
them
left
a
message
for
the
county
manager
and
then
I
got
a
call
back.
F
F
H
A
F
That's
okay,
cuz
I'm
about
through
brownie
trust
me
I
got
it
down
pretty
cousin
three
minutes
anyway.
You
know
that
bottom
line
is
I
have
to
use
my
ink
and
a
little
printer
home
takes
all
that
time
in
a
box
by
law.
You
can
charge
me
five
cents
a
copy
because
that's
about
what
it
costs
to
do
it
so
I'm
gonna
request
a
hard
copy
and
I'm
giving
a
copy
of
a
lawsuit.
A
A
E
Going
back
to
the
question
on
the
media
and
where
they
stand
that
over
here
there's
a
question
here,
that's
bigger
than
the
media.
Your
fire
marshal
must
not
have
what
something
between
his
ears
I.
Don't
think
he
looked
at
the
real
issue,
he's
only
looking
at
the
media
and
I'm
just
as
much
of
the
media
WLOS
by
the
way
I'm
just
as
important,
whether
you
think
that
or
not
I
might
not
publicize
you
as
good
as
they
do,
but
I'm
stealing
poison.
E
The
concern
that
I
have
might
not
it's
not
just
about
the
media
tonight
you
saw
them
lined
up
again
along
the
wall
back
there,
you
ain't
supposed
to
do
that.
That
is
the
egress
of
people.
If
you
look
on
your
sign
over
yonder,
you
got
to
have
that
open
for
people
to
file
out
they're,
not
supposed
to
stand
over
you're
supposed
to
have
an
overrun
room
somewhere.
I,
don't
care
for
eight
of
them!
That's
over
running!
They
need
to
go
to
the
overrun
room,
I'm
gonna,
educate
you!
E
E
If
you
think
a
fire
marshal
can
can
leave
that
mess
out
there,
where
you
go
through
the
walking
gate
and
call
that
okay,
he
needs
to
be
examined
himself
now.
The
other
thing
is:
when
you
get
down
the
hallway
and
turn
the
corner:
here's
a
big
old
desk,
bigger
than
this
sitting
in
the
middle
of
the
egress
two.
Then
you
go
downstairs
to
get
off
the
elevator
and
you
find
another
bigan
down
there.
The
sheriff
ain't
down
anymore.
E
Now,
if
a
fire
marshal
can't
understand
his
own
rules
that
he
should
go
by,
why
should
I
have
to
be
up
here?
Telling
you
I'm,
on
the
other
end
I,
believe
the
legal
should
look
into
this
and
get
the
fire
marshal
up
to
speed,
because
if
you
think
everybody's
gonna
get
out
of
this
room
and
get
down
through
past
all
this
crap
in
the
hallway
and
the
desk
out
front,
where
you
got
your
secretary,
you
better
be
rethinking
this,
because
if
something
bad
did
happen,
you're
gonna
be
on
the
hook
for
a
liability.
Thank
you.
AH
Am
the
one
a
little
and
I
represent
the
why
my
cultural
center
I
was
not
here
for
the
public
coming
around
economic
development.
So
this
is
not
a
repeat.
This
is
me
addressing
the
issue
of
the
lack
of
funding,
the
no
funding
to
the
Y,
my
cultural
center,
giving
our
historical
relevance
to
this
city
in
this
community
in
the
black
community
as
a
whole.
So
I
would
like
to
start
off
by
thanking
you.
AH
Jasmine
I
was
at
the
last
meeting
when
I
was
talking
about
your
budget
considerations
and
I
loved
the
phone
that
Rachel
gave
out.
They
actually
showed
how
each
Commissioner
voted
and
showed
where
the
money
was
actually
going,
as
always
been
a
question,
because
it
was
always
been
an
issue,
the
lack
of
transparency
and
that
really
provided
it
in
their
meeting.
But
at
the
same
time
only
one
Commissioner
vote
at
first.
Only
one
Commissioner
voted
to
preserve
a
historically
black
agency
in
Nashville.
He
wasn't
asking
for
programming
funds.
AH
We
wasn't
asking
for
funds
to
support
an
issue.
We
was
asking
for
gap
funding
to
support
our
agency
as
we
utilize
the
funding
that
we
received
through
another
grant
to
restore
the
building
so
that
we
could
have
four
capacity
of
the
building
and
be
able
to
have
a
great
impact
within
the
community.
Given
the
statistics
of
black
Asheville
that
y'all
have
all
been
aware
of.
I
had
presentation
after
presentation
to
talk
about
the
disparities
when
y'all
say:
equity.
AH
P
AH
After
year
after
year,
seeing
these
meetings
for
these
funding
sessions,
while
the
situation
gets
worse
for
the
black
community,
I
would
like
for
y'all
when
y'all
use,
y'all
equity
lens,
that's
the
new
buzz
term
to
put
racial
in
front
of
it.
That's
the
uncomfortable
term
that
we
like
to
drop
off
to
the
side,
but
it's
the
reality.
I
the
black
community
is
suffering.
There
is
oppression,
we
need
access
and
y'all
are
in
the
position
of
providing.
AH
AI
AI
AI
There
was
no
effort
to
maintain
any
records,
and
our
process
at
this
moment
is
to
try
to
put
together
a
history,
a
history
of
our
shared
community,
our
shared
existence
as
a
people.
As
of
now,
anyone
who
attended
Stevens
Lee
has
no
history
except
personal
memories,
there's
no
filing
of
diplomas.
How
do
you
prove
that
you
even
graduated
from
high
school
if
you
attended
that
school
from
1923
to
1965
I
agree
with
DeWanna?
All
of
these
projects
have
to
be
viewed
in
the
context
of
race.
It
can't
be
avoided.
AI
AI
That
information
is
not
and
was
not
available
to
the
african-american
community
I
would
have
visited
each
of
you
for
an
entire
year,
explaining
what
this
project
is
and
what
it
means
to
the
community.
So
in
your
future
process,
I
certainly
hope
that
you
will
include
that
every
applicant
has
the
opportunity
to
approach
each
Commissioner
on
an
equal
basis,
that
your
doors
are
open
and
that
any
applicant
can
approach
you
to
explain
their
application.
Thank
you.
A
All
right
we've
just
a
couple
of
announcements.
We
adjourn
on
June
18th
at
noon.
The
county
commissioners
will
hold
their
pre
meeting
at
200,
College
Street
on
the
first
floor
conference,
room
in
downtown
Asheville
and
then
that
afternoon,
at
5:00
p.m.
the
County
Commissioners
regular
meeting
will
be
held
at
200
College
Street
here
in
room
3
to
6
we're
adjourned.