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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Regular Meeting (May 4, 2021)
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May 4, 2021 Regular Meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. To view the meeting agenda, future meeting agenda, or to sign up for public comment, visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
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A
B
A
A
I'd
like
to
announce
that,
if
anyone
participating
in
this
meeting,
we
have
parking
validation
at
the
county
parking
deck
for
those
who
are
attending
this
evening.
You
can
have
this
validated
by
the
sheriff's
officers
who
are
here
this
evening
or
if
you
use
transit,
to
travel
to
the
meeting.
You
can
have
that
validated
as
well.
It's
valid
for
today.
Only
let
me
read
the
ethics
reminder
to
the
board.
A
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?
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
voted
on
by
the
board
at
this
meeting.
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A
A
A
D
Yeah,
I
think
it's
illegal
to
lower
your
mask
when
you're
speaking
to
a
microphone-
and
I
think
avril
and
I
are
definitely
six
foot
apart,
so
we'll
be
in
good
shape.
That's
fine,
you're,
probably
surprised
to
see
me,
but
you're,
probably
not
surprised,
to
see
me.
The
only
thing
I
hate
is
not
being
able
to
see
the
expressions
on
your
face
when
I
discuss
something,
because
I
know
that
I've
been
here
so
much
you're,
tired
of
seeing
me
and
don't
want
to
see
me
and
probably
shut
your
ears
up
when
I
speak.
D
She
wanted
the
vast
monument
removed
and
roads
renamed
and
what
you're
doing
selecting
a
select
group
of
people
in
the
population
of
asheville
and
highlighting
them,
and
what
you're
doing
with
this
1619
date
that
you've
got
in
here.
You
left
out
the
fact
that
there
was
slaves
in
the
north.
You
left
out
the
fact
that
the
indians
actually
made
slaves
when
they
accomplished
and
attacked
someone
else,
and
I
am
very
very
proud
to
stand
here
and
repeat
what
james
carville
said,
and
I
thought
god
would
never.
D
Let
me
say
anything
about
good
about
james
carville,
because
he
was
a
democrat
hack
and
his
wife
was
a
republican
hack
and
they
lived
off
politics.
But
he
said
when
I
look
out.
I
don't
see
a
black
or
brown
community,
I
see
a
community
and
when
I
look
up
there
I
know
a
lot
about
each
of
you
and
I've
studied
you.
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D
A
A
F
G
Thank
you
and
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
james
fulton
and
I
live
in
arden.
I've
seen
many
people
come
here
to
talk
about
disadvantages
in
their
lives,
so
I
wanted
to
remind
people
that
many
of
us
enjoy
working
hard
and
taking
care
of
ourselves
and
our
families,
rather
than
learning
to
rely
upon
the
government.
G
I
do
not
know
whether
you
adequately
assess
the
potential
impact
that
the
recently
passed,
special
considerations
and
anti-discriminations
ordinance
will
have
on
small
business
owners.
I
see
nothing
in
that
ordinance.
That
gives
any
consideration
to
how
small
businesses
can
protect
themselves
from
frivolous
claims
and
resulting
financial
penalties.
G
I
do
not
know
what
kind
of
effort
was
put
into
fully
assessing
whether
there
was
a
real
need
for
passage
of
that
ordinance.
So
I
feel
as
though
you
passed
an
ordinance
just
because
you
could,
rather
than
because
it
was
truly
needed.
Conservatives
believe
in
smaller
government,
not
larger
government.
G
G
If
I
want
to
have
nice
things
in
my
life,
I
was
taught
to
find
a
good
employer
who
provided
good
benefits,
such
as
health
insurance,
I've
paid
money
into
social
security
and
medicare
to
help
ensure
that
I'm
not
a
burden
to
others.
When
I
can
no
longer
work
and
need
assistance
caring
for
myself,
I
I
cringe
at
the
thought
of
medicare
for
all
or
social
security
for
all
those
are
those
are
insurance
programs
and
investment
programs
that
I've
been
paying
into
that's
my
money.
G
None
of
that
is
true
today.
I
help
my
daughter
out
when,
when
she
needs
assistance,
but
I
try
to
take
care
of
myself,
I
just
wanted
to
remind
people
that
many
of
us
find
that
there's
there's
more
gratitude.
There's
more
grad
gratitude
in
work
than
in
relying
upon
the
government.
God
bless
america
and
our
founding
fathers.
God
bless
our
military
and
our
law
enforcement
officers.
H
Minutes,
thank
you
hi,
commissioners.
This
is
lara
lustig
from
west
asheville.
It's
teacher
appreciation
week
and
I'd
like
to
share
my
gratitude
for
my
children's
teachers
at
asheville
primary
school.
Thank
you.
Miss
bonnie,
coach
ken,
miss
beth,
miss
kelly,
mr
sean,
mr
knox,
and
so
many
others
for
your
hard
work.
Your
dedication
to
our
children,
your
fidelity
to
the
hands-on
student-centered
montessori
model
and
your
commitment
to
making
sure
that
every
single
child
feels
seen
heard
empowered
and
valued
as
an
essential
part
of
our
community.
H
Over
the
past
month,
the
superintendent
and
former
vice
chair
of
the
board
started
telling
mayor
mannheimer
and
other
aps
and
acs
preschool
families
that
their
decision
to
close
our
school
was
made
in
october.
Then
they
changed
their
story
and
said
it
was
december
7th,
but
at
the
december
14th
special
called
meeting
the
vice
chair
herself
said
we
were
just
starting
a
process
that
nothing
was
decided
yet,
regardless
asheville
primary
school
has
not
been
closed
in
accordance
with
nc
school
closing
procedures.
H
The
truth
is
the
school
board,
never
voted
to
close
our
school
or,
if
they
did,
it
wasn't
in
public
meeting
and
therefore
that
decision
was
illegal.
District
leadership
seems
to
want
their
decisions
to
see
inevitable
and
irreversible,
has
hired
a
ninety
thousand
dollar
pr
firm
to
spend
their
short-sighted
moves
as
a
matter
of
equity
claiming
to
serve
the
needs
of
black
and
brown
students
when
in
reality,
as
they
have
explained,
to
the
ece
grant
committee
they're
making
decisions
based
on
anecdotes.
H
The
truth
is
that
chaos
like
this
creates
and
exacerbates
inequity.
Acs
has
been
causing
a
huge
upheaval
for
so
many
families
by
throwing
next
year's
preschool
plans
into
uncertainty
and
shuffling
these
pre-k
classrooms
for
no
net
gain.
Instead
of
coordinating
with
other
organizations
in
the
county
to
prioritize
increasing
pre-case
flock,
we
need
to
come
together.
We
can
serve
all
of
our
kids
and
we
can
do
it
really
well,
but
we
need
real
leaders
who
put
kids
needs.
H
First,
when
making
decisions
about
resources
and
budgeting
commissioners,
I
don't
think
you
should
give
a
single
dime
to
asheville
city
schools
until
they
press
pause
on
closing
asheville
primary
pull
back
the
curtain
and
get
extremely
transparent
about
where
the
district's
money
is
going
and
why
and
how
it
will
directly
serve
children.
Thank
you.
I
Thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
vance,
the
vance
monument
is
over
if
the
task,
the
advanced
monument
task
force,
wasn't
necessarily
the
most
transparent
project
ever
but
that's
over,
just
like
jim
crow
needs
to
be
over,
and
the
only
question
is
there's
supposedly
a
seventy
thousand
dollar
investment
in
a
vision
process.
I
I
wanted
to
go
ahead
and
and
help
stimulate
conversation
about
what
happens
once
the
vance
monument
is
gone.
It
would,
I
was
not
fun,
but
I'm
glad
I
did
that
and
I'll
talk
about
that
later,
but
I
wanted
to
say
that
god
blesses
persons
with
disabilities.
I
I
try
to
ask
you
all
where
the
disabled
fit
in
to
equity
strategy
with
bunker
county
city
of
asheville.
They've
done
a
great
job
at
just
kicking
the
disabled
off
the
equity
strategy
bus
altogether-
and
you
all
should
know
the
disabled
population
of
buncombe
county.
I
If
you
find
out
the
over
65
number
and
add
the
two
you'll
get
a
huge
number,
that's
larger
than
all
of
the
buncombe
towns
like
like
biltmore
forest
and
black
mountain
and
weaverville
and
whitfin
combined,
and
you
all
should
know
that
number.
You
should
know
that
population.
It
should
just
be
a
group
of
people
that
are
over
in
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
and
they're
out
of
sight,
and
I
don't
mind
for
you-
you
all
talked
about
your
christian
credentials
last
meeting.
I
This
is
where
the
rubber
meets
the
road
on
such
things
that
jesus
talked
about
the
disabled
and
mystery,
but
disabled
a
whole
lot.
I
think
some
some
of
you
been
on
non-profit
boards
that
deal
with
the
disabled,
but
they
get
new
rights
and
resources
too,
and
with
that
I
want
to
ask
about
the
macarthur
safety
and
justice
challenge,
and
what's
going
on
with
that,
3.5
million
dollars.
That's
a
huge
amount
of
money.
That's
not
like
buying
water
main
pipe
it.
I
When
you
spend
3.5
million
on
strategy,
you're
doling
that
out
to
various
strategic
partners
or
non-profits,
it
should
make
a
big
impact
and
I've
seen
some
of
the
impact
ideas
about
there,
not
being
more
crime
and
recidivism,
not
increasing.
When
you're
talking
about
the
serious
crime
perpetrators,
they
look
like
they're,
just
going
out,
they're
cycling
in
and
out
of
the
justice
system.
They
go
out
and
get
into
things
like
fentanyl
trafficking,
get
illegal
to
guns,.
J
J
I
have
a
couple
things
to
talk
about
tonight.
I
want
to
congratulate
the
commission
that
they
have
a
few
good
things
on
the
agenda.
One,
I
think,
is
about
the
juneteenth
anniversary
or
the
city
holiday
or
county
holiday.
I
think
that's
a
great
idea
and
I
hope
it
will
continue
into
infinity.
I
support
this
also.
J
I
want
to
congratulate
the
commission
for
their
passing
of
the
resolution
for
operation
operations,
and
I
hope
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
serious
project
for
the
commission,
because
you
know
so
much
of
the
work
that
made
our
county.
What
it
is
was
on
the
backs
of
african
americans,
who
received
absolutely
no
pay,
and
it's
about
time
we
paid
their
descendants,
so
I
suggest
that
the
2022
budget
have
a
line
item
for
operations,
real
money
for
real
people.
J
I
think
that
the
commission
knew
the
defense
company
was
coming
into
town.
They
could
have
told
us-
because
this
is
a
government
of
by
and
for
the
people,
and
we
need
to
be
helpful
in
making
final
big
decisions
such
as
this
I
mourn
thursday
may
the
6th
when
so
much
land
that
has
been
cleared
for
a
war
making
company
is.
The
work
will
be
starting
on
building
that
1.2
million
square
foot
building.
J
That
will
eventually
help
make
f-35s
that
go
over
and
kill
people
in
yemen
and
other
places
where
brown-skinned
people
live.
Please
no
more
ndas.
Let
the
people
know
when
economic
development
people
come
to
a
decision.
We
need
to
have
a
say
on
things
such
as
this,
and
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do
to
on
behalf
of
our
community.
F
K
Thank
you.
My
name
is
shafra
allers.
I
live
in
the
city
of
asheville.
I
urge
county
commission
to
deeply
consider
every
dollar
given
to
asheville
city
schools
that
is
now
wasted
on
the
bloated
administration,
who
are
not
acting
in
a
financially
responsible
manner.
Save
asheville
primary
school
would
like
the
following.
We
want
a
moratorium
on
school
closures
for
two
years,
while
the
city
school
board
transitions
to
an
elected
one,
we
want
to
preserve
all
pre-coveted,
preschool
and
montessori
classrooms.
K
We
want
to
reopen
the
enrollment
for
asheville
primaries,
montessori,
all
the
classrooms,
the
preschool
classrooms,
and
we
want
to
expand
to
fourth
grade.
Why
do
we
have
as
many
administrative
positions
at
the
asheville
city
schools
as
buncombe
county
when
the
county
has
five
times
the
number
of
students
as
the
city?
K
It
makes
no
sense,
even
in
the
pandemic,
asheville
city
schools
added
a
new
deputy
superior
superintendent,
while
they're
closing
the
only
five-star
preschool
in
the
district
citing
a
lack
of
funds.
It
certainly
sounds
like
financial
mismanagement
and
we
deserve
better.
Our
priorities
need
to
be
focused
on
the
students
and
the
teachers
of
the
district.
We
understand
that
asheville
middle
school
is
going
to
close
one
of
its
banned
teaching
positions.
K
K
Why
would
board
members
offer
false
information?
It's
the
same
board
member
who
did
not
recuse
herself
when
discussing
closing
the
five-star
preschool
and,
in
fact,
recommended
moving
the
preschool
classrooms
to
the
asheville
housing
authority,
for
which
shonda
sanford
receives
personal
and
professional
benefit.
K
The
central
office
plan
to
move
aps
montessori
to
hall
fletcher
puts
hall
fletcher
over
capacity
by
an
entire
classroom.
Don't
we
want
less
students
sharing
space
in
the
classroom?
Now
the
numbers
are
misleading
and
therefore
they
have
to
limit
enrollment
for
the
montessori
program
so
that
we
could
be
maintained
at
hal
fletcher.
K
A
M
L
O
N
Has
definitely
been
the
most
intense
I've
never
been
more
proud
to
be
a
public
health
nurse
and
in
all
of
my
colleagues
and
their
dedication,
their
passion
and
their
leadership
that
they
have
shown
this
last
year.
So
on
behalf
of
all
public
health
nurses
at
buncombe
county.
Thank
you
for
recognizing
our
service.
A
A
P
Therefore,
the
buncombe
county
board
of
commissioners
do
hereby
proclaim:
may
12
2021
as
pro
bono
celebration
day
in
buncombe
county
and
call
upon
all
buncombe
county
residents
to
recognize
and
appreciate
the
dedication
and
contributions
of
these
legal
professionals
who
enhance
the
lives
of
our
citizens
by
providing
free
legal
work
to
those
most
in
need
throughout
our
community,
and
this
is
signed
in
witness
thereof,
brownie
newman
herein
to
set
my
hand
and
cause
the
seal
of
the
county
of
buncombe
to
be
fixed.
This
fourth
day
of
may
2021.
P
A
Q
Q
I'm
not
going
to
read
these
powerpoint
slides
to
you.
You've
seen
them.
You
know
that
we've
been
a
part
of
this
community
for
a
long
long
time
and
we
are
very,
very
proud
to
be
your
communities
college
serving
over
20
000
students,
of
course,
in
a
pandemic
year,
that
number
dropped,
as
it
did
in
all
community
colleges,
all
across
the
nation.
Actually
many
of
our
students
are
in
workforce
development
programs
about
six
thousand,
sixty
five
hundred
in
four
credit
classes
and
programs,
degrees
diplomas
certificates,
two
years
down
to
one
semester.
Q
I'll
also
tell
you,
you
know,
as
you
may
know,
well
know
our
main
campus
there
on
victoria
road.
We
also
have
some
locations.
We
talked,
I
think,
last
month
about
our
inca
location,
the
the
good
work
we
do
there
and
small
business
incubation.
We
have
our
brewing
and
distilling
program.
There
start
just
an
awful
lot
of
small
businesses
out
of
that
inca
office
and
we're
very
proud
of
that,
because
that
is
a
huge
economic
engine
for
buncombe
county.
We
also
have
presence
up
in
woodfin.
That's
where
our
emergency
services
law
enforcement
are
trained.
Q
You
have
supported
us
through
members
of
our
board
nia
and
avery
jamanchu
kevir,
matt
kern
max
queen
good,
good
board
members.
They
give
us
good
advice,
good
leadership
and
we're
proud
that
they
are
a
part
of
our
board
of
trustees.
We
also
have
appointed
by
the
governor.
You
can
see
teresa
banks,
joe
brummett
david
king
libby
kyles,
also
serve
and
serve
well.
The
third
group
of
our
board
comes
from
school
boards
and
you
can
see
dr
john
parham,
dr
roger
metcalf,
judy
lewis.
Q
We
have
one
more
slot
available.
I
believe
that's
the
city
school
board,
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
but
all
of
these
members,
regardless
of
who
appoints
them,
regardless
of
where
they
come
from
in
our
community
once
they
come
into.
Our
boardroom,
represent
the
students,
faculty
and
staff
of
ab
tech
and
that's
the
important
role
in
supporting
our
whole
community
in
in
their
leadership
and
guidance.
Q
We
also
have
two
members
from
madison
county
wayne
briggman
francis
ramsey.
I
will
tell
you
that
our
our
sga
representative
has
left
the
community
it's
kind
of
bittersweet.
She,
I
think
she
went
to
colorado,
got
a
job
offer.
She
just
could
not
refuse
and
left
midterm,
but
we
also
have
representative
of
by
the
students
on
our
board
to
get
that
perspective
as
well.
Q
Q
When
the
pandemic
hit
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
we
transitioned
as
much
as
we
could
to
online
learning
now,
obviously,
you
can't
teach
somebody
to
build
cabinets
or
work
on
an
automobile
on
the
computer,
so
labs
clinicals
shops
they've,
been
on
campus
distanced
masked
we've
got
alcohol
wipes
and
and
hand
sanitizers
all
over
the
place,
so
we've
kept
people
very
safe.
Our
hr
department
has
done
an
outstanding
job
of
keeping
our
students
faculty
and
staff
staff
covered
free.
Q
Our
numbers
are
less
than
national
averages
in
that
regard,
we
talked
last
month
about
our
inca
campus.
We're
excited
about
the
opportunities
that
we
have
there.
We've
also
talked
with
you
about
the
roof
replacements
as
a
reminder.
What
we'd
like
to
do
with
inca
top
down
inside
out
to
get
those
that
one
building
up
to
speed?
If
you
will
so,
we
can
expand
our
offerings
at
your
request.
Q
We
are
in
the
middle
of
a
five-year
strategic
plan.
I
will
tell
you
that
I
was
in
this
building
yesterday,
saw
your
strategic
plan
picked
up
a
copy
of
that
brought
that
back
to
our
leadership.
We
are
going
to
use
that
format
and
really
try
to
dovetail
as
much
as
we're
doing
with
the
county's
plan,
because
it's
important
you
mention
us
in
that
plan.
We're
very
thankful
for
that,
and
we
want
to
support
your
efforts
in
economic
development
through
training
and
education.
Q
Q
We
believe
these
jobs
are
going
to
be
transformational
not
only
for
that
company,
but
for
all
of
industry,
pushing
wages
up
in
all
aspects
of
our
economy,
so
we're
looking
forward
to
that.
We've
already
done
some
training.
We
have
people
ready
to
be
interviewed
just
as
soon
as
the
pratt
folks
are
ready
to
interview
those
potential
employees.
Q
I'll
also
tell
you
that
we
are
working
with
various
agencies
throughout
the
county
working
hard
to
attract
citizens.
Who
may
not
think
that
that's
a
possibility,
because
these
kinds
of
jobs
we
believe,
can
be
transformational
in
families?
I
will
tell
you
as
quickly
as
I
can,
and
it
happens
with
all
of
us
in
this
room.
Somebody
in
our
past
has
said
you
need
to
go
to
school.
You
need
to
get
further
education
and
that
changed
the
trajectory
of
our
families.
Q
Q
Q
Q
What
that
looks
like
so
we
would
ask
the
general
assembly,
please
hold
us
harmless
when
it
comes
to
budget,
because
to
be
honest,
if
we
were
to
take
a
cut
to
match
our
head
count,
it
would
be.
We
couldn't
do
it
in
nickels
and
dimes
here
and
there
we
would
have
to.
It
would
be
programmatic
changes,
and
we
just
don't
want
to
do
that
because
long
term.
That's
not
the
solution.
Q
As
I
told
our
faculty
and
staff
muhammad
ali,
had
a
fight
in
the
mid-70s
where
he
was
against
the
ropes
and
let
believe
it
was
foreman
beat
on
him
for
a
while
and
then,
when
foreman
got
tired
ali
started
fighting
back
well.
When
we
opened
that
vaccine
site
on
our
campus,
I
told
our
faculty
and
staff
we're
fighting
back.
It
gives
us
power.
It
gave
us
a
big
boost
in
the
arm.
Thank
you
for
letting
us
be
a
partner
in
that
effort.
Q
Q
A
B
Q
We're
hearing
rumors
that
mars
is
there
not
rumors
mars
hill
has
that
building
on
the
market?
We
don't
know
where
they
are
with
the
cell
of
that
building
and
you
know
so
we're
working
through.
What
will
that
look
like
if
and
when
that
building
sells,
hopefully
pratt
and
whitney
building
can
serve
as
a
location?
Q
B
B
Q
A
All
right,
dr
gossett,
we're
glad
to
have
you
with
us
thanks
for
being
here
tonight
and
giving
us
the
updates.
Thank
you.
We
really
appreciate
the
partnership
with
ab
tech
2
on
the
covet
19
vaccination,
that's
been
the
most
productive
location
in
the
county
and
it's
where
most
people
in
our
community
have
had
the
opportunity
to
get
vaccinated
and
protected.
So
thank
you
very
much.
It's
we've
heard
so
much
positive
feedback
from
the
community
about
the
site.
So
we
we
really
thank
you
for
the
partnership.
Well,.
Q
I
get
a
lot
of
compliments
and
you
know
I
can't
accept
them
all.
We
unlocked
the
doors.
Y'all
did
the
work,
but
again
we
are
just
so
thankful
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution
and
you
and
your
staff
did
just
an
outstanding
job
and
I
can't
say
enough
good
things
about
it,
we're
the
communities
college.
We
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
solutions.
Whatever
the
problem
is
thanks.
All.
A
R
Fund
good
afternoon,
chairman
newman
commissioners,
I'm
standing
before
you
as
the
chair
of
the
mountain
community
capital
fund,
wanting
to
offer
our
annual
update
max.
Do
you
good
so
I'll
start
by
sharing
our
members?
We
have
me
as
chair
jeff
kaplan
vice
chair
tim
love,
dee
williams,
rachel
nygard,
nikki,
reed,
tony
mcdowell.
We
also
get
additional
staff
support
from
angelica
driver
and
rosanna
mulcahy.
R
The
purpose
of
the
committee
to
kind
of
refresh
your
mind
a
little
bit
is
to
offer
guaranteed
loans
for
those
who
otherwise
may
not
be
able
to
get
funding
because
of
a
lack
of
collateral
and
maybe
a
low
credit
score.
The
loan
offers
range
from
5
000.
That's
the
minimum
up
to
70
thousand
and
we've
partnered
with
mountain
biz
works,
carolina,
small
business
and
self-help
credit
union.
They
are
our
three
cdfis
that
offer
the
loans.
R
These
are
just
some
dates
and
accomplishments.
Just
to
remind
you,
we
had
the
first
signing
of
the
agreements
to
officially
begin
the
fund
in
october
2018
and
had
our
first
official
meeting
april,
5th,
2019
and
then
last
year.
I
believe
it
was
november.
You
guys
agreed
to
extend
the
fund
for
an
additional
five
years.
R
So
this
is
our
financial
update.
This
is
the
good
part
right.
We
currently
have
eight
active
loans.
The
total
loan
amount
that
those
eight
loans
total
is
two
hundred
ninety
thousand
four
hundred
ninety
nine
dollars
and
sixty
two
cent.
We
guarantee
eighty
five
percent
of
each
loan
amount,
so
that
brings
our
total
to
and
forty
six
thousand
nine
hundred
and
twenty
four
dollars
and
sixty
eight
cents.
That's
what
we've
guaranteed
our
fund
had
a
a
total
amount
of
four
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
use
to
guarantee.
R
So
we
stand
right
now,
approximately
at
two
hundred
and
three
thousand
and
seventy
five
dollars,
and
these
figures
were
from
last
month,
so
they
may
have
changed
just
a
bit.
This
is
our
most
recent
that
we've
gotten
from
our
cdf
eyes
and
the
impact.
This
is
why
we
do
what
we
do.
The
number
of
jobs
created.
We
created
48,
full
and
part-time
jobs.
46.
Excuse
me,
the
number
of
jobs
that
were
retained
were
22,
and
that
includes
full
and
part-time
for
african-american
men,
three
african-american
women
and
one
identifying
as
a
minority
woman.
A
A
S
S
Then,
more
than
two
years
later
on
june
19
1865
union
soldiers
landed
in
galveston
texas
and
they
announced
that
those
that
were
enslaved
were
free.
Juneteenth
signifies
freedom
and
liberation
for
african-american
individuals
in
the
united
states.
Juneteenth
is
the
oldest
national
celebrated
commemoration
of
the
ending
of
slavery
in
the
united
states.
S
S
S
Then
we
looked
at
and
gathered
some
research,
and
so
what
we
did
was
we
reached
out
to
the
county's
equity
and
inclusion
group,
and
we
asked
them
to
do
some
research
for
us
and
provide
some
some
findings
and
so
in
there
what
they
did
was
they.
They
provided
feedback
and
they
looked
at
it
through
both
the
pros
and
cons
lens,
and
so
I'm
going
to
provide
you
some
of
the
feedback
that
they
gave
to
us.
S
And
so
it
is,
you
know,
juneteenth.
It
is
representing
the
authentic
and
more
inclusive
history
of
the
united
states.
It
is
a
celebration
of
independence
and
freedom.
It
is
an
opportunity
to
recognize
the
reality
of
what
the
american
experience
has
been
for
african-american
people
who
live
in
the
united
states.
It
is
a
celebration
of
african-american
of
the
african-american
experience
in
their
struggles
and
resiliency.
S
S
It
may
be
considered
unwanted
and
harsh
the
past.
That
is,
the
inquiry
of
what
other
marginal
groups
have
as
a
commemoration
of
their
american
independence,
and
so
after
all,
this,
the
the
consideration
from
this
this
dei
or
equity
and
inclusion
work
group-
is
they
highly
supported
this
additional
holiday.
S
S
For
this
year
it
will
be
effective
on
friday
june
18th
and
one
of
the
areas
that
you
know
we
we
we
are
committed
to
do
is
providing
education.
Helping
people
understand
that
why
juneteenth
is
really
really
important,
highlighting
our
progress
and
intentional
work
and
to
advance
racial
equity
and
to
illustrate
continued
commitment
to
equality
and
equity.
A
A
L
B
Job
made
this
a
paid
holiday
for
us
last
year,
and
you
know
it
was
an
educational
opportunity
for
me.
I
hadn't
heard
of
I
hadn't
heard
the
galveston
texas
story.
I
I
didn't
realize
that
I
had
missed
that
in
our
history,
so
I
just
think
it's
a
great
way
to
educate
our
staff,
to
educate
the
community
and
to
you
know
for
our
employer,
employees
and
employer
to
be
an
example,
others.
So
that's
great.
C
O
C
It
should
be
celebrated,
you
know,
by
our
staff
and
the
county,
because
it
is
an
important
date
in
history,
and
you
know
I
heard
of
the
speakers
earlier
was
saying
that
what
this
will
do
going
forward,
what
he
left
out
was.
Hopefully
this
will
help
us
start
the
conversation
and
correct
some
of
what's
happened,
the
past
400
years.
C
A
A
A
T
We're
going
to
tag
team,
that's
also
a
brandon
freeman,
who
has
been
my
partner
all
along
through
this
process,
so
we'll
kind
of
move
back
and
forth
through
the
presentation
good
evening
chair
commissioners,
members
of
the
public.
This
is
a
long
time
in
the
making,
but
pull
up
the
presentation
here
in
just
a.
T
U
T
T
So
the
book
that's
pictured
here
is
the
code
of
ordinances
for
buncombe
county,
another
fascinating
book.
If
you
ever
care
to
delve
into
a
number
of
the
ordinances
that
we
reinforce,
so
this
is
just
a
sampling.
These
are
the
chapters
that
are
most
affected
by
the
integration
of
16160d
160d
means
that
it
took
153a
and
160a.
T
T
T
It
also
makes
an
attempt
to
remove
archaic,
confusing
language,
for
instance,
conditional
use
permits
now
become
special
use,
permits
it's
divided
into
things
that
you
must
do
and
things
that
you
may
do
and
we're
under
a
time
crunch.
We
need
to
have
our
musts
done
by
july,
the
first
so
we're
well
ahead
of
the
curve
to
make
sure
we
meet
that
deadline.
It
does
not.
The
intent
was
not
to
make
major
policy
changes
and
it
does
not
shift
the
scope
of
authority
granted
to
local
governments.
T
So
here's
some
of
the
sample
actions
again
there's
over
300
and
some
change
affected
pages
that
are
in
the
code
of
ordinances,
that's
included
in
your
packet
you'll
see
those
used
with
the
underline
and
strikethrough.
This
is
a
sampling
of
that
so
example.
One
special
replaces
conditional
there's
numerous
sections
where
153
gets
struck
and
it
gets
replaced
with
160d
I'd
like
to
turn.
Brandon
is
going
to
explain
one
of
the
more
significant
additions
and
that
had
to
do
with
ethical
standards,
as
it
relates
to
some
of
our
appointed
boards
and
commissions.
T
V
One
thing
that
we
changed,
that
was
not
in
a
building
or
a
land
use
ordinance
specifically
was
the
ethical
obligations
of
board
members.
Buncombe
county
has
done
a
good
job
of,
as
those
standards
have
changed,
updating
their
ordinances
but
they're
kind
of
all
over
the
place.
So
we've
added
to
the
first
chapter
of
our
code
of
ordinances,
something
that
outlines
the
ethical
obligations
of
appointed
board
members,
staff,
members
and
people
who
deal
with
not
only
land
use
decisions,
but
any
quasi-judicial
decisions
throughout
the
county
to
make
it
easier
to
find
where
those
obligations
are.
V
T
So
piggybacking
on
that
we
had
some
additional
text,
amendment
items
that
we
felt
were
important
enough
to
go
ahead
and
place
within
this
overall
text
amendment
one
of
those
is
recommended
by
the
school
government.
It's
to
transfer
the
duties
for
variance,
review
and
administrative
appeals
and
any
other
quasi-judicial
function
to
the
board
of
adjustment.
What
that
does
is
that
keeps
legislative
bodies,
legislative
and
quasi-judicial
bodies,
quasi-judicial
cleans
up
references
to
departments
that
do
not
currently
function
in
ordinance
administration
capacities.
T
There
were
numerous
references
that
said,
general
services
takes
care
of
junk
vehicles,
just
relics
of
the
past.
It's
an
opportunity
to
do
small
amounts
of
housekeeping
without
straying
too
far
away
from
the
general
purpose,
and
it
corrects
references
specifically
like
it
talked
about
receptacle
placement
in
manufactured
homes,
so
very
basic,
minor
alterations
there.
T
We
have
had
numerous
discussions
with
the
planning
board
along
the
way
the
planning
board
heard
these
changes.
They
reviewed
them
on
march
22nd
and
took
a
vote
unanimously
to
afford
a
recommendation
to
the
commissioners
to
approve
those
changes
on
april,
the
5th
they're
still
on
a
virtual
cycle.
So
that
requires
two
hearings,
one
to
review
and
one
to
actually
vote.
T
A
L
A
L
A
Any
post
all
right
thanks,
I
know,
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
went
into
this,
but
it
sounds
like
a
great
step
forward
to
make
this
all
more
user-friendly.
So
we
appreciate
all
the
hard
work
that
went
into
this.
Thank
you
sure,
okay
and
nathan,
pennington
is
going
to
stay
with
us
and
present
the
brown
rezoning
request.
T
T
Zph20210011,
the
brown
zoning
map
amendment
the
applicant
is
angela
kent.
She
is
representing
gregory
brown,
who
is
the
owner?
The
address
is
at
nine
chalmers
way
in
in
swannanoa
familiarize
yourself
with
the
property.
You
need
to
go
up
this
patent
cove
road,
almost
a
mama
gerties,
the
current
zoning
is
r1.
The
proposed
zoning
of
the
property
would
be
rld
low
density.
So
this
is
a
down
zoning
request.
That's
owner,
initiated
the
property.
T
High
hickory
is
a
subdivision,
that's
also
located
in
the
area,
so
it's
just
sort
of
a
mixed
bag
of
development
and
it's
surrounded
by
pretty
steep
topography
on
either
side.
As
you
make
your
way
up
the
cove
itself,
the
property
is
4.59
acres,
it's
currently
vacant
a
manufactured
home
was
there,
but
it
was
recently
torn
down
and
it
is
served
by
well
and
septic.
So
the
development
potential
is
very
low.
T
T
T
I
will
say
that,
because
this
is
a
down
zoning
request,
we
are
not
required
to
evaluate
a
number
of
the
items
contained
with
the
consistency
statement,
and
now
I'm
going
to
reveal
something
that
160d
did
160d
says
we
are
now
able
to
integrate
that
consistency.
Statement
into
the
ordinance
from
this
point
forward
tonight
will
be
the
last
time
we're
going
to
do
two
votes,
we're
going
to
do
the
consistency
statement
first
and
then
we're
going
to
do
your
vote
for
the
reasoning
request
and
anytime.
I
come
in
the
future
or
any
other
staff
member.
A
All
right
thanks
nate,
so
in
terms
of
the
consistency
statement,
because
it
is
a
down
zoning,
a
lot
of
these
things,
normally
you're
trying
to
make
sure
it's
you're
justifying
its
consistency.
You
know
for
potentially
more
development
activity
here.
It
would
be
less
so,
but
we
still
need
to
cite
some
basis
for
it
from
the
list
of
criteria.
T
A
A
A
A
All
right
I'll
make
a
motion
that
the
to
recommend
approval,
based
on
its
consistency
with
the
county's
plans,
including
the
fact
that
it's
the
said,
zoning
change
is
consistent
with
figure
20,
appropriate
development
types
of
the
bunking
county.
Comprehensive
ladies
planning
updates,
because
the
proposed
rezoning
is
it's
within
reasonable
proximity
to
a
major
transportation
corridor
and
it's
outside
of
flood
hazard
areas.
B
A
C
A
G
A
A
A
So
any
questions
or
a,
I
guess
we
need
a.
The
request
is
for
a
motion
to
authorize
the
issuance
of
this
letter
that
I
could
sign,
which
will
be
developed
by
the
staff
to
document
our
approval
of
the
800
000
for
the
mountain
for
a
mountain
housing
project.
Again,
as
matt
said,
they
have
two
proposals,
but
only
one
of
them
will
be
funded.
We
know,
buncombe
county
will
only
get
one
project
we'll
receive
these
tax
credit
allocations.
So
it's
not
for
two
projects.
It's
just
for
whichever.
M
C
A
X
X
X
O
X
X
C
X
A
E
You're
correct,
but
can
I
mention
a
few
items
to
you
sure
in
that
potential
line
item
we
will
have
some
interviews
coming
up
in
the
month
of
june.
Just
want
to
inform
you.
I
know
the
planning
department
spoke
about
interviews
for
some
other
for
that
committee,
but
we'll
have
quite
a
few
for
early
childhood
education.
We
have
about
15
applications
for
two
positions,
thus
far,
so
just
want
to
give
you
a
heads
up
on
that.
E
The
deadline
to
apply
for
these
positions
is,
may
the
28th,
so
just
want
to
give
you
a
little
bit
heads
up
on
that,
and
I
would
also
like
to
if
the
board
could
get
the
word
out.
We
have
quite
a
few
positions
that
we
don't
have
applications
for
that
have
been.
We've
been
advertising
for
probably
the
last
month
or
so
so
if
we
could
get
the
board
to
reach
out
to
their
connections
and
have
people
apply
for
some
of
these
positions,
that
would
be
gratefully
appreciated.
E
A
We've
got
a
couple
of
announcements
I'm
going
to
make
and
then
we're
going
to
go
into
closed
session
to
address
the
legal
matter
that
we
discussed
earlier
or
to
hear
about
legal
matter
or
to
hear
about
a
matter.
That's
permissible
to
consider
in
closed,
michael
free
will
explain
it.
Let
me
do
the
announcements.