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B
A
C
Nigard
and
I'm
the
strategic
partnership
director
here
for
buncombe
county-
and
I
will
have
the
pleasure
today,
of
introducing
our
topic
and
getting
us
started
and
then
passing
to
members
of
our
strategic
partnership
grant
committee
who
will
carry
the
most
of
the
presentation
for
you
so
with
us.
Today
we
have
doug
clark,
paul
tax,
kate,
berger
and
rebecca
strimer,
who
will
come
up
at
various
places
within
the
presentation.
C
As
you
recall,
the
strategic
partnership
grant
is
one
of
our
broadest
use
grants
that
we
have
here
at
buncombe
county.
It
funds,
a
mix
of
non-profit
organizations
and
projects
that
are
working
on
programs
across
the
strategic
plan,
areas
of
education,
environment,
economy
and
well-being,
and
these
are
annual
grants
that
come
from
buncombe
county
general
funds,
and
I
will
remind
you,
although
I
know
you
don't
need
a
reminder.
C
C
So
here
is
the
list
of
the
committee
members.
As
you
recall,
the
committee
was
initially
formed
by
a
vote
of
this
board
of
commissioners
late
last
year,
late
2019,
we
took
applications,
21
applicants
were
interviewed
by
the
board
of
commissioners
and
you
selected
and
then
appointed
or
seated
nine
people
into
the
committee
three
per
commissioner
district
and
these
members
took
office
into
their
committee
roles
in
january
and
got
busy
heading
straight
into
the
grant
making
process.
C
B
B
B
B
We
created
a
deliberative
and
an
intentional
decision-making
process.
The
committee
was
was
very
inclusive
of
all
members,
while
giving
merit
to
very
diverse
ideas.
Hopefully
this
will
help
future
committees
in
their
work.
All
this,
of
course,
was
accomplished
during
the
covet
pandemic.
The
committee
and
the
county
staff
deserve
some
credit
for
being
very
flexible
during
this
time,
not
being
a
tech,
savvy
person
myself,
I
was
fortunate
to
have
my
two
daughters
and
my
niece
moved
back
home
with
me
in
the
spring,
and
they
most
long-sufferingly
really
helped
me
to
navigate
the
virtual
world.
B
I
don't
think
I
would
have
been
able
to
participate
otherwise,
so
thanks
to
them
too,
our
committee
was
able
to
support
a
diversity
of
projects
across
the
spectrum
of
the
educated
and
capable
community,
the
environment
and
energy
stewardship,
resident
well-being
and
the
vibrant
economy.
As
I
am
sure
you
are
very
familiar
with,
we
were
faced
with
a
dawning
prospect
of
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
requests
with
roughly
eight
hundred
and
ninety
thousand
dollars
to
allocate
guided
by
a
well-developed
scoring
platform
for
evaluating
applicants.
B
At
this
point,
I'm
going
to
turn
our
presentation
over
to
the
other
committee
members
here
today.
Paul
tax,
rebecca
streimer
and
vice
chairman
kate
berger,
are
going
to
speak
about
some
of
the
problems.
We
ran
into
ideas.
We
have
come
up
with
for
the
future
and
some
questions
we
have
for
the
commissioners.
E
C
E
E
You
will
see
we
had
total
requests
which
tripled
that
amount
and
I
think
the
total
number
of
applications
received
and
which
we
vigorously
reviewed
as
a
committee
was
55.
So
I
echo
what
douglas
said
before
me
to
reiterate
our
appreciation
for
the
county
staff
and
also
for
a
very
sharp
county
grants.
Software
platform
made
our
job
made
our
job
possible,
without
that
it
would
have
been
much
much
more
difficult
of
the
55
applications.
You
see,
we
funded
34
by
32
sponsoring
nonprofit
agencies.
E
You'll
see
the
agencies
who
were
awarded
county
funds
for
educated
and
capable
community.
The
next
focus
area
is
environmental
and
energy
stewardship.
There
were
four
projects
funded:
a
total
of
eighty
one
thousand
seven
hundred
forty
dollars
and
nine
percent
of
the
total
funds
to
be
allocated,
and
you
see
the
listing
of
agencies
there.
So
can
I
ask
a
quick.
F
E
F
No,
I
would
just
you
know,
just
encourage
you
know
to
maybe
reach
out
because
a
couple
areas
you
know
pop
in
my
mind
that
you
know
that
might
if
they
knew
a
little
bit
more
about
it,
they
might
apply
and
then
and
based
on
what
y'all
you
know
or
did
in
this
cycle.
Y'all
might
you
know
fund
some
of
it
and
it
might
be
the
best
thing
for
the
for
the
county
to
do
that.
F
E
E
E
The
third
focus
area
is
resident
well-being
and
in
that
area
we
funded
14
projects,
a
total
of
374
448
and
forty
two
percent
of
our
funds,
and
then
the
last
focus
area
is
vibrant
economy,
which
of
course
takes
on
very
new
meaning.
When
you
have
a
a
pandemic
related
economic
shutdown,
we
funded
five
projects
in
that
area,
127,
500
and
14
of
our
funds,
and
I
will
close
before.
I
turn
it
over
to
my
partners
on
the
committee
with
a
couple
notes.
E
G
G
After
the
grant
making
decisions
were
made,
our
committee
came
together
for
a
bit
of
a
post-mortem
session,
a
debrief
coming
together
to
talk
and
share
and
listen,
and
we
came
out
of
that
with
sort
of
two
categories
of
thoughts.
The
first
being
highlights
things
we're
pretty
proud
of,
and
we
want
you
to
know
about
it
and
then
also
some
areas
that
we're
calling
recommendations,
but
that,
as
a
committee,
we
really
found
them
to
be
the
areas
we
can't
wait
to
dig
more
into
in
our
work
together
for
the
rest
of
the
year.
G
There
was
so
much
considering
of
other
opinions
and
there
was
a
wide
diversity
of
opinions
amongst
us.
You
made
wise
selections,
I
think
at
times
not
that
it
was
difficult.
In
fact,
it
was
the
opposite
of
difficult.
We
worked
really
really
hard
and
I
think
the
way
we
work
together
makes
me
very
proud.
G
G
The
application
gave
us
really
sound,
excellent,
wide-ranging
information
on
each
group
that
came
in,
and
we
were,
as
a
group,
very,
very
impressed
by
the
breadth
of
applicants
that
we
got.
Although,
commissioner
belcher,
I
appreciate
that
you've
already
brought
up,
there
are
areas
where
we
have
over
representation
and
and
we'd
like
to
think
about
how
to
broaden
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
kate.
Now.
C
H
H
One
topic
of
discussion
that
we
have
put
out
there
for
future
meetings
is
how
better
to
support
the
grantees.
Through
this
process.
We
recognize
that
there
is
a
platform,
a
structure
set
in
place
to
provide
information
and
accountability,
and
we
wanted
to
open
up
it
in
the
committee
opportunities
to
provide
additional
support.
Additional
technical
support.
Perhaps
we're
not
sure
what
that
looks
like
yet.
This
is
sort
of
a
the
very
beginning
stages
of
what
we
would
like
to
help
build
in
to
make
the
grantees
as
successful
as
possible
in
this
process.
G
Recognizing
that
that
broad
diverse
range
of
applicants
made
for
a
broad,
diverse
range
of
awardees
and
as
a
committee,
we
are
certainly
interested
in
considering
what
tools
we'll
have
to
deepen
our
knowledge
about
each
of
these
organizations
and
how
they
work
and
really
these
top
three
bullets
all
came
out
of
a
desire
to
focus
on
the
impact
that
each
of
these
grants
will
have
in
our
community.
In
the
four
strategic
areas,
we've
had
a
lot
of
really
in-depth.
G
We
know
that
the
commissioners
have
recently
passed
a
reparations
resolution
and
we
hope
that
that
will
be
provide
us
with
more
information
that
may
support
us
and
how
we
move
forward
and
thinking
through
what
this
will
look
like.
But
we've
we've
already
started
the
conversations
and
our
focus
is
going
to
be
on
structures.
H
One
consistent
topic
of
conversation
we
had
was
providing
funding
to
non-profit
groups
that
applied
for
this
grant
program
for
operational
funds
and
project
funds.
We
don't
envy
you
the
years.
You've
you've
done
this.
This
is
very
hard
to
figure
out
how
to
help
the
community
through
these
nonprofits
with
this
grant
program,
but
to
make
sure
that
the
money
is
going
to
a
successful
endeavor,
and
I
think
that,
because
we
spent
so
much
time,
kicking
it
back
and
forth.
H
We
did
find
that
there
are
some
really
important
organizations
that
provide
a
lot
of
services
that
ended
up
reaching
out
to
the
grant
program
and
applying
because
they
had
secured
county
funds
in
years
past
in
other
ways
that
they
didn't
see
as
an
option
anymore,
and
we
want
to
see
you
know
how
much,
how
much
of
the
grant
proceeds
should
be
structured
toward
specific
projects
and
how
much
leeway.
We
have
to
continue
to
fund
operations
that,
without
this
funding,
wouldn't
be
able
to
provide
some
very
important
impactful
services
to
our
community.
H
We
also
spent
some
time
talking
about
the
three-year
idea
of
funding
three
consecutive
years
and
then
not
funding
after
that
for
a
fourth
year
and
we're
wondering
if
you
can
provide
us
with
a
little
bit
more
guidance
on
how
strict
we
should
be
with
that.
Is
it
a
hard
and
fast
rule
or
if
we're
seeing
a
project
that
has
a
four-year
timeline
rather
than
a
three-year
timeline.
Can
we,
using
our
judgment,
go
ahead
and
and
fund
it
for
an
additional
year?
H
G
We
also
had
conversations
about
how
this
money
fits
in
with
other
county
or
governmental
funds.
There
was
a
question
in
the
application
about
other
county
funding
that
the
organization
received,
but
I
think
we'd
love
to
continue
to
learn
more
about
your
vision
for
what
that
means
and
how
we
should
be
considering
it
and
then.
Lastly,
here
on
our
considerations,
we
we've
talked
a
lot
about
sustaining
and
and
even
increasing.
G
I
think
we're
big
believers
in
what
this
grant
program
can
do,
but
we
also
had
really
already
very
interesting
and
creative
conversations
about
ways
there.
There
could
be
to
leverage
leverage
these
funds
through
multiple
sources
through
partnerships
that
that
the
county
government
might
be
able
to
support,
and
I
appreciated
paul
already
bringing
up
you
know.
These
organizations
are
braiding
together,
lots
of
funding
and
there
may
be
ways
you
know
we.
We
brought
up
that
idea
of
technical
assistance
and
support.
G
G
F
G
F
F
You
know
high
level
thoughts,
I
mean
you
got,
you
got
four
focus
areas
and
so
that
get
that
should
give
you
direction
as
as
a
group
and
you
know,
and
so,
if
you
can
my
thoughts,
if
you
can
stay
within
those,
you
can
concentrate
within
those
and
if
you
you
know,
you're
able
to
meet
those
needs,
that's
you
know
great
you're
already
using
county
resources.
I
just
encourage
you
to
do
that.
You
know
now
you
don't
have
to
reach
out
and
reinvent
anything.
You
know.
C
F
The
county's
got
sources
that
you
can
provide
input
to,
and
then
they
can
come
back
and
make
a
big
difference
in
helping
you,
I
would
say
be
very
you
know
just
and
you've
already
run
into
this,
it's
very
hard
not
to
personalize
these.
You
know,
especially
when
you're
telling
people,
no,
you
know,
and
they're
and
they're
all
good
things.
So
when
you
come
back
to
the
three-year
rule,
that's
in
there
it's
a
rule,
you
know,
and
so
what
I've
found
over.
F
You
know
I've
been
here
for
eight
years
and
what
I've
found
is
that
if
someone
provides
a
service
for
as
long
as
three
years,
then
then
maybe
we
should
look
at
that
being
part
of
what
we
do
as
a
as
a
contract
that
should
just
be
pulled
into
our
regular
services.
Possibly
you
know,
and
then
we
can
make
that
decision
here.
F
I
know
that
the
beaver
dam
community
center
just
for
record
it's
out
in
kind
of
way
out
in
in
candler.
The
contact
person
is
mary.
They
missed
a
cycle
and
they
were
interested
in
receiving
some
assistance
for
something
that
would
help
the
community.
So
you
might
circle
back
on
that
one
do
some
research
on
it,
and
so
that's
my
check
marks.
Thank
you
all
for
coming.
I
I
H
C
J
I
also
want
to
echo
that,
because
I
opened
that
giant
can
of
worms
that
got
us
headed
down
this
path.
So
thank
you
to
each
of
you
for
serving
on
this,
and
it's
been
really
fun
to
hear
the
camaraderie
that
you
all
established
with
each
other
and
how
you
really
came
together
in
a
really
strange
time
to
look
at
these
applications
and
to
make
really
really
solid
decisions
in
how
you
move
forward.
J
K
I
would
like
to
add
to
that
and
thank
you
and
the
rest
of
the
committee
for
a
job
well
done,
because
some
of
us
coming
into
this
early
on
when
the
commissioners
were
making
the
decisions
we
all
figured
out
early
on
that
this
is
something
that
we
should
have
more
input
from
the
community,
and
you
proved
us
right.
Thank
you,
and
I
agree
with
what
commissioner,
what
amanda
just
said.
K
As
far
as
you
know,
that's
always
a
tug
of
war
between
operational
expenses
and
the
projects,
and
I
can
tell
you
that
from
being
on
the
board
of
a
lot
of
non-profits
in
the
community,
but
I'm
glad
that
you're
digging
down
and
looking
at
that,
because
that's
something
we
do
need
to
be
aware
and
handle.
But
again
thank
you
for
the
job.
Well
done,
you
guys
have
come
together
much
quicker
than
I
thought.
You
know
you
keep
up
the
good
work
and
any
support
you
need
from
us.
K
A
So
I
have
one
question
so
in
terms
of
groups
that
used
to
access
other
county
funding
that
may
have
lost
those
funds
and
are
coming
to
strategic
partnership
as
a
potential
source
of
funding.
Did
you
find
that
some
of
those
groups
couldn't
really
be
considered
because
the
work
they
do
doesn't
fall
within
one
of
the
categories
or
just
simply
that
the
finite
amount
of
funding
that
you
have
meant
that
you
know
just
realistically?
A
lot
of
them
are
not
going
to
get
funded.
G
G
I
don't,
I
don't
remember
a
single
one
that
seemed
like
it
wasn't
well
matched
to
one
of
the
four
areas.
It
was
a
struggle
for
sure
to
figure
out
how
to
make
awards
without
all
the
we
wished.
We
had
three
million
dollars
to
give
out,
but
I
think
one
of
the
big
challenges
that
we
had
when
it
comes
to
this
idea
of
programs
or
organizations
that
had
received
funding
previously
from
the
county
in
another
way
and
then
were
coming
here-
is
that
they
were.
G
G
They
are
continuing
to
do
vital
programming
that
they've
done
for
a
very
long
time
and
want
to
continue
to
do
and
we
don't
see
a
path
or
we.
We
couldn't
see
a
path
where
three
years
from
now
they'd
say
and
now
now
we've
completed
this
three-year
project
and
here's
the
impact
that
it's
had
and
we'll
move
on,
and
we
worry.
G
We've
talked
some
about
a
fiscal
cliff
that
some
of
these
organizations
could
find
themselves
on
if
we
do
fund
them
for
two
more
years,
because
what
they're
they're
not
describing
to
us
a
time
limited
project
that
they're
asking
for
three
years
of
funding
for
that
wasn't
evident
in
the
applications.
Is
that
makes
sense.
A
A
What
we're
gonna
do
within
three
years
meet
certain
goals:
understanding
we're
not
gonna,
get
additional
funding
after
that,
at
least
not
for
this,
so
they
all
did
fit
within
that
frame,
as
opposed
to
you
know,
here's
this
need
in
the
community,
and
it
was
here
10
years
ago
and
it'll
be
here
10
years
from
now,
I
see
what
you
mean
realistically
and
we
need
to
meet
it
because
we
don't
meet
it.
It's
you
know
it's.
C
G
I
think
that
there
were
many
high-quality
applications
that
did
not
define
a
three-year
endeavor.
They
defined
a
need
that
was
all
of
them
very
skillfully
defined
needs
that
they
were
going
to
address
and
did
an
excellent
job,
and
there
may
be
some
that
were
defining
a
time,
limited
project.
I
can't
think
of
any
at
this
time,
but
there
were
absolutely
several
that-
and
this
is,
I
think
this
is
why
this
came
up
for
us
as
such.
G
An
important
consideration
is
that
we
we
are
curious
about
what
it
will
be
like
to
think
about
some
of
the
folks
who've,
just
gotten
funded
and
communicating
with
them
about
the
time
limited
nature
of
the
funding.
That's
coming
their
way,
because
it
didn't
seem
that
they
had
a
firm
grasp
on
that
in
their
applications.
A
Okay,
so
so
groups
did
get
funding,
even
if
the
or
could
you
know
we're
considered
and
many
did
receive
funding,
even
if
they're
addressing
you
know,
needs
or
undertaking
work.
That's
that,
from
their
perspective
at
least,
will
probably
need
to
be
here.
You
know
long
term
so
but
they're,
but
but
we're
communicating
to
them
that,
from
terms
of
this
pool
of
funding,
your
expectation
should
be
it's
going
to
be
up
to
three
years
and
not
after
that,
that's
kind
of
the
expectations.
Those
are
the
expectations
that
are
being
set.
G
L
F
The
most
I'm
going
to
get
is
three,
so
I'm
going
to
search
out
these
other
sources
so
you're
helping
to
grow
them
as
a
as
a
non-profit
you're
helping
to
grow
them
in
in
their
outreach
and
and
source
for
for
money.
So
I
mean
that's
one
of
the
I
mean
to
me:
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
it's
there
and
it
is
helpful.
F
G
I
I
appreciate
you
explaining
that
in
that
way-
and
this
is
exactly
why
we
were
asking
kate's-
ask-
was
very
clear
for
guidance,
because
we've
we've
discussed
some
ideas
about
levers.
We
might
have
for
the
structure
of
the
grant
program
so
that
we
could
increase
technical
assistance
to
grantees
so
that
they're,
at
the
end
of
three
year,
projects,
maybe
they're
coming
out
with
the
strongest
possible
evaluations
of
what
they're
doing
that
they
can
use
to
leverage
for
funds
in
other
areas.
G
As
someone
with
professional
experience
in
the
workings
of
non-profits,
lots
of
funding
sources
come
with
limits
or
and
ask
and
questions
about
sustainability.
And
how
are
you
going
to
sustain
this
beyond
the
life
of
the
grant
and
it's
a
hard
answer
to
come
by
it's
a
hard
answer
to
come
by
and
what
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
doing
is
setting
these
organizations
up
for
success
in
any
way
that
we
possibly
can.
A
So
so
I
think
this
I
think
this
part
is,
is
a
topic
that
doesn't
warrant
continued
conversation,
because
I
do
believe
you
know
that
there
are
some
needs
in
the
community
that
are
just
long-term
right
and
for
us
to
say
we're
going
to
work
on
it
for
three
years
and
then
stop
just
seems
like
well.
Why
is
year
four
less
important,
you
know
and
we
in
there
you
know
I
mean
community
centers.
Are
we
going
to
stop
funding
community
centers
in
four
years?
I
doubt
it
we're
going
to
stop
funding.
A
You
know
we
don't
stop
funding
the
economic
development
coalition
after
three
years
I
mean
so
so
I
think
we
should.
We
should
put
more
thought
into
some
of
these
categories
that
feel
more
like
a
long-term
realistically,
a
long-term
need
that
the
county
will
need
to
be
a
partner
on,
and
maybe
maybe
we
do
pull
some
of
those
out
at
some
point.
We
have
some
different
ways
of
funding
them
or
some
different.
You
know.
Maybe
we
we
don't
set
that
same
expectation,
whereas
in
other
places
I
agree
it
can
actually
be
really
beneficial.
A
So
I
think,
I
think,
that's
a
topic
we
should
all
think
more
about,
and
I
appreciate
y'all
y'all,
bringing
that
and
other
issues
to
us
today,
any
other
questions
or
comments
for
now.
This
will
be
an
ongoing
conversation
for
sure
yeah
all
right
rachel.
Thank
you
to
all
everyone
on
your
team
and
thank
you
to
all
the
residents
who
worked
on
this
great
great
job.
M
Good
afternoon,
commissioners,
thank
you
for
a
little
bit
of
time.
So
on
july,
21st
you'll
recall
that
you
heard
from
jeremiah
leroy
and
don
warren
about
the
bond
the
bid
process
and
so
on.
Is
this
better
max?
Thank
you.
On
july
21st,
you
heard
from
jeremiah
roy
and
don
warren
regarding
the
bid
process
and
contracting
for
a
major
solar
installation
project
for
the
county.
When
you
all
voted
to
approve
that
contract,
you
also
directed
staff
to
look
into
funding
options
for
that
project.
M
M
Don
will
also
be
back
in
front
of
you
to
give
you
a
preliminary
analysis
of
responses
to
our
rfp
and
a
staff
recommendation
he'll
be
asking
for
authorization
to
move
forward
with
negotiating
with
that
selected
bank.
Also
to
submit
our
application
to
the
local
government
commission
for
consideration
for
financing.
M
N
Nothing:
okay!
Well,
it's
it's
easy!
So
there's
a
number
of
statutes.
We
have
so
we're
looking
at
the
december
calendar.
If
you
can
go
ahead
to
the
next
one,
please
we
have
there's
several
statutes
and
I
know
I
recall
that
commissioner
belcher
hit
upon
it
the
last
time
we
do
every
odd
and
even
year
we're
going
to
have
our
first
regular
meeting
in
december
on
tuesday
or
monday.
N
If
the
chairman
was
not
elected
by
the
people
but
was
picked
by
the
board,
then
that
would
happen
that
first
monday
in
december,
in
our
situation
as
the
vice
chair
first
monday
in
december,
58
72
20
annual
examination
of
bonds.
So
we
have
a
number
of
positions:
officials,
tax,
collector
finance,
registered
deeds
sheriff,
so
it's
not
just
elected
officials
that
would
have
to
have
bonds
there.
N
Those
are
those
positions
as
well
as
a
blanket
bond,
and
that
would
cover
me
all
the
assistant
finance
people,
all
the
people
that
work
in
tax,
anybody
that
touches
a
hundred
dollars
or
more
on
a
regular
basis,
come
under
a
blanket
bond
and
leads
us
to
regular
meetings.
So
the
regular
meeting
schedule,
if
the
board
did
not
pass
a
resolution
setting
every
the
first
and
third
tuesday
of
every
month
as
the
regular
meeting
schedule,
then
by
statute.
N
N
Why
don't
we
just
always
alter
the
regular
meeting
schedule
to
be
the
first
monday
in
december
will
be
a
regular
meeting
that
just
might
make
that
wrangling
a
little
bit
easier
and
that
just
require
a
new
resolution
just
setting
that
date
or
the
board
could
call
a
special
meeting
for
the
first
monday
and
just
cancel
the
regular
meeting
for
the
first
tuesday,
which
is
december
1st
this
year
december.
1St
is
a
tuesday
and
the
monday
is
the
7th,
so
just
want
to
put
that
on
there
and
just
get
some
direction.
N
I
think
it
seemed
like
a
good
idea
or
not.
So
if
so,
we
can
just
set
a
resolution
for
your
calendar.
We
also
need
to
clean
up
the
annual
examination
of
bonds.
I
mean
it
was
in
the
budget.
I
just
did
not
get
on
the
agenda
in
december
of
this
year.
I
just
proposed
put
on
the
regular
meeting
agenda
next
time
or
on
the
consent
agenda
just
to
approve,
what's
already
been
done
in
terms
of
bonding
of
officials
for
this
fiscal
year,.
N
Think
of
it
either
it's
just
a
matter
of
of
passing
a
resolution.
It
requires
a
resolution,
otherwise
you
default
to
the
first
monday
of
every
month,
but
just
pass
a
resolution.
Here's
the
regular
meeting
schedule
the
clerk
would
post
it
at
the
courthouse,
get
it
stamped
by
the
clerk's
office
that
was
posted
on
the
bulletin
board
and
put
a
summary
of
it
in
the
newspaper
and
you're
good
to
go,
and
so
we'll
do
that.
D
N
N
A
A
I
A
A
I
A
O
O
P
O
O
A
P
Q
Q
Q
So
some
of
our
options
that
we
had
were
live
call-in
via
the
zoom
webinar
recorded
videos
in
person
that
being
socially
distanced
in
the
chamber,
possibly
using
a
kiosk
with
the
zoom
webinar
on
the
first
floor,
some
type
of
video
that
could
be
a
feed
back
up
to
the
video
up
here
in
the
chambers
email
which
we're
currently
doing
as
as
well
as
recorded
voicemail.
We
will
have
recorded
voicemail
later
on.
Today
we
got
max
to
help
us
with
that,
or
we
could
have
100
percent
revo
remote
meetings.
Q
Q
Right,
yeah,
and
I
think
we
would
have
to
address
that
that
part
of
board
policy
as
far
as
having
a
quorum
within
the
chambers
in
order
to
have
a
regular
meeting
if
we
were
to
go
that
route,
just
wanted
to
throw
that
caveat
in
there
so
max.
Could
you
advance
to
the
next
slot
so
staff
recommendation?
Q
For
the
public
comment
they
would
individuals
would
have
to
sign
up
and
have
that
information
to
us
by
a
certain
amount
of
time,
so
we
could
send
out
information
to
them
in
order
to
be
available,
so
it
for,
for
the
the
citizens
that
were
part
of
this,
they
would
have
to
sign
up
as
well
as
be
available
during
the
time
of
the
meeting.
So
it's
kind
of
two
different
things
that
they
would
be
responsible
for,
and
part
of
that
would
be
a
call-in.
Video
is
something
that
could
possibly
be
done.
Q
It
would
be
a
little
bit
more
difficult,
so
I
think,
for
the
most
part,
we
could
kind
of
have
that
process
be
easier
with
the
call-in
number
the
live
call-in
and
we
would
have
to
do.
It
would
be
easier
for
us
to
decide
now,
if
we're
going
to
take
public
comments
on
new
items
after
or
before,
they're
voted
on
or
take
public
comments
at
the
end
of
the
meeting.
Q
That
would
actually
allow
max
to
put
people
in
cues
and
he
would
need
to
know
ahead
of
time
if
we
were
going
to
do
it
a
certain
way,
so
I
think
making
that
decision
ahead
of
time
we're
going
to
do
all
well.
This
is
besides
a
public
hearing.
We
would
obviously
have
public
hearing
comments
during
public
hearing
but
doing
new
business
items.
We
would
try
to
have
those
either
be
doing
be
done
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
like
they
currently
are
written
and
not
necessarily
have
the
board
right
before.
Q
Does
that
make
sense
in
that
situation?
It's
just
with
technology,
and
what
max
is
going
to
have
to
do
in
order
to
provide
this
service?
It
would
make
more
sense
to
already
have
that
established
on
how
we're
going
to
do
the
public
comments
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
versus
at
doing
new
business
items.
Q
A
Can
I
ask
a
question
just
to
make
sure
I'm
kind
of
visualizing
this
correctly,
so
so,
let's
just
say
for
the
moment:
we're
taking
the
public
comment
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
so
and
and
folks
will
be
calling
in
via
a
zoom,
not
a
conference
line
right
so
where
how
will
we
see
them
and
will
they
see
us
or
who's?
How
will
it
how.
P
Q
A
N
I
know
that
with
the
zoom
you
you
set
up
with
a
producer
and
the
producer
can
mute,
so
you
may
not
have
that
same
functionality
with
a
call-in
number.
Okay,
and
just
as
a
point
I
mean
this
is
interesting,
because
this
is
the
same
type
of
thing:
that
state
departments
are
doing
for
public
comment
periods
for
administrative
code,
changes,
they're,
having
a
registration
deadline
the
day
before
and
have
a
call,
and
they
have
a
different
platform
for
zoom.
N
A
So
I
would
just
chime
in
I
mean
I
think
this
sounds.
I
think
it
sounds
good.
You
know
the
one
thing
that
I
feel
so
I
guess
sort
of
most
strongly
that
we
should
try
to
accommodate
public
comment
on
in
addition
to
the
public
comment
period
at
the
end
is
any
public
hearings,
because
you
know
there's
there's.
A
Q
Wanted
to
share
that
the
public
hearing
part
would
be
addressed.
It's
I
think.
At
times
the
board
has
decided
on
a
new
business
item
right
before
the
item
is
brought
up,
that
we
will
take
public
comments
before
the
item
is
voted
on
in
new
business
and
not
at
the
end
of
new
business.
I
think
that's
the
concern
we
would
have.
We
would
know
the
public
hearing
is
coming
up,
so
he
would
have
time
for
that
already
it's
just
when
a
new
business
item
is
on
the
agenda.
Q
R
Having
the
public
comment
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
does
present
some
difficulties
because
we
don't
know
what
time
that
is
going
to
be.
So
we
can't
advise
people
who
are
requesting
to
speak
during
public
comment,
the
time
that
they
need
to
make
sure
that
they're
on
the
line
versus
if
they
were
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting,
we
would
be
able
to
tell
them
that
they
need
to
have
called
in
by
this
time
in
order
for
their
public
comment
to
be
heard.
During
the
live
calling
portion.
Okay,.
A
F
I
mean
you
know
the.
I
think
the
reason
we
moved
it
from
the
beginning
to
the
end
is
because
everybody
was
here
and-
and
you
know
we
didn't
want
someone-
I
don't
know
if
it
was
a
reason
we
didn't
want
somebody
coming
in
and
making
our
comment
and
then
leaving
her.
I
can't
remember
why
we
did
it.
We've
we've
had
it
going
back
and
forth.
We
have
gone
back
and
forth
on
that.
I.
A
O
O
O
Have
them
queued
up?
If
not,
you
can
start
at
the
beginning,
or
you
can
have
a
pacific
time
for
collins.
The
other
issue
that
lamar
was
raising
is
sometimes
when
we
have
people
in
the
audience.
We
sometimes
would
have
people
make
a
comment
after
every
item
just
before
you
take
it
up
to
vote.
If
that
is
what
we
want
to
do
with
this
column,
we
need
to
set
that
standard
now,
so
that
we
can
have
people
cue
to
speak
like,
for
instance,
tonight
or
if
we
were
going
to
speak
on
this
item.
O
A
A
You
know
the
the
reality
is
when
we've
had
people
come
in.
We
do
take
comments
on
a
lot
of
specific.
You
know,
especially
if
it's
some,
you
know
really
weighty
issue.
We
typically
are
going
to
take
public
comment
on
it,
but
but
of
late,
that's
not
really
been
possible,
so
I
kind
of
like
doing
at
the
beginning,
and
that
way
any
resident
can
talk
to
us
about
one
or
multiple
issues
that
are
on
the
agenda
or
even
something
that's
not
on
the
agenda,
but
they
get
their.
F
F
F
P
F
A
D
D
You
don't
call
in
later
so
we
set
it
up
that
time.
It's
going
to
maybe
do
something
more
for
for
staff,
but
I
really
like
the
public
comment
at
the
end,
because
that
allows
the
public
to
hear
what
we
have
decided
throughout
the
meeting
and
then
comment
on
that
to
comment
before
you
have
your
meeting,
they're
really
just
general
conversations,
and
so
I
just
think
it
would
be
best.
We
do
it
at
the
end,
but
I
don't
I
don't
know
if
staff
could
do
have
something
where
people
call
in
say.
D
A
A
A
Question
besides
that,
so
I
guess
I
would
kind
of
lean
towards
maybe
do
it
after
consent
agenda,
but
then
have
another.
Have
another
public
comment
period
later
in
the
meeting
and
doing
it
at
the
end
would
be
I'd
be
open
to
that.
I
do
think.
We'd
have
to
put
some
some
time
limits
on
these,
and
I
think
if
you-
and
I
would
also
say
if
you
comment
at
the
earlier
one-
you
don't
comment
at
the
end,
because
I
think
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
interest
in
this.
A
F
F
A
Yeah,
I
mean
I'm
not
I'm
not,
I'm
not
kind
of
like
philosophically
against
the
idea
of
doing
it
after
presentations
at
5
30.
the
reality
of
kind
of
timing.
This
means
you
know.
Sometimes
we
might
get
done
before
5
30
and
we're
just
kind
of
sitting
here
for
a
while,
which
is
sort
of
an
argument
for
just
do
it.
At
the
beginning,.
I
A
I
A
F
I
F
Because
you're
going
to
want
up
front
anthony
commissioner
pendleton
you're
going
to
want
people
to
be
able
to
give
you
input
verbally
on
things
that
we're
getting
ready
to
consider
because
it
it
might
affect
our
vote
and
then
at
the
end,
you're
going
to
have
general
comment
pretty
much.
Hopefully,.
A
D
F
D
N
Let's
hear
from
mike,
I
just
went
over
and
asked
max
just
a
couple
clarified.
This
might
fill
in
a
couple
year
gaps,
but,
yes,
the
board
is
always
allowed
by
a
statute
to
set
reasonable
limitations
for
public
comment
in
this
limited
form
as
to
registration
for
two
times
max
was
saying
that
they
would
be
able
to
come
in
and
register
for
public
comment,
general
public
comment
at
the
beginning
and
they
could
register
for
general
public
comment
at
the
end.
N
Now,
as
with
general,
as
with
public
comment
for
a
public
hearing,
they
would
have
to
register
for
that
like
tonight.
We
have
two
public
hearings
for
zoning
matters,
and
the
only
caution
max
gives
is
that
you
know
they
have
to
be
paying
attention.
They
have
to
know
when
that's
time,
so
he
can
signal
them
it's
time
to
call
or
call
them
in
if
they're,
not
there,
he'll
just
have
to
move
on
to
the
next
person.
So
that's
just
the
limitation
of
the
of
how
the
pre-registration
would
work.
A
I
I
I
A
F
F
You
know
and
right
now
those
are
three
ways
where
you
can
provide
input
to
the
commission.
We
all
we
get
our
emails,
we
get
our
voicemails
and
we,
you
know,
go
through
all
those,
so
those
are
three
ways
that
they
can
have
their
voices
heard
and
we
all
use
those
in
combination.
When
we
try
to
make
a
decision
as
best
we
can.
So
I
don't,
I
don't
think
they'll
fall
through
the
cracks.
I
think.
O
F
Right,
I'm
saying
that
that
we
get
those
on
our
computer
voicemails
emails,
they're
still
doing
that,
we
are
still
distributing.
Those
lamar
is
distributing
those.
We
still
get
those
comments.
They
still
have
that
ability
to
communicate
that
way,
but
if
they
want
to
communicate
for
public
comment,
what
we're
trying
to
do
tonight
is
decide
for
those
that
want
to
call
in
and
have
their
voices
heard
by
zoom.
F
How
do
we
want
to
do
that
and
for
me,
because
this
is
a
new
decision
if
we
do
that,
one
time
whenever
we
do
it,
I'm
okay
with
it,
I
mean,
if
we
do
it
up
front,
you
want
to
do
it
up
front,
I'm
fine
with
doing
upfront,
because
this
is
different
than
what
we
debated
about
before
on
public
comment.
It's
totally
different
and
then
they
have
their
voices
heard.
I
don't
see
splitting
it
up.
I
see
just
do
it.
F
A
I
think
jazz,
you
know
the
reality
is,
I
think,
especially
I
think
most
people
will
sign
up
for
the
earlier
slot,
because
then
they
know
exactly
when
to
do
it.
They
don't
have
to
be
waiting
around
watching
us
and
it's
earlier
in
the
day,
but
if
we
limit
that
to
30
minutes,
my
concern
is
that
it
will
get
way
more
comments
than
that
and
a
lot
of
people
will
end
up
not
getting
to
yeah.
I
don't
think
to
speak
to
us,
so
I'd
prefer
to
just
do
an
hour
and
do
it
earlier
in
the
meeting.
F
So
I'm
going
to
make
a
suggestion
chairman
when
we
do
it
do
it
for
an
hour
and
do
it
at
5,
15.
by
5
15
we've
got
our
pledge.
We've
got
the
we
voted
on
the
consent
agenda.
You
know
if
we
get
in
the
situation
in
this
kind
of
meeting,
we
see
that
we're
coming
up.
Hey
we're
going
to
have
to
have
a
hard
stop
at
five,
because
in
you
know
we
know
that
we're
going
to
be
having
public
coming
in
15
minutes.
We
should
be
able
to
pull
that
off
in
15
minutes
all.
A
N
F
A
S
There
we
go
and
if
you'll
advance,
can
I
advance
great.
So
the
first
slide
that
we
have,
for
you
is
our
essentially
our
epi
curve
or
our
instance
curve.
So
new
cases
daily
with
the
seven
day
average
and
you
can
see
early
on
that
that
curve
was
low
and
slow,
which
was
expected,
as
we
were
in
a
stay-at-home
order
at
that
time.
S
So
this
is
indicative
of
people
interacting
more
with
each
other
in
general,
more
movement
of
people
and
then
recently
in
that
gray,
shaded
area,
which
is
that
that
area
of
somewhat
uncertain,
because
not
all
of
the
tests
have
come
back
and
not
all
the
case
has
been
reported
yet
seeing
a
slight
decrease
in
new
cases
daily.
So
we're
cautiously
optimistic,
but
very
hopeful
that
we're
moving
in
that
downward
direction.
S
And
so
I
just
want
to
say
that
that's
a
slight
uptick
for
us
here
in
buncombe
from
about
a
month
ago
when
it
was
right
around
two
or
three
percent
and
so
saw
a
slight
bump,
a
little
bit
more
community
transmission,
more
spread
and
starting
to
level
out
again.
So
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
our
testing
sites,
as
that
was
a
topic
of
discussion
that
and
just
one
thing
that
per
the
state's
dashboard.
We
are
averaging
here
about
600
tests
per
day,
quite
impressive.
S
S
We
do
have
a
new
registration
system,
that's
in
place
that
has
reduced
the
wait
time,
particularly
as
folks
are
waiting
in
line
that
wait.
Time
has
gone
down
significantly
for
folks
who
are
actually
at
the
site
and
waiting
and
the
wait
time
for
testing
results
has
been
reduced
to
about
24
hours,
give
or
take
a
little
bit,
and
so
we
urge
those
who
are
interested
in
testing
to
complete
the
system
checker
online.
S
And
if
the
answers
indicate
that
they
should
be
tested,
they
will
be
filling
out
a
registration
form
and
once
that
form
is
completed
and
submitted,
a
representative
from
the
ready
team
will
contact
them
over
the
phone
to
schedule,
an
appointment
for
one
of
the
collection
sites
and
then
they'll
show
up
for
their
site
for
their
test.
And
so
we
here
in
buncombe,
have
done
a
little
over
46
500,
completed
tests
from
the
beginning
and
if
you'll
now
just
sort
of
direct
your
attention
to
that
right
side.
S
S
I
S
S
A
great
question
so
we'll
be
pulling
more
data
as
we
do
get
ready
for
the
community
briefing.
But
I
can
tell
you
in
the
last
week
a
few
of
them
were
related
to
long-term
care
facilities,
that
the
53
cova
related
deaths
are
total
and
about
43
of
those
have
been
associated
with
a
long-term
care
facility,
so
very
vulnerable
population
innately
that
they
tend
to
be
over.
65,
usually
have
some
underlying
health
conditions
and
most
vulnerable
for
severe
illness
and
sometimes
most
high
at
risk
for
the
worst
outcome,
which
is
death.
I
T
Good
afternoon,
I
believe
you
guys
saw
my
kind
of
email
summary
of
how
that
went,
but
just
kind
of
summarize
what
what
prompted
that
whole
response
was
that
the
the
complaints
we
were
seeing
from
the
community
all
seemed
to
focus
on
the
restaurant
industry.
So
we
presented
some.
You
know
the
idea
of
maybe
moving
that
alcohol
curfew
to
nine.
T
We
got
response
from
you
guys.
We
got
some
response
from
the
community
and
the
restaurants,
and
we
established
that
task
force
that
tasked
for
us
from
friday
to
the
following
thursday,
we
assessed
or
evaluated
30
restaurants
in
the
community,
both
within
the
downtown,
greater
asheville
and
county
jurisdictions,
overall,
very
high
level,
compliance
and,
thankfully,
a
very
eagerness
and
a
willingness
from
those
owners.
If
there
was
some
non-compliance
or
issues
to
very
quickly
make
serious
effort
to
come
into
compliance.
T
The
the
main
concern
we
had
is
that
some
of
these
places,
particularly
ones
that
are
staying
open
later
as
the
night,
goes
on
they're,
not
they
weren't
keeping
people
at
their
tables
they're
getting
up.
They
were
mingling
and
becoming
more
of
a
bar
type
environment,
which
is
exactly
what
we
don't
want,
but
we've
addressed
that
with
a
couple
places
where
we
saw
instances
of
that
other
than
that.
Most
of
the
most
of
the
places
where
people
weren't
falling
into
orders
was
just
simple
signage,
which
a
lot
of
it.
T
We
remembered
on
the
spot
or
gave
them
guidance
and
that's
a
really
easy
fix
so
again,
overall
impressions
high
level
of
compliance
from
the
industry.
I
I
think,
as
we
went
to
some
of
these
restaurants,
I
heard
that
you
know
they
read
the
news
article
that
we're
establishing
that
task
force
and
that
prompted
them.
You
know
overnight
to
kind
of
reevaluate
what
they're
doing
take
another
look
at
the
guidance,
and
you
know
told
us
they
made
some
changes.
J
Effective
now
that
I
have
a
quick
question:
yes,
I
hung
in
my
glasses
now
that
particularly
county
schools
are
back
in
session
and
there
are
children
reporting
to
classrooms.
How
are
you
working
with
them
to
ensure
the
health
and
safety
of
everyone,
particularly
since
there
was
a
news
article
today
about
teacher
testing
positive.
T
T
I
think
that
the
biggest
thing
we've
seen
this
week
is
a
lot
of
the
higher
education.
I
think.
Even
you
know,
the
county
school
systems
have
been
looking
to
the
unc
system.
It's
kind
of
setting
the
tone
we
know.
Unc
itself
went
to
virtual
this
week.
You
know
week
one
so
we're
we're
continuing
to
advise
we're
planning
some
communications
with
them,
but
I
would
imagine
you
know
that
those
kind
of
decisions
will
trickle
down
through
all
the
school
systems
as
we
continue,
but
the
the
incidence
we
saw
in
the
reporting
of
the
teacher.
T
Thankfully
you
know
we
had
they
did
a
good
job
and
caught
that
before
school
started
and
were
able
to
isolate
quarantine.
Anyone
who
was
associated
with
that
room
and
that
teacher
they
have
done
you
know-
we've
been
advising
them
on
cleaning
proper,
proper
procedures
and
proper
on
the
materials
they
use.
So
I
think
they've
done
a
good
job
and
feel
confident.
We,
I
think
the
biggest
strength
is
with
both
school
systems
and
also
the
charter
and
private
schools.
We
have
a
really
strong
partnership
with
them,
we're
in
constant
communication.
A
A
Do
what
is
the
current
kind
of
understanding
within
the
health
community
and
scientific
community
around
whether
covid19
itself
is
highly
likely
to
become
much
more
transmissible
or
I've
also
read
some
things
that
there's
some
sense
that
it
might
become
people
might
get
sicker
typically
than
they
do
during
what's
been
happening
in
the
summer.
So
I
guess
I
just
wanted
to
ask
what
what
your
sense
is
for
this,
because,
while
the
pandemic
is
still
a
very
high
level,
there's
a
thousand
people
dying
in
our
country
every
day.
A
S
A
Because
there
was
some
hope
that
maybe
it
would
go
down
a
lot
during
the
summer
which
didn't
happen.
Although
again,
you
know,
this
is
just
kind
of
reading
stuff
right,
but
but
there
does
seem
to
be
a
lower
percentage
of
people
who
get
seriously
ill
and
die
compared
to
earlier
stages
of
the
pandemic
and
there's
some
sense
that
what
was
that?
A
A
S
S
A
A
All
right,
commissioners,
we're
through
our
agenda
just
a
couple
of
things
before
we
move
before
we
adjourn
so
we're
gonna.
Add
the
public
comment
process
to
our
agenda
tonight
and
the
one
other
thing
I
wanted
to
ask.
I
sent
an
email
out
about
this
earlier
I'd
like
to
ask
if
we
move
the
resolution
regarding
the
casino
development
up
earlier
as
well,
because
the
chief
of
the
eastern
band,
the
cherokee,
will
be
here,
but
he
can't
stay
long.
A
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
take
it
up
at
a
time
where,
if
there
are
any
questions-
and
maybe
there
won't
be
any
questions,
but
if
there's
no
objection,
I'd
like
to
ask
to
move
that
up
all
right,
we
are
done
with
everything
we
needed
to
take
care
of
here.
So
this
meeting
is
adjourned
and
we're
going
to
reconvene
at
five
o'clock
for
a
regular
meeting.