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From YouTube: The Joint Meeting of the Board of Commissioners and Asheville City Council, March 13, 2018
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Joint Meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners and the Asheville City Council that took place on March 13, 2018.
B
A
Want
to
welcome
everyone
to
our
joint
meeting
with
the
Asheville
City
Council
and
the
Vulcan
County
Commission's
that
we
want
to
thank
everyone
for
joining
us
here
at
tuner,
College
Street
courses,
where
a
lot
of
the
county
administrative
work
is
done
in
the
County
Commission.
There
are
four
said
thanks
for
joining
us
today
and
we've
had
a
few
of
these
joint
meetings
of
the
City
Council
and
County
Commission
over
the
past
few
years
and
I
think
they've
always
been.
C
A
D
D
A
Turner
and
Mariah
Turner,
and
who
else
all
right,
great,
okay.
Well,
thank
you
to
everyone
for
joining
us
and
for
those
who
have
to
drive
to
Raleigh
to
do
their
public
service.
Thank
you
for
doing
that.
We
just
we
just
have
to
drive
downtown
and
and
have
our
meetings
and
the
week
we
go
home
that
night,
so
we
really
initiated
you
know
they're,
really
they're,
really
long
hours
that
you
guys
put
into
serving
us
at
the
state
level.
Thank
you
for
thank
you
for
being
here
yeah.
So.
D
This
is
a
nice
opportunity
for
us
to
get
together
for
those
of
you
that
don't
know
the
Chairman
and
I
try
to
get
together
with
the
county
manager
and
the
city
manager
periodically
to
sort
of
go
through
issues
that
affect
us
jointly
and
try
to
think
about.
Where
areas
we
can
work
together.
Where
can
we
improve
our
partnerships?
Where
can
we
create
new
partnerships?
D
And
you
know
everyone
doesn't
get
to
be
at
the
table
when
we
have
these
conversations,
so
it's
important
for
us
to
all
get
together
with
all
of
our
there's,
so
many
staff
here
from
both
sides
to
be
able
to
hear
all
at
once
what
what
kinds
of
things
we're
working
on
and
then
hear
from
our
elected
bodies
and
in
terms
of
what
they
think
it's
not
on
what
we
should
work
some
more
on
and
some
any
kind
of
new
new
idea.
So
welcome
now.
Are
we
doing
a
photo
after
this
too.
A
Kind
of
make
a
few
brief
comments
about
some
of
the
priorities
of
each
of
it,
each
of
the
two
bodies
and
then
we're
gonna
turn
it
over
to
to
Gary
and
Mandy
to
talk
through
a
number
of
different
current
partnerships
that
the
city
and
the
county
are
both
involved
in
and
in
many
cases,
collaborating
on,
and
then
we
also
wanted
to
have
an
opportunity
for
some.
You
know
some
open
discussion
around
potential
opportunities
for
future
places
that
we
can
work
there.
A
You
a
few
of
those
topics
that
were
identified,
joint
development
and
planning
transportation
issues
in
the
area,
and
then
just
also
you
know
we
wanted
to
have
some
space
for
any
other
ideas
that
folks
might
want
to.
You
know
put
forward
for
for
discussion
around
initiatives.
We
can
work
on
in
tandem.
So
are
there
any
questions
about
the
agenda
for
our
meeting
today
right?
A
Why
don't
we,
let
me
jump
right
in
then
so
I
think
I'm
going
first
on
the
priorities
so
I'll,
just
if
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
yeah,
so
at
our
meeting
on
December
5th
2017.
So,
just
a
couple
of
months
ago,
the
County
Commission
reviewed
and
voted
on
approval
of
six
overall
priorities
that
we
have
identified
to
be
the
focus
of
prioritization,
of
resources
and
attention
for
the
county
and.
A
A
Those
those
goals
that
we
adopted
are
so
trypsin
in
terms
of
affordable
housing,
which,
of
course,
we
know,
is
a
big
priority
for
the
city
as
well.
We
made
it
a
goal
to
ensure
comprehensive
opportunities
for
affordable
and
safe
housing
as
a
foundation
for
healthy
and
thriving
families
and
neighborhoods,
and
a
couple
of
the
things
that
we're
working
on
to
address
that
one
of
the
ones.
A
With
the
city
and
the
Housing
Authority
around
the
redevelopment
of
the
Lee
Walker
Heights
neighborhood
I
know
that's
been
a
big
priority
for
the
mayor
and
for
council
over
the
last
few
years
and
we're
excited
to
be
investing
the
co-investing
with
the
city
to
help
make
that
happen.
I
think
it's
the
biggest
single
investment
the
county
has
ever
made
in
the
affordable
housing
sector.
So
we.
C
A
Encourage
affordable
housing
and
new
new
developments
in
this
that,
under
the
county's
jurisdiction
under
the
diverse
community
workforce,
we
we
set
the
goal
to
cultivate
a
robust,
an
inclusive
local
economy,
with
a
diverse
workforce
and
pipelines,
the
jobs
and
education
for
everyone.
One
of
those
specific
things
that
we've
taken
on
to
help
advance.
That
goal
has
been
the
creation
of
the
Isaac
Coleman
Economic
Community
investment
program,
which
has
gotten
started
over
the
last
year,
and
this
year
we've
invested
in
seven.
A
To
support
new
job
opportunities
to
small
businesses
and
other
opportunities
in
in
neighborhoods
in
the
city
and
the
county
under
the
justice
resource
support
priority.
You
know.
The
goal
here
is
to
coordinate
a
justice
system,
that's
efficient
and
effective
and
equitable,
and
which
protects
public
safety
while
holistically
addressing
the
needs
of
people
that
are
involved
in
the
system.
A
One
of
the
things
the
county
has
focused
on
there
is
is
investing
in
a
new
staff
and
resources
to
work
with,
or
you
know,
law
enforcement
and
our
local
courts
to
divert
first-time
nonviolent
offenders,
away
from
incarceration
and
and
towards
a
you
know,
alternative
approaches
to
help
folks
get
on
a
better
footing
under
the
opioid
item.
Of
course,
you
know
everyone
who's
here
knows
the
scope
of
this
gigantic
challenge
facing
our
County
and
it's
a
nationwide
problem
of
great
complexity,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
County
has
done
in
that
areas.
A
Of
course,
we
were
one
of
the
first
counties
in
the
state
to
file
a
lawsuit
against
the
major
manufacturing
and
distribution
companies
that
we
believe
through
they're.
You
know
very
deliberate
marketing
processes
have
really
flooded
communities
with
these
highly
addictive
medications
in
which
we
very
predictably
led
to
this
problem,
and
we
think
that
you
know
the
companies
that
got
contributed
to
the
problem
and
a
profited
from
it
should
help
be
the
best
co-investing
with
all
of
us,
as
taxpayers,
to
helping
mitigate
mitigate
this
problem
and.
A
A
Landfill
and
we're
working
with
great
groups
like
the
Energy
Savers
Network,
to
work
on
weatherization
of
low
income
families,
homes
and,
of
course,
we're
partnering
with
the
city
and
with
Duke
Energy,
and
a
lot
of
different
community
groups
on
the
energy
innovation
task
force
to
look
at
how
we
can
we
can
pursue
these
goals
together.
So
there's
a
lot
of
other
great
things
happening
in
all
of
these
arenas,
again,
they're
all
really
complex.
A
E
A
This
has
been
one
of
the
one
of
the
the
main
focuses
of
the
Commission
over
the
last
12
months,
and
we've
been
convening
a
lot
of
different
experts
in
this
field
who
work
in
this
in
this
industry.
We
have.
You
know
a
lot
of
the
folks
who
try
to
make
the
numbers
work
in
these
early
childhood
education
facilities.
We
really
it's
a
really
financially
challenging
business
model.
A
We
think
there
are
some
state
level
policies
that
are
very
harmful
to
our
community
and
make
it
much
more
difficult
to
make
those
businesses
work
here
than
in
most
other
counties
based
on
the
state's
compensation
formulas,
so
so
we're
working
to
kind
of
advocate
for
changes
at
some
of
these
state
level
policies
and
we've
really
appreciated
our
state
legislators.
You
know
really
really
focusing
on
these
issues
as
well,
and
but
a
lot
of
it,
too,
is
just
you
know.
This
is
a
there's,
so
much
research
showing
that
this
is
just.
A
But
it's
one
that
we
think
is
probably
one
of
the
most
important
investments
we've
been
making
increased
investment
here
and
I.
Think
I
think
we'll
see
that
this
will
be
one
of
the
most
significant
areas
of
additional
investment
from
the
county
over
the
next
couple
of
years.
We
kind
of
as
these
strategies
come
in
to
further
focus
and
we
determine
the
best
ways
to
invest
further
in
this
in
this
area.
A
E
D
D
You
know
you
always
talk
about
being
in
the
business
of
some
of
it
is
different,
whereas
on
the
city
side
we
both
have
quality,
affordable
housing.
Let's
try
to
address
equity
and
diversity.
The
city
has
a
lot
of
land-use
focus,
so
the
well-planned
and
liveable
community.
We
both
overlap
with
our
focus
on
the
environment
and
having
of
our
environmental
initiatives
and
goals.
D
The
city
has
been
investing
more
and
more
in
our
transportation,
infrastructure
and
I
know
that's
one
of
the
things
we
want
to
talk
with
you
all
about
trying
to
run
a
transit
system
that
is
meaningful
and
usable
for
the
community
economic
development.
A
thriving
local
economy
is
another
focus
and
it
connected
an
engaged
community
which
can
mean
a
lot
of
things,
but
it
means
community
outreach
and
involvement,
but
it
also
means
exploring
our
partnership
opportunities
with
the
county,
for
example,
and
other
potential
partners
out
there.
We
know
that
alone.
D
We
we
cannot
do
nearly
as
much
as
we
need
to
and
that
to
be
able
to
leverage
more
opportunity.
We
need
to
seek
out
partners
to
make
those
possibilities
happen,
so
it
there's,
and
the
other
thing
I
would
mention,
is
at
your
seats.
There's
a
nice
I
had
put
this
together,
but
this
is
really
good:
a
Buncombe
County
and
city
of
Asheville
joint
partnerships
shirked.
So,
if
you
ever
wonder
you
know
what
are
the
things
that
the
city
and
the
county
can't
be
together
do
do
together.
G
H
One
of
the
opportunities
we
had
addition
of
Health
and
Human
Services
and
the
addition
of
a
parking
deck
was
to
take
a
strategic
look
at
it.
Partly
now
we
hear
a
lot
that
there
is
no
parking
downtown
and
that
there
are
plenty
of
reasons
for
people
not
to
park
downtown,
not
because
I
can't
find
a
pleasure
to
come
downtown.
H
So
we
took
an
opportunity
to
work
with
the
city
and
with
explore
Asheville
to
see
what
could
we
do
to
one
make
people
aware
that
there
is
parking
and
then
to
leverage
the
additional
parking
that
was
coming
online
with
the
addition
of
the
parking
deck
at
Health
and
Human
Services.
We
did
know
that
there
are
lots
of
things
that
the
city
has
done
around,
making
sure
that
number
of
our
spaces
are
available
downtown.
H
That
signage
is
a
big
thing
and
making
sure
that
we
have
uniform
signage
so
that
someone
coming
downtown
sees
one
sign
that
they
know
that
they
can
park
here.
And
so,
when
we
looked
at
that,
we
realized
that
there
is
a
lot
more
parking.
That's
coming
downtown
as
a
result
of
that
deck
and
in
the
county
alone.
We
are
having
about
1800
parking
spaces
downtown
as
a
result
of
the
addition
to
Health
and
Human
Services.
One.
H
Slope
so
when
we
look
at
south
slope
with
the
addition
of
the
Cox
Avenue
parking
deck,
that's
adding
664
additional
fund
resources,
and
one
thing
that
we
found
out
was
that
people
were
thinking
that
that
parking
deck
was
solely
for
Health
and
Human
Service.
No
one
else
could
park
there
and
that's
not
true
that
parking
deck
is
available.
24/7
365
and
it's
already
open
and
two
very
good
reviews.
So
far.
We
anticipate
that
we'll
be
able
to
offer
not
only
the
hourly
parking
that
we
have
now,
but
we
anticipate
monthly
parking.
H
We
want
to
make
sure
we
get
a
little
bit
under
our
belt
first
to
see
how
that
is
working
out
to
know
exactly
how
many
monthly
parking
spaces
that
we
can
have.
But
the
idea
is
by
adding
that
we're,
adding
significant
parking
availability
to
the
Southland.
When
we
look
at
surface
parking
on
the
south
slope,
we're
seeing
that
we're
adding
because
of
that
deck,
we're
freeing
up
additional
space
that
was
used
for
recipients
of
our
services
and
our
staff,
so
we're
adding
about
340
a
little
more
surface
level
apartment
that
it
will
always
be
available.
H
24/7
365
and
one
surface
parking
lot:
that's
right!
Beside
kids
tune
up
across
from
our
tax
department,
that's
available
at
nights
and
weekends
and
they're
all
available
for
hourly
parking
and
the
surface
parking
will
be
available
as
monthly.
When
we
look
at
an
additional
County
parking,
we've
got
650
spaces
at
the
college
street
deck
where
we
were
and
Family
Justice
Center,
which
is
right
across
so
that
totals
up
1798
additional
parking
with
the
signage
that
we're
having.
H
I
J
I
Arcade
with
smart
meters,
many
of
you
tried
those
smart
meters
if
I'm
referring
to
this
smart
meters
will
be
installed
all
through
downtown
some
700
meters
spaces
over
the
next
year
this
coming
year
and
we'll
do
that.
Can
you
batches
a
large
of
200
each,
but
what
they
do
is
allow
you
to
pay
for
your
parking.
In
addition
to
my
coins
for
the
debit
or
credit
card,
they
will.
C
I
Give
you
a
reading
as
to
whether
or
not
you
paid
it
currently.
If
you
use
the
app
like
it
accepts
your
money,
you
don't
see
in
the
verification
on
the
meter,
so
you'll
be
able
to
see
that
so
this
will
be
a
real
welcome
benefit
to
people
that
are
already
using
the
app
to
be
able
to
do
this
with
the
latest
technology.
We're.
I
K
College
are
the
county
sticks?
Are
you
all
looking
at
doing
what
the
city
has
done
in
terms
of
signage
on
the
outside,
that
says
X
number
of
spaces
available
and
then
late?
Very
importantly,
linking
that
to
an
act
and
a
website
so
that
people
can
look
before
they
leave
home
about
where
their
space
is
available,
and,
ideally
all
that
information
would
be
on
the
same
page.
H
We
are
looking
at
making
sure
that
that
information
is
available.
Apps
would
have
it
as
a
face
to
notice
see
about
having
the
signs
that
says.
This
is
how
many
space
are
available,
but
parking
offenders
that
we
used
but
will
be
able
to
feed
the
information
there
number
available
spaces
in
the
deck
to
the
same
place
or
to
the
public,
not
exactly
sure
how
that
works,
to
be
able
to
show
that
so
people
will
be
able
to
have
it
on
a
map,
as
well
as
to
be
able
to
see
how
many
are
available.
H
So
another
great
partnership
that
we're
in
the
middle
of
right
now
is
with
our
Putnam
County
Library
System.
So
there
are
twelve
libraries
here.
Half
of
those
are
within
the
city
of
Asheville
and
two
of
those
are
on
city-owned
property,
and/or
city
buildings
right
now,
one
of
the
ones
that
we're
working
on
currently
is
East,
Asheville
and
I'm.
H
Sure,
hopefully,
you've
either
been
a
part
of
or
seen
that
we've
had
numerous
listening
sessions
in
the
east
asheville
area
about
what
the
residents
won
in
the
library
and
one
of
the
things
that
we've
heard
loud
and
clear.
Is
they
also
want
a
library,
but
they
also
want
community
space
to
be
able
to
have
places
for
them
to
have
the
meetings.
So
we've
engaged
in
discussions
with
the
city
who
is
working
with
us
on
developing.
H
Square
foot
facility
that
incorporates
a
new
library
as
well
as
the
additional
community
space.
This
slide
here
has
a
picture
of
what
the
existing
space
looks.
Like
now,
I
will
say
the
dates
here.
We
had
a
great
meeting
this
morning
with
the
city
from
planning,
and
so
those
dates
are
going
to
change
a
little
bit
because
we
need
to
we
actually
going
to
be
able
to
look
at
some
better
usage
of
the
land
to
be
able
to
get
a
better.
We
think
a
better
space.
H
I
What
we
think
would
work
best
is
to
divide
the
property,
allow
for
the
future
fire
station
reconstruction
and
renovation,
but
turn
the
back
of
the
property
in
a
long-term
lease
over
to
the
county,
to
manage
in
a
comprehensive
way,
be
responsible
for
the
buildings
of
parking
in
the
outside
areas,
and
we
just
need
to
figure
I'll
get
some
assistance
relocating
that
basketball
court,
which
gets
us
some
use.
We
think
that
could
be
done
at
another
location
nearby
in
East
Nashville,
so.
J
C
I
H
H
A
B
C
C
G
Care
system
and
first
responders
city
partners
with
us
in
a
safety
net
both
of
your
Chiefs
fire
and
police
participate,
which
monthly
brings
together
everybody
from
every
sector
of
the
healthcare
education.
First
responder
law
enforcement,
behavioral
health
system
to
develop
strategies
around.
How
do
we
move
forward
on
this?
Being
our
primary
poet?
Help
challenge
has
focused
on
a
painkiller
task
force.
What
we
know
what
data
clearly
shows
us,
both
local
and
national
data
is
individuals,
begin
taking
opiates
prescribed
by
doctor
and
many
of
them
when
that
settlers
are
available
or
affordable
turn
to
illegal
substances.
G
There's
a
Western
North,
Carolina
regional
substance,
abuse
Alliance
as
development
strategies
all
across
Western
North
Carolina
and
is
the
part
of
that
monthly
meeting.
We
invest
in
drug
court
the
opportunity
for
the
court
to
provide
individuals
treatment
as
an
alternative
and
community
service
as
an
alternative
to
active
sentence.
Time
medicated,
assisted
therapies,
really
the
only
way
that
research
says
you
can
address
this
addiction
in
very
expensive
and
not
available
to
people
without
insurance,
harm
reduction
and
every
best
response
teams.
We
partnered
with
we're
very
both
very
active
in
prevention
and
community
engagement
around
opiates.
G
We've
done
public
education
programs.
I
do
believe.
The
number
of
physicians
and
dentists
that
have
been
charged
to
have
been
trained
across
the
western
region
is
over
a
thousand
about
how
they're
prescribing
patterns
impact.
This
addiction,
then
school
based
education
campaigns
have
educating
coaches
one
of
the
things
we
see
most
issues
who
are
injured
in
a
sports
go
into
an
orthopedic
or
other
medical
provider
and
are
given
a
prescription
for
opiates
hussite
when
I
had
a
broken
ankle
in
my
house,
I
was
thrilled
that,
with
the
PX
urgent
said
you
really.
G
It
said
back
to
my
13
year
old
Emmie,
here's
the
impact
of
my
prescribing
opiates.
So
that's
a
real
change
in
our
communities,
addressing
that
and
and
feel
like.
That's
a
really
important
first
step
have
scheduled
working
with
the
two
school
systems,
a
youth
summit
cities
involved
in
that,
along
with
the
county.
How
do
we
do
education
for
youth
and
their
parents
about
the
impact
of
opiates
and
about
how
that
can
and
often
does
lead
to
the
use
of
illegal
drugs
both
of
our
law
enforcement
agent?
G
I
We
have
partnerships-
those
were
mentioned
it
back
back
at
this
presentation,
but
just
a
big
Council
as
well
as
the
Commission
patrol.
She
provides
her
school
resource
officer
of
the
downtown
patrol
unit.
Our
housing
units
all
equipped
now
are
trained
to
to
use
that
in
case
that
overdose,
as
well
as
all
our
fire
trucks
apparatus,
have
and
supplied
with
that
a
training
so
they're
in
a
position
to
respond
in
case
of
emergency.
It's
the
best.
We
can
do
under
those
circumstances
and
then
giving
them
to
medical
attention.
G
E
E
E
Spending
churches,
it's
being
walls,
are
being
broken
down
between
organizations
and
everybody's
trying
to
work
together,
outlying
areas
and
Counting.
It's
a
big
deal
and
I
want
to
publicly
thank
them
for
or
for
starting
that
and
opening
the
doors
and
all
the
districts
in
the
county
to
be
able
to
just
spread
that
message
to
get
out
in
front
of
it.
You
know
every
family
in
this
room
is
touched
by
this
I'm
sure,
and
so
we
can't
we
can't
it's.
B
E
If
you
just
see
it
as
council
members
and
others,
if
you
just
say
for
a
couple
of
times,
if
you'll
you'll
you'll
have
it
he'll
change
your
thought
process
it'll
be
something
that
you'll
carry
with
you,
that
you
can
talk
to
the
public
or
the
individuals
or
to
youth
group
or
something
on
your
own,
and
it's
I'd
encourage
power
in
that
in
from
how'd.
You
encourage
you
to
get
a
copy
of
it.
Look
at
it
a
team
in
one
of
them.
E
L
Did
those
town
halls
was
stressing
that
creating
an
empathy
factor
that
that
nobody
wants
to
wake
up
in
the
morning
and
be
a
drug
addict
and
Lisa
Evie
and
may
have
worked
on
the
PowerPoint
together?
And
when
you,
when
you
look
at
those
numbers
and
realize
that
the
majority
of
people
now
addicted
to
heroin,
started
with
illegal
prescription?
And
it
was
very
impactful
and
we
kind
of
went
all
over.
But.
L
E
C
E
Came
out
and
spoke
about,
you
know
what
they've
found
things
worst:
drug
addiction
and
I
laugh.
These
are
some
good
people,
it's
really
working
hard
to
get
off
drugs
and
it's
just
like
mr.
Clemens
sitting
over
there.
They
have
director-
you
have
you
know
in
this
place,
so
anybody
that
tale
from
that
area.
I
appreciate
everything.
G
Just
to
talk
about
and
I
begin
by
saying,
dr.
Mullen
is
here
and
a
lot
of
professor
at
UNCA
who
worked
for
years
on
a
site
at
blackhat
story
using
students,
and
one
of
those
challenges
were
as
class
has
changed.
You
know
keeping
that
the
document
up
today
in
current
was
to
challenge
so
we
partnered
by
hiring
time
to
thief,
who
does
some
data
analysis
for
us
every
year
to
work
with
dr.
G
Mullen
to
update
the
state
of
my
cash
flow
and
commissioners
turbit
just
a
little
over
a
year
ago
give
a
summary
in
your
packets
and
we
will
send
you
the
link
to
the
full
report.
It's
it's
rather
lengthy,
but
it's
driven
a
lot
of
our
work
and
what
it
basically
said.
It's
from
the
point
of
preconception
health.
How
healthy
are
women
before
they
get
pregnant
all
the
way
to
end
alive,
so
we've
disparities
and
outcomes
in
our
communities.
G
We
own
a
great
deal
of
how
we
move
forward
with
that
strategically
as
a
health
and
human
service
provider.
So
we
really
began
and
the
Commission
began
from
a
place
of
saying
we're,
investing
a
lot
of
money
in
traditional
programs
and
we're
not
seeing
the
change
we'd
like
to
see.
So
we
say
you
need
a
doe-eyed,
a
national
research,
long
with
free
sure
to
make
payments
and
the
Community
Engagement
Team.
We
found
that
the
models
that
are
working
across
the
nation
are
investing
in
neighborhoods
and
communities,
not
saying
here's.
G
An
array
of
government
services
that
are
downtown
come
access
them
but
saying
how
we
give
live
in
neighborhoods
in
communities
and
provide
more
equitable
access.
Everything
from
preconception
health,
early
childhood
education
that
healthcare
to
educational
opportunities
to
jobs.
So
that's
been
a
focus
of
a
lot
of
our
work,
a
lot
of
that
done
through
our
Community
Engagement
teams.
G
So
they
are
the
liaisons
and
those
neighborhoods
who
receive
that
Isaac
Coleman
grants
that
the
chairman
mentioned
also
have
seen
amazing
results
from
something
that
we
received
about
federal
grant
to
counties
in
the
nation
receipt
that
supported
tipping
grants,
really
small
amounts
of
money
under
five
thousand
dollars.
They
went
to
neighborhood
groups
to
give
lift
to
organizations
and
leaders
that
already
lived
in
those
neighborhoods
and
communities
who
are
doing
some
really
creative
things
and
having
great
results
that
needed
support
to
do
that.
Work
and
those
have
been
some
of
our
more
successful
investments.
G
Also,
you
know
we
partner
with
the
city
on
the
along
with
Mission
Hospital
may
had
most
school
systems
UNCA
and
a
BTech
on
the
WNC
diversity
engagement
coalition.
Looking
at
how
do
we
support
a
diverse
workforce,
we
just
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks
our
two
HR
offices
have
been
having
a
discussion
and
are
they've.
It
afford,
with
a
city
county,
a
library
for
professionals
at
color,
weather
things.
We
often
see
is
we're
successful
in
recruitment.
G
But
do
individuals
find
the
support
they
need
to
stay
in
this
community
and
are
they
able
to
make
the
links
for
their
partners
in
their
perfect
and
when
they
moved
to
our
community
in
terms
of
professional
opportunities,
so
working
together
across
our
two
professional
staffs
to
enhance
efforts
already
underway?
We
have
benefited
from
the
work
that
city
began
around
both
the
diversity
supplier.
G
Network
are
fully
engaged
in
that,
as
well
as
the
mountain
community
capital
fund,
commissioners
dramatically
changed
our
economic
incentive
policy
to
be
more
focused
on
impact
in
the
community
and
also
made
a
decision
to
invest
a
portion
of
that
money
in
small
business
loans
and
early
childhood
education,
so
partnering
with
the
city
and
that
effort
and
grateful
for
that
extremely
grateful
for
the
work
of
city
didn't
Kayla
and
allowing
us
to
join
in
that
and
funding.
I.
G
Think
Erika
does
an
amazing
job
with
that
and
the
statistics
for
those
youth
both
on
the
high
school
and
now
expanding
into
the
college
level,
or
something
that
the
city
should
be
very
proud
of,
and
we're
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
partner
there.
Some
part
in
us
has
said
some
of
our
funding
directed
at
early
childhood
education
city
has
been
a
partner
in
that
in
that
County,
which
one
of
the
things
that
chairman
didn't
mention
is
we've
partnered
in
some.
How
do
we
provide
infrastructure
to
increase
slots?
G
One
of
those
partnerships
is
between
the
Christine
Avery
Learning
Center,
the
Asheville
City
Schools
in
Academy,
so
taking
a
faith-based
environment,
providing
the
qualified
teacher
and
technical
assistance
through
the
Asheville
City
School
and
the
infrastructure
funding
through
their
County,
and
we
cut
the
ribbon
on
that
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
and
Commissioner
Whiteside
made
that
point.
This
really
is
about
invested
in
something
to
avoid
building
a
new
jail
and
that's
what
the
data
tells
us
from
their
job.
G
And
education
is
the
best
predictor
of
avoiding
growth
in
our
jail
population
and
people's
involvement,
eternal
justice
system.
We
are
working
through
the
african-american
Heritage
Commission.
We
each
have
staff
involved
in
that
and
Rashida's
doing
that
through
the
Community
Engagement
Team
on
building
out
a
historic
markers
art
project
that
is
really
preserving
cultural
past
and
supporting
cultural
identity
can.
B
The
time
I
came
home
once
we've
gone
through
this
last
year
is
what
we
have
been
doing
and
what
they
were
working
on
before
I
got
on
board
with
the
equity
evidence
it's
great,
but
one
of
the
Downers
for
me
and
everything
that
we
are
doing
it
seems
like
we
take
five
steps
forward,
but
we
take
ten
steps
backwards.
It's
the
phone
calls
that
I'm
giving,
but
what
happened
here
in
this
community
with
the
police
force
I
hate
to
put
a
damper
on
our
meeting,
but
folks.
B
This
is
something
we've
got
to
talk
about,
and
we've
got
to
deal
with.
I'm
the
I've
been
back
in
Nashville
since
1971
and,
of
course,
I
was
here
before
most
of
you
because
I
was
born
and
raised
here,
but
I
have
never
seen
the
morale
as
low
as
it
is
now
and
not
just
in
the
african-american
community,
but
all
over
I'm,
even
getting
phone
calls
from
buddies
of
mine
who
I
was
in
the
Navy,
with
yeah
I
hadn't
heard
from
in
20
years.
B
B
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
over
the
last
50
years,
or
so
that
I've
been
back.
It's
the
actual
police
department
and
I've
been
affected
myself
when
I
was
stopped
in
1989,
with
many
of
my
family
saying
that
they
were
looking
for
drugs
and
one
of
the
policemen
who
stopped
me.
I'd
approved
the
car
home
for
three
weeks
before
so.
We've
reached
the
point
this
is
going.
We
talked
about
the
two
billion
dollars
that
we
pull
them
in
in
tourist
business
last
year
year,
before
whatever
it
was.
B
But
if
we
don't
solve
this
problem,
it's
gonna
kill
the
goose
that
laid
the
golden
egg
because
people
this
is
uncovering
what
is
going
on
in
Ashe,
and
it's
going
to
be
up
to
us.
As
elected
officials,
it's
got
to
be
handled
and
approved.
We
can't
keep
pushing
them
down.
The
road
saying
is
the
police
chief
fault,
it's
the
silver
serve
bored
of
whatever
I
voted
for
all.
B
You
counsel
and
I
expect
you
all
the
sauces
problem,
just
like
you
voted
for
us
as
commissioners,
and
we
are
dealing
with
the
problems
we
have
inherited,
but
this
is
something
folks
as
an
african-american
who
lived
in
this
community,
all
his
life,
I'm,
sick
and
tired
of
what's
been
going
on,
and
I'm
sick
and
tired
of
the
comments
or
the
excuses.
I
get
I
don't
want
to
hear,
because
what
really
gets
me
more
than
anything
I
know
justice
is
slow,
but
why
the
hell
is
it
so
slow?
When
it's
dealing
with
me.
L
B
Let's
get
something
done
about
it:
I
mean
yo
I'm,
one
I,
don't
believe
in
pulling
any
punches.
You
probably
know
that
I
believe
in
being
above
board
and
putting
everything
on
the
table,
but
we
have
got
to
do
it.
We've
got
to
deal
with
it
and
we've
got
to
stop
talking
about
what
we
go
and
do
and
do
it.
You
know
it's
time
to
back
up
how
talk
and
when
I
look
at
the
tapes
half
a
year
to
get
rid
of
an
officer
that
probably
should
have
been
gone
two
or
three
years
ago.
M
And
the
honor
also
representing
district
one
and
one
of
begin
al
by
thanking
you
for
your
comments
and
your
honesty.
I
think
honesty
is
the
only
way
through
for
us
as
a
community,
and
empathy
is
also
a
key
part
of
how
we
move
through
this.
As
a
community.
I
have
also
been
hearing
from
a
lot
of
constituents.
In
addition
to
expressing
anger
and
intense
frustration
with
how
slow
justice
has
been
to
come.
M
One
thing
I
hear
is
a
lot
of
fear
and
I
particularly
hear
that
fear
from
parents
who
are
raising
young
black
children
and
young
black
boys
in
our
community
I.
Take
that
incredibly
seriously,
every
child
in
our
community
and
every
person
in
our
community
needs
to
be
safe
between
a
respect
and
dignity.
M
Whatever
street
they're
walking
on
whatever
time
of
day
owl
said
much
more
powerfully
than
I
can
I
think
some
of
the
things
that
need
to
be
sated
said
today,
but
I
want
to
just
share
a
few
other
things.
As
a
community
member
I
had
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
a
working
group
that
APD
convened
looking
at
use
of
force
and
de-escalation
policies.
M
Julie
was
on
that
were
there
other
folks
in
the
room
may
also
have
participated
and
I
will
say,
I
think
that
the
adoption
of
those
policies
by
APD
was
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
I'd
like
to
raise
and
put
on
the
table
that
I
think
those
are
policies
that
should
be
adopted
by
every
law
enforcement
agency
within
Buncombe
County
at
the
municipal
and
county
level,
and
that
this
most
recent
incident
has
cast
in
stark
relief
that
those
policies
alone
don't
do
enough,
and
there
are
some
additional
specific
interventions.
M
We
need
to
look
at
at
a
system
level.
One
of
those
is
cross
agency
protocols
and
use
of
force
issues
to
ensure
that,
from
the
DA's
office
to
every
law
enforcement
agency,
when
the
use
of
force
issue
surfaces,
there's
specific
protocols
in
place
around
opening
from
the
investigations
and
notifying
the
SPI
or
other
appropriate
authorities,
that's
a
step
we
need
to
take
in
our
communities
and
not
at
the
singular
level
of
one
department
at
a
systems
level.
M
The
other
I
think
is
recognizing
the
role
that
trauma
plays
in
a
moment
like
this,
for
individuals
who
are
impacted
and
in
some
use
of
force
situations
also
for
officers
and
law
enforcement
agents
who
are
involved
with
that
I'm
beginning
to
apply
some
of
the
trauma-informed
work
that
the
city
has
done,
that
the
county
departments
have
done
and
to
the
way
we
respond
to
new
supports
incidents.
I
think
is
also
important.
M
The
final
thing
I
want
to
say
is
that
I
also
know
there
are
many
law
enforcement
folks
who
take
their
jobs
very
seriously
and
who
show
up
each
day
to
serve
and
who
put
their
lives
on
the
line
to
keep
parts
of
our
community
safe.
That's
true
at
the
same
time
and
I
think
part
of
our
task
as
a
community
is
to
be
able
to
be
honest
about
the
fact
that
many
things
are
true
at
once.
L
What
happened?
What
happened
is
not
a
one-off
when
you
look
at
the
state
of
black
Asheville,
the
diminishing
numbers,
you
know,
I've
had
african-american
men
say
to
me:
why
would
I
stay
my
my
daughter's
father
stays
in
Asheville
simply
until
she
graduates
from
high
school,
we
collectively
I
know
we
can't
we
have
the
will.
We
have
the
capacity
to
to
change
these
numbers
that
dr.
Mullen
has
systematically.
L
Over
years
portrayed
I
had
had
a
granddaughter
that
was
a
national
city,
schools
and
because
of
the
color
of
her
skin,
she
was
ignored
now
she's
getting
credit
at
the
actual
school
weekend
as
a
community.
We
care
about
it,
but
when
I've
talked
to
different
people
in
the
county
about
the
numbers
and
the
state
of
black
Asheville
people
are
amazed,
they
didn't
know.
So,
if
there's
any
silver
lining
in
anything,
everybody
knows
now
and
I
know
this
community
can
do
amazing
things,
but
we
have
to
do
it
in
the
lens
up.
L
As
we
look
at
african-american
men
and
women
in
this
room,
they've
probably
been
targeted,
they've
probably
been
discriminated
against.
There's
no
probably
I
know
one
person
whose
son
in
one
semester
going
to
UNCA,
got
stopped
by
the
police
a
lot
of
times.
I
know
my
daughter's
father,
because
he
dresses
well
and
has
a
nice
car,
who
is
the
son
of
a
law
enforcement
officer
in
the
Sheriff's
Department,
got
put
down
on
his
hands
and
knees.
L
I
know
my
daughter
and
he
when
they
were
dating
and
they
would
get
continually
stopped
and
she
would
cry
he
would
say,
stop
crying
they're
gonna
think
I
kidnapped
you.
This
is
not
in
Mississippi.
This
is
Nashville.
This
is
a
community,
we
all
love
and
we
can't
look
at
those
numbers
in
the
state
of
black
Asheville
and
continue
to
do
as
we
are.
We
can't
be
complacent,
because
this
is
this
is
and
thank
you.
This
is
a
crisis
because
we're
losing
a
whole
community
and
while
we're
losing
that
community
they're
in
trauma,
I.
E
B
E
E
Personally,
what
happened
other
than
that?
There's
a
responsibility
just
like
this
commissioners.
We
have
with
responsibility
for
what
happened
with
our
last
county
manager,
whether
we
voted
for
it
and
we
didn't
look
for
it.
We're
responsible,
I
appreciate
this
gentleman,
because
color
has
nothing
to
do
with
anything.
You
back
that
I
suppose
to
the
purse.
Okay,
my
brother,
37
years
ago,
I
opened
up
a
nightclub
called
scandals.
It's
a
gay
bar.
E
My
brother
was
gay,
but
I
love
to
do
this
gentleman
here
and
go
anywhere
with
you,
but
I
am
so
damn
sick
of
people
trying
to
divide
us
again.
That's
what
I'm,
tired
of
I
am
NOT
going
to
be
the
body
because
I
don't
look
at
the
color
and
that's
for
the
man.
I
want
to
help
everyone
I!
Don't
go
there
on
the
Board
of
Trustees
baby.
Kick
I
want
to
try
to
get
kids
in
over
there.
It's
good
I
know.
E
This
is
a
tough
issue,
but
you
know
I
would
love
to
see
some
go
through.
It
want
to
be
welders
or
mechanics
and
work
on
trucks
or
learn
how
to
be
machine.
This
is
things
that
I
really
want
to
see
and
I'm
really
worked
hard
at
and
I'll
continue
as
long
as
I'm
around
the
boards
into
the
let
men
damn
you're
not
going
to
divide
this
I
promise
you
we're
in
the
center
of
the
tracks,
we're
not
coming
apart.
Thank
you.
G
I'm
really
gonna
turn
it
over
to
Gary
and
I.
We
briefly
mentioned
I
think
in
the
last
eight
months,
for
certainly
an
example
of
that,
for
me
is
that
sometimes
our
best
work
is
when
we
face
the
greatest
challenges
in
the
justice,
Resource
Center
and
the
Family
Justice
Center.
Examples
for
this
city
and
county
came
together
jointly
because
we
knew
our
community
wasn't
able
to
make
the
impact
we
wanted
in
addressing
both
family
violence
and
in
the
example
of
the
justice,
Resource
Center.
G
So
very
grateful
for
the
city's
willingness
to
partner
Beth
has
the
issues
only
other
thing,
I
would
say
about
justice,
Resource
Center,
because
I
know
we're
running
short
on
time
is.
We
would
welcome
the
opportunity
to
take
any
of
the
council
to
tour
that
coordinated
scene
on
for
the
courthouse
if
you're
interested
and
see
how
our
district
attorney
and
judges
and
law
enforcement
are
connecting
individuals
with
services
and
through
that
work
are
able
to
avoid
people
with
mental
illness
and
people
or
first
time
low
risk
offenders
serving
town
versus
connecting
their
jobs
and
services.
I
L
C
A
A
Over
two
years
ago
that
we
created
this,
you
know
pretty
unique
structure
where
we
have
a
joint.
You
know
a
commission,
that's
jointly
employed
by
the
City
Council
and
County
Commission
I.
Guess
we
have
a
few
other
others
of
those
like
the
historic
Resources.
Commission
has
them
shared
membership,
and
this
is
pretty
unique
and
so
Julie
and
I
have
been
representing
our
two
bodies
there
and
then
Duke.
Of
course,
Jason
walls
and
Robert
sipes
represent
Duke
on
the
board
and
then
there's
a
whole
big
great
group
of
community
members
involved
in
this.
K
Know
we've
been
doing
some
relatively
recent
briefing
at
City
Council
on
this
effort,
so
I
won't
dive
into
that
too
much
again.
But
what
I
will
say
is
that
we
are
you
know
we.
We
have
been
moving
from
planning
to
implement,
and
next
week
we
officially
launch
the
Blue
Horizons
project,
which
is
the
public
facing
campaign
that
has
come
out
of
the
two
years
of
work
that
the
energy
innovation
task
force
has
done.
K
There
will
be
a
press
conference
on
Wednesday
morning
and
then
a
community
reception
on
Thursday
evening
at
the
edingtons
Center
from
4:00
to
6:00,
and
we
invite
all
of
you
to
come
to
that,
and
you
know
we've
got
there.
That
is
a
an
image
from
the
website
and
it's
the
Blue
Horizons
project.
Comm
I,
encourage
you
all
to
go
there
and
really.
The
goal
of
this
campaign
is
to
is
to
generate
excitement
for
everyone
to
get
involved
and
to
also
make
it
easy
for
people
to
get
involved.
K
B
C
K
You
know
this
as
Brandi
said
there
was
a
you
know.
We,
the
community,
was
presented
with
a
threat
in
my
mind,
of
an
additional
fossil
fuel
plant,
and
this
has
been
our
response
to
it
and
I
think
we
both
appreciate
the
resources
that
our
fellow
council,
members
and
commissioners
have
put
toward
addressing
this
threat
and
I
have
all
the
confidence
in
the
world
we're
going
to
be
successful.
It
will
take.
It
will
take
many
of
us.
C
K
C
K
A
Of
a
creative
effort,
it's
gonna
be
held
in
the
home
of
a
senior
citizen
who
was
in
Kenilworth,
who
is
currently
having
his
home
retrofitted
by
Energy
Savers
Network,
which
we're
all
supporting
the
volunteer.
Labor
is
being
provided
by
a
group
of
students
from
UNC
Asheville.
So
it's
just
kind
of
a
it's
gonna,
be
a
really
cool
kind
of
different
kind
of
event.
To
sort
of
officially
launch
this
into
the
public
arena
so
appreciate
everyone's
support.
The
chairman.
E
E
They
can
live
in
a
in
a
warm
home
if
I
was
a
difference,
but
we
don't
need
it.
We
don't
need
to
it's
easy
to
it's
easy
to
forget
this.
One
has
one,
commissioner:
we
talk
about
what
we
call
the
metal
lady
community.
Other
days
from
that
semantics,
communions
was
challenging
us
in
being
very
careful
to
not
run
all
the
mobile
home
parks
out
because
they
need
a
place
to
stay.
E
K
In
let
me
mention
one
other
thing,
so
one
of
the
programs
that
Duke
has
is
called
a
neighborhood
energy
savers
program,
they're
coming
to
town
next
week
and
they're
again,
there's
a
community
there's
a
community
dinner
to
launch
that
project.
The
community
that
they
have
chosen
is
over
in
the
deeper
view,
Johnston
elementary
school.
So
it
covers
both
city
and
county.
It
crosses
that
line
and
the
goal
is
to
do
about
I.
Think
it's
about
a
thousand
homes
in
I'm,
not
sure
how
long
they
stay.
K
C
K
E
A
A
K
And
again,
the
launch
of
that
is
actually
this
Thursday
at
six
o'clock
and
it's
at
the
Holiday
Inn
West
out
on
Scott's,
Parker
and
that'll
be
a
community
dinner
with
again
numbers.
Such
a
community
invited
to
learn
more
about
what's
gonna
happen
in
their
neighborhood
over
the
next
few
weeks,
and
and
what's
really
important
here-
is
that
this
program
will
allow
us
to
get
into
these
homes.
K
This
this
program
doesn't
do
kind
of
deep
retrofits
or
even
all,
of
the
stuff
that
Energy
Savers
Network
does,
but
by
by
being
deep
in
this
community,
it
will
allow
us
to
identify
those
homes
that
we
can
then
pass
on
the
Energy,
Savers
and
community
action
opportunities.
The
other
groups
that
do
those
deeper
retrofits
so
here
again
to
6
o'clock,
Thursday
night
holiday
in
West
all.
I
Out
of
time,
the
last
area
we
were
gonna
highlight
partnership
body.
Strategic
goals
was
affordable
housing,
but
let
me
just
do
this
real
quickly
and
then
kick
it
back
to
you,
because
they're
talking,
we
wouldn't
talk
about
rain,
every
25
or
so
minutes.
So
we're
involved
couple
Elia
and
trying
to
leverage
the
sorting
table
with
that.
There
are
key
projects.
Next
slide.
We
could
highlight
for
you
notable
county
projects,
they're
also
notable
city
projects
that
are
being
done
where
Housing
Trust
Funds.
These
are
just
a
couple
of
examples.
I
E
E
So
there,
but
one
building,
they
don't
have
a
sidewalk.
It's
got
a
palace.
We
can't
get
us
temporary
if
I
couldn't
get
one
on
Cox
Avenue
from
the
city,
so
the
city
is
making
their
own
rules
to
what
they
get.
You
got
money
tied
up
in
it's
a
five-year
a-tellin
going
it's
on
I've
got
pictures
of
the
room,
they
have
no
pain
in
the
concrete
has
nothing
on
the
floors.
It's
got
the
stove
and
stuff.
It's
got
a
sink,
it's
held
up
to
the
forest
and
they
call
it
an
apartment.
You
can
be
ready
so.
I
E
M
I
And
one
of
the
main
targets
for
that
is
Lee
Walker
Heights.
In
addition,
there's
money
that's
been
put
into
additional
money,
that's
available
through
the
Housing
Trust
Fund,
and
we've
been
trying
to
work
with
the
community
to
stimulate
interest
in
our
community
laying
trust.
The
last
thing
I'll
note
before
turning
it
back
to
you
all,
is
the
effort
to
look
at
city-owned
land.
It's
a
major
component
of
the
housing
bond
program,
we're
in
the
process
of
evaluating
multiple
sites
to
see
if
we
can't
bring
more
affordable
housing
as
those
as
we
move
through.
I
I
I
J
Appreciate
the
opportunity
for
everyone
to
get
together
here,
it's
a
great
opportunity
and
one
that
I
certainly
welcome
it's
nice
to
be
sitting
up
here
as
a
council
member
or
not
as
a
member
of
the
public
asking
help
on
something.
One
of
the
areas
in
particular
that
I
wanted
to
just
raised
to
this
group
is
this
issue
of
joint
development
away
as.
J
B
B
J
Those
are
completely
different,
different
different
rulers,
I
should
say
completely,
but
they
are
different,
for
example,
something
that
should
be
bill.
The
county
area
almost
reminds
me
two
cities
in
the
county
play
about
that
wouldn't
be
able
to
be
built.
One
example
that
came
to
a
head
last
year,
I,
don't
know
a
lot.
J
J
J
H
C
C
J
Residents
are
kind
of
looking
to
us
to
say
what
on
earth
can
you
do
about
it?
So
my
point
here,
just
really
to
raise
it
to
the
groove,
is,
is
to
think
about
to
have
the
city
in
the
county
sit
down
and
talk
about
I'm.
Not
talking
about
this
countywide
I'm,
really
not
going
to
be
clear
about
that,
but
but
in
some
of
these
areas
to
think
about
better
coordinating
our
land
use
and
our
zoning
so
that
we
can
ensure
whatever
development
goes.
There
is
rational,
I'm,
not
saying
it
should
be
a.
J
E
E
C
A
A
C
A
In
the
south,
you
know
we
hear
we
hear
a
ton
of
concern,
so
the
whole
county
is
growing
a
lot,
we're
gonna,
add
I
mean
like
30
or
40,000
additional
households
to
the
community
over
just
the
next.
You
know
10
15
years,
so
you
know
we're
not
we're
not
growing
as
fast
as
Raleigh
or
Charlotte.
But
with
you
know,
with
the
mountain
topography,
I
mean
we
just
really
don't
have
that
much
buildable
land.
So
it's
all
getting
kind
of
put
into
these
valleys
we're
in
a
lot
of
cases.
A
You
have
just
one
main
corridor
coming
in,
like
you
know,
Sweeting
Creek
and
Henderson
go
route
everything's
getting
funneled
there,
so
in
a
growing
as
fast
as
some
other
cities,
but
I
think
from
a
particularly
from
a
transportation
and
congestion
standpoint.
It
feels
just
as
much
like
that
traffic
is
getting
as
bad
here.
Is
it
some
of
these
other
cities
that
are
that
are
growing?
You
can
faster,
so
I'm,
certainly
you
know
I
mean
I,
guess
my
my
perspective
is
I.
Think
planning
won't
really
work
in
a
lot
of
parts
of
the
community.
A
If
we
don't
do
some
joint
planning,
you
know
if
the
city
just
comes
in
a
zone
plan
and
we
come
up
their
own
plan
and
that
they're
not
kind
of
they're,
not
kind
of
moving
forward
towards
you
know.
Where
can
we
you
know,
support
growth
in
what
areas
if
they
get
overdeveloped
are
really
gonna
jeopardize
quality
of
life
in
ways,
I
think
we'll
all
regret
in
the
future.
I
think
we're
I
think
we
will
have
you
know
we
will
have
failed
on
this.
This
is
this
very
important
issue,
so
I'm
supportive
of
it
I
think.
A
L
E
B
E
Those
new
Liberty
Road
exchange
is
done
exporting
for
all
those
things
are
expanded
and
change.
That's
come
to
automatically
impact
all
the
shortcuts
that
people
are
taking
so
that
you
know
we
have
to
week.
We
can't
forget
that
that
has
to
be
part
of
our
thought
process,
because
we
know
if
we've
lived
here
for
30
years-
and
you
lived
here
for
20
years
or
something
you
know
that
if
you
know
a
shortcut
you're
not
divulging,
but
you
know
we
don't
tell
nobody
but
I.
B
C
A
E
C
E
E
It
to
somebody
that
wants
to
build
something
like
we're
talking
about
them.
Yes,
that's
bad,
but
it
goes
back
to
property
rights.
It's
not
for
me
to
tell
anyone
anyone
what
to
do
at
the
property.
It's
up
to
you
to
buy
it.
If
you
don't
want
them
to
do
something
with
it,
so
I,
okay,
so
there's
I
am
NOT
interested
in
this
issue,
because
Black
Mountains
not
here
with
us,
it's
not
ask
for
Buncombe
issue.
It's
a
whole
County
issue
and
it's
like
I
said:
there's
three
more
municipality
into
this,
but.
B
I
think
what
we've
got
to
do:
we've
got
to
look
to
better
job
planning
and
it's
true.
The
people
who
own
property
is
I,
do
my
family,
but
if
we
don't
do
proper
planning
going
forward,
the
concern
I
have
is
what
will
I
pass
home
to
my
kids
and
my
grandkids,
because
if
without
the
planning,
the
value
of
the
property
is
don't
go
down
and
in
most
portfolios,
that's
a
big
asset
is
your
real
estate,
but
we've
got
to
do
where
we
want
to
face
it
or
not.
B
C
B
Done
by
the
seat
of
our
pants,
but
we
are
in
an
environment
now,
though
it
won't
happen
going
forward.
If
we
don't
do
better
job
of
planning
and
it's
not
just
Buncombe
County,
Asheville
and
other
me--that's
authorities,
I
agree:
all
I've
got
to
sit
down
to
the
table
together.
It
would
be
great
to
do
that,
but
if
we
don't
do
it,
we're
not
I,
don't
think
exercise
we're
not
doing
it
out
what
fiduciary
duty,
whatever
you
call
it.
Yours
is
elected
officials.
We've
got
to
look
out
for
our
constituents.
B
B
J
D
J
Think
one
of
the
benefits
of
getting
together
to
talk
about
it
because
I
think
it's
I
think
it's
important
for
people
to
kind
of
understand
it.
We
don't
we
don't
often
talk
about
these
type
of
this
is
hard
I'm,
not
pretending.
No
we're
gonna
sit
down
for
five
minutes,
but
I
will
say
this.
The
folks
who
I
talk
to
in
the
fan
I,
don't
with
a
couple
development
issues.
Now
it's
becoming
like
a
practice
of
mine.
They
expect
us
to
do
this.
J
J
E
E
It
was
a
conversation
that
we
had,
Robert
I
went
out
there
and
you
were
out
there
and
it
was
great
to
be
able
to
get
that
input
and
that's
what's
gonna
make
the
change
is
the
input
from
them?
That's
got
to
be
in
a
practical
fashion,
we're
all
here.
So
whatever
we
work
across
the
line
go
back
to
have
any
ETJ
just
get
discussion.
D
But
I
would
I
just
actually
had
an
opportunity
to
speak
in
consume
recently
to
the
students
there,
and
this
is
pretty
much
the
one
topic
they
wanted
to
talk
to
me
about.
So
it's
you
know
obviously
a
hot
issue
down
there
and
you
know
I
would
just
often
when
you
think
about
planning
and
we
were
offering
to
do
it
jointly
with
you.
Whatever
that
looks
like
or
you
do
your
thing,
we
do
our
thing
and
we
keep
communicating
so
we're
coordinated.
D
I
mean
I
will
tell
you
when
I
go
to
other
cities
and
meet
with
mayors
that
have
been
in
a
mayor
for
20
or
25
years,
Greenville,
South,
Carolina
or
Charleston,
and
our
places
like
that
they'll
say
now.
We
started
this
planning
20
years
ago
and
that's
why
there's
a
park
right
here
and
that's
why
there's
a
sidewalk
here?
D
That's
why
there's
bike
paths
or
there's
you
know
whatever
infrastructure
so
I
know
you
think
about
zoning
and
private
use
of
land,
but
also
it
has
to
do
with
public
infrastructure
so
that
you
create
and
grow
a
community.
That's
liveable
for
people
20
years
from
now
and
not.
Why
didn't
anything
never
think
about?
We
were
gonna
want
to
park
down
here
or
we
were
gonna
want.
D
You
know
whatever
the
case
may
be
plus
layered
on
top
of
the
facilities
you're
talking
about
MSD,
any
kind
of
no
infrastructure
you
need
to
make
to
make
it
work
so
that
you
know
and
and
your
zoning
system
for
residential
developments
very
different
from
ours.
We,
you
know,
we
hear
applications
for
apartment
complexes
now
over
50
units
that
believes
our
threshold,
but
I
think
yours
goes
to
the
Board
of
Adjustment
and
it's
a
quasi
judicial
process,
which
you
know
a
lot
of
constituents.
D
They
don't
like
either
process,
but
it's
even
harder
and
a
quasi
judicial
process
to
give
to
give
your
input.
You
know
so
it's
hard
for
constituents
to
understand.
Well,
if
you're
in
city
you
get
to
use
this
process
and
if
you're
in
the
county,
it's
this
totally
different
process,
so
I
mean
I,
think
we're
gonna,
see
I
mean
everybody
knows.
You're
gonna
see
quite
a
bit
of
growth
in
myself.
So,
however,
however,
works
best
for
both
bodies
and
things
we're
willing
to
do
to
do
whatever
comes.
E
Another
sounds
Batman
that
you
like
to
prefer
be
ready,
look
at
departments
and
stuff.
It's
all
popping
up
in
there.
It's
just
a
two-lane
road.
You
know
what
I'm
feeling
it
blends
off
down
into
Fillmore
two
lanes,
you
know
so
so
traffic
jams
are
any
morning.
I
live
in
Fairview
I
go
out
early
in
the
morning.
You
got
about
10
minute,
wait
if
you
go
out
about
hour
later,
so
you
know
an
afternoon
you
go
down
here.
E
Yes,
it's
bad
I
used
to
live
in
that
district
out
in
that
area
too
episode,
but
it
goes
back.
The
same
thing.
Good
planning
is
good
planning,
but
we
might,
but
we
must
not
be
doing
something
totally
graphic,
because
we
all
have
ideas
and
we
put
them
all
forward
and
every
time
we
do
something
it
comes
to
every
building
that
property
in
that
affordable
housing
just
keeps
on
going
away.
E
So
you
know
that's
property,
like
property,
goat,
the
value
goes,
the
more
it
goes.
That
means
the
poor
people
don't
have
something
happen,
so
I
was
never
for
something.
For
one
reason,
I
came
here
many
years
ago
and
everything
was
working
good
and
then
we
got
it
and
it
seems
like
it.
Just
it's
run
everything
out
to
side
people
telling
us
what
we
can
do
it
when
we
can
do
it.
So
you
know:
I'm
I
was
tickled
to
death.
D
A
So
yeah,
you
know
some
people
talk
about.
Ladies
planning
issues.
Growth
challenges
are
great.
You
know.
Transportation
is
a
big
part
of
this
and
that's
already
come
up
some
there's
a
number
of
major
projects
in
the
community,
new
interchanges
on
twenty
six
and
forty
that
are
gonna,
help
a
lot
and
over
in
this
morning
to
Black
Mountain
and
Inka.
A
Other
projects
that
are
going
to
improve
capacity
again
also
create
a
bunch
of
new
destruction,
nightmares
while
they're
happening,
but
you
know
I
know
that
there's
I
knew
that.
There's
we've
certainly
heard
from
folks
who
are
interested
in
transit
issues.
You
know
a
core
service
in
the
city.
We
have
you
know,
services,
the
county
runs
from
mount
mobility
as
well,
it's
not
as
nearly
as
large
of
a
system,
of
course,
as
a
city's
fixed
route
system,
but
I
think
there's.
A
A
Express
the
desire
for
more
transit
services
in
unincorporated
areas,
so
it's
something
that's
definitely
coming
up
more
and
more
on
our
side
as
well,
and
so
could
be
an
opportunity
for
collaboration.
Some
of
these
different
transportation
projects,
the
road
projects
go
there,
partly
in
the
city
and
they're,
partly
outside
the
city.
So
like
the
example
that
came
up
recently,
where
you
know
there
would
be
great,
have.
A
Part
of
us
in
the
city
part
us
not
in
the
city
said
situations
like
that.
We're
gonna
have
to
talk
about
together
or
we
might
end
up
having
places
where
you
know
you
have
a
sidewalk
and
then
a
dramatic
that
stops
all
the
sudden.
It
doesn't
do
anybody
any
good,
so
we
gotta,
you
know.
As
the
mayor
said,
some
of
these
are
just
infrastructure
projects.
We
need
to
talk
about
figure
out.
What
we
want
to
see
happen
together
and
probably
a
lot
of
cases
will
land
in
a
probably
a
pretty
similar
place.
A
K
Looking
at
the
idea
of
expanding
transit
into
the
county,
transit
is
really
the
aspect
of
affordability
and
to
the
degree
that
we
are
all
concerned
about
the
decreasing
affordability
of
both
the
city
and
the
areas
surrounding
the
city
enabling
people
to
live
here
without
either
driving
a
car
every
every
day
or
having
to
have
two
cars
for
every
family
or
even
having
to
have
a
car
at
all,
makes
this
city
much
more
affordable,
and
that
is
particularly
true
for
people
who
live
farther
out.
So
you
know
this
is
the
cost
of
housing
and
transportation.
K
A
A
N
But
another
issue
that
has
recently
come
to
my
attention
is
that
the
alcohol
beverage
tax
income,
basically
the
net
income
after
all,
the
distribution
and
expenses-
is
the
the
city's
collection
of
that
twenty
five
percent
of
it
goes
to
Buncombe
County
and
for
every
all,
the
other
three
municipalities
in
Buncombe
County
that
have
these
ABCs.
They
do
not
share
any
of
that
income
with
the
county,
so.
N
G
N
C
N
Just
like
to
kind
of
look
at
the
equity
of
that
and
the
fact
that
you
know
the
city,
cities
is
a
pretty
large
chunk
of
change
and
you
know
how
that
money's
being
spent
and
how
that's
benefiting
city
taxpayers.
You
know
from
just
looking
at
it
from
an
equity.
So
those
are
just
a
couple
things
that
I
want
to
bring
up
today.
N
B
Bring
up
one,
it's
sort
of
cool
I,
don't
know
if
all
of
your
web
that
you
will
be
hearing
about
it
because
of
group
I've
been
working
on
this
book
quite
some
time
now.
It's
the
african-american
heritage
district
and
you've
heard
about
it
where
they're
looking
at
putting
this
in
place
in
the
district,
but
including
connect
state,
historically
African,
American,
Eagle
market
east,
then
south
slope
and
the
south
side,
communities
and
they're,
even
talking
about
in
foody
Stevens
Lee
Museum,
which
really
is
close
to
me
because
undergraduate
Commission.
B
But
this
is
something
they're
talking
to
T&D
tourism
and
development
and
I'm
sure
they
will
be
reaching
out
to
the
county
and
to
the
city
with
this.
But
this
is
something
I
hope
we
will
favorably
act
because
it's
going
to
be
a
win-win
for
all
of
us,
because
it
gives
our
tour
is
something
else
to
do,
and
it
really
helps
them.
His
paw
is
look
at
the
history
and
what,
after
the
Americans,
have
contributed
so
welcome
count
actual
and
welcome
yeah
young
picture
everything.
So
that's
all.
C
F
I
think
there's
still
a
fear
in
the
community
and
in
that
housing
development
about
displacement.
That's
some
of
the
relatives
that
are
promised
to
return
to
that
area
actually
won't
have
that
place
secured
for
them.
So
I
know
that
you
all
have
made
pledges
towards
that
investment.
I
would
say
that
tie
that
in
she,
but
an
agreement
that,
in
fact
those
residents
will
be
secured
so.
L
A
E
Getting
really
excited
about
a
small
single
live
with
you,
so
now
every
in
the
city.
So
just
keep
that
in
mind.
Do
not
yes
about
the
factory
yesterday
and
how
that
it
should
be
an
options
within
the
city
and
is
in
larger
cities
and
inner
cities
and
replacement
of
some
of
the
older
houses
and
should
still
be
in
the
county
also.
So
these
call
me
because
we
don't
have
the
time.
A
All
right
well
to
our
staff
and
everybody's
here
and
commissioners
City
Council
again
thanks
for
coming
over
to
be
with
us
today,
thanks
for
all
that,
you
do
and
forth,
and
we
look
forward
to
continue
to
follow
up
on
some
of
these.
You
talked
about
today
and
other
exciting
things
that
I'm
sure
will
come
up
with
that
today.
Okay,.