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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners Meeting (April 21, 2015) Part 3
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A
A
We
will
call
in
order.
The
next
four
will
be
Habitat
for
Humanity
All,
Souls
counseling
children,
first
in
the
support
center.
So,
let's
hear
from,
if
you
could
give
us
your
name
and
let's
see
habitat
has
two
applications.
You'll
have
five
minutes
folks,
with
one
application
will
have
three
minutes.
Thank.
B
You
thank
you
for
this
long
afternoon.
We've
you
have
the
pleasure
of
hearing
from
so
many
great
organizations
doing
so
much
work
and
such
a
hard
decision
to
figure
out
how
to
get
us
all
the
funding
that
we
need.
So
thank
you
for
the
work
you're
doing
on
Laura
Collins.
The
grants
coordinator
with
Asheville
area,
habitat
and
I'd
like
to
introduce
Hugh
lipham
is
right
behind
me
as
who
is
our
home
repair
manager
and
Jill
Franklin,
who
is
our
family
selection
coordinator
and
I?
B
This
was
funded
in
the
past
one
year
by
the
affordable
housing
program,
but
it
did
not
receive
funding
for
fiscal
year
15
or
16
from
that
program.
So
our
Family
Services
program
includes
our
extensive
homeowner
education
and
one-on-one
personalized
service
with
every
family
that
we
serve.
Jill
touches
every
application
sent
our
way
for
both
home
ownership
and
home
repairs,
and
that
adds
up
to
hundreds
annually
for
potential
new
homeowner.
B
She
holds
monthly
information
sessions
to
explain
the
whole
process
from
application
to
closing
on
the
homes
and
since
we
started
holding
these
events
in
October,
we've
had
a
hundred
and
thirty-eight
attendees,
which
speaks
to
the
affordable
housing
crisis.
That
I
know
you
all
know.
We
have
here
in
Buncombe,
County,
we're
currently
building
in
the
Irwin's
School
District
off
Johnston,
Boulevard
and
County,
the
families
that
have
already
moved
in
there
or
that
have
been
approved
for
that
subdivision
and
the
families
that
are
in
the
pipeline
likely
to
be
approved.
B
For
that
subdivision,
those
25
houses
will
be
home
to
39
children,
14
of
whom
are
under
the
age
of
five.
You
probably
know
from
your
past
support
of
us
that
each
of
our
homeowners
go
through
50
or
more
hours
of
intensive
education
before
closing
on
their
homes.
But
let
your
me
remind
you
that
we
also
act
as
the
bank
for
each
of
these
families.
We
do
all
of
the
underwriting.
We've
got
a
licensed
loan
mortgage
originator
here
with
me,
as
well
as
a
certified
housing.
Counselor
Jill
is
we
do
all
the
underwriting.
B
We
hold
the
mortgages
and
the
home
repair
loans
and
we
stick
with
these
families
for
as
long
as
they're
in
these
homes,
which
is
usually
a
very
long
time.
We
now
have
more
than
20
of
our
families
who
live
in
homes
that
they
have
been
able
to
pay
off.
That's
a
kind
of
security
that
all
of
our
families
in
Buncombe
County
would
like,
because
we
provide
these
zero
present
interest
mortgages
and
sell
the
houses
with
no
down
payment.
B
We're
able
to
offer
the
opportunity
to
that
kind
of
lifetime
security
that
our
families
would
otherwise
not
know.
So
far,
in
this
fiscal
year
for
home,
repair
jill
has
42
applications
that
have
been
approved
and
passed
on
to
our
construction
services
department,
which
makes
a
nice
segue
to
our
second
application,
which
is
for
our
home
repair
program.
The
recently-released
bowen
housing
analysis
makes
clear
that
affordable
housing
is
really
at
a
crisis
level
here
and
we've
known
that,
and
we
see
no
end
in
sight.
B
I
think
all
of
you
are
familiar
by
now
with
the
findings
of
that
report,
but
let
me
highlight
one
of
the
studies:
five
recommendations,
the
need
for
home
repair
and
maintenance
programs
with
an
emphasis
on
senior
housing.
The
analysis
concludes
the
aging
populations
housing.
Maybe
housing
need
may
be,
mitigated
it's
seniors
or
able
to
stay
in
their
homes
longer
and
age
in
place.
The
large
majority
of
our
home
repairs
have
been
for
elderly
and
or
disabled
homeowners.
B
Since
we
began
the
program
in
2011,
we
already
have
a
strong
track
record
of
meetings
recommended
action
head
on:
we've
expanded
the
home
repair
program
each
year
since
its
inception
and
with
Hugh
on
board
we're
positioned
to
continue
expanding
this
critical
work
of
the
40
repairs.
We
expect
to
finish
before
the
end
of
this
fiscal
year:
one-third
are
in
the
county
outside
of
the
city
limits.
B
Previously,
this
number
stood
even
higher
around
forty
percent.
Our
repair
is
being
out
in
the
county
outside
the
city,
but
unfortunately,
since
we've
had
no
dedicated
sources
of
funding
for
repairs
in
the
county
for
over
a
year,
and
currently
our
entire
dedicated
revenue
for
the
home
repair
program
is
designated
for
the
city
of
Asheville
or
even
specific
neighborhoods
within
the
city
of
Asheville.
We
have
not
been
able
to
do
marketing
and
outreach
to
the
county.
Now
this
hasn't
stopped
us
from
responding
to
the
need
we
see
in
the
county.
B
A
C
Hi,
my
name
is
sue
Brooks
and
I'm
executive
director
at
all
souls
counseling
center
and
have
been
for
the
15
years
of
our
existence,
which
we
are
celebrating
this
year.
I'd
like
three
points
to
be
able
to
share
with
you,
and
we
are
very
grateful
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
to
our
funding
request.
First
point
who
we
are,
how
we're
different
second
point:
why
we
were
asking
for
this
funding
and
third
point
the
so
what
or
what
makes
a
difference?
Why
is
what
we
do
important?
C
What
makes
us
different
is
that
volunteer
model,
and
it
is
the
way
that
are
over
20
therapists
and
our
psychiatrist
give
back
to
this
community.
Our
request
is
based
on
being
able
to
work
it
more
of
our
capacity
right
now
because
of
our
financial
or
funding
limitations.
We
are
only
able
to
serve
about
50
to
60
of
our
capacity.
C
What
makes
us
different
the
so,
what
factor
which
I
want
to
leave
you
with,
because
I
think
that's
the
most
important
piece.
Mental
health
counseling
is
important
because
it
keeps
our
community
our
individuals,
families,
couples
functioning.
Why
is
that
important?
Because,
as
an
individual
as
a
parent
as
partner
as
someone
who
is
employed
in
our
community
in
our
country,
if
people
are
not
able
to
function,
our
systems
break
down
and
fall
apart,
so
for
people
without
insurance,
people
that
are
underinsured
still,
they
deserve
to
have
the
same
ability
to
get
help
to
be
given.
C
A
D
Good
afternoon,
chairman
Gant
commissioners,
my
name
is
Allison
Jordan
and
I'm
executive
director
of
children
first
Communities
in
Schools,
and
we
are
as
a
local
affiliate
of
the
National
Communities
in
Schools
program.
Thank
you
for
your
previous
support
and
the
opportunity
to
present
today
about
our
communities
in
schools.
Success
coordinators.
We
are
requesting
funding
to
expand
into
support
to
more
schools.
D
E
Hello,
my
name
is
badal
I'm,
10
years
old
and
I'm
in
the
fifth
grade
at
the
GOP
evelyn
intermediate
before
everyone,
I
went
to
johnston
elementary
school
when
I
was
that
Johnston.
The
success
coordinator
helped
me
with
my
reading
my
math
and
help
me
get
my
glasses
I
have
been
at
the
children
first
community
in
school
d,
review,
Learning
Center
for
five
years.
I
live
at
Deaver
view
with
my
family.
D
Potala
is
just
one
of
eight
hundred
and
forty
eight
students
that
are
served
annually
through
our
success
coordinator
program
in
Emma
and
Johnston
Elementary.
This
is
a
number
that
could
expand
over
2500
if
we
had
funding
to
support
two
more
schools,
communities
in
schools
as
a
national
model,
with
both
resources
and
research
to
support
its
success
in
Buncombe
County
by
investing
in
children
first
communities
in
schools.
You
are
currently
your
current
investment
helps
over
3,000
students,
which
is
about
seven
percent
of
our
children's
population,
and
these
are
children
just
like
bedolla
and
many
others.
D
You
were
also
investing
in
local
staff.
Local
leadership
that
know
the
community
but
are
backed
by
a
national
research.
Vedala
has
a
bright
future.
In
fact,
I
brought
her
here
because
you
may
see
her
here
in
20
years,
maybe
right
here
or
right
there,
but
what
I
know
is
that
bedolla
has
a
bright
future
and
with
your
support,
she
and
many
other
children
will
have
the
opportunity
to
thrive.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
F
Good
afternoon,
chair
and
Commission
I
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
you
for
having
myself
Sharon
Oxendine
I'm,
the
Women's
Business
Center
Director
for
the
support
center
and
our
CEO
Linwood
long
from
Raleigh
today
to
support
us.
The
support
center
is
a
statewide
nonprofit
and
community
development,
financial
institution
that
provides
small
businesses
and
financial
training
to
startups
and
existing
businesses,
as
well
as
lending
services
to
community-based
organizations.
Our
mission
is
to
foster
economic
development
in
underserved
communities
by
providing
capital,
business
services
and
policy
research
to
support
small
businesses.
F
Our
vision
is
to
create
economic
opportunity
for
all.
Last
year,
April
2014,
the
Women's
Business
Center,
was
started
here
in
Asheville.
It
was
the
vision
of
Linwood
long
to
bring
this
to
Asheville,
and
we
are
located
in
eagle,
Market,
Streets
development
corporation.
We
offer
training,
we
offer
networking
and
we
offer
access
to
capital
we're
a
one-stop
shop
there.
We
have
numerous
collaborators
here
in
Asheville
and
because
of
my
background
of
13
years
in
develop
economic
development
and
micro
enterprise
work.
We
are
able
to
make
these
collaborations
work.
F
The
support
center
and
the
Women's
Business
Center
last
year
made
small
business
loans
to
19
companies
in
Western,
North,
Carolina
and
buncombe
county
totaling,
almost
a
million
dollars.
61
percent
of
that
was
invested
in
Buncombe
County
in
Buncombe
County.
We
created
six
jobs
last
year,
four
of
which
were
woman
owned,
four
of
which
were
lower
income
and
six
minority-owned,
and
also
three
veteran
owned.
We've
identified
those
target
markets
and
want
to
partner
with
you
to
work
with
veterans
with
artists
with
minorities
and
low-income
clients.
F
A
H
I'm
Beth
maska
I'm,
the
CEO
of
the
YWCA
of
Asheville
and
I'm
pleased
to
be
here
and
personally,
thank
you
for
your
past
support
of
our
programs
on
behalf
of
our
board
and
our
families
that
we
serve.
It
means
so
much
for
your
to
have
your
support
with
that.
I
want
to
turn
over
the
presentation
to
Korean
Harris
our
grants.
Partnership,
specialist
and
I'll
be
available
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have
at
the
end.
I
Pregnancy
is
the
number
one
reason
that
teen
girls
drop
out
of
high
school.
In
fact,
only
thirty-six
percent
of
teen
moms
graduate
the
goals
of
the
mother
love
program
are
to
support
pregnant
and
parenting
teens
so
that
they
stay
in
school
access,
higher
education
and
develop
the
skills
and
knowledge
they
need
to
have
healthy
births,
become
strong
parents
and
prevent
another
teen
pregnancy.
We
do
this
through
comprehensive
case
management
services
available
to
30
of
the
approximately
100
high
school
students
who
are
parenting
in
Buncombe
County.
I
We
also
provide
community
education
and
resources
to
an
additional
70
teen
parents
through
monthly
lunch
bunch.
We
have
these
at
each
of
the
of
the
county's
high
schools
last
year
because
of
the
support,
advocacy
resources
and
mentoring
of
Mother
Love
30
teen
stated
school
13
high
school
seniors,
graduated
and
12
went
on
to
higher
education.
I
One
was
even
the
valedictorian
of
her
class
one
of
these
seniors
who's.
Now
a
freshman
and
a
BTech
spoke
at
one
of
our
fundraising
luncheons
recently
her
words
were
powerful
and
empowered.
She
said
without
mother
love,
I
wouldn't
have
finished
high
school
I
wouldn't
have
had
the
resources
I
needed.
I
wouldn't
have
known
where
to
begin
to
look,
I
wouldn't
have
been
as
competent
or
confident
in
being
a
parent
I
learned
how
to
take
care
of
a
baby
and
myself.
My
dreams
for
my
son
are
endless.
I
I
dream
of
his
success
through
school
I
fantasize
about
his
enthusiasm
for
sports
I
dream
will
be
a
thick
as
thieves
as
he
gets
older,
I
dream
of
him
maturing
into
a
confident
young
man
who
acknowledges
and
is
proud
of
my
strengths.
As
his
mother
I
dream
that
one
day
I
will
instill
a
work,
hard
attitude
in
him
and
he'll
know
he
can
achieve
anything.
I
A
mother's
education
level
is
the
best
predictor
of
her
child's
future
academic
success,
because
this
mother
stayed
in
school
and
had
supports
were
confident
that
her
and
her
son
will
have
the
opportunity
to
realize
their
dreams
as
a
trusted
resource
in
this
community.
For
over
one
hundred
eight
years,
we
were
excited
to
join
the
county's
team
of
community
service
navigators.
Last
July
at
the
YW.
I
Our
navigators
work
to
assist
people
to
identify
goals,
needs
and
services
to
meet
those
goals
and
needs
in
the
first
two
quarters
of
this
year
are
bilingual
navigators
linked
to
95
community
members
to
144
community
services.
These
navigators
work
primarily
in
two
programs,
diabetes,
wellness
and
prevention
and
drop
in
child
care
drop
in
provides
high-quality
child
care
to
children,
while
their
parents
seek
services,
jobs
or
pursue
education
while
not
required.
The
center
offers
the
same
high
quality
standards
of
care
as
our
licensed
5
star
center.
I
This
means
our
kids
get
exposed
to
high
quality
at
high
quality,
curriculum
and
healthy
rainbow
in
my
tummy
meals,
and
that
the
staff
has
the
training,
certificate
and
certifications
they
need
to
eventually
transition
into
full-time
employment
with
us
or
another
high
quality
center
last
year
drop
and
served
140
families
with
almost
10,000
hours
of
free
childcare.
26
of
those
families
secured
full-time
jobs,
30
secured
part-time
jobs,
18
persons
with
disability,
secured
benefits,
7
enroll
in
four-year
college
and
77
enrolled
and
communicate
community
college
or
cational
training.
I
Many
of
these
participants
achieve
multiple
goals
like
getting
a
part-time
job
and
enrolling
an
AP
tag.
One
of
our
recent
participants
wrote
as
a
letter
to
express
her
gratitude
to
the
drop-in
program.
She
writes
my
family
and
I
moved
to
Asheville
three
years
ago,
I
spent
months
looking
for
a
job
with
no
luck.
Some
of
the
barriers
I
faced
during
my
job
search
were
related
to
the
fact
that
I
was
a
woman
and
part
of
a
minority
group
and
looking
for
a
job
in
a
recession.
I
I
Now
I'm
currently
employed
at
a
nonprofit
organization,
as
a
bilingual
court
advocate
where
I
help
victims
of
domestic
violence,
I
realize
that
all
this
is
possible
because
of
the
support
I
received
from
the
YW
during
my
job
search
now,
I
have
a
job
that
gives
me
the
opportunity
to
help
people
change
their
lives.
The
way
the
YW
changed
mind.
Thank
you
for
your
support
in
your
time.
Thank
you.
Any
questions
for
Beth.
A
J
Thank
you,
I'm
Scott,
Dedmon,
executive,
director
of
mountain
housing
opportunities.
Thank
you
for
your
support,
both
past
and
current,
for
this
opportunity
today
and
for
your
service
to
this
community.
I
am
very
gratified
that
there
is
a
growing
awareness
in
the
media
and
local
government
and
employers
for
the
need
for
housing
supply.
D
C
J
We
must
build
new,
affordable
and
workforce
homes
and
preserve
homes
as
well,
and
this
is
what
we
are
about
at
mountain
housing
opportunities.
We
serve
over
seven
hundred
households
each
year
over
1,400
people.
We
build
60
to
80
new
homes
each
year.
Our
strategic
plan
calls
for
that
to
increase
over
the
next
five
years
to
200
homes
per
year,
for
example,
we're
now
in
construction
of
55
apartments
for
the
elderly.
J
In
Leicester
we
have
property
for
60
apartments,
a
proposal
that
you
have
supported
on
highway
70
in
swannanoa
called
East
Haven
we're
building
14
single-family
homes.
Actually,
our
homeowners
are
building
the
homes
in
swannanoa
and
we've
built
recently.
Our
homeowners
have
built
recently
in
weaverville
and
also
in
Black
Mountain.
We
serve
a
hundred
households
over
100
households
each
year
in
the
emergency
home
repair
program,
saving
homes
and
saving
lives
all
over
asheville
and
buncombe
county.
J
Please
look
at
both
sides
of
that
and
review
the
information
I've
not
repeated
that
today
and
as
always,
we
say
that
if
you
work
in
Asheville
or
Buncombe
County,
you
should
be
able
to
live
in
this
community
in
a
safe,
attractive,
affordable
home
in
a
good
neighborhood
and
when
you
retire
or
if
you
become
disabled,
this
should
still
be
true.
Mountain
housing
has
helped
over
5,000
Buncombe
County
households
to
achieve
that
goal.
G
A
K
Thank
you,
commissioners.
My
name
is
Catherine
Mitchell
and
I'm,
the
executive
director
Riverfront
Development
Group,
and
no,
we
are
not
located
on
the
river.
However,
we
did
inspire
development
on
the
river
because
in
1996
reposed,
a
river
boat
on
the
river
which,
while
it
God
federal
support,
did
not
get
local
support
so.
E
K
Decided
to
expand
our
services,
but
to
keep
the
name.
We
are
involved
in
business
services,
skills,
development
and
affordable
housing.
Today,
our
application
to
the
board
concerns
the
522
work:
first
recipients,
the
20,000
hum
households
receiving
food
and
nutrition
services,
the
1775
emergency
assistant,
family
served
in
Whatcom
County
and
the
ten
thousand
two
hundred
and
two
children
receiving
support
by
social
services.
K
K
Unfortunately,
the
numbers
that
I
recited
comprise
the
bulk
of
the
people
that
we
have
served
in
our
business
services
function
because
those
young
people
desire
to
provide
for
themselves.
They
were
having
difficulty
finding
jobs,
but
they
had
skills
in
that
development.
We
have
mentored
45
clients,
we've
incorporated
12
businesses,
five
of
which
we're
nonprofits,
and
we
have
bait.
We
have
taken
for
nonprofits
through
the
501c3
process.
K
A
L
Afternoon,
my
name
is
brian
alexander,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
homeward
bound
of
western
north
carolina.
We
exist
in
homelessness
in
our
community
and
we
do
that
through
helping
individuals
and
families
experiencing
homelessness,
find
affordable,
permanent
housing
and
giving
them
the
services
that
they
need
to
maintain
that
so
I'm
here
today
to
talk
about
a
couple
of
different
programs.
The
first
is
the
beginning
of
that
process,
which
is
at
our
a
haut
de
center
and
we're
talking
about
coordinated
assessment.
L
The
emergency
room
is
something
that
we
all
understand
when
we
go
to
the
emergency
room,
if
we
have
something
that
is
a
minor
illness,
a
cold,
if
we
have
a
hang
infected,
hangnail
I
think
is
what
I
used
on
Friday
we're
not
expecting
that
we're
going
to
be
the
first
one
into
the
emergency
room,
we're
not
going
to
be
seeing
those
services
immediately.
The
folks
that
have
the
crisis,
the
heart
attack
suddenly,
who
is
on
the
verge
of
dying,
is
going
to
be
the
person
that
they
take
in
for
services.
L
First
and
coordinated
assessment
works
in
very
much
the
same
way.
We
will
be
assessing
over
2,500,
literally
homeless
individuals
in
our
community
to
determine
what
their
level
of
vulnerability
is,
because
what
we
want
to
do
is
we
want
to
match
the
level
of
services
and
the
financial
assistance
with
the
level
of
need
for
those
and
the
reason
why
we
do.
That
is
because
we
want
to
make
sure
that
no
one
dies
on
the
street.
L
At
that
same
time,
I
was
telling
a
story
about
one
of
our
most
vulnerable
members
of
our
community
who
had
been
homeless
for
many
many
years
and
he
had
severe
and
persistent
mental
illness.
He
was
somebody
who
was
in
and
out
of
the
jail
system
who
was
costing
our
community
and
enormous
amount
of
money,
but
because
of
the
way
that
the
system
works,
it
was
not
it.
We
were
not
able
to
help
him
immediately.
He
was
next
on
the
waiting
list
for
permanent
housing.
L
We
were
ready
and
had
an
apartment
ready
for
him
and
he
died
on
the
street
last
year.
We
don't
want
that
to
happen
again.
It
is
imperative
that
and
and
it's
imperative
for
us-
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
as
a
community
come
together
to
make
sure
that
that
does
not
happen.
The
a
Hope
Center
and
this
coordinated
assessment
system
is
going
to
be
feeding
into
the
other
project
that
Buncombe
County
has
been
funding
called
project
rebound
project
rebound
is
another
best
practice
model
based
on
housing.
L
First,
it
says
that
we
should
take
people
as
quickly
as
possible
and
put
them
into
permanent
housing
and
given
them,
those
supports
that
are
necessary
to
help
them
maintain
that
this
is
the
highest
level
of
supportive
housing
intervention.
Our
community.
We
have
clinical
substance
abuse
and
mental
health
workers
who
are
working
to
find
appropriate
housing
for
folks
and
give
them
those
clinical
services,
while
they're
in
housing,
homeward
bound,
has
had
an
enormous
amount
of
success
over
the
last
I
guess,
nine
years
since
we
started
doing
this
work
via
housing.
L
First,
we've
moved
over
a
thousand
people
in
the
permanent
housing
within
89%
housing
retention
rates,
this
highest
level
of
intervention
working
with
the
hardest
and
most
vulnerable
people
in
our
community
called
project
rebound
is
the
most
successful
of
those
we've
kept
ninety-four
percent
of
those
folks
in
permanent
housing,
which
means
that
these
are
folks
that
would
normally
be
going
through
all
of
our
emergency
services.
They
be
using
the
ambulance
services
in
and
out
of
jail
in
and
out
of
detox.
L
The
sub
sub
use
treatment,
centers
of
the
almost
250
people
that
we
have
moved
into
project
rebound
our
community
based
on
data
that
we
put
together
back
when
the
ten-year
plan
was
initially
put
together.
We
know
that
it
cost
about
twenty-three
thousand
dollars
per
person
per
year
for
somebody
to
be
homeless
on
the
streets
based
on
that
number,
we
know
that
we've
saved
for
this
almost
250
people
over
three
million
dollars,
just
through
project
rebound
alone.
L
We
hope
that
you
will
continue
your
supportive
project
rebound
and
make
sure
that,
because
our
point
in
time
count
numbers
if
you
notice
in
the
paper
recently
for
the
first
time
in
seven
years,
our
chronic
homeless
number
has
gone
up,
and
that
is
a
direct
result
of
what
Scott
and
Laura
we're
talking
about
earlier,
which
is
our
lack
of
affordable
housing.
We
know
people
are
going
to
be
on
the
streets
longer,
and
so
a
hope
becomes
even
more
important
is
to
make
people
safe
and
that
interim
time,
until
we
can
get
folks
into
permanent
housing.
M
Good
afternoon,
commissioners
and
staff,
I'm
Robin,
Merrill
I'm,
managing
attorney
at
pisgah,
legal
services
and
I
want
to
begin
by
saying
thank
you
for
the
support
that
you
have
provided
us
over
the
last
several
years.
I
want
you
to
know
that
in
2014
we
were
able
to
serve
7551
residents
of
buncombe
county
and
also
help
those
folks
access
to
11
million
dollars
of
quantifiable
benefits
that
was
returned
to
them
because
of
our
work.
M
We
propose
to
work
on
three
major
areas.
The
first
one
being
safety
from
abuse
project
will
help
victims
of
domestic
violence
and
child
abuse,
escape
abuse
and
rebuild
their
lives.
Our
attorneys
help
victims,
secure
court
protection,
orders,
child
custody,
child
support,
divorce
and
rights
to
essential
marital
property
such
as
a
house
or
a
car.
We
are
very
excited
to
be
partners
with
you
and
several
others
on
the
Family
Justice
Center.
We
can't
wait
to
get
in
there
and
we're
excited
about
that
opportunity.
M
For
improved
coordination
of
services,
which
we
know
will
happen
just
by
folks
being
under
the
same
roof
together.
Secondly,
we
will
work
on
safe,
stable
and
affordable
housing.
Our
project
will
help
low-income
family
stabilize
their
housing
and
avoid
homelessness.
Our
attorneys
stop
illegal
and
unnecessary
evictions.
Stop
foreclosure,
improved
substandard
housing
conditions,
maintain
utility
services
and
secure
public
and
subsidized
housing
benefits
for
very
low
income.
Families.
M
We
know
that
when
we
stop
domestic
violence,
prevent
homelessness
and
secure
essentials
like
income
and
health
care,
we
prevent
the
cost
for
needly
I'm.
Sorry,
we
prevent
the
need
for
costly
public
and
community
services,
including
law
enforcement
and
corrections,
healthcare,
emergency
shelter
and
Child
Protective
Services.
So
we
look
forward
to
partnering
with
you
again
over
the
next
year.
M
N
A
O
Well,
good
afternoon,
I'm
John
Ellis,
managing
director,
the
Diana
worth
and
theater,
and
I'm
here
with
pam
myers
executive
director
of
the
asheville
art
museum
since
coming
before
you
a
year
ago,
we've
gone
through
a
few
changes,
but
despite
all
the
changes
that
we've
gone
through,
I'm
proud
to
say,
a
lot
has
not
only
remained
the
same,
but
it
is
improved.
We've
gone
through
a
successfully
navigated,
a
restructuring
of
the
governance
and
the
building
in
which
were
housed
and
we've
come
out.
The
other
side.
O
We
formed
a
tenant,
Association,
the
pack
square,
cultural
partnership,
we've
engaged
the
services
of
a
professional
property
management
firm
and,
after
after
a
very
careful
search,
the
Alliance
commercial
property
management,
we're
working
with
them
on
systems,
procedures
and
relying
on
their
expertise.
But,
most
importantly,
despite
all
these
changes,
we've
maintained
our
focus
and
our
missions
and
our
services
to
the
community.
We've
maintained
and
expanded
our
services
to
education.
O
N
Thank
you,
commissioners
and
dr.
Greene.
We
appreciate
you
having
us
here:
I'm
Pamela,
Myers
I've
been
executive
director
of
the
Asheville
Art
Museum,
which
was
founded
in
nineteen.
Forty
eight,
but
I've
only
been
there
since
1996,
but
it
seems
a
long
time
town
during
that
time.
I've
seen
much
change
in
growth,
both
within
the
Asheville
art
museum
and
in
the
communities
that
we
serve.
The
new
pack
square
cultural
partnership
between
the
museum
and
the
theater
is
a
strong
and
healthy
one.
Our
boards
and
are
many
many
supporters.
N
Thank
you
for
23
years
of
partnership
with
our
organizations
in
our
current
facilities
and
previous
to
that
in
the
Civic
Center.
Your
support
has
been
as
is,
and
has
been
essential
to
bringing
inspiring,
visual
and
performing
our
regional
history,
music
and
culture,
vital
and
otherwise
unavailable
education,
programs
for
teachers,
youth
and
seniors
and
economic
prosperity
to
Buncombe
County.
With
your
support
of
basic
operations,
the
museum
and
the
theater
have
been
recognized
for
excellence
in
all
areas
of
their
operations
and
have
engaged
over
200,000
participants
in
programs.
N
Over
the
last
past
year
alone,
the
museum,
the
theater
continued
to
expand
to
meet
growing
demands
from
Buncombe,
County
residents,
educators
and
visitors.
We
are
a
uten,
unique
community
resource
and
asset,
and
we
thank
you
for
your
commitment
to
enriching
art,
culture,
education
and
the
quality
of
life
for
all
of
us.
Alright,.
N
D
N
A
P
You
all
very
much
for
what
you
do
for
our
community.
We've
been
partners
a
long
time,
I
really
appreciate
how
the
staff
leadership
from
dr.
Greene
and
Mandy
and
John,
and
all
of
their
team's
work
to
not
only
fund
us
but
also
fund.
So
many
of
our
wonderful
partners
in
the
community
I
have
marys
Kudlow
with
me
who's
a
director
of
our
veterans,
restoration
quarters,
as
well
as
steadfast
house
today,
I
want
to
say
how
much
we
appreciate
the
support
of
community
navigators.
P
P
Second,
I
want
to
talk
about
transformation
village,
as
Robin
mentioned
a
little
while
ago,
you've
already
heard
about
the
number
one
priority
around
affordable
housing
and
also
serving
our
homeless.
Most
of
you
know
that
the
veterans
restoration
quarters
put
forth
a
bold
vision
in
2007
to
take
all
of
our
veterans
off
the
street
all
at
once.
P
Since
that
time,
we've
had
less
than
ten
unsheltered
veterans
in
the
point
in
time
counts,
and
we
are
essentially
it
functionally
zero
for
those
who
are
literally
homeless,
we're
proposing
to
you
to
do
that
again
with
transformation
village
for
our
homeless,
women,
our
moms
with
children,
but
also
intact
families.
We're
asking
for
your
support
on
two
levels.
With
this
project,
first
we've
raised
two
and
a
half
million
towards
a
five-million-dollar
pledge
goal.
P
Second,
we're
asking
you
for
well,
first
we're
asking
you
for
a
capital
gift
of
500,000
about
ten
percent,
just
as
you
supported
ABC,
CM,
hominid,
Valley,
and
completing
that
1.4
million
dollar
campaign
with
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollar
gift
I've.
Given
you
a
packet
with
information
that
shows
you
the
new
location
that
we're
working
on
if
you'll
turn
past
my
cover
page
memo
and
I'll
tell
you
that
we've
identified
24
acres
behind
rug
and
home
across
well
across
from
Jim
Barclay
on
I-26
and
behind
Rogan
home
across
from
the
Biltmore
square
mall.
P
You
turn
the
page
on
that.
You'll
see
that
we
have
already
identified
plans
for
a
village
that
will
actually
have
five
different
neighborhoods.
It
will
have
an
area
specifically
for
intact
families,
a
neighborhood
for
veteran
women
for
women
dealing
with
substance
abuse
for
moms,
with
children
in
a
large
area.
P
For
those
who
are
survivors
of
domestic
violence,
behind
a
double
level
of
security
to
meet
state
and
federal
guidelines,
it
will
have
a
state
of
the
art
community
training
center,
similar
to
building
on
the
concept
at
the
veterans
quarters
that,
in
the
last
eight
years
has
helped
over
3,000
homeless
veterans,
leave
the
streets
and
never
come
back.
The
training
center
will
include
a
culinary
training
center,
a
medical
clinic
as
well
as
multiple
training
centers,
to
continue
our
good
work
in
that
arena.
P
In
January,
we
submitted
274
names
to
the
Department
of
Labor
to
find
out
how
they
were
doing
18
months
later,
the
report
came
back
from
them
that
91%
we're
still
on
the
job
after
18
months,
making
fifteen
dollars
and
eighty-one
cents
an
hour
on
the
average.
We
believe
that
we
can
meet
these
needs
through
one
bedroom
efficiency,
apartments,
two
bedroom
unit
model
that
is
based
on
some
of
the
best
architect,
practices
that
came
out
of
Katrina.
P
Our
last
proposal
is
a
circles,
requests
that
builds
on
a
new
to
new
grant
opportunities
with
the
federal
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
and
you
can
see
that
we
can
take
a
small
investment
of
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
each
of
these
match
it
with
50,000
from
ABC
CM
and
then
multiply
it
ten
fold
with
two
grants
up
to
550,000,
to
provide
both
stability,
training,
job
training
and
job
placement
for
our
low-income
families.
Thanks
again
for
this
opportunity
to
work
in
to
partner
with
you,
thank.
A
You
Morris
all
right
did
I
miss
anybody.
We
will
not
be
taking
a
vote
today.
The
procedure
will
be
that
will
be
giving
input
to
the
county
manager
and
she
will
be
giving
a
budget
presentation
made.
19
is
that,
right
and
in
between
that
time,
and
when
we
adopt
the
final
budget,
there
will
be
discussions.
There
may
be
some
changes,
but
the
final
budget
vote
will
probably
be
in
June
that
13th
of
June,
okay,
third
Tuesday.