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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Regular Meeting (March 6, 2018)
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Regular Meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners' from March 6, 2018. To view the meeting agenda, or future agendas, you can visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners
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A
Since
our
most
recent
County
Commission
meeting,
Buncombe
County
has
lost
one
of
its
most
beloved
citizens.
The
Reverend
Billy
Graham,
following
his
death
upon
instruction
from
governor
Roy
Cooper
flags
on
County
facilities,
were
flown
at
half-mast
to
honor
the
life
of
Reverend
Graham
I'd
like
to
read
a
short
statement
that
was
placed
on
the
county
website.
A
Last
week,
the
Buncombe
County
Board
of
Commissioners
on
behalf
of
our
citizens,
join
the
world
in
honoring
and
saying
goodbye
to
Billy
Graham
born
in
Charlotte,
Reverend
Graham
and
his
family
were
citizens
for
many
many
years
and
residents
of
Montreat
the
man
he
met.
With
the
past
12
sitting,
United
States
Presidents
participated
in
eight
presidential
inaugurations
and
helped.
The
nation
through
9/11,
became
the
fourth
private
citizen
to
lie
in
honor
at
the
Capitol
following
Rosa
Parks,
and
to
Capitol
Police
officers
who
died
in
the
line
of
duty.
A
Reverend
Graham's
family
said
that
he,
the
son
of
a
dairy
farmer,
probably
would
have
blushed
at
the
outpouring
of
support
here
at
home
in
Washington
an
inch,
but
for
those
who
have
gathered
over
the
last
few
days.
His
humility
was
a
big
part
of
why
they
came
from
the
time
Reverend
grams
and
ministry
began
in
the
late
1940s.
His
straightforward
message
never
changed
something.
Many
in
line
outside
the
capital
said
they
appreciated
and
admired.
A
A
A
Before
we
begin
our
Commission
meeting
this
evening,
I'd
like
to
ask
for
a
moment
of
silence
during
which
people
may
offer
prayer
or
reflection
on
the
life
of
Reverend
Billy
Graham,
let
us
also
reflect
on
how
we
may
take
steps
to
heal
the
wounds
of
division
that
exist
in
our
community
and
find
justice
for
all
of
our
citizens.
Please
join
me
in
a
moment
of
silence.
A
In
accordance
with
the
code
of
ethics
adopted
by
this
board,
all
County
Commissioners
have
a
duty
to
obey
all
applicable
laws
regarding
official
actions,
to
uphold
the
integrity
and
independence
of
the
office
and
to
avoid
impropriety
in
the
exercise
of
official
duties
to
faithfully
perform
the
duties
of
the
office
and
to
avoid
and
to
conduct
the
affairs
of
the
governing
board
in
an
open
and
public
manner.
Is
there
any
item
on
the
agenda,
the
outcome
of
which
would
have
a
direct,
substantial
and
readily
identifiable
financial
impact
for
any
board?
Member
also.
A
A
All
right.
Let
us
take
up
the
question
of
amending
the
agenda
to
the
board
so
to
the
board
meeting.
There
is
an
interest
in
increasing
the
number
of
positions
on
the
new
library
board
from
five
to
nine
in
County
Attorney
Mike
fruit
has
drafted
an
amendment
to
our
previous
resolution.
So
could
you
just
kind
of
talk
us
through
that.
B
B
The
revisions
at
this
time
call
for
just
simply
amending
that
resolution
to
add
this.
The
agenda
on
any
item.
The
board
wishes
to
increase
the
number
of
the
members
of
the
board
from
five
to
nine
that
three
members
of
the
would
come
from
each
district,
Buncombe
County
Commissioner
district
at
the
time
of
the
appointment
that
the
board
would
be
renamed
simply
the
library
board
and
that
the
quorum
would
be
five
members.
A
Very
good
is
there:
is
there
a
consensus
to
add
this
to
the
agenda,
my
commotion
for
it?
Yes,
all
right,
there's
a
motion
in
a
second
all
in
favor
of
adding
the
amendment
to
the
resolution.
Establishing
the
library
board
to
the
agenda
say
aye
in
just
a
moment,
but
just
to
clarify
the
process
will
will
it
first
we
need
to
vote
to
add
it
to
the
agenda.
Yes,
we
need
to
vote
to
approve
it.
C
D
I'd
like
to
comment
also,
we
had
close
to
30
people
apply
for
the
for
the
library
board,
and
so
we
originally
established
you
know
five
as
a
number
and
as
Commissioner
Frost's
has
said
as
we
as
we
got
it,
everyone
had
different
qualifications,
but
they
all
were
amazing,
and
so
you
know
the
board
has
the
ability
to
do
this.
Since
we
wrote
the
resolution
to
increase
the
number
and
by
having
three
per
district,
it
gives
good
representation
and
but
the
quality
was
there
and
the
input
I
think
will
be
even
more.
D
A
Great
any
other
comments.
So
since
we
are
voting
on
this-
and
this
is
a
policy
decision
to
increase
the
size
of
the
library
board
from
five
to
nine
and
call
it
the
library
board,
I'm
gonna
ask
if
there's
any
members
of
the
public
who
would
like
to
comment
on
the
proposal
and
again
mr.
free,
if
he
would
just
since
this
wasn't
on
the
agenda.
If
you
wouldn't
mind,
just
summarize
the
highlights
of
the
changes
once
again,
please
yeah.
B
And
I'll
just
ask
the
board:
is
it
gonna
be
on
a
new
business
or
bore
deployments,
but
that's
just
that's
up
to
the
board,
but
the
only
the
only
changes
the
original
resolution
changed.
The
name
simply
to
library
board
increase
the
number
of
board
members
from
five.
That
would
be
nine
that
be
three
members
from
each
Commissioner
district
at
the
time
of
the
appointment,
and
that
would
also
change
the
quorum
to
five
members
being
a
majority
of
nine.
So.
B
There's
any
it's
written
right
now
that
there's
any
if
anyone
resigns
or
for
any
other
reason
can't
serve,
then
this
board
would
name
a
new
member.
E
B
A
I
do
have
I,
do
have
a
question
on
that
matter,
partly
just
from
sort
of
a
process.
Standpoint
of
the
kind
of
the
I
think
having
people
from
districts
is
great
to
assure
geographic
diversity
having
some
at-large
people
seems
kind
of
nice
too,
but
also
as
a
practical
matter.
I
believe
that
one
of
the
folks
we
interview
today
currently
lives
in
one
district
but
is
maybe
moving
to
another.
So
if
we're
going
to
appoint
these
nine
folks
I'm
a
little
concerned,
we
might
run
afoul
of
that
requirement.
A
So
I'm
wondering
if
maybe
we
should
provide
a
little
bit
of
flexibility
on
that.
Maybe
maybe
it
may
be
two
from
each
district
and
and
some
some
at-large
on
the
other
three
and.
D
D
D
B
G
A
H
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
members
aboard
I
think
I
was
is
equally,
as
you
were
impressed
with
all
the
folks
that
applied
that
spoke
in
the
room.
There's
many
more
and
I
think
arrest
them
would
probably
be
just
as
good.
Let's
be
honest,
we
but
I
have
a
concern
just
so
that
you
know
I
heard
some
of
what
you
said
so
back
in
the
back.
The
guy
with
the
microphone
is
chattering
and
I
can't
hear
you
and
you
don't
speak
in
the
mic
and
I
can't
hear
you.
So
please
do
something
about
that.
H
I'm,
old,
okay,
I
can't
hear
good.
So
if
you
help
me,
then
you've
helped
everybody,
okay,
I'm
concerned
about
this
board,
for
one
reason
not
that
these
are
applicants,
ain't
good
and
it's
a
good
purpose,
but
the
underlying
thing
about
taxes
being
raised
through
the
recreational
funds
to
go
onto
this
board,
so
I
think
it's
a
connection
to
this
board,
because
I
heard
emphases
about
budgeting
with
these
questions
that
I
heard
and
statements
being
heard.
So
there's
more
than
just
appointing
this
board.
A
C
A
G
G
And
her
partner
is
Mimi,
a
Joe
who's
from
Morocco
and
she's.
Junior
Ninja
is
a
South
Moore
and
celsa,
and
Mimi
is
a
junior
at
Asheville.
High
and
I
met
both
of
them
earlier.
We
sat
down
earlier
this
year
when
they
were
here
and
I
invited
them
to
come
back
to
one
of
our
meetings,
just
to
see
how
we
function
later
and
unfortunately
they
couldn't
do
it
until
now,
because
me
ninja
was
on
the
JV
team
I
asked
for
high
and
what
you
won
20
games
this
year,
yeah.
G
A
A
C
A
I
Mr.
chairman
and
commissioners,
we
do
have
a
presentation
tonight
that
details
a
few
of
the
awards
that
mount
mobility
has
one
I'm
glad
to
be
here
representing
the
planning
department
and
mountain
mobility.
I
also
want
to
recognize
a
few
folks
that
are
with
us
in
the
audience
tonight
that
have
come:
Alayna
Carter
who's,
the
general
manager
of
our
mount
mobility
operations.
I
She
has
played
a
role
in
the
awards
that
we've
received
this
year.
She's
actually
worked
with
and
been
a
part
of
mount
mobility
as
an
organization
for
over
16
years,
Jessi
Padgett
who's,
our
safety
training
manager
with
mount
mobility
operations,
he's
been
involved
with
my
mobility
in
some
capacity
for
the
last
nine
years,
also
involved
in
the
recognitions
we've
received
and
then
Vicki
Jennings,
who
is
our
transportation
program
manager?
I
She
works
at
the
land
of
sky,
regional
council
and
that
capacity
has
been
with
mountain
nobility
in
that
capacity
for
the
last
three
years
and
played
an
integral
role
and
another
one
of
the
awards
that
mount
ability
has
received,
and
we
do
have
a
presentation
that
if
so
the
first
award
that
I'll
mention
was
an
exciting
award
that
we
received
back
in
September
at
the
end
of
September
and
last
year.
It's
the
innovations
and
transit
service
award.
This
award
highlights
an
innovative
transit
service
solution
and
an
associated
positive
service
outcome.
After
that
solution
was
implemented.
I
This
award
goes
to
a
single
public
transportation
system
each
year
out
of
the
hundreds
across
the
state,
and
it's
recognized
at
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Transportation
public
transportation
division
annual
conference.
This
was
the
first
year
of
the
award,
so
we
were
the
inaugural
recipient
and
we
were
competing
against
seven
other
entities
that
had
submitted
for
that
particular
award.
I
I
We've
delivered
an
innovation
by
providing
a
more
effective
public
transportation
service,
using
the
existing
resources
that
we
had,
meaning
there
were
no
additional
vehicles,
vehicle
operators,
additional
staff
or
any
kind
of
software.
So
we
used
the
resources
that
we
had
in-house
to
make
that
improvement
and
then
also
improving
the
on-time
performance
without
impeding
other
aspects
of
our
efficiencies
like
productivity
in
terms
of
trip
provision.
I
This
was
alongside
an
increase
in
ridership
and
an
increase
in
efficiencies
in
terms
of
trips
per
hour,
and
those
were
things
that
were
factoring
into
why
that
performance
was
slipping
from.
You
know
what
our
target
goal
was,
and
so
what
we
did
was
to
be
proactive
and
say
we're
recognizing
that
this
is
being
impacted.
So
we
need
to
do
something
innovative
to
correct
that
situation.
I
Along
the
same
time,
in
FY
15,
we
had
a
requirement
from
the
d-o-t
that
each
community
transportation
system
as
Buncombe
County,
is
as
mount
mobility
is
that
we
prepare
a
success
plan
and
basically
that
was
a
performance
driven
plan
for
system
in
order
to
determine
what
areas
we
wanted
to
make
improvements
on
and
how
we
would
go
about
doing
that.
One
of
the
strategies
was
to
develop
a
new
employee
recognition
model
that
would
in
that
would
emphasize
employee
delivery
of
services
on
time.
I
So
really,
focusing
and
honing
in
on
on-time
performance
is
a
key
measure
of
what
we
do
and
how
to
improve
that.
So
you
can
see
here.
This
is
a
chart.
That's
a
month
by
month,
recording
of
our
on-time
performance.
You
can
see
that
kind
of
the
low
that
happened.
Recognizing
the
solution
needs
to
be
implemented.
That's
highlighted
there
in
September
of
2015
and
then
immediately
after
the
implementation
of
that
solution,
we
saw
results
and
improvements
for
the
system.
I
The
other
thing
that
we
were
concerned
about
as
I
mentioned
Misha
Lee,
is
making
sure
that,
with
those
improvements,
we
didn't
lose
any
of
the
efficiencies
we've
been
gaining
in
terms
of
trips
per
hour
and
other
things
again,
I'm,
not
adding
more
resources,
but
using
what
we
have
and
making
sure
that
we
were
doing
that
effectively.
And
so
here
you
can
see.
Not
only
did
we
improve
the
on-time
performance,
but
our
trips
per
hour,
our
productivity,
actually
increased.
I
At
the
same
time
since
the
implementation
of
that
particular
program,
we've
had
some
record
high
months
in
terms
of
on-time
performance.
We've
exceeded
our
goal.
In
certain
months,
we've
had
four
of
the
highest
on-time
performance
months
since
2011,
so
this
has
been
a
very
effective,
effective
implementation
for
us
here
at
the
county
and
for
Mountain
ability.
I
I
Eo
and
people
always
go,
why
do
you
have
rodeos
and
try
rotation,
but
here
a
rodeo
is
actually
it's
a
skills
course
basically,
and
it
focuses
on
safety
and
skills
of
vehicle
operators.
So
every
year
we
send
a
group
of
vehicle
operators
to
compete
against
other
systems
across
the
state,
and
these
are
obstacle
courses
there's
a
photo
here
that
shows
they
were
driving
between
cones,
sometimes
they're
driving
tracks
between
tennis
balls,
large
vehicles
that
do
quick
stop.
I
So
there
are
a
lot
of
skill
sets
that
they
use
and
that's
for
safety
and
in
these
competitions
in
2017
we
have
the
second-place
team,
a
third-place
individual.
It's
a
very
competitive
thing.
The
year
before
we
had
been
first
placed
in
team
in
first
place
individuals,
so
we
continue
to
place
and
show,
and
those
particular
awards
indicating
the
emphasis
we
have
on
safety
and
skills
of
our
drivers.
I
Each
driver
does
receive
two
weeks
of
training,
so
it's
a
huge
emphasis
for
us
that
our
drivers,
when
they
go
out
on
the
road,
are
equipped
to
drive
our
vehicles
and
to
drive
our
customers
safely
and
then
the
final
award
that
I'll
mention
is
the
Innovation
Award
from
NATO.
So
this
was
a
separate
Innovation
Award
that
we
received
last
year
as
well
towards
the
latter
half
of
the
year.
This
National
Association
of
development
organizations
award
was
for
the
ride
program,
which
is
our
ridership
independence
for
the
disabled
and
elderly.
I
So
we've
had
a
really
good
last
year
and
we're
taking
that
on
and
this
year
challenging
ourselves
to
continue
to
be
innovative,
continue
to
progress.
We're
having
our
rodeo
competition
is
a
little
earlier
this
year,
so
in
April
will
be
sending
another
team,
we
hope
to
bring
back
upwards
there
as
well.
So
thank
you
very
much.
A
All
right,
the
next
item
on
our
agenda
is
a
proclamation
of
national
service
recognition
day
and
Commissioner
Jasmine
beech
Ferrara
will
present
the
proclamation
and
and
Whisenhunt
the
senior
corps.
Member
who
manages
the
senior
Companion
program
will
receive
the
resolution.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
K
L
This
is
a
proclamation
of
national
service
recognition
day
where,
as
service
to
others,
is
a
hallmark
of
the
American
character
and
central
to
how
we
meet
our
challenges.
And
whereas
the
nation's
counties
are
increasingly
turning
to
national
service
and
volunteerism
as
a
cost
cost-effective
strategy
to
meet
their
needs.
And
whereas
AmeriCorps
and
Senior
Corps
participants
addressed
the
most
pressing
challenges
facing
our
communities,
from
educating
students
for
the
jobs
of
the
21st
century
and
supporting
veterans
and
military
families
to
providing
health
services
and
helping
communities
recover
from
natural
disasters.
L
And
whereas
national
service
expands
economic
opportunity
by
creating
more
sustainable
resilient
communities
and
providing
education,
career
skills
and
leadership
abilities
for
those
who
serve.
And
whereas
AmeriCorps
and
Senior
Corps
participants
serve
in
more
than
50,000
locations
across
the
country.
Bolstering
the
Civic,
neighborhood
and
faith-based
organizations
that
are
so
vital
to
our
economic
and
social
well-being.
And
whereas
national
service
participants
increase
the
impact
of
the
organization's.
They
serve
both
through
their
direct
service
and
by
managing
millions
of
additional
volunteers.
And
whereas
national
service
represents
a
unique
public/private.
L
Partnership
that
invests
in
community
solutions
and
leverages
non-federal
resources
to
strengthen
community
impact
and
increase
the
return
on
taxpayer
dollars,
and
whereas
national
service
participants
demonstrate
commitment,
dedication
and
patriotism
by
making
an
intensive
commitment
to
service
a
commitment
that
remains
with
them
in
their
future.
Endeavors.
L
Now,
therefore,
be
it
proclaimed
by
the
Board
of
Commissioners
for
the
county
of
bunkum
as
follows
that
this
board
does
hereby
proclaim:
April
3rd
2018
as
national
service
recognition
day
in
Buncombe
County,
that
this
board
does
hereby
encourage
residents
to
recognize
the
positive
impact
of
national
service
to
our
County
and
to
thank
those
who
serve
and
define
ways
to
give
back
to
their
communities
and
that
this
Proclamation
shall
be
effective
upon
its
adoption
adopted
the
sixth
day
of
March
2018
by
the
Board
of
Commissioners
for
Buncombe
County.
Thank
you.
L
K
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity
to
be
here.
Barbara
Johnson
is
on
our
Advisory
Council
for
Senior
Corps,
as
also
a
senior
companion
volunteer,
and
we
thank
you
on
behalf
of
all
our
Senior
Corps
members
who
serve
in
the
Foster,
Grandparent
and
senior
companion
programs,
as
well
as
all
the
AmeriCorps
programs
that
serve
all
our
needs
here
in
Buncombe,
County
and
all
of
Western
North
Carolina.
Thank
you
for
this
recognition
and
we
appreciate
your
support.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
M
M
M
M
M
The
applicant
seeking
the
rezoning
in
order
to
seasonally
locate
a
shipping
container
on
the
property
to
serve
as
a
bar
for
alcohol
sales.
It's
also
the
put
in
for
Zen
tubing
and
it's
utilized
as
a
temporary
use,
staffs
main
concerns
with
the
rezoning
request
or
that
it
represents
a
potential
spot
zoning
and
that
the
alcohol
sales
would
represent
an
intensification
of
a
commercial
use
surrounded
by
a
rural
undeveloped
area,
zoned
exclusively
residentially,
as
you
can
see
from
this
map.
This
represents
the
residential
low-density
with
the
green.
M
A
All
right,
great
Thank,
You
Nate,
are
there
any
initial
questions
from
commissioners?
If
not,
we
can
open
the
public
hearing
all
right.
Let's
go
ahead
open
the
public
hearing
I
will
open
the
public
hearing
at
5:39
and
I'll
invite
any
members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
comment
on
this
rezoning
request
to
have
the
opportunity
to
do
so
now.
N
Hello
and
thank
you
for
your
time-
my
name
is
Jim
Higgins
I,
never
ride
across
the
street
from
these
from
this
facility
down
on
191,
Brevard,
Road
and
I
can
tell
you
already
operating
on
there,
as
just
as
in
tubing
the
traffic.
There
is
incredibly
incredibly
difficult
during
the
summer.
We
already
have
issues
in
our
traffic
issues
with
191
25
25,
a
being
the
corridors
that
take.
N
O
Seeing
as
how
the
piece
of
prop
the
parcel
behind
my
land
was
already
denied,
my
hair
salon
is
four
miles
from
where
I
live
door
to
door
and
on
a
good
day.
It
takes
me
15
minutes
to
go
door-to-door
to
my
business
when
this
business
is
in
operation,
along
with
the
traffic
that
we
have
already
discussed.
This
gentleman
has
discussed
it
takes
me
an
hour
to
get
home.
O
It
takes
me
an
hour
to
get
to
my
salon,
so
that
poses
a
very
big,
significant
problem
for
all
of
us
that
live
right
there,
along
Winn
91,
also
I.
Can't
tell
you
how
many
times
I've
personally
been
along
Brevard
Road
and
there
have
been
children
and
adults
in
the
road
I
could
not
I
could
only
imagine
adding
alcohol
to
that.
O
There's
no
utilities
in
that
area
either
I
see,
there's
already
been
steps
that
have
been
cut
into
the
embankment
of
the
French
Broad
River
I,
wonder
if
there
was
even
a
permit
requested
for
that
to
be
done
so
I
have
a
whole
list
of
things
to
include
that
the
road
has
has
flooded
through
there.
The
parkway
is
for
the
people
of
our
country
to
drive
through
here
and
enjoy
the
beauty
of
art
where
we
live.
P
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
and
thanks
for
the
continuance
at
your
last
meeting,
my
name
is
Jen.
Ditzler
I
am
married
to
Heath
White
and
the
president
of
Zen
tubing.
The
map
that
I
show
there
has
a
proposed
location
of
the
shipping
container
and
also
shows
where
the
river
is
and
where
the
existing
shipping
containers
are
on
that
property.
P
We
already
utilized
shipping
containers
on
that
property
and
we
have
agreements
in
place
to
move
those
containers
within
two
hours
in
case
of
flooding
concerns.
We
would
like
to
humbly
request
the
rezoning
be
approved
and
to
address
some
of
the
planning
board
and
other
concerns
that
have
come
up
this
evening.
The
land
is
not
paved
besides
a
piece
about
15
by
20
foot
concrete,
so
any
rainfall
falls
into
the
property
infiltrates
into
the
ground.
There's
no
concern
that
the
water
comes
off
the
property
and
affects
the
conservation
easement
that
is
across
Brevard
Road.
P
We
have
employees
clean
up
trash
on
a
daily
basis
when
we
are
open,
so
no
trash
would
go
out
onto
Brevard
Road.
The
concerns
about
the
steep
slope,
moderate
slope,
high
and
medium
hazard.
That
is
the
actual
riverbank
itself.
You
can
see
that
that
is
a
very
small
portion
of
that
property
and
that
is
actually
the
riverbank,
so
the
location,
the
shipping
container,
would
not
be
on
or
near
any
of
those
hazard
areas.
P
In
regards
to
spot
zoning,
we
have
had
that
existing
business
since
2012,
with
using
shipping
containers
on
the
FEMA
floodway
property.
There
we
go
by
all
the
rules
and
regulations
that
have
been
brought
up
by
Buncombe
County.
We
get
a
permit
to
operate
there
every
year
by
Buncombe
County
there
there's
the
Blue
Ridge
Parkway,
of
course,
north
the
conservation
easement
to
the
east
and
the
river
to
the
west.
We
have
no
houses
that
are
on
adjacent
exact,
adjacent
proper.
P
We
do
allow
that
property
to
be
used
by
groups
such
as
River,
Link
and
Green
Works
to
get
in
and
off
the
river
for
River
cleanup
activities.
We
take
care
of
trash,
that's
associated
with
those
River
cleanup
activities,
anything
that
we
do
there.
If
any
of
you
know,
we
have
limited
months
that
we
are
on
that
property
and
we
have
limited
hours
and
proposed
limited
hours
for
that
proposed
use
of
the
property.
P
We
don't
allow
parking
on
the
road
that
was
a
concern
a
couple
years
ago
and
we
went
ahead
and
secured
additional
property
or
we
secured
agreements
with
the
church
down
the
street.
So
there
is
no
one
that
parks
or
is
allowed
to
park
on
the
road.
We
know.
That's
a
was
a
safety
concern
at
one
point.
The
footprint
of
that
building
is
about
350
square
feet,
so
it's
a
very
small
footprint,
the
parking
on
or
not
the
parking,
but
the
concerns
about
traffic
on
Brevard
Road.
Those
have
been
there
for
numerous
years.
P
We
live
in
that
area
as
well
and
deal
with
that
traffic
as
well.
So
anytime,
I
26
backs
up
like
the
gentleman
discussed.
They
come
to
Brevard
Road.
That
is
an
existing
issue
and
has
been
at
some
point.
Do
T
is
discussing
widening
Brevard
roads.
So
when
that
happens,
we
will
probably
lose
our
business
there.
So
this
is
probably
a
limited
time
that
we
would
be
able
to
have
this
business
open,
but
the
traffic
concerns
there,
that
is,
are
already
existing.
J
J
In
the
summer
we
are
busy
we
took
off
and
it's
a
it's
something
that
people
really
enjoy
to
do
to
get
on
the
French
Broad
River
and
enjoy
this
beautiful
natural
resource
that
we
do
have
here
in
Buncombe
County,
and
this
is
just
an
extension
of
what
we're
going
to
be
doing.
The
the
the
bar
area
will
be
a
completely
separate
business
from
what
we're
doing
there,
but
but
this
will
be
a
seasonal
type
thing.
I
just
want
to
make
that
clear.
J
We
were
going
to
be
open
from
April
1st
until
the
end
of
October
and
then
be
moving
all
of
that
equipment
out
during
the
wintertime
in
case
of
flood
issues
and
things
of
that
nature.
The
shipping
containers
are
portable.
So
that's
how
we're
able
to
to
get
around
the
the
floodway
and
floodplain
issues
that
are
there?
Ok
and
I.
J
Think
they've
moved
it
up
pretty
fast
on
their
agenda
to
get
that
done,
whether
it
comes
on
our
side
of
the
river
or
our
side
of
the
road
or
on
the
the
easement
side.
Nobody
really
knows
for
sure,
but
but
I'm
sure
they
will
be
coming
through
there
as
soon
as
possible,
because
that
is
an
area
that,
during
the
5
o'clock
and
they're
different
times
like
that,
there
is
a
lot
in
there.
We
did
address
the
issues
with
people
parking
along
the
road.
J
The
business
took
off
really
fast
and
one
day
we
were
working
and
looked
out
and
there
were
people
parked
on
the
road
and
we
had
children
coming
back
and
forth
across,
and
so
we're
not
going
to
have
that.
That's
not
going
to
happen,
there's
that
road
is
too
dangerous
for
that,
and
so
we
did
address
those
issues
and
we
have
we've
taken
care
of
that.
J
In
the
last
two
years,
we've
had
any
no.1
Park
all
on
the
road
people
that
do
part
people
can
legally
park
there,
and
we
have
asked
the
state
to
actually
put
up
no
parking
signs
along
the
road
there
because
it
is
a
dangerous
stretch
of
road.
So,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
We
really
do
appreciate
it
and
good
evening.
Thank
you.
Q
Jarick
commissioners,
I'm
David
Todd
with
UNC
Asheville
I'm
here
to
represent
UNC
Asheville,
we
own
the
property
immediately
adjacent
to
and
across
191
from
this
property
I'm
speaking,
neither
for
or
against
the
zoning,
but
I
want
to
make
the
board
aware
of
the
significance
of
our
property.
On
the
other
side
of
191.
There's
a
statement.
I've
read
a
couple
of
times:
I'm
not
going
to
read
the
whole
statement
again.
I'll
just
give
you
a
a
hopefully
quick
synopsis.
Q
So
the
university
owns
the
property
directly
across
the
road.
The
property
encompasses
approximately
35
acres
of
very
rare
and
sensitive
habitat,
known
as
the
sandy
bottoms
Nature
Preserve
we'd,
like
the
board
to
be
well
informed
of
the
ecological
importance
of
this
property.
There
are
many
rare
and
endangered
species
of
plants
and
animals
in
that
particular
location
that
are
rare
to
what
is
considered
an
Appalachian
mountain
bog.
Q
The
North
Carolina
heritage
program
lists
sandy
bottoms
is
a
significant
natural
heritage
area
with
a
very
high
rating
in
terms
of
need
for
protection.
We
respectfully
request
at
any
plane
this
area
be
mindful
of
the
need
for
protecting
the
sandy
bottoms
bog
we'd.
Also
just
like
to
make
the
board
aware
that
there
are,
there
is
parking
that
occurs
in
the
nature
conservancy,
and
there
is
appears
to
be
where
folks
are
using
the
bathroom
on
the
property
as
well.
Q
We're
also
concerned
with
the
widening
and
possible
realignment
of
191
that
how
that
might
impact
either
either
side
of
the
property
on
191
and
concerns
that
that
could
a
decision
one
way
or
another
here
could
impact
how
that
widening
may
further
impact
the
property
that
the
university
owns
on
the
other
side
of
191.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
H
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
members
board
I,
live
out
in
that
area
and
not
go
through
there.
A
lot
myself
and
that's
about
as
bad
as
going
to
the
mall
I'm
trying
to
get
through
I,
don't
have
a
problem
with
property
rights
of
that
nature,
but
in
this
area
and
being
around
as
long
as
I
have
ain't
no
Commissioner
upper
knows
the
problems
that
they've
had
in
sandy
bottoms
with
crime
and
adding
drink
to
the
problem
is
not
going
to
create
nothing
but
more
crime
and
I
think
it'd
be
worthwhile.
H
Asking
the
Sheriff
Department
just
how
many
things
that
they
and
I'll
say
things
there's
a
lot
of
crimes
that
was
committed
there
years
ago,
and
and
it's
well
documented
it's
in
the
newspaper
and
I
think
when
you
have
a
place
like
that's,
it's
got
a
history
of
crime
against
its
citizens.
I
think
you
need
to
investigate
that.
The
best
thing
to
do
just
vote
it
down
tonight
and
forget
it
and
then
do
the
investigation
made
it
because
I
know
what
that'll
tell
you.
Thank
you.
A
R
Okay,
after
listening
to
neighbors
in
that
area,
there
and
I
am
a
neighbor
I
live
within
four
miles.
The
word
is,
it
is
a
very
bad
Highway
and
with
the
zone
and
air
thing,
I
think
with
the
road
coming
through
spot
zoning,
something
like
that
in
a
short
time,
it
could
be
open
and
the
danger
I
think
we'll
have
to
vote
against
this
also
and
check
out
that
mr.
ice
had
a
good
point
of
what
went
on
there.
Yes,
what's
in
tubing's
done
is
a
great
business
model.
D
You
know
I
have
the
concern
about
the
this
is
about
the
alcohol
and
the
news
observer
recently
did
an
article
Buncombe
County
was
number
one
in
the
state
for
intoxications,
552
and
Wake
was
second
and
I
know
it's
not
the
intent
of
these
this
business.
To
add
to
that,
but
I
I
can't
support
adding
alcohol
to
the
to
the
business
even
for
a
short,
even
for
a
short
period
of
time.
A
C
C
C
So
when
I
knew
the
anniversary
was
coming
up,
I
thought
about
Isaac
and
I
thought.
You
know
what
he
would
say
and
I
looked
forward
to
this
evening
with
great
enthusiasm
and
then
last
week
we
all
witnessed
at
a
horrible
video,
dr.
King
said
we
all
die
a
little
bit
when
we
become
silent
of
things
that
matter
and
we
can't
be
silent.
C
We
have
to
go
forward
with
hope
and
drive
and
push.
You
are
going
to
hear
our
amazing
stories
of
resilience
and
the
work
this
community
has
done
to
change
things,
but
I
would
be
remiss.
I
didn't
mention
mr.
Johnny
Germaine
rush,
because
he
was
doing
everything
we
want
everybody
to
do.
He'd
just
finished
working
13
hours.
He
was
carrying
his
food
home
from
his
the
restaurant
he
worked
in,
he
was
walking
now
Lisa's
gonna
go
over
some
of
the
statistics,
but
one
of
the
things
that
sticks
out
in
my
mind
is
the
income.
C
A
white
person
and
a
black
person
in
Buncombe
County
can
have
the
same
job
and
they'll
be
paid.
One
thousand
dollars
less
per
month,
the
same
job,
but
this
board
was
moved
to
make
a
difference.
We
did
that
collectively
and
I.
Look
at
who's
here
tonight
and
I
know
we're
going
to
continue
to
go
forward
because
you
all
inspire
me
and
you've
moved
this
board.
So
on
that
note,
I
want
to
thank
Lisa
EB.
We
Mandy
Stone,
Health
and
Human
Services,
led
by
Lisa
Abby.
We
spoke
to
community
leaders.
C
We
researched
collaboratively
across
the
country
we
went
to
Washington
DC
spoke
with.
Educators
spoke
to
the
Department
of
Justice.
A
tremendous
amount
of
research
from
her
team
went
into
this
and
I'm
grateful
for
her
service,
but
most
of
all
I'm
grateful
for
all
of
you,
because
to
vote
on
this
7'o
means
a
tremendous
amount
of
the
community,
and
now
we
can
hear
from
Lisa.
S
Is
they
build
capacity
in
the
leaders
in
their
community?
They
take
the
time
to
give
them
the
opportunities
to
build
fill
facilitation
skills
to
build
the
kind
of
necessary
competencies
that
allow
them
to
be
tremendous
leaders,
just
like
you
would
want
to
do
in
any
business,
and
so
tonight
you're
going
to
hear
the
thanks
goes
to
the
the
people
in
this
community.
Every
day.
The
leaders
in
our
community
who
have
taken
the
time
to
say
I
can
make
a
difference
and
to
end
to
invest
their
time.
S
Energy
talent
in
our
community-
you-
it
was
about
a
year
ago
on
February
21st,
that
you
all
voted
and
and
heard
from
dr.
Dwight,
Mullen
and
I
just
want
to
remind
you
again
of
what
was
at
stake:
dr.
Mullen,
detailed,
pervasive
trends
and
disparities
in
Buncombe
County
across
multiple
sectors
in
health
in
Buncombe
County
black
babies
are
two
times
more
likely
to
be
born
prematurely
four
times
more
likely
to
be
born
with
a
very
low
birth
weight,
which
is
one
of
the
single
most
important
predictors
for
health
in
life.
S
Black
babies
are
three
times
more
likely
to
die
in
our
community
before
their
first
birthday
and
black
people
on
average
died.
Six
years
earlier
than
white
people
in
Buncombe
County
in
education,
black
children
lag
significantly
behind
in
our
schools.
Thirty
five
percent
of
black
children
read
at
grade
level
versus
71
percent
of
white
children.
S
32
percent
of
black
children
are
at
grade
level
in
mathematics
versus
68
percent
of
white
children.
Those
numbers
are
staggering
and
they
translate
into
lower
educational
achievement
and
a
lifetime
of
lower
earnings
in
wages
in
Buncombe
County
in
2015,
black
adults
earned
one
thousand
one
hundred
and
thirty
five
dollars
less
a
month
compared
to
whites
in
our
community
and
the
median
household
income
for
blacks
in
our
community
was
twenty-six
thousand
versus
forty
six
thousand
for
whites,
again
huge
disparities,
things
that
we
can't
turn
our
back
on.
In
addition,
dr.
S
Mullen
detailed
differences
in
small
business
ownership,
small
business
earnings,
home
ownership
and
crime
data
such
as
black
males,
who
only
represent
5.6
percent
of
our
population
and
yet
on
any
given
day,
28
percent
of
the
average
is
in
the
Buncombe
County
Detention
Center,
and
each
is
this
in
these
sectors.
There's
a
long
documented
history
of
racial
disparities,
and
we
know
these
numbers
follow
similar
trends
for
others
such
as
our
Latino
neighbors,
and
what
this
historical
data
also
enforces
for
us
is.
It
demonstrates
clearly
that
previous
attempts
to
close
these
gaps
have
not
worked.
S
We
can't
keep
continuing
to
do
the
same
things
we've
done
in
the
past,
because
we
have
a
long,
historical
data
that
says
it's
not
working.
We
must
do
something
different.
We
must
like
the
Warren
Buffett
foundation,
invest
in
the
leadership
that
exists
in
our
community
already,
because
when
we
fail
to
address
these
disparities,
we
live
with
lower
educational
and
job
readiness,
lower
wages
in
every
employment
sector,
greater
health
disparities,
housing
problems
and
the
very
real
loss
of
human
potential,
untapped
unused
unfulfilled
and
in
some
cases
we
lose
talent
leaving
our
community.
S
S
That
was
fresh
vegetables
with
others.
Ordinary
people
making
a
difference
each
day
with
the
force
of
vision
and
very
few
resources.
And
so
what
we
found
is
that
we
can
harness
that
potential
in
our
community
and
thanks
to
the
bold
action
of
you
all,
you
said
we
can.
We
can
do
something
different,
and
so
you
decided
to
fund
the
seven
investment
grants
through
Isaac
Coleman.
We
are
learning
a
lot
about
what
those
grants
are
returning
on
our
investment
and
we're
learning
that
they're
building
strong.
S
When
we
ask
for
these
grants
to
be
funded,
we
knew
that
we
could
not
close
the
gap
on
those
staggering
numbers
and
a
year's
time
or
two
years
time.
But
what
we
did
know
is
that
we
could
learn
a
lot
from
the
community
about
how
to
make
this
work
sustainable
and
make
it
meaningful.
And
tonight,
you're,
going
to
hear
from
the
members
of
our
community
on
their
progress
and
I've,
also
learned
a
lot
as
a
government
employee
about
ways
that
we
can
better
partner
with
people
in
our
community.
G
Thank
you
I'd
like
to
say
that
I'm
fortunate
in
being
the
newest
member
on
the
Commission
working
with
the
group
up
there,
we
were
able
and
they
were
to
pull
it
off,
and
one
thing
I've
fought
for
all
my
life
is
to
make
sure
that
everybody
is
playing
on
the
same
playing
field,
and
this
is
what
we're
trying
to
do
here.
We
all
have
heard
the
numbers.
We
know
how
bad
they
are,
but
if
we
don't
start
doing
something
about
it,
we'll
never
get
there
and
let's
face
it.
G
If
we
can
move
to
open
cut
here
through
all
that
granite,
we
can
turn
this
around
too,
but
it
will
take
time
to
do
it
and
that's
what
I
just
was
I'm.
Sorry
that
my
friend
Isaac
is
not
here
to
see
this
because
he
fought
for
them.
What
we're
doing
a
lot
longer
than
I
did
than
I
have,
but
we've
got
to
get
there
and
I.
Think
you
of
what
you'll
hear
moments
from
now
from
the
group
is
they
have
made
headway?
G
We
cannot
afford
to
have
this
to
go
on.
You
know:
I
worry
about
my
grandkids,
my
grandsons
and
others,
but
it's
something
and
it's
not
I'll
say
it's.
Not
all
law-enforcement
officers
know,
but
it's
like
cancer,
if
you
don't
take
it
out,
it'll
just
get
worse,
but
what
I
want
to
do,
though?
I
didn't
come
here
for
that,
but
I'm
going
to
brag
sort
about
the
Isaac
Coleman
and
what
we've
done
so
far
and
Keenan
Lake
is
gonna,
come
forward
now
and
introduce
the
different
groups
who
are
working
on
Isaac,
Coleman
and
I'm.
G
F
F
You're
going
to
hear
from
seven
people,
they're
gonna
all
have
a
minute
and
a
half
to
talk,
and
what
you're
going
to
hear
is
just
a
snapshot
of
the
great
work
that
they're
doing
in
the
community
and
what's
happening
not
only
galvanizing,
our
community
not
only
forming
building
relationships
and
foreign
and
forming
partnerships,
but
being
able
to
give
back
and
uplift
the
communities
that
we're
talking
about.
Commissioner
Newman,
you
spoke
in
your
opening
remarks
about
division
and
the
way
we
heal
from
that,
and
you
talked
about
prayer
well,
I,
agree.
F
Prayer
is
the
number
one
thing
in
my
opinion,
however,
I
felt
at
this
board
I
think
that
you
guys
opened
up
a
great
box
last
year
when
you
opened
up
and
denominated
the
Isaac
omen,
grant
and
allowed
that
to
take
place,
shaping
our
community
for
years
to
come.
So
with
that
no
further
ado,
I
would
like
to
introduce
from
D
review
miss
Lucia
Doherty.
T
I'm
gonna
have
Shonda
Jackson,
just
join
me
here
at
the
podium,
as
our
parent
community
liaison
in
this
venture
based
out
of
deep
review.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
for
your
leadership
with
the
volunteers
stipend
program.
In
deeper
view,
we
chose
a
multi-tiered
approach
to
volunteerism
in
our
stipend
program,
which
better
allows
residents
to
choose
their
level
of
involvement
while
receiving
a
stipend
for
the
contribution
of
their
time,
energy
and
expertise.
The
first
level
of
involvement
is
through
participation
in
individual
community
meetings
or
events
as
they
arise.
T
The
second
level
of
participation
involves
volunteering
weekly
at
the
nearby
Johnston
elementary
school.
We
are
currently
working
to
establish
and
strengthen
the
relationship
between
Johnston
and
the
Deaver
view
community,
as
there
are
60
Johnston
students
who
are
also
Deaver
View
residents.
We
firmly
believe
that
the
school
could
serve
as
a
hub
for
youth
enrichment
activities
and
parent
leadership
opportunities,
which
could
directly
benefit
benefit
both
the
community
and
the
school
we
have
resident
volunteers
and
proudly
were
just
proud
to
say.
T
We
have
resident
volunteers
who
are
currently
active
in
the
school's
cafeteria
work,
its
resource
center,
its
classrooms
as
new
members
of
the
PTO
and
working
on-site
with
both
the
student
support
specialists
and
the
stipend
program,
outreach
coordinator
to
launch
a
Youth,
Poetry,
Club
and
mentorship
program
for
D
review.
Johnston
youth,
the
highest
level
of
participation,
is
weekly,
var
and
volunteerism
on
site
and
D
review.
T
Lastly,
I
will
say
that
what
we've
learned
in
this
venture
is
that
establishing
and
rebuilding
of
trust
takes
time
and
while
working
with
the
community
that
has
been
through
so
much
as
DV
Deever
view
has
establishing
solid
relationships
with
residents
is
paramount
and
we've
been
working
to
build
those
relationships
and
hope
to
continue
building
upon
this
program.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
U
Thank
you,
for
we
have
been
doing
this
work
two
years
prior
three
years
prior
and
with
the
Isaac
komen
grant,
we've
been
able
to
do
several
things.
First,
we've
been
able
to
research
and
start
an
advocacy
program.
We
have
two
advocates
that
work
with
in
Asheville
city
school
system
and
in
Buncombe
County
to
assist
students
who
are
struggling
academically.
U
We
also
have
established-
or
are
in
our
second
year
of
our
after-school
program
and
our
fifth
year
of
our
summer
camp
program
and
what
the
Isaac
Holman
grant
allowed
us
to
do
is
train
our
staff
and
mindfulness.
One
of
the
things
that
we
recognize
is
that
the
students
that
we
work
with
live
in
trauma
on
a
daily
basis
and
not
just
the
students
but
also
the
parents.
U
So
what
we've
tried
to
do
is
create
an
environment
where
we
are
supporting
the
family,
not
just
the
student
but
the
family,
and
we
give
parents
opportunities
to
say
what
they
need
for
their
students
and
we
make
sure
that
we
try
to
connect
them
with
the
resources
that
they
need
and
also
we
make
sure
that
we
try
to
give
them
that
space
for
mindfulness.
As
well,
making
sure
that
they
are
able
to
care
for
themselves
while
we're
caring
for
their
children.
U
In
addition
to
that
this
year
we
are
starting,
what's
called
parent
rise
at
Asheville
middle
school,
which
is
rewriting
the
narrative
with
innovative
support
and
educational
opportunities,
which
we
are
leaning
heavily
on
lúcia
and
the
dvu
community.
Looking
at
their
stipend
program,
and
the
hope
is
that
by
bringing
parents
into
the
school
community,
they
will
have
an
opportunity
to
rewrite
the
narrative
of
trauma
that
they
already
experienced
in
the
school
system
and
so
that
they
can
better
support
their
students.
U
And
so
another
amazing
thing
about
this:
being
a
grant
recipient
is
the
opportunity
to
collaborate
with
other
organizations
that
are
as
passionate
about
the
youth
as
YTL
is
my
community
matters.
Collaboration
is
such
an
organization,
and
so
Siobhan
de
Harper
will
come
up
and
tell
you
more
about
that
collaborative.
V
Good
evening,
members
of
the
board
I'm
sure
Rhonda
Harper,
representing
in
my
community
matters
collaborative
and
that's
made
up
of
the
my
community
matters
of
the
residents.
Council
of
the
Asheville
Housing
Authority
word
on
the
street,
with
Asheville
riders
in
the
schools
and
positive
changes.
Youth
ministry,
which
is
a
college
readiness
program,
and
we
all
work
together
out
of
the
Eddington
Center,
where
our
three
groups
kind
of
work
together
and
our
youth
are
working
between
the
three
groups.
V
What
we're
doing
the
works
that
we're
doing
collaboratively
in
other
groups
such
as
the
EMA
community,
that
they
just
started
with
the
documentary
that
they're
doing
to
tell
the
story
of
their
community,
and
so
with
that
I'd
like
to
introduce
patty,
where
we
worked
and
hosted
them
at
the
Eddington
center
last
summer
for
their
two-week
summer
program
and
welcomed
them
into
our
community,
because
they
are
part
of
our
community
and
so
with
that
I.
Like
to
introduce
patty.
W
When
I
start
this
Primerica
nada,
mi,
nombre
spotty,
arrive
and
go
the
lacunae
diam
good
evening.
My
name
is
patty
Guerra
I
come
from
the
EMA
community
ela
very
CB,
Dollaway
Canosa
udo,
a
poder
organizar
el
campamento
ever
on
receiving
the
the
Isaac
common
ground
has
helped
us
organize
the
summer
camp.
El
cual
Tomino
say
you
don't
read
a
los
padres,
a
participar,
a
participar
parakeeto
marinelli
derecho,
para
llevar,
a
cobble
campamento.
W
W
Podemos
ver
la
grande
ferry
NC,
a--
and
perseverant
servicio
que
viene
de
afuera.
We
were
able
to
see
the
huge
difference
it
makes
when
between
receiving
help
from
outside
como
muchos
problemas
que
serán
a
la
comunidad,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
service
based
organizations
that
serve
our
community.
A
crear
una
cosa
que
es
para
tu,
propio
communy
de,
but
this
resource
was
created
by
our
community,
a
creado
por
la
misma,
commune
in
DES
and
was
created
by
the
same
community
for
our
community
to
amol
opportuni
at
raha,
reproof
una
dal,
con
el
condado.
W
We
had
the
opportunity
to
work
on
a
deeper
level
at
the
county.
Can
we
person
up
in
SE,
que
a
know,
Cano
savannah
diaries
of
fondos
that
I
personally
never
thought
we
would
get
those
funds
for
ver
que
trabaja,
most
principalmente
cola-cola
comunitÃ
undocumented,
because
we
worked
primarily
with
the
undocumented
community.
W
It
quiero
darle,
allah,
gracias,
también,
por
que
no
lo
cierren
la
oportunidad
de
poder
trabajar
con
la
gente.
Afro-American
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
giving
us
the
opportunity
to
work
with
African
American
people.
Okay,
your
stamina,
Stan
sufriendo,
por
el
mismo
sistema
que
su
freeman
nosotros
because
that
community
is
suffering
under
the
same
system
that
we're
suffering
under
aquÃ
ahora
sabemos
que
no
están,
no
solos
como
la
pensaba,
and
now
we
know
that
we're
not
alone,
like
we'd
thought
previously.
W
Taman
estamos
trabajando
en
un
plan
cannot
permit
oppressor,
varlas
parkia
Darrow's,
the
tryla
we're
also
working
on
a
plan
that
will
allow
us
to
preserve
mobile
home
parks.
Por
que
hemos
visto
la
venta.
I
pérdida
de
varios
parkia
Darrow's,
a
Travis
del
condado,
because
we've
seen
the
sale
and
lots
of
several
mobile
home
parks
around
the
county,
a
los
últimos
on
use.
In
the
last
few
years,
tambien
estamos
creando
mood,
ellos
y
recursos,
para
crear
cooperative
as
they
will
be,
and
us
we're
also
creating
models
and
resources
to
create
housing.
W
Cooperatives
para
que
nuestra
comunidad,
Wei
de
tener,
esta
Villa
de
EHR
Isis
on
the
vivimos,
so
that
our
community
can
have
stability
and
put
down
roots
where
we
live.
Muchas,
gracias,
por
la
oportunidad!
Thank
you!
So
much
for
this
opportunity.
Muchas
gracias,
ed
Eaton,
Center,
Canosa,
Xavier,
todas,
partes,
para
nuestra
comunidad
and
thank
you
so
much.
The
edingtons
Center
for
opening
up
their
doors
to
our
community.
X
We
want
to
thank
you,
commissioners,
for
the
support
that
we
received
through
the
Isaac
Coleman
grant.
This
has
been
a
wonderful
experience
for
all
of
us.
This
initiative
has
rekindled
a
strong
network
that,
historically,
our
neighborhoods
have
always
had.
The
collaborative
is
not
only
rekindled
a
stronger
network,
but
work
is
being
done
collectively.
Our
use
of
learning
strong
ties
to
their
communities
and
financial
literacy
in
all
communities,
the
families
of
all
of
our
neighborhoods,
are
coming
out
more
to
foster
a
sense
of
we
and
us
showing
that
neighbors
can
work
together
to
get
things
done.
X
This
initiative
is
supporting
emerging
leaders,
and
this
is
some
of
them
from
all
three
communities.
This
collaborative
this
collective
group
provides
cultural
identity
that
brings
people
together
and
so
I
just
wanted
you
to
see
that
we
do
stand
together.
Thank
You
team
and
now
I
would
like
to
introduce
believe
I'm
introducing
remap
and
I
want
to
thank
him
for
his
work
with
and
the
folk
who
would
reside
in
the
historical
Southside
community,
Raymond.
Y
Y
Our
people
need
work
as
soon
as
possible.
They
need
to
get
income,
so
we
were
happy
to
get
suggestions
from
members
of
the
County
Commission
to
actually
going
through
weatherization,
which
we
were
able
to
do,
and
fortunately
on
our
staff.
We
have
professionals
who
are
LEED
certified
and
we
have
a
very
talented
professional
who
is
great
at
doing
residential,
remodeling
and
and
and
and
brick
and
cement
work,
and
together
these
two
professionals,
one
of
them,
is
Dee,
Williams
and
elder.
One
is
mr.
Robert
Edgerton.
Y
Y
One
of
our
trainees
that
we're
working
with
now
happened
to
be
certified
in
weatherization
by
Asheville
grow,
but
because
it
was
not
able
to
get
work
for
three
years,
he
has
to
be
recertified,
so
we're
working
to
be
able
to
recertify
people,
so
they
can
do
jobs
beyond
what
we're
training
them
to
do.
We
have
several
allies
who
have
been
awesome
in
making
and
help
making
sure
we
make
progress,
and
as
I
mentioned
you
if
you're
here,
would
you
please
stand.
Y
F
Y
Matter,
astral,
the
black
lives
matter.
Any
members
from
there,
please,
okay,
cold
for
Asheville.
Anybody
from
Co,
factual
cold
for
Asheville
has
been
very
instrumental
in
helping
us
gather
data,
because
one
thing
that's
unique
about
United
Community
Development
is
we
want
to
do
data
collection,
so
we
know
if
we're
getting
results
and
we
we
can
find
out
ourselves
where
results
need
to
be
improved.
Y
Y
E
Good
evening,
commissioners,
my
name
is
Cathy
Avery
I'm,
the
nurse
with
an
organization
called
Aviva,
and
what
we
have
done
is
formed
a
co-op
and
we
started
out.
It's
a
worker
own
co-op
and
the
people
that
are
with
us
are
came
from
Jane
hat
Lee's
idea
with
self
help
credit
union
she
came
up.
She
went
to
a
conference
that
showed
the
coop
model
and
she
came
back
and
talked
to
Kimberly
hunter
at
Mountain.
E
Biz
works
so
they're
our
partners
now
and
she
said
well,
she
knows
about
a
bit
but
go
to
them
because
they'll
be
able
to
help
this,
and
so,
where
I'm
working
out
in
the
field
as
a
nurse,
and
we
do
door-to-door
method,
which
is
a
new
idea.
We
found
that
people
sometimes
need
cleaning
before
they
can
get
their
health
taken
care
of
I
mean
I
may
be
going
out
to
talk
about
diabetes
and
other
things,
but
if
you're
getting
ready
to
get
evicted
because
your
your
housekeeping
skills
there's
not
up
to
par.
E
E
Oh,
this
would
be
a
great
co-op
because
we
want
people
to
have
a
living
wage,
and
so
we
started
out
talking
about
and
we
said
$12
and
we
went
up
to
$15
because
of
course
she
got
paid
taxes
so
and
then
our
co-op
members
got
together
and
we've
been
working
on
governance
and
we've
been
working
on
legalities
and
and
the
structure
for
co-op,
and
then
we
decided
that
we
needed
to
a
membership
and
okay.
What
would
that
membership
look
like?
E
And
so
our
people
we
started
out
with
they
to
pay
$200
a
year
for
the
membership
and
our
co-op
people
decided
that
it
would
make
it
more
significant
for
them
if
they
paid
600
dollars
a
year.
Well,
I'm
not
gonna,
argue
with
that.
So
that's
what
we
decided
to
do
so
one
of
the
things
that
we've
done
is
clean
people's
homes
and
help
them
not
be
evicted.
The
managers
of
some
of
these
apartment
complexes.
They
love
us
and
so
we've
been
able
to
do
that.
E
But
we
also
need
to
pull
in
people
who
have
money
who
needs
things
done
in
their
home
too,
and
they
just
don't
have
the
time
and
the
energy
to
do
it.
That
way,
we
have
a
paying
part
that
also
helps
us
take
care
of
those
people
that
can't
pay.
That
needs
a
lot
of
services.
So
that's
the
idea
and
it's
working
and
we're
just
so
proud
of
what
we've
done
so
far
and
I
would
like
to
introduce
Rosita
McDaniels
one
of
our
engagement
members.
Z
Thank
you
very
much
and
I'm,
just
so
proud
of
everyone
here
and
especially
the
Isaac
komen
grantees.
So
the
funding
has
been
successfully
deployed
to
continue
the
great
work
and
creating
pipelines
to
jobs
in
education,
but
we
have
only
scratched
the
surface
commissioners.
We
need
your
continued
support
and
investment.
We
have
built
trust
who
have
stronger
relationships
and
an
opportunity
to
help
these
programs
build
their
foundations.
So
when
I'm
thinking
about
foundations,
I'm
thinking
about
the
Castle
Hill
and
what
I
make
reference
to
that
I'm
talking
about
Stevens
Lee
High
School.
Z
Well,
we
have
so
many
leaders
that
have
come
out
of
the
high
school
and
a
Billiken
foundation
in
this
community
and
I
want
to
focus
on
four
people
that
was
important
to
this
community
and
my
family.
We
have
Marcel
Proctor
who's
in
this
community
and
developed
his
own
trucking
and
restaurant
business,
and
he
was
the
same
guy.
That
was
a
part
of
the
luncheon
learn
to
talk
about
redlining
in
this
community.
Z
We
have
Herbert
watts
white
daddy,
that
was
a
Nashville
police
officer
in
his
community
for
years
that
participated
in
summer.
Camp
was
stopped
at
the
Edmonton
Center
and
give
out
the
badges
and
say
be
proud
of
who
you
are
in
these
communities.
They
named
a
park
after
him
and
in
Erskine,
and
then
we
finally
have
see
Elmore.
My
father
used
to
talk
about
him
and
they
call
him
professor.
Z
He
was
a
professor
or
coach
in
his
community
at
Stevens
Lee
and
he
was
a
new
face
on
the
Recreation
Commission
that
the
Buncombe
County
Commissioners
developed
during
that
time.
So
these
are
the
leaders
and
foundation
that
we
come
from
and
that
we
should
be
proud
of.
So
today,
I
want
the
Isaac
home
and
folks
to
stand,
because
you
will
see
the
new
faces.
Z
A
All
right,
hey,
thank
you
to
all
of
you
who
were
here
tonight
and
thanks
for
this
great
update,
it's
very
inspiring
and
a
lot
of
great
things
are
happening,
so
we're
not
taking
any
votes
tonight,
but
it's
great
to
see
the
progress
that's
been
made
since
we
last
talked
about
this
as
a
as
a
commission.
A
C
C
A
Right
all
in
favor,
please
say
aye
hi,
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you
to
all
the
new
members,
so
the
newly
reconstituted
Buncombe
County
Library
Board,
if
you
are
interested
in
County
Library,
concerns,
please
plan
on
coming
to
one
of
the
upcoming
library
board
meetings
and
feel
free
to
participate
with
our
with
our
newly
reconstituted
board.
A
A
R
A
C
A
In
favor,
please
say:
aye
any
opposed
all
right
that
completes
the
board
appointments
and
we
now
come
to
public
comment
like
to
just
read
our
policies
on
public
comment.
The
time
limit
for
individual
comment
to
the
board
is
three
minutes.
If
your
time
expires,
you
can
leave
any
questions
along
with
your
name
address
and
phone
number
with
our
County
manager.
Mandy
Stone
board
members
are
not
expected
to
comment
on
any
matters
during
public
comment.
A
H
H
In
the
city,
we've
talked
about
the
twenty
point:
nine
million
dollars
that
they're
holding
number
one
I'd
like
publicly
I'm
asking
that
you
provide
me
your
kind
of
manager,
whoever
you
can
get
to
the
clerk
I'd
like
to
have
the
policy
or
the
ordinance
either
one
that
is
given
to
Buncombe
County
and
the
city
of
Asheville
to
hold
this
money.
That
they've
got
that
the
supplemental
tax
back
in
92,
the
Board
adopted
a
policy
school
board
and
they've
since
revised
it
even
as
marked
to
first
number
one.
H
They
do
not
have
tax
authority,
and
the
next
problem
I
would
say:
is
this
County
unless
you've
got
a
policy
or
a
law
that
saying
that
they
can
hold
that
money?
They
should
not
be
holding
it
and
spending
it
at
their
leisure.
Oh,
that
is
taxpayers
money,
and
it's
raised
by
this
board
here
and
given
to
them
from
this
board
and
I
have
yet
to
see
a
policy
or
ordinance
and
I
brought
this
up
even
back
in
the
90s.
H
H
I
haven't
seen
anything
and
I
would
sure
like
to
get
my
hands
on
it,
because
if
I'm
been
here
that
long
and
haven't
found
it-
and
this
has
been
the
issue-
I
brought
up
many
times-
I
have
no
problem
against
tax
money
going
for
supplement,
but
when
it
gets
to
been
six
million
dollars
over
fifteen
years
sitting
over
there
and
their
money
bank
and
the
taxpayers
are
suffering
even
through
the
hard
times.
They've
got
a
bank
girl
over
there
in
the
county
and
the
city,
like
was
twenty
point.
Nine
million
dollars
in
their
pocket.
H
I
am
concerned
that
this
board
ain't
doing
their
fiduciary
duty.
If
that
is
the
case,
so
I'm
gonna
leave
it
as
a
question
at
this
point,
because
I
haven't
seen
it
and
I've
asked
for
it
years
and
years
ago,
and
even
recently
so
I
think
you
do
your
due
diligence
and
I've
done
mine
by
telling
you
thank
you.
AA
Hi,
my
name
is
Kenny
against
I'm
here
in
support
of
the
Fox
trapping
regulation.
Buncombe
County
doesn't
have
a
Fox
trapping
law.
It
was
done
away
with
30
40
years
ago
for
people
like
fox
hunted
with
dogs,
and
nobody
does
that
anymore.
Now
we
have
a
exploding
fox
population
and
support
from
this
would
help
the
state
establish
a
fox
trapping
regulation.
I
think
about
70
or
80
counties
have
a
fox
trapping
regulations.
AA
B
U
I
know
I've
spoken
to
you
once
tonight.
My
name
is
Libby
Kyle's,
in
addition
to
being
an
executive
director
of
white
ale
training
programs
I'm
also
on
the
Buncombe
County
Women's
Commission
and
I
am
a
public
school
teacher
at
Isaac,
Dixon
elementary
school
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
several
things,
but,
most
importantly,
for
being
open
and
creating
an
opportunity
for
us
to
have
a
new
building
as
a
school
I.
A
All
right
I've
got
a
couple
of
announcements
on
March
13th
at
3:00
p.m.
the
Buncombe
County
Board
of
Commissioners
in
the
ash,
and
the
Asheville
City
Council
will
hold
a
joint
meeting
on
the
first
floor
conference
room
at
200
College
Street
on
march
13th
at
5:30
p.m.
the
board
of
commissioners
will
participate
in
the
ribbon-cutting
on
the
new
renovated
Health
and
Human
Services
Building
at
40
Cox
Avenue
in
Asheville
on
March
20th
at
12:30
p.m.
the
commissioners
will
hold
a
workshop
to
discuss
budget
and
affordable
housing
issues.