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A
B
I'd
like
to
call
the
January
18th
2011
meeting
of
the
Buncombe
County
Commission
to
order
and
as
always
we'll
begin
with
Pledge
of
Allegiance.
If
you'll
join
me,
I
pledge
allegiance
to
the
flag
of
the
United
States
of
America
and
to
the
Republic
for
which
his
hands
on
a
nation
under
God
indivisible
with
liberty
and
justice
for
all.
C
Thank
You
chairman,
if
you
would
pause
with
me
for
a
moment
of
Prayer,
let
us
pray
dear
Lord
of
justice
and
peace.
We
come
before
you
tonight
on
the
heels
of
a
weekend
that
celebrated
one
of
your
profits.
Martin
luther
king,
with
his
witness
in
mind
our
community
here
in
buncombe
county
gathered
to
reflect
march
and
serve,
and
we
give
you
thanks
for
Martin,
Luther,
King's
legacy
of
words
and
deeds,
and
we
ask
that
you
help
us
keep
his
vision
alive
as
the
year
goes
forward,
knowing
that
his
vision
was
focused
on
your
kingdom.
C
Dear
lord,
who
knows
all
things
it's
a
new
year
and
in
this
year
there
is
much
unknown.
We
know
in
this
year
there
will
be
challenges,
joys
and
disappointments.
Yet
we
know
we
will
see.
Babies
born
friends,
die
young
people
graduate,
and
we
at
this
desk
and
in
all
seats
of
government,
will
have
difficult
decisions,
help
all
of
us
in
the
role
of
public
service
approach.
C
These
decisions
with
wisdom
and
thoughtfulness
and
in
a
spirit
of
grace,
keep
us
ever
mindful
of
the
trust
we
were
given
and
let
us
not
forget
the
impacts
on
the
least
of
these
Oh
healer
of
brokenness.
We
turn
to
use
shaken
by
the
violence
in
our
war
world.
We
ask
you
to
be
with
those
morning
and
stricken
in
Tucson.
C
We
ask
for
your
presence,
as
this
community
deals
with
the
tragedy
we
give
thanks
for
all
your
miracles
in
the
midst
of
chaos
and
loss,
help
us
find
courage
and
direction
as
we
all
deal
with
the
repercussions
of
it.
What
is
certain
is
your
enduring
presence
through
it
all.
We
ask
for
your
direction
in
the
midst
of
struggle
and
unknown.
Your
comfort
and
love,
give
us
strength
and
hope,
for
whatever
unfolds
is
the
name
of
the
enduring
Holy
of
Holies,
that
we
pray,
amen.
D
B
You,
commissioner,
the
agenda
has
been
in
procession.
We
talked
about
pulling
up
the
resolution
on
the
Asheville
Asheville
regional
housing
consortium
for
home
funds,
and
so
we
will
add
that
to
our
regular
agenda
and
we
will
also
take
public
comment
on
the
new
business
of
the
abtech
request.
Other
than
those
changes.
Is
there
a
motion
to
adopt
the
bud
the
agenda
so.
D
B
D
B
Note
we
will
follow
the
revised
agenda
in
accordance
with
the
ethics
code.
Adopted
by
this
board
is
the
duty
of
every
Commissioner
to
avoid
both
the
appearance
and
actual
conflicts
of
interest.
Does
any
board
member
know
of
any
actual
or
apparent
conflict
of
interest
with
any
book?
Many
matter
coming
before
the
board
and.
B
F
Afternoon
I
know
operating
here:
okay,
buddy
hearing
it
again.
Okay,
Judy
can
put
my
slides
up
for
me
and
we'll
see
if
I
can
figure
out
how
to
use
the
clicker
here,
it's
nice
to
be
back
with
you
again.
I
have
been
here
in
years
past
to
tell
you
about
some
of
the
accomplishment
of
our
wonderful
Master
Gardener
volunteer
group.
Here
in
Buncombe
County
last
year
we
had
about
115
active
volunteers
who
contributed
more
than
8000
volunteer
hours
to
Buncombe
County.
F
Today,
I,
though
in
particular,
want
to
single
out
a
particular
project,
I
think
is
rather
unique.
I'm
not
aware
of
any
other
Master
Gardener
volunteer
groups
in
North
Carolina
that
are
doing
a
program
like
this.
You
know
we're
all
aware
of
concerns
these
days
for
the
health
of
our
children
and
not
all
of
our
children
are
fortunate,
as
this
4-h
family
of
kids,
who
obviously
are
rather
proud
of
being
able
to
grow
their
own
vegetable
garden.
F
Today's
issues
of
childhood
obesity,
many
children
that
don't
really
even
know
what
vegetables
are
much
less
where
they
come
from
not
getting
much
outdoor
activity
and,
of
course,
these
are
our
future
environmentalists
and
children
who
don't
learn
to
spend
time
outdoors
and
dig
in
the
dirt.
And
you
know
the
sort
of
a
new
term
is
nature
deficit
disorder
and
our
Master
Gardener
volunteers.
Of
course,
being
a
group
of
avid
gardeners
are
looking
for
ways
to
assist,
with
schools
being
able
to
have
and
incorporate
more
school
gardens
into
their
programs
and,
honestly
I.
F
Don't
have
enough
volunteers
a
willing
and
able
to
work
directly
hands-on
with
all
the
schools
that
would
like
to
have
us
to
come
and
help
work
with
school
gardens.
So
one
way
that
our
volunteer
group
came
up
with
to
help
support
gardening
in
our
school
systems
was
by
developing
this
program
to
offer
what
they
have
really
called
mini
grants
to
the
schools
to
be
able
to
put
some
monetary
assistance
to
schools
in
Buncombe
County
to
be
able
to
start
school
gardens
or
to
further
expand
and
continue
their
gardens.
F
F
You
know,
assistance
for
the
gardens
and
so
forth
with
each
of
these
grants
it
is
has
been
given
to
some
of
the
schools
also
comes
a
one-room
or
Master
Gardener
volunteers,
who
is
the
direct
contact
with
the
school
teacher
to
be
available
to
offer
assistance
and
guidance?
You
know
with
the
gardening
activities
the
way
we
have
developed
to
go
about
doing.
This
is
to
have
specific
fundraiser
activities
to
raise
the
funds,
and
these
have
been
in
particular,
our
garden
tours.
F
The
educational
garden
tours
that
we
did
in
2007
and
in
2009
is
where
the
funding
has
come
from.
So
we
do
the
tours
every
other
year.
So
that
means
we
have
to
spread
the
money
out
over
on
to
school
years.
The
information
I
gave
you
a
little
folded
leaflet.
That
is
a
flyer
that
goes
out
to
the
schools
in
the
spring
to
the
school
teachers.
Their
applications
are
due
at
the
end
of
the
school
year
in
June.
F
The
committee
gets
together
during
the
summer
and
selects
the
recipients,
and
then
presentations
and
checks
are
delivered
in
September.
The
teachers
do
keep
their
receipts
and
do
turn
in
a
report.
At
the
end
of
the
school
year,
reporting
back
on
how
the
gardens
were
used
and
what
the
money
was
spent,
4
and
so
forth.
I
also
gave
you
a
written
summary
of
the.
F
Program
over
the
last
few
years,
since
we
started
this
program
four
years
ago
in
the
2007-8
school
years,
have
been
18
schools
in
Buncombe
County
that
have
a
received
funding
of
almost
seven
thousand
dollars
over
that
time,
and
it's
not
been
strictly
elementary
school.
So
it's
even
ranged
up
to
high
school
and
the
early
college
program,
and
it's
not
restricted
just
even
to
you
know
like
the
public
schools,
but
in
any
school
system
in
the
county
with
application
would
be
accepted
and
considered.
F
F
C
F
C
Two
years,
I
guess
it
was
09
and
it's
just
it
really
is.
I
didn't
make
it
to
all
of
them
because
they're
you
get
kind
of
into
one,
and
it
takes
a
lot
of
time.
It's
because
it's
so
beautiful,
you
actual
people,
it's
so
much
time
into
it.
So
it's
a
great
it's
a
great
way
for
folks
that
are
interesting.
Gardening
to
understand.
What's
going
on
in
their
own
community
tues.
Well,.
F
Is
and
that
the
initial
purpose
of
the
garden
tour
is
an
educational
activity,
there's
lots
of
educational
aspects
going
on
in
every
garden
and
the
fact
that
we're
able
to
between
ticket
sales
and
sponsorship
to
at
the
same
time
raise
enough
money
to
be
able
to
extend
this
second
educational
aspect.
If
you
will
of
the
tour,
makes
it
sort
of
a
double
duty.
H
B
B
G
The
resolution
that
is
before
you
is
for
is
authorizing
us
to
submit
an
application
for
the
2011
asheville
regional
home
funds,
the
county
advertised
for
applications
to
be
submitted
to
staff,
and
we
receive
those
applications.
We
received
five
and
we
have
recommended
funding
for
four:
we've
recommended
funding
for
Mountain
housing,
down
payment
assistance,
single-family
or
scattered
site,
single-family,
home
ownership,
down
payment
assistance
and
the
eagle
market
street
project,
and
we
have
rip
and
also
evelyn
lieutenant
based
rental
assistance.
G
I
Well,
as
you
all
are
familiar,
we
mount
in
housing.
One
of
our
programs
is
to
build
affordable
rental
housing
and
much
like
the
Larchmont.
Only
in
a
different
location
is
Eagle
marketplace
and
what's
a
little
different
about
this
one
is.
We
are
in
50-50
partnership
with
eagle
market
street
development
corporation.
Mr.
Hart
is
the
president
and
Stephanie
Twitty.
Our
CEO
is
here
tonight
as
well,
and
we
were
contacted
by
the
evil,
Market
Street
Development
Corporation
about
a
year
ago
to
consider
partnering
with
them
on
this
project.
I
So
what
we'll
be
doing
is
building
70
units
of
rental
housing,
affordable
rental
housing,
just
like
our
regular
program,
but
as
part
of
that
we're
going
to
be
restoring
to
historic
properties.
The
doctor
Colette
building,
which
is
the
long
low
building
on
Eagle
Street,
which
was
the
location
of
an
african-american
female
dentist
dr.
Colette
many
years
ago,
and
the
dell
cardo
building
on
the
corner,
the
doctor,
Colette
building,
will
become
part
of
the
affordable
housing
complex.
I
That's
where
all
of
the
community
space
that
will
be
used
both
by
the
residents
and
by
the
community
will
be
located,
and
the
dell
cardo
building
will
become
part
of
Eagle
market
street
Development
Corporation
for
their
minority
business
training
activities,
other
community
activities,
and
we're
really
excited
about
that
part
of
it.
Of
course,
we're
excited
about
the
affordable
housing,
but,
as
you
all
know,
that
location,
the
y
mi
is
across
the
street,
the
other
his
org
African
American
institution.
I
So
the
del
carro,
when
it's
restored,
will
reflect
back
and
forth
across
the
street
and
be
a
really
nice
plan
for
the
neighborhood
that
money.
We're
asking
you
to
support
tonight
is
a
hundred
twenty-five
thousand
dollars
of
a
total
home
request,
we're
going
to
make
to
the
city
in
the
county
of
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
the
balance
of
that
will
be
requesting
from
the
city-
and
you
all
have
already
very
generously
agreed
to
loan
us
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
out
of
your
housing
services
fund.
I
You
did
that
in
October
and
we're
very
grateful
for
that,
and
the
city
will
also,
as
we
move
forward
on
this.
The
city
will
be
providing
650,000
dollars
of
section
108
funds,
which
they've
had
in
reserve
for
quite
a
number
of
years,
waiting
for
the
right
project
to
come
along,
and
we
think
this
is
the
right
one.
We're.
I
Because
we
have
a,
we
have
I,
don't
know
if
you
all
had
a
chance
to
review
your
application
materials,
but
we
have
a
beautiful
building
design,
we're
going
to
be
actually
building
a
seven
story,
building
behind
the
historic
buildings,
and
so
we
have
a
beautiful
design.
That's
been
priced
out.
We
think
that
our
budget
is
going
to
be
is
going
to
work
unlike
past
budgets
and
we're
also
asking
the
city
for
about
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
housing.
Trust
funds.
I
I
Trying
to
think
there
was
one
other
thing:
I
want
to
tell
you.
Oh
the
total
development
costs
are
11.3
million
and,
like
I
said,
we
think
that
we're
within
budget
on
that
we've
had
a
cost.
Estimator
look
at
this
and
the
the
market
that
were
were
attempting
to
serve.
We
had
a
preliminary
market
study
done
and
the
units
as
we
plan
them
at
the
sizes,
their
efficiencies,
one
two
and
three
bedrooms,
mostly
one-bedroom
units
and
two-bedroom
units
it
from
our
market
study.
I
It
shows
that
will
only
be
capturing
about
five
percent
of
the
total
market
need
about
there's
about
1500
units
needed
in
that
market
group,
so
they'll
lease
up
fast,
just
like
the
Glen
Rock
released
up
in
60
days,
and
so
it's
a
very
solid
business
plan.
Now
I
want
to
invite
mr.
Hart
to
make
a
few
comments
as
well.
Thank
you
and
I'll.
J
J
Briefly,
just
want
to
thank
you
all
for
supporting
us
in
this
effort.
It's
always
good
to
have
the
right
partner
to
make
sure
we
have
a
successful
redevelopment
and
I
think
the
right
partners,
mountain
house-
and
we
appreciate
what
cindy
has
done
for
us
and,
of
course,
Stephanie
20
of
our
executive
director
and
she
has
been
very
helpful
to
make
this
project
come
to
fruition.
J
And
we
just
appreciate
all
the
help
and
support
that
you
have
given
us
and
I'm
sure
you'll
continue
to
do
that,
because
everyone
will
be
very
excited
about
this
new
project
once
we're
able
to
get
it
completed.
And
I
think
it
will
happen
this
time
and
I'm
sure
you
all
feel
the
same
way,
because
you
have
voiced
that
opinion
and
I.
If
Stephanie
likely
have
a
couple
of
words.
I
know.
K
K
B
There's
nothing
this
board
would
rather
sit
would
like
to
see
more
than
half
eagle
street
fixed
the
way
it
restored
to
its
glory,
because
it's
been
long
overdue,
and
this
is
the
right
partner,
we're
gonna
we're
going
to
ride
all
the
way
with
you
on
it,
because
this
is
this
is
the
right
thing
right,
downtown
it's
affordable
rental
and
it's
restoring
a
beautiful
area
that
has
that
has
not
been
restored
in
a
while,
and
it
means
a
lot
to
the
community,
all
the
community,
so
they
might
have
any
questions.
I'm.
B
Motion
by
Commissioner
Peterson
is
there
a
second
second
by
Vice,
Chair
Stanley,
further
questions
or
comments,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye.
All
of
those
no
motion
carries
50.
Thank
y'all
for
being
here
and
I
would
like
to
recognize
sheriff
Duncan
behind
the
pole.
There
good
see
you,
sir,
always
good
to
have
our
sheriff
here.
The
next
order
of
business
is
the
new
business.
I'll
recognize
dr.
B
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
letting
us
come
and
talk
to
you
again.
You
know
a
BTEC
has
been
around
for
50
years.
It
has
provided
the
help,
the
need,
the
hopes
that
the
community
has
needed.
The
community
has
risen
to
the
occasion
in
multiple
occasions
from
its
start
back
in
nineteen
fifty-nine.
We
are
at
that
point
again
where
we're
coming
to
the
community
saying
we
want
to
be
a
strong
community
college.
We
think
we
are
a
great
community
college.
H
A
great
community
college
right
now
also
needs
help
from
the
community
and
that
we
have
infrastructure
needs.
Those
needs
are
new
construction
for
health
and
workforce
development
programs,
which
are
many
and
also
for
the
renovation
and
upkeep
of
our
buildings.
Several
of
our
buildings
are
very
old
and
elder
buildings
need
maintenance,
and
so
we
really
come
to
you
today
asking
for
permission
to
go
to
the
citizens
to
sort
of
prove
our
worth.
H
We
believe
that
we
are
an
economic
engine,
but
we
always
also
think
we're
an
investment
in
the
community,
and
we
think
that
the
community
will
see
that
and
understand
that
a
strong
community
college
with
a
strong
infrastructure
is
important
to
Western
North
Carolina.
And
so
we
respectfully
requests
the
ability
to
approach
the
public
and
ask
for
their
support.
H
We
have
outlined
several,
we
call
critical
areas
of
need.
Those
areas
of
need
include
a
new
Health,
Sciences,
Building
and
workforce
building.
That
is
critical
for
us
as
we
expand
our
needs.
We
have
the
ability
to
add
new
programs
that
we
had
new
space.
We
do
not
have
new
space
in
our
programs
and
there
are
several
programs
we'd
like
to
add,
including
one
pharmacy
tech.
H
Today,
the
one
of
the
papers
refer
to
it
as
farm
FA
RM,
but
it's
not
really
f,
AR
m
tech,
it's
pharmacy
tech,
so
a
lot
of
health
programs
could
be
added.
We
also
have
buildings
on
campus.
We
have
one
of
our
buildings
called
elm
building
it's
been
around
for
a
while.
We
had
somebody
come
in
in
the
fall
and
give
us
an
estimate
to
repair
that
building
has
great
HVAC
needs
and
leaking
needs,
and
just
a
variety
of
issues
that
building
to
repair
it
alone
would
be
about
eight
million
dollars.
H
I
think
2.3
of
that
would
be
just
for
the
HVAC
replacement.
We
also
have,
through
the
generosity
of
some
of
our
local
folks
mission
and
AV
tech
partnered
last
year,
to
create
some
new
parking
lots
that
actually
saved
us,
probably
millions
of
dollars
in
construction
costs,
but
those
parking
lots
are
several
of
them
are
paved,
but
many
of
them
are
not
and
so
they're
getting
them
up
to
grade
and
we
are
creating
parking
spaces
that
are
now
going
to
be
grassy
parking
or
at
some
pay,
maybe
gravel
parking.
These
funds
would
be
used
for
that.
H
These
funds
would
not
be
used
to
construct
new
roads
into
areas
around
abtech.
This
is
really
for
the
facilities
on
our
campus,
including
our
own
sidewalks
and
entryways,
which
also
need
repair
and
upkeep.
At
that
point,
we
also
have
great
needs
at
our
inka
campus
site
through
the
generosity
of
several
people.
We
obtain
those
buildings
several
years
ago,
but
those
buildings,
including
the
haynes
tower
and
the
incubator,
do
need
help.
The
incubator
is
an
important
resource
for
us.
H
We
are
establishing
ourselves
as
a
premier
incubator
site
that
premier
incubator
site
needs
help
in
the
infrastructure
as
well.
We
have
some
land
and
facilities
there,
but
inside
that
building
we
actually
have
the
ability
to
create
more
incubation
space
if
we
had
the
money
to
renovate.
So
the
majority
of
this
is
our
credit.
What
we
call
critical
needs
and
there's
some
long-term
planning,
but
we
felt
like
we
just
needed
to
come
with
the
critical
needs
at
the
moment
and
an
annual
cash
flow
would
let
us
do
those
things
that
we
think
are
important
to
grow.
A
L
H
Just
in
the
discussion
process,
we
have
those
folks.
We
know
that
may
heck
building
is
on
one
in
93,
Victoria
Road
is
in
the
process
of
being
vacated
as
they
build
a
new
facility.
We
would
love
to
have
that
and
to
have
a
point
where
we
could
actually
purchase
that
property
and,
on
the
other
end
of
the
campus
are
a
couple
pieces
of
property.
One
is
a
nursing
home
and
then
there's
a
piece
of
land.
Three
acres
around
it
they're
two
separate
pieces
of
property.
H
It
would
be
wonderful
at
one
point
to
obtain
that
to
kind
of
complete
the
campus
there's
a
couple
other
pieces
of
property
in
the
middle
of
the
campus
with
medical
arts
buildings
one
day
should
they
become
available.
It
would
be
a
way
to
also
expand
what
we're
doing
there.
We
feel
like
one
of
the
things
that's
got.
A
lot
of
attention
is
our
health
sciences.
Building
that
building
would
be
built
where
the
pines
Madonna
buildings
are
right.
Now
those
buildings
are
very
old.
H
There
they've
served
a
great
purpose,
but
those
buildings
would
be
better
used
if
we
were
to
actually
replace
it
with
a
health
workforce,
science,
building
health,
health
sciences
building
and
a
workforce
development
site,
and
then
pines
Madonna
becomes
part
of
that
new
workforce
area.
It
would
also
be
close
to
the
mission
hospital
and
we're
talking
with
them
constantly.
We
provide
a
lot
of
nurses.
A
lot
of
health
programs
work
in
conjunction
with
them
being
at
that
end
of
campus
would
be
beneficial
for
us
both
to
this
same
time.
Dr.
H
Are
absolutely
growing
list?
Last
year
we
grew
at
about
sixteen
percent,
we're
probably
not
going
to
grow
at
that
rate
this
year,
we're
probably
between
six
and
eight
percent.
We
probably
had
enough.
Probably
we
do
have
more
than
8,000
students
that
attended
there
for
what
we
call
curriculum
students,
which
are
students
going
for
a
degree
or
certificate.
There
are
probably
about
18,000
more
that
come
for
non-credit
for
all
those
businesses
out
there
that
are
looking
for
help.
H
We
do
a
great
deal
of
customized
training
where
either
you
can
come
to
us
and
get
training
or
small
business
will
go
to
you
and
that
those
are
those
18,000
students.
We
anticipate
that
to
continue.
We,
we
believe
or
I,
think
I
kind
of
brought
with
me
this
philosophy
that
the
the
only
way
are
the
only
thing
that
needs
to
happen
to
be
a
great
community
college
find
the
local
need
and
meet
it.
There
is
great
local
need
now
for
business
construction.
H
We
need
to
help
Western
North
Carolina
develop
its
business
community
and
we
are
prepared
to
do
that.
We
have
been
doing
that.
Just
last
week
we
established
a
new
501
C
3
foundation,
a
vtec
entrepreneurial
development.
Its
sole
goal
is
to
develop
businesses
either
on
campus
or
off
campus
we're
in
the
economic
development
business
with
you,
and
we
just
need
help
to
do
that.
That.
H
H
To
do
that,
we
have
a
great
wonderful,
strong
transfer
program.
Many
of
our
students
want
to
go
in
and
get
a
four-year
education.
They
can
do
that,
but
we
also
have
a
thrust
toward
economic
development.
This
new
501
C
3,
is
one
of
those
things
that
we're
doing
to
do
that.
We
have
a
big
hairy,
audacious
goal.
H
If
you're
a
Jim,
Collins
fan
that
says
we
want
to
help
be
partly
responsible
or
responsible
for
the
development
of
1000
new
businesses,
not
new
jobs
in
the
next
ten
years,
and
so
a
BTech
is
going
to
focus
on
education
and
training
and
also
business
development.
We
think
there's
a
great
need
for
that.
There
are
a
lot
of
folks
out
there
who
want
to
start
a
business,
not
quite
sure
how
to
do
it.
We
will
be
an
economic
development
engine
for
the
K
will.
H
You
know
our
average
student
is
somebody
who's
trying
to
change
their
life.
It's
somebody
who
average
age
is
about
27
28
years
old.
Many
of
our
students
are
single
parents
going
to
school,
trying
to
change
your
life.
They
work
one
or
two
or
three
jobs.
They
have
one
two
or
three
children.
They
are
trying
to
juggle
their
life
from
the
time
they
get
up
in
the
morning
to
the
time
they
go
to
sleep
at
night.
H
The
college
is
there
to
be
a
vehicle
for
them
to
change
your
life,
whether
it
is
the
way
we
offer
our
classes.
The
way
we
offer
support
mechanisms
or
anything
in
between
our
goal
is
to
work
with
the
students.
Are
there
we
have
a
lot
of
traditional
students.
We
have
a
student
who's,
18
19,
20
21
by
the
vast
majority,
are
non-traditional
students
who
are
seeking
to
change
your
life.
Many
of
our
students
have
gone
out
into
the
world,
didn't
think
they
needed
need
a
higher
education
degree
or
certificate
find
out
after
a
few
years.
H
You
know
what
you
can't
make
as
good
a
living
or
I'm
the
first
to
go
when
there's
a
downsize
and
having
an
education
would
be
beneficial,
so
many
of
our
students
are
coming
back.
We
are
up
again
this
semester.
We
I
would
say
we
started
spring
last
week,
but
we
actually
kind
of
with
the
ice
kind
of
a
slow
start,
but
we
will
be
up
about
eight
percent.
This
term.
H
We
will
have
more
than
8,000
students
attend
this
year
and
we
believe
the
same
thing
will
happen
next
year
as
the
economy
comes
back
to
that
very
slow.
Instead
of
this
V
shaped
curve,
it
coming
back
will
need
to
be
there
to
Train
folks
to
take
those
new
jobs
and
want
to
be
there
to
help
them
create
new
jobs.
A
H
Give
an
example
with
our
health
building.
When
you
come,
we
typically-
and
this
is
good
and
bad.
When
you
come
to
visit
us,
we
show
you
our
best,
we're
the
typical
come
to
our
house
and
we'll
show
you
the
best
room
in
the
house.
So
we
bring
you
to
ferniehirst
and
to
magnolia
buildings,
which
looks
spectacular,
I,
don't
take
you
to
pines
Madonna
I,
don't
take
you
to
the
rhododendron
building.
That
has
issues,
but
if
you
come,
we
can
show
you
that
we
have
great
needs.
H
Our
health
building
right
now
occupy
some
of
our
programs
have
to
share
the
same
room.
So
I
have
to
move
you
out
so
that
I
can
move
the
new
programming
in
the
next
hour.
Well,
that's
okay,
but
that's
not
the
best
way
to
do
it
and
we
feel
like
a
new
building,
especially
the
health
building.
Would
let
us
grow
our
health
programs
to
a
greater
degree,
one
of
the
things
that
we
need.
H
In
fact,
it
just
got
through
talking
with
Ron
policy
yesterday
at
the
mission
hospital,
we're
both
interested
in
establishing
some
sort
of
simulation
clinic
a
place
where
students
can
go
and
get
a
simulated
experience
about
everything
that
would
happen
in
clinic
clinic
environment,
and
we
want
to
work
on
that.
This
building
would
help
us
construct
that
sim
clinic
as
well.
D
M
M
But
you
know
the
general
sales
tax
doesn't
cover
everything
you
don't
have
to
pay
it.
When
you
go
to
the
grocery
store
that
food
tax
is
separate
tax,
you
don't
pay
it
on
your
mortgage.
You
don't
pay
it
on
your
gasoline.
So
really
it
doesn't
end
up
to
be
a
great
deal
if
you,
if
my
figures
are
right,
you
if
you
were
spending
a
thousand
dollars
a
month
on
general
sales
tax
I
mean
where
the
you
have
to
pay
general
sales
tax,
oxy
to
dollar
fifty
cents,
but
not
much.
That's
incense!
Today!
H
Think,
based
on
what
we've
talked
about,
one
deny
this
would
be
about
a
current
low,
depressed
economic
condition
about
six
or
seven
million
dollars
a
year
is
approximately
yet.
Let
me
also
throw
something
out,
and
I
hate
to
do
it,
because
I
didn't
personally
verify
it.
But
what
I
understand
to
be
true
is
that
sales
tax
about
thirty
percent
of
that
revenue
is
created
by
the
visitors
who
come
to
our
city
in
our
county.
So
approximately
a
third
of
this
would
be
funded
by
people.
N
N
C
H
C
Campaign-
and
you
know,
goes
to
the
pet
polls
and
decided
we're
just
you
know
deciding
tonight
whether
to
put
it
on
the
ballot.
So
that
said,
are
there
any
parameters
like,
for
example,
you
know
the
letter
request.
You
know
the
this
be
an
exclusive.
You
know
a
BTEC
said
that
a
BTEC
be
the
sole
recipient
of
that
and
Commissioner
vice
chair,
Stanley
I.
Think
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
I
also,
you
know,
mention
the
issue
of
Sun
setting,
so
I
guess.
C
O
Got
that
one
did
the
language
on
the
resolution,
as
you
saw
in
your
packet,
is
set
forth
in
the
general
statute.
So
it's
that
simple
wording.
It's
an
advisory
opinion
from
the
voters
to
the
commissioners.
The
commissioners
are
not
obligated
it
but
may
follow
through
with
the
recommendation
to
approve.
So
it
still
comes
back
here
when.
O
If,
if
the
taxpayers,
they
prove
it
this
advisory
referendum,
then
this
board
would
may
pass
the
quarter
cent
sales
tax.
G
B
O
The
general
statute
here
in
question
is
105
537.
It
says
that
the
if
a
majority
of
those
voting
in
referendum
held
pursuant
to
this
article
vote
to
levy
attacks,
the
commissioners
may
by
resolution
in
10
days
notice
levy
the
local
tax.
So
I
guess
by
that
resolution
and
letting
the
local
tax
you
could
put
the
parameters
and
peg
where
the
funds
would
have
to
go
on
that
quarter.
Cent,
but.
N
N
H
Would
want
the
same
thing?
We
don't
want
folks
doing
and
thinking
there's
some
loosey-goosey
pneus
to
this.
We
want
them
to
know
what
we
wanted
to
use
it
for
and
that
there's
a
defined
indefinite
into
it,
so
that
we
have
the
best
chance
of
passing
us.
We
do
think
we
have
folks
who
have
left
us
with
great
reputations,
and
we
think
that
we
can
make
a
case
of
how
beneficial
we
are
to
the
community
and
how
we
are
an
economic
engine,
but
even
with
that,
people
want
to
have
some
sense,
though.
A
G
A
H
I
think
what
comes
down
to
and
again,
we've
had
a
lot
of
time
and
attention
we
spent
on
this.
It
comes
down
to
are
we
an
investment
or
an
expense
for
the
community,
and
I
think
we
can
make
a
good
case
that
we're
an
investment
you
can't
go
to
too
many
places
in
this
county
where
there
hasn't
been
the
person
themselves
or
somebody
they
know
has
gone
to
a
BTEC.
We
change
lives,
a
new
health
building
save
lives,
but
we
only
change
and
save
lives
every
single
day
and.
C
Already,
making
a
good
case
in
terms
of
I've
had
I've
had
a
couple
of
questions
about
kind
of
a
matching.
You
know
that
framework
and
in
my
once
again
first
time
we
roll
through
this.
So
my
understanding
is
that's
really
not
part
of
our
decision
here
tonight
has
to
do
with
you
know
a
community
college
matching
with
private
fundraising,
X
amount
of
dollars.
H
Want
to
be
accountable,
we
think
we
are
we're
out
there
trying
to
raise
awareness,
we're
trying
to
raise
funds
and
we're
trying
to
be
as
efficient
as
we
can.
I've
made
a
promise
to
the
commissioners
to
the
state
legislatures
and
to
our
general
three.
We
are
a
college
that
is
going
to
be
looking
at
how
we
do
business
as
president,
where
I'm
in
the
business
of
higher
education,
which
means
we've
got
to
be
efficient
and
effective
and
I.
Take
that
seriously
and
I.
Take
it
seriously
to
this
to
the
sport
as
well.
H
G
B
R
Questions
I'm
very
rise
from
Cameron
resident
taxpayer
of
buncombe
county
food.
Also,
this
is
for
County
Commissioners
abtech
trustees
and
the
Buncombe
County
Board
of
Health
and
the
state
of
North
Carolina.
These
questions
up
I'm
alumni,
a
BTech,
1967
and
I'm,
proud
of
the
college
and
what
it
does,
but
I
have
some
broader
questions
for
the
taxpayers
number
one
of
them
been
here
a
long
time.
I
have
a
small
business
and
I
certainly
know
what
that
means.
R
Here
are
some
questions
and
I
like
from
to
be
answered
and
not
half
answered,
because
I
just
got
half
entries
from
the
ones
that
mr.
chairman,
wanted
me
to.
Wood
was
going
to
be
answered
for
last
time.
I
asked
when
was
the
last
bond
referendum
at
a
BTEC
got
and
what
was
it
for
and
the
dollar
amount
do
the
county
commissioners
believe
that
we
are
have
having
or
been
in
a
recession
in
Buncombe
County?
Where
has
the
county
cut
spending?
R
In
the
last
three
years,
his
Buncombe
County
Commissioners
voting
for
a
tax
increase
by
allowing
the
a
BTEC
bond
to
go
on
the
ballot.
If
the
offer
election
year
and
not
giving
the
general
public
the
opportunity
to
vote,
are
you
trying
to
take
advantage
of
the
tax
payers
when
they
are
a
rundown
unemployed,
losing
their
homes
hungry
taxed,
to
death
not
insured
and
underinsured?
Do
you
think
this
one
is
going
to
be
a
non-binding
vote?
R
Why
not
do
they
be
take
one
quarter,
cent
sales
going
to
be
in
lieu
of
the
tax
increase
or
a
decrease.
The
taxpayers
of
buncombe
county
are
going
to
bear
the
blunt
of
the
tax
for
this
bond.
If
the
economy
turns
downward,
not
buncombe
county
biggest
industry
tourism,
we
live
here
you're
around.
We
don't
just
come
for
the
week
or
the
weekend.
Why
don't?
R
The
Mission
Hospital
do
the
building
for
the
nursing
program,
not
the
Community
College,
the
hospitals
are
in
one
that
gets
the
federal
money
and
has
the
expertise
to
train
and
the
nurses
number
one.
How
many
foreclosures
do
we
have
in
Buncombe
County?
What
are
the
unemployment
rate
in
state
and
the
county
right
now?
Is
this,
in
addition
to
the
7.75
sales
tax
that
we
already
pay?
Is
the
quarter
cent
going
to
be
a
sunset
tax
for
the
next
20
years?
R
How
many
millions
do
we
have
in
the
county
owned
property
and
how
many
caught
bonds
and
general
obligation
bonds
have
we
been
issued
in
the
past
ten
years?
And
what
is
the
dollar
amount?
What's
the
debt
service
for
the
county
and
does
the
county
have
the
capacity
to
borrow
more
money
in
the
next
two
years?
And
how
much
would
you
borrow
to
sum
it
up?
What
is
the
future
is
used
to
the
campus
on
the
Inca
property?
R
R
Thank
you
very
much,
mr.
chairman.
What
are
the
deed
restrictions
on
the
property
in
the
building
and
what
would
it
cost
to
clean
up
the
side
of
hazardous
waste
to
be
able
to
have
children
and
adults?
Why
can
you
not
drill
a
well
on
this
side?
When
was
the
environmental
last
environmental
study
been
done
on
the
Inca
campus
and
by
whom?
How
often
is
the
Inca
campus
monitored
for
hazardous
waste
and
by
her
language.
B
Thank
You
mr.
I
I
think
he's
entitled
to
answers
to
these.
If
we
could
coordinate
between
dr.
Don
and
dr.
Greene,
get
these
all
good
points
and
what
we
need
to.
Let
him
know
any
other
public
comment
and
I
would
just
say
on
the
questions
Jerry
in
general.
If
you
can
get
into
us
before,
we'll
get
answers
for
you
before
and
and
then
you
know,
we
can
maybe
work
that
into
some
part
of
the
program
or
you
get
them
better
yet
to
you
directly
if
you'll
get
into
us
beforehand.
B
Q
Don
Yelton
and
I
got
a
call
while
ago
said.
Please
go
to
the
meeting,
because
this
is
going
to
be
brought
up
today.
I
want
to
express
some
concerns.
First
and
foremost,
we
need
to
consider
the
needs
of
all
citizens.
There
are
those
that
are
underemployed
and
we
know
that
the
tourist
industry
is
very
low,
pay
about
the
elderly,
that's
living
on
a
fixed
income
and
some
of
them
had
their
income
lost.
When
General
Motors
was
put
together
over
there
and
their
401
k's
was
wiped
out.
Q
They've
had
a
reduction
in
income,
not
only
that
some
of
the
living
on
Social
Security,
which
is
about
to
go
bankrupt.
They
have
not
received
a
raise
in
two
years.
They
have
also
not
received
a
reduction
in
their
property
taxes
in
two
years,
although
the
value
of
the
property
has
gone
down
an
estimated
twenty
percent
minimum
in
Buncombe
County.
So
here
we
are
talking
about
putting
another
tax
on
them.
Q
They've
also
suffered
to
increased
costs
in
medical
care.
Why
is
it
that
mission
could
deliver
ambulance
service
from
Madison
County
cheaper
than
buffle
kanika?
Deliver
ambulance
service
for
its
own
County,
not
against
education?
I
got
enough
of
it
myself,
but
I'm
concerned
when
I
see
on
this
invoice
here
in
this
proposal.
Q
Part
of
this
problem
has
to
do
with
deferred
maintenance
on
the
buildings
on
a
BTech.
I
have
complained
a
long
time
about
the
windows
and
the
courthouse,
and
finally,
they
got
replaced
wonder
how
many
years
and
how
many
dollars
in
Buncombe
County
waste,
but
not
keeping
up
their
maintenance.
So
I
think
there's
some
priorities
screwed
up
here,
because
I
think
Jerry
makes
a
very
good
point.
Q
Why
should
the
citizens
of
buncombe
county
bear
the
tax
burden
to
provide
the
training
facility
for
Mission
Hospital,
when
Mission
Hospital
is
buying
up
a
lot
of
land
taking
it
off
the
tax
rolls
and
mission
hospitals
got
enough
money
to
buy
up
the
hot
springs
clinic
merged
with
the
hospital
in
Brevard
y'all
talk
about
regional.
This
is
a
regional
education
facility.
Q
Don't
put
the
burden
just
don't
buncombe
county,
because
folks
mission
is
sucking
up
everything
and,
furthermore,
I
would
like
to
see
a
BTEC
not
spend
money
on
promoting
the
chairman
of
the
county
commissioners
and
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
Asheville
own
TV
prior
to
coming
and
begging
for
money
that
just
don't
smell
good
folks
and
I.
Think
that
was
a
mistake
on
somebody's
part
somewhere,
because
you
know
I
just
heard
today
and
I
got
26
seconds
and
I'll
be
just
perfect
timing.
Nathan
Ramsey
trained
me
good
I
heard
today.
Q
North
Carolina
has
been
barring
for
his
unemployment
from
the
federal
government.
Guess
what
they're
going
to
have
to
start
paying
it
back
so
I
think
it's
time
we
tighten
their
belt
up
brother
than
expanding
the
bill
and
David
you
and
I
know
about
that
expanding
bill.
It's
hard
once
this
starts
expanding.
P
Good
evening
my
name
is
Dwight
butter.
I
want
to
thank
you
in
advance
for
your
service
to
this
community.
We
appreciate
I,
think
that's
the
first
time
I've
ever
come
to
talk
to
you.
I
found
it
very
interesting
that
at
this
particular
time
this
particular
issue
is
coming
up
in
front
of
the
in
front
of
the
commissioners
and
I.
Think
it's
courageous
thing
to
come
to
address
in
difficult
times.
I
think
is
also
coming
up
in
context
and
I.
P
Think
it's
important
to
recognize
that
with
the
changes
in
raleigh,
we
are
anticipating
that
what
a
one
percent
of
our
sales
taxes
will
be
sun
setting
this
coming
summer.
So
the
proposal
for
maybe
tech
at
this
particular
point
would
reflect
a
quarter
percent
back
locally
on
a
one
percent
reduction
in
our
anticipated
reduction
in
our
sales
tax
in
general.
So
in
that
sense,
I'd
like
to
endorse
the
idea
that
this
will
look,
we
will
still
have
an
overall
sales
tax
reduction
in
assuming
and
everything
I'm
hearing
from
the
Republican.
P
That's
my
remember
my
memory.
I
would
personally
support
a
sales
tax
referendum
for
a
full
one
percent.
If
we
were
using
those
funds
to
as
an
economic
stimulus
for
this
area,
I
think
that
it
is
well
and
good
to
talk
about
out
on
lost
revenues.
I
think
it's
well
and
good
to
talk
about
the
misery
that
we
are
all
facing
and
trust
me
I,
certainly
understand
how
little
money
there
is
in
the
tourism
is
an
industry
right
now,
but
arm
at
some
point.
We
have
to
be
making
solid
investments
that
are
into
our
future.
P
At
some
point,
the
ultimate
Tom,
the
best
antidote
to
poverty
is
prosperity,
and
if
we
have
an
opportunity
to
retain
sales,
tax
revenues
that
no
further
burden
and
then
we're
right
now
and
use
that
to
reinvest
in
our
community
I
think
it's
a
wonderful
opportunity
and
that
broadens
the
scope
of
this
discussion
quite
a
bit.
But
it
is
something
that
I
wanted
to
share.
B
S
S
So,
with
those
things
being
being
said,
I'd
also
like
to
point
out
that
this
is
only
an
opportunity
to
allow
the
citizen
of
the
county
to
step
up
and
vote
if
they
feel
as
I
do
that
a
BTEC
is
a
an
investment
instead
of
an
expense,
as
president
done
said,
so
I
felt
that
I
needed
to
get
up
and
also
voice.
My
support
for
these
Thank,
you
Thank
You,.
E
F
E
E
The
real
burden
with
this
lies
with
the
people
at
a
BTEC.
The
people
who've
gone
through
the
programs
that
a
BTEC
to
sell
a
BTEC
beyond
that
the
burden
for
this,
and
it's
not
really
a
burden,
but
what
the
voters
in
the
county
have
got
to
step
up
and
I'm
going
to
get
them
on
my
soapbox
and
say
you
don't
want
eight,
nine
or
ten
percent
of
the
voters
who
are
registered
in
Buncombe
County
to
make
a
decision
for
the
other
ninety
percent
or
eighty-nine
percent.
This
needs
to
be
a
vote
that
everybody
gets
out.
E
They
learn.
They
learned
the
parameters
of
what
they're
voting
on
and
they
voted
up
or
down.
I
personally
hope
they
voted
up
I'm
one
of
the
ones
who
wants
to
see
an
AV
tech
sticker
on
back
of
every
car
in
Buncombe
County,
because
I
think
that's
how
important
that
school
is.
But
let's
get
the
voters
out
to
vote.
Let's
sell
the
story,
let's
let
them
know
what
they're
voting
on
and
let's
have
a
great
turnout.
E
D
Think
everybody
understands
it's
an
uphill
battle
into
you
know
taxes
just
not
very
popular
thing,
just
dating
time.
Pretty
rare
are
already
been
mentioned
about
where
our
economy
is,
that
gets
better,
but
not
you
know
I
think
y'all
got
where
of
all
just
to
get
it
through.
I
won't
support.
It
I
believe
that
abtech
is
a
flagship
of
community
colleges
in
the
country
and
not
just
a
state
of
North,
Carolina
and
I
that
this
would
just
enhance
it
and
move
it
forward
beyond
beyond
hopes
and
dreams.
We
just
need
to.
K
E
B
I
think
everybody
here
is
an
educator.
I
think
we've
got
three
career
educators.
Commissioner
Jones
is
is
an
educator
in
her
career
and
I'd
like
to
think
I.
Do
some
education.
My
mother
was
a
teacher
education
is
is
going
to
be
the
key
for
people
to
pull
out
of
this
for
economy,
and
we've
got
to
give
you
the
tools
you
need
to
do
the
job
and
you're
telling
us
you
don't
have
them
and
you're
going
to
tell
the
public
this
in
a
few
minutes
are
few
over
the
next
few
months.
We
got
to
do
it.
B
B
Q
E
E
B
Okay,
take
all
right,
so
we
have
vacancies
on
the
URT
board.
We
have
one
vacancy
on
the
National
Planning
and
Zoning.
We
had
two
vacancies
on
the
Civic
Center
Commission
and
those
are
still
open
for
till
the
end
of
the
month,
and
we
love
to
have
some
a
lot
of
candidates
for
that,
so
that
we
can
get
people
that
want
to
move
those
programs
alone
announcements.
The
next
regular
meeting
of
this
board
will
be
februari
1
2011
at
four-thirty
p.m.
B
and
commission
meetings
can
be
seen
on
bc,
TV
charter,
cable
channel
two
on
tuesday
and
thursday
at
8pm
wednesday,
at
three
p.m.
and
saturday
and
sunday,
at
9am
or
online
anytime,
at
w
WM
county
org.
Mr.
free,
I
think
we
deduced
there
is
a
need
for
a
closed
session
after
public
comment
tonight.
Yes,.
O
B
R
Just
here
are
from
the
north
carolina
institute
of
medicine.
This
is
on
the
collocation
of
adult
care
homes
and
things
that
I've
brought
up
to
date
with
y'all,
and
this
is
the
most
current
that's
going
to
legislators.
We
have
the
mentally
ill
that
is
impacting
our
homes
in
buncombe
county.
We
have
I,
think
94
homes
in
bunk
down
the
largest
numbers
of
the
state
in
any
one
County
and
mental
health
board
meetings
that
we
attend
longstone.
R
That
should
be
there
because
of
their
health
problems,
not
because
of
mental
illness.
The
impact
is
substantial,
and
this
is
shown
in
this
report
and
and
ok
if
you
ever
seen
some
of
these
homes
that
I've
been
in
to
me,
you
talk
about
capital,
I,
don't
know
what
they're
doing
with
their
money,
but
it
sure
ain't
being
put
into
the
buildings.
So
you
look
at
the
buildings
and
you
look
at
the
staff
that
are
there.
These
staffs
are
not
trained
to
deal
with
the
mental
ill,
much
less
the
other.
R
K
R
Glad
I
got
to
set
amongst
them,
they
even
included
me,
and
you
know
we
need
to
look
further
than
just
dollars.
No
dollars
takes
things
to
do
with
money,
but
I
think
we
need
to
do
a
big
campaign
about
how
to
get
people
involved
in
some
of
this.
Our
churches
around
here
we've
got
so
much
mint
and
ministries
around
here.
R
I,
don't
know
where
they're
at
when
it
comes
to
these
homes,
because
that's
what
we
need
to
have
is
those
homes
and
the
ministry
out
there
doing
something
for
these
people
and
I
money
don't
cure
everything
you
got
to
have
a
heart.
You
got
to
have
love.
You
got
to
have
some
sympathy
for
people
and
a
lot
of
times
the
community
can
do
more
than
the
dollars
can
to
cure
some
of
these
problems.
So
that's
my
two
cents.
Okay,
thank.
L
B
L
Know
they're
talking
about
that.
They
be
take
issue
and
all
this,
but
there's
something
something
I
just
want
to
bring
out.
That
really
does
need
to
really
think
about.
I
mean
cuz.
I
know
like
being
a
lot
to
talk
about
the
tourist
industry.
Well,
I
work
security
in
the
tourist
industry
only
at
seven
dollars
an
hour
with
a
home
mortgage
and
also
not
a
home
that
but
bringing
up
two
kids
and
keeping
a
while
supporting
that
was
not
fun,
but
we
managed
to
get
through
it.
L
But
the
questions
of
God
is
like
how
come
the
jobs
in
North
Carolina
does
not
pay
way.
Just
keep
people
from
having
to
rely
on
government.
We
was
having
to
rely
on
the
food
stamps
during
the
time
and
also
why
kept
the
state
make
these
companies
stop
relying
so
much
on
temp
service
I
work.
Five
years
in
a
temp
service
over
it's
on
a
press
and
I'd.
Ask
them
about
women
will
go
permanent.
How
can
I
get
permanent,
there's
a
had
each
time,
a
hiring
freeze,
a
hiring
freeze.
L
What
I
get
I
got
cut
out,
I'm,
no
longer
working,
okay
and
there's
that
I
mean
it's
just
impossible,
especially
we
got
a
family
and
the
company
that
wants
what
makes
you
permanent
and
they
keep
telling
you
all
this,
and
we
just
really
need
us
getting
in
there
and
it's
really
way
all
that
issues
out.
You
keep
them
lined
so
much
on
these
temp
services
and
each
company
had
come
through.
How
do
you
get
on
here?
You
have
to
go
through
a
temp
service,
there's
one
out
there
and
we
reveal
another
one.