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From YouTube: Commissioners' Meeting - 4/16/2013
Description
Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners held on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Agenda items included:
Good News
4-H Robotics Program
Proclamations
Autism Awareness Month
Foster Care Appreciation Month
submitted by Tara Foster
Motorcycle Awareness Month
submitted by Roger Coleman
County Manager's Report
Old Business
Ordinance Amending the County Personnel Ordinance (second reading)
New Business
Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice (HHS Report)
submitted by Gibbie Harris
Next meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 4:30 at 200 College Street, Suite 326.
A
A
A
We
don't
understand
the
senseless
act
of
murder
and
violence,
but
need
to
continue
living
our
lives,
help
the
injured
people
and
the
families
of
the
deceased,
regain
health,
strength
and
comfort.
In
these
unimaginable
times,
their
experience
guide,
the
doctors,
nurses,
emergency,
responders,
therapists,
counselors
and
all
the
other
health
providers
to
give
the
injured
all
the
medical
help
attention
and
care
that
they
need
and
deserve
in
this
tragic
situation
touch
the
heart
of
the
cowardly
and
sad
people
who
set
these
attacks.
A
A
Thank
you
for
letting
us
live
in
a
place
is
free
and
loving
is
Buncombe
County.
We
take
all
our
advantages.
Freedoms
and
safeties
for
granted
here
use
all
of
us
to
make
this
community
a
place.
That's
even
more
free,
loving
and
beautiful
and
caring
and
bless
all
the
people
in
Boston
amen,
amen
in
accordance
with
the
code
of
ethics
adopted
by
our
Commission.
It's
the
duty
of
every
Commissioner
to
avoid
actual
and
apparent
conflicts
of
interest.
Does
any
Commissioner
know
of
any
possible
conflict
of
interest
coming
before
the
board
tonight.
B
A
Right
next,
we'll
have
public
comment.
The
time
limit
for
the
public
comment
is
three
minutes.
If
your
time
expires,
you
can
leave
any
question
along
with
your
name.
Address
phone
number
or
email
with
the
county
manager.
Commissioners
are
not
expected
to
comment
on
any
matters
during
public
comment.
A
Comments
should
be
listed,
a
limited
to
subjects
that
are
within
our
jurisdiction
or
pertaining
to
matters
upon
which
we
can
act.
Any
individuals,
speaking
during
public
comment,
shall
address
the
entire
Commission.
Any
polling
of
Commissioners
is
inappropriate.
Persons
addressing
the
Commission
are
expected
to
observe
the
decorum
of
our
chamber
and
be
respectful
to
everybody
in
the
room.
Anyone
who
willfully
interrupts
disturbs
or
disrupts
the
session
will
be
asked
to
leave
the
meeting,
and
the
Commission
deserves
the
right
to
deny
public
address
on
any
matter
previously
presented
to
our
board.
Is
there
any
public
comment
tonight?
C
Name
is
James
Lawrence
Smith
and
not
live
here
in
Buncombe
County
Thanks.
The
two-party
system
doesn't
work
if
the
two
parties
don't
watch
each
other
with
suspicion,
so
I'm
glad
to
know
that
at
least
with
the
commissioners,
the
two
parties
are
watching
each
other,
at
least
I
hope.
Having
lived
here
in
my
68
years.
I
recall
plenty
of
political
scandals
going
back
to
the
days
of
sheriff,
Lawrence,
Brown
and
city
manager
weld
and
we're
both
crooked.
One
reason
why
I
quit
practicing
law
in
1986
was
because
there
isn't
much
law
here.
C
It's
mostly
politics
and
still
is,
in
my
humble
opinion,
it's
worse
now
than
ever
before.
I
have
had
particularly
nasty
experiences
with
the
Asheville
Police,
acting
like
thugs
and
with
city
officials
covering
up
with
the
police
and
also
acting
like
hooligans,
trying
to
get
me
prosecuted
for
an
innocent
phone
call.
I
made
demanding
compliance
with
a
simple
Sunshine
Law
request.
C
The
911
call
I
was
entitled
to,
but
never
got
cause
a
swarm
of
cops
to
roar
into
my
peaceful
neighborhood.
The
city
even
had
the
nerve
to
contact
and
upset
my
children
in
another
state
asking
them
if
I
owned
guns
and
if
I
might
be
mentally
disturbed.
I
have
been
dragged
through
court
about
15
times
since
late
2011,
because
of
malicious
prosecution's
waged
by
Ron
Moore
and
his
toadies.
C
On
my
brief,
since
June
of
2012,
your
sheriff
not
mine,
has
had
his
uniformed
officers
follow
me
and
men.
It's
me
during
my
peaceful
use
to
the
courthouse.
I
voted
for
sheriff
Duncan
the
first
time,
but
never
again
so
many
of
our
officials
have
gone
over
to
the
dark
side
in
that
alarming
circumstance:
orly
temps
in
the
good
and
honest
officials
to
follow
I,
don't
know
about
other
county
officials.
C
I
haven't
been
watching,
but
I
have
seen
a
few
things
that
caused
concern,
including
records
offered
in
the
clerk's
office
and
a
forged
judgment
by
show
judge
named
Sam
Kathy
about
13
years
ago,
my
96
year
old
father
died
and
left
me.
Eight
acres
in
an
old
farmhouse
and
some
outbuildings
near
weaverville
I've
had
trouble
paying
the
ad
valorem
taxes
because
of
my
700
our
month,
Social
Security
check
and
a
lack
of
other
income.
I
was
behind
in
negotiating
with
the
tax
people.
When
all
of
a
sudden
I
got
the
notice.
C
A
C
D
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
members,
the
board
good
to
see
y'all
again
I'm
a
little
disturbed
today
had
a
good
retreat,
got
a
lot
of
information
that
it
didn't
really
want
to
hear.
But
I
heard
and
I
have
some
concerns.
Today,
I've
asked
and
I've
asked
and
I've
asked
for
years,
I'm
talking
about
four
years.
So
if
you
date,
men
on
the
board,
don't
take
it.
D
But
what
in
the
future,
you
do
want
to
need
to
listen
to
it,
but
we've
had
a
county
manager
here
for
18
years
and
she's
done
a
superb
job
and
I
don't
want
you
thinking,
I'm
attacking
her,
because
I
done
told
her
personally
that
I
wasn't
attacking
hurt,
but
there's
one
thing
about
it.
If
this
retreat
is
going
to
bring
five
cent
to
bring
us
to
revenue
neutral,
we
need
to
fire
her
and
we
need
to
fire
the
tax
assessor
as
well.
D
Now,
I,
don't
believe
the
fingerprints
of
what's
going
on
is
one
the
green,
our
county
manager
or
the
tax
collector.
It
is
behind
the
county,
commissioners
and
their
responsibility
to
do
the
job
that
they're
doing
she
gets
her
orders
marching
orders
from
y'all
where
the
previous
border,
this
board
the
board's
direct
her
what
to
do
in
the
attorney
and
the
clerk.
So
I'm
saying
it
on
the
behalf
of
her
that
I
do
not
see
her
fingerprints
on
no
such
stuff
is
what
I've
heard
in
this
retreat.
D
There's
no
way
that
a
ten-million-dollar
or
better
tax
increase
is
going
to
come
from
accounting
manager
because
she
can
see
this
come
in
many
many
miles
or
years
ahead.
She
ain't
any
responsibility
for
us
telling
her
to
raise
the
taxes
to
a
certain
level
or
whatever
so
in
the
future.
I'm.
Seeing
something
coming
it
ain't
going
to
be
about
the
legislators,
either
the
legislators
ain't
going
to
bring
you
know,
ten
million
dollars
or
better
to
make
you
increase
your
property
tax
and
to
do
it
under
revenue
neutral.
D
A
fire
sent
height,
is
a
disguise
for
what
tunes
want
to
do
it's
time
to
start
cutting
taxes
instead
of
raising
taxes
it
needs.
You
have
been
doing
all
these
projects
for
years
and
I'm
talking
to
two
of
us,
maybe
not
to
rest
at
this
point,
but
if
you
and
others
votes
for
this
kind
of
stuff,
I'm,
sorry
so
I
the
opians
look
at
the
tax
evaluations,
because
this
gentleman
just
talked
this
is
a
good
product
of
what's
happening
in
our
community.
This
evaluation
is
not
right.
D
E
Hi,
my
name
is
Christina
Merrill
and
I
had
the
opportunity
to
spend
quite
a
bit
of
time
with
all
of
you
after
november,
six,
as
we
were,
determining
the
final
outcome
of
the
election,
so
I
come
to
you
today,
respectfully
and
I
do
want
to
address
the
situation
that
you're
going
to
be
facing
in
the
next
couple
months,
with
the
potential
tax
increase
on
real
estate
and
basically
the
front
page
article
that
was
in
the
paper
on
sunday.
I
work
as
a
marketing
person.
I
work
very
closely
with
many
of
our
local
businesses.
E
I'm
also
very
involved
with
our
families
on
our
ball
fields
and,
as
all
of
you
know,
it's
a
wonderful
time
of
year.
We
have
a
lot
of
little
leaguers
out
there
on
the
field
and
I
just
want
to
tell
you
that
this
is
a
great
opportunity,
whether
I'm,
representing
people
sitting
up
there
with
you
all
or
whether
I'm
sitting
down
here
on
the
ball
field.
I
still
have
an
obligation,
I
feel
to
represent
what
people
are
talking
about,
and
people
are
talking
about.
The
the
fear
of
this
tax
increase
the
unfairness
that
they
feel.
E
If
it
does
pass,
you
know
we
we're
all
familiar
with
the
fact
that
there
was
a
pattern
of
reassessing
property
values
every
four
years,
and
that
was
skipped
when
property
values
dropped.
So
a
lot
of
people
feel
that
they
should
have
gotten
a
tax
break
for
years
ago,
and
now
that
then
reassessments
have
come
in
some
people's
taxes
have
been
lowered,
but
not
a
lot
of
people's
taxes.
Property
taxes
have
actually
gone
up
and,
with
a
rate
increase
of
five,
almost
six
percent.
E
That's
a
lot
of
money
for
a
lot
of
families
that
are
still
struggling,
they're
still
having
a
hard
time,
maintaining
a
job,
keeping
their
houses
just
working
week
to
week
and
as
County
Commissioners,
especially
the
conservative
commissioners
on
the
board
that
are
new
to
the
board
and
bring
a
new
perspective.
I
would
hope
that
you'll
be
able
to
keep
that
in
mind
as
you're.
Making
your
decision
I
know.
There's
a
budget
that
you
have
to
look
at.
E
I
know
that
you're
thinking
there's
a
deficit
that
you
have
to
make
up
for,
but
I
think
it's
time
to
start
looking
at
where
cuts
can
be
made
so
that
we
don't
have
to
put
this
burden
on
the
backs
of
our
County
taxpayers
and
I,
appreciate
your
time
and
I
appreciate
your
thoughtfulness
and
considering
this
matter
going
forward.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
A
Motion
by
Commissioner
belt,
or
a
second
by
Vice,
Chair
Jones.
Is
there
any
discussion
all
those
in
favor,
and
this
would
include
adopting
the
consent
agenda
items
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
all
opposed
no
motion.
Catch
carri,
70
in
procession
I
did
indicate
that
I
would
recognize
Commissioner
Belcher
for
a
comment.
Oh.
C
F
Have
a
have
a
draft
that
I
want
to
give
to
the
give
to
the
commissioners,
and
it's
for
us
to
consider
next
next
meeting
and
it's
regarding
commute
the
community
development
agencies
in
the
policy
for
non-profit
funding,
and
it's
just
a
opportunity,
as
we
go
into
the
budget
for
us
to
look
at
some
accountability.
Issues
and
I'd
appreciate
your
consideration
for
for
next
time.
Just
to
give
you
an
opportunity
to
be
able
to
to
look
over
it.
So
thank.
F
A
Right
next
up,
we
have
good
news.
We
have
the
4-h
robotics
program
and
like
to
call
John
and
Holly
up,
and
if
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
the
the
project,
maybe
a
little
bit
about
4-h.
That
does
much
more
than
farming,
and
this
is
a
good
example
of
something
that
I
think.
Some
folks
that
haven't
been
to
your
wonderful
banquet
would
be
surprised
about
John
much
Holly.
The.
G
H
G
G
Came
to
believe
that
a
Western
North,
Carolina
youth
needed
more
opportunities
in
the
area
of
STEM
education
and
with
a
group
of
people.
We
formed
something
called
the
robotics
opportunities
committee,
which
is
a
group
of
people
with
somewhat
similar
interests
strictly
non
for
profit.
No,
no,
funding,
no,
no
salaries,
nothing
involved
with
the
purpose
of
bringing
more
stem
activities
to
the
youth
of
Western,
North
Carolina.
G
As
part
of
this
program,
I
use
the
4-h
my
connection
with
Buncombe
County,
Cooperative,
Extension
and
4-h,
and
we
formed
a
Buncombe,
County
4-h
program,
enhancement
fund
that
has
not-for-profit
status.
We
use
this
to
raise
some
funding,
corporate
and
private
donations,
and
we
began
teaching
robotics
program
to
primarily
10
to
14
year
old
youth
from
Western
North
Carolina,
no
requirement
to
be
a
4-h
member
and
for
those
that
couldn't
pay
the
minimal
fees
that
were
involved,
we
found
a
way
to
get
them
in
the
program.
G
This
resulted
in
our
bringing
to
unca
the
regional
FLL
tournaments.
We've
had
two
of
them
and
the
next
one
will
be
in
november
this
year,
and
this
is
the
culmination
of
a
program
that
I
began
an
additional
program.
Last
january,
this
is
aimed
it
again,
10
to
14
year
old
youth,
to
train
them
in
how
to
build
design,
build
program
to
carry
out
desire
tasks
in
a
very
expeditious
manner.
The
actual
competition
that
takes
place
involves
two
and
a
half
minutes
on
the
play
horde
to
see
how
many
points
to
get
there
is
no
shooting.
G
This
program
is
sponsored
by
not-for-profit
organization,
called
first
for
inspiration
and
recognition
of
Science
and
Technology,
it's
a
not-for-profit
in
New
Hampshire,
and
they
have
partnered
with
the
label
corporation
to
produce
what
is
called
FIRST
LEGO
League
competition
10
to
14
year
old.
Youth
competition
is
not
only
about
building
and
designing
a
robot
to
make
it
to
whatever
there's
a
research
project.
That's
involved,
thats
related
to
a
topic.
G
G
Holly,
do
you
want
to
add
something?
I
guess
I
should
say
that
last
January,
we
started
advertising
and
we
have
two
programs.
We
have
a
program
from
one
until
three
for
homeschool
kids
and
from
three
until
five
for
traditional
school
kids
and
our
purpose
is
to
bring
in
children
that
have
this
interest
who
are
perhaps
in
a
school.
It
does
not
offer
robotics
and
being
involved.
In
this,
we've
been
contacted
by
schools
down
an
old,
fort
Haywood
County
Madison
County.
G
We
work
with
in
school,
we've
generated
a
lot
of
interest
and
the
children
that
we
are
generally
working
with
come
from
schools
that
do
not
have
a
robotics
program.
We
are
I'm
very
encouraged
with
the
upcoming
stem
high
school
that
we're
going
to
have
in
town
I.
Think
that's
terrific,
but
I
just
wanted
to
you
also
to
mention
there
is
no
charge
for
this
program.
We've
been
running
the
program
since
January
with
no
charge
the
cost
for
free
I,
the
4-h
program,
enhancement,
funds
that
we
have
collected
in
past
years,
anjaana.
A
G
No
background
in
robotics
I
was
a
chemical
engineer
that
worked
in
the
international
energy
business.
Primarily,
I
also
have
a
background
in
food
science.
A
long
way
from
a
long
way
from
robotics,
so
I
effectively
went
through
a
couple
of
classes
and
spent
a
lot
of
midnight
oil
trying
to
learn
how
to
make
these
little
things
do
what
what
I
wanted
them
to
do.
G
One
of
the
first
questions
I
like
to
ask
when
I
start
talking
about
robotics
is:
do
any
of
you:
have
any
robots
at
home
and
I
sort
of
get
a
very
seldom
do
I
get
a
yes
answer.
If
you
have
a
microwave
at
home,
you've
got
a
robot
at
home.
The
only
difference
is
that's
all
pre-programmed
and
set
this
thing.
I've
got
a
little
brain
on
top
here.
I
can
make
it
do
something
different
every
day
are
there
any
questions
are.
H
Something
else
that
John
always
mentions
is
that
the
Rob
robot
will
only
do
what
you
tell
it
to
do.
So
if
it
does
something
wrong,
that
means
you've
told
it
to
do
whatever
it's
done
wrong
so,
but
I'm
Holly,
jordan.
I
live
in
buncombe
county
as
well.
I
work
for
the
Buncombe
County
Cooperative
Extension
Service,
and
I
coordinate
the
4-h
program
here
in
Buncombe
County.
H
Our
program
is
for
youth
ages,
5
through
18
and
a
forest
started
many
many
many
years
ago,
and
it
started
out
with
agricultural
roots,
and
we
have
blossomed
into
a
lot
of
different
programs.
We've
got
the
robotics
program
going
on.
We
have
a
new
pollination
gazers
program
that
we've
got
with
be
city
USA.
We
have
photography,
we
have
I'm.
A
H
Yeah
we've
got
the
horse,
kids,
we
have
livestock
judging
so
we
still
have
as
agricultural
roots,
but
we
do
a
lot
more
and
we
just
had
our
achievement
program
back
in
February
and
I.
Do
a
video
where
we
show
all
the
different
things
that
our
club
members
do,
and
they
also
do
a
lot
of
community
service
and
work
with
different
organizations
in
Buncombe
County.
So.
G
G
There
are
three
motors
in
this
thing.
This
is
the
touch
sensor
that
if
it
touches
something
it
will
either
stop
or
it
will
move
away,
or
it
will
do
a
number
of
thing,
depending
on
what
you
tell
it
to
do.
Here
is
an
ultrasonic
sensor
that
will
tell
you
how
close
you
are
getting
to
an
object,
and
then,
at
that
point
you
can
either
turn
it
or
stop
it
or
whatever
you
want
to
do.
G
I
would
encourage
you
all
to
come
out
to
the
FLL
tournament
at
UNCA,
the
first
week
in
november
this
year
and
last
year
we
had
24
teams
and
thanks
to
mr.
Kent,
who
opened
the
ceremony
for
us,
we
had
a
wonderful
time
and
we
always
say
we
have
fun,
but
this
is
a
very
worthwhile
learning
program
for
these
youth
I.
A
Just
want
to
thank
mr.
snouts
for
this
man
had
no
background
in
this.
He
wanted
to
get
involved
with
youth
in
the
community
and
he
trained
himself
and
now
he's
got
some
pretty
good
teams
that
do
some
amazingly
high
level.
Things
with
that
that
robot
and
I
thought
it'd
be
good
for
people
to
know
and
Holly
Jordan.
We
appreciate
all
the
programs
you're
working
with,
including
robotics,
because
it's
a
great
great
thing
how
many
kids
are
4-h
well.
H
A
J
So
this
is
a
proclamation
from
our
board
regarding
autism
awareness
month,
whereas
autism
is
a
pervasive
developmental
disorder
affecting
the
social
learning
and
behavioral
skills
of
those
affected
by
it
and
whereas
autism
once
thought
to
be
a
relatively
rare
disorder
affecting
one
in
10,000
people.
Now,
according
to
the
CDC,
estimates
affects
1
in
88
children
nationally
and
one
in
70,
in
North,
Carolina
and
whereas
the
need
and
demand
for
autism
services
continues
to
increase,
including
early
intervention,
educational
options
and
speech
and
behavioral
therapies
for
children
and
vocational
assistance,
social
skills,
training
and
housing
for
adults.
J
And
whereas
the
Autism
Society
of
North
Carolina
and
its
statewide
network
of
local
chapters
and
partners
continue
to
provide
opportunities
to
increase
awareness
and
make
a
difference
in
the
lives
of
those
affected
by
autism.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
proclaimed
by
the
Board
of
County
Commissioners
for
the
county
of
buncombe
that
this
board
does
proclaim
the
month
of
April
as
autism
awareness
month
in
Buncombe
County,
and
that
its
board
does
hereby
encourage
the
public
to
learn
more
about
autism
and
the
resources
available
to
help
individuals
and
affected
individuals
and
families
affected
by
the
disorder.
J
A
K
You
very
much
for
the
proclamation.
The
Autism
Society
of
North
Carolina,
provides
supports
and
promotes
opportunities
which
enhance
the
lives
of
individuals
on
the
autism
spectrum
and
their
family.
We
have
a
very
large
presence
here,
especially
in
Buncombe
County,
as
you,
as
you
heard,
from
the
proclamation
we've
got
our
work
cut
out
for
us
before
us,
but
really
our
whole
goal
is
to
do
complete,
wrap
around
services
for
families
that
come
through
our
doors.
A
L
Now,
therefore,
be
it
proclaimed
by
the
Board
of
Commissioners
for
the
county
of
buncombe
as
follows
that
the
month
of
may
2013
be
proclaimed,
foster
care
month
in
Buncombe
County
that
all
citizens
be
urged
to
recognize.
The
important
role
of
foster
parents
play
in
the
life
of
our
community
and
be
urged
to
volunteer
their
talents
and
energies
on
behalf
of
our
children
in
foster
care
that
this
Proclamation
be
effective
upon
its
adoption,
adopted
this
day
a
16th
day
of
april
2013,
Board
of
Commissioners
for
Buncombe
County,
and
a
move
that
we
adopt
this
resolution.
Second,.
A
M
Thank
you
for
this
honor.
What
I'd
like
to
say
as
may
is
foster
parent
awareness
month
and
it's
just
a
good
opportunity
for
us
to
reach
out
to
the
community
and
say
what
the
need
is
when
we
provided
data
and
statistics
for
this
Proclamation,
the
number
was
a
little
over
250
right
now,
it's
a
little
over
280.
M
So
there
is
a
dire
need
in
the
community
for
families
and
individuals
to
step
up
to
the
plate
to
help
care
for
our
children
often
times
we
have
sibling
groups
to
come
into
foster
care
and
it's
difficult
to
place
them
together.
That
would
be
the
most
optimal
thing
we
could
do
when
they've
been
separated
from
their
families
is
keep
keep
children
together
with
their
siblings
and
teenagers,
have
a
difficult
time
as
well.
Oftentimes
people
want
cute
little
babies,
and
that's
just
not
the
case,
so
we
need
families
who
are
willing
to
partner
with
us.
M
We
have
free
training,
ongoing
support
and
training
for
families,
and
if
people
are
interested
I
just
encourage
you
to
call
and
find
out
more
about
it
or
look
us
up
online.
The
phone
numbers
2505
868
our
website
is
families
for
kids
at
buncombe,
county
org,
or
you
can
just
go
to
the
buncombe
county
website
as
well
and
find
out
more
information.
M
So
I
encourage
people
in
the
community
just
to
call
it
doesn't
cost
and
there's
no
obligation
just
to
call
and
find
out
more
information
about
becoming
a
foster
parent,
and
we
appreciate
dearly
all
of
our
foster
families,
as
well
as
relatives
and
kinship
families
who
step
up
to
the
plate
to
care
for
kids
who
can't
can't
be
home
safely.
So
thank
you.
F
N
F
B
F
You
when
you
make
that
connection
with
those
children,
it's
it's,
it's
life
changing,
and
it's
not
about
me.
It's
just
it's
about
the
connection.
The
attention
that
they're
given
for
just
a
short
period
of
time,
a
short
window
of
time,
can
affect
them
for
an
entire
lifetime
and
I
firmly
believe
those
children
were
affected,
not
by
me
but
by
my
children
being
able
to
help
them
and
take
care
of
it.
But
but
the
the
extended
family
does
come
in
the
church.
Family
does
come
in.
You
know
your
friends
to
come
in
and
it's
it's
it's.
F
F
Just
sure
a
just
a
quick
story,
I
am
a
motorcycle
rider.
I
started
to
ride
my
motorcycle
here
today,
but
I
don't
really
have
a
shoes
on
for
that
had
had
to
change,
but
unfortunately,
sunday
afternoon
is
a
young
man
who
had
been
to
our
church
and
he
was
probably
40
I-
think
he
I
thought
he
was
younger
than
this,
but
he
was
41
years
old.
We
got
to
call
that
afternoon
that
he
had
been
a
motorcycle
accident.
Unfortunately,
he
did
not
make
it.
It
was.
F
It
was
just
terrible
and
so
I
knew
I
was
going
to
have
to
do
this
and
I
wanted
to
do
this
and
indebted
to
mr.
Robertson
to
that
family
and
their
and
their
loss,
and
it
is
important
it
is
important
to
pay
attention.
It
is
important
to
keep
your
eyes
open.
It's
not
just
the
defensive
position
that
you
have,
but
the
defensive
position
that
we
have
to
have
this
time
of
year
and
it
is
amazing
how
many
motorcycles
are
on
the
road
in
this
area
because
we
live
in
such
a
beautiful
area.
F
So
the
proclamation
reads:
the
county
of
buncombe
proclamation
of
motorcycle
Awareness
Month,
whereas
asheville
and
buncombe
county
motorcyclists
have
banded
together
to
actively
promote
a
more
positive
image
of
motorcyclists,
promote
fair
motorcycle
legislation
and
to
ensure
motorcyclists
freedom
and
whereas
these
motorcyclists
are
also
working
to
eliminate
prejudicial
attitudes
towards
motorcyclists
and
promote
participation
in
public
service
programs
and
whereas
these
motorcyclists
organized
and
participated
in
motorcycle
safety,
education
and
rider
training
programs
and
public
awareness
programs.
And
whereas
the
Buncombe
County
Chapter
of
concerned.
F
Bikers
Association
of
North
Carolina,
has
requested
that
the
month
of
may
be
proclaimed
motorcycle
Awareness
Month.
And
whereas
this
board
feels
that
it
is
in
the
best
interest
of
all
citizens
to
promote
motorcycle
safety
awareness
and
to
foster
a
sense
of
brotherhood
and
sisterhood
among
all
users
of
our
County
roadways.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
proclaimed
by
the
Board
of
Commissioners
for
this
county
for
the
county
of
buncombe
as
follows.
That
the
month
of
may
2013
be
proclaimed.
A
P
Hands
mr.
commissioner
and
board,
for
probably
at
least
the
tenth
year.
Thank
you
for
doing
this.
Our
group
is
very
active
trying
to
make
the
public
motorcycle
aware.
You
may
be
aware
of
our
motorcycle
Awareness
program
that
we
do
in
driver's
ed
classes.
We've
been
doing
this
for
close
to
ten
years.
All
the
drivers
aged
students
in
Buncombe
County
have
seen
our
program.
We're
not
there
to
try
to
teach
him
to
ride
a
motorcycle
or
even
promote
riding
a
motorcycle,
but,
as
mr.
P
Belcher
said,
to
try
to
make
them
motorcycle
aware
and
it's
a
proclamation
stated.
This
is
motorcycle
destination.
I
volunteer
up
at
the
Parkway,
the
visitor
center
one
day
a
week
and
I'm
way
past
being
amazed
that
people
come
from
all
over
the
world
to
ride
these
roads
here
in
Western,
North
Carolina.
So
we
thank
you
for
helping
us
make
the
writing
the
driving
public
motorcycle
aware
not
just
for
the
riders
here
in
Buncombe
County,
but
for
riders
from
all
over
the
world
that
come
in
here
and
so
once
again,
thank
you
for
doing
this.
P
We
all
kind
of
Miss
Bell
Stanley's
stories
about
his
big
red
Harley.
He
would
always
tell
at
this
time,
but
thank
you
again
very
much.
We
appreciate
this
and
we
appreciate
the
publicity
and
we,
these
we
bought
billboards
for
the
last
few
years,
we'll
have
a
billboard
up
at
least
one
place
in
Buncombe
County,
starting
in
May
through
October.
These
are
our
new
bumper
stickers
will
leave
some
of
these
for
y'all
leave
these
here
for
y'all.
These
are
the
new
ones
and
once
again,
thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
A
You
mr.
Hensley
mr.
Coleman
yeah,
we
could
probably
count
on
at
least
one
story
from
commissioners,
damn
good
all
right.
Next
up,
we
have
County
Manager
report,
I
think
in
our
retreat.
There
were
some
questions
that
only
our
good
sheriff
can
can
help
us
with
about
the
ways
and
manners
in
which
we
determine
how
to
allocate
our
good
law
enforcement
assets
and
sheriff
Duncan.
A
Q
We
worked
on
within
the
county
and
I
kind
of
dialed
that
down
just
a
little
bit
and
basically
what
we
do
as
when
we
have
a
hot
spot
in
the
county
or
a
place
where
we're
having
break-ins
and
Larson
ease
and
those
type
things
we
implemented
a
program
a
little
over
a
year
ago,
called
the
community
oriented
problem-solving
teams
or
the
cops
teams.
So
what
that
involves?
Q
Is
we
take
one
person
from
different
divisions
in
the
sheriff's
office
and
we
kind
of
take
them
from
their
normal
job
for
30
days
and
put
them
into
a
problem-solving
structure
in
that
community?
And
you
know
we
do
a
really
good
job
in
responding
to
calls
for
service
and
investigating
afterwards,
but
a
lot
of
times
there's
issues
in
a
community
that
involve
such
as
dumping
trash
waste
things
that
are
out
there,
that
aren't
that
don't
necessarily
follow
into
that
law
enforcement
purview.
But
they
affect
the
the
probably
the
criminality
in
that
community.
Q
But
people
thinking
that
they
can
get
away
with
certain
things
by
the
community
falling
in
disarray.
So
we
send
the
team
out
to
work
for
30
days
and
they
work
on
both
enforcement
and
non
enforcement
strategies
to
bring
the
community
stakeholders
together
to
address
those
problems
and
up
into
this
date
we
have
had
nine
of
those
teams
that
have
gone
out
in
the
community
and
worked
and
had
some
some
great
success.
One
of
the
last
ones
we
had
in
Beaver
Dam.
Q
They
had
a
community
center
that
they
really
needed
some
help
refurbishing
getting
going
and
also
trying
to
help
them
do
some
programming
for
their
kids
after
school.
Well,
that
cops
team
worked
in
there
for
30
days
and
they
brought
one
of
the
faith-based
organizations
in
they
got
income
middle
school
involved
and
they
do
homework
and
pizza.
Q
In
the
afternoons
we
worked
with
Buncombe
County
Solid
Waste
to
get
help
him
get
some
clean
up
around
the
community
center
and
we
took
some
things
that
they
had,
that
they
really
couldn't
use
and
got
them
in
a
usable
form
and
left
that
with
the
community
when,
when
the
team
left.
So
that's
one
of
the
ways
we
deal
with
it
chairman
and
one
of
the
other
ways
that
we
deal
with
it
is
through
our
sheriff's
community
enforcement
team.
R
Sort
of
comments
and
questions
and
that
we
really
appreciate
you
being
here
as
our
you
know
intended,
especially
for
some
of
us
who
are
newer
members
to
the
Commission.
You
know,
there's
there's
you
know
this
may
be
the
beginning
of
discussions
and
dialogue
around
around
these
kinds
of
issues,
but
and
part
of
that
I
think
the
context
for
how
the
conversation
came
up
at
our
recent
retreat
is.
R
The
part
of
what
that
that
kind
of
conversation,
I,
think
kind
of
sparks
the
question
of.
If
we
are
going
to
be
making
increased
investments
in
public
safety
at
the
countywide
level,
then
you
know
what
are
the
different
ways
that
we
can
deploy
additional
resources
to
do
that
to
do
the
most
good
and
of
course
we
want
our
schools
to
be
safe,
but
of
course
we
also
want
kids
and
families
to
be
safe.
R
You
know
when
they
get
home
from
school,
too,
and
so
so
I
think
it's
just
kind
of
starting
this
conversation
of
you
know.
If
we're
able
to
as
a
community
dedicated
itional
resources
to
public
safety,
then
then,
then,
how
your
department
thinks
about
how
to
strategically
deploy
those
to
do
the
most
good
for
the
community
as
a
whole,
so
I
think
it's
just
kind
of
started.
I
think
we
just
wanted
to
sort
of
start
that
conversation
and
you
know
specifically.
R
Of
course
we
want
to
hear
the
ideas
on
the
schools,
but
we
also
want
to
you
know,
hear
ideas
for,
for
what
we
can
do
for
the
most
neighborhoods
in
Buncombe.
County
are
very
safe
places
to
live,
but
there
are
some
neighborhoods
that
are
less
safe
and
and
what
can
we
do
to
make
strategic
investments
working
with
your
office
to
make
them
safer
going
ahead?
R
Q
And
I
would
welcome
that.
I've,
dr.
Greene
I've
talked
several
times
about
County
sustainability
plan
and
how
the
sheriff's
office
fits
into
that,
and
that's
one
of
the
ways
that
we
look
at
designating
our
resources
to
keep
that
plan
moving
forward
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
didn't
mention
about
that
cops
teen
program
that
we
think
is
probably
one
of
the
most
positive
about
it
is
it's
also.
Q
Not
only
is
it
actually
going
out
and
taking
care
of
some
of
those
issues
that
you
were
talking
about,
councilman
Newman
in
in
the
neighborhood,
but
also
it
gives
a
great
amount
of
training
to
those
officers.
In
other
words,
it
will
take
a
detention
officer
and
put
that
individual
working
with
four
other
officers
that
may
be
from
civil
process,
maybe
one
from
patrol
and
maybe
one
from
commune
occasions,
and
they
will
learn
what
the
different
divisions
in
the
Sheriff's
Office
do,
as
well
as
learning
about
community
resources
that
they
have
available.
Q
So
when
they
go
back
into
the
regular
job
after
that
30
days,
they
have
a
different
idea
about
what
their
job
he
isn't
about.
The
resources
out
there
using
it's
been
a
tremendously
successful
program
for
so
we're
looking.
We
know
money's,
tough
and
there's
a
lot
of
need
and
a
lot
of
unmet
need
and
we're
trying
to
figure
out
how
we
can
be
very
innovative
and
get
the
most
bang
for
the
taxpayer
dollar
in
both
training
and
putting
people
out
meeting
the
public
need
in
the
community
great.
I
Excuse
me,
the
meaning
that
you
came
to
Fairview.
This
is
the
type
of
meeting
that
with
you,
brought
to
other
people
from
different
areas
and
you
brought
them
into
Fairview
and
we
had
some
problems
in
one
area.
You
remember
when
y'all
came
to
the
gentleman
and
that's
the
program
we're
talking
about.
Yes,
sir.
That's.
Q
Hit
every
community
project
starts
with
a
meeting
with
the
community
to
begin
with,
and
then
we
go
back
and
meet
at
the
end
of
the
30
days
and
discuss
what's
been
accomplished,
talk
about
what
the
community
do.
It
can
do
to
sustain
what
we've
done
and
open
up
those
lines
of
communication.
In
case
the
community
enforcement
team
needs
to
come
back
and
show
up
some
of
the
work.
That's
been
done.
What.
I
Q
B
There
we
go
when
we
looked
over
that
survey,
I
mean
it
was
phenomenal
and
the
input
from
the
parents
was
extraordinary
and
I
saw
that
a
considerable,
probably
the
lowest
number
the
parents
were
still
concerned
about
bullying.
Do
you
think
that
other
than
some
strange
awful
attack,
do
you
think
that's
the
biggest
challenge
that
the
schools
face?
I
think.
Q
On
a
day
to
day
basis,
if
we
can
really
dial
in
and
address
the
bullying
that
goes
on
in
the
issues
that
bring
that
about,
especially
at
the
younger
ages.
Second,
third,
fourth
fifth
grade
I,
think
that
does
a
tremendous
amount
of
preventative
work
as
those
those
kids
get
older
and
and
I
think
you're,
referring
to
the
school
safety
committee
that
went
through
that
same
problem
based
learning
process
that
that
came
back
with
their
recommendations.
Q
I
know
that
everybody
and
about
any
parent
and
buncombe
county
will
tell
you
that
at
one
point
or
another,
bullying
has
been
a
problem
with
one
of
their
kids
and
I.
Think
us
being
able
to
address
that
is
extremely
important
and
working
with
the
schools
to
do
what
they
already
do
well,
but
to
come
in
and
augment
and
supplement
that
with
the
SROs
has
been
very
successful
right.
Q
A
A
The
gist
is
basically
to
amend
the
policy
in
several
areas
to
specifically
ban
any
discrimination
based
on
sexual
orientation
or
gender
identity.
There
are
several
parts
to
it.
I
think,
that's
fair
to
say:
that's
County
Attorney's,
it
fair
to
say:
that's,
that's
the
gist
of
what
we
do
with
this.
This
ordinance
too.
A
Right,
thank
you.
We've
had
extensive
comments
and
we
thank
you
for
all
those
we've
had
extensive
emails
and
phone
calls
and
I
doubt
that
any
Commissioner
sitting
up
here
has
gone
out
in
public
and
not
been
asked
about
their
position
and
what
they
think
about
it.
Our
rules
are
that
on
the
second
reading,
which
this
is,
we
do
not
have
public
comment,
but
I
will
invite.
I
guess
we
need
a
motion
in
a
second
on
the
ordinance
itself,
and
then
I
will
give
each
commissioner
chance
if
anything
else
wants
to
be
said.
A
I
think
all
of
us
have
spoken
pretty
extensively
on
this
and
then
we'll
have
a
so.
Is
there
a
motion
to
adopt
the
ordinance
I'd
been
commissioned
to
approve
the
ordinance?
It's
been
a
motion
by
Commissioner
Newman,
a
second
by
Vice,
Chair,
Jones.
Okay,
it's
on
the
table
any
last
comments
in
addition
to
what
we've
already
talked
about
over
the
past
two
weeks
to
meetings.
A
Okay,
I
think
all
of
us
have
extensively
talked
about
this.
Any
other
comments,
if
not
I'll,
call
the
question
all
those
in
favor
of
the
second
reading
of
the
ordinance
amending
the
County
personnel
or
a
personnel
policy
to
specifically
banned
any
discrimination
on
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity,
all
those
in
favor,
say
aye
hi,.
F
F
A
Motion
passes
for
23,
Commissioner,
frost,
Newman,
Gant
and
Jones
in
favor,
commissioner
Belcher,
king
and
friar
against.
Next
we
have
new
business.
We
have
making
healthy
choice
the
easy
choice
we
have
our
wonderful
dynamic
health
director,
Gibby
Harris
to
come
in
and
talk
to
us
about
that.
There's
always
good
to
see
you
thank
you
for
coming.
T
Commissioner
Gant
commissioners,
thank
you
for
having
me
here
tonight.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
talk
to
you
about
this.
This
presentation
started
out
focused
on
the
issue
of
obesity
and
we've
had
a
couple
other
things
that
I've
sort
of
slid
into
it.
So
we've
tried
to
weave
it
together
for
you
to
make
it
nice
clean
presentation,
but
it
is
about
choice
and
what
it
takes
to
make
our
community
available
to
people,
so
they
can
make
the
right
choices
and
the
work
that
we
do
within
Health
and
Human
Services.
T
But
I
did
want
to
point
out
to
you
that
April
is
public
health
month
we
did
not
come
with
a
proclamation.
What
I
prefer
to
ask
from
y'all
is
that
you
pay
attention
to
the
fact
that
you
do
have
a
very
solid
public
health
workforce.
You've
got
staff
who
work
on
these
issues
day
in
and
day
out
in
this
community,
along
with
a
lot
of
community
partners
who
are
engaged
involved
in
network
as
well.
T
We
have
as
a
requirement
from
the
state
and
from
our
accreditation
process,
a
requirement
to
do
a
community
health
assessment
every
four
years.
Our
most
recent
assessment
was
completed
in
December
of
2012
and
out
of
that
assessment,
with
engagement
in
the
community,
we
came
up
with
four
priorities
for
the
community
over
the
next
number
of
years.
This
was
a
very
significant
process
that
engaged
Mission
Hospital.
T
We
actually
increased
or
shortened
the
amount
of
time
between
our
assessments
to
help
mission
meet
one
of
their
requirements
through
the
Affordable
Care
Act,
and
now
we're
on
the
same
schedule
with
them.
So
will
not
be
doing
multiple
community
health
assessments.
Out
of
this,
we
have
four
priorities:
one
is
healthy
living
which
includes
physical
activity,
nutrition
and
tobacco-free
living.
The
second
one
is
preconception
health,
so
the
health
of
the
mother
before
she
gets
pregnant
over
fifty
percent
of
our
infant
deaths,
come
from
complications
from
the
mother's
health.
T
So
if
we
can
help
our
mothers
determine
when
they
want
to
get
pregnant,
to
be
very
conscious
about
it
and
to
make
those
right
choices
but
to
be
healthy
before
they
get
pregnant,
we'll
have
better
outcome,
birth
outcomes
in
our
community.
The
third
is
on
early
childhood
health
and
development.
We're
understanding
as
the
the
research
continues
to
roll
out.
T
The
impact
that
those
first
five
years
have
on
our
children's
ability
to
be
successful
in
any
part
of
our
community,
including
their
health,
so
we're
trying
to
do
some
work
focused
on
that
and
then
the
fourth
area
is
one
that
just
won't
leave
us
alone
and
that's
access
to
care.
It
continues
to
be
an
ongoing
issue
for
us.
T
Work
also
just
to
let
you
know
that
Public
Health's
role
in
the
community
is
to
protect
the
community
against
health
issues
to
prevent
illness
when
we
can,
but
more
importantly,
that
primary
prevention
role,
how
do
we
have
a
healthy
community
so
that
we
do
not
have
to
deal
with
the
chronic
diseases
that
are
just
incredibly
burdening
our
health
care
system
and
costing
our
communities
lots
of
money?
You,
like
I,
said
you
have
staff
who
are
working
on
these
issues,
I
invite
you,
as
we
continue
to
look
for
ways
to
be
integrated
within
many
human
services.
T
If
you
have
not
been
to
the
Cox
building
to
go,
see
the
work
that's
happening
over
there
and
how
things
are
coming
together
as
we
support
our
community
moving
forward
because,
as
as
you
may
know,
the
issue
of
health
is
not
driven
only
by
a
person's
health.
There
are
other
issues,
not
community,
that
drive
that
knob
speak
to
that
in
just
a
minute,
but
as
we're
talking
about
healthy
living,
we're
constantly
looking
for
ways
to
track
how
we're
doing
in
our
community
and
the
County
Health
Rankings
is
one
way
it
was
created
about.
T
Three
years
ago,
the
rankings
were
developed
by
the
University
of
Wisconsin
working
with
Robert
Wood
Johnson.
Every
county
in
the
country
is
ranked
on
these.
These
issues
and
buncombe
this
year,
ranked
again
in
the
top
20
counties
in
North
Carolina,
which
is
great.
What
you
have
to
continue
to
understand
is
North
Carolina
ranks
33rd
out
of
50
in
the
country
on
health
issues,
so
we've
still
got
lots
of
work
to
do
we're
doing
well
in
North
Carolina,
but
we
still
got
lots
of
work
to
do
in
our
community.
T
T
So
as
we
move
into
the
issue
of
healthy
living,
this
is
a
graph
I'm
going
to
explain
it
to
you
we're
lucky
in
North
Carolina
in
Buncombe
County.
We
have
better
data
on
the
body
mass
index
of
our
children
than
any
County
in
North
Carolina.
We
have
been
measuring
this
and
all
children
kindergarten
through
fifth
grade
since
2005.
That's
an
amazing
amount
of
data
and
what
you
can
see
the
red
boxes
are
our
kids
in
kindergarten
and
those
you
can
see.
T
The
line
shows
you
that
that's
trending
downward,
which
is
great,
but
we're
still
for
our
children,
who
are
obese
and
overweight.
We're
still
around.
Let's
see
it's
around
twenty-seven,
twenty-eight
percent,
so
that's
still
way
too
high,
but
the
thing
that's
even
more
troublesome
is
the
yellow.
In
the
background,
shows
you
where
the
fifth
graders
are
so
as
they
age
those
numbers
go
up
and
as
those
children
age
and
get
to
adulthood,
they're
more
likely
to
be
obese,
and
we
know
what
comes
from
that
all
of
the
chronic
diseases
are
related
to
obesity.
T
This
is
a
busy
map,
but
the
main
thing
we
wanted
you
to
show.
This
is
heart.
Disease
75%
of
high
blood
pressure
is
tied
to
obesity
and
that
relates
directly
to
heart
disease
in
our
community.
So,
if
you're
looking
at
this,
the
darker
areas
are
where
higher
incidents
or
higher
rates
of
heart
disease
are
the
dots.
The
different
colored
dots
show
you,
where
our
parks,
recreation
parks
and
recreation
opportunities
are
in
our
community.
T
So
if
you
can
see
some
of
those
darkest
areas,
don't
have
opportunities
in
their
communities
to
be
active,
place
matters
where
people
live
and
the
opportunities
they
have
available
to
them
makes
a
difference.
This
is
the
same
map,
but
the
dots
help
you
understand
where
food
is
available.
So
this
is
a
food
access
map.
The
green
ones
tell
you
where
food
stamp
vendors
are,
and
the
Penguins,
where
wit
vendors,
are
and
again
you'll
see
in
some
of
those
darkest
areas.
T
Those
foods
aren't
available
and
a
lot
of
folks
that
live
in
those
areas
are
depending
on
food
stamps
or
WIC
to
help
them
feed
their
families.
So
they
may
not
be
able
to
access
to
healthy
foods
and
vegetables
so
that
just
sort
of
sets
the
stage
a
little
bit
for
for
the
discussion
around
healthy
living.
T
I
did
put
our
sustainability
plan
up
here,
because
I
can
almost
go
through
down
through
every
one
of
those
issues
up
there
and
talk
about
the
impact
that
those
issues
have
on
the
health
of
this
community
and
how
the
health
of
this
community
has
an
impact
on
those
issues.
If
you
don't
have
a
healthy
workforce,
your
economy
can't
be
as
strong
as
it
should
be.
T
So,
if
we're
looking
at
the
most
effective
strategies
to
address
issues,
they
have
to
be
addressed
at
multiple
levels.
We
are
never
as
successful
if
we
just
focus
on
one
level
and
those
levels
include
the
work
that
we
do
with
individuals,
the
work
we
do
in
building
interpersonal
relationships
and
those
supports
in
the
community
for
people
to
be
successful.
Our
community
level
work,
as
well
as
our
societal
work
and
all
of
those
focus
on
changing
cultural
norms.
T
T
So
we
can
provide
all
kinds
of
supports,
but
if
people
don't
understand
that
it's
important
to
eat
fruits
and
vegetables
that
it's
important
to
be
active
and
that
they're
better
off
if
they
get
out
in
front
of
the
Nintendo
or
that
whatever
piece
of
equipment
they're
using
at
the
time
and
be
active
in
their
community
they're
not
going
to
be
successful
as
they
age.
So
a
lot
of
this
focuses
on
our
children.
T
Some
of
the
activities
that
happened
through
health
and
human
services
around
this
or
some
of
our
special
events,
such
as
the
healthy
youth,
youth,
5k,
the
fun
run,
the
kids
fishing
tournament,
things
that
are
offered
every
year,
there's
also
a
dolt
kickball
and
dodgeball
opportunities.
They
may
not
help
us
with
the
interpersonal
relationship.
That's
why,
but
they
do
get
people
active
the
swim,
lessons
that
are
provided
through
parks,
Greenway
and
recreation.
Some
of
the
screenings
and
education
that
we
do
if
people
know
that
they
have
blood
blood
pressure.
They
can
do
something
about
it.
T
If
they're
not
aware
of
that,
it's
more
difficult.
If
they
know
that
they're
trending
towards
diabetes,
then
they
can
take
action,
but
they
have
to
have
that
information.
We
also
have
food
and
nutrition
classes
that
are
offered
through
WIC
and
through
cooperative
extension,
so
a
number
of
different
things
that
target
the
individual
and
the
work
that
we
do
there.
The
next
is
the
interpersonal
relationships
and
there
are
a
lot
of
different
things
that
happen
in
our
community
around
that
that
we're
engaged
in
involved
in
and
we've
got
bike
education
programs
for
our
area,
schools.
T
We
have
a
bike
and
bike
club
and
rodeo
program
at
one
of
our
schools,
there's
downtown
on
the
move.
Annual
events.
There
are
leadership.
Bike
rides.
We
also
have
focused
on
community
gardens.
We
have
the
community
garden,
that's
out
at
the
sports
park,
that's
actually
the
county
community
garden.
But
in
addition
to
that,
the
community
rec
grants
this
year
focused
on
community
gardens.
T
So
in
pisgah
view
is
a
good
example
where
we've
had
community
navigators
who
are
working
with
people
who
live
in
that
community
to
build
their
capacity
to
be
that
resource
to
their
community
and
to
help
their
community
do
the
things
they
need
to
do,
whether
it's
around
safety,
because
our
kids
can't
go
outside
and
play
if
it's
not
safe
or
whether
it
has
to
do
with
educating
people
in
their
community
around
risks
and
ways
to
be
screened
and
how
to
get
care.
All
of
those
sorts
of
things
fits
into
this
category.
T
The
next
is
looking
at
community
level
interventions
and
there's
a
lot
of
work
in
our
community
going
on
here,
safe
routes
to
school
events.
Hopefully,
you've
heard
about
those
really
trying
to
emphasize
the
importance
of
being
able
to
walk
to
school.
How
many
of
y'all
walked
to
school.
When
your
kids
I
know
I
did
you
know
50
miles
one
way,
no.
K
T
1969
forty-two
percent
of
our
kids
walk
to
school.
Now,
it's
less
than
fifteen
percent,
so
we
just
don't
have
the
infrastructure
and
the
safety
opportunities
for
our
kids
to
walk
to
school.
So
that's
something
that
we
continue
to
work
on.
We
have
again
look
for
other
ways
to
emphasize
and
highlight
the
need
for
safe
sidewalks
for
ability
to
have
a
safe
biking
in
our
communities,
there's
advocacy
around
Complete
Streets
and
bicycle
friendly
streets.
T
We're
also
looking
at
the
County
Greenway
plans,
we're
looking
at
how
to
link
schools
and
opportunities
for
kids
to
walk
to
schools
on
the
greenways.
All
of
that
we're
looking
for
ways
to
link
these
things
together.
In
addition
to
that,
we
had
a
sort
of
an
exciting
project
that
has
developed
over
the
last
year
and
working
with
the
Pisgah
pigs
pisgah
view
community
peace
garden
say
that
three
times
fast,
they
they
grow
a
lot
of
food.
They
have
excess
food.
T
Sometimes
so
what
we've
been
able
to
do
is
open
a
food
stand
at
the
Cox
Avenue
building.
We
had
that
stand
open
for
a
while,
in
the
summer
I
mean
in
the
winter,
while
they
still
had
some
winter
produce
coming
in.
It
will
open
again
next
week
with
some
of
their
spring
produce.
They
come
into
the
building
on
Monday
afternoon.
We
have
worked
with
them
to
get
them
to
the
place
where
they
can
accept
the
EBT
cards
for
their
produce.
T
We
also
provide
places
and
spaces
for
physical
activity,
which
is
part
of
that
community
intervention.
We've
had
over
600,000
visitors
to
county
parks
in
2012,
so
our
parks
are
really
well
used
in
this
community.
There's
a
lot
of
multidisciplinary
planning
and
work
going
on
around
safety,
safe
activities
in
our
community
and
you'll
be
hearing
more
about
those
as
we
as
we
move
forward
as
well,
and
the
last
thing
I'll
mention
and
I'm.
Sorry
I,
don't
have
a
picture
of
this,
but
now
that
I
don't
have
a
picture.
It
gives
me
an
opportunity
to
encourage
you.
T
If
you
have
not
had
the
opportunity
to
view
it,
we
have
a
meeting
garden
next
to
the
Stanley
building
for
our
children
who
are
in
fall
to
care
when
they,
when
they
get
to
see
their
parents.
It's
an
it's
an
interactive
play
opportunity
for
these
children.
It's
a
great
space!
It's
right
out
here!
There's
no
excuse
for
you
not
to
have
seen
it.
So
if
you
haven't,
we
invite
you.
T
Multimodal
transportation
is
a
great
example,
and
this
is
this
is
a
good
example
of
Complete
Streets.
Here
you
have
bike
lanes
you.
We
have
buses
that
run
on
this
street
on
a
regular
basis.
We
have
good
sidewalks,
it's
clear
for
people
to
see
where
they're
going
and
for
other
people,
so
it
everybody
who
transports
in
any
kind
of
way,
whether
that's
a
wheelchair
or
a
bicycle
or
on
foot
or
by
bus
or
by
car,
can
access
this
type
of
street,
and
we
want
more
of
our
streets
to
look
like
this
as
we
move
forward.
T
So
we'll
continue
to
work
with
you
and
with
the
city
and
with
anybody
who's
willing
to
work
with
us
on
those
sorts
of
issues,
so
the
hole
is
the
whole
purpose
behind.
All
of
this
is
to
change
community
norms,
because
that
really
is
what
supports
our
community
to
be
healthy.
That
takes
a
lot
of
community
engagement
and
involvement.
T
We
have
increased
use
of
alternative
transportation
in
this
community.
We
see
more
people
biking
these
days,
more
people
using
the
bus,
many
more
people
walking.
We
have
walking
programs
in
our
schools
that
we
did
not
have
before.
We've
got
multiple
efforts
within
our
school
systems
that
we're
working
with
sidewalks
bikes
trails
and
some
of
their
food
policies.
We've
been
working
with
them
on
they
have
developed,
we've
been
working
with
the
staff
and
our
school
systems.
T
They've
made
some
changes
to
their
wellness
plans
and
they're
they're
much
more
active,
it's
kind
of
hard
for
someone,
who's,
overweight,
obese
and
unhealthy
to
stand
in
front
of
a
classroom
and
talk
to
kids
about
eating.
Well,
so
we're
wanting
our
employees
in
all
of
our
settings
to
be
good
role,
models
for
our
children
and
then
our
work
with
our
community
navigators
continues
to
increase
awareness
and
helps
our
communities
accept
responsibility
for
their
members
and
help
find
ways
for
them
to
to
be
successful,
so
continuing
to
try
to
change
those
community
more
norms.
T
Do
we
want
to
build?
It
tells
us
we
can't
have
big
gulps,
no
I,
don't
think
that's
going
to
impact
anything,
but
we
want
a
focus
on
what
is
healthy
and
what
will
make
you
be
the
best
citizen
and
the
best
individual
and
the
happiest
person
in
your
community
and
that
if
we
focus
on
that
and
help
people
start
learning
that
and
start
believing
it
and
start
experiencing
it,
it
will
be
more
effective
than
any
law
that
we
could
pass
that
that
impacts
the
work.
They
do
so
a
number
of
solutions.
T
We
make
individual
decisions
every
day,
but
we
also
have
to
look
at
those
policies
and
built
environments
to
really
have
the
impact
we
want.
We
have
to
work
with
our
work
sites
to
make
them
as
healthy
as
they
could
be,
and
it's
all
about
partnerships
in
our
community
health
and
human
services
can't
do
it
alone.
Buncombe
county
government
can't
do
it
alone.
There
are
lots
of
partners
in
the
community
that
will
help
us
do
this
as
we
move
forward.
T
One
of
those
partners
want
to
dimension
just
briefly
that
we're
working
very
closely
with
is
the
Asheville
buncombe
Food
Policy
Council.
Hopefully,
most
of
you
all
have
heard
about
this.
Their
mission
is
really
to
identify
and
propose
innovative
solutions
to
improve
local
systems,
spurring
local
economic
development
and
making
food
systems
environmentally
environmentally
sustainable
and
socially
just
they're
focused
on
food
security,
which
is
defined
as
when
all
people
at
all
times
have
access
to
sufficient,
safe,
nutritious
food
to
maintain
a
healthy
and
active
life.
So
their
work
is
really
focused.
T
Broadly,
it's
looking
at
sustainability
of
farms.
It's
looking
at
transport
of
food,
it's
looking
at
producing
healthy
foods
and
how
you
how
you
package,
those
so
they're,
looking
very
broadly
but
they're
very
their
whole
intent,
is
making
sure
that
we
have
sufficient
food
in
our
community
for
everybody
that
that
needs
it.
T
T
Asheville
has
changed
their
zoning
laws
around
farmers
markets
to
allow
those
to
be
more
readily
available
in
the
community.
They've
got
three
new
markets
so
far
in
Asheville
after
that
they're
in
the
process
of
looking
at
a
lease
city-owned
opportunity
to
lease
city-owned
land
for
agricultural
uses.
So
the
city's
starting
to
look
at
this
and
figuring
out
how
they
can
work
through
some
of
these
policy
issues
and
they're
drafting
a
food
action
plan
as
well
they're
really
interested
in
working
with
County
government
on
these
issues.
This
is
not
just
a
Nashville
issue.
T
This
is
a
bigger,
broader
County
issue,
and
so
there
we
have
a
number
of
staff
who
are
sitting
on
their
work
groups
working
with
them
on
these
issues
and
as
we
move
forward
as
we
think
about
policies
that
we
may
want
to
engage
the
county
on,
we
can.
We
can
bring
those
to
you
so
the
the
bottom
line
is
we
want
to
change
those
norms.
We
want
people
to
have
the
opportunity
to
make
the
right
choice,
even
if
we
teach
them
to
make
the
right
choice.
T
If
they
don't
have
that
opportunity,
it's
not
going
to
work,
so
we
need
to
teach
them,
but
we
also
need
to
give
them
the
opportunity
to
so
having
access
to
healthy
foods
and
really
enjoying
the
incredible
spaces
that
we
have
in
this
county
and
taking
advantage
of
those
for
all
of
our
citizens
is
what
we're
interested
in.
So
it's
it's
been
a
wonderful
process
of
bringing
partnerships
together
both
within
county
government,
but
also
with
the
broader
community
around
these
issues.
T
We
have
lots
and
lots
of
people
who
are
very
interested
and
being
involved
and
engaged
in
this.
Sometimes
it's
a
little
overwhelming.
We've
got
so
many
people,
and
sometimes
we're
not
always
as
connected
as
we
need
to
need
to
be
so,
hopefully
with
healthy
living
being
in
one
of
our
community
health
priorities.
B
T
I
knew
you
were
going
to
ask
that
and
I
can't
keep
all
of
this
in
my
head,
so
I
have.
There
are
a
number
of
different
things.
There's
we
have
the
walk
to
school
day
that
that
happens
every
year.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
different
schools
that
are
involved
in
that
there
are
safe
route.
We
do
we
work
with
individual
schools
who
are
interested
in
safe
routes
and
usually
what
that
involves
is
working
with
the
PTA
and
doing
education
with
parents
to
help
them
develop
these.
T
So
there's
ongoing
safe
routes
to
schools,
promotion
and
technical
assistance
in
a
number
of
different
schools,
currently
we're
in
conversation
with
Erwin,
hominid,
Valley,
north
windy
ridge
and
Oakley.
We
have
two
schools
that
are
doing
workshop
in
the
spring,
so
it's
not
something
that
we
can
be
there
to
do.
T
So
what
we
do
is
try
to
engage
the
parents
working
with
the
teachers
to
move
that
forward.
Some
of
the
schools
that
are
currently
involved.
We
have
several
in
the
city,
we've
got
several
schools
in
the
Black
Mountain
area
that
are
engaged
and
involved
in
this
and
there's
a
handful
more
that
I,
just
don't
have
right
on
the
tip
of
my
tongue,
but
I
can
get
those
for
you.
T
I
can
get
you
the
whole
list,
and
then
we
have
the
Erwin
bike,
club
and
rodeo
program
where
we
were
actually
able
to
through
a
grant
purchase
some
bicycles.
We
have
a,
we
have
a
small
shed
at
the
school
and
what
they
do
is
they
use
those
bicycles
to
teach
kids,
how
to
safely
ride
bikes,
and
then
we
work
with
some
of
the
bike,
clubs
and
and
the
businesses
in
the
community
to
help
those
kids
that
came
in
more
bikes,
get
the
bikes
and
the
helmets
that
they
need.
R
F
Solutions
for
changing
our
communities,
yeah
is
a
great
graphic
and
I
believe
worth
sharing
and
using
I
mean
I,
certainly
rather
have
that
big
picture
down
on
our
own
front
of
the
building.
Instead
of
my
life
size
it.
If
there's
it's
just
a
great
great
slide
from
a
marketing
standpoint
and
with
schools,
wherever
you
could
distribute
it,
you
know
laminate
a
form
where
they
could
put
it
up
or
whatever
I
mean
it's
just
it's
very
very
well
done.
It
hits
the
areas
that
you
want
to
try
to
help
you
in
and.
B
T
J
Just
what
I'm
excited
about
your
your
staff,
looking
at,
where
there's
potential,
to
bring
forward
policies
for
this
board
to
facilitate
how
local
farmers
can
have
an
easier
way,
whatever
their
if
there
are
impediments
in
our
land
use
or
if
there
are
ways
that
we
can
improve
it
I
just
wanted
to
articulate
that
I'm
wide
open
to
hearing
that
and
kind
of
trying
to
find
ways
that
policy
could
facilitate
access
to
food
and
in
support
of
our
local
forms.
To
thank
you
do.
T
Engaged
with
them,
where
have
been
to
develop
that
partnership,
further
we're
doing
more
work
with
the
farmers
these
days
through
our
community
transformation
grant
process
was
11
County
grant
that
we
have
from
the
federal
government
to
look
at
healthy
living
and
a
couple
of
other
issues,
but
I.
It's
spurred
us
to
look
more
broadly
on
some
of
those
into
some
of
those
areas,
we're
working
very
closely
with
ACM,
and
you
know
our
first
thought
was
more
farmers
markets,
more
farmers,
markets
and
they're
saying.
But
you
know
if
you
spread
the
farmers
too
thin.
D
K
F
N
T
A
And
it
seemed
like
when
we
have
studied
this
in
the
past.
The
de
follow
up
the
feisty
r
Genesis
idea
about
farmers,
the
age
of
the
farmers
going
up
very
high.
You
got
a
lot
of
land
rich
capital,
poor
folks
that
want
to
get
out
of
farming
and
the
families
don't
take
it
over
and
you
have
some
young
people
that
want
to
get
involved
but
have
no
assets
to
buy
or
lease
and
it's
an
age-old
problem.
But
it
seems
like
that's.
That's
a
persistent
theme,
I've
heard
when
we
do
examine
the
farmer.
T
A
R
T
N
T
Different
options
for
doing
that,
obviously
you're
not
going
to
put
a
major
walkway
down
some
of
our
highways,
but
so
it's
a
it's
a
combination
of
things.
It's
number
one
making
sure
the
infrastructure
is
there,
so
it
goes
back
to
making
the
easy
choice.
The
best
choice,
the
easy
choice,
but
part
of
it
is
also
educating
the
teachers
and
the
parents
on
how
to
help
their
kids
understand
how
to
be
safe
and.
T
It's
a
matter
of
setting
up
a
system
where
there
is
a
parent
from
a
community
that
walks
with
a
group
of
kids.
They
take
a
turn
a
week
so
that
those
kids
are
actually
having
the
opportunity
to
walk
to
school.
So
it
it's
a
broad
program
that
does
a
number
of
different
things,
but
they
all
have
to
be.
There
are
for
it
to
work
in.
R
T
Reportage
planning
in
the
education
you
know
helping
help
and
work
with
the
schools
to
determine
whether
they're
interested
in
something
like
this
working
with
them
around
the
planning
engaging
whether
it's
city
planners
county
planners
around
what
the
options
are
for
and
looking
for
funding,
sometimes
to
see
what
we
need
to
do.
One
of
the
things
that
we've
been
trying
to
do
recently
is:
how
do
you?
How
do
you
come
up
with
a
crosswalks
and
everything
that
you
need
out
in
the
Erwin
district?
We've
got
three
schools
right
there
and
you.
T
R
That's
great
and
I
just
would
echo
Holly's
comments
about
what
we
can
do
as
a
policy
or
in
the
budget,
and
some
of
us
who
work
with
the
NPO
I
mean
they're,
helping
to
find
the
different
funding
mechanisms
for
these
kind
of
local
projects.
Just
thanks
for
the
information
and
look
forward
to
to
staying
in
touch
of
it's
a
great
program,
so
I.
T
B
T
T
That's
one
example
in
pisgah
view
where
we're
actually
working
with
parents
as
well
as
children,
putting
some
activities
out
there,
but
helping
educate
the
parents
about
what
the
needs
of
the
children
are
at
the
different
ages
and
how
they
can
help
their
children
be
more
successful.
So
it
depends
on
the
we're
also
looking
for
ways
to
do
this
within
Health
and
Human
Services,
with
all
the
people
that
we
have
that
come
through
our
doors,
so
lots
of
different
ways.
There's
not
one
single
way
that
that
will
be
able
to
get
the
message
out.
I.
B
F
Think
your
solutions
of
Inuit
I've
met
and
talked
about
some
things
and
I'm
concerned
about
some
poor
areas.
It's
interesting
when
you
start
overlaying
maps
and
you
see
where
the
needs
are.
I
mean
it's,
it's
it's
mind-blowing,
but
you
know
the
the
end-all
result.
I
mean
the
the
cure
for
all
this.
Is
you
know,
of
course,
if
we
can
put
those
people
to
work
and
give
them
jobs,
take
some
pressure
off
of.
F
Know
and
then
they're
actually
able
spent
some
time
with
the
kids
or
you
know,
but
there's
also
areas
in
the
county.
That's
not
got
the
support
that
it's
needed
in
the
in
the
past,
and
it's
just
because
people
don't
know
the
area
is
that
well
and
we
start
over
laying
those
maps.
You
see
those
red
areas
start
jumping
out
at
you
and
those
are
I'm
just
glad
you're
doing
that.
We're.
A
A
J
A
Cue
it
up
that's
great
idea:
let's,
let's
ask
them
to
come
to
our
next
meeting.
Thank
you
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