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A
Does
any
board
member
have
a
financial
interest
in
any
public
contract
coming
before
the
board
today,
there
being
none
all
board.
Members
have
a
duty
and
obligation
to
vote
on
any
matters
voted
on
by
the
board
of
commissioners.
At
this
meeting
this
meeting
tonight,
all
right
we
come
to
the
consent
agenda.
Commissioners.
Are
there
any
questions
about
any
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
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A
Yes,
we
are
I'm
sorry.
Thank
you,
mr
joiner.
Public
comment.
Okay,
my
apologies.
I'm
jumping
ahead.
We
did
have
a
sign
up
sheet
for
folks
who
would
like
to
speak
during
public
comment.
I
believe
one
person
stephanie
may
have
signed
up
is
stephanie
here,
okay,
great
and
if
anybody
else
would
like
to
speak
during
public
comment,
you
will
be
invited
to
do
that
as
well.
But
stephanie
come
on
up
and
let
me
just
remind
us
of
our
policies.
The
time
limit
for
public
comment
is
three
minutes.
A
There'll
be
an
orange
light
that
will
come
on
when
you
have
about
30
seconds
left
and
a
red
light
that
will
come
on
when
your
time's
up,
and
we
do
ask
that
folks
discontinue
their
public
comment
once
your
time's
up,
because
we
want
to
give
everyone
the
same
amount
of
time,
but
thank
you
for
being
with
us.
Thank.
B
On
september
12
2001
under
duress,
my
father
sold
16
plus
acres
of
his
mountaintop
farm
to
federal
government
under
false
pretense
to
benefit
hikers
of
the
appalachian
trail
at
the
national
forest
office.
Here
in
nashville,
real
motive
appears
to
be
building
interstate
26
in
madison
county,
build
a
dam
and
a
large
deep
creek
lake
reservoir
for
future
land
development.
B
A
bait
and
switch
easement
turned
into
a
for
sale
if
not
signed
by
the
end
of
the
meeting
threatened
with
imminent
domain.
I
was
told
by
justice
department
official
to
sign
for
my
mother.
I
refused
last
summer,
as
current
landowner
I
filed
for
the
government
to
honor
their
original
verbal
agreement
of
easement.
B
My
family
also
suggested
a
shelter
and
water
spigot
for
hikers.
A
summary
judgment
was
requested.
No
response
was
in
court
filed
by
deadline.
Their
late
response
was
to
move
the
case
to
their
federal
court.
To
judge
themselves.
I
wrote
a
letter
stating
conflict
of
interest.
I
was
told
over
the
phone
by
their
office.
The
case
was
closed.
B
This
appears
to
be
engineered
by
my
father's
adversaries
from
the
central
intelligence
agency
using
national
security
classification.
Yesterday
I
went
to
that
courthouse
asking
for
paperwork
to
file
criminal
charges
of
racketeering
against
the
cia.
I
was
told
it
wasn't
available
and
redirected
to
a
different
location.
B
A
new
deed
was
not
generated
after
that
land
sale,
madison
county
insists,
will
service
deeds.
Bunker
and
madison
are
not
definitive
on
uniformity
of
vital
records
in
the
state
of
north
carolina
and
federal
marshals
and
madison
county
sheriffs
don't
recognize
or
respond
to
discharging
hunting
equipment
after
dark,
as
against
atf
federal
law,
there
are
at
least
two
other
locations.
A
dam
could
be
placed
which
could
provide
for
moderate
development,
modest
development
and
medicine
and
support
buncombe
county
due
to
their
over
development.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
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A
C
Good
evening,
commissioners,
rachel
nygard
here
I
lead
the
strategic
partnerships
office
for
buncombe
county
and
I'm
in
fact
not
your
presenter.
This
evening.
The
slide
in
front
of
you
lists
three
presenters
from
the
strategic
partnership
grant
committee,
but
due
to
illness
and
health,
we
have
one
person
here
and
we're
glad
to
be
represented
this
evening
by
annie
carpenter
who's
going
to
take
us
through
the
material.
This
is
the
annual
scheduled
update
from
this
standing
committee,
which
is
responsible
for
making
recommendations
around
strategic
partnership
grant
grant
funding.
D
Good
evening
and
thank
you
all
for
this
opportunity
to
present
the
work
of
our
committee,
we
are
the
strategic
partnership
grants
committee
or
I
am
annie
carpenter,
and
I
regret
that
kim
and
doug
could
not
be
with
me
tonight,
but
I've
got
rachel
nearby
should
I
need
her
just
as
a
review.
This
committee's
purpose
is
to
make
strategic
partnership
grant
investment
to
non-profit
organizations
in
the
community
that
are
in
alignment
with
the
board
goals
and
present
those
recommendations
to
you
all.
D
Brief
review
of
our
grant
cycle
is
that
staff
does
a
great
job
of
putting
out
an
rfp
and
helping
applicants
through
the
process
in
december
through
february.
As
a
committee,
we
review
all
of
the
requests
and
prepare
recommendations
in
spring
and
finalize
grant
awards
with
your
approval.
In
june,
the
grant
period
begins
in
july
and
throughout
the
year
staff,
along
with
activities
from
the
committee,
monitor
and
support
the
applicants
or
the
grantee
awardees,
as
well
as
work
on
process
improvements
for
our
own
committee
work
within
the
past
year.
D
We
have
done
all
of
the
activities
of
that
cycle.
I
will
call
out
that
last
august
we
also
held
an
ad
hoc
group
session
from
among
our
committee
members
to
review
our
own
process
and
the
application
materials
prior
to
the
next
cycle
through
an
equity
lens,
and
we
also
conducted
just
recently
in
june.
Another
process
improvement
discussion
about
the
the
application
process
and
award
process,
as
we
do
incorporate
continual
improvement
into
our
committee
work.
D
This
year,
in
the
2023
cycle,
we
we
had
about
2.6
million
in
requests
which
represented
66
projects
from
63
nonprofits.
In
a
feat
of
miracle.
We
were
able
to
to
land
on
30
projects.
I'm
sorry
we
were
able
to.
We
had
30
of
those
projects
were
renewal,
applications
and
36
were
new
to
the
committee
for
review.
First
time
we
do
use
a
scoring
rubric
based
on
the
need
for
the
project
to
to
meet
a
need
of
the
community.
D
D
D
Thanks
to
some
further
inquiry
about
the
about
our
process
and
the
impact
of
our
our
work
in
terms
of
what
organizations
are
funded
through
our
process,
staff
did
a
great
job
of
providing
a
little
bit
more
detailed
information
that
you
have
there
about.
What
type
of
specific
projects
are
funded
within
each
category?
A
D
That
is
correct
and
we
did
discuss
that
and
we
have
talked
about
ways
to
improve
the
application
to
consider
where
services
are
provided
by
that
organization.
Because
many
of
the
many
of
the
organizations
whose
projects
we
review
will
have
sites
across
the
county
where
they're
reaching
their
targeted
participants
or
beneficiaries.
And
so
that
is
on
our
radar
to
get
a
little
bit
better
geographic
scope
of
where
the
impact
is.
D
We
were
still
in
kind
of
an
up
and
down
year
last
year
and
they
were
able
to
deliver
on
some
great
work.
The
diversity
of
projects
that
we
have
supported
and
that
that
we
got
to
review
and
learn
about
in
this
community
is
just
a
huge
testimony
to
the
amount
of
good
work
being
done
by
people
every
day
to
make
lives
better
for
our
neighbors
and,
and
our
committee
actually
has,
even
though
we
are
only
just
now
coming
back
to
in-person
meetings.
D
We
have
a
cohesive
group
of
very
honest
and
thoughtful
individuals
who
who
take
part
in
this
process.
So
I'm
very
pleased
to
be
part
of
it.
We
try
to
be
inclusive
and
collaborative
and
intentional,
and
all
of
the
things
you
see
here.
The
support
from
our
str
from
our
staff
who
leads
our
committee
is
incredible
and
we
always
hear
great
things
during
our
site.
Visits
about
this
from
the
nonprofits
about
the
support
they
get
from
this
department,
so
all
around.
D
Next
steps
is
that
we
are.
The
staff
is
working
with
the
grantees
on
funding
agreements
for
the
beginning
of
this
year,
and
then
their
performance
reports
will
be
published
online
on
the
county's
website
quarterly,
and
we
are
in
the
midst
of
scheduling
our
site
visits
to
hopefully
go
out
and
see
some
of
the
work
in
action
and
then
we'll
begin
planning
for
the
next
grant
cycle,
incorporating
the
improvement
ideas
that
we
we
came
up
with
as
a
part
of
our
process
review.
D
We
have
discussed
that
as
well
expanding
the
results
section
on
the
application
to
more
clearly
capture
the
impact
for
renewal
applications,
better
assessing
geographic
impact,
which
we've
talked
about,
as
well
as
some
possible
weighted
scoring
to
prioritize
project
budgets
and
the
project
plan,
which
is
currently
reviewed
under
organizational
capacity.
At
this
time.
D
E
I
don't
have
any
questions.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
all
to
each
of
you
for
serving
on
this
particular
committee
and
the
time
that
you
have
invested
to
thoroughly
reading
a
myriad
of
grant
applications.
I
know
that
is
no
easy
feat.
I'm
sure
you
probably
feel
a
little
better
educated
about
what's
happening
in
our
community
after
reading
those.
So
thank
you
all
so
much
for
that.
Please
pass
that
on
to
the
other
members
who
aren't
here.
This
is
thank
you
so
much.
E
Even
from
the
organizations
who
haven't
been
awarded
the
grants
because
they
understand
now
why
they
didn't
receive
the
funding
and
what
they
can
do
to
improve
their
application
for
a
future
grant
process,
and
they
also
really
appreciate
the
transparency
in
having
the
open
meetings
that
they
can
watch.
They
can
tune
into
and
just
really
wanted
to
pass
that
along
also
appreciate
the
time
limit
that
has
been
instituted.
We
know
grants
aren't
meant
to
be
forever
funding
so
going
into
a
process,
knowing
exactly
how
long
you
may
potentially
receive
funding.
E
I
think
is
also
a
benefit
to
to
the
applicants.
I
do
want
to
say
wearing
both
community
hats.
I
presented
to
the
association
of
fundraising
professionals.
I
think
rachel
and
avril
were
both
aware
of
that
kind
of
what
it's
like
to
be
a
professional
fundraiser
and
a
commissioner.
We
talked
a
lot
about
this
particular
process
and
there
were
representatives
from
across
the
region
who
then
reached
out
separately
and
said:
oh
my
gosh,
could
you
please
ask
our
board
of
commissioners
to
adopt
a
process
like
this
or
to
even
begin
funding
nonprofits
at
all.
E
So
I
want
to
commend
you
all
and
rachel
and
avril
for
being
willing
to
look
at
this
that,
just
as
you
know,
anecdotal
stories
that
I
hear
are
really
really
positive
and
also
knowing
that
there's
other
commissions
across
the
state
who
have
taken
a
look
at
the
way
that
we
do
this
and
are
adopting
it
as
well.
So
that's
pretty
exciting
to
be
a
leader
on
thanks,
y'all.
F
And
I'll
share
some
feedback,
and
I
do
have
a
few
questions
too.
So,
yes
again,
and
it
may
be
rachel,
but
but
definitely
thank
you
because
this
is.
This
is
a
very
large
amount
of
funding
that
we're
investing
in
the
community
and
us
having
gone
through
just
doing
this
with
our
opera
funds.
We're
well
aware
of
these
really
tough
decisions
that
this
committee
is
being
faced
with
making
and
with
that.
F
So
thank
you
and
it
looks
like
from
some
of
what
you
shared
you're,
doing
some
really
good
reflection
and
it's
always
important
to
be
improving
that
process.
So
I
appreciate
that
one,
some
of
the
feedback
that
I've
heard,
which
certainly
is
very
positive,
but
one
thing
just
from
the
looking
at
the
rubric
the
feedback.
I've
heard
it'd
be
very
useful
if
you
state
on
the
application
and
on
the
rubric
what
you,
what
specifically
the
county
definition
of
equity,
is
because
that's
stated
in
our
strategic
plan.
F
F
So
that
was
one
of
the
things
and
excuse
me,
I
definitely
think
maybe
what
you're
looking
at
with
the
project
waiting
sounds
like
a
good
idea
with
looking
at
that,
and
the
the
geographic
representation
was
one
thing.
Certainly,
I've
looked
at.
I
think,
because
of
the
way
our
districts
are,
it
doesn't
necessarily.
F
If
you
just
look
at
the
districts
you're,
not
necessarily
looking
at
that
overall
geographic
dispersion,
so
I
do
think
to
share
newman's
point
earlier.
You
know
being
able
to
look
at
okay
where's
the
impact
of
this
grant
going
to
take
place,
and
is
that
really
a
reflection?
Are
we
actually
touching
all
of
our
county
or
the
majority
of
our
county
rather
than
just
specific
locations?
And
I
think
that's
really
important
to
look
at
that
going
forward.
D
A
I
have
a
question
too.
The
question
is:
does
the
strategic
partnership
committee
receive
information
about
you
know
the
county
has
a
number
of
different
funds
to
invest
in
different
public
purposes
right,
so
you
know
we
have
like.
We
invest
in
early
childhood
education
and
pre-k,
affordable
housing,
we've
got
some
land
conservation
projects
and
then
we
have
like
tipping
point
grants.
A
A
You
know
funding
mechanisms
we
have
so
does
the
committee
receive
information
about
here's,
what
the
other
organizations
and
that
are
being
funded
through
those
other
funds
have
been
or
if
there
are
applications
pending.
You
know.
Some
of
these
groups
are,
of
course,
very
resourceful
in
terms
of
seeking
all
possible
funding
avenues
they
could
and
in
some
cases
they
might
even
submit
identical
proposals
to
different
funding
mechanisms.
So
just
a
question
about
do:
do
you
all
receive
information
about
that?
Just
to
be
aware
of
what
else
the
county
may
be
doing
to
support
those
initiatives.
D
D
What
are
the
expectations
on
our
committee
for
any
type
of
recommendation
or
addition
to
the
rubric
or
how
it
would
affect
scoring
to
know
that
an
organization
has
received
multiple
sources
or
not
like
we
have
not
put
any
type
of
limit
on
that,
but
it
is
part
of
the
overall
view
of
someone
of
a
organization's,
diverse
revenue
stream
and
whether
they
are
utilizing.
You
know
philanthropy
as
well
as
fundraising
as
well
as
you
know,
state
and
federal
funds
etc.
D
C
So
there
is
not
a
limit.
Organizations
may
submit
proposals
to
multiple
grant
grant
processes
within
the
county,
but
they
need
to
be
separate
projects.
So,
if
there's
a
large
organization
that
works
in
the
field
of
affordable
housing
and
early
care
and
education,
they
would
be
able
to
apply
separately.
A
I
think
that
makes
sense.
I
mean
if
there
is
a
and
there's
a
lot
of
information
looked
at
here
if
there
is
a
way
for
just
folks
to
be
aware
of,
they
are
receiving
funding
for
other
programs,
even
if
they
are
distinct.
I
mean,
I
just
think
that's
an
interesting
data
point
to
be
aware
of
so
just
feedback.
Any
other
questions.
F
A
Hey
thank
you
for
serving
appreciate
it
all
right.
Thanks
richard.
I
think
we're
good
now.
Finally,
all
right
all
right
next
up
we're
going
to
hear
a
presentation
from
some
of
our
frontline
healthcare
workers
in
buncombe
county
who
work
at
who
are
nurses,
working
at
mission,
hospital
and
so
lori
hedrick
is
here,
and
I
know
I
can
see
a
number
of
her
colleagues
are
with
her
as
well.
We
appreciate
the
work
that
you
all
do
for
our
community,
as
you
all
know
better
than
anybody.
A
The
past
several
years
have
been
uniquely
challenging
for
our
community
and
for
our
country
from
a
public
health
standpoint,
so
we
just
want
to
have
a
chance
to
acknowledge
your
important
work
in
buncombe,
county
and
western
north
carolina
and
and
have
a
chance
to
hear
from
you
about
how
you
see
things
working
as
the
community
goes
through
the
recovery
process
from
the
pandemic
and
changes
that
have
happened
at
mission
hospital.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
this
evening.
We
appreciate
it.
Thank.
G
I
want
to
start
by
saying
how
much
we
appreciate
the
strong
community
support
we
have
received
throughout
the
two
years
we've
been
forming
this
union
with
national
nurses.
United,
I
again
my
name
is
lori
hedrick.
I
work
in
the
inpatient
wound
care
department.
My
team
sees
patients
all
over
the
hospital,
so
we
have
the
opportunity
to
see
how
each
unit
is
functioning
on
a
daily
basis.
G
On
september,
17
2020
the
nurses
voted
to
unionize
in
an
astounding,
landslide
victory.
The
reason
we
became
nurses
was
because
we
have
a
deep
desire
to
help
people
through
their
illnesses
and
injuries,
to
provide
care
and
compassion
when
people
most
need
it.
It
has
been
devastating
for
all
of
us
who
have
been
admission
for
years
to
slowly
lose
the
ability
to
provide
excellent
care
to
these
patients.
G
As
most
of
you
know,
the
biggest
changes
occurred
when
hca
purchased
mission
hospital
in
2019,
the
nurses
collectively
bargained
and
signed
a
contract
with
hca's
mission
hospital
based
in
asheville
a
little
over
a
year
ago.
The
contract
covers
multiple
issues
related
to
patient
safety
and
nursing
safety
inequality.
G
G
G
One
of
the
greatest
tools
we
have
as
a
union
is
the
ability
to
file
grievances
with
hca
when
the
contract
is
violated.
Agreements
can
often
be
resolved
informally
by
the
nurse
notifying
their
manager
of
the
failure
to
follow
the
contract.
If
the
grievance
is
not
resolved.
With
this
informal
request,
it
moves
on
to
the
first
step
of
the
grievance
process.
G
G
These
are
just
a
few
examples
of
grievances
that
we've
won
so
far.
Suspension
of
employees
without
just
cause
nurses
not
receiving
their
raises,
based
on
years
of
experience,
nurses
having
to
use
their
paid
time
off
in
place
of
quarantine
pay
which
violated
the
emergency
temporary
standards
set
forth
by
osha
denial
of
filling
a
vacancy
by
a
nurse
in
her
own
department
that
was
filled
by
a
newly
hired
nurse.
Instead,
denial
of
tuition
reimbursement
non-compliance
with
a
requirement
of
posting
of
schedules.
G
G
G
G
Another
great
success
we
have
with
the
union
per
the
contract
is
the
formation
of
the
professional
practice
committee,
which
is
composed
of
registered
nurses
from
the
bargaining
unit.
We
submit
recommendations
to
the
chief
nursing
officer
on
a
monthly
basis.
The
objectives
are
to
improve
patient
care
and
workplace
safety,
based
on
our
daily
hands-on
experience.
G
G
So
I
would
also
like
to
talk
about
the
ways
hca
continues
to
fail,
nurses
and
all
other
employees
at
mission.
The
major
problem
is
still
inadequate:
staffing,
not
of
nurses
and
essential
adjunct
staff.
We
are
down
more
than
400
core
nurses
mission
nurses
compared
to
this
time.
Last
year,
leadership
hears
our
pleas
on
a
regular
basis
via
the
staffing
committee,
along
with
the
assignment,
despite
objective
forms
that
are
filled
out
and
signed
daily
by
nurses,
who
are
accepting
unsafe
assignments.
G
The
unsafe
assignments
are
due
to
inadequate
staffing,
inadequate
staffing
leads
to
nurses,
routinely
missing
their
meal
and
rest
breaks.
Not
only
are
they
missing
their
unpaid
meal
breaks,
they
are
automatically
docked
30
minutes
of
pay
each
shift
because
they
are
assumed
to
be
taking
these
breaks.
G
When
we
form
the
union,
our
expectation
was
to
be
compensated
fairly.
In
order
to
retain
experienced
nurses,
the
contract
negotiating
team
unfortunately
had
to
agree
to
less
than
expected
or
deserved
when
the
contract
was
completed.
Due
to
the
fact
that
mission
had
not
kept
record
of
each
nurse's
years
of
experience,
hca
refused
to
promise
increases
based
on
years
of
experience
without
that
information
provided
afterwards,
the
union
worked
tirelessly
to
get
all
nurses
to
submit
their
years
of
experience.
G
Since
then,
we
have
repeatedly
asked
management
to
consider
increased
raises
based
on
the
information
we
provided
them.
We
requested
bringing
all
of
the
nurses
employed
admission
prior
to
the
contract,
up
to
the
wage
grids
that
mission
uses
when
hiring
new
nurses.
We've
also
asked
them
to
consider
retention
bonuses
to
stop
this
mass
exodus
of
nurses.
G
G
You
probably
know
that
hca
is
the
highest
profiting
health
care
system
in
the
country.
You
may
not
be
aware
that
mission
hospital
is
also
the
very
highest
profiting
hospital
for
hca
when
hca
continuously
denies
increasing
employees
pay
in
order
to
benefit
their
stakeholders
profits.
It
sends
a
clear
message:
this
has
led
to
hundreds
of
nurses
leaving
mission
hospital.
G
A
dirty
hospital
is
not
only
unsafe,
as
it
increases
infection
to
patients
and
staff.
It
is
also
quite
embarrassing
and
demoralizing
nurses
are
often
expected
to
clean
their
patients
rooms
and
empty
their
trash.
Considering
the
staffing
problem,
these
nurses
don't
have
time
to
do
this.
They
don't
have
time
to
perform
their
normal
duties.
Much
less
pick
up
extra
duties.
G
Another
way
we
have
been
completely
failed
is
the
lack
of
phlebotomy
staff.
Sometimes
there
are
five
or
less
phlebotomists
in
the
whole
hospital.
When
they're
supposed
to
be
16.,
it
is
extremely
dangerous.
Taking
care
of
patients
with
unknown
lab
results.
Our
providers
aren't
able
to
correct
treatment,
order,
correct
treatments
or
medications
or
diagnose
critical
conditions.
G
Nurses
are
then
expected
to
draw
a
patient's
blood
and
get
it
to
the
lab
quickly.
Another
task
they
do
not
have
time
to
perform,
and
these
can
literally
be
life-and-death
situations,
although
we
cannot
seem
to
be
adequately
staffed
with
phlebotomists
hca
continues
to
subcontract
our
phlebotomists
out
to
skilled
nursing
facilities
in
order
to
build
them
adding
to
their
profits.
G
G
G
It
doesn't
add
up
that
they
use
the
excuse
that
there
is
a
nursing
shortage
and
an
overall
worker
shortage
that
prevents
them
from
keeping
this
establishment
adequately
staffed.
The
spokesperson
for
the
hospital
continuously
tells
the
press.
The
claims
made
by
the
staff
and
community
are
quote
unquote:
meritless
and
mission
health
selected
hca
health
care
because
they
quote
offered
the
financial
stability
to
help
preserve
and
expand
high
quality
care.
Unquote,
we
are
fighting
daily
to
get
hca
to
help
us
provide
that
high
quality
care
they
boast
about.
G
G
A
All
right
lori,
thank
you
so
much
for
coming
appreciate
all
of
you
being
here
this
evening
and
for
the
work
that
you
do
in
the
community.
A
big
part
of
buncombe
county's
mission
as
local
government
is
focused
on
public
health,
and
we
know
that's
the
mission
that
you
all
are
focused
on
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do
every
day
and
thanks
for
the
courage
you
have
all
had
over
the
last
couple
of
years
to
serve
the
community
and
to
stand
up
for
yourselves
and
to
stand
up
for
our
community.
A
I
One
specific
question
but
yeah
I
just
first
want
to
say
again
thank
you
for
what
you
do.
Your
union,
not
not
only
nurses,
but
your
union
specifically,
is
a
line
of
defense
against
hca
and
what
they
do
and
what
and
primarily
what
they're
not
doing
for
our
community
and
the
people
of
buncombe
county,
our
constituents.
So
thank
you
for
that.
Thank
you
for
what
you're
doing.
I
have
a
specific
question.
Just
so
I
understand
it,
so
I
can
digest
it
and
take
it
home
with
me.
G
A
Lori,
I
guess
the
only
other
question
I
had
you
know
is
whether
you
know
you
all
are
doing
the
work
you're
doing
as
workers
at
mission
hospital
and
a
lot
of
people
really
appreciate
it
is
there?
Is
there
anything
else
that
you
can
share
with
the
community
about
other
ways
that
the
community
can
be
supportive
of
helping
to
address
a
lot
of
the
concerns
around
patient
care
that
the
nurses
have
elevated?
I
think
that's
a
question.
G
G
H
G
A
G
G
J
E
E
As
a
mother
who
had
a
child
who
was
sent
immediately
to
the
nicu
after
he
was
born,
I
was
so
grateful
to
have
a
hospital-like
mission
and
attached
with
such
incredible
cardiology
care
for
the
first
few
years
of
his
life,
and
it's
it's
a
really
sad
state
when
we
hear
that
folks
are
choosing
to
go
elsewhere
for
their
care.
But
thank
you
all
for
what
you
do
on
a
daily
basis,
not
just
for
asheville
and
buncombe
county,
but
for
western
north
carolina.
G
A
K
Most
of
the
doctors
now
that
are
are
practicing
in
our
emergency
room
and
is
hospitalists
are
under
a
private
equity,
firm
company.
They
don't
you
know,
I
mean
I,
I
I
believe
they
care
about
our
patients,
but
it
wasn't
like
the
established
physicians
that
we
had
for
the
many
many
years
here
in
mission
admission.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
susan.
Thank
you
all
thanks
for
being
with
us
this
evening,
and
I
hope
you
all
appreciate
that
a
lot
a
lot
of
people
in
western
north
carolina.
I
really
believe
what
you're
doing
is
making
a
really
important
difference
for
our
region
and
our
people.
So
thank
you
all,
thanks
for
being
here
all
right.
Commissioners,
next
item
on
our
agenda
and
you're
welcome
to
stay
with
us,
but
do
not
feel
at
all
bad
about
if
you'd
like
to
depart
as
well.
That's
totally
fine.
A
L
Good
evening,
mr
chairman
commissioners,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
bring
forward
this
item
this
evening.
I
will
be
handing
off
the
presentation
and
its
responsibilities
to
nancy
williams,
but
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
to
briefly
introduce
her
nancy
williams.
Is
our
new
community
development
program
manager?
L
M
Thank
you
thanks,
matt
good
evening
commissioners
pleasure
to
meet
all
of
you
and
in
person.
So
thank
you
so
yeah
and
just
one
correction.
I
came
the
end
of
june,
not
january,
so
it's
been
about
a
month,
so
I'm
still
getting
acclimated
so
just
to
let
you
know
all
right,
so
the
community
development
block
grant
and
our
cdbgnr
is
for
neighborhood
revitalization
and
these
funds
are
passed
through
the
state
and
then
awarded
out
across
our
hundred
counties
for
from
the
funds
from
hud.
M
M
Most
people
last
year
did
apply
for
the
full
amount.
We're
considering.
If
that's
going,
to
be
a
really
good
approach
to
this
and
trying
to
get
back
into
the
cdbg
funds.
It's
a
30-month
project
period.
So
you
have
four
months
to
kind
of
get
the
project
up
and
running,
get
the
rfps
out,
there's
24
months
to
actually
do
the
work
and
then
two
months
to
wrap
up
and
do
the
project
closure.
M
Our
we
are
eligible
for
this
because
we
are
non-entitlement,
which
means
that
we
are
not
getting
other
funds
from
hud
through
cdbg
funds,
whereas
the
city
of
asheville
is
an
entitlement
community
and
so
all
of
our
work
because
they
get
the
cdbg
funds
will
be
outside
of
the
city
of
asheville.
So
all
of
buncombe
county,
except
for
inside
the
city
of
asheville.
M
It
is
a
very
competitive
application.
Last
year,
21
awards
were
made
out
of
100
counties
and
five
of
those
were
counties
and
16
were
for
small
town
municipalities.
So
we
received
the
nofa
on.
I
got
it
actually
august
2nd
and
then
it's
due
september
30th,
so
we're
in
a
really
tight
time
frame
and
we're
really
pleased
that
we
can
get
our
two
public
hearings
in.
So
this
is
the
first
of
two
for
this
application
process.
M
All
right
so
now
I'll
go
into
what
the
funds
can
cover
and
the
kind
of
their
basis
and
their
principles
and
the
objectives.
So
the
national
objectives
are
set
by
hud
that
this
benefits
low
and
moderate
income
persons,
and
it
can
be
by
area
or
individuals,
and
it's
also
to
prevent
or
eliminate
slums
or
blight,
which
is
often
if
you
have
a
redevelopment
plan
or
something
that
sets
up
a
particular
area
is
where
that
would
come
in.
M
So
it
can
be
from
the
minor
keeping
somebody
in
a
home
emergency
repairs,
getting
a
heating
system
or
actually
doing
much
more
substantial
work.
Then
there's
scattered
site
housing,
which
is
going
to
be
more
of
that
redevelopment
area.
Type
approach.
We're
not
necessarily
going
to
be
able
to
utilize
all
of
these
different
eligible
activities,
but
I
am
listing
them
all
so
that
you
can
see
what's
incorporated
into
this
all
right.
M
So
those
are
the
six
areas
that
the
funding
covers,
and
then
this
is
in
kind
of
more
the
details
of
what
the
requirements
are
so
talking
about
the
low
and
moderate
income
persons.
Those
are
for
anybody
under
80
of
the
area,
median
income,
so
low
is
actually
at
50,
but
the
moderate
is
at
80,
so
those
are
who
we
will
be
able
to
benefit
with
these
funds
and
the
area-wide
benefit.
M
If
that's
considered,
let's
see
in
a
redevelopment
plan
or
a
neighborhood
improvement,
then
of
that
area,
51
needs
to
be
low
income
or
lower
moderate
income
persons,
and
so
this
is
federal
funding.
So
the
federal
requirements
passed
through,
so
the
hud
regulations
will
go
through
as
well
as
following
all
the
federal
regulations,
so
whoever
is
funded
as
a
sub-recipient
also
has
to
be
understanding.
M
M
We
will
have
the
second
public
hearing
on
the
actual
application
on
september
20th
and
then
the
application
goes
out
the
door
and
is
back
in
raleigh
by
september
30th
the
award
notification
we've
listed
november
here.
That
might
be
a
little
ahead
of
schedule.
Last
year
it
was
december
16th
when
they
actually
had
the
press
release
and
awarded
the
funds
so
we're
looking
at
implementing.
If
we
were
to
receive
the
funds
early
2023.
M
And
so
for
this
evening
we
are
looking
at
the
approval
of
the
community
development
block,
grant
citizen
participation
plan
which
is
required
for
hud
and
cdbg
programs.
This
will
require
the
board's
approval,
and
this
goes
over
all
of
the
mechanisms
of
how
our
public
are
involved
in
our
grant,
making
funding.
A
A
And
I
don't
think
we
have
any
so
I'm
going
to
close
the
public
hearing
at
6
13
p.m,
and
is
there
anything
else
we
need
to
accomplish
on
this
item
this
evening,
all
right,
matt,
nancy,
thanks
so
much.
We
appreciate
it
look
forward
to
learning
more
as
the
process
moves
forward.
Okay,
all
right!
We
now
come
to
the
county,
manager's
reports,
so
I
will
turn
it
over
to
april
pender.
N
Commissioners,
I'm
giving
a
nod
to
dk
and
she's
going
to
introduce
our
new
american
core
fellow
mylon
and
doesn't
make
the
way
to
the
podium
this
young
man
has
been
with
us
now
for
two
weeks.
He
started
on
august
the
1st
and
has
already
made
an
impact
in
the
organization
so
I'll.
Let
dk
talk
a
little
bit
about
myla.
O
Thank
you
good
evening,
commissioners
vk
wesley,
your
assistant
county
manager.
I
just
want
to
briefly
describe
the
program
that
milan
is
working
with
us
through.
You
may
have
heard
of
leave
for
north
carolina,
which
is
a
state
affiliate
for
lead
for
america,
and
the
goals
of
this
program
is
to
do
a
couple
of
things.
O
They
want
to
grow
our
public
leaders
in
north
carolina
to
enhance
our
communities
and
local
jurisdictions
and
to
have
our
new
leaders
work
on
very
transformative
projects
in
our
organization
and
so
marlon's,
going
to
provide
a
little
information
about
what
he'll
be
working
on.
Mylan
will
be
with
us
for
about
a
year.
So
we're
really
excited
to
have
him
here
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
my
husband.
P
The
three
sort
of
main
broad
goals
I'm
going
to
be
working
on
are
on
racial
equity,
county
wide
apprenticeships
and
homelessness
solutions.
So
I
really
do
look
forward
to
working
with
you
as
commissioners
and
other
elected
officials
throughout
asheville
and
buncombe
county,
and
you
know
the
community
to
get
this
work
done
and
hopefully
make
an
impact.
So
again,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
I'm
looking
forward
to
meeting
with
and
working
with
you
all
very
very
soon.
A
A
Q
So
these
are
limited
obligation,
bonds
for
2022,
a
and
b
and
refunding
of
2014.
A
these
five
ordinances
establish
the
budget
for
the
debt
service
payments,
unlimited
obligation,
bonds
issued
by
the
county
at
the
end
of
june
there's
also
some
refunding
of
the
2014.
A
and
four
of
these
funds,
general
fund
issuance,
is
associated
with
the
capital
projects
of
fiscal
year.
22
solar
and
the
general
services
and
fleet
complex
establishes
budget
of
eight
hundred
twenty
one
thousand
nine
hundred
fifteen
dollars.
Q
Q
A
All
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right,
thanks,
john
all,
right.
The
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
consideration
of
a
resolution
establishing
a
general
obligation,
bonds,
community
oversight,
committee
and
I'll
guess
I'll
tee
this
off,
but
I
welcome
other
commissioners
to
feel
free
to
chime
in
on
this.
So,
as
we've
discussed
at
previous
meetings,
the
voters
are
going
to
be
considering
two
general
obligation
bonds
on
the
ballot.
A
I'd
like
to
just
read
read
parts
of
the
resolution:
it's
not
that
long!
So
let
me
just
read
it
so
that
we'll
have
that
in
the
record,
whereas
the
board
held
two
public
hearings
on
june
7
2022
and
issued
a
bond
order
for
40
million
dollars,
general
obligation,
housing
bonds
and
a
bond
order
for
30
million
open
space
bonds,
whereas,
if
approved
by
voters,
had
a
special
bond
referendum
to
be
held
in
buncombe
county
on
november
8
2022.
A
Whereas
in
order
to
instill
confidence
in
the
community
through
transparency
measures,
the
county
is
currently
planning
to
create
an
easy
to
access
page
on
the
county's
website
to
track
and
demonstrate
how
bond
funds
are
allocated
and
whereas
to
further
transparency,
efforts
and
based
on
community
feedback
and
to
assure
public
trust
in
the
uses
of
such
funds.
The
board
deems
it
desirable
and
in
the
best
interest
of
the
citizens
and
residents
of
the
county,
to
create
a
community
oversight
committee
to
monitor
the
investments
in
low
and
moderate
income.
A
Housing
and
open
space
conservation
if
the
voters
approve
the
referendums
this
november
now,
therefore
be
it
resolved
by
the
board
of
commissioners
for
the
county
of
buncombe
as
follows:
one
that
a
general
obligation,
bonds,
community
oversight
committee
is
hereby
created.
Two
that
the
committee
shall
have
five
members
comprised
of
one
person
with
an
accounting
background.
One
person
with
a
banking
background,
one
representative
of
the
affordable
housing
community,
one
representative
up
from
the
conservation
green
waste
community,
each
to
be
appointed
by
this
board
and
one
member
to
be
appointed
by
the
asheville
chamber
of
commerce.
A
A
Four
that
the
purpose
of
the
committee
is
to
review
the
investments
made
from
the
bond
revenues
to
confirm
that
100
of
bond
funds
are
invested
in
accordance
with
law
and
for
the
purposes
indicated
on
the
ballots
five,
the
committee
will
adopt
a
set
of
bylaws
to
include
the
appointment
of
a
chair
and
vice
chair
from
among,
among
its
members
meetings
process
a
public
comment
period
at
each
meeting
and
procedures
for
committees
action.
The
committee
will
meet
no
less
than
two
times
per
year
and
will
make
an
annual
report
to
this
board
six.
A
A
A
A
A
F
F
So
yeah,
I
appreciate
staff
drafting
this,
I'm
supportive.
I
think
it's
a
great
idea.
We
have
we
have
very
strong
programs
and
we
have
really
good
advisory
boards
working
on
those
programs
and
making
those
recommend
recommendations.
So
I
feel
great
about
that,
and
I
think
this
is
just
really
an
extra
step-
that
we
want
to
show
the
community
to
really
that
that
we
have
this
citizen
oversight
board
to
ensure
them
that
there
is
complete
transparency
and
that
they
can
feel
confident
that
the
funds
are
being
spent
in
the
way
that
they
are
stated
and
intended.
J
Over
the
years,
we've
had
several
bond
issues
in
both
the
city
and
county,
and
one
of
the
complaints
has
been
transparency,
and
I
think
this
helps
there,
because
we
have
the
overall
committee
to
really
look
at
it,
and
this
is
one
of
the
areas
where
we
can't
have
too
many
sets
of
eyes.
I
don't
think
looking
at
it
to
keep
everybody
sort
of
informed,
not
sort
of
informed
on
what's
going
on,
but
I
think
this
is
great
because
you
know
I've
been
around
long
enough.
J
E
I
wholeheartedly
agree,
I'm
supportive
of
this,
and
I
agree
with
commissioner
wells.
We
have
great
committees
that
are
working
on
these
issues
I
think,
having
yet
another
layer
and
a
different
set
of
eyes
reviewing
this
work
is
going
to
be
very
beneficial
as
we
build
the
trust
and
the
transparency
around
these
bond
issues
should
they
pass
in
november.
So
I'm
incredibly
supportive
of
this.
A
F
S
Just
want
to
give
you
an
update
on
a
board
that
we
have
a
vacancy
in
the
planning
board.
I
think
we
discussed
it
probably
two
meetings
ago
and
we
didn't
have
a
whole
lot
of
application
activity
right
now.
We
have
up
that
activity.
We
do
have
five
potential
applicants
that
have
applied
for
the
planning
board
vacancy
and
wanted
to
see
if
the
board
was
interested
in
doing
interviews
anytime
soon,.
A
S
A
I
A
September
6
yep,
we
could
do
we
want
to
interview
all
the
applicants.
That's
I
mean
we
could
say
like
on
september,
6th,
we're
going
to
interview
the
applicants
and
then
make
a
decision
on
september
6th.
We
could
announce
tonight,
I'm
sorry
lamar.
How
long
did
you
say
the
windows
already
open
for
to
apply.
A
S
J
A
Okay,
well,
we
could
do
it
prior
to
each
of
our
meetings
and
we
could
just
give
ourselves
10
minutes
for
each
application
if
we
get
a
whole
bunch
of
new
ones.
That
may
not
work,
but
if
it's
not
many
more
than
we
have
now,
we
started
at
like
11
30.
We
could
do
them
prior
to
our
meetings.
That
would
be
one
option.
Another
option
would
be
to
do
them
after
our
meetings,
but
that
would
cut
into
our
briefing
meetings.
So
we'd
have
to
keep
the
agenda
for
that
meeting
short.
A
E
A
A
T
For
attorney-client
communication,
one
to
discuss
a
claim
and
potential
settlement
authority
with
the
board,
and
the
second
is
to
discuss
the
marcus,
hyatt
and
ashley
barrett
case
versus
the
office
of
the
sheriff,
which
is
in
united
states
district
court.
Western
district
of
north
carolina
19
cv
250,
and
we
need
to
ask
for
some
direction
from
the
board.