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From YouTube: Commissioners' Briefing (March 16, 2021)
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Briefing of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners' and COVID-19 Community Update for March 16, 2021. The purpose of these briefings are to discuss County business and future agenda items in an open, transparent manner. No official actions take place during the briefings.
A
Order,
commissioners,
are
there
any
questions
about
any
items
on
the
agenda
for
this
meeting
or
for
the
meeting
this
afternoon
at
five
o'clock.
A
All
right:
well,
then,
let's
plan
and
are
there
any
other
items
that
folks
would
like
to
add
to
the
agenda
for
our
3
p.m?
Meeting
today
during
discussion,
all
right,
then,
let's
plan
on
following
the
agenda
that
we
have
published
and
we're
going
to
get
started
with
our
covid19
and
vaccine
updates
and
stacy
saunders
is
here
to
provide
some
updates.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
being
here.
B
So,
as
of
today,
we
have
15
970,
confirmed,
coveted
19
cases
that
have
been
identified
in
buncombe
county
294,
covid
19,
related
deaths
have
occurred
in
our
community
and
currently
we
are
seeing
roughly
about
20
new
cases
per
day
enter
our
public
health
workflow.
That's
a
decree
decrease
of
almost
70
since
the
last
time
I
came
to
present
to
you
all
and
our
new
cases
per
100
000
per
week,
as
of
today
is
57.
B
B
B
B
And
I
think
it's
I
wanted
to.
Let
me
see,
let
me
go
there,
I'm
sorry.
Those
were
a
little
out
of
place.
I
apologize
for
that.
I
did
want
to
share
the
covid
like
illness
that
we
haven't
looked
at
in
a
while,
because
we've
been
focused
on
some
other
indicators,
but
I
did
want
to
show
that
the
covet-like
illness,
which
is
one
of
our
early
indicators,
you
can
see
the
same
type
of
trend
that
we
saw
with
the
epicurve
that
we
see
marked
decrease
here.
B
I
think
it's
also
interesting
to
note,
though
I
didn't
add
it
today,
that
the
influenza-like
illness
surveillance
report
too,
what's
really
interesting
with
that
data
that
dhhs
captures
in
their
surveillance
report
is
that
there's
very
little
flu
activity
right
now
and
I
wanted
to
highlight
that
and
show
that
I
think
one
of
the
contributing
factors
there
are.
The
precautions
that
we
have
in
place
for
covid19
are
impacting
other
viral
transmission.
B
Our
new
case
is
per
100
000
and
just
a
reminder
that
the
table
you
see
here
is
pulled
every
monday
for
you
all.
So
it's
from
week
to
week,
the
new
cases
per
100
000
has
fallen
steadily
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks
and
our
percent
positivity,
as
mentioned
previously,
remains
stable
over
the
last
week,
hovering
around
three
percent.
B
B
B
Those
first
rollout
of
vaccine
that
we're
seeing
less
and
less
of
our
65
year
olds
with
new
cases,
which
is
wonderful
to
hear,
as
that
was
one
of
our
groups
with
the
highest
risk
of
severe
illness
if
they
were
to
contract
covet
19
and
on
the
state
call
today.
They
also
mentioned
that
for
long-term
care
facility
cases
for
long-term
care
facility
clusters
and
outbreaks,
we're
also
seeing
that
come
down
as
well.
So
all
good
news
that
we
do
think
is
impacted
by
vaccine
rollout.
B
So,
while
that
is
really
great
news,
we
are
not
seeing
immense
impact
yet
in
the
general
population
for
vaccine
rollout,
because
we're
just
starting
more
of
that
general
population.
So
that's
why
again,
it's
really
important
for
folks
to
remember
to
practice
the
three
w's
so
that
we
can
continue
to
see
our
trends
stay
in
in
this
green
area
and
hopefully
reduce
it
even
further.
B
So
please
do
not
become
complacent
and,
as
a
reminder,
north
carolina
is
currently
vaccinating
groups.
One
two
and
three
and
group
four
will
open
first
to
adults
with
high
risk
medical
conditions,
those
experiencing
homelessness
and
the
incarcerated
on
march
17th.
That
is
tomorrow,
our
wait
list
will
go
live
tomorrow
morning
at
8
am
for
this
new
group
of
folks
who
are
eligible
our
current.
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
a
quick
update
too
on
our
current
wait
list.
B
Our
wait
list
is
considerably
less
than
what
it
was
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
we
were
able
to
identify
thousands
of
duplicates
and
with
our
new
unsubscribe
function,
for
the
waitlist
folks
are
able
to
remove
themselves
and
still
call
us
and
remove
them.
We
can
remove
them
as
well.
That
also
resulted
in
thousands
of
folks
coming
off
of
the
waitlist
and
so
prior
to
entering
into
group
three.
B
This
left
about
sixteen
thousand
individuals
still
on
the
wait
list
and
with
the
addition
of
group
three
we
added
about
four
thousand
or
so
give
or
take
individuals
onto
the
list,
so
our
team
has
continued
to
work
with
work,
the
list
down
for
appointment,
scheduling
and
now
we
are
scheduling
in
the
55,
the
57
000
range
for
confirmation
numbers.
The
highest
number
on
the
list
is
65
557,
and
so
just
note
that
that
does
not
indicate
the
total
number
on
the
list.
B
So
as
of
yesterday,
our
state
had
administered
over
3.1
million
doses
of
vaccine,
and
this
translates
to
almost
20
percent
of
the
population
receiving
at
least
partial
vaccination
and
over
13
having
now
been
fully
vaccinated,
and
this
is
a
slight
change
in
language
that
I
did
want
to
bring
to
everyone's
attention.
With
the
introduction
of
the
j,
the
johnson
and
johnson
one
joe's
vaccine,
you
might
have
remembered
that
it
was
first
dose
and
second
dose
is
the
way
we
talked
about
it.
B
Now,
with
the
introduction
of
a
one-dose
vaccine,
the
state
has
changed
their
language
to
partially
vaccinated
and
fully
vaccinated,
and
we
will
do
the
same
for
for
our
numbers
so
that
we
can
compare
apples
to
apples
so
among
all
buncombe
county
vaccine
providers
over
83
000
total
vaccines
have
been
administered.
This
equates
to
19.8
percent
of
our
population,
achieving
at
least
partial
vaccination
and
12.2
percent.
B
B
And
what
you
see
here
is
specific
to
buncombe,
county
hhs
efforts
and
just
to
point
out
that
we
did
separate
this
so
that
you
can
see
the
65
to
74
year
olds
and
then
the
75
and
over
and
what
you're
seeing
here
is
the
total
population
being
too
little
over
239
000,
based
on
the
data
we
were
using
and
roughly
91
of
that
estimated
to
be
white.
B
We
reached
33.2
percent
of
that
estimated
population
percent
of
white
and
75
years
and
older
35.5
and
then
with
our
african-american
black
population
about
six
percent
of
the
total
population,
which
is
roughly
about
15
000
individuals.
When
we
looked
at
that
age,
breakdown
percent
african-american
black
65
to
74
years
receiving
one
dose
we're
almost
26
percent.
Of
that
estimated
population
and
percent
african-american
black
75
years
and
older
also
almost
6
26
percent.
That
is
not
a
typo.
They,
the
math,
really
did
come
out
to
be
the
be
the
same,
and
then
this
is.
B
Demography
estimates
there's
not
an
age
breakdown
there,
but
we
do
have
the
total
population
information,
which
is
roughly
10
percent
of
our
population,
identifies
as
latinx,
which
is
a
little
over
23
000,
and
of
that
we
have
percent
latinx
receiving
first
doses,
three
percent.
You
might
remember
a
couple
weeks
ago
when
I
reported
this,
it
was
1.4
percent,
so
our
equity
efforts
are
we're,
seeing
the
the
dividends
of
that
equity
work.
B
I
did,
I
didn't
put
it
on
the
slide,
but
I
did
want
to
update
you
all
on
the
long-term
care
facility.
Work
too,
because
I
know
that's
been
of
great
interest
to
you
all
and
that,
regarding
the
federal
long-term
care
facility
program,
all
the
facilities
that
are
in
that
program
have
received
first
and
second
visits
with
many
of
them
receiving
their
third
visits,
which
will
be
their
final
visits.
B
The
state
continues
to
track
that
progress
on
their
state
vaccination
dashboard
over
127
000,
first
doses
have
been
administered
through
that
program
and
over
102
000.
Second
doses
have
been
completed,
and
this
is
indicative
of
about
80
percent
of
that
allocation
to
that
program
and
locally
for
those
long-term
care
facilities
that
did
not
participate
in
the
federal
program.
B
They
were
the
responsibility
of
of
the
local
health
department.
82
facilities
were
identified
by
the
state
for
the
for
the
responsibility
of
the
local
health
department.
47
of
those
long-term
care
care
facilities
have
been
completed,
16
have
received
their
first
doses,
18
declined
or
did
not
respond
to
buncombe
county
hhs
outreach
and,
additionally,
our
staff
who
were
working
on
that
project
identified
26
additional
facilities
of
congregate
living
and
that
were
not
originally
on
that
state
list.
B
Eight
of
those
have
been
completed,
18
have
received
their
first
dose
and
those
congregate
care
facilities,
range
from
small
family
care
homes
to
alternative
family
living
homes
and
they're.
You
know
usually
smaller
in
bed
size
and
just
to
note
we're
vaccinating
both
the
staff
and
the
residents
of
those.
B
In
addition
to
the
baseline
we've
received
another
300
equity
allocation
and
just
to
remind
you
all,
the
intent
of
that
allocation
is
to
provide
access,
in
addition
to
your
baseline
to
historically
marginalized
populations,
which
you've
seen
in
previous
popu
in
previous
presentations.
How
we've
done
that
this
week
we'll
continue
to
engage
and
vaccinate
our
latinx
population.
B
In
addition
to
these
allocations,
we
did
apply
for
a
one-time
special
allocation
of
1170
to
use
for
their
school
staff.
This
special
allocation
will
allow
us
to
finish
our
school
staff
list
without
taking
away
from
our
baseline,
so
we
can
apply
all
of
our
baseline
to
our
waitlist
and
those
on
there
and
then
north
carolina
dhhs
is
expecting
to
spend,
send
out
the
three-week
allocation
for
next
week.
B
In
the
two
weeks
after
today,
I
had
not
received
it
as
I
came
into
this
meeting
today,
but
we
should
receive
it
today
and
find
out
what
we'll
be
getting
for
the
next
three
weeks.
B
And
the
last
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
around
allocation
was
that
last
week,
in
addition
to
our
baseline
and
our
equity
allocation
and
a
transfer
from
mission
of
a
thousand
doses
of
j
j,
which
we
incorporated
into
our
schedule,
we
received
an
unexpected
allocation
from
north
carolina
dhhs
of
400
additional
doses
that
we
weren't
scheduled
like.
We
had
no
idea
that
those
were
coming
and
and
had
not
scheduled
those.
So
what
we
did
decide
to
do
with
those
is
pilot,
our
very
first
transfer
to
a
provider.
B
So
you
might
remember,
we've
been
taking
or
accepting
lots
of
transfers,
but
this
time
we
got
to
pilot
a
transfer
to
another
provider
and
it
went
really
well.
We
transferred
to
area
pharmacies,
200
doses,
to
healthridge
in
black
mountain
who
has
scheduled
their
appointments
and
successfully
put
their
shots
in
arms
and
then
a
hundred
doses
each
to
ingalls
pharmacies,
one
in
weaverville
and
one
in
leicester,
so
that
we
had
some
coverage
around
the
county
and
it's
going.
It
went
really
well.
B
We
continue
to
administer
most
of
our
first
doses
at
the
ab
tech,
with
outreach
events
for
equity
purposes,
sometimes
elsewhere,
and
we
will
be
transitioning
to
the
biltmore
church,
south
location
on
march
19th,
to
begin
use
of
that
as
our
second
doe
site,
beginning
march
20th.
So
we'll
take
one
day
to
transfer
everything
over
and
begin
doing.
B
Testing
continues
to
help
us
reduce
the
spread
and
testing
is
available
at
a
b
tech
on
sundays
via
starmed
and
more
information
on
testing
with
starmed
can
be
found
at
starmed.care
and,
as
we
are
in
the
month
of
the
anniversary
of
many
things
kovid,
I
did
want
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
and
acknowledge
the
leadership
and
sacrifice
of
our
community
in
this
year.
I
also
wanted
to
acknowledge
the
hard
work
and
long
hours
of
not
just
hhs
but
emergency
management
and
all
of
our
other
covent
response
partners
in
this
last
year.
So
thank
you.
C
I
had
a
quick
question,
or
maybe
two
I
guess
first
of
all
is
that
your
understanding
that
mission
hospital
is
going
to
continue
to
get
vaccines
on
a
regular
basis,
and
I
guess
where
I'm
going
with,
that
is.
You
mentioned
the
homeless
population
and
the
johnson
johnson
vaccine
that
that
seemed
like
the
ideal
vaccine
to
me
for
for
that
population,
and
so
I
guess
my
question
is
around
mission
hospital
and
and
vaccinating
our
homeless
population.
B
Yes,
so
for
populations
that
it
might
be
harder
for
us
to
get
for
a
second
dose,
we
would
prefer
jay
and
for
johnson
johnson.
I
apologize,
keep
calling
it
j,
j,
johnson
and
johnson,
and
that's
what
we're
talking
with
our
hospital
partners
with
is
when,
if
and
as
they
receive
johnson
johnson,
through
regular
allocations
or
through
special
allocations
working
with
them
to
best
use
that
johnson
and
johnson
for
our
homeless
population.
Our
incarcerated
population,
because
it
does
make
good
use
of
that
vaccine
in
certain
populations.
E
B
Are
able
to
account
for
that,
so
those
numbers
that
you're
seeing
on
that
slide
and
oh,
yes,
those
are
what
we
put
into
the
cvms
system
and
then
we
pull
that
report
back
out
for
our
use
and
when
we
look
at
when
we
stratify
that
by
where
their
county
of
residence
is
or
where,
where
their
residence
is,
94
percent
is
buncombe
county
residents.
Six
percent
is
outside
of
our
county
with
most
of
that
being
our
surrounding
counties,
and
I
believe
the
last
time
we
checked
less
than
one
percent
is
out
of
state
thanks
a.
E
G
F
Wanted
to
give
you
an
update
of
where
we
are
with
the
coveted
housing
projects
that
we've
been
working
on
and
so
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide
max.
F
And
then
there
was
another
allocation
of
one
bunkum
that
we
used
in
january
this
year
as
a
bridge
found
bridge
dollars,
and
that
was
a
total
of
about
a
hundred
thousand,
so
really
almost
750
thousand
dollars
with
one
buck
them.
F
And
then
we
use
coronavirus
relief
funds
or
coveted
relief
funds
from
mid-september
through
the
end
of
december,
and
we
expended
right
at
900,
000.
F
And
then
we
have
the
emergency
rental
assistance
program
dollars
from
the
feds
and
that's
just
a
little
over
seven
million
dollars
and
then
there's
some
affordable
housing
dollars
that
the
county
allocated
to
ebelin
back
probably
about
four
months
ago.
I
believe
and
there's
about
fifty
six
thousand
dollar
56
thousand
of
those
dollars
left
sitting
in
airplane,
so
really
a
total
of
almost
eight
million
dollars
and
then,
with
the
most
recent
passage
of
the
stimulus
bill,
there
will
be
another
allocation
of
emergency
rental
assistance
dollars.
F
There
was
21.6
billion
dollars
set
aside
and
counties
that
have
over
200
000
will
be
direct
recipients
of
those
dollars.
So
I
should
suspect
that
we
will
get
another
allocation
of
the
emergency
rental
assistance
program
dollars,
I'm
not
seeing
what
that
allocation
may
look
like.
Yet
it
was
on
a
call
with
treasury.
This
morning
they
said
their
goal
was
to
get
that
money
out,
hopefully
within
two.
F
F
We're
going
to
run
the
two
programs
and
now
will
be
probably
three
programs
concurrently
right
now:
we're
talking
about
emergency
rental
assistance
and
cdbg
dollars
running
concurrently.
The
policies
are
similar,
but
there's
some
nuances
in
in
those
dollars
and
who
you
can
and
can't
help
so
we'll
we
are
going
to
run
those
programs
concurrently
right
now
we're
still
waiting
on
the
state
to
release
our
cdbg
dollars.
F
F
I
know
on
your
slide,
says
438
that
was
of
last
thursday
today,
we've
taken
about
500
inquiries
and
we
expended
about
360,
000
or
approved
by
360
000.
Already,
we've
probably
not
touched
all
those
500
inquiries,
and
what
you'll
see
is
those
dollars
expended
because
of
the
nature
of
this
program
and
what
you
can
and
can't
pay
for
and
the
amount
of
time
you
can
pay
for
that.
The
expenditures
are
going
to
be
much
higher
than
what
we
saw
in
the
previous
housing
programs.
F
A
So
for
folks
who
might
have
lost
their
job
because
they
were
in
a
business
that
was
impacted
by
kova
they've
been
out
of
work,
they
weren't
able
to
make
rent
payments
things
like
that,
there's
an
opportunity
for
many
people
to
catch
up
on
all
of
that
and
potentially
even
pay
some
in
the
future.
It's
it's!
That's
the
nature
of
the
potential
support
for
for
folks
who
are
behind
on
rent.
F
Yes,
sir,
exactly
you
know,
we
we've
kind
of
looked
at
this
to
say
we'll
pay.
Any
arrears
exist
to
get
people
caught
up
to
that
point
and
then
look
at
prospective
months
to
going
forward.
F
What
happens?
Is
you
have
to
redetermine
eligibility
every
three
months
going
forward?
So
you
know
we
would
have
to
re-verify
eligibility
in
those
things
after
three
months,
okay,
great.
F
They
the
way
the
program
is
set
up
for
emergency
rental
assistance.
They
go
directly
to
the
vendors
or
their
providers,
which
would
be
landlords
or
utility
companies
or
such
there
are.
There
are
exceptions
with
emergency
rental
assistance
that
we've
not
seen
before,
we'll
talk
about
that
in
a
minute,
but
there
are
some
exceptions
that
you
could
possibly
pay
someone
other
than
a
provider.
F
F
We're
currently
working
with
I.t
to
develop
an
online
application.
We
think
that
that
would
be
very
helpful,
also
right
now
we're
only
taking
applications
by
phone,
but
we
want
to
put
an
online
application
out
there
and
also
a
dashboard
to
show
you
know
amount
of
people
who
have
been
approved
dollar
spent.
F
You
know
demographic
data,
those
kinds
of
things
because
we're
capturing
all
that
data,
but
we
wanted
to
get
the
platform
up
and
running
so
we
could
take
applications
and
we
used.
There
were
some
things
we
would
work
on
later
and
we're
working
on
that.
Currently
we
have
many
win
county
communications
this
week
to
talk
about
our
communications
outreach
plan,
and
you
know
how
that
will
look
going
forward.
We've
kind
of
done
a
soft
rollout.
F
G
F
Okay,
we
will
take
applications
in
many
multiple
ways.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
viable
avenue
for
people
to
apply.
G
F
F
Portal
us
treasury
put
out
some
new
faqs,
the
new
administration
put
out
new
faqs
and
my
understanding
is
there
actually
would
be
some
more.
So
we
went
from
four
pages
of
rules
to
seven
so
far,
but
there
were
some
changes
that
I
I
want
to
point
out
that
I
think
they're
important.
F
The
top
one
is
a
redirected,
reduced
timeline
for
payment
it
used
to
be.
We
had
to
wait
for
21
days
for
landlords
to
respond
to
us
and
request
for
information
about
amount
owed
and
those
kinds
of
things
they
reduced
that
to
14
days
and
gave
us
some
other
options
back
to
commissioner
whiteside's
question
about
whether
they
go
to
the
vendors
or
not.
F
F
You
know
a
client
statement
to
some
extent
and
test
to
the
validity
of
what
they're
telling
you,
but
once
again
that
would
be
a
last
resort
and
I
think
the
one
at
the
bottom
is
really
important.
They
now
allow
what
we
call
categorical
eligibility
and
us
running
this
program
that
helps.
F
It
means
that
if
people
are
receiving
food
assistance
and
medicaid
or
those
federal
entitlement,
type
programs
or
block
grants-
and
we
administer
a
lot
of
those
already
from
an
hhs
standpoint-
then
we
can
determine
their
eligibility
based
on
them
already
in
receipt
of
safe
food
assistance
and
with
casework
staff
who
have
access
to
that
information.
It
makes
it
much
easier
a
lot
of
people
we
may
not
even
have
to
ask
for
documentation,
because
we
already
may
have
those
verifications
and
documentations
to
determine
eligibility
in
our
system.
F
F
F
Funds
are
now
allowed
for
legal
assistance
and
they
call
that
supportive
services
and
there's
some
questions
about
whether
that
comes
out
of
administrative
dollars
or
it
comes
out
of
your
service
dollars.
But
we'll
work
with
pisgah
legal
around
that.
If
you
know,
if
we
need
to
we'll
develop
a
contract
with
illegal
around,
you
know
staving
off
evictions
if
they
were
to
occur.
F
F
This
is
kind
of
we
can
use
to
do
outreach
with
and
we'll
put
a
web
address
on
there
once
we
get
an
online
application
right
now
it
has
our
call
center
phone
number
on
there.
It
gives
you
the
kind
of
the
guidelines
of
eligibility
as
far
as
income
goes.
It's
80
percent
of
the
area,
medium
income,
so
for
a
family
of
one,
it's
lower.
Forty
thousand
dollars
for
family
force
a
little
over
fifty
seven
thousand
dollars.
F
Not
being
able
to
pay
around,
your
utilities
has
to
be
coveted
related,
so
those
things
still
exist
in
all
these
programs
that
we're
running
right
now,
you
somehow
have
to
tie
it
back
to
the
pandemic
for
the
not
ability
not
to
pay
your
rent
or
those
kinds
of
things
like
loss
of
job
reduced
hours.
Those
kinds
of
things.
A
F
F
It
was
kind
of
really
strict
about
what
was
covid
related
and
what's
not,
there's
a
lot
of
flexibility
built
from
u.s
treasury,
and
I
I
really
believe
that
that's
intentional
not
to
put
a
lot
of
rules
out
there,
so
you
can
build
that
into
your
local
policy
and
I
heard
that
I've
heard
that
on
a
couple
calls
with
them
so
far,
so
we
built
those
kinds
of
things
into
our
local
policies
so
that
we
cover
ourselves
and
that
we
can
be
as
flexible
as
possible
as
determining
what's
cover-related
and
what's
not
great
any
other
questions.
A
I
guess
my
only
other
question
is
you
know
this
is
a
lot
of
resources,
we're
still
early
in
this
process.
A
So
is
it?
Is
it
too
early
to
tell
whether
or
not,
even
though
this
is
a
large
pool
of
funding,
whether
this
is
highly
likely
to
get
fully
depleted
over
the
coming
months?
Based
on
the
folks,
you
know,
we
know
that
there's
thousands
of
thousands
of
people
who
have
lost
jobs
or
lost
wages
compared
to
where
we
were
12
months
ago
as
an
economy.
A
D
F
We
could
access
also
a
little
probably
around
about
2
million
dollars
that
the
state
set
aside
for
the
direct
allocation
counties
and
cities
that,
if
we
expended
that
say
the
7
million
that
we
have
now
we
could
access
those
dollars
also,
but
looking
at
the
payments
and
the
number
of
people
we've
served
already,
if
you
kind
of
do
the
math
in
your
head,
I
mean
we've,
probably
not
approved
more
than
50
people
or
so
so
far,
and
to
expend
360
000
it'll
go
fast.
Okay,.
A
H
Good
afternoon,
commissioners,
rachel
neighard
a
strategic
partnerships
director
for
buncombe
county
presenting
to
you
this
afternoon
as
part
of
the
briefing
in
advance
of
coming
back
to
you
next
month,
with
a
decision
item
related
to
joining
the
asheville
buncombe
united
for
youth
network.
H
H
H
United
way
of
asheville
and
buncombe
county
is
providing
the
coordination
and
the
facilitation
of
this
collaborative
and
it
it
truly
reflects
a
multi-sector
partnership.
There
are
about
75
organizations
so
far,
you'll
see
the
names
of
a
few
here
on
the
screen
of
what
might
be
sort
of
the
early
adopters.
You've
got
the
school
systems,
other
local
governments
like
city
of
asheville,
nonprofit
and
community-based
organizations.
H
The
first
item
on
the
list
is
sort
of
a
philosophical
commitment
to
center
leadership
from
youth
from
parents
and
families
and
community,
and
that
aligns
well
with
the
commitment
that
we've
made
within
our
own
strategic
plan
within
our
comprehensive
planning
approach
within
our
racial
equity
planning,
where
buncombe
county
is
really
saying
that
the
voices
of
people
most
impacted
are
critical
to
our
decision
making
and
so
having
community
engagement
and
community
leadership.
Central
within
the
process
is
definitely
a
theme.
Another
theme
I
see
with
the
united
for
community
for
youth
network
is
the
foundation
on
data.
H
You'll,
see
results-based
accountability,
data
and
evaluation
practices.
Here,
the
idea
is
coming
together
on
a
shared
commitment
for
what
data
we're
going
to
measure.
How
we'll
tell
what
success
looks
like
what
our
goals
will
be?
How
often
we'll
measure
our
progress
where
we'll
report
it
and
what
we'll
do
about
the
data
that
we
see
not
independently
as
buncombe
county
and
city
of
asheville
and
buncombe,
county
schools
and
asheville
city
schools
and
all
of
those
different
players,
but
collectively
as
a
network.
H
Another
commitment
here
you
see
on
the
screen
is
called
the
early
warning
and
response
system,
so
for
those
of
us
that
don't
spend
day
in
and
day
out
in
the
school
setting,
I'll
explain
what
it
is.
It's
essentially
a
platform
that
pulls
together
information
about
student
attendance
student,
behavior
grades
on
core
courses,
together
with
the
other
kinds
of
data
that
we
think
about
about
academics
like
the
end-of-year
eogs
end-of-grade
assessments,
and
that
data
is
provided
at
real
time
to
the
hands
of
educators
after
school
leaders.
H
H
I
wanted
to
include
on
the
next
slide
some
examples
of
what
integrated
student
supports
means,
because
that's
a
pretty
kind
of
broad
or
vague
category
of
things.
So
what
did
what?
Would
this
really
look
like?
How
would
it
play
out
in
a
classroom
or
in
a
school
over
the
course
of
a
year?
So
there's
four
categories
of
of
what
this
looks
like,
but
a
student
support
might
be
accessing
service
at
a
school-based
health
center,
that's
being
established
at
one
of
the
local
schools,
it
might
mean
accessing
behavioral
or
mental
health.
Counseling.
H
H
H
So
what
does
this
mean
for
us?
As
a
member
of
the
network
who's
the
county
government?
There
are
a
few
commitments
that
you'll
see
in
our
partnership
agreement.
When,
when
you
see
the
draft
one
of
them
is
to
participate
in
the
cross-sector
leadership
team.
One
of
the
members
of
your
board,
jasmine
beech
ferraro,
does
participate
in
that
leadership
team,
as
does
our
elected
sheriff
for
buncombe.
County
sheriff
miller
participates
in
that
and
I
participate
in
that
leadership
team.
H
There
are
also
teams
for
network
convenings.
We've
got
engagement
of
county
staff,
who
interact
with
families
and
students
like
social
workers
or
sheriff's
deputies
who
participate
in
those,
as
well
as
the
school
school-based
resource
teams.
The
results-based
accountability
work
that
shared
data
evaluation
platform.
H
So
that's
a
summary
of
what
the
initial
commitments
look
like
we'll
be
back
on
april
20th
between
now
and
then
I
would
invite
you
to
reach
out
to
me
if
you
have
any
questions
to
commissioner
beach,
ferrara
or
sheriff
miller
or
laura
and
joseph,
and
any
of
us
would
be
happy
to
talk
with.
You
share
more
information
about
the
the
why
the
data
that's
causing
us
to
move
in
this
direction
and
the
what
what
the
what
these
solutions
look
like.
So
with
that,
I
will
conclude
the
presentation
and
ask
if
there
are
any
questions.
I
This
is
a
very
inspiring
project
and
I've
been
honored
to
get
to
learn
about
it
as
it's
been
built
out
and
just
think
that
the
community
schools
model
offers
such
exciting
opportunities
for
us
as
a
community
to
collaborate
in
ways
we
have
that
have
been
challenging
in
the
past
and
also
to
tackle
the
many
issues
we
know
exist
in
the
lives
of
children,
including
the
opportunity
achievement
gap
with
the
degree
of
resources
and
integration
that
we
need,
and
it's
very
exciting,
to
think
about
what's
possible
in
the
years
ahead.
I
With
this
lifting
off
with
the
work
towards
the
expansion
and
movement
towards
universal
pre-k
and
thinking
about
the
potential
bridges
and
continuum
that
can
exist
for
children
from
the
earliest
days
of
their
lives
through
the
k-12
experience
and
and
what
that
means.
So
I'm
so
inspired
and
and
really
excited
to
talk
with
other
commissioners,
but
mostly
listen
and
hear
thoughts
and
prepare
for
our
next
conversation
about
this.
G
H
So
we've
had
a
lot
of
discussions
with
united
way
as
we
go
through
this
sign-on
process
about.
How
is
this
what
we
already
do,
and
how
is
this
something?
That's
bold
action
and
something
new
in
many
ways,
it's
it's
a
infusion
of
how
we
work
together
as
opposed
to
taking
on
something
new.
This
is
not
a
program
or
initiating
initiative
with
a
price
tag
we
already
partner
with
our
early
educators
with
our
k-12
educators.
H
We
already
deliver
those
supportive
health
services
and
justice
services
and
being
a
part
of
the
network,
is
really
just
how
we
do
that
differently,
particularly
for
us
on
that
data
side
that
we've
got
performance
management
we
already
committed.
We
were
going
to
select
some
measures
and
do
work
measuring
educational
success
and
if
we
can
tie
together
and
and
do
that,
data
work
in
unison
rather
than
independently,
we
feel
like
we
can
get
more
leverage,
so
there's
not
a
price
tag.
H
H
G
Hear
you
say
that,
and
I
hope,
as
we
plan
for
this
and
work
into
it,
seeing
that
we
already
in
all
these
organizations
put
money
into
this
now.
I
hope
we
can
look
at
it
and
work
smarter
rather
than
more
money.
You
know.
Sometimes
we
throw
a
lot
of
money
at
it.
We
never
get
out
what
we
put
in,
but
I
hope
by
collaborating
and
all
we
can
get
a
bigger
bang
for
our
buck.
A
Next
up
is
a
discussion
of
the
continuation
of
capital
contract
with
buncombe
county
schools.
Michael
free
will
present
this
item.
J
Mr
chairman,
commissioners,
good
afternoon,
michael
frew,
here
I
had
asked
for
tim
fearley
to
swing
by
today,
but
I
don't
believe
he's
been
able
to
make
it.
J
This
is
this
started
about
september
last
year,
or
at
least
the
financial
aspects
of
it
when
the
bunker
county
schools
came
before
the
school
capital
phone
commission
and
requested
funding
for
the
safety
and
security
of
their
schools,
they
recommended,
and
this
board
approved
in
october
last
year,
on
a
budget
amendment
about
660
thousand
dollars
to
make
studies
of
the
47
buncombe
county
school
campuses,
so
that
process
is
moving
forward
and
at
this
time
the
buncombe
county
schools
are
wishing
to
enter
into
a
continuing
contract
for
capital
outlay
pursuant
to
statute
115
4
441
for
the
design
and
construction
management
services
of
the
project.
J
So
that's
important
because
any
school
unit
is
required
to
get
the
approval
of
the
commissioners
funding
the
projects
for
projects
that
cannot
be
completed
within
one
fiscal
year.
So
that's
a
continuing
project.
So
what
the
board
asks
is
that
we
bring
to
our
april
6
board
meeting
for
your
consideration.
J
It's
important
to
point
out
that
with
47
campuses,
the
school
board
understands
that
this
cannot
be
done
in
one
year.
It
may
not
be
able
to
be
done
in
three
or
four
years
it
might
be
10
years.
It's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
time,
and
besides,
just
think
of
this
is
like
entryway
improvements
to
make
them
safer
for
the
students
and
faculty.
J
So
this
approval
does
not
mean
that
the
county
is
seeding
its
role
in
controlling
the
funding
of
any
larger
projects.
So
the
resolution
that
would
come
before
the
board
would
indicate
that
it's
for
a
project
per
project
outlay
that
would
have
to
come
be
completed
within
more
than
one
fiscal
year.
So
I'll
try
to
answer
any
questions
without
mr
fearley,
but
I
think
some
of
these
projects
might
be
fairly
inexpensive.
I
think
on
average
they
might
be
in
the
neighborhood
of
750
000.
A
J
The
projects
themselves
have
been
approved,
but
this
is
specifically
construction
agreements
to
each
of
the
47
projects
will
live
on
its
own
and
be
its
own
project,
so
be
47
contracts,
essentially
with
novus
architects
and
harper
construction.
A
Okay
sounds
good
if
tim
happens
to
show
up
before
we
adjourn
if
he
wants
to
say
anything
else,
we'll
hear
it
from
him,
but
otherwise
we'll
talk
more
about
it.
When
it's
on
our
regular
agenda,
I'll.
A
Sir
sounds
great.
Thank
you,
mr
cruz.
All
right.
The
last
item
on
our
agenda
is
discussion
about
public
comment
at
our
commissioner
meetings,
and
this
is
an
item.
I
asked
our
staff
to
look
at
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
as
we
are,
you
know,
hopefully
in
the
in
the
later
stages
of
this
coveted
pandemic
and
as
the
vaccination
process
is
rolling
out
and
we're
looking
to
ahead
towards
a
time
when,
hopefully
we're
beyond
this,
that
we
have
a
process
to
restore
the
in-person
public
comments
at
our
commission
meetings.
A
So
I
asked
the
staff
to
think
about
what
a
process
might
look
like
as
we're
not
completely
beyond
coveted,
still
want
to
be
really
safe.
What
that
kind
of
interim
process
might
look
like
so,
ms
pender,
would
you
like
to
share
a
few
thoughts
on
this,
and
then
I
just
don't?
I
just
thought:
we'd
have
kind
of
an
open
discussion
as
a
commission
about
these
ideas
and
the
timing
for
when
we
might
want
to
move
into
this
kind
of
phase.
K
Sure-
and
I
did
provide
that
memo
to
you-
you
have
at
your
place
right
now.
Our
thought
would
be
that
typically
there's
about
15
staff
members,
including
the
board
at
our
meetings.
So
if
you
were
to
comply
with
the
governor's
25
indoor
mass
gatherings,
we
could
reserve
up
the
ten
seats
for
the
public
to
attend.
K
If
there's
any
overflow,
we
would
utilize
our
conference
room
down
the
hall,
the
one
that
we
currently
use
for
closed
session,
and
we
could
have
up
to
nine
people
in
that
classroom
in
that
conference
room
right
now,
so
we
would
stagger
it
so
that
there's
no
more
than
25
in
here
at
any
given
time
staff
would
wait
in
their
offices
or
in
an
adjacent
conference
room,
and
they
would
come
in
and
go
as
their
items
are
called.
K
The
thought
here
would
be
that
mass
would
be
mandated,
unless
that
is
something
that
is
changing
in
the
future,
and
social
distance
would
be
required,
so
they'll
be
stacking
in
the
hallways.
You
see,
the
tape
is
already
there,
they'll
be
wandering
in
and
one
way
out,
so
we
will
make
sure
the
protocols
are
in
place.
K
We
would
recommend
that
we
debate
till
the
governor.
This
specific
quarter
is
lifted.
He
comes
back
again
on
march
26th.
We
would
recommend
waiting
for
that
before.
We
would
start
this,
so
this
could
start
as
early
as
your
next
meeting
in
april
or
any
time
thereafter.
K
A
Are
there
any
questions?
Let's
first
just
talk
about
the
basic
idea,
and
then
we
could
talk
about
what
potential
timing.
So,
first,
let's
kind
of
talk
about
whenever
the
regardless
of
the
exact
timing.
Does
this
sound
like
a
good
approach?
Are
there
any
comments
or
questions
or
concerns
about
the
process
outlined
here?
I
think.
C
I'm
generally
supportive.
I
guess
one
question
off:
the
top
of
my
head
is
just
the
math
in
terms
of
when
we
have
visitors
to
present
to
us.
Like
the
thinking
of
the
facilities
study.
Folks,
it
seemed
like
there
was
five
people
here
and
you
know
ten
minus
five.
You
start
running
out
of
running
out
of
seats
for
the
public,
and
so
it
just
kind
of
it's
a
tiny
window.
I
guess
is
my
my
comment.
K
C
A
So
if
people
want
to
stay
for
a
public
hearing,
then
they
would
continue
to
be
here
or
until
that
comes
up
on
the
agenda
for
folks
who
just
want
to
make
some
general
comment,
they
would
do
that
and
then
would
be
asked
to
leave
after
they
make
their
comment
stream
public
comment.
You
might
think
about
that.
The
same
way
that
staff
are.
K
A
I
kind
of
you
know
I'm
trying
to
be
rude,
but
I
kind
of
think
we
should,
because
we're
going
to
ask
our
own
staff
to
leave
too
right,
like
you
need
to
come
into
this
room
and
participate
for
what
you're
here
to
do
and
then
and
then
depart
so.
I
don't
know
that
we
can
require
it,
because
someone
might
not
be
sure
if
they're
going
to
comment
during
public
hearing
they
might.
But
I'd
like
to
you
know
in
a
diplomatic
way,
maybe
say
if
you're
not
planning,
to
make
additional
public
comments.
A
E
I'm
glad
that
we're
looking
at
moving
towards
this,
I
think
we're
one
of
the
few
in
the
research
that
I
quickly
did
one
of
the
few
county
governments
that
have
continued
to
meet
in
person
over
the
last
year.
It
seems
like
a
lot
of
the
counties
that
are
our
size,
have
moved
to
a
virtual
format
and
are
still
in
that
format,
so
I
think
we're
ahead
of
it.
I
came
in
generally
supportive
and
still
am.
E
However,
I
think
we
need
to
figure
out
that
rotation
of
people
coming
in
and
out,
and
maybe
it's
we
continue
having
them
sign
up,
so
we
know
who's
coming
and
how
what
to
expect.
But
I
don't.
I
don't
necessarily
feel
comfortable
with
just
continuing
to
stay
in
one
place
yeah,
but
I
am
glad
that
we're
looking
at
it
and
being
ahead
of
the
curve
and
looking
at
how
we
re-engage
our
constituents
and
citizens
of
buncombe.
A
A
Right
so
could
we
do
something
like
that
and
if
folks
so
we'd
say,
here's
our
public
comment:
here's
our
public
hearings
and
then
we
could
say
if
you
haven't
signed
up
to
participate
in
the
public
hearings
comments,
then
we
ask
you
to
depart
after
the
general
public
comment
right
because
at
that
point
they're
just
basically
an
observer
in
the
room
right
if
they're
not
planning
to
participate
during
public
additional
public
comment,
and
I
think
most
people
would
would
get
that.
You
know.
L
A
A
Okay:
let's
talk
about
the
timing
a
little
bit,
so
our
next
meeting
is
in
three
weeks
from
now,
because
there's
an
extra
tuesday
in
march,
you
know.
Obviously,
a
lot
of
the
metrics
that
stacy
saunders
was
talking
about,
are
looking
much
better.
A
I
guess
just
for
myself.
I
would
maybe
want
to
take
a
little
bit
more
time.
Not
have
not
have
the
next
meeting
not
have
this
go
into
effect
at
the
next
meeting,
but
maybe
talk
about
it
further
than
if
the
numbers
are
still
looking
really
good
or
better,
and
the
vaccination
numbers
are
continuing
to
build
out
that,
maybe
that
second
meeting
in
april,
perhaps
we
could
have
it,
go
into
into
effect
at
that
meeting.
A
So
that's
kind
of
my
initial
thoughts,
other
suggestions,
yeah
so
you're
talking
about
the
idea
here
check
in
again
about
it
at
our
next
meeting
and
if
things
are
looking
really
favorable,
then
we
could,
as
a
board,
decide
to
go
ahead
and
put
this
into
an
effect
for
the
second
board
meeting
in
april.
D
So
I'll,
I
would
say
that
so
I'm
supportive
with
the
staff
suggestion
and
proceeding,
and
I
think
it's
a
very
good
idea.
My
one
question
I
did
want
to
ask
when
you
mentioned,
where
we're
going
to
close
session.
If
we
have
a
closed
session,
we
have
an
alternative
of
where
we'll
be
able
to
utilize.
If
you
have
public
in
there.
K
D
L
D
A
A
There
will
be
a
day
when
we're
back
into
that,
and
this
is
all
completely
opened
up
again
but
but
for
now
I
think
what
we're
in
this
interim
step
we're
inviting
people
who
want
to
make
a
comment
to
the
board
to
have
the
opportunity
to
do
that
in
person.
So
you'd
have
to
sign
up
for
public
comment
to
to
do
that.
G
J
And
if
I
could,
mr
chairman,
my
couple
thoughts
are,
from
my
perspective.
Legally,
what
we
really
want
to
strive
for
is
a
reasonable
accommodation,
so
I
think
that
goes
directly
to
the
sheriff's
point.
Commissioner
whiteside's
point
that
if
you
limit
it
to
10
at
a
time
you
limit
it
to
sign
in
and
then
ask
them
politely
to
leave,
then
you're,
making
a
reasonable
accommodation
for
public
input
for
those
hearings.
So
just
two
other
thoughts.
J
If,
if
we're
waiting
for
march
26
to
do
this,
then
at
that
point,
yes,
it
is
probably
too
late
to
make
sure
we
have
all
our
ducks
in
a
row
for
for
the
clerk's
records
to
go
out
and
to
make
sure
the
public
knows
and
to
have
notices.
That
would
have
to
go
out
consistent
with
a
new
process
and
also,
if
we're,
if
we're
concerned
about
rotating
people,
the
board
might
consider
moving
public
comment
to
after
the
opening
original
comment.
General
public
comment
then,
keep
it
more
packed
and
just
rotate
people
more
quickly.
J
L
G
J
L
And
and
for
clarity,
could
we
keep
like
the
online
registration
for
public
comment
that
we
do
and
but
they
would
actually
just
come
here?
We
would
just
have
an
online
portion
where
they
sign
up
for
public
comment,
or
we
would
allow
individuals
to
come
in
and
sign
up
for
public
comment
as
they
come
in.
E
L
Some
of
our
wording
with
the
sign
up
for
the
registration,
but
we
can
keep
the
kind
of
public
comment
registration,
the
same
and
one
other
thing.
Would
we
like
to
go
to
still
have
public
comment
where
they
can
call
in
and
have
the
in
person
or
we
talking
about
one
or
the
other?
I
think
we
should
do
one
or
the
other.
E
I
agree
and
we
may
have
people
too,
I
mean
we
are
still
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic
who
may
be
isolating
and
quarantining
but
still
want
to
participate
in
public
comment.
So
to
me
this
just
opens
it
up
a
little
bit
further.
J
G
A
I
mean
we're
not
going
to
read
them
anymore.
Did
that
for
a
while,
okay
other.
H
A
Inclination
might
be,
then
just
keep
it
keep
it.
Keep
it
online
a
little
bit
longer
if
it
would
be
my
personal
take
and
but.
D
A
If
more
than,
if
more
than
10
people
wanted
to
show
up
in
person
and
do
public
comment,
we
would
keep
taking
public
comments
just
that,
as
folks
have
made
their
comments,
then
they
leave
and
there's
more
space
available.
So
if
20
people
wanted
to
right,
do
that,
then
this
the
first
10
people
need
to
be
rotating
out
of
the
building
to
make
space
for
the
other
folks
right,
correct,
okay!
Well,
why
don't
we
plan
on
putting
this
on
the
the
regular
agenda
at
the
next
meeting
in
april
and
and
then
in
that
way?
A
If
we
want
to
go
ahead
and
vote
as
a
board
to
move
into
a
different
policy,
then
we
can
be
prepared
to
do
that.
We
want
to
take
more
time.
We
can
always
choose
to
take
more
time
as
well,
but
let's
have
it
on
the
regular
meeting
agenda,
so
we
can
be
prepared
to
actually
make
a
decision
if
we
want
to
okay.
K
A
A
I
think
we
would
definitely
as
part
of
that
presentation,
we'd
want
to
get
a
good
we're
going
to
get
an
update
that
day
already
on
trends,
but
just
any
kind
of
additional
information
that
might
inform
that
whether
or
not
this
is
we're
ready
to
do
this
in
a
safe
in
a
safe
way
at
that
time.
So
that'd
be
great
all
right.
Commissioners,
we
have
gotten
through
everything
on
our
agenda,
so.
M
I've
got
one
here.
I
just
sat
and
listened
to
all
the
options,
and
I
mean
I
would
like
to
do
one
or
the
other,
but
I
understand
you
know:
maybe
we're
not
quite
ready
for
that
yeah
but-
and
I
don't
know
if
we
can
do
it
or
not.
But
could
we
change
public
comment
to
say
445
before
any
of
our
staff
is
in
here
and
we
could
accommodate
all
10
of
them
because
we
don't
answer
any
questions.
A
L
Also,
I
think
we
need
to
keep
in
mind
on
how
the
briefings
are
running.
M
And
the
reason
why
I
said
that
is,
you
know
our
covet
update
used
to
be
45
minutes
to
an
hour
and
the
last
two
today
was
19
minutes,
so
we
are
seeing
that
we're
not
over
going
to
five
o'clock
now
we're
having
I
mean,
we've
got
40
minutes
now
before
the
meeting
starts
so.
G
H
A
If
people
might,
if
we
moved
the
public
comment
to
before
the
consent
agenda,
then
the
staff
I
mean
a
lot
of
times.
We
have
staff
sitting
out
here,
even
though
they're
not
planning
on
saying
anything
they're
there.
Just
in
case
a
commissioner
has
a
question
related
to
a
consent
agenda
item
that
they
would
be
the
one
to
answer.
A
So
if
we
did
the
public
comment
before
them,
we
still
start
at
five,
take
public
comment
and
then
those
folks
would
mostly
depart
who
are
not
going
to
speak
later
at
a
public
hearing,
and
then
our
staff
could
come
in
after
that.
So
we
I
think
we
could
take
the
concept,
but
still
just
start
at
five
o'clock
and
and
try
to
sequence
the
public
versus
the
staff
out
that
way.
G
L
Contingent
just
keep
in
mind
too.
I
know
I'm
just
throwing
out
keep
in
mind,
but
it's
also
dependent
upon
how
many
public
commenters
we
have
too.
So
if
we
have
a
hot
topic-
and
we
have
more
than
let's
say
10
public
commenters-
that
want
to
start
the
meeting,
then
the
meeting
may
not
start
on
time
or
we
just
have
to
keep
that
in
mind,
because
we
don't
know
what
the
hot
button
item
is
going
to
be
or
who's
going
to
be
here
for
public
comment
at
that
time.
A
All
right
all
right!
Well,
commissioners,
we
are
going
to
talk
about
this
again
at
our
next
regular
meeting
and
possibly
make
a
decision
about
making
a
change
at
that
time
or
just
hold
on
to
what
we're
doing
now
and
keep
monitoring
it
until
we
feel
ready
to
move
on
to
this
concept
or
something
similar
to
it.