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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting (July 19, 2022)
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This is the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for July 19, 2022. Find more information and the complete agenda at buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
A
A
In
accordance
with
the
code
of
ethics
adopted
by
the
board,
all
county
commissioners
have
a
duty
to
obey
all
applicable
laws
regarding
official
actions
to
uphold
the
integrity
and
independence
of
the
office,
to
avoid
impropriety
in
the
exercise
of
official
duties
to
faithfully
perform
the
duties
of
the
office
and
to
conduct
the
affairs
of
the
governing
board
in
an
open
and
public
manner,
are
there
any
items
on
the
agenda,
the
outcome
of
which
would
have
a
direct,
substantial
and
readily
identifiable
financial
impact
for
any
board?
Member?
A
A
The
economic
development,
public
hearings,
just
a
couple
things
we'll
note
real
quickly,
commissioner
al
whitesides-
represents
the
county
commissioners
on
the
board
of
the
economic
development
coalition
and
commissioner
amanda
edwards
represents
the
bunking
county
commissioners
on
the
sports
commission.
So
we
do
have
public
hearings
related
to
county
support
for
those
economic
development
activities.
A
A
A
C
C
C
You
can
choose
to
be
led
by
the
reparations
commission
who
know
this
place
and
its
recent
history
as
no
others
do.
You
can
choose
to
be
led
by
listening
deeply
and
long
to
what
the
commission
has
to
say.
If
you
have
ears
to
hear-
and
just
as
importantly,
you
can
choose
to
lead,
you
can
lead
by
committing
funds
based
on
the
radical
idea
that
those
wounded
by
white
supremacist
politics
know
how
to
heal
themselves.
C
A
D
Thank
you
very
much
for
hearing
me.
This
is
my
first
time
here,
I'm
a
little
nervous,
but
I
figured
I
might
as
well
try
to
get
involved.
I
want
to
speak
about
reparations
as
a
jewish
american.
I
have
experienced
prejudice
before
so
I'm
not
totally
unfamiliar
with
what
the
black
community
is
going
through.
So
I
want
to
start
off
by
saying
that
and
I'm
glad
that
we
as
a
community
are
doing
the
right
things
by
having
a
reparations
program.
D
D
Do
I
have
to
be
132nd,
african-american
or
one-quarter
african-american?
Does
my
company
need
to
employ
a
certain
number
of
african-americans?
Can
it
not
employ
people
that
aren't
african-americans
to
qualify
for
reparations?
Those
are
very
sensitive
questions
that
need
to
be
addressed.
I
think
before
we
open
up
a
can
of
worms,
is
there
a
limit
to
how
many
times
the
same
recipient
can
get
reparations?
D
D
D
D
When
you
look
at
that
committee,
it
needs
to
represent
a
broad
spectrum
of
the
taxpayers
that
are
going
to
be
footing
the
bill
and
right
now
I
don't
think
the
makeup
of
the
reparations
committee
is
a
fair
example
of
the
people
that
live
in
buncombe
county.
So
I
believe
it's
important
that
diversity
work
both
ways
and
there
should
be
diversity
on
the
reparations
committee.
D
E
Good
evening,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak,
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
and
support
of
the
reparation.
I'm
a
native
of
asheville
north
carolina
born
on
the
south
side.
I
not
only
researched
rep
researched,
the
impact
of
urban
renewal,
but
I
lived
it
as
an
african-american.
I
watched
many
homeowners
lose
their
homes.
Business
owners
lose
their
businesses.
E
E
The
implementation
of
urban
renewal
cut
out
generational
wealth,
I'm
hoping
that
your
support
will
reinvest
in
the
community
specifically
for
the
youth,
create
programs
create
jobs,
help
to
create
sustainable
lifestyle,
we're
not
asking
for
a
handout,
we're
asking
for
reinvestment,
we're
asking
for
a
hand
up
to
create
sustainable
living
and
we're
asking
that
you
consider
reinvesting
and
investing
in
your
future
employee
pool.
Thank
you.
F
It's
an
honor
for
me
to
be
here
today.
I
am
a
part
of
the
ad
hoc
reparations
committee
and
I
was
going
to
come
here
and
stand
and
talk
to
you
about
the
good
work
that
we
did,
but
I
think
my
colleagues
will
be
able
to
handle
that.
I
find
it
necessary
now
to
talk
about
what
I
just
heard
about
reparations.
F
F
F
F
H
J
J
J
The
political
choice
would
be
to
give
a
kind
of
muddy
answer,
to
affirm
your
support
of
the
process
and
the
work
of
the
commission,
but
not
to
pin
yourselves
down
to
any
precise
promise
of
funding,
and
you
can
always
fall
back
on
the
claim
that
you
can't
bind.
You
know
future
county
commissions,
which
is
true,
of
course,
future
county
commissions
also
aren't
bound
to
fund
a
sheriff's
office
or
a
tax
collection
department.
So
technically,
but
I
think
what's
being
asked,
is
that
you
know
those
things
are
not
considered.
J
J
J
Is
it
is
it
going
to
really
deliver
in
some
substantial
kind
of
way,
and
I
think
the
reparations
commission's
asking
you
to
to
make
this
commitment
to
show
that
buncombe
county
is
not
just
going
to
talk
the
talk
but
they're
going
to
walk
the
walk,
because
that
will
enable
them
to
be
empowered
to
really
step
up
and
do
the
work
they
need
to
do.
It's
gonna
be
a
really
important
move.
J
J
K
I
think
you
will
hear
when
they
when
they
talk
in
just
a
minute
and
give
you
kind
of
an
overlay
of
what
we've
done
for
the
past
number
of
months.
I
think
you
will
see
a
very
positive,
very
thorough,
thoughtful
and
good
recommendations
and
good
report
that
they
have
put
to
that.
We
have
all
put
together.
K
It's
meant
a
lot
to
us
and
and
we're
glad
to
present
that
to
you
guys
tonight
and
one
last
thing,
just
as
kind
of
an
outsider
now
looking
in
as
a
non-staff
non-political,
but
a
committee
member
to
have
been
on
the
board,
I
want
to
take
a
minute
and
thank
keith
miller
and
his
staff
for
the
dedication
and
the
thoroughness
of
their
staff
and
and
their
service
to
our
community.
So
thanks
very
much.
L
L
There
is
plenty
of
harm
in
the
past
that
we
all
have
to
atone
for
such
as
land
being
seized
by
eminent
domain
for
our
highways
and
our
county
being
named
after
the
prominent
slave
owner,
edward
buncombe,
not
to
mention
woodfin,
patton,
mcdowell,
baird,
weaver
and
many
other
slave
owners
that
our
black
population
has
to
look
at
on
our
road
signs
and
everything
else
on
a
regular
basis.
The
harm
is
ongoing.
L
L
I
urge
you
to
listen
to
our
black
leaders.
They
will
guide
us
through
to
heal
the
harm
that
has
been
done
bit
by
bit.
It
will
take
a
very
long
time.
It
will
take
all
of
our
lives.
It
will
take
the
lives
of
our
children,
but
this
needs
to
be
done.
It
was
a
problem
that
was
created
at
the
founding
of
our
nation
and
it
is
a
problem
that,
if
we
address
will
create
healing
and
wealth
for
everybody,
I
urge
you
to
put
a
line
item
for
reparations
into
the
budget
in
perpetuity.
M
Well,
good
evening,
my
name
is
tim
wallace
and
there'll
be
a
little
change
in
topic
right
now,
since
I
only
only
have
three
minutes
I'll
dive
right
in
I'm
heartened
to
see
the
work
you
guys
have
done
in
the
past
several
months
on
county
salaries,
but
it
still
appears
that
there's
more
work
to
be
done.
I
looked
at
one
of
the
departments
that
I'm
familiar
with
and
the
thing
that
ver
that
concerned
me-
and
that
actually
did
happen-
is
the
higher
salary
people
went
up
an
average
of
20
percent
in
pay.
M
While
the
lower
salary
people
only
went
up
10
and
that's
one
of
the
things
you
always
have
to
guard
against.
There
are
ways
that,
when
you
run
a
project
like
this,
you
run
it
you
look
at
it
and
then
you
go
for
a
little
bit
more
equity
in
spreading
the
money
around
and
moving
a
little
bit
from
those
higher
salaries
down
to
the
lower
people
would
have
made
a
tremendous
impact
on
their
morale
without
even
affecting
the
people.
M
M
The
other
thing
was
the
1770
living
wage
that
was
reduced
to
17,
that's
70
cents,
an
hour
which
our
hr
director
said
was
because
they
are
given
a
two-week
paid
vacation,
70
cents
over
2080
hours
is
forty
dollars
more
than
two
weeks
pay,
so
they
paid
forty
dollars
for
the
benefit
of
taking
two
weeks
off.
There
was
no
paid
vacation
for
someone
at
17
an
hour.
M
M
M
A
N
O
O
Viola
davis
recently
wrote
about
the
need
for
reparations
and
everything
that
she
had
to
say
reflects
my
feelings
about
this
issue
as
well.
After
centuries
of
chattel
slavery,
block
codes,
sharecropping
oppression,
pannage,
white
supremacy,
terror,
lynchings
mass
murders,
exploitation,
systemic
racism,
gerrymandering,
jim
crow,
redlining,
medical
apartheid,
the
war
on
drugs,
mass
incarceration
and
the
overall
destruction
of
generations
of
black
lives
and
families
reparations
in
the
20
trillion
plus
range
is
necessary
and
long
overdue,
and
a
long
overdue
step
towards
the
restorative
racial
justice
owed
to
black
americans
who
built
this
country
for
free.
P
P
We
owe
a
significant
debt
to
the
black
people
who
have
worked
willingly
and
against
our
will
are
against
their
will
to
create
the
wealth
of
our
nation.
We
have
seen
many
destructive
forces
slavery,
segregation,
jim
crow,
lynchings,
gentrification,
also
known
as
urban
renewal
that
systematically
oppresses
black
people
and
destroys
black
wealth.
It
is
time
for
us
to
address
this
and
right
these
wrongs.
P
R
R
I
know
that's
not
an
easy
job,
so
I
just
gotta
say
congratulations
and
also
thank
you
for
actually
kicking
off
this
reparations
opportunity,
because
not
every
city
or
county
or
even
state
in
this
country
is
even
dwelling
in
these
waters.
So
I
know
it's
not
easy
now.
Thank
you
for
that,
because
it
gives
me
an
opportunity
to
stand
in
this
space
and
contemplate
what
would
that
look
like
and
how
would
that
feel?
R
R
R
R
R
I
recognize
that
everybody
here
recognizes
that
everybody
in
the
world
recognizes
that,
just
speaking
about
reparations,
every
person
you
speak
to
has
a
different
perspective.
Who
gets
the
money?
What
do
you
need
for
what
you
gonna
do
with
the
money
who
deserves
it?
Who
doesn't
it's
not
for
you
to
figure
out
you
you've
dynamically
created
a
reparations
commission.
Thank
you
for
doing
that,
because
that
puts
the
onus
on
the
community
because
they're
going
to
reach
out
to
the
black
people
in
this
community
and
figure
this
out.
S
Good
evening,
commissioners,
thank
you
for
your
service
to
the
community.
Never
try
to
rewrite
your
three-minute
public
comment
a
minute
before
you
go
on
several
weeks
ago,
I
gave
invitations
to
all
of
western
carolina
where
my
family
goes
back
six
generations
to
consider
putting
international
world
peace
day
on
your
calendars
and
celebrating
it.
S
Is
there
a
historian
or
actuary
who
could
estimate
how
many
lives
have
been
lost
since
the
beginning
of
time,
fighting
over
things
like
religion,
natural
resources,
treasures,
rebuilding
contracts
and,
sadly,
population
control?
Every
generation
asks?
Are
we
better
off
than
our
parents
for
the
first
time
in
modern
history?
Many
are
answering
no
and
they
and
their
parents
are
seriously
considering
about
bringing
new
life
onto
the
planet
by
celebrating
this
day,
especially
in
and
around
our
nation's
capital,
it
will
greatly
help
in
terms
of
national
security.
S
S
One
day
or
a
whole
week,
the
weekend
before
the
weekend
after
in
the
weekend,
between
sharing
a
meal,
quality,
entertainment,
making
amends
love
your
family,
neighbor
planet,
long-standing
feuds,
north
and
south
black
and
white
catholic
protestant
communist
capitalists,
hatfields
and
mccoys
may
learn
to
get
along
and
coexist.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
T
T
I
am
struck
by
the
excellence
of
the
participants
who
are
engaged
in
this
challenging
and
deeply
meaningful
and
important
work.
They
deserve
the
support
of
this
community,
not
just
with
words
but
with
funds.
I
strongly
urge
you
to
add
a
percentage
of
the
budget
as
a
line
item
going
forward
to
support
the
work
of
the
reparations
commission.
T
U
B
U
The
principal
owner
of
the
consulting
firm,
called
urban
three
were
founded
in
bunk
county
more
than
10
years
ago,
and
been
proud
to
make
this
county
our
headquarters.
We
have
worked
in
over
150
cities
across
41
states
to
help
local
leaders
gain
better
understanding
of
their
communities
finances
over
a
year
ago,
urban
three
found
deep
disparities
in
the
way
that
buncombe
county
assesses
property
value.
We
brought
the
evidence
to
you
to
clearly
demonstrate
and
clearly
demonstrated
the
repeated
and
system
systemic
over-assessment
of
lower-valued
properties
simply
put.
U
This
is
a
trend
that
has
been
placed
on
has
been
placed
an
unfair
burden
on
lower-income
households
and
residents,
and
particularly
those
of
color.
This
has
been
going
on
for
decades
and
it
continues
today.
We
appreciated
the
time
and
expertise
donated
by
the
members
of
the
ad
hoc
committee
who
we'll
hear
from
this
evening,
but,
regrettably,
our
concerns
were
not
addressed
by
the
committee
nor
the
county
staff
at
urban
three.
We
hold
ourselves
to
the
highest
level
of
professional
standard
of
integrity
and
transparency.
U
To
that
end,
we
provided
your
staff
with
an
unfettered
access
of
our
analysis,
approach,
sources
of
data
and
our
entire
research
team.
Rather
than
giving
the
committee
complete
access
to
your
findings,
your
staff
instead
engaged
in
a
campaign
to
number
one
preemptively
and
inappropriately
discredit
the
integrity
and
relevance
of
our
work
and
number
two
present:
a
review
of
the
assessment
process
that
neither
aligns
with
industry
standards
or
your
own
staff's
definitions
of
appropriate
performance
measurement.
Surprisingly,
after
all,
this
was
done.
U
U
We
we
and
we
raise
these
concerns
about
how
our
services
administered
by
bunking
county,
are
deeply
deepening
the
racial
divides
in
our
community
and
knowingly,
causing
financial
harm
to
households
least
able
to
withstand
it.
I
hope,
as
commissioners,
you
will
not
allow
this
to
become
a
template
for
how
equity
concerns
are
addressed.
Moving
forward
two
years
ago,
buncombe
county
earned
national
praise
for
being
among
the
first
local
governments
to
the
entire
country
to
pass
a
resolution
recognizing
the
damage,
systemic
racism
and
inequality
and
demanded
reparative
solutions
to
address
this
damage.
U
Finally,
remember
that
your
community
members
are
not
obligated
to
raise
concerns
about
equity
in
a
manner
that
is
politically
palatable
or
agreeable
with
the
moods
of
individual
county
employees.
Talking
about
racism,
equity,
money
and
politics
is
uncomfortable,
and
it
may
in
times
be
uncomfortable
for
your
staff.
However,
prioritizing
comfort
only
protects
the
same
practices
and
perpetuates
these
disparities.
Please
support
your
staff
when
things
get
uncomfortable,
they
will
but
do
not
allow
them
to
shy
away
from
the
important
work
simply
because
it
is
uncomfortable.
U
V
Good
evening,
chair
members
of
the
commission,
my
name
is
rory
baber,
I'm
a
resident
of
downtown
asheville
and
a
data
scientist
leading
an
18
county
study
on
property
tax
fairness
in
western
north
carolina.
The
following
statement
is
entirely
my
own
and
not
made
on
behalf
of
the
ad
hoc
committee.
You
will
hear
from
later
this
evening,
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
two
simple
numbers
from
the
2021
reassessment
that
helped
me
to
grapple
with
the
magnitude
of
the
problems
with
our
current
property
assessment
system.
V
First,
we
know
that,
from
a
sample
of
less
than
2
thousand
sold
residential
properties
about
two
percent
of
the
housing
stock,
the
assessed
values
were
off
by
106
million
dollars.
Second,
from
a
sample
of
less
than
four
thousand
appealed
residential
properties
about
four
percent
of
the
housing
stock
assessed,
values
were
off
by
173
million
dollars.
Together.
That's
a
279
million
discrepancy
from
less
than
six
percent
of
our
housing
stock
in
just
one
year.
V
The
only
reasonable
next
question.
For
me:
how
does
the
property
assessment
system
performed
for
the
other
94
of
the
housing
stock?
Unfortunately,
the
buncombe
county
ad
hoc
reappraisal
committee
does
not
know
why,
because
staff
chose
not
to
share
this
information
with
the
committee.
Instead
staff
chose
to
present
this
report,
which
is
the
inquiry
into
residential
property
assessment
equity
conducted
by
tom
tv
with
sineva
economics.
V
This
report
is
methodologically
unsound
to
the
point
where
representatives
from
the
international
association
of
assessing
officers,
the
unc
school
of
government
and
the
north
carolina
department
of
revenue
all
agree.
This
report
can
be
taken
as
evidence
of
nothing,
let
alone
equity
in
our
property
assessment
system,
buncombe,
county
property,
assessor
keith,
miller,
assistant,
county
manager,
civil
tate
and
county
manager.
Avril
pender,
and
now
with
this
board,
have
all
been
informed
that
the
methods
of
this
report
violate
industry
standards,
and
yet
your
staff
continue
to
push
this
as
evidence
of
equity.
V
I
would
like
for
you
to
consider
asking
your
staff
four
simple
questions.
First,
why
they
chose
to
present
to
the
committee
and
evaluation
of
property
assessment
outcomes
that
has
no
relevance
to
the
general
housing
stock.
Two,
why
they
insist
that
the
findings
of
this
report
demonstrate
equity,
three,
why
they
chose
not
to
present
the
findings
of
a
uniformity
study
which
would
have
represented
the
entire
housing
stock
and
allowed
the
committee
to
make
evidence-informed
equity
recommendations.
V
And,
finally,
what
are
the
rec?
What
are
the
implications
of
a
279
million
discrepancy
from
less
than
six
percent
of
the
housing
stock?
Who
is
burdened
and
who
benefits?
I
think
you
and
I
know
the
answer
to
that
both
of
those
questions
and
I
wish
staff
had
been
transparent
enough
to
communicate
that
with
the
committee.
I
have
two
requests.
Please
do
not
let
this
report
stay
on
the
record,
amend
it
or
retract
it
entirely.
Anything
less
is
a
disservice
to
our
community.
V
Two,
please
do
not
use
the
buncombe
county
ad
hoc
reappraisal
committee
as
a
template
for
how
we
address
equity
concerns
in
our
community
moving
forward.
Finally,
I'd
like
to
remind
you
that
the
buncombe
county
property
assessor,
is
a
position
that
is
appointed
by
this
board.
Therefore,
the
responsibility
to
both
support
and
hold
this
position
accountable
rests
with
this
board.
Thank
you.
A
W
My
name
is
robert
elijah,
thomas
jr,
and
I'm
here
to
speak
towards
the
reparations
and
the
support
thereof.
This
has
been
a
very
long
time
coming
actually
acknowledging
the
harms
that
have
been
previously
done
to
an
entire.
You
know:
population
of
people
in
the
u.s.
I
do
appreciate
you
all
for
acknowledging
it
and
starting
to
work
here,
but
I
don't
think
that
the
importance
of
the
success
of
it
is
necessarily
understood,
whereas
reparations
can
potentially
help
fix
the
outcomes
that
we
are
currently
living
in
within
society
in
this
day
and
age.
W
All
of
these
things
are
the
outcomes
of
the
discriminate,
the
discrimination,
massacres
and
specific
exclusion
of
a
community
of
individuals,
and
in
order
to
fix
it,
we'll
need
specific
attention
to
it,
attention
that
has
been
denied
for
the
past
few
hundred
years,
whereas
I
myself
had
to
grow
up
and
experience
the
harms
that
were
the
outcomes
of
you,
know,
discrimination
and
racism.
You
know
we're
still.
In
de
facto
segregation,
black
people
in
asheville
live
on
islands,
segregated
from
the
rest
of
the
population
in
the
community.
W
W
You
know
we
have
the
ad
hoc
reappraisal
situation
with
the
tax
inequities
and
all
of
these
things
are
the
outcomes
of
what
was
previously
done
and
is
continuing
to
be
done
and
without
specific
attention.
None
of
these
things
get
addressed.
You
know
to
me,
it's
all
intersectional,
it
all
correlates
and
it
all
plays
together,
and
but
I
do
appreciate
you
all
for
being
willing
to
consider
to
support,
but
it
would
take
a
lot
more
than
you
know.
Money
is
going
to
take.
W
X
If
we,
if
you
consider
continuously
funding
the
community
reparations
project,
you
will
see
an
opportunity
where
there
is
going
to
be
a
study
and
individuals
will
come
together
to
create
some
policy
change
and
recommendations
that
will
be
useful
for
this
community,
but
this
is
a
grand
time.
This
is
not
just
about
asheville.
X
X
We
may
not
have
an
opportunity
to
see
the
change
right
now,
but
we
have
an
opportunity
to
make
the
change
right
now,
and
so
I
plead
with
you
to
continue
to
support
and
give
us
the
foundation.
That's
needed.
Our
job
is
not
to
divvy
out
money
to
the
black
community.
No,
our
job
is
to
really
prevent
things
from
continuing
to
take
place,
such
as
internalized
racism
over
overt
and
covert
racism
and
different
things
that
fall
within
the
line
of
policy.
X
Y
Y
Y
We've
been
pushing
this
out
through
social
media.
Other
news
outlets
have
picked
it
up.
We
have
received
a
ton
of
positive
support
and
for
that
I'm
so
grateful.
I
feel
like
our
ancestors
are
watching
and
they're
proud
of
this
moment,
and
I
am
here
tonight
to
ask
you
for
your
support
in
this
initiative
as
well.
We
will
bring
forward
a
I'm,
not
sure,
like
an
actual
request,
a
more
formal
request,
but
tonight
I'm
just
here
to
introduce
myself
and
to
introduce
the
initiative.
A
Z
Z
He
was
taken
to
boarding
school
when
he
was
six
years
old
and
was
beaten
for
speaking
our
language
and
that
language,
when
he
left
the
reservation
in
oklahoma,
was
not
carried
with
him
through
his
service
in
the
united
states
air
force.
Nor
was
it
passed
on
to
my
mother.
Nor
was
it
passed
on
to
myself.
A
B
A
AA
AB
AC
County
of
buncombe
proclamation
parks
and
recreation
month,
whereas
parks
and
recreation
are
an
integral
part
of
communities
throughout
this
country,
including
buncombe
county
and
whereas
parks
and
recreation
promote
health
and
wellness.
Improving
the
physical
and
mental
health
of
people
who
utilize
parks
and
whereas,
through
events
like
the
lake,
julian
campout
and
kids,
fishing
events,
parks
and
recreation
promote
time
spent
in
nature,
which
positively
impacts
mental
health
and
well-being.
AC
And
whereas
the
parks
and
recreation
encourage
physical
activities
by
providing
space
for
popular
sports.
Hiking
trails,
swimming
pools,
greenways
and
many
other
activities
designed
to
promote
active
lifestyles
and
whereas
parks
and
recreation
programs
and
events
are
critical
to
social
interaction
and
enhance
self-esteem
and
whereas
parks
and
natural
recreation
areas
ensure
the
ecological
beauty
of
our
community
and
provide
a
place
for
children
and
adults
to
connect
with
nature
and
recreate
outdoors.
AC
AA
AD
Eric
anderson
eric
is
director
of
our
economic
community
development
team,
so
erica,
thank
you
for
being
here
and
also
one
of
our
newer
full-time
employees.
Brandon
priester
who's,
a
business
services
representative
focused
on
youth
with
the
mountain
area,
workforce
development
board
and
brandon
is
here.
Brandon
previously
was
at
a
b
tech.
So
I
appreciate
them
joining
me
here
today.
So
many
of
you
know
about
land
to
sky,
you
know,
but
for
those
that
may
not
be
as
familiar
land
to
sky
began
in
1966.
AD
AD
AD
Our
mission
is
to
provide
regional
solutions
to
relevant
and
emerging
issues
while
providing
a
standard
of
excellence
and
delivery
of
federal
state
and
local
government
services
to
our
member
communities.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
we
work
for
you
you're.
Our
boss,
as
our
local
governments,
and
we
we
need
to
respond
to
what
you
need
us
to
work
on.
AD
AD
So
our
current
board
chair
is
mayor,
barbara
volk
of
city
of
hendersonville.
Our
upcoming
board
chair,
will
be
mayor,
patrick
fitzsimmons,
with
the
town
of
we
reveal
again.
We
appreciate
commissioner
wells
leadership
as
one
of
our
boarded
delegates,
members
and
so
the
the
leadership
of
throughout
our
region.
We
have
two
executive
board
members
from
banking
county
that
would
be
mayor,
fitzsimmons
and
asheville
city
council,
member
sandra
kilgore.
AD
Our
local
governments
are
required
to
come
up
with
a
20
match
for
their
activities
as
well.
So
your
your
local
government,
do
you
support
that?
20
million
budgets?
There's
there
is
a
typo
there,
so
for
basically
every
dollar
you
commit
it
has
a
impact
of
about
a
hundred
dollars
to
the
region
directly
through
our
budget
and
really
about
300
in
funds
that
we
leverage
to
our
region.
AD
We
have
a
balanced
budget,
the
council's
on
a
very
solid
financial
position
and
grateful
for
for
your
support.
One
of
the
long-term
challenges
the
council
does
have
and
wants
you
to
be
aware
of
it,
and
I've
shared
this
with
the
board
of
delegates.
Is
our
local
dues
really
haven't
increased
in
the
last
20
years?
AD
AD
She
helps
oversee
those
programs
through
her
her
department,
the
primary
focus
areas
at
landis
sky,
our
largest
program
areas,
are
area
agency
on
aging,
that's
about
40
of
our
budget
and
represents
a
large
part
of
our
staff.
The
mountaineering
workforce
development
board
also
is
a
big
part
of
what
we
do
in
addition
to
our
economic
community
development.
AD
That
erica
leads
as
well
is
our
transportation
programs
atlantis
sky,
so
I
serve
as
the
executive
director
at
landis
sky
and
also
the
director
of
the
mountain
area.
Workforce
development
board.
We've
worked
hard
over
the
last
couple
years
to
reduce
our
cost
become
more
efficient,
so
you
know:
we've
reduced
our
operating
costs
by
about
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
by
lowering
those
ongoing
expenses,
our
finance
team
have
done
a
great
job.
We
have
a
tremendous
amount
of
experience
in
our
finance
team.
We're
undergoing
a
transition.
AD
I-26
is
going
to
be
joining
foothills,
so
we
have
hired
interim
finance
director
and
we're
excited
about
that
patricia
rosenberg
and
she
has
served
for
about
seven
years
as
the
internal
auditor
for
the
city
of
asheville,
in
addition
to
some
other
private
accounting
roles,
so
we're
excited
about
that
work
and
the
work
our
finance
team.
Does
our
area
agency
on
aging?
Again,
that's
the
biggest
program
we
have.
AD
We
all
hopefully,
will
support
our
older
adults.
I
certainly
am
getting
older,
and
that
is
true
with
the
our
region,
the
state
and
the
nation.
We
are
older
on
average
than
the
than
the
state
and
the
nation
and
the
programs
that
we
oversee
you
know,
certainly
through
the
pandemic.
Our
ombudsman
program
did
yeoman's
work
with
working
with
facilities
throughout
the
county
throughout
our
region.
AD
As
I
mentioned
to
you
earlier,
part
of
your
local
dues
goes
to
that
aging
match,
and
they
do
a
lot
of
things
to
try
to
limit
the
amount
of
your
local
funds
that
have
to
to
be
matched
so
about
twenty
thousand.
Just
under
twenty
thousand
of
your
local
dues
helps
leverage
a
budget
of
eight
and
a
half
million
dollars
for
our
aging
programs
and
and
oftentimes.
AD
You
may
not
see
the
the
programs
we
provide
directly
through
land
to
sky,
but
they'll
be
through
a
mana
food
bank
or
meals
on
wheels
or
council
on
aging
or
other
organizations
that
that
we
have
contracts
with
throughout
throughout
the
region.
Again,
as
I
mentioned
our
aging
profile
in
the
region,
we're
older
than
the
state
in
the
nation,
if
you
look
at
the
the
the
growth
in
the
2020
census,
most
of
that
population
was
in
our
older
adult
population.
AD
We
had
very
little
growth
in
our
region
in
the
18
and
the
younger
population,
and
that's
really
consistent
with
state
nationwide
trends,
and
you
can
see
the
top
leading
causes
of
death
in
our
region,
and
you
know
that
some
of
that
is
things
that
we
can
control
by
improving
our
our
health
outcomes.
So
if
I
would
exercise
more
eat
healthy
those
kinds
of
things,
it
would
be
beneficial
to
to
myself
and
our
community.
AD
Our
economic
community
development
department
over
really
has
the
closest
relationship
with
our
local
governments,
so
we're
providing
a
lot
of
technical
assistance
to
support
local
governments
throughout
the
region,
so
they'll
help
with
land
use
plans.
Zoning
technical
assistance
just
almost
really
a
support
for
local
governments
where
they
may
not
have
capacity
internally
to
to
address
those
needs.
You
know
generally,
banking
county
is
you
all
have
a
a
much
larger
organization
than
most
of
our
local
governments?
AD
You
know
the
work
to
help
support
transportation
projects
in
the
region,
they're
made
up
of
elected
officials
throughout
the
region
who
are
accountable
for
those
those
projects.
Just
I
think
in
just
in
the
past
year,
there's
there's
something
like
65
million
dollars
in
projects
just
in
buncombe
county,
that
the
mpo
is
overseeing
from
a
transportation
and
that
doesn't
count.
You
know,
projects
like
I-26
connect,
connector
and
the
the
I-26
projects
that
are
that
are
much
larger.
AD
So
if
you
look
at
the
the
budgets
for
our
economic
community
development
department,
your
local
dollars
helped
support
about
121
000
in
match
there,
and
so
and
and
all
that
that
those
funds
helped
leverage
about
60
million
dollars
to
our
region.
So
not
only
were
land
to
sky
staff
involved
in
that
work.
So
we're
not
taking
complete
credit
for
that,
but
the
work
that
our
team
did
helped
secure
that
so
that
may
be,
you
know
a
broadband
project
or
an
economic
development
project.
AD
You
know
that
expansion
project
that
y'all
are
working
with
to
secure
those
funds
to
help
bring
those
to
our
region,
and
so
here's
some
examples
of
things
that
we
use
our
local
dues
match,
and
so
you
know
our
local
support
for
our
governments
to
help
them
administer
their
arpa
funds.
So
there's
about
eight
or
nine
local.
I
think
it's
nine
local
governments
now
that
we're
administering
either
part
or
all
there
are
for
funds
for
them,
helping
them
remain
in
compliance
with
federal
state
requirements.
AD
You
look
at
regional
projects
like
the
western
north
carolina
innovation
park,
the
regional
chamber,
business
collaboration
through
our
comprehensive
economic
development
strategy
through
the
seds.
Our
resilience
work
that
we're
we're
helping
support
local
governments
become,
you
know,
stronger
to
to
deal
with
increasing
intensity
of
weather
events
in
our
region.
So
you
know
if
one
take
away
from
this
presentation
of,
I
would
hope
if
you
feel
like
the
investment
you
make
with
atlantis
guy
just
the
work
of
our
ecd
team.
AD
AD
That
dot
has
seen
so
there's
some
critical
projects
in
buckingham
county
that
you
know,
may
not
be
in
the
the
10-year
plan,
and
so
there
was
some
additional
funding
provided
through
the
state
budget
that
over
the
next
10
years,
will
provide
about
five
billion
dollars
in
additional
funding
for
transportation
projects.
So
hopefully
some
of
those
projects
can
can
be
reprogrammed
and
and
and
be
funded,
the
workforce
board.
AD
Many
of
you
are
familiar
with
the
workforce
board,
but
just
like
a
lot
of
our
other
programs,
a
lot
of
the
funds
that
we
have
through
the
workforce
board
go
through
our
contracts
in
buncombe
county.
That's
a
b
tech
and
goodwill.
So
goodwill
serves
our
our
youth
programs
that
out
of
school
youth
aged
16
to
24.
AD
Our
nc
works
career
center,
it's
located
at
48
grove
street
in
buncombe
county
and
that's
a
partnership
with
the
north
carolina
department
of
commerce
and
a
b
tech,
as
well
as
the
workforce
board.
As
you
look
at
the
employers
that
are
represented
on
the
workforce
board,
some
of
the
lydian
employers
in
the
region,
some
of
our
largest
employers-
we're
also
working
with
assault.
Commissioner
edwards
earlier
today
with
my
future
nc
trying
to
increase
post-secondary
credential
attainment
in
our
region
in
our
region.
AD
As
a
pilot
for
that
effort,
we've
received
funding
from
the
john
m
bell
endowment
out
of
charlotte
to
do
that
and
it's
through,
and
we
appreciate
manager,
pender
and
other
representatives
of
buncombe
county
for
serving
our
p20
council
trying
to
lead
that
work
to
increase
post-secondary
credential
attainment
aligned
with
the
workforce
needs
in
our
region.
So
I
talked
about
our
relationships
with
banking
county.
We
have
contracts
with
banking
county
to
administer
the
mobility
program
and
also
to
operate
the
non-emergency
medicaid
transportation
program.
AD
Those
programs
are,
you
know,
serving
thousands
of
luckily
county
residents
every
year
and
we
hope
we're
providing
a
high
quality
level
of
service
to
the
county
and
to
the
residents
that
we
serve
a
few
things
that
we're
doing
additionally
we're
working
to
establish
a
foreign
trade
zone
in
our
region.
That's
work,
that's
paid
for
through
your
local
funds.
AD
Our
region
is
one
of
the
few
parts
in
north
carolina
not
covered
by
a
foreign
trade
zone,
and
that
would
give
our
economic
developers
and
local
communities
one
more
tool
in
the
toolbox
when
trying
to
help
companies
expand
and
and
grow
here.
One
of
the
projects
I'm
most
proud
of
at
landiskay
is
led
by
philip
cooper,
who
many
of
you
know
it's
our
inspire
program.
It
serves
11
counties
in
western
north
carolina,
it's
funded
by
the
a
grant
from
the
appalachian
regional
commission,
via
health
and
dogwood
health
trust.
AD
It's
helping
support
individuals
who
are
coming
through
recovery,
dealing
with
substance,
use
disorders
and
helping
them
with
their
recovery
journey
and
connecting
them
with
employment
and
helping
them
remain
employed
and
then,
finally,
just
our
healthy
opportunities
pilot.
We
may
not
have
turned
the
slide
when
I
should
have,
but
our
healthy
opportunities
pilot
we're
a
dogwood
health
trust
was
able
to
receive
one
of
three
pilots
in
north
carolina
to
manage
the
medicaid
population
in
a
more
holistic
way.
AD
So
oftentimes
we
pay
for
expensive
health
care
procedures,
but
you
know
if
someone
maybe
suffered
from
mold
in
their
home
and
that
caused
a
health
condition.
We
would
treat
the
health
condition,
but
we
would
never
fix
the
mold
in
their
home.
So
this
healthy
opportunities
palin
is
dealing
with
really
four
focus:
areas
of
housing,
transportation.
AD
AC
AD
Well,
thank
you,
commissioner
wells
for
your
leadership,
we're
grateful.
You
know,
we've
seen
a
significant
amount
of
work
at
the
federal
and
state
level
to
try
to
increase
access
to
broadband.
It's
still
a
you
know,
a
challenging
effort,
there's
still
many
communities
that
are
not
served
and
many
individuals
that
haven't
been
served.
We're
proud
of
our
partnerships,
working
with
asheville
housing
authority,
buncombe,
county
city
of
asheville,
really
in
the
digital
inclusion,
digital
equity
space,
also
working
with
rural
communities
like
in
fire
departments,
community
centers.
AD
AD
AD
The
proposal
that
I'd
shared
with
our
board
of
delegates
was
that
at
some
point
time
we
pegged
those
dues
to
population
increases.
So
maybe
they
would
adjust
every
five
years
because
at
some
point
time
as
our
match
requirements,
take
a
greater
percentage
of
our
local
dues
that
will
reduce
the
flexibility
of
what
we
can
do,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
that's
the
decision,
our
local
governments
make
and
if
our
local
governments
feel
like
you
know
that
shouldn't
change.
That's
certainly
you
know
within
your
province
to
make
that
call.
AD
AD
A
A
A
G
Good
evening,
commissioners
manager
pender,
thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
us
to
be
here
tonight,
providing
you
an
update
on
our
recommendations,
but
before
I
proceed
I'd
like
to
take
a
minute
to
reflect
on
why
we're
here
tonight,
in
september
of
last
year,
your
board
passed
the
resolution
creating
the
ad
hoc
committee
and
establishing
key
objectives
to
the
committee.
That
being
to
identify,
am,
I
is
this
presentation
supposed
to
be
going.
G
G
During
tonight's
presentation,
we'll
provide
you
with
a
high
level
background
on
the
activities
of
the
committee
since
being
created
and
ultimately
share
with
you
our
recommendations
that
are
based
on
our
learnings
over
the
course
of
the
time
together,
as
well
as
the
diverse
backgrounds
and
perspectives
that
each
of
us
brought
to
the
committee.
I'd
like
to
introduce
the
rest
of
our
committee
and
then
my
fellow
committee
members
will
finish.
The
presentation
mr
ory
baber,
who
you
heard
from
earlier,
was
an
at-large
member.
Sorry,
I'm
not
doing
this
well,
my.
G
This
is
bobby
mays
behind
me,
who's
going
to
be
one
of
our
presenters,
mr
dwayne
mcafee.
You
heard
earlier
in
public
comment,
melanie
petrola,
who
could
not
join
us
this
evening,
debbie
lane
who
serves
on
the
board
of
equalization
and
review
miriam
mckinney
as
well,
who
serves
on
your
board
of
equalization
and
review,
and
mr
jonathan
hunter,
who
will
also
provide
part
of
our
presentation
and
then
we'll
talk
to
you
about
how
we
got
here.
Thank
you
all
right,
thanks
brenda,
I'm
responsible
for
the
slides.
So
if
they
don't
move.
H
Good
evening
my
name
is
bobbitt
mays
and
I
am
new
to
this.
I'm
a
community
member.
So
I
was
not
I've
learned
a
lot.
I've
learned
a
lot
of
how
this
system
works,
and
so
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
that
I've
had
to
be
able
to
be
on
this
forum
and
to
give
this
presentation
and
it's
how
we
got
to
where
we
are
today.
H
First
committee
meeting
was
in
november
2021
we
had
14
committee
meet
committee
meetings
conducted.
The
meetings
were
virtual
and
in
person
with
an
emphasis
on
educating
members
to
help
enable
us
to
understand
more
of
the
process,
the
educational
activities
included,
but
not
limited
to
offering
public
comments
at
meetings.
H
Administering
a
community
survey
and
soliciting
comments,
engaging
savannah
economics
to
conduct
a
study
on
the
appraisal,
results,
conducting
an
assessment
process,
simulation
exercise,
review
of
the
county's
racial
equity
action
plan
and
hosting
multiple
guest
speakers
on
a
variety
of
topics,
and
I
would
like
to
include
that
urban
three
did
come.
First,
they
came
as
public
comments
and
the
second
time
they
came
in
and
gave
us
a
full
presentation
of
what
I
think
you've
already
seen
the
guest
speakers.
H
Now
addressing
the
the
resolution
items
we
had
citizen
concerns,
we
did
conduct
conduct,
1200,
plus
respondents
to
a
community
survey
and
500
of
them.
500
plus
gave
comments
public
comments
during
meetings
allowed
the
committee
to
hear
and
understand
the
community's
concerns
and
I'm
proud
to
say
that
shiloh
did
come
and
gave
their
public
comments.
I
have
to
give
a
shout
out
because
they're
listening
and
they
will
call
me
on
it,
provide
guidance
on
future
assessments.
H
AE
Thank
you,
miss
bobbitt,
so
I'm
going
to
present
the
recommendation
from
the
board,
but
first
once
the
committee
felt
that
we
were
knowledgeable
about
the
processes
statutes
as
well
as
community
and
equity
concerns.
We
began
the
process
of
developing
our
recommendations.
As
a
committee,
the
process
began
with
an
exercise
to
establish
the
committee's
collective
vision
for
the
future.
AE
AE
AE
So
second
item
allocate
those
the
short-term
rental
revenue
that
we
just
discussed
before
to
fund
the
hhs
homeowner
grant
program,
and
then,
of
course,
I've
already
mentioned
that
we
do
need
to
focus
lobbying
efforts
to
increase
revenue
streams.
We
feel
like
that
with
some
lobbying
efforts
in
raleigh
that
we
can
change
some
of
these
things
and
we
will
see
a
a
return
on
investment
because
of
those
lobbying
efforts.
AE
The
second
strategic
direction,
increased
capacity
in
the
assessment
department,
develop
process
to
correct
the
percentage
of
properties
with
incorrect
attributes.
As
a
committee,
we
felt
like
that
that
was
one
of
the
main
driving
forces
with
some
of
the
assessed
values
is
that
homeowners
were
not
responding
to
the
assessment
department.
If
they
had
made
improvements
to
their
houses,
they
had
finished
a
basement
off.
They
had
added
a
bathroom,
potentially
unpermitted
work
that
had
been
done
and
they
weren't
being
reported
not
only
to
the
building
department,
but
also
to
the
assessment
office.
AE
We
also
believe
that
that
increasing
frequency
of
property
reassessment
would
be
a
valuable
tool.
We
think
that
instead
of
every
four
years,
maybe
drop
that
back
to
every
two
or
three
years.
This
gives
the
assessment
department
a
chance.
If
we
are
in
a
an
appreciating
market,
it
gives
them
a
chance
to
try
to
get
ahead
of
the
curve
and
give
a
proper
value
to
properties
in
bunker
county.
AE
AE
AE
I
consider
that
person
as
a
liaison
somebody
that
would
truly
not
just
be
a
community
outreach
person
first
and
then
sort
of
come
with
some
assessment
or
appraisal
knowledge,
but
actually
a
person
that
is
very
skilled
in
assessment
and
appraisal
terminology
and
the
way
the
that
you
conduct
that
business
and
that
way
that
they
can
go
out
into
the
community
and
try
to
explain
that
to
folks
and
try
to
help
with
with
the
appeals
process.
Potentially.
AE
I
do
feel
like
that
on
a
personal
level
that
some
folks
don't
want
to
feel
like
they
have
to
call
somebody
in
the
assessment
office.
That
may
not
be
an
advocate
for
them
if
they
are
looking
to
contest
their
property
value.
So
somebody
that
is
not
knowledgeable
in
the
assessment
field,
but
then
they
can
go
out
and
meet
the
community
where
they
are,
let's
see
partner
with
local
board
of
realtors,
to
provide
assistance
and
education
with
the
assessment
and
or
appeal
process.
AE
I
think
that
we
should
tap,
and
I
am
a
current
member
of
the
board
of
realtors
in
asheville.
I
do
feel
like
that
that
organization-
I
have
not
spoken
anybody
there
about
this
particular
item,
but
I
do
feel
like
that
there
that's
an
untapped
resource
for
local
folks
that
can
potentially
reach
out
to
them.
AE
Maybe
with
a
partnership
to
say
hey,
can
you
help
me
pull
some
comps
in
order
to
potentially
appeal
my
my
assessed
value
on
my
home
and
then
the
last
item
would
be
to
to
reassess
the
limits
on
exemptions
and
to
expand
the
eligibility
and
participation
of
the
homeowners
grant.
Excuse
me
the
homeowner's
grant
program.
AE
We,
as
a
committee
felt
like
that
the
income
limits
on
that
were
were
very,
very
low
and
there
are
folks
specifically
in
our
area
that
exceed
that
income
level,
but
still
do
need
homeowner
assistance,
and
so
that's
something
that
we
felt
like
as
a
committee
would
be
very
valuable.
Is
to
look
at
that
at
the
income
limits
on
that
and
at
least
reassess
that
and
then
the
last
bullet
pointed
item
would
be
enhanced
permitting
compliance,
and
this
goes
back
to
what
I
was
saying
earlier-
that
our
committee
felt
like
that.
AE
I
don't
think
that
that
you'll
you're
going
to
get
compliance
without
some
kind
of
of
enforcement
of
that,
and
then
in
enhanced
internal
processes
for
communication
between
the
assessment
and
the
permitting
department-
and
I
know
that
there's
a
system
in
place
already
where
those
departments
are
speaking
to
each
other.
But
obviously
we
can
always
do
a
better
job
with
trying
to
communicate
better
interdepartmentally,
because
we
do
feel
like
that.
That
is
a
missed
revenue
stream,
because
folks
tend
to
not
report
all
the
things
that
they're
doing
to
their
homes.
A
If
there's
some
questions
about
the
these
specific
recommendations,
we
could
I
mean
you
don't
go
anywhere,
but
we
could
have
questions
now
and
then
there's
some
more
presentation
to
give.
But
I
did
have
one
question
about
one
of
the
recommendations:
there's
actually
a
couple
of
recommendations,
but
as
it
relates
to
the
vacation,
rental
properties
and
some
of
the
other.
A
My
sense
from
hearing
some
of
the
discussions
around
those
different
types
of
real
estate
is
that
there
may
be
different
approaches
with
each
of
those
different
sectors
right
like
when
thinking
about
what
might
make
sense
for
short-term
rentals
that
may
be
different
than
like
second
homes.
There's
you
know
all
these
different
things
are
treated
distinctly,
so
my
specific
like,
for
example,
like
in
north
carolina
at
the
state
level,
I
think
it's
pretty
clear.
You
can't
tax
second
homes
at
a
different
rate
than
primary
homes.
A
One
of
the
ideas
I've
heard
talked
about
in
this
you
know
discussion
is
the
idea
that
you
know
these
are
really
commercial
facilities
now
embedded
within
you
know
wherever
they're
located,
so
they
ought
to
be
thought
about
as
an
income
producing
property,
a
commercial
property
not
just
taxed
as
any
other
single
family
home
if
it's
a
single
family
home.
So
so
my
question
is,
I
mean
I've
heard
some
people
argue
that
that's
something
that
actually
perhaps
could
be
done
consistent
with
existing
state
laws.
A
AE
Yeah-
and
I
don't
know
the
the
answer
to
that-
I
I
we
did
talk
about
the
south
carolina
taxing
second
homes
differently
than
they
do
primary
homes
if
you've
got
if
you
live
in
north
carolina
and
you
have
a
vacation
condo
in
charleston,
guess
what
you're
gonna
be
taxed
at
a
different
rate
in
charleston.
So
we
did
talk
about
that.
AE
We
did
talk
about
the
the
the
investment
properties
that
you
had
mentioned
or
short-term
rentals,
and
we
did
feel
like
as
a
committee
and
if
I'm
speaking
out
of
turn,
please
correct
me,
but
we
did
feel
like
that.
Those
are
run
as
a
business
in
the
revenue
generating
business,
and
so
they
should
potentially
be
looked
at
to
to
be
taxed.
That
way.
Yeah.
AE
But
I
do
want
to
say
this
if
it's
feasible
in
south
carolina
and
you,
if
you're
able
to
lobby
to
the
folks
in
raleigh
that
it's
an
additional
income
stream
for
local
municipalities,
I
don't
know
how
you
couldn't
get
buy-in
on
that.
If
there's
a
proven
track
record
in
a
neighboring
state,
it
would
seem
to
me
that
you
could
put
the
somebody
could
put
the
numbers
together
to
make
it
make
sense
from
roi
perspective.
A
AE
And
I
don't
want
to
beat
this
point
up,
but
we,
I
think
we
talked
many
times
about
we're
not
going
to
limit
ourself
in
in
this
in
this
environment,
do
not
make
a
recommendation
because
it
can't
be
done
tomorrow.
We
wanted
to
to
look
at
things
in
a
through
a
lens
of
a
perfect
scenario
that
makes
sense
for
local
residents
here
in
buncombe
county.
A
AF
You
know
one
question:
I
have
that
I
would
like
answers.
Yes,
sir,
if
I
think
back
when
we
started
and
set
out
with
this
ad
hoc
committee,
one
of
the
big
questions
was
the
disparity
in
the
high
income
homes,
the
taxes
versus
the
low
income
homes,
and,
specifically,
you
know
in
the
inner
city,
but
did
I
miss
this?
Did
you
address
that
in
the
report
so.
AE
In
well,
these
ladies
did
in
their
initial.
It
is
there's
nothing
in
the
recommendations
per
se
that
would
address
that,
but
that
was
certainly
something
that
we
did
look
at
as
a
committee
and
just
off
the
cuff,
when
I
and
I'm
a
real
estate
appraiser
by
trade,
that's
I've
been
licensed
in
north
carolina
since
2004
or
five
five,
and
we
did
look
at
many
reports
from
buncombe
county
also
tom
tavitch
report
also
urban
threes
reports.
AE
AE
The
market
conditions
are
the
market
conditions
and
if
they,
if
your
property,
has
gone
up,
100,
that's
a
market
condition
where
other
folks
are
buying
houses
in
the
neighborhood,
and
you
certainly
have
to
to
to
use
that
data
to
come
up
with
an
assessed
value.
Does
that
does
that
answer?
Your
question.
B
AF
AE
Z
AF
H
I
did
want
to
say
that
we,
you
may
not
see
it
as
a
recommendation,
but
as
we
talked
about
the
disparities-
and
we
looked
at
how
especially
in
african-american
communities
are
where
houses
homes
are
now,
let
me
see
how
I
want
to
say
that
homes
were
were
now
bought
for
little
of
nothing
and
then
they
get
they
they
redo
them,
and
then
they
flip
them,
and
that
causes
everything
else
to
go
up.
But
in
the
process
the
people
that
are
living
in
the
higher
end
they're
still
not.
H
H
We
did
look
at
all
of
that
process
and
then
we
look
at
where
I
live,
where
there
are
homes
that
may
not,
as
we
talked
about
they're,
not
saying
when
they've
done,
they
haven't
gotten
permits
to
do
things
to
their
homes,
to
do
more,
to
do
more
advances,
and
then
people
come
in
and
buy
them
for
a
little
or
nothing.
An
example
would
be.
H
There
was
a
home
that
was
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars,
and
it
was
said
that
it
could
not
be
livable.
It
was
not
livable
and
ugly
houses
came
in,
they
bought
it
and
now
they're
getting
ready
to
sell
it
for
like
3.75,
so
that
one
home
is
going
to
increase,
possibly
the
taxes
on
our
homes
around
it,
because
it's
just
one
simple
house,
whereas
biltmore
forest
they're,
not
redeveloping
they're.
Staying
the
same.
If
that
does
that
help.
AG
A
If
I
had
to
pick
just
one
take
away
from
it,
you
know
it's
this
their
analysis
indicating
that
there
is
some
tendency
to
assess
the
more
modest
homes
in
the
community
at
a
higher
rate
above
market
value
and
to
under
assess
the
more
high-end
properties
in
the
community
below
its
actual
market
rate.
I
mean
going
to
the
earlier
point.
A
So
you
know-
and
this
is
all
a
bunch
of
really
technical,
math
right
so
so
that's
part
of
the
reason
we
wanted
to
have
folks
kind
of
take
a
deeper
dive
on
this.
It's
not
the
kind
of
issue
that
you
know
we're
going
to
have
the
bandwidth
to
to
like
really
dig
into,
and
county
commission
meetings
with
all
these
other
issues
on
our
agenda
so-
and
I
know
so,
saneva
did
their
analysis.
A
Looking
at
these
issues
in
the
county-
and
you
know
it's
great
when
you
have
a
community
process
and
by
the
by
the
end
of
it,
everyone
has
reached
the
same
conclusion
right.
So
maybe
this
is
not
going
to
be
one
of
those
times,
but
but
one
of
the
things
is,
I
was
re
viewing
some
of
the
information
kind
of
trying
to
get
ready
for
this
meeting,
rereading
some
of
saneva's
analysis
and
there's
a
bunch
in
there,
of
course,
and
a
lot
of
it's
very
technical.
A
A
A
Over-Assessed
sales
are
more
likely
to
be
among
the
lowest
priced
home
sales,
which
seems
like
one
of
the
key
observations
that
came
out
of
the
urban
3
report.
So
maybe
they're
not
like
fully
aligned
on
all
these
different
aspects
of
it,
but
that
that
did
stand
out
to
me,
as
that
is
that
is
one
of
our
central
concerns,
is
that
we
certainly
do
not
want
to
be
over
assessing
the
most
modest
homes
in
the
community,
which
tend
to
be
owned
by
people
of
the
most
modest
means.
G
I
got
assessed
at
2
43.,
so
the
thing
about
it
is
is
appraisal
from
someone
who
can
come
in
my
home
and
look
inside
my
home
is
a
lot
different
than
someone
who
cannot
right
so
they're
going
to
see
some
things
in
full
disclosure.
I
just
added
things
to
my
home.
I
pull
permits,
so
nobody
can
come
and
get
me,
but
we
do
have
issues
around
people
not
pulling
permits
construction
happening
inside
the
home
that
we
do
not
know
about
assessors
are
not
allowed
to
go
within
homes.
G
G
There
was
a
person
there's
a
lot
of
public
comment
that
we
got
during
the
survey
and
one
of
those
people
had
some
concerns
about
their
home.
So
I
called
them
up
connected
them
with
the
property
office,
because
there
was
damage
to
their
home
that
the
property
office
did
not
know
about,
but
they
didn't
know
to
tell
them
that
right,
you're
getting
assessed
on
a
perfectly
fine
home,
they
don't
know,
there's
a
hole
in
your
roof
or
they
don't
know.
G
The
basement
has
been
flooded
and
is
unusual
unusable,
so
they
were
able
to
get
some
kind
of
remedy
around
that,
and
I
cannot
emphasize
that
enough.
The
continual
evaluation
of
what
we're
doing
in
terms
of
appraisal
and
getting
people
to
come
in
and
speak
to
that
during
the
time
that
the
reappraisal
is
happening
is
going
to
be
our
best
foot
forward.
A
AH
AH
So
let
me
give
you
those
and
I'm
not
sure,
if
we're
going
to
have
those
on
the
slide
or
not,
but
one
of
the
things
that
came
out
of
the
survey
is
that
the
respondents
to
the
survey
one
of
the
issues,
probably
that
we're
in
the
top
five,
where
access
to
data
understanding.
What's
on
your
website,
how
do
we
appeal?
How
do
we
get
to
an
application?
AH
How
do
I
see
my
picture
of
my
home?
You
know
these
are
the
type
things
that
we
felt
like
that
from
those
respondents.
We
were
hearing
that
they
were
struggling
with.
So
one
of
my
recommendations
for
you
here
this
evening,
which
is
related
to
the
increase
of
education
and
outreach,
is
to
for
me
to
work
with
our
vendor
on
our
website
to
build
a
one-stop
hub
for
our
residents
to
go
to
to
where
they
find
anything
and
everything
they
want
to
do.
AH
If
you
want
to
appeal,
if
you
want
to
apply
for
an
exemption,
if
you
want
to
see
a
picture
of
your
home,
you
want
to
see
how
much
square
fits
in
your
home.
Any
of
these
items
are
on
one
page,
one
click
that
that
that
person
should
be
able
to
find
easily
and
better
understand
it.
So
I
I
recommend
that
we
work
with
our
vendor
to
be
able
to
accomplish
that.
AH
AH
What
the
artificial
intelligence
offers
us
is
this
it
was
said
in
one
of
our
committee
meetings
once
and
it
stuck
with
me,
and
that
is
to
remove
the
bias
from
any
situation.
You
have
to
remove
the
human
so
to
remove
any
potential
bias
to
remove
the
human.
So
what
artificial
intelligence
gives
us
in
this
software
and
which
is
already
running
in
most
of
our
larger
counties
in
the
state
of
north
carolina?
AH
It
gives
you
an
independent
look
at
valuation
of
each
individual
property
from
completely
a
computer
model,
no
human
involved.
It
takes
all
the
data
that
the
computer
can
learn
from
sales
transactions
and
data
related
to
those
sales
and
produces
a
value
for
each
property
and
what
that
does
for
our
appraisers
and
what
I
think
that
does
for
us
as
a
department
is,
gives
us
another
tool
and
a
way
to
look
at
valuation
and
take
the
human
out
of
it
did
the
value.
AH
How
did
the
valuation
compare
to
what
we
do
as
the
human
compared
to
what
that
computer
is
telling
us
that
it
should
be
it's
an
audit
tool,
it's
another
tool
for
our
toolbox.
It's
another
way
to
ensure
that
the
system
has
no
bias
in
it,
because
the
computer
can
have
no
bias
unless
we
teach
the
computer
that
so
that's
a
recommendation
that
I
have
moving
forward.
The
second
one
related
to
data
quality
is
that
we
redelineate
or
re-evaluate
all
of
our
market
areas.
AH
We
currently
have
about
2500
unique
market
areas
across
the
whole
county,
and
these
market
areas
are
areas
that
we
have
defined
that
have
something
similar
and
we
have
grouped
them
together.
So
these
market
areas,
mass
appraisal,
remember
we
value
groups
of
properties,
not
individual
properties,
so
these
market
areas
help
us
better,
define
that
we
redefine
and
redelineate
so
many
of
those
every
reappraisal
cycle,
but
to
try
and
do
2500
of
them
is
almost
impossible
at
some
points
because
of
other
things
we
have
going
on
related
to
staffing.
AH
AH
AH
Some
of
the
difference
that
you
see
in
the
graphs
we
did
debate
to
show
you
here
tonight
the
differences
in
the
graphs,
and
then
we
decided
not
to
show
them
here
to
you
tonight
because
they
become
complex,
and
I
can't
explain
to
you
exactly
what's
in
the
graphs
in
a
few
minutes,
it
takes
time
to
sit
down
and
really
dive
into
them
and
understand
them.
But
I
think
what
you
saw
in
the
beginning
that
I
want
to
say,
chairman
newman,
is
the
graph
that
we
saw
in
the
beginning.
AH
This
was
some
data
that
urban
3
that
used
that
was
as
old
as
2013
compared
to
the
2021
assessments,
which
produced
something
unusual
that
you
saw.
There
is
other
graphs
that
we
can
look
at
and
we
did
come
to
those
agreements
with
urban
3.
Is
that
there's
different
ratios
and
there's
different
graphs
that
we
can
look
at
that
tell
different
stories
and
what
we
looked
at
with
the
cinema
report
mostly
was
evaluation
of
the
appraisal
model.
AH
Does
the
appraisal
model
work
when
you
have
correct
data
and
what
we
did
agree
upon
with
urban
three
is
yes,
it
does.
The
appraisal
model
works,
the
methodology
works
and
the
schedule
values
works.
When
you
have
the
correct
data,
when
you
don't
have
the
correct
data
and
you
start
building
graphs
upon
that
sales
transactions
that
don't
match
necessarily
the
correct
assessments,
because
the
data
is
not
correct,
then
it
does
start
skewing
the
graphs
and
it
makes
things
look
totally
different.
AH
A
AH
And
yes,
it's
statistics
and
it's
numbers
and
it's
different
ways
of
doing
analysis.
I
do
it
one
way
you
do
it
one
way
you
see
something
I
see
something
we
all
tell
a
different
story
with
numbers,
but
we
all
have
to
get
on
the
same
page
and
that's
how
what
we
have
really
worked
hard
with
urban
3
is
to
get
us
all
on
the
same
page
we
spent
hours
and
hours
they
have
set
in
my
conference
room
for
hours
and
hours
of
us
debating
this
data
and
trying
to
both
sides
better
understand
it
better.
AC
AF
I'd
like
to
echo
that
and
thank
you,
because
you
accomplished
a
lot
in
a
short
period
of
time,
considering
you
know
what
I've
seen
in
the
past
with
some
of
the
ad
hoc
committees
with
the
county,
but
thanks
a
lot,
and
we
appreciate
the
time
that
you
put
in
it
and
I
think
you
broke
it
down
to
where
even
people
like
me
can
understand.
So
thanks.
AI
AJ
I'll
express
that
same
thanks
and
also
just
to
all
the
committee
members.
This
is
a
lot
of
hard
work
and
staff
and
also
community
members
and
advocates.
You
know
this
is,
I
think,
as
we
think
about
what's
happening
in
the
lives
of
families
across
buncombe,
county
right
now
and
and
the
years
to
come.
This
is
one
of
the
most
pressing
issues
and
I
hear
about
it
every
single
place.
I
go
one
way
or
another,
whether
it's
folks
who
are
homeowners
or
folks
who
are
renters
feeling
the
pressures
from
this.
AJ
I
just
want
to
kind
of
share
a
little
bit
about
how
I
see
our
work
ahead
as
folks
in
the
policy
making
position
on
this.
You
know
one
thing
we
talked
about
last
year
when
we
kind
of
teed
this
process
up
and
an
appointed.
The
ad
hoc
committee
was
that
y'all
would
take
this
deep
dive
and
come
back
to
us
with
analysis
and
recommendations
that
could
help
inform
our
policy
making
as
we
move
forward,
and
that's
really
one
key
way.
AJ
AJ
You
know
an
idea
we
talked
about
last
year
and
again
have
revisited
in
our
discussions
this
year
so
far
is:
are
there
ways
that
we
can
support
more
community
members
and
participating
in
the
appeals
process?
I
love
the
idea
of
a
digital
hub
and
I
also
know
many
folks
for
whom
it's
going
to
take
many
more
much
more
participating
in
the
appeals
process.
AJ
You
know
you
get
a
letter
that
has
these
numbers,
that
kind
of
make
your
heart
sync,
and
then
what
do
you
do
next
and
for
a
lot
of
people?
I
think
we
have
to
create
some
support
and
programs
so
that
they
can
participate
in
that
system
that
has
been
designed
to
mitigate
that
and
to
share
information
that
might
address
it.
AJ
But
I
continue
to
feel
like
part
of
our
job
is
to
be
very
dogged
about
this
question
that
commissioner
whiteside
raised
and
that
so
many
others
have,
which
is:
if
there
are
inequities
there,
how
do
we
do
our
very
best
to
have
a
process
that,
from
the
front
end,
is
preventing
that
from
showing
up
on
the
back
end?
So
I
you
know
what
that
will
look
like
as
we
move
forward.
AK
AK
AH
If
that
house
then
starts
to
be
under
construction
as
far
as
remodel,
then
we
follow
that
and
we
follow
that
building
permit
until
completion
where
it
takes
a
year
or
where
it
takes
two
years
in
order
to
get
to
that
point,
remember
assessment
only
happens
once
a
year
january,
one
of
each
year.
So
if
you
work
on
that
house
during
the
year
for
three
or
four
months
and
you're
done
and
you're
living
in
it,
you
won't
realize
the
change
in
value
until
the
following
year,
because
you
can't
reassess
in
the
middle
of
a
year.
AH
AK
AK
AH
Was
the
sales
price
before
the
remodel
or
after
before
the
remodel?
Okay,
then,
if
there
was
no
inaccurate
data
related
to
that
house
in
our
system,
then
the
value
will
not
change
until
a
physical
change
has
happened
to
the
property.
What
the
state
law
says
is
that
the
assessor
can
only
revalue
property
in
a
non-reevaluation
year
when
two
things
occur,
and
that
is
a
physical
change
to
the
property
or
a
legal
change
to
the
property.
Otherwise,
the
value
has
to
stay
the
same
until
the
next
reappraisal.
AC
AH
AC
A
AH
A
Sure
I
don't
I
wasn't
thinking
we
would
vote
on
it
tonight.
So
don't
worry,
but
just
a
few
other
comments
and
yeah,
but
I'm
glad
we'll
bring
this
back.
So
we
have
a
chance
to
kind
of
process.
This
a
bit
more
think
about
what
we're
hearing
from
the
staff
and
the
committee
members
a
couple
other
thoughts
I
would
share,
though,
in
terms
of
next
steps
I
mean
for
some
of
the
things.
A
I'm
glad
this,
I'm
glad
the
committee
looked
at
some
things
that
that
would
require
state
level
policy
changes,
it's
harder.
There's
plenty
of
you
know:
interest
groups
out
there
that
would
lobby
against
these
kinds
of
changes,
but
there's
also
a
lot
of
other
communities
like
buncombe
county
that
are
struggling
with
some
of
these
same
issues
and
would
probably
be
allies
in
the
effort.
A
So
so
I
think
I
think
you
know
our
commission
might
be
very
open
to
endorsing
some
of
those
and
trying
to
encourage
the
county
commissioner
associations
around
the
state
to
to
join
us
in
working
for
some
of
those.
But
in
the
areas
where
we
do
actually
have
the
authority
to
implement
some
of
these
measures,
then
I
would
I
would
love
to
look
at
those
as
more
short
or
medium-term
opportunities,
rather
than
some
of
those
are
currently
listed
as
like
long-term
opportunities,
but
we
might
be
able
to
move
on
them
faster
I'll.
A
Also
echo
the
support
for
what
we
can
do
to
just
kind
of
help
make
this
process
simpler.
For
you
know,
just
you
know
like
when
we
do
the
re-evaluations
you
know,
hca
is
going
to
come
in
with
a
whole
team
of
experts
to
advocate,
for
you
know,
negotiating
the
best
they
can
get
right
and
making
this
making
the
strongest
arguments
for
you
know
how
to
get
their
taxes
as
low
as
they
can
a
lot
of
other
bigger
businesses,
and
you
know,
and
affluent
individuals
might
have
the
time
and
bandwidth
to
do
that.
A
A
I
mean
this
is
a
process
that
we
require
everyone
to
go
through
who
owns
property
in
the
county.
So
I
just
I'd
like
for
us
to
maybe
think
about
what
we
can
do
to
you
know
really
support
people
who
wanna
who
who
want
to
make
who
might
just
have
questions
in
some
cases.
They
might
want
to
make
the
case
that
hey,
I
think,
I'm
being
overvalued.
A
A
AL
Only
concur
and
lift
up
the
the
idea
of
yeah
moving
some
of
those
items
where
we
do
have
authority
under
existing
law.
You
know
to
short-term
or
medium-term
action
items,
and
I
guess
I
just
also
applaud
the
committee
for
their
work
and
for
looking
into
you
know
state
level
policy
changes.
We
have
a
lot
of
committees
that
we
point
people
to
that
we
create
for
various
reasons.
AL
I
think
we
should
put
together
our
own
kind
of
legislative
policy
agenda
related
to
housing,
affordability
related
to
affordability
in
general
that
we
can
not
only
advocate
in
raleigh
for
but
also
bring
direct
to
our
community
to
show
them
what
we
think
those
changes
need
to
be
so
they
they
understand
what
they
can
vote
for
and
what
they
can
advocate
for
themselves.
And
so
I
would
just
ask
that
we
think
about
that
as
well.
A
All
right,
well
again,
thanks
to
all
the
committee
members
and
members
of
the
public
who
participated,
we
appreciate
it.
I
think
I
think
there's
some
good
ideas
here
and
I'd
also
just
say.
I
think
this
is
the
kind
of
thing
that
you're
probably
never
really
finished.
With
I
mean
this
is
this:
is
you
know
this
is
a
process,
but
I
feel
like
there's
there's
a
real
value.
A
That's
coming
out
of
this,
so
you
know
looking
for
ways
to
make
this
process
better
is
something
that
you
probably
don't
ever
really
get
done
with,
but
I'm
glad
we've
spent
time
thinking
about
it,
because
it's
the
main
way
we
raise
revenue
for
to
fund
local
public
services,
so
we
want
to
do
it
in
the
in
the
fairest
and
most
accurate
way.
We
can,
I
think,
our
ad
commission,
your
work.
A
It
wasn't,
it
is
an
ad
hoc
committee
right,
so
so
I
don't
mean
for
you
all.
I
mean
for
our
community
right,
so
you're,
you're,
good,
you're,
good,
all
right,
okay,
all
right!
Well,
all
right!
Thanks
for
the
updates,
we
appreciate
it
look
forward
to
this
coming
back
for
further
discussion
for
next
steps.
Q
A
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
This
is
what
the
property
would
look
like
if
it's,
if
it's
rezoned,
that's
the
sort
of
orangish
color
or
just
burnt
sienna,
whatever
your
palette
so
chooses,
these
are
just
an
overview
of
the
bulk
standards
of
the
property
itself.
The
changes
that
how
they
exist
now
with
the
r1
zoning,
as
opposed
to
neighborhood
service
neighborhood
service,
is
a
transition,
zoning
district,
meaning
it
has
some
compatibility
and
doesn't
allow
for
highly
intense
uses
like
the
size
of
say,
an
ingles.
It
does
allow
for
some
smaller
scale.
AM
This
is
an
overview
of
what
it
current
site
conditions
and
what
it
looks
like
on
the
site.
There
has
been
some
additional
development
on
charlotte
highway.
The
site
is
tucked
behind
the
commercial
corridor.
There's
an
existing
commercial
strip
center
manufactured
home
park
in
the
area,
there's
a
residential
neighborhood
to
the
west
of
the
subject:
property.
AM
The
planning
board
reviewed
this
application
on
june,
the
20th
and
they
held
a
public
hearing
and
they
voted
unanimously
to
forward
a
recommendation
of
approval
to
the
board
of
commissioners.
Staff's
recommendation
is
also
approval
of
the
rezoning
request
and,
as
I
mentioned
before,
the
applicant,
mr
ward
griffin
is
with
us,
and
that
concludes
staff's
presentation.
You
will
need
to
open
up
the
public
hearing,
I'm
here
for
any
questions
that
you
make.
A
AL
AM
AM
So
the
yellow
denotes
the
residential
also
studied
the
corridor.
There
are
some
variations
in
the
depth
to
the
the
commercial
aspects
it
sort
of
ebbs
and
flows,
as
you
make
your
way
up
and
down
charlotte
highway,
and
let's
just
call
it.
The
flesh
color
again
does
denote
what
the
zoning
district
would
look
like
if
the
r1
has
changed,
and
that
is
a.
AM
AM
Glad
you
asked
so
with
160d.
It
made
things
a
little
easier
we've
baked
in.
You
need
to
probably
have
a
motion
for
the
rezoning
request
and
within
that
there's
a
consent.
Zoning
consistency
we've
placed
that
within
the
same
ordinance
now
so
it's
either
an
ordinance
to
approve
or
a
resolution
to
deny.
B
A
I
Good
evening,
commissioners,
no
presentation
this
evening,
you
do
have
a
request
for
board
action
before
you
related
to
fy23
budget
items,
appropriations
that
have
an
economic
development
nature.
Specifically,
there
are
three
grants
that
were
approved
in
the
strategic
partnership
grants
process,
as
well
as
two
in
the
economic
development
budget
for
economic
development
partners.
I
Those
were
approved
in
the
budget,
so
that
is
one
step.
However,
a
statute
requires
that
there's
also
a
public
hearing
on
any
of
these
economic
development
appropriations,
and
so
that's
why
we're
here
today
the
items
and
I'll
read
them
out
just
so
that
they're
in
the
record,
but
we
have
17
500
for
carolina.
I
So
those
are
for
the
five
appropriations
this
evening.
We
would
ask
the
commission
to
have
a
public
hearing
on
those
items.
However,
prior
to
doing
that-
and
mr
fruit
can
walk
us
through,
but
there
is
a
recruit
recusal
process
necessary
for
any
members
of
the
board
that
sit
on
those
boards
for
these
items.
So.
A
A
So
I'll
make
a
motion
to
recuse
commissioner
edwards
from
voting
on
the
sports
commission
item
just
for
a
second
all
in
favor,
say:
aye
aye,
any
post
I'll
make
a
motion
to
recuse.
Commissioner
whitesides
from
voting
on
the
economic
development
coalition
appropriation
all
in
favor
say
I
I
any
opposed
all
right.
So
let's
have
a
public
hearing,
we'll
open
the
public
hearing
at
7
31
pm,
and
this
is
for
all
of
the
economic
development
projects
and
organization
appropriations
that
are
listed
on
the
agenda.
A
Any
members
of
the
public
wish
to
address
the
board
during
the
public
hearing
all
right.
I
will
close
the
public
hearing
at
7,
32
p.m,
and
so
just
stop
me.
If
I'm
doing
any
of
this
wrong
I'll
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
appropriations
for
carolina.
Small
business
development
fund
city
works,
usa
and
mountain
bizworks,
as
listed
in
the
staff
report,.
A
All
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed
I'll
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
asheville
buncombe
sports
regional
commission
funding.
As
indicated
in
the
staff
report,
forty
five
thousand
dollars
all
in
favor
say
aye
aye
all
opposed
okay,
commissioner
edwards
did
not
vote
on
that
matter
and
then
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
appropriation
for
the
economic
development
coalition
of
450
000.
A
B
A
AO
Good
evening,
thank
you
for
having
me,
and
so
I
would
like
to
share
with
you
all
an
update
pardon
me
of
where
we
are
with
the
community
reparations
commission.
I
know
that
this
evening
during
public
comment,
we
did
hear
a
number
of
individuals
from
the
community
that
shared
some
pieces,
but
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
all
kind
of
where
we
are
as
a
commission,
where
we've
been
over
the
past
several
months
and
how
the
past
four
meetings
have
gone.
AO
So
this
evening,
I'd
like
to
cover
just
a
few
points
with
you
all,
primarily
the
commission
project
plan,
an
update
on
the
staff
project
team
and-
let
you
all
know
who
is
working
with
us
on
that:
an
update
on
the
impact
focus
areas
and
focus
area,
work
groups,
a
review
of
the
commission
activities,
some
major
topics
of
interest
and
looking
ahead
over
the
horizon,
where
we
are
so
before
you
you
see
where
we
are.
This
is
the
current
reparations
project
phases.
AO
AO
AO
And
these
are
the
seven
individuals
from
the
county
that
are
working
on
the
project
team.
As
you
can
see,
we
have
a
very
robust
team,
that
of
staff
resources
to
ensure
the
successful
support
of
the
community
recommend
reparations
commission.
So
our
team
reflects
leadership
across
the
county
and
has
dedicated
support
across
planning
strategy,
communications
and,
of
course,
administrative
logistics.
So
our
executive
sponsor
is
assistant
county
manager,
d.k
wesley
I
serve
as
the
county
project
team
lead,
I'm
also
rachel
nygard
tiffany,
hanacho,
lillian,
govis,
leonard
jones
and
lamar
joyner.
AO
In
addition
to
the
seven
individuals,
we
also
have
some
dedicated
support
for
the
impact
focus
area,
work
groups-
I
mean
so
with
this
slide.
I
want
to
highlight
that
piece
and
then
also
give
some
updates
on
the
impact
focus
areas
and
where
you
see
so,
I
know
that
the
font
here
is
just
a
bit
small,
but
this
shows
where
we
are
with
the
current
schedules
that
have
been
set
for
the
impact
focus
area
work
groups.
AO
I
do
want
to
point
out
that,
rather
than
the
way
that
the
large
group
commission
is
streamed,
these
are
in-person
meetings
only
they
are
taking
place
in
the
community
and
you
can
see
under
the
locations
here
where
each
of
these
will
meet
the
only
one
that
hasn't
been
fully
established.
Yet
is
the
health
and
wellness
committee,
and
I
will
give
an
update
on
where
that
location
will
be
as
soon
as
we
have
that.
AO
But
you
do
see
the
scheduled
meeting
time
here
and
so,
in
addition
to
tiffany
hanacho
and
rachel
nygard,
who
are
serving
on
the
main
project
team.
We
also
have
tim
love
serving
as
our
liaison
for
economic
development,
ginger
cloud
with
health
and
wellness
and
matt
cable
with
housing,
and
the
reason
that
we
have
these
staff
members
from
the
county
that
are
serving
as
liaisons
and
subject
matter.
AO
So,
in
order
to
be
able
to
facilitate
the
smoothest
provision
of
information
and
data
that
the
work
groups
might
need,
we've
established
this
system
of
having
these
five
individuals
be
able
to
serve
specifically
for
the
work
groups
and
so
again
the
work
group
meetings
are
open
to
the
public.
They
are
in
person
and
again
having
them
around.
The
community
is
part
of
the
commission's
effort
to
be
more
embedded
in
the
community
and
have
increased
community
engagement.
AO
So
these
are
our
activities
to
date.
Over
the
past
four
meetings,
the
first
meeting
was
may
23rd
that
meeting
included
an
impact
focus
area
initial
breakouts.
That
was
an
opportunity
for
all
the
commission,
members
and
alternates
to
be
able
to
break
out
into
their
their
five
impact
focus
areas.
There
is
a
schedule
of
the
meetings
that
was
approved
at
that
meeting
and
initial
discussion
and
vote
on
long-term
funding
needs,
which
we'll
get
into
a
little
bit
more
in
depth.
In
just
a
moment.
At
the
june
6
meeting,
we
had
a
review
of
the
commission
charge.
AO
We
introduced
meeting
procedures.
There
was
a
considerable
conversation
around
the
request
for
more
official
youth
engagement
and
at
that
meeting
we
also
had
a
clarification
of
long-term
funding,
requests
to
the
city
and
county
and
a
motion
was
approved,
and
so
I'll
read
for
you
here
what
the
formal
motion
language
is.
It's
the
community
reparations
commission
recommends
that
the
buncombe
county
board
of
commissioners
include
a
line
item
in
their
budget
for
reparations
for
black
people
in
buncombe
county
as
a
percentage
of
the
overall
budget
in
perpetuity,
so
that
language
is
included
in
the
letter.
AO
Additionally,
at
the
june
27th
meeting,
there
was
a
presentation
of
several
youth
engagement
options.
What
that
might
look
like
and
then
also
a
budget
status
update,
was
given
by
myself
and
then
also
by
equity,
inclusion,
director
mills,
who
is
here
within
the
city
this
evening,
and
so
we
were
able
to
share
where
we
are
with
our
appropriations
and
allocations
for
the
budget
at
that
present
time,
and
we
heard
what
different
options
might
look
like
as
far
as
what
the
youth
engagement
options
are.
AO
AO
Community
engagement
and
so
one
of
the
ways
that
we
address
community
engagement
through
the
reparations
commission
is
to
be
able
to
house
these
work
group
meetings
in
the
community.
But
we're
continuing
to
look
at
what
that
looks
like
in
order
to
have
a
more
substantive
and
sustainable
engagement
option,
including
working
with
our
community
partners
and
continuing
the
work
that
was
done
in
the
very
early
phases
of
this
commission
and
also
the
city
and
county
funding
commitment
to
the
point
of
the
commitment.
This
is
the
information
that
was
shared
by
myself
and
ms
mills.
AO
So
just
as
a
recap,
the
city
of
asheville's
2022
initial
investment
was
2.1
million
dollars.
The
fy
23
budget
includes
an
additional
appropriation
of
500,
000
and
future
city
of
asheville
budgets
will
include
at
least
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
annually
to
fund
reparations
for
us
here
in
buncombe
county.
There
is
two
million
dollars
allocated
in
fy23,
and
the
board
of
commissioners
will
consider
subsequent
appropriations
annually
as
appropriate
as
part
of
the
annual
budget
cycle,
and
I
realize
you
might
want
to
have
some
conversation
about
that,
but
there's
some
discussion
slides
at
the
looking
ahead.
AO
AO
AO
A
All
right,
commissioners,
it's
an
opportunity
for
commissioned
discussion
and
we've
about
any
aspects
of
this.
But
of
course
there
was
the
request
sent
from
the
commission
to
us
regarding
seeking
guidance
around
the
commission's
longer-term
thoughts
around
investments
in
the
reparations
commission
process.
AJ
AJ
You
know
we
allocated
two
million
dollars
in
this
year's
budget
and
in
doing
that,
I
really
understood
and
supported
that
as
a
first
step
in
many
steps
ahead,
and
that
means
creating
a
budget
line
through
which
we
can
continue
to
provide
funding
for
the
important
work
that
will
happen
here.
That's
something
we
do
with
many
of
our
most
important
priorities:
whether
it's
expanding
access
to
pre-k
and
early
child
education.
AJ
But
I
certainly
understand
the
many
reasons
why
the
commission
wants
to
kind
of
have
a
clear
foundation,
at
least
of
what
a
starting
point
is
in
terms
of
what
baseline
funding
would
look
like
for
those
discussions.
So
just
kind
of
sharing,
where
I'm
at
in
that
process,
really
look
forward
to
hearing
where
other
people
are,
and
I
hope
we
can
get
to
being
able
to
take
a
vote
tonight.
If
we're
ready
to
do
that.
AL
Thanks
jasmine,
I
guess
I
will
add
a
few
different
overlapping
thoughts.
You
know
I
I
was
struck
by
all
the
outreach
we
received
via
phone
and
email
about
about
this
and
and
was
struck
by
the
comments
I
heard
tonight.
Partic.
I
particularly
will
remember
I
imagine
always
the
comments
we
heard
about
just
doing
this.
Just
setting
this
up
in
addition
to
funding
programs
in
the
future
will
give
people
hope
and
give
future
generations
hope.
I
hadn't
thought
about
this
through
that
lens.
AL
AL
AL
AC
So
I'll
just
share
I've.
I've
been
watching
the
various
meetings
and
I'm
really
glad
that
staff's
working
on
the
community
getting
out
in
the
community
more
because
that's
something
that
I
heard
loud
and
clear
from
your
meetings
that
that
was
really
important
to
you
and
I'm
also
really
looking
forward
to
just
seeing
and
hearing
what
comes
out
of
those
focus
groups
that
you're
going
to
dig
in
there
and
really
get
into
the
meat
of
that
work.
AC
And
so
thanks.
Thank
you
all
for
your
commitment
to
this
and
staff's
commitment
and
I'll
also
mention,
I'm
not
sure
if
michael
was
mentioned
earlier,
but
I
think
michael's
been
at
every
single
meeting
as
well
there.
So
it's
there's
a
lot
of
dedication
and-
and
I
would
agree
with
commissioner
beech
ferrara-
I
feel
like
with
our
commissioner
strategic
priorities
where
we
put
that
money
to
early
childhood
education,
affordable,
housing.
AI
I
recently
had
a
conversation
with
a
native
ash
civilian,
as
we
know,
those
are
few
and
far
between
these
days,
a
man
of
color
and
entrepreneur,
and
we
had
a
really
fascinating
conversation
about
reparations
and
what
it
means
to
him,
and
it
has
really
resonated
to
me
that
he
keeps
saying
amanda
as
you
all
move
forward
in
these
decisions.
Think
about
generational
wealth
building
and
what
has
cost
me
and
my
family
and
my
family's
family
because
of
the
inequities
that
have
occurred
over
time
in
buncombe,
county
and
every
time.
AI
Now
that
we
have
these
conversations,
I
I
hear
him
and
his
voice
in
the
back
of
my
head,
reminding
me
about
what
reparations
means
to
him,
and
it
was
very
poignant
this
evening
to
hear
from
mr
mcafee
as
well
that
what
reparations
means
to
him
and
the
conversation
that
I
had
back
with
my
friend
was
you
know.
It's
important
as
a
as
a
white
person
as
a
white
woman
that
I
may
think
I
know
what
is
best
needed
through
reparations
and
through
the
reparations
commission.
AI
But
I
don't.
I
don't
have
that
lived
experience,
and
that
is
why
this
reparations
commission
and
the
work
that
they
bring
forward
and
that
you
bring
forward
to
us
is
so
incredibly
important
and
that
we
are
here
to
fully
listen
and
to
fully
hear
from
each
of
you
and
the
members
of
our
community
who
have
been
so
wrongfully
impacted
by
systemic
racism.
So
I'm
really
proud
to
support
our
decisions.
Moving
forward
to
fund
reparations.
AK
You're
waiting
till
last
right
now,
well,
yeah,
there's
been
a
lot
of
work
here
and
I
agree
with
you:
amanda
reparation.
We
don't
know
what
it
actually
means.
I
don't
like
the
word
reparation
to
start
with
is,
I
think
we
all
should
be
able
to
prosper,
but
not
being
in
them
shoes
you
just
it's
hard
to
tell
you
know.
AK
I
want
to
help
all
kids
of
education.
I
want
to
help
all
kids
of
all
colors.
You
know
we're
talking
about
the
indian,
the
cherokee
indians
out
there
what
they
went
through.
You
know,
we've
all
been
through
it.
We
have
all
been
through
it
and
if
I
don't
know
what
the
indians
went
through,
I
don't
know
what
the
south
side
went
through
over.
I
just
remembered
back.
You
know
what
my
grandfather
we
growed
up
on
burton
street
and
my
mama,
you
know
lived
there.
AK
Her
whole
life,
and
we
did
not
understand
what
the
difference
in
color
was.
You
know
I
can
remember
the
whole
hosiery
meal
there
on
and
we
all
played-
and
we
all
had
a
good
time,
but
it's
like
this
has
come
up
and
I
think
it's
time
that
we
do
something,
but
I
have
to
know
more
information
on
what
it
is
and
also
what
a
couple
people
said
in
public
comment.
AK
AK
I'm
very
proud
of
what
we've
done
with
early
child
care
was
something
that
I
was
opposed
to
in
the
beginning
of
how
much
funding
we
was
going
to
give
them.
But
in
three
years
I
see
what
we
have
done
jasmine
al
on
the
community
board
as
our
commissioners
and
myself
and
what
else
our
committee
has
done
so
right
now
the
committee
has
done
a
great
job.
AK
I
think
everyone
has
worked
real
hard,
but
I
would
like
to
see
this
groundwork
make
it
prosper
where
we
are
doing
something
instead
of
just
you
know,
dotting
the
eye
and
crossing
the
t
again,
and
I
mean
I'm
very
interested
to
listen
to
what
al's
got
to
say,
because
I
think
that's
our
expert
right
there
of
what's
going
on
because
he's
been
involved
in
everything
and
me
and
I'll
talk
a
lot
about
this.
You
know
what's
going
on
so
how
you
beat
me
to
being
last.
So
it's
your
turn.
AF
How
much
time
do
I
have
I'd
like
to
start
by
saying?
I'm
just
sorry
that
the
my
two
supporters
who
really
pushed
me
since
I
was
15
years
old
working
in
the
community,
are
not
here
with
us
tonight
and
that's
my
mom
and
dad
because
they
prepared
me
and
my
brother,
my
kids,
all
of
us
for
a
world
that
when
I
came
up
in
I
couldn't
live
in.
AF
All
of
that
is,
what's
you
know,
I've
seen
but
folks
it
started.
When
I
was
15
years
old
here
with
a
score,
then,
when
I
went
to
college
I
was
arrested
14
times
I
told
mom
and
dad
10,
but
I
lied
about
the
other
poor,
but
that
was
for
sit-ins,
but
that
was
all
I
didn't
realize
then,
to
prepare
us
for
today
where
we
are
and
when
I
look
at
what's
going
on
with
the
reparations
committee,
and
I
see
you
know,
it
might
appear
that
they're
trying
to
catch
a
griez
pig
but
they're
not.
AF
It
brings
back
memories
for
me
in
the
60s,
where
we
were
fighting
with
snake,
the
black
panthers,
the
different
organizations-
and
I
was
president
of
the
student
government
at
north
carolina
college
and
north
carolina.
Central
and
those
were
in
the
hot
days.
You
know,
but
we
got
a
lot
done,
but
now
folks
we're
at
the
intersection
of
yesterday
today
and
tomorrow,
and
it's
critical
as
a
community,
and
this
is
not
just
to
help
the
african-american
community.
AF
We've
got
to
sit
aside
to
make
sure
that
we
eliminate
systemic
racism,
and
I
hope
this
is
what
the
committee
looks
at
to
do
everything
to
help
with
education,
criminal
justice.
All
that
we
need
it's
there.
I
mean
this
is
what
concerns
me,
and
this
is
what
we
need
to
work
on
and
two
is
just
like
athletes.
AF
You
know
my
granddad
told
me
something
years
ago.
We
were
talking
about
why
it
was
back
doing
jackie,
robinson
and
willie
mays's
time,
and
I
was
talking
to
granddad
and
I
said
boy,
you
know
all
black
pairs
players
are
like
superman
grandpa,
and
I
remember
he
looked
at
me
and
he
called
me
partner.
He
said
partner.
AF
AF
It's
going
to
make
this
community
stronger,
it'll
help
all
of
our
kids,
my
grandkids,
my
great-grandkids.
You
know
it's
not
about
me.
I
won't
be
here
to
see
the
end
of
it,
but
I
sure
hope
that
my
daughters
and
grandboys
are
a
part
of
it,
just
like
your
kids
and
grand,
because
this
is
what
we're
working
for
for
the
long
term
of
our
community
and
that's
why
I
would
you
know
like
to
see
us
yeah.
We
can
match
what
we
do.
AF
Sometimes
it's
ugly
it'll
look
that
way,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
hopefully
we'll
be
where
we
need
to
be,
but
I
think
it's
and
it's
time
for
us
as
we
go
through
this
to
be
open
and
honest
with
each
other
and
lay
the
cards
on
the
table.
I
mean
the
only
way
we'll
get
through.
This
is
we'll
be
open
with
the
entire
community.
AF
You
don't
bring
them
in
as
advisors
or
whatever,
but
I
can
tell
you
from
starting
at
15
when
I
was
young,
though
it's
one
thing
about
it
to
get
some
places
where
we
need
to
go,
you
need
life
experiences
and
unfortunately,
some
of
the
young
people.
They
don't
have
what
they
need
to
be.
You
know
to
look
at
that,
but
we
need
to
listen
to
them
because
whatever
we
do,
they
will
be
the
ones
who
inherit
it.
AF
A
I'll
second,
the
motion,
may
I
propose
one
additional
detail
to
it.
You
know
with
the
early
childhood
education
investments
which
we
started
a
few
years
ago.
I
think
it
was
a
good
thing
that
we
did
and,
of
course
we
bumped
it
up
some
too
yeah.
We
did
we
bumped
it
up
every
year,
but
one
of
the
things
we
we
did
from
the
outset
is:
we
included
a
small
percentage
increase
each
year
just
to
account
for
inflation,
because
what
500
000
is
worth
today
will
not
be
the
same
thing.
A
A
Is
a
bad
one?
It
wasn't.
We
had
the
you
know
a
couple
years
ago.
It
was.
It
was
actually
very
low,
but
that's
way
above
that
right
now,
but
I
know
that's
that's
yeah
inflation
levels
are
more
or
certainly
more
than
that
now,
but
I
think
it's
valuable
for
us
to
do
something
accounting
for
every
year.
It
is
likely
to
go
yeah.
Hopefully
it
settles
down
I'll
accept.
AF
A
Okay,
great
so
I'll
just
make
a
couple
of
comments
too.
I
appreciate
everyone's
thoughts
on
this
and
the
work
from
the
commissioners
and
the
staff,
and
I,
of
course
support
the
support.
The
motion-
and
you
know
it's.
I
think
I
think
this
ever
since
we've
started
this
conversation
you
know
thinking
about.
When
is
the
right
time
to
make
decisions
around
investments
in
it.
It's
not
an
easy
question
to
answer,
because
it
is
still
early
in
this
process.
A
A
It
was
the
county
government
that
actually
developed
and
proposed
the
plans
for
that
part
of
the
city,
even
though
I
think
the
city
ended
up
being
more
in
the
role
of
implementing
parts
of
it.
But
you
know
our
local
governments
did
play
an
active
role
in
making
decisions
that,
and
I
don't
think
they
were.
You
know
again.
I
wasn't
here,
but
just
from
reading
about
it
listening
to
people
who
were
part
of
it,
I
don't
think
all
the
people
who
made
these
decisions
all
meant
to
hurt
everybody.
A
I
think
in
probably
many
ways
a
lot
of
these
decisions
were
made
with
good
intentions,
but
certainly
when
we
look
at
them
today,
we
know
that
if
we
could
do
it,
we
would
do
it
really
differently
and
but
but
our
local
governments,
you
know,
had
a
very
direct
role
in
creating
the
community
that
we
live
in
today,
and
so
I'm
hoping
we
can
play
a
practical
and
productive
role
in
helping
to
remedy
some
of
the
things
that
we
would
all
love
to
have
been
able
to
do
differently.
But
we
can
do
differently
today.
A
So
I'm
supportive
of
the
recommendation.
I
appreciate
the
work
of
all
the
folks
serving
on
the
commission
and
I
look
forward
to
to
learning
more
about
the
specific
ideas
that
come
forward
for
how
we
can
help
rebuild
neighborhoods
rebuild
homeownership,
rebuild
businesses
that
that
local
government's
contributed
to
to
hurting
and
and
losing
in
the
past,
so
got
a
motion.
A
second
further
discussion,
yeah.
AK
I
want
to
say
something
else
that
you
know
has
been
on
my
mind
there
about
how
how
everything's
been
I've
been
here
62
years,
so
I
growed
up
downtown
and,
like
I
said
right
there,
next
burton
street,
but
one
thing
that
has
concerned
me
over
the
years
is
whenever
I
first
became
a
commissioner
six
years
ago,
what
happened
at
eagle
street?
You
know
redeveloped
it
and
was
fixing
it
up
and
everything
and
the
community
that
was
there
did
not
get
to
come
back.
AK
You
know
it
got
too
too
expensive
for
them
to
come,
and
then
three
or
four
years
ago,
we'd
done
lee
walker
heights
and
move
some
out,
but
we're
not
bringing
them
back
in
and
I
feel
like
they're
we're
kind
of
doing
things,
the
opposite
of
what
we're
talking
about
right
now
is
you
know
we
promise
that
50
or
70
percent
would
come
back
to
lee
walker
heights
and
a
beautiful
place,
they're
fixing
there
and
it's
down
to
20
percent
now.
So
we're
really
talking
one
thing
that
turned
their
head
to
another
way.
A
So
well,
I
would
I'd
like
to
ask
the
staff
to
maybe
maybe
get
some
more
information
on
that.
My
understanding
with
the
lee
walker
heights
redevelopment,
the
maple
leaf.
The
new
maple
leaf
apartments
is
that
all
of
the
residents
were
given
an
opportunity
to
return
and
on
the
same
financial.
You
know
at
no
higher,
you
know
rent
rates
than
what
they
had
before,
but
not
all
of
them
chose
to,
which
is,
I
think
you
know,
that's
actually
a
good
thing,
because
folks
have
had
a
chance
to
you
know
they
had
a
chance
to
to.
A
AK
That's
true
what
I'm
hearing
is.
It
was
promised.
Yes,
they
can
come
back,
but
I
have
not
heard
that
and
I
would
like
for
staff
to
let
us
know
they
come
back
at
an
affordable
right,
not
the
cost
savings
plan.
Yeah
and
also
I've
had
several
to
tell
me
that
they
are
in
a
different,
complex
apartments
or
whatever,
but
been
given
a
voucher
to
stay
there
at
even
a
lower
price,
like
hey,
we're
paying
you
to
get
out
of
town
here.
So
I'd
like
to
have
clarification
on
both
of
them.
Okay,
great.
A
All
right
any
further
discussion,
all
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposed
all
right.
Commissioners,
thanks
for
the
discussion
and
rachel
thanks
for
the
great
presentation
and
update
all
right
next
up
we're
moving
to
new
business,
and
the
first
item
is
request
for
an
enterprise
fund
for
sheriff's
sheriff's
office,
real-time
intelligence
center
and
lynn
smith.
I
see
is
here.
This
is
an
item
we've
talked
about
before,
and
there
were
a
few
questions
which
the
sheriff's
office
has
helped
answer,
since
this
was
on
our
agenda
before
so.
AP
AP
So,
as
you
guys
know,
an
enterprise
fund
is
a
separate
set
of
funds
not
allocated
through
county
government,
and
the
sheriff
is
asking
that
you
guys
approve
his
request
to
establish
a
set
of
funds
to
support
his
real-time
intelligence
center.
This
gives
him
the
opportunity
to
manage
it
without
repeatedly
coming
to
the
commissioners
asking
for
financial
support.
AP
AP
And
while
you're
thinking
about
it,
I
can
also
add
that
we,
the
buncombe
county
sheriff's
office,
was
instrumental
in
helping
the
asheville
police
department,
make
arrests
and
or
identify
suspects
in
the
last
two
homicides
in
the
city.
So
the
real-time
intelligence
center
is
being
very
effective
and
it's
brought
some
value
to
the
community.
A
And
so
one
question
just
for
make
sure
I'm
understanding
this
correctly.
The
the
enterprise
fund
is
this
self-supporting
fund,
where
the
sheriff's
office
is
selling
the
service,
and
so
some
private
businesses
who
want
to
participate
can
sign
up,
participate
and
they'll,
be
they
would
be
charged
a
fee
and
the
fee
is
the
source
of
the
revenue
for
the
enterprise
fund.
Do
I
have
all
this
facts
straight.
Q
A
And
in
terms
of
so,
the
estimated
revenue
in
the
presentation
is
a
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars,
but
that's
an
that's.
A
forecasted
amount
correct.
So
if,
for
whatever
reason,
let's
just
say,
it's
somewhat
less,
there's
somewhat
less
participation
than
forecasted
and
it's
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
that's
raised
through
the
cer
the
fee
for
service,
then
the
amount
of
revenue
they
would
have
would
be
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
it's
just
whatever
the
system
generates
is
what
the
revenue
will
be.
Yes,.
Q
AI
A
All
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right
thanks.
So
much
for
being
here
appreciate
it
all
right.
The
next
item
under
new
business,
child
fatality
prevention,
team,
community,
child
protection,
team,
annual
report
and
team
member
appointments
and
dr
jennifer
mullenders
here
to
present
this
item.
Thanks
for
being
here.
AQ
AQ
You
get
the
slides
up.
Thank
you,
so
some
of
this
may
be
a
review
for
those
who've
been
on
the
board
for
a
while.
But
the
purpose
of
the
north
carolina
child
fatality
prevention
system
is
to
enable
development
of
a
community-wide
approach
to
child
abuse
and
neglect
to
understand
the
causes
of
childhood
deaths
in
the
state
to
identify
any
gaps
or
deficiencies
in
service
delivery
that
are
impacting
children
and
families
and
to
make
and
implement
recommendations
for
laws,
rules
or
policies
that
can
prevent
future
child
abuse,
neglect
and
death.
AQ
AQ
AQ
AQ
The
role
of
the
board
of
commissioners
related
to
the
local
child,
fatality
prevention,
team
and
community
child
protection
team
is
to
one
receive
the
annual
report
of
the
team
to
advocate
for
any
system
improvements
or
needed
resources,
if
requested
by
the
team
and
then
to
appoint
specific
members
to
the
local
team
as
designated
by
state
statute,
and
so
the
teams
are
made
up
of
statutorily
mandated
private
and
public
community
agency
representatives.
So
we
have
school
system
and
law
enforcement.
AQ
You
can
see
that
in
appendix
one
of
the
of
the
report,
the
variety
of
team
members
multi-disciplinary
and,
at
the
end
of
this
presentation,
I'm
going
to
be
asking
you
to
appoint
some
new
members
to
our
team.
I
will
say
that
since
I
submitted
the
report
back
in
may,
we
did
fill
the
medical
examiner
role.
AQ
As
you
can
imagine,
that's
a
pretty
difficult
role
to
fill
and
many
counties
have
vacancies
in
that
role.
We
are
grateful
for
the
last
individual
who
filled
that
role
and
so
we're
going
to
be
working
with
community
partners
to
see
if
we
can
identify
a
new
candidate
and
then
bring
that
to
you
in
the
future
for
approval.
If
successful.
AQ
So
now,
I'm
just
going
to
go
into
some
of
the
data
from
our
child
fatality
reviews.
So
we
reviewed
21
deaths
of
children
who
resided
in
buncombe
county
at
the
time
of
their
deaths
in
2020,
and
this
shows
the
different
causes
of
death
and
you
can
see
the
predominant
causes
of
these
fatalities
were
accidents,
birth
defects
and
perinatal
conditions.
AQ
Like
prematurity,
the
accidents
were
varied.
We
had
a
fatal
injury
from
a
firearm,
a
drowning
and
two
infants
who
died
from
accidental
suffocation
and
or
strangulation
in
bed
and
I'll
go
into
some
additional
specificity
and
a
few
slides.
But
in
the
report
we
break
down
the
the
fatalities
by
race,
ethnicity
and
gender,
and
so
we
had
three
black
non-hispanic
children
who
died:
one
white
hispanic,
child
and
17
white
non-hispanic
children
and
by
gender,
eight
females
and
13
males.
AQ
When
we
look
at
the
ages,
you
can
see
that
predominantly
and
very
significantly,
the
majority
of
the
fatalities
were
in
infants,
which,
if
you
know
anything
about
infant
mortality,
should
not
be
surprising
right.
This
is
this,
is
you
know,
pretty
standard
for
all
counties
in
the
state,
for
the
state
as
a
whole
and
for
the
united
states
right,
and
we
know
that
infant
mortality
is
one
of
the
focus
areas
of
our
community
health
improvement
plan
that
public
health
has
to
have,
and
so
this
just
reinforces
that.
AQ
So
when
a
child
is
born
when
a
baby
is
born,
premature
they're,
just
very
vulnerable
to
a
lot
of
harmful
conditions
that
can
can
lead
to
their
death,
and
so
I
think
that
really
there
I
mean
we're
never
going
to
get
to
a
point
where
all
babies
can
live
right.
There's
always
there's
always
the
chance
that
from
a
chromosomal
abnormality
or
some
sort
of
medical
problem,
but
there
are
things
that
we
can
do
right
so
preconception
health
has
been
a
big
push.
Prenatal
health
is
important,
but
also
being
healthy.
AQ
Before
you
get
pregnant
is
really
important,
and
so
those
are
things
that
we
as
a
community
have
tried
to
work
on
in
the
years
and
over
the
past
years,
and
I
think
should
look
at
continuing
to
to
address
that
when
the
two
deaths
that
are
are
attributed
to
accidental
suffocation
and
or
strangulation
in
bed
happened
out
of
state,
and
so
we
didn't
we
weren't
able
to
review
records.
So
there
is
north
carolina
statute.
AQ
AQ
That
was
a
result
of
homicide.
You
know
in
prior
years,
we've
had
other
other
child
fatalities
related
to
homicide
and
we
identified
gun
violence
as
a
system
problem
that
contributed
to
child
fatalities.
But
during
a
presentation
to
the
justice
resource
advisory
council
last
year,
you
know
we
got
some
feedback.
That
well
is
gun
violence,
really
the
problem,
or
is
that
just
a
symptom
of
a
problem
right
and
and
so
when
we?
We
took
that
under
consideration
when
we
were
reviewing
fatalities
and
specifically
this
fatality.
AQ
We,
we
really
dug
a
little
deeper
and
identified
systemic
racism
as
the
as
the
problem
that
led
to
this
individual's
death.
It
was
felt
that,
during
our
review
of
the
case,
individuals
in
position
of
power
and
authority
in
our
community
had
written
off
the
child
prior
to
their
death.
The
kind
of
assuming
the
outcome
was
inevitable
and
we
attributed
that
to
systemic
racism,
and
so
we
made
this
recommendation
that
local
governmental
agencies
should
require
and
invest
in
some
sort
of
foundational
racial
equity
training.
AQ
I
can
say
I
know
that
agencies
are
implementing
staff
trainings
on
racial
equity
and
our
recommendation
really
focuses
on
showing
that
all
staff
are
required
to
take
this
training
so
that
they
can
gain
a
basic
understanding
of
this
critical
issue.
And
it's
our
belief
that,
through
this
foundational
work,
staff
might
be
more
receptive
and
engage
in
efforts
to
dismantle
systemic
racism
and
institute
policies
to
promote
racial
equity.
AQ
When
we
review
the
the
fatality
was
related
to
sudden
unexplained
infant
death
and
specifically
unsafe
sleep
environment
again,
this
is
a.
This
is
a
common
theme.
We
see
every
year
where
caregivers
place,
infants
in
unsafe
sleep
environments,
often
in
on
a
bed
or
in
sleep
areas
with
soft
bedding
and
pillows,
and
that
leads
to
preventable
infant
deaths,
and
so
we
have
we're.
Actually
next
week,
we'll
have
our
initial
meeting
of
our
buncombe
county,
safe
sleep
work
group,
which
we
had
prior
in
prior
years,
we're
going
to
look
at
current
best
practices.
AQ
The
american
academy
of
pediatrics
recently
updated
their
their
guidance
around
safe
sleep,
really
just
reinforcing
what
they've
said
before
about
putting
a
baby
back
to
sleep,
but
emphasizing
that
that
should
be
in
a
firm,
non-incl,
non-inclined
surface
to
really
room
sharing,
but
not
bed
sharing
and
avoiding
soft
bedding
and
overheating,
and
so
we're
going
to
look
at
materials
and
work
on
a
plan
to
get
the
messaging
out
through
trusted
community
partners
to
try
to
prevent
future
deaths
and
then
judge
ward
scottsdale
is
on
our
team,
and
he
mentioned
that.
You
know.
AQ
Judges
are
often
you
know
who
are
overseeing
custody
cases.
Don't
really
know
much
about
safe
sleep
like
he
knows
it
because
he's
on
their
team,
and
so
he
reached
out
to
the
judges,
school
and
he's
going
to
educate
judges
about
safe
sleep
education
and
encourage
them
to
order
safe
sleep
education
for
non-custodial
parents
again
trying
to
make
sure
that
anybody
who
might
have
interaction
with
infants
and
be
placing
them
to
sleep
is
understands
the
safest
way
to
do
that
and
then
for
the
fatality.
AQ
And
I,
after
that
successful
collaboration.
I
expected
that
will
happen
again
this
year
and
then
the
other
issue
that
was
identified
was
difficulty
really
and
getting
timely
access
to
appropriate
mental
health
services
for
children
and
how
it's
sometimes
impossible
to
access
those
services
and
so
a
couple
recommendations
that
came
out
of
that
involved,
really
making
sure
that
if
a
child
is
hospitalized
for
mental
health
issues,
to
really
try
to
involve
the
school
staff
and
that
you
know,
children
spend
most
of
their
time
at
school.
AQ
AQ
Of
course,
schools
always
need
additional
resources
for
mental
health
services,
and
then
the
other
recommendation
was
related
to
considering
how
to
maybe
utilize,
via
staff
like
a
suicide
prevention
expert
to
really
follow
and
assist
with
management
of
children
who
have
a
history
of
suicidal
ideation.
So
these
recommendations
were
shared
with
the
hospital
staff
and
with
via
and
they
were
taking
those
under
consideration.
AQ
AQ
Essentially,
as
your
proxy
and
then
finally,
several
years
ago,
the
board
appointed
a
helpmate
employee
as
one
of
the
five
additional
members
of
the
team
that
employee
left
helped
me,
and
so
the
team
would
like
you
to
officially
appoint
chanel
young
as
the
new
help
mate
representative
to
the
team,
and
so
that's
all
I
have.
And
so,
if
you
have
any
questions
or.
AJ
B
AI
A
All
in
favor
say
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
the
presentation
and
good
to
see
you.
Okay.
The
next
item
is
a
budget
amendment
for
grant
awards
emergency
watershed,
protection,
programs,
stream
flow
rehabilitation,
assistance
program
and
tropical
storm
fred
best
management
practices.
John
hudson,
the
budget
director
will
explain.
AR
So,
due
to
supply
chain
disruptions
and
increased
costs
of
raw
materials
and
shipping,
procuring
solar
panels
has
become
more
expensive
than
originally
budgeted.
A
budget
increase
on
this
capital
project
of
six
hundred
twenty
one
thousand
nine
hundred
forty
eight
dollars
funded
by
utility
rebates
and
investment
earnings
on
bond
proceeds
is
needed
to
ensure
the
com.
The
completion
of
this
project.
A
AG
AG
So
I
want
to
give
a
brief
breakdown
of
our
proposed
awards
by
category
first
and,
if
you'd
like,
I
can
then
walk
through
each
organization
on
the
list
so
for
affordable
housing.
We
have
1
million
894,
eight
hundred
and
ninety
four
thousand
and
seventy
one
dollars
aging
in
older
adults,
125
000
for
business
support
and
economic
development.
We
have
625
000
environment
and
climate
is
one
million.
Eighty
one,
four.
AK
Ronnie
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
to
approve,
with
a
friendly
amendment
of
the
3.9
million
left
over,
that
we
have
remaining
to
go
toward
msd
expansion,
candler
sewer
with
the
exception,
if
the
state
will
match
it
with
the
counties
or
msd's
2
million
to
go
with
it
to
make
up
a
10
million
making
us
somewhat
about.
You
know
what
70
000
short
of
exactly
what
we
need,
but.
A
A
A
AJ
Well,
it's
late
in
the
evening,
but
I'll
very
very
briefly,
just
say
thank
you
to
the
many
community
partners
represented
in
this
list
of
grantees,
there's
just
extraordinary
work
happening
in
the
community
to
respond
to
the
ongoing
impact
of
the
pandemic
and
also
just
lift
up
that
they
were
many.
Many
many
other
compelling
applications
this.
This
has
not
been
an
easy
process,
any
step
of
the
way
because
of
the
strength
of
what
our
community
is
doing.
AJ
AC
Yes
and
I'll,
just
second
that-
and
also
I
look
forward
to
us-
I
know
it's
too
soon,
yet
to
really
get
reporting
back
from
them,
because
a
year
or
less
than
a
year
isn't
enough
time.
But
I
really
look
forward
to
getting
some
reporting
of
the
outcome
so
that
we
can
really
see
how
these
strategic
investments
have
made
a
difference
in
the
community.
AK
One
thing
else
I
got
to
say
on
this:
is
you
know:
staff
worked
hard.
We
spent
numerous
hours
doing
this
and
I
think
a
lot
of
things
are
getting
funded
that
we
needed,
but
I
guess
what
I'm
upset
about.
Is
we
hired
a
lobbyist
to
go
down
to
raleigh
to
fight
for
our
water
quality
of
the
french
broad
river
harmony,
creek
sauna
river?
AK
AL
I
guess
I'll
I'll
just
add
my
comments,
similar
to
commercial
presley.
What
I
don't
recall
where
I
was
when
I
told
you
this
a
few
days
ago
in
terms
of
my
opinion
on
on
the
application,
you
know,
msd
applied
through
the
program
application
process
through
our
first
round
and
and
you
know,
didn't
gain
support,
and
so
just
for
that
reason,
speaking
personally
I
I
was
surprised
to
see
they
submitted
the
same
exact,
really
stunned
to
see
they
submitted
the
same
exact
proposal
again
to
us.
AL
You
know
my
thoughts
on
the
project,
it
extends
sewer
to
our
county
line
and
I
think
that's
that's
a
big
deal
that
we
should
have
a
community
discussion
about.
That's
that's
a
significant
to
to
to
create
the
possibility
of
extending
our
county's
sewer
service,
one
of
our
most
important
pieces
of
infrastructure
to
an
entirely
new
community
in
new
county
without
a
public
discussion,
I
think
is,
I
think,
would
be
strange
if
not
reckless.
AL
I
think
it's
kind
of
again
strange
and
perhaps
reckless
that
there
is
no
money
annual
funding
that
goes
into
the
expansion
of
sewer
infrastructure.
I
think
that's
kind
of
that's
that's
something
we
should
change
as
a
society
as
a
government.
You
know,
I
think,
there's
there's
a
lot
of
places
we
can
extend
sewer
to
again.
AK
Well
on
that-
and
I
think
if
anyone
from
staff
here
would
tell
that
this
studies
went
on
for
10
years,
that
candler
is
the
number
one
for
economic
development
out
there
and
that
study's
been
going
on
10
years.
So
I
don't
think
how
do
I
say?
No
excuse
not
to
do
it,
and
also
this
is
one
time
this
is
covered
relief
money
that
we
could
use,
that
no
tax
increase
to
our
constituents
or
nothing
to
use
this
money,
and
I
think
it'd
be
the
wisest
thing
we've
ever
done
for
future
tax
dollars.
A
I
think
you
make
a
good
case.
I
do
I
mean,
and
I
am
genuinely
open
to
continuing
the
conversation.
My
sense
is
just
we
went
through
this
conversation.
It
is
one
of
the
projects
that
had
the
biggest
price
tag.
It's
you
know
it
is
a
big
project.
We
would
need
state
funding.
The
state
has
not
appropriated
the
matching
funds,
yet
I
think
some
of
our
legislators
are
supportive
of
it
for
the
same
reasons
you're
articulating,
but
they
didn't
get
that
done
this
year.
A
So
the
matching
these
matching
funds-
don't
exist,
maybe
maybe
maybe
yeah.
I
know,
but
that'll
be
next
year.
When
the
legislature
goes
back
into
sessions,
we've
got
some.
We've
got
some
time.
I
think,
to
kind
of
dig
into
this
project
more.
I
think
sewer
line
extensions
out
in
that
part
of
the
county
do
make
sense.
A
I
I
agree.
I
think
that
should
probably
change
if
we're
going
to
really
try
to
shape
growth
and
not
just
for
you
know,
manufacturing
type
projects,
but
to
really
kind
of
think
about.
Where
you
know
growth
is
going
to
happen
in
the
county,
then
I'm
open
to.
I
really
am,
but
I
just
it's
it's
such
a
big
project
I
mean
part
of
my
concern-
would
be
with
the
funds
that
are
left
over.
A
I'm
not
really
sure
what
you
get
for
that
amount
that's
left
over,
although
and
although
we
didn't
get
to
a
point
where
necessarily
we
prepared
to
announce
them
tonight,
their
worst.
My
sense
is
that
there
have
been
some
other
discussions
about
other
things.
That
might
there
might
also
be
potential
interest
in
those
funds
for
too
so.
A
AK
AK
AK
A
Appreciate
your
advocacy
for
it
I
mean
I
I
I
genuinely
I
genuinely
do
I'll
just
I'll
make
a
and
I'm
happy
to,
and
I'd
be
happy
to.
You
know
again
kind
of
consider,
I
think,
there's
different
ways
to
to
do
that.
I
don't
think
this
is
the
only
way
you
could
do
a
project
like
that.
I
personally
just
kind
of
commissioner
sloan
I
feel
like.
I
would
need
some
more
information
for
a
project
of
that
financial
magnitude,
to
really
make
sure
that
you
know
whether
it's
this
source
of
fun.
A
It's
just
well
thought
through
compared
to
other
potential
infrastructure
investments
we
could
make,
but
I
would
just
want
to
make
a
couple
of
comments
about
the
the
investments
we
have
here.
The
I'd
like
to
you
know
express
appreciation
to
all
the
community
organizations.
This
was
a
very
community
driven
process
to
a
large
degree.
Most
of
the
proposals
were
funding.
A
Some
of
them
are
for
buncombe
county
programs
like
we're.
Investing
in
expanding
our
community
paramedics
program
we're
providing
additional
retention
payments
for
buncombe
county
employees
who
have
served
us
so
well
over
the
past
several
years
during
a
really
tough
time,
and
but
most
of
the
most
of
the
proposals
are,
were
community
generated
proposals
and
so
we're
investing
in
affordable
housing.
We're
investing
in
expanding.
A
We're
investing
in
preserving
you
know.
We
talked
about
urban,
you
know
the
history
of
urban
renewal
in
our
community
and
one
of
the
projects
I'm
glad
we're
voting
on
here
is
to
protect
one
of
the
most
historically
valuable
properties
in
buncombe
county
that
needs
to
be
preserved
for
the
future.
So
anyway,
it's
a
it's.
A
It's
it's
a
it's
a
great
set
of
projects
that
I
really
do
think
I
think
when
we
started
this
process,
we
wanted
to
invest
in
things
that
we
thought
would
make
a
meaningful
and
lasting
difference
in
the
front
of
the
in
the
future
of
the
community.
I
think
I
think
these
projects
will
so
I
appreciate
everyone's
work
to
get
us
here.
Other
questions
or
comments
before
we
vote.
AK
Well,
I'm
gonna
vote
for
because
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
hard
work
went
in
this,
but
I'm
at
this
point
we're
not
spending
money
that
our
taxpayers
will
not
have
to
have
a
tax
increase,
and
I
just
want
to
emphasize
how
much
money
this
could
bring
back
in
the
future
of
the
development
of
the
west
end
of
our
county,
what
it
could
clean
up
our
creek,
omni,
creek
swano
river,
all
of
them
because
it
all
runs
downhill
to
the
woodfin
area
and
I'm
disappointed.
But
I
swear
I'm
a
businessman.
AK
A
AC
AF
B
B
AJ
AO
AK
AK
A
I'll
pre,
let's
procedurally
just
rescind
the
previous
motion,
can
we
do
that?
Michael
I
made
the
motion.
Can
I
reconsider
okay
I'd
like
to?
Could
you
suggest
the
language
to
make
a
motion
to
reconsider
that
appointment?
Yes,
exactly!
Okay,
all
in
favor,
say
aye
aye,
all
right!
So
now
we
can
reconsider
it
there
I'll
make.