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From YouTube: 2043 Comprehensive Plan | Public Hearing
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This is the public hearing of the draft of the Buncombe County 2043 Comprehensive Plan on April 19, 2023.
A
A
Good
morning,
everyone
thanks
for
coming
out
for
the
joint
meeting
of
the
planning
board
and
the
Board
of
Commissioners
I,
can't
remember
a
time
that
we've
ever
assembled
both
groups.
So
this
is
very
exciting.
It's
also
very
exciting
to
be
able
to
come
together,
I
remember
when
we
started
this
process.
That
was
a
very
interesting
time.
It
was
also
a
time
when
we
were
contending
with
a
pandemic
which
unfortunately
still
ongoing,
but
it
may
be
somewhat
less
remembering
back
to
this
homework
assignment
it
wasn't
the
easiest
homework
assignment.
A
The
homework
assignment
was
to
take
things
like
infrastructure,
affordable
housing,
Transportation,
climate
change,
Hazard
reduction,
land
preservation,
conservation,
development
density,
future
land
use
map,
Economic,
Development
diversification
amongst
other
things,
and
bring
them
together
into
a
symbiotic
Harmony
of
sorts.
Is
there
a
perfect
plan?
No,
there
is
no
perfect
plan.
A
plan
is
a
living
document.
It's
a
it's
a
policy
document,
it's
one
more
always
fine-tuning.
A
B
B
If
you
had
a
chance
to
look
at
some
of
the
materials
that
are
up
on
the
wall
in
the
posters
on
the
easels,
it's
just
a
really
good
reminder
of
how
much
work
went
into
this
process
and
into
developing
the
public
hearing
draft
of
the
plan
that
we're
going
to
be
discussing
today
and
I
I
I'm,
very
proud
of
of
the
outcomes
of
this
effort.
I
think
it's
one
that
is
frankly
award-winning.
B
I,
really
do
think
that
you
should
be
impressed
and
happy
with
the
outcomes
that
your
staff
and
that
your
steering
committee
and
your
constituents
have
been
involved
in
with
this
process,
because
it's
really
a
lot
of
people
have
spent
a
lot
of
good
time
and
effort
thinking
through
and
providing
feedback
through
this
process
and
I
think
it's
really
made
it
a
robust
document.
As
a
result,
foreign
us
to
do
that.
A
C
F
B
Well,
thank
you
all
for
for
joining
today.
This
is
not
typically
part
of
the
adoption
process
that
you
go
through
to
bring
the
Commissioners
and
the
planning
board
together,
but
it's
one
that
we
like
to
recommend,
because
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
you
all
to
speak
to
each
other
as
we're
kind
of
rounding,
the
bend
and
closing
in
on
adoption
of
the
plan.
It's
an
opportunity
to
hear
from
each
other
ask
questions
kind
of
share
a
common
thoughts
about
it.
B
B
Our
really
our
focus
is
the
March
2023
public
hearing
draft
of
the
Buncombe
2043
comprehensive
plan.
This
is
a
policy
guidance
document
that
is
required
of
all
local
governments
in
North
Carolina
that
have
zoning
regulations.
So
that's
kind
of
somewhat
recent
role
that
the
general
assembly
required,
but
it's
also
good.
Just
for
good
Community
planning
I
mean
any
name,
any
successful
organization
business.
You
know
government
and
you'll
see
a
group
that
has
a
plan
in
place,
and
so
this
is
part
of
you
know.
B
Good
governance
is
putting
together
a
comprehensive
plan
and
thinking
about
the
future
where
you
want
to
be,
and
how
you're
going
to
get
there
and
having
a
collective
discussion
to
decide
the
different
approaches
you
want
to
take
to
get
there
the
purpose
of
the
comprehensive
plan.
Again,
it's
a
policy
guidance
document.
So
there
is
some
flexibility
in
terms
of
How
It's
interpreted
over
time,
and
you
can
make
changes
like
Nate
was
saying
this
is
a
living
document.
It's
not
intended
to
be
set
in
stone.
It's
intended
to.
B
You
know
change
as
things
evolve,
and
we
all
know
that
you
know
the
world's
a
very
quickly
evolving
place
these
days,
and
so
that's
important
to
remember
about
this
document.
Is
it's
intended
to
be
flexible,
but
it's
also
supposed
to
provide
a
vision
and
guidance
about
where
we
all
want
to
be
heading
to
together
in
terms
of
the
future
of
Buncombe
County.
So
it,
along
with
other
plans,
really
sets
the
high
policy
priorities
for
the
community
and
that
connects
with
a
lot
of
other
things.
B
The
strategic
planning
work
that
you
all
do
as
a
county
that
that
sets
the
kind
of
shorter
term
plan,
so
we
think
about
comprehensive
plans
looking
out
usually
about
20
years
in
the
future.
Sometimes
we
project,
even
beyond
that
work
priorities,
are
set
on
a
more
kind
of
shorter
term
basis.
You're
looking
more
at
five
year
terms,
the
comprehensive
plan
can
serve
as
an
inventory
of
different
actions
and
ideas
to
be
accomplishing
through
that
strategic
plan
effort.
B
You
know
whether
that
be
a
kind
of
a
semi-annual
or,
however,
frequently
you
want
to
do
that,
so
you
can
make
sure
that
the
goals
that
are
included
within
the
plan
are
being
you
know,
there's
movement
in
the
Pro
in
the
direction
that
we
want
to
see
through
the
comprehensive
plan,
implementation
and
then
it's
a
cycle
so
over
time
you
will
update
it.
Just
as
we
were
saying,
plans
evolve,
there'll
be
a
point
in
time
where
you'll
decide.
You
know
what
this
plan
really
needs
to
be
overhauled,
because
enough
has
changed.
B
There
are
enough
new
conditions
that
we
need
to
take
a
fresh
look
at
this,
so
a
little
bit
about
the
plan
process.
Again,
if
you
haven't
I
highly
encourage
you
to
take
a
look
at
the
great
posters
at
the
back
of
the
room.
They're
really
staff
have
done
an
excellent
job,
summarizing
all
of
the
work
that
went
into
engaging
the
community.
This
is
a
four-phase
process
that
kicked
off
in
the
fall
of
2021.
We
had
some
some
a
little
bit
of
preliminary
work
before
that,
but
pretty
much
in
the
fall
of
2021.
B
So
we
launched
the
project.
Then
phase
two
was
slightly
extended
due
to
covid.
We
wanted
to
provide
some
more
time
for
public
engagement
and
Omicron
gave
us
a
little
bit
of
a
challenge
there.
So
we
had
to
Pivot
a
little
bit,
but
that
was
important
for
establishing
the
vision
and
goals
for
the
plan
and
hearing
from
the
community
about
what
their
kind
of
fundamental
interests
are
for
the
future
of
the
county
and
things
that
they
wanted
to
be
achieving.
B
Through
this
plan
effort
and
through
that,
we
helped
to
develop
that
the
basics
of
the
plan
framework,
the
fundamental
pieces
phase.
Three,
we
started
to
drill
down
a
little
more
based
on
that
guidance
of
the
vision
and
goals
to
determine
what
are
the
specific
policies
that
this
the
ways
that
we're
going
to
go
about
achieving
the
goals
and
the
actions
and
strategies
in
the
plan.
B
What
are
the
things
that
we're
actually
going
to
do
as
a
county
to
achieve
the
plan,
vision
and
goals,
and
so
that
was
the
opportunity
to
again
engage
with
the
community
and
get
responses
about
different
approaches
and
different
tools
that
could
be
used
and
start
to
develop
the
more
meteor
sections
of
the
plan
so
to
speak.
And
now
we're
really
with
this
meeting
we're
kind
of
entering
phase
four,
which
is
the
plan
adoption
phase,
where
we're
seeing
how?
This
all
got
pulled
together.
B
We've
got
the
feedback
from
the
plan
unveil
that
happened
at
the
end
of
phase
three,
we
had
a
public
review
draft
that
the
was
opened
up
to
the
public
and
we
got
a
lot
of
great
input
from
several
different
groups,
including
residents
of
this
County,
and
so
we
have
the
public
hearing
Draft
today.
That
includes
all
of
those
comments.
B
Public
engagement
stats
again
a
lot
of
really
robust
engagement,
I'm
very,
very
I'm,
proud
to
be
part
of
this
process
and
all
the
engagement
that
has
gone
on
during
so
18
in
person
and
drop-in
or
virtual
meetings.
95,
intercept
events,
festivals
markets,
Etc,
where
people
can
learn,
engage
about
the
project,
81
board
and
committee
meetings
and
as
a
result
and
there's
again
more
detail
in
the
back.
B
That,
third
round,
where
we
were
sharing
the
public
review
draft
that
was
conducted
from
mid-December
through
mid-February,
approximately
almost
1300
people
participated
in
that
and
one
thing
that
we
see-
and
this
is
very
common
from
Project
to
project-
is
people
will
often
only
participate
in
one
round
of
Engagement
and
they
feel
like
they've,
had
their
voices
heard
and
that
they're
satisfied
with
the
participation
that
they've
had.
So
we
got
new
people
every
time
we
had
another
round
of
Engagement
we've
got.
B
You
know
there
was
frankly
I
think
in
most
cases
the
majority
of
folks
that
participated
were
new
and
hadn't
participated
before
in
the
process.
I
think
that's
true.
In
this
one
over
200,
nearly
300
people
attended
in-person,
virtual
or
hybrid
meetings
over
25
000
inputs,
kind
of
responses
to
specific
questions
in
almost
a
thousand
comments
were
submitted
that
were
gone
through
and
vetted,
and
we,
you
know,
Incorporated
those
adjustments.
B
So
really
what
what
we're
here
today
to
talk
about
is
the
public
review,
the
public
hearing
draft,
which
was
the
public
reviewed,
f,
plus
the
comments
received
from
residents
and
stakeholders
from
planning
board
members
from
the
steering
committee
and
staff,
so
all
of
that
was
collectively
looked
at
and
resulted
in
the
public
hearing
draft.
Obviously,
a
lot
of
discussions.
I
would
say
there
weren't
that
many
points
of
inconsistencies
that
we
had
to
work
through
generally
speaking
and
I
have
more
information
later.
B
B
If
you
want
to
get
the
quick
bites
about,
what's
in
the
plan
and
what's
really
critical,
there
are
seven
policy
chapters
that
are
more
organized
based
on
a
lot
of
work
that
we
did
early
in
the
process
to
identify
what
are
the
critical
planning
topics
that
we
want
to
be
focusing
on
in
this
process
and
then
there's
a
final
chapter
that
really
focuses
on
implementation.
What's
going
to
be
done
as
a
result
of
this
plan
and
how
that
coordinates
with
the
strategic
planning
effort
that
the
county
already
has
in
place?
B
There
are
also
appendices
that
provide
information
about
the
public
engagement
process,
technical
reports,
Etc
that
can
provide
more
information
for
those
that
want
to
do
a
deep
dive
on
those
throughout
this
process.
At
the
very
start,
when
we
were
proposing
on
working
getting
to
work
on
this
project,
you
know
the
RFP
clearly
stated
this
project
was
going
to
take
an
equity
lens.
B
We
were
going
to
be
thinking
about
equity
in
every
aspect
of
this
plan,
so
not
just
who
we
invited
and
who
we
heard
from
in
public
engagement
about
how
the
actual
goals
and
policies
and
actions
of
the
plan
were
going
to
impact
people,
and
that
was
really
a
wonderful
thing
to
be
working
on.
I
think
that
this
plan
goes
really
far
in
coming
up
with
some
interesting
ways
of
accomplishing
that
as
well.
That
we'll
talk
about
today,
the
the
lighter
blue
circles
that
are
around
the
equity.
B
Those
are
those
seven
planning
topics
that
we
worked
with.
The
steering
committee
tested
with
the
public
and
and
and
talked
with
other
members
of
the
community,
to
kind
of
ensure
that
we
had
the
right
set
of
groupings
of
different
topics
that
we
wanted
to
be
highlighting
is
the
key
priorities
for
this
community.
So
these
are.
These
did
evolve
a
little
bit
over
the
first
I'd
say
six
months
of
the
project,
but
then
stayed
pretty
consistent
and
steady
as
we
worked
on
developing
and
around
the
edges,
you'll
see
sustainability
and
regionalism.
B
Those
were
two
other
important
topics
that
we
felt
like
we
needed
to
be
highlighting
in
this
process
that
are
also
kind
of
important
aspects
of
thinking
about
the
future
of
the
county
and
where
we're
heading
the
plan
is
organized
with
kind
of
four
key
components
of
the
framework.
So
Vision
themes
are
at
the
very
top
that
really
gives
us
the
high
level
guidance
about
what
this
plan
is
trying
to
achieve
and
kind
of
bite-sized
topics
that
are
easy
to
to
understand
quickly.
B
Then,
for
each
of
those
seven
policy
topics,
there
is
a
specific
goal:
that's
a
little
bit
more
detailed
than
the
vision
themes
and
provides
a
little
bit
more
specificity
about
what
it
is.
We
want
to
accomplish
related
to
the
different
policy
topics,
and
then
we
have
actual
policies
and
I'll
touch
on
this
in
a
minute,
but
those
are
really
developed
to
be
concise.
So
you
didn't
have
many
policies,
but
also
there's.
B
These
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
working
with
a
lot
of
different
groups
in
the
community,
getting
feedback
and
landing
on
these
five.
So
the
vision
themes
are
that
in
2043
2043,
the
Community
Vision
is
that
and
bunker
will
strive
to
achieve
Equity
commit
to
sustainability,
achieve
livability
and
affordability,
focus
on
conservation
and
root.
Efforts
in
community
and
I
get
I.
Think
again.
Those
are
really
helpful
kind
of
understanding.
B
How
does
an
individual
project
you
know
address
each
of
the
policies
that
are
listed
in
the
plan
and
again,
there's
policy
intent
statements
to
help
clarify
you
know
what
we're
what's
intended
by
each
of
the
policy
statements:
41,
total
actions
in
the
plan.
Those
are
again
connected
to
each
of
the
seven
policy
chapters
and
I'll
share
a
little
bit
more
about
the
types
of
actions
when
we
get
to
the
implementation
section
and
again,
it
does
provide
an
inventory
of
actions
for
future
strategic
plan
updates.
B
So
the
comp
plan
can
really
be
a
tool
as
you're
working
on
strategic
planning
in
the
future
and
thinking
about
on
different
aspects
of
how
plans,
connect
and
items
that
you
want
to
be
implementing
through
the
Strategic
plan.
There
are
several
important
new
tools
that
are
provided
through
this
comprehensive
plan
that
we
hope
will
be
very
beneficial
As.
You
move
forward
in
making
decisions
about
development
and
investments
in
the
community,
so
the
first
one
we
call
it
the
gec
map,
because
it's
a
bit
of
a
mouthful.
B
It's
the
growth,
equity
and
conservation
map,
and
this
is,
if
you're
familiar
with
our
state
statute
or
other
communities.
Many
have
what's
called
a
future
land
use
map,
and
that's
essentially,
what
this
map
is.
We
gave
it
the
name
of
growth,
equity
and
conservation,
because
we
wanted
to
express,
with
the
through
the
name
of
the
map,
exactly
what
the
intention
of
this
County's,
you
know,
kind
of
growth
plan,
Equity
plan
conservation
plan
is
and
you'll
see
on
the
bottom
of
the
map
there.
The
legend
that
identifies
there
are
specific
areas
that
are
intended
for
growth.
B
There's
areas
intended
for
conservation.
There
are
some
other
areas
that
are
include
the
mean
municipalities
that
have
their
own
Planning
and
Zoning
jurisdiction,
and
then
there's
this
other
important
category
called
Equity
again
that
lens
of
equity
being
front
and
top
of
the
line
in
terms
of
how
we
want
to
view
and
develop
this
plan.
Those
areas
are
not
mapped
in
this
plan.
I'll
talk
in
just
a
moment
about
the
intention
of
how
that
works
in
this
process,
particularly
for
review
of
legislative
development
proposals.
B
So
this
graph,
just
kind
of
shows
you
more
intensive.
To
least
intensive
land
uses
again
thinking
about
Equity
across
all
of
those,
but
we
have
four
categories
that
are
more:
growth,
focused
the
mixed
juice,
neighborhood
mixed
juice
areas,
one
and
two
and
the
walkable
destination
Center.
Those
are
places
where
the
county
we
did
analysis,
those
are
more
appropriate
for
growth,
given
the
conditions
of
the
land,
infrastructure,
Investments,
roadway,
etc.
B
So
the
next
planning
tool
that
I
want
to
talk
about
is
that
kind
of
equity
piece
that's
identified
on
the
legend
of
the
map,
but
not
actually
shown
as
a
geography
on
the
map,
and
the
intention
is
that
as
a
as
a
legislative
development
proposal
comes
through,
and
what,
by
that
kind
of
the
easiest
way
to
think
about,
it
is
a
rezoning
proposal.
That's
approved
through
a
legislative
process,
as
staff
is
preparing
reports
on
a
development
proposal
that
comes
in
there
would
be
a
three-step
process
that
would
happen.
B
This
is
a
map
that
has
actually
been
developed
by
you
know
a
working
group
within
the
county
there's
been
a
lot
of
effort
spent
thinking
through
the
different
layers
that
would
go
in
this
map.
The
wonderful
thing
about
this
map,
too,
is
that
it's
getting
updated
over
time
with
real-time
data.
So
this
is
not
something
that's
stagnant.
You
can.
B
You
can
update,
as
you
know,
ACS
data
comes
out
and
other
data
comes
out
and
again,
the
the
important
thing
here
is
really
identifying
different
senses
Geographic
categories
and
how
they,
how
different
factors
kind
of
play
out
across
the
landscape,
so
presence
of
high
poverty
rates.
Looking
at
median
household
income,
households
that
are
food
secure,
you
can
see
the
others
on
the
list
there
looking
at
those
factors
and
how
they
play
out
in
the
community.
B
B
So
these
these
questions
were
modeled
after
those
gear
questions
and
tailored
to
focus
more
on
a
development
kind
of
condition
and
and
how
you
might
evaluate
development
proposals
as
they
come
through
so
again.
The
idea
here
is
that
staff
would
be
reviewing
these
questions
and
providing
responses
in
their
staff
reports
and
then
again,
the
the
result
of
that
is
that
you
all
would
have
the
opportunity
to
see
that
that
information
as
you're
making
decisions
about
a
particular
another
important
tool
is
small
area
planning.
So
we
bunkup
county
is
not
small.
B
B
Some
of
them
are
more
Corridor
plans
that
we
think
are
important
for
consideration.
There's
also
some
language
in
the
plan
that
talks
about
this
is
not
the
again.
This
is
an
evolving
document,
a
living
document.
These
are
what
we're
identifying
now,
but
there
could
be
additional
places
that
you
want
to
do
small
area
planning
that
could
come
up
over
time
and
the
plan
provides
flexibility
for
that
in
terms
of
implementation,
a
new
tool
we
have
identified
performance
metrics.
B
We
do
recommend
that,
as
you
go
forward
with
implementing
the
plan,
these
implementation
metrics
are
a
good
guide.
You
might
want
to
make
some
tweaks
to
them
over
time.
There
may
be
new
data
that
becomes
available
to
you.
You
know
there's
kind
of
a
balancing
act
of
measuring
the
right
thing
that
really
gets
at
what,
whether
or
not
you're
accomplishing
the
goal
for
the
for
the
policy
topic,
and
do
you
actually
have
the
data
to
measure?
H
B
Planning
efforts
and
initiatives
such
as
the
small
area
planning
and
then
partnership
opportunities.
Obviously,
the
county
doesn't
have
jurisdiction
over
everything
that
happens
within
the
county,
and
so
there
are
many
important
Partners
to
be
coordinating
and
working
with,
including
MSD
the
municipalities,
schools,
Etc.
There
are
many
important
partners
that
play
a
role
in
growth
and
change
in
this
community,
and
so
those
are
those
actions
are
identified
for
those
partnership
opportunities.
B
Okay,
so
now
I'm
going
to
switch
gears
and
talk
about
specifically
what
changed.
So
we,
the
public
review
draft,
was
shared
again
this
mid-December
through
mid-February.
We
got
a
lot
of
great
feedback
on
that
plan
draft,
and
so
we
took
that
feedback
and
made
a
lot
of
revisions
to
the
plan
and
I'm
going
to
walk
through
some
of
the
key
ones
that
we
that
we
made
changes
to.
So
you
know
some
of
this
was
really
kind
of
planned
clarification-
language,
for
example,
that
Equity
section.
B
B
I
mean
if
you
can
imagine,
if
Biltmore
we're
going
to
change,
which
I,
don't
think
will
ever
happen.
But
you
know
that
would
be
a
big
conversation
to
think
about
how
that
might
change
same
for
a
lot
of
these
other
proc.
So
what
we
there
was,
the
kind
of
resulting
solution
was
to
use
the
conference
center
Resort
District
category
in
your
ordinance
to
identify
places
that
have
that
kind
of
you
know,
Resort
or
campus
setting,
and
to
identify
those
on
the
map
as
institutional
that
are
opportunities
for
small
area
planning
efforts.
I
I
B
B
B
There
was
also
an
addition
of
a
new
mixed
juice,
one
area,
that's
kind
of
their
commercial
area.
This
was
an
opportunity
and
again
this
is
to
maybe
to
your
point,
it's
hard
to
see
this
pink
here
on
the
mat
that
shows
up
right
here
below
so
this
was
originally
identified
as
mixed-use
neighborhood
and
now
this
small
area
here,
that's
along
I,
believe
that's
25
is
mixed
use.
One.
B
We
also
added
a
new,
what's
called
spread.
A
couple
of
you
know,
Pages
within
the
plan
that
further
articulates
the
intention
of
small
area
planning
and
includes
the
map
for
the
particular
places
that
the
plan
is
recommending
small
area
planning
be
conducted.
The
plan
does
not
specify
necessarily
priorities.
We
feel,
like
that's
part
of
the
implementation
of
this
plan
that
you
all
can
determine,
as,
as
you
know,
the
leaders
of
the
community
and
thinking
about
how
you
expend
resources
and
where
you
want
to
be
focusing.
J
B
A
B
And
that's
the
the
summary
of
the
kind
of
high
level
you
know
changes
that
we
made
again.
There
were
many
kind
of
smaller
detailed
changes,
just
mostly
clarification,
adding
some
definitions,
helping
to
make
sure
that
some
of
the
content
that
people
were
quite
getting.
It
was
made
more
clear
in
this
final
draft
that
we
have
in
front
of
you
today
so
happy
to
take
any
comments.
Questions
requests
for
adjustments,
one
thing
we'll
talk
about
I,
think
towards
the
end
again,
but
I
did
want
to
share.
B
It
was
in
the
cover
memo
that
was
attached
to
the
public
hearing
draft
because
we're
moving
through
this
process
of
adoption
in
a
fairly.
You
know,
quick
Pace
in
terms
of
the
scheduling
of
meetings.
How
we're
managing
the
comments
is
that
we
won't
be
making
actual
changes
to
the
plan
itself,
which
can
also
be
confusing
to
people
that
might
be
kind
of
following
this
process.
B
J
I'll,
kick
it
off?
It's
part
of
the
planning
board.
I've
mainly
focused
on
studying
you
know
the
built
environment
and
that
sort
of
thing,
but
I
was
thinking
and
I
noticed
that
starting
off
page
when
I
need
a
section
on
health
and
recreational
and
then
on
page
129
in
the
action.
Actually,
it
talks
about
develop
a
plan
to
number
seven
provide
Equitable
access
to
health
services
and
health
and
helices.
J
Just
does
this
mean
in
the
bigger
picture
that
that
would
be
a
process
of
the
health
department
to
you
know:
figure
out
Equitable
access
to
Mental
Health
Services.
How
will
that
roll
out?
I
guess
is
my
question.
Something
like
that,
and
my
concern
is
based
on
many
years
ago,
under
a
former
Administration,
that
I
won't
mention
names
of
Blue
Ridge
mental
health
was
shut
down.
It's
now
356
Biltmore
in
all
services,
but
that
group
was
actively
developing
affordable
housing
for
people
with
mental
illness
and
I.
A
I
think
the
attempt
here
was
to
look
more
at
Social
determinants
of
health
and
how
the
interface
might
work
with
that
Equitable.
More
Equitable.
Access
to
the
things
like
Greenways
make
sure
that
there's
the
appropriate
concurrency
management
that
we're
planning
for
our
growth
areas
as
it
relates
to
Services
related
to
like
EMS
bases,
even
hospitals
and
and
to
the
broader
extent,
I
think.
A
That's
that
Partnership
of
making
sure
that
we
stitch
it
all
together
with
our
multiple
agencies
in
the
county,
make
sure
we're
all
talking
to
each
other
so
that
we
do
plan
for
enough
of
those
type
of
facilities,
but
immediately
to
get
started
where
we
can
be
most
impactful
is
making
sure
that
there
is
enough
of
a
service
in
a
particular
area.
Rather
than
have
it
clustered
in
specific
areas
where
it's
not
as
convenient
to
folks,
whether
that
be
a
community
center,
whether
that
be
police
presence
fire.
That
sort
of
thing.
E
I
want
to
Echo
what
Nancy
just
said
on
that,
and
my
question
back
is:
how
do
we
educate
our
community
on
this
change
and
this
new
Focus
around
planning
and
Equity
I'm
really
excited,
because
this
is
such
a
such
a
simple
focus
of
our
confidence
ties
in
so
nicely
to
the
rest
of
the
work
of
Buncombe
County,
but
I'm
curious.
What
that's
going
to
look
like
and
how
we,
you
know,
get
the
rest
of
our
community.
Our
development
community
on
board,
with
with
our
teachers,.
F
A
F
A
Seeing
it
play
out
in
real
time
whether
that
mean
as
our
aging
Society
needs,
smaller
lots
to
maintain
or
different
housing
types
or
the
fact
that,
if
we're
trying
to
conserve
and
preserve
property
at
the
same
time,
that
means
we
have
to
bring
density
to
more
areas
that
have
water
and
sewer
and
it
it's
it's
absolutely
jarring.
Sometimes
to
take
phone
calls
and-
and
you.
A
Anything
for
granted
and
plan
you
always
have
to
realize
that
some
people
just
don't
know
that
move
here
and
think
that
water
and
sewers
help
in
the
nooks
and
crannies
of
the
county.
It
can
be
a
very
difficult
and
daunting
task
and
one
that
I
think
was
important
to
capture
in
this
book
so
that
we
all
are
singing
from
the
same
book
and
that
we
all
have
the
same
message
when
it
comes
to
folks
about
understanding,
doing
to
others
and
that
sort
of
thing,
but
there's
no
easy
answers,
obviously
in
planning.
A
B
Okay,
we
have
just
some
ideas
from
other
communities
and
thinking
about
Wake
County
after
their
comprehensive
plan
was
adopted
and
even
is
kind
of
part
of
that
there
could
be
opportunities
to
once.
The
plan
is
adopted
in
its
final
form
that
you
could
present
that,
to
you
know
the
Realtors
Associated
home
builders.
You
know,
they're
your
local
Home,
Builders,
Group,
other
kind
of
organizations
that
focus
on
development.
I,
don't
know
if
you
have
a
local
Uli.
B
You
know
those
types
of
groups
can
be
really
helpful
to
kind
of
roll
this
out
through
and
make
them
aware
that
there's
some
pretty
significant
changes
that
we
want
you
to
be
aware
of
in
terms
of
what
this
plan
is
wanting
to
accomplish
and
that
the
process
for
development
review
as
a
result
is
going
to
change
and
maybe
walking
them
through.
Some
of
that
exam
be
one
way
to
help
roll
it
up,
specifically
with
that
community.
Thank
you,
yeah
and.
K
L
You
and
I
think
it's
going
to
be
critical,
that
we
monitor
this
and
really
make
it
a
living
document
and
annually
at
a
minimum.
We
look
at
it
because
that's
the
only
way,
we'll
make
sure
that
this
will
be
implemented
over
time
and
that's
going
to
be
the
critical
piece
of
it.
You
know
it's
got
to
become
what
we
say.
A
living
document
I
think
that's
going
to
be
critical,
similar
to
what
we've
done
with
The
Five-Year
Plan,
with
the
count
we're
making
it.
A
F
A
F
A
They
do
this,
that's
Duke
Energy.
They
do
that
at.
We
all
have
to
work
together
to
achieve
our
goals.
So,
for
instance,
when
we
talked
about
you
know
dot,
we
don't
do
sidewalks
or
we
don't
do
crosswalks,
but
now
we
have
out
in
Swannanoa,
you
know
a
cluster
Community
where
people
can
now
safely
get
to
the
grocery
store
and
cross
cross
70
in
a
safe
way.
This
is
an
example
of
that
type
of
partnership.
A
I
think
next
we
work
together
with
those
organizations
specifically
with
MSD
and
water
providers,
in
terms
of
areas
where
we
think
it
makes
sense
based
on
the
maps.
We
just
showed
you
to
look
at
okay.
Here's
our
plan,
that's
been
adopted.
Here's
our
areas
that
it
makes
sense
to
look
at
expanding
those
services
or
we
create
things
like
a
multimodal
plan
and
we
look
at
and
we
study
goat
pass
that
we
see
along
existing
Transportation
corridors
and
those
get
built
out
for
sidewalks.
A
I
Nate
you're
reminded
me
of
an
observation.
What,
when
I
read
this,
there
was
kind
of
like
I,
had
two
high
level
thoughts,
one
around
housing,
one
around
Transportation
I
thought
the
plan
does
a
fantastic
job
at
describing
where
we
kind
of
don't
want
growth
and
don't
want
development
and
what
types
of
development
we
don't
want.
I
But
it
gets
really
close,
maybe
not
far
enough
for
me
personally,
but
it
gets
really
close
to
talking
about
how
we
still
need
housing.
I
still
need
development,
so
I
I
feel
like.
If
you
combine
a
couple
of
the
sections
together,
it
gets
it
gets
to
where
I
think
it
needs
to
be
because
it
talks
about
housing
and
growth
right
and
in
the
economy
section
for
transportation.
I
You
reminded
me
I
kind
of
I
kind
of
had
the
opposite
reaction,
where
it
talks
about
what
type
of
Transportation
improvements
we
want
kind
of
leaves
out
talking
the
controversial
part
of
talking
about
what
we
don't
want
and
you're
describing
how
it's
unsafe
to
cross
I-70,
and
we
we
say
like
11,
different
ways
in
here:
how
we
want
to
build
infrastructure,
that's
safe,
but
we
don't
say
dot.
We
don't
want
you
to
build
roads
like
that
in
areas
where
people
need
to
walk
that
are
going
to
be
unsafe.
I
L
A
F
A
A
F
A
I
I
I
I
K
I
B
You
all
have
done
a
really
good
job
of
having
meetings
with
planning
board
and
Commissioners
throughout
this
process,
so
that
you're
you've
probably
seen
this
plan
enough
times
that
you
feel,
like
you
know
it
pretty
well,
you're,
probably
ready
to
adopt
a
thing,
so
I
think
I
think
that's
great
that
you
all
have
been
involved.
Not
all
communities
get
the
chance
to
do
that,
and
so.
K
M
A
And
to
that
point,
I
think
that's
why
it
was
so
important
to
engage
the
Youth
of
the
community,
because
if
you
think
about
20
and
30
years
out,
you
know
we
we've
got
to
capture
them
because
they're
the
next
folks
that
are
going
to
be
making
public
comment
before
the
Commissioners,
and
that
makes
me
feel
really
old.
But.
A
L
A
That's
a
great
question,
commissioner
Whitesides,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we're
having
to
plan
for
increasingly
is
trends,
so
we
always
have
to
think
futurism
when
it
comes
to
a
comprehensive
plan.
One
of
the
projects
that
we're
seeing
more
of
are
charter
schools.
So
how
does
that?
How
does
that
sync
up
with
with
concurrency
that
we
need
for
say
Public
Schools
compared
to
Charter
Schools
compared
to
regulations
that
we
might
want
to
tailor
together
in
this
plan
or
ordinance
changes
that
we
would
want
to
see?
I
will
tell
you
this.
A
Interestingly
enough,
one
of
the
main
things
that
we've
had
to
sort
of
plan
for
and
the
pandemic
brought
to
the
Forefront
was
traffic
management
around
schools.
When
I
was
in
school,
we
rode
the
bus,
you
always
rode
the
bus.
Now
it
seems
like
more
and
more
people
want
to
drive
children.
So
there
is
a
queuing
situation
that
occurs
with
with
schools
that
we
probably
need
to
look
into
as
well
in
terms
of
even
design
of
these
sort
of
institutions.
B
B
You
know
influence
whether
it
be
conservation
or
development
infrastructure
to
serve
it
facilities,
public
facilities
that
provide
services
to
different
areas.
Etc
schools
are
always
the
tricky
one
because
they
obviously
have
an
impact
on
growth,
there's,
obviously
a
physical
presence.
You
all
are
the
funders
of
those
schools
But,
ultimately
in
terms
of
curriculum
and
how
that
plays
out
you're
more
of
an
influencer
instead
of
having
direct
Authority.
B
One
of
the
things
that
we
included
in
the
plan
is
a
list
of
different
areas
where
that
kind
of
that
are
someone
outside
the
direct
scope
of
the
comprehensive
plan,
but
are
no
less
important
and
that
to
me
kind
of
speaks
to
that
whole
topic
of
partnership
and
thinking
about
working
with
the
school
districts.
So
we've
tried
to
capture
the
sentiments
of
the
community
about
how
education
will
be
enhanced
over
time
and
the
focus
on
that
for
a
variety
of
different
reasons.
B
With
some
ideas
about
you
know,
working
with
AV
Tech
working
with
the
public
school
districts
Etc.
But
we
know
that
that's
a
little
bit
kind
of
on
the
peripheral
so
to
speak,
of
the
an
objective
fact
about
the
plan.
So
there's
probably
other
other
planning
products
or
processes
that
are
better
suited
to
to
dealing
with
those
issues.
If
that
makes
sense,
but
again
try
to
try
to
memorialize
it
in
this
plan,
because
it
was
an
important
topic
that
people
brought
up.
N
N
But
that's
just
me
digressing
because
of
how
many
times
I
got
called
to
come
pick
up
time,
my
son,
so
the
the
two
points
I,
you
would
ask
Miss
Pender,
what's
missing,
I,
don't
know
that
it's
missing,
but
maybe
this
is
more
of
an
underline
for
me
because
throughout
this
process,
I
think
the
next
step
is
the
most
important.
How
you
actually
execute
this
is
is
how
you
achieve
all
of
this.
N
This
is
a
vision
but
I
think
resources
both
internally
for
our
planning
staff
and
then,
where
I
want
to
underline,
is
I
work
in
virtually
every
single
one
of
these
communities
and
the
surrounding
counties
and
in
particularly
and
I'll
just
pick
a
couple.
You
could
pick
Woodfin,
you
could
pick
Weaverville,
you
could
talk,
medicine
County
and
you
could
talk
about
McDowell.
They
do
not
necessarily
have
the
resources
from
a
planning
standpoint
to
help
us
achieve
what
we
would
see
as
a
vision
that
is
consistent
between
the
communities
and
so
I
think
Buncombe
County.
N
That
then,
can
take
pressure
or
better
complement
the
plans
we
have
for
our
Maps
here
and
our
vision,
so
I
I,
if
they're
to
the
extent,
there's
a
way
to
underline
how
we
may
need
to
step
in
or
offer
internally
those
resources
to.
Other
government
or
partners
that
may
be
maybe
a
better,
a
more
effective
way
of
achieving
what
our
vision
is.
I.
N
Also
look
at
that
25
Corridor
leaving
from
Weaverville
up
to
Madison
County,
that's
becoming
the
new
entrance
way
because
of
the
opportunities
in
Madison
County
and
then
we're
going
to
end
up
with
a
transportation
quarter
from
an
outside
County
coming
into
to
ours.
So
I
don't
know
that
it's
missing,
but
I
feel
like
underlying
that
and
saying
we
may
have
to
do
than
we
more
than
we
otherwise
would
have
needed
to
externally
to
get
what
we
want
internally.
N
J
Be
that
the
reason
I
asked
about
the
small
area
plans
is
now
just
like.
What's
evolving
this,
you
want
to
know
which
is
so
beautiful.
The
other
areas
of
the
county
could
come
by
affordable
housing,
near
schools
near
daycare
near
Recreation,
and
then
bring
in
alternative
patient
activities
for
those
the
buses
that
run
and
that
sort
of
thing
so
that
families
really
could
achieve
this
kind
of
work
care
for
your
family
relation,
and
you
know
the
community
oriented
development,
ordinance
group
s
so
far.
J
B
I
was
just
gonna
respond
to
that
comment
that
you
were
making
and
I
apologize.
I
can't
see
your
yeah.
Thank
you
on
page
170
action.
Seven,
this
is
under
I,
think
your
birthday
conservation
framework
chapter
action,
there's
one
called
coordinate,
information
sharing
and
Joint
decision
making
with
neighboring
jurisdictions
and
I.
B
To
talk
about
some
of
these
really
critical
group
issues
and
that's
been
done
in
some
other
communities
where
we've
worked
and
there's
also
information
sharing
protocols,
we
don't
necessarily
have
Staffing
included.
We
did
in
this,
so
that
would
be
something
else
that
would
be
kind
of
an
in
addition
to
that
potentially.
But
I
think
this
is
probably
the
right
place
if
that
we're
going
to
be
added.
N
And
that's
really
the
point
I
was
trying
to
make.
Is
it's
convening?
Is
nice
right?
It's
one
thing,
but
I'll
use
Madison
County
example.
If
they
have
one
person
who
does
planning
for
the
entire
account,
there's
no
way
that
they
can
have
a
meaningful
conversation
about
how
to
match
their
corridors
with
ours
with
one
person
who
can
by
they
would
cannot
handle
the
current
volume
that
is
going
on
there.
N
So
I'm
not
saying
Buncombe
County
pays
for
that,
but
that
may
be
a
perfect
example
of
using
the
land
of
Skype
again
pooled
resources
that
allow
for
the
professionals
that
are
needed
in
each
of
these
communities
to
effectively
plan
together,
because
we
can
share
the
information,
but
if
they
don't
have
the
time
to
deal,
do
anything
with
it.
We're.
E
Is
a
way
to
as
Commissioners,
though
for
us
to
better
collaborate
as
we're
each
serving
on
various
boards
board
as
part
of
our
County
Commissioner
role?
You
know,
commissioner
Sloan
and
Newman
and
I
serve
on
the
NPO.
Commissioner.
Wells
is
on
land
of
sky,
and
how
do
we
start
to
better
share
that
information
about
what's
happening
with
each
of
those
entities
with
each
other
I
know,
you
know,
there's
recently
been
some
conversations
within
Po
and
what
that
looks
like
in
terms
of
transportation
and
travel
and
how
important
you
know
our
roads
are
to.
A
I
think
that's
that
this
is
the
opening
Salvo
to
that
conversation.
I
think
this
is
truly
a
regional
approach
and
knowing
that
we
are,
we
are
a
draw
for
all
of
Western
North
Carolina.
We
are
a
true
Gateway
Community.
Some
of
the
issues
and
challenges
that
we
deal
with
are
not
necessarily
suited
to
the
population
size
that
we've
had
to
you
know:
John's
Point,
everybody's
Point.
Here
is
the
fact
that
if
you
look
in
the
surrounding
communities-
and
you
look
at
a
place
like
Marion,
you
look
at
Old,
Port
boards
are
coming
off.
A
Windows
I
mean
these
communities
are
growing
because
there's
a
push
pull
that
happens
every
day
and
these
con
kind
of
conversations
need
to
happen
so
that
we
have
truly
sustainable
conversations
that
happen
between
our
member
agencies
and
and
local
governments.
And
if
you
look
over
at
what
happened
in
Canton
with
the
loss
of
that
industry,
there
I
mean
these
are
impactful
to
all
of
us,
because
whether
that
be
that
you're
moving
people
from
One
industry,
that's
closing
down
to
having
to
retrain
them
to
do
positions
in
Buncombe
County.
B
A
F
I
A
There's
a
couple
of
things
on
on
in
that
regard,
I
think
that
that's
we
have
a
there's
an
aging
plan.
There
is
a
couple
of
things
that
we've
already
wove
into
like
programs
like
the
community
oriented
development.
It
has
not
been
forgotten,
that's
absolutely
something
that
we
want
to
make
sure
of
when
we
do
our
diversification
of
housing
types
that
we
plan
for
one
idea
might
be
this
type
of
cottage
development,
which
is
a
smaller
sort
of
variable
housing
plan.
A
A
Yeah,
so
I
I
think
it's
back
to
the
point
where
we
know
that
the
single
family,
single
family
lifestyle
is
really
not
a
sustainable
pattern.
We
simply
don't
have
the
land
for
it.
We
don't
have
the
infrastructure
for
it.
So
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
look
at
other
options,
for
maybe
looking
at
having
staff
have
more
flexibility
in
what
they
review
versus
what
goes
to
the
board
of
adjustment.
A
We
will
bring
to
you
in
an
additional
text
amendments
some
ideas
that
speak
directly
to
Aging
in
place
and
then
diversification
of
housing
types
and
then
there's
that
Community
conversation
again
with
getting
folks
account.
It's
perfectly
all
right
to
have
a
townhouse,
House
Development
next
to
a
single
family
pattern,
type
of
development,
we're
going
to
deal
with
a
lot
of
infill
we're
going
to
deal
with
a
lot
of
what's
called
a
state
Lots
where
you
might
have
had
somebody
within.
A
K
H
E
K
I
A
E
B
A
And
one
true
sort
of
example
for
the
benefit
of
everyone
in
the
room.
A
lot
of
people
know
this
already,
but
if
you
want
to
talk
about
a
truly
Regional
system,
if
you
think
about
MSD,
it
serves
now
a
big
chunk
of
Henderson
County.
So
I
think
that
what
what
we're
also
seeing
is
that
again,
with
the
loss
of
an
industry
in
Canton,
a
lot
of
people
don't
know,
but
that
industry
treated
all
the
Wastewater
for
the
town
of
camp.
A
A
Amendments
down
into
priorities
and
I
would
anticipate
that
that
there
will
be
some
soon
and
then
we
would
probably
look
at
a
staggered
sort
of
two
to
five
year
sort
of
time
frame.
The
text
amendments
themselves,
I,
think,
are
something
that
we
could
go
right
into,
but
I
think
some
of
the
lockdier
goals
are
going
to
take
a
lot
longer
to
to
achieve,
and
we
always
have
to
also
make
sure
back
to
the
changing
regulatory
environment.
There.
I
B
I
E
E
I
think
it's
really
exciting
about
what
this
means
for
the
future
of
Buncombe
County
in
terms
of
our
planning,
our
growth
income,
how
we
move
forward
in
a
really
exciting
way.
So,
thanks
to
each
of
you
for
the
incredible
amount
of
hours
at
work
that
you
put
into
this
and
also
engaging
our
community
in
a
really
exciting.
D
I
just
like
to
add
that
the
thing
that
I
think
pleases
me
most
about
this
is
when
we
first
started.
One
of
the
the
big
goals
was
to
make
sure
that
we
had
the
voices
of
the
community
heard
and
I
know
there
was
a
lot
of
skepticism
about
how
all
of
that
would
happen,
and
I
truly
do
think
that
it
did
happen
because
of
the
way
everybody
planned
and
the
diversity
of
the
steering
committee.
G
M
F
M
B
B
B
The
next
meeting
will
be
coming
to
planning
board
on
May
2nd,
to
have
the
formal
public
hearing
and
request
endorsement
of
the
plan
that
I've
been
forward
to
the
Commissioners
for
public
hearing,
which
is
currently
scheduled
on
May
16th
and
again
we're
going
to
be
tracking
any
kind
of
adjustments
between
meetings
via
memo.
So
it's
very
clear
like
how
things
would
be
changing
to
the
public
hearing
draft
as
we
move
forward
so
we'll
come
to
the
May
2nd
meeting
with
a
member
that
has
the.
B
C
Anything
else
from
staff
that
we
need
to
handle
with
this.
Okay,
any
other
comments
for
Commissioners
or
planning
board
members.
Okay
with
that,
thank
you
all
very
much.
We
appreciate
everyone's
time
and
it
was
really
great
to
be
together
here
today
with
the
planning
board.
We
appreciate
that.
Do
you
want
collaboration
and
with
that
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn.