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A
Agenda
for
the
briefing
meeting,
okay,
then
the
items
we
just
covered
will
constitute
our
agenda
for
this
meeting.
Do
any
commissioners
have
any
questions
about
any
items
on
the
regular
meeting
agenda
tonight?
Very
good,
all
right,
then,
let's
get
started
with
a
covet
update
and
stacy.
Saunders
is
here
to
help
us
on
this
item.
B
B
B
Deaths
unfortunately,
have
increased.
21
new
deaths
were
added
to
the
dashboard.
However,
only
nine
of
those
actually
occurred
in
the
last
week.
The
remaining
deaths
occurred
in
weeks
previous,
but
were
delayed
and
being
reported,
but
this
has
caused
our
death
rate
to
jump
to
eight
new
cases
per
100
000
per
week,
because
of
that
those
delays.
B
Hospitalization
in
our
hospitalization
indicators
are
now
both
very
favorable
regarding
what
you're
seeing
in
front
of
you
now
is
regarding
the
entire
western
north
carolina
region,
hospitalizations
and
icus
continue
to
decline
within
the
mission
health
system.
There
have
been
a
consider.
There
has
been
a
considerable
drop
in
inpatient
hospital
beds
occupied
by
covet
19
in
the
last
week.
B
Last
week
this
indicator
was
13.4
percent
of
the
inpatient
beds
occupied
with
covid19.
Now
we
are
well
below
10
at
8.8
percent.
As
of
monday,
there
were
104
total
patients
with
cova
19
within
the
mission
health
system.
This
is
down
from
almost
200
196
patients
about
three
weeks
ago,
which
appears
to
be
probably
the
peak
for
that.
For
that
indicator,
icu
utilization
continues
to
decline
and
is
now
well
below
30
percent.
We
are
around
25
mid
25
percent.
B
As
I
have
said
previously,
we
we
have
approached
2022
and
once
we
entered
into
the
new
year,
there
are
key
thresholds
that
help
us
usher
in
a
new
chapter,
new
phase
of
the
coven
19
response,
in
particular
as
vaccine,
we
have
approximately
70
of
our
eligible
population
having
received
their
primary
series.
What
what
we
know
is
fully
vaccinated
and
50
56
of
those
individuals
that
have
received
full
series
have
also
received
a
third
or
booster
dose.
B
Vaccines
continue
to
demonstrate
effectiveness
in
preventing
infection,
severe
illness,
hospitalizations
and
deaths
and,
in
addition,
evolving
treatments
and
therapeutics
continue
to
grow
and
supply
and
access.
These
treatments
also
help
in
reducing
severe
illness,
hospitalizations
and
deaths
in
individuals
with
higher
risk,
as
anticipated.
B
B
Given
the
rapid
and
continued
and
expected
to
continue
decline
in
cases,
transmissions
and
hospitalizations
included
in
those
public
health
recommendations,
we'll
be
strongly
recommending
that
individuals
continue
to
wear,
masks
and
face
coverings
in
indoor
public
spaces,
with
or
without
a
county-wide
face
covering
requirement.
Layered
approaches
continue
to
help
reduce
the
spread.
B
In
addition,
these
measures
work
best
when
working
together,
vaccine
masking
testing
and
staying
home.
When
sick
we've
learned
what
things
we
can
do
individually
to
help
protect
ourselves
and
as
the
surge
dissipates
individuals
can
continue
to
utilize,
these
effective
tools,
while
assessing
their
risk
for
exposure.
B
B
We
currently
have
72
percent
of
our
eligible
population,
having
received
at
least
one
dose
and
approaching
that
70
percent
of
that
eligible
population
receiving
their
full
series.
Vaccine
uptake
has
slowed.
I
did
mention
that
the
last
time,
but
we
do
continue
to
see
countywide
two
to
300
net
change
in
doses
administered
each
week.
For
the
last
few
weeks,
each
dose
is
helping
to
build
a
stronger
shield
of
protection
from
covid19,
especially
against
severe
illness
and
hospitalization.
B
I
did
want
to
share
the
hospitalization
and
icu
data
that
we
have
statewide.
Vaccines
are
continuing
to
demonstrate
their
effectiveness
in
preventing
infection,
severe
illness
and
hospitalization
and
death
almost
70
percent.
If
you
look
at
the
top,
almost
70
percent
of
all
hospitalizations
are
in
unvaccinated,
while
the
risk
is
much
lower
in
those
that
are
fully
vaccinated
and
even
lower
in
those
who
are
fully
vaccinated
with
a
booster.
B
So
for
our
community,
that's
listening
in!
If
you
or
someone
you
know,
wants
their
vaccine.
You
can
still
visit
us
at
the
health
department
at
40
cox,
tuesday,
through
friday,
nine
to
four
buncombe
county
hhs
will
move
forward
with
transitioning
our
40
cox.
What
would
our
smaller
mass
facts
clinic
into
the
existing
immunization
clinic
by
the
end
of
february
now
that
our
less
than
five-year-old
vaccine
authorization
looks
like
it's
going
to
be
delayed
for
a
couple
months?
B
Buncombe
county
hhs
and
buncombe
county
emergency
management
have
been
bringing
in
the
new
year
with
several
school-based
initiatives
for
vaccine.
Our
event
at
asheville
middle
was
the
most
attended
with
over
90
doses,
administered,
followed
by
tc
robertson,
where
we
administered
over
30
doses
and
we
closed
out
that
series
at
north
buncombe
high
with
vaccinating
just
under
10
individuals.
B
And
as
I
wrap
up
today,
there
are
some
key
messages
for
the
community
to
remember
again,
we
are
experiencing
a
rapid
decline
in
cases,
transmission
and
hospitalizations.
It
appears
that
we
are
seeing
that
decline
in
that
omicron
curve
and
that
omicron
surge
as
the
surge
continues
to
decline.
We
are
now
moving
into
strongly
recommending
individuals
continue
to
wear,
masks
and
indoor
public
spaces
again,
if
you
are
exposed
to
a
known,
positive,
consider
getting
tested.
B
If
you
have
symptoms,
stay
home,
seek
provider
or
community
testing.
If
you
are
infected
and
are
high
risk
for
severe
illness,
talk
to
your
provider
or
visit
the
find
treatment
website
and
vaccines
again,
just
want
to
close
out
by
saying
vaccines
are
working
to
prevent
severe
illness,
hospitalizations
and
death.
Please
consider
getting
the
dose
that
you
are
missing
today,
whether
that's
your
first,
your
second
or
your
booster,
and
I
wanted
to
thank
you
all
very
much
for
your
time
today
and
welcome
any
questions.
C
Thank
you
stacy.
I
have
a
question
or
so
the
looking
at
the
data
you
gave
us
so
only
56
percent
of
the
fully
vaccinated
have
received
their
third,
the
third
booster
or
the
booster,
which
is
the
third,
and
when
I
look
at
the
hospitalizations
and
the
icu
numbers,
if
you've
had
the
booster,
I
mean
it
is
dramatically
decreasing
your
chances
of
ending
up
in
the
hospital
or
the
icu.
C
And
so,
and
it
seems
like
that
group
of
people
right
they've
already
taken
had
vaccines,
so
it
seems
likely
to
me
that
they
would
be
open
to
having
the
third,
and
so
I'm
wondering.
Is
there
anything
that
you're,
seeing
or
you're
thinking
about
that?
We
can
really
do
with
outreach
to
that
group
to
increase
their
uptake
of
the
booster
to
because
clearly
we're
seeing
that
that
helps.
B
B
If
you,
if
you're
eligible
we've
had
you
know
not
everybody's
going
to
be
eligible
for
a
booster
yet
so
we
want
folks
to
remember
that,
as
you
approach
your
eligibility,
there
are
several
providers
in
our
community,
so
we
continue
to
and
will
continue
that
will
be
sort
of
our
goal
for
2022,
as
as
we
approached
2022
and
came
into,
it
was
really
about
our
whole
campaign.
Our
own
boost
give
your
new
year
a
boost.
A
You
know,
I
guess
kind
of
related
to
that
I
mean
I
realize
what
we
do
in
one
community.
We
can't
establish
the
language
for
how
we
talk
about
all
this
stuff.
As
a
country
right,
I
mean
they're
sort
of
the
national
terminology-
that's
being
used
around
this,
but
I
mean
in
a
way
the
commissioner
wells
point.
I
mean
in
a
way
it's
it
almost
seems
like
it
would
be
maybe
preferable
if
the
language
around
this
word
like
you
need
to
have
three
shots.
B
Thanks
for
that
comment,
absolutely
it
is
very
important
that
if
you
are
eligible
for
your
booster,
that
we
are
seeing
time
and
time
again,
booster,
like
vaccine,
is
demonstrating
its
effectiveness
you're
right,
we
don't
get
to
control
sort
of
like
what's
called
fully
vaccinated
right
now.
That
language
is
still,
as
is,
for
the
two
series,
although
there
has
been
a
shift
in
that
language,
at
least
at
the
federal
level,
with
the
cdc
that
now
to
more
talk
about
up
to
date,
are
you
up
to
date
with
your
coven
19
vaccine?
D
D
I
guess,
as
I
think
we
all
know,
the
federal
government
has
provided
some
free
n95
masks
through
various
pharmacies
and
those
kinds
of
locations.
Someone
was
asking
me
if
there's
a
way
without
calling
every
pharmacy
in
in
asheville
and
asking
them.
Is
there
a
way
to
like
look
up
what
locations
people
can
go
to
get
those
those
federally
funded,
free
masks.
B
D
I
think
when
we
thought
it
was
coming,
someone
was
asking
me
about
you
know
where,
where
people
can
go
to
get
those
shots-
and
I
guess
I
just
wanted
to
ask-
is
like-
is
it
your
expectation
that
most
people
would
go
to
a
pediatrician's
office
to
get
that
vaccine?
Would
a
health
department
be
involved
in
giving
out
those
vaccines?
What's
kind
of
the
general
plan
for
when
that
does
come.
B
But
the
prep
act
doesn't
allow
for
the
pharmacist
to
vaccinate
anyone
younger
than
three
or
three
younger.
So
we're
going
to
miss
a
chunk
of
that
population.
And
so
we
do
anticipate
that
local
health
departments
around
the
state
are
going
to
are
going
to
act
as
a
safety
net.
When
the
zero
to
four
are
are
eligible.
E
E
B
A
A
A
So
as
part
of
that,
we
should
also
discuss
the
local
emergency
order
that
was
put
into
place.
It
doesn't
cover
just
the
indoor
mask
policy,
it's
sort
of
larger
than
that,
but
we
should,
if
there's
consensus,
to
agree
to
that,
we
should
have
a
discussion
about
that
as
part
of
our
discussion
of
the
indoor
mass
policy
too,
because
they're
kind
of
kind
of
related
and
avril
do
the
staff
have
any
language
that
you
would
have
ready
or
prepared.
Mr
frew
related
to
that.
F
I
didn't
get
this
to
you,
mr
chairman,
before
the
meeting,
but
if
the
board
does
decide
to
let
the
local
mandate
expire
at
noon
tomorrow,
then
it
would
be
in
order
to
add
an
agenda
item
to
specifically
rescind
the
local
state
of
emergency.
That
was
just
activating
the
emergency
action
plan.
So
it'd
just
simply
be
a
motion
to
if
the
board
decides
to
rescind
the
emergency
action
plan.
The
local
state
of
emergency.
A
Okay,
so
we
could
adopt
that
that
language
that
would
rescind
the
local
emergency
declaration.
Yes,
sir
okay,
is
there
consensus
to
include
that
in
the
discussion
this
evening?
Great,
thank
you
and
I
had.
There
was
one
other
question
that
someone
asked
me
so
assuming
that
the
indoor
mass
policy
expires
on
february
16th,
the
that
still
allows
individual
businesses
and
organizations
who
wish
to
continue
to
have
an
indoor
mask
requirement
for
their
own
facilities
to
make
that
choice.
Is
that
correct
that.
A
A
So
they
feel
like
it's
important
for
the
time
being,
to
keep
that
policy
in
place
and
wanted
us
to
just
share
that.
That's
their
intent
and
I
want
to
make
sure
we're
not
going
to
adopt
anything
that
would
be
inconsistent
with
allowing
them
to
make
that
choice.
Just
as
any
individual
business
owner
could
continue
to
do
so
within
their
own
private
property.
If
they
choose
to
do
so,.
G
G
A
So
yeah-
let's
please
just
review
that
at
the
meeting
this
evening
said
that
we
make
sure
the
public
is
aware
of.
You
know
what
to
expect
going
forward.
Okay,
all
right!
Thank
you.
Stacey
all
right,
next,
up
on
the
agenda
is
an
update
on
the
inca
sports
park.
Turf
project
tim
love
is
here
to
help
us
with
this.
H
Good
afternoon,
commissioners,
this
afternoon,
we're
going
to
prevent,
excuse
me
present
an
update
on
the
ancas
recreation
destination,
specifically
the
sports
project,
I'll
be
leading
our
discussion
with
some
slides,
but
in
the
room
also
have
lynn
pegg
with
recreation
services,
as
well
as
ronnie
lunsford
with
our
general
services
department,
who
are
available
to
answer
specific
questions
that
I
can't
so
I'm
getting
into
sort
of
the
presentation
today,
just
a
refresher
for
the
board,
but
also
the
public.
The
anchor
recreation
project
is
a
big
project.
H
This
project
was
developed
in
2018
earlier
likely,
but
was
estimated
to
be
a
12
million
project
funded
almost
100
percent
through
grants
and
those
grants
came
through
the
federal
highways
dot,
as
well
as
the
tda
in
particular
in
october
2018.
The
the
tda
announced
an
award
of
six
million
dollars
in
grant
funding
towards
this
project,
based
largely
on
the
installation
of
turf
and
lights
that
would
generate
room
nights
on
an
annual
basis
from
sports
recreation,
tourism.
H
But,
as
we
know,
much
has
happened
since
2019,
namely
covet
and
many
other
things
as
a
refresher.
This
is
an
overview
of
the
project
and
I'm
not
going
to
call
out
all
the
different
aspects
of
it,
but
there
at
the
top
right
corner.
That's
the
sports
park
immediately
to
the
south
of
that
you
can
see
blah
blah
bob
lewis
ball
field
to
the
left
of
that.
H
In
the
recreation
destination
project,
a
number
of
key
components,
I
won't
read
all
of
these
to
you.
The
key
here
is
to
know
that
if
it's
on
the
screen
generally,
it
was
included
in
the
as
a
grant
commitment
to
the
tda
when
we
pursued
that
funding
there's
a
couple
items
that
were
not
grant
commitments,
but
I
call
them
out
because
they're
important
as
we
think
long
term,
and
so
those
two
you
can
see
them
in
bold
and
they
say
no
in
the
grant
commitment
column.
H
H
H
H
Our
our
intent
here,
is
to
make
these
turf
fields,
and
the
benefit
of
that
is
you
know
when
it
rains.
We
don't
have
the
impact
of
mud
that
you
see
kind
of
on
to
the
left,
but,
as
part
of
this
project
was
also
the
installation
of
lights,
and
so
these
led
lights
allow
us
to
play
for
longer
in
the
day,
not
into
midnight.
But
of
course,
once
the
sun
sets
you
know
into
the
early
hours
of
the
evening.
H
These
two
things
mean
that
we'll
be
able
to
play
more
frequently
when
the
weather
isn't
awesome,
but
additionally,
play
later
into
the
day
when
the
sun
sets
a
few
site
designs
here.
Just
to
give
you
a
sense
on
the
right
of
you
know
what
the
schematics
look
like:
we've
been
working
with
the
design
firm
and
an
engineering
firm
to
come
up
with
these
specs,
and
so
just
a
visual
for
you.
H
So
what
we
wanted
to
do
today
is
one
you
know,
update
you
on
as
a
reminder,
this
is
the
project,
but
let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
where
we
stand
with
project
funding
and
so
as
an
update.
You
know
this
shouldn't
be
a
surprise
to
us.
This
project
was
conceived
in
you,
know
2018
so
over
four
years
ago.
That's
when
a
lot
of
our
estimates
came
together.
We've
seen
a
lot
happen
since
then,
and
a
lot
of
what's
happened
is
increased.
H
Additionally,
covid
we,
we
know
that
that's
been
a
challenge
for
us
and
the
resulting
impacts,
staffing
shortages
supply
chain
results
in
additional
costs
on
lots
of
construction
projects
not
just
related
to
this
one,
insufficient
revenue.
So
on
the
bottom
left
you
know,
buncombe
county
has
already
put
430
000
into
this
project
to
support
things
like
the
creation
of
a
dog
park,
as
well
as
bringing
in
three-phase
lighting
to
enable
the
lights
that'll
ultimately
light
the
park.
H
We've
also
brought
in
transportation
grants
for
the
construction
of
the
greenway,
but
these
are
restricted
funds.
We
can't
just
move
these
around.
These
are
for
the
greenway
specifically,
so
that
brings
us
to
is
you
know?
The
third
bullet,
which
is
the
remaining
revenue
which
is
in
the
form
of
the
tda
grant
of
6
million,
is
insufficient
to
cover
some
of
the
increased
costs
that
we've
seen
for
the
project
over
time.
H
The
core
grant
requirements
from
our
view:
it's
the
installation
of
the
turf
and
lights
that
ultimately
increase
the
playable
hours
at
our
bunker
county
sports
park.
We
believe
additional
funding
may
be
available,
but
we
think
we
also
need
to
take
a
closer
look
at
some
of
the
extraneous
projects
that
were
included
in
the
overall
grant.
H
H
I
don't
mean
to
get
you
totally
up
to
speed
on
all
of
these
numbers,
but
just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
how
things
have
changed
so
on
the
far
left,
we've
got
costs
and
you
can
see
you
know
the
design
build
for
the
turf
you
can
see.
Lighting
from
musco
column
to
the
right
of
that
is
the
original
estimate.
H
H
H
If
we
bring
it
to
the
point,
so
what's
the
difference
between
our
costs
and
our
revenues,
you
can
see
that
number
at
the
very
bottom.
So
as
we
look
at
our
total
revenue,
less
our
costs
based
on
current
estimates,
there's
a
shortage
of
about
716
000,
and
this
is
to
meet
all
of
the
requirements
in
the
in
the
top
of
of
the
cost
section
so
to
deliver
turf
lights
and
and
those
types
of
things.
H
If
you
look
at
the
original
estimates
at
this
point,
we
were
supposed
to
have
about
a
million
dollars,
still
kind
of
socked
away
for
the
remainder
of
the
project,
shifting
to
the
budget
overview
and
kind
of
continuing
the
discussion
to
talk
about
the
other
items.
In
the
grant
that
we're
committed
to
here,
you
can
see
additional
costs
items
like
a
challenge
course:
multi-sport
field,
paving
accessibility,
upgrades
things
like
that.
H
You
can
see
what
the
original
estimates
were,
what
the
current
estimates
are
and
again
the
variance
if
we
get
kind
of
to
the
point
you
know
this
brings
us
to
a
total
cost
of
about
14.98
million
dollars
with
about
12
million
dollars
in
original
grant
revenue.
Creating
a
gap
of
about
2.5
million
dollars,
so
I'll
walk
you
through
this
just
to
understand
kind
of
where
we
are
with
the
the
costs.
The
original
estimates
where
we
are
with
the
current
costs
and
to
understand
some
of
the
the
gaps
in
funding.
H
You
know
we
prepared
this
for
you
to
get
you
up
to
speed.
This
is
briefing
so
it's
there's
not
meant
to
take
any
action,
but
we
wanted
you
to
understand
the
context
as
we
shift
forward.
You
know
I'm
glad
to
take
any
questions,
but
we
wanted
to
get
to
kind
of
a
recommendation
and
next
steps,
I'm
again
not
asking
for
any
action
from
the
board,
but
just
sort
of
setting
the
stage.
H
The
recommendation
from
staff
would
be
to
allocate
buncombe
county
funding
to
complete
this,
the
buncombe
county
sports
park
turf
project.
So
this
is
an
estimated
gap
of
about
716
000
give
or
take.
By
doing
this,
we
would
provide
the
funds
to
execute
the
contract
with
astroturf,
which
would
allow
us
to
start
the
pro
start,
the
project
in
mid
march
to
april
and
hopefully
have
it
concluded.
You
know,
weather
permitting
by
september
of
this
year.
H
So
september
22
being
able
to
play
on
those
fields
in
the
meantime,
as
we
do
that
we
believe
it's
important
to
look
at
the
remaining
projects
and
with
the
board
understand
which
projects
outside
of
turf
lights
etc.
Do
we
want
to
pursue
at
the
sports
park?
Some
of
those
projects
are
still
possibilities.
Others
may
not
be
based
on
additional
information
we've
gathered,
but
we
think
that's
an
important
discussion.
H
Finally,
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
produ
pursuing
other
funding
sources.
There
is
an
mpo
cycle
coming
up
in
the
near
future
and
it
might
be
a
consideration
to
pursue
anchor
recreation
funding
for
the
inca
heritage
trail,
but
those
are
discussions
we
can
have
in
terms
of
next
steps.
Today's
the
briefing
so
we
wanted
to
update
you
today,
just
to
give
you
a
base
understanding.
H
If
all
goes
well,
we
would
start
construction
in
april
2022
with
an
estimated
completion
of
september
22..
So
final
slide
and
then
I'll
open
it
up
for
any
questions.
I
just
wanted
to
put
some
numbers
behind
the
recommendation
and
so
on.
This
slide
it's
same
table
as
before,
but
I've
highlighted
here
the
turf
and
light
costs
at
the
top,
and
so
I've
highlighted
at
the
bottom,
the
the
difference.
C
Yes,
thank
you.
So
the
astroturf
is
almost
two
million
dollars.
More
I
mean,
and
just
since
2019
it's
increased,
that's
correct.
I
mean
I
mean,
that's
almost
doubled
the
cost
of
that.
That
just
seems
really
out
of
proportion.
In
that
short
a
time
I
mean
I
understand
that
lots
of
things
have
gone
up
some,
but
that
is
very
significant.
H
H
I
No,
no,
nothing
really
to
add.
I
think
tim
hit
it
on
the
head.
You
know
we
we've
sat
through
countless
meetings
with
these
folks
and
tried
to
to
value,
engineer,
items
out
and
still
get
the
product
that
we
want
at
the
cheapest
cost
we
can,
and
that
is
the
minimum.
We
have
been
able
to
get
it
to
through
those
processes.
H
I
I
think
we
learned
some
things
to
give
you
an
example.
There
are
additional
costs
that
we
picked
up
along
the
way,
not
just
related
to
turf
but
storm
water
requirements.
We
currently
have
a
paved
parking
lot
there
and
to
expand
that
parking
lot
to
make
it
larger.
We
ran
into
some
storm
water
requirements
that
are
city
requirements,
and
that's
not
a
criticism.
That's
just
the
reality
that
weren't
initially
projected
in
the
costs.
We,
we
were
under
a
different
set
of
guidelines,
and
that
happens.
Additionally,
you
know
the
tree.
H
H
We
have
no
doubt
and
the
I'll
be
providing
an
update
in
the
near
future
on
this
project
to
the
tda
as
part
of
their
reporting
cycle,
and
you
know
they
have
an
upcom
upcoming
grant
cycle.
Our
recommendation
to
staff,
however,
is
to
proceed
to
keep
this
project
moving.
It's
been
four
years
since
we
started
and
we
have
an
opportunity
to
move
forward
with
astroturf
and
bring
these
fields
online,
this
fall,
and
so
our
recommendation,
if
the
board
is
willing
to
proceed
with
that.
G
A
L
We
shared
a
copy
with
you
of
a
new
report
that
has
come
out,
looks
like
this
hard
copies
went
to
all
the
commissioners
and
we
have
hard
copies
in
the
room
as
well,
and
today's
conversation
is
to
talk
about
the
launch
of
this
report
and
speak
about
the
potential
for
a
pilot
to
implement
this.
The
recommendations
from
the
report.
L
I
think
that's
what
evral
was
eyeing
me
to
be
more
clear,
so
I
came
and
met
with
the
board
of
commissioners
in
december
on
december
9th
and
gave
some
background
about
the
early
childhood
committee
during
your
budget
retreat.
So
I
won't
back
up
and
share
some
of
that
history
and
the
makeup
of
the
committee
and
the
impacts
to
date,
but
just
grounding
this
conversation
picking
up
where
we
left
off
with
that
discussion.
L
The
overall
reminder
here
is
that
we've
been
making
significant
investments
in
scaling
up
the
work,
supporting
the
early
care
and
education
system
in
buncombe
county
and
are
moving
forward
now
toward
a
pre-k
expansion.
In
addition
to
that
continued
work
in
early
childhood
education,
here's
a
timeline
of
what
expansion
has
looked
like
over
the
last
year.
L
So
the
ad
hoc
work
group
I
mentioned
that
they
studied
data
and
models.
Really
everything
was
on
the
table
during
that
stage
from
narrow
program,
specific
models
to
very
broad
universal
pre-k
implementations
and
the
committee
landed
on
the
following
recommendation
or
recommended
direction,
which
is
to
establish
a
local
model
to
supplement
and
expand
the
nc
pre-k
program
to
increase
kindergarten
readiness.
L
This
is
a
free
program
to
eligible
families
that
follows
the
school
day
school
year
or
10
months,
a
year,
six
and
a
half
hours
a
day,
and
it's
offered
in
a
variety
of
settings
from
public
to
private
snapshot
of
what
north
carolina
pre-k
looks
like
in
buncombe
county.
Currently,
there
are
442
slots.
That's
a
word.
That's
used
in
this
field.
A
lot
that's
seats
or
children
served
in
49
different
classrooms
at
29,
different
licensed
sites
through
eight
different
providers
or
private
or
private
or
public
organizations
that
are
that
are
delivering
nc
pre-k
in
buncombe.
L
L
L
Insufficient
administrative
funding,
almost
minimizes
the
important
things
that
can't
be
covered
because
that
funding
isn't
there,
which
would
include
coaching
and
training
and
and
support
for
those
administrators
and
educators,
and
then
there's
a
few
barriers
listed
here
that
families
experience
the
fractured
systems
figuring
out.
Who
has
who
has
a
slot
open
for
my
child
to
attend?
Where?
L
How
do
I
enroll
and
navigate
these
systems?
The
school
day
school
year?
That's
tricky
if
a
working
family
is
trying
to
pair
nc
pre-k
with
a
full-time
job
and
transportation?
Is
a
barrier
that
comes
up
very
frequently
as
we
listen
to
families,
in
addition
to
asking
the
provider
that
we
contracted
with,
which
is
buncombe
partnership
for
children
to
address
those
barriers
in
their
recommendations.
L
It
was
not
lost
on
the
early
childhood
committee
that,
during
this
time
of
research
about
what
do
we
do
here
locally.
There
are
conversations
happening
at
the
state
and
federal
levels
about
scaling
up
pre-k,
and
so
whatever
we
do
here,
it
was
important
to
that
group
to
make
sure
that
it's
responsive
to
any
changes
at
other
levels.
L
L
So
this
is
the
meat
of
the
report
and
I'm
gonna.
I'm
gonna
pick
it
up
and
reference
it
as
I
speak,
not
to
go
into
a
lot
of
depth
about
each
recommendation.
But
if
you
look
at
the
the
yellow
or
the
greenish
recommendations
across
the
top,
those
are
the
recommendations.
The
strategies
that
address
barriers
to
providing
nc
pre-k
and
the
strategies
on
the
bottom
row
that
are
bluish
green,
are
the
strategies
that
are
responsive
to
the
barriers
to
accessing
barriers
that
families
experience.
L
The
first
strategy
is
the
strategy
that
would
call
on
buncombe
county
to
act
in
an
expanded
and
new
way
beyond
what
we've
tried
before,
which
is
to
use
local
funds
to
subsidize
the
state's
inadequate
reimbursement
rate
so
essentially
providing
a
local
supplement
to
the
rates
built
into
the
nc
pre-k
model.
There
are
other
components
of
that.
First
strategy
like
requiring
pay
parity
in
requiring
minimum
wage
sorry
living
wage
as
a
minimum
for
teacher
assistance.
L
The
second
box,
the
one
in
the
middle
on
the
top,
is
around
the
career
pipeline.
When
we
look
at
what
gets
in
the
way
of
expanding
early
care
and
education
in
general,
and
certainly
nc
pre-k,
it's
a
workforce
shortage.
It's
a
lack
of
qualified
teachers
working
in
the
field
and
other
other
staff
to
work
in
the
field,
and
so
we
have
been
doing
strategies
through
the
regular
grant
program.
L
L
Coordinated
outreach
and
enrollment
is
about
scaling
up
the
single
portal
of
entry
so
that
there's
a
streamlined
single
place
that
people
can
go
to
learn
about
opportunities
to
sign
up
for
and
participate
in,
nc
pre-k
wrap
around
care
is
to
both
pilot
and
study.
What
can
be
done
to
add
time
to
the
nc
pre-k
day
and
year.
So
that's
a
year-round
program
and
maximizes
what
other
lines
of
funding
are
out
there.
So
we
know
about
child
care
subsidy.
L
That's
one
of
the
sources
of
funding
that
sometimes
gets
paired
with
nc
pre-k,
but
not
all
families
that
are
eligible
for
nc
pre-k
are
eligible
for
subsidy.
So
the
when
we
say,
wrap
around
care
here
we
mean
longer
longer
school
day
and
an
opportunity
to
attend
more
days
in
the
year
and
finally,
expanding
access
to
transportation.
L
Certainly
so
the
transportation
options
are
on
page
37
in
the
report,
and
one
of
the
ideas
is
to
provide
direct
funding
at
a
certain
amount
which
is
100
per
month
for
45
children
to
allow
families
to
arrange
their
own
transportation.
So
they
would
identify
what
people
with
a
transportation
barrier
would
identify
a
solution
that
would
meet
their
need
and
be
able
to
basically
be
eligible
for
funding
assistance
to
be
able
to
get
that
individual
transportation.
L
This
is
a
snapshot
of
what
it
would
cost
to
test
out
all
of
these
strategies
over
a
two-year
period.
If
we
were
to
implement
a
two-year
pilot,
the
fully
loaded
cost,
including
governance,
administration
and
evaluation,
is
3.2
million
and
that's
itemized
on
the
slide
and
there's
more
detail
in
the
report.
L
A
pilot
method
of
implementing
this
would
give
the
county
an
ability
to
test
and
evaluate
and
see
if
these
strategies
are
effective
and
in
terms
of
timing
and
readiness,
we
could
begin
launch
of
a
pilot
as
early
as
july,
1st
of
2022
in
just
a
few
months
if
we're
able
to
in
the
spring,
identify
a
method
for
funding
that
pilot,
so
that
is
it
from
staff.
Commissioners,
beach,
ferrara
and
whitesides
and
presley
are
your
representatives
who
are
wearing
both
hats.
J
Thank
you,
rachel
I'll,
kick
this
off
and
then,
of
course,
al
and
robert
look
forward
to
hearing
your
thoughts
and
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
appreciate
and
acknowledge
the
work
that
the
buncombe
partnership
for
children
has
done.
The
work
that
our
committee
has
done,
including
their
unanimous
endorsement
of
these
strategies
and,
of
course,
the
work
that
staff
do
very
diligently
year
after
year,
as
we
keep
growing
our
commitments
around
early
childhood.
J
Around
kindergarten
readiness
rachel
is
just
done,
an
excellent
job
detailing
the
first,
which
would
be
moving
forward
with
funding
this
two-year
pilot,
which
really
focuses
through
all
these
strategies,
on
strengthening
the
infrastructure
of
our
local
pre-k
programs,
nc
pre-k
programs,
specifically
providing
immediate
benefits
to
kids
enrolled
in
the
program,
but
also
doing
the
necessary
work
that
could
enable
that
system
to
scale
over
time.
The
second
idea
we
wanted
to
put
on
the
table
for
consideration.
J
So
this
would
be
excuse
me,
funding
for
both
capital
and
non-capital
projects
related
to
creating
new
classrooms,
new
nc
pre-k
classrooms,
potentially
new
nc
pre-k
centers,
and
really
beginning
to
put
some
resources
behind
the
expansion
strategies
that
are
described
and
envisioned
here
and
the
proposal
to
kind
of
start.
The
conversation
is
that
we
would
start
the
conversation
looking
at
a
total
investment
of
7.5
million,
comparable
to
what
we're
talking
about
with
housing.
J
That
would
mean
3.2
million
invested
in
a
two-year
pilot
that
could
begin
as
soon
as
july,
1
and
then
opening
up
an
rfp
that
would
be
about
4.3
million
at
that
point
to
actually
begin
investing
in
pre-k
expansion
projects,
so
that
was
kind
of
the
full
table
we
wanted
to
set
as
we
move
forward
in
discussions.
Understanding,
of
course
that
it
will
be
great
to
hear
other
commissioner's
perspectives,
but
wanted
to
kind
of
get
this
in
front
of
everyone,
especially
as
we
prepare
to
head
into
the
art
of
conversations.
J
I
think,
in
a
way
that
I'm
very
excited
about
and
and
invested
in,
I
think
the
arpa
funding
really
gives
us
a
chance
to
accelerate
our
work
around
pre-k
expansion
and
I
think,
through
the
combination
of
a
pilot
and
an
rfp
that
particularly
focus
on
one-time
costs
that
includes
capital
costs.
We
could
do
that
in
a
way
that
that
helps
us
build
towards
where
I
think
we
can
be
in
a
few
years
time
in
this
process.
K
Yeah
well,
the
big
concern
of
mine
has
been
we're
coming
along
this
process.
We've
got
for
pre-k
is
going
great,
but
I'm
beginning
to
feel
at
this
point
in
time.
In
some
ways
we're
continuing
to
kick
the
can
down
the
road,
but
if
we're
going
to
get
to
universal
pre-k,
we've
got
to
start
with
the
pilot,
and
we've
got
to
look
at
really
moving
toward
going
to
universal
pre-k
for
the
county,
and
I
think,
with
the
plan
we
have
here.
K
That
gets
us
to
this
point
where
we
can
hopefully
get
to
universal
pre-k
and
be
where
we
need
to
be
for
our
kids,
because
when
you
look
at
the
numbers
we're
only
what
halfway
there
with
who
we're
taking
care
of
now,
I
think
we
have
as
many
who
need
it
as
we're
taking
care
of,
but
this
is
where
I
see
it.
Anyone
from
looking
at
it
yeah.
K
I
look
forward
to
hearing
from
the
rest
of
the
commissioners
on
there,
but
it's
thanks
to
the
federal
money,
we're
at
a
good
point
now,
where
we
do
have
the
resources
to
help
move
us
along
quicker
than
normally.
We
would-
and
I
think
we
should
take
advantage
of
it-
that's
a
good
chance.
You
know
we
need
it.
M
D
J
J
Be
a
very
serious
investment
though
you
know
what
opening
up
that
rfp
later
in
the
year
would
actually
be
an
infusion
of
resources
that
would
be
creating
new
classrooms
towards
the
26
or
so
additional
that
would
ultimately
be
needed
over
the
long
term.
If
we
were
to
continue
to
be
very
serious
about
this,
and-
and
I
think
you
know-
obviously
there
are
a
lot
of
conversations
to
be
had,
I
think
at
the
level
we've
discussed
it
so
far.
It's
it's
part
of
all.
J
This
is
also
about
us
meeting
it's
meeting
the
moment,
and
it's
also
meeting
our
community
right
and
really
recognizing
that
we
have
to
you
know,
have
a
lot
of
communication
with
local
providers
about
who
would
be
ready
to
start
scaling.
What
that
would
look
like.
Would
that
mean
opening
new
centers?
Would
that
mean
adding
onto
existing
centers
converting?
You
know,
there's
lots
of
different
ways.
You
can
grow
this
and-
and
it
probably
will
take
a
lot
of
different
forms
in
our
community,
but
we,
you
know
our
providers
are
all
coming
through
the
pandemic.
J
C
C
Definitely,
and
so,
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
like
with
the
pilot
and
everything
and
how
you
see
this
working
with,
what's
potentially
happening
in
north
carolina
and
then
also
at
the
federal
level,
so
we
can
understand
how
we're
being
I
think,
you're
trying
to
be
ready
for
those
funds
that
you
hope
are
coming,
but
can
you
speak
more
to
that
and
how
that
would
work
together?
Yeah.
J
J
J
One
of
the
reasons
that
I
think
this
process
arrived
at
investing
in
nc
pre-k
as
a
expansion
strategy
is
because
that's
a
very
good
way
to
be
prepared
for
the
you
know.
If
we
start
to
see
a
major
expansion
of
pre-k
efforts
at
the
state
level
or
at
the
federal
level
administered
through
the
states,
it
will
happen
in
all
likelihood
through
nc
pre-k.
J
At
the
end
of
a
two-year
period,
we're
going
to
know
a
lot
more
about
which
of
these
strategies
were
had
the
most
impact
about
which
local
providers
are
really
able
to
start
thinking
about
expanding
and
we're
going
to
know
a
lot
more
about,
what's
happening
at
the
federal
level,
specifically
the
universal
pre-k
provisions
that
had
been
in
buildback
better.
That
doesn't
exist
anymore,
but
there
was
a
lot
of
strong
bipartisan
support
for
universal
pre-k
throughout
all
those
extended
negotiations.
J
C
J
J
Great
and
important
question
that
honestly,
this
commission
and
future
commissions
and
community
will
engage
with.
That
was
another
thing
that
was
attractive
about
the
idea
of
the
arpa
investment
in
the
pilot
is
that
it
creates
a
two-year
runway
of
funding.
It
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
assess,
and
at
that
point
have
the
community
conversations
we
need
to
about
what
next
steps
do
we
take
in
our
funding
for
early
childhood
and
pre-k?
J
You
know
if
this
all
works
and
moves
us
in
a
positive
direction.
I
think
we'll
be
at
a
place
to
ask
the
question
of:
do
we
increase
our
overall
funding?
Do
we
dedicate
a
portion
of
that
early
childhood
funding
that's
guaranteed
year
over
year
for
pre-k
strategies
has
a
conversation
with
a
philanthropic
partner
or
corporate
partners,
or
state
and
federal
policy
makers
advance
to
such
a
place
where
we
know
there's
an
another
major
source
of
revenue
for
this.
So
there's
a
couple
different
scenarios
we
could
envision
and
there
will
be
you
know.
C
And
then
just
one
with
the
pilot
funding
the
wrap
around
services,
I
was
thinking
when
we
did
the
original
arpa
funding.
One
of
the
projects
we
funded
actually
was
working
on
that
right,
exactly
okay,
so
can
you
speak
to
that?
Is
that
since
we're
already
doing
that,
are
you
wanting
to
scale
that
up
again.
J
What
we
did
this
fall
for
verner
with
the
extended
hours
is
an
example
of
that
we're
seeing
these
are
exactly
the
strategies
that
are
working
on
the
ground,
and
what
this
pilot
would
ask
us
to
do
is
to
invest
in
being
able
to
do
that
in
a
more
sustained
way
and
extend
that
we
know
that's
one
of
the
barriers
with
the
nc
pre-k
model.
There's
a
lot,
that's
great
about
the
model.
The
limited
hours
or
the
shortened
hours
is
not
and
pretty
much
every
provider
that's
running.
J
Nc
pre-k
runs
into
the
same
problem,
so
we've
actually
funded
some
other
providers
to
do
that,
wrap
around
services
as
well,
so
that
strategy,
the
education
and
career
pipeline
all
speak
to
things
that
we've
actually
been
investing
in
for
the
past
three
years
in
a
more
one-off
kind
of
way.
If
that
makes
sense,
thank
you
no
great
questions.
J
The
one
final
thing
that
we
wanted
to
just
make
sure
to
add
in
this
conversation
was
that
we
of
course,
look
at
all
these
questions
for
buncombe,
county
children
and
families,
but
we
also
think
about
our
conversations
and
partnership
opportunities
with
other
counties
in
western
north
carolina
and
certainly
around
issues
like
the
education
and
career
pipeline.
There
might
be
some
regional
opportunities
as
well
to
partner
with
other
counties
in
western
north
carolina,
as
we
think
about
approaches
to
that.
J
So
just
sort
of
planting
a
flag
on
that
part
of
the
conversation
as
well
as
we
move
forward
and
any
follow-up
questions
that
folks
have.
Please
don't
hesitate
to
be
in
touch
with
al
or
robert
or
me,
and
appreciate
everyone's
responsiveness
to
this
and
look
forward
to
part
of
it
being
part
of
the
discussion
as
we
move
forward.
I.
E
E
Thinking
about
this,
as
a
two-year
pilot
and
hearing
rachel
say
like
this,
could
be
ready
to
go
on
july
1.
I
mean
this
is
february.
15Th
has
some
research
and
thought
been
put
into
which
partners
are
ready
to
ramp
up
by
july
1
how
many
teachers
and
classes
are
needed
and
then
thinking
in
that
term
as
well?
Are
you
all
thinking
as
you're,
reviewing
your
funding
proposals,
how
those
funding
proposals
potentially
tie
into
a
two-year
pilot
and
a
really
quick
hit?
The
gas
pedal
ramp
up.
J
E
L
Add
actual
slots,
so
these
strategies
will
specifically
strengthen
the
nc
pre-k
system
in
buncombe
by
making
it
work
better
for
providers
to
be
in
the
system
and
work
better
for
parents
and
families
to
access
the
system,
and
so,
as
north
carolina
adds
more
and
more
slots
to
buncombe's
portfolio,
we
apply
four
slots
to
the
state
each
year,
then
we
have
the
readiness
to
add
those
slots
in
in
the
future
years
so
july.
1
is
not
a
classroom
edition.
J
For
instance,
the
supplement,
if
approved,
would
just
start
going
to
local
pre-k
providers
to
help
sort
of
lift
the
level
of
funding.
They
have
basically
immediately
the
other
piece
of
this
that
we
put
on
the
table
this
idea
of
the
rfp
that
could
be
opened
later
in
this
calendar
year,
that
that
would
really
require
certainly
discussion
and
understanding
from
key
stakeholders
about
what
peop,
what
local
providers
will
be
ready
for.
L
L
J
Costs
et
cetera
associated
with
that
great
question
on
your
second
one
and
yes,
our
committee
is
a
is
once
again
doing
amazing
work
to
juggle
sort
of
multiple
tasks,
multiple
tasks
and
timelines
at
once,
and
not
presupposing
where
this
conversation
will
land
at
the
at
the
commission
level
and
we
will
be
assessing
the
24
applications.
We
got
last
friday.
E
Yeah-
and
I
think
that
then
furthers
what
commissioner
wells
said
is
we
had
looked
at
previous
arpa
applications
and
wrap
around
services
as
we
continue
to
dig
in
and
look
at
additional
arpa
funding?
How
does
some
of
those
proposals
coming
forward
tie
in
to
a
to
this
particular
pilot?
So
it
feels
like
there's
a
lot
of
funding
streams
to
juggle
yeah.
I
don't
admit
that,
but
thank
you
all
for
your
work.
A
I
want
to
make
sure
I'm
clear
on
understanding
the
financial
kind
of
request
idea,
or
you
know
kind
of
the
concepts
here.
So
the
idea
is,
we
basically
maintain
the
current
policy.
We
have
around
investing
in
pre-k
the
levels
we've
been
at
plus
the
annual
index
for
inflation,
and
then
the
3.2
million
is
basically
an
additional
amount
of
funding
layered.
Over
and
above
the
base
funding
to
implement
this
two-year
program.
J
A
D
A
J
A
A
K
E
D
F
D
A
A
That's
now
a
lot
less
clear.
You
know,
unfortunately,
so
if
there's
not
a
significant
expansion
of
early
childhood
education,
pre-k
from
the
state
or
federal
level.
If
we
approve
these
arpa
investments
in
these
programs
and
of
course
we
hope
they
turn
out
great
right
like
we
hope
that
they're
like
yes,
they
did
exactly
what
we
thought
they
would
do.
They're
really
successful,
then
obviously
we're
not
gonna
want
them
to
go
away
when
their
pilot
projects
are
done
right.
A
So
if
there's
not
additional
state
or
federal
funding
or
corporate
funding
or
some
some
community
funding,
then
I
mean
realistically,
then
we
one
of
the
scenarios
we
need
to
think
about
is
like
once
this
one-time
funding
is
gone.
These
may
be
things
that
we
just
have
to.
You
know
commit
to
some
significant
additional
county
funding
to
continue
right.
So
we
should
just
go
into
that
in
a
really
clear-eyed
way,
right
like,
of
course,
we
hope,
there's
more
state
and
federal.
D
A
J
Build
add
that
into
the
fund.
Another
way
to
do
that,
if
we
were
in
a
you
know
in
in
a
more
reticent
sort
of
budget
posture
would
be
to
say:
okay,
we're
going
to
have
to
just
look
at
the
fun
and
earmark
x
percentage
of
the
fund
just
for
pre-k
purposes,
and
the
fund
itself
could
be
used
to
absorb
those
costs
every
year.
J
A
But
would
we
also
have
to
make
up
like
if
we
do
the?
If
we
did
everything
that's
talked
about,
you
know
if
we
did
the
4.3
for
the
rfp2
absent
additional
funding
sources,
we
would
also
have
to
start
picking
up
to
continue
those
kinds
of
activities.
We'd
have
to
pick
up
the
annual
percentage
of
that
4.3
million
to
right.
J
Know,
there's
there's
capital,
there's
materials.
There's
you
can
do
a
lot
around
one-time
cost
and
I
think
that's
a
very
strategic
use
of
arpa
funds
is
around
one-time
cost
now
that
just
to
make
sure
being
as
accurate
as
we
can,
that
1.6
number
I
cited
could
increase
each
year
because
if
we're
expanding
pre-k,
it
costs
more
to
provide
the
supplement
each
year,
but
it
would
be
a
slower
step
up
process
just
to
clarify,
but
that
4.3
is
not
recurring.
A
L
Good
afternoon
again,
commissioner,
still
rachel
nygard
still
here
at
the
podium,
but
this
time
with
the
agenda
topic,
continued
planning
around
covid
recovery
funding,
and
so
the
the
segway
from
the
last
agenda
item
to
this
one
is
that
you've
heard
commissioner
beech
ferrara
present
one
a
recommended
priority
for
potential
use
of
the
american
rescue
plan
act
funds,
and
we
need
to
pick
up
where
we
left
off
at
the
last
conversation.
So
what
I
won't
go
into
during
this
presentation
is
some
of
that
framing.
L
In
the
background,
anyone
following
along
that
wants
to
get
up
to
speed
on
that
can
view
the
presentation.
From
february
1st,
during
your
briefing
meeting
today,
we're
going
to
ask
the
commissioners
to
revisit
the
topic
of
the
process,
the
priorities
as
well
as
timing
and
amounts,
if
and
however,
applicable,
for
the
next
phase
of
recovery
funding
awards.
L
You
have
a
sheet
in
front
of
you
that
shows
an
updated
list
of
allocations
to
date.
That
is
the
same
information.
That's
reflected
on
buncombecounty.org
recovery
funding,
27
projects.
As
of
february
1st,
have
been
awarded
totaling,
roughly
23
million
23.1
million
dollars,
leaving
27
million
639
791.
L
We
are
recommending
a
staff
to
infuse
another
606
000
for
fund
administration,
that's
largely
to
pay
the
the
staff
salaries,
the
salary
and
fringe
costs
for
the
grant
manager
positions
and
to
infuse
some
additional
funds
into
covid
contingency
to
replenish
it
at
the
1
million.
The
sheet
in
front
of
you
also
shows
of
the
1
million
contingency
that
was
earmarked
by
commissioners
during
your
august
awards,
which
of
the
which
of
those
funds
have
been
put
toward
projects
so
far.
L
L
This
is
the
list
of
potential
priorities.
We
looked
at
during
the
last
meeting
with
the
additions
that
were
suggested
during
that
session,
so
aging
and
older
adult
services
was
added,
as
was
small
business
support.
These
are
organized
left
to
right
by
the
strategic
plan
focus
areas
from
education,
environment,
resident
well-being
and
vibrant
economy.
L
Let
us
know
if
there's
anything,
that's
not
on
the
list
that
you'd
like
to
see
added
vice
versa.
If
there's
something
here
that
you
think
there's
another
way
of
funding
that
this
isn't
the
best
match
for
right
now
we
could
remove
an
item
from
this
priority
list.
We
could
tweak
how
items
are
reflected
if
we
want
to
make
them
broader
or
more
specific.
L
We'd
also
like
you
to
consider,
are
there
any
funding
amounts
or
ranges?
There's
been
a
little
bit
of
conversation,
but
not
necessarily
landing
on
this
for
all
or
any
of
the
priorities,
so
affordable,
housing
early
childhood.
If
the
commission
wanted
to
to
mention
a
range
or
a
dollar
amount,
you're
marking
for
that
priority
or
for
all
the
priorities,
this
would
be
a
time
that
you
could
do
that.
L
In
addition,
a
question
or
consideration
is
when
we
go
out
to
solicit
these
projects.
Do
we
want
to
have
one
process
for
everything
or
different
processes
for
any
of
the
priorities
again,
following
up
on
a
piece
of
feedback
from
last
meeting,
the
idea
that
maybe
affordable
housing
would
be
a
process
that
would
be
separate
from
the
general
rfp
because
of
timing.
L
A
A
I'm
comfortable
keeping
infrastructure
pretty
broad,
I
mean
there
might
be
some
other.
I
mean
I
think
water
sewer,
that's
definitely
infrastructure.
So
I
don't
think
there's
any
question
that
that
would
like
proposals
related
to
that
could
be
considered.
There
could
be
other
kinds
of
infrastructure
that
might
come
forward,
so
I'm
I'm
okay,
keeping
that
term
fairly
broad
at
this
point
in
case
there's
other
ideas
that.
G
A
Okay,
I
see
the
slash
as
meaning
like
infrastructure
means
a
whole
bunch
of
stuff
other
than
in
addition
to
broadband.
But
if
we
need
to
clarify,
I
don't
hear
anybody
disagreeing
that
we
don't
want
to
limit
it
to
just
broadband
right.
Just
for
consideration,
I
mean
we
don't
necessarily
commit
to
any
particular
project
at
this
point,
but.
C
A
A
I
mean-
maybe
we
just
again
just
in
the
spirit
of
kind
of
keeping
things
broad,
maybe
we
would
say
economic
development
and
small
business
support.
Just
again,
there
might
be
some
things
that
are
not
just
literally
small
business
support
that
might
be
economic
development,
yeah
that
we
might
want
to
consider.
A
A
You
know
in
the
previous
iteration,
when
we
didn't
have
the
guidance
on
things
that
would
be
eligible
and
that's
turned
out
to
be
more
permissive.
I
mean
again
maybe
going
back
to
infrastructure.
I
mean
there
were
some
like
like
greenway
projects.
I
mean
that
was
something
we
didn't
know
about.
I
mean
I
again,
I
would
think
of
that
as
a
kind
of
infrastructure
project,
but
maybe
that
wouldn't
be
as
clear
as
water
and
sewer
parker.
A
D
A
Okay,
so
infrastructure
defined
broadly
all
right.
Well,
if
there's
no
other
categories,
just
in
terms
of
like
the
timing
and
process
around
this,
could
you
refresh
us
rachel
on
the?
I
think
there
was
a
proposed
time
for
a
general
time
frame
for
proposals
to
come
forward
that
was
discussed
earlier.
What
was
that
again.
L
We
gave
about
six
weeks
last
time
to
applicants
to
submit
their
proposals
and
have
the
review
process
occur
later
in
the
spring
early
summer
and
have
awards
ready
by
the
start
of
the
new
fiscal
year,
unless
there
are
any
that
we
want
to
peel
off
and
handle
separately.
So
as
an
example
to
two
that
I've
heard,
one
was
early
childhood
if
there's
an
intent
to
earmark
funds
for
a
specific
pilot
project.
L
Commissioners
wouldn't
necessarily
need
to
put
that
out
to
get
the
proposal
written
because
the
proposal
is
already
written
or
another
example.
If
commissioners
wanted
to
peel
out
affordable
housing
and
have
that
handled
differently
because
of
the
turnaround
time,
we
still
need
projects
that
are
going
to
be
ready
enough
to
implement
that
that
can
happen
within
time
frame,
but
perhaps
a
little
bit
longer
of
a
time
frame
to
prepare
the
proposals
or
release
the
rfp.
L
I
A
So
if
we,
if
we
went
down
that
path,
we
could
put
things
out
in
the
fairly
near
future
and
then,
like
march
and
april
folks,
would
send
proposals
in
and
then
maybe
late
april
may
we're
reviewing
proposals
and
for
things
that
have
a
high
degree
of
support
from
the
commissioners.
We
start
making
initial
allocations
around
the
projects
that
are
identified
as
having
you
know,
broad
support
on
the
commission
as
early
as
may,
and.
L
J
A
First,
I
mean
in
the
context
of
the
presentation
that
the
subcommittee
made
would
the
subcommittee's
recommendation
be
that
that
basically,
is
the
pre-k
early
childhood
education
space
proposal
to
con?
You
know
that
what
we
want
to
do
in
that
space.
It's
that
set
of
proposals,
however
much
funding
we
can
commit
to
that
yeah.
F
F
K
J
J
As
a
starting
point
in
the
conversation,
the
3.2
is
a
very
fixed
number
that
we
know
that
could
be
ready
for
immediate.
You
know
begin
july
1..
I
think
the
question
is,
if
there's
a
readiness
to
invest
more,
the
way
that
we
would
suggest
structuring,
that
would
be
an
rfp
at
a
later
date,
around
actual
expansion
projects,
and
you
know
that
7.5
million
number
you
know
it
jumped
out
for
a
number
of
different
reasons,
so
that's
kind
of
where
we
hope
to
start
the
conversation.
Okay,.
A
So
so
with
that
in
mind
again,
not
not
necessarily
saying
it's
going
to
be,
this
amount
that
we
fund,
but
if
we
agreed
with
that,
then
would
we
need
to
keep
in
the
solicitation
process.
We
could
take
basically
the
pre-k
early
childhood
education
out,
so
we
wouldn't
be
soliciting
additional
things,
because
we've
got
we've
kind
of
got
a
proposed
process.
J
C
J
C
A
I
think
the
idea
is
like,
basically,
as
it
relates
to
early
childhood
education
and
pre-k.
We
would
say
we're
not
inviting
other
ideas
at
this
time.
Basically,
the
early
childhood
education's
recommendations
that
are
coming
forward,
that
that
will
be
the
proposal
that
we
consider
as
it
relates
to
arpa
funding
for
investments
in
that
space.
Okay,
over.
C
L
And
if
I
might,
I
will
clarify
with
buncombe
partnership
for
children
how
late
of
a
date
is
workable
for
them
to
be
notified
of
an
award
for
a
july.
One
start
for
the
for
the
two-year
pilot
launch
at
some
point.
It
will
need
to
be
voted
on
and
awarded
so
that
they
can
take
the
steps
necessary
to
start
launching
july
one
and
I'll
try
to
nail
that
down.
L
A
A
A
A
So
I
am
a
little
concerned
that
some
of
the
best
ideas
for
like
new
projects-
it's
just
not
possible-
for
you-
know
development
organizations
or
businesses
to
come
up
with
like
a
well-baked
plan
in
a
in
a
matter
of
six
weeks
when
the
county
comes
out
comes
out,
says:
hey,
we
might
have
millions
of
dollars
to
invest.
You
know
you
got
to
get
sites,
you
gotta,
you
know
you
gotta,
have
a
well-planned
project
and
that
doesn't
all
happen
on
that
time
frame.
So
I
would.
A
I
would
encourage
consideration
of
a
potentially
longer
time
frame
for
that.
Perhaps
I'm
just
sort
of
thinking
out
loud
a
little
bit,
but
maybe
we
would
at
least
want
groups
that
are
going
to
propose
request
potential
investments
in
housing
and
homelessness
to
submit
some
type
of
application
on
the
same
time
frame.
A
But
maybe
we
just
have
some
some
flexibility
on
how
well
developed
those
projects
need
to
be
so
that
we
don't
exclude
some
potentially
really
good
ideas,
but
we
also
allow
a
realistic
time
frame
for
for
really
good
projects
to
to
come
forward.
So
I
would
that's
just
a
general
thought
around
the
housing
and
homelessness
we
we
potentially,
you
know,
give
a
little
bit
more
time
before
making
final
decisions
kind
of
like
with
the
pre-k
early
childhood
education
I
mean
I
would.
A
C
L
Alternately
if
the
whole
process,
if
we
want
to
delay
it
by
a
month
or
two
that
would
give
time
for
the
annual
grant
processes
to
be
decided,
strategic
partnership
grants,
get
recommended,
affordable
housing
services
program
allocations
for
the
year
to
get
recommended.
All
of
those
awards
are
typically
in
the
board's
budget
message
in
the
hands
of
the
budget
office
by
the
beginning
of
may.
We
could
shift
the
whole
thing
so
not
not
to
not
too
many
paralyzing
possibilities
out
there,
but
there's
we
can
really
craft
this
in
any
direction.
A
A
You
know
it
was
kind
of
an
iterative
process
like
we
talked
about
a
few
times
tonight.
The
so
I'd
say:
let's
go
ahead
and
open
open
the
application
process
soon,
pre-k's,
given
us
a
lot
to
think
about,
and
but
we
can
start
the
you
know
start
and
will
there
be
another
process
whereby,
like
the
community
groups,
can
send
proposals
related
to
these
issues?
Do
we
expect
the
county
will
internally
also
submit
updated
internal
proposals
related
to
these
issues?
For
our
consideration
too?
Yes,
okay,.
L
L
D
A
L
G
So
so
our
plan
would
be
to
go
back
and
craft
it
I'm
going
to
debrief
what
we're
hearing
tonight
and
come
back
with
a
plan.
Okay,
you
don't
have
to
have
us
next
meeting,
but
we
can
share
that
with
you.
What
our
plan
and
our
timeline
would
look
like.
Parker
the
slide
that
said
the
what's
available
is
26.861,
so
26.86
million.