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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Pre-Meeting - Oct. 1, 2019
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Pre-Meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners from Oct. 1, 2019.
A
A
B
B
We've
met
before
on
this
topic,
as
well
as
Eric
Anderson,
but
a
new
face
to
you
today
is
Keith
Conover
who's
sitting
beside
Sarah
Keith
works
for
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
information
technology
has
gotten
a
lot
better
than
he
used
to
be
when
he
was
working
for
Verizon,
but
now
works
here
and
it's
supporting
us
trying
to
improve
broadband
in
rural
Western,
North
Carolina.
So
with
that
said,
those
are
the
introductions
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Sarah
and
Keith
who
are
gonna,
walk
you
through
the
presentation.
C
Good
afternoon
and
thank
you
for
your
continued
interest
in
this
project.
It's
definitely
something
that
Keith
and
I
are
very
passionate
about
doing
and
seeing
move
forward
in
your
community
and
today
is
special
because
we
get
to
talk
about
how
we
move
from
the
planning
phase
into
some
action
items
as
a
review
we've
gone
through,
the
West
engine
effort
is
in
its
phase
two
operation.
As
part
of
this,
we
participated
in
the
community
survey
which
had
about
2,600
responses,
countywide
and
we've
done
a
variety
of
asset
mapping
and
accumulation,
including
community
assets,
vertical
assets,
etc.
C
D
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today,
just
in
terms
and
and
Tim
was
so
nice
to
mention
my
verizon
pass.
I
worked
for
AT&T
Verizon
in
Bell
Atlantic
for
27
years
before
moving
here
to
Asheville
nine
years
ago.
So
I
am
a
citizen
of
Buncombe,
County
and
I'm.
Very
passionate
about
this
I've
been
doing
the
state's
work
for
seven
years
and
have
been
responsible
for
bringing
broadband
new-and-improved
to
thousands
of
people.
It
is
a
market
driven
non
regulated
entity,
so
that
becomes
difficult
at
times.
D
This
would
be
the
14th
county
that
we've
had
a
provider
meeting
in
so
I've
done.
13
of
these
already
and
I
say
that
so
that
you
know
that
the
providers
are
pretty
prepared
on
what
to
expect
out
of
the
meeting
and
that
we're
not
just
trying
something
new
in
Buncombe
County
that
we've
never
done
before.
Every
meeting
that
we've
had
has
resulted
in
deployments
and
I'm
quite
proud
of
them.
D
So,
having
said
that,
the
provider
me
really
does
two
things:
it
allows
for
a
check
mark
on
neutrality,
which
says
that
we
invite
all
the
providers
incumbent
as
well
as
potential
competitors
to
the
meeting.
That's
my
job
is
to
do
those
invites
and
keep
track
of
that.
That
is
so.
If
there's
ever
a
provider
that
comes
and
says
we
weren't
invited,
you
can
point
them
directly
to
me.
Knocking
on
wood
I've
got
seven
years
with
ever
having
that
kind
of
request.
So
I
promise
you
that
that
will
be
my
commitment
to
you.
D
So
what
that
does
is
that
allows
you
to
save?
Everybody
has
been
invited
to
the
meeting
so
now
we
can
move
forward
and
work
with
folks
that
really
are
interested
in
making
changes
in
Buncombe
County.
The
second
item,
thats
of
importance,
is,
as
Sarah
mentioned,
sharing
the
demand,
information
and
I
will
tell
you.
2,600
responses
is
the
largest
of
any
County
that
I've
done
in
the
past.
D
I'm,
not
surprised
by
that,
because
Buncombe
County
represents
a
market
that
is
very
desirable,
and
that
is
something
that
we
should
definitely
not
forget
about
through
these
sessions
with
these
providers.
So
those
are
the
two
benefits
of
having
the
provider
meeting.
What
will
happen
at
the
provider
meetings
and
you
can
flip
us
to
the
next
slide
if
you
would
like,
my
role
is
to
facilitate
that
meeting.
Typically,
someone
from
the
county
will
introduce
themselves
thank
everyone
for
attending.
Thank
everyone
for
whatever
deployment
that
they've
done
already,
because
again
it's
not
a
regulated
business.
D
We
appreciate
anything
they've
done
to
date.
What
our
goal
is
to
have
them
to
do
more
in
the
future.
Once
that
happens,
I
typically
am
introduced
and
I
take
it
from
there
and
again
these
providers
have
been
through
this
before
what
we
do
is
we
present
them
with
information
that
is
on
a
thumb,
drive
that
they
will
take
with
them
from
that
meeting
and
Sarah
and
I
are
in
the
process.
Now
of
preparing
that
what
that
includes,
it
includes
the
demand
information,
the
addresses
of
the
2,600
folks
that
have
responded.
D
It
includes
a
map
with
those
addresses.
It
includes
your
vertical
assets
where
myself
Tim,
Sarah
Vance.
We
all
went
out
and
looked
at
the
towers
and
and
what
would
be
available
from
a
wireless
perspective
and
then
a
map
also
that
includes
those
all
together
which
shows
the
demand
versus
the
assets
available,
which
is
very
valuable.
Many
of
these
providers
do
not
have
folks
that
do
this
kind
of
research
for
them.
That's.
D
Why
we're
here
we're
here
to
try
and
show
them
that
there
is
opportunities,
especially
in
the
rural
areas,
where
you
know,
young
people
might
be
getting
laptops
at
school.
They
go
home,
they
don't
have
a
connection.
Some
telemedicine
needs
that
might
be
out
there
as
well,
but
what
this
allows
them
to
do
is
to
look
at
that
and
then
what
I
usually
do
at
the
end
of
that
session,
and
typically
these
meetings
by
the
way
are
not
very
long
because
we've
been
through
them
several
times
right.
D
But
I
do
talk
about
funding
and
when
we
talk
about
funding,
we
talk
about
USDA,
reconnect
funds
which
are
federal
funds
that
are
available
for
broadband
and
we
have
had
some
awards
recently
in
Western
North
Carolina
has
been
almost
a
decade
since
we've
had
them,
but
we
this
past
year
we
had
them
in
Cherokee
County
for
Blue
Ridge,
Mountain,
EMC
and
we've
had
them
in
mad
at
neighboring
Madison
County
for
French
Broad
as
well.
So
those
were
multi-million
dollar
awards.
That
would
that
happen,
and
in
those
cases
the
providers
have
to
be
the
applicants.
D
I
got
to
give
accolades
to
to
Sarah
and
Erika,
because
the
land
of
sky
cog
rarely
goes
after
funds
for
broadband
and
does
not
achieve
their
goal
so
I'm,
you
know,
I've
get
the
same
thing
with
the
Southwest
Commission
Council
of
Governments
I
cover
just
so
you
know
just
west
of
Charlotte
all
the
way
to
Murphy
so
that
you
know
kind
of
covers
I,
think
I'm
run
out
of
time
right,
but
that
kind
of
covers
what
the
provider,
meaning
is.
It's
nothing
new,
but
it
is
definitely
a
it's.
D
It's
a
very
important
milestone
to
move
from
planning
to
deployment
which
we
have
seen
in
many
cases.
I'll
just
be
quick
and
tell
you
that
I
just
had
a
deal
last
year
with
Western
Carolina
University,
where
they
owned
their
electric
infrastructure
and
we're
going
to
sell
it
to
do.
If
you
want
to
google
that
up
take
a
look,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
after
asking
them
to
hold
off
on
that,
to
try
and
solve
the
broadband
needs,
we
ended
up
with
4,200
people
with
newer,
better
broadband
at
no
cost
to
the
taxpayer.
D
C
After
what
we
saw
that
was
interesting
and
we
anticipated
this
on
the
front
end
was
that
Buncombe
County
kind
of
has
two
situations.
They
have
some
very
rural
areas
with
a
certain
problem
and
they
have
some
urban
areas
with
a
different
problem,
and
you
can
see
the
purple
circles
on
the
outside
represent
the
rural
communities
in
clusters,
where
we
have
some
identified
either
connectivity
or
access
issues.
C
That's
why
they
don't
have
connectivity
in
their
home
versus
on
the
city
of
Asheville,
a
hundred
percent
and
people
could
check
more
than
one
box.
That's
why
there's
more
than
a
hundred
percent
totals,
but
a
hundred
percent
people
say
that
it's
just
too
expensive
what
that
boils
down
to
is
either
their
cost
of
living
is
too
high
or
in
the
urban
areas.
They
have
more
opportunities
for
some
free
Wi-Fi.
That
makes
it
not
need
to
be
a
priority
to
have
in
their
home
what
we
did
in
the
AARC
grant.
C
This
cycle
is
put
in
these
three
purple
circles,
went
into
an
AR,
see,
grant
that
would
put
an
additional
Wi-Fi
spot
in
these
rural
areas,
so
they
have
some
of
the
same
opportunities
that
the
urban
areas
to
get
some
public
access.
It's
not
a
solution,
it's
kind
of
a
band-aid,
but
it
gives
the
rural
areas
a
little
bit
of
an
opportunity.
C
C
Because
AR
C
is
through
public
funding,
we'll
do
that
in
a
public
area,
so
the
process
should
we
be
funded,
for
that
is
we've
we
put
three
community
centers,
it
would
be
Leicester,
Community,
Center,
ox,
Creek
and
Broad.
River
are
those
three
community
centers
each
of
them
have
towers
nearby.
So
what
we
would
do
is
try
to
utilize
the
tower
or
someone
else
who
wants
to
be
a
provider
in
that
area
bid
out
the
project
to
them.
They'll
respond
to
it.
B
A
A
F
Good
afternoon,
I
am
going
to
talk
about
two
proposed
text:
amendments
to
the
subdivision,
ordinance
that
will
be
come
before
the
board
at
their
October.
At
your
October
15th
meeting
two
pretty
simple
text
amendments
one
is
changes
to
our
requirement
to
when
a
traffic
impact
study
is
required
for
a
subdivision
and
the
second
one
is
a
clarification
to
the
special
subdivision
requirements
and
then
a
slight
revision
to
the
family
subdivision
requirements.
F
Just
a
little
history
about
the
traffic
impact
study
requirements
in
2017,
we
added
a
requirement
for
traffic
impact
studies
for
subdivisions
of
300
Lots
or
more.
A
similar
one
was
added.
A
similar
requirement
was
added
to
the
zoning
ordinance,
but
at
a
lower
density
threshold
than
the
subdivision
ordinance.
Then
in
2018
you
passed
a
revision
to
the
zoning
ordinance
to
require
a
traffic
impact
study
for
75
units
or
more
for
a
Planned
Unit
development.
F
So
the
proposed
amendment
to
the
subdivision
ordinance
would
change
the
requirement
to
75
change
the
requirement
for
a
traffic
impact
study
for
275
Lots
or
more
to
match
it
with
the
zoning
ordinance.
So
we
have
consistency
throughout
our
ordinances
and
just
to
let
you
know,
it's
been
reviewed
by
the
Department
of
Transportation
and
we
actually
sent
it
to
the
city
of
Asheville,
because
we
do
have
some
roads
that
serve
property
within
the
county.
F
That
would
be
regulated
by
the
county
subdivision
ordinance,
but
are
served
by
city
roads
and
that
has
to
do
with
the
etj
being
dissolved.
It
created
this
sort
of
strange
situation
that
we
have
there.
The
amendment
the
amendment
to
the
traffic
impact
study
has
been
reviewed
and
discussed
in
a
public
hearing
has
been
held
by
the
Planning
Board
and
they
recommended
a
approval
to
the
board.
E
F
Would
go
from
300
lots
to
75
lots
and
we
added.
We
are
adding
a
requirement
that
if
the
traffic
impact
study
indicates
that
the
level
of
service
would
be
reduced
to
D
or
lower,
that
your
driveway
permit
be
submitted
to
NCDOT
or
city
or
city
of
Asheville.
Your
drive,
your
driveway,
permit,
be
approved
by
NC.
Do
to
your
city
of
Asheville
prior
to
submitting
for
preliminary
approval
now
most
subdivision
developers
they
submit
for
preliminary
approval
once
they
get
that
preliminary
approval
from
the
Planning
Board.
F
F
F
F
I
think
just
trying
to
get
the
process
started,
trying
to
get
their
approvals
in
place
before
they
submit
additional
information
to
do
T
or
the
city
of
Asheville,
and
so
what
this
would
do,
if
is,
if
you
have
a
subdivision,
that's
going
to
reduce
level
of
service
on
a
road,
it
would
require
you
get
that
do
t
driveway,
permit
or
city
of
Asheville
approval
prior
to
submitting
to
the
Planning
Board
for
preliminary
approval.
That
way,
if
there
are
any
recommendations
regarding
you
know,
the
DoD
has
any
recommendations
regarding
turning
lanes
or
decel
lanes.
G
It
made
it
really
difficult
to
sort
of
plan
from
a
transportation
perspective
when
we
have
any
number
of
scenarios
where
you
have
city
roads
that
then
go
out
into
the
county.
One
example:
that's
old,
Haywood,
Road,
okay,
so
I
talking
Candler,
it's
actually
maintained
by
the
city
of
Asheville,
so
we're
trying
to
maintain
a
way
to
coordinate
with
municipalities
in
a
way
that's
going
to
not
create
a
situation.
G
That's
going
to
create
a
transportation
issue
that
we
haven't
thought
clearly
through.
We've
got
some
fairly
significant
projects
coming
in
some
fairly
significant
projects
that
have
already
come
through,
after
all,
we're
still
in
development
boom,
and
we've
also
done
something
that
that
it's
a
little
bit
of
out
of
the
box,
but
we
think
it'll
help
as
we
continue
to
take
projects
to
our
Board
of
Adjustment.
We
want
to
set
them
up
for
success,
so
what
we've
done
and
what
the
do
t's
agreed
to
is
they're
now
attending
our
technical
review
committee
meetings.
G
What
the
Technical
Review
Committee
meeting
is!
Is
it's
all
your?
It's
all
your
subject
matter:
experts
all
your
people
involved
with
development
review,
whether
it
be
erosion,
control,
storm,
water,
transportation
permits
and
inspections.
They
all
sit
at
a
table
and
they
look
at
a
project
and
they
identify
any
concerns
that
may
take
place.
And
what
that
does
is
it
allows
us
to
forward
on
to
the
Board
of
Adjustment
because
they
review
projects
through
the
conditional
use
permit
process.
G
G
I
just
wanted
to
add
that,
because
it
does
play
and
while
level
level
serves,
D
is
an
extreme
example
and
seen
in
more
urban
areas.
It
does
sometimes
happen,
and
that
way
we
are
able
to
work
with
the
d-o-t
so
that
they
can
tell
us
ahead
of
the
curb
and
ahead
of
the
game.
What
they're
gonna
require,
whether
that
be
a
d-cell
Lane,
a
turn
lane
a
light.
We
know
right
from
the
get-go
what
we
might
need
to
plan
for
yeah.
E
I,
just
wanna,
you
know,
make
sure
we're
not
painting
the
entire
county
with
an
etj
brush.
We
keep
bringing
up
the
TJ
and
all
the
issues
we've
run
into
that
you
know
and
because,
when
you
get
out
beyond
what
used
to
be
the
e
TJ,
is
it's
it's
different
when
you're
doing
a
subdivision,
you
know
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're,
but
the
level
of
service
you
know
bmd
that,
should
it's
gonna,
be
your
more
urban.
G
It
was
basically
a
two-fold
one
is
to
bring
it
into
consistency
with
the
zoning
ordinance,
but
secondly,
in
those
extreme
circumstances,
and
we've
got
a
couple
of
projects
that
are
gonna,
be
coming
forward.
They're
in
sort
of
like
you
know,
the
e
TJ
there's
no
clear
line
in
some
areas.
It
looks
like
well
in
a
sense,
it's
almost
a
blob
in
some
areas
as
to
how
it
sort
of
snakes
up
in
the
city
and
comes
back
out,
so
we're
just
trying
to
find
a
way
to
a
moderate
approach
to
your
traffic
planning.
F
Any
further
questions
about
the
traffic
impact
study
requirement,
so
the
second
change
is
to
our
special
and
family
subdivisions,
special
subdivisions
or
three
Lots
or
less.
They
require
fire
marshals
approval
for
private
access,
so
that's
a
private
road
or
a
private
shared
driveway.
But
beyond
that
there
aren't
many
additional
requirements
and
then
family
subdivisions.
F
Then,
if
that
subdivision
is
considered
a
minor
subdivision
and
when
we
have
that
in
there
is
because
what
we
were
having
developers
do
is
create
a
special
subdivision,
creating
three
separate
LLC's
or
transferring
it
into
three
separate
peoples
and
names
and
then
additionally
doing
three
additional
special
subdivisions.
So
you
had
a
nine
lot
subdivision
that
was
never
reviewed
for
road
infrastructure
or
four
through
the
stormwater
and
erosion
process.
F
So
again
we
have
that
requirement
of
the
three-year
time
period
for
special
subdivisions,
and
we
are
just
clarifying
because
we've
had
lots
of
questions
from
surveyors.
But
if
you
have
a
two
lot
subdivision
and
you
want
to
come
in
within
that
three
year
period
and
subdivide
it
out
in
addition-
a
lot
you
do
not
have
to
meet
those
requirements
for
a
minor
subdivision.
I
always
say
you
get
three
Lots
for
free.
Once
you
hit
four,
you
have
to
start
constructing
some
infrastructure.
F
So
family
subdivisions
what
we
were
having
occurring
as
the
language
is
writing
now.
Written
now
is
people
developers
were
coming
in
doing
a
five
lot
special
family
subdivision,
and
on
top
of
that
doing
a
three
lot
special
subdivision.
So
you
had
an
eight
lot
subdivision
that
was
then
being
developed
without
going
through
the
subdivision
review
process.
So
that
includes
our
infrastructure.
F
If
they
go
through
the
minor
subdivision
process,
it
helps
our
stormwater
administrator
and
erosion
control,
administrator,
make
sure
they're
meeting
those
ordinances
minor
subdivisions
are
subject
to
our
hillside
development
requirements.
So
what
was
happening
was
developers
were
using
it
as
a
way
around
the
requirements
of
the
subdivision
ordinance
as
far
as
infrastructure
and
hillside
development,
and
so
on.
So
what
we're
proposing?
We
really
would
like
to
keep
it
in
place
for
the
people
who
are
using
it
for
the
purpose
of
transferring
property
to
family
members.
A
All
right
anything
else,
Tate
you
guys
good
all
right
next
up
is
the
affordable
housing
committee
funding
recommendations.
We
actually
just
came
from
that
meeting
and
we
did
not
make
the
recommendations
yet
we're
gonna
require
one
more
meeting
to
think
some
of
those
issues
through
so
I
think
our
update
is
that
yeah
there's.
G
No
update
it,
so
what
we're
gonna
do
is
we're
gonna,
go
ahead
and
start
slideshow.
What
I'm
gonna
do
is
sort
of
do
an
abbreviated
version
and
we're
gonna
update
you,
because
there
was
some
questions
in
previous
meetings
regarding
FY
2019
in
terms
of
our
emergency
repair
and
in
front
of
you,
you
should
now
have
a
manila
folder
that
you
can
take
with
you
and
read
through
summary
of
those
items
and
then
I'm
just
gonna
go
over
a
quick
slide.
G
That
shows
you
where
you
can
find
those
online,
and
so
this
will
be
fairly
quick,
because,
like
chair
Newman
said
we
did
just
come
from
an
affordable
housing
committee
notice
briefly
update
you
on
that
process,
so
again
FY
2019.
We
call
us
the
funding
wheel,
that
we
have
it's
the
the
categories
that
we
look
at
in
terms
of
the
Buncombe
County,
affordable,
housing
services
program.
We
try
to
do
a
little
bit
of
everything.
We
have
emergency
repair.
G
And
again,
this
just
sort
of
gives
you
the
highlights.
That's
included
in
your
manila.
Folder
and
I
will
show
the
public
here
in
just
a
second
where
they
can
find
this
online.
But
just
in
summary
here
this
gives
you
a
brief
synopsis
of
what
we
touched
on
in
the
2019
program
to
two
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollar
allocation
to
Asheville
area
Habitat
for
Humanity.
This
project
is
currently
under
construction.
They
had
to
do
a
lot
of
heavy
infrastructure
on
the
project.
G
I
actually
spoke
to
Andy
earlier
I
was
asking
them
about
concrete
curbs,
which
is
a
fascinating
subject.
He
told
me
they're
well
under
construction
with
stand-up
curb
eventually
in
the
phase.
One
it'll
support
twenty
four
units
for
sale,
home
ownership.
The
second
one
just
indicates
how
things
can
change
in
the
real
world.
We
have
money.
That's
returned
to
the
program
on
this
one.
G
In
particular,
this
was
a
victim
of
Amboy,
Road,
I,
26
and
240
realignment,
and
the
contractor,
or
an
developer
basically
told
us
that
he
will
not
be
able
to
move
forward
with
that
particular
project.
As
it
stands,
we
have
two
providers
of
emergency
repair
in
the
county.
That's
Mountain
housing
opportunities
and
Habitat
for
Humanity.
This
just
sort
of
indicates
how
they
have
provided
emergency
repair
and
the
number
of
units
and
what
they
will
do
coming
up
and
that's
just
based
on
the
timeline.
G
They
hope
to
have
all
these
completed
with
within
one
year,
clarification
on
the
last
one.
We
do
have
a
small
amount,
that's
allocated
to
employee
housing
assistance
program
there.
There
was
a
19
request
or
two
for
this.
But
what
happens?
Is
it's
a
small
amount?
It
it's
a
multi-year
fund,
it's
moved
forward.
If
we
don't
use,
it
I
think
the
idea
there
is
that
we
don't
always
ask
for
new
money
to
recharge
if
we
have
funds
available.
So
that's
the
reason.
That's
indicated
as
such.
G
This
is
a
this
is
an
interesting
graphic
that
our
department
creates.
It's
a
scatter
map
shows
you
across
the
county
of
where
we're
making
an
impact
in
terms
of
emergency
repair.
As
you
can
see
from
the
map,
it's
all
over
the
place.
This
is
also
where
you
will
find
documents
available
that
you
can
go
to
our
website
and
click
on
everything
that
you
have
included
in
your
manila
folder,
and
it
includes
the
following
reports
in
detail
now,
the
interesting
part
and
what
I
have
to
update
you
on.
We
just
came
from
the
affordable
housing
committee.
G
Let's
keep
in
mind.
This
is
a
new
committee
for
this
year.
We're
still
trying
to
find
our
way.
We
had
a
very
conversation,
we're
reviewing
applications
this
year.
I
can
tell
you
in
reports
so
far
we
received
eight,
six
of
which
would
were
deemed
complete
and
then
what
we're
trying
to
decide
is
well
every
year,
there's
an
amount
of
money,
that's
requested,
but
only
a
certain
amount
of
money.
G
That's
allotted
so
we're
trying
to
find
the
best
way
to
complete
that
funding
wheel
and
make
an
impact
in
sort
of
all
these
categories
and
components
what
the
committee
landed
upon
is.
Originally,
we
had
proposed
to
come
to
you
guys
to
the
full
commission
on
October
15th.
The
committee
would
like
a
little
bit
more
time
to
study
the
applications.
G
We're
gonna
meet
sometime
the
first
week
in
November
and
then
likely
come
to
the
Commission
for
a
full
vote
either
the
first
meeting
or
the
second
meeting
in
November
and
this
just
sort
of
indicates
what
our
budgeted
budget
is
program.
Income
is
money
that
comes
back
into
the
program
with
loans
and
interest,
and
then
the
returned
funds
is
basically
what
would
happen
if
a
project
doesn't
move
forward
or
some
other
kind
of
information
comes
to
light.
All
that
equates
to
one
million.
G
Eighty
thousand
seven
hundred
and
seven
and
we've
already
received
an
amount
of
money
that
is
in
excess
of
that
amount
and
again
just
to
rehash
we'll
come
back
to
you
at
either
the
first
or
the
second
meeting
in
November
for
a
vote
on
those
specific
applications.
And
that
concludes
my
presentation
on
update
to
the
commissioners.
A
H
H
The
reason
that
we're
before
you
is
that
there
is
a
new
piece
of
legislation
which
has
been
passed
by
the
General
Assembly
for
North
Carolina
pertaining
to
laws
surrounding
IVC
or
the
involuntary
commitment
and
the
delivery
of
behavioral
health
services.
So
one
of
the
reasons
that
I'm
introducing
the
topic
is
that
our
behavioral
health
partnerships
for
Buncombe
County
are
nested
within
the
strategic
partnerships
department.
H
These
local
entities,
the
care
entities,
including
behavioral
health,
as
well
as
hospital
and
the
law
enforcement
organizations,
will
collaborate
in
developing
a
transportation
agreement
which
will
codify
or
put
into
writing
and
formalize
the
plans
as
to
how
a
person
will
move
through
the
various
steps
as
they're
physically
taken
into
custody.
At
the
time
of
issuing
an
involuntary
in
order
for
involuntary
evaluation
and
commitment.
H
The
thing
that
kicked
it
all
off
is
that
the
original
due
date
in
this
legislation,
which
was
passed
about
a
year
ago,
late
2018
there
was
an
original
ask
for
counties
to
submit
their
transportation
agreements
to
the
state
by
January
of
2019.
As
you
can
see,
our
planning
really
kicked
off
in
June
about
six
months
later.
That
was
in
line
with
where
most
of
the
counties
across
the
state
were.
I
H
The
primary
reason
for
that
is
the
transportation
plan
it's
falling
under
this
larger
umbrella
of
a
crisis
services
response
plan
via
health,
the
local
management
entity,
LME
MCO,
the
managed
care
organization
for
behavioral
health
substance,
abuse
services
and
developmental
disabilities
via
is
our
main
coordinating
organization.
So
they
have
been
convening
partners
around
IVC
crisis
planning
which
pertains
to
services
and
treatment.
In
addition
to
so
the
evaluations
and
treatment
within
that
services
umbrella.
H
So
a
Memorandum
of
Understanding
or
agreement
between
the
different
entities
that
you'll
see
in
a
minute
related
to
how
people
are
transported
from
one
phase
or
one
location
to
another
throughout
the
involuntary
commitment
process
and
I'll.
Let
every
heart
cover
some
of
the
specifics
of
the
plan.
Then
we'll
come
back
and
talk
about
next
steps.
A.
J
Good
afternoon
Donnybrook
Monson
County
Sheriff's
Office.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
present
a
portion
of
the
transportation
agreement
is
a
memorandum
between
the
Buncombe,
County,
Sheriff's,
Office
and
all
of
the
other
local
law
enforcement
agencies
within
the
county.
Previously
state
regulations,
kind
of
had
the
oversight
how
consumers
that
had
IVC
papers
issued
against
them
would
be
identified
located,
taken
into
custody
and
transported
to
an
evaluation
site
under
the
new
policy
draft
that
has
been
pushed
down
to
a
a
local
County
area.
J
Buncombe
county
sheriff's
office
or
any
sheriff's
office
in
the
state
in
essence,
serves
as
the
lead,
so
we've
met
with
all
of
the
the
local
law
enforcement
agencies
in
the
county.
We've
produced
a
draft
for
them.
They
are
giving.
Some
feedback
spoke
with
the
chief
of
Montreat
PB
this
morning
and
we're
gonna
try
and
have
a
quick
meeting
for
one
final
revision
on
that
and
again
this
includes
the
meets
for
transportation
after
the
magistrate
issues,
the
involuntary
commitment
after
the
initial
evaluation
and
whether
or
not
further
treatment
is
needed.
J
The
other
local
agencies
that
are
participating
this
a
BTEC
campus
police,
Asheville,
PD,
Biltmore,
Forest,
Police,
Department,
Black,
Mountain,
Police,
Department,
Montreat,
Police,
Department,
North,
Carolina,
Arboretum,
Weaverville,
Police,
Department,
Woodford,
Police,
Department
and
UNCA
campus,
police
and
again.
The
overall
transport
plan
is
not
going
to
be
b8
from
what
state
statute
has
had
previously
had
us
operating
under.
H
H
We
will
be
bringing
that
agreement
forward
for
your
regular
agenda
on
October
15th.
That
means
the
agreement
is
being
like.
He
mentioned
final
final
reviews
this
week
and
it
gets
published
to
your
packet
and
posted
online
by
the
ninth
a
week
in
advance
of
your
regular
meeting,
provided
that
gets
the
approval
we
authorized
that
to
be
signed
and
I
mentioned
via
health
working
with
local
counties.
They've
got
22
different
counties
throughout
the
region
that
they're
coordinating
with
on
behalf
of
the
state.
H
As
we
put
these
final
plans
in
place,
10
out
of
those
22
have
completed
it
and
the
others
are
mostly
on
the
board
of
Commission
agenda.
So
you're
in
good
company,
with
other
counties
here
in
the
western
part
of
the
state
for
the
months
of
October
November
to
finalize
those
and
once
completed,
will
submit
to
all
of
the
places
required
by
the
the
law
which
are
listed
on
the
screen
already
or.
Where
is
that
gonna
go?
Do
any
questions.
A
K
K
We're,
also
going
to
make
sure
that
those
funds
never
fall
below
the
two
million
dollars
that
we're
gonna
set
is
the
fund
balance
level.
Now
one
of
the
biggest
things
that
came
out
of
this
is
the
joint
capital
advisory
committee,
so
per
the
MOU.
It's
gonna
function
similar
to
the
school
capital
commission,
where
we
have
two
pointees
from
the
board
here,
which
is
commissioner
and
peach
Ferrara
and
then
Commissioner
Whiteside,
and
then
we
have
two
from
a
BTEC.
K
We
have
trustee
Roger,
Metcalf
and
Matt
Kern,
and
then
we
have
one
at
large,
which
was
appointed
at
the
first
meeting.
I
believe
when
they
set
the
bylaws
is
that
correct
was
the
second
meeting.
It
was
a
first
meeting
and
he's
a
large
member,
so
they've
had
two
meetings
so
far
and
then
at
this
last
meeting
they
talked
about
projects
and
that
sort
of
thing
and
then
Matt's
gonna,
give
you
a
kind
of
some
detail
on
the
projects.
Unless
you
have
any
questions
about
the
MOU
which
I
doubt
you
do.
L
M
41
acres
at
the
corner
of
Sand,
Hill,
Road
and
smokey
Parkway
and
the
core
building
that
you
see
from
Smoky
Mountain
Parkway
is
the
large
building.
There
are
160,000
square
feet
and
it's
the
one
you
see
from
the
road
the
taller
tower,
which
we
call
the
old
Haynes
Tower
is
in
the
back
of
the
property,
and
you
don't
see
it
as
much
from
the
road
is.
That
is
that
your
answer?
Your
question,
sir
yeah.
A
M
When
we
submitted
our
budget
application
this
year,
we
we'd
asked
for
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
eight
or
seven
or
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
more
and
you
you
under
awarded
us,
which
meant
that
we
had
to
make
some
cuts.
But
then
you
did
supplement
and
come
back
and
we
identified
some
cuts
as
well,
and
part
of
the
cuts
were
the
what
we
would
call
contingency
for
unexpected
replacements,
preparing
replacements.
So
the
case
in
point
that
I
cite
is
back
in
early
August
when
it
was
90
degrees.
M
Every
day
we
had
four
air-conditioning
units,
some
of
which
are
scheduled
to
be
replaced
at
some
point
under
the
capital
repair
and
replacement
plan
that
were
not
operational,
so
they
were
emergency
emergency
repairs
that
were
not
budgeted
at
this
point,
and
so
my
anticipation
is
that,
in
the
spirit
of
the
MOU,
we
would
use
those
funds
to
underwrite
those
expenses
as
we
experienced
them.
So.
A
It's
so
it's
four.
Basically,
if
equipment
has
a
failure,
you
want
to
have
funding
there
to
replace
it.
It's
not
for
replacing
equipment.
That's
already
know
it's,
but
it's
just
sort
of
in
anticipation
of
hey
things
break.
We
need
to
be
able
to
fix
things.
Then
they
break
and
we'd
like
to
have
a
little
bit
of
funding
earmarked
for
those
types
of
relatively
small
projects.
A
One
other
question
and
I:
just
you
know
this
comes
to
my
just
cuz.
We
funded
a
similar
project
with
the
City
and
County
Schools.
So
on
the
LED
project,
it
sounds
great.
You
know,
Duke
was
a
no
one.
We
did
the
city
and
county
school
project.
There
was
a
pretty
nice
rebate
that
the
project
qualified
for
as
well
is
that
still
out
there
I'm.
M
Not
sure
if
the
rebate
is
out
there
in
the
same
form
that
it
was
at
that
time,
part
of
the
problem
for
the
college
is
that
we
were
not
participating
in
the
rate
schedule
that
wouldn't
anticipate
the
fact
that
we
could
get
those
rebates.
So
most
all
of
our
buildings
on
campus
are
paying
at
the
lower
rate,
because
right.
M
A
Understand
thanks
I,
just
thought
I
would
ask
consign.
Oh,
that
was
a
part
of
the
mix
on
the
other
project.
We
did.
Those
were
my
only
questions
for
now
other
questions,
so
the
the
just
in
terms
of
the
process
said
the
Capitol
committees
already
reviewed
this
and
supports
their
recommendations
and
then
the
a
B
Tech
Board
of
Trustees
will
take
it
up.
One.
E
A
A
M
A
Is
that
is
that
a
is
that
about
looking
at
the
physical
structures?
You
know
the
buildings
on
the
campus,
for
you
know
what
are
their?
What
are
the
future
needs?
I
mean
the
roof,
is
being
part
of
this
part
of
this
project,
sort
of
the
the
maintenance
plans
for
the
existing
building?
Is
it
or
is
it
also
about
programming?
Is
it
about
programming
and
kind
of
taking
care
of
the
physical
structures
or
both,
or
could
you
just
say
a
few
more
words
about
that
right.
M
It's
all
of
that
for
way
too
long,
we've
ignored
the
Inka
campus.
We
received
it
as
a
gift
in
2000
and
it's
still
sitting
there
pretty
much
unchanged
other
than
some
modifications
that
were
made
early
on,
and
so
we
we
have
a
lot
of
deferred
maintenance
and
needs
to
be
addressed
out
there.
So
we
would
like
to
have
a
facility
as
assessment
like
the
one
that
we
could.
You
conduct
it
on
our
behalf,
this
past
couple
of
years
to
identify
exactly
in
the
one
building
that
we
intend
to
keep,
and
that
is
the
TCC
building.
M
We
would
ultimately
assume
that
we
would
sell
off
perhaps
the
rest
of
that
facility
in
the
Haines
building,
so
we're
really
only
focused
about
the
TCC
building.
It's
a
hundred
and
sixty
square
feet
of
facility
and
we're
only
utilizing
about
ninety
thousand
square
feet
of
that.
So
part
of
our
desire
is
we
we
try
to
continue
to
expand.
Our
services
to
our
residents
would
be
to
expand
in
some
of
those
unoccupied
areas.
M
In
fact,
if
we
could
get
to
a
core
at
full
time,
equivalent
enrollment
of
more
than
three
hundred
students
out
there
as
we
have
it
would
fin,
we
would
receive
a
supplemental
grant
from
the
state
to
help
operate.
The
overhaul
overhead
costs
related
to
operating
that
facility.
So
our
goal
would
be
to
actually
increase,
and
this
would
help
offset
the
demand
for
more
space
at
the
Victoria
campus
as
well.
A
L
A
H
H
As
a
reminder,
this
grant
is
focused
on
jail
population
reduction.
This
is
a
support
that
comes
from
the
John
D
and
Catherine
T
MacArthur
Foundation,
so
private
foundation,
money
that
comes
directly
to
Buncombe
County
government
for
a
system
work
within
criminal
justice
to
address
the
drivers
of
jail
population
and
the
total
grant
award
was
1.75
million
dollars
over
a
two-year
period.
H
These
positions
will
be
within
pretrial
services,
which
is
a
division
within
the
strategic
partnerships
department.
As
a
reminder
of
the
work
that
pretrial
services
does,
there
are
two
main
functions
which
include
risk
assessments
and
pretrial
supervision.
The
risk
assessments
that
they
conduct
now
are
for
those
people
who
have
been
booked
into
the
detention
facility.
H
They
gather
that
information
about
the
risk
of
those
individuals
and
that
information
goes
to
judicial
officials
to
help
inform
decision-making
about
bond
and
whether
or
not
they
can
safely
wait
in
the
community
and
their
risk
for
committing
additional
crimes
or
risk
for
not
appearing
failing
to
appear
for
court.
Pretrial
services
also
conducts
supervised
release.
So
judicial
officials
judges
my
order.
H
Pretrial
supervision
is
a
condition
of
release
and
there
are
different
levels,
depending
on
risk
from
administrative
up
to
high-risk,
so
everything
from
a
weekly
check-in
by
phone
all
the
way
up
to
electronic
monitoring
a
range
of
different
accountability.
Measures
to
help
keep
a
connection
between
somebody
who's
waiting
for
disposition
of
their
criminal.
H
We
think
more
information
that
an
earlier
stage
of
the
process
might
help
that.
So
these
positions
that
we
are
requesting,
the
Board
of
Commissioners,
need
to
approve
the
creation
of
these
positions.
In
order
for
us
to
move
forward,
there
would
be
four
full-time
into
part
time
in
order
to
achieve
that
24/7
coverage
and
have
fill
in
for
when
people
are
away.
These
would
be
pretrial
screeners
that
are
100%
funded
by
the
grant
and
time
limited
for
the
life
of
grant
and
abolished.
After
the
end
of
the
grant.
H
H
I
used
the
term
time
limited
because
these
positions
don't
exactly
fit
the
definition
for
our
personnel
ordinance
of
a
temporary
position
because
of
the
full
benefits
that
they're
offered.
So
we
passed
the
the
Board
of
Commissioners
adopted
earlier
this
year,
I
think
it
was
April
a
grant-funded
position
policy.
They
would
be
consistent
with
the
guidelines
in
that
policy
time
limited
and
at
the
end
of
the,
when
the
grant
goes
away,
the
positions
would
go
away,
but
they're
not
technically
classified
as
temporary.
If
you
were
to
look
at
the
designation
in
the
HR
system,
good.
I
H
A
Do
we
do
we
have
a
policy
that
you
know
if
you
have
grant
funding
for
some
positions
that
they
as
in
this
case
they
they
are?
You
know
limited
to
the
length
of
time
that
we
have
the
grants,
or
is
it
just
kind
of
on
a
case-by-case
basis?
In
some
cases,
there
might
be
an
expectation
that
the
positions
continue.
You
know
indefinitely
in
this.
You
know
in
other
cases,
there's
a
conscious
decision
made
that
you
know.
Basically,
we
have
funding
only
for
this
period
of
time
or
three
sort
of
handle
it
differently
in
different
situations.
A
H
A
Very
good
all
right,
thanks
Rachel,
that's
the
last
item
on
the
agenda.
Are
there
any
other
items
that
commissioners
would
like
to
address
before
we
adjourn
before
we
have
a
special
meeting
at
4:30,
all
right,
we're
adjourned
and
we'll
reconvene
at
4:30
to
go
into
a
closed
session
prior
to
our
regular
5
o'clock
meeting.