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Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting from June 6, 2017.
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Thank
you,
I
will
now
read
the
ethics
reminder
to
the
board
in
accordance
with
the
kind
of
ethics
adopted
by
this
board.
Our
County
Commissioners
have
a
duty
and
to
obey
all
applicable
laws
regarding
official
actions
to
uphold
the
integrity
and
independence
of
the
office,
to
avoid
impropriety
in
the
exercise
of
official
duties
to
effectively
perform
the
duties
of
the
office
and
to
conduct
the
affairs
of
the
governing
board
in
an
open
and
transparent
manner.
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Is
there
any
item
on
the
agenda,
the
outcome
of
which
would
have
a
direct,
substantial
and
readily
identifiable
financial
impact
for
any
board
member?
Ask
the
does
any
board
member
have
a
financial
interest
in
any
public
contract
coming
before
the
board?
Today,
I
would
like
to
disclose
that
we
will
be
considering
the
issuance
of
an
RFP
for
a
solar
farm
on
the
retired
Buncombe
County
Landfill
I
do
work
in
the
solar
industry,
but
no
company
that
I
have
a
financial
interest
in
will
submit
any
proposal
regarding
that
project.
I
have.
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Other
members
of
the
board
have
a
duty
and
obligation
to
vote
on
all
matters
that
come
before
the
board
today,
all
right,
we're
now
public
comment.
The
time
limit
for
individuals
to
comment
to
the
board
is
three
minutes.
If
your
time
expires,
you
may
leave
any
question
along
with
your
name
address
and
phone
number
with
the
county
manager
board.
Members
are
not
expected
to
comment
on
any
matters
during
public
comment.
This
is
your
time
to
speak
to
us.
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The
board
reserves
the
right
to
deny
public
address
on
any
subject
previously
presented
to
the
board
during
the
same
meeting.
Are
there
any
members
of
the
public
who
would
like
to
speak
to
us
today?
I'll
start
with
a
County
Commissioner
Carol
Peterson
great,
to
see
you
thanks
for
being
with
us
also
I
want
to
mention
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
that
County
Commissioner
Ellen
fast
is
out
of
town
today
that
she
is
participating
in
the
meeting
over
a
conference
line.
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Langton
hello,
thank
you
very
much
good
afternoon,
commissioners,
Wanda
and
John
and
Kathy
and
Tim
and
Bob
good
to
see
you
all.
My
name
is
Carol
Peterson,
Bruce
and
I
live
and
the
beautiful
Cane
Creek
Valley
in
Fairview.
My
purpose
here
today
is
to
thank
County
manager,
Wanda
green
for
devoting
more
than
two
decades
of
her
life
to
the
care
and
well-being
of
the
citizens
of
Buncombe.
G
As
you
move
across
Buckham
County,
you
can
see
construction
of
new
schools,
libraries,
a
new
court
building,
which
is
referred
to
as
the
judicial,
complex
community,
centers,
a
perpetual
landfill
family
justice
center
public
safety
training
center.
The
addition
to
the
Health
and
Human
Services
Building
community
use
parks,
parking,
decks,
the
animal
shelter,
the
Life
Safety
Tower
and
the
renovation
of
the
historic
courthouse
to
name
a
few.
Those
are
just
the
ones
I
thought
up
this
morning.
All
of
these
things
were
a
result
of
the
organization
and
management
of
our
county
manager.
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These
are
things
that
you
can
see
and
will
remain,
will
remain
in
the
vision
of
the
public
for
many
many
years.
However,
there
are
some
things
that
we
will
not
be
visible
to
the
general
public.
These
are
these
are
extremely
important
to
the
financial
stability
of
our
County,
a
triple-a
bond
rating,
low
tax
rate,
job
creation
and
new
business
openings
again
under
the
leadership
of
our
county
manager
and
dedicated
staff,
many
of
whom
are
here
today.
The
final
point
I
would
like
to
make
is
this
relationships
matter
and
dr.
G
green
has
built
solid,
enduring
trust-based
relationships
with
people
across
not
only
our
county
but
across
the
region
in
the
state
she
listens
and
she
gives
advice
based
on
her
years
of
county
government
experience.
We,
the
250,
3178
citizens
and
probably
more,
have
moved
in
since
we've
been
talking
with
Franken
County
are
fortunate
to
live
in
a
place
where
our
county
government
has
been
managed
by
dr.
green,
and
we
thank
her.
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My
name
is
Dave
Hollister
I'm,
the
co-founder
of
Sundance
power
systems
and
the
Alliance
for
energy
democracy
and
our
business.
Sundance
power
resides
in
Weaverville
in
Buncombe,
County
and
I
also
sit
on
the
energy
innovation
task
force
and
help
concede
the
idea,
along
with
brownie
and
Julie,
and
several
other
folks
and
I,
want
to
express
my
gratitude
for
the
county
and
the
city
for
stepping
up
to
the
plate
and
having
this
conversation,
because
it's
one
of
the
most
important
conversations
we
could
be
having
right
now.
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You
know
every
generation
has
an
opportunity,
can
see
risks
and
rewards
and
we
happen
to
be
living
in
a
time
of
transition
and
we
need
to
have
people
that
are
having
this
vision
in
foresight.
So
I
would
like
to
really
express
my
support
for
the
recommendations
of
the
energy
innovation
task
force
and
specifically
theirs
with
regard
to
the
renewable
energy
aspects
of
these
recommendations.
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You
know
the
right
now,
the
county
and
the
city
and
all
municipalities
really
have
the
ability
of
adopting
renewable
energy
and
it's
quite
frankly,
one
of
the
best
long-term
investments
we
can
make
for
our
communities,
both
from
a
financial
standpoint.
As
well
as
an
environmental
and
social
standpoint-
and
you
know,
this
money
is
going
to
help
really
create
the
what
I
call
the
structural
DNA
of
the
county
to
be
able
to
adopt
these
systems
and
own
these
systems,
the
true
value
of
these
systems
through
the
ownership
of
the
system.
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When
you
have
somebody
else
on
the
system,
when
you
have
other
people,
sell
you
the
power
off
of
renewable
energy
systems,
you
our
community
just
does
not
benefit
the
way
it
does
when
our
community
invest
directly
in
these
systems
and
owns
them.
So
I'd
like
to
really
urge
you
well
to
consider
these
allocations
of
resources
and
the
recommendations
from
the
eitf
to
really
make
this
happen,
we
need
to
step
forward.
There
are
other
communities
in
the
country
that
have
made
these
steps
and
are
doing
this
right
now.
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A
Alright
and
then
yes,
sir,
and
he
that's
not
a
plaid
or
or
if
you
disagree
with
something
no
burning.
Of
course,
either
I
make
an
exception
for
the
comments
about
dr.
Wanda
green,
which
I
really
appreciate
and
share,
but
but
let's
not,
let's
not
a
clouds
after
it's
not
plot
after
each
speaker,
yes,
ma'am.
I
Thank
you
for
taking
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
me.
My
name
is
Liana
Joyner
and
I've
been
a
resident
of
Buncombe
County,
since
2004
and
I
do
live
in
West
Asheville
and,
like
many
of
you,
I
bet.
If
you
took
just
a
brief
moment
to
think
about
a
happy
memory,
there
probably
like
me
something
that
occurred
outdoors
with
people
that
you
care
about
as
a
board
member
of
Connect
Buncombe
I'm
here
tonight.
I
First
of
all
to
thank
you
for
Buncombe
County
Commissioners
leadership
in
coordinating
the
efforts
to
support
the
Metropolitan
Planning
Organization
and
the
Tourism
Development
Authority
spending
on
the
Woodson
Greenway
and
Blueway
project,
a
significant,
a
patience
undertaking
in
my
opinion
and
I'm
pleased
to
see
us
moving
in
the
right
direction.
I
think
that
demonstrates
that
the
vision
and
the
momentum
for
greenways
is
carrying
forward.
I
You've
probably
heard
that
connect
Buncombe
held
a
really
wonderful
event
a
few
Fridays
ago
on
growing
Greenway
success
and
among
the
take
aways
from
this
are
tangible
benefits
that
greenways
offer
a
county
like
ours,
told
them
to
the
Virginia
Capitol
trail
from
Richmond
to
Williamsburg
Virginia
had
five
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
visitors
in
just
its
first
year
and
east
of
here.
The
bike
trail
on
the
coast
of
North
Carolina
has
a
nine
to
one
annual
return
on
investment,
pretty
powerful
stuff.
But
greenways
and
I
look
at
one
of
our
accounting
residents
here
tonight.
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A
I
I
J
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J
Thank
you
so
I'm
here
this
evening
to
speak.
First.
In
a
word
of
thanks,
we
want
to
thank
the
Commission
and
the
county
staff
for
the
opportunities
that
were
presented
to
the
east
Asheville
community
over
the
winter
to
provide
input
for
what
they
felt
was
needed
and
wanted
in
our
new
library
and
community
space
people
felt
heard
and
were
encouraged
by
the
process.
J
Secondly,
we
want
to
thank
you
and
the
city
officials
for
working
together
and
discussing
what
options
are
available.
Should
the
library
be
built
at
the
existing
site
owned
by
the
city
with
the
last
of
the
community
center
to
leave,
East
Asheville
residents
have
had
problems,
trusting
that
the
city
cared
about
the
needs
of
the
residents,
and
it
was
good
to
see
that
they
were
engaged
in
the
process
of
discussing
options
for
the
new
library.
J
Besides
expressing
our
gratitude,
we
are
also
here
this
afternoon
to
be
reassured
that
before
the
fiscal
year,
18
budget
is
implemented,
that
the
county
is
committed
to
going
ahead
with
the
planning
and
construction
of
a
new
East
Asheville
library
and
community
center,
and
that
there
will
be
funds
allocated
in
the
upcoming
budget.
That
would
cover
costs
related
to
planning
and
design.
We
also
want
to
share
how
important
we
feel
it
is
for
the
county
to
have
full
responsibility
for
the
new
library
if
it
remains
at
the
current
site.
There
have
been
problems
related
to
maintenance.
J
The
outside
of
the
building
in
the
past,
as
a
city
has
not
seen
the
library
to
be
a
priority.
We
recognize
that
the
handshake
agreement
between
the
city
and
the
county
that
we've
been
operating
under
in
the
past
has
worked
in
some
ways,
but
with
this
new
undertaking,
the
residents
feel
that
having
one
entity
responsible
for
the
new
library
will
be
the
beneficial
to
all
involved.
When
I
last
spoke
in
front
of
this
Commission
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
we
requested
three
things.
J
One
was
that
the
county
and
city
start
talking
with
each
other
regarding
the
current
library
space
to
determine
if
it
was
possible
for
our
future
library
to
remain
in
that
location
and
what
that
would
look
like
and
we
feel
like.
We
are
well
on
the
way
in
that
aspect
of
that
request.
Number
two.
We
ask
that
you
make
a
commitment
that
our
library
would
not
be
postponed
again
and
a
location
and
designer
worked
on
as
soon
as
possible
from
what
we
can
tell.
J
This
looks
to
be
on
track,
and
we
are
back
here
today
to
be
reassured
that
this
is
the
case,
and
the
third
thing
we
requested
is
that
a
small
task
force
be
established
with
community
representation
that
would
serve
to
move
the
process
forward
and
allow
for
better
communication
to
and
from
East
Asheville
residents.
While
we
truly
appreciate
the
coordination
of
the
community
meetings
about
the
library,
we
feel
it's
important
to
have
a
community
member
who's
involved
in
the
library
planning
efforts
on
an
ongoing
basis
to
make
sure
that
East
Asheville
voices
are
represented.
J
We
also
have
one
more
request
as
one
of
the
busiest
branches
in
the
library
system.
We
hope
that
if
the
new
library
is
built
on
the
existing
site
that
the
library
administration
has
a
plan
to
deliver
adequate
library
services
to
East
Asheville
during
the
construction
of
the
new
library,
we
figure
it'll
probably
take
at
least
a
year
to
get
that
new
library
built.
We
know
this
will
take
some
planning
and
we'd
like
to
share
ideas
of
how
we
could
make
that
happen.
J
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
share
our
gratitude
and
our
request.
We
really
feel
that
this
project
has
a
potential
to
demonstrate
how
a
partnership
between
the
city
and
the
county
and
community
residents
can
build
a
library
and
community
space
that
will
meet
the
needs
of
our
community
for
another
50
years.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Alright,.
L
Hello,
my
name
is
Ian
Williams
I'm,
the
site
coordinator
with
ABC
cm
at
their
crisis
ministry
site
in
Hama,
Valley
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
Reverend
Scott,
Rogers
and
ABC
cm,
who
is
owned
and
supported
by
282
churches
in
Buncombe
County.
These
churches
are
estimated
to
have
between
70
and
90,000
members
and
who
contribute
5600
members
volunteers
to
serve
their
neighbors.
L
The
residents
of
Buncombe
County
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
red
and
Rogers,
who
regret
city,
can't
be
here
but
he's
spending
time
with
his
granddaughter,
and
he
asked
me
to
share
the
importance
of
our
partnership
with
the
county,
which
has
lasted
for
over
30
years.
We
hope
that,
as
you
do,
that
you
look
at
our
faith
partnership
and
recognize
that
we
are
not
a
typical
nonprofit
and,
in
fact
the
largest
collaboration
of
the
faith
community
in
our
County.
L
As
you
decide
to
allow
the
funding
that
you're
going
to
be
talking
about,
we
ask
that
you
reconsider
scaling
back
your
partnership
with
ABC
cm.
We
began
this
partnership
and
continue
to
do
so
to
the
community
service
navigator
program,
because
we
can
provide
services
at
a
lower
cost
by
engaging
volunteers.
We
match
the
county
funds
with
funds
from
churches
and
residents.
L
The
question
is
what,
if
it
were
your
daughter
and
her
husband
with
a
10
month
old
son
living
in
Kammler,
like
the
ones
who
came
through
our
doors
last
week,
looking
for
food,
your
funds
meant
that
we
were
able
to
be
open
for
more
for
four
more
hours
that
day
so
that
she
could
come
after
work
and
not
only
get
well
balanced
and
nutritious
meals
to
help
their
family,
but
also
the
time
to
understand.
She
was
eligible
for
the
WIC
program,
how
to
shop
better,
how
to
connect
with
other
community
resources
and
support.
L
The
same
is
true
in
a
Vietnam
vet
who
came
seeking
assistance
with
his
electric
bill,
he
came,
he
was
to
us.
He
was
losing
hours
at
work
due
to
a
very
bad
hernia.
A
trained
volunteer
gave
the
extra
hours
in
time
to
overcome
his
fears,
gain
his
trust
and
connect
him
with
the
appropriate
health
care
and
veteran's
benefit
services,
which
resulted
in
a
much
more,
financially
and
physically
stable
situation
for
him
when
you're,
considering
who
the
county
is
a
partner
with
going
forward.
L
I
want
you
to
consider
the
young
mother,
who
recently
finished
nursing
school
but
spend
every
dime
that
she
had
traveling
out
of
County
to
fulfill
her
clinical
requirements.
Her
power
had
been
disconnected.
We
were
able
to
partner
with
other
community
organizations
to
have
that
power
turn
back
on
before
our
kids
came
back
home
from
school.
L
M
Good
to
be
in
a
room
with
a
bunch
of
engaged
people.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
My
name
is
Carl
Mun
power
I
live
in
Asheville
by
some
act
of
mischief
I'm.
Now
the
chairman
of
the
Buncombe
County
Republican,
Party
and
I'm
here
on
their
behalf,
to
support
our
three
members
on
your
Commission.
The
Republican
mission
can
be
boiled
down
to
basically
three
things
be
careful
with
other
people's
Liberty
with
other
people's
safety
and
with
other
people's
money.
Tonight
you
all
are
addressing
the
third
leg
of
that
stool.
M
In
the
midst
of
the
longest
and
arguably,
most
profound
period
of
expansion,
growth
and
prosperity
in
our
County's
history,
you're
in
control
of
a
lot
of
money,
that's
a
concern
as
surely
as
it
is
a
blessing.
We
all
know
that
cycles
have
cycles
there's
bust
and
there's
boom
to
the
extent
that
bulken
County
residents
are
standing
under
a
tree
with
a
half
a
billion
dollars
of
debt
on
it.
M
That's
something
we
need
to
pay
attention
to
you
here
tonight
to
address
what
realistically
is
an
opportunity
to
take
advantage
of
the
recent
reevaluation
of
property
and
to
secure
a
net
tax
increase
or
to
hold
the
line
and
not
add
additional
burden
to
our
citizens.
We
speak
in
favor
of
the
latter
to
the
extent
that
there's
been
an
unprecedented
flow
of
jobs,
shoppers
and
new
development
in
our
County
we're
blessed
to
have
County
coffers
that
have
exceeded
income
projections
by
rather
dramatic
numbers.
M
N
N
N
But
what
it
doesn't
do
is
address
the
elephant
in
the
room
which
is
methane.
So
this
we
have
all
these
ideas
about
how
we
can
save
energy,
how
we
can
put
some
solar
panels
on
some
buildings,
but
we're
not
addressing
the
fact
that
we're
about
to
shift
our
entire
electricity
production
to
natural
gas,
which
is
90%
methane
and
methane,
is
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
is
about
a
hundred
times
more
potent
as
a
greenhouse
gas
than
carbon
dioxide.
N
So
we're
doing
all
this
wonderful
work
to
reduce
our
carbon
imprint,
which
that
needs
to
happen
and
we're
moving
away
from
coal,
which
obviously
needs
to
happen,
but
we're
replacing
it
with
another
source
of
energy
that
is
going
to
accelerate
climate
change.
So
2014,
15
and
16
were
the
hottest
years
on
record
globally.
N
2017
is
turning
out
to
be
the
same.
People
were
expecting
2017
to
be
a
little
cooler,
because
El
Nino
has
shifted,
that's
not
happening.
It's
accelerating,
and
the
chunk
of
the
Antarctic
ice
sheet
is
about
to
dive
into
the
sea.
So
if
we
continued
working
on
all
these
ways
to
conserve
energy
and
all
the
other
things
that
are
in
the
EITS
proposal,
it's
going
to
help,
but
as
long
as
our
all
of
our
electricity
is
coming
from
gas-fired
plants,
we're
not
going
to
make
a
difference.
N
N
So
me
saying
doesn't:
doesn't
come
out
of
the
chimney
stack,
so
when
you
see
that
the
power
plant
in
Arden
you
see
smoke
coming
out
of
those
chimney
stacks,
it's
not
going
to
come
out
of
to
be
stacks.
It
gets
vented
along
the
way.
So,
between
the
time
it's
taken
out
of
the
ground
and
the
timer
gets
to
a
power
plant
about
5.8
percent
of
that
methane
is
emitted
into
the
air
intentionally
and
accidentally,
that's
a
huge
amount
of
gas.
That's
going
up
into
our
atmosphere.
N
The
other
thing
we
need
to
know
about
methane
is
that
it
is.
It
lasts
for
much
shorter
periods
in
the
climate,
so,
whereas
carbon
dioxide
will
hang
out
for
decades,
let
me
say
will
only
hang
out
for
15
years,
but
the
next
15
years
or
what's
crucial.
If
we're
going
to
turn
this
climate
thing
around.
Clearly,
there's
no
leadership
at
the
top.
That's
going
to
stop
that
from
happening,
so
I'm
here
to
ask
what
we
do
it
at
a
local
level.
N
O
Linda
Van
Heusen
I'm,
a
Nashville
resident
I'm
here
to
speak
to
the
community
navigator
pop-up
program,
My
partner
and
I
are
volunteers
at
manna,
Food
Bank
and
we
also
volunteer
to
drive
the
truck
to
deliver
food
to
Pisgah
view
tisk
view
apartments,
and
we
have
had
the
opportunity
to
see
the
very
desperate
need
these
people
have
for
food
and
it's
been
very
rewarding
and
they
are
very
appreciative
of
what
we
do.
So
we
think
it's
important
that
these
programs
continue
to
continue
not
only
for
Pisgah
but
for
other
community
outreach
programs
and.
O
A
P
Simmons
and
I
am
a
bumpkin
County
navigator
now
call
connectors
that
this
young
lady
just
spoke
about,
and
we
have
targeted
low
wealth
communities,
because
one
of
the
things
that
we
identified
was
that
those
are
need
for
them
to
have
access
to
healthy,
nutritious
food,
a
lot
of
the
food
that
we
deliver
to
them
through
a
partnership
with
manna,
Food
Bank
is
fresh
vegetables,
fresh
fruits
and
I
won't
belabor.
The
point
well
I
will
do
is
in
terms
of
numbers
real,
quick.
P
P
That
money
is
paid
by
grants.
Five
thousand
and
forty
eight
dollars
the
money
invested
by
the
county.
It's
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
six
dollars.
The
value
of
the
food
that
was
distributed
was
1
million,
108
thousand
dollars
that
these
residents
in
11
different
communities
that
we
serve.
We
had
not
had
access
to.
So
we
do
think
that
the
program
is
important
and
it
does
have
value
and
it
does
make
a
difference.
Thank
you
thank.
R
My
name
is
David
Ellison,
distinguished
commissioners,
caring
citizens
and
first.
R
Every
single
persons
in
this
room,
because
we
care
that's
a
big
deal,
that's
a
thing
to
be
grateful
for
I'm.
A
friend
of
mine
told
me
once
that
the
minds
like
old
underwear
once
it's
stretched
it
never
goes
back
and
I
open.
My
three
minutes
two
minutes:
can
you
stretch
a
couple
mind
if
I
have
any
luck
at
all
for
those
who
care
about
the
next
generations,
those
that
feel
like?
We
have
a
legacy
as
citizens
to
leave
for
our
children
for
those
that
are
parents,
you
have
to
care
about
climate
change.
R
You
have
to
care
about
global
warming.
Just
gets
talked
about
as
a
partisan
issue.
Sometimes
there's
a
political
issue.
It
is
not.
We
are
dying,
I,
don't
know
any
other
way
to
say
it
than
that.
This
is
not
down
the
road.
This
is
not
in
the
future
tap
to
the
founders
in
the
Pacific,
Northeast
and
Curly.
Can't
flesh
Farms
fish
wonders
that
they
fish
generationally.
Since
time,
America
talked
to
the
founders
that
have
had
to
leave
generational
lands
because
of
unprecedented
drops.
R
This
exists
right
now
or
how
about
the
two-thirds
of
the
knives
population
that
is
in
climate
right
now,
no
deprivation
as
we
speak,
I
care
about
my
little
girl,
she's
three
years
old
and
I
know
y'all
have
an
immense
task
with
a
lot
of
things
on
your
plates,
a
lot
of
budgets
and
a
lot
of
things,
but
we
want
to
look
back
and
our
generations
that
will
look
back
and
ask
what
did
you
do
when
you
heard
about
climate
change?
What
did
you
do?
Did
you
not
notice
there'll,
be
the
scientists?
R
Did
you
not
read
the
reports?
Did
you
not
understand
that
you
know
when
they
say
when
one
thing,
that's
not
disagreeable
as
we're
in
the
Holocene
extinction.
Simply
I
know
what
that
is.
The
Holocene
extinction
is
a
sixth
mass
extinction
of
this
planet.
There's
been
before
now
the
background
rate.
For
extension,
it
is
a
naturally
occurring
phenomena,
one
two
five
species
a
year
we
thousand
to
ten
thousand
times
that
rate
as
we
speak.
This
is
not
a
debatable
fact.
R
The
question
is:
what
are
we
going
to
do
about
it,
as
the
young
lady
mentioned
before
about
methane,
and
these
other
options
I've
tapped
to
the
city's
lap
time
allowed
to
while
it
is
40%
cheaper
than
100
percent
renewable?
They
did
so
17
years.
I
have
scheduled
and
asked
of
why
this
is
the
CFL
farewell
to
he
said
because
we
couldn't
afford
not
to
English
the
contracts
were
so
agreeable
to
our
community.
Then
half
like
40%,
cheaper
than
P
PG&E
I,
believe
what
it
is
in
California.
So,
as
a
concerned,
citizen
I
know
you've.
R
S
County
Commissioners
Bradley
knew
mr.
Newman
in
black
mask
over
the
YWCA
I'm
here
with
my
colleague,
Amanda
Reed,
we're
going
to
tag
team
in
three
minutes
I'm
here.
To
give
you
a
brief
update
on
our
swim
equity
proposal
that
is
before
you
to
let
you
know
that
we
are
working
very
diligently
with
Asheville
middle
school
to
provide
swim
lessons
to
two
hundred
sixth
graders
during
PE
classes
to
really
address
the
disparity
between
swim,
lessons
for
particularly
children
of
color,
and
we
are
proud
to
say
that
we
have
$22,000
secured.
S
We
have
another
sixty
thousand
dollars
putting
in
grants
that
we
will
find
out
in
September
in
an
October.
A
request
for
you
for
twenty
thousand
dollars
is
really
important
for
us
to
launch
this
program
this
summer.
I
mean
this
next,
the
beginning
of
the
school
year
and
I
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
brief
update
I.
We
have
several
other
proposals
in
front
of
you,
but
I
want
to
turn
it
over
to
Amanda
to
share
good
news
about
our
mother
love
program.
T
Hi,
my
name
is
Amanda
Reed
I'm,
the
director
of
women's
empowerment
at
the
YWCA
of
Asheville,
so
I,
currently
work
within
the
mother.
Love
program
on
the
medulla
program
supports
pregnant
and
parenting
teens
in
Buncombe
County,
as
you
may
know,
or
may
not
know.
74
percent
of
pregnant
and
parenting
teens
in
North
Carolina,
don't
graduate
high
school
within
our
program.
We
have
a
pretty
high
success
rate
right
now.
We
have
13
seniors.
T
Ten
of
our
seniors
will
be
graduating
this
June
and
then
three
of
our
seniors
will
be
graduating
in
August,
so
we're
hoping
to
continue
to
celebrate
and
support
and
encourage
our
teen
parents
to
make
sure
they
know
that
they
can
graduate
from
high
school
and
that
secondary
education
isn't
just
an
unattainable
goal.
It's
a
goal
that
they
can
reach
and
that
it
is
integral
for
their
for
their
families
to
succeed.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
hearing
some
us
thank.
F
U
Good
evening,
I'm
Charlton
and
I'm
the
executive
director
at
Swannanoa,
Valley
Christian
ministry
and
we're
here
tonight
to
ask
the
commissioners
to
to
keep
our
community
connector,
which
is
formerly
the
community
service.
Navigator
patty
Windish
here
is
our
community
service
navigator,
as
she
connects
our
clients
with
other
community
agencies
and
resources
that
can
provide
assistance
to
help
them
meet
their
needs
beyond
those
that
our
ministry
can
do
on
our
own,
and
we
she
spends
time
with
these
clients.
She
gets
to
know
these
clients
and
she
helps
them
work
through.
V
Good
evening,
as
Cheryl
said,
on
patty
Windish,
community
connector
for
Solano
Valley,
Christian
ministry
and
I'd
like
to
share
a
few
stories
with
you.
A
teenage
client
came
into
our
ministry
with
his
uncle,
who
had
agreed
to
take
him
in
after
his
parents
had
thrown
him
out.
He
is
still
in
high
school
and
has
many
special
needs.
They
did
not
know
where
to
begin.
I
gave
them
lots
of
information
about
health
care,
disability,
food,
stamps
Medicaid,
as
well
as
several
resources
that
could
help
them
with
his
disabilities.
V
Later
my
client
and
his
uncle
came
back
to
the
ministry,
to
tell
me
how
helpful
all
the
information
I
had
given
them
had
been.
They
had
been
able
to
secure
food
stamps
and
Medicaid
for
him,
and
they've
been
working
with
the
Buncombe
County
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
who
they
described
as
wonderful.
They
were
so
happy
to
have
some
of
the
rori
and
burden
lifted.
Another
client
was
being
harassed
by
her
mortgage
company
over
the
appearance
of
her
home
and
not
over
payments,
as
they
were
taken
directly
out
of
her
checking
account.
V
They
were
also
trying
to
entice
her
to
take
out
another
loan.
I
advised
her
to
contact
Pisgah
legal
services
and,
in
a
few
weeks,
I
learned
that
the
client
had
met
with
Pisgah
legal
services,
who
wrote
to
her
mortgage
company
advising
them
to
stop
harassing
her,
which
took
care
of
her
problem.
I
keep
a
jobs
bulletin
board
in
SVC,
Em's
Lobby,
a
client
noticed
a
job
I
had
posted
on
bulletin
board
for
business.
Where
he
used
to
work.
He
was
encouraged
to
call
them
back
to
see
if
he
could
return
to
work
for
them.
V
V
We
left
the
hostage
left
the
hospital
prior
to
surgery
because
she
said
she
could
not
pay
for
the
surgery
we
had
a
long
meeting
and
I
gave
her
lots
of
information
and
strongly
encouraged
her
to
return
to
the
hospital,
even
though
she
has
no
insurance
I
advised
her
that
the
hospital
social
services
department
would
work
with
her
to
find
her
a
place
to
stay
to
recover.
She
was
also
able
to
get
her.
I
was
also
able
to
get
her
counseling
at
Black
Mountain
Counseling
Center.
V
Through
an
intake
volunteers
Church,
we
were
able
to
get
her
money
to
pay
her
to
get
her
a
duplicate
driver's
license
and
an
englis
gift
card.
We
were
also
able
to
pay
for
her
storage
unit.
This
homeless
woman
was
so
appreciative
of
all
the
information
and
assistance
she
received.
She
said
it
was
the
most
help
anyone
had
ever
given
her.
U
A
W
Hello,
my
name
is
Jamie
Fredrick
I'm,
a
resident
of
Asheville
thanks
for
this
opportunity
and
thanks
everyone
who
showed
up
and
like
cares
and
is
doing
something
to
to
make
our
community
a
better
place.
I'm
here
in
regards
to
I
saw
on
the
agenda
that
the
eitf
is
going
to
be
giving
some
recommendations.
Tonight,
that's
correct.
W
I'm
looking
for
those
recommendations
that
just
really
struck
me
that
that
they
aren't
enough
to
address
the
problem
at
hand
and
I
really
want
to
encourage
the
County
Commissioners
to
choose
to
do
more
than
those
recommendations.
As
dr.
Hutton
and
Tyler
mentioned.
This
is
a
problem
with
a
huge
scale.
I
mean
we're
seeing
the
ocean
levels
rise,
the
temperature
of
the
earth
rise-
and
this
is
really
a
time
when
we
as
a
community,
need
to
come
together
and
do
what's
right
for
the
future
generations
and
I.
W
Consider
if
you
know,
30
percent
of
people
did
weatherize
their
homes
and
drove
less,
and
you
know,
put
solar
panels
on
their
houses
and
all
that
kind
of
thing
I
mean
we
would
get
a
little
bit
better
right.
But
if
we
all
band
together
to
make
huge
change
to
change
the
way
that
we
do
things,
then
I
think
that
a
lot
more
as
possible.
And
so
you
know
what
I
would
like
to
see
is
a
commitment
from
the
county
to
go.
W
A
E
My
name
is
Maggie
Adams
and
I'm
here
tonight,
representing
the
Baulkham
County
community
centered
health
home,
which
you
might
have
already
recently
read
about
the
doula
program
in
the
Asheville
Citizen
Times.
Just
this
week,
our
collaborative
was
granted
a
grant
from
Blue
Cross
Blue
Shield
on
the
notion
that
we're
ready
going
to
be
continuing
to
support
initiatives
that
are
happening
on
the
ground
in
Buncombe
County.
E
If
you've
done
it
having
a
black
babies
that
3.1
times
the
rate
that
white
babies
die
in
Buncombe
County,
and
this
is
what
our
grant
is
trying
or
our
initiative
is
trying
to
focus
on.
Many
of
our
partner
organizations
are
currently
funded,
and
the
grant
that
we
are
we
just
awarded
is
our
excuse
me.
Miranda
we
were
just
awarded
is
based
on
the
fact
that
we
already
are
doing
work
in
Buncombe
County
to
address
this
asperity.
E
For
instance,
another
lab
program,
the
getting
ahead
program
from
the
YWCA,
the
community
service
navigators
with
a
better
fiscal
legal
services,
children
first
communities
in
schools,
nurse
Family
Partnership.
All
of
these
programs
that
are
already
doing
the
work
need
to
continue
to
be
supported,
and
if
we
don't
continue
to
have
that
support
from
our
own
County,
then
we
can't
get
support
from
additional
funders
to
continue
to
help
to
support
this
initiative.
So
I
urge
you
to
continue
to
support
these
organizations
in
these
initiatives
that
are
already
putting
the
work
in
I.
Think.
X
Y
Evening,
I'm
Diane
Ledbetter
with
green
opportunities,
I
kept
waiting
for
our
executive
director
to
come
in,
but
maybe
I
better
go
ahead
and
speak
our
piece.
Our
request
for
funding
for
the
coming
fiscal
year
comes
with
gratitude
for
the
board
for
your
past
years,
of
supporting
the
green
opportunities
kitchen
ready
program
and
as
well
with
a
focused
effort
by
go
to
further,
develop
and
secure
our
own
social
enterprise
efforts
and
these
other
funding
efforts.
Y
Go,
has
met
and
exceeded
our
enrollment
goals
over
the
past
three
years.
The
success
of
this
program
and
our
graduates
has
been
recognized
in
the
kitchen
rep
by
the
kitchen,
ready
cabinet
and
featured
in
articles
and
Mountain
Express
in
the
Asheville
Citizen
Times.
The
change
in
leadership
with
go
has
bought
about
a
renewed
vision
in
energy
by
the
organization
or
the
board
of
directors
and
staff.
Y
The
our
we
have
had
any
new
requests
for
contracts
with
our
ready
to
work
go
staffing
program
on,
and
this
has
led
to
this
new
program
that
has
been
added
the
ready
to
work.
The
executive
director
is
also
added
the
vision
of
exploring
flexible
options
to
training
that
places
those
students
with
other
training
programs,
and
we
will
continue
to
offer
the
case
management
services.
Y
You
have
seen
our
articles
in
about
our
homework.
Diner
participation,
kitchen
ready,
participates
by
providing
the
food
to
these
middle
school
programs
for
the
extra
effort
to
get
that
homework
done
and
support
the
parents.
Thank
you
so
much
again
for
your
support
and
we
look
forward
to
continue
to
work
with
you.
Thank.
C
C
C
You
know
these
decisions
are
going
to
directly
impact
my
vitality
as
a
human
being,
and
you
know
it
makes
me
question
whether
I
can
morally
bring
new
humans
into
this
planet,
considering
the
state
that
we
are
putting
it
in.
So
while
the
proposal
from
the
energy
innovation
task
force
is
necessary
and
should
be
reviewed,
I
think
you
know
we
need
to
assess
as
a
community.
What
are
our
values
and
what
do
we?
You
know,
really
gain
from
remaining
in
the
fossil
fuel
game?
C
It's
a
it's
a
fact
that
it's
a
dying
industry,
it's
just
a
question
of-
is
it
too
late?
You
know
so
I
just
want
to
convey
the
both
the
moral
side
of
this
argument
that
you
know,
climate
change
is
clearly
killing
people
and
it's
going
to
get
worse,
but
also
the
economic
promise
that
the
renewable
energy
and
energy
industry
has
right
now,
and
you
know
this
is
an
early
opportunity
for
our
city
to
set
ourselves
ahead
financially
as
well
as
kind
of
take
a
public
stance,
and
you
know,
declare
our
values
for
the
future.
Z
Good
evening
I'm
Dave,
Salem,
Karen
I
live
in
riverboro,
North,
Carolina
and
I'm
about
to
die.
Both
is
a
concerned
environmentalist
and
a
proud
member
of
the
Western
North
Carolina
Sierra
Club
a
you
know
here
as
public
servants
and
I.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
service
and
as
part
of
that
you're
here
at
the
right
time,
because
you
can
make
a
difference
and
I'm
asking
you
to
consider
fully
funding
the
recommendations
made
by
the
energy
innovation
task
force.
This
is
a
time
where
the
rubber
meets
the
road.
Z
AA
I'm
Lisa
Baldwin
our
former
school
board
member
for
the
reynolds
district.
I
want
to
encourage
you
today
to
challenge
the
school
board
to
be
innovative
in
their
budget.
They
haven't
been
held
accountable
before
and
you
all
have
been
so
kind
to
give
them
everything.
They've
asked
for
you
do
care
about
our
children,
but
we
need
to
hold
them
accountable
and
you
see
before
you
and
your
materials,
a
decline
in
Buncombe
County,
school
enrollment
of
twelve
hundred
and
sixty-eight
students.
AA
Since
2014
many
parents
are
taking
advantage
of
a
charter,
school
choice
for
them
and
their
children
and
public
charter
schools
and
their
own
containers
are
terms
of
emotional
Opportunity
Scholarship
dependent
status
with
women.
Richard's
meant
denim
jumper
said
about
competitive
in
school.
What
is
the
struggle?
Don't
attract
and
retain
students
effectively
competing
in
China
Club,
seven
private
schools
yet
again
the
standard
standard
scale.
This
accommodates
only
5%
of
a
high
school
population.
What
about
the
other
ice
percent,
then.
B
AA
The
other
time
spans
are
not
just
impressed
with
the
answer.
A
traditional
public
school
or
the
stance
called
the
men's
like
missile
deployment
status.
Fiscal
budget,
especially
respects
estimate
the
eighties
when
a
banana
13
million
dollars
just
a
construction
engineer
just
about
to
the
basic
construction
Bowers,
can
answer
sex
abundance
and
emerges
for
experimentation.
Learning
also
go
to
the
local
governments.
Nation
state,
treasurer's,
extra
flexibility.
The
minerals
affects
both
education
dollars.
Why
not?
Two
types
of
schools,
better
net
construction,
money,
just
and
SIA
plasma,
despondent,
air
and
technological
advances?
AA
AA
Are
added
and
that
are
medically
focused
on
the
classrooms?
Attention
and
learning
is
a
challenging
our
standard,
suburban
County,
to
be
number
one
in
the
state
or
even
a
country
for
innovative
type
of
education
models
after
I
mention
the
fact
that
you've
got
so
much
melatonin
an
awesome
exercise:
Tech's
organist
of
Nashville
outlets,
you're,
going
with
our
homes.
AA
A
D
AB
You
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
you
all
tonight.
My
name
is
April
Burgess
Johnson
I'm,
the
executive
director
for
helpmate
we're
the
organization
that
provides
services
to
survivors
of
domestic
violence
here
in
Buncombe,
County
and
I
just
want
to
start
by
saying
how
deeply
grateful
we
are
for
this
Commission's
continued
support
of
families
here
in
this
county
I'm
proud
to
live
here
where
I
know
that
families
are
encouraged
to
be
safe
and
healthy
and
are
well
supported
by
their
community.
AB
The
Centers
for
Disease
Control
tells
us
that
one
out
of
every
three
women
and
one
out
of
every
ten
men
will
experience
domestic
violence
at
some
point
in
their
lifetimes.
That
means
that,
right
now
at
this
moment,
there's
more
than
30,000
people
living
right
here
in
Buncombe
County,
in
a
home
with
somebody
who
wants
promised
to
love,
protecting
care
for
them
and
instead
has
used
their
trust
to
abuse,
control
and
manipulate
them.
AB
We
owe
it
to
the
citizens
of
our
county
to
make
sure
that
if
this
type
of
abuse
strikes
in
their
home
there
able
to
reach
out
and
quickly
and
effectively
get
the
help
that
they
need
for
almost
40
years
help
made
is
provided
services
to
survivors
in
this
community.
Last
year
alone,
we
served
over
2,500
victims
and
this
year
we're
on
track
to
serve
almost
3,000.
AB
Those
services
are
broad
and
wide-ranging,
ranging
from
our
emergency
hotline,
where
somebody
can
call
us
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week
to
get
the
support
that
they
need
to
emergency
shelter
that
we
provide
to
the
highest
vulnerability
survivors
in
our
community.
We
don't
prioritize
our
shelter,
the
way
that
some
other
community
shelters
do,
which
is
a
first-come,
first-served
basis
which
is
appropriate
in
many
situations.
We
prioritize
our
shelter
by
taking
in
the
families
that
are
most
likely
to
die.
AB
If
we
don't
serve
them,
we
use
a
lethality
index
to
help
us
make
those
decisions.
We're
incredibly
grateful
for
the
support
that
this
community's
shown
of
the
Family
Justice
Center
and
the
single
biggest
impact
help
made
a
scene
of
that
Family
Justice.
Center
is
a
doubling
of
the
request
for
emergency
shelter,
and
your
important
funding
helps
us
maintain
that
vital
service
to
the
community.
AB
It
also
helps
us
continue
to
support
the
core
services
of
Buncombe
County
by
working
with
law
enforcement
to
ensure
that
the
public
is
safe
and
we
interact
with
them
from
the
scene
of
a
crime
they're,
putting
survivors
on
the
phone
with
helpmates
hotline
so
that
we
can
offer
them
support
immediately.
That's
how
we
went
ranking
from
second
in
North
Carolina
for
the
number
of
domestic
violence
related
homicides
in
2013
to
having
none
the
following
year
and
an
80
percent
reduction
since
then.
AB
We're
doing
good
work
here,
and
we
have
to
keep
that
up,
and
we
owe
it
to
our
children
to
do
that.
We
owe
it
to
our
children
to
make
sure
that
they're
getting
messages
about
healthy
relationships
everywhere
that
they
go,
including
in
their
schools
and
their
homes,
and
we
owe
it
to
those
children
who
are
involved
with
the
Department
of
Social
Services
to
make
sure
that
they
have
prominent
formed
responses
as
well.
Thank.
A
AC
Hi,
my
name
is
Ellen
brown
I'm
a
resident
of
Wilson,
a
member
of
the
Sierra
Club
and
I
recently
become
a
published
author
about
the
New
York
Adirondacks.
The
early
preservation
movement
I
do
not
have
much
first-hand
experience
with
local
politics
or
government,
but
I've
seen
enough
of
our
national
politics
in
recent
months
to
be
feeling
alarmed
and
anxious,
especially
about
all
the
agencies
that
are
being
gutted
and
the
laws
being
reversed,
especially
concerning
our
environment.
AC
With
that
in
mind,
I
wish
to
express
my
hearty
support
for
the
work
being
done
by
the
energy
innovation
task
force
and
hope
that
you
will
provide
them
the
funds
that
they
are
requesting.
It
makes
good
sense
to
me
that
we
should
look
for
ways
to
support
renewable
energy
systems
in
public
buildings
and
schools.
AC
It
also
seems
vitally
important
that
we
help
those
trying
to
survive
on
limited
incomes,
including
seniors
like
me,
and
help
them
weatherize
their
homes
and
having
worked
as
director
for
several
nonprofit
organizations,
if
it
is
possible
to
help
them
improve
their
energy
efficiency
I'm
in
favor
of
that
too,
thanks
for
giving
us
this
opportunity
to
speak.
Thank
you.
K
Hi
I'm
Judy
Maddox
from
Leicester
and
my
little
scooter
and
myself
want
to
say
hello
to
all
of
you.
I
am
chair
of
our
local
cor
Club
of
Western
North
Carolina.
We
have
over
6,000
members
and
supporters
and
we
want
to
to
say
thank
you
and
oh,
my
gosh.
Are
we
in
a
special
situation,
I
mean
how
many
other
locales
have
their
city,
their
County
and
their
power
system,
working
together
with
the
community
to
create
energy
innovation,
task
force
and
recommendations.
K
AD
I
am
from
Western
and
I
would
like
to
thank
all
the
members
of
the
Commission
for
the
steps
you
took
earlier
this
year
to
replace
light
bulbs
and
schools
and
to
make
investments
to
save
the
taxpayers
money.
Thank
you
for
doing
that.
You've
got
another
opportunity
by
funded
funding.
The
energy
innovation
task
force
done
another
really
great
thing,
not
just
for
the
environment,
but
for
the
citizens
of
this
county.
AD
It
makes
a
lot
more
sense
to
me
as
a
right
player,
to
connect
to
have
to
make
an
investment
of
five
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
this
year
to
prevent
a
hundred
billion
dollar
investment.
That's
going
to
be
paid
for
by
us
as
ratepayers.
If
I
brought
up
taking
unit,
we
as
taxpayers,
ratepayers,
are
going
to
pay
that
bill.
What
about
that
and
to
me?
That's
just
a
smart
decision
for
you
as
stewards
and
the
leaders
of
this
county.
Secondly,
we've
got
jobs
at
stake
if
we
start
weatherizing,
low-income
housing.
AD
Looking
for
people
to
work,
if
we
start
redundant,
things
went
on
today
to
reduce
expenses
for
the
nonprofit.
You
support
possibly
you'll
end
up
saving
taxpayers
dollars
because
they'll
be
more
efficient,
spend
less
money
on
energy
and
more
on
delivering
services
and
not
have
to
continue
to
ask
for
more
money.
So
it
makes
sense
economically,
as
well
as
doing
the
right
thing
for
the
environment.
So
again,.
B
AE
Hello,
my
name
is
Kimberly
Williams
I
live
in
Asheville
and
I
would
like
to
tell
you
a
couple
of
things:
I
am
on
the
board
of
Friends
of
Connect
Buncombe
and
I'm,
also
a
Greenway
planner
and
designer
and
I
work
regionally
as
a
consultant.
One
thing
that
I
am
seeing
regionally
in
the
southeast
is
that
communities
are
using
greenways
as
economic
incentive
for
businesses
to
come
in
Knoxville,
Chattanooga
and
other
communities
are
really
recruiting
businesses
to
locate
on
their
greenways,
like
we've
done
with
New
Belgium.
This
is
not
just
about
putting
in
a
recreation
path.
AE
It's
about
economic
development.
It's
about
recruiting
young
people
like
me,
you
want
to
live
in
walkable
communities.
One
thing
we
hear
from
all
the
people
we
do
with
your
thousands
of
individual
outreach
a
year
for
greenways
is:
where
are
the
greenways?
Why
don't
we
have
more
greenways?
Well,
the
good
news
is
the
county
is
really
up
in
the
game
and
supporting
greenways.
So
I
really
applaud
you
on
the
budget.
AE
A
You
right
yes,
sir:
in
the
back
okay,
then
you
had
your
hand
up
as
well
yeah
you
can,
why
don't
you
go
and
then
you
can
go
next,
the
middle
we're
going
to
I.
AF
Don't
know
how
you
guys
keep
up
with
all
these
public
comments.
I
really
don't
my
name
is
Carter
Webb
I
live
within
a
thousand
feet
of
the
proposed
overlook
road
development
I'm.
Also,
the
president
of
the
oak
forest
property
owners
association
in
oak
forest
neighborhood
that
was
built
in
the
60s
On
June
14th,
the
Board
of
Adjustment,
is
scheduled
to
meet
and
vote
on
the
conditional
use
permit
for
the
25
acres
of
property,
the
proposal
to
build
about
230
apartments
and
30
townhomes.
AF
It's
near
the
intersection
of
West
Ridge
and
Overlook
I,
actually
live
on
West
Ridge,
as
the
president
of
oak
forest,
the
residents
of
oak
forest
have
expressed
concerns
about
some
of
the
following
with
this
new
development:
that's
out
of
character
for
the
area.
Obviously,
the
issues
with
traffic
on
overlook
road
ever
looks
pretty
busy.
It's
a
two-lane
road
that
goes
in
between
Hendersonville
Road
and
long
Souls
increase
with
traffic
on
West
Ridge
and
in
our
neighborhood
of
Oak
Forest
as
a
huge
concern
and
safety
on
overlook
road.
AF
A
lot
of
people
have
come
up
tonight
have
talked
about
greenways
and
climate
change.
Lack
of
walkability
is
an
issue
around
there
and
we
don't
feel
like
it's
the
best
use
for
the
property
considering
the
area
it
surrounds
it.
It's
residential
area
you
have
Biltmore
park,
you
have
it
backs
up
to
the
ramble
and
oak
forest.
So
what
I'm
here
for
is
to
kind
of
put
it
on
your
radar.
A
A
X
A
AG
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak.
My
name
is
Jeff
Wallace
I'm,
a
resident
of
Ridgecrest
I'm,
not
here
about
a
line
item
in
the
budget
I'm
here
about
a
zoning
issue.
You
may
have
read
a
newspaper
and
heard
about
the
activities
going
on
on
Florida
and
Dickson
Avenue
Florida
Avenue
in
Dixon
Drive
in
red
crests.
The
side
of
the
former
medicines
in
in
December
new
day
Holdings
was
issued
a
conditional
use
permit
that
myself
and
my
neighbors
feel
has
been
violated.
AG
AG
The
conditional
use
permit
was
applied
for
what
we
have
seen
is
destruction
of
our
neighborhood.
Both
these
Lots
every
single
tree
has
been
cut
down.
It's
a
mud
pit.
The
contractor
has
disrupted
sewer
lines
and
water
lines
three
days
with
water
interruptions,
long
periods
of
times
hours
we
are
concerned
about
the
destruction
of
the
road
Florida
Avenue
is
paved
by
the
state
or
repaid
by
the
state
in
February
is
now
potholed
with
raveling
and
Road
bond.
D
Mcnair
Ezard
from
all
souls,
Counseling
Center,
also
Counseling
Center,
is
a
partner
with
Buckham
counties
to
help
meet
the
demand
for
mental
health,
counseling
for
the
uninsured
and
underinsured
members
of
our
community,
the
working
and
non-working
poor.
Since
the
year
2000
counseling
center
has
provided
individual
counseling
services
to
over
15,000
people,
resulting
in
improved
health
and
helping
to
prevent
over
utilization
of
more
costly
community
services,
such
as
emergency
rooms,
in
jails
by
people
with
unmet
mental
health
needs.
D
These
are
based
on
the
sliding
scale,
but
no
one
has
ever
turned
away
for
inability
to
pay
and
our
therapists
donate
70%
of
the
care.
The
Counseling
Center
is
a
place
of
last
resort
for
many
people
where
care
is
easily
accessed
through
one
phone
call
and
clients
often
remark
on
self-reporting
surveys
that
all
souls
quite
literally
save
their
lives.
Other
behavioral
health
organizations
serve
people
with
Medicaid
to
care
or
other
health
insurance,
but
the
Counseling
Center
is
there
for
the
people
without
the
financial
resources
to
access
those
organizations.
D
One
projection
is
that
over
38,000
people
in
Buncombe,
County
alone
will
be
uninsured
in
2017.
This
doesn't
take
into
account
the
number
of
people
who
who
may
have
insurance
but
whose
co-pays
and
deductibles
are
so
high
that
accessing
mental
health
counseling
through
their
insurance
is
still
out
of
reach.
These
are
the
people
that
also
Counseling
Center
seeks
to
help
key
informants
of
the
2015
community
health
assessment.
Ranked
mental
health
is
one
of
the
leading
health
issues
facing
Buncombe
County.
D
With
half
of
the
respondents
reporting
that
mental
health
care
was
the
most
difficult
to
access
and
two
of
the
county's
health
priorities
or
intimate
partner,
violence
and
substance
abuse
prevention
as
a
safety
net
provider
and
due
to
support
from
Buncombe
County
All
Souls,
provides
mental
health
counseling
to
victims
of
crime,
domestic
violence
and
others.
We
also
serve
as
a
referral
source
for
agencies
working
with
people
with
substance
abuse
issues
who
have
made
their
way
into
recovery
and
also
is
also
anticipates
a
collaboration
with
the
county.
D
With
regards
to
people
seen
through
the
justice,
Resource,
Center
and
HHS
services
to
provide
mental
health
counseling,
we
will
also
continue
our
partnership
with
such
organizations
like
green
opportunities
and
goodwill,
to
provide
counseling
to
people
going
through
the
workforce.
Development
programs
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
the
Board
of
Commissioners
and
to
ask
for
the
county's
continued
support
to
help
meet
the
need
for
mental
health
care
in
Buncombe
County
and
to
bridge
the
gap
in
services
to
our
underserved
residents.
Thank.
A
AH
There
are
no
sidewalks
I
pulled
Asheville
police
data
today,
for
the
previous
year
in
on
overlook
road,
which
is
1.2
miles
in
length.
There
were
23
traffic
accidents
on
Mills,
Gap
Road
during
that
same
time
period,
which
is
five
point
two
miles
in
length.
There
were
12,
so
you
can
do
the
math.
There
are
twice
as
many
accidents
on
a
much
shorter
road
and
milk
gap
is
as
heavily
traveled
as
overlook
road
is
so
that
is
obviously
a
concern
given
the
fact
that
there
are
no
sidewalks.
AH
No
place
for
people
to
walk
no
way
to
get
to
the
library,
the
schools
and
with
the
concentration
on
greenways
as
Carter
brought
up.
This
is
a
concern
for
us,
and
I
would
also
like
to
address
the
obvious
impact
that
this
will
have
on
my
neighborhood
directly.
The
proposal
wants
to
align
the
entrance
to
the
apartment
complex
with
West
Ridge
Road.
AH
What
that
will
allow
is
400
plus-
and
this
is
a
conservative
estimate
based
on
271
units
to
allow
400
plus
cars
per
day
to
use
our
neighborhood
as
a
cut-through
with
children
and
with
residents
trying
to
go
about
their
lives.
So
this
is
a
definite
safety
issue
for
us
and
we
work
with
our
bikes.
That
is
part
of
what
we
enjoy
about
Oak
Forest
and
there
are
no
sidewalks,
are
no
forests
either
as
it
was
built
in
the
1960s.
Additionally,.
AH
We
have
had
zero
opportunity
to
voice
our
opinions
about
this
project.
It
just
came
to
our
attention
because
of
the
Board
of
Adjustment
meeting
signs
that
were
posted
on
Friday
of
last
week.
This
is
a
major
concern
to
all
of
us,
because
this
will
directly
impact
our
quality
of
life,
our
property
values
and
our
safety,
as
well
as,
let's
not
forget
the
impact
on
our
schools
and
given
the
K
through
three
classroom
size
mandates
that
are
due
to
come
online
next
school
year,
and
this
is
a
lab.
This
is
not
a
suggestion.
A
AI
Jeremy
Newman
commissioners.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
address
the
board
tonight
regarding
the
mammoth
tax
task
that
you
have
before
you
of
approving
a
countywide
budget.
I
am
Paula
dinga
I'm,
an
ardent
resident,
a
veteran
educator
and
the
president
of
the
Buncombe
County
Association
of
educators.
First,
it's
important
for
us
to
reiterate
our
deep
appreciation
on
behalf
of
the
3,500
teachers
and
staff
of
our
Buncombe
County
Public
Schools
in
the
for
the
2016
Board's
commitment
to
increase
our
local
salary
supplements.
AI
I've
heard
each
of
you
speak
in
support
of
our
our
amazing
public
schools,
their
students
and
staff
and
the
inspiring
work
that
they're
doing
each
and
every
day.
Teaching
is
a
calling
that
demands
much
and
the
rewards
are
not
usually
expected
to
be
financial.
In
fact,
our
salaries
have
been
hovering
in
the
lower
10
States
of
our
country
for
quite
a
while.
Our
professionals,
though,
must
are
in
a
professional
salary
in
order
to
attract
the
best
and
the
brightest
to
our
classrooms
and
to
compete
with
neighboring
counties
and
with
private
industries
across
the
state.
AI
Excellent
teachers
are
leaving
their
classrooms
due
to
the
lack
of
respect
and
financial
security.
With
one
vote
you
have
addressed
both
of
these
important
priorities
to
keeping
our
schools
staffed
with
the
finest
educators
that
North
Carolina
has
to
offer
your
support
of
the
second
year
of
this
two-year
phase,
and
our
salary
supplement
supplement
is
a
vote
of
confidence
in
the
highly
qualified
profession
who
will
work
in
concert
to
create
a
strong
workforce
for
Buncombe
County
and
a
strong
future
for
us
all.
AI
AJ
I
quote
this
was
suggested
to
be
a
rooming
house
to
accommodate
affordable
housing
for
ministry
interns.
This
was
a
former
bed-and-breakfast
that
had
ten
rooms
and
eighteen
bathrooms.
Currently
it
now
has
two
rooms:
dormitory
style,
with
13
bathrooms.
According
to
the
Black
Mountain
News,
the
director,
whose
name
is
David
David
Friedrich,
resides
in
Holland,
who
is
the
director
and
will
see
the
day-to-day
operations
from
Holland.
He
said
this
will
be
an
in-your-face
discipleship
for
Millennials
aged
18
to
25.
This
will
be
a
one-year
experience.
AJ
They
are
charging
these
students
to
come
here
and
they
are
going
to
do
work
because
they,
according
to
the
contractor
Thomas
Wright,
said
that
these
children
have
no
work
ethic
and
they're
going
to
be
there
to
work.
What
it
is
now,
as
opposed
to
the
ten
room,
bed-and-breakfast
is
going
to
be
dormitory
sleeping
for
30
to
40
singles.
There
will
be
a
lounge
a
cafe
this.
There
will
be
a
school,
a
fitness
center.
AJ
AJ
There's
been
lack
of
transparency
and
again
I
live
fifty
two
feet
from
this,
and
no
one
has
ever
come
over
and
said
hello.
No
one
had
introduced
themselves
to
me
and
no
one
has
explained.
What's
going
on,
I
have
many
of
my
neighbors
that
are
here
we're
concerned
we're
less
guessing
with
what's
happening,
our
delicate
sewer
system,
I'm
concerned
about
75
people
washing
their
clothes
in
cooking
and
bathing
and
toileting
in
our
delicate
sick
sewer
system.
They
talked
again
again
in
a
permit
about
the
generous
buffer.
That's
there
again,
they've
cut
down
every
single
tree.
AJ
The
only
buffer
that
is
there
is
my
six-foot
fence.
Without
that
fence
there
is
ZERO
buffer,
they
say
on
their
permit
that
there
will
be
less
noise,
less
vibration
and
less
traffic.
They
have
added
a
parking
lot
behind
my
house
to
accommodate
30
additional
cars.
I,
don't
know
how
this
will
produce
less
traffic,
less
noise
and
less
vibration.
They
state
that
this
will
have
a
positive
effect
on
our
neighborhood.
I
talked
to
my
neighbors
every
night
when
I
walked.
No
one
knows
what's
going
on.
This
is
not
positive
for
any
of
my
neighbors,
especially
me.
A
AK
And
I
was
born
here
in
Asheville
and
I
love,
Asheville
and
who
here
likes
swimming
tubing,
climbing
our
mountains,
those
aren't
all
y'all
withdrawal
come
on
hands
in
here
yeah,
you
guys
don't
wanna
great
who
lives
a
national-level
over
here.
All
right
come
on
all
right.
So
there's
a
beautiful
book.
Bunch
of
work,
that's
been
done
to
think
about
energy
in
our
town,
and
so
that
gets
a
full.
Thank
you
and
it's
just
not
enough,
and
so
yes,
please
for
proposals.
AK
Yes,
yes,
yes,
fabulous,
and
thank
you
for
all
that
good
attention
and
energy
task
force,
thinking
that
has
already
occurred
and
there's
a
lot
more.
We
can
do
and
it's
just
going
to
have
to
look
very
creative
and
spontaneous,
and
this
town
is
good
at
that.
That's
really
a
creative,
energetic,
wild
playful
place
to
live
and
be,
and
so
our
energy
could
reflect
some
new
thinking
and
some
fresh
approaches
and
for
all
of
y'all
who
have
been
sitting
for
a
really
long
time
what
happens
as
we
all
get
stagnant.
AK
So
anyone
who
wants
to
stretch
who
hasn't
been
stretching
like
stand
up
and
wiggle
like
we
all
start
getting
really
through
and
then
making
a
change
in
any
way
shape
or
form
feels
more
challenging.
So
it's
important
to
me
to
think
about
not
being
numb
about
trying
to
do
different
things
and
there
you're
all
being
very
good
and
not
wiggling,
but
that's
really
what
it
takes
to
change.
AK
The
system
is
a
lot
of
new
wiggling
and
a
lot
of
new
stretching
and
a
lot
of
new
growing
in
places
that
we
hadn't
maybe
thought
we
could
or
knew
what
that
was
going
to
look
like.
So
who
knows
what
it's
going
to
look
like
in
a
hunky
Orr's,
a
bunch
of
folks
that
are
here,
won't
be
around
to
see
it
and
a
bunch
of
us
that
are
younger.
We
may
not
be
around
to
see
it
either
and
that's
on
us.
We
got
it.
We
got
to
figure
that
out.
AK
Living
in
Asheville
is
important
to
me:
I'm
a
I'm,
a
singer.
I
was
born
here
raised
in
traditional
music
and
for
those
of
us
that
are
steeped
in
that
in
that
old,
music
style
of
this
part
of
the
country.
It's
so
much
of
is--it
about
it's
about
the
land,
so
I'll
leave
you
with
this
tiny
bit
of
a
song
that
says.
AK
AL
AM
Thank
You
conditioners,
I
promise
I
won't
take
my
own
I
always
have
a
few
minutes.
We're
going
to
write
someone
up
to
be
with
me
hi.
My
name
is
tuwana
drama
kitchen
I
am
a
resident
of
the
historic
Shiloh
community
and
executive
director
for
the
Asheville
Buncombe
Institute
of
parody
achievement,
also
known
as
a
Dipper.
So
I'd
like
to
thank
Council
for
your
investment
in
the
better
over
the
years.
AM
13
years
ago,
our
founder
dr.,
Charles
Blair
utilized
party
action
team
members
as
volunteers
now
because
of
your
funding
were
able
to
employ
former
clients
and
volunteers
as
community
service
connectors
that
are
also
community
health
workers.
Your
investment
over
the
year
2017
$125,000
resulted
in
six
thousand
three
hundred
and
twenty
people
being
served,
which
is
a
great
return
on
investment.
Only
nineteen
dollars
and
seventy
seven
cents
per
person,
but
each
of
those
people
have
a
story.
So
we're
happy
that
miss
Anika
Williams
is
here
to
share
her
story
with
you,
because.
AN
I'm,
not
a
public
speaker
but
I
moved
her
five
years
ago,
I'm
leaving
a
very
toxic
relationship
and
a
biffle
was
one
of
the
first
places
that
I
hooked
up
with.
They
put
me
to
so
many
resources
through
help.
They
got
me
hooked
up
with
mammograms
because
I
didn't
have
health
insurance
free.
Somebody
came
to
my
kid
employment,
helping
me
figure
out
and
pulling
me
getting
me
back
into
school,
I'm
now
going
to
school
on
all
scholarships
dipper
liked,
helping
me
find
scholarships
and
the
recent
thing
with
in
December.
AN
They
hooked
me
up
from
two
years
ago
the
self
help
they
said
you
know,
go
there,
try
to
get
your
credit
together
and
tears.
I
mean
in
December,
I
was
able
to
be
a
first-time
buyer.
So,
with
all
these
funds,
I
mean
I,
don't
know
how
many
people
they
really
serve.
She
just
said
and
I
don't
know
how
many
people
come
through
it,
but
I
can
say
what
happened
to
me
and
I
would
be
lost
about
a
bit
response
like.
AO
I'm
not
going
to
sing
I'm
faster,
harder,
Lang,
faster,
rocky
o,
Missionary,
Baptist
Church,
also
the
voice
of
project
lightning
of
the
community
summer
day
camp.
First
of
all,
I'd
like
to
say
thank
you
all
for
your
support
for
the
community
summer
day,
camp
and
after-school
program.
Without
your
support,
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
do
what
we're
able
to
do
we're
the
only
cam
that
blends
education
and
recreation
into
its
daily
programs.
AO
There
are
some
communities
who
are
such
at
East
End,
Burton,
Street,
Shiloh,
Community,
Center
programs
like
the
birth
of
project
magnet,
are
looking
to
build
people,
and
we
want
our
communities
and
our
students
and
our
people
to
enjoy
the
part
ways
the
greenways
to
be
involved
in
climate
control
to
be
concerned
about
the
issues
in
our
community,
and
so
those
programs
and
those
communities
are
looking
to
build
people.
So
when
it
comes
time
for
the
budget,
think
more
favorably
towards
those
programs
and
those
communities
are
looking
to
build
people
not
just
build
buildings.
AO
Buildings
are
important,
but
people
inhabit
buildings
don't
hold
the
line
that
what
may
keep
us
in
same
place
have
the
faith
to
reach
higher
to
reach
ahead
and,
as
you
reach
ahead,
it'll
pull
up
higher.
Thank
you
all
greatly
appreciate
your
support,
like
Mississippi,
to
appreciate
the
funding.
The
balance
I
know
if
they're
difficult
at
trying
pass
but
be
balanced
as
you
approach.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AP
Hello,
how
are
y'all
doing
up
there
good?
How
many
of
you
are
hungry
could
use
a
snack.
So
my
children
and
my
co-workers
tell
me
that
when
I'm
hungry
I
get
hangry,
yeah
have
any
with
anyone
experience
this
I'm
here
tonight.
I
am
the
agency
relations
manager
at
manna,
Food
Bank.
My
name
is
Katie
German
and
I'm
here
to
speak
in
support
of
the
community
service
navigator
program.
They
do
so
much
more
than
food,
but
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
value
of
their
food
work.
AP
Mr.
Simmons
talk
to
you
about
the
monetary
value,
but
food
insecurity
is
a
social
determinants
of
health.
It's
like
housing
and
transportation
and
legal
protection.
Those
are
all
things
that
impact
people's
health
in
a
negative
way
if
they
don't
have
what
they
need.
What's
interesting
about,
food
and
security
is
that
we
can
solve
that
in
Buncombe
County
in
particular.
We
have
so
much
of
what
we
need
already
going
and
the
investment
that
you've
put
into
community
service
navigators
have
made
a
difference
so
nationally.
AP
We
know
that
people
in
poverty
make
spending
trade-offs
to
stretch
their
money
and
trading
off
nutritious
food
in
order
to
pay
the
rent
in
order
to
pay
medical
bills
in
order
to
get
where
they
need
to
go,
that's
a
common
thing
and
it
really
impacts
their
ability
to
manage
chronic
disease.
Like
obesity,
high
blood
pressure,
we're
talking
about
community
health
care.
AP
So
when
I
say
we
already
have
what
we
need,
we
have
what
we
need
because
of
the
navigators
because
of
Swannanoa
Valley
Christian
ministry
because
of
all
of
our
partners
who
engage
volunteers
to
do
this
work,
it
takes
private
citizens,
it
takes
the
faith
community
and
it
takes
our
government
investing
and
working
together
to
solve
this.
We
have
everything
we
need
the
citizens
of
your
county,
that
elected
you
are
already
invested
in
this.
Please
continue
your
funding
for
food
insecurity,
work
in
buckin
County.
Thank.
A
You
thank
you.
Commission
I
would
like
to
make
a
suggestion.
Under
our
good
news
section,
we
have
eight
senior
champions
with
us
and
I'd
like
to
I'd
like
to
suggest
we
go
ahead
and
move
to
that
item.
Wendy
Marsh
with
the
council
of
aging
is
with
us
to
introduce
this
item
so
I'd
like
to
suggest
we
we
go
ahead
and
handle
this
and
listen.
Let's
go
back
and
we'll
resume
public
comments.
After
that,
chairman.
X
A
AL
AQ
Very
helpful:
it
is
it's
getting
bit
tomorrow
rather
too
soon
and
everything
from
everyone,
but
I
know
these
folks
need
to
be
on
the
road.
So
thank
you
so
much
I'm
pleased
to
present
to
you
our
second
annual
group
of
senior
champions.
Mr.
folks
were
nominated
by
community
members
and
chosen
math
panel
of
sponsors.
What
about
25
nominees
and
eight
were
chosen?
The
he
said,
residuals
were
recognized
on
May
2nd
at
the
Deerfield
of
fiscal
retirement.
AQ
Community
they've
spent
their
lives,
giving
to
others
maintaining
the
sanctity
of
the
Appalachian,
Trail
and
other
wild
places,
planning
the
hungry
and
the
homeless
living
away
in
education,
uplifting
the
underserved
and
marginalized,
inspiring
and
mentoring
students
establishing
child
care
services,
paving
the
way
for
women
as
educators
and
facilitating
groundbreaking
community
development
initiatives,
garnering
national
recognition,
dr.
masters,
just
had
to
leave
he's
a
retired
diagnostic
radiologist
and
an
avid
hiker.
Oh
you.
AL
AQ
AQ
Yes,
we
lost,
we
lost
our
veteran
ok,
doctor
called
is
a
retired
diagnostic,
radiologist
radiologist
and
he
completed
the
Appalachian
Trail
over
2,200
miles
in
2011
to
celebrate
his
retirement.
He
currently
judged
10
to
20
hours
each
week
as
an
active
trail,
maintainer
volunteer,
hiking
trails
in
Western,
North
Carolina
and
in
2016
we
participated
in
the
hundred
mile
challenge
as
a
mentor
for
two
teenage
boys
as
they
completed
the
Appalachian
Trail.
He
was
a
community
volunteer
with
Habitat
for
Humanity,
manna,
Food
Bank
and
an
active
grandfather,
and
he
enjoys
shooting
hoops
at
the
best
vocal.
AQ
Had
Mike
introduced
right
here
as
he's
retired
engineer,
it
keeps
both
natural
volunteering
at
Nora's
community
organization,
including
Wayne
opportunities,
have
you
heard
about
tonight
and
who
did
a
fantastic
job
catering,
a
breakfast
of
senior
champions
at
a
much
lower
cost
and
much
better
quality
food
than
we
had
last
year.
So
wonderful
group,
yeah
I,
heard
got
some
advocates
here
and
there
good
one.
AQ
He
is
also
volunteers
with
MA
and
Missionary
Baptist
Church,
the
Southside
Garden
in
the
Waianae
cultural
center
he's
a
mentor
at
Eddington
Center
and
a
master
storyteller
with
Asheville
storytelling
circle.
He
was
featured
in
the
publication
word
honoring
Black
History.
He
dedicates
his
time
and
I
love
this
to
uplifting
underserved
in
marginalized
communities
through
his
volunteer
work,
Roy.
F
AQ
Know
her
she's,
a
family
doctor
of
Bergen
County
Child
Development,
establishing
the
first
federally
federal
voucher
program
for
Buncombe
County,
the
former
director
of
economic
development
for
the
city
of
Asheville
and
former
director
of
economic
development
for
the
Asheville
area.
Chamber
of
Commerce
Becky
is
nationally
known
for
work
as
the
founding
director
of
handmade
in
America,
which
became
the
cultural
heritage
model
for
national
heritage
areas
in
a
model
of
sixty
programs
in
other
states.
AQ
AQ
So
we
need
to
serve
in
that.
So
if
you
learn
raise
your
hand
all
right,
we.
F
AQ
Powering
you're,
not
a
knight
expressing
your
hands
and
listening,
and
that's
just
one
more
gift
that
those
folks
bring
to
our
community
is
activity
and
action
on
part
of
things
they
care
about.
I
was
just
about
to
name
the
rest
of
the
folks
who
were
chosen
dr.
robbert
year
out.
He
had
to
leave.
He
is
a
retired
lieutenant
colonel
of
the
5th
Special
Forces
airborne.
He
was
commissioned
to
serve
in
Vietnam
with
the
grand
arrays
and
received
six
broad
stars
for
valor.
He
is
then
a
completed
his
doctorate
in
industrial
engineering
and
joined
UNC
Asheville.
AQ
As
a
professor
he's,
a
recipient
of
several
teaching
awards
and
service
primary
research
advisor
for
undergraduate
research
students
and
mentored
over
70
research
students.
He
served
on
numerous
boards,
including
the
International
Journal
of
industrial
engineering,
and
he
he
and
his
wife
are
strong
supporters
of
UNC
Asheville
and
established
three
endowed
scholarships
at
the
University.
AQ
AQ
AQ
An
amazing
woman,
Janet
letter
has
given
hundreds
of
hours
over
12
years
as
a
volunteer
at
the
senior
Opportunity
Center
in
Asheville
she's,
a
massage
therapist,
and
she
helps
people
feel
better
at
the
center
and
other
locations
where
she
volunteers
and
Julie
Benton
is
a
volunteer
for
project
night-night,
knitting,
blankets
and
collecting
books
and
small
stuffed
animals
that
are
placed
in
the
bags
of
children
living
in
homeless,
shelters.
She
also
knit
scarves
and
hats
and
delivers
them
to
homeless
shelters.
She
believes
that
we
all
need
to
know
that
someone
cares.
AQ
A
A
AS
Whereas
1871
reports
of
abuse,
neglect
or
exploitation
of
vulnerable
and
elder
adults
were
made
to
Buncombe
County
Health
and
Human
Services
in
2016,
with
1101
screened
in
for
evaluation.
Whereas
many
cases
of
elder
abuse
and
mistreatment
go
unreported
and
professionals
are
often
unaware
of
the
problem.
AS
AT
Thank
you
so
much
I'm
going
to
keep
this
short
because
well,
you
have
been
sitting
your
a
really
long
time.
I
am
I,
do
have
some
of
our
staff
here
today
and
I
didn't
want
them
to
just
stand
up.
I
won't
make
you
guys
come
up
here,
but
I
did
want
them
to
stand
up.
It
seems
like
specific
on
many
videos
and
really
work
hard
to
make
sure
that,
but
so
very
most
vulnerable
citizens
that
we
don't
always
think
about
are
kept
safe,
so
I'm
really
grateful
to
them.
AT
They
are
a
very
dedicated
group
of
people.
Another
thing
it
was
in
the
proclamation.
It
is
up
to
our
whole
community
to
keep
folks
safe
and
we
can't
do
it
alone.
We
have
an
amazing
group
of
community
partners
that
really
helped
us.
We
have
an
amazing
amount
of
support
from
our
county
leadership,
which
we
are
eternally
grateful
for
on
a
daily
basis.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
all
that
you
do
for
us.
It
makes
a
huge
difference.
My
last
thing
is
a
plug.
Next
Thursday
is
world
Elder
Abuse,
Awareness
Day.
AT
We
are
sponsoring
the
first
annual
world,
Elder
Abuse,
Awareness
walk,
it
will
be
a
carrier
park.
It
starts
at
5:30
our
sheriff
who's
here.
What
is
our
speaker
to
start
the
things
off
to
start
the
event
off
and
we're
very
excited
about
that?
The
actual
walk
will
not
start
until
about
6:30,
but
they'll
be
events
up
until
then,
we're
going
to
food
trucks
live
music,
family-friendly
event,
a
shred
truck.
AT
So
if
you
want
to
get
rid
of
all
your
documents
that
you
don't
need
any
more
free
shredding,
the
Sheriff's
Department
of
the
collecting
all
of
your
old
prescription
drugs
that
are
no
longer
any
good
and
disposing
of
them
properly
allow.
These
are
things
that
seniors
actually
deal
with.
You
know
their
identities
getting
stolen
their
drugs
getting
stolen
because
they
don't
have
a
proper
way
to
dispose
of
them.
So
we're
really
trying
to
get
that
message
out
there.
It's
really
an
awareness
event.
It's
free!
Please
come
family
friendly.
We
really
hope
to
see
everyone
there.
AU
AV
I'm
good
evening,
my
name
is
Justin
McCleary
I
appreciate
y'all.
Allow
me
to
speak
today.
I'm
a
resident
in
south
Asheville
been
a
resident
of
Asheville
for
12
years
I'm
here
with
other
individuals
to
kind
of
speak.
Our
concerns
about
the
proposal
for
the
department
complex
in
South
Asheville,
off,
overlook
Road,
not
everywhere
in
Asheville,
has
a
reputation,
but
unfortunately
this
one
does
and
it's
a
poor
one.
For
many
reasons.
AV
You
understand
the
concerns
that
the
community
has,
within
that
short
period
of
time,
there's
over
almost
400
signatures
on
this
petition
right
now
and
we're
asking
for
delay
in
this
a
motion
for
a
traffic
study
and
I.
Think
just
history
speaks
for
itself
expression.
It
comes
to
overlook
Road
that
this
needs
to
be
done.
Also.
AV
What
on
Sunday
night
we
reached
out
to
wlls
and
asked
them
to
do
a
piece
on
it.
They
did
a
piece
and
not
that
Facebook
is
the
best
place
to
get
information,
but
the
public
response
is
in
there
as
well
there's
about
300
comments
from
the
post
from
wlls
with
concern
about
this
proposal
on
overlook
road
for
this
apartment
complex.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Alright,.
A
AU
AU
My
plea
to
the
commissioners
is
that
you
carefully
consider
and
hold
those
accountable
that
you
allow
into
our
neighborhood
a
neighborhood
where
kids
ride
their
bikes
senior
citizens
walk
their
dog
neighbors,
didn't
visit
on
the
side
of
the
road
friends
come
for
cookouts,
where
my
eleven
and
Counting
grandchildren
come
to
romp,
build
forked
and
hike.
We
welcome
responsible
organizations
like
first
Inc
that
helps
men
and
women
get
back
on
their
feet
as
they
battle
addictions.
AU
We
welcome
those
who
are
honest
and
forthcoming
with
their
intentions,
whose
mission
and
presence
is
safe
and
friendly
to
the
many
families
like
mine
and
who
keep,
quite
frankly,
a
low
profile.
We
welcome
those
who
go
through
proper
channels
to
establish
themselves
next
door
who
do
not
tax
an
already
fragile
infrastructure.
I
and
my
neighbor's
beg
you
to
hold
these
entities
responsible
when
they
come
to
ask
for
permits.
AU
AW
Good
evening,
chairman
and
commissioners
County
staff,
my
name
is
Jackie
Kiger
and
I
am
a
managing
attorney
with
fiscal
legal
services
and
also
a
resident
of
East
Asheville.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
here
this
evening
on
behalf
of
our
work.
Physical
Eagle,
NC
legal
aid,
safety
net
program
for
helping
low
income
families
and
children
meet
their
most
basic
needs,
such
as
stable
housing,
safety
from
abuse
and
assault,
health
care
and
financial
stability.
Here
in
Buncombe
County,
we
do
this
through
free
legal
representation
and
advocacy
on
system-wide
issues
that
address
and
combat
poverty.
AW
We
are
grateful
for
Bochum
County's,
generous
support
and
funding
for
Pisgah
legal
services,
and
we
respectfully
request
that
this
funding
be
sustained
in
fiscal
year.
2018
in
2016
fiscal
legal
served
over
15,000
people
and
of
that
nearly
9,000
were
Bank
of
County
residents
and
of
those
9,000
3,000
were
children.
Roughly
two-thirds
of
our
work
at
Pisgah
legal
falls
into
the
categories
of
increasing
protection
for
survivors
of
abuse,
intimate
partner
violence,
sexual
assault
and
child
abuse,
and
preventing
and
avoiding
homelessness.
AW
We
partner
with
different
community
partners
in
many
ways,
including
being
a
part
of
the
community
health
improvement
process,
advisory
partnering
with
the
community
centered
health
home,
with
mayhawk
being
a
partner
at
the
Buncombe
County
Family,
Justice
Center,
and
a
member
of
the
Asheville
homeless
coalition.
Most
of
our
clients
live
at
or
below
125
percent
of
the
poverty
level
and
cannot
afford
an
attorney
on
their
own.
The
average
household
income
for
our
clients
is
$11,000
a
year.
AW
We
offer
free
legal
assistance
to
help
avoid
a
crisis
right
or
wrong,
uphold
a
legal
right
and
provide
an
opportunity
to
fight
poverty
and
injustice.
There
is
no
right
to
an
attorney
through
the
civil
legal
process
in
if
you
are
low-income.
This
can
be
very
challenging.
However,
having
an
attorney
can
make
a
real
difference,
as
it
did
for
Nisa
and
her
children,
some
of
our
clients.
They
were
given
30
minutes
notice
to
leave
when
their
house
was
condemned
when
they
ask
their
landlord.
AW
What
to
do
he
offered
them
space
at
another,
one
of
his
rental
properties,
this
one
that
had
serious
problems
with
leaks,
moles
and
electrical
hazards.
When
they
asked
for
repairs,
they
were
answered
with
an
eviction
notice,
his
illegal
got
involved.
We
stopped
the
unlawful
eviction.
We
were
able
to
secure
financial
assistance
to
get
them
moved
out
of
that
property
and
into
a
safe,
stable
Calvin.
We
also
kept
their
kids
from
facing
yet
another
crisis
of
being
removed
from
the
house
quickly
and
without
any
warning.
AW
AX
Good
evening,
chairman
Newman
and
members
of
the
board
and
staff,
thank
you.
My
name
is
Amy
Churchill
I'm,
a
member
of
the
Buncombe
County
School
Board,
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
offer
my
sincere
appreciation
for
your
thoughtful
leadership
with
what
I
know
is
sometimes
a
very
thankless
job
in
a
difficult
job,
deciding
how
to
make
the
best
use
of
limited
resources
to
impact
the
community
in
the
most
positive
way
to
ensure
that
Buncombe
County
is
future
ready.
One
of
those
ways
is
through
our
public
education
system.
AX
Unless
you
want
to
give
me
a
few
more
minutes
most
recently,
you
recognized
that
in
order
to
recruit
and
retain
the
best
of
the
best
we
needed
to
assist
our
certified
staff
and
instructional
assistants
with
the
ever
increasing
cost
of
living
in
this
beautiful
County
and
compete
with
surrounding
counties
by
committing
to
a
much
needed
increase
in
salary
supplement.
I
am
grateful
that
you
are
a
board
that
honors
its
commitments
and
I.
Thank
you
for
that.
AX
On
a
final
note,
I'd
like
to
just
also
invite
the
community
and
those
that
are
sitting
here
in
the
room
tonight
to
come
and
visit
any
one
of
our
classrooms
where
status
quo
doesn't
reside
there,
but
innovation
does
every
day
our
teachers
are
thinking
outside
the
box
and
they
are
producing
excellent
students
who
are
going
to
be
excellent
leaders
in
our
community.
Thank
you.
So
much
guys
I
appreciate
it.
Thank.
A
You
very
much
I'm,
just
one
other
Commission
I
have
one
suggestion,
just
in
light
of
how
long
the
public
comment
is,
which,
by
the
way
I
just
wanna
say
we
totally
well
this.
This
is
why
we're
here
so
I'm
not
saying
this
at
all:
to
discourage
it
I
know.
We
all
really
appreciate
it,
but
I
just
want
to
have
one
of
those
suggestion.
I,
don't
think
anyone
had
any
questions
about
the
consent
agenda.
A
A
B
A
AZ
A
BA
BA
Jackie
did
a
great
job,
telling
you
what
we
do,
but
I
want
to
talk
about
it
from
a
little
different
perspective.
I'm
going
to
tell
you
about
my
day
today.
It
started
out
with
me
talking
to
an
86
year
old,
african-american
woman
in
Buncombe
County,
who
had
been
conned
by
a
telemarketer
and
had
given
him
her
debit
card
number.
Thankfully,
they
had
only
gotten
$20
out
of
her
account
before
she
got.
BA
It
corrected
thank
God,
but
it
prompted
us
to
have
a
nice
long
conversation
about
how
you
respond
to
those
sorts
of
scenarios
and
why
you
never
give
your
debit
card
number
out.
I
then
talked
to
a
woman
in
Buncombe
County,
who
was
a
victim
of
domestic
violence
and
who,
in
addition
to
needing
protection,
she
needed
help
getting
her
truck
back
from
her
abuser,
so
she
could
go
to
work
and
what
she
said
was
I've
never
been
through
this
before
I.
Don't
know
what
to
do
so,
we're
helping
her
with
what
she
needs
to
do.
BA
I
had
a
meeting
with
my
attorneys
who
work
on
our
domestic
violence
team
today
to
talk
about
their
cases
and
here's
an
example.
Here
are
some
of
the
people.
We
are
actually
helping
this
week
in
court,
a
woman
who
was
threatened
over
at
the
drum
circle,
with
I'm
going
to
bad-word,
kill
you
a
girl
who
has
been
redrawn
etad
by
her
grandparents,
who
want
her
to
communicate
with
the
mother.
Who's
in
prison
is
sexually
abused.
BA
One
of
my
favorite
things
about
my
job
are
the
partnerships
that
we
have
and
I
like
coming
to
these
meetings,
because
I
get
to
see
all
of
our
partners
and
say
hello
to
them
and
I'm
particularly
excited,
though
about
some
of
the
partnerships
that
we've
had
with
you
recently,
working
with
MS
stone
on
the
expungement
project,
with
mr.
Creighton
on
a
zoning
ordinance
and
I've
gotten
to
talk
to
some
of
you
individually
about
work,
I've
been
doing
with
Jerry,
B,
Hahn
and
I'm
going
to
get
around
to
the
rest
of
you
soon.
BA
So
because
I'm
particularly
excited
about
that
work,
and
we
look
forward
to
partnering
with
you
more
and
I'm
here
to
pledge
to
you
that
we
have
some
funds
for
Community
Economic
Development
and
we
want
to
work
with
the
Isaac
Coleman
grant
recipients
on
small
business
creation
and
nonprofit
creation.
And
we
can.
We
can
do
that
for
them,
but
also
I
have
a
little
bit
of
bad
news.
BA
We
have
found
out
that
we
may
lose
around
five
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
funding
from
two
major
sources
who
are
creating
their
budgets
right
now
and
their
budgets.
Don't
include
us,
we
have
laid
off
one
staff
person
we
may
need
to
lay
off
more.
We
simply
can't
afford
to
lose
our
funding
from
you.
Thank
you
for
all
you
have
done
and
please
continue
to
work
with
us.
Thank.
AY
Thank
You
commissioners
for
this
forum
to
allow
us
to
express
our
opinions
and
our
thoughts
on
certain
issues.
My
name
is
Brian
Chapman
and
I
am
a
resident
of
oak
forest
in
South,
Philly
and
I
won't
go
through
a
lot
of
the
comments
that
have
already
been
made.
I'm
here
to
support
those
three
folks,
individuals
that
have
spoken
earlier
about
the
new
apartment
proposed
apartment,
complex,
being
or
proposed
for
on,
overlook
road,
and
it's
been
said
over
and
over,
that
overlook
road
is
a
dangerous
road.
AY
I'm
really
afraid
that
that's
going
to
be
in
jeopardy
with
this
new
proposed
development
and
with
our
apartment
complex
and
our
development
being
used
as
a
cut-through
I'm,
all
I've
been
here
the
resident
for
10
years.
By
way
of
Charlotte
born
and
raised
in
Kannapolis,
North,
Carolina
and
I've
seen
the
growth
in
Charlotte
in
years,
the
mantra
was,
we
don't
want
to
become
another
Atlanta.
Well,
they
became
another
Atlanta
because
they
didn't
have
the
infrastructure
in
place
to
handle
it
I'm
all
about
growth.
AY
BB
Good
evening,
chairman
Newman
commissioners
and
staff,
my
name
is
mike
marquez
assistant
director
at
the
center
for
craft
creativity
and
design.
Cccd
was
born
out
of
hand
made
in
America
twenty-one
years
ago
and
served
as
an
inner
institutional
research
center
under
the
UNC
system.
Up
until
four
years
ago,
when
we
emerge
as
a
standalone
nonprofit
organization,
as
you
may
recall,
cccd
submitted
a
community
grant
request
for
your
consideration
to
provide
the
remaining
funds
necessary
for
the
art
space,
affordable,
housing,
feasibility
assessment.
BB
These
funds
would
close
the
twenty-eight
thousand
three
hundred
and
twenty-five
dollar
funding
gap
that
currently
exists
for
the
second
phase
of
the
project,
known
as
the
arts
market
survey.
Other
projects
include
the
city
of
Asheville,
the
Community
Foundation
of
Western
North,
Carolina
Ted
and
Terry
Van
Dyne
and
the
Duke
Energy
Foundation.
This
is
a
community
based
initiative
with
wide
split
willed,
widespread
support
from
artists,
arts
organizations
and
civic
leaders.
Arts
base
is
the
national
nonprofit
leader
in
developing
affordable
spaces
for
artists
and
creative
sector
businesses.
BB
Arts
mates
recently
submitted
a
preliminary
draft
that
emphasized
the
unique
assets
that
we
have
in
our
community
and
the
level
of
risk
that
they
are
at
given
the
rising
property
values.
Here,
it's
important
to
note
that
this
is
not
only
an
arts
based
project,
but
an
economic
development
project
that
prioritizes
affordable
housing,
livability
social
equity
and
workforce
development,
multi-tenant
multi-use,
creative
spaces
generate
economic,
revitalization
and
development.
Every
artist
is
in
essence
a
cottage
industry
and
arts
facility
projects
are
catalysts
for
private
and
public
investment.
BB
We've
brought
forward
an
opportunity
to
bring
a
nationally
recognized,
nonprofit
developer
to
the
region
for
a
minimal
and
well
leveraged
investment.
This
is
a
project
based
request
that
serves
the
entire
community
and
we
would
be
honored
to
welcome
the
county,
support
and
investment.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
Q
BC
Hi,
my
name
is
Nicole
Townsend
I,
don't
know
most
of
you
sitting
up
there.
Who
am
I,
am
a
black
woman
and
I'm
a
community
organizer
I
have
no
intentions
on
speaking
this
afternoon.
So
please
forgive
me
if
I
stumble,
upon
my
words,
a
part
of
a
group
Club
rolling
in
for
the
people
and
I'm
working
with
them
to
get
a
definite
Martin
meditate.
The
proposed
100
million
dollars
for
the
Asheville
Police
Department
and
read
two
quotes
the
first
one
being
from
James
babblin.
BC
BC
If
they
did
not
agree
with
that,
if
you
are
not
willing
to
disobey
unjust
laws,
please
don't
show
up
at
another
prayer.
Breakfast
Podesta
partners
in
the
South
began
as
slave
patrol
now,
so
listen
Patricia
has
been
available
to
avoid
suppress,
see
much
more
inherently
perpetuating
white
supremacist
culture,
two
militaries
for
the
Sheriff's
Department
won't
protect.
Another
is
served
an
American
solution
that
lets
about
Adam,
which
include,
but
are
not
loaded
to
urban
renewal
gentrification.
The
lack
of
reparations
poverty
and
capitalism
family
has
were
continuing
to
be
torn
apart.
BC
F
Good
evening,
thank
you
for
your
time
tonight,
especially
given
so
many
worthwhile
causes
and
and
and
agencies
and
nonprofits
and
I,
really
appreciate.
I
understand
the
allocation
process
is
arduous.
At
best,
my
name
is
Jeff
sudo
Lee
I'm,
the
executive
director
at
the
mountain
Child,
Advocacy
Center.
F
Some
of
you
know
us,
as
the
the
main
nonprofit
in
town
that
directly
addresses
all
the
child,
sexual
and
physical
abuse,
as
well
as
the
collect
cases
in
the
county
in
Buncombe
County.
Last
year,
2016
we
had
just
under
five
thousand
cases
that
were
screened
in
that
for
a
child
abuse
and
neglect.
If
you
look
at
that
over
a
span
of
a
year,
that's
about
fourteen
cases
per
day
for
365
days
a
year.
F
It's
obviously
a
significant
issue,
and
we
want
to
thank
you
for
the
years
of
support
both
when
we
are
the
child
abuse
or
prevention
Center
and
as
we
have
moved
forward
into
becoming
an
accredited
Child
Advocacy
Center.
So
we
provide
multiple
services
on
intervention
prevention
and
responding
to
child
abuse.
But
probably
the
one
I
want
to
talk
tonight
about
just
real
briefly
is
our
prevention
program.
F
We
work
with
K
through
five
children
throughout
the
county
and
in
fact
we
just
finished
up
for
this
school
year
and
we
were
able
to
reach
just
over
9,500
children
with
our
recognizer
respond
personal
safety
class
to
try
to
help
children
understand
how
to
protect
themselves.
We
are
the
only
agency
in
town
that
provides
any
type
of
child
abuse
prevention,
especially
in
K
through
five,
and
why
do
I
want
to
talk
about?
F
Prevention
is,
as
many
of
you
know,
you're
aware
of
the
ace
of
study
and
other
CDC
studies
that
have
talked
about
the
impact
that
trauma
and
abuse
and
neglect
have
over
the
course
of
a
lifetime.
We
know
now
that
for
individuals
that
have
been
victimized
roughly,
it's
about
at
$200,000
cost
over
the
course
of
a
lifetime,
how
it
impacts
education,
the
justice
system,
the
Human
Services
field,
how
it
impacts
the
individuals
to
have
a
job
through
the
medical
expenses
for
the
mental
health
expenses.
F
So
I
really
again,
thank
you
for
your
support
and
being
able
to
take
an
upstream
approach
to
child
abuse.
We
can
sit
down
stream
and
wait
that
they
become
adults
and
try
to
address
it
then,
or
we
can
try
to
prevent
it
earlier
on.
The
cost
of
our
program
per
kid
is
about
four
dollars
per
kid
and
the
overall
cost
of
our
tree,
our
prevention
program
again
looking
at
a
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
per
victim.
If
we
can
prevent
one
victim
in
Buncombe,
County
will
pay
for
that
program
four
times
over.
F
A
What
up
in
who
else
all
right,
sir
I
mean
you
next
and
then,
who
else
do
we
have
still
all
right
and
then
Jerry
will
come
to
you?
Third
well
Google
will
get
a
look
at
everybody
good.
BD
Our
goal
is
to
directly
address
the
worst
of
our
society:
ills,
racism,
poverty
and
violence.
We
need
our
local
and
county
governments
to
invest
in
sanctuary
and
safety,
not
detention,
centers
and
handcuffs.
I
know
a
lot
of
people
coming
up
to
this
podium
asking
for
money
and
support
a
lot
of
nonprofits
folks
who
work
in
shelters,
folks,
working
for
a
necessary
move
to
100%,
renewable
energy
and
I.
Don't
hear
anyone
coming
up
here,
asking
to
put
more
people
in
jail
and
to
perpetuate
oppress
and
detrimental
drug
war
on
black
and
brown
bodies
in
Buncombe
County.
BD
BE
Hi,
my
name
is
dawuan
a
little
I
know
some
of
you
up
there
and
I'm
coming
to
speak
about
a
proposal
that
I
submitted
to
Buncombe
County.
My
proposal
is
called
positive
influences
and
the
reason
I
want
to
speak
to
my
proposal
is
because
a
lot
of
things
that
has
been
spoken
about
all
these
proposals
that
has
been
presented
here
and
presented
tonight
have
a
lot
to
do
with
what
we're
trying
to
do
as
grassroots
organizers
within
our
community.
We
are,
we
do
support
the
1
million
set
of
people.
BE
We
do
a
lot
of
things
and
I
use
also
supported
that
a
lot
of
surveying
with
their
to
petition
the
city,
but
our
youth
are
struggling.
There
is
a
real
issue
with
our
youth.
Yeah
I
have
seen
the
state
of
like
Asheville
when
dr.
Mullins
presented
it
to
you
a
few
months
back
for
the
Isaac
Coleman
initiative.
We
are
really
dealing
with
issues
within
our
community.
We
are
on
the
ground
within
these
communities.
We
live
in
these
communities,
especially
the
marginalized
communities
of
the
13
County,
and
we
are
working
closely
with
these
use.
BE
I
would
like
you
out
to
really
consider
I
know
we
are.
This
is
our
first
time
applying
for
the
county,
so
I
know
it's
more
likely
to
find
programs
that
you
are
already
done
funded
before,
because
y'all
had
a
chance
to
see
their
success,
but
I
would
like
to
ask
y'all
to
give
us
an
opportunity
to
show
you
what
their
funding
can
do
for
community
and
for
the
youth
within
our
community.
That's
better
than
the
issues
that's
within
the
school
system
as
well
as
within
the
community.
BE
We
are
dealing
with
multiple
levels
of
trauma
and
stress
and
social
pressures
that
unless
you
live
in
through
it,
you
really
can't
understand
or
relate
to,
and
we
are
really
working
hard
to
work
with
these
kids
and
for
all
of
the
programs.
That's
in
the
positive
influence
proposal
we
funding
out
of
our
own
pocket
and
we
work.
So
half
of
our
income
is
going
toward
supporting
these
kids
and
we
like
to
ask
the
council
to
support
them
as
well.
BE
The
deficits
not
go
change
unless
we
do
something
to
really
influence
their
change,
and
that's
why
I
titled
it
positive
influences,
because
that's
what
we
doing
is
really
trying
to
change
that
fly,
use
and
show
them
that
it
is
hope
outside
of
what
they
community
show
them,
that
they
can
do
that
they
can
be
more
and
that's
what
we
are
all
working
towards
is
showing
these
kids
that
they
can
be
more
because
at
the
end
of
the
day
they
are
our
future.
So
I
ask
y'all.
So
please
seriously
consider
my
proposal.
BE
Q
AH
Q
You
know
you
know,
like
Joe,
just
kidding
Joe
I'd
like
to
say
that
I
really
appreciate
Wanda
Green
I've
been
here
for
a
lot
longer
than
she
has
we've
weathered
some
storms.
We've
had
some
hard
times,
I've
seen
her
at
her
best
and
I've,
seen
her
at
her
lowest
and
I.
Think
that
I
speak
from
the
heart.
How
much
I
do
appreciate
her
and
her
education,
her
experience
and
her
leadership
and
the
only
thing
that
I
really
can
say
there's
an
old
song.
That
comes
my
mind.
Q
Q
Q
If
you
don't
like
it,
tell
her
to
leave
I
think
she
picked
a
good
time
to
leave
myself
so
I'll
hit
you
with
the
crop
infield.
You
know,
because
it's
going
to
go
long.
Crop
in
the
field
is
the
thing
that
we
deal
with
every
day
of
our
life.
While
we
serve
here
in
our
community,
so
thank
you
Wanda,
for
you
help
I
think.
AR
I,
don't
think
ever
shook
my
head
as
much
when
Jerry
was
talking
before
wonder.
We
are
going
to
miss
you
and
we
appreciate
you
for
all
you've
done
for
this
county
I.
Mr.
Collins
is
group
sometimes
comes
to
the
City
Council
and
presents
and
a
lot
of
times
they
present
without
any
any
counter-argument,
and
what
I
would
like
to
say
to
you,
commissioners,
is
when
I
look
around
this
room.
AR
I
see
a
lot
of
folks
that
your
Sheriff's
Office
partners
with
out
in
the
community
and
a
lot
of
folks
that
would
vouch
for
what
we
do
and
as
far
as
the
character
of
the
men
and
women
at
work,
there
I
think
when
you
look
at
what
happens
when
you
disconnect
police
from
community
or
law
enforcement
from
the
community.
The
true
victims
are
the
people
who
live
in
those
communities
and
please
don't
misinterpret
what
I'm
saying
hold
us
accountable.
AR
We
should
be
we're
given
quite
a
bit
of
power
and
authority
and
we're
quite
a
bit
of
your
budget,
and
you
should
hold
us
accountable
for
the
outcomes
and
what
goes
on,
but
what
I
would
say
in
an
impatient
way.
If
you
ever
listen
to
kids,
who
are
debriefed
that
live
in
those
communities
after
shootings
occur,
you
do
not
want
to
disengage
your
police
and
your
law
enforcement
from
your
underserved
communities.
AR
A
BF
Lord
of
Mercy
I
feel
like
a
mosquito
in
a
nudist
colony,
so
many
places
to
go
and
not
enough
time
to
get
there
and
cover
them
all
I'm
a
lifetime
resident
of
the
Buncombe
County
except
the
five
years
I
went
off
to
get
a
bachelor's
degree
in
biology
and
abbasid
master's
bachelor's
master's
degree
in
environmental
systems,
engineering
and
you've
heard
a
lot
of
world
or
not.
Okay,
I've
seen
this
happen
every
year.
BF
Everybody
lines
up
at
the
public
trough.
Welcome
their
money.
Well,
I
understand:
I,
sent
you
an
email,
but
nobody
got
is
something
happened
to
the
email
and
the
email
basically
said
this
I
read
in
the
paper
where
they
were
blaming
one
degree
and
wondering
I,
wouldn't
start
out
too
friendly
at
all
matter
of
fact,
I
sued
her.
She
remember
right,
one
and
I
used
to
cite
in
the
office
with
my
legs
stretched
out
across
the
door.
Reading
them
I.
BF
Remember
not
so
you
know
she
seen
me
at
my
worst
and
in
an
email,
I
said:
I
read
in
the
paper
that
one,
the
green
is
blamed
for
buying
6.8
million
dollars
in
land.
That's
not
true
folks
that
land
was
owned
by
the
city
of
Asheville.
It
was
given
in
an
exchange
prevention
Vera
to
Asheville
to
build
the
less
water
treatment
plant,
but
somebody
didn't
want
that
crop
shooting
up
in
the
French
Broad
River.
BF
Next
to
that
big,
fine
bill
poorhouse,
so
they
decided
to
do
away
with
it
and
that's
why
it
had
to
be
bought
now.
The
other
thing
that
said
something
about
salary
as
a
song,
even
though
she'd
increase
salaries,
where
I
remember
a
little
phrase
called
South
Carolina
I
bet
you'd,
be
to
that
in
a
Memorandum
of
a
gun
between
you
and
deep
power
that
nobody
called,
and
my
message
in
that
email
was
exactly
what
Jerry
said.
BF
You
can't
blame
long
before
the
half
a
million
dollar
gets
over
her
head
because
she
didn't
cut
that
debt
there.
She
figured
out
how
to
pay
for
that
stuff.
What
that
debt
was
put
there
by
the
county
commissioners
and
guess
what
your
new
folks
have
no
excuse
anymore
for
not
ask
in
any
question
you
want
to
ask
whatever
you
get
is
interim
county
manager
or
whoever
you
hire?
BF
Please
ask
the
questions.
Don't
look
at
that
agenda
and
don't
know
what's
going
on
on
it?
That's
why
I'm
sitting
here
right
now
to
ask
some
questions
a
little
bit
later
on,
because
I'm
gonna
tell
you
something
folks
what
you
said
on
that
rate
this
year
is
on
your
shoulders.
Not
wonders
I
suggest
that
you
think
about
us,
because
you
know
when
you
can
solve
one
of
these
problems.
Everybody's
got
as
long
as
you
take
everybody
else's
money.
BF
BG
It's
for
real
I'm,
Pam,
Myers
I'm,
director
of
the
Asheville
Art
Museum
and
I'm
here,
to
ask
for
your
support
for
the
creation
of
the
new
Asheville
Art
Museum,
which
is
currently
under
construction
in
a
major
way.
After
ten
years,
through
the
recession
and
involving
many
many
supporters,
we
are
building
the
anchoring
Cultural
Organization
for
Buncombe
County
and
for
the
future
of
our
community.
The
team
working
on
the
project
is
overwhelmingly
local,
the
architects
contractors.
BG
Subcontractors
are
up
there
now
every
day,
invite
anyone
and
all
of
you
who
haven't
yet
had
a
chance
to
tour
with
me
to
join
me
in
seeing
the
amazing
job
they
are
doing
on
a
very
complex
inner
city
project.
This
extraordinary
24
million
dollar
project
will
preserve
and
protect
our
community's
historical
and
cultural
heritage,
educate
our
students
and
inspire
residents,
artists
and
visitors
to
Buncombe
County.
The
county
was
an
early
supporter
and
remains
essential
to
the
project's
success.
BG
Support
now
will
also
be
matched
dollar-for-dollar
through
a
challenge
grant
where
working
to
complete,
which
was
given
to
the
project
in
support
of
the
museum's
excellent
operations
by
a
national
foundation.
Thank
you
for
your
support
of
the
project
then,
and
now,
and
in
the
future.
I'd
also
like
to
just
take
one
second
to
ask
you
to
continue
to
support
the
pack
square
cultural
partnership
as
well
that
supports
the
operations
of
the
DAO
Northam
Theatre
in
the
Asheville
Art
Museum
County.