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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Regular Meeting Aug. 7, 2018
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This is the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Aug. 7,2018. For more information visit buncombecounty.org.
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A
Between
now
and
the
time
we
hold
our
next
County
Commission
meeting,
most
public
schools
in
Buncombe
County
will
resume
school
for
the
fall
semester.
So
before
we
begin
I
just
wanted
to
ask
for
a
moment
for
us
all
to
reflect
on
all
the
people
who
work
hard
to
support
our
kids
and
their
education
in
Buncombe,
County,
local
schools
and
local
government
try
to
do
a
lot
of
things
to
make
this
community
a
better
place
to
live,
but
education
of
our
kids
is
at
the
top
of
that
list.
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So,
let's
take
a
moment
to
reflect
on
the
teachers,
the
principal's,
the
coaches,
the
school
resource
officers,
the
parents,
all
the
people
who
come
together
to
make
Buncombe
County
Schools
a
great
place
for
kids
to
grow
up
in
and
learn
and
prepare
for
their
future.
So
please
join
me
in
a
moment
of
silence
to
ask
for
the
protection
of
our
kids
as
they
begin
a
new
season
of
school
and
to
reflect
on
all
the
people
who
do
great
work
on
behalf
of
our
our
kids
and
future
generations.
Please
join
me
in
a
moment
of
silence.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
All
right,
I'd
like
to
make
a
brief
announcement
as
a
reminder
that
the
county
is
now
issuing
parking,
validation
and
bus
passes
for
all
members
of
the
public
that
attend
Buncombe,
County
and
Commission
meetings
and
workshops.
So
anyone
attending
the
meeting
this
evening
may
use
a
pass
to
use
transit
or
to
park
in
a
buck
accounting
parking
facility
in
the
downtown
area.
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So
if
you
need
a
pass,
you
can
ask
one
of
the
officers
here
in
the
meeting
with
us
this
evening
for
validation
of
that,
and
let
me
read
the
ethics
reminder.
In
accordance
with
the
code
of
ethics
adopted
by
the
board.
All
county
commissioners
have
a
duty
to
obey
all
applicable
laws
regarding
official
actions
to
uphold
the
integrity
and
independence
of
the
office,
to
avoid
impropriety
in
the
exercise
of
official
duties
to
faithfully
perform
the
duties
of
the
office
and
to
conduct
the
affairs
of
the
governing
board
in
an
open
and
public
manner.
A
Are
there
any
items
on
the
agenda
this
evening,
the
outcome
of
which
would
have
a
direct,
substantial
and
readily
identifiable
financial
impact
for
any
board?
Member?
Does
any
board
member
have
a
financial
interest
in
any
public
contract
coming
before
the
board?
Today,
there
being
none
all
board.
Members
have
a
duty
and
obligation
to
vote
on
each
agenda
item
that
is
voted
on
by
the
Commission
this
evening.
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A
D
D
Nathan
best
is
the
applicant
representing
the
property
owner.
She
can
ll
see
the
pin
numbers
of
the
associated
parcels.
Our
963
three
point,
six,
one
point:
six,
one:
zero,
two
and
two
four
nine
six
we're
dealing
with
two
parcels
here
tonight,
one
we
actually
found
to
be
unsound.
It
is
the
bottom
arrow
that
says.
Subject:
property:
it's
consist
of
2.0
acres
and
we're
suggesting
rezoning
of
our
three
on
that
parcel.
The
other
parcel.
D
The
properties
together
currently
represent
about
20
acres,
but
they
are
going
to
retain
the
portion.
That's
in
the
brown
along
Brevard
Road.
This
would
be
retained
at
neighborhood
service
because
that's
part
of
the
commercial
corridor
there's
a
gas
station
up
there
and
there's
some
other
commercial
activities
that
they
like
to
retain
and
the
purpose.
This
application
is
a
future
manufactured
home
park,
expansion,
there's
a
manufactured
home
park,
as
I
pointed
out
to
the
north
and
the
property
that's
in
Mills
River.
D
This
is
at
the
end
of
the
county
and
the
southern
part
as
the
cross-hatched
area
we
reached
out
to
Mills
River,
and
we
found
that
their
zoning
is
consistent
with
our
open
use
zoning.
So
this
request
is
actually
consistent
in
that
development
pattern.
The
mobile
home
park
expansion
is
not
part
of
this
application
that
will
be
of
I
waited
as
part
of
a
separate
application
and
be
reviewed
by
the
Board
of
Adjustment.
The
location
is
on
a
major
transportation
corridor.
Brevard
Road,
it's
served
by
the
manufacturer.
D
Don't
park
is
currently
served
by
a
wastewater
treatment
system
and
that's
regulated
by
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Environmental
Quality,
and
we
have
found
this
to
be
consistent
with
the
land
use
plan
and
not
a
detriment
to
adjacent
owners.
We
received
no
public
comment.
There
was
a
question
from
a
resident
in
the
manufactured
home
park
just
in
terms
of
some
construction
traffic.
A
E
We
are
a
family
owned
company
that
my
father-in-law
founded
here
in
Buncombe
County
approximately
30
years
ago,
and
we
currently
own
and
operate
a
55
and
over
mobile
home
community
called
Rosewood
mobile
home
park
in
southwest
Buncombe
County
Rosewood
provides
an
affordable
housing
option
for
Buncombe
County
seniors,
and
our
company
has
owned
the
property
for
over
16
years.
Approximately
10
years
ago,
when
Buncombe
County
put
in
zoning
in
the
rural
areas,
we
were
zoned
out
of
compliance
for
our
use.
We
have
additional
acreage.
That
is
prime
for
development.
E
Our
community
stays
fully
occupied
and
we
have
many
residents
that
have
lived
there
for
over
20
years.
Our
park
is
clean,
well
landscaped
and
well-maintained
with
very
little
turnover.
We
are
asking
for
the
rezoning
so
that
we
could
once
again
become
a
conforming
use
and
give
flexibility
for
future
development
of
affordable
housing
in
Buncombe
County.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
All.
H
I
I
get
I
get
picked
to
do
this
because
I
somebody
was
smart
enough
to
actually
write
this
language
down
in
front,
but
it
turns
out
what
we
need
to
do
is
we'll
do
each
time
that
we
we
have
the
opportunity
to.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
clear
to
the
public
that
this
is
consistent,
so
I,
don't
think
I
have
to
read
the
the
plan
consistent
statement.
I
F
A
I
Oh
it's
been
it's
been
probably
at
least
a
year
to
maybe
you
maybe
after
you
were
first
elected
Commissioner
Farrar
to
go
out
and
I
wanted
to
show
her
a
nice
adult
community
and
Rosewood
was
that
so,
if
you
ever
had
the
opportunity
to
go
out
there,
it's
it's.
It's
very
well
done
as
as
was
stated-
and
we
need
more
of
this
now
come
in
mr.
I
Nathan
Pennington
on
saying
manufactured
home
instead
of
mobile
home.
We're
learning
I
appreciate
that
very
much,
but
it's
a
great
that's
great
opportunity
for
the
county
in
a
way
to
expand
their
affordable
housing,
ownership
opportunities
and
I'm
glad
that
we
have
some
property
that
that
is
perfect
for
that,
and
this
is
so
I'm
glad
to
support
it.
A
J
I've
got
a
couple
of
things
to
go
over
with
you.
One
is
the
first
is
an
update
on
a
$500,000
grant
application
for
a
cop's
grant
to
install
bi-directional
amplification
repeaters
to
enhance
Public,
Safety
radio
signals
and
secondary
schools.
This
is
a
grant
application
which
the
Sheriff's
Department
has
taken.
The
lead
on
and
I
do
want
to
recognize
me
sherry
powers.
She
did
the
line,
shares
work
on
this
in
a
very
short
time
period.
I
might
add,
I
went
ahead
and
signed
this
because
there
was
a
deadline
of
the
end
of
the
month.
J
J
This
is
for
the
public
safety
radio
system.
These
are
the
p25
portable
units
that
our
Sheriff's
Department
Asheville,
PD
fire
department's,
an
EMS
units
all
use,
and
the
problem
is-
is
that
with
modern
construction
a
lot
of
times
the
radio
signals
won't
penetrate
into
the
interior
of
these
buildings.
So
what
has
happened?
J
Is
we've
gone
in
with
our
IT
staff
and
done
Studies
on
this,
we've
used
some
of
the
volunteer
firemen
to
go
in
and
actually
assess
these
buildings
out
of
44
buildings
in
Buncombe
County
22
of
them
have
some
level
of
reduced
signal,
and
what
this
is
going
to
do
is
allow
us
to
take
eight
of
those
who
have
the
worst
signal
and
repair
to
fix
that
with
some
equipment
and
that
equipment
is
called
a
BDA.
It's
a
bi-directional
antenna.
J
Essentially
you
have
an
exterior
antenna
on
the
roof
that
antenna
then
penetrates
through
the
roof
and
goes
down
to
a
repeater
radio
repeater
station
there,
and
then
what
that
does
is
rebroadcast
and
strengthens
the
signal
into
the
classroom
or
into
the
school.
Now,
in
particularly
large
buildings
like
schools.
J
Sometimes
you'll
you'll
have
a
series
of
these
and
that's
called
a
distributed
antenna
system
and,
depending
on
what
you
need
for
full
coverage,
you
may
have
several
of
those
smaller
antennas
inside
the
building,
but
the
purpose
is
simply
to
give
good
radio
coverage
on
the
interior
of
the
building
and
as
y'all
can
imagine.
If
you
had
a
sheriff's
response,
you
want
to
make
sure
that
the
first
deputy
in
once
he
assess
the
situation,
can
call
in
additional
help.
He
needs
obviously,
and
he
needs
that
radio
to
work
so
that
he
can
call
in.
J
A
B
J
My
recommendation
to
you
is:
is
that
we
meet
with
both
school
superintendents
and
discuss
how
we
might
come
up
with
some
funding
to
look
at
all
of
them
and
bear
in
mind
the
ones
we
have
done
so
far
are
just
Monken
County
Schools
I've,
already
taken
the
liberty
of
having
our
IT
staff,
go
and
contact
Asheville
City
Schools
and
determine
what
their
situation
is
and
then
I'd
like
if
y'all
are
in
agreement.
I'd
like
to
move
forward
with
discussing
that
because
I
agree
with
you,
it
is
a
serious
situation.
J
I
I
think,
from
a
from
a
standpoint
of
emergency
service
to
I
mean
I
know
the
landscape.
Is
you
know
making
us
look
at
you
know
the
you
know
potential
of
someone
going
into
a
school
to
to
cause
harm,
but
we
also
have
those
that
are
going
in
there
to
to
make
sure
that
someone
is
taken
care
of
if
they're,
if
there's
a
medical
emergency,
and
to
be
able
to
take
this
so
I
want
to
come
in
the
air
interim
manager,
the
the
staff,
the
Sheriff's
Department,
all
those
that
have
started.
I
This
conversation
found
this
grant
to
bring
that
to
us.
We
have
had
an
opportunity
to
review
this.
It's
a
it's.
A
it's!
A
it's
a
great
program
and
I
also
agree
that
we
need
to
look
at
the
making
sure
that
all
the
schools
are
that
those
radios
are
working.
So
I
look
forward
to
hearing
more
information
on
this
in
the
future.
A
K
J
K
A
K
L
Yes
in
weeds
folks,
I
think
needed
me
mention.
We
spoke
earlier
about
that
with
some
of
the
schools
being
across
the
road
from
each
other,
like
omni
valley
and
inc
high
school,
that
there's
a
possibility
you're
checking
in
to
see
if
one
antenna
could
possibly
do
it
but
too
early
in
all
this
to
know,
that's
what's
gonna
be
I
totally
support.
We
need
all
22
schools.
J
Just
a
couple
of
things
wanted
to
mention
to
you
that
it's
the
last
meeting
you
remember,
we
asked
you
to
approve
the
move
of
the
Veterans
Affairs
Office
over
to
the
DHH
main
office
on
Cox
Avenue
that
took
place
this
morning
later
this
morning.
At
early
afternoon.
We
then
moved
the
community
engagement
group
into
the
old
Veterans
Affairs
Office.
So
both
those
moves
have
taken
place
today
and
you'll
notice
that
the
table
here
is
gone
and
communication
I
mean
community
engagement,
needed
that,
and
so
rachel
has
that
now
and
it's.
J
J
One
is
I
think
we
mentioned
at
the
last
meeting
that
we
do
need
a
tax
attorney
to
look
at
the
issue
of
not
having
included
the
value
of
these
insurance
premiums
that
were
purchased
over
a
three-year
period.
So
we
are
in
the
process
of
hiring
a
tax
attorney
now
to
review
that
give
us
advice
on
that
and
deal
with
the
IRS
on
our
behalf,
but
it
does
go
back
for
some
of
the
employees
three
years,
it's
15,
16
and
17,
so
we're
moving
forward
with
that.
J
We
anticipated
having
them
on
board
very
shortly
and
we
have
some
direction
on
that
very
quickly.
The
next
thing
that
just
wanted
to
give
you
an
update
that
one
of
the
things
we're
working
on
now
is
some
contracts
tracking
software.
This
will
better
keep
track
of
all
of
the
county's
contracts,
particularly
those
times
when,
for
instance,
that
you
have
a
trigger
date
on
whether
or
not
to
renew
or
there's
an
automatic
renewal.
You
don't
want
to
miss
those
dates,
so
we're
looking
at
that.
J
It
will
also
be
a
database
of
all
of
our
contracts,
that's
searchable,
so
we
can
pick
them
up
very
readily.
We
are
in
the
process
of
purchasing
that
software.
Now
we've
had
a
group
working
on
that,
probably
for
the
last
six
months
and
it's
included
another
harvest,
but
primarily
finance
and,
of
course
IT
looking
at
the
software
and
then
once
we
have
that
they'll
be
coming
to
you
on
the
21st
to
make
a
detailed
presentation
on
on
that.
J
For
you
and
then
later
the
same,
we
have
the
similar
group
working
and
there's
actually
the
same
group
working
to
update
your
purchasing
manual.
So
this
would
be
all
of
the
methods
of
purchasing
for
the
county,
everything
from
supplies
on
up
through
major
construction
contracts.
We've
done
a
we're
doing
a
thorough
review
of
all
of
that
making
sure
we're
thoroughly
in
compliance
with
state
law
and
then
best
practices
there.
So
with
that,
then,
what
we'll
do
is
once
we
have
all
of
that
in
place.
J
J
So
we'll
be
doing
that
now
it
may
take
doing
that
in
some
sections.
We'll
have
the
ones
that
were
ready
to
go
with
to
update,
but
then
we
may
come
back
later
with
one
or
two
minor
changes
as
well
on
that
we
want
to
get
the
bulk
of
it
in
place.
We
already
have
a
purchasing
manual,
but
we
change
is
we're
making.
We
want
to
get
out
as
soon
as
possible.
Okay,.
J
The
next
thing
the
school
board
has
requested
a
meeting
with
the
chairman
and
myself
to
meet
with
their
chair
and
the
superintendent
I
think
in
talking
to
brownie
I
believe
what
we
wanted
to
do
is
expand
that
to
three
board
members
of
themself
and
three
board
members
for
them
and
the
superintendent,
if
I
remember
correctly
so
I
just
wanted
to
remind
y'all.
We
do
need
to
set
that
and
we
have
several
items
on
the
agenda
from
our
side
and
I'm
sure
they
have
a
few
as
well,
but
we'd
like
to
try
to
set
that
up.
A
J
And
then
yeah
yeah
Michael's
reminded
me:
I
signed
a
letter
of
endorsement
for
the
Black
Mountain
Commerce
Park,
that
is
to
recertify
them
as
a
North,
Carolina
Department
of
Commerce
certified
site.
That's
a
standard
thing.
It
doesn't
take
board
action,
but
they
already
have
it,
but
periodically.
You
have
to
get
that
renewed,
so
I
went
ahead
with
that.
The
last
thing
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
all
an
update.
They
just
say:
we've
had
a
few
openings
here
and
so
we're
working
on
those.
The
first
is
Finance
Director
slot.
J
We
are
working
very
hard
on
that
and
we'll
have
some
information
for
you
on
that
shortly.
The
county
manager
will
be
dealing
with
that
later
in
the
agenda.
As
far
as
looking
at
the
executive
search
firm,
so
we're
making
progress
on
that
the
budget
director
I
plan
on
interviewing
some
of
our
folks
as
early
as
next
week,
we
are
doing
an
internal
promotion
on
that.
We
have
several
qualified
candidates,
so
we've
only
opened
that
up
internally,
we'll
interview
those
people-
hopefully
next
week
and
I'll-
make
a
decision
on
that
shortly.
J
The
next
one
communications
director
the
same
thing.
We
have
three
very
qualified
candidates
internally
and
I'll-
be
interviewing
those
also
probably
next
week
and
we'll
try
to
make
a
decision
on
that.
And
lastly,
we
have
the
library,
director
and
I'm
going
to
turn
that
over
to
Jim
Jim
is
handling
that
mr.
M
Chairman
commissioners,
we
are
in
the
process
of
setting
up
interviews
with
22
applicants
we'll
be
a
preliminary
round.
We
will
then
move
that
process
to
final
six,
for
which
the
library
board
advisory
board
and
myself
will
be
conducting
those
in
the
nation
for
a
library
director.
That's
upon
the
retirement
of
Gigi
Francis.
A
A
J
A
A
Let's
move
on
to
new
business,
and
the
first
item
is
a
motion
to
approve
the
resolution
of
the
county
of
bunk
of
north
carolina,
declaring
the
intent
of
the
county
to
reimburse
itself
for
capital
expenditures
incurred
in
connection
with
various
county
and
school
improvements
from
the
proceeds
of
certain
tax
exempt
obligations
to
be
executed
and
delivered
during
fiscal
year.
2019
and
eric
hardy
will
present
this
item.
Thank.
N
You,
chairman
Newman
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Eric
Hardy
interim
finance
director,
and
this
item
on
your
agenda
is
seeking
as
an
action
your
approval
of
the
reimbursement
resolution
for
30
million
dollars.
As
chairman
Newman
referenced,
the
details
of
the
of
the
projects
that
are
making
up
composing
the
30
million
dollars
were
in
your
packets.
There
were
35
projects
that
you
have
previously
approved.
The
majority
of
those
came
from
a
recommendation
from
the
school
capital
fund,
Commission
about
13
to
14
million
dollars.
N
Of
that
total,
there
was
another
9.3
million
dollars
that
you
approved
with
the
adoption
of
the
budget
in
the
capital
improvement
plan.
As
part
of
that
action
in
June,
we
anticipate
that
the
school
capital
fund
Commission
will
take
up
consideration
of
another
eight
million
dollars
in
projects.
There
is
capacity
in
that
fund
to
finance
another
eight
million
dollars
in
capital
costs
that
school
capital
fund
Commission
will
take
that
matter
up
in
the
next
month
or
two
and
those
recommendations
will
come
back
to
you
for
approval.
N
So
that
would
be
a
future
decision
point
for
you
on
that.
What
this
resolution
does
is
it
permits
the
projects
that
have
been
approved
that
have
been
approved
to
proceed
and
we
would
use
our
capital
I
mean
our
fund
balance
reserves
to
pay
for
those
as
we
go
along
and
then
at
the
end,
once
we
have
sufficient
amount
of
spent
and
ready
to
bundle
for
a
debt
issuance,
then
that
will
be
also
a
future
action
for
this
board,
where
you
will
approve
the
issuance
of
debt.
N
Again,
all
of
those
projects
have
been
approved
by
you
prior
to
this.
This
night
and
I
do
also
want
to
mention
that
so
there's
three
actions
that
you
will
have
a
future
to
consider
are
the
school
capital
fund,
Commission
recommendation
that
will
come
to
you
in
September
or
October
for
eight
million
dollars
all
contracts
that
exceed
$500,000
for
capital
projects
related
to
County
projects.
We'll
come
back
to
you
for
award
of
those
construction
contracts,
and
there
are
three
items
that
fall
into
that
category
and
then,
finally,
to
issue
debt.
N
A
N
A
H
On
this
here,
I
see
what
we
have,
but
what
we've
gone
through
today,
basically
its
construction
and
what's
happening
in
the
federal
courts.
I
would
like
to
honestly
see
a
comeback
people
coming
back
and
re-evaluating
where
we're
at
here,
because
this
was
brought
up
during
the
process
during
the
time
that
the
construction
areas
were
a
little
bit
ahead.
H
So
I
would
like
to
see
this
actually
redone
and
see
if
it
could
come
down
before
we
ever
went
there,
because
we
approve
stuff,
but
we're
not
sure
what
we
approved
and
by
what
happened
today
in
the
federal
courts
in
its
own
construction.
We
need
to
back
up
and
look
at
this
before
we
do
that
in
mind.
That's
my
personal
opinion
and
have
it
read
how
people
really
look
at
it.
A
A
N
Can
speak
to
the
process
that
that
got
us
here
and
who
is
responsible
for
what
some,
what
many
layers
to
it
for
Buncombe
County
school
projects,
the
approval
of
the
project
expenditures
comes
through
the
school
capital
fund,
Commission,
and
so
those
have
been
approved.
There
are
various
stages
of
completion.
Already.
N
You
may
recall
that
the
action
that
supports
this
request
comes
from
March
of
2017,
during
which
time
the
school
capital
fund,
Commission,
approved
capital
expenditures
for
school
year,
2018
and
2019
the
ones
we're
looking
at
tonight.
Oh
there's
ones
that
will
be
underway
during
the
school
year
of
2019.
Some
of
those
are
underway
this
summer.
If
you
drive
by
IRA
Beach,
they
replace
the
repaving.
The
the
parking
lot
they've
already
replaced
a
roof
out
there,
so
they're
in
various
stages
of
development,
County
Schools
have
sole
responsibility
of
approving
the
award
of
those
contracts.
N
The
county's
role
is
to
finance
those,
but
the
County
Schools
are
the
ones
who
approve
those
contracts.
Asheville,
City,
Schools
and
Buncombe
County
projects
proper,
come
back
to
this
board
for
approval
and
so
any
award
of
any
construction
contract
for
East
Asheville
library.
For
the
improvements
to
the
detention
facility
for
improvements
to
this
building,
because
those
three
are
in
excess
of
$500,000,
those
contracts
will
come
back
to
you
for
a
ward,
so
it'll
be
full
discussion
at
that
time.
When
we
get
to
that
point
for
your
for
your
approval.
A
So
many
so
many
of
these
projects-
I'm
asking
this-
is
a
question
that
sounds
like
a
statement,
but
questions
or
some
of
these
projects
are
currently
already
being
implemented.
Indeed,
so
the
the
whole
bidding
process,
it's
already
been
complete
biz,
has
been
awarded
they're
actually
being
installed.
This
is
about
a
financial
reimbursement
of
the
county.
For
these
projects
from
the
capital
school
it
is
commissioned.
I
mean
I,
believe
that
the
you
know
the
concern
that
commissioner
fryers
raising
is
related
to.
A
You
know
the
very
disturbing
information
that
came
out
this
this
afternoon
about
you
know
a
contractor
who
had
contracts
with
the
county
that
appeared
oval-8
it
or
at
least
the
allegation,
the
charges
that
there
were
a
lot
of
improprieties
there
and
violations
so
I
mean
I.
Think
that's
that's
the
nature
of
the
the
concern
right
to
make
sure
that.
A
Process
on
all
these
projects
has
been
done
in
a
fair,
thorough,
professional
manner.
So
I,
don't
know,
I
mean
I.
Think
we're
all.
You
know
we're
all
reacting
to
this.
You
know
really
really
unfortunate
news.
That's
come
out
today
for
the
with
the
indictments.
You
know
these
are
all
great
projects.
Nobody
wants
to
hold
up
these
projects,
we've
all
voted
for
them
already.
So
do
you
have
any
is
what
anyone
like
to
share
any
thoughts
about
the
the
process
like
here.
H
J
N
J
Numbers
on
a
May,
what
I
would
suggest
is
you
go
ahead
with
this
resolution,
but
I
think
Commissioner
fryers
point
is
well
made.
What
I
would
suggest
is
is
give
us
about
four
weeks
and
let
us
report
back
to
you
and
I
think
we
need
to
go
through
each
one
of
these
projects
and
we
need
to
give
you
a
spreadsheet
that
shows
when
they
were
approved,
how
they're
being
financed.
J
You
know
at
what
what's
the
status
of
them
and
that
sort
of
thing
and
would
also
give
us
time
to
go
back
to
the
agency
that
is
recommending
them
and
ask
them
to
revisit
them
and
see
if
these
are
still
the
priorities
they
want
to
do
and
that
way
I
think
all
of
us
would
have
a
better
understanding
of
that,
because
one
of
the
things
I'm
getting
ready
to
ask
the
facilities
director
anyway,
is
is
a
list
similar
to
that
of
all
the
outstanding
projects.
So.
F
F
J
A
Know
the
only
the
only
I
think
that's
a
good
recommendation.
You
know,
the
only
thing
I
would
say
is
that
in
terms
of
just
the
projects
themselves,
I
mean
a
lot
of
them
again
are
already
underway.
So
the
kind
of
this
ship
is
sort
of
saying
the
sale
to
some
extent
on
some
of
these
right,
they're
actually.
J
J
Well,
what
actually
see,
if
you
did
it
tonight,
he
can
go
back
60
days
so
like
if
you've
already
hired
architects
and
things
like
that,
if
they're
already
that
far
long
or
they've
started
to
make
payments
on
construction,
we
can
get
reimbursed
on
all
of
that.
If
you
delay
it,
you
know
for
any
period
of
time
we
may
lose
some
of
that
being
able
to
reimburse
it.
The
thing
I
want
to
stress
here
is:
you
are
not
committing
to
a
thirty
million
dollar
bond
issue
here.
A
I'm,
so
your
recommendations
will
go
ahead
and
prove
this,
but
then
take
a
look
at
take
a
look
at
all
the
projects,
correct
and
I'm.
Fine
with
that
and
you
know,
and
if
the
city
or
county
schools
you
know,
do
have
any
updated
thoughts
about
any
of
these
projects.
You
know
I'd
be
welcome
to
hearing
them,
but
my
sense
is
that
they
probably
mean
these.
These
priorities
largely
came
from
them,
based
on
a
very
thorough.
P
A
I
A
J
I
will
say
this
this
this.
This
leads
into
next
year's
budget
process
when
we
crank
that
up
in
October
one
of
the
things
that
I've
thought
about
because
you're,
your
school's
capital,
commission
fund
and
funding
is
a
little
bit
unique,
and
so
what
I'm
wrestling
with
right
now
is
I
think
we
need
to
have
some
mechanism
to
where
we
have
some
meetings
with
that
Commission
in
terms
of
setting
priorities,
it's
their
job
to
set
priorities
and
I'm
certain
I'm
not
trying
to
dictate
to
them,
but
whatever
they
don't
find.
J
F
A
We've
invested
a
lot
as
a
condition
with
them
over
the
last
five
years:
two
big
projects,
new
schools,
Asheville
high,
of
course,
a
big
project,
and
so
we've
worked
through
some
of
the
really
high
high
ticket
items,
and
most
of
them
now
are
kind
of
more
in
this
you
know
roof
replacement.
You
know
projects
like
that
to
kind
of
take
care
of
stuff,
so
I
think
the
Commission's
I
think
the
the
sense
is
that
probably
the
revenue
that
that
capital
fund
has
were
hopefully
will
be
sufficient.
J
A
I
Not
I
mean
it's
it's.
It's
very
good.
As
chairman
knew
said,
it's
generated
a
lot
of
money
and
there's
been
a
lot
of
money
appropriated
so
far,
and
it's
been
it's
like
you
said,
it's
been
the
big
big
items.
I
didn't
want
to
just
comment
on
the
on
the
process
of
what
we're
talking
about.
You
know
I,
agree
that
we
should
support
the
resolution
because
we
we
need
to
do
that
also
agree
and
I
think
that
all
mr.
I
wood
needs
his
direction
from
the
board
to
take
the
next
to
to
review
these
and
make
sure
see
where
we're
at
make
sure
there's
no
conflict
there.
You
know,
as
information
comes
in
and
then
I
don't
want
to
send
the
signal
that
we're
going
back
and
trying
to
decide
whether
we
need
to
do
these
things,
not
because
we've
already
done
that.
F
A
F
A
A
Okay,
folks,
on
the
technical
side,
could
check
out
the
government
access
video
to
make
sure
it's
broadcasting
thanking
and
Commissioner
Pryor.
Okay.
The
next
item
is
a
motion
to
approve
the
annual
tax
collector
sworn
settlement
for
tax
year
2017
property
taxes
per
north
carolina
general
statute,
105,
373
and
Jennifer
Pike
will
present
this
item.
Q
Thank
You
chairman
and
members
of
the
board
/
North
Carolina
statute.
There
are
a
couple
things
that
need
to
happen
before
I
have
the
authority
to
collect
the
next
year's
tax
bills,
approval
of
the
annual
settlement
for
the
prior
year
and
an
order
of
collection
must
be
issued
for
the
next
year.
So
in
your
packet
this
week
there
were
several
documents
outlining
what
happened
in
2018
fiscal
2018
for
tax
year
17.
The
first
document
is.
Q
The
second
page
of
the
first
document
is
simply
the
pertinent
statutes
that
guide
this
process.
The
second
document
in
your
packet
is
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Motor
Vehicle
collections.
This
is
a
fiscal
2018
report
of
the
registered
motor
vehicle
taxes
building
collected
by
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Motor
Vehicles.
This
report
is
informational
only
because
they
are
responsible
for
the
billing
and
collecting,
but
I
do
want
to
note
that
this
includes
not
only
Buncombe
County,
but
all
the
districts
and
municipalities
within
Buncombe
County.
Q
The
third
document
is
the
snapshot
for
texture,
2017
and
Cassie.
If
you
wouldn't
display
that
please,
these,
these
levies
represent
collections
through
June,
30th
2018,
and
there
are
a
few
points
I'd
like
to
make
on
the
snapshot.
You'll
notice
to
levy
amounts
listed
on
this
report,
the
regular
levy,
which
consists
of
real
estate
and
personal
property
taxes,
those
are
building
collected
by
tax
collections
registered
motor
vehicle
levy,
as
I
mentioned,
is
built
and
collected
by
the
North
Carolina
Department
of
Motor
Vehicles.
The
two
levies
and
collection
amounts
combined
for
our
overall
collection
rate.
Q
Our
overall
collection
rate
of
ninety-nine
point
eight
six
percent
rates
that
ranks
a
second
among
the
ten
largest
counties
of
North
Carolina
throughout
the
year.
Our
internal
focus
is
that
regular
levy,
because
that's
what
we
control
that's
what
we
bill
and
collect,
and
for
fiscal
year,
2018
I'm
very
proud
of
our
ninety-nine
point.
Eight
eight
percent.
Q
My
team
is
a
group
of
very
driven
and
passionate
individuals.
They
want
to
help
the
taxpayers
and
they
understand
their
commitment
to
the
county
and
how
it
important
it
is
to
serve
our
citizens.
This
is
also
a
joint
effort
with
assessment
as
well.
We
rely
on
them
for
up-to-date
and
accurate
owner
information
and
property
values,
so
we
we
both
divisions,
have
the
same
goal
of
collecting
as
much
as
we
can.
Q
Q
The
fifth
document
in
your
packet
is
the
collection
summary
for
fire
districts.
This
is
what
we
collected
for
tax
year,
2017
in
fiscal
18,
for
the
fire
districts
we
collect
on
behalf
of
the
second
requirement
of
the
annual
settlement,
as
I
mentioned,
was
the
unpaid
tax
report.
That
is
your
sixth
document.
Q
Q
This
is
a
list
of
the
tax
payers.
We
found
to
be
insolvent
or
uncollectible
within
the
last
fiscal
year
that
had
unpaid
personal
property
taxes
for
years
2008
through
2012,
and
the
reasons
for
insolvency
are
noted
on
each
line,
as
I
mentioned.
That
is
the
third
and
final
requirement
of
my
annual
settlement.
D
I
Q
A
F
A
C
A
F
A
All
right,
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
any
members
of
the
public
that
would
comment
hearing
none
all
in
favor
of
the
motion.
Please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
all
right.
The
next
item
on
our
agenda
is
a
motion
to
appoint
a
commissioner
to
the
metropolitan
sewerage
district
board.
A
Commissioner
Allen
frost
has
been
serving
on
the
board,
but
has
notified
us
that
she
would
like
to
rotate
off
our
past
practice
has
been
to
have
two
members,
two
active
members
of
the
board
to
represent
the
County
Commission
on
the
MSD
board.
So,
commissioner
frost,
thank
you
for
your
service
there
and.
A
A
I
I
have
a
question
sure
one
of
information
or
order
whatever
was
appropriate
for
me
to
ask
commissioner
fryer
if
he's
interested
in
the
position.
Mr.
fire,
are
you
interested
in
the
position
so
would,
when
I
make
a
recommendation,
would
I
make
a
motion
at
the
same
time
for
Commissioner
fryer
and
get
a
second,
then
we
polled
the
board.
Is
that
how
we
would
do
it?
We.
I
A
On
the
floor,
so
we've
done
this
a
number
of
different
ways.
You
know
in
some
cases,
when
we
have
a
lot
of
these
to
work
through,
we
just
make
motions
and
kind
of
go
through
I
think
our
general,
our
general
practice,
has
been
when
there's
a
particular
appointment
like
this.
If
there's
multiple
people
interested,
then
we
just
pull
the
board,
so
I'd
be
fine.
B
A
C
A
Right
well,
thank
you
both
for
being
willing
to
serve
on
the
board
I
started
on
there
many
years
ago,
and
it
is
a
great
board.
This
great
organization,
very
well-run
I,
believe
Commissioner
Whitesides
got
four
in
Commissioner
fryer
got
three,
so
Commissioner
fryer
Commissioner
Whitesides
will
be
representing
us
in
addition
to
Commissioner
Crossley,
okay,.
I
A
J
Recommendation
this
is
the
committee
recommendation
on
executive
search,
firm
finalists
as
you
as
you
recall.
We
recently
sent
out
a
request
for
proposals
to
hire
an
executive
search
firm
to
recruit
your
next
county
manager.
We
had
eight
responses.
The
Chairman
appointed
a
committee
of
commissioners,
Jazmin
Beach,
Ferrara,
Joe,
Beltre,
al
Whiteside,
say
myself.
The
deadline
for
submitting
was
last
Wednesday.
We
met
on
Thursday
to
discuss
them
the
scoring
method
and
then
agreed.
Each
of
us
would
independently
select
our
top
four
candidates.
Meanwhile,
I
had
staff
call
on
their
references.
J
We
then
met
this
morning
to
review
those
in-depth.
The
firm's
reviewed
were
slabin
management
consultants,
the
Mercer
Group
Inc
out
of
Raleigh
gov
HR
spring
stead
waters,
the
Mercer
Group
Inc
from
Louisburg
North,
Carolina
s,
Rene,
NAR,
Locke,
Coleman,
Lu
and
then
Collin
Benzinger.
Our
recommendation
is
that
the
full
Board
of
Commissioners
interview
two
firms,
both
of
which
were
unanimous
selections
by
the
committee.
J
The
two
finalists
are
slabin
management,
consultants
of
Norcross
Georgia,
that's
greater
Atlanta
and
the
Mercer
Group
Inc
of
Raleigh
North
Carolina,
their
relative
scores
were
slab
in
357
point
five
and
Mercer
three.
Forty
eight
point:
seven
five
both
are
highly
regarded
in
county
and
city
executive,
recruit.
C
J
Have
been
responsible
for
successfully
recruiting
county
and
city
managers
in
North,
Carolina
jurisdictions,
I
have
personal
experience
with
both
firms.
The
committee
was
particularly
impressed
with
slabin
having
the
owner
of
the
company
Robert's
Levin,
as
the
lead
consultant.
Mr.
Slovin
has
multiple
decades
of
recruitment
experience.
In
addition,
we
like
their
guarantee.
If
a
hire
were
to
leave
before
two
years,
they
would
basically
redo
the
search.
J
We
also
like
their
public
participation
segments
and
their
proven
methodology
for
the
recruitment
process.
The
committee
was
particularly
impressed
with
the
two
people
that
Mercer
would
be
sending
Ellis
hankins.
The
lead
consultant
was
the
legal
counsel,
then
assistant
director
and
then
the
director
since
nineteen.
Ninety
seven
of
the
North
Carolina
League
of
Municipalities
in
a
multi-decade
career,
he's
been
with
Mercer
since
2014.
The
other
consultant
is
Charles
penny
who's,
the
retired
city
manager
of
Rocky,
Mountain,
North,
Carolina
and
several
people
here
may
remember.
J
J
Their
understanding
of
our
situation
and
the
fact
that
both
consultants
know
Buncombe
County
well,
mr.
hankins
wife
I
believe,
is
from
Asheville.
The
price
for
slabin
is
a
guaranteed
not
to
exceed
of
twenty
three
thousand
three
hundred
fifty
dollars
and
seventy
five
cent,
the
guaranteed
price
for
the
Mercer
Group
Inc
is
thirty,
two
thousand
five
hundred.
So
obviously,
both
of
these
are
considerably
below
the
maximum
that
we
had
talked
about
earlier.
J
I've
included
their
two
RFPs
for
your
review.
If
any
of
you
would
like
to
see
the
others,
they
are
available
in
my
office.
So
if
anybody
wants
to
see
all
of
them,
you're
free
to
do
so,
but
that's
the
recommendation
of
the
committee
I
also
have
the
scoring
sheet
and
if
anybody
would
like
to
see
that-
and
that's
our
recommendation
at
this
point,
I'd
like
to
ask
any
of
the
other
three
committee
members
of
they'd
like
to
add
anything.
S
Yeah,
a
couple
of
things:
I
want
to
start
by
just
saying
that
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
work
with
commissioners,
Whitesides
and
Belcher
and
County
manager,
and
this
process
we
had
a
really
robust
process
of
you
know,
assessing
some
very,
very
qualified
firms
and,
in
addition
to
some
of
the
characteristics
that
that
mr.
wood
identified
about
that
too,
we
identified
as
finalist
nurse
Mercer
out
of
Raleigh
and
Slaven
I
just
want
to
lift
up
a
couple
other
things
that
they
they
flagged.
S
One
was
a
real
commitment
and
a
lot
of
experience
and
expertise
in
recruiting
a
diverse
and
very
talented
candidate
pool
from
from
across
the
country
diverse
in
terms
of
race,
gender,
sexual
orientation,
other
other
qualities,
which
I
think
is
aligned
with
County's
commitment
around
equity
and
I
also
think
these
are
firms
that
have
the
the
sort
of
track
record
and
wherewithal
to
help
lead
this
process.
In
this
moment
you
know
it's.
It
was
clear
that
this
is
going
to
be
one
of
those
important
pieces
of
work
that
this
commission
embarked
upon
and
I.
S
And
you
know,
I
said
with
without
moving
too
far
afield
from
this
topic.
I
think
this
is
certainly
a
critical
piece
of
the
much
broader
work
we
have
to
engage
in
and
now
drill
down,
even
deeper
on
in
terms
of
oversight,
transparency
and
and
the
governance
work
before
us,
so
I
think
there's
a
soberness
of
tone.
I
So
I'd
like
to
say
that
you
know
these
type
of
things,
take
it
take
a
little
bit
of
time
and
I
want
to
thank
the
commissioners
for
putting
in
the
time
to
do
that
and
what
struck
me
was
a
professionalism
of
all
of
these
groups.
Their
methodology
they're
there
they're
experts
at
what
they're
doing
we
were
reviewing
documents
they
sent
to
us,
and
you
know,
I,
want
to
be
clear
that
they
are
not
accountable
for
picking
our
county
manager.
We
are,
they
have
great
community.
I
You
know
opportunities
for
input,
I
think
both
of
them
one
of
the
things
that
struck
me
as
suggesting
in
in
an
open
meeting
such
as
this
that
the
presentations
be
made,
that
you
know
they're
introductions
be
made,
and
how
would
we
the
process
would
be
how
they
would
be
doing
the
process.
So
you
would
have
the
opportunity
here
in
an
open
session,
to
be
able
to
hear
that
and
I
like
that.
I
But
again
all
you
know
all
aadum
was
good,
there's,
maybe
one
or
two
that
you
know
we
we
didn't
particularly
you
know
care
for
the
information
they
gave
us,
but
we
all
felt
very
comfortable.
The
marks
were
very
high
for
these
two
and
we
were
all
unanimous
say
we're
all
in
our
top
four,
so
I,
don't
I,
don't
have
a
problem
recommending
these
two
to
the
board
to
interview
I,
don't.
B
J
We
have.
We
have
a
work
session
next
Tuesday
starting
at
12:30
and
I.
That's
gonna
go
pretty
much
all
day,
so
I,
don't
think
you're
gonna
have
any
time
to
afternoon
on
that
one
and
I
think
you're
pretty
well
gonna,
be
worn
out
after
that,
but
I
didn't
know.
If
perhaps
you'd
wanted
to
see
if
we
could
just
try
to
set
these
up
for
that
morning.
In
that
way
you
wouldn't
have
to
sacrifice
another
day,
but
we
could
do
it
all
in
one
day.
Okay,.
I
J
B
J
I
J
A
Identify
the
slab
and
management
consultants
and
the
Mercer
Group
Inc
from
Raleigh
North
Carolina
as
the
two
executive
search
firms
to
be
considered
by
the
County
Commission
in
recruitment
of
the
County
Manager
position
was
make
a
couple.
Just
brief
comments.
I'm
going
to
thank
the
folks
who
served
on
this
small
working
group
who
worked
with
mr.
wood
to
look
at
this.
A
This
is
the
most
important
decision
the
County
Commission
will
make
well,
while
we're
here
in
all
likelihood,
you
know
we're
talking
about
a
new
permanent
County
Manager
position
and
you
know
County
manager.
We
are
a
policy
setting
group,
you
know
when
we
meet
a
couple
times
a
month
and
we
make
a
lot
of
decisions
small
and
large,
but
the
county
manager
is
the
person
who
runs
this
large
organization
day-to-day
all
year
long.
So
it's
it's
a
really
important
decision,
I'm
glad
we're
going
through
this
process
this
year.
A
I
I
think
in
retrospect
we
would
all
say:
it'd
been
nice
to
be
able
to
go
through
this
process
before,
but
I
don't
want
it
to
go
without
saying
that
his
input
in
this
was
was
his
timing
being
here,
and
his
input
on
this
was
was
extremely
valuable.
An
asset
I
mean
he
was
asset
through
this
process
and
she,
knowing
in
some
of
the
networking
that
he's
done
and
so
I
want
to.
Thank
thank
you
him
for
that,
and
it's
making
it.
It's
really.
L
This
well
I
hope
this
comes
out
right.
We
appraised
a
couple
county
managers
on
their
retirement
when
they
left
and
we
don't
have
a
good
track
record,
but
one
thing
I
can
say
is
this
has
been
someone
that
I've
looked
up
to
and
it's
been
very
thorough
and
well
I
sure
hope,
I'm,
not
jinxing.
Nothing.
Here
you.
C
P
A
I
B
A
R
A
O
Mr.
chairman,
commissioners
of
our
personnel,
ordinance
requires,
by
its
nature
that,
by
its
stated
language
that
anytime
there's
the
proposed
change
to
the
personnel
ordinance
that
the
board
call
a
public
hearing
upon
10
days
notice,
it
with
a
legal
add
and
what
we're
proposing
to
do
is
make
a
few
changes
to
the
personnel
ordinance
at
the
meeting
in
on
August
21st.
A
B
C
A
Mr.
fruit
I
wouldn't
make
sure
I
did
I
want
to
make
sure
I
did
this
right?
Did
we
actually
need
to
have
a
public
hearing
on
the
setting
of
the
public
hearing,
or
do
we
just
need
to
vote
to
give
notice
or
just
call
okay?
So
all
right,
I
think
we
did
it
right
there.
Yes,
sir
great,
thank
you.
Okay,
board
appointments.
A
All
right
there's
a
motion
in
second
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposed
all
right:
Mount,
Airy,
Workforce,
Development
Board,
one
reappointment
I
will
nominate
Erik
ash
lager
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
hi
any
opposed
nursing
home
Community
Advisory
Committee.
There
are
12
vacancies.
We've
got
two
candidates,
one
for
reappointment
in
one
new
appointment.
F
H
A
All
right,
thank
you
all
right.
We
now
come
to
public
comment.
We
go
over
our
procedures.
The
time
limit
for
individual
comment
to
the
board
is
three
minutes.
If
your
time
expires,
you
can
leave
any
question
along
with
your
name
address
and
phone
number
with
our
county
manager
board.
Members
are
not
expected
to
comment
on
any
matters
during
public
comment.
This
is
the
public's
opportunity
to
speak
to
us.
A
T
Good
evening
County
Commission
members,
my
name,
is
Josh
Holmes
I
live
in
Buncombe
County
I'm,
presenting
the
following
resolution
on
behalf
of
the
Council
of
independent
business
owners,
a
resolution
in
support
of
the
Buncombe
County
Sheriff's
Department,
whereas
the
men
and
women
of
the
Buncombe
County
Sheriff's
Department,
wear
their
uniforms
with
honor
dedication
and
integrity
as
they
protect
and
defend
the
county
they
serve.
And
whereas
there
are
approximately
two
hundred
twelve
law
enforcement
officers
serving
the
county
along
with
415
employees
and
the
entire
Sheriff's
Department.
T
Whereas
the
officers
and
personnel
within
the
sheriff's
department
deserve
support
from
the
local
community
and
adequate
training
in
order
to
perform
their
duties.
Whereas
the
uniforms
which
are
worn
and
earned
with
hard
work,
commitment
and
pride
by
these
officers
have,
in
recent
times
become
targets
simply
because
of
their
profession
and
their
commitment
to
duty.
And
whereas
we,
the
Council
of
independent
business
owners,
support
the
men
and
women
of
the
Buncombe
County
Sheriff's
Department,
who
stand
every
day
as
our
guardians
of
peace
and
order
ready
to
protect
our
homes
and
businesses.
T
The
weak
and
oppressed,
and
our
very
freedom.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
by
the
Council
of
independent
business
owners
that
the
board
of
directors
for
the
Council
of
independent
business
owners
publicly
acknowledges
their
support
for
the
commitment
and
sacrifices
made
by
sheriff
van
Duncan
and
each
and
every
member
of
the
Buncombe
County
Sheriff's
Department,
resolved
by
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Council
of
independent
business
owners.
Thank
you
all.
U
Good
evening,
commissioners,
my
name
is
michael
harney.
I've
met
you
over
the
last
several
months
this
year,
I
work
at
the
Western
North
Carolina
aids
project
can
help
to
operate
the
needle
exchange
program
of
Asheville,
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
stay
in
front
of
you
and
periodically
touch
base
with.
U
What's
going
on
just
returned
last
week
from
the
International
AIDS
Conference,
the
22nd
one
of
such
conferences,
where
there
were
about
a
15,000
people
from
about
160
countries
around
the
world,
fascinating
place
to
be
I,
don't
know
if
you
saw
in
today's
news
I'm
sure
you
must
have
opioids
have
sparked
an
HIV
outbreak
in
Massachusetts.
So
I've
left
this
article
for
you,
it's
all
over
the
internet,
but
I
wanted
to
highlight
some
of
the
things
that
I
learned
at
the
International
AIDS
Conference.
U
It
pertained
to
us
perhaps
operating
a
needle
exchange
program
here
through
our
County
Health
Department,
hopefully
as
a
model
for
other
counties
in
our
region
and
throughout
the
state
of
North
Carolina.
It
says
that
this
was
the
70th
year
anniversary
for
the
World
Health
Organization,
that
health
is
a
human
right
for
all
and
for
the
most
vulnerable
populations,
the
youth
refugees,
immigrants,
transgender
men
and
women,
intravenous
drug
users,
young
women
and
adolescent
girls
and
men
who
have
sex
with
men,
says.
U
In
the
absence
of
services,
there
will
be
a
continued
rise
in
HIV
and
hepatitis
infections
among
vulnerable
populations
chase
the
virus,
not
people
with
the
virus.
It
says
that
our
she
decides.
Calm
is
a
website
for
women
empowering
women
around
the
world.
We
talked
about
where
there's
political
will.
There
are
results
and
that
in
countries
like
the
Philippines,
there
were
20
thousand
six
hundred
and
six
people
killed
because
they
use
drugs.
U
So
if
we
can
figure
out
a
way
to
help
people
who
are
drug
users
into
treatment,
perhaps
maybe
finding
them
other
alternatives
than
being
killed
by
our
government
and
not
our
government,
but
the
a
government
that
certainly
would
be
a
benefit
in
the
world.
I
wrote
a
column
while
I
was
at
the
International
AIDS
Conference
I
went
there
as
a
journalist
of
representing
gay
Asheville
NC
calm
there
under
the
health
page,
you
can
read
what
the
rubber
man
wrote
and
also
in
our
local
newspaper,
the
urban
news,
the
July
2018
issue.
U
There
is
another
column
about
a
needle
exchange
in
our
communities,
also
entitled
what
the
rubber
man
wrote.
So
we
heard
that
a
hundred
billion
dollars
is
spent
globally
on
drug
enforcement.
160
million
only
spent
on
harm
reduction,
so
there's
a
call
to
redirect
10%
of
annual
drug
control
spending
towards
harm
reduction.
Universal
health
coverage
means
access
to
all
the
services
for
all
diseases
around
the
world
and
again,
where
there's
a
political
will,
there
is
a
way
to
to
having
results.
I.
Thank
you.
U
P
My
name
is
Chris
Silva
I
live
in
Asheville
Shakespeare
once
wrote,
something
is
rotten
in
the
state
of
Denmark
deep
down
in
your
gut.
You
might
think
the
same
thing
you
might
save
yourself.
Something
is
not
right
here.
In
our
day
and
age,
you
might
feel
misled.
Uninformed
even
lied
to
you'd
be
correct.
There
is
a
metaphysical
battle
going
on
right
now
between
good
and
evil.
On
our
current
course,
as
we
speak
all
around
the
world,
the
biosphere
is
collapsing.
The
world
is
on
fire.
P
People
are
dying
civilization,
as
we
know
it
is
on
the
verge
of
crumbling.
This
is
bigger
than
any
civil
rights
abuse
in
human
rights
crisis.
This
is
the
biggest
threat
our
species
and
all
life-forms
have
ever
faced
in
the
history
of
this
planet.
Besides
nuclear
Cataclysm
in
this
late
hour,
we
are
all
in
grave
danger.
We
are
all
facing
planetary
on
the
side
and
extinction
we
are
all.
We
are
well
into
the
documented
sixth
mass
extinction,
a
biological
annihilation,
there's
no
time
for
hesitation.
P
If
we
want
any
near-term
feature
for
ourselves
and
for
our
children,
we
must
act.
Now
we
have
a
responsibility
to
this
web
of
life
that
has
endowed
our
existence
as
conscious
beings.
With
higher-level
reasoning,
we
have
to
make
the
right
decisions.
We
all
share
destiny
as
Martin
Luther,
King,
jr.,
said,
and
injustice
anywhere
is
a
threat
to
justice.
Everywhere
we
are
caught
in
an
inescapable
network
of
mutuality,
tied
in
a
single
garment
of
destiny,
whatever
affects
one
directly
affects
all
indirectly.
This
letter
is
a
call
to
action.
P
Geoengineering
and
weather
warfare
are
tearing
apart
the
fabric
of
life,
geoengineering
watch.org
and
stop
spraying.
This
calm
detail
this
unequivocally
inform
yourself,
share
credible
data
and
demand
better.
We
must
change
course,
I,
repeat:
there's
a
spiritual
battle
going
on
right
now:
between
good
and
evil,
which
side
will
you
choose?
What
will
you
do
as
President
Teddy
Roosevelt
said?
Is
not
the
critic
who
counts,
not
the
man
who
points
out
how
strong
the
man
stumbles
or
where
the
doer
of
Deeds
could
have
done
them
better.
P
Do
great,
be
hero.
Take
action
as
the
great
statesman
Edmund
Burke
said.
The
only
thing
necessary
for
the
triumph
of
evil
is
for
good
men
to
do
nothing
as
Martin
Luther,
King
jr.
said.
The
time
is
always
right
to
do.
What
is
right.
I
have
a
fact
in
summary
book
for
each
of
the
commissioners
here
to
review.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
P
A
P
A
Gosh,
okay,
so
you
need
to
be
eight
people
in
the
group
and
they
need
to
raise
their
hands
placed
a
hand
and
so
okay
and
so
keep
raising
for
just
a
sec.
So
all
the
folks
who
are
raising
your
hands-
you
do
have
enough.
So
all
of
you
folks
are
giving
up
your
time
so
that
he
can
have
more
time.
Okay,
all.
R
Right,
yes,
sir
chairman
Newman
commissioners,
thank
you
very
much
this
opportunity.
Most
of
you
have
had
emails
from
me
for
about
a
year
we'll
see
if
we
can
complete
this
issue.
That's
we've
dealt
with
for
a
while.
Okay,
the
property
in
question
that
I'm
going
to
bring
into
your
interest
is
828
Nuestra
highway.
It
is
presently
in
violation.
I'm!
Sorry,
could
you
just
give
us
your
name
No?
Yes,
good,
Thomas,
Finland,
okay,.
R
R
R
Neighborhood
service
district
should
be
compatible
with
the
residential
character
of
the
area
and
should
neither
add
to
the
traffic
congestion
or
cause
of
noxious
noise
dust,
odors
fire
hazards
or
lighting
objectable
surrounding
residences.
Nor
should
they
visually
detract
from
the
overall
appearance
in
the
neighborhood.
Please
keep
that
one.
In
your
mind,
we
have
a
fence
there.
That
is
a
monster.
You
wouldn't
believe.
R
Section
26
276:
this
article
is
enacted
pursuant
to
the
powers
granted
to
Buncombe
County
by
G
s
so,
and
so,
and
so
and
so
you've
read
it
before.
The
purpose
of
this
article
is
to
prevent
the
health,
safety,
natural
scenic
beauty
and
property
values
of
the
county
from
potential
adverse
effects
caused
by
the
peripheral
of
improper
disposal
of
junk
cars.
R
Section
26
284,
nothing
in
this
article.
This
is
about
an
exemption
which
is
being
totally
misused
right
now,
and
it's
absurd
what's
going
on,
because
that
but
I'll
read
a
little
bit
of
it
to
you.
Nothing
in
this
article
shall
apply
to
any
vehicle
which
is
located
at
a
place
of
business.
A
twenty-eight,
US
Highway,
is
not
a
place
of
business.
There's
been
no
permits,
there's
not
being
anything
properly
done,
and
so
it
is
therefore
not
a
place
of
business,
and
so
it
cannot
even
get
an
exemptions
that
somebody
gave
to
him.
R
It
says
the
vehicle
where
vehicles
cannot
be
seen
from
a
public
street
leicester
highway
can
see
it
very
well
in
the
fall
of
the
year.
Yes,
thanks,
Joe
Belcher,
you've
seen
it.
Thank
you
for
coming
by
the
vehicle
or
vehicles
cannot
be
seen
from
any
property
adjacent
to
the
property
on
which
the
vehicles
are.
You
can
see
it
from
all
the
opti
in
our
little
community
how's.
My
time
going
good.
R
All
right,
I
have
a
timeline
for
our
basically
two
years
of
dealing
with
this,
but
but
the
one
year
I
have
a
notebook
full
of
emails
to
all
of
y'all
and
to
everybody
else
in
the
world.
We
have
yet
get
a
resolution
on
this.
The
violation
for
the
junkyard
is
not
complete
and
doesn't
look
like
it's
going
to
be.
This
weekend.
We
had
more
vehicles
come
into
the
property
we
had
a
junk
vehicle
come
into
the
property.
We
had
a
rollback
with
another
vehicle
come
into
the
property.
R
Residents
of
our
community
request,
I,
put
demands
and
quotation
of
hope
that
little
tuft
bring
to
you
might
throw
me
out.
So
we
request
that
the
commissioners
take
immediate
action
directive.
I,
the
continued
violations
of
the
owner
have
all
vehicles,
trash
piles
and
combustible
storage
tanks
removed,
remove
the
vehicle
that's
been
placed
at
the
inch
to
our
community
for
over
a
year
and
actually
close
to
two
years
now.
It's
just
set
there
with
a
forced
sale
on
it
and
grass
growing
three
or
four
feet
up
on
it,
and
we
have
to
look
at
it.
R
I
think
that
ain't
sold,
yet
he
can
move
it
and
in
the
words
of
Ronald,
Reagan
tire
down
that
wall,
and
we
mean
it
okay
and
have
a
person
responsible
for
enforcing
zoning,
which
I'll
have
in
all
this
here,
make
on
site
evaluations,
continued
monitoring
until
all
violations
have
been
resolved.
Now
he's
not
supposed
to
be
able.
According
to
the
rules,
regulations,
zoning
to
change
any
buildings,
tear
down
any
buildings,
build
any
buildings
or
structures.
All
the
above
has
taken
place.
We've
had
a
building
tore
down
that.
R
Basically,
we
are
quite
98
percent
sure
that
had
asbestos
in
it
well,
it's
burned.
I
can't
show
that
to
you,
there's
been
three
other
buildings
on
the
property.
They
have
been
changed,
turned
around
and
he's
using
them
for
vehicle
repair,
and
he
can't
do
that.
He
doesn't
have
a
business.
He
doesn't
have
a
permit.
R
He
doesn't
have
anything
issued
to
him,
given
that
owner
the
right
to
do
any
of
this,
and
so
we'd
also
like
to
get
a
list
of
the
people
names
like
the
general
services
whatever
or
anybody
else
that
we
could
have
a
conversation
with
to
have
a
complete
understanding
with
to
get
some
feedback
with
and
if
you
won't
see
my
emails,
where
I've
sent
them
and
sent
them
and
sent
them.
I
have
some
good
response.
R
I've
had
a
low,
a
whole
lot
of
no
response
and
that's
them
right
there,
and
so
this
is
what
we're
requesting
and
I
know.
You
can't
talk
to
me
right
now:
you're
not
supposed
to
speak
I,
think,
but
if
you
could
meet
me
outside
or
something
just
one
of
you,
I'd
really
appreciate
an
opportunity
to
talk
face-to-face
because
I
have
great
confidence
that
everybody
sitting
there.
If
what
was
being
done
in
front
of
our
district
and
in
front
of
our
residents
was
done
to
you.
R
A
R
R
A
A
All
right
we
are
going
to
I've
got
a
couple
announcements.
First,
on
August
14th
at
12:30
p.m.
the
commissioners
will
hold
a
work
session
on
the
health
benefits,
insurance
and
pay
plan
for
county
employees.
This
will
be
held
on
the
first
floor
conference,
room
at
200,
College
Street,
that's
next
Tuesday
and
then
on
August
21st,
following
Tuesday
at
5:00
p.m.