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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Briefing (June 1, 2021)
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Briefing of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners for June 1, 2021. To view more information you can visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
A
Are
there
any
any
other
items
that
other
than
those
that
are
identified
on
the
published
agenda?
That
commissioners
would
like
to
talk
about
during
the
briefing
meeting
all
right,
then,
let's
we'll
follow
this
as
our
agenda
for
today
then,
and
are
there
any
questions
about
any
items
on
the
agenda
for
the
commission
meeting
tonight.
A
B
C
D
D
B
B
B
B
So
you
see
28
up
there
now
and
that's
different
than
the
figure
I
just
gave
you
because
we
pulled
them
daily
as
well,
but
the
north
carolina
department
of
health
and
human
services
did
not
update
the
dashboard
yesterday,
so
what
you're
seeing
is
as
current
as
friday
and
then
we'll
we'll
catch
back
up
the
next
time.
I
see
you,
but
you
can
see
here
that
we
did
see
about
a
32
percent
decrease
in
the
cases
per
100
000..
B
Our
percent
positivity
showed
a
modest
decrease
as
well
going
down
a
0.1
percent
point
and
weekly
testing
numbers
remain
fairly
stable,
although
it
does
seem
like
the
indications
from
the
report
so
far
are
going
to
show
a
decrease
starting
next
week
as
we
came
into
a
holiday,
the
deaths
related
to
cova
19
also
saw
a
decrease
from
last
week
and
then
the
percent
inpatient
hospital
beds
occupied
by
kova
19
continues
to
be
very
low.
So
all
in
all
you
can
see
our
metrics
continue
to
be
fairly
stable.
B
At
the
beginning
of
last
week,
buncombe
county
hhs
had
administered
over
93
000
vaccines
and
through
the
dedicated
efforts
of
all
vaccine
providers
in
buncombe
county,
including
bunco
county
hhs,
about
51
percent
of
our
total
population
in
buncombe.
County
has
received
at
least
one
dose
of
vaccine
compared
to
43
of
the
total
population
of
north
carolina.
B
B
And
as
mentioned
in
the
previous
slide,
we
have
seen
a
jump
in
those
12
to
17
year
olds,
receiving
at
least
one
dose.
We
actually
saw
a
two-fold
increase
in
first
doses
that
buncombe
county
hhs
gave
in
the
week
following
the
opening
of
that
expansion
of
that
eligible
group
from
12
for
12
to
15
year
olds.
B
B
We've
begun
planning
with
buncombe
county
schools
for
later
in
june
as
summer
school
and
summer,
sports
workouts
begin
and
continue
to
plan
with
other
work
sites
and
breweries
for
vaccination
events.
So
we
found
a
good
partnership
in
the
state
resource
that
is
starmed,
and
you
might
remember,
though,
that
group,
as
well
for
testing,
particularly
when
desired
events
or
partners,
want
events
at
the
same
time
that
we
already
have
something
scheduled
or
in
close
proximity
or
close
proximity
on
the
calendar.
B
We're
able
to
deploy
star
med
to
administer
and
support
vaccine
efforts
without
delaying
events,
which
has
been
quite
nice,
and
that
was
the
partnership
that
we
saw
with
asheville
city
schools,
that
it
was
the
city
schools
that
buncombe
county,
hhs
and
starmed,
and
had
great
success
with
that.
So
a
good
resource
to
have.
B
And
then,
just
in
closing,
the
days
are
getting
warmer.
We've
all
been
waiting
for
the
sunny
days
and
warmer
weather
to
get
outside
to
have
fun
and
get
back
to
the
things
that
we've
missed.
I've
been
looking
forward
to
it
as
well,
and
I'm
thankful
for
being
fully
vaccinated
and
to
those
in
our
community
that
are
either
fully
vaccinated
or
working
their
way
toward
that
for
helping
us
get
back
to
enjoying
summer.
B
B
If
you
need
a
vaccine,
there's
a
spot
for
you
at
our
place
or
one
of
our
partners,
location
locations,
consider
visiting
us
at
the
av
tech
site
and
you
can
access
that
through
buncomberready.org
or
just
walk
in
during
our
operation
hours
and
if
not
our
site.
If
another
site
is
convenient
for
you,
please
check
out
myspot.nc.gov
to
find
a
provider
near
you
and
thank
you
for
each
and
every
one
of
you
who
have
helped
us
get
to
this
point.
Every
vaccine
counts-
and
I
thank
you
all
for
the
time
today
for
this
update.
E
Got
one
thanks
so
much
stacey!
This
is
great
progress.
I'm
really
encouraged
to
see
all
the
worksite
partnerships
that
that
you
guys
have
put
together,
and
I
guess
my
question
is:
if
there
are
employers
out
there
watching
us
right
now
or
interested
in
doing
some
sort
of
vaccination
effort
at
their
at
their
job
site,
can
they
can
they
reach
out
to
you?
Are
you
interested
in
new
partnerships
and
new
opportunities
to
do
that
in
the
coming
weeks
and
months,
thanks.
B
For
asking
that-
and
yes,
the
answer
is
yes,
as
I
said
earlier,
a
lot
of
our
efforts
are
toward
outreach,
so
you
can
reach
us.
You
can
reach
out
to
buncomberready.org
and
put
your
interest
there
or
talk
to
one
of
our
staff
at
bunkready.org
and
then
that
that
information
gets
relayed
to
us.
You
can
also
you
know
everybody.
My
my
email
is
out
there.
So
you're
welcome
to
email
me
directly
as
well,
so
if
there
are
work
sites
and
employers
who
are
interested,
what
happens
just
so
folks
know
is
that
we
get
the
inquiry.
B
We
set
up
a
preliminary
meeting
just
to
talk
through
like
what
does
the
work
site.
Look
like.
What's
the
number
of
workforce
that
you
have
and
then
our
logistics
team
goes
in
and
starts
to
assess
like
what
can
we
do
if
it's
quite
a
large
work
site
with
a
potential
for
quite
a
few
vaccines,
then
we
start
to
think
about
what
does
it
look
like
for
us
to
be
on
site?
B
A
F
All
right
good
afternoon,
commissioners,
I'm
excited
to
be
here
with
you
all
today
to
talk
about
my
favorite
topic,
disrespectful
plan,
and
I
am
sure
it
is
one
of
your
favorite
topics
too.
So
all
right
there
we
go
so
three
items
on
today's
agenda
related
to
the
strategic
plan
update.
As
a
reminder,
we
have
made
a
commitment
to
you
several
months
ago
to
come
to
you
quarterly
to
update
you
on
your
strategic
plan
and
the
progress.
So
this
presentation
is
part
of
that
commitment
to
you
all.
So
we
want
to
talk
about
three
things.
F
First
is
just
to
give
you
a
general
update
on
the
county
strategic
plan.
The
second
is
to
have
a
conversation
around
values
that
came
out
of
the
strategic
plan,
and
the
last
item
is
to
kick-start
a
discussion
around
a
potential
subcommittee
around
the
environmental
energy
stewardship
sub
group.
So
I
think
it's
always
important
just
to
remind
ourselves
of
the
strategic
plan
what
it
is
before
we
talk
about
it.
F
It's
a
plan
that
was
adopted
dangerously
by
the
board
of
county
commissioners
to
set
a
vision
and
values
for
the
community
and
for
the
organization
it
has.
Four
community
focus
areas:
the
set
long-term
community
goals.
It
has
three
foundational
goals
that
speak
to
the
way
that
we
as
a
county
operate
and
do
our
business
to
achieve
the
community
facing
focus
area
goals
and
that's
through
13
goals,
so
just
kind
of
reminder
of
the
strategic
plan.
One
of
the
things
I
want
to
talk
about
today
is
the
creation
of
a
culture
of
strategy
and
innovation.
F
F
That
plan
is
not
going
to
go
anywhere,
so
it's
really
important
that
we
build
a
culture
of
strategic
thinking
and
a
culture
of
innovation,
because
that's
how
we're
going
to
implement
the
strategic
plan?
That's
how
we'll
implement
a
comprehensive
plan,
that's
how
we're
going
to
implement
a
racial
equity
action
plan
and
all
the
different
goals
we
have
as
an
organization
for
this
community.
F
So
the
way
we
want
to
do
that
is
focused
on
empowering
and
equipping
our
employees
to
be
strategic
thinkers
and
innovative
individuals.
We
want
to
be
in
a
place
that,
regardless
of
what
your
job
title
is
regardless,
where
your
job
site
is
you're,
always
empowered
to
say,
hey,
I
see
an
opportunity
for
us
to
be
more
strategic.
I
see
an
opportunity
for
us
to
do
things
better
and
I'm
going
to
seize
that
opportunity
speak
up
and
take
action
and
move
us
as
an
organization
forward.
F
So
we
are
launching
training
programs
and
support
programs
to
get
there.
That
way,
we
recently
had
brian
elms
he's
an
award-winning
author
and
one
of
the
leading
thought
leaders
in
innovation
in
government
come
and
meet
with
our
leadership
team,
as
well
as
any
county
employee
who
wanted
to
to
learn
about
his
successes
in
different
organizations
across
the
world,
in
creating
cultures
of
innovation
and
strategy,
we'll
be
launching
full-blown
innovation
programs
in
the
coming
months
to
ensure
that
our
workforce
is
equipped
to
make
sure
we
achieve
our
2025
strategic
plan.
F
So
what's
coming
next?
What
can
you
expect
from
us
by
the
next
time?
I'm
here
in
front
of
you
giving
this
quarterly
update.
The
first
one
is
regular
public
reporting
of
strategic
plan.
Progress
we'll
be
launching,
sometime
in
august,
a
public
facing
dashboard
on
buckingcounty.org,
where
people
will
be
able
to
see
our
performance
measures
for
strategic
plan
and
our
department
of
business
plan.
F
F
The
second
is,
as
we
prepare
to
roll
out
performance
evaluations
for
all
the
employees
of
bunkhum
county.
You
will
see
that
those
performance
evaluations
are
actually
tied
directly
to
the
strategic
mission
of
buncombe
county.
That's
laid
out
in
the
strategic
plan
we
have
over
1500
employees.
Every
single
one
of
them
plays
a
vital
role
in
the
success
of
our
strategic
plan.
F
As
such,
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
their
performance
and
the
way
we
support
our
employees
by
aligning
it
to
the
strategic
plan,
we'll
be
aligning
racial
equity
with
our
strategic
plan
efforts,
so
infused
within
everything
related
to
strategy
is
equity.
One
of
the
ways
we're
doing
this
is
we
roll
out
training
county-wide
for
employees
to
learn
how
to
do
strategic
planning
and
how
to
measure
performance
it's
coming
from
an
equity
lens.
F
F
We
have
requested
as
part
of
fy22
budget
funding
for
a
buncombe
county
community
survey.
What
a
community
survey
allows
us
to
do
is
to
go
into
the
community
using
a
third
party
vendor
and
ask
the
question:
how
are
we
doing
not
just
generally
but
in
specific
service
areas?
So
people
are
going
to
allow
us
to
have
a
really
targeted
understanding
of
service
delivery
throughout
our
service
departments,
we'll
be
able
to
understand
it
at
a
county
level
by
area?
F
F
F
So
many
months
ago
we
were
in
the
meeting
around
our
educating,
capable
workfor
focus
area
talking
about
education
and
our
library
department
talked
about.
They
wanted
to
increase
kids,
getting
engaged
with
their
literacy
efforts.
They
wanted
to
reach
more
kids
in
a
more
proactive
effort.
The
elections
department
says
hey.
We
want
to
get
kids
involved
in
civics
earlier,
so
they
understand
the
importance
of
voting
and
also
will
not
just
vote,
but
maybe
work
as
a
poll
worker
in
the
future.
F
But
the
thing
that
I
loved
the
most
was
the
press
conference
was
entertaining,
but
we
also
talked
about
elections
and
the
safeguards
built
in
in
a
way
we
do
elections
and
they
talked
about
the
books
and
how
every
book
that
won
you
could
go
and
check
out
one
of
our
libraries
when
people
are
together
talking
about
their
goals,
their
projects
and
their
ideas.
That's
where
collaboration
comes
from,
and
I
hope
to
bring
many
more
examples
of
these
collaborations
to
you
in
the
future,
but
this
was
a
really
fun
one.
It's
on
our
website.
F
You
can
watch
the
press
conference.
I
had.
I
was
laughing
a
lot,
so
so
that's
kind
of
the
general
update.
Now
what
I
want
to
talk
about
is
values.
So
when
the
board
approved
and
adopted
the
strategic
plan,
you
adopted
five
values
as
part
of
the
strategic
plan.
He
adopted
the
actual
value
the
word,
but
we
didn't
do
a
definition
or
examples
of
what
that
is.
F
So
upon
doing
that,
we
then
took
those
values
we
went
to
our
employees
and
said:
hey
help
us
understand
what
these
values
mean
to
you.
We
took
that
feedback
from
across
the
organization
and
developed
some
definitions
for
these
values
and
the
goal
is
to
get
some
feedback
from
you
all
today
of.
Are
we
on
the?
Are
we
on
the
mark?
Are
we
on
the
right
path?
And
if
we
are,
we
then
can
go
and
implement
a
plan.
That's
been
developed
by
performance
management,
human
resources,
communications
to
roll
this
out
organization
wide.
F
So
we
can
start
talking
about
these
values
and
demonstrating
what
these
values
look
like
in
action
and
start
having
our
employees
be
able
to
understand
that
and
live
into
it.
So
the
first
value
is
respect
which
we
define
as
treat
others
in
a
way
that
is
considered
of
their
individual
strengths,
differences
and
contributions.
F
F
F
To
really
take
some
strategic
actions
around
the
focus
areas
so
wanted
to
tee
off
conversation,
around
scope,
structure
and
potential
agenda
items
so
with
some
goals,
some
goals
that
we
kind
of
thought
about
that
might
make
sense
for
this
subcommittee.
This
pilot
area
is
really
support.
Strategic
plan
implementation,
progress.
F
D
C
F
F
Items
could
be
directed
to
the
subcommittee
by
the
full
board
with
three
commissioners,
supportive
of
it
and
one
option
be
in
the,
at
least
in
the
short
term.
Having
two
subject
matter:
experts
from
the
staff
serve
on
this
to
provide
support
and
then
performance
management
would
provide
logistical
and
staff
liaison
support
to
the
committee,
and
then
you
know,
a
couple
of
questions
would
be
around
the
name
of
the
committee
and
the
meeting
frequency,
but
just
some
starting
points
there
around
the
structure
and
then
thinking
through
what
are
some
agenda
items.
F
So
we
kind
of
looked
at
the
strategic
focus
area
goals
and
then
some
of
the
other
things
going
on
within
the
county
related
this
focus
area.
So
you
see
some
items
up:
there:
conservation,
easement,
reduction
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
renewable
energy
access,
farm
farmland,
preservation,
solar
rfp,
residential
collections,
air
and
water
quality
and
green
building.
So
those
are
some
items
so
I'll
kind
of
turn
it
over
to
you
all.
At
this
point.
Okay,.
A
All
right,
thank
you.
So
much
and
of
course
this
is
just
a
discussion
item
today.
We're
not
going
to
take
any
action
on
this
today,
we
just
sort
of
like,
as
we
brought
forward
some
of
the
other
subcommittees
of
the
county
commission
like
a
early
childhood
education,
and
we
had
a
couple
of
times.
We
discussed
it
here
before
we
decided
to
go
ahead
and
create
it.
A
So
that's
sort
of
starting
that
process
today
and
as
I
mentioned,
the
staff
had
started
working
on
this
and
I'd
had
kind
of
these
ideas
in
my
head
that
I'd
been
wanting
to
get
down
on
paper
too.
So
I
I
think
we
all
ended
up
having
some
time
to
actually
start
working
on
that
around
the
same
time,
because
I
emailed
avril
and
said
hey,
we
should
put
this
on
the
agenda
next
week
and
she
said
we're
already
planning
on
it
and
we've
got
they
had
prepared
the
powerpoint.
A
So
this
memo
just
reflects
some
of
some
of
my
thinking.
Parker
had
some
input
on
it
and
terry's
had
some
input
on
it
too,
but
this
is
just
very
much
kind
of
a
draft
document
meant
to
sort
of
share
some
ideas
around
what
the
working
group
would
what
what
their
scope
would
be.
I
think
it's,
I
think
it's
very
consistent
with
what
the
staff
just
outlined.
A
You
know,
in
partnership
with
the
ag
advisory
board
and
land
conservation
advisory
board,
taking
taking
their
recommendations
and
making
sure
we
can
partner
with
them
to
be
as
effective
as
possible
opportunities
to
look
at
our
solid
waste
policies
and
are
there
opportunities
to
do
better
on
sustainability
issues
in
in
regards
to
that
important
role
that
the
county
has
and
and
also
air
and
water
quality
and
watershed
protection,
and
things
like
that,
so
those
are
all
you
know.
These
are
all
different
pieces
that
this
working
group
could
address.
A
As
raphael
mentioned,
we've
been
kind
of
brainstorming,
different
ideas
for
what
we
would
actually
call
it.
I
think
there's
been
support
for
having
climate
in
in
the
working
groups
title
climate
and
environment,
but
there's
still
different
ideas,
kind
of
floating
around
about
what
what
might
be
the
best
title
for
this
new.
A
Yeah
so
parker
terry,
any
thoughts
you
would
like
to
share
at
this
time
just
to
say
so:
parker
and
terry
and
myself,
we've
all
indicated
interest
in
serving
on
this,
but
of
course
that's
a
decision
of
the
county
commission.
So
when
we,
if
we
decide
to
formalize
our
vote
on
this
it'll,
be
the
commissioner's
job
to
decide,
you
know
who's
interested
and
to
make
those
appointments.
I
don't
want
to
presume.
E
Yeah
just
add
a
couple
final
thoughts,
which
is
you
know
whether
you
look
at
the
staff's
powerpoint,
that
kind
of
bulleted
list
of
issues
and
or
this
this
memo
I
mean
it's
plenty,
there's
plenty
to
do
plenty
to
work
on,
and
so
I
just
feel
like
these
are
all
issues
from
whether
it's
the
rfp
for
solar
and
future
rfps
or
helping
the
blue
horizons
project
be
successful
or
working
on.
You
know
new
water
quality
policy,
carrots
and
sticks
and,
and
the
like,
it's
just
in
total.
It's
all
issues.
C
Yeah
I'll
just
add
to
that,
I
really
think
the
cross
sector
collaboration
is
really
great,
which
ravielle
was
speaking
to
earlier,
and
I
think
that's
a
really
important
aspect
with
this.
So
we're
looking
at
the
conservation
aspects
as
well
as
all
these
other
aspects
that
you're
talking
about
and
just
seeing
that
bigger
picture
and
how
they
can
work
together
and
making
really
good
strategic
decisions
going
forward.
A
Great
you
know
I
would
say
I
think
that
the
I
think
the
creation
of
the
other
subcommittees
we
have
of
the
county
commission
has
been
one
of
the
best
kind
of
process
decisions
we've
made
over
the
last
few
years.
I
mean,
I
just
think
the
way
like
the
early
childhood
education
subcommittee
has
worked.
I
mean
it
has.
A
It
has
just
created
so
much
more
capacity
for
I
think
to
us.
You
know
it's
not
just
the
dollars
that
we
invest
in
it,
but
I
think
just
having
that
group
of
commissioners
staff
and
then
members
of
the
community
with
deep
commitment
and
expertise
I
mean
just
I
think,
having
that
that
platform
has
really
really
advanced
our
work
there
and
serving
on
the
affordable
housing
subcommittee.
A
I
feel
like
it's
having
we're
having
a
similar
benefits
there
and
getting
much
better
position
to
think
about
how
to
expand
our
work
on
another
one
of
those.
You
know
that's
another
one
of
our
key
priorities
and
I
think
that's
that
committee
is
really
helping
lay
the
foundation
for
that,
and
I
think
this
is
a
similar
idea.
You
know
this
is
a
we
have.
We
have
ambitious
goals.
A
You
know
the
energy
space
in
some
ways
is
a
very
kind
of
you
know:
it's
not
a
traditional
role
of
government,
but
it's
obviously
one
of
the
big
challenges
society's
facing
so
kind
of
having
having
a
group
that
can
spend
more
time
on
it
and
work
to
kind
of
you
know
we
have
to.
We
have
to
develop
the
playbook
for
how
we're
going
to
try
to
advance
our
goals
in
this
area
in
the
coming
years
and
we're
off
to
a
good
start,
but
it's
it's.
A
A
A
That
would
be
like
a
subcommittee
responsible
for
for,
like
reviewing
all
planning
policies
right
like
we
have
a
planning
commission.
We
have
a
planning
board
a
board
of
adjustments,
advisory
board,
we're
going
to
do
this
whole
comprehensive
land
use
plan
and
create
a
steering
committee.
So
I
think
just
sort
of
like
land
use
policy
in
general.
A
So
so
those
are
just
a
few
of
the
thoughts
about
maybe
issues
we
would
want
to
look
at
and
maybe
issues
we
would
make
a
conscious
decision
to
let
other
other
public
committees
of
our
staff
and
citizens
work
on.
So,
but
it's
still
a
new
idea,
so
obviously
kind
of
still
this
can
be
shaped
into
whatever
the
commission
feels
would
be
most.
A
Effective
any
other
thoughts
for
now
again.
This
is
just
a
discussion
item
for
today.
Although
you
know
I'm
eager
to
see
us
move
forward
on
this,
so
my
hope
was
that
we
could
have
a
good
discussion
today
and
then
you
know
kind
of
further
refine
this
and
have
it
back
on
the
agenda
at
our
next
meeting
and
if
we
feel
comfortable,
perhaps
we
could
go
ahead
and
formally.
H
G
Just
I'm
excited
that
we're
taking
this
up.
I
would
certainly
support
the
three
of
you
all
quarterbacking
this,
and
I
think
what
I
hear
you
saying
basically
is
is
really
fleshing
out
a
game
plan,
a
proposed
game
plan
through
which
we
would
be
able
to
achieve
the
100
renewable
goal
right
and
along
with
other
priorities
in
the
mix,
and
I
would
love
us
to
kick
that
off
as
soon
as
we
reasonably
can,
because
there
is
an
urgency
around
it.
G
I
think
one
request
I'd
have-
and
probably
this
is
baked
in
here
somewhere
is
just
you
know.
This
is
a
fairly
well
like
all
the
issues
we
work
around,
but
this
is
one
that's
fairly
technical,
but
also
a
very
dynamic
field.
It
seems,
like
you
know,
like
what
best
practices
are,
is
evolving
and
how
we
go
from,
like
the
national
level
conversation
to
a
drilled
down
version
of
what
will
work
in
buncombe
county.
G
So
if
there's
an
opportunity
to
do
like
maybe
sort
of
like
briefing
updates
in
this
space
periodically,
where
we're
getting
a
little
that
bit
of
that
education,
that
would
be
helpful
for
me
so
that
we're
as
informed
as
possible
as
we
are
kind
of
tracking
the
progress
you
all
are
making.
Maybe
it's
sitting
in
on
one
of
your
meetings
periodically,
but
some
mechanism
around
that
just
because
I
feel
like
this
is
not
this
is
it's
also
a
newer
field?
G
I
I've
got
to
remember
to
turn
my
mic
on
and
off
do
a
better
job,
the
third
bullet
under
strategic,
specific
purpose
of
the
climate,
environmental
protection
and
by
the
way.
I
think
this
is
excellent.
I
like
what
I
see,
and
especially
three
of
you
serving
on
it,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
here
when
we
talk
about
exploring
opportunity
to
enhance
our
economic
development
policies,
workforce
development
and
year
on
benefit
for
jobs
and
opportunities
in
the
clean
energy
economy.
A
Yeah,
it's
a
great
great
point:
these
are
some
of
the
fastest
growing
sectors
of
the
economy
right
and
so
then
they're
and
they
do
and
a
lot
of
them
are
very
labor
intensive.
It's
not
just
buying
a
piece
of
equipment,
it's
all
the
work
that
goes
into
building
and
maintaining
systems
that
that
work
really
well
over
time.
F
A
F
F
C
A
Last
comment
on
this
would
be
you
know,
I
think
one
of
the
challenges
around
the
energy
part
of
this
the
climate
action.
Part
of
this
is
you
know
this
is
this
is
going
to
be.
This
is
going
to
be
just
a
big
lift
right.
It's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
work.
I
mean,
I
think,
even
the
people
who
are
totally
drank
the
kool-aid
on
this
and
understand
the
urgency
of
it
and
that
doing
it
not
doing
it's
really
not
an
option.
I
think
it's
just
it's
almost
hard
to
you
know.
A
People
talk
about
like
this
is
gonna,
be
like
putting
a
person
on
the
moon
like
it's
like
that
level
of
work.
I
don't
even
think
that's
the
right
analogy.
I
think
that's
you
know.
That
was
an
amazing
accomplishment
by
that
generation.
I
think
this
is
a
much
harder
challenge,
because
we're
talking
about
trying
to
change
so
many
different
aspects
of
the
way
the
economy
works.
You
know
the
electrical
grid
that
we
have
has
been
built
over
the
last
150
years.
A
A
A
it's
a
will
be
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
you
know
our
society
has
ever
taken
on
and
and
put
part
and
part
of
it,
though,
is
that
we've
got
to
really
elevate
our
game
in
this
area,
while
also
making
sure
we're
doing
all
the
other
strategic
priorities
we
have
as
as
effectively
as
we
want
to.
So
that's
one
of
the
other
things.
D
A
I
would
be
fine
with
doing
it
at
the
next
meeting
and
you
know
if
we
need
to
again
the
the
resolution
to
create
it.
It
doesn't
have
to
go
into
all
the
details
about
what
we
might
and
might
not
do.
I
think
the
the
key
step
is
to
define
the
general
responsibilities
of
it
and
to
get
it
constituted,
and
then
that
group
can
do
some
work
to
bring
back
to
the
board
for
kind
of
a
more
detailed
work
work
plan.
That's
kind
of
my.
A
D
A
G
G
A
A
All
right
sounds
good,
all
right,
hey
commissioners,
before
we
move
on
to
the
next
agenda
item,
I
just
I
was
thinking
about
our
meeting
tonight.
There
are-
and
we
don't
have
to
get
to
these
right
now,
but
when
we,
after
we
get
through
with
our
other
agenda
item
here,
I
want
to
add
two
other
things
to
just
talk
about
at
this
meeting.
A
J
J
Good
afternoon
good
afternoon,
so
this
will
be
the
first
annual
transparency
update
that
buncombe
county
has
ever
had.
It
will
be
published
on
our
website,
along
with
a
video
I'm
about
to
show
you
sometime
before
the
end
of
this
month,
but
before
we
go
any
further
into
it.
I
just
want
to
let
max
go
ahead
and
queue
up
the
tutorial,
video
that
we
put
together
with
communications
and
public
engagement.
H
County's
transparency,
site
dashboards
and
reports
are
categorized
into
two
groups:
financial
transparency
and
service
accountability.
The
good
news
is
both
dashboards
behave
in
similar
ways.
So,
let's
start
out
by
taking
the
budget
explorer
dashboard
for
a
test,
drive
first
click.
The
budget
explorer
link
the
title
lets
you
know
you
are
looking
at
the
total
recommended
budget
for
fy22
you'll,
see
on
the
right
when
it
was
last
updated.
H
H
Now
you
can
see
a
more
detailed
breakdown
of
the
budget
for
each
department
and
county
initiative.
You
can
use
the
drop
down
filters
on
the
right
hand,
side
to
view
specifics
for
county
functions
like
education,
human
services,
public
safety,
debt
and
more.
But
let's
say
you
wanted
to
see
the
same
specific
information,
but
for
county
departments,
select
performance
management
from
the
cost
center
drop
down
as
an
example,
use
these
to
filter
more
specific
items.
H
Some
have
many
options,
but
if
you
know
what
you're
looking
for
start
by
typing
in
and
the
results
will
begin
to
appear,
for
example,
type
in
dues
in
the
spend
category
drop
down
and
select
dues
and
subscriptions
then
office
and
select
office
supplies
then
park
and
select
parking.
Now
you
can
see
what
the
department's
budget
is
for
each
item
above
you
can
click
x
next
to
the
filter.
You
want
to
select
for
more
specifics
of
that
category.
You
can
also
click
the
eraser
tool
to
remove
all
of
the
filters.
H
The
dashboards
all
have
the
same
basic
control
and
components.
We
hope
that
you
will
explore
each
of
them
also
check
out
the
open
data
explorer
at
data
buncombecounty.org.
The
open
data
explorer
is
a
great
link
for
all
of
you.
Data
heads
out
there
who
really
want
to
deep
dive
into
the
data
sets
we
have
available
and
discover
bunkum
at
discover.buncombecounty.org
discover
buncombe
is
a
great
resource
to
see
what
county
amenities
are
neighboring
you
and
how
you
can
take
advantage
of
government
programs.
J
J
Thank
you.
So
we
last
time
I
came
before
the
board.
I
mentioned
that
in
february
we
had
adopted
a
informalized
and
open
data
policy
and
procedures.
This
report,
this
annual
report,
is
one
of
the
effects
of
that.
Since
then,
for
open
data.
We
have
published
21
data
sets
for
this
fiscal
year
for
a
grand
total
of
134
data
sets
that
are
open
on
the
open
data
explorer.
J
J
J
Dashboard
that
rafael
alluded
to
earlier
will
be
helping
in
supporting
that
and
then
we're
going
to
continue
our
focus
on
increasing
our
search
results.
Presence,
as
we
know,
that's
where
the
majority
of
our
traffic
comes
from,
so
that
is
like
I
mentioned
this
will
be
published
on
the
on
the
website
in
a
memo
format.
J
A
K
K
And
you'll
notice
at
the
bottom,
the
timeline
we'll
we'll
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
more.
There
is
now
another
emergency
rental
assistance
program,
era,
p2,
and
we
will
talk
about
that
in
just
a
second.
But
really
we
started
the
era
p1
program
as
of
march
1st,
okay
max-
and
these
are
current
fundings
for
emergency
rental
assistance.
K
K
P1
funding
evelyn
still
has
some
affordable
housing
dollars
available
through
the
end
of
the
year,
and
now
we
have
era
p2
and
that
that
allocation
is
a
little
over
5.2
million
dollars
and
we'll
talk
about
timelines
in
a
minute
too,
because
there's
varying
tie
lines
now
for
those
programs
and
as
you'll
notice.
I
think
you
there's
a
budget
amendment
on
the
agenda
tonight
for
the
first
40
percent
of
that
era.
E
K
We
got
the
award
letter
in
december,
okay,
they
were
added
to
the
budget
in
january.
I
think
january
6th.
If
I'm
not
mistaken,
we
had
to
set
up
a
meeting
with
them
prior
to
receiving
funds.
They
released
some
administrative
dollars.
Of
course
we
didn't
ask
for
any
administrative
dollars.
All
all
the
dollars
in
that
grant
are
direct
service
dollars.
K
K
Such
as
the
income
limits,
80
percent
ami
happened
during
covid
those
kinds
of
things,
so
they
are,
they
are
similar,
there's
a
little
bit
more
flexibility
with
era
ii.
If
you'll
look
at
that
last
bullet,
I
think
that
that
kind
of
talks
about
the
flexibility,
the
terminology
for
era,
p2
states
that
someone
got
behind
or
or
whatever
during
the
pandemic
versus,
was
caused
by
the
pandemic,
and
that
may
be
that
it
sounds
small,
but
in
reality
it
offers
you
a
lot
more
flexibility.
K
K
K
K
What
we
wrote
our
policy
to
basically
say
is
that
we
would
pay
any
a
rearage
that
that
the
person
had
and
for
most
cases,
we're
going
to
pay
three
months
going
forward
and
then,
if
they
need
further
assistance,
they
can
always
reapply
and
the
reason
we
did.
That
was
because
of
the
fact
that
even
going
forward,
regardless
of
nothing's
changed,
we
would
have
to
do
redetermination
of
eligibility
at
that
point
anyway
to
to
issue
further
assistance
going
forward.
K
K
We
have
an
application
on
the
county's
website,
we're
in
the
process
of
putting
the
program
on
the
county's
facebook
site.
We
also
did
a
town
hall
event
around
some
of
the
programs
that
economic
services
offers
and
housing
was
one
of
those
and
so
far
that
that
program
is
an
hour-long
facebook
program.
It's
been
viewed
over
1200
times.
K
I
thought
that
that
came
out
very
well.
Our
staff
presented
they
did
an
outstanding
job,
presenting
those
services
and
and
how
we're
able
to
help
people.
So
we
had
our
first
report
for
er
a1
that
was
due
to
treasury,
and
we
submitted
that
on
may
the
11th
and
then
we'll
have
to
report
quarterly
hereafter,
and
then
we
started
working
with
the
housing
authority.
K
A
zip
code
map
of
where
assistance
just
a
couple
points-
and
we
saw
this
in
the
other
housing
programs
2806-
always
seems
to
lead
the
way
with
housing.
Assistance
with
24
percent
28801
is
at
14
03
12
28
704
is
arden
at
14
and
I
think
some
of
that
goes
to
show
you
where
rental
housing
exists
in
the
county
and
there
tends
to
be
a
lot
of
rental
apartments
and
such
in
the
arden
area.
Now.
K
I
K
K
There
was
probably
somewhere
between
four
and
500
denials
and
and
what
I
will
tell
you
is
for
the
vast
majority
of
those
knowledge
and
we're
trying
to
be
as
flexible
as
possible.
We
can't
find
any
way
to
relate
it
back
to
coven
and,
unfortunately,
you
know
the
rules
are
pretty
specific.
You
have
to
relate
the
situation
to
the
pandemic
and
I'll
give
you
an
example,
somebody
who
was
on
social
security
for
the
last
five
years
and
nothing
really
changed
with
their
household
situation.
K
A
K
A
A
Okay,
I
mean
part
of
the
reason
I
think
you
know
that,
like
the
affordable
housing
committee
folks
would
be
interested
in
this
too,
is
we've
been
sort
of
wrestling
with?
Do
we
need
to
reserve
some
of
our
local,
affordable
housing
money
to
cover
legitimate
needs
that,
for
whatever
reason,
the
federal
funds
can't
be
used
for?
K
K
Was
on
the
go
back
max
bus
that
slide
right?
There
denial
demographics
by
race.
It
was
28
percent,
white,
22,
african-american
and
46
3
hispanic,
46
percent
other,
or
we
cannot
force
someone
to
disclose
race.
So
we,
what
you'll
see
is
large
percentage
for
approvals
and
denials
they
prefer
not
to
let
you
know.
C
L
M
So
going
back
to
the
affordable
housing
component,
we
we
had
three
applicants:
evelyn
elida
and
the
ark
of
buncombe
county
for
the
tenant-based
rental.
Is
there
an
opportunity,
though,
even
if
we
can't
set
specific
funds
aside
to
at
least
communicate
with
those
three
organizations
to
communicate
with
their
clients
to
apply
for
the
new
new
funding.
H
M
Opportunity
to
offset-
and
I
know
we've
got
great
relationships-
you
know
with
all
three
but
specifically
thinking
about
the
arc
of
buncombe
county,
where
resources
can
traditionally
be
limited
for
those
families.
Is
there
an
opportunity
that
we
can
think
a
little
outside
the
box
in
reaching
them
through
this.
K
The
other
point
around
data
I
would
make
is
that
treasury
requires
us
to
submit
a
lot
of
data
a
lot
more
than
we
actually
initially
thought,
but
there's
some
good
rich
data.
I
think
that
we'll
be
able
to
pull
out
that
because
we're
having
to
submit
like
the
number
of
people
by
income
and
those
kinds
of
number
of
people
in
the
household,
so
I
think
somewhere
down
the
road
that
we
will
have
some
fairly
rich
good
data
to
look
at
when
you're
talking
about
affordable
housing.
E
Philip,
I
just
wanted
to
ask
again
on
something
you
just
you
just
explained
just
so
I'm
clear
on
the
is
the
eap.
What's
the
acronym
yeah
you're
at
two
funds,
in
the
circumstance
you
described,
where
someone's
on
social
security
they're
on
a
fixed
income
through
the
government,
you're
saying
this
new
round
of
funding?
K
K
E
K
C
L
Mr
chairman,
commissioners,
in
march
of
2020
a
week
or
two
after
emergency
declarations
were
entered
by
the
state
and
by
this
board
we
saw
fit
to
submit
to
the
board
and
the
board
approved
suspension
of
policies
regarding
the
tax
office
and
the
finance
office
and
the
registered
deeds.
The
registered
deeds
was
closed
in
person
services.
L
However,
through
technology
just
make
sure
you
understand
that
they
did
were
able
to
have
most
services
in
person
through
technology
and
other
means,
but
respecting
the
tax
office.
There's
been
a
policy
in
place
approved
by
this
board
10
years
ago,
where
any
deed
submitted
to
the
registered
deeds
for
registration
to
transfer
real
property
will
require
a
certificate
showing
that
there's
no
delinquent
taxes
do
so
that
was
suspended
just
to
limit
in-person
communications
or
appearances
between
tax
office
registered
deeds
and
and
the
public
availing
themselves
those
services.
L
So
we
want
to
reinstate
that
our
registered
deeds
drew
reisinger,
has
submitted
some
paperwork
or
emails
to
the
local
bar
and
he's
not
heard
any
questions
about
it.
We
suspect
that
many
attorneys
continue
to
certify
anyway
through
the
pandemic,
because
there
is
an
exception
that
licensed
attorneys
could
exempt
those
transactions
that
they
promised
to
pay
the
taxes
out
of
closing
proceeds.
L
L
L
A
All
right,
let's
come
back,
as
I
mentioned,
let's
have
a
just
a
short
discussion
about
the
budget,
so
we're
gonna
have
our
budget
hearings
tonight
and
once
we've
conducted
the
public
hearings,
we
it
is
permissible
for
us
to
vote
on
it
any
time
after
that,
so
we
could.
We
could
vote
on
it
tonight.
Of
course,
we
have
another
meeting
in
two
weeks
that
we
could
also
take
it
up
and
vote
on
it
at
that
meeting.
A
E
L
A
I
A
All
right:
well,
let's
everybody's
comfortable
with
that,
and
let's
just
plan
on
that
and
at
the
beginning
of
our
hearings
or
the
meeting
I'll,
probably
make
an
announcement
that
we're
not
planning
to
vote
tonight.
We're
gonna
we're
gonna,
listen
tonight,
and
we
have
this
additional
period
of
time
to
make
sure
commissioners
get
all
of
you
know.
If
there's
any
other
questions
or
level
of
detail
you
need,
then
that's.