Commission Meetings are held in the County Courthouse at
60 Court Plaza (Room 204) in downtown Asheville beginning at 4:30 p.m.

Public Comment is taken during the work session which begins at 4 p.m.  Citizens must sign up for public comment prior to 4:10 p.m. and are limited to 3 minutes. Comment is also taken at the end of the meeting as indicated below.

• Rev. Margaret Marquis, First Christian Church of Asheville

• Educational Garden Tour Success (Linda Blue, Cooperative Extension Agent)

• Primary Care (Bill Murdock, Eblen Foundation)

• Rural Operating Assistance Program Grant Application
  • Resolution Authorizing Submission of An Application for State Grant Funds Under the FY 2008 Rural Operating Assistance Program
  • Exhibit A and B

• Rezoning Requests:
  • Complete List
  • Slides showing requested changes
    • 9634.06-28-9758
    • 9634.16-92-6659
    • 9634.10-47-2261
    • 9732.13-02-5714
    • 9634.11-56-4016
    • 9619.07-59-8185

• Designation of Voting Delegate for North Carolina Association of County Commissioners Conference - August 16-19, 2007

• Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee (5 vacancies)
  • Teresa Harrington
  • Karen Oelschlaeger
  • Alison Karr

• Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee (4 vacancies)
  • Mary Ann Hannah

• Farmland Preservation Board (1 vacancy)
  • Tracey Bleeker

• Historic Resources Commission (2 vacancies)
  • John Kisner
  • Michael Robinson
  • Jonathan Lucas

• Economic Development Commission (3 vacancies)
  • Nathan Ramsey
  • William David Price
  • John Oneal
  • Don Hollingse
  • Hunter Goosmann

• Mountain Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council (1 vacancy)
  • to replace Jim Coman

• I-26 Design Oversight Committee (2 appointees)
  • Chris Eller
  • Mike Goodson
  • Gary Davis
  • Bernie Kessel

• Approval of Minutes of June 19, 2007 Regular Meeting , July 30, 2007 Special Meeting

• Resolution Rescinding Resolution 07-06-02 and Requesting the NCDOT to Dedicate the Bridge on Long Shoals Road Over the French Broad River as the Sgt. Jeffrey Hewitt Memorial Bridge

• Resolution Approving Pyrotechnic Experts for Fireworks Display (retroactive to June 26)

• Resolution Approving Pyrotechnic Experts for Fireworks Display (Lake Eden)
  • Exhibit A

• Resolution Approving Plat Review Officers

• Resolution Authorizing the Chairman to Execute Federal Aviation Grant Agreement for the Asheville Regional Airport

• Resolution Authorizing the Chairman to Execute an Easement Agreement with Progress Energy (New Emergency Management Office)
  • Exhibit A

• Budget Amendments:
  • Fund 69 -- Inmate Commissary $88,138
  • Fund 10 -- Adjust ADM charges and budget transfer for FY08 vehicle replacement

• Special Revenue Project Ordinance
  • Exhibit A

• School Capital Commission Fund Project Ordinance
  • Exhibit A

• Grant Projects Ordinance
  • Exhibit A

• Capital Project Ordinance
  • Exhibit A

• Solid Waste Capital Project Ordinance
  • Exhibit A

• Release Report

• The next meeting of the Board of Commissioners will be August 21, 2007 beginning at 4 p.m. in pre-session and at 4:30 for official meeting.

• At least three members of the Board of Commissioners will be attending the Annual Meeting of the Economic Development Commission on August 15 from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Chamber Board Room at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce in downtown Asheville.

• The Commissioners will be attending the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' Conference from August 16-19 in Cumberland County where Commissioner David Young will be sworn in as President of the statewide association