ìWhat are the conditions under which we, as a board, can commit future boardsî to such a contract, she asked.

Frue replied that the contract allowed for the AHS or the county to break the contract if either were unsatisfied with the other partyís fulfilment of it.

Commissioner David Gantt asked whether the contract would include requirements that euthanasia be performed by trained personnel.

Frue responded that while it was not specified in the contract, ìthatís really been a policy goal of all parties.î

The AHS is in the process of building an 11,000-square-foot adoption facility on Pond Road in West Asheville to replace its current, aging facility.

Commissioners approved the location for the new facility in April.

ï Unanimously repealed the lease granted to Progress Energy for 79 acres at the site of the former county landfill.
The company had planned to build diesel-burning power plant there, but abandoned the plans last May after the Woodfin Board of Adjustment denied the company a conditional-use permit for the facility.

Environmentalists had criticized the Bord of Commissioners for entering into the lease with Progress in January.
Under that lease, the company would have paid only $1 per year for the next 50 years.

ï Reappointed Nathaniel Cannady and Tom Cathey to the Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission.

ìWhat are the conditions under which we, as a board, can commit future boardsî to such a contract, she asked.

Frue replied that the contract allowed for the AHS or the county to break the contract if either were unsatisfied with the other partyís fulfilment of it.

Commissioner David Gantt asked whether the contract would include requirements that euthanasia be performed by trained personnel.

Frue responded that while it was not specified in the contract, ìthatís really been a policy goal of all parties.î

The AHS is in the process of building an 11,000-square-foot adoption facility on Pond Road in West Asheville to replace its current, aging facility.

Commissioners approved the location for the new facility in April.

ï Unanimously repealed the lease granted to Progress Energy for 78 acres at the site of the former county landfill.
The company had planned to build diesel-burning power plant there, but abandoned the plans in April after the Woodfin Board of Adjustment denied the company a conditional-use permit for the facility.

The company said the new plant was necessary to supplement growing energy demands in the region.

However, environmentalists and many Woodfin residents had criticized the Board of Commissioners for entering into the lease with Progress in January.

Under that lease, the company would have paid only $1 per year for the next 50 years.

The company initially said it intended to hold onto the lease and use the property for other energy-related activities.

However, Progress representative Mike Hughes said last Friday that the company changed its position partly because of public opposition to the lease.

Meanwhile, the company says it now plans to enter into a contract with Atlanta-based Southern Co. to buy the supplemental electricity the power plant would have generated.

However, Progress officials say they need to find a more long-term solution to the areaís energy demands.

To that end, the utility set up the Community Energy Advisory Council in the wake of the Woodfin defeat.

The council, which is composed of local environmentalists, business representatives, county officials and residents, seeks to advise Progress on ways to meet the regionís power needs in a clean, efficient and affordable way.

ï Reappointed Nathaniel Cannady and Tom Cathey to the Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission.

Chairman Nathan Ramsey noted that Cathey recently had to be absent form his position on the commission while he was deployed in Iraq.

ìWe do want to thank him for his service to this country,î Ramsey said.

ï Appointed Chuck Milner and reappointed Sam Banks and Winakay Caffrey to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.