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24 <br />thrust of the feedback we received was that people hadn't had a time to digest the document and <br />wanted a chance to be heard at a later date. If we treated the fate February date as a "work session" we <br />should thereafter hold another public hearing and that would set the timing back significantly. If I was <br />unclear on that point at the meeting, I wanted to say I'm sorry but to clearly communicate to all that <br />what I'm saying here was how I thought things would proceed. I ran into Alice Gordon at the grocery <br />store and she said that was what she thought as well. <br />b. *Alice Cordon's helpful framing.* I also asked Alice to share by email the careful comments <br />and framing of questions that she had offered at the hearing (and am attaching those here for those <br />who were not able to attend the 11/22 BOCC/PB public hearing). I hope that these comments will help <br />everyone in their reading of the UDO. <br />c. *January 5 Planning Board meeting.* I regret that I have to be at a meeting in San Francisco <br />1/5 but will try to attend by conference call if I can. In the meantime, I wanted to try to help everyone's <br />understanding and efforts to decipher the details of the UDO by writing at some length here. I also think <br />that it's crucial that we do our best to share our thoughts and get them to staff as well as soon as <br />possible because we're coming up on the holidays and we need to give them time to digest and think <br />about our views. <br />d. *Lawyers and our limitations*. I want to note that I do not wish or intend to play an <br />overweening role in the Planning Board deliberations or to ask anyone to put too much weight on my <br />legal background (we're lucky to have several lawyers, including Brian, Samantha, and Alan in our <br />midst... but I'm sure that all of them would join me in saying that we don't claim wisdom that would <br />exceed anyone else since all members of the board have long had very interesting, diverse, and wide- <br />ranging backgrounds that contribute substantially to the collective deliberations... the law is just one <br />lens that sometimes helps and sometimes obfuscates... I've written at length here in part because I've <br />taught land use law and really thought a lot about these issues ... and also feel bad to miss the 1/5 <br />meeting... so have tried to put some of my thinking in writing for your consideration in advance). <br />I guess that's more than enough for one afternoon. Enjoy the snow! Best--Judith <br />