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13 County Owned Properly Self Imposed Conditions: Staff has recommended that the County consider imposing conditions concerning processing of administrative requests involving County property, including: Requiring a balloon test Notification of adjacent property owners via certified mail Scheduling and holding of a neighborhood information meeting Staff requests direction from the BOCC on these matters Recommendations: The Planning Director recommends that the Board: 1. Receive the item. 2. Conduct a public hearing and accept all public comments on the subject. 3. Adjourn hearing to the April 5, 2011 regular meeting for action by the Commissioners. It should be noted that there is no action required by the Planning Board on this item. Commissioner Jacobs asked why there were no self-imposed conditions. Craig Benedict said that it is not a requirement of the Master Telecommunications Plan to have self-imposed conditions. The fire stations do not have to do a balloon test. He said that this is a separate item for when the County is a participant. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the minutes from December 14"' and said that the motion spec~cally said to ask staff to bring to the public hearing criteria which the County would apply to its own site. He asked if reading it aloud at the public hearing was considered bringing it to the public hearing, or if it is putting it in the material that the public sees. Craig Benedict said that he would bring back a resolution to the Board with self-imposing criteria at the second meeting in May. Brian Crawford made reference to Commissioner Cordon's recommendation at the beginning of the meeting and said that the. staff recommendation did not include a Planning Board action. He asked what she wanted the Planning Board to review. Commissioner Gordon said that it would be important for the Planning Board to read the portions of Section 6.18 related to this discussion. The question has to do with the difference in the process that a person must follow when applying for permission to build a telecommunications tower. Is it a special use permit process or not, is there a balloon test, etc. With respect to the process, what is the significance of a site being placed on the MTP map. She made reference to page 356 and the criteria for ranking sites. Craig Benedict said that this is a policy issue and it is not what is being reviewed tonight. This is not a regulation change that is being requested. The request is to use an element of the existing code. Discussion ensued with Brian Crawford and Commissioner Gordon about the private sites. Commissioner Foushee asked about the process of private properties enrolling and how property owners would know that the County was considering enrolling the properties.