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19 1 Michael Harvey: Without speaking for Strata Solar, in your packet, and it has already been 2 introduced into evidence, Strata Solar has committed to meeting with adjacent property owners 3 to address or discuss their concerns. Staff has also indicated to Strata Solar that we will be 4 meeting with them with the property owners. There will be time. Obviously you can accept 5 written evidence, written updates, as the planning board can. I think, Commissioner Rich,just 6 to further explain why you have the dual recommendations. We didn't get adjacent property 7 owner comments until after the, obviously, abstract went out. So, we were trying to, quote, 8 hedge our bets and give the Board as much leeway, and give the Board as much support in 9 terms of a motion that would address your needs. 10 11 Commissioner Gordon: Well I'll move a substitute motion of the second recommendation. 12 13 Chair Jacobs: Well why don't we hear from Commissioner Dorosin first. He's been waiting to 14 speak. 15 16 Commissioner Dorosin: I just want to ask a procedural question. We're having this public 17 hearing today. We're going to vote to send it to the planning board for their consideration, and 18 they're going to hold a—receive public comment in their meetings? 19 20 Michael Harvey: They can receive written comments per the Unified Development Ordinance 21 (UDO), which become part of the record and part of their deliberation. Now, if I am an 22 interested party and wish to comment or talk about what I've written, that's been allowed at the 23 planning board; but typically it's only written comment. 24 25 Commissioner Dorosin: So there is going to be some— It's going to go to the planning board. 26 They're going to take in everything they heard today. They're going to review it. They're going 27 to make some comments, maybe, and come back, and we're going to meet again. This is going 28 to come back, according to the first motion, on May 8th, and then at that time we're going to not 29 take any additional public comment. It's going to be one of those fake public hearings, where 30 it's a public hearing, but the public is not allowed to give comment, and then we're going to vote 31 at that time on the CUP, presumably. 32 33 Chair Jacobs: Yes, presumably, right, with whatever additional materials were presented to 34 the planning board, which presumably could include neighbor's concerns as addressed to Strata 35 Solar or the planning board. 36 37 Commissioner Dorosin: Right. Well, I just—So, I understand that's the way that things have 38 been done, and that's how it's been set up; but it strikes me as being not the most efficient 39 process. If we value the planning board's input in this, I would think that input would be relevant 40 to the actual public hearing where the public gets to comment as well. So, I just wonder if, in 41 the future, it wouldn't make more sense to have the planning board review the application and 42 bring forward a recommendation, and then we — and that is part of this public hearing that 43 people get to comment on. So they get to see what the planning board has said. They get to 44 see how the applicant has responded to the planning board's suggestions, and then — Now of 45 course it might take another round after that, but conceivably at this point, we could have a vote, 46 with all the people here. So, maybe this is something to put onto our procedural review agenda, 47 but it seems to me that this doesn't seem like the most efficient or expeditious way of doing it. 48 And I have concerns about that. 49 50 Michael Harvey: If I may add, that subject matter is actually coming up later this evening. 51