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Perdita Holtz said it might be helpful to designate public hearing dates for planning related issues. She said this does not limit public hearings for other issues. Commissioner Gordon said this is not clear, and there is nothing that states that the schedule would be proposed as part of the calendar. Perdita Holtz said this is not in the legal advertisement, but it is in the proposed amendment. Commissioner Gordon asked where the designation of meeting "for planning related issues" should be placed. Perdita Holtz said this could go at the end of the first sentence. She read the text. John Roberts said the Board may want to discuss revamping the entire public hearing process, including how the public hearings are conducted. He suggested using as broad a language as possible. He suggested some specific wording for this. Commissioner Gordon said the point was to limit it to a certain topic so the people would know. She suggested altering the language as Perdita Holtz suggested, to say "the proposed amendments would replace the existing joint Board of County Commissioners/Planning Board public hearings with a minimum of 8 BOCC only public hearing dates for planning related issues." Chair Jacobs said this is different than the attorney's suggestion. He asked if there was a second. The motion died for lack of a second. Commissioner Dorosin said he does not agree with the narrower scope being described. He said this is not just about changing the quarterly hearing to an alternative schedule or changing the meetings to Commissioner's only. He said there is more to it that just that. He said he agreed with the attorney's description of looking at the whole process. He said this is just an announcement of the public hearing about public hearings, and it should be as broad as possible. A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Price that the proposed amendment would replace the existing joint Board of County Commissioners /Planning Board quarterly public hearings regarding land use and planning, as well as the scope, conduct and organization and administration of public hearings generally. Chair Jacobs said there was some discussion of this at agenda review. He said there was discussion of having nomenclature to suggest the nature of the public hearing in order to avoid misleading the public. Commissioner Gordon said she still thinks it should be designated that the planning board would make its recommendations for land use and planning issues to the Board of County Commissioners after the quarterly public hearing, but a quorum would no longer be necessary to hold a public hearing. Commissioner Dorosin said the whole structure is on the table, so this is to be decided. He said he has questioned where the appropriate time is in the process for the planning board to give input. He thinks his broader motion will encompass those questions. VOTE: Ayes, 6— Nays, 1(Commissioner Gordon) A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Rich, to approve the legal advertisement for items to be presented at the joint Board of County Commissioners/Planning Board Quarterly Public Hearing scheduled for May 27, 2014. VOTE: UNANIMOUS