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DRAFT 55 think Planning Board before I like a lot, Planning Board after the decision is like closing the barn door after the horse 56 is gone. I'm not quite sure what we'd do, that was discussed. I think citizen notification which is in here is a good 57 deal and it would be nice if that notification includes a description of the process so people know what to do. Part of 58 what happened in the solar project is people were scrambling with the time they had and they weren't sure what the 59 next steps were and also the dates. I think when you combine what we just voted on with the 45 day and you add in 60 the changes we are looking at now and if that notification spells out what is going to happen, it should be a different 61 picture than what we had before. I like treating legislative quasi - judicial mixes as quasi - judicial and that led to those 62 recommendations. So you can sort of see what I am thinking from that attachment one. What we'll do here is just go 63 around the room and take input that anyone would like to pass on to the Commissioners. 64 65 Perdita Holtz: I forgot to mention that Lydia Wegman sent an email earlier today about her views. I wanted to make 66 sure it got into the minutes that I did distribute her email. 67 68 Pete Hallenbeck: Yes and we should put her comments into the minutes since she is not here. She also talked 69 about it the Planning Board should be at the public hearing and she talked about how they should be required to 70 attend the public hearing. We're seeing everybody wrestle with the same details. 71 72 Paul Guthrie: You took the first part of what I was going to acknowledge and suggest everybody read it carefully. 73 Lydia is a very smart person and has been in this business a long time. I must admit that I've thought a lot about this 74 issue and I really wasn't a 100% percent sure where I was going with it so I decided to make it simple. We are in 75 business for one reason and that is to work for the County Board of Commissioners, present them with our 76 understanding of issues and, where appropriate, make recommendations as we gather as citizens in the County. 1 77 would caution us as we shape this don't violate that particular rule and if you decide that it's necessary to change 78 that rule in a significant manner, then you need to decide whether the Planning Board is relevant. I would just say 79 that this is a very fundamental issue that needs to be carefully considered and I understand where the concern 80 comes and it is legitimate concern in terms of the quorum /non- quorum issue. It seems to me we ought to be able to 81 deal with that issue without tearing up the relationship of what a citizen advisory board is to the elected leaders of this 82 County. I think we should think in that line as we work on the process. 83 84 Pete Hallenbeck: I agree we need to find a way to get people there but we need to find a way to do it that doesn't 85 penalize people who come to a meeting if we don't have enough people there. That might be the best way to put it. 86 87 Laura Nicholson: I have a lot of comments, in light of the timeline that we were given to consider this I wonder if we 88 can't divide it. It seems like there are a few things that are easy and specific and there are a few things that are really 89 squishy so if could just get through some of the specifics. In regard to the quorum, I obviously haven't been here 90 long enough to understand why the quorum was ever an issue but it just seems like a communication thing. If we've 91 made it clear that you are supposed to be at as many monthly meetings and you can and be at the quarterly public 92 hearing, and are given insufficient notice, and we double check to make sure there's enough people there, I don't 93 see it as an issue. I think it is a little insane to do this whole roundabout to change this whole process that seems 94 important because we can't get our act together internally and I think it could be fixed internally so it doesn't have to 95 be this whole big process. And the frequency of public hearings, I don't know if that is something that is really 96 specific and easy to figure out or not but I'm just curious if we couldn't just divide it. So talk about a few things we 97 can iron out tonight and a few things we go back and ask for more time to figure out. 98 99 Pete Hallenbeck: Again, it strikes me how to get people there because I think there's agreement that's really 100 important but if we make mistakes and people can't show up for whatever reason, how do you keep that from 101 throwing everything off track? We do serve at the pleasure of the Commissioners so they could certainly come up 102 with some club and stick approach to make everybody come to the meetings but I would leave that decision to them. 103 104 Bryant Warren: Reading this I'm a little concerned with, I feel like it is on the step of dissolving the Planning Board 105 and just going straight to the County Commissioners. I'll apologize I did miss the public hearing last month, I got my 106 days mixed up and thought it was the next night. But it is very seldom that I'll miss a public hearing or a meeting. 1 107 will make sure I'm here and I don't understand how the Planning Board can make a recommendation to the BOCC 108 before the public hearing is being held because I really think they need to be involved in the public hearing in order to 2