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16 He referred to the monthly report received by the Board listing applications in the planning queue. He suggested that this information, including the past 3 months of applications, could be made available on the website for the public to view. He said this addresses the criticism by giving more transparency and balancing the rights of the developers and the community. He asked if this is feasible. Michael Harvey said this would not be a difficult request to accommodate. Commissioner Rich agreed with Commissioner Dorosin's idea. She said this is something being talked about in the strategic communication plan. She said this is an example of using a tool to help people get information. She said the there may be a lot of questions, but the opportunity for the community to know what is going on is very valuable. Commissioner Gordon asked for clarification on the timeframe required for the meetings for major subdivisions. Michael Harvey said major subdivisions require a meeting before the Planning Board reviews a concept plan application. He said the neighborhood meeting covers the concept plan review. Commissioner Gordon asked about the timing for conditional use and conditional zoning and whether 30 days would factor into that. Michael Harvey said this would factor into the conditional use, but the conditional zoning is currently two weeks, and it will stay that way in the current ordinance. Commissioner Gordon asked what would need to be done to change the conditional zoning to the longer time period. Michael Harvey said staff has recommended that there is no need to change this, given the fact that this is a legislative item and does not require expert testimony. Commissioner Gordon said she thinks that this two week time period for conditional zoning is a mistake, because these can be more problematic than conditional use. She said this is true even though conditional re- zoning does not have a special use permit process. Michael Harvey said this is one of the reasons that the timeline was not expanded and that he did not agree that conditional zoning was more problematic given the lack of requiring expert testimony as with all quasi judicial cases. Commissioner Gordon said the conditional re- zoning requires some negotiating between the applicant and the County, and a lot of it is up to the Commissioners to approve. She said some of the standards for uses permitted under the conditional zoning process are similar to those for uses permitted under the Class B special use permit process. She said it is her opinion that the range of negotiation and need for public knowledge is the same. Michael Harvey said conditional use involves a special use permit and will have to meet the 30 day meeting requirement.