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10 1 Commissioner Rich agreed with Commissioner Pelissier. She said there are some 2 public hearings that can be added to agenda items. She would like to leave this option open. 3 Chair Jacobs summarized that there had been comments and concerns regarding the 4 following items: 5 - Timing of public hearings 6 - Provision of advanced notice of public hearings 7 - Capturing public comments 8 - Number of public hearings 9 - Rendering of decisions subsequent to public hearings 10 - Advertisement comments from Board of County Commissioners 11 12 Chair Jacobs said Commissioner Gordon made good points about giving notice and 13 having a deliberate process. He said there needs to be more discussion about time between 14 public hearings and rendering a decision. 15 Chair Jacobs said Commissioner Dorosin made some good points about the public 16 engagement and the improvement in this. He referred to the final blue box in the flow chart and 17 said this reminds him of the concept plans that are sent to the Planning Board for preliminary 18 analysis and report. He said the Planning Board sends this report back to the Commissioners, 19 and then if it is straightforward there is no need to send it back to the Planning Board. He said 20 there are some items that are just very clear, and those could be on the regular Commissioner 21 agenda. 22 Chair Jacobs said Commissioner Rich and Commissioner Price were both talking about 23 thinking through what we hear as part of the public hearing process, and whether people have 24 had an adequate opportunity to address the Board. He said the flip side is that we don't want to 25 ask people to come more times than necessary. He said this needs to be combed out a little 26 more. 27 He said his recollection is that staff reported that Orange County's review process is not 28 any slower than neighboring jurisdictions. He said this process would potentially allow the 29 Planning Board to take itself out of this process, but there is nothing that precludes that. 30 Chair Jacobs said this proposal is generally an improvement but there have been some 31 points raised that the Board may want to isolate more. 32 Chair Jacobs said he is most concerned about there being more public access to the 33 decision making process as well as the Board receiving that information in order to know what 34 people are thinking. 35 Commissioner Rich referred to Chair Jacobs comment about the option for putting a 36 public hearing on the agenda. She asked if this has ever happened, where it has come from 37 the Planning Board. 38 Chair Jacobs said none have come from the Planning Board. He said he is saying that 39 box 5 on the flowchart would accommodate a way to do this. 40 Commissioner Gordon said she is not sure Chair Jacobs got all of the major points. She 41 said she wants to make sure to look through the minutes to capture all of these. 42 Chair Jacobs asked if there were any members of the public who would like to speak. 43 44 PUBLIC COMMENT: NONE 45 46 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich to: 47 Receive the information contained in this abstract and attachments; and 48 Close the public hearing. (This is being recommended because the proposed text amendments 49 are expected to be heard again at a future Quarterly Public Hearing, so there is no need to 50 adjourn the public hearing to a date /time certain. Closure of the hearing is necessary to ensure