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I testimony coming in could be stopped to allow for a decision based on a finite amount of 2 information. He said the new suggestion is to have a legislative procedure that can be wide 3 open the whole time. He said for the quasi - judicial items, there will probably be some point in 4 time where that testimony has to stop. 5 Commissioner Pelissier said overall there are a lot of good things in the proposed new 6 process, but she is confused about the lack of increase in the frequency of the quarterly public 7 hearings. She said this would not accomplish the goal of speeding the process for applications 8 that are "no brainers." 9 Perdita Holtz said there were concerns expressed by the Board of County 10 Commissioners about the possibility of putting quarterly public hearings on regular agendas. 11 She said the current suggestion is to try this new process prior to taking that next step. 12 Commissioner Pelissier asked if the UDO would have to be changed in order to change 13 the process. 14 Perdita Holtz said yes. 15 Commissioner Pelissier said the recommendation to close the public hearing tonight 16 does not preclude the Board from taking some action based on what has already been heard 17 and discussed; but it is an iterative process, and there would need to be another public hearing 18 in order to make changes other than what has been discussed. 19 Perdita Holtz said one of the more substantive changes that would require a second 20 public hearing was removing the proposed language about having up to 8 public hearings per 21 year. She said if the Commissioners still want to pursue this, then perhaps there would not be 22 a need for a second public hearing. 23 Commissioner Rich asked if an additional meeting is being added after the notifications 24 go out and the Planning Board meeting is held. 25 Perdita Holtz said it is just another opportunity for the public to comment to the Planning 26 Board. 27 Perdita Holtz said one of the items in the 5th box on the flowchart talks about the fact 28 that the Planning Board action could be to make a recommendation or to make a preliminary 29 recommendation and ask the Board of Commissioners to send it back to the Planning Board if 30 anything significant happens. 31 Commissioner Rich said she wonders if that is actually speeding things up, or if it is just 32 adding another repetitive step. 33 Perdita Holtz said it could add a step to more controversial items where it may be sent 34 back to the Planning Board. She said it is really just flipping when the Planning Board meeting 35 occurs. She said, with this proposal there would be no Planning Board meeting after the public 36 hearing for many legislative items. She said for more complicated issues, this would add 37 another opportunity for the public to comment. 38 Commissioner Rich said if this process is adopted, it is important to make these 39 changes clear to the public in order to have as much involvement as possible. 40 Commissioner Gordon said she wanted to add a historical note about the legal 41 advertisement. She there was a case where the Board was sued over a deficient legal 42 advertisement. She said this may be why the Board of County Commissioners reviews the ad, 43 and she likes the way this process is done now. 44 Commissioner Gordon said she wanted to make sure that all property is being posted, 45 and people are being notified by certified mail. 46 Perdita Holtz said this is not going away. She said the requirement for certified mail is 47 only for developer initiated applications. 48 Commissioner Gordon said there used to be more development applications. The 49 economy may be the reason there are currently not as many development applications and 50 therefore relatively fewer quasi- judicial public hearings.