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LIM Approved 12/3/14 269 270 Perdita Holtz: For a consensus that says this flowchart captures the discussion at last month's Planning Board 271 meeting. 272 273 Laura Nicholson: I like the flowchart and I think it does capture what we have been talking about. When you get to 274 the last bubble it gets wordy. It says Planning Board members would be encouraged to attend, could we say 275 expected to attend so it sounds more like we care about being there. 276 277 Lisa Stuckey: In the description of the Planning Board's responsibilities and what people see when they are thinking 278 about applying to the Planning Board, it doesn't mention the quarterly public hearings, it mentions only the monthly 279 meetings. 280 281 Laura Nicholson: I agree. If it is in there as an expectation then the idea is that you should know that upfront. 282 283 Lisa Stuckey: Now there is a quarterly public hearing, people have been making comments at our meeting, the 284 process hasn't been explained to them, we are expanding the number of times a person can comment from only the 285 quarterly public hearing to our meeting in a more formalized way, the public hearing, they have another chance to 286 speak. We are expanding the number of times people can speak; do you think it will slow the process? 287 288 Perdita Holtz: On controversial items, possibly. 289 290 Buddy Hartley: I like the setup. It does do what we have talked about for years. 291 292 Lisa Stuckey: Is there a consensus? 293 294 Lydia Wegman: People need to understand if the BOCC makes a decision that night, it is over. People need to 295 understand upfront that is a possibility. 296 297 Tony Blake: I agree with the caveat that if you are changing zoning there should be a public information meeting. 298 299 Perdita Holtz: That would make the process longer. 300 301 Lisa Stuckey: In the letter that goes out, notifying the people of the Planning Board meeting, there could be a note of 302 encouragement that if you have questions or concerns, attend and make your feelings known. 303 304 Laura Nicholson: At the bottom bubble, it says the public hearing will be closed at the conclusion of the hearing and 305 written comments will no longer be made. You say hearing a lot and you are talking about written comments would 306 no longer be required, you might want to say solely written comments wouldn't be required. 307 308 Perdita Holtz: This flowchart is for people who are somewhat familiar with the process, so they can make decisions 309 about changes from the existing process, it's not to be distributed to lay people who know nothing about how the 310 process works. 311 312 Andrea Rohrbacher: From my experience, no matter how hard you try, you will have someone who says I didn't 313 know. 314 315 Perdita Holtz: Moving on to the quasi-judicial process. Reviewed abstract. Three questions that may frame the 316 discussion. One, do you think the Planning Board should make recommendation on quasi-judicial. Two, if you 317 decide you want to continue to make a recommendation, when would that occur? Three, if the Planning Board is no 318 longer attending the public hearings as an official board, what would the Planning Board meeting be? 319 320 Paul Guthrie: Does the BOCC feel they need a buffer? 321 322 Perdita Holtz: I don't know what the BOCC feels. 6