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6 1 Commissioner is to get people answers to their questions.He said he has dealt with the 2 fluoride issue before, and while he could not solve the problem, he could provide a response. 3 He thinks it should not matter if one of the Commissioners is going to sponsor the question or 4 not. 5 Commissioner Rich asked about the resident who petitioned the Board regarding the 6 impervious surfaceissue. 7 Craig Benedictsaidthiswill come back to the Board, and there will be two options. He 8 said Orange County is more restrictive on this than the state, and there are some questions 9 about this. He said one option is a unified development ordinance(UDO)change, and the 10 other option would be to ask the state about allowing impervious pavement. He said a memo 11 will be coming to the Board in the coming weeks. 12 Commissioner Rich asked if the resident knows that this work is being done. 13 CraigBenedict said yes. 14 Commissioner Rich referred to Commissioner Jacob’s statement that it is the Board’s 15 job toprovide peoplewithinformation. She questioned whether this is happening. 16 Bonnie Hammersleysaid the impervious surface questionis an example of how the 17 petition process works. She said the petition was submitted, and it was assigned to Craig 18 Benedict. She said the department directors take these petitions seriously. 19 Commissioner Dorosin asked if every petition that has been raised bycitizens has 20 received a response. 21 Chair McKee and Commissioner Jacobs said yes. 22 Commissioner Dorosin said it would be good to know that. He would like to see an 23 update when residents are sent a letter or answers are provided. 24 Commissioner Jacobs said the response letter that Commissioner’s receive in response 25 to petitions states that the item was referred to the planning director,who will follow through 26 with the citizen, and it often gives a time frame. He said you will not see the actual letter, but 27 you will see a reference to the fact that it is being sent,or that it has been assigned to 28 someone. 29 Commissioner Dorosin said he has seen the department references, but he does not 30 recall seeing updates when a letter is sent to residents. 31 Commissioner Jacobssaidmost of the time staffbrings it back to the Board before 32 answering the reference. 33 Commissioner Rich asked if the issue is considered resolvedif a letter has gone outto a 34 resident. She questioned the process if a Commissioner wants to address an overall change 35 versus just for an individual person. 36 Chair McKee said to keep in mind that this situation does not happen very often, and the 37 Board has to be careful to avoid a feedback loop that is too tight. 38 Commissioner Rich said she just wants to make sure nothing slips through the cracks. 39 Chair McKee said there is an effort going on right now regarding connectivity, and this 40 was not initiated by a citizen or Board member petition. He said this came from a general email 41 from a resident. He said this is not something he canwork on, because it is an issue that 42 information technology (IT) has to resolve. He said many issues that may seem to have slipped 43 through the crack are actually just being slowly processed. 44 Commissioner Rich said this issue is one that the Board knowsabout and updates are 45 being received. She questioned whether there are other issues where this is not happening. 46 Chair McKee said it is a rare occasion when this happens. 47 Commissioner Price saida whole group of people came and petitioned the Board to 48 name the senior center aftera particular person. She said this went to agenda review and it 49 never came back to the full Board. She said a letter was sent out, and the rest of the Board 50 had no knowledge of what was happening until it was done. She said the Board members are