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42 <br />Approved 12/3/14 <br />215 <br />Lydia Wegman: Ifthe BOCC has already made the decision, there is noopportunity for anyone to make comments. <br />216 <br />217 <br />Perdita Holtz: They should comment before the public hearing at the Planning Boardor at the public hearing. <br />218 <br />219 <br />Lydia Wegman: What is the purpose of having this additional opportunity for comment after the public hearing is <br />220 <br />closed. <br />221 <br />222 <br />Perdita Holtz: There isn’t an additional opportunity via statutes, people can continue to comment. It is not like a <br />223 <br />quasi-judicialprocess. <br />224 <br />225 <br />Craig Benedict: In the three cases the BOCC can decide, if they defer their decision, any input that comes from the <br />226 <br />citizens can still be considered. If it gets referred back to the Planning Board, the citizen can still provide comment. <br />227 <br />The only case it would not work is if the BOCC heard everything they thought they needed to decide that night. <br />228 <br />229 <br />Tony Blake: Where along this process line is the community information meeting? <br />230 <br />231 <br />Perdita Holtz: The information meeting 45 days ahead of timeis associated with Special Use Permitapplications <br />232 <br />which are not legislative but are quasi-judicial. <br />233 <br />234 <br />Michael Harvey: Neighborhood meetings are also for major subdivision and fire stations. <br />235 <br />236 <br />Tony Blake: That is a localized place to make comments and the Planning Boardrep should be notified and invited <br />237 <br />to that meeting. This seems to cry out for a NeighborhoodInformation Meeting. <br />238 <br />239 <br />Perdita Holtz: We were kind of looking at it as the Planning Boardmeeting would be the prelude to the public <br />240 <br />hearing. <br />241 <br />242 <br />Tony Blake: They are involved by the applicant.You are making the distinction that these are not text amendments. <br />243 <br />The Neighborhood Information Meetingis more important for something like this that is not a text amendment than a <br />244 <br />Special Use Permit. <br />245 <br />246 <br />Perdita Holtz: The whole point of having the Neighborhood Information Meetingfor the Special Use Permitis so <br />247 <br />people can understand that is a very special process and that you will have to hire experts to represent you. <br />248 <br />249 <br />Tony Blake: A concrete example is the Mountains to Sea Trail. I would think that sort of process would be valuable <br />250 <br />there. <br />251 <br />252 <br />Perdita Holtz: I think thatDEAPR is holding meetings on the Mountains to Sea Trail. <br />253 <br />254 <br />Tony Blake: I am getting poundedby this new gas pipeline. <br />255 <br />256 <br />Michael Harvey: The BOA held a public hearing on the gas line proposal which was advertised and notifications <br />257 <br />were sent. We were on tenuous ground as to whether the hearing was required but we had the hearing and went <br />258 <br />through the process. <br />259 <br />260 <br />Bonnie Hammersley: I met with PSNC’s representatives with the Chair and Vice Chair and how we can inform <br />261 <br />people better about those issues. <br />262 <br />263 <br />Paul Guthrie: Having managed the acquisition of trails for snow mobiles and hiking, etc. in Wisconsin I can tell you <br />264 <br />that it would be good to keep a master file of all communications that come in whether the are timely or not for <br />265 <br />information. <br />266 <br />267 <br />Lisa Stuckey: Going back to the discussion of the suggestion to change our process, if it’s related to the change, <br />268 <br />now is the time. Perdita, do you need a vote or consensus? <br />5 <br /> <br />