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