Agenda - 10-20-2015 - 6a - Minutes

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5 1 Closure of public hearings: Modifications in Section 2.3.11, 2.7.9, and 2.8.9 would mean 2 that the BOCC would close the public hearing the night of the hearing. At that time, the 3 BOCC could defer a decision to a later BOCC meeting date; make a decision; or, as a 4 procedural right not included in the text of the UDO, send an application back to the 5 Planning Board for further review. If the BOCC chooses to defer a decision to a later 6 meeting date, legislative items could be listed on the future BOCC agenda as "Regular 7 Agenda" items and additional public comment could be accepted. The existing 8 requirement for only written comments after the quarterly public hearing is proposed for 9 deletion. 10 11 In order to meet legal sufficiency text of the UDO, send an application back to the 12 Planning Board for further review. If the BOCC chooses to defer a decision to a later 13 meeting date, legislative items could be listed on the future BOCC agenda as "Regular 14 Agenda" items and additional public comment could be accepted. The existing 15 requirement for only written comments after the quarterly public hearing, is proposed for 16 deletion. 17 18 The BOCC may wish to consider adding an additional heading to its agendas: Quasi- 19 Judicial Hearings, along with a note explaining that only persons with legal standing can 20 participate in quasi-judicial hearings. Quasi-judicial items deferred for decision to a later 21 meeting date or for which the hearing was continued in order to receive additional 22 evidence would be listed on the BOCC agenda under this new heading. 23 24 As has been discussed in the past, the bases for some of the proposed revisions are as 25 follows: 26 1. Allow the public to make comments at the end of the process. 27 2. Do not require a quorum of Planning Board members in order to hold a public hearing. 28 3. Streamline and speed up the review/decision process when possible. 29 30 The proposed revisions are expected to achieve these objectives. When the BOCC 31 discussed this topic at its May 12, 2015 work session members indicated that if the process 32 were revised it should be evaluated after one year to ensure it was working as intended and 33 satisfactorily. If the proposed revisions are adopted, an evaluation can be scheduled for a year 34 later. Any future revisions to the UDO would need to be brought forward to a future public 35 hearing. 36 37 Public Hearing Process 38 Quarterly Public Hearing 39 September 8, 2015 40 Item C.2 41 42 Purpose of Amendment 43 • To revise the current public hearing process for Comprehensive Plan, Unified 44 Development Ordinance, and Zoning Atlas Amendments 45 • Most recently discussed by BOCC at May 12, 2015 work session. 46 -Allow the public to make comments at the end of the legislative process. 47 -No longer require only written comments after the public hearing.