Agenda - 12-07-2015 - 6-a - Minutes

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11 1 2 Additional Information 3 • If adopted, effective date would be January 1, 2016 4 o Items proposed for the February 2016 quarterly public hearing would be first 5 items processed under the revised procedure 6 • A review of the revised process will be conducted after 1 year 7 o Report to BOCC in early 2017 8 9 Recommendation 10 • Receive the Planning Board's recommendation 11 • Close the public hearing 12 • Deliberate as necessary on the proposed amendments 13 • Decide accordingly and/or adopt the Statement of Consistency (Attachment 2) and the 14 Ordinance and Planning Board Policies and Procedures (Attachment 3), as 15 recommended by the Planning Board and staff. 16 17 Commissioner Rich asked who would bear the responsibility to act if someone needed 18 to be removed from the Planning Board for non-attendance at quarterly public hearings. 19 Perdita Holtz said that authority would lie with the Board of County Commissioners. 20 John Roberts said any Chair, of any advisory board, might excuse anyone from a 21 meeting for reasons such as for sickness. 22 Commissioner Dorosin extended his appreciation to Perdita Holtz for her work on this 23 item. 24 Commissioner Dorosin said he wanted to highlight the streamlining of the process and 25 noted that this will allow for more public engagement throughout the entire hearing process, 26 which is consistent with the BOCC's stated values of transparency and public engagement. 27 Commissioner Price said if the Board of County Commissioners is unable to make a 28 decision when the hearing is closed, the Board used to be able to refer it back to the Planning 29 Board. She asked if this would still be possible. 30 Perdita Holtz said with legislative items the Board could do so, but a quasi judicial item 31 would need to be brought back in a public hearing which would be have to be extended. 32 Commissioner Price also thanked Perdita Holtz for her work on this issue. 33 34 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded Commissioner Dorosin to close 35 the public hearing and adopt the Statement of Consistency, contained within Attachment 2, and 36 the Ordinance amending the UDO and Planning Board Policies and Procedures, contained 37 within Attachment 3, as recommended by the Planning Board and staff. 38 39 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 40 41 6. Consent Agenda 42 43 • Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda 44 Item 6-b by Chair McKee 45 46 • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda 47 48 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Rich to 49 approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda.