Agenda - 12-05-2016 - 7-a - Recommendations of the Firearms Safety Committee

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35 Commissioners finishes with this? No. I can't guarantee or predict what the Board will pass or even if it will pass anything at all. But I would ask that you not feel like you wasted your time, because you haven't, because every Board member is following this discussion and lots of people in the community are following this discussion too. We had 200 people at the meeting back in February. I can guarantee you even if you complete your work tonight that this is not the end of the discussion. The current Board and/or a future Board will address this issue again. Don't let the hunt for the perfect interfere with the possible. Dr. Arvik then proposed, "looking for unanimity," that(g)be struck from the draft ordinance, and that individual members be allowed to submit minority reports. The group voted, and decided 6-1 (Ms. Conti the one nay vote) to recommend to the Board of Commissioners the draft ordinance minus (g) and with the revisions to (i) agreed upon earlier in the meeting. Commissioner McKee thanked the Committee for making a very hard decision, and reminded it that the conversation is not over. Evaluation of the Committee Process The facilitator invited Committee members, resource persons, and the Board's liaison to reflect on what worked well in the Committee process, what did not work so well, what they have learned, what was challenging, and any advice they might want to give to the BOCC or to the facilitator for setting up and conducting future committees. Each person took a turn and shared some thoughts, as follows: • Commissioner McKee—I'm proud of the Committee. This process has informed our Board, even the fact that there was dissention. This is what I wanted to see: a discussion, and not necessarily a polite discussion, where people are at, what people's opinions are. For me, the process worked. • Mr. Myren—I hope we were able to support the Committee adequately with the research we provided. John Roberts did a great job. The format worked well in general. • Dr. Arvik—I've been involved in lots of committees like this on different subjects, and the thing that impressed me most is that the facilitator didn't let this run away. Not once. I appreciate that very much. Now, I didn't get everything I wanted out of this, but I got a discussion on everything. Other members might not have liked to have had the discussion, but it needed to come out, and it did come out. And I appreciate that. • Mr. Roberts—I'll make these changes tonight and send out a final copy to everyone. I'll talk with the two Commissioners who served as liaisons to the Committee to find out when they want this item to come to the full Board; when I know I'll let you all know. The process here seemed to be efficient, and discussed a lot of subject matter that was of concern to people; I think that is a good thing. • Mr. Tesoro—I appreciate that we had a facilitator. That was key for any of this working, given the diverse group. I feel we made great progress. I feel we addressed safety. It's not 16