Agenda - 11-14-2017 - D.3 - Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Amendments - Revisions to the Public Hearing Process

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372 Approved 11/01/2017 54 Craig Benedict responded that Settler's Point would be included (a so-called "developer-initiated" application) along 55 with government-initiated amendments. 56 57 Lydia Wegman replied that the language in agenda item talks only about government-initiated amendments to the 58 UDO. 59 60 Tony Blake said that he read the language to mean that every topic was government-initiated. 61 62 Lydia Wegman said that she does not read it that way. To her, government-initiated means items coming from the 63 BOCC or the Planning Department. 64 65 Ashley Moncado said that the Planning Board could make a recommendation to the BOCC on government-initiated 66 text amendments. This is a government-initiated text amendment. The agenda item is geared towards the Board 67 making a recommendation on the government-initiated amendment but it will relate to public hearings for all items 68 that normally come to you at a quarterly public hearing. 69 70 Lydia Wegman said that she wants to think further about numbers at meetings to attend. She said that she would like 71 to discuss the topic at the November Planning Board meeting. 72 73 Ashley Moncado said that a preliminary discussion tonight would help this item stay on track so that it can go along 74 with the discussions at the November quarterly public hearing. She asked what members would recommend. For 75 example, is 50 percent attendance at public meetings acceptable to members? Staff is looking for a better 76 understanding of what the Board would recommend. 77 78 Craig Benedict reiterated that this item will not be voted on tonight. 79 80 Paul Guthrie commented that he understands the intent of the proposal but the language is troubling to him. He said 81 that he has had to be absent from many meetings over the years, not because he did not want to be present, but 82 because of medical issues which made it physically impossible for him to attend. He suggested that if a requirement 83 is made for attendance, it needs to be flexible or it will have a negative effect on certain members. 84 85 Craig Benedict said that the measure would certainly be flexible. He said that the way the system is set-up now is 86 that there is a mini-public hearing, like tonight. Staff expects community input at this meeting, at the BOCC meeting, 87 at neighborhood meetings, all of which the Planning Board can attend. He thinks that the new process of tonight's 88 meeting is giving more opportunities for input, especially with the separation of legislative items and members of the 89 public can talk at multiple times, which was not part of the process before. The point is to provide flexibility to the 90 Board and to citizens. Does anyone else have feedback? Staff will wrap the comments together and bring it back to 91 November. 92 93 Tony Blake said that the Planning Board already meets roughly 12 times a year. He said that his problem is running 94 from meeting to meeting that start at 7:00pm. This balance is starting to push the boundaries for him. He likes his role 95 in public service but he needs to take care of his basic needs too. 96 97 Kim Piracci said that it took about 2 years from when she applied to be on the Planning Board to secure her eventual 98 position that she serves in now. It seems like it is not difficult to find Planning Board members. 99 100 Craig Benedict replied that sometimes seats from specific townships can be hard to fill. 101 102 Kim Piracci said that she feels like it is a privilege to serve on the Planning Board and that she does not mind being 103 held to reasonable requirements, and 50 percent of the quarterly public hearings does not seem like too much to her. 104 She said that she would like more training from Staff on how to better understand planning items. 105 2