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D R A F T <br /> <br />2 <br /> 54 <br />Michael Harvey: This is to initiate and have a dialogue with adjoining property owners to address or mitigate those concerns if 55 <br />feasible. 56 <br /> 57 <br />Tony Blake: I am trying to understand the purpose of this if it is not binding in any way. I am thinking of the people that are 58 <br />currently against this. I don’t see any way we will change any minds. 59 <br /> 60 <br />Michael Harvey: There is a broader issue here that doesn’t necessarily involve the White Cross Volunteer Fire Department. 61 <br />There is a feeling among the Board that any time there is government project, there needs to be notification to the public. 62 <br /> 63 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: Imagine you had a meeting for everyone at the volunteer fire department and have slips with questions, i.e. 64 <br />are they adjacent property owners, give them check boxes and a place for comments. You could have a presentation and let 65 <br />people speak and in writing. Then you could say this is what we did at the meeting with committee which you could document 66 <br />with an executive summary. 67 <br /> 68 <br />Tony Blake: Where does this document go? 69 <br /> 70 <br />Michael Harvey: To the county planning staff as part of your site plan submittal. 71 <br /> 72 <br />Craig Benedict: During the subdivision process, we take those comments into consideration and the neighborhood 73 <br />information notes become part of our packages. 74 <br /> 75 <br />Stephanie O’Rourke: How do you handle it if they all object? 76 <br /> 77 <br />Craig Benedict: Michael, you go through the uses permitted by right by uses …. 78 <br /> 79 <br />Michael Harvey: That is the first item on the regular agenda I don’t want to jump into that presentation. Government uses are 80 <br />permitted by right meaning that they are subject to staff review and approval with a site plan submitted according to this code. 81 <br />There are typically no public hearings required, the BOCC will not be approving it or the planning board. In this specific 82 <br />instance, the White Cross Volunteer Department Substation will still be approved and acted upon by the county planning staff. 83 <br /> 84 <br />Paul Guthrie: This language which has been developed because of the White Cross application and I would assume the 85 <br />property owners within 500 feet of the property on Neville Road is a handful of them easily for and that is simple. If this goes 86 <br />into the general development, what will you do when you have this issue come up and three condo units with 200 separate 87 <br />owners and you have to go through this process? I am concerned that this has implications down the road. Have we thought 88 <br />through in the development of this language the implications that other situations and concerns? 89 <br /> 90 <br />Michael Harvey: This language is consistent with existing language on how we handle neighborhood information meetings for 91 <br />several projects. If you have a government use that is adjacent property where there are 200 lots, then you will have to notify 92 <br />all 200 of them. If it was a major subdivision, the staff would still have to notify those property owners. You will typically find 93 <br />that both state and federal governments are exempt from zoning regulations. 94 <br /> 95 <br />Tony Blake: I think this is reactive in a political year by the County Commissioners and it has bad implications down the road. 96 <br />This is time consuming and resource consuming and what the tax payers give us is to be used for fighting fire. If the county 97 <br />wants it that it is the county’s role to hold it and I would also suggest strongly that this also be able to be satisfied in the form of 98 <br />writing rather than a public meeting because we have a very small fire station. I think it puts an unnecessary burden on a 99 <br />volunteer organization. 100 <br /> 101 <br />Pete Hallenbeck: I suggest you take those suggestions and put them in writing so when the BOCC look at passing this UDO 102 <br />amendment, you could speak as a citizen. There is the opportunity here; no matter what you do there will be people against it. 103 <br />But it would be a good opportunity to give information. 104 <br /> 105 <br />Tony Blake: The end result is that it would be neighbor versus neighbor. 106 <br />6