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D R A F T <br />6 <br />Lisa Stuckey: Is there a consensus? 271 <br /> 272 <br />Lydia Wegman: People need to understand if the BOCC makes a decision that night, it is over. People need to 273 <br />understand upfront that is a possibility. 274 <br /> 275 <br />Tony Blake: I agree with the caveat that if you are changing zoning there should be a public information meeting. 276 <br /> 277 <br />Perdita Holtz: That would make the process longer. 278 <br /> 279 <br />Lisa Stuckey: In the letter that goes out, notifying the people of the Planning Board meeting, there could be a note of 280 <br />encouragement that if you have questions or concerns, attend and make your feelings known. 281 <br /> 282 <br />Laura Nicholson: At the bottom bubble, it says the public hearing will be closed at the conclusion of the hearing and 283 <br />written comments will no longer be made. You say hearing a lot and you are talking about written comments would 284 <br />no longer be required, you might want to say solely written comments wouldn’t be required. 285 <br /> 286 <br />Perdita Holtz: This flowchart is for people who are somewhat familiar with the process, so they can make decisions 287 <br />about changes from the existing process, it’s not to be distributed to lay people who know nothing about how the 288 <br />process works. 289 <br /> 290 <br />Andrea Rohrbacher: From my experience, no matter how hard you try, you will have someone who says I didn’t 291 <br />know. 292 <br /> 293 <br />Perdita Holtz: Moving on to the quasi-judicial process. Reviewed abstract. Three questions that may frame the 294 <br />discussion. One, do you think the Planning Board should make recommendation on quasi-judicial. Two, if you 295 <br />decide you want to continue to make a recommendation, when would that occur? Three, if the Planning Board is no 296 <br />longer attending the public hearings as an official board, what would the Planning Board meeting be? 297 <br /> 298 <br />Paul Guthrie: Does the BOCC feel they need a buffer? 299 <br /> 300 <br />Perdita Holtz: I don’t know what the BOCC feels. 301 <br /> 302 <br />Paul Guthrie: It may be a little bit of a pain if we have to look at a million items but it could serve a useful purpose 303 <br />and it could expedite the process. 304 <br /> 305 <br />Tony Blake: 99.99% of the time, staff is correct that it meets or doesn’t meet….but there are cases where there is 306 <br />something they are not aware of. 307 <br /> 308 <br />Lisa Stuckey: But we can’t receive that information. 309 <br /> 310 <br />Tony Blake: If staff says it meets this checklist and you know otherwise, that is not testimony…. 311 <br /> 312 <br />Lisa Stuckey: When we go through the checklist, is that before or after the public hearing? 313 <br /> 314 <br />Perdita Holtz: After the public hearing. 315 <br /> 316 <br />Lisa Stuckey: The Planning Board is not allowed to take additional testimony so we can’t insert things we have 317 <br />heard. 318 <br /> 319 <br />Craig Benedict: You can ask questions. You can ask the applicant to provide information. 320 <br /> 321 <br />Lisa Stuckey: Can you ask a member of the public who spoke? 322 <br /> 323 <br />Craig Benedict: You have the right to cross examine anyone at the hearing. 324 <br />10