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29 Board and to citizens. Does anyone else have feedback? Staff will wrap the comments together and bring it back to 1501 November. 1502 1503 Tony Blake said that the Planning Board already meets roughly 12 times a year. He said that his problem is running 1504 from meeting to meeting that start at 7:00pm. This balance is starting to push the boundaries for him. He likes his role 1505 in public service but he needs to take care of his basic needs too. 1506 1507 Kim Piracci said that it took about 2 years from when she applied to be on the Planning Board to secure her eventual 1508 position that she serves in now. It seems like it is not difficult to find Planning Board members. 1509 1510 Craig Benedict replied that sometimes seats from specific townships can be hard to fill. 1511 1512 Kim Piracci said that she feels like it is a privilege to serve on the Planning Board and that she does not mind being 1513 held to reasonable requirements, and 50 percent of the quarterly public hearings does not seem like too much to her. 1514 She said that she would like more training from Staff on how to better understand planning items. 1515 1516 Craig Benedict said that Staff could arrange more training. He acknowledged that many people learn in-process. He 1517 noted that the MPD-CZ process has only been reviewed by the Planning Board one other time. The Board, over the 1518 years, learns by experience. Staff will open-up more training opportunities to the whole Board to go over 1519 subdivisions, quasi-judicial hearings and legislative items, and other types of processes. 1520 1521 Tony Blake commented that the UNC School of Government comments on issues that affect the Planning Board. 1522 While everyone may not agree on the conclusions in the online forums, it provides good discussion. This is a 1523 resource that he would recommend that he has used. 1524 1525 Randy Marshall asked how many quarterly public hearings are held a year. 1526 1527 Craig Benedict said that some years there may not even be 4 and sometimes there are only 3 or 4 items on the 1528 agenda. 1529 1530 Ashley Moncado noted that this year there were only 2 quarterly public hearings (May and September were 1531 cancelled). 1532 1533 Craig Benedict said that there may be 10-15 items in one year. Staff will not recommend hearing 2 land use items in 1534 a month because they are also trying to keep a schedule open to applicants. He estimates that there will be 8-9 1535 meetings with the potential for Planning Board-related items. 1536 1537 Tony Blake said that to know in advance is important. 1538 1539 Craig Benedict said that Staff sees the challenges with meetings being scheduled close together or at a variety of 1540 locations. The BOCC just approved next year’s calendar and Staff will take a look at how meetings are laid out. 1541 1542 Randy Marshall asked if public hearings could be grouped. 1543 1544 Craig Benedict said that if the items on the public hearing agenda are simple items, they could be done the same 1545 night. However, if there was a cell tower being considered, Staff worries about being dominating with just Planning’s 1546 agenda in consideration of what other departments need to present. Clustering these meetings could be helpful. 1547 BOCC members understand that if they are considering more items more frequently, their review also has to be 1548 timely. 1549 1550 Tony Blake said that if members of the public come out and there is a line of 200 people to provide input, the meeting 1551 will take a long time. 1552 1553 Randy Marshall suggested that the first meeting of the month be reserved for bigger items. 1554 33