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<br />30 <br /> 1555 <br />Ashley Moncado said that this could not be guaranteed as dates are set way in advance for applications to be due, 1556 <br />dates important in guiding the applicant’s process. 1557 <br /> 1558 <br />Craig Benedict said that Staff will try to target 4 meetings a year but that an applicant will still have more opportunities 1559 <br />to present at upcoming meetings, if necessary. He said that Staff will review the 2018 calendar and see if there is a 1560 <br />cadence to meetings, and will provide more feedback on scheduling and how Staff could target major meetings in the 1561 <br />year. 1562 <br /> 1563 <br />Randy Marshall asked if Mr. Benedict felt like he got good feedback. 1564 <br /> 1565 <br />Craig Benedict said that he did. 1566 <br /> 1567 <br />Lydia Wegman said that there is clearly concern from Planning Board members about attendance requirements to 1568 <br />other public meetings and the weight of demands on people serving in a volunteer position on the Planning Board. 1569 <br /> 1570 <br />David Blankfard asked what will be asked of Planning Board members at public meetings. 1571 <br /> 1572 <br />Some Planning Board members commented that they are there for moral support. 1573 <br /> 1574 <br />Lydia Wegman said that based on her experience, the BOCC may ask why the Planning Board voted as it did (i.e. 1575 <br />Why did the Planning Board vote as it did on Settler’s Point?). The BOCC asks the members present so that they can 1576 <br />get the background. Sometimes BOCC members have questions about the minutes or related matters. 1577 <br /> 1578 <br />Craig Benedict returned to the item for a vote, which he said again does not have to do with attendance. He asked 1579 <br />the Planning Board to make a recommendation to the BOCC on government-initiated amendments to the UDO 1580 <br />pertaining to public hearings. He read aloud the recommendation on page 332 in the packet. 1581 <br /> 1582 <br />Tony Blake asked if this is to remove the “quarterly” from the public hearing verbiage, will it mean that Staff may have 1583 <br />up to 40 some potential target meetings. 1584 <br /> 1585 <br />Ashley Moncado replied that there would be more like 20 public meetings. There are 20 regular BOCC meetings 1586 <br />scheduled for next year. 1587 <br /> 1588 <br />Tony Blake said that he understood. 1589 <br /> 1590 MOTION by Randy Marshall to approve amendments to the UDO. Seconded by Dave Blankfard. 1591 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 1592 <br /> 1593 AGENDA ITEM 12: ADJOURNMENT 1594 1595 <br />Planning Board meeting was adjourned by consensus. 1596 <br /> 1597 <br /> 1598 <br /> ____________________________________ <br /> Lydia Wegman, Chair <br /> <br /> 34