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<br /> <br />3 <br /> 107 <br />Lydia Wegman requested to discuss the number two with legal staff. 108 <br /> 109 <br />Ashley Moncado responded that if the Planning Board had a recommendation to change the number to decide that 110 <br />tonight in order for staff to review with the County Attorney’s Office and proceed with the November Quarterly Public 111 <br />Hearing. 112 <br /> 113 <br />Kim Piracci stated she has spoken with BOCC members and believes they want the Planning Board to be present at 114 <br />more meetings and want the Board’s input. From that point of view, she believes they want the Board present at 115 <br />more than two public hearings. 116 <br /> 117 <br />Lydia Wegman stated that she believes the number should be increased to six. 118 <br /> 119 <br />Kim Piracci agreed and thinks that BOCC would agree because they want the Planning Board to be more involved. 120 <br /> 121 <br />Lydia Wegman recommended increasing to four, five, or six. 122 <br /> 123 <br />Randy Marshall stated the Board members are involved citizens and will attend as able to, but is concerned about a 124 <br />penalty if we are not able to attend six. 125 <br /> 126 <br />Ashley Moncado stated that at this point staff is not sure if there may even be six public hearings. Also, if there are 127 <br />only six public hearings for the year, Planning Board members would be required to go to all public hearings. If the 128 <br />Board was interested in increasing the number, four public hearings may be more appropriate. 129 <br /> 130 <br />Tony Blake stated he has concerns and issues with attending more meetings and being able to arrive on time due to 131 <br />his work schedule. 132 <br /> 133 <br />Patricia Roberts made a motion to leave it at two public hearings. 134 <br /> 135 <br />Randy Marshall seconded. 136 <br /> 137 <br />David Blankfard stated he had additional questions and asked who would decide to remove you from the Board if you 138 <br />did not meet the attendance requirement. 139 <br /> 140 <br />Craig Benedict responded an attendance log is submitted at the end of the year and the BOCC will decide to enforce. 141 <br /> 142 <br />Alexander Gregory recommended basing the number of public hearings Planning Board members shall attend on a 143 <br />percentage. 144 <br /> 145 <br />Ashley Moncado responded that due to staff not knowing how many public hearings there may be in a year, it would 146 <br />be difficult to determine what that number may be. Staff and the Board would not know what the attendance 147 <br />threshold or requirement would be until towards the end of the year when all the public hearings have been 148 <br />scheduled. 149 <br /> 150 <br />Paul Guthrie stated concern with requiring attendance at more meetings may discourage people from wanting to be 151 <br />on the Planning Board in the future who have limitations due to work, health conditions, etc. The idea is good that 152 <br />people should commit to attend these meetings, but this language could discourage people from being on this Board. 153 <br /> 154 <br />Lydia Wegman stated that she would prefer Section E.2 be removed or change the number. She does not support 155 <br />the paragraph as it stands. 156 <br /> 157 <br />Patricia Roberts withdrew her previous motion. She stated support for removing the language. 158 <br /> 159 <br /> 7