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<br />3 <br />Perdita Holtz: The planning department is actually involved in the mailed notifications and we do a certificate of 106 <br />mailing that you’ve seen in amendment packets. Whichever staff person is in charge of the mailing signs it to certify 107 <br />it was done as stated. 108 <br /> 109 <br />Paul Guthrie: We don’t need to do any language in here to make sure that happens? 110 <br /> 111 <br />Perdita Holtz: Correct…. In the case of governmental uses, which those are most likely going to be your fire 112 <br />departments, we are asking that whoever is heading up that effort for the fire department would give us a statement 113 <br />that certifies that they mailed it when they said they mailed it. 114 <br /> 115 <br />Paul Guthrie: But you’re going to monitor private individuals who are asking for an action that are required to mail? 116 <br /> 117 <br />Perdita Holtz: Yes, we actually do the mailing. The planning department does the mailing; they just pay for them. 118 <br /> 119 <br />Tony Blake: But you guys make a copy of everything that’s sent out anyways, right? 120 <br /> 121 <br />Perdita Holtz: Well, we have the mailing list of property owners and the actual letter that goes into the file. 122 <br /> 123 <br />Lydia Wegman: Other comments? 124 <br /> 125 <br />Tony Blake: I had one from people that have called me, my phones lit up when they heard a story about the airport, 126 <br />and a couple of people were thinking that a broader notification should go out, in light of an airport. Or something that 127 <br />has significant impacts like noise or what have you. So I wanted to float that idea and I wanted to get that in the 128 <br />minutes so that the County Commissioners read it as well. 129 <br /> 130 <br />Andrea Rohrbacher: I can’t remember what the outcome of this point was, it seems that at one meeting we discussed 131 <br />putting some sort of lettering on the outside of the envelope to indicate that it had to do with development so that 132 <br />people wouldn’t think that it was junk mail. 133 <br /> 134 <br />Perdita Holtz: Right, and that is in there under the public hearing portion that it’s going to say, “Notice of Hearing” on 135 <br />the outside of the envelope. 136 <br /> 137 <br />Lydia Wegman: Other comments, questions? 138 <br /> 139 <br />Paul Guthrie: I have one other. Someone who doesn’t receive notice but hears about the project, will they just come 140 <br />directly to the planning organization and say, “Hey, we heard this was going on. What’s going on?” 141 <br /> 142 <br />Perdita Holtz: Yes, because there’s still the sign that’s posted on the property so anybody seeing that sign could 143 <br />contact us. 144 <br /> 145 <br />Paul Guthrie: Because there are certain things that affect well beyond 1000 feet or 500 feet. So you’re able to 146 <br />accommodate that without any problems? You don’t need anything in the code to help you do that? 147 <br /> 148 <br />Perdita Holtz: No. 149 <br /> 150 <br />Paul Guthrie: Okay. Thanks. 151 <br /> 152 <br />Craig Benedict: Perdita, can you explain to the Board the new process a little bit that’s going to be occurring in this 153 <br />amendment that they’re making recommendation and consistency before the public hearing? 154 <br /> 155 <br />Perdita Holtz: I hit on it earlier tonight, it’s the first time that we’re doing this new process and tonight is making a 156 <br />recommendation in time for the February 18th quarterly public hearing so, it’s the same types of actions, they’re just 157 <br />occurring in a different order than they used to. 158 <br /> 159