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Approved 11/01/2017 28 1424 AGENDA ITEM 10: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENTS – PUBLIC HEARING 1425 REVISIONS - To make a recommendation to the BOCC on government-initiated amendments 1426 to the UDO pertaining to public hearings. This item is scheduled for the November 2017 1427 quarterly public hearing. 1428 PRESENTER: Craig Benedict, Planning Director 1429 1430 Craig Benedict reviewed the abstract. He said that this amendment covers revisions to the public hearing process. In 1431 conversations with the BOCC on September 7, 2017, members thought that there could be a better way to streamline 1432 the process for development proposals to be heard and for additional public input that would move away from the 1433 structure of quarterly public hearings. They recommended that the quarterly public hearing dates be removed from 1434 future calendars and that land use related items be placed on regular meeting agenda. This new process has the 1435 potential for 12 to 15 meetings a year where items could be heard. The BOCC instructed the Planning Department to 1436 remove references in the UDO of “quarterly public hearing” and change the text to “public hearing.” As Michael 1437 Harvey was saying earlier, if someone was not able to meet the requirements for a quarterly public hearing, the 1438 applicant will have another opportunity at the next public hearing. This will streamline and make the process quicker. 1439 Staff has gone through the UDO and removed the word “quarterly” from “quarterly public hearing.” This text 1440 amendment item is up for a vote tonight. Additionally, Mr. Benedict went over updated Rules of Procedure for the 1441 Planning Board. In the Rules of Procedure outline, there is reference to quarterly public hearings and attendance at 1442 quarterly public hearings. He asked for the Board’s input into this topic tonight and that the issue be considered for a 1443 vote at the Planning Board’s meeting next month. He reiterated that the primary topic of the discussion tonight is still 1444 the proposed ordinance change. In regards to quarterly public hearings in the Planning Board’s Rules of Procedure, 1445 Staff recommends that Planning Board members now be expected to attend BOCC meetings that related to Planning 1446 Board responsibilities. Does that mean that members need to attend all of the meetings? No, it does not. There is 1447 also a line in this section that says failure to attend quarterly public hearings could result in removal from the Board, 1448 but since there will be more meetings, what would be the recommended change here, since there are more public 1449 hearings than before? He looked to members for guidance. How many minimum BOCC meetings would members 1450 like attend a year? There does not have to be as much language emphasizing mandatory attendance. The point is 1451 that there be some mechanism so that members do not divest themselves of ever attending a public hearing with the 1452 BOCC. 1453 1454 Lydia Wegman asked if this only references government-initiated amendments to the UDO. For example, Board 1455 members would not have to attend a meeting on Settler’s Point. 1456 1457 Craig Benedict responded that Settler’s Point would be included (a so-called “developer-initiated” application) along 1458 with government-initiated amendments. 1459 1460 Lydia Wegman replied that the language in agenda item talks only about government-initiated amendments to the 1461 UDO. 1462 1463 Tony Blake said that he read the language to mean that every topic was government-initiated. 1464 1465 Lydia Wegman said that she does not read it that way. To her, government-initiated means items coming from the 1466 BOCC or the Planning Department. 1467 1468 Ashley Moncado said that the Planning Board could make a recommendation to the BOCC on government-initiated 1469 text amendments. This is a government-initiated text amendment. The agenda item is geared towards the Board 1470 making a recommendation on the government-initiated amendment but it will relate to public hearings for all items 1471 that normally come to you at a quarterly public hearing. 1472 1473 Lydia Wegman said that she wants to think further about numbers at meetings to attend. She said that she would like 1474 to discuss the topic at the November Planning Board meeting. 1475 1476