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Approved 11/01/2017 30 1530 Tony Blake said that to know in advance is important. 1531 1532 Craig Benedict said that Staff sees the challenges with meetings being scheduled close together or at a variety of 1533 locations. The BOCC just approved next year’s calendar and Staff will take a look at how meetings are laid out. 1534 1535 Randy Marshall asked if public hearings could be grouped. 1536 1537 Craig Benedict said that if the items on the public hearing agenda are simple items, they could be done the same 1538 night. However, if there was a cell tower being considered, Staff worries about being dominating with just Planning’s 1539 agenda in consideration of what other departments need to present. Clustering these meetings could be helpful. 1540 BOCC members understand that if they are considering more items more frequently, their review also has to be 1541 timely. 1542 1543 Tony Blake said that if members of the public come out and there is a line of 200 people to provide input, the meeting 1544 will take a long time. 1545 1546 Randy Marshall suggested that the first meeting of the month be reserved for bigger items. 1547 1548 Ashley Moncado said that this could not be guaranteed as dates are set way in advance for applications to be due, 1549 dates important in guiding the applicant’s process. 1550 1551 Craig Benedict said that Staff will try to target 4 meetings a year but that an applicant will still have more opportunities 1552 to present at upcoming meetings, if necessary. He said that Staff will review the 2018 calendar and see if there is a 1553 cadence to meetings, and will provide more feedback on scheduling and how Staff could target major meetings in the 1554 year. 1555 1556 Randy Marshall asked if Mr. Benedict felt like he got good feedback. 1557 1558 Craig Benedict said that he did. 1559 1560 Lydia Wegman said that there is clearly concern from Planning Board members about attendance requirements to 1561 other public meetings and the weight of demands on people serving in a volunteer position on the Planning Board. 1562 1563 David Blankfard asked what will be asked of Planning Board members at public meetings. 1564 1565 Some Planning Board members commented that they are there for moral support. 1566 1567 Lydia Wegman said that based on her experience, the BOCC may ask why the Planning Board voted as it did (i.e. 1568 Why did the Planning Board vote as it did on Settler’s Point?). The BOCC asks the members present so that they can 1569 get the background. Sometimes BOCC members have questions about the minutes or related matters. 1570 1571 Craig Benedict returned to the item for a vote, which he said again does not have to do with attendance. He asked 1572 the Planning Board to make a recommendation to the BOCC on government-initiated amendments to the UDO 1573 pertaining to public hearings. He read aloud the recommendation on page 332 in the packet. 1574 1575 Tony Blake asked if this is to remove the “quarterly” from the public hearing verbiage, will it mean that Staff may have 1576 up to 40 some potential target meetings. 1577 1578 Ashley Moncado replied that there would be more like 20 public meetings. There are 20 regular BOCC meetings 1579 scheduled for next year. 1580 1581 Tony Blake said that he understood. 1582