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opening up the representation question again. He indicated there <br />could be other areas that would say they didn't feel represented <br />and wanted more representatives. He said the point was that there <br />had been representation; it had just been misconstrued and needed <br />to be corrected. He said that everyones' opinions needed to be <br />expressed if consensus was to mean something at the end of the <br />process, but now that the group was at this juncture, he didn't <br />know if there was a perfect way to do it. <br />Elio Soldi observed that David Yelton seemed to be concerned that <br />there was representation, but it had not been properly communicated <br />and he seemed reluctant to send a message to the Commissioners that <br />the group thought that representation was not there to begin with. <br />He said the point was to solve what seemed to be an impasse. He <br />stated that a large number of people seemed to understand that for <br />this community, representation meant to be able to speak directly <br />and to be part directly of the planning group. Soldi continued <br />that they had participated far more than some representatives and <br />he didn't see why Yelton could not understand the importance for <br />the group to convey to the Commissioners what they felt. <br />Verla Insko asked if someone could make a proposal back to David <br />Yelton that would address his concerns about setting a precedent. <br />Lee Rafalow said the fact that James Bumphus had been to more <br />meetings than many of the representatives who were official <br />participants should allay concerns about it being disruptive to the <br />progress of the group (assuming James Bumphus was appointed). If <br />James Bumphus wasn't the one appointed, then concerns about new <br />participants not having the background to participate was a <br />legitimate concern. Rafalow said if wording was to the effect that <br />there was a community that hadn't been adequately represented and <br />there was a solution that was not disruptive, he felt it would deal <br />with the potential for any kind of precedent setting. <br />David Yelton said his question to the Commissioners was should <br />Bumphus Road be represented as land holders or as so many families. <br />Lee Rafalow said that appointments to the group fell into three <br />categories: 1) representatives of an arbitrarily drawn district <br />line ( in some cases less arbitrary than others) ; 2 ) people who were <br />appointed because they have long- standing interests or were <br />recognized by the commissioners as being a particularly valuable <br />addition to the group; and 3) people who were active in other <br />committees of the County's set of advisory panels. He said it <br />didn't matter to him how somebody got appointed to this group; the <br />fact of the matter was there was a group that felt unrepresented <br />because the arbitrary lines didn't recognize the standing of their <br />community. <br />Verla Insko said they had three things: 1) this is a neighborhood; <br />2) the group believes that it has not been adequately represented; <br />C <br />