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16 <br />Commissioners finishes with this? No. I can’t guarantee or predict what the Board will pass or <br />even if it will pass anything at all. But I would ask that you not feellike you wasted your time, <br />because you haven’t, because every Board member is following this discussion and lots of <br />people in the community are following this discussion too. We had 200 people at the meeting <br />back in February. I can guarantee you even if you complete your work tonight that this is not the <br />end of the discussion. The current Board and/or a future Board will address this issue again. <br />Don’t let the hunt for the perfect interfere with the possible. <br />Dr. Arvik then proposed,“lookingfor unanimity,” that (g) be struck from the draft ordinance, <br />and that individual members be allowed to submit minority reports. The group voted, and <br />decided6-1 (Ms. Conti the one nay vote) to recommend to the Board of Commissioners the draft <br />ordinance minus (g) and with the revisions to (i) agreed upon earlier in the meeting. <br />Commissioner McKee thanked the Committee for making a very hard decision, and reminded it <br />that the conversation is not over. <br />Evaluation of the Committee Process <br />The facilitator invited Committee members, resource persons, and the Board’s liaison to reflect <br />on what worked well in the Committee process, what did not work so well, what they have <br />learned, what was challenging, and any advice they might want to give to the BOCC or to the <br />facilitator for setting up and conducting future committees. Each person took a turn and shared <br />some thoughts, as follows: <br />x Commissioner McKee –I’m proud of the Committee. This process has informed our Board, <br />even the fact that there was dissention. This is what I wanted to see: a discussion, and not <br />necessarily a polite discussion, where people are at, what people’s opinions are. For me, the <br />process worked. <br />x Mr. Myren –I hope we were able to support the Committee adequately with the research we <br />provided. John Roberts did a great job. The format worked well in general. <br />x Dr. Arvik –I’ve been involved in lots of committees like this on different subjects, and the <br />thing that impressed me most is that the facilitator didn’t let this run away. Not once. I <br />appreciate that very much. Now, I didn’t get everything I wanted out of this, but I got a <br />discussion on everything. Other members might not have liked to have had the discussion, <br />but it needed to come out, and it did come out. And I appreciate that. <br />x Mr. Roberts –I’ll make these changes tonight and send out a final copy to everyone. I’ll talk <br />with the two Commissioners who served as liaisons to the Committee to find out when they <br />want this item to come to the full Board; when I know I’ll let you all know.The process here <br />seemed to be efficient, and discussed a lot of subject matter that was of concern to people; I <br />think that is a good thing. <br />x Mr. Tesoro –I appreciate that we had a facilitator. That was key for any of this working, <br />given the diverse group.I feel we made great progress. I feel we addressed safety. It’s not