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Approved 4/3/19 2) To have staff include additional opportunities for retreat centers in commercial districts. 503 504 Lydia Wegman stated she would second. 505 506 Carrie Fletcher asked if that would finalize everything Mr. Harvey needed. Mr. Harvey agreed, but then responded that 507 it would depend on the board’s comfort with the attorney’s response. 508 509 Lydia Wegman commented that they trusted Mr. Harvey would express to the attorney their discomfort with the 510 language as it is. 511 512 Michael Harvey said he understood both the attorney’s rationale and the boards’ concerns. He stated he felt he had 513 provided the best explanation he could offer but understands that they would like to have a discussion with the person 514 recommending the language. 515 516 Lydia Wegman expressed that if the attorney feels persuaded that the language is necessary that he gives some 517 further thought to expressing it more clearly so that the standard is clearer to applicants, the BOCC, and Board of 518 Adjustment 519 520 Carrie Fletcher commented that that is the reason we have a citizen board, so citizens are represented, not just 521 attorneys. 522 523 Alexander Gregory asked if either Mr. Harvey or Mr. Benedict foresaw any issues that could arise with the burden of 524 proof or if they had heard of any issues arising from the other jurisdictions currently using the language. Mr. Harvey 525 replied, no, and reassured them that if he couldn’t dissuade their concerns he would provide them with an opportunity 526 to have their concerns addressed. 527 528 Craig Benedict provided an example for the use of burden of persuasion to the board. 529 530 Adam Beeman expressed his disapproval with the language and found it to be unfair. He expressed that the situation 531 should be binary and not at the whim of person listening to the story, nor should a person have to pay more money to 532 fight their cause when they may not be financially able to do so. 533 534 Lydia Wegman asked Mr. Harvey if there needed to be a motion and a vote. 535 536 MOTION by Adam Beeman to adjourn this meeting until the attorney can come back and talk to us on March 20th at 537 7:00 p.m. in this room on the 2nd floor of the Planning Department and to add the wedding retreat status to the 538 commercial districts. 539 540 Lydia Wegman requested to add that the board would like an explanation from the attorney related to the burden of 541 persuasion language and we would prefer to see additional language explaining what is meant if he is persuaded that 542 that language is necessary. Seconded by Randy Marshall. 543 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 544 545 Tina Love asked Mr. Beeman if he accepted the addition, whereas Mr. Beeman accepted. 546 547 AGENDA ITEM 8: ADJOURNMENT 548 The meeting was adjourned by consensus. 549 550 551 552 Lydia N. Wegman, Chair 553