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D R A F T If they can’t make the meeting at least they had the chance to get their thoughts on paper and we’ve had a chance to read 225 them. 226 227 Perdita Holtz: I think Google Groups something we can look into. I know that when it’s sent to that group it actually goes 228 to each of the Commissioners and it goes on the Google Groups site to be archived and we don’t necessarily want you to 229 be getting a hundred emails sent to you. I will talk to IT and find out what options are available. We do anticipate that Bu-230 cee’s may be on the November agenda so I will work with David and Adam as Chair and Vice-Chair to come up with the 231 language to be included on the agenda that will detail all this information from tonight. 232 233 Jon Lorusso: I find it troubling, some of the suggestions aimed at limiting input from the public. Things like capping the 234 amount of time and then everyone else has to send comments. Who knows who is reading those emails? I ignore emails 235 on a daily basis. Or I already have an opinion and if this doesn’t coincide with my opinion, I’m not going to read it. At least 236 at a meeting I had an impression that people I’m looking at are listening to me. I didn’t get that sense at some meetings I 237 did speak at. I think the Board of Commissioners did do it right, they take a list of people at the get go, they cap it at 238 whoever signed up and if they need to split if over multiple meetings, that’s fine. I don’t like the suggestion that if you said 239 something that someone else said, you shouldn’t be allowed to speak. Maybe I’m going to say it differently, use different 240 words that will get through to someone. Maybe I’ll say it with more passion or more emotion and it will ring true in your 241 ears. The suggestion that I said something that someone already said and it is therefore not necessary to speak it again 242 that doesn’t sound fair to me. Not to mention the fact that, why shouldn’t I be allowed to say what has been said already, 243 it’s my opportunity to speak. I don’t like those ideas, I think if anything, we should be looking for ways to get more and 244 more people involved and I understand that it is your time and this is a volunteer board and if you allow everyone to speak 245 and it goes to 11:30 then a lot of people drop off. I have to put my kids to bed right now and I waited to until 7:44 to speak. 246 As the meetings go later and later, more people drop off and are disenfranchised that way. If you cap it earlier, people are 247 disenfranchised that way. I think we need to make it so that as many people who want to speak, can speak and not only 248 that we should be encouraging more and more people from the public. Going back to RTLP there were people who were 249 in favor of that project who didn’t speak because why would they? Really, why are they going to take time out of their 250 Wednesday night to come speak about something that doesn’t bother them or interest them at all. The only people who 251 are going to speak are the people who are directly influenced by it. But getting more input is always good. There are 252 things we don’t think of that someone’s unique view on the world, they raise a point and it causes you to think about 253 something in a way you hadn’t before. I don’t think we should be restricting the public input in any way possible we should 254 be doing everything we can to encourage more and more people to get involved. 255 256 David Blankfard: Do we need to make a motion? 257 258 Perdita Holtz: Maybe you should make a motion because we do want to implement it, potentially, for the next meeting and 259 not bring this back for you to look at again. Go ahead and make a motion for staff to work with what you gave us this 260 evening and for us to work with the Chair and Vice-Chair for the language that will be on the agenda for public information 261 for the November meeting. 262 263 Randy Marshall: You stated it very well in your summary comments so if you state it again, I’ll make that the motion. 264 265 David Blankfard: That at the beginning of each meeting, the Board will determine when they plan to recess and take a log 266 of number of people who want to speak and we will determine who will speak that night, the Board will determine when we 267 will have a continuance to hear the remainder of the people signed up to speak on the topic. In between those two 268 meetings anyone who is registered to speak can instead write what they want to say. The final wording will be determined 269 by Chair and Vice-Chair. 270 271 Carrie Fletcher arrived 272 273 Randy Marshall: So moved. 274 275 Kim Piracci: Clarification, so that means that additional people can’t speak at the second meeting? 276 277 David Blankfard: That’s correct, you have to be registered at the first meeting. 278 279 11