100720 Vitual Planning Board Meeting Minutes

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Approved 11.4.20 225 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 226 them. 227 228 Perdita Holtz: I think Google Groups something we can look into. I know that when it's sent to that group it actually goes 229 to each of the Commissioners and it goes on the Google Groups site to be archived and we don't necessarily want you to 230 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- 231 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 232 language to be included on the agenda that will detail all this information from tonight. 233 234 Jon Lorusso: I find it troubling, some of the suggestions aimed at limiting input from the public. Things like capping the 235 amount of time and then everyone else has to send comments. Who knows who is reading those emails? I ignore emails 236 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 237 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 1 238 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 239 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 240 something that someone else said,you shouldn't be allowed to speak. Maybe I'm going to say it differently, use different 241 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 242 ears. The suggestion that I said something that someone already said and it is therefore not necessary to speak it again 243 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, 244 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 245 more people involved and I understand that it is your time and this is a volunteer board and if you allow everyone to speak 246 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. 247 As the meetings go later and later, more people drop off and are disenfranchised that way. If you cap it earlier, people are 248 disenfranchised that way. I think we need to make it so that as many people who want to speak, can speak and not only 249 that we should be encouraging more and more people from the public. Going back to RTLP there were people who were 250 in favor of that project who didn't speak because why would they? Really,why are they going to take time out of their 251 Wednesday night to come speak about something that doesn't bother them or interest them at all. The only people who 252 are going to speak are the people who are directly influenced by it. But getting more input is always good. There are 253 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 254 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 255 be doing everything we can to encourage more and more people to get involved. 256 257 David Blankfard: Do we need to make a motion? 258 259 Perdita Holtz: Maybe you should make a motion because we do want to implement it, potentially,for the next meeting and 260 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 261 evening and for us to work with the Chair and Vice-Chair for the language that will be on the agenda for public information 262 for the November meeting. 263 264 Randy Marshall: You stated it very well in your summary comments so if you state it again, I'll make that the motion. 265 266 David Blankfard: That at the beginning of each meeting,the Board will determine when they plan to recess and take a log 267 of number of people who want to speak and we will determine who will speak that night,the Board will determine when we 268 will have a continuance to hear the remainder of the people signed up to speak on the topic. In between those two 269 meetings anyone who is registered to speak can instead write what they want to say. The final wording will be determined 270 by Chair and Vice-Chair. 271 272 Carrie Fletcher arrived 273 274 Randy Marshall: So moved. 275 276 Kim Piracci: Clarification, so that means that additional people can't speak at the second meeting? 277 278 David Blankfard: That's correct, you have to be registered at the first meeting. 279