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24 1 Commissioner Richards said she is very unhappy with the process as she stood at the 2 Rogers Road meeting and told people the Board was not voting this week because she did not 3 know the Board was voting. She said she wants to be able to stand by her word. She said she 4 has evolve since that time and feels strongly that her personal vulnerability should not take 5 precedent over doing the right thing. She said moving this forward is the right thing, but wants 6 to have her strong displeasure with the process noted for the record. She does not want to be 7 put in that position again. 8 Commissioner Hamilton said process is important and the Board was not told this vote 9 was happening. She said it was not a matter of not paying attention or missing an email. She 10 said integrity is following a process where everyone is told, and this community is evolving with 11 new people are moving in all the time. She said this topic has been discussed for many years, 12 but some people will not have heard about it as they are new. She said just putting information 13 on a website is not acceptable. She said she will go ahead and support this now, but think that 14 answers to questions from November 7th and 8th should be on the website. She said the Mayors 15 and Chair need to rethink the whole way these meetings are done so there is no lack of 16 accountability to the rest of the commissioners. She said minutes may be needed. She said 17 timelines must be clear, and communicated well in advance. She said there is a lack of trust in 18 the government, and the structures are frustrating with one-way communication. She said the 19 BOCC needs to take responsibility to go above and beyond to make sure everyone is heard and 20 get the information out. She said the BOCC has the power, and bears the burden to use best 21 practices when working with people. She said she hopes this is the last time the Board is in this 22 position, as trust is important. She said the BOCC can address historical wrongs against 23 Rogers Eubanks community and make sure everyone gets their questions answered. 24 Commissioner Greene said she was also uncomfortable and unhappy that the Board did 25 not know this was on the agenda. She said her feelings have evolved on the issue, like 26 Commissioner Richards. She said there have been a lot of steps over years to get to this point, 27 and tonight's vote does not make any substantive decisions. She said she hopes public input is 28 handled in a better way going forward. 29 Commissioner Bedford said she wants to bring back the process from a couple of years 30 ago where the Mayors and Chair meetings include the vice chair and other deputies. 31 32 A motion was made by Commissioner Bedford, seconded by Commissioner McKee, to 33 approve the Greene Tract Resolution Approving the Draft Recombination Plat and Conceptual 34 Plan, and authorize the Chair to sign. 35 36 Chair Price made a friendly amendment to Commissioner Bedford's motion, to amend it 37 to 104 acres. 38 Commissioner McKee seconded. 39 40 Chair Price said she did not realize the commissioners were not getting the emails from 41 Maggie Chotas, facilitator for the Mayors/Chair meetings. She said she will be sure to send all 42 notes to the BOCC moving forward. 43 44 Roll call ensued 45 46 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 47 48 Chair Price said this has been a long process, and all are acting with good intent. She 49 said the purpose of the meeting at the Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association was to make 50 sure everyone had access to the same information. 51