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14 <br /> 384 Chris Johnston: I'm fine with the 3 minutes as well. On the public sign in sheet, I'm new here, does it denote that you <br /> 385 only have 3 minutes?Does the public get made aware of that limitation? I know their written comments show up on the <br /> 386 agenda, but I would hate to be a member of the public who sits here for an hour and a half and then be gob smacked <br /> 387 that I only get 3 minutes. I know we bring it up at the meeting itself, but I just want to make sure that we have as many <br /> 388 opportunities as possible to let people know what they are getting into. <br /> 389 <br /> 390 Adam Beeman: I've got to be honest with you, at that last meeting, nobody even read the thing because they all signed <br /> 391 up that they didn't want to speak and were then upset that I didn't call their name. Reading is a problem in general... <br /> 392 <br /> 393 Charity Kirk: I do know that people had prepared stuff that seemed to be 3 minutes. <br /> 394 <br /> 395 Beth Bronson: Most people kept it under 3 minutes. They are not trying to sit here on a soapbox. <br /> 396 <br /> 397 Melissa Poole: We also limited people to only getting up one time.We sat through one where somebody got up 10 times. <br /> 398 <br /> 399 Charity Kirk: Can we do 3 minutes and 1 time? <br /> 400 <br /> 401 Perdita Holtz: It is in there already and I had written on number 2 that persons may not.....it does say"per person", do we <br /> 402 need to say... <br /> 403 <br /> 404 overlapping conversations <br /> 405 <br /> 406 Adam Beeman: I don't want a husband standing up saying "I'm going to speak for my wife for her 3 minutes too." <br /> 407 <br /> 408 Perdita Holtz: That's in the next sentence, "persons may not yield/give their allotted time to another person to speak on <br /> 409 their behalf." <br /> 410 <br /> 411 Melissa Poole: I think we need to limit it to 1 time. <br /> 412 <br /> 413 Lamar Proctor: Three minutes per person, per agenda item, right? Because you may have 2 or 3 things on an agenda... <br /> 414 <br /> 415 Perdita Holtz: We can add "per agenda item"and that will make it even more clear. Chris,when we have public <br /> 416 comments,there are special sections at the end of the agenda, and I think that it does say there that there is a 3-minute <br /> 417 time-limit per person. <br /> 418 <br /> 419 Chris Johnston:As much as a CYA is possible,just so that we have the ability to say, "look guys,we put it here, here <br /> 420 and here." <br /> 421 <br /> 422 Charity Kirk: Hopefully they would prepare comments, so they were good.The ones that are prepared are always the <br /> 423 best. <br /> 424 <br /> 425 Melissa Poole: Since this is a work session and we are not voting on anything yet, I would caution anyone who thinks <br /> 426 that you want to let 1 speaker have more time. Talk to some of us who are sitting up here about how well that worked out <br /> 427 on the first night of the Lawrence Road presentation. <br /> 428 <br /> 429 Charity Kirk: I think it's fine to have that language. I think it needs to be used sparingly. <br /> 430 <br /> 431 Beth Bronson:Are we talking about the applicants or the public? <br /> 432 <br /> 433 overlapping conversations <br /> 434 <br /> 435 Perdita Holtz:We are going to take back what I think you said and bring back an agenda item next month. <br /> 436 <br /> 437 Statler Gilfillen:When the Mayor of Hillsborough spoke for longer than 3 minutes, she wasn't the developer speaking. <br /> 438 How did her time... <br />