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16 <br /> 493 Beth Bronson: I've seen City Council and Commissioners both when the public comes up, ask"are you saying <br /> 494 something different, because if you are not,we would like you to sit down." Not that we would do that... <br /> 495 <br /> 496 Adam Beeman: I've asked them to keep the redundancy to a minimum and you still hear them come up and say the <br /> 497 same thing over and over again. <br /> 498 <br /> 499 Melissa Poole: They want to be heard and they have a right to be heard. The 3 minutes is enough time to tell me what <br /> 500 you have got to say. <br /> 501 <br /> 502 Perdita Holtz: I have seen interested groups get together and have 6 or 7 people and they have a presentation, and the <br /> 503 first person comes up and does their 3 minutes and the second person continues then the third person continues so they <br /> 504 are doing the presentation they want to do. There are ways around for groups to do things like that. <br /> 505 <br /> 506 Beth Bronson:They should be that motivated. Then we can hear them out. If somebody were to contact the planning <br /> 507 board or the chair or the department ahead of our meeting and we knew that they were coming to speak, then you would <br /> 508 have a better idea if this is somebody we might vote on to give more than 3 minutes. <br /> 509 <br /> 510 Charity Kirk: I don't feel your idea that people can give their time to someone else. <br /> 511 <br /> 512 Beth Bronson: I have already written that off. <br /> 513 <br /> 514 Charity Kirk: So are we good with 3 minutes per agenda item? <br /> 515 <br /> 516 Overlapping conversations <br /> 517 <br /> 518 Statler Gilfillen: How many people were at the County Commissioners meeting last night about Lawrence Road? I was. <br /> 519 Is everybody aware that they went too long,just like we did, and they are going to take it later? However, I think we can <br /> 520 all be very proud. This is a very contentious issue. I've listened through several meetings here. People are afraid, they <br /> 521 are concerned, it is in their neighborhood. It's a divided community on this. Last night would have been the point that it <br /> 522 could have been most explosive. Sitting on this board, I'm very proud as a citizen in Orange County that everybody <br /> 523 expressed it, yes you could hear that they were angry and afraid, or they didn't want it, but I think it was our system <br /> 524 working at its best. I was very pleased at how most people got to be heard last night. <br /> 525 <br /> 526 Charity Kirk: What does this have to do with our agenda? <br /> 527 <br /> 528 Statler Gilfillen:At 3 minutes that buzzer went off and people shut up and sat down. <br /> 529 <br /> 530 Delores Bailey:Are we voting on these things separately or are they to be presented together? It seems to me that <br /> 531 separately makes more sense. <br /> 532 <br /> 533 Perdita Holtz: I was planning on bringing what we talked about in one agenda item next month. <br /> 534 <br /> 535 Beth Bronson:This is a work session today,there is no motion for anything,we are just discussing it?This will be <br /> 536 brought as an agenda item that will be voted on? <br /> 537 <br /> 538 Perdita Holtz:As one agenda item just like we don't vote on UDO amendments line by line either. <br /> 539 <br /> 540 Adam Beeman:We are in agreement that we are going for the 3-minute rule, no passing the time, per person per <br /> 541 agenda. <br /> 542 <br /> 543 Delores Bailey: Do we have a buzzer? <br /> 544 <br /> 545 Adam Beeman:Yes. It sits over there where Sharon sits. <br /> 546 <br /> 547 Discussion about the function of the buzzer and lights. <br />