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19 <br /> 657 Adam Beeman: He was answering questions. There was only one applicant, and his name was on the sheet. That's how <br /> 658 it needs to be going forward so that we only have to hear from one person. I only want to hear one cohesive story. <br /> 659 <br /> 660 Perdita Holtz: I don't know that that is realistic because a lot of applicants will have an engineer.... <br /> 661 <br /> 662 Adam Beeman: I don't need to know about how the school is going to operate. I don't care if you are going to grade them <br /> 663 on a curve or how they are going to be fed, that has nothing to do with our decision on land use. Those are the type of <br /> 664 things that I'm looking to restrict. <br /> 665 <br /> 666 Statler Gilfillen: I am not sure I fully agree with that comment. I do that often, the operation of something affects the land <br /> 667 use. <br /> 668 <br /> 669 Melissa Poole: That particular presentation it shouldn't have.You can't consider what it was,you can only consider the <br /> 670 rezoning. <br /> 671 <br /> 672 Charity Kirk: The Eden Acres thing was all fluff about the sustainability and permaculture path. <br /> 673 <br /> 674 Adam Beeman: I think that the perception they have about the county,they are trying to put their best foot forward and <br /> 675 cover all their bases.Just come in here and discuss the things that are relevant to what we are talking about. <br /> 676 <br /> 677 Delores Bailey: Once they get to the podium,we can't stop that, right? <br /> 678 <br /> 679 Overlapping conversation. <br /> 680 <br /> 681 Adam Beeman:We are going to dictate this so that when they come and apply, they have an understanding that they <br /> 682 only have a limited amount of time to get their pitch out. <br /> 683 <br /> 684 Overlapping conversations <br /> 685 <br /> 686 Charity Kirk: My original suggestion was for them to have a time limit and if they want to go more,then they need to have <br /> 687 their own meeting but they need to let us know way ahead of time so we can plan for that. <br /> 688 <br /> 689 Perdita Holtz: We might not be able to guarantee that they will have their own meeting if there is a slew of applications. <br /> 690 <br /> 691 Overlapping conversations. <br /> 692 <br /> 693 Perdita Holtz: There's a limit to how long we can push them off. <br /> 694 <br /> 695 Charity Kirk: That was just my original suggestion, I'm not attached to it. <br /> 696 <br /> 697 Whitney Watson: I think it would be helpful if the applicant was required or strongly encouraged to provide a list of <br /> 698 speakers so when they have to think about who is going to do a presentation, yes,we may have an engineer,yes,we <br /> 699 may have a group representing and athletic function in the community or whoever. But when they have to think about <br /> 700 who the 4 or 5 people are who can speak,within a 30-45-minute period, that helps them focus. <br /> 701 <br /> 702 Perdita Holtz: I think if there is a time limit, a thinking person is going to think about how many minutes each person on <br /> 703 their team gets. <br /> 704 <br /> 705 Adam Beeman:The baseball and the tennis, they are not even tenants. So,they were just on the outside speaking.They <br /> 706 shouldn't have even been in the equation. <br /> 707 <br /> 708 Cy Stober: Let me tell you what we need from you.We need something in the rules of procedure so that when we <br /> 709 communicate with an applicant, good bad, in between, really professional, mom and pop doing this for the first time,we <br /> 710 can say,you have X minutes to make your presentation. If you need more time than that, you should front load your <br /> 711 presentation by formally requesting additional time due to some extraordinary aspects of your application.You need to <br />