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35 1 the Board except for major subdivisions. She said she would like the Planning Director's 2 recommendation on text amendments. She would also like a recommendation for a county- 3 initiated zoning atlas amendment but not a recommendation when it is from the outside. 4 Cy Stober said he does not know if they can legally make the decision just for county 5 initiated. 6 John Roberts said they will need to work through it. 7 Commissioner Fowler said she does not feel strongly either way. She said that the analysis 8 of the last project was helpful. 9 Commissioner Richards said she also appreciated the analysis and seeing both sides. 10 She said she feels there is lack of clarity around what the recommendation means and that is 11 what was an issue for her. 12 Vice-Chair McKee said he does not support a change but would be okay with the addition 13 of an analysis. He said that he is not in favor of any change at this time. 14 Commissioner Greene asked if most text amendments are initiated by staff. 15 Cy Stober said over 90% of the time either in response to state law or because of their 16 professional practices. 17 Commissioner Greene said there is more distrust in the community about the Board's 18 decisions. She said having planning staff analysis is helpful but should stop just short of making 19 a recommendation on approval or denial. 20 John Roberts asked if it would be easier to say, "the Planning Director shall not make a 21 recommendation on special use permits or conditional zoning applications" and leave the rest of 22 it untouched. 23 Cy Stober said that would be striking the recommendation from the text. 24 Chair Bedford asked about the zoning atlas versus a text amendment. 25 Cy Stober said it is seen as an extension of the text, but they can be separated. 26 John Roberts said he is not suggesting anything other than if the Board would like to 27 consider removing the recommendation from the conditional zoning applications. 28 Cy Stober said in regard to the consistency analysis, he needs to do a better job of doing 29 the analysis, so they have both options before them. He said that it is required by him to perform 30 the analysis, but he can do better without an amendment. 31 John Roberts said the Planning Director would still go through the conformity, but he can 32 change what the recommendations looks like. 33 Cy Stober said removing the recommendation would require an ordinance amendment 34 and this could be done by removing the recommendation requirement. 35 Commissioner Fowler said she wants that simple amendment to come back. 36 Commissioner Hamilton said she is pleased with the clarity and carefulness of analysis 37 brought by the Planning Director, but aware that may not always happen depending on who is 38 the director. She said it may be hard for some to be completely neutral. She said that she looks 39 forward to having the amendment brought back. 40 41 8. Consent Agenda 42 43 • Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda 44 • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda 45 • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda 46 47 A motion was made by Commissioner Fowler, seconded by Vice-Chair McKee, to approve 48 the consent agenda. 49 50 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 51