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Approved August 2 , 2023 <br /> 602 Beth Bronson : To my point of there are just 2 people left to hear from or we think we can come to an agreement by <br /> 603 10 : 30 , that would be a reason to make a motion to extend the meeting ? <br /> 604 <br /> 605 Charity Kirk : This is called a special session , there is a question about a special session . <br /> 606 <br /> 607 Adam Beeman : I think what Beth was saying is if we thought that we would be able to clear it out quick enough that' s <br /> 608 where she wanted to make the motion to say hey, 10 : 30 . . . <br /> 609 <br /> 610 Beth Bronson : We can ' t make a motion to end the meeting without resolving the agenda item . It either gets continued , <br /> 611 resolved , or we stay . <br /> 612 <br /> 613 Perdita Holtz : Once there ' s no quorum , the meeting ends . <br /> 614 <br /> 615 Discussion ensued about the concept of resolving the agenda item before the meeting can end. Overlapping <br /> 616 conversations. <br /> 617 <br /> 618 Delores Bailey : When we say we are going to take it up later, do we determine when that will be? <br /> 619 <br /> 620 Adam Beeman : We determine that . <br /> 621 <br /> 622 Perdita Holtz : I believe if you are going to do a special meeting , you have to give 2 days ' notice under open meetings <br /> 623 law . So , it could not be the next night . <br /> 624 <br /> 625 Delores Bailey : I understand wanting to get out of here at 10 o ' clock , I totally get that . There ' s also the level of the public <br /> 626 is coming out, they've spent the time getting here . It takes time to come to these things and find day care and to have <br /> 627 them end at 10 o ' clock and them be on the list and then have to do it all over again the following week . I am all for the 10 <br /> 628 o ' clock and am going to vote for it but I ' m just voicing a feeling of. . . <br /> 629 <br /> 630 Charity Kirk : I think Lawrence Road was incredibly rude from the applicants . . . <br /> 631 <br /> 632 Adam Beeman : From my years of experience , we don ' t typically push meetings . I think this next part of the conversation <br /> 633 where we determine how long the applicant is going to spend , will dictate . . . . <br /> 634 <br /> 635 Overlapping conversations . <br /> 636 <br /> 637 Adam Beeman : If that' s the case , we won ' t stack two huge projects that same night and we can deal with one and get it <br /> 638 through . Just because you have the opportunity to speak to us , we are not the end all , be all . We are just making a <br /> 639 recommendation . They still have the opportunity to go sit in front of the people that actually make the final decision and <br /> 640 say their peace . The people you really want to speak to , are the other group , not us . The BOCC is the one that makes <br /> 641 the decision regardless . The planning board recommended Buc-ee ' s and as you see , there is no Buc-ee' s in Orange <br /> 642 County . <br /> 643 <br /> 644 Delores Bailey : If we are going to limit the time that the applicant can do , can ' t the applicant tell us how much time they <br /> 645 are going to take? <br /> 646 <br /> 647 Charity Kirk : That was my suggestion that they need to inform staff if it is going to be longer than a certain amount of <br /> 648 time so that a special meeting can be devoted to them . <br /> 649 <br /> 650 Adam Beeman : That whole thing was way out of bounds . The developer and the lawyer were the only 2 people that <br /> 651 should have spoken . The tennis and HYAA should have signed up for their 3 minutes . They shouldn 't have been part of <br /> 652 the presentation . I don ' t care about all that fluff. <br /> 653 <br /> 654 Delores Bailey : The thing that keeps coming to my mind was when the applicant was sitting in the audience , and he got <br /> 655 back up and spoke during public comment time . <br /> 656 <br />