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Approved 7.10.24 <br />Lamar Proctor: The meeting process is there’s a staff presentation on our items, the applicant presents, then there 102 <br />are questions that will be entertained in sequential order from the Planning Board, and then we take public 103 <br />comments, and then our deliberation and recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners following that 104 <br />process. Since we have consolidated the items, we will, in essence, be discussing all three agenda items at once, so 105 <br />we have to be very careful because, and I want to be clear, Mr. Stober, there’s Agenda Item 7 is to review and make 106 <br />recommendations to the BOCC on applicant-initiated amendments to the comprehensive plan to amend the FLUM, 107 <br />the Future Land Use Map to expand a rural neighborhood activity node and to amend the text of Appendix F Land 108 <br />Use and Zoning Matrix. That’s the first item. Is that correct? 109 <br /> 110 <br />Cy Stober: That is correct. 111 <br /> 112 <br />Lamar Proctor: And so that would be to consider expanding, making conditional zoning that is under consideration 113 <br />in this case applicable to the rural activity node. 114 <br /> 115 <br />Cy Stober: So the staff presentation will detail our analysis, yes, at present the zoning application is 116 <br />inconsistent with the Future Land Use Map as well as Appendix F, and we have a fairly thorough presentation on our 117 <br />analysis on the existing inconsistency and the applicant’s proposed remedy to it. 118 <br /> 119 <br />Lamar Proctor: Okay, and the Agenda Item No. 8 is review and make recommendation to the BOCC on the 120 <br />applicant-initiated amendments to the UDO pertaining to family care homes. And No. 9 is to review and make 121 <br />recommendations to the BOCC on the zoning atlas amendment to rezone this particular parcel essentially from 122 <br />Agricultural Residential to MPD-CD Master Plan Development Conditional District. 123 <br /> 124 <br />Cy Stober: That’s correct. On Item 8 there’s a staff recommendation on this submitted application to resolve 125 <br />some statutory inconsistencies or some inconsistencies of our UDO with general statute that are independent of the 126 <br />applicant’s proposed amendments. 127 <br /> 128 <br />Chris Johnston: Mr. Chairman, I would request that, you know, just looking at our meeting process, we have the 129 <br />applicant presentation that’s going to take place, ‘we’re going to have the questions from the board and the public 130 <br />comments, I would say if we can keep the questions from the board concise and not repeat each other and then for 131 <br />the public comment request that the public listen to what everyone’s saying and if someone is about to repeat what 132 <br />’you've already said, in the interests of everyone here, if you have signed up to speak and that item has already been 133 <br />covered, please state that you are reiterating what someone has already said, that will help us understand and gauge 134 <br />where we are that will help move the process along and make sure that everyone can be heard. I would ask that we 135 <br />not necessarily limit people to a lesser amount of time, but as long as we can all understand and work towards that, I 136 <br />think that’ll move this process along. 137 <br /> 138 <br />Lamar Proctor: Okay, thank you. Any other comments? 139 <br /> 140 <br />Marilyn Carter: Mr. Chair, I would also recommend following the process that the Board of County Commissioners 141 <br />uses for public comment’, I believe it’s 1 hours in a given meeting. They typically do it up front at the beginning of 142 <br />their meetings, but we're allowed 1 hour to tonight and if we find that as we may that we're going to reach our 10 p.m. 143 <br />time limit for the meeting that we follow into the next meeting with continued public comment and our deliberations. 144 <br /> 145 <br />Cy Stober: So, Ms. Carter and the board, that is for general public comments that are addressed to the board 146 <br />on unspecified agenda items or topics. For agenda items, and particularly for those going to public hearing, which 147 <br />this would, there’s no limit on the number of comments or the duration of the comment period. 148 <br /> 149 <br />Marilyn Carter: Okay, in that case, in keeping with the policy then, I would agree. 150 <br /> 151