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44 Draft <br /> 1 Cy Stober: Yeah. <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Leon Meyers: What is the timing for that? Where I'm going with this is how quickly do we need to meet? <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Cy Stober: We're anticipating notices being distributed for an August hearing possibly, but that would possibly <br /> 6 be for an appeal that we already sent notices for, and so it would be a bit different. But, again, the <br /> 7 messaging on standing I think is relevant for an appeal and worth a conversation. We could also, <br /> 8 as an administrative matter, we could provide a template or an example and get feedback from you <br /> 9 individually,just not as a group. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 James Bryan: Yeah. Sorry to interject, but I would highly recommend that this be individually to staff. And if you <br /> 12 want to meet in groups of two with the staff, that would be fine,just not as a group. But it's really <br /> 13 not in the board's purview to make those recommendations to the Board of County <br /> 14 Commissioners. Individually, you can go to the planning board. Individually, you can go to the <br /> 15 commissioners. But you can think of it sort of like you guys as a whole are a judge, and a judge <br /> 16 wouldn't go on behalf of all judges to the legislature and say, "Change the law." <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Beth Bronson: No, but they periodically look at the procedures together and make updates. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 James Bryan: Yeah. So not the Unified Development Ordinance. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Beth Bronson: No, no, no. Not the development ordinance. I think just the language within how we communicate <br /> 23 to the public. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 James Bryan: That's, again, there's different silos type of thing. The commissioners wouldn't go. Cy works for the <br /> 26 county manager. So, you can go to the county manager and say, "This is what I personally want," <br /> 27 but the quasi-judicial boards are just to hold hearings for the rules that are given to them. We've <br /> 28 got the Board of Equalization and Review going through now. They're very popular now. They <br /> 29 wouldn't give recommendations to the Board of Commissioners about tax rates or anything like <br /> 30 that. They just hold their hearings. But if, as individuals, you want to talk to Cy. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Beth Bronson: Your recommendation is that I just recommend that we all review what the public is receiving and <br /> 33 provide individual feedback? <br /> 34 <br /> 35 James Bryan: Yeah. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Patrick Mallett: Making sure the policies match procedure. I've always said this: There's always room for <br /> 38 refinement. But honestly, we're never going to solve the problem without them understanding <br /> 39 what legal standing is. I did my part well in advance of this meeting and with the crowd that came <br /> 40 to you tonight, it didn't work. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Beth Bronson: I mean, yeah, and I don't think that it has anything to do with this particular crowd. I think it's <br /> 43 something that's absolutely been building for the last 4 years since these new standing <br /> 44 requirements. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Patrick Mallett: They were given hard copies, and they were informed to distribute to the rest of the group. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Beth Bronson: Standing documentation? <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Cy Stober: And an explanation of what that is and what it means and the homework that comes with it. <br /> 44 <br />