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13 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 331 of view that may have influenced their decision between when it met with us and it meant to the <br /> 332 county commissioners. I just would like to see that part of the discussion a little bit. That is part of <br /> 333 the system. That is people's rights to speak freely. <br /> 334 <br /> 335 Cy Stober: You can't infringe upon that so the commissioners are welcome. It is a legislative matter. It is not <br /> 336 quasi-judicial. They are welcome to talk to you,your colleagues, anyone else, someone in favor <br /> 337 of the projects, someone opposed to it,the applicant,the daughter of the person selling the land <br /> 338 who is totally opposed to it,you know,their partner, their husband,their wife who has thoughts on <br /> 339 it. That is completely okay, and we cannot do, I think John Roberts or James Bryan would say we <br /> 340 cannot step on the toes of the commissioners to consider all of the feelings and emotions about a <br /> 341 zoning case. <br /> 342 <br /> 343 Statler Gilfillen: I could not agree more. I just would like to be positive when it is free speech, and if there are <br /> 344 things that can be better understood, how to make it more positive I think that is part of the <br /> 345 discussion. <br /> 346 <br /> 347 Cy Stober: Make no mistake. I think that a more regular dialogue between this Board and the commission <br /> 348 should be helpful,whether it is the land use planner's zoning cases, but I just want to be clear that <br /> 349 the commissions have a lot of latitude to have conversations about legislative matters as they <br /> 350 wish, and they do not have to disclose any of that unless they wish to. <br /> 351 <br /> 352 Lamar Proctor: And, as it relates to the land use plan, remind me the Board of County Commissioners kind of said <br /> 353 whoa, hold on and delayed that, right? <br /> 354 <br /> 355 Delores Bailey: Just a second. Are we finished sharing what other kinds of things we were interested in next <br /> 356 year? <br /> 357 <br /> 358 Lamar Proctor: Oh no, no,we are not done. <br /> 359 <br /> 360 Delores Bailey: Okay. So, is your question about that too? The LIDO question because I have a suggestion. <br /> 361 <br /> 362 Lamar Proctor: No. Go ahead. <br /> 363 <br /> 364 Delores Bailey: Okay. So, one of the things that I know I missed was the whole discussion on the sewer and the <br /> 365 sewer tanks, and I know we did a special thing for the commissioners about the sewer. <br /> 366 <br /> 367 Perdita Holtz: Well,yeah. There was a half-day retreat where they heard from outside experts on both water <br /> 368 wells and sewer information. Well, I should say community systems. <br /> 369 <br /> 370 Delores Bailey: So,we had such a discussion here when one of the presenters talked about the sewer and septic <br /> 371 systems. Is there any way we can have that presented to us too? <br /> 372 <br /> 373 Perdita Holtz: Well, not by the same people because there were costs involved in that. <br /> 374 <br /> 375 Delores Bailey: Okay. Okay. <br /> 376 <br /> 377 Perdita Holtz: And we hired consultants to do that. <br /> 378 <br /> 379 Delores Bailey: Can we use staffs understanding of that, and have it explained to us as a group? <br /> 380 <br /> 381 Lamar Proctor: Well was that presentation recorded? <br /> 382 <br /> 383 Perdita Holtz: The retreats were not. Well, audio recorded,yes. <br /> 384 <br />