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<br />Excerpt of Minutes <br />Approved 9/3/08 <br />Jay Bryan: What if we refer this back to staff and asked them to prepare a proposal as to how to include public <br />comment in the permitting process whether it is for the Board of County Commissioners or the staff, how that would <br />be weighted. I think we also rid a description of the case law. <br />Michael Harvey: I can provide something bat I would rather have more direction on what you are looking for. <br />Jay Bryan: You have heard the idea that we have in the permitting process that there is a public hearing before the <br />Board of County Commissioners on these types of applications for the Board of County Commissioners to get input. <br />If the permitting process is such that staff is making the decision then how does that input get to the Board of County <br />Commissioners. <br />Jeffrey Schmitt: I think part of this hearing needs to be in a time horizon where the Board of County Commissioners <br />hearing the public, if there is a voice large enough, that could potentially impact their decision to purchase the <br />property andlor modify what ~s there. If the County is gone so far that this is defacto been approved then yes, the <br />comment made by Renee is sustainable in that we are not doing anything except giving the public a chance to be <br />upset and not doing anything. This needs to happen in such a time horizon that we could potentially influence the <br />decision of the Board of County Commissioners to not do something. <br />Brian Crawford: My issue is the issue of fairness. I am corrcemed that the Board of County Commissioners and the <br />Board of Adjustment, then the pmcess you are suggested addresses that fairness. Somehow we need to bring <br />fairness back into the system in the decision making process. If fairness is a hearing that the public can be up in <br />arms and say we don't want this to happen, then there has to be ability for the Board of County Commissioners to <br />back off that project. <br />Renee Price: The thing is Brian, if that didn't happen and they claimed eminent domain... <br />Michelle Kempinski: That is a different subject <br />Jay Bryan: Let's keep the issue to what we know. The issue of timing for such an opportunity. <br />Michael Harvey: The Planning Board would like to see some discussion about there being a type of public comment <br />for the Board of County Commissioners engaged in a project that may see a 4,000, 5,000 or 6,000 gallon septic <br />system. You would like to see a report and continue to discuss it. <br />Brian Crawford: I would like to understand the nature of the court case and what the court was saying. <br />Michelle Kempinski: Does everyone have a copy of the full Zoning Ordinance if we wanted to see all of Section 6 or <br />is that something we need to include with the amendment to see what the whose section says to have context for this <br />box of information. <br />Michael Harvey: We have provided how Article 6 Section 6.20.1 reads now. Article 6 is the Appiicat~on of <br />Dimensional Requirements arxi contains a variety of standards and some do not apply at all and some are separate. <br />Qend of item]] <br />4 <br />