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Commissioner O’Connor noted that Ms. Gilbert’s email indicated that she had prepared to attend this meeting. Ms. Decker noted that she had briefly spoken before the meeting with Ms. Gilbert, who indicated that she would not be able to stay. Chair Blank read the following excerpts from pages 43 and 44 of the Commissioner’s Handbook: “Continuance by Commissioner: Any Commissioner may continue an item… to the next Commission meeting or to another date agreeable to a majority of the Commission. An agenda item may only be continued once using this procedure. Other Continuances: The applicant or other member of the public may request a continuance of an item, and a Commission majority may grant one continuance, provided, however, that a request for further continuance may be granted by a four-fifths vote of the Commission and only if it finds that the need for continuance is beyond the control of the person requesting it, and the need for a continuance arose after the date of notice of public hearing was published, if the item was a public hearing date, or the date the Commission agenda was posted for an item in which a public hearing is not required.” In response to an inquiry by Chair Blank regarding the four-fifths vote, Ms. Harryman replied that in the first section that he read, any Commissioner may continue an item, and that an agenda item may be continued only once using this procedure. She added that an applicant or other member of the public may request a continuance and that the Commission shall vote on it. She noted that a majority vote was not needed to grant one continuance, but if a further continuance was requested, the four-fifths majority and other findings must be made in order to continue it again. She noted that at this point, a majority vote of the Commission would be required. Commissioner Olson stated that in his view, this item was widely noticed and believed the noticing was sufficient. He noted that this was the second occasion for the Planning Commission to look at this project and that relative to other projects that the Commission has considered, he did not see a groundswell of public opinion against this project. He noted that he was not in favor of continuing this item. Chair Blank requested clarification on whether the public could speak on this issue. Ms. Harryman replied that would be possible at the Chair’s discretion. Commissioner Pearce noted that she would like to hear from the public. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Pamela Hardy, applicant, Ponderosa Homes, noted that she understood there was a motion for a continuance that had been seconded. She requested that the Commission consider the applicant’s request that the public hearing be opened at this time, in consideration of the fact that staff had verified that they had gone beyond the noticing requirement as required by the Code. She added that they would have no objection PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 25, 2008 Page 7 of 14