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stated that these same people will be noticed for both meetings so that people living in <br />those neighborhoods who were unable to make it to the first meeting would have <br />another opportunity to come and provide comments. <br />Commissioner Piper requested staff to email the Commissioners information about the <br />meeting and the venue so they can do an outreach themselves. <br />Mr. Weinstein said yes. <br />Commissioner Nagler stated that he had a specific and general comment: The specific <br />comment is that he was not there at the community meeting but several attendees were <br />incredibly complimentary of the job Mr. Weinstein did, and relayed to him that <br />Mr. Weinstein was very patient in responding to people's questions and was very much <br />on point, and his willingness to stick around another 30 minutes was noticed. He <br />thanked Mr. Weinstein for that. And, the general comment is that, as one <br />Commissioner who has cared about it, he appreciates the amount of outreach staff is <br />doing and appreciates the fact that a second meeting will be held; and he is not <br />concerned that there will be some people who do not believe they got noticed or did not <br />receive the mail on time or somehow were not in the right place at the right time to hear <br />about it because that will always be true. He indicated that the question is if staff is <br />putting forth adequate effort to let people know, and by Mr. Weinstein's description, staff <br />certainly is, and this is all they can do, and he appreciates that. <br />Mr. Weinstein thanked Commissioner Nagler and added that if anybody has advice for <br />different ways to get the word out about the meeting, staff would be happy to hear and <br />implement them. <br />Commissioner Nagler stated that one of the parties who was actually objecting to the <br />development placed a radio ad so, in fact, there was even more public notice than what <br />the City did. He also noted that on the one hand, 38 or 40 people is a nice turnout; but <br />on the other hand, 38 or 40 people as some sort of a poll of affected neighborhoods and <br />individuals is not very many people. <br />Chair Allen agreed with Commissioner Nagler's comments and thanked staff for the <br />outstanding outreach they did and are continuing to do, because that is so critical. <br />Commissioner O'Connor echoed the comments. He stated that it has been big effort <br />and thanked staff. <br />e. Matters for Commission's Action <br />(1) Selection of one Commissioner as Alternate to the Bicycle, Pedestrian, <br />and Trails Committee <br />Chair Allen stated that she is the Planning Commission representative on this <br />Committee and found herself needing to miss more meetings than she would like to <br />miss, so she asked that this item be placed on the Agenda because she does not have <br />a back -up on this committee. She explained that this is a great committee that meets <br />once a month on the 4th Monday of the month, and the goal is to really promote and <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 28, 2015 Page 13 of 15 <br />