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Chairperson Fox noted that the first sentence of paragraph 3 on page 13 should be modified to read as follows: “Acting Chairperson Fox expressed concern about the safety of the neighborhood and parishioners at night. She was concerned that if parking were allowed on Stoneridge Drive, a parishioner entering or exiting a vehicle during the dark hours at night could be injured or killed.” Chairperson Fox noted that the paragraph 3 on page 14 should be modified to read as follows: “Acting Chairperson Fox noted that although she was supportive of the project, she believed the building was sited in the incorrect location in the property, and preferred to see it consistent with the 1989 and 1998 plans. In addition, she had safety concerns regarding allowing parking on Stoneridge Drive, as well as concerns regarding the height of the building.” Commissioner Blank noted that normally, corrections to the minutes addressed typographical errors or missing wording and inquired whether the minutes were produced based on the audiotape. Recording Secretary Emberson confirmed that they were produced from the audiotape in chronological order of the proceedings. Commissioner Blank advised that he would not support the approval of these minutes and had significant issues with making massive paragraph changes and additions of the content that may not be supported by the audiotape. Commissioner Pearce inquired whether the text changes could be checked against the audiotape before approval of the minutes and whether approval of these minutes may be postponed until Mr. Iserson had the opportunity to respond to the addition of these comments. Chairperson Fox requested the opportunity to listen to the audiotape. Mr. Iserson confirmed that she may listen to the audiotape in the Planning office. He noted that there were concerns about making massive changes and added that customarily, when approval and corrections to the minutes were made, they generally addressed minor corrections and wording changes. He noted that the introduction of new concepts into the text of the minutes normally went beyond the scope of the correction of the minutes. Chairperson Fox recalled that she had asked those questions during the hearing. Mr. Iserson noted that while she may have asked those questions, he did not recall who made each statement at what time and that the audiotape would clarify that issue. He noted that each time he had reviewed the minutes, the minutes had been fairly thorough and that the question must be raised whether every single word or thought must be recorded faithfully in the minutes. He added that it was not the intention to produce strictly verbatim minutes and that summary minutes were intended to capture the essence of the statements made. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Pearce regarding the process of correcting minutes, Ms. Harryman replied that in the future, if a Commissioner wished to make more substantive changes than normal, he or she may listen to the audiotape ahead of PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES January 10, 2007 Page 20 of 27