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Planning director schedules April 24 work session; two citizen representatives to leave commission
Summary
Director Selma announced a work session for April 24 and said two citizen representatives, Garrett and Pernisa, are leaving the Planning Commission after a state legislative change removed authority for unincorporated county representation.
Director Selma reported at the April 10 Planning Commission meeting that a work session is scheduled for 3 p.m. April 24, with location to be determined. She asked members to watch for a location notice from staff.
Selma also announced that Garrett and Pernisa will leave the commission because recent action by the state legislature eliminated the unincorporated county planning area, removing the city’s authority to maintain representatives from that area on the Planning Commission. "The state legislature and their wisdom has evaporated the unincorporated county planning area and so we no longer have authority to have representatives of that area on planning commission," Selma said.
Commissioners and staff offered expressions of thanks and appreciation in the recorded remarks. Selma invited both departing members to continue attending gatherings informally: "You're always one of us, whether it's official or not," she said. In the transcript Garrett and Pernisa both acknowledged the comments; Garrett said it had been "a pleasure" to serve and accepted the thanks.
No formal action or vote on the membership change is recorded in the transcript; the departures are presented as a consequence of state legislative changes rather than a commission decision. The work session was announced as a staff-planned meeting for further discussion on commission business.
The meeting record does not specify whether replacement procedures for the departing representatives were discussed or when vacancies, if any, will be filled.
