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Board requests planning commission and county planning staff to brief board on planning powers; public commenter warned of 'rogue' planning department language
Summary
After public comment and board discussion, members requested presentations from the Planning Commission and county planning staff at the next meeting and asked legal counsel for a written feasibility analysis on whether charter changes could alter planning structures.
The Charter Review Board directed staff to invite the Planning Commission and Hillsborough County planning staff to present at the next meeting on how planning functions are organized and what limits state law places on charter changes.
The discussion followed public comment from Deborah Owens, who urged retaining the county administrator structure and criticized proposed charter language in section 9.09 that she described as creating a department "under no one's authority." Owens said the planning provision and a proposed environmental commission appeared to her to be "rogue…
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