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City Planning Commission debates bylaws: virtual attendance, applicant time limits and term limits
Summary
Commissioners discussed updating bylaws to clarify virtual attendance rules (camera on/off), set applicant presentation time limits (proposal: 10 minutes, extendable), and consider term limits and orientation for new commissioners. Staff and legal said they will return with recommendations.
City Planning Commission members spent an extended portion of their Jan. 16 meeting discussing possible updates to the commission’s bylaws, focusing on virtual attendance rules, limits on applicant presentations and commissioner term limits and orientation.
Commissioner Brandon Carrillo opened the discussion, asking why the commission’s minutes on the city website are image PDFs and whether the bylaws should include clearer rules on remote attendance. “They're not selectable text. They're actually image files,” Carrillo said, and he asked whether the commission could provide selectable-text PDFs for easier public review.
Kevin Smith of Planning Inspections said the city is moving to a new agenda and…
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