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Board asks ad hoc to compile codified planning commission duties and continue bylaw review
Summary
After extended discussion the Board of Supervisors voted to direct the ad hoc committee to continue compiling codified duties and propose potential code changes clarifying the planning commission’s roles; the board did not adopt amended bylaws at this meeting.
The Board of Supervisors on Aug. 12 directed an ad hoc committee to continue reviewing the planning commission’s codified duties and to return with recommendations, after an extended public and board discussion about the role of the planning commission, Brown Act constraints, and process for changing bylaws.
Rob Peters, deputy director of planning, presented proposed amendments to the County Planning Commission bylaws, noting the planning commission had forwarded its own recommended changes and the board’s ad hoc modified them. Peters said the ad hoc recommended clarifications including more explicit direction that the planning commission undertake study sessions and projects only as directed by the board, simplifying special‑meeting language, tightening agenda publication timing, and clarifying…
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