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Commission debates speeding design-review: clearer written decisions and stricter submittal rules proposed
Summary
Members pressed for more efficient application processing: suggestions included staff-prepared draft written decisions, bullet summaries of key issues, enforcing submittal deadlines for design review, and holding an internal efficiency meeting; demolition cases remain singled out for fuller review.
Commissioners devoted a large portion of the meeting to internal process reforms intended to shorten meetings and make decisions more defensible. They agreed that some routine matters could be handled more quickly and discussed several specific procedural proposals.
Members urged staff to prepare more concise, defendable written decisions and recommended using bullet-point summaries that flag the…
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