Community member urges better transparency, warns committee leans toward development industry
Summary
Greg Smith, a community appointee to the work group, said membership skewed toward the development community and described problems with public notice and incomplete document posting on county systems, urging more balanced representation and better public databases.
Greg Smith told the work group he participated to have a "voice at the table" and argued the committee's mission appears premised on a view that the County's processes are simply "too slow." He said the priority should be "better decisions" achieved through fair process and stronger public engagement, and described a 2018 case where he documented notice violations that led to an applicant withdrawing days before a hearing. Smith urged the work group to reconstitute membership for broader representation and to pursue improvements in notice, transparency and public-facing databases.
Chair Oriotta acknowledged the concerns and offered to run a parallel, community-focused work track to address transparency and document-access issues; the session ended with staff tasked to parse recommendations and return with clarified materials for future votes.
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