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<br />Planning Commission Minutes <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br />Johnson suggested the applicant should be present because there are always <br />questions for the applicant. <br /> <br />Dressler indicated the Commission used to continue the item to the next meet- <br />ing if the applicant was not present. <br /> <br />Dahlgren indicated most commissions table the item if the applicant lS not <br />present. <br /> <br />Wiski indicated that if the applicant is not present, the staff has the burden <br />of providing all of the information and may seem to be in an advocacy position. <br />Wiski suggested the Commission may want to take each case as it comes. <br /> <br />Wiski indicated a second issue is the order of the Commission's procedure. He <br />asked whether the applicant should be given the opportunity for a summary or <br />rebuttal at the end of the Public Hearing. <br /> <br />Matson suggested a rebuttal should be an option at the discretion of the Chair. <br /> <br />DeBenedet suggested it could be useful for the developer to have an opportunity <br />to respond to questions and comments because the developer may offer solutions <br />to concerns raised. <br /> <br />Dahlgren indicated it is proper to ask questions of the applicant or audience <br />after the hearing is closed. <br /> <br />The Commissioners agreed that the Planner's report should remain ln its current <br />place in the hearing process. <br /> <br />Wiski indicated another issue is where the Council Liaison should sit during the <br />Commission Meeting. <br /> <br />Moeller indicated when the Liaison sits in the back, he is available to people <br />who have questions during the meeting. This can be disruptive and can take him <br />away from his liaison duties. <br /> <br />Matson indicated the liaison can explain the Commission's actions to applicants <br />and answer other questions more easily if he sits in the back. There have been <br />no instances where the Commission has needed the liaison and he was not there. <br /> <br />Dressler suggested the Commission should give some form of recognition to the <br />developments that turn out especially well. <br /> <br />Adjournment <br /> <br />Matson moved and Berry seconded that the meeting be adjourned at 9:20 PM. <br /> <br />Roll Call, Ayes: Matson, Johnson, Moeller, Berry, DeBenedet, Dressler & Wiski. <br />Nays: None <br />