HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04101984 - 2.7 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on April 10, 1984 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors. Fanden, McPeak, Torlakson
NOES: Supervisors Powers, Schroder
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Night Meetings
The Board having received letters from several homeowners
in the Taylor Boulevard/Grayson Road, Pleasant Hill area requesting
that the public hearing scheduled for May 8, 1984 at 2: 00 P.M. with
respect to Rezoning Application 2556-RZ (Bryan and Murphy, applicants)
be rescheduled to an evening meeting to allow participation by those
homeowners who may be affected; and
The Board having received an April 9, 1984 report from the
County Administrator setting forth the additional costs involved
should such a meeting be scheduled in the evening, and suggesting
other factors such as policy and precedent considerations that
should be given attention before finalizing a decision to schedule a
night meeting for certain planning matters; and
Mr. Joe Torosian, 2092 Mohawk Drive, Pleasant Hill, having
appeared on behalf of the homeowners on Mohawk and Iroquois Drive
in the Pleasant Hill area, and having urged the Board to reschedule
the aforesaid planning hearing for an evening meeting so as to allow
all of the homeowners in the area to attend; and
Supervisor Torlakson having noted that the opponents of
Rezoning Application 2549-RZ, filed by Four Winds Retirement Community
Project in the Clayton area, had also requested an evening meeting; and
Board members having discussed in some detail their views
with respect to night meetings, including the possibility of scheduling
the Pleasant Hill matter for 4: 30 P.M. ; and
Supervisor Schroder having recommended that if the Board
were considering changing its policy, rather than to make that
policy change at this time, the matter be referred to the Internal
Operations Committee (Supervisors Powers and Fanden) , stating that
he was concerned about setting a precedent for evening meetings
because of the heavy calendar schedules of all of the Board members
and the posssibility that night meetings may not be attended by all
members of the Board of Supervisors;
Supervisor McPeak having recommended that if the Board chose
not to schedule 2556-RZ for 4: 30 P.M. , the Board' s meeting with the
Retirement Board on financing County buildings be moved from Monday,
May 7, 1984 to Tuesday afternoon, which would eliminate the conflicts
some Board members were having with the Monday date and would enable
the Board to move immediately on any actions that might be required
following that meeting, and that the Four Winds meeting then be
held at 6: 00 P.M. and the Pleasant Hill meeting at 7: 30 P.M. on
May 8, 1984.
Supervisor Powers commented that he was of the opinion
that scheduling these meetings for night hearings would set a prece-
dent and the Board might find itself holding night meetings on all
planning matters, and further that he was of the opinion that
several spokespersons could present the people' s views as adequately
as having several hundred people in attendance;
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As recommended by Supervisor McPeak IT IS BY THE BOARD
ORDERED that the County Administrator is REQUESTED to seek to arrange
with the Contra Costa County Employees Retirement Board rescheduling
of its meeting with the Board of Supervisors . from May 7, 1984 to the
afternoon of May 8, 1984.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the hearing on Rezoning Application
2556-RZ, Pleasant Hill area, is rescheduled to 7: 30 P.M. on May 8, 1984.
The Board hereby DECLARES its intent that at 1: 30 P.M. this
date, the time fixed for hearing on Rezoning Application 2549-RZ filed
by Four Winds Retirement Community Project, the Board will continue
said hearing to May 8, 1984 at 6: 00 P.M.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the aforesaid report from the
County Administrator relating to costs, policy and precedent setting
of scheduling night meetings for planning matters, as well as the
proposals for cost recovery and method of selecting which items will
be heard at night (such as, each Supervisor getting one request per
year) , is REFERRED to the Internal Operations Committee (Supervisors
Powers and Fanden) for review.
I hereby certify that this Is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Super0sors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: /0 • /98i<
J.R. OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK
and ex officio Clork of the Board
By '' . Deputy
cc: County Administrator
Internal Operations Committee
Director of Planning
Public Works Director
County Counsel
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