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STAFF, RIGHT?[Planning Commission Regular Meeting on June 10, 2026.]
SO, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, AS WE GO DOWN THE, UH, UH, DOWN AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF YOUR AGENDA WITH THE MEMBERS PRESENT AND ABSENT, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER RILEY TAYLOR, COMMISSIONER CONNOR, AND VICE CHAIR PETIT ARE, ARE PRESENT AND THE OTHER FIVE COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT PRESENT FOR, FOR VARIOUS REASONS.UM, SO AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, MR. VICE CHAIR, THERE IS NO QUORUM.
A MINIMUM OF FIVE MEMBERS IS REQUIRED FOR A QUORUM, AND WE ONLY HAVE THREE UNFORTUNATELY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND, UH, UH, WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE ANY, UH, UH, UH, REQUESTS FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE, UH, UH, REST OF THE AGENDA, UH, UH, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF VOTES TO ADOPT THE AGENDA TO, UH, TO PASS MINUTES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
NOW, AS I HAD MENTIONED, JUST, UH, PRIOR TO THE, UH, BEGINNING OF THE LIVE STREAM AND THE RECORDING, THE STAFF THAT HAS, DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING NEW ON DUNCAN MANOR OR, UH, OR MARINER FARM.
SO WE'RE STILL PENDING A, A COUPLE OF PIECES OF INFORMATION.
AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WITH REGARDS TO DUNCAN MANOR, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT A UTILITY SERVICE FOR BOTH WATER AND SEWER.
UM, UH, WE HAVE SOME ANSWERS FOR THAT, BUT AGAIN, IN THE ABSENCE OF, OF, OF A, OF A, I WOULD CALL A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE MORE USEFUL TO, UH, RECONVENE NEXT MONTH AND TO PROVIDE THAT FULL REPORT.
AND THEN MAYBE WE'LL HAVE SOME, UH, SOME OTHER NEW ITEMS FOR YOU.
BUT AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS A QUE UH, A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF DISCHARGE INTO THE HRSD SYSTEM, AND THEN HOW WE ARE, HOW ARE WE ALLOCATING THE, THE, UM, ALLOCATION THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED BY HRSD TO THE AMOUNT OF 187,720 GALLONS PER DAY.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, IF THERE IS A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE, OF THE, UH, UH, COMMISSION ABSENT, THEN IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE USEFUL TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT MONTH TO PROVIDE THOSE REPORTS.
IN TERMS OF THE, IN TERMS OF THE STAFF REPORT, WE'VE GOT NOTHING NEW FROM A SUBDIVISION STANDPOINT.
UH, YOU'VE PROBABLY READ IN THE NEWSPAPER FROM THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, UH, ADMINISTRATOR STANDPOINT THAT THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS UPHELD MY DETERMINATION THAT THE, UH, UH, THAT THE WATTS FIELD BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WAS INDEED, UH, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WAS INDEED EXPIRED.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO APPEAL THAT DECISION TO THE, UH, MACK CIRCUIT COURT.
WE'RE STILL AWAI FOR THAT PAPERWORK.
UH, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.
THE, UH, THE, UH, UH, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT HAS, UH, IS, HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND OUR CONSULTANTS, THE BERKELEY GROUP, ARE NOW IN THE PLAN WRITING PHASE.
SO, AS WE HAD MENTIONED LAST MONTH, THERE'S GONNA BE A SLATE OF FOUR DATES WHERE YOU WILL MEET WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN, UM, IN, UH, AUGUST, I BELIEVE, OCTOBER, UH, JANUARY, AND THEN AGAIN IN MARCH.
BUT THE, THE LAST WEEK, THE LAST TUESDAY IN MARCH, UH, YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE STAFF AND FROM THE BERKELEY GROUP ON THOSE FIRST FEW CHAPTERS OF THE COMP PLAN, AND YOU'LL BE BRIEFED ON THAT.
UM, UH, UH, PROBABLY EARLIER IN AUGUST.
UH, AT THAT POINT, UH, WE, WE ARE, UM, WE ARE HOPEFULLY INTERVIEWING TWO APPLICANTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER POSITION HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE'RE STILL TAKING APPLICATIONS, SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS OF ANYBO, UH, UH, ANYONE INTERESTED THAT HAS EARTH SCIENCE BACKGROUND OR AN ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUND, PLEASE SEND 'EM OUR WAY TO HAVE 'EM APPLY FOR THAT JOB.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THE STAFF HAS NOTHING FURTHER.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT UP TO YOU TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO CLOSE THE MEETING BY CONSENSUS.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T VOTE ON THAT, BUT IN ANY CASE, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, RECOGNIZING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A, UH, QUORUM, SO ALL OFFICIAL BUSINESSES NOT ABLE TO BE, UH, ACCOMPLISHED TONIGHT.
UH, WE THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION UPDATE AND IF IT'S THE CONSENSUS OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT THAT WE, UH, CANCELED A MEETING FOR THE NIGHT AND, AND ADJOURNED THIS INFORMATIONAL SESSION.
IS THAT AGREED BY CONSENSUS? YES.
YES, IT'LL BE, THE MEETING IS CLOSED.