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1 on their requests. and whether the same policy should apply to both variance and • 2 conditional use permit applications. She said she personally agreed with the 3 policy as stated, but also concurred that current Commission members should have 4 an opportunity to provide input towards any policy. which had been stated to be 5 coming from the Planning Commission. 6 7 Commissioner Madden restated his .posit.i=on that he, as a current Planning Commission 8 member, should not have to accept a policy .he had'.not participated in making, but g indicated he was not suggesting the policy itself: shoul.d. be changed. 10 11 Commissioner Wagner said he also had 'never participated in the formation of the 12 policy, but he certainly concurred with it. 13 14 Commissioner Hansen.wondered if the word "automatically" should be deleted from 15 the letter and the letter instead indicate that denial could -be an option which 16 could be pursued if the applicant failed to make an-appearance. 17 18 The Chair said she could just hear' Commissioner Bowerman saying he perceived the 19 Commission members were'a voluntary body who were giving. of their time and that 20 anyone who wanted a variance or a conditional use permit granted should at least 21 be willing to attend the hearing on his request so the Planning Commission wouldn 't 22 have to second guess the applicant' s intentions. 23 24 A straw vote was taken of the Commission members of. whether the same letter as 25 appeared in the Commission' s August 20th agenda packet should be sent to each 26 applicant for either 'a variance or conditional use permit and passed unanimously • 27 in favor, of retaining the same wordage in, all future letters. 28 29 Commissioner Bjorklund said- he was disappointed the Manager had to leave before 30 giving him the information he had requested regarding the tenure of each Com- 31 mission appointment. He said he was certain. that his own term was up this year 32 and indicated he would not be serving another term. 33 34 An informal discussion ensued regarding the- type-of signage which might be pro- 5 posed for the tanning facility., which had been acted .upon earlier that evening. 3 35 Although the discussion itself was deemed ."off the cuff", the Chair requested the 3 7 secretary to record in .the minutes that the Commission perception had been that 38 "it would not be automatic that signage would be allowed this business on the 39` Highway '88 side of the office condo building". 41 Commissioner Bjorklund will report the minutes of the meeting to the Council at 42 their August 27th meeting. 43 44 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Madden to adjourn 45 the meeting at 9:10 P.M. 46 47 Motion carried unanimously: 48 49 Respectfully submitted, 50 51 Helen Crowe, Secretary • 52 53 54 55