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Regular Council Meeting May 21, 2001 Page 17 conversations, to make a couple of comments and then in a meeting like this tonight, virtually no discussion whatsoever. I have seen too many instances where I think people are attributing either some ulterior purpose, or they are being suspicious, or they don't know or they done care or they don't want to try to look at things differently. One of the concerns I look at is Beta Drive--is that for the last 2, going on 3 years now, Beta has peaked. It is sort of flatlining and in fact, it is reversing. I don't know what that means but there are some economic questions that I think we all have. I have heard people comment in the past about concerns that we may put all of our eggs in one basket. People who are deeply concerned about risk management and yet here was a perfect opportunity for us to start opening up more discussion. We have had, in the past, some involvement of a Planner, David Hart who is a highly regarded planner-and I think he has been given a passing deference to what input he can provide. In another context I had suggested that we could get a different planner. We can get grants through the County if we were to engage the County Planning Commission, for example. Our code is, fundamentally, a product of the County Planning Commission and it is almost 40 years old. Maybe it ain't broke, maybe it doesn't need to be fixed, but I don't think it is particularly healthy for a community to say we don't need to look at it. One of the comments that Mr. Farmer made up front was that they started out thinking that perhaps there are other wholesale changes they may want to make. In the last analysis what they came up with, what they saw, as relatively modest. I think you can encourage more discussion, you can be more thoughtful. This is something that you don't have to rush to judgment on and you may not change your opinion but I think you can encourage more input, consider more input from other sources, people who are well versed in these matters, do a little exploring. I just don't think that this body seems particularly interested in promoting that kind of discussion. We all have a sense of traditional community. There are a lot of things that we want to retain and I think we've done it. I think we've been very successful. One of the ways we've been successful is to be more proactive. I am disappointed too. Mrs. Cinco asked for a road program outline for the next Safety and Service meeting. Mr. Metzung said at Joanne's request, I had met with Mr. Brett regarding the budget. We agreed on the budget for the road program and hopefully will have the program available for the Safety and Service meeting. Council President Marquardt asked Department Heads to please try to get any paperwork and information into the packets. Mayor Rinker said he had asked Chief Stevens for this today and thought it would be useful. He asked that the document be part of the record. ADJOURNMENT Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mr. Ilacqua, made a motion to adjourn. Roll Call: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried