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D E C 311980 � �ooK 4 �. THE FIRST ADVERTISEMENT, DEEDS AND ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION ON THE CHECK LIST IS SUPPLIED TO THE CLERKS OFFICE FOR NOTIFICATION OF OWNERS TO BE MAILED OUT AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE. MR. REVER NOTED THERE HAS BEEN SOME BREAKDOWN IN THE` ---- PROCESSING BETWEEN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE CLERKS OFFICE, AND HE IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF TRAINING MORE THAN ONE PERSON IN HIS OFFICE TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THIS PROCEDURE TO HELP RECTIFY THE SITUATION. MR. REVER SUGGESTED THAT POSSIBLY THE FIRST STEP — REQUEST FOR PUBLIC HEARING — COULD BE ELIMINATED AND THE GRANTING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING COULD BECOME AUTOMATIC. HE ALSO BROUGHT UP THE POSSI— BILITY OF SCHEDULING REZONING HEARINGS AT NIGHT MEETINGS. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE SELDOM, IF EVER, DENIED AND THAT ELIMINATING THIS STEP SHOULD BE GIVEN CONSIDERATION. THE BOARD ALSO FELT CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO SCHEDULING THE REZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ALTERNATE WEDNESDAY EVENINGS BETWEEN THE REGULAR COMMISSION MEETINGS SINCE THE REGULAR MEETING AGENDAS ARE BECOMING VERY CROWDED. THE CHAIRMAN REQUESTED THAT GROUND RULES FOR SUCH MEETINGS SPECIFY THAT THEY WOULD NOT GO BEYOND 11:00 O'CLOCK, DISCUSSION CONTINUED AS TO WHETHER ALL REZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS SHOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR NIGHT MEETINGS OR JUST THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL. THE GENERAL FEELING WAS THAT n THE PLANNING DIRECTOR SHOULD HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN DOING THE SCHEDULING, AND MR. REVER BELIEVED THAT A JUDGMENT COULD BE MADE BASED ON THE PHYSICAL MAGNITUDE OF THE REQUEST, THE LOCATION, ETC. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER BROUGHT UP THE PROBLEM OF PEOPLE NOT BEING NOTIFIED SUFFICIENTLY IN ADVANCE OF CANCELLATION OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT WE ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER THE TIMING OF A CANCELLATION BUT WILL TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION. ATTORNEY COLLINS BROUGHT UP THE SITUATION WHERE THE ZONING COMMISSION HAS TURNED DOWN AN APPLICATION AND UNDER OUR PRESENT PRO— CEDURE, THIS APPLICATION HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED, AUTO— MATICALLY COMES BEFORE THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON APPEAL. HE FELT A 4