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VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS A STIPULATION <br />THE DEVELOPERS ATTORNEY PROPOSED TO THE COUNTY, AS FAR AS THE MANNER <br />IN WHICH THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS TO BE RECORDED. <br />ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY HOULIHAN EXPLAINED THAT THE <br />APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THE BOARD CONDUCT AN INFORMAL HEARING TONIGHT. <br />THE COUNTY COULD CONDUCT A HEARING WHERE ALL TESTIMONY WAS TAKEN <br />UNDER OATH AND THE TESTIMONY WOULD BE TRANSCRIBED - BY CONDUCTING A <br />HEARING IN THAT FASHION AND IF AN APPEAL WAS TAKEN FROM -THE BOARD'S <br />DECISION, IT WOULD BE DOWN ON RECORD. HE THEN STATED THAT BY <br />CONDUCTING AN INFORMAL HEARING, HAVING WITNESSES, TAKING TESTIMONY <br />IN THAT FASHION, AND IF AN APPEAL WAS TAKEN, IT WOULD BE AN EVIDENTIARY <br />HEARING AT THE APPEAL LEVEL. ATTORNEY HOULIHAN ADVISED THAT HE WAS <br />IN FAVOR OF THE LAST PROCEDURE AS IT ALLOWS THE BOARD TO HAVE A MORE <br />FLUID, INFORMAL MEETING AND, AT THE SAME TIME, THE BOARD WAS REALLY <br />NOT YIELDING ANY RIGHTS BUT MERELY DETERMINING THE FORM OF ANY POSSIBLE <br />APPEAL THAT MAY BE TAKEN. HE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD ENTER <br />INTO THIS STIPULATION FOR AN INFORMAL HEARING. HE ADDED THAT THE <br />STIPULATION WAS REGULATED BY THE REGULAR RULES OF GOVERNMENT, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD <br />HAS 30 DAYS FROM THIS DATE TO MAKE A DECISION; IT WAS NOT MANDATORY <br />THAT A DECISION BE REACHED TONIGHT. <br />VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT THE TREASURE COAST <br />REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL HAS PREPARED AN ASSESSMENT REPORT AND HAVE <br />MADE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON A REGIONAL BASIS. HE THEN REFERRED TO <br />THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT REPORT PREPARED, ON A LOCAL LEVEL, BY THE <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT: <br />L <br />k, <br />Poon 47 PAGE 03 <br />