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ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS In analyzing the possibility of expanding the membership of the Planning and Zoning Commission, staff reviewed the Commission's attendance since January of 1984 and polled other local governments to determine how many members they had on their Planning and Zoning Commissions. The attendance data is summarized as follows: No.. of Meetings No, of Meetings No, of Meetings 5 members present 4 members present 3 members present 1984 8 14 4 1985-86 14 14 3 TOTAL 22 28 7 This data.iedicates that of the 57 Planning and Zoning Commission meetings held between January 1, 1984, and April 24, 1986, only 22 meetings (or 39 percent) were attended by all members. Moreover, 28 meetings (or 49 percent) were attended by 4 members and 7 meetings (or 12 percent) had only 3 members present. The staff checked with a number of other local governments in the area to determine the number of individuals they had on their Planning and Zoning Commissions. Most of the jurisdictions had more than five members, and some had alternate members. The survey results are summarized below: Jurisdiction #Regular Members #Alternates Brevard County 10 5 St. ,Lucie County 9 0 Martin County 5 0 Osceola County 10 0 Palm Beach County 7 0 Vero Beach 9 1 Sebastian 7 1 Fort Pierce 10 0 Melbourne 7 0 In order to expand the membership of the Planning and Zoning Commission, Section 26 of the Zoning Ordinance would have to be amended. In addition, a determination would have to be made as to how many members the Commission should include and how additional members would be appointed. The staff feels that the Commission should maintain an odd number of members to avoid tie votes when all of the members are present. However, staff also feels that making the Commission too large would lessen the importance of attending meetings. If the Planning and Zoning Commission were expanded to seven members, .the Commission would still have an odd number of members and would not be too large. The two additional Planning and Zoning Commission members could be at -large members appointed by a majority of the Board of County Commissioners. Administrator Wright noted that there is no staff recommen- dation as he believed it is the Board's responsibility to determine the size of the Commission. Discussion ensued regarding various alternatives, i.e., seven members, five members with two alternates, the quorum needed, etc., and Carolyn Eggert, Chairman of the Planning & 21 MAY 211986 Bou 64 FAEE478