Malcolm Graham
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first heard Sep 2023
last heard 14 Sep
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And I
Thank you.
And I'd just like to clarify for the public that although it is absolutely correct, Ms.
Brown, that
the great majority of petitions that come to us are approved, there's a very long road before they get to that point.
So, I had one, for example, that was controversial, and after a year and a half, the number of units had been reduced by 50 percent.
And when we see a situation where the approval may not occur,
There's a penalty associated with that, and those tend to be withdrawn.
So we work all this out.
It's not like anything that comes in front of us just gets approved, which is the impression that people might get.
You're correct that the ones that come up for a vote get approved.
I'm just saying people should not assume that that is kind of random.
And I just wanted to comment, too, that...
I think as currently proposed the idea that we have one vote on passing seven of them and deferring seven others puts me in a difficult position because I would like to affirm the passage of some and I don't agree with the deferral of the others and that's why I'm recommending that at a minimum we break out the ones that are recommended for action
and vote on them.
And then I think we ought to be a little more intentional and take the other ones one at a time because the conditions in each of these geographies are different.
The reasons for deferring them aren't the same everywhere.
And therefore, I would hope that the district reps or whatever on a case-to-case basis would then advise us and that we would make more differentiated choices around the seven because there is a cost associated with deferring these.
I think that's, in my mind, a serious issue, so I want to be sure we're thoughtful.
We've reached a point after seven months that seven of them appear to be ready to go.
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