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Could we have a determination of quorum, please?

Or doing uh roll call, Michael.

We're doing roll call to establish a quorum.

Here.

Thank you.

Jim.

Here.

Can we speak louder to the bike?

Here.

Thank you.

Kate?

Nelson.

Dan Mazareski here.

Amy Owens.

Present.

Wendy Leonard here.

And Linda Kennedy.

Here.

We have a quorum.

Thank you very much.

Would you please rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance?

My pledge allegiance to the United States.

Can we have the ethics law announcement, please?

Yes.

Commissioners are reminded that if with respect to any matter or any person coming before the commission today, you've received a gift or a loan, you have a pecuniary interest, you have a commitment in a private capacity, such as family employment, business or similar relationship, or if you've provided representation or counseling before an agency to a person or entity for compensation within the last year on a matter before the board tonight, you must disclose that gift loan, interest commitment or prior representation at the time the matter is being considered.

You must furthermore abstain from deliberation or voting on the matter if it's clear the gift loan interest commitment or prior representation would materially affect the independence of judgment of a reasonable person.

Commissioners are also reminded under the planning commission rules if you've had any contact outside this meeting with any person interested in a matter coming before the commission today.

You need to disclose the nature of the contact at this meeting.

Thank you.

Uh could we have the appeals procedure?

Most decisions rendered by the planning commission are appealable to the Board of County Commissioners.

If you disagree with the decision of the planning commission and you qualify as an agreed person or party, you may appeal in writing within 10 calendar days from the date the decision being appealed is reduced to writing, filed with the Secretary of the Planning Commission and mailed to the original applicant in the proceeding being appealed in accordance with Washoe County Code.

Please call the planning staff immediately at 775-328-6100 for information on the appeal procedure and the application fee.

Thank you.

I have Carolyn White in chambers.

Please state your first or last day for the record.

Thank you.

Tonight I was prepared to speak to you about the Palomino Farms Development Application, which proposes a subdivision of 34 homes on 2.5 to 2.82 acre lots at the corner of Whiskey Springs and Pyramid Highway.

The applicant has requested the hearing be delayed, and so it will be to October 6th, is what we've been told.

But I had planned to speak, so I thought I would say a few words in interim.

34 houses may seem trivial compared to a lot of the subdivision proposals that cross your desks, but in both proportion and precedent, it is significant.

The 1992 Warm Springs specific plan, which created the zoning on which the development application relies, remains largely unfulfilled today, as do the various infrastructure improvements which were imagined as necessary components of any dense development in our area.

If approved, Palomina Farms would be Palomino Valley's first subdivision and would more than double the number of parcels under five acres in our planning area.

But like the parcel maps that precede it, it will rely entirely on domestic wells, clustered septic systems, and existing PVGID maintained roads.

There are currently another 810 acres of subdividable land for sale in the Warm Springs specific planning area.

And this application will likely serve as a blueprint for future applicants looking to develop in our area.

And to consider the community report, my neighbors and I spent the last year compiling.

County staff have indicated to us that this is the moment in the planning process that the voices of ordinary citizens carry the most weight.

I hope that's true.