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October 14, 2002 <br />Page 16 of 35 <br />as regard to budgetary issue or just about anything else. I think comparably the <br />Historic Preservation Commission will be expected to try and gain input from the <br />community at large over historic preservation issues. On the other hand, if you have <br />a case of enforcement coming before the Building and Standards Commission, <br />specially for someone who is in violation of an outstanding order, I am not sure if it <br />is fair or equitable to listen to the arguments of somebody that is associated with that. <br />That is not necessarily a conflict of interest but it could be perceived as a conflict of <br />interest. So again, the rule of fairness must apply in all of the things that are done <br />by these two commissions. Try to be fair and impartial and I don't think you will <br />have a problem. <br />Any questions on those materials? <br />Mr. Townsend: Can I have a more specific example on historical preservation and conflict <br />of interest? Would there be a conflict there if they lived within the district? Say they <br />were specifically if they were looking at design standards or electing that specific <br />district and its boundaries. <br />Mr. Schenk: Terry, I think when that comes up we are going to have to look at it. I think it is a <br />possibility that there is a similar conflicts provision in the statute on zoning that <br />infers that kind of conflict could arise. But I think I would rather defer until we have <br />a circumstance come up because the district may be so large that it may be very <br />difficult to really show an affected interest. Those are issues that we are just going <br />to have to take on a case by case basis. The obvious is I think if you are talking <br />about historical designation for a particular structure that person had an interest in <br />that structure. But you live further away and the further away you get there may not <br />be a problem. <br />Mr. Townsend: Sure. <br />Mr. Schenk Any other questions? Okay, then we are going to try to move through the two <br />ordinances. I want to emphasize something. First, I am not intending to embarrass, <br />but how many, I will ask with both groups together, how many have read your <br />respective ordinance? Hands up. About 50%. That is not bad. <br />General discussion and laughter and side comments. <br />Mr. Schenk: It kind of lets me know to what extent of detail to go through these materials. I am <br />going to tell you that I am going to try to touch in the broad brush circumstance what <br />we have here. I am not going to try to answer all the questions. I don't think I want <br />you to try to pose all of the questions that you may have. Because, as I told myself <br />that before I go any further here, I need to emphasize that this is a long-term process. <br />It really may take at least a full year for both of these commissions to be up and <br />ginning as it were. It takes time to find your feet as it were; time to understand all <br />