{"id":2457561,"date":"2020-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324750"},"modified":"2020-04-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T06:00:00","slug":"pitco-commissioners-says-they-must-get-on-with-business-despite-video-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/pitco-commissioners-says-they-must-get-on-with-business-despite-video-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"PitCo commissioners says they must get on with business despite video meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Horses graze in a pasture off of Owl Creek Road on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Pitkin County is considering revisions to growth management rules that keep density low in the rural parts of the county. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong>
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The Pitkin County commissioners insisted Wednesday they cannot put county business on hold because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

The discussion arose Wednesday while the board was considering proposed revisions to the county\u2019s growth management quota system \u2014 complicated rules designed to pace development and coax public amenities out of developers.<\/p>\n

Numerous land-use planners and attorneys lobbied the board to table the proposed changes until the public can attend county commissioner meetings in person again. The county switched to video conferences because of the social-distancing requirements and bans on large gatherings to stop the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Aspen attorney John Belkin said it is \u201cimportant to the public to watch their elected officials\u201d debate issues in person. He said he appreciates the difficultly that local governments face while trying to conduct business during a pandemic, but he didn\u2019t see the growth-management tweaks as something that must be tackled at a troubling time.<\/p>\n

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