08-12-20 Regular Session Minutes

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And the other case is that ... those lands are zoned as restrictive or protected Conservation District Lands. This is the same designation as the observatories. The Observatories that required an EIS, a Conservation District permit and then TMT's went through a decade of legal ramble. In this particular case, you had a bus cited, you had a car leaking oil into the ground. You had numerous tents all on these same plots of land without any permits. Mr. Robinson: You know Mr. Currie... Does anyone else have any questions for Mr. Currie? You know Mr. Currie, in the course of your testimony, you seem to imply that this Board is not taking action because we have a new mayor coming and it's just kick the can down the road. And I took exception to that. The reason I take exception to that is this Board has specifically asked for... In fact, it's going to be a little bit later in our testimony today. The Corp. Counsel to retain special counsel to investigate this matter. And so when you say in your testimony that we're kicking the can down the road, that's not correct. And either you misstated or I did not understand correctly what you had stated. But second, I don't want to get into a debate. And second item with you, is you referred to an Exhibit A, in which I'm assuming you referenced certain sections of the County Code, Ethics Code that were being violated in the course of this matter. And I didn't see that. So I mean I looked through all the material and I didn't see it. So can you maybe tell us which sections of the County Code have been violated in this matter? Mr. Currie: Sure. Okay so. Sure. Is it okay to answer both questions? Mr. Robinson: I'd prefer you deal with the latter one. I think we've already finished with the first one. Mr. Currie: Sure, sure. Okay. With the latter one, I think the Attachment was mostly focused on the violations of the law, not on the Ethics Code. But if you want the reference to ethics code, I thing one of the closer things that may be applicable would be Section 2-83 (a) and (b) which focuses on fair treatment. You know all that should be treated as public trust. And it sort of broadly speaking beyond any particular letter of the code. Sort of undergirding all Ethics Code, I think would be due process and the 14`" Amendment, equal protection of the law. But also to the first point. What you were saying is not what I was intending on and I apologize if I may have been [inaudible]. I wasn't trying to say that the Board was kicking it down the road. It'd be far from it. I appreciate to the Board, it's taking this under advisement. What I was saying is that, even if you know, why is ... from sort of a moral stand point ... what do I 17