Therefore, I move that the words “undertake a study” be replaced by the words “hold a hearing”.
I was thinking that we could hold a two-hour meeting where we could hear from the people directly affected by the problem as well as from departmental officials. Having experienced this personally, I know that occasionally, both parties aren't free at the same time. If necessary, we could schedule two one-hour meetings.
It may be that departmental officials are not available to testify on the same day as band council members, or vice versa. The hearings could then be scheduled over two days, that is to say, we could plan on having two one-hour meetings.