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2007 If the Council action is the rerequest of a resident re uest and that request is denied in whole or in part, reasons of the fact sub ortin the denial will be made part of the .. public record. PROCESS - PUBLIC HEARING Since a public hearingis a more formal procedure and often re ' p quires certain procedures and actions to be legal, the meeting rules are changed accordingly. The primary au* n of a public hearing is to take from fthe P accomplish input public. To �' this in the most effective manner, the Mayor will introduce the heariwith an hearing .ersong explanation of the issues. The Mayor will give this explanation -or a g P P designated by the Ma.yor. The use 'of explanatory visual aids is encouraged. Following. the explanation, input from theublic will be taken. Prior to accepting p P g input though, Mayor will sate the areas where input will be appropriate, the Mth �the maximum time to be allotted to any individual presenter and any otherp rocedural rules deemed appropriate to guarantee that all concernedP arties have a fair and adequate opportunity to be heard. All individuals wishing to speak must fill out and submit and identification form and speak in to a recordinghone. Individuals not wishing speak in microphone. g to s p public may provide a written statement. The Council may e taku to 15 minutes to review .p written statements presented at the meeting. If the Council decides not to act on the issue at the public hearing meeting, it may by majoritynote extend the time where "�+7r1 tten input Tr►,�ill be taker to a day not la ter than one week before the net meeting where a deciding vote is planned. All speakers are expected to be business -like, to theone oint and courteous. Anyone Y not abiding by these rules will be considered to out of order. The Council will refrain from. in' itiatin a discussion during the public input phase of the hearing except to clarify points . brought u g p. Once the public testimony phase is complete, the Mayor will announce the public p Y hearing to be closed and the Council will revert back to its open discussion mode of operation. From this point on, public input will only be appropriate when solicited p by the Council. It shall be the intent of the Council to vote on the issue at the same meeting'. as the public hearing and as close in time to the as p ublic hearingpossible. Should it be necessary to defer voting until a later date, the procedure will be clearly explained to the audience. F:\Council Meetings\2007\010907\standing rules of conduct. doc 30