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1 RESOLUTION NO. , 7 474a 2 A RESOLUTION appointing a Moderator to conduct hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council on the Shoreline Substantial 3 Development Permit Application regarding the Navy Homeport. 4 5 WHEREAS, the City of Everett has received an application from the U.S. Navy 6 for a Shoreline Substantial Development Permit regarding the Navy Homeport; and 7 WHEREAS, the Navy application involves a large volume of information and the 8 City Council anticipates that complex data and information will be required to be 9 reviewed and analyzed; and 10 WHEREAS, the City Council also anticipates that the project applicant and the 11 public-at-large will present a number of divergent opinions and data and information as 12 well as diverse legal opinions concerning said application; and 13 WHEREAS, the City Council desires that all aspects of the procedure be both 14 fair in substance and appearance recognizing differing points of view and finds that an 15 impartial Moderator for the public hearings and meetings will assist in determining 16 legal and procedural issues and aide in eliciting all points of view while assuring that 17 the permit application proceeds prudently but expeditiously; 18 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 19 OF EVERETT that a Moderator shall be appointed to chair and conduct all public 20 hearings and meetings of the Planning Commission and City Council concerning the 21 application by the U.S. Navy for a Shoreline Substantial Development Permit regarding 22 the Navy Homeport. The Moderator shall be legally trained and experienced and shall 23 be selected jointly by the Chairman of the Planning Commission and the President of 24 the City Council. The Moderator shall assure that the hearings and meetings follow 25 appropriate procedures and shall make recommendations to the Planning Commission 26 and Council on issues of law as may arise during the proceedings. The Moderator shall 27 be charged with the duty of expediting the hearings and meetings. Repetitive and 28 non-relevant testimony shall be discouraged, and written testimony shall be 29 encouraged, particularly scientific, technical or statistical data. In order to expedite 30 the hearings and meetings and allow all members of the public to be heard, all oral 31 testimony of the general public should be no more than five (5) minutes, except where 32 the Moderator rules that a person giving oral testimony is a bona fide group