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7. A determination to exclude or remove a consultant from <br /> the consultant list. <br /> B. Any interested person shall have the right to appeal any of the <br /> determinations or actions described in Subsection (A) above. <br /> There shall be no right under this section to appeal to the Environ- <br /> mental Review Committee any decisions of the City Council nor to <br /> appeal those actions where an appeal is otherwise provided for or <br /> prohibited by the City Charter, other City Ordinance or State law. <br /> C. Notice of all determinations and actions described in Subsection <br /> (A) above shall be filed immediately by the Responsible Official <br /> in the City's SEPA Public Information Center. Any appeal from <br /> such a determination or action must be filed in writing with the <br /> Environmental Review Committee no later than the fifteenth day <br /> following the filing of such determination or action and shall set <br /> forth in a clear and concise manner the errors complained of. <br /> D. Upon timely notice of appeal as to any determination or action set <br /> out in Subsection (A) of this section, the Environmental Review <br /> Committee shall set a date for hearing, which shall be not less <br /> than seven nor more than fifteen days after receipt of such notice. <br /> Within five days after such hearing, the Environmental Review <br /> Committee shall file and transmit to the parties written findings <br /> of fact and their conclusions as recommendations to the City Council. <br /> E. Within seven days of the filing and transmittal of the written findings <br /> of fact and conclusions of law of the Environmental Review Committee <br /> the City Council shall set a hearing which shall be not less than ten <br /> nor more than fifteen days from the date such hearing is set. Within <br /> seven days after such hearing shall file and transmit to the parties <br /> written findings of fact and conclusions of law and its decision. <br /> F. Notice of hearings shall be sent by certified mail to the parties <br /> concerned and published in a newspaper of general circulation as <br /> required by the administrative code for hearings in contested cases. <br /> G. Appeals shall be considered de novo except that the determination <br /> appealed from shall be regarded as prima facie correct and the burden <br /> of establishing the contrary shall be upon the appealing party. Further, <br /> the City Council shall give consideration to the recommendation made <br /> by the Environmental Review Committee. <br /> H. The Environmental Review Committee and the City Council shall have <br /> authority upon good cause to grant continuances of hearings not to <br /> exceed fourteen days and further the City Council shall have authority <br /> to affirm, reverse or modify in whole or in part the administrative <br /> determinations of the Responsible Official; to remand cases to the <br /> Responsible Official with directions for further proceedings; and to <br /> grant other appropriate relief in the circumstances . All decisions <br /> of the Environmental Review Committee shall be written and shall con- <br /> tain findings of fact and conclusions of law. <br /> -9- <br />