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6. Hearings Official. The hearings official shall: <br />6.1 Regulate the course and decorum of the hearing. <br />6.2 Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters. <br />6.3 Rule on offers of proof and relevancy, reliability, competency or <br />usefulness of evidence and testimony. <br />6.4 Impose reasonable limitations on the number of witnesses to be heard <br />and set reasonable time limits for oral presentation, questioning of witnesses, and <br />rebuttal testimony. <br />6.5 Take other action appropriate for the orderly conduct of the hearing. <br />7. Order of Procedure at the Hearing. The hearings official in the conduct of <br />the hearing shall: <br />7.1 Commence the Hearing. Announce the nature and purpose of the <br />hearing and summarize the rules for its conduct. The hearings official shall make <br />a statement to those in attendance that: <br />7.1.1 Lists the applicable substantive criteria; <br />7.1.2 States that testimony and evidence must be directed toward the <br />specified criteria or to other criteria in the traffic control ordinances or <br />regulations which the person believes to apply to the decision; and <br />7.1.3 States that failure to raise an issue with sufficient specificity to <br />afford the decision maker and the parties an opportunity to respond to the. <br />issue precludes an appeal on that issue to a higher city hearings body or <br />court. <br />7.2 Receive Staff Notes and Reports. Staff notes and reports, that have <br />.:been delivered to the- hearings official along with the appeal and supporting <br />materials prior to the hearing shall be made part of the record. The hearings <br />..official shall then request that city staff summarize the .nature of the proposed <br />administrative action, explain any graphic or pictorial displays which are part of the <br />record, and provide whatever other information is requested by the hearings official. <br />If the hearings official has visited the traffic control area for the device which is the <br />subject of the appeal as part of the preparation for the hearing, any observations <br />that the hearings official deems relevant to the decision shall be disclosed. <br />-_ <br />~ Administrative Order - 5 - <br />