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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 />7.3 Coordination of Testimony. To the degree necessary to an orderly <br />process within available time, the hearings official may consolidate submissions by <br />participants or establish reasonable time limits for presentation of testimony. One <br />or more spokespersons for any group may be designated by the hearings official. <br />7.4 Appellant's Case. The appellant or appellant's representative shall <br />first be heard, and other persons or groups in favor of the appellant's position shall <br />next be heard. <br />7.5 Interested Persons. The hearing's official shall next allow other <br />interested persons to be heard. <br />7.6 City Staff Presentation and Recommendations. Appropriate city staff <br />members may then present the staff's own analysis, findings, and pertinent <br />recommendations. <br />7.7 Questioning of Witnesses. The questioning of witnesses is a matter <br />solely within the discretion of the hearings official. The hearings official may permit <br />the questioning of witnesses by staff and other interested persons at the conclusion <br />of the witness's presentation. All questions to witnesses shall be submitted to the <br />witness through the hearings official unless the hearings official expressly permits the <br />submission of questions directly to a witness. <br />7.8 Rebuttal Evidence. The hearings official next shall allow appellant to <br />offer additional evidence and testimony, which shall be confined to rebutting the <br />evidence and testimony offered by interested persons and the city staff. <br />7.9 Raisin Issues. An issue which may be the basis for an appeal shall <br />be raised not later than the close of the record at or following the final evidentiary <br />hearing on the appeal. Such issues shall be raised with sufficient specificity so as <br />to afford the hearings official and participants in the hearing an adequate <br />Administrative Order - 6 <br />