Mr.

O'Neill, please.

Oh, can we get the roll call, please?

Dr.

Coleman.

Miss Callum.

Here.

Mr.

Southall.

Here.

Miss Garrison?

Present.

Mr.

Brown.

Present.

Miss Bunting.

Chairman Carter.

Here.

Move approval of the minutes.

Second.

Dr.

Coleman.

Miss Callum.

Mr.

Southall.

Hi.

Miss Garrison.

I.

Mr.

Brown.

Hi.

Miss Bunting.

Chairman Carter.

Hi.

I just time to hear from Mr.

O'Neill.

Thank you, Mr.

Chairman.

To ensure that the affairs of the Commission may be conducted in an orderly manner and to ensure that all persons desiring to address the commission on matters pertinent to it are afforded an opportunity to do so and to permit persons in attendance to observe and hear the proceedings of the commission without distraction and to permit the commission to conduct city business with minimal disruption.

The following rules for public hearings and comment are established as follows.

Please turn off your cell phone while in the chamber and the meeting is in progress.

If you are attending the hearing and desire to speak on an item, please enter your name, address, and item number at the desk in the back of the chambers prior to the call to order.

The commission secretary will announce the item number and item title being considered.

The case before the commission shall be presented by a staff member of the community development department.

After the case has been presented, the applicant or the applicant's representative will have up to 10 minutes to address the commission and present written andor oral comments.

The applicant may request up to three additional minutes for rebuttal of any comments from speakers in opposition to the application.

Individuals other than the applicant or the applicant's representative who have signed up to comment on the case shall have three minutes to present written and or oral comments.

All comments shall be directed to the commission.

Specified time limits may vary at the discretion of the chairman.

No person may address the commission until he or she has first been recognized by the chair.

Speaker shall remain at the podium or microphone while addressing the commission and shall first state their name, address, and in the case of an agent or representative speaking for more than one location, furnish a written list giving the names of addresses of who they represent.

Speakers who have signed up may use their allotted time only for themselves and may not donate time to other speakers.

Comments must be confined to matters germane to the business of the commission and shall not be cumulative or repetitive.

Speakers shall not campaign for political office either for themselves or others.

The commission allows slide or computer generated projections previously submitted to the community development department no later than five business days before the scheduled meeting of the commission.

Speakers should address the commission with decorum.

Loud, voicerous and disruptive behavior, obscenity and vulgarity should be avoided as well as other words or acts tending to evoke violence or deemed to be a breach of the peace.

Speakers shall not be interrupted by the audience comments, calls, or other disruptions.

Commissioners may question each speaker at any time during his or her presentation.

After all persons who desire to address the commission have had the opportunity to do so, the chairman may grant rebuttal time, rebuttal time to the applicant if previously requested by the applicant, and at his or her discretion may grant additional time to persons other than the applicant who have previously spoken.