Conduct of Public Hearing <br />This hearing is not the first evidentiary hearing; the order of procedure is as follows: <br />1. Planning Commission Chair will commence public hearing. <br />2. Planning Commission chair will ask commissioners to disclose any conflicts of interest, ex parte <br />contacts, and biases, abstentions or challenges to impartiality submitted pursuant to EC 9.7065. <br />3. Planning Commission will receive the City staff report. <br />4. Testimony from proponent/applicant. <br />5. Comments or questions from interested people who are neither proponents nor opponents. <br />6. Testimony from opponents. <br />7. Staff response to testimony. <br />8. Questions from the Planning Commission. <br />9. Rebuttal by the proponent/applicant. <br />10. Planning Commission Chair will announce whether the record is closed; record will be held open; <br />or the public hearing will be continued. <br />The decision of the Eugene Planning Commission will be final at the local level. Persons who appeared before <br />the local government orally or in writing may appeal the decision to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals <br />within 21 days of the Planning Commission's decision. Appeals to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals are <br />governed by ORS 197.805 to 197.860 and OAR Chapter 661, Division 10. <br />If you have questions, or would like more information, please contact City staff at the address or phone <br />number listed below. <br />Becky Taylor, Associate Planner <br />City of Eugene Planning Division <br />99 West 10th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401 <br />Phone: (541) 682-5437 E-mail: becky.g.taylor@ci.eugene.or.us <br />