Building_development + Cross_cutting

1:26 the applications on each of these agenda items. The quasi-judicial nature of these applications means that I will judge them and the testimony that will be presented tonight by the applicant, by interested members of the public and by staff, the testimony will be recorded and will also be under oath and I will swear you in before you begin testifying. One thing that we ask is that you state your name and spell your last name and give your address. Please also state whether you wish to be a party of record on the application on which you are providing testimony and if you are associated with anyone on the applicant side, please identify what role you have with respect to the application. That would be very helpful. Any questions will be addressed at the end of public testimony so it's not going to be

2:26 a Q&A session where you can ask questions of the city or ask questions of the applicant. Those questions will be written down and then at the conclusion of public testimony, the city will first have a chance to address those questions and then the applicant will. Excuse me, I've got a bit of a frog in my throat. Because I'm going to be judging these applications, I am a neutral party and I have to adhere to items like impartiality and that will be demonstrated by the fact that A, I've not had any ex parte communications. That means nobody has contacted me either for or against or even neutral on the application prior to the hearing tonight. I have coordinated with staff in setting this hearing tonight and

3:21 I've also received the staff report and reviewed the applications that exist in the record as of this evening. I have no interest in the outcome of either of these applications and I've also not prejudged in either of these applications. Again, I'm a neutral party that is reviewing the applications and I am asked to judge those on the basis of the standards that are set forth in the staff report, the testimony and the exhibits in the record. The standards that are set forth in the staff report will include City of Vancouver standards. Some of those sometimes have been vested to a prior development application where that's appropriate. That will have been identified in the staff report. We also look at the comprehensive plan, the City of Vancouver comprehensive plan and also any applicable state statutes

4:20 and regulations. If there are additional items that you believe should be addressed by me in my decision, please bring those to my attention at the hearing so that I can consider those. Anything that's not brought to my attention while the record is open either during this hearing or if there is a post hearing open record period, those arguments and that evidence will be considered waived. This is the raise it or waive it principle. Okay, so now turning to procedure. Oh, no, I missed a step. Excuse me. Being as that I have no interest in the application and I have not prejudged the application and not had any ex parte contacts, I believe that I can hear both of these matters in a fair and impartial manner. If anyone objects to my proceeding as the hearing examiner for either or both of these applications, please

5:16 state so now and state the nature of your objection. Okay, thank you. Hearing none, the procedure will be as follows on each of the applications, then I'll call them consecutively. The applicant will present their presentation first, review the proposal, review any comments that they wish to address that might have come in during the public comment period. Bring anything in particular to my attention that they wish me to focus on. And after the applicant does their presentation, the city will then present the staff report. At that time, we will open it up for public testimony. If you're in the room and online here and you wish to provide testimony, please use the raise hand feature and Miss Bowen will elevate you to be able to provide public testimony. I'll swear you in as I will with the other

6:16 witnesses and again, please state your name and spell your last name and also state whether you wish to be a party of record. After all public testimony is concluded, the city will have a chance to address anything that came up during presentation and then the final word will be from the applicant. The applicant does have the burden of proving that the proposal that they are presenting meets all applicable criteria. And again, that criteria set forth in the staff report and if there are additional standards that you believe apply, please make sure that you bring those to my attention. Any questions before we get started? Okay, hearing none, the first item on the matter, excuse me, the first item on the agenda is

7:05 the Swickard Land Rover at the landing proposal. Again, this is PRJ 169176, LUP 85667. And the applicant, if you are here, I will call on you first. Recognize you for testimony.