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August 21, 2006 (Regular Meeting) Page 73 Robert W. Carruth, Chairman Board of Commissioners UPON MOTION of Commissioner Carpenter, seconded by Vice Chairman Juba and unanimously carried, the Board authorized nunc pro tunc the letter of support for the Community-Based Job Training Grant proposal submitted by Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. (G) NEW BUSINESS Chairman Carruth requested Item G-4 Public Hearing to be Held on September 5, Business. (Proposed Rules/Procedures for the 2006) be considered first under New (G-4) Proposed Rules/Procedures for the Public Hearing to be Held on September 5, 2006 Chairman Carruth reported he has been approached by several residents of the Odell community regarding the public comment period for the hearing scheduled on September 5, 2006 regarding Petition C2006-06 (R) submitted by Wayne Brothers, Inc., et al. He presented the following rules of procedure for consideration: SUGGESTED RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR WAYNE BROTHERS CONDITIONAL DISTRICT APPLICATION CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 1. The Cabarrus staff report time limit on County planning staff and answer questions this presentation. person(s) shall from the Board. first present the There will be no 2. After the staff report and questions, the proponents (those speaking in favor of the application) will have a total of 45 minutes to speak and/ or present documents in support of their position. This includes the applicant, who will present first. The 45 minute time limit does not include questions directed to the proponents by the Board. 3. After the proponents finish, the opponents (those speaking against the application) will have a total of 45 minutes to speak and/or present documents in support of their position. The 45 minute time limit does not include questions directed to the opponents by the Board. 4. Each side will then have 10 minutes for rebuttal, with the applicant/proponents going first. Again, questions directed to each speaker will not count against the time limit. This will conclude the public hearing portion of the meeting and the Board will proceed to deliberation. 5. Each side is strongly encouraged to use a spokesperson to present the positions commonly held by each. Each side is also strongly encouraged to organize their speakers and presentations to ensure that all persons wanting to speak will have time to do so. 6. If a speaker has questions of a person on the other side, such questions shall be addressed to the Board members to be redirected to the person to be asked. There will be no direct questioning of one speaker by another except through the Board. 7. Public demonstrations of support for a speaker's comments should be limited to clapping. Any other type of audible support shall be out of order and subj ect to the offender to being removed from the building. Anyone speaking out of order shall likewise be subject to removal. 8. These rules are designed orderly and expeditious presentations. to have and a full avoids and fair hearing that is unnecessarily repetitious Richard Koch, County Attorney, stated these are the rules that were used by the Cabarrus County Planning and Zoning Commission when the case was originally heard, with the exception of the separate 10 minute rebuttal period. He said the separate rebuttal period was added at the request of the opponents and that no input from the applicant or the proponents was recei ved. He also said some of the rules were derived from the City of Concord's consideration of the Conditional Use Permit for the Sheriff's