AUDIO:
Bert & Keith Arndt Appeal of a City of Sultan Administrative Decision
(re sewer availability)
Sultan Hearing Examiner John Galt Hearing - 1:00 PM, Monday, October 15,
2007
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- City of Sultan Staff Report (17 kb pdf document)
- Participants representing the Appellant were Attorney Chris Knapp and Arndt developer Harlan McElhaney.
- Participants representing the City of Sultan were: City attorney Thom Graafstra, Rick Cisar, city's Director of Community Development) and Connie Dunn, city's Public Works Director.
AUDIO
FILES
(MP3 format compatible with Windows Mediaplayer):
File A, 9:59 min. 1.7 mb - John Galt Introduction, summary of documents received and brief overview of hearing rules and applicable citations.
File B, 4:32 min., 798 kb - Appellant attorney Chris Knapp summarization of issues
File C, 19:01 min., 3.3 mb - Arndt developer Harlan McElhaney reads statement, a timeline of City's actions.
File D, 17:01 min., 3.0 mb - McElhaney Testimony/Arguments
File E, 4:29 min., 790 kb - Brief statement by Attorney Chris Knapp; Galt asks McElhaney if he would agree to having the statement read aloud submitted as a hearing exhibit (the statement should have been pre-filed).
File F, 7:22 min., 1.3 mb - Thom Graafstra questions for McElhaney; C. Knapp follow-up re SMC code definition for "infill" development.
File G, 8:00 min., 1.4 mb - Connie Dunn Testimony
File H, 10:03 min., 1.8 mb - Chris Knapp Cross-examination of Mrs. Dunn, Graafstra redirect, clarifying questions by Galt.
File I, 12:09 min., 2.1 mb - Rick Cisar Testimony
File J, 5:37 min., 990 kb - Chris Knapp Cross-exam of Cisar; Galt question/clarification for Cisar.
File K, 2:13 min., 391 kb - Testimony by L. Storm.
File L, 14:06 min., 2,5 mb - Hearing Examiner Questions/Clarifications for applicant Arndt and City re the Catch-22 inherent in the city's application/sewer availability process/policy.
File M, 2:05 min., 367 kb - No rebuttal; segue from testimony to closing arguments.
File N., 12:23 min., 2.2 mb - Thom Graafstra closing arguments.
File O, 8:18 min., 1.5 mb - Chris Knapp closing arguments (and legal citations)
File P, 3:36 min., 636 kb - H. E. Galt set schedule for keeping record open (Public portion of the hearing ended 2:23 PM. The hearing record will be held open pending city's review of and possible rebuttal to McElhaney's written statement, and, if needed, for Knapp's rebuttal of city'se response to that document.)
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