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PRE-HEARING ORDER
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THE HEARING EXAMINER OF THE CITY OF RENTON
In Re the Matter of the Appeal by
Renton Hotel Investors, LLC,
Downtown Emergency Services Center,
King County
Case No. CODE20-000321
DRAFT PRE-HEARING ORDER
The schedule and procedural rules outlined below apply to the above-captioned appeal.
A. Stipulated Terms. The terms stipulated by the parties, attached as Ex.
A. are adopted by this reference and imposed pursuant to this prehearing order.
C. Exhibit and Witness Lists. The parties are required to exchange witness
and exhibit lists by August 5, 2020. Witness lists should include a summary of the
testimony to be provided by each witness along with a general estimate on the length of
the testimony. The time estimates are just for scheduling purposes. Witnesses will not
be bound to the estimates. The exhibit lists shall list any documents, recordings, videos
or photographs that the parties intend on presenting at the appeal hearing. No exhibits
or witness testimony beyond those identified in the witness and exhibit lists will be
admitted unless necessary for reasonably unanticipated rebuttal or for other good cause.
Exhibits must be exchanged contemporaneously with the exhibit lists and may be
distributed by email.
Prior to the August 5, 2020 deadline the City is encouraged to make an on-line project
file accessible to all parties that contains the exhibits it intends on entering into the
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record. The parties need not exchange exhibits that are already placed in the on-line
project file.
All exhibit lists lists shall number proposed exhibits. City of Renton exhibits shall be
prefaced with “COR,” King County by “KC,” and Renton Hotel Investors by “RH.”
D. Hearing Format. The hearing format shall be as required by RMC 4-8-
110E1, as follows:
a. City of Renton.
b. Renton Hotel Investors
c. King County
d. City of Renton rebuttal.
e. Closing argument (Renton Hotel Investors, then King County, then City)
E. Cross-Examination. All witnesses who present live testimony will be
subject to cross-examination. Declarations and other documents that would qualify as
testimony are admissible without a right of cross-examination unless a right to cross-
examine is asserted by email to all hearing parties within three calendar days of when
the document is disclosed in the witness and exhibit lists.
ORDERED this 30th day of July 2020.
City of Renton Hearing Examiner
City of Renton Hearing Examiner
PRE-HEARING ORDER
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