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19 <br /> <br />1. Either party or the City may request that additional, supporting documentation that <br />was not previously provided to the Rent Review Officer as part of its initial <br />examination and decision be provided to substantiate the claims made by a party. <br />The request shall be presented in writing to the Hearing Officer. <br /> <br />2. The Hearing Officer may order production of such requested documentation if the <br />Hearing Officer determines the information is relevant to the proceedings. <br /> <br />H. Responses: <br /> <br />1. Mobilehome Owners or the Park Owner may submit responses to the decision of the <br />Rent Review Officer or to reports by the City’s experts. Responses shall be <br />submitted to the other parties and the Hearing Officer at least 10 days prior to the <br />hearing. Responses shall be in printed and electronic form. <br /> <br />2. Rebuttal reports may be submitted by the Park Owner, Mobilehome Owners, and/or <br />City or its expert(s). Such reports shall be submitted to the parties and Hearing <br />Officer at least five days prior to a hearing. Rebuttals shall be in printed and <br />electronic form. <br /> <br />3. The parties’ responses and rebuttal reports shall be considered the prehearing briefs <br />of the parties and the City and no other prehearing briefs shall be allowed unless <br />requested by the Hearing Officer for good cause. <br /> <br />I. Conduct of Hearing: <br /> <br />1. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with such rules and regulations as <br />may be promulgated by the City Council and any rules set forth by the Hearing <br />Officer. <br /> <br />2. The Hearing Officer shall have the power and authority to require and administer <br />oaths or affirmations where appropriate, and to take and hear evidence concerning <br />any matter pending before the Hearing Officer. <br /> <br />3. The rules of evidence generally applicable in the courts shall not be binding in the <br />hearing. Hearsay evidence and any and all other evidence which the Hearing Officer <br />deems relevant may be admitted and considered. <br /> <br />4. Any party or such party’s representative, designated in writing by the party, may <br />appear at the hearing to offer such documents, oral testimony, written declaration or <br />other evidence as may be relevant to the proceedings. <br /> <br />5. The Hearing Officer may grant or order not more than two continuances of the <br />hearing for not more than 10 working days each. Additional continuances may be <br />granted only if all parties stipulate in writing or if the Hearing Officer finds that <br />there is a good cause for the continuance. Such continuances may be granted or <br />ordered at the hearing without further written notice to the parties. <br /> <br />6. A recording of the proceedings shall be made or arranged by the Hearing Officer in <br />a format that is made easily available, upon request, within thirty days of the <br />conclusion of the hearing.