. >> to my left is the city attorney, he will provide the board with legal advice, and victor, bececo. scott is here in the front row to my right and he is the zoning administrator, also representing the planning department, and planning commission, and i know joseph duffy was in the room a minute ago and is the building inspect or. and at this time, if you could go through the guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. >> the board requests that you turn off all phones and pagers so they will not disturb the proceedings, please carry on the conversations in the hallway, the board's rule of presentation are as follows, appellants and permit holders and department representatives have 7 minutes to present their case and three middle for rebuttals. people affiliated with these parties must conclude their comments in the 7 or 3 minute periods. the members of the public who are not affiliated have up to three minutes to address the board but no rebuttals. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the board, members are asked but not required to submit a speaker card or a bus