Hearing Examiner

HEARING EXAMINER NEWS AND INFORMATION:  

Before the pandemic, hearings and proceedings were conducted in person in the hearing room on the first floor of the Robert J. Drewel Building on the county campus, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett, Washington. During most of the pandemic, hearings and proceedings were conducted electronically on the Zoom platform. Conducting proceedings in this way not only allowed hearings to be conducted safely from a public health perspective, but also allowed witnesses and community members to participate or view the proceedings more conveniently, without having to travel to the hearing room, taking time off from work to travel, or arranging for child-care.

The Hearing Examiner will conduct most hearings in a hybrid format. In other words, proceedings will be conducted simultaneously in-person and on Zoom. This hybrid format will maximize the public’s opportunity to view or participate in the proceedings. The county upgraded the audio/visual systems in the hearing room to allow people to watch or participate in person and on Zoom.

Always check this page or the notice issued by the Planning and Development Services Department for information regarding a specific hearing. Unanticipated circumstances may require us to vary from this normal process. 

If you have suggestions, ideas, or comments, please let us know by dropping a note to Hearing.Examiner@snoco.org or calling 425.388.3538. 

UPCOMING HEARINGS & CONFERENCES

Information for each event, including Zoom links, will be posted one week prior.

When: Sep 28, 2023 09:15 AM Pacific Time 

CONTINUES SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 9:15 AM

Topic: 22-115932 LDA Jain Appeal Hearing

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86072895464?pwd=bjZhcEFFbUxkOEtqRERPeDNKNVVKdz09

Or Telephone:    +1 206 337 9723 US (Seattle)

Webinar ID: 860 7289 5464

Passcode: 705177

October 12: 21-111312 SPA King Urban Center

October 12: 22-107217 PSD Caledon RCS

October 19: 22-107626 PSD/SPA Alder Way Townhomes

About the process for public comment:

Public comments may be made by email or at the hearing. Emailed comments should be sent to hearing.examiner@snoco.org. 

Please note that all public comments are public records subject to disclosure per the Public Records Act. Commenters’ contact information is also a public record and may be subject to disclosure upon request. We will assume you wish to receive future notices from the Office of Hearings Administration at the email address you used to log in to the hearing. If you wish, you may: (1) ask that we send you notices by US mail instead of email or (2) give us a email address to use different from the one with which you logged into the hearing.

The Hearing Examiner reads and listens carefully to all public comments. Comments repeating points made by others should be brief (e.g., “what they said about this issue—me too!” is sufficient.) This is not an election, comments are not votes, and the decision will not turn on how many public comments support a particular position. Commenters should be considerate of other people wishing to comment by keeping their comments brief and to the point. A few minutes should be sufficient for most speakers. The Hearing Examiner prefers not to establish a hard time limit for all parties, but will manage the time to maximize public participation without repetition.

Although you do not have to do so, you may an email the Clerk before a hearing at hearing.examiner@snoco.org to request that you be placed on the list to comment. You will be added in the order received. The Hearing Examiner will call witnesses from this list first then call others who have indicated they wish to testify. Everyone who wants to comment will be heard.

IMPORTANT: Only emails and attachments sent to Hearing.Examiner@snoco.org will be added to the record. Emails and attachments will NOT be added to the record if sent to an individual person in the Office of Hearings Administration. Emails and attachments sent to individual clerks are difficult to track and process efficiently and accurately.