Requirements Before Municipal Public Hearings

(a)Upon receipt by the Department of Land Management of a land use application, a copy shall be transmitted to the Mayor of the affected municipality.

(b)In any land use action that requires the review and decision by the Guam Land Use Commission, no municipal public hearing shall be scheduled and conducted in the affected municipality until any and all available reports and position statements have been received from the Department of Land Management. To the maximum extent possible, said reports and position statements shall be provided by the Application Review Committee within thirty

(30)days from the filing of the application. Upon receipt of any report or position statement submitted by the Application Review Committee, the Department of Land Management shall transmit said documents to the Mayor of the affected municipality.

(c)At the request of the Mayor, permanent voting members of the Application Review Committee, who have submitted position statements, shall, to the maximum extent possible, be present at the municipal public hearing to provide information relative to their findings.