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the public within the City Council's subject matter jurisdiction. [54954.3(a)]. 11.3.13 When called upon to provide public comment on a specific item of business on the agenda, speakers shall focus their comments on that specific item of business before the City Council. [54954.3(a)]. 11.4 Participating Parties Addressing the City Council Participating parties shall comply with the procedures set forth in Section 11 Public Participation when addressing the City Council, except that the participating parties shall each have up to a maximum of ten (10) minutes to make visual presentation and address the City Council and five (5) minutes for rebuttal. The Mayor may set and announce the time limit for each active participant to address the City Council based upon the same criteria set forth in Section 11.2 Speaker Time Limit. When the City Council is acting in its quasi-judicial capacity, the Mayor may further modify the rules of procedure in this section, or adopt such additional rules of procedure and speaker times as may be reasonably necessary, to afford the active participants with procedural due process commensurate with the rights at issue. 11.4.1 A quasi-judicial matter generally involves: (a) a hearing held to apply a rule or standard; (b) to an individual person, project or circumstance; (c) the taking of evidence; and (d) results in a decision (including adoption of findings) based on facts and arguments submitted at the hearing.'(, 11.4.2 For quasi-judicial matters, requirements of due process and fair hearings apply. A Councilmember should remain open-minded and not pre-judge a matter before the hearing. If a Councilmember speaks with participating parties or members of the public outside of the hearing, the Councilmember should summarize those ex parte communications at the hearing. If the hearing involves a specific site, the Councilmember should disclose at the hearing if the Councilmember visited that site. 11.5 Public Criticism Public criticism of the City's policies, procedures, programs, or services, or of the acts or omissions of the City Council, shall not be prohibited. However, the rights of each speaker to express his or her views is not absolute and nothing in these rules of procedure are intended to confer any privilege or protection for expression beyond that otherwise provided by law. [54954.3]. 11.6 Disruptive Speech and Conduct 10 An example of a quasi-judicial matter which might come before the City Council is an appeal of the Planning Commission's decision on a conditional use permit. 20