Who's in the room? How the whole process works?

Well, first, I would say there is no typical night.

We had a zoning board meeting last night, and it was certainly not typical.

But what happens is there are seven members of the board, and we sit in the same place in City Hall where the city council meets.

And we have an agenda every month with applications that are submitted on a time schedule in advance of the meeting.

And the applications are all available and can be viewed by the public by going to the city clerk's office and submitting.

So in the audience are applicants.

I mean, so what is an effective neighbor argument or what should they understand going into if they did want to speak on the matter?