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TO: Mayor Keis and Members of City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: August 9, 2017 RE: Update – Hoggsbreath Conditions Since the agenda memo went out, a few additional comments have been received. They are as follows: • From Tom Duray - I have an idea that might work out better for controlling the noise on the patio. That noise I believe is coming more from the top of patio smoking area. The lower deck area is kind of hidden and much lower so the sound doesn't from it as well. The upper part is higher and I think the crowd noise carries over the top of the block wall. If we put Plexiglas all along the east patio Windows I believe that would greatly reduce the sound traveling towards Terrace Heights. • From Tom Duray - I was going through the conditions you sent me and had questions on two items. The first involved clearing the deck of patrons at 1:00 A.M. I don't recall talking about that at the meeting on Wednesday. We could turn off the music at 1:00 A.M. What we have been doing is stopping the music at 1:30 and let everyone finished their drinks and leave in a controlled manner so everyone doesn't leave at one time. However, if we push the people from the patio at 1:00 AM into the bar area, that will cause everyone to start leaving at the same time and could cause more problems outside. If we stop the music at 1:00 A.M., basically everyone will get up and leave on their own in more of a spaced out time. The second item was the checking of purses and wanting with a metal detector would only be done on Fridays and Saturday nights and everything else done seven days a week and we would have the metal detector available on other days if there was someone who looked suspicious. Note: I told Tom he was correct that the intent was the weekends or when there was entertainment. From Rich Clark of Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department:  You may want to consider no sports team apparel for dress code as these are known to be gang identifiers.  I would suggest he have a minimum of 2 security officers in the parking lot doing aggressive patrols at all times after 10 pm. Do not allow any loitering in the lot.  I would suggest the “clearing notice” to be announced at 1:30 a.m. when the music stops (so people will actually hear it). Lights should also be turned up at this point for safety and to get some people to push out early to avoid issues. We also received an anonymous letter regarding the conditions we are considering. It is attached for your review. 2