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MINUTGS CITY COUNCIL JULY 9, 1997 variance is lpproved, the Council is then f'lced the next request and then the next. At some point the line must be drawn. Pedeisen stlted that he untlerstlnds where thc churcl~ is coming (~rom, but Che chw'ch must ~mderstand that the Council will be taced not just with this situaYion, but a bunch oi'otheis as welL Any lction the Council tai<es h~s ramiCcations into t~he future. Alsop su~;ested th~t if iC were the St. Paul Cathetlral a way would be fo~n~d to exempt thxt building from the installltion of a sprinlder system. Alsop su~~ested th<it the L3uildin~ Official sho~ild go t'o worl< and contact the State Fire M~rshall as well as ~(~ew other cit~ies to [ry and identify o~~tions. Also~ i'elt' Seetion 1306 was not a gootl law. Pahey stated that Aisop may be right, but~ su~~ested that LDS was before the wron~ body ~nd shoulcl be cont~ictin~ t~he Legislature to t~y to get the Iaw chan~ed. P~hey su~gest~ed that~ if c~n tind a w<iy to resolve tl~e situation, l~e was not adverse to addressing the iss~ie a~~in. However, he has not I~eard anything t6is evenin~ that would permit th~tt Fahey su~gested Yhat i{'The church comes up with 1lternatives that 1eg211y can~ly with the statute, they sho~iltl present~ them t'o st~xfEwl~o will then schedule tliscussion of Che issue on ~ Co~incil a~enda. Moreltin encour~iged thc ch~u~ch not to dweil on the ne~etive aspects ofthis issue. 'i'here tire advantt~ges in sprinl<lin~ a builtling from both a life safety £is~~ect as well as cosC savings in ins~irance premiums. Morelan enco~u'~gec1 the ehurch to clwell on thes~ positive as~.~ects Alsop reported that Che church is self insurecL Alsop also indicated that tl~e cl~urch is concerned flnd does xcldress life safety iss~ies, pointin3 out th~t their facilities have smol<e detectois and heat sensors. Not 1 sin~le life has ever been lost in an LDS church. Fflhey indicated th<it he appreciates the presentation, buC noted there is nothing that Che Cit~y can do shorr ol'repealing Section 1306. If the church comes up with differenC opt~ions, F~ahey encoura~ed that information to be ~resented to the Council. CONSENT Mr. Morelan introd~iced the tollowin~ resolution and moved its adoption: AGENDA RF,SO/.UTLONNO. J7-7-161 --APPROI~lNCr Tf~IGCONSF.NT AGENDA 6~/~IIC7~l CUN'/'f11N.S 7'flE l~'(IL/.OW/NG: