07-06-2015 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 6, 2015 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : July 6, 2015 5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 9:30 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, Kusterman, 8 Rafferty, Roeser and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 10 11 12 Staff members present: Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City 13 Planner Katie Larsen; Public Safety Director John Swenson; Public Services Director 14 Rick DeGardner; City Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 1. Blue Heron Days, Tavern on Main Concert- Public Safety Director Swenson 17 explained that this matter is being brought forward because of past discussions about 18 noise from the concert and also because the event sponsor, Chad Wagner, has expressed 19 concerns about the cost of having two officers at the event. In preparation for a 20 discussion, the police department has reviewed police call data relating to the event, 21 mostly having to do with individuals having a high level of intoxication. They have met 22 with Mr. Wagner and discussed ways to deal with concerns about over serving of alcohol 23 at the event. Mr. Wagner has submitted a plan to prevent over service including server 24 training Mr. Swenson noted that the city resident who expressed concerns about noise 25 in 2014, Mr. Heimann, was present. 26 27 Mayor Reinert noted that the city has attempted to control the impact of the event in the 28 past by placing conditions on the permit, including limiting music to midnight, and by 29 performing noise monitoring. He called upon Mr. Hermann for his comments. 30 31 City resident Jon Herman told the council that he doesn't have anything new to report 32 since his appearance in 2014. He remains concerned about the level and constant noise 33 of the bass at these events. The music itself isn't the issue to him but specifically the 34 bass. The mayor concurred that the bass can be a problem and asked if that level can be 35 tested. 36 37 The council discussed with Mr. Wagner ways to address concerns about noise, including 38 but not limited to, including the neighborhood in the event by providing free admission, 39 continued noise monitoring, etc. Mr. Wagner said he will have a discussion with the 40 professionals that provide the sound engineering and see what can be done to bring down 41 the bass. Mayor Reinert remarked that there may be some way to blanket the noise to the 42 event area (an acoustic sound blanket?), to keep it from traveling. 43 44 Council Member Rafferty noted that Mr. Wagner holds a similar event in the city of Hugo 45 so that city must also deal with issues. Mr. Wagner said the Hugo law enforcement 1