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I City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 24 , 2012 Page 6 2 Council member Stille -No report. 3 4 Councilmember Gray -No report. 5 6 Councilmember Jen son reported on the C ity Council's attendance at the July 23 rd joint meeting 7 with the School Board and City Council work session. 8 9 Mayor Faust reported on his attendance at the following: 10 • Jul y 91h Regional Council of Mayors meeting. II • July 10lh MWMO Board meeting. 12 • July 171h Chamber of Commerce members hip board meeting. 13 • July 23 rd City Council meeting with the School District. 14 15 Mayo r Faust reminded the C ity Council of the upcoming "View from the Big River" on July 31 51 16 from 4:30-8:30 p .m. 17 18 VIII . COMMUNITY FORUM. 19 20 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Co uncil on item s that 2 1 are not on the re g ul a r agenda. 22 23 Mr. Ken Brown, 3422 Silver Lane, appeared before the City Co uncil and stated he previously 2 4 sent an email to the C ity Co uncil requ esting that the Fire Code be changed related to outdoor 25 grilling because the current Code prohibits residents of Evergreen Townhomes from grilling on 26 their decks and patios. He recited provi s ions from the old Fire Code and an Appendix Hand 27 s tated the C it y adopted Appendix H in 2008, particularly Section 1.1 and 1.2 , but did not adopt 28 the exception . He stated he met with the acting Fire Marshal to discuss the definition of s tructure 29 and indicated in order for Evergreen re s idents to grill , they have to move their grills 15 ' away 30 from any s tru c ture, which means moving it off their deck and into an area 15 ' away. He s ta ted 31 Section 1.2 addresses storage of fuel and requires that LP tank s be remo ve d from the grill after 32 each use and s tored in the garage, which seems unreasonable and unsafe. He indicated it appears 33 to be okay to grill close to any other part of your structure such as in front of your garage. He 34 questioned why the Code does not apply to homeowners and require them to move their grills 35 15' away from their deck and he feels the Code is unreasonable for townhome resident s . He 36 added the Code also talks about open flames and a candle is an open flame so re s idents cannot 37 use citronella candles on their decks. He requested that the City Council take the initiative to 38 develop a consistent set of rules that would enable townhome residents to g rill. 39 40 Mr. Jeny John , 3456 Silver Lane, appeared before the City Council and discussed a situation 41 where someone was grilling on their deck and melted the siding material. He indicated he 42 s uggested that Mr. Brown investigate this situation further and assumed that a Fire Code 43 violation would result in a letter being sent to the resident but Mr. Brown launched an 44 investigation to learn ifhe could get around this situation and/or the Code by sending a letter to 45 residents s uggesting that the y move their grills from their decks and s tating the Fire Department 46 does not enforce the rule in any event, which is not true. He stated if there are rules or