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Orono City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> Monday,January 13,2020 <br /> Council Chambers 5:00 p.m. <br /> AGENDA <br /> PRESENT: Mayor Dennis Walsh, Council Members Richard F. Crosby II, Matt Johnson <br /> and Victoria Seals. Staff members present were City Administrator Dustin Rief,Police Chief <br /> Correy Farniok, Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart, Finance Director Ron <br /> Olson and City Clerk Anna Carlson. <br /> GUESTS: Fire Chief James Van Eyll & Resident Bob Erickson <br /> 1. Discussion of LA19-000063—Special Event Ordinance <br /> Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart opened discussion by asking for <br /> feedback from the City Council in regards to the Special Event Ordinance. Barnhart added <br /> that staff has primarily reexamined what a special event is and not purposely tried to <br /> reintroduce private parties as we did in 2017. Barnhart noted the goal for the Special Event <br /> Ordinance was for cleaning it up and defining what actually could be considered a special <br /> event. Barnhart mentioned the current ordinance focuses more on parades more than <br /> anything else and coincidentally there have been no special event permits issued for parades <br /> in the last two years. In terms of changes in the code, staff is proposing that all fireworks <br /> events must gain final approval from the City Council. <br /> Council Member Matt Johnson asked if a parade was still considered to be a special event. <br /> Johnson mentioned that we have defined special events however, parade is not included in <br /> the verbiage in the ordinance. Johnson also noted the ordinance specifies that a private event <br /> is now defined as 20 parking spaces or more or special services, is that correct. <br /> Police Chief Correy Farniok described that the purpose for the parking number is because not <br /> all private events have a continuous flow of parking therefore a special event permit wouldn't <br /> be required for all private events. <br /> There was discussion of the use of verbiage of private party versus occasional party and <br /> concern about the lack of definitions for some the terms within the draft before them. Staff <br /> will provide a definition and clean up the verbiage so it is clearly defined in the final draft of <br /> the ordinance. <br /> Johnson asked if it is necessary that the Council needs to review the fireworks permits. <br /> Rief mentioned that it is because of the impact it has on residents and to limit the number of <br /> complaints. <br /> There was discussion about the steps which are taken by administration,police, fire and <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />