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Louisville for their evaluation, testing, and remediation efforts with the City's various systems. However, he explained that the successful day-to-day operation for a community the size of Louisville depends upon electrical power. He stated that forty-six percent of the electric utilities do not expect to be Y2K ready by the industry's June target date. The industry's analysis of its embedded systems has shown that the Y2K problem places the nation's power supply at risk. He commended the Louisville Police Department for their attempt at raising individual family awareness with their publication on Y2K preparedness, and questioned why the emergency suggestions are being kept relatively 'under wraps.' He felt that the section on meeting with your neighbors and making contingency plans together to deal with a possible Y2K emergency contained very practical recommendations. He invited Council to attend their Y2K awareness events, use due diligence to investigate the Y2K phenomena, and be more open and candid about the need to strengthen the community through simple preparedness. He explained that they are not a survivalist group or doomsday merchants, merely citizens who care about the future of their community. Jo Sherrill, 152 W Elm Street, Louisville, Colorado, explained that is also a member of the Boulder County Y2K Preparedness Group and asked to discuss interconnectness. She agreed that utilities are not secure. Public Service is testing, however, their March target dates have been postponed to September. She stated that sixty-four percent of the health care centers, primarily small hospitals, would not be ready. Transportation and other industries have admitted they don't know where their embedded chips are or how to find them. They are predicting a five-percent failure, which she believes will affect Louisville. She commended the City for upgrading their computers but stated that there are many things that are out of our control, She questioned what they could do if the transportation industry was unable to provide fuel or food as they typically would. She admitted that the power outages will probably be intermittent and suggested that Public Service Company have alternative plans for such outages. She agreed that many people don't want to discuss Y2K due to their fear of creating a panic. She does not believe that systems are as ready as the public is being told. She feels that this community needs to take responsibility to make sure their systems are ready. She urged Council to interface with the community and support the efforts of the Boulder County Y2K Preparedness Group. She requested that Council help distribute information to the community. Mike Hamerly, 238 Harding Court, Louisville, explained that he has lived in Louisville for seven years. He stated that many individuals find the art display at the Louisville Recreation Center either morally offensive or that it serves to legitimize a particular lifestyle. He asked for the City's policy on art displays and questioned the implications of having a policy versus not having a policy. He stated that he and his wife met with Keith Williams, Recreation Center Director, today, who explained that the Louisville Art Association approved the display. Williams stated that the policy is that anything having to do with art must be displayed on this particular wall because it is a public forum and art is considered to be free speech. Hamerly stated that he does not disagree with that and expressed concern that Williams is being forced into mediating a 'culture war.' Williams also explained that there are exceptions to the display policy, i.e. if an art exhibit is overtly pornographic or lewd or obscene, it can be turned down for display. Hamerly