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City Council Meeting Minutes October 20, 2015 Page 5 of 26 Fiscal Impact Limiting events would likely reduce permit and park rental revenue Adjustments to the fee structure could pass along more of the costs the City is currently covering to event organizers PUBLIC COMMENTS Tom Pathe, 901 Rex Street, Louisville, CO, has lived in Louisville for 20 years and felt the City has gotten lopsided toward commercial interests and evaluates the events on how much they can get. He noted a local restaurant has music so loud, it can be heard five blocks away He felt this is an insult and a disregard for people who live within the circumference of these events He did not feel the residents have any voice in the matter Lindalee Schwinnen, 729 Front Street, Suite B, Louisville, CO, Director, Louisville Chamber of Commerce read a letter from Nick Saia, who could not attend the meeting Mr Saia felt the permitting process should limit competing events to ensure similar events are not placed in close temporal proximity to each other He witnessed the effect of a new beer festival in Louisville, the Rocky Mountain Pizza and Pints Festival, held on July 18, 2015 in Community Park The City of Louisville had previously approved the 2nd annual Pints in the Park Beer Festival sponsored by the Louisville Chamber held on August 29, 2015 in Community Park Having similar events in close temporal proximity in the same venue creates a duplication of the noise and inconvenience for the same neighbors on multiple days and dilutes the success of each event. This occurred with substantially lower numbers of attendees and revenue for the Chamber from this year's Pints in the Park Beer Festival. Shelley Angell, 901 Main Street, Louisville, CO and Sarah Giammaria, Louisville Chamber of Commerce, recommended the City implement a policy, which restricts the events similar to the ones already taking place. One example was the Chambers Pints in the Park Event, which they introduced in 2014 and was a great success. The Chamber secured their permits with the City in 2015 and were surprised to learn the City permitted a similar event two weeks before titled Pizza and Pints in the Park. This caused a lot of confusion between the two events and created a negative impact for the Chamber They believe once an organization brings in an event, it should not be duplicated Andy Johnson, 920 Lincoln Avenue, Louisville, CO, explained he is the President of the Sonic Boom Racing Team, a local competitive racing team, which hosts the Lucky Pie Race Criterion This year was the Colorado State Championship for Criterions, which included 500 participants and 100 children participants Their team was awarded best all-around team in Colorado For five years the race course was in the downtown area and this year it was at Community Park They leased Community Park for the entire day and received very positive feedback from the residents He stressed alcohol is not