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City Council Meeting Minutes September 5, 2017 Page 14 of 18 Councilmember Leh stated we need to be very careful we don't make the situation worse by regulation The question is what approach to take. He thinks staying the course makes the most sense. We will never get nd of all noise complaints; it is a questions of how you are going to address the complaints The PD doesn't generally police things that aren't being complained about Residents should complain if they want to and an officer should be able to come resolve it easily, the business community has the responsibility to police themselves too. If the move to a decibel level approach is going to get single complaints that may end up shutting down a business activity; is that the power you want to give one resident The PD can educate and resolve issues If regulated as proposed, we are going to get more complaints about the ordinance than about the noise Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated there are concerns, but this proposed ordinance may not be the best approach. He challenged the DBA and BRaD to suggest a different approach and present it to Council Chief Hayes noted the previous lore was the noise ordinance didn't apply downtown and before midnight New direction is to talk to anyone and everyone who has a complaint. The police department is trying to educate people it is okay to call the police and let them try to mediate, resolve and document any issues. Their preference is always to try to resolve the issue without a summons. Councilmember Maloney was supportive of the recommendation to stay the course. He thanked the police department for their efforts Mayor Muckle agreed and also supported Mayor Pro Tem Lipton's suggestion He expressed support for proactive efforts for education and engagement. Mayor Muckle recapped the consensus to follow the Legal Committee recommendation and also to suggest to BRaD and the DBA to discuss this and bring suggested solutions to the Council DISCUSSION/DIRECTION/ACTION — POLICY REGARDING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Councilmember Leh stated the Legal Review Committee (LRC) discussed the policy for non-profit organizations for a long time Most of the stakeholders in this have chimed in and the LRC has a much better policy as a result This was drafted to address several issues in the City's dealings with nonprofit organizations Louisville has a lot of nonprofit organizations, some of which the City supports with grant dollars Some of those associated with City boards have issues of what functions should be independent of City's control legal liability; how much staff assistance to provide if any; and issues of compliance with open records and open meeting rules The City needs to treat nonprofit organizations consistently across the board. This would not apply to any nonprofit that