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City Council Meeting Minutes October 2, 2023 Page 5 of 14 Councilmember Dickinson stated he is concerned we would be doing a lot of work but wouldn't see a huge change as our neighbors are not doing this, He thinks that without residential enforcement we won't see a big difference. He would like to include incentives to get people to change out their lights sooner than later. Councilmember Leh stated he is concerned about the cost to businesses to implement. He would like to see more incentives to help people do this. Brackett Hogstad stated staff plans to create an incentive/rebate program once they know what the regulations will be. Councilmember Leh asked what the cost of enforcement would be. Brackett Hogstad stated that as written it could be done by existing staff. A full education program will be created if the ordinance is approved. Public Comments — None. Councilmember Most stated she likes some things in the ordinance but it may make any real differences and if that is the case it may not be worth requiring people to do it. Councilmember Hoefner stated we might consider phasing this in with design guidelines before we impose standards. We might like more time to see what the impacts and costs are before we implement it. Councilmember Hamlington noted that there are benefits even if we don't meet 100% dark sky lighting goals. She would like to see movement towards a goal, progress is important. The delta between new lighting with or without dark skies is not known. She stated she likes the ordinance and it makes good progress which is better than doing nothing at this point. Mayor Maloney stated that the estimate that a quarter of homes already meet this goal is due to a previous City program. He stated his concern is the cost impacts to businesses. He stated this may be a time to take action on principal even knowing surrounding communities may not join in. He supports the ordinance as written. Mayor Pro Tern Fahey stated she also supports it as written. There are many things this will help with and it is a good first step. Incentives can be the next step. Councilmember Hoefner asked for this to go into effect with a slightly longer time frame to get people in process a chance to come into compliance. Councilmember Dickinson clarified this does not affect current buildings that are not taking actions that triggers these rules. He stated he doesn't see a major negative impact to the community but it also doesn't have a huge positive impact either. He stated he is willing to support it but is concerned the next steps on incentives and addressing parking lighting will get done.