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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />July 30, 2019 <br />Page 7 of 8 <br />Councilmember Loo stated it behooves us to let other municipalities to go through the <br />hard work and wait for that information If we have a moratorium we have to act on <br />changes and move the process forward as it would be temporary and we can't have serial <br />moratoria. It is more cost effective and responsible for us to allow other cities to test the <br />legal risk and wait to see what happens <br />Councilmember Maloney stated we are trying to gauge the risk of a moratorium City <br />Attorney Kelly stated it would be defensible for more than one extension on a moratorium <br />if the City Council is actively working on rules, at least for a reasonable time <br />Councilmember Maloney stated both tools could work but the moratorium may be safer <br />Councilmember Stolzmann stated starting working on rules will require we take other <br />projects off the work plan It might take more staff time and money than it is worth <br />City Attorney Kelly stated if the Council wants a moratorium the City would have to show <br />they are making progress on rules with the clear goal of drafting regulations <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton would like a quick moratorium to be clear we are not open for <br />business <br />Councilmember Keany stated a moratorium may encourage people to apply for a permit <br />to get it in as soon as possible <br />Mayor Muckle noted the risk is very low now because of the geology There are <br />advantages to not having a moratorium and upsetting the oil and gas industry for no <br />reason He stated that because the risk is so low #3 makes sense To invest the time and <br />effort on new rules and to create public uproar seems unnecessary right now <br />City Attorney Kelly stated one consideration is that the approach in #3 has not been court - <br />tested <br />Councilmember Keany supports #3 to allow the City the most options at the least cost. <br />City Manager Balser stated some municipalities are well along the way with regulations <br />and we can use that information as a basis for ours, but a significant effort and large <br />amount of staff time would be needed for this as well as a funding allocation <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated we will need to make an effort in the next year or so due to <br />the new state laws and changes in technology regardless of the cost. Our residents will <br />want us to do this <br />Councilmember Loo stated she is comfortable with #3 and waiting for the work of other <br />municipalities that we can piggyback on The risk is low for us due to the geology A <br />moratorium is a financial and time commitment we may not be ready to make <br />