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107 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby certifies that, to the best of each member's knowledge, (i) only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by Virginia law were discussed in the closed meeting to which this certification resolution applies, and (ii) only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were heard, discussed or considered by the Council. COUNCIL CHAMBER - June 4, 2001 Council met in regular session on this date with the following members present: Mr. Caravati, Mr. Cox, Mr. Lynch, Ms, Richards, Mr. Toscano. AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS: GROPEN DESIGN AND PRINTING Mr. Caravati presented the City's Business Recognition Award to Mr. Neal Gropen of Gropen Design and Printing. PUBLIC Mr. Lloyd Smith, Park Street, expressed concern that the request for permit parking on Park Lane East has been stalled because staff want to include all of the apartments on the comer of Park Street and Park Lane East in the survey. Mr. Smith said that his reading of the ordinance would not include the apartments in the survey, and he asked Council to instruct staffto move forward with this. Mr. Clyde Gouldman, City Attorney, said that he reads the ordinance differently than Mr. Smith and feels that the apartments should be included in the survey. Mr. Kenneth Jackson, 712 Ridge Street, thanked Mr. Toscano, Ms. Richards, Mr. Caravati, Mr. O'Connell and Police Chief Longo for the way they responded to a situation recently. Mr. Jackson said citizens need to be involved in helping the community. PUBLIC HEARING: SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTMENTS Mr. Caravati said that the deadline for School Board applications has been extended to June 15th to allow time to solicit more applicants, and encouraged all interested citizens to consider applying. PUBLIC HEARING: NOISE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS (MUSIC ON ORDINANCE DOWNTOWN MALL Mr. O'Connell said that concerns were raised last year by residents and merchants on the downtown mall about loud music and noise in general. Mr. O'Connell said that the proposed ordinance relies on decibel levels. Mr. Gouldman explained that First Amendment issues are involved in regulating noise levels, but Council can make reasonable regulations. Mr. Gouldman explained that noise ordinances in other communities have been researched and the proposed ordinance is modeled after Alexandria's ordinance which sets a limits of 75 decibels between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. and 65 decibels between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a. rrr for noise audible a distance of greater than 100 feet. The public hearing was opened. Mr. David Dupont, 1012 Grove Street, asked that the public hearing be rescheduled because two dates were for hearing were advertised and the ordinance was not available until May 30th. Mr. Dupont said there was bias in the notification process and lack of time to review the proposal. Mr. Dupont said First Amendment issues are involved.