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Councilmember Thorne asked and Ms. Ott confirmed that under the staff recommendation, a business within the core zone could generate as much as 80 decibels and still achieve 60 decibels at the residential line. Ms. Ott noted that this would however exceed the 74 decibels allowed. Mayor Hosterman said also received many emails and phone calls from those concerned with maintaining the central core area as recommended by the Task Force. She said she would support that recommendation, as opposed to staffs, and that she would prefer not to apply the more lax requirements for Friday and Saturday to Thursday. Councilmember Sullivan said he served on the Task Force and found it to be a very lopsided committee that was heavily skewed towards business interests. He stressed the work that Mr. Fialho and staff did in crafting a compromise that balances the needs of businesses and residents. The transition area was a significant component of that compromise and at one point, there was general agreement by the Task Force to support the changes. The very next meeting, staffs hard work was overturned in what was a very controversial backtracking on a compromise that took a long time to come to. He noted that both Councilmembers and one Planning Commissioner voted against the EVC and PDA recommendation in favor of the staff recommendation, which he continues to support. He felt that approving the guidelines as recommended by the EVC and PDA would be akin to stabbing residents in the back and not at all representative of what the outcome of this 12-month process should be. Mayor Hosterman said the idea of the exercise is to address the guidelines in a meaningful way and that she liked what the Task Force and community had come up with. She acknowledged the compromise prepared by staff but said she would prefer to see the guidelines implemented fully before grappling with what changes might best benefit the combined interests of the community. Councilmember Cook-Kallio said she could support the expanded transition zone, provided there would be a simple process for those wishing to convert to the core zone. She reiterated her position that the expanded buffer does little to change anything for residents either in terms of noise or other impacts. Her real concern, which was not suitably addressed, is how to mitigate the behavioral nuisances that tend accompany public drunkenness. Enforcement of the guidelines relies largely on resident's complaints and the resources available to the Police Department at any given time. Nor does this address the broader issue of reduced personnel, lower budgets, and increased activity. Mayor Hosterman concurred and said the Council has had more than one discussion regarding the ill effects of a thriving downtown. At the same time, she felt it was very important to allow the community to embrace the guidelines before making any larger sweeping changes. MOTION: It was m/s by Cook-Kallio/McGovern to approve the staff recommendation with the caveat that those with businesses adjoining the core area could easily petition to be reassigned to the core area. Councilmember Thorne said he served on the Task Force, is a member of the EVC, and was one of those who voted against the Task Force's action. While he supported the EVC's recommendations, he felt they needed at least one additional meeting to reach greater consensus. He said he also had issues with the conflicting noise standards mentioned earlier, which would allow for 80 decibels at the commercial property line while still achieving 60 decibels or less at the residential property line. He said he felt it would likely be an easier process to move properties from the transition zone into the core zone than vice versa. He said he tended to favor the staff recommendation and would support the motion, but request clarification on Councilmember Cook-Kallio's definition of"easy" in this context. Councilmember Cook-Kallio said she did not wish for it to be overly cumbersome for either owners or staff. She suggested an initial period during which someone could simply petition to have a property in 14