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Mr. Tarver said we are trying to treat everyone the same and not giving anyone special treatment. Ms. Michelotti preferred that the Liaison Committee be given a chance to talk with the Fair Board with the message that has been heard from the property owners, which is different from prior indications. Let the Liaison Committee hear out the other side and bring up the new concerns. She doesn't want to force the Board to come back with a conditional use permit application. Mr. Pico stated that the Council has received a letter from the Fair Board stating what it feels is its legal position on this issue. He felt this might be the case to test the authority. He felt whatever action is taken will result in litigation, because the Fair Board had clearly indicated what its position is. The Board disagrees with the City being in control of what happens on that property at all. He did not believe that the Fair Board will voluntarily comply to any requests. If we want to send the Liaison Committee to ask them to comply one last time, that is f'me with him. Ms. Dennis indicated she was hearing more than the light issue. She felt that the failure to be them on the Fairgrounds is causing problems such as health concerns. She felt it is Council 's job to protect the people who live in the City and she believed that the Fair Board understands and respects that. Council is not saying it will deny every application of the Fair Board. It is saying "please work with us because there are serious concerns that are developing". Them are serious concerns and she hoped the Board would work with the Liaison Committee to solve them. Ms. Acosta commented that it was a good idea to give the Fair Board a chance to respond before taking action. Also Council had talked about a new process for major projects when Council had its workshop. Whether to takB forward the land use fight with the Fairgrounds was talked about and Council chose not to do that. It was not as high a priority as all the other issues you were facing for the community. What was talked about, was first raising the issue by the Liaison Committee with the Board and then secondly bringing back what would be involved. Mayor Tarver stated that it was the intent of the motion that if the Liaison Committee cannot get the Fair Board to comply voluntarily, then it would come back to Council as a separate item. Mr. Roush stated that it doesn't have to be the Fair Board itself who is the applicant. Normally the City would deal with the business. The City may not have to force the issue about land use authority. The message can be one of telling the operator that there is a City process that the operator needs to follow. It may have to be scheduled for a closed session so it can be discussed what some of the options might be in terms of purSuing that. 11/28/95 -14-