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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION - May 20,2019 <br />The item was temporarily recessed to veri$ the number of votes needed to change the ordinance. <br />The City Attorney was reached by telephone and said the vote would need to be a simple majority. <br />Councilmember Holmes recommended they have a public hearing to amend the ordinance. Or <br />they could repass the ordinance with the exception excluding tobacco shops. <br />Mayor Grant suggested simply amending the ordinance to grandfather in the existing business. <br />Councilmember McClung said to be sure it won't allow for resale of the existing business, <br />enlarging or moving the store. <br />Staff was directed to delay enforcement of the ordinance, and to have the City Attomey draft <br />language to grandfather in the store that has 90Yo of its sales in tobacco, allowing only the existing <br />business, existing location, and existing owner. Item to be brought forward at a future Council <br />meeting. <br />C. CTV A/V Report <br />CTV Executive Director Dana Healy stated they had recommendations related to equipment <br />updates. The equipment is currently standard definition and they would like to upgrade to high <br />definition. Ease of use is vital to have multiple backup users from CTV staff. Camera shots are <br />currently limited so they would like to take the cameras out of the cubbies. They would like to <br />give more connectivity options to the presentation stand. <br />CTV Technical Manager Pat Cook said the current equipment is functional but obsolete. With <br />new equipment there will be a better product put out, webstreams will be in HD and widescreen. <br />There are three parts to the broadcast: camera and production system, audio system and <br />presentation system. The projector and dais monitors are functioning, but they would like to <br />upgrade and replace the monitors. Microphones and speakers are working but they would like to <br />replace the audio board with a new processor with digital signal. Upgrade suggestions include the <br />production system, parts of the presentation system, and parts of the audio system. New <br />microphones may help with cell phone interference. <br />CTV Technical Manager Cook briefly discussed the approximate timeline schedule for design <br />and installation. He noted that much of the equipment comes with maintenance contracts and the <br />upgrade with make our equipment interchangeable with other contract cities. <br />CTV Executive Director Healy noted the list of suggested equipment pricing includes the more <br />expensive level of camera and updated microphones, so there are some areas that cost savings are <br />possible. <br />CTV Technical Manager Cook mentioned that they wanted to be as complete as possible, but <br />some items could be eliminated. <br />City Administrator Perrault said there is a balance of approximately $230,000 in the cable fund. <br />$40,000 is budgeted this year and $40,000 next year for equipment replacement.