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Ms. Bakken indicated she probably should not have included that in the <br />presentation, but it is restaurants, like a sushi restaurant, that has high risk foods <br />that are being served, like undercooked foods and that kind of thing. <br />Chair Ficek indicated along with the coordination with Ramsey County, <br />Ms. Bakken talked about not wanting to confuse them with multiple agencies, so <br />he thought that was apoint that needs to be explored more. In terms of the penalties, <br />a bunch was shown, and he wondered if it was a one-time thing or how does it <br />work. <br />Ms. Bakken explained that is a great point. She would need to look back at the City <br />Code because she was not sure if there was a specific number of violations where <br />that fee starts to increase for repeat offenders and maybe something to be <br />considered. She honestly did not know how often those fines are enforced and if <br />any restaurants are actually being charged, but she would check with the staff <br />members she has been talking to about it. <br />Chair Ficek indicated Ms. Bakken talked about caterers and how they would be <br />exempt, he wondered about hospitals and nursing homes and why the City would <br />exempt them. <br />Ms. Bakken explained because their food systems are pretty highly regulated as far <br />as what is being ordered and where it is being ordered from, staff thought it was a <br />little too burdensome to try to ask them to try to comply with those kinds of things. <br />There is a lot of prepacked food as well that she thought comes from different <br />medical catering companies. <br />Chair Ficek asked if six months was enough time for staff to gather the input <br />needed. <br />Ms. Bakken felt it would be enough time to set up two or three focus conversations <br />and maybe online surveys to gather more information and would give staff a lot of <br />information to work from. <br />Ms. Bakken continued her presentation with the plastic bag ordinance. <br />Member Mueller agreed with the staff recommendation. <br />The Commission concurred with staff recommendation. <br />7. Street Name Change Update <br />Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer Jennifer Lowry reviewed the street <br />name change update with the Commission. <br />• <br />