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City Council Minutes <br />February 4, 2019 <br />Page 5 <br />Council recessed at 6:55 p.m. in order to go into work session. Council reconvened <br />at 6:59 p.m. <br />Mayor Dietz asked that item 10.2 be discussed prior to 10.1 to allow Golf Course <br />Manager Chris Singer to arrive. <br />10.2 Institutional Uses in the Downtown District. <br />Mr. Carlton presented his staff report. <br />Mayor Dietz stated he believes an ordinance amendment should be adopted to allow <br />inpatient health care facilities in the Downtown District. <br />Councilmember Ovall believes the definition of institutional uses may be too broad <br />and questioned if the definition of inpatient healthcare facilities could be segmented <br />as there may be some uses not appropriate for the downtown area. <br />Councilmember Christianson would be interested in checking with other cities on <br />their definitions. <br />Councilmember Westgaard is fine with how the current definition reads and feels <br />like it properly defines institutional uses. He preferred leaving the definition as -is <br />limiting institutional uses in the Downtown District to worship facilities only. He <br />noted difficulty in crafting an ordinance that's too specific. <br />Councilmember Ovall agreed with Councilmember Westgaard indicating he is in <br />favor of a broader definition but he would still like to explore the pros and cons of <br />getting more granular with the definition. <br />Mayor Dietz questioned how long the definition was in our ordinance. Mr. Carlton <br />indicated that the institutional use was defined in city ordinance in 1988. <br />Councilrnember Wagner believes the change in 2018 to limit institutional uses in <br />downtown to worship facilities only was made for a reason and she's not convinced <br />it should be changed back. She added that downtown is still working on defining <br />who they are and she believes it may be appropriate to hold a conversation about <br />what we do and do not want to see downtown. <br />Mayor Dietz indicated a majority seem to agree with the definition as written but <br />would like staff to research with our peer communities the definitions of healthcare <br />facility and to what extent institutional uses can be segmented in the Downtown <br />District and city-wide. <br />10.1 Pinewood Golf Course Contract <br />P a I IR I I 8 1 <br />N A TURA <br />