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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSIONSeptember 23, 2013 <br />DRAFT <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />1 <br />MINUTES <br />2 <br />3 <br />DATE:September 23, 2013 <br />4 <br />TIME STARTED:5:30p.m. <br />5 <br />TIME ENDED:6:30 p.m. <br />6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Council Member Stoesz,Rafferty,Roeser <br />7 <br />and Mayor Reinert <br />8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Council Member O’Donnell <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development <br />12 <br />Director Michael Grochala; City Engineer Jason Wedel; Public Safety Director John <br />13 <br />Swenson; City Clerk Julie Bartell <br />14 <br />15 <br />1. Deer Management Program (Mayor Reinert) <br />–Mayor Reinert noted that he had <br />16 <br />met the previous Friday with staff to discuss this matter because he felt theremay have <br />17 <br />been some lack of understanding on the facts surrounding this subject. One element of <br />18 <br />the recent council action brings in a bow hunters organization to do hunting in a specified <br />19 <br />area and report on their efforts. In the meantime, he’s interested in hearing what other <br />20 <br />cities are doing. <br />21 <br />22 <br />Council Member Roeser mentioned that he doesn’t understand why certain areas of the <br />23 <br />city are excluded from bow hunting. He is seeing that honest people are finding <br />24 <br />themselves on the opposite end of the law because there seem to be too many regulations <br />25 <br />or perhaps theyare too vague. Also he’s heard some discussion about speed limits <br />26 <br />impacting the need for deer management (lower speed equals less need for management) <br />27 <br />but in the excluded SE quadrant of the city,he sees some major roadways where deer <br />28 <br />would be moving. As far as the accident counts, he noted that close encounters aren’t <br />29 <br />showing up in figures.He believes that, to be clear,hunting rights should be equal <br />30 <br />throughout the city. <br />31 <br />32 <br />Mayor Reinert suggested that the council discussion of the matter should continue at a <br />33 <br />futurework session. It’s really a matter of deciding what’sbest for this city. It isn’t <br />34 <br />going to be possible to impact hisyear’s hunting season more–because it takes time to <br />35 <br />make changes. <br />36 <br />37 <br />Administrator Karlson explained the actions the council has already taken this year. An <br />38 <br />ordinance was passed that opens up an area of the city to the same rules already present <br />39 <br />for the rest of the city. In addition a contract was authorized that will allow the Metro <br />40 <br />Bowhunters Resource Base (MBRB)to do managed hunts on certain city lands. <br />41 <br />42 <br />There were residents present in the audience who offered their questions and ideas about <br />43 <br />hunting in the city. <br />44 <br />45 <br />1 <br /> <br />