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• • • recommended by Anoka County, as ammended with an end -date of September 1, 2004. ANALYSIS The purpose of the no -wake zone is to minimize human disturbance to adjacent nesting birds, aquatic vegetation and water quality around the island. The need for buffer areas around nesting birds is well documented. Research indicates the need for at least a 300 -meter nesting and buffer zone for Great Blue Heron nests, and that the birds tend to abandon nests when larger disturbances occur within 500 meters. Butler, 1992. The effects of intensive motorized watercraft use in shallow lake areas is also well documented. The proposed ordinance would establish a no -wake zone North of a line Tying approximately 150 feet north of the southern section lines of Section 10 and 11, Township 31 N, Range 22W starting at the Western shoreline of Peltier Lake extending to the Eastern most edge of Peltier Lake Island, and than angling to the North and intersecting the Eastern shoreline of Peltier Lake at a point on the Marrier Property. (Attachment 1). The exact location of this line is to be described by the Anoka County Survey Department. The defined area, as proposed, is generally consistent with a 500 - meter buffer around the bird nesting habitat. The no wake zone would be in effect 24 hours a day all year. Regulating the use of Lakes in Minnesota is delegated to local governments. Regulation is achieved through local ordinance establishment. There are two local governments involved in the issue of regulating use on Lake Peltier. They are the Cities of Lino Lakes and Centerville. As part of the ordinance adoption process, the two cities will need to pass a joint powers agreement (JPA). The JPA is an agreement between the two cities to jointly adopt and enforce the ordinance requirements. Anoka County would be responsible for posting and notification of this area on the Lake. The Anoka County Sheriff's Department and the Lino Lakes Police Department would be responsible for the enforcement of this ordinance. This would not exclude other law enforcement agencies from enforcing this ordinance. OPTIONS 1. Approve the 2nd Reading of Ordinance 03 -02 regulating the surface use of motorized watercraft on Peltier Lake in the Peltier Lake Island area. 2. Refer back to staff for further review. RECOMMENDATION Option No. 1 ATTACHMENTS 1. General Location Map 2. Ordinance 03 -02