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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION August 5, 2013 <br />APPRO VED <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : August 5, 2013 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 8:20 p.m. 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council M ember Stoesz , O’Donnell, 7 <br /> Rafferty , and Mayor Reinert 8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Roeser 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Finance Director Al Rolek; 12 <br />Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Planner Katie Larsen; Finance 13 <br />Director Al Rolek; Public Safety Director John Swenson; City Engineer Jason Wedel; 14 <br />Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; Police Sergeant Kyle Leibel ; City Clerk Julie 15 <br />Bartell 16 <br /> 17 <br />1. Deer Management – Public Safety Director Swenson and Sergeant Lei bel presented 18 <br />the Lino Lakes Whitetail Deer Management Review, 2013 Update. The report includes 19 <br />information on vehicle/deer collisions over the past decade, Anoka County Parks 20 <br />Department hunt , and considerations for city deer management. Options for the city are 21 <br />opening up areas where hunting is c urrently banned and/or provide for a free group to do 22 <br />controlled hunting on city controlled property. When the Mayor asked if it is a Police 23 <br />Department goal to reduce the number of deer accidents in the city, Ch ief Swenson said 24 <br />that a reduction has occurred already to a certain extent showing that what is taking place 25 <br />is working. The question is if the city wants to do more; he feels the biggest impact will 26 <br />always be what Anoka County plans to do in the regional park area. Sergeant Leibel 27 <br />pointed out , in regard to vehicle co llisions, the roadways with lower speed limit s don’t 28 <br />necessar il y have a problem because people have time to stop. Also the wildcard is that 29 <br />the city does allow bow hunting already and so th e number of deer taken that way is hard 30 <br />to account for. 31 <br /> 32 <br />A representative of the Metro Bowhunters Resource Base (MBRB) was present. When 33 <br />asked about their services, he offered that the organization does about twenty managed 34 <br />hunts per year. The organiza tion is run very professionally and only qualified archers are 35 <br />allowed to participate. Regarding safety questions, all hunts are planned and then 36 <br />documented. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Chief Swenson explained that if the city were to go with the MBRB plan, the council 39 <br />would have to authorize hunting on that land where it is currently banned (by ordinance) 40 <br />and the police department would do a communication effort, He recommends that city 41 <br />residents be allowed to hunt in those areas also. Council Member Rafferty asked about 42 <br />the d ista nce that an arrow can travel and the MBRB representative explained that shots 43 <br />are not allowed past 20 yards. Council Member Roeser noted that the city’s regulations 44 <br />on feeding deer should be strictly enforced – that would help with the deer popu latio n as 45