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COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 OPEN MIKE Swearing in of Police Officers, Mike Monson, Adam Halverson, James Carroll — Chief Pecchia introduced and gave the background of each of the three -(3) new officers. Mayor Bergeson swore in the new officers and congratulated them. PROCLAMATION, Resolution No. 01-151, Domestic Violence Awareness Month — Chief Pecchia read the Domestic Violence Awareness Proclamation that designates October as National Violence Awareness Month. Council Member Dahl moved to adopt Resolution No. 01 — 151, as presented. Council Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Resolution No. 01— 151 can be found in the City Clerk's office. Mr. Michael Stratton, 1157 Main Street, came forward and indicated he is skate park. He stated it is very noisy and is causing a problem. Some because it is a nuisance. He added it is also very dangerous and is appy about the new ld be done about it Ms. Ina Liljedahl, came forward and stated she has info ons about a new law being referred to as the Saviors Law. She indicated she has b iden or 28 years and has worked with the state on making laws. She stated she ma • e " in• fes and did get additional information about the law. She was referred to Mr. Blaire Tr ear `: + he left a message for her. She played the tape of the message with his comments re ... :"' om g laws. He indicated on his message that the change in the law only applies to reside ` f + rty. µ e also indicated to her in person that the changes only apply to residential .. e . was put into place for residential property and does not apply to commercial ,.:. She . ated there seems to be a lot of confusion. She proposed that the Council direct theo o contact the General State Attorney's office regarding this issue. She stated ther 's eno • $, information that the City may be in a different position than it believes it is in. She i ' . : d did present this information last Friday and asked if anything has been resolved yet. City Attorney Hawkins stated he contacted the League of Minnesota Cities and several other attorneys. He stated there is no issue regarding the legislation and it does not apply only to residential. Ms. Liljedahl stated she would like to see something in writing regarding this issue. City Attorney Hawkins stated the Attorney General does give opinions, but they are only advisory. He indicated he does not feel he needs to speak to the Attorney General. He noted the specialists he spoke with regarding this issue and said they all gave him the same opinion. Ms. Liljedahl stated that this does change the way the City does business and under the circumstances this issue should be further investigated. It seems that the new law came in effect at the eleventh hour 2