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COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 11, 2002 Environmental Specialist Asleson noted Section 11I.A.2 of the proposed Joint Powers Agreement should be amended to state, "A slow no -wake speed -24 hours per day all year in an area to be determined but generally to the North of..." Environmental Specialist Asleson advised staff recommends approval of the Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Centerville, as amended, and approval the first reading of Ordinance 03-02, regulating the surface use of motorized watercraft on Peltier Lake in the Peltier Lake Island area. Councilmember Dahl noted the map from Anoka County depicting their preferred locations for a no - wake zone showed Alternative No. 2 as running 200 feet south of the southern end of the island. She requested the distance of Alternative No. 1 from the southern end of the island. Environmental Specialist Asleson indicated Alternative No. 1 appeared to run slightly less than 400 feet from the southern end of the island. Councilmember Carlson noted two letters had been submitted 8, 2002, but on different letterhead. However, both letters appe She requested confirmation that Anoka County was recomm unless there is a majority of support and testimony towards Specialist Asleson stated this was correct. Anoka County, both dated March ontain similar information. adoption of Alternative No. 2, ative No. 1. Environmental Mayor Bergeson noted there will likely be a number of the audience members would be respectful of opi all audience members who wish to speak to ham ent opinions this evening and he hoped at are different from their own. He wanted ! G ortunity to do so and asked that speakers representing themselves provide their names ,addresses and those representing an agency provide their names and the name of the agency th r , esenting. Mayor Bergeson opened the public h at a Council work session, Rod K the end of the meeting to spe He 50 p.m. He noted when this issue was last discussed r of the City's Environmental Board, waited until Mr. Kukonen to speak first this evening. Mr. Kukonen stated on Febru. 2012 the Environmental Board voted to recommend that the City Council enter into the proposed t Powers Agreement with the City of Centerville. It was the hope of the Board that the proposed ordinance would decrease the amount of noise and physical disturbance in the Peltier Lake island area and encourage the return of the City's symbol, the great blue heron to the nesting sites they have abandoned the last two years. Mr. Kukonen stated the Environmental Board's handbook for planning, conservation and development, which is now part of the City's Comprehensive Plan, suggests buffer areas with a width of approximately 1,000 feet or greater are needed to protect heron rookeries. He stated the Wild Land Urban Interface project, which the Board recently participated in through the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, also looked into this issue and recommended that human activity near the island be restricted. For these reasons, the Environmental Board felt the proposed ordinance was a reasonable request. 4 •