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Anoka County Parks Department 2012 Hunt Report & 2013 Update Based on spring 2012 aerial herd counts, Anoka County Park hunt coordinators set a harvest objective of 30 — 50 deer for their 2012 park archery season. At the end of the hunting season, the Anoka County Parks Department reported that their permitted hunters harvested a total of 47 deer from the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park throughout the 2012 archery hunting season. No aerial deer population survey was conducted in the winter/spring, 2013. According to the hunt coordinator, the expansion of their survey requirements and high costs of flight time has forced them to switch to conducting aerial surveys every two years. The next aerial survey is scheduled for February or March of 2014. In a meeting with an Anoka County Park hunt coordinator on July 23, 2013, the crash map visual was reviewed and we specifically discussed the problem location from the 7300 to 7500 block of Lake Dr. where the density of vehicle v. deer collisions was noticeably higher than most other areas. Because it's likely that the deer population along this part of Lake Dr. come from the Anoka County Park herd, the hunt coordinator agreed to hold an additional controlled hunt in the area behind the Lino Lakes Civic Complex in the fall of 2013 in an effort to remove more deer from that portion of the park. Other areas of county park property were reviewed to see how hunting might be used to impact deer numbers. No other areas of County Park owned lands in Lino Lakes were identified as potential hunting zones where hunts could be safely conducted. There will be 100 permits issued to archery hunters in 2013 for the designated hunting zones within the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park. The county park archery hunt will run from October 19 through December 31. 2013. Considerations for 2013 Amend Ordinance 504.02 to allow archery hunting: The West Central and Southwest portion of Lino Lakes is currently closed to any type of hunting by ordinance #504.02 (2). The closing of this area to all hunting was adopted by the Lino Lakes City Council in July, 1984. It's not clear in archived documents why this restriction was added to the ordinance at that time. Lino Lakes City Clerk, Julie Bartell, was able to locate the meeting notes for the council meetings around the July, 1984 timeframe but found no explanation for the change. Ordinance #504.02(2) states: No person shall shoot, fire -off, discharge or explode any firearm or non -firearm upon or onto any of the following: (2) Lands and waters lying southerly of the center line of Lilac Street which are westerly of the center line of Lake Drive (U.S. Highway No. 8) extending along Hodgson Road (U.S. Highway No. 49) and North of Ash Street (County Road J) as the same are now laid out and traveled;