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uff�rs.. 11 �. 1 1.., 10. City Attorney's Report A. Snowmobile Ordinance Jeff Ylinen, 9401 Lake Jane Trail - Mr. Ylinen asked to remove the part about personal property from the ordinance. Strike "..., and such operation is for the purpose of accessing the right-of-way on private property." He said the reason is, if you are going from storage to the road that will be within 50 feet of a neighbor. These are ATVs and people clean their yards with them. Don't be so restrictive on private property. He asked if lake surfaces are public right of way. The City Attorney said no but they are public surfaces. Travel across the lake could be a violation of the ordinance as drafted. Councilmember DeLapp returned to the table at 8:46 p.m. The City Attorney said the formula could be expanded in the draft. Part of the problem was where people were not being reasonable in neighborhoods where houses are close together. Mayor would ask for more detail if we offered more freedom on personal property. Conlin would like to put a period after "or all terrain vehicles." That would not curtail a guy doing laps around his house. M/S/P, Johnson/Conlin, To adopt Ordinance 97-164 to incorporate the Snowmobile Ordinance with change to paragraph number D adding a period after all terrain vehicles and delete the remainder of that sentence (last line and one-half). The City Attorney said this ordinance adopts new regulations, repeals existing regulations, and incorporates state statutes. Councilmember DeLapp asked if studded tires are an issue. The City Attorney said they are not. He asked if it helps anyone understand the location for snowmobiling in Lake Elmo. The Attorney said it does not. The Council discussed pedestrian safety and other aspects. The Administrator said there is a provision for harassment within the ordinance but it would have to be witnessed by law enforcement. VOTE: 4:0. The meeting recessed for five minutes at 9:05 p.m. and reconvened at 9:10 p.m. 9. H. Proposed System Statement The Planner said the Regional System Statement as distributed by the Met Council has been received by the City and he explained its impact to the City Council. There are a couple of items that needed resolution and the Planner asked the Council to have a meeting with the Met Council to work toward getting those resolved. Councihnembers DeLapp and Conlin did not see the last System Statement. The Planner did not see it in 1998, and did not realize the city did not protest that one at that time. Councilmember DeLapp said they heard about things like sewering the regional park and the City Council was told it would be brought to them when it became an issue and not to worry until that time. When nobody came forward, those items were forgotten. The Planner said there are three items that must be objected to with regard to the Lake Elmo City Council Meeting Minutes of December 20, 2005