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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING, JANUARY 4, 1983 -6- 4, ANNUAL ORIGANIZATION MEETING: K. Conditional use Permits - Oa'k' 'a' 'e Gun C;1_.'u1_-`-ConBnued - --Eder - presented a summary of the transactions between the Club and the City over the past year. SelieveJ.have had a year of remarkable cooperation from the City Committee and the Gun Club in coming to a resolution and put in writing, effectively, what. the Oakdale Gun Club is doing at the range in Lake Elmo and to define everyone's role in this process 'so that any and all questions about the...operation of the Club can be answered. Most everything written down was to clarify what is presently being done by And at the Club. Several of the original permit documents have been lost over the vears, with the rt-A&iining_ records_leaving little protection=:for eitheti.the Gun Club or the City. Most of the effort put into the meetings between the Club and the City was to codify the operation of the Club and the City's responsibilities, while the -Club addressed future concerns such -as 'noise --abatement,, --Fraser - since all these items have been addressed and worked out between the two groups, would like to see the 1983 permit include the more explicit language. --Morgan - asked the Administrator to verify the extent of the changes - felt.,the changes were informal . --Whittaker - there are some formal amendments to the Code that will have to be approved at a later meeting. Feel it would be qood to include specifics on fencing. -.requirements,, noise requirement reviews, range''officer definitions,..and age limit-, and qualifications for -members in the permit..;__NQt.requiring the:Club to do, anything new, but better defining what they are doing. MIS/ Fraser/Eder to amend the motion to include the lanquage devbld pedcby the Gun Club and the City as summarized in Roger A. Jensons'l.letter of December 21, 1982 and the Administrator's memo of December 21, 1982, Discussion: --Eder - Asked Fred Waterous, President, Oakdale Gun Club, if his statments are accurate and if the corrections and/or addetdums as proposed and worked out'between the..City's"representatives and -the Gun Clubs�_r:epresentatives and legal counsel are an acceptable way to proceed on the CUP. *amended --Fred*Waterouxs- agreements do perform a job of coding and 1/18/83 defining - cannot disagree with Morgan's motion that they do not alter anything being done by the Club. Up to the Council to decide how they want this put into effect, We ( the Club) do not feel the need of additional regulations, have proceeded to carry out all types of improvements and operating procedures. Decision is the Councils. --Mazzara - asked if Mr. Waterous's remarks mean what has been worked out between the Gun Club and the City is agreeable, --Fred Waterous - proposals are acceptable. Difficult to decide ( whether they are necessary or not. Any additional rules or regulations are something else for the Club to keep their eye onto make sure they are not inadvertently violated.