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Item No. 7B Type of Business: CB – Public Hearing Date: June 23, 2008 City Administrator Review _______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Clerk-Administrator James Ericson, Clerk-Administrator Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, Second Reading of Ordinance 807, an Ordinance Amending Title 600 of the Mounds View City Code by Adding a New Chapter 610 Relating to Ultimate Fighting (ROLL CALL VOTE) Background: On August 27, 2007, the City Council approved Resolution 7145 establishing a one- year moratorium on Boxing and Mix Martial Arts/Ultimate Fighting Events due to the safety concerns of participants and spectators. Before the moratorium was set to expire, staff brought the issue back to the City Council for consideration at the May 5th Work Session and it was the consensus of the City Council to ban this type of activity. On June 9, 2008, the City Council reviewed a first reading on Ordinance 807, an Ordinance banning ultimate and martial arts fighting. Discussion: Ordinance 807 amends the City Code to include the ban ultimate and martial arts fighting. Exempted from this prohibition are officially sanctioned boxing and wrestling meets or other team sports in which physical contact is incidental to the primary purpose of the game. This Ordinance was presented to the City Council for a first reading at the June 9, 2008, City Council Meeting, and a second reading is presented for your final consideration at this meeting. This public hearing was published in the Mounds View/New Brighton Bulletin in accordance with the City Charter. Recommendation: Staff recommends opening the Public Hearing for public comment, and approve Ordinance 807, an ordinance adding a new chapter to Title 600 entitled “Ultimate Fighting”. This is a Roll Call Vote. Respectfully submitted, Desaree Crane