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Item No. 05B <br />Meeting Date: August 6, 2007 <br />Type of Business: WK <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business <br />City Administrator Review _______ <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Desaree Crane, Assistant to the City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Ultimate Fighting Report Update <br /> <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />At the May 7, 2007, Work Session, it was discussed about prohibiting Ultimate Fighting <br />in the City of Mounds View. Many cities in the metro area were looking in either <br />prohibiting or regulating Ultimate Fighting events. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Staff has been informed that the Minnesota State Boxing Commission has been <br />reinstated. The Minnesota Boxing Commission was created by the 2006 Legislature, <br />and it responsible for the sole direction, supervision, regulation, control and jurisdiction <br />over all boxing and ultimate fighting contests held within the state. Staff spoke with <br />Executive Director, Scott LeDoux, and he indicated to staff that the State Boxing <br />Commission is currently regulating mix marital arts/ultimate fighting and boxing events. <br />He further stated that the Boxing Commission will have a website very soon where <br />permit application materials and other information will be available. Attached is the <br />Minnesota State Statute in regard to the Boxing Commission and licensure <br />requirements. <br /> <br />If the City Council still wishes to go forward and start the process of banning or further <br />regulating Ultimate Fighting, then Staff (with the help of the City Attorney) could draft an <br />Ordinance, then present it to the City Council as a first reading. Staff would like <br />direction from the City Council to either still proceed with banning/regulating Ultimate <br />Fighting by the City, or to just have the Minnesota Boxing Commission regulate this <br />activity. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Desaree Crane <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />