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• -3- Ordinance Considered Which Would Make Non-Compliance With Ban_ A Misdemeanor Councilmember Enrooth said he : knew of. instances of residents who knew about the ban last ..weekend and consciously continued sprinkling in spite of that knowledge. When -he said he perceived any ban which the • Council would be imposing that- evening would, in all reality, be only a request for compliance, staff agreed that the Council . could adopt an ..emergency ordinance that evening which would provide a penalty for non-compliance. Councilmember Marks .indicated he thought some residents had-just not been aware that the ban had been imposed. He said he heard one TV broadcast which reported - the ban, but gave no reason for its imposition. , He had called that station to let them know the, City was not just arbitrarily enforcing a sprinkling ban, but that St. Anthony faced a serious water shortage for which there were higher priorities than just watering lawns. Mr. Childs indicated all the media he contacted had been fully informed about why the ban was necessary. The proposal to adopt an ordinance that evening prompted the following response: • Makowske said she would be hesitant to pass an ordinance about an issue which ' the agenda that .evening had made no mention at ' all. Ranallo suggested the ordinance could be developed for consideration at the next meeting so any future ban could be enforced. Childs commented that he did not perceive the level -of non- compliance to be a major problem at this point in time because on the whole, people had been pretty cooperative; indicated that for staff to attempt to -address the ban with a newsletter would probably get the information to the resi- dents too late to get compliance during the current emer- . . gency.' Hamer suggested a 3 : 00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. ban might be a problem for commercial property owners in the Industrial Parkas well as City workers because most workers would -be gone for. most of those hours; reiterated that in the . case of the City parks, it would be better not to: sprinkle them at all during emergency periods.