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MEMORANDUM DATE: May 21, 1992 TO: Tom Burt, City Manager FROM: R. Engstrom, Chief of Police SUBJECT: PROPOSED LAKE ORDINANCE 1500:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ After reviewing the proposed ordinance regulating surface water use of Silver Lake 1500:00, I have a major concern of the police department's ability to enforce those elements of the ordinance pertaining to speed, hours, and direction of travel without the resources to adequately patrol the lake on a routine basis whether by water or land during hours specified in section 4. The police department would have to rely heavily on citizens to make citizen's arrests. I am not sure if the lake has the amount of boat and jet ski traffic to warrant such an ordinance. However, if the ordinance is enacted, I would recommend that the term relating to speed "excess of five (5) miles per hour" be deleted. In order to charge or get a conviction it would require an accurate clock from a calibrated speedometer or radar gun. In conclusion if this ordinance becomes law the police department will do its best to cooperate in its enforcement. However, I view this as another burden of nuisance type calls where we get calls or complaints, but are unable to do anything without a citizen's involvement or willingness of citizens to testify in court. Subsequently, this will become an ordinance with little meaning or purpose.