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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-023 CCR Member Howard Heck introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 70--23 RESOLUTION TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZING SNOWMOBILE OPERATIONS IN CERTAIN CITY PARKS WHEREAS, a recently enacted ordinance generally prohibits operation of snowmobiles in City Parks; and WHEREAS, Section 27 -903 (2) of said ordinance provides a procedure through which snowmobile operations may be expressly permitted in certain City Parks; and WHEREAS, the City Council has sought recommendations from the Park and Recreation Commission relative to snowmobile operation in City Parks; and WHEREAS, the Park and Recreation Commission on January 7, 1970, recommended that snowmobile operations be expressly permitted in Central Park and in the southern perimeter of Palmer Lake, south of a line extending from Urban Avenue on the west to 70th Avenue on the east; and WHEREAS, at its meeting of February 2, 1970, the City Council referred to the Brooklyn Center Conservation Commission for ecological consideration the matter of operating snowmobiles in said Central Park and Palmer Lake areas; and WHEREAS, in the interim period while a snowmobile operational policy is being developed relative to City Parks it is deemed fair and desirable to permit the continuance of snowmobile operations in certain City Parks: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, consistant with the provisions of Section 27 -903 (2) of the City Ordinances, to permit snowmobiles to be operated subject to other terms and provisions of the ordinance in the following areas: 1. In Central Park (excluding Garden City Park). 2. In the southern perimeter of Palmer Lake south of a line extending from Urban Avenue on the west to 70th Avenue on the east. 3. Within Shingle Creek and the contiguous City owed_ space between Palmer Lake and County Road 10. RESOLUTION NO. 70 -23 February 9, 1970 Date Mayor ATTEST: Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Vernon Ausen and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, John Leary, Vernon Ausen, Howard Heck and Theodore Willard; and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was duly passed and adopted.