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Mayor Ramsey recessed the meeting at 9:35 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 9:42 p.m. Case #4: Introduce a Proposed Ordinance to Amend Chapter 6, Section 6.04 Entitled Recreational Vehicles Police Chief Way reviewed the staff report. Councilmember Jeffrey asked if there would be any reason to take people farther to the east. Police Chief Way responded there were no trails in that area and one of the reasons to bring this to Pro Power Sports was so people could get there for maintenance, etc. He noted this could be revised in the future. Councilmember Elvig stated he was pleased to see this come back and believed this was a good plan. He asked if they could check with the neighboring city to have a Mayor's trail event. The Council discussed whether to limit the cc size for the non-use area due to a concern about the level of noise on a one-acre property. Councilmember Dehen stated this was also his concern. He stated they wanted to be flexible for kids learning how to drive an ATV, but he did have a concern about a large ATV being run in the neighborhood. Mayor Ramsey stated he was not too concerned about this and hoped the citizens had common sense to not let kids ride large ATVs. He noted the City does have a noise nuisance ordinance. Councilmember Look suggested that 110 cc would be a good threshold. Councilmember Wise stated there are trail bikes up to 175 cc that were very quiet and made for State parks. As a member of the AMA, they had sound tested at the tracks and he agreed with the Mayor that for the most part, common sense would .rule. However, should there be some lack of common sense, the police would deal with it. He stated he was in favor of doing nothing additional until they see what kind of problems might arise. Councilmember Elvig stated he saw a conflict with the nuisance ordinance and having a track area. He asked how someone would use an ATV on one acre and not have a track arrangement. Councilmember Dehen agreed that one acre was not appropriate and too small of an area, except for teaching a kid how to ride a bike. He stated he envisioned this would be for kids and not to establish trails and paths. Councilmember Look stated when they were talking about kids riding mini bikes, they were not excluding parents from plowing their driveways on an ATV. John Enstrom, 181St Avenue, asked what side of 181St Avenue the trail would go down. City Council /September 8, 2009 Page 16 of 23