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Chief Way responded that is too difficult to enforce and also difficult to understand. Mayor Ramsey suggested if people want to ride a mile and a half or so on the streets to get to the river — that' s fine. Director of Public Works Olson inquired about studs doing damage on the City streets. Mayor Ramsey agreed it would cause some damage. Councilmember Elvig talked about how driveways were wrecked years ago — now wrecking streets will be an issue. John Enstrom, 181 Avenue, stated he has always been opposed to snowmobiling. He said he could call the Police each time someone is riding where they shouldn't be but that is too time consuming for the Police. He feels there is a lot of abuse. He stated last year on County Road #83, there were more snowmobile tracks off than on the designated areas. He felt that landowners should not have to put up with the abuse from snowmobiles driving on their property. He suggested the Council might want to consider moving 181 off the trail system. Mayor Ramsey stated he hears Mr. Enstrom's issue — maybe he should put up a couple signs that state "no snowmobiling ". There will always be some problem people, but most will abide by the rules. One of the gentleman present from the snowmobile club offered that members of the club could go out to Mr. Enstrom's property and erect signs. Councilmember Strommen stated we can try this and see how it goes. If it becomes an enforcement issue, we will review it — we need to make sure it's workable. Councilmember McGlone commented that there are always a few who wreck something for everyone. He suggested maybe a snow fence could be erected on Mr. Enstrom's property. Bob Simpson offered that the snowmobile club will work with Mr. Enstrom. Chief Way clarified that Council is fine with allowing snowmobiling on the streets in the "designated non -use area" and to create a route through River's Bend Park's parking lot to the Rum River. There will be no snowmobiling on the county roads, and not in the ditches. We will not use a permitting process. Mayor Ramsey agreed and clarified with regard to River's Bend Park — so people know they can go through there but to keep out of the park area. Maybe the snowmobile club can help us out with that. He suggested maybe creating more signs. He suggested this information needs to be on the website, on QCTV, etc. City Council Work Session / November 1, 2011 Page 4 of 10