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CASE #: ~ ADOPT ORDINANCE TO EXTEND THE NO WAKE ZONE ON THE RUM RIVER By: Jason Schmidt, Management Intern Background: .On April 12, 2005, the City Council held a Public Hearing on the consideration to extend the no wake ordinance from the Ramsey and Anoka city limits to mile marker 4.4. City Council advised Staff to move forward with the process and submit all required applications to the 'DNR l'or their approval. On August 15, 2005, the DNR approved the proposed no wake ordinance and gave the City of Ramsey and City of Anoka approval to adopt the no wake ordinance. Establishment. of no wake zones on the river requires-the cooperation of all communities on either side el" the River for the area to be posted. Thc following items are enclosed for your information: a) Site location map b) ()rdinance #05-xx Notification: '['he adoption of thc ordinance does not fequire public notification. A public hearing was held on April 12, 2005, and staff,notified property owners within 700 feet of the proposed no wake zone or~ thc R. um River at that time. Obscrwttions: Various residents along the Rum River in Ramsey have requested that the Ramsey City Council establish a no wake zone to curb the erosion that is occurring. In 1999, Ramsey City Council worked with Andover City Council and adopted Ordinance #99-08 establishing a slow no wake zone on the Rum River north of the proposed area from mile markers 4.4 to 5.2. The City of Anoka established a slow no wake zone south of the proposed area from the Mississippi River to thc Anoka/Ralnsey city limits. The adoption of the proposed Ordinance #05-xx would extend thc slow no wake zone from the Anoka/Ramsey limits to the 5.2-mile marker. The City of Ralnscy and Anoka entered into a joint powers agreement on July 5 to establish the slow no wake ZOI]C. Staff worked with the City of Anoka and submitted a water surface worksheet, site location map, statement explaining the necessity for the ordinance, a copy of the proposed ordinance, and an account et' the public hearing to the Minnesota DNR for their review and approval. The ~innesota DNR gave the City of Ramsey and City of Anoka approval to move forward with the :~low no wake ordinance from the Anoka/Ramsey limits to mile marker 4.4.