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900 l'cct to 500 feet. He advised Elk River requires a distance of 500 feet and Andover requires a <br />distance of 150 feet. <br /> <br />rlhe consensus of the Council was to direct staff to proceed with amending the distance <br />requirement in the bow hunting ordinance to 500 feet. <br /> <br />Police Chief Way indicated as he was researching this ordinance and read through the historical <br />~lotes in the firearms section, he learned in 1973 when the City was still a township and the <br />hunting ordinance was created it was first typed with a distance requirement of 500 yards. This <br />was changed to 500 feet in the historical note. When this was transcribed into type it was typed <br />in as 1,500 feet. The City has been enforcing the 1,500 foot requirement since 1973, although it <br />appears that the intention was 500 feet. He advised staff receives a lot of complaints about <br />people hunting too close. He recommends changing the ordinance to reflect the 1,500 feet that <br />}las been enforced and is depicted in the ordinance but not the historical note. He would like to <br />review this with the City Attorney. If the Council directs staff to make this amendment he would <br />recommend making the amendment when the bow hunting distance requirement is amended, as <br />the requirements are both included in the firearms ordinance. <br /> <br />'Ibc consensus of the Council was to direct staff to amend the firearms section of the hunting <br />ordinance to reflect a distance requirement of 1,500 feet after review by the City Attorney. <br /> <br />4) Metro Transit <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman reviewed that the Council previously discussed the eventual <br />expansion of the Metropolitan Transit Taxing District to Ramsey. He met with Jim Barton of the <br />Metropolitan Council and was informed that the City of Ramsey would likely be eligible for <br />different kinds of grant funding and transit service. The down side is that being in the Taxing <br />District does not ensure that the City will have transit service. The City would simply apply to <br />tile Metropolitan Council who decides whether to include the City in the transit service area. <br />Thc City of Lakeville is the most recent city to join this Taxing District. He advised Ramsey <br />could not be included in the Taxing District until next year, due to the legislative restraints of the <br />tttx session, lie advised if the City were to be in the Taxing District they would likely want <br />assurance or an agreement that there would be transit services in the City. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec inquired if the fact that the City is putting legislation together for Northstar buses <br />in the City would assist in obtaining this transit service. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman replied Northstar is not part of this Taxing District. <br /> <br />Councihnember Oison suggested staff obtain information from the City of Lakeville regarding <br />their recent involvement in the Taxing District. <br /> <br />There was discussion regarding the Minnesota Valley Transit Bus System utilized in the cities of <br />Maple (h'ove and Burnsville. <br /> <br />~lhe consensus of the Council was to direct staff to obtain information regarding the Minnesota <br />Valley Transit Bus System, to obtain information from the City of Lakeville regarding its recent <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / September 6, 2005 <br /> Page 3 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br />