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�_ <br /> � <br /> _ � - � ) <br /> ` MEMORANDUM <br /> To: Mayor& City Council <br /> From: Mike Gaffron, Asst. City Admin. - Long Term Strategy ,:°`� /� <br /> � <br /> Date: February 8, 2010 <br /> Subject: Draft Ordinance for Discussion - Big Island Nature Park Regulations <br /> Attachments: <br /> A - Draft Ordinance - Latest Revision 2-8-10 (Includes City Attorney Suggestions) <br /> 1) Redline version <br /> 2) Clean version <br /> B - Staff Memo 4-22-09 <br /> C - Council Minutes 4-27-09 <br /> D - Draft `Special Activity Permit Application' and Typical Approval Conditions <br /> Draft Ordinance <br /> Attached is the latest draft version of the ordinance that would establish special <br /> regulations for Big Island Nature Park. The previous draft was reviewed by Council on <br /> April 27, 2009 (minutes attached). The discussion hit on a number of topics centered on <br /> the appropriate level of accommodation that should be afforded large groups, given the <br /> limitations of the Park. A good deal of the conversation was with regard to the steamboat <br /> Minnehaha and other tour boats that might deliver passengers to the island, leave for a <br /> number of hours, and then return to pick them up. The lack of toilets in the Park and the <br /> potential need for some level of supervision of large groups of visitors were seen as <br /> critical factors in establishing parameters for such visits. <br /> One point of discussion was whether certain types/levels of activity will require Council <br /> approval. As currently drafted, the administration of Special Activity Permits is <br /> completely at the staff level with appeals to the City Administrator, leaving the Council <br /> out of the review process. Council should discuss whether certain levels or types of <br /> activity should require Council approval - or whether all activity that requires a <br /> permit should be subject to Council approval. <br /> Council asked Soren Mattick to review the ordinance draft and make appropriate <br /> revisions. He has done so - see Exhibits A(1) and A(2). <br /> Draft `Special Activity Permit Application' <br /> The attached draft `Special Activity Permit Application' form is based on Orono's <br /> `Special Event Permit' application but tailored specifically to Big Island Park. Key <br /> elements include: <br /> Type of Activity - This is a checklist of activities that require a permit, based on past <br /> discussions by the Big Island Committee and Council, and reflecting the activities that <br /> the Draft Ordinance either defines as requiring a permit or notes as requiring `written <br /> permission' from the City. The threshold of 2� persons is the Committee Consensus <br />