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A RESOLUTION STATING THE CITY COUNCIL ’S OPPOSITION <br />TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN THE <br />2003 MINNESOTA PERSONAL PROTECTION ACT, <br />AND CALLING FOR AMENDMENTS TO PROHIBIT CONCEALED WEAPONS <br />ON CITY PROPERTY <br />WHEREAS, the Minnesota Legislature has passed and the Governor has signed <br />into law the “Minnesota Personal Protection Act”, in which Minnesota residents, subject to <br />qualification, shall be issued permits to carry concealed weapons, effective May 28,2003; and <br />WHEREAS, the Act provides that permittees shall, with very few exceptions, per <br />permitted to carry concealed weapons on municipal property; and <br />WHEREAS, the Act provides that owners of private properties may post and <br />regulate the ability of permittees to cany concealed weapons; and <br />WHEREAS, the Council is vitally concerned about the safety of its employees, <br />and the safety of the users and visitors of City properties; and <br />WHEREAS, the Council can find no rational justification to distinguish between <br />a permissive provision for private properties and a non-discretionary mandate for public <br />properties; and <br />WHEREAS, the Council agrees in concept with the failed amendment to the <br />House File that would have allowed public facilities, such as city halls, parks, and recreation <br />centers, to prohibit concealed weapons on the premises. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of <br />Orono, Minnesota that it is opposed to the section of the Minnesota Personal Protection Act <br />relating to rights to carry concealed weapons on public property; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLV'ED, that the Council state its support for measures <br />that will allow cities to post “No weapons in city hall or on city-owned properties”. <br />Page 1 of2