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t r CITY OF SH* ►fiJEWOOD Hennepin Uoti/jty, t^nnesota RESOLUTION NO. 03 - A RESOLUTION STATING THE POSITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES ON LAKE MINNETONKA WHEREAS, Lake Minnetonka is the largest lake in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, and is a natural and recreational resource used by residents throughout the region and beyond; and WHEREAS, T^ake Miimetonka i® the most inter.ci’."*’y "sed !c!ccg by boeterc, end thu; rcculw in the need to provide a high level of law enforcement activit)r, and WHEREAS, through the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District (LMCD), the fourteen cities around Lake Minnetonka and Hennepin County have participated financially in a pilot program to evaluate whether additional patrol — the equivalent of two full-time dq>uty positions '’.'ing the boating season — would result in better compliance with laws and a better experience for persons using the lake; and WHEREAS, many cities, including the City of Shorewood, informed the LMCD that their financial participation would be limited to the pilot program, as they were willing to pay to determine whether additional patrol would have positive effects; and WHEREAS, data fi’om such sources as citations issued and boat user satisfaction surveys indicate that the additional law enforcement activity has had positive effects; and WHEREAS, the death that occurred on July 4,2003, on the north side of Big Island demonstrates that the additional level of law enforcement activity should not be reduced; and WHEREAS, the Water Patrol of the Heiuiepin County Sheriff’s Office has ultimate responsibility for law enforcement in Lake Miimetonka, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shorewood request Heimepin County to fund fully the additional level of law enforcement that has been proven effective on Lake Miimetonka, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council state its expectation that Hennepin County Sheriff will allocate resources and ensure that this level of enfi>rcemeot is performed in 2004 and subsequent years, as it is die responsibility of the Hennepin County Sheriff and not the cities abutting Lake Minnetonka to perform law enforcement activities on it Adopted this 11*** day of August, 2003 1