HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2002-43 - Supporting Legislation Permitting Use of Suppressed Weapons for Local Government Approved Deer Management Programs - 02/19/2002 CITY OF EDEN PRAiRIF
HENNEPIN COUNT',MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.2002-43
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATION PERMITTING THE USE OF SUPPRESSED
WEAPONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT APPROVED DEER MANAGEMNET PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, municipal governments are responsible for the health, safety and welfare of their
residents; and
WHEREAS,numerous studies by the Department of Natural Resources and many municipalities
have indicated that the deer population in many parts of the metropolitan area has caused vegetation
damage, traffic safety issues and health concerns; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources sets regulations and laws, and is
charged with managing and protecting specific species of wildlife throughout the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Natural Resources has worked closely with many municipalities
in developing deer management programs that attempt to balance abundance and diversity of both plants
and animals with human use; and
WHEREAS,the most common method of controlling deer herd population in the metropolitan is
the use of trained marksmen; and
WHEREAS, the use of a sharpshooter is monitored and controlled by municipal Police
Departments; and
WHEREAS, the major complaint or concern for the deer management programs is the noise of
gunshots in the neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the use of suppressed weapons would eliminate that negative impact on the
neighborhood.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City hereby supports a revision to
Minnesota State Statues 97B.031 that would allow the use and possession of a silencer,by a person hired
by local government, solely to shoot deer pursuant to an approved deer management control plan, and the
person using or possessing the silencer has a valid federal permit to do so.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie this 19t"day of February 2002.
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ATTEST:
Kathleen Porta, City Clerk