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MEMORANDUM
1 TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager
1 FROM: Todd Hoffman, Park and Recreation Director
DATE: April 7, 1993
1 SUBJ: Testing for Aedes Triseriatus (LaCrosse Encephalitis) Mosquito in City Parks
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r operations Control District MMCD
In preparing fo ope at;<ons of the Metropolitan Mosquito Co tr (MMCD), Mr. Ross
' Green, the District's Public Information Representative, called to ask for a clarification in regard
to the aforementioned issue. A copy of the action taken by the City Council in regard to
mosquito control in city parks last August is attached for your review. Specifically, Mr. Green
1 asked if the district would be allowed to test for the Aedes Triseriatus mosquito in city parks,
and if sufficient levels of the mosquito were found, to apply chemical treatment.
1 Recommendation
It is staff's recommendation that the MMCD be allowed to test for the Aedes Triseriatus
1 mosquito in city parks, and if populations warrant control, that the application of approved
treatment substances only be allowed upon the city being notified, and the area for treatment
having been conspicuously posted 24 -hours prior to the treatment. In addition, it is requested that
1 I be contacted prior to the district's first intent to test allowing for observance of the testing
operations.
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City Council Meeting - August 24, 1992
mosquitoes and in terms of the amount of money that has been spent. Secondly, It
there still are some questions about some of the long term effects that by
MMCD's own admission they still do not have the answers for. But I think the
most compelling reason is that we felt, the Park Board has been working on a
comprehensive environmental policy to govern all activities of the park and
recreation board. Now the park and recreation board is much more atonamous than
the commission it is here. And so we're looking at things from chemicals that
are used in turf management. We're looking at energy efficiency. We're looking
at products that are used in our operations and so forth. And so this
recommendation to the board prohibiting the use of chemicals for controlling '
mosquitoes really went along with that policy and that provided the basis for
our decision.
Mayor Chmiel: Okay, thank you. We have a motion on the floor with a second. 1
Councilman Workman moved, Councilwoman Dimler seconded to approve the Park and
Recreation Commission recommendation regarding mosquito control in the city of
Chanhassen parks as follows:
1. In regards to laval control briquettes, allow their use to continue
providing notification of the treatment areas and times are provided;
2. In regards to adult mosquito control chemicals (cold fogging), to eliminate
their use and to re- evaluate the program in the fall of 1993;
3. In regards to the landing, take off and loading the MMCD helicopter in city
parks, that this practice be prohibited. 1
4. That staff and the city actively pursue other measures of controlling
mosquitoes such as volunteer groups who are willing to remove breeding site
containers, possibly plugging tree cavities and whatever else can be done
from a community standpoint to control mosquitoes without chemicals.
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously.
REVIEW DRAFT OF THE MINNEGASCO /CITY FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
Don Ashworth: Just an update for Council members. I have, Mayor Chmiel and I
have been discussing the proposed draft with his experience in the franchise
area and I just wanted the Council to be aware that we are in the process of
working on that. If Councilmembers have concerns, if you'd address those either
to the Mayor or to myself. Hopefully we'll have a draft in front of you
hopefully by next City Council meeting.
Mayor Chmiel: One other things. One of the things that I suggest that we,
rather than granting a 20 year franchise, that we look at 10 because things are
changing. The other thing to think about is, franchise fees. I'm not advocate
of it because you put it back on the residents within the city. They are paying
that so it's another kind of taxation in itself but that's something we'll just
really sort of thing about. I have other things that I've worked in here that
I have some comments on. And the other thing Don that I'd like us to do is to
look at our Village of Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota Ordinance No. 8. In
there I think we've got to make some changes from village to cities and update
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