This ordinance is sponsored by Councilmembers Rollo and Ruff. The ordinance amends the Bloomington Municipal Code by adding an exception to the general prohibition against discharging a firearm within the City’s corporate boundaries.This exception is limited to the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve for the limited purpose of deer reduction via sharpshooting. The ordinance documents the widespread ecosystem damage at Griffy caused by an overabundance of deer. The ordinance points out that the City of Bloomington Board of Park Commissioners exercises jurisdiction over the management of the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve and that members of the Parks Board have requested that the Common Council take the necessary steps to allow the Board to act quickly to protect the Preserve. The ordinance finds that sharpshooting is the most effective, safe, and humane means to reduce the deer population at Griffy in the interest of ecosystem restoration.

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