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I I .' I I I I I I I' I I I I I I I MINUTES CJ:'l'Y OF ARDEN BJ:LLS, MINBESOTA WORKSESSJ:ON February 17, 1994 4:30 P.M. - city Hall - Conference Room CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Acting Mayor Probst called to order the City Council worksession at 5:15 p.m. Present: Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski, and Paul Malone. Mayor Sather arrived at 5:20 p.m and presided over the remainder of the meeting. Absent: councilmember Dale Hicks. Also present were: City Accountant, Terry Post; Community Planning Coordinator, Brian Fritsinger; Park & Recreation Director, Cynthia Severtson, City Administrator, Dorothy Person; and Recording Secretary, Renee Kaulfuss. ADOPT AGENDA MOTJ:ON: Aplikowski moved, seconded by Malone, to adopt the February 17, 1994 worksession agenda as submitted. Motion carried unanimously (3-0). AND4AL CONTROL UPDATE Staff reviewed the proposed changes to the ordinance and pointed out that the city Attorney had not yet reviewed the draft ordinance. The key areas added were in regards to cats, exotic animals and kennels. Councilmember Malone questioned the wording and meaning of Section 5-33. The question being the definition of a public place and how it applies to animals in the yard of the owner. He further offered the suggestion to use different terminology such as domestic animals rather than the words dog and cat. The Council was supportive of adding cats to the ordinance. A brief discussion on the number of cats per household was held, however, no specific number was offered or action taken. In Division 6 Kennels; the Council discussed the issue of the number of dogs and the age of the dogs. Staff indicated the number of dogs are limited to three (3) per household.