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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 9, 2015 Page 8 Chair Holt recommended that the intent of the comprehensive wildlife plan should certainly not be misconstrued to get rid of wildlife,but to attempt properly managing or limiting their numbers depending on periodic counts. Chair Holt noted that a feeding ban is only one option to disperse deer in a manner that they were not congregating and becoming a public nuisance and/or safety hazard for vehicles. Chair Holt reiterated Commissioner Newby's summary in that the over- all plan incorporated many different things beyond a ban. Mayor Roe reiterated his announcement regarding this not constituting a complete discussion tonight, and opportunities for further discussion and public input at a later date. Councilmember Etten thanked Commissioners for putting together a thorough and complete analysis, including detailed information from other communities and a recommendation for moving forward. Commissioner Etten expressed his appre- ciation for their background work allowing further community discussions in the near future. When viewing Commission meetings from home, Councilmember Laliberte noted one thing that had been gnawing at her was finding out what other communities around Roseville were doing, since wildlife didn't observe borders. Therefore, Councilmember Laliberte thanked the Commission for providing that infor- mation, which she found very helpful. Regarding the Commission's recommen- dation #5 (page 5 of the RCA), Councilmember Laliberte asked for clarification that they were not proscribing a particular avenue for a hunt,just that it could be discussed further if deemed necessary. Commissioner Newby concurred, and responded that the recommendation was that, if after the initial two-year period, if there were still a significant number of citizen complaints, the option for a hunt could be an option at which time the is- sue could be revisited and opportunity for assessment of the problem. Commis- sioner Newby noted that the assessment may indicate there is nothing warranted or any further action necessary. Chair Holt advised that this was part of the rationale in the Commission's recom- mendation for creation of an ordinance that would allow for a hunt if warranted, since at this time the City had nothing in place to allow a hunt as an option. Without such a mechanism readily in place, Chair Holt noted the delay in the pro- cess and need to continually go over things again before able to take appropriate action. Mayor Roe noted that this would provide a form of preauthorization and option to hold a public hearing prior to any hunt.