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2015 Deer Comments Date Date Date Date Since my family moved here in 2003, I have always enjoyed being both near the downtown cities and relatively close to the peaceful countryside. Roseville is a great location, in my opinion, and has always made efforts to bring a harmonious agreement between nature and human activity. We live near the Lady Slipper Park road expansion which always hosts its fair share of ducks, geese, and birds in the spring and summer. I enjoy the neighbors slowing their cars to catch a glimpse of the tranquility of the deer family carefully crossing the street or just watching from the brush by the side of the road. Often times neighbors will take a photo of these friendly creatures or just spend a few extra moments. The deer population has grown a bit recently, but so has the wonder, the warmth, and excitement for fellow animal lovers. The agreement between animals and human activity is, of course, a compromise. I just hope it will not be a sacrifice. I do believe there are always other options for action. What alternatives have been suggested besides a city deer hunt? Hopefully, a no-kill option will be the decision. What 1/22/2015 Letter Sandy Hook Drive problems do the deer pose to human activity? One answer voiced by residents is the deer feeding on gardens and vegetation. Some peaceful options to consider are: o Anything noisy, such as large wind chimes o Anything that will throw off the deer's sense of smell, such as store bought repellent sprays or home remedies o Motion-activated sprinklers o Planting thorny bushes or plants nearby o Mirrors displayed in gardens o Bright lights Please do not resort to deer hunting in Roseville it is totally unnecessary. There are so few deer it is a waste of resources for the City to hunt deer based on a few citizens issues. If we had natural space in the area for deer it wouldn't be a problem but we don't. Deer will continue to 1/25/2015 E-mail show up even if you kill them because we are a completely developed City. I fear accidental shootings of people or their pets could result in this attempt. I think coyotes & raccoons pose a much bigger nuisance than deer do. There are other ways to circumvent deer from our much populated city. Dangerous people are much more of a threat to Roseville than deer. Have deer passing through our yard, we enjoy them very much. We also enjoy seeing them in Acorn Park and want that to continue. Appreciate the fact that we live in the city and have the abundance of wildlife around us, that is one of the reasons whey we chose to live where we do. Used to have a bird feeder in our front yard, and the deer would clean it out. We have since removed it and most of the deer traffic 1/26/2015 E-mail Matilda Street stopped. Simple solution would be to stop feeding them where we don't want deer. It worked for us. Roseville has done a wonderful job creating green space & preserving natural habitat. As a result, wildlife is among us which we enjoy seeing. You can't pick & choose what wildlife shows up at your house if you are putting feed out, just enjoy them all. Do not believe city tax $$'s should spent on this all. We need some kind of deer thinning in Roseville. How this is achieved is up to your committee. I would be all for a deer hunt, but we probably should start with a feeding regulation. Listing of 8 encounters with deer. 1, walking through a heard of 10-11 is not pleasant. 2. deer sleep at the end of my sidewalk (20 ft from house) 3. 8 point buck staring at me from 50' away while walking to my mailbox. 4. walking north of the RR tracks a deer was grazing 6' away and didn't move. 5. South of the RR tracks on Dale where S. Owasso blvd. crosses deer jump out in front of vehicles. 6. deer sleep in my hostas. 7. deer eat my tomato plants to the ground. 8. deer eat my rubarb, also to the ground. When I moved in 25+ years ago, I would see maybe 3-4 deer per year. Now it is rare to NOT see a deer when driving at dusk. My opinion: The deer are too tame. If a dog or human can walk within 6 feet of a grazing deer, that is too tame. The deer need something to be more afraid of humans. Only thing, I 1/28/2015 E-mail Heinel Drive can think of is hunting. The report that is widely circulated (Roseville/Ramsey county report?), says there are 3-4 times too many deer. The number of deer must be reduced. If the goose feeding policy helped on another lake, it would seem that a deer feeding policy would help the deer problem. Many of the cities around Roseville have a feeding policy and hunting programs. If Roseville enacts a feeding policy, it may help to eliminate hunting programs in other cities. Final comments: I like deer, but there are T00 many deer. Seeing deer should be a novel event and not a daily nuisance event. Do not eliminate the deer, but definitely thin the deer population to the recommended numbers.