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1 ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 2 MEETING MINUTES FOR 3 FEBRUARY 3, 2015 4 ROSEVILLE CITY HALL ~ 6:30pm 5 6 Bogenholm, Diedrick, D. Holt, M. Holt, Doneen, Gelbach, Newby, Stoner PRESENT: 7 Azer, Wall, both notified staff about being unable to attend ABSENT: 8 Anfang, Brokke STAFF: 9 10 11 1. INTRODUCTIONS 12 13 2. ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT 14 No Public comment at the start of meeting. Over 50 community members in attendance, many reserved 15 their comments for later in the meeting. 16 17 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES JANUARY 6, 2015 MEETING 18 January 6, 2015 minutes passed unanimously. 19 20 4. DEER POPULATION DISCUSSION 21 Commission Chair D. Holt briefed those in attendance on the process the Commission has followed 22 studying issues related to the deer population in Roseville. Holt also directed community members on 23 how the meeting was to be conducted and guidelines for their participation in the meeting. 24 25 Brokke briefed the Commission and attendees on the Ramsey County Wildlife Management Program 26 & DNR criteria and data. The decision to control wildlife is left to the individual communities in 27 Ramsey County. 28 29 Brokke also addressed questions raised by community members attending the January 6, 2015 30 Commission meeting. 31 32 All presentation materials were included in the Commission packet and were made available online at 33 the City of Roseville website. 34 35 Commission Chair D. Holt followed with the acknowledgement and comments on the work 36 Commissioners Stoner & Newby did with staff to research wildlife feeding bans. T. Newby introduced 37 the fact finding process while J. Stoner summarized the findings found from surveying surrounding 38 communities. 39 T. Newby emphasized, that their work addresses a possible comprehensive ordinance that addresses a 40 range of wildlife with exception for song birds. 41 D. Holt inquired into the process for enacting such an ordinance. · 42 Brokke explained how background information would be shared with the City Council, o 43 upon their direction the City Attorney would draft an ordinance that addresses wildlife 44 management. 45 Commission Chair D. Holt opened the floor for comments by Community Members at 7:05pm. 46 Roger Toogood shared photos of a neighborhood deer feeding station with the adjacent foot · 47 prints and droppings as well as photos of a group of 6 or more deer gathering in his back yard. 48 Toogood also shared a letter from a University of Minnesota Veterinarian that addressed issues · 49 of disease carried by deer.