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1 ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 2 DRAFT MEETING MINUTES FOR 3 MARCH 3, 2015 -- Draft 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 ABSCENT: 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. Community members in attendance reserved their comments for 15 later in the meeting. 16 17 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FEBRUARY 3, 2015 MEETING 18 February 3, 2015 minutes passed unanimously. 19 20 Chair D. Holt recognized and conveyed appreciation to Assistant Director Jill Anfang on the thoroughness 21 of the minutes. The Commission agreed. 22 23 4. DEER POPULATION DISCUSSION 24 Brokke spoke on the upcoming March 9, 2015 Council meeting where the Commission will share the 25 findings from recent studies, Commission discussions and resident input on the issue of deer management in 26 Roseville. At this time the Commission will make a recommendation to the Council for their consideration 27 and action. 28 29 Commissioners Newby & Stoner worked with Director Brokke to draft the report on Rosevilles deer 30 population for the Council. Newby summarized the key points of the report along with the recommendation 31 to the Council. Based on Commission findings & Resident input, the recommendation includes; 32 Continue monitoring and inventorying deer population in Roseville · 33 Develop a Wildlife Management Ordinance with penalties & enforcement strategies · 34 Pursue Wildlife feeding restrictions · 35 Provide options for a controlled hunt following established criteria · 36 37 Commissioner D. Holt reiterated the objective is to collaborate with Ramsey County and the surrounding 38 communities on a deer management program. Commissioner Doneen inquired further into how a 39 coordinated effort might work. 40 Brokke explained that Ramsey County will help but the decisions and implementation process is up to 41 the individual communities. Brokke spoke of how the collaboration will be based on opening 42 communication among interested communities and encouraging shared knowledge among those 43 communities participating. 44 45 Brokke and commissioners recognized there is currently a number of deer management and wildlife 46 management plans available for reference when creating Rosevilles plan and ordinance. 47 48 Doneen added a reminder that the key objective when managing wildlife is to be sure native plants are not 49 impacted in the process. 50 51