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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />ROSEVILLE DEER POPULATION REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL <br />3/9/15 <br />BACKGROUND <br />On average, until 2014, there have been less than 10 calls per year documented by Parks and Recreation. <br />In 2014, there have been raised concerns, specifically in the Owasso area. The concerns have primarily <br />been complaints regarding damage to gardens and vegetation in resident's yards as well as the tameness of <br />deer and health concerns. <br />There have also been calls in support of deer indicating thepopiilatrons fine and feel that there are <br />mechanisms to live with deer, i.e. fencing, types of plants`thrare plarfted control feeding, etc. <br />v <br />In 2004 the City began working with Ramsey County to monitor the deer population. The method used by <br />the County is a helicopter "fly over" after a fresh sriofall counting the number of_deer seen. <br />On November 17, 2014 at the joint rr <br />was determined that the Commission <br />population with an eventual recornm( <br />others in the area are doing. <br />Attachments to review include::~% <br />A. <br />2014 Ramsey :ourity <br />B. <br />Highlighted Map oftl <br />C. <br />Ramsey County <br />D. <br />Survey of Ramsey Co <br />E. <br />Ramsey Courity Tlatui <br />F <br />AsYpnple comprehen <br />G. <br />Summary presenta& <br />H. <br />A spreadsheet of deer <br />Public Process <br />There has been a signifidgf% <br />meetings in January and Febr <br />and/or control mechanisms, it <br />the Parks and Recreation Commission and City Council, it <br />Will provide further study regarding the Roseville deer <br />pack to ;the City Uuncil. This study would include what <br />gyp; u eluding Roasevrlle showing the location where deer were counted <br />77 sq _miles of habitat in Roseville <br />rnagement Study, uZcluding a survey conducted in 2012 <br />yCitres updated rn December 2014 <br />Resource Managernefi Plan - Wildlife Section <br />or ---an, ce from the'City of Shoreview <br />m Qbruary 2015 to the Parks and Recreation Commission <br />atron related comments received over the last year <br />iublic input through written corresponded and at the Commission <br />. If the City Council decides to move forward with regulations <br />fended that a public hearing be well advertised and conducted. <br />Monitoring, Tracking and Inventorying <br />Following is a history of Roseville indicating deer numbers spotted in Roseville each year since 2004 as <br />well as numbers supplied by Roseville Police Department and the MN Department of Public Safety listing <br />the number of auto vs. deer crashes where an accident report was filed and the number of dead deer picked <br />up in Roseville reported by Roseville Public Works. <br />Page I of 5 <br />