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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 13,2015 Page 8 spaces and cautioned them to not create additional problems for residents and/or wildlife as it pursued development projects. Tim Eckert, 2653 Matilda Street Mr. Eckert noted that this was Minnesota, not someplace defunct of wildlife, and opined deer were not a major problem, referencing recent Horticulture Society in- formation by Mr. Callaghan in his comments at a previous meeting. Mr. Eckert suggested trying to address and eliminate problems on an individual basis without violence or killing, suggesting that the course to follow, similar to the teachings for children to deal with their problems more productively, as well as in this case in dealing with the deer. Mayor Roe thanked those providing comments. Mayor Roe clarified that the City was not intending to adopt an ordinance tonight, as it was in no position to do so yet as language had not been developed for adop- tion. Mayor Roe advised that possible Council action tonight may be directing staff and advisory commissions to create draft language for Council consideration for a non-feeding ordinance, or something related to a wildlife management plan in either or both cases, or to recommend consideration of a hunt concept as one option. Mayor Roe advised that the City Council, during tonight's discussion, may provide guidance as to what they wanted or did not want to see in any ordi- nance they requested. Mayor Roe asked for a staff response to those questions brought forward during public comment. Carrying capacity and how acreage was established for Roseville at .77 acres how and which commissions were involved Mr. Brokke advised that the carrying capacity had been established in working with the DNR and Ramsey County as they reviewed the community and identified specific areas. While Roseville could add to that, Mr. Brokke noted that this was the DNR's identification. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Brokke advised that the habitat identified for potential for carrying capacity was all public space, and not private property. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Brokke noted the location in- cluded in RCA materials from March 9, 2015 that identified the number and type of calls tracked over the years, and increased scrutiny as calls escalated in 2014. Councilmember Laliberte questioned if complaints escalated after public meetings with those coming forward in support of that public awareness or whether they were natural complaints rather than duplicate in nature from the same people.