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Attachment A Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 10, 2015 Page 39 St. Paul noted that there were rabbits and raccoons all around, but the local ordi- nance pointed only to deer. Mr. Gaughan reiterated that staff was working in the dark since as a community it was not clear what was actually needed. Mayor Roe noted that wild turkeys and other wildlife were also problematic, and suggested may be why the Shoreview ordinance was broader. Public Comment Jim Sull, 3061 Woodbridge Street Mr. Bull echoed the comments of Councilmember McGehee that this was a deer issue in the community and there was no need to identify a broader wildlife feed- ing issue. Mr. Bull stated that deer would eat and if not fed they would find food elsewhere and that would mean continuing landscape issues. Mr. Bull opined that based on survey information, the inissing piece was not a feeding ban, but to make sure the deer herd was not being overpopulated and precipitating the issue by creating a more widespread problem. Mr. Bull stated that the solution was to concentrate on managing.the right number of deer in the city. Roger Toogood, 601 Terrace Court Mr. Toogood spoke in support of Mr. Bull's comments, expressing his disap- pointment with the "summary ordinance" based on previous discussions with the City Council and Parks & Recreation Commission indicting that feeding was only a small part of the problem and managing the deer herd was the real issue. Mr. Toogood noted that this draft ordinance didn't even discuss harvesting deer, and his understanding was that the ordinance in the packet was going to be presented and finally after all this time would be formally adopted by the City Council to- night, causing him further disappointment in hearing so much dissention among individual Council members. Mr. Toogood asked that the City Council face the issue head on and make a decision. Timothy Callaghan, 3062 Shorewood Lane Mr. Callaghan stated that his understanding was that the city was going to verify the actual acreage of deer habitat in this area; and opined that he didn't think the Park & Recreation Commission's research number was anywhere close to the ac- tual but much larger. Mr. Callaghan further opined that some of the information received at the last discussion was incorrect, including the statement made that all green area shown on the map was public land, which was inaccurate since at least 1/3 of his backyard adjacent to Little Johanna had been identified as public. Mr. Callaghan opined that the city was historically poor at enforcing its ordinanc- es, and therefore why adopt this one. Mr. Callaghan also asked how much its en- forcement would cost when there were other things brought forward needing at- tention.