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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 5- ??-16 <br /> Item No.: <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br /> <br />Item Description: Deer Population and Monitoring Update <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />BACKGROUND 1 <br /> 2 <br />In 2004 the City began working with Ramsey County to monitor the deer population. The method used 3 <br />by the County is to perform a “fly over” after a fresh snowfall and simply count the number of deer they 4 <br />see. 5 <br /> 6 <br />On November 9, 2015 the City Council approved an ordinance relating to the management of wildlife in 7 <br />the city (see attached). The ordinance went into effect on December 7, 2015 which prohibits feeding and 8 <br />allows for control mechanisms. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Following is a chart indicating: 11 <br />• The number of deer sited in Roseville each year since 2004 12 <br />• Summary of reports supplied by Roseville Police Department 13 <br />• Summary of reports supplied by the MN Department of Public Safety 14 <br />• Summary of dead deer picked up supplied by Roseville Public Works 15 <br />• Summary of complaints since ordinance supplied by Roseville Community Development 16 <br /> 17 <br />Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 3/31/16 <br /># of Deer 36 n/a <br />lack <br />snow <br />15 34 44 51 44 50 lack <br />snow <br />57 61 n/a <br />lack <br />snow <br />52 <br /># of cars hit- <br />Roseville <br />PD <br />- - - - 3 3 2 - 0 3 1 5 3 <br /># of cars hit <br />–MN patrol <br />- - - - 0 1 1 - 15* 9* 0 9 1 <br /># of dead <br />deer picked <br />up Roseville <br /> PW <br /> <br />- 2 3 3 5 6 3 5 6 6 10 11 2