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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 24, 2016 Page 26 As a 31-year resident, Ms. Rouda agreed with the statistics provided in the staff report based on her personal observations, opining she’d never seen deer this ag- gressive with their destruction of Hosta, prairie plantings, rain garden and vegeta- ble plants. Ms. Rouda noted she had to install a temporary fence around her vegetable garden to protect it from deer; but after seeing the city’s fence policy, questioned if she should have gotten a permit to do so. Besides fencing to protect plantings, Ms. Rouda referred to contraceptives in bait food as another option. Ms. Rouda stated she saw the deer coming up from the swamp area adjacent to Lake Josephine and spoke in support of the deer popula- tion being reduced. Ms. Rouda further opined that if the city took care of the deer population around Lake Owasso, it would make considerable progress with the deer population. Ms. Rouda agreed with others who think deer are cute, but stat- ed she didn’t want them destroying her yard and gardens. Nate Arthur, 2629 Fisk Street Mr. Arthur stated his support for reducing the deer population. Mr. Arthur noted that he had been personally infected from one of ten tick bites resulting in Lyme disease, and been on antibiotics since then; and therefore considered this a public health and safety issue as well as a nuisance. Having moved to this property in 2009, Mr. Arthur noted he had received cost-sharing support in 2010 from the Grass Lake Water Management Organization to plant native plants along 1,000 square feet to provide a buffer along the back yard fence bordering the city storm water pond at Victoria Street and County Road E. Mr. Arthur stated it was obvi- ous deer liked the native plants Scott Henry, 1807 Alameda Street As a 34-year resident in the NE quadrant of Larpenteur Avenue and Dale Street, Mr. Henry noted his property backs up to Roselawn cemetery, in the Reservoir Woods area. Mr. Henry stated it wasn’t unusual to see 8 – 10 deer in his yard at a time, with bucks in evidence this year. Mr. Henry shared photographic evidence of deer rubbing antlers on tree bark causing considerable damage, as well as to other plantings, tomato plants and fruit trees. Mr. Henry noted the situation had continued to worsen and create more difficulties over the 15 years and asked the city to do something about it. Rob Reinhart, 523 Heinel Drive As a resident on NE Lake Owasso for over 35 years, Mr. Reinhart thanked the City Council for their service to the community. Even though this is his first time attending or speaking at a Council meeting, Mr. Reinhart stated his purpose in speaking up was to try to convince the City Council of how damaging and serious this issue is becoming. Mr. Reinhart opined the situation imposes considerable