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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 5, 2016 Page 28 Councilmember Laliberte referenced the financial plan (Attachment B) and denot- ing 125 White Tail Deer, and why that particular number had been chosen. Councilmember Laliberte also asked why the length of term in referred from De- cember to September when the work was confined to the months between January and March in the contract itself. Mr. Brokke clarified that it was simply a reference to do with the number of deer repeatedly observed on average, and not a number in the contract. Specific to the term addressed, Mr. Brokke advised that this was the standard agreement for the Department of Agriculture in their Cooperative Service Agreements and not nec- essarily the target time period for eradication. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Brokke advised that donation of the processed deer would be determined by the DNR and Department of Agricul- ture through a list of needy families in the area, with Roseville fa�nilies given the first opportunity before moving down the list of needy families previously identi- fied by those agencies. Mr. Brokke confirmed that the processing costs of the deer meet wound not be an additional cost to the City of Roseville but part of the other agency's cost of doing business. Councilmember Laliberte noted that the proposed costs were for reducing the herd to twenty. Mr. Brokke advised that while projections focused on twenty, as recommenda- tions by the DNR, Department of Agriculture, and Ramsey County, they were based on different times and the number of visits made to the site. Mr. Brokke advised that the agencies anticipated reducing the deer population by up to five per night per visit, thus their number of twenty. In general, Mr. Brokke reported that the number was based on bringing the deer population back to a reasonable habitat number of between 15 — 19 deer versus current estimates of a population of fifty-two deer in the Roseville area. Councilmember Laliberte opined that she always felt the lower population of 15 — 19 deer was what the community was able to tolerate in the past. Mayor Roe opined that even reducing the herd to 32 would still make them above the target of 15-19 deer. Mayor Roe further opined that even with historical deer population counts prior to a few years ago in the 30-40 range, the city hadn't fielded near the complaints or dealt with the issues it had of late. Even if the habi- tat was not able to support that many, Mayor Roe opined that at least this initial reduction in the population would bring things mare in line with past years and fewer conflicts with residents. Councilmember Laliberte reiterated that she was comfortable getting the deer population levels to the previously more tolerable levels.