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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 13, 2017 Page 5 specific problems being experienced in Roseville and identified with only one store versus completely banning the sale of puppies on a broader scale. Steve Olson Mr. Olson stated that he had been encouraged to attend tonight to share his per- sonal anecdotal history in his family's purchase of a rescue dog from a Roseville pet store that they were still trying to bring back to health after multiple trips to the veterinarian. Mr. Olson further noted that his research of the breeder where this particular dog had originated was originally located in Pennsylvania and after being forced to shut down, had then relocated to Iowa and was operating the same type of business model. Mr. Olson further reviewed apparent consideration by the pet store owner to make restitution of veterinary bills, but after submissiori of itemized bills from the veterinarian specifically related to direct costs from para- sites, Mr. Olson reported that they had yet to receive restitution or any response to-date. City Council Deliberation After hearing public testimony, Councilmember McGehee stated her agreement to leave p�esent language including the findings as presented other than for striking the end of the first sentence (line 28) as previously noted. Willmus moved, Laliberte seconded, adoption of an Ordinance (Attachment B) entitled, "An Ordinance Creating and Administrative Offense for the Sale of Dogs and Cats by a Retail Establishment;" amended as follows: ■ Straking the e�d of the sentence related to financial costs and taxpayer bu�°- den (lines 39 and 40); ■ Replace "affect" with "aclve�sely impact" (line 48) Councilmember Willmus stated his appreciation of the effort going into this ordi- nance and thanked the dozens of Roseville residents providing testimony. Coun- cilmember Willmus stated his continued support for the adoption ordinance model as more humane and fitting for Roseville and ultimately for those animals in- volved. Councilmember Willmus stated his support of it from the onset and ad- vised that he continued to support it. Councilmember Laliberte also stated her support from the beginning, opining that this is a model fitting the values of Roseville that current conditions were not achieving. Recognizing that the city was not in a position to take on the inspec- tion aspect and in consideration of the limitations and concerns about other in- spection processes in place (e.g. United States Department of Agriculture), Coun- cilmember Laliberte stated that this was the best alternative for Roseville and its residents. Councilmember Etten asked his colleagues to consider discussion of lines 104- 106 of Attachment B, opining that he found it unreasonable to require that over- night and on-site staffing be provided specific to cats, citing several area exam-