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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 9,2018 Page 10 Councilmember Willmus clarified that City staff can and should be involved in a leadership role. Councilmember Etten concurred. Ms. Barsel added that CHAT, in its survey two years ago, identified this as one of the primary needs. It also identified overlapping populations that are not serviced, including a senior population and immigrant and refugee populations, as well as a disabilities population. CHAT tried to figure out how to initiate some overlap- ping service that would address what some of these people need. She emphasized that CHAT only has a handful of volunteers. Councilmember Laliberte thanked Mayor Roe for the clarification of the leader- ship role by City staff She agreed that the Council does not want this extra work to fall back on the volunteers. She also added that the City has a history of finding it difficult to work with some of the apartment building owners, so perhaps the fo- rum could be held at a park building or work with neighborhood churches so that it can occur without opposition. Mayor Roe suggested that if the weather becomes nice enough, the forum could be held outside on Marion Street. Councilmember McGehee stated she will support this motion and suggested that staff reach out to the HREIC as well as the folks who spoke here tonight, as they have connections in that area. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte, McGehee, Willmus, Etten, and Roe. Nays:None. b. Receive Roseville Deer Population Report Parks and Recreation Director Brokke briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the RCA and related attachments dated April 9, 2018. He discussed the deer pop- ulation over the past several years, noting the annual deer survey is conducted via aerial flyover by Ramsey County. In 2017, 20 deer (16 females, 4 males) were removed as part of the first population-reduction effort. The recommendation is to again reduce 20 deer in the winter of 2018. He displayed the deer population tracking graph, beginning in 2004. During the evaluation process prior to the re- duction effort,the City had worked with the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Agricultural about deer habitat. Based upon 1.77 square miles of habitat, it was determined that a sustainable number of deer would be 15-19. Parks and Recreation Director Brokke also highlighted the 2017 community feed- back received regarding deer: • 44%made pro-reduction comments