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To: Parks and Recreation Commission <br />From: Lonnie Brokke <br />Date: August 19, 2019 <br />Re: Notes for Commission Meeting on Tuesday September 3, 2019 <br />1. Introductions <br />2. Public Comment Invited <br />3. Approval of Minutes of the August 1, 2019 Meeting <br />Enclosed is a copy of the minutes of August 1, 2019. Please be prepared to <br />approve/amend. <br />Requested Commission Action: Approve/amend meetingminutes of August 1, <br />2019. <br />4. Presentation of MRPA Award of Excellence <br />The Minnesota Recreation and Park Association (MRPA)annually present awards of <br />excellence for notable projects and programs from the previous year. The City of <br />Roseville is the 2018 Award of Excellence recipient in the Administrative <br />Management category for the acquisition and development of Unity Park. The <br />application is included in your packet. <br /> <br />An MRPA representative will be at your meeting to present the award. Thanks to all <br />for making this possible. <br />Requested Commission Action: Hear presentation and accept award. <br /> <br />5. 2019-20 Deer Monitoring and Reduction Program Discussion <br />For reference purposes, historical background information on the Deer Monitoring <br />and Reduction Program is included in your packet. <br /> <br />At your joint meeting with the City Council in June, they requested that the Parks <br />and Recreation Commission and Staff manage the Roseville Deer Monitoring and <br />Reduction Program as an ongoing effort. They further suggested that the program <br />gather and utilize advice and information from experts at the United States <br />Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and <br />Ramsey County. This would include determining herd size, makeup and arriving at a <br />reduction number. <br /> <br />In August, staff shared information on their most recent conversations with the <br />USDA and DNR. This information centered on the potential reduction number for the <br />2019/20 season. It was suggested that based on science and statistics, it would be <br />reasonable to reduce the herd by around 50 deer and purposefully include some <br />males. The rational is that if there were 43 minimum deer in the February 2019 <br />survey with 10 taken after that survey, then there presumably would be 33 <br />remaining. This is a minimum number due to some not physically seen. If half of <br />those deer are female and we can assume two fawns each, it would add 33 more to <br />2 <br /> <br />