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171 Member Luongo asked if the City ever enforces anything in the backyard or is the <br />172 enforcement for the front yard only. <br />173 <br />174 Mr. Englund explained the Ordinance reads forty feet from the property line or forty <br />175 feet from an occupied structure that has to be maintained at eight inches or less. <br />176 <br />177 Chair Ficek inquired if someone were to mow the parameter of their lawn the <br />178 middle would still need to be under eight inches according to the Ordinance. <br />179 <br />180 Mr. Englund explained that was correct or the person would be in violation of the <br />181 Ordinance. <br />182 <br />183 Chair Ficek indicated he was in favor of this and would like to recommend <br />184 something to the City Council but was not sure what a recommendation would <br />185 consist of. i <br />186 <br />187 Mr. Freihammer indicated the Council did not have a discussion on this last year <br />188 before No Mow May so the recommendation could be as simple as asking the City <br />189 Council to do something similar for next year as was done in 2022, to relax the <br />190 rules through May. Maybe there is a recommendation out of what type of no mow <br />191 or modified No Mow May and could it extend longer or exceptions to the rules in <br />192 the future. <br />193 <br />194 Chair Ficek did like the No Mow or Less Mow because that could get more people <br />195 on board. He would also like to include something like allocating staff time to get <br />196 the education notice out there and really do this correctly to reduce some of the <br />197 complaints that come in. <br />198 <br />199 Member Collins explained he would like to get this out as soon as possible in the <br />200 newsletter. <br />201 <br />202 Mr. Freihammer explained that if this gets approved by the City Council in <br />203 November, it could go out in the January/February and/or the March/April <br />204 newsletters. <br />205 <br />206 Member Collins thought changing the Ordinance to follow what the City is trying <br />207 to promote. He thought they needed to look at the plan No Mow May, Less Mow <br />208 May. He did not think a lot of people understood No Mow May last year. He <br />209 thought less mow is good but he thought the City needed to look at the bigger <br />210 picture. It is not just one month; it needs to carry on and maybe relax the Code <br />211 violations all the way to July to allow people to catch up mowing their longer lawns <br />212 without ruining them. He also thought the City could look at islands on the property <br />213 that would not be in violation of the Ordinance. <br />214 <br />215 Chair Ficek asked what the Roseville parks did for No Mow May in 2022. <br />216 <br />Page 5 of 8 <br />