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ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 6, 2014 ROSEVILLE CITY HALL~6:30pm PRESENT: Bogenholm, Diedrick, Doneen, Gelbach, D. Holt, M. Holt,Newby, Stoner, Wall ABSENT: Azer notified staff about beingunable to attend STAFF: Anfang,Brokke, O’Brien, Schultz INTRODUCTIONS 1. Chair D. Holt announced that the City Council officially appointed youth representative Teague Bogenholmto the Commission.Welcome Teague! ROLL CALL/PUBLIC COMMENT 2. A group of 6 residents were in attendance for the meeting and deferred their comments until the Deer Population item. APPROVAL OF MINUTES –OCTOBER 7,2014MEETING 3. Commission Recommendation: Minutes for the October 7,2014meeting were approved unanimously,Wallabstained. DEER POPULATION ACTIVITY & DISCUSSION 4. Brokke briefed the Commission on the history of deer populationmonitoringin Roseville. In 2004,a number of departments were handling deer related calls, comments and complaints. Parks and Recreation volunteered to funnel the calls to provide a better, more streamline service to the residents. Since then Parks and Recreation has managed these calls and worked with Ramsey County to monitor the number of deer in Roseville. Typically, Ramsey County performs an annual account in January and February. Parks and Recreation staff provide the Council with a periodic report of resident comments and Ramsey County reports. Brokke also shared Ramsey County numbers over the past few years. Brokke spoke to the fact that Ramsey County does have a control program that includes a controlled hunt. Doneen asked for more information and criteria for a controlled hunt. o Brokke spoke about how Ladyslipper Park might be a potential site due to its size and the distance and location of adjacent residences. Newby asked about the nature of the complaints. Brokke responded with deer destroying trees & plants, vehicular safety and the issue with o the animals becoming too tame. Newby also asked if the City has an ordinance about feeding deer. o Doneen commented that deer feeding on local plantings is hard on native vegetation. o Commission members discussed considering recommendations to control feeding of deer. Brokke informed the Commission that he has talked to the Ramsey County Natural Resources. Manager and staff from Little Canada and St. Paul about the outcomes of hunts in their communities. Response had been that the hunts have had a noticeable effect to the point that some of these communities are considering not holding hunts in the future. Resident Comments: Bill Frank informed the Commission that the deer population is devastating the plant life o in his yard and the yards of his neighbors. He has seen 5-7 deer in has yard at the same time. Bill indicated that he and his neighbors believe the deer count in his area of Roseville is rising and something should be done about this. Bill also is worried about the potential damage to the parks by the deer.