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2778 Lakeview Ave <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> <br />Dear Little Canada City Council members, <br /> <br />My name is Renee Schott and my partner is Jeremy Higgins. Currently we own a house in <br />Roseville. I am a Staff Veterinarian at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (Roseville), I do relief <br />work for the Raptor Center (UMN St Paul Campus) and I teach around the country and <br />internationally on wildlife rehabilitation and medicine topics. Jeremy is PhD chemist at 3M <br />working in Research and Development . We have fallen in love with a property in Little Canada, <br />304 County Road B2 E and are looking to renovate this property. <br /> <br />We are scientists and animal lovers. Currently we have 1 dog (a treeing walker coonhound, <br />Nessie, pictured below), 2 indoor cats (Gila and Echidna), and 12 outdoor chickens (CC, Miss <br />Mo, Smooch, Smudge, Winstina, Badger, Helga, Broomhilda, Butterscotch, Maxine, BB and <br />Smee). All of our pets were strays or rescues and we realize first -hand what responsible pet <br />ownership means. Each of o ur pets has a story of being abused, neglected or lost and we are <br />committed to giving them a quality, forever home. All of our pets, including the chickens, <br />receive a high standard of veterinary and husbandry care and are treated like pets, not production <br />animals. I have been keeping chickens my entire life and provide all their veterinary care. <br /> <br />Our cats/dog are legal to keep in Little Canada under city codes, <br />however, chickens are illegal in the city limits. We are hoping to <br />apply for a text amendment to the code prohibiting chickens to allow <br />us on that specific property to keep our current pets. This specific <br />property is ideal for our family and the text amendment because the <br />house and all buildable land is at the center of these 6 acres (see black <br />X on map below) and is surrounded by wetlands that will be <br />impossible for us to build on. There will never be any neighbors that <br />will be able to hear or see our chickens. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />You may think that we are suggesting amendments to make it easier fo r everyone to own <br />chickens but we are not. Most of our chickens were the result of inexperienced, ignorant, or <br />malicious chicken owners who did not provide adequate husbandry and/or medical care. The <br />X <br />2