07-14-10 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JULY 14, 2010 MBRB hunters be required to donate a certain percentage of the meat from the deer they take. The City Administrator indicated that the City can make that request. He pointed out that these hunters would be hunting on their own licenses, but noted that they have been very cooperative in the past. The Administrator reported that before the hw~t starts there will be a meeting with the MBRB and the Sculley family would be welcomed to attend. The Administrator asked if the Council was interested in having the hunt extend to 2966 Arcade Street. Council was agreeable provided that the properly owner would grant permission. Dan Sculley noted that his neighbor to the north would be included in the Sculley family hunt. The City Administrator indicated that this would be acceptable given the combining of the neighbor's property with the Sculley property. However, 2 or 3 acre sites located sporadically throughout the City would not be candidates as hunting sites. McGraw felt that the minimum size site would be 5 acres. The Administrator agreed, and noted that if there were any sites of this size, hunting would be restricted to the MBRB. The Sculley family hunt would be the only private hunt allowed. The Administrator again indicated that he would meet with the Sculley family and bring a proposal back to the Council for action. He also indicated that he would contact St. Jude Medical to see if they have any interest in a MBRB hunt on thew site. CHICKENS Jill Winegar, LaBore Road, appeared before the Council and requested that consideration be given to amending the Code to allow property owners to keep chickens ou their property. Currently the Code bans the keeping of chickens as they are classif ed in the Code as a farm animal. Winegar reported that the keeping of urban chickens has become trendy, and many cities are allowing urban chicken raising. She noted that she has a small house on a large lot and has room for the two chickens that she currently has. Winegar reported that the Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis allow the keeping of urban chickens subject to limits on number as welt as other restrictions. Winegar felt that chickens were quieter than dogs and cats and indicated that cleanliness was not an issue. She produces a couple of magazines devoted to the keeping of chickens, and again indicated that keeping chickens was trendy and hip. Keis pointed out that the City Code currently limits the number of animals that a property owner can have to a combination of three. Keis expressed concern that this Code was applied to dogs and cats and noted that people have other pets as well such as guinea pigs, birds, etc. Boss asked why Winegar wanted to keep chickens. Winegar reported that she keeps them for eggs, they eat bugs from her garden, and they are pets. 5