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• Reduce the number of car /deer collisions <br />• Educate residents as to the value of deer and deer habitat; minimizing nuisance problems <br />through planting and landscaping; and the ramifications of supplemental deer feeding <br />• Create a uniform system for handling resident input relative to deer management <br />• Pass an ordinance prohibiting the feeding of deer and other wild animals /fowl. <br />Management Policies: <br />1 The City will continue to contract with Ramsey County Parks & Recreation for annual <br />aerial deer survey services. The annual survey, resident input, and the availability of <br />suitable hunt sites shall be used as a basis for determining the extent and location of any <br />deer removal efforts for the upcoming season. <br />2. Attempt to document all resident input, including phone calls, a -mails and letters shall be <br />collected by the City Administrator and be provided to the City Council for its annual <br />evaluation of the deer management program. <br />3. Deer removal efforts necessary to achieve City objectives shall be limited to archery and <br />shall be conducted by the Metro Bowhunters Resource Base (MBRB) or by private <br />property owners when they have a site at least 20 acres in size and the hunters pass <br />appropriate proficiency criteria and abide by City hunt rules. <br />4. Deer removal operations shall be conducted on public property where practical, and on <br />private property where conditions are conducive to archery and of sufficient size and <br />development is limited. Combinations of parcels to yield a site of sufficient size (ideally <br />no less than 20 acres) and with limited development are acceptable; subject to property <br />owner consent. <br />5. Notice will be mailed prior to the first removal date to all property owners whose land <br />adjoins a proposed deer removal site. The notice shall include the dates of all hunts for <br />that season and contact information for deer management personnel (city staff and law <br />enforcement). <br />6. The City will provide deer management information to its residents through the City's <br />newsletter and website. <br />Deer Management - Plan -- 2012 <br />It is anticipated that the City will utilize control areas similar to those used in 2011 (Exhibit <br />B). That assumption is based on the cooperation of a number of private and public property <br />owners whose permission will be sought if this plan is adopted by the City Council. We will <br />also continue to attempt coordination with the City of Maplewood to add hunts in the areas <br />of Spoon Lake and the NW corner of County Road C & Highway 61, In 2011, Maplewood <br />chose not to add those areas and indicated they were contemplating the use of a sharpshooter in <br />2012. Finally, should other viable hunt areas present themselves, they will be review on a case - <br />by -case basis. <br />4 <br />5 <br />