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Hanson, Joel From: Michael _I_Fahey @reliantenergy.com Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 9:35 AM To: joel .hanson @ci.little- canada.mn.us; matthew .l.anderson @co.hennepin.mn.us Subject: RE: Geese Joel - -I am ok with this and support using your suggested approach in the future. I pasted your second message on your e-mail so you can copy and save this to the file for future reference. Please give a hard copy of this message to other council members for their consideration. Matt, why not make your motion that we not harvest this year due to lack of complaints and a determination that the numbers this year are manageable and do not constitute a nuisance. Inform the folks you talked to that we have discussed and that you will make a motion in that fashion and that I support your motion as well. Matt, thanks for taking a leadership position on this and Joel, thanks for the follow - throughl joel.hanson @ci.little -ca nada.mn.us To: Michael _I_Fahey @reliantenergy.com cc: 07/11/2001 09:04 AM Subject: RE: Geese 1 think it should come down to two factors: 1. Are we getting complaints. 2. Are the numbers being controlled so the problem doesn't get out of hand again. We have had few complaints this year. The only one I've had is along Old C. It appears our efforts from previous years have brought the numbers in line. To avoid it this year won't impact us greatly. The "depends on the circumstances" issue gets to the needs and desires of the communities he serves. He said he covers a wide variety of situations such as small concentrated areas like the ponds by Grand Pre to situations like Lake of the Isles. I'm not sure we can ever take the emotionalism out of it. I think it comes down to a judgement of when a nuisance exists. I did call Virginia Smith and she indicated there isn't a problem this year on East Savage. Therefore, I think we can discontinue for this year with the understanding we will need to evaluate areas on an annual basis. Lastly, I don't think we have ever had a hard and fast standard as to how to approach this. I would say common sense has been the governing force. Perhaps we could attempt to adopt a more formalized policy that involves public input to give us something to fall back on each year. (This would be a good winter project.) Let me know what you think. One more thing. He has said in the past the numbers in any one year are not necessarily a problem. The real problem comes from leaving the numbers on checked. Hatches from the following year can turn that number into 75 the following year. Then new nesting sites are sought and numbers grow in other PAGE 12