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Mounds View City Council June 13, 2016 Regular Meeting Page 3 7. COUNCIL BUSINESS 1 2 B. 7:00 p.m., Public Hearing, Resolution 8591, a Resolution to Consider a 3 Residential Kennel License for Meridith Grosse Located at 7985 Fairchild 4 Avenue. 5 6 Assistant City Administrator Crane requested the Council consider a residential kennel license 7 for the property at 7985 Fairchild Avenue for Meridith Grosse. She explained Ms. Grosse has 8 three dogs that are call current on their rabies shots. In accordance with City Code, the Council 9 is required to hold a public hearing in order to take action on this item. It was noted Ms. Grosse 10 has received one complaint, two emails and two calls in opposition of this request due to the fact 11 the dogs have a barking issue. She indicated Ms. Grosse has addressed the barking concern. She 12 reported Ms. Grosse was in attendance to address this concern. 13 14 Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:15 p.m. 15 16 Hearing no public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:15 p.m. 17 18 Mayor Flaherty asked if Ms. Grosse believed her dogs had a barking problem. Meridith Grosse, 19 7985 Fairchild Avenue, explained one of her dogs did have a barking problem, but this has been 20 addressed through a permanent bark collar. 21 22 Mayor Flaherty questioned how long Ms. Grosse had lived in Mounds View. Ms. Grosse 23 indicated she has lived in Mounds View for the past 12 years. 24 25 Mayor Flaherty inquired how long Ms. Grosse has had three dogs. Ms. Grosse stated she has had 26 three dogs since September of 2015 and was made aware of the kennel license requirement after 27 meeting with the Community Service Officer. 28 29 Mayor Flaherty encouraged Ms. Grosse to speak with her neighbors in order to see if there were 30 any further concerns with barking dogs. He was not comfortable with requiring Ms. Grosse to 31 get rid of one of her dogs at this time and believed that Ms. Grosse had addressed the barking 32 concerns. 33 34 Council Member Mueller understood that one of the complaints stated one of Ms. Grosse’s dogs 35 got out of the yard and was barking at a neighbor. Ms. Grosse confirmed that her yard was 36 fenced and her dogs had not gotten out of the yard. She stated there were numerous dogs in her 37 neighborhood and perhaps the complaint should have been filed against a different person. 38 39 Council Member Mueller commented that another one of the complaints reported the dogs were 40 outside from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. every day. Ms. Grosse stated this was not the case because 41 she was at work during this time. She indicated the dogs were let out in the morning but were 42 promptly put back into the house. 43 44 Council Member Mueller was pleased that Ms. Grosse has found a solution to the barking 45 concerns. 46