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Mounds View City Council May 26, 2015 <br />Regular Meeting Page 13 <br /> <br />from chickens. City Administrator Ericson anticipated that nuisance chickens would be dealt 1 <br />with in the same manner as nuisance pets. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Council Member Mueller supported this matter going forward. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Council Member Meehlhause was not in favor of allowing chickens in Mounds View and did not 6 <br />want his neighbors to keep chickens. He also did not want to see the Council become divided on 7 <br />this issue. He recommended that the number of chickens allowed be reconsidered, and that the 8 <br />definition of fowl be more closely defined. He supported the written neighborhood consent 9 <br />moving forward. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Mayor Flaherty questioned if eight chickens were too many and questioned if one family needed 12 <br />four dozen eggs a week. He stated that he did not want to find out the hard way that chickens 13 <br />were not conducive to residential neighborhoods. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Council Member Gunn believed that chickens were a community building experience and would 16 <br />benefit Mounds View neighborhoods. She encouraged Mayor Flaherty to visit the school to see 17 <br />its chickens and ducks. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Council Member Mueller discussed her experience with chickens growing up in Wisconsin. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Mayor Flaherty recommended that further discussions be held with the public regarding the draft 22 <br />poultry/fowl Ordinance. 23 <br /> 24 <br />City Administrator Ericson suggested bringing the draft Ordinance to the Council on June 8th. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Council Member Mueller was in favor of discussing the draft Ordinance further at a worksession 27 <br />meeting prior to moving forward to a Council meeting. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Council Member Gunn supported staff’s recommendation. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Mayor Flaherty agreed to introducing the draft Ordinance on June 8th with a public hearing 32 <br />scheduled for June 22nd. 33 <br /> 34 <br />C. Reports of City Attorney. 35 <br /> 36 <br />City Attorney Sonsalla had nothing additional to report. 37 <br /> 38 <br />12. Next Council Work Session: Monday, June 1, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. 39 <br />Next Council Meeting: Monday, June 8, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. 40