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Mr. Edward L. Trettel 7401 Park View Drive Mounds View, MN 55432 March 27, 1987 Mr. Wayne Burmeister, Chairperson Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commission City of Mounds View 2401 Highway 10 Mounds View, MN 55112 Dear Wayne: I was recently reading over Resolution #2067 that pertains to residential property that abuts city parks. One of the items in that resolution states that formal approval must be given by the City Council, after review by the Parks and Recreation Commission, if one wishes to have a temporary bird feeder on the park property. I would like to have the Commission review my proposal below, and present it to the City Council for approval, if your review finds my idea in keeping with the goals of the park system. For the past two years I have been feeding the migrating geese and ducks in my backyard, placing the feeders on park property. The feeders (two of them) are standard galvanized poultry feeders, roughly 10 inches each side at the base, and about 10 inches high. I fill these twice a day (morning and evening) with whole corn. During the heavy migration months (two in the spring, two in the fall) I ration out over 100 pounds of corn a week for the ducks and geese. As the population drops during the warmer months, and as food becomes more available in the pounds, I gradually reduce the corn supply. In addition to the two feeders, I also scatter corn in the park woods near the bog for the pheasants (counted 8 of them! ) during the winter. I'd sure like to continue to feed the geese and ducks where I do now. I'm not an expert on birds, but they seem to favor the natural point that exists behind our house. This juts out into the pond a short way, and perhaps gives them a secure perspective from which to feed. Even when the corn has been withdrawn for months, they still group on the park property at the point, which may say something about their instincts. Since they seem to enjoy that point, that is where I feed them. I