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Barb Benesch <br />Subject: FW: Reply to Mounds View letter sent. 5249 O'Connell Chickens <br />From: mgavett@comcast.net <br />Date: April 17, 2024 at 8:19:36 AM PDT <br />To: Nyle Zikmund <nyle.zikmund@moundsviewmn.org> <br />Subject: Reply to Mounds View letter sent. 5249 O'Connell Chickens <br />Caution: This email originated outside our organization; please use caution. <br />Hello Nyle, <br />We would like to respond to the notice Mounds view sent regarding the chickens request for 5249 <br />O'Connell Dr. We see they wish to have chickens on this property. It does not say how many chickens <br />they are asking to keep only the maximum of 12 is listed. If they wish a couple for pets that is OK but 12 <br />chickens is a farm not appropriate for a city property. We had experienced the chickens at 5209 Jeffery <br />and those chickens are not quiet like everyone believes. They make noise like little kids crying or <br />screaming and somehow get loose running around the property and out in the street. We had to notify <br />the owners they were out loose several times. And were disturbed many times with the noises they <br />made. Often going out to see if a child was hurt and found it was the damn chickens making noise like a <br />hurt child. Very disturbing and uncalled for in a neighborhood. We do not support this property having <br />chickens as they have not even taken care of the home and have a lot of junk all over the front of the <br />property which shows they will likely not upkeep a chicken coop and the cleaning it takes to maintain <br />the chickens which will burden neighbors and make a dirty yard and potentially an unhealthy lot for the <br />neighborhood. Please let the city council know we do not support approval of chickens for this property. <br />If they do approve please place a lower limit like they had before of maximum of 6 birds not 12 as <br />proposed. 12 is just too many for a city property. <br />We also hope the city has checked into the liability insurance as referenced by Gary Stephanson who has <br />many years of insurance experience. He brings up a very good point that chickens may not be covered <br />under home owners insurance and the property owner should be required to prove the chickens are <br />covered for any health or liable claims before the city issues a permit for the property to have <br />chickens. Just a good idea. <br />Thank you and have a good day. <br />Mark & Debbie Gavett <br />5210 Jeffery Dr. <br />