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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 24, 2014 Page 2 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF - NONE. 4 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. A. Resolution 14-048• a Resolution Approving a Request to Keep Five Female Chickens in an R-1 Zoning District at 3100 Hilldale Avenue. Mark Casey, City Manager, presenting. 9 City Manager Casey presented the applicant's request to keep five female chickens and 10 introduced Ms. Renee Reed. 11 12 Ms. Reed stated she is requesting to house five female chickens and has made arrangements to 13 relocate the chicks if any of them are roosters. She advised she has purchased a 3'x3' coop and 14 attached run that is 4'x3'. She stated everything would be encased in chicken wire and located 15 behind a playhouse and not visible by her neighbors. She added she has talked to all of her 16 neighbors and none of them indicated a concern about the chickens. 17 18 Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to adopt Resolution 14- 19 042; a Resolution to Approve a Request to Keep Five (5) Female Chickens in an R-1 Zoning 20 District at 3100 Hilldale Avenue. 21 22 Councilmember Stille noted that chickens are allowed under the current Ordinance but these 23 requests are currently dealt with on an individual basis because the City Council has not yet 24 studied the Ordinance. 25 26 Motion carried 4-0. 27 28 B. Resolution 14-049; a Resolution Authorizing Membership in the Suburban Rate 29 Authority, a Joint Powers Organization under Minnesota Statutes §471.59, Authorizing 30 Execution of the Amended Joint and Cooperative Agreement and Appointing Jay 31 Hartman and Mark Casey as Director and Alternate, respectively, to the Suburban Rate 32 Authority Board. James Strommen, Kennedy & Graven, presenting. 33 34 Mayor Faust introduced Mr. James Strommen. 35 36 Mr. Strommen explained that the Suburban Rate Authority (SRA) is an active joint powers 37 organization that serves as an active watchdog for suburbs and ratepayers and includes 28 38 suburban municipality members with a total population of approximately 900,000 and the SRA 39 provides an effective collective voice before the Public Utilities Commission on matters of 40 electricity, gas, and telephone, as well as right-of-way management for utility franchises and cell 41 towers. He stated the SRA meets four times per year and acts on policy issues and other 42 important matters that make a difference to the member cities and ratepayers. 43 44 Mayor Faust stated that the City has never been a member of the SRA and the cost to participate 45 is $800 per year. 46