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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 24, 2014 Page 5 suggested that the Planning Commission be tasked with evaluating the nuisance code as a way to address beekeeping and provide guidance if there is an issue and added that beekeepers are interested in being good stewards and felt the nuisance code could be used to resolve any issues. 5 Ms. Beth Horsager, 3529 Edward Street, presented a photo album of beekeeping activities and 6 stated they have been keeping bees and hosting an annual honey harvest for many years. She 7 stated they are an organic, sustainable activity that benefits community members and they do not 8 sell their honey or make any profit and their hobby is educational and brings the community 9 together in a positive way. 10 I 1 Mr. Dan Mathieu, 3536 Edward Street, expressed support for the Horsagers and stated the annual 12 honey harvest is a great community event. 13 14 Ms. Lona Donlan, 3511 Harding Street, stated she maintains the community garden at Nativity 15 Church and is a member of Citizens for Sustainability that seeks to promote sustainable living in 16 St. Anthony and feels fortunate to live in city where City officials have published a sustainability 17 plan. She agreed with Mr. Horsager's suggestion to rely on the nuisance code rather than 18 adopting new codes related to beekeeping and added she felt that City government should 19 provide more information to residents interested in implementing sustainability practices. 20 21 Mayor Faust clarified that the City has not reinterpreted the Code and stated that the City has to 22 address issues as they come up and cannot write a codebook that encompasses everything, 23 adding that the City does not want to write a codebook that is onerous and is not interested in 24 propagating more code. He stated the Planning Commission has beekeeping on its 2013 work 25 plan and will work to find standards that fit the entire community and the City Council is 26 committed to its sustainability goals and has to balance what is best for all by working through 27 these issues slowly and methodically for the overall betterment of the community. He thanked 28 everyone for attending this evening and reiterated the City Council's commitment to work 29 through this issue to get to a good result. 30 31 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 32 33 Councilmember Stille noted that the City Council has scheduled a special meeting on Monday, 34 June 30, 2014. 35 36 X. ADJOURNMENT. 37 38 Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 8:08 p.m. 39 40 Respectfully submitted, 41 Barbara Hughes (TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.) 42 43 ATTEST: Mayor 44 City Clerk 5