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10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />February 28, 2012 <br />Page 7 <br />Motion carried unanimously. <br />V03 <br />City Manager Casey advised that the City staff received a request from the Cutler family to <br />house five chickens on their property and the City Ordinance permits this with City Council <br />approval. <br />Mr. John Cutler, 3008 29°i Avenue NE, appeared before the City Council and stated that five <br />chickens was the maximum number allowed by the City. <br />Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to approve Resolution <br />12-032; Approving A Request to Keep No More Than Five Female Chickens in an R-1 Zoning <br />District at 3008 29°i Avenue NE. <br />Councilmember Stille stated the City Council should review the Ordinance to determine if a <br />maximum of five chickens is the right number in all situations. <br />Mayor Faust requested that the City Manager review the Ordinance and provide a <br />recommendation to the City Council regarding the maximum number of female chickens <br />allowed. <br />Motion carried unanimously. <br />E. Northwest Youth & Family Services. Jerry Hromtka presenting. <br />Jerry Hromtka, Northwest Youth & Family Services (NYFS), presented an update to the City <br />and expressed thanks to the City for its support. He reviewed the three main program areas for <br />NYFS including mental health, youth development, and day treatment. He advised that the <br />youth development program provides assistance to kids going through adolescence and includes <br />a lot of work with social skills and academics. He stated the primary population served is 5-21 <br />year olds and they continue to offer seniors and kids programs with the main goal of the senior <br />program to help seniors live independently. He stated the NYFS programs seek to help kids <br />learn and be successful in learning, to help kids contribute to an effective workforce, and to help <br />kids think about their employment in the future. He provided a service summary for 2010-2011 <br />and noted that a lot of children received mental health services in school during 2011; in <br />addition, the youth employment figure of zero in 2011 reflects the closure of "Penny Pinchers" <br />thrift store. He stated the youth development model is being retooled to focus on opportunity <br />gaps and how NYFS can respond to those gaps. He advised that NYFS had a balanced budget at <br />year-end and NYFS is committed to efficiently administering its program dollars. He discussed <br />current challenges in the changing community and economy and stated that NYFS will offer <br />more mentoring type services and will be working with Land O'Lakes employees to come after <br />school and do some mentoring with the kids as well as job shadowing. He indicated that NYFS <br />