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App�'oved the possibility of the Hatfield's and the McCoy's all over again and it keeps going back and forth and it was a net that would grab the City and squeeze it. Claire Steven, added from her perspective and she had spoken to many of her friends about this, she has not met one person around her age that has been opposed to keeping the chickens, gardening, and urban farming in the City as it seemed to be such an important thing to her generation to support themselves and have a connection to nature. She stated this was difficult to keep in the Cities. She believed if there were more ordinances, it would drive people away and this would not be beneficial. Jesse, Forest Lake, stated he did not know a lot about urban farming and raising chickens, but he knew where to find that information — he came to New Brighton. He stated he didn't know a lot about gardening, but he wanted to eat healthier and he knew he could come to New Brighton to get the information. He stated he walked the home and garden shows where he saw local urban farms representing New Brighton. He stated there were outreach programs in North Minneapolis where urban farms had gone out to students and families who did not know how to eat better to educate them. He stated people could be fed from the urban farms. He stated the City has shown progress and it would be shame to have this stop and go somewhere else. He stated his children loved learning about urban farming. Vivian Newman Walker, 2205 Long Lake Road, stated after listening to everyone she felt she needed to say something. She appreciated the committee and where everyone was coming from. She stated she grew up on a farm, milked cows, and all things like that and she appreciated that people wanted their children to understand how to raise animals and vegetables. She stated they really needed people who wanted to grow their own gardens, but her question was to the people who wanted to raise animals, her question was if they wanted those why they came to the City. Why didn't they go to the country instead of putting cities in the position of having to make these decisions. She stated they had the freedom to choose to go where they could do that without infringing on others in the City. She stated when they had animals, it brought in seed which brought in rodents and then there is the manure and flies and other pests. She believed they should be able to have gardens, but she was against animals or chickens in the City. Kristie Kellis, 715 Forest Dale Road, stated she did not move to the City to raise chickens, but it was not realistic for her to live in the country. She stated they needed the ability to have food accessible and readily accessible. When she hears people say she should move elsewhere what she really was hearing them say was that she didn't belong here. She asked when it was going to be people's right to live where they wanted to live. She asked how they could tell somebody that they don't have the right to live somewhere. Jennifer Benson, stated for her moving to the county was not realistic as she needed to live close enough to a job. She stated she liked the quiet, unassuming suburb. She stated she could not move to the country as she could not have a job. It was not realistic to say that she should move somewhere else. She stated they needed to have a job to pay the mortgage and there were not jobs in the county. Norman Anderson stated he checked on some of the people involved and those people would not be able to have chickens on their lots as their homes were too big. He stated it bothered him that if they were going to have chickens, roosters, turkeys, etc. why wouldn't they go back to raising pigs. He asked if raising pigs were allowable as pigs used to be able to be raised in the City. Andrew Yurista, 331 Silver Lake Road, stated he did not move into suburban New Brighton, but suburban New Brighton moved in on him. He noted his family has lived here for 120 years and they have always raised animals. Jennifer Halverson, 110 61St AVE NE, Apt. 2, Fridley, stated she was in an apartment building and they were allowed to have a garden. She stated she lived up north and it was not about farming up there. She stated living up north there was more drugs and everything else up there than people farming. She stated she also lived in Minneapolis where her backyard was a train track and she would rather listen to chickens than a train. She stated having a small farm in their yard was a personal issue and should not have anything to do with the City. She stated everyone had their differences and argued about one thing or another. She stated farming was good for everything and the world was too much of a 5