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Ap,�raved URBAN FARMING TASK FORCE PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting — January 23, 2014 7:00 p.m. Present: Matt Benson, Susan Dukich Wolf, Geoff Hollimon, Bruce Howard, Alyssa Lundberg, Shana Morrell, Norm Schiferl, Ken Schumann Absent: Allison Leding Also Present: Community Development Director Grant Fernelius, Planning Coordinator Janice Gundlach, and Code Enforcement Supervisor Joseph Hatch, City Attorney Charlie LeFevere Agenda Review: There were no changes to the agenda. Approval of Minutes: Motion by Member _Schiferl , seconded by Member Hollimon to approve the minutes from November 21, 2013 meeting. 8 Ayes, 0 Nays — Motion Carried. Business: (A) Recap past meetings Code Enforcement Supervisor Hatch noted the September 26, 2013 Task Force meeting they had an introduction of members and staff, they reviewed the goals and mission, and a proposed work plan was introduced. At the October 24, 2013 meeting, he introduced a memo regarding public vs. private nuisances and what the City can regulate, a matrix of chicken ordinances, they discussed the public comment forum, and a brainstorming session of what urban farming meant to the Members. On November 21, 2013, they had the public comment forum that was very well attended, 32 people spoke on the topic, and 5 people were able to speak more than once. Generally, most of the comments were in support of urban farming. Staff has received 19 written comments so far with five additional comments received in the last two days. He stated it was about 50150 now in support of public farming vs. regulation. He stated all of the written comments would be on the City website. A Member stated he wanted them to be aware that in an open forum situation there would be an overwhelming majority of the people who showed up that would be commenting on the positive side of a situation. He wanted everyone to be aware that they are representing and speaking for the entire City and a lot of people in the City did not have an opinion about it right now. (B) Recap Public Comment Forum Chair Howard asked if any of the Members wanted to offer some thoughts on the public meeting or the comments on the website or in their packets. He believed staff did a good job of recapping what they have heard in general. A Member stated he believed everyone was well behaved and everyone had a change to make comment if they wanted. A Member stated there were a number of comments that talked about community and what community was to them. There were a lot of comments about rights. There were a fair number of comments about neighbors should just communicate with each other. He noted there were a few comments regarding property values and noise. He stated he reviewed the comments and there were very few comments where there were specifics of what any kind of regulation there should be.