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Approved <br />A member asked if there were no regulations regarding chickens, how would it ever get to Court. Mr. Hatch responded <br />the City would need to have a specific ordinance for this. <br />Ms. Gundlach stated they could issue a citation for noise or odor and if a person wanted to protest that, it would go to <br />Court, but that was where the ambiguity came in where the City Attorney was not comfortable taking this to Court <br />because the ordinance does not specifically address the issue of chickens and the ordinance is not specific enough. She <br />noted the regulation right now was ambiguous. <br />Mr. Hatch stated a lot of time when he received a complaint and followed up, he would go out and talk to the homeowner <br />about it, but if he did not have a regulation to follow, he could not tell someone they had to get rid of their chicken or <br />rooster. He stated the challenge was that it was not specific enough. He stated if they had limits on the numbers of <br />animals or the types of animals that would take the ambiguity out of it. He stated the goal is to narrow the list of topics to <br />three to five issues and give it to Council. He stated staff could recommend specific policies for the April meeting, but <br />tonight they were just trying to narrow the list. He indicated the goal was to give a recommendation to the Council that <br />would fit the needs of the community. He indicated the next meeting would be April 17. <br />(B) Task Force Matrix Discussion <br />Chair Howard stated they would use the matrix in the packet as guidance as to what they saw needed more study. He <br />noted they did not have a lot of time to consider everything, but what they were trying to do tonight was to decide what <br />were the key issues they were going to try and address. <br />A member asked with reference to the gardens what were they referring to. Mr. Hatch responded it would include the <br />elevated beds and greenhouses, not the ordinary in- ground garden. <br />A member stated basically one way to look at this was what was the worst that could happen if the task force did not do <br />something. He stated if any of these things became more of an issue in the future, than it was now, could it be addressed <br />in the future. <br />Chair Howard stated it could be addressed at a later date and the status quo column was to leave everything just the way it <br />was. <br />A member stated did they need to be proactive on things that are not an issue right now, but could be in the future. <br />A member stated all it took was one person to ruin it for everyone. She stated there appeared to be one farm that was <br />pushing the limits and now they might have to enforce something on everyone. <br />A member stated you had to be careful about how many restrictions they had and how much they regulated because urban <br />farming was becoming a trend among cities. However, she understood the City needed some guidance also. <br />Mr. Hatch stated they had received a lot of comments from the public regarding best practices and if the task force <br />wanted to make a recommendation to the Council based on what they heard that was the goal. <br />A member stated the matrix helped. He suggested if they encouraged best practices on everything, it could be a <br />registration practice. He stated he did not think it had to be looked at as an entirety. <br />Mr. Hatch stated it was the intent that each individual task member make it known how they felt about each issue and <br />come up with a consensus. <br />A member stated he agreed that every topic of concern should have something available that the City considered to be <br />best practices. He indicated if they could, they would like to regulate certain things, but the things they want to regulate <br />G <br />