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Approved were very subjective and in order to get things regulated, there had to be some limits put on things. He stated they had to have something specific in order to deal with the subjective items, but they all fell under best practices. A member stated she also struggled with best practices term. Chair Howard stated maybe the best way was to promote it more than they do today. He stated they might not want to regulate it or prohibit it, but they might want to encourage best practices instead. However, he stated they needed to make a recommendation to the Council and he did not know if they would have time to come up with best practices for each one of these items. A member stated she would like to see staff or the task force come up with a best way to handle best practices. Chair Howard asked if there was no best practices column, could they put a mark in each of the remaining column. Mr. Hatch stated farmers markets were suggested by a resident. Ms. Gundlach noted there was an ordinance where someone could request a permit for a limited amount of time for a farmers market. Mr. Hatch stated the issue was if they wanted to leave it the way it was, regulate it, or prohibit it. It was the consensus of the Task Force to leave farmers markets as status quo with the encouragement of best practices. Chair Howard asked what was the meaning of regulating the behavior of animals. Mr. Hatch stated people talked a lot about odor and noise, which were in the current nuisance ordinance. He stated right now if he could not smell the animal at the property line there was nothing he could do. Chair Howard stated unless they see something they could do, they should vote of status quo. He stated this issue was addressed under the noise and nuisance ordinance and it would be very difficult to regulate otherwise. A member asked what about the animals in between (i.e. goats). Mr. Hatch stated he did not believe goats were in the livestock, large animal ordinance. It was the consensus of the Task Force to leave the regulation of animal behavior as status quo. Mr. Hatch stated people talked a lot about networking, education, and outreach on how to raise chickens or how to have a raised bed. He stated a lot of people were encouraging the City to do this around the topic of urban farming. A member stated to her this would be a community education class that would fall under the City's recreation department to offer a program. A member stated links could also be put on the City's website with information about urban farming. A member asked if the City should educate the public or if they should give this back to the urban farmers to come up with their own educational information. Mr. Hatch responded it could be either /or. He noted the City could give a spot in the parks department educational seminars, or maybe there was a spot on the website with urban farming resources. He stated the City did not have the staff to have someone go out and assist with the construction of a garden, but they could give educational information regarding it.