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Approved A member stated if the City could give a room or at least perceived as being an enabler of best practices in urban farming, he saw that was becoming more of an issue in the future, if the City had anything to do with it and it would come back to the City in the future. It was the consensus of the Task Force that the City encourage best practices. Mr. Hatch stated the fencing of yards was a recommendation that people who did urban farming have a requirement to fence their yards. He stated this was very specific to urban farming only. • member stated this might be a good thing in this case. • member stated if people had a dog or a cat, did they need a fence. Mr. Hatch responded this would apply to urban farming only. He believed this was to keep the animals /fowl contained in the yard or for screening purposes. • member believed this was too general. • member stated for dogs the City required the dog be restrained, which most people chose a fence to do that. He stated if they wrote a regulation that they needed to be confined, then they did not need to have a specific regulation. A member stated he believed this was too broad of a question to say anything on and he would not vote for anything. It was the consensus of the Task Force that the City keep the required fencing as status quo. Mr. Hatch stated sustainability practices they did not have any best practices with the City. He believed this was more advocacy. He noted right now they had a recycling program. • member stated this could go back to the park department for education. • member noted the State also did some regulations through State statutes. Mr. Hatch stated this was a very broad topic and it would be something different for everyone. Chair Howard stated if they wanted to encourage best practices, this would give Council some guidance. It was to give the Council an idea of what people were thinking. A member stated he liked the idea of sustainability as long as it was a positive thing and less than a regulatory thing. It was the consensus of the Task force that the City keep sustainability practices as best practices. Mr. Hatch stated the selling of produce and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) could fit into the farmers markets. He noted CSA was someone selling their produce outside of their home. A member asked if this only included produce or did it include eggs, honey, beef, milk, etc. Mr. Hatch responded he believed this would include all of them. A member asked if this was permitted now. Mr. Hatch responded they could. Ms. Gundlach stated the City attorney was not comfortable using the home occupation Ordinance for people selling vegetables and other produce outside of their homes. Mr. Hatch stated status quo meant nothing would change and the sale of produce outside of a home would be allowed to continue. 4