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Approved A member stated they needed to focus on the worst -case scenario. A member stated if they regulate, would they regulate a quantity. Chair Howard stated if they chose regulation, this would lead to additional discussion in the future. A member stated chickens and coops were almost impossible to separate so they probably needed to regulate it to some extent. A member asked how they would regulate aesthetics. Mr. Hatch stated a coop could be built with matching siding, matching trim, built to match the house, etc. He noted it would be up to the City Council to decide what was aesthetically pleasing. • member suggested maybe limiting the total number of flocks. Chair Howard noted they were jumping ahead right now. • member stated coop regulations and having the number of coops they might want to regulate. It was the consensus of the Task Force to continue discussion on chickens. Chair Howard stated he wanted to hold off on the bottom two and go back and look at what was done at this meeting. He stated if they looked at the regulation column, this included chickens /fowl, bee, and the selling of produce as the consensus. The other two under encourage best practices, he believed this was just noting it and they did not need to look at these further. He stated the three other areas depended on how complex the discussions would be and how much work they wanted to do on each one. He stated they needed to send back to staff things to do for the next meeting. He asked if staff could bring back some ideas and recommendation on bees and selling of produce. Mr. Hatch believed staff could come back with a recommendation on the bees and selling of produce. He stated they could get broad on the recommendation for the Council. He stated if there was kind of a consensus on a broad range with respect to chickens, coops, and other fowl then Council could have a more in depth discussion regarding this. A member asked staff to bring pictures or information on the different type and structures of coops. Ms. Gundlach stated it might be easier to talk about what was not appropriate for a coop rather than design a coop. A member stated with the chicken regulations she wanted to be careful regarding the number of chickens and they needed to understand enough about chicken keeping rather than just throw out a number. She stated they needed facts to back everything up. Mr. Hatch stated they did not need to get specific and they could have a range and leave it up to Council as to the specific number. Mr. Hatch stated he would like to see a specific number in the ordinance as to the number of chickens allowed. A member stated they needed to address aesthetics, noise, litter, slaughtering, animal health issues, etc., but exactly which of those issues they were trying to address would help them look at the regulations that needed to be considered. He stated they needed to think about the bottom line. A member stated they also needed to look at commercialization and the more chickens they allowed opened up more commercialization (i.e. selling of eggs). He stated there was a direct correlation. He noted he did not need 20 chickens to provide his family eggs. Chair Howard stated if 20 chickens were not causing any problems, then why limit it to 20 chickens. A member stated instead of looking at the number of birds, they could look at the number of coops, which would limit the ability of urban farms to explode.