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City Council Minutes November 2, 2020 Page 9 from neighbors and felt there would be unintended consequences. She noted Councilmember Christianson had discussed this with her and she explained this thinking to him, and he felt she had some good points that he had not considered. Councilmember Ovall explained he had chickens when he lived in Ramsey and commented they are loud when laying eggs, waste disposal is quite the management process and the ammonia smell is tough to manage as the ground gets saturated. He agreed with amending the ordinance to one acre and above and reduce the count to four chickens. Councilmember Westgaard discussed the process in 2017 and being asked to loosen the requirements that were well discussed and felt now it is more of a trend that the city is having to accommodate. Councilmember Wagner discussed the ordinance requirements of having the chickens contained. She recalled that enforcement of the ordinance was also a responsibility of the Planning Department, following a conditional use pemit process. Councilmember Westgaard stated the enforcement piece is no different than a kennel. He suggested amending the ordinance and then evaluating in the future. Mr. Carlton reiterated the permit requirements was a discussion held in 2017 and suggested continuing to not require a permit for the keeping of chickens. It was consensus of council to support amending the ordinance to allow for the keeping of chickens on parcels at least 1-acre in size and a 4-6 chicken maximum without a permit. Staff will come back with an ordinance amendment language for review and approval. 10.3 2021 Budget Ms. Ziemer presented the staff report. Furniture and Things Community Event Center Mr. Dalton presented the proposed division performance measures and goals, and budget. He noted some of the additions in the budget are due to things that weren't included in the initial project build that are required to run the facility, such as A/V equipment, irrigation, APEX building improvements, water softener, window treatments, furniture, etc. He discussed the progress and schedule of hiring some of the staffing requirements and writing and approving the policies and procedures to operate the building. Councilmember Westgaard discussed opening and operating a building such as the city has never had before, and a variety of things staff are currently dealing with because of COVID-19. He stated it is hard to put together a budget on a facility with r ONfBEO e1 rATURE