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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of June 26, 2017 — Regular Meeting Page 12 of 13 No report. I. -1111's '11 1�r Comrnissioner Andrew Meadows — Seat No. 2 Advised he had no report, but inquired whether the Commission would consider further discussion about the peacock issue brought up in Citizens' Comments. Discussion: A lengthy discussion ensued amongst the Cominission, City Manager and Assistant City Attorney regarding the issue of the peafowl residing in the Lost Lake Estates community, including: what type of City legislation would be needed to protect the peafowl; what type of enforcement would be possible; how long the peafowl had resided in the area; whether the Homeowners' Association had taken an official position on the issue; the petitions submitted from area residents requesting protection for the peafowl; whether the peafowl could be relocated to another private property in the area or to public property rather than completely out ofthe area; and how the City of Winter Park and other municipalities with similar issues had handled the matter. Ms. Babb-Nutcher provided information about how some other jurisdictions had addressed the issue, including regulating the disturbing, molesting or trapping of the birds, sterilization programs, and other options. She advised that the most likely way to handle it would be as a code enforcement issue and it would just depend on how the Commission would wish to set that up as to how any ordinance would be drafted. The Commission was advised by Mr. Newlon and Ms. Gardner that no official communication had been received in writing from the HOA as to its position, and that only verbal communication had been received by staff that the HOA could not do anything to intervene in the situation due to the fact that the birds actually were residing just outside the limits of the Lost Lake community. The Cormnission as a whole was in favor of some form of protection for the peafowl and agreed by consensus to direct staff to research the issue further as to how similar issues were being handled by other jurisdictions and for options to resolve the issue in Casselberry and to report their findings back to the Commission at the July 24, 2017 regular meeting. Commissioner Sandra Solomon - Seat No. 3: Inquired about a recent Sunday issue of the Orlando Sentinel which had a list of all the cities in Seminole County but did not include the City of Casselberry. Mr. Newlon advised that had been a special advertising section developed by the Orlando Sentinel based on volume of real estate sales in certain areas and the City of Casselberry had not met the criteria. He added that the City had actually paid for an ad in order to be included in the issue and the content had been developed by staff. Commissioner Bill Hufford — Seat No. 4: Stated he was pleased that staff had taken the initiative to write the article for the Orlando Sentinel in order to be included in the issue about the local cities.