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f • Les Earnest distributed a memo to Council dated April 27, 2006, Subject: Paths to the future. The memo was received by the City Clerk and has been retained with the public meeting packet. 2.3 Presentation of Wildlife Survey Results—Roger Spreen, Open Space Committee (continued from 3/27/06) Roger Spreen, Open Space Committee Chair, addressed Council. He provided a brief summary of the charter of the Committee noting that their primary goal was to advise the Council on ways to preserve the natural environment of the Town. Spreen presented a PowerPoint presentation titled "Open Space Committee Wildlife Corridor Project Status Update". He explained that the presentation was for informational purposes and required no action by the Council. The presentation included: the background of the project; project goals; survey methodology; response summary; basic statistics; analysis; sample opinions; frequency of wildlife sightings; survey mapping procedure; results from Live Oak Associates, project consultants; and, next steps. Spreen noted that the survey respondents had proffered interesting questions, including: How would they maintain agricultural uses of their land (vegetable gardens, etc) with wildlife corridors?" and issues of managing both large and small wildlife including rabbits, gophers, squirrels and deer. Spreen displayed large scale maps that had been prepared for each animal (deer, coyote, • bobcat, fox) and identified the frequency and location of sightings that had been reported in the returned surveys. The tracking maps had confirmed the expectations of the Committee. Live Oak Associates, project consultants, had researched Town maps for ecological and geologic features and then utilized the survey results maps for validation of the data and created a"preliminary"wildlife corridor map. Spreen displayed the preliminary map. He offered that the map had a good skeleton pattern. He suggested that many areas identified on the preliminary wildlife corridor map may already be preserved and protected in conservation and open space easements. Spreen summarized his report and reviewed the next steps in the process with Council. He noted that sensitive areas that had been identified would be revisited and the wildlife corridor map would be made more "analyzable". The Committee was working with Live Oak Associates to develop the final report and map. The report would include suggestions on how to protect the prescriptive areas and guidelines that were used in similar jurisdictions. Spreen advised that the Committee would be returning to Council with the findings at a future Council meeting and seeking their direction. Spreen thanked the Wildlife Survey. Sub-Committee of Nancy Couperus, Alice Sakamoto, Jean Struthers, Sue Welch and Sandy Humphries (Environmental Design and Protection Committee). • 2 City Council Meeting Minutes April 27,2006