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Items Removed: • 4.1 Approval of Minutes: Regular City Council Meeting January 12, 2006 City Clerk Karen Jost requested that this item be continued to the next regular City Council meeting. Council concurred with the request. 4.3 Adoption of Ordinance 442 -Amendments to the Town's Zoning Code with Regard to Fences , Walls, Gates and Columns (Section 10-1.5.507) (SECOND READING Planning Director Carl Cahill explained that resident Richard Steinberg had requested separate consideration of this item from the consent calendar via an electronic transmission (e-mail). Council had additionally received correspondence from Bent Hessen-Schmidt on the item. Council had the correspondence before them. Cahill explained that Steinberg and Hessen-Schmidt had specifically expressed concern on the subsection of the proposed ordinance that related to fences located in wildlife corridors and had suggested that the language in subsection (f)10 "Any fence placed within or surrounding an officially designated wildlife corridor shall conform to the requirements specified above for an open space/conservation easement perimeter fence" could potentially limit the use of their property for agricultural purposes. Cahill offered that the • language could be amended to read "Any fence crossing or intersecting an officially designated wildlife corridor ...". He believed this would address their concerns and added that staff was comfortable with the modification. Councilmember Mordo, member of the Council Ad Hoc Committee that had drafted the proposed ordinance, concurred with Cahill and commented that the proposed new language would not alter the intent of the ordinance or impede the purpose of the wildlife corridors. Mordo added that the parameters of "wildlife corridors" had yet to be determined and this had possibly been a factor in the concerns expressed by the residents. City Attorney Steve Mattas explained that the proposed changes to the ordinance were within the purview of Council and would not mandate any further review by the Planning Commission or a re-noticed public hearing. If the changes were accepted, Council would re-introduce the ordinance, waive reading and schedule the second reading and adoption of the ordinance at their next Council meeting. OPENED PUBLIC COMMENT Bent Hessen-Schmidt, Radcliffe Lane, addressed Council. He thanked them for considering the proposed new language for the ordinance and suggested that the term"bi- secting" be used in place of the modification suggested by Planning Director Cahill. Hessen-Schmidt offered that he was also speaking on behalf of his neighbor Dr. • Steinberg. He submitted that the revision would assuage their apprehension with the language. Hessen-Schmidt noted that he was an advocate for wildlife programs but 4 City Council Meeting Minutes January 26,2006