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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-458NOVEMBER 25, 2008 08-458 RESOLUTION (CARRIED 6-1 LOST LAID OVER WITHDRAWN ) PURPOSE: APPROVAL OF APPLICATION FOR URBAN WILDLIFE ABATEMENT AND CONTROL (UWDAC) GRANT INITIATED BY: CITY ADMINISTRATION A resolution authorizing the submittal of a state grant application and subsequent appropriation of City funds for urban wildlife damage abatement and control. WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh desires to control urban wildlife populations of white-tailed deer to abate wildlife damage and apply for state aids to do the following project: a) Reduce the deer herd in the Osborn Avenue Project area by as many as forty antlerless deer on one or more weekend nights in January 2009. The proposed culling operation will take place during hours of darkness. b) Designated area will be baited with corn every day for two weeks before culling operation. c) The City would enter into an agreement with Urban Wildlife Specialists, Inc. rifle sharpshooters (with suppressors) to conduct the deer culling operation. d) The operation would be conducted on property owned by the Wisconsin Army National Guard officials who have verbally granted the city permission to use their property. An Agreement specifying the details of the use and indemnifying the property owner would be required to be completed prior to use of the property. e) Police Department will secure perimeter of area during culling operation. f) DNR gives permission to cull deer and issues appropriate permits, if required. g) City Common Council would be requested to approve a variance to city ordinances for discharging a firearm in city limits during culling activity. h) A local meat processing business will immediately dress and process all deer culled on-site and donate meat to local food pantries. NOVEMBER 25, 2008 08-458 RESOLUTION CONT'D WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh shall comply with all financial record keeping and disclosure requirements and other requirements of s. 29.887 Stats., and s. NR 50.23 Wis. Adm. Code, pertaining to urban wildlife damage abatement and control, if state aid is obtained for urban wildlife damage abatement and control. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Oshkosh Common Council authorizes the Chief of Police as its Authorized Representative to submit a state grant application to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for the urban wildlife damage abatement and control project identified above. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Oshkosh Common Council does hereby appropriate a matching allocation for such project and such appropriations shall continue as long as state matching aids are available, or until this resolution is modified by the Common Council. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief of Police, or his designee, is hereby authorized and directed, if said grants are awarded, to accept such funds, pursuant to the terms of the grant application; to act on behalf of the City of Oshkosh to expend the funds hereby appropriated and the funds to be received from the State of Wisconsin for the urban wildlife damage abatement and control project identified above; sign documents and take all action necessary to undertake, direct and complete the urban wildlife damage abatement and control project identified above. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Oshkosh shall maintain appropriate records to document all expenditures made during and for the urban wildlife damage abatement and control project identified above and shall submit to the DNR a final report summarizing expenditures and describing objectives, activities, achievements and problems in accomplishing the project identified above. The City of Oshkosh Common Council hereby grants DNR employees access to inspect all planned operations proposed in the plan. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if the state aid was for completing an urban wildlife damage abatement and control plan, such a plan shall be completed within one (1) year of the grant contract being signed, and if the state aid was for implementing control projects identified in a urban wildlife damage abatement and control plan, such control work shall be completed within two (2) years of the grant contract being signed.