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Council study session reviews comprehensive pigeon-abatement plan for city facilities
Summary
Staff presented a proposed contracted bird-abatement program targeting persistent pigeon activity at multiple city facilities; council members raised concerns about long-term costs and the role of resident feeding.
City staff on Aug. 11 presented a proposed contracted bird-abatement program intended to address persistent pigeon activity at multiple Chandler facilities, including parking structures, city buildings and cooling towers.
The proposed program would combine cleaning and sanitizing of impacted areas, targeted abatement and humane population reduction methods, installation of deterrents such as netting and other permanent controls, and ongoing monitoring and data collection to measure effectiveness. "These measures are permanent structures that we place in at each site and facility," the presenting staff member said, noting netting as an effective, though costly, option.
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