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Council weighs ordinance options after repeated large-scale feeding draws geese back to parks
Summary
Parks Commissioner Rogoff reported improvement from a canine geese-control program but said one person repeatedly dumped about ten pounds of corn, drawing geese back; Council directed the Parks Commission to monitor and asked the administration to draft possible targeted ordinances to differentiate organized feeding from incidental family feeding.
Parks Commissioner Rogoff told council the canine geese-control program has shown improvement but raised a continuing problem: an individual has repeatedly dumped large quantities of corn in a parking lot near a park — "estimated at ten pounds at a time" — drawing geese back to the area.
Council President Angie DeBernardo said the administration has drafted potential legislative options aimed at distinguishing an organized "wildlife feeding station" (large quantities of food left unattended) from incidental family feeding, which the council did not want to broadly prohibit. A second idea of designating a permitted feeding area in a remote park section was discussed but met with reservations about concentrating geese. The Parks Commission will continue monitoring and the administration will be prepared to advance draft legislation if necessary.
