 Sports group At this time, would you please join with me in saying the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag The United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God Indivisible with liberty and justice for all Okay, let's take attendance at this time You just tell me if you're present or not Michelle Gentine Lisa Merrick Abby Locke here Michelle Warner Here Betty Ackley Here Nicole Bredesen my kind back present Kate Hodges Christine Potter Dean is here Gretchen Hudson Kevin post Laura Bircham. That's it. Did I miss anyone? Let's proceed Next item on the agenda is the approval of the February 24th meeting. Do I have a motion to approve those minutes? I'll make a motion to approve the minutes second Next is our public forum, but I do not see anyone here. So we'll proceed To our discussion First item under discussion is the community-wide survey discuss any updates outstanding questions surrounding the rollout of the survey Any news on our survey? So I talked to the other members of the Humane Society and we would like to add two questions to the Shelter and rescue area of the survey if we can and that was The one of them is are there additional services that the Humane Society could be offering to better serve our community? And the second one is are you aware that the Humane Society is not funded by taxpayer dollars? And relies on donations to operate That's okay with everyone Are there any objections to that? I think we're good then. Thank you, michelle. Thanks, michelle Thank you next item for discussion is a Recent dog related incidents and the public perception of pet ownership I guess I put this on the agenda. I don't know how many of you are active on next door But there's been a lot of recent activity in terms of I'd say complaints Surrounding dogs off leash dogs in parks. There was an incident with another dog being off leash Attacking on a smaller dog that died of its injuries And I don't know what the committee we have a role in that in educating or letting people know that this exists And again with the ordinances what that maybe looks like but maybe just a discussion Or how we can be contributing to making that situation better Anyone like to share Your viewpoint on that? I know for myself since I read about both of those incidents When we walk our dogs, I've become more vigilant Just because I don't want to have any kind of surprise attacking us And we've actually gone to the step now buying some pepper spray And bringing that along with us when we take our dogs for walks It is a huge concern in our household But I do think that uh, you know the public needs to know that we have some ordinances in place And you know, they they have been enforced and dogs have been removed from some of their owners Because they haven't complied and and they haven't controlled their dogs So we want them to know that if there is a problem they need to report it and uh, and we'll deal with it So I guess my question about that is You know is that the role of everybody on a committee to be Voicing that and letting people know, you know about this task group and responsible pet ownership and how that looks Or like where does that Fall I guess and you know when it comes to like evergreen, I know there is a lot of pretty long discussion about evergreen park and dogs in the park and I haven't commented just because I wasn't sure If I should or how that looks Or whose responsibility it is I guess Well, I think, you know, there's there's some To go ahead Um, I just was wondering whether this is something that could be done with like a citywide Newsletter or something That is and can be Maybe uh published in like the sun or You know something that People in the community will will see and Acknowledge Well christine, thanks for that suggestion I was just going to mention that our new letter the newsletter will be coming out tomorrow And uh, we'll see if we can still get an article on that in if not, we'll follow up With it the following month, but that would be an easy way to do it And uh, we also can post into next door as a city So we could post it in so the people that are being involved in these other conversations would be more aware of The the dangerous dog ordinance Thank you, mayor. Thank you christine Anyone else? Yeah, I would add too. I think it's always helpful. So this is a huge concern of mine My dog was attacked by an awfully shdog not in shabuigan, but elsewhere. Um, so I am always hyper vigilant about this Um, and and I still go back to like what when we do the education, which I think is important What options are we offering folks? Because again, like if we just say can't do it Here's the ordinance, you know, you're gonna get in trouble Like how can we instead like educate that there are dog parks or educate so that people have somewhere to go? um, that's not gonna 100 take care of the problem. I understand that but I do think that that can take care of some of the problem when you present A solution as well Just wanted to say that I think that sometimes people do not react very well when it's a punitive response, but rather like michelle said with the Education part of it that may help people understand a bit better You know by showing them the areas that they can go They may be able to take better opportunities of those offerings. So, you know, I think michelle came up with a wonderful idea So thank you like What if like maybe what like a map perhaps? a very clear map These are all wonderful ideas. Thank you for your input so far. Anyone else have something they'd like to share about this idea Um, I would just add in the name of abby saying, you know, let's have conversation I would agree with that because I think the conversations we're having here about potentially opening up additional park space, right? People tend to be either or and you know, okay My dog really can't go anywhere in a park So I'm gonna go to the complete end of the spectrum and my dog's going everywhere and not on leash, right? So I I do think that just the existence of this task force helps because right now Maybe we only have, you know, the dog park to offer them But if we can have some of this thoughtful conversation about opening some additional spaces and not going too far But offering some alternatives the more alternatives We offer people. I think the more they are inclined to meet us in the middle Again, never going to be a hundred percent. They're always going to be people who don't but More people will try to do the right thing when given convenient options to do so that are also safer for the community Yeah, thanks. Michelle. I really appreciate the idea of a positive reinforcement of what we're trying to Have to take place here in Sheboygan So Sorry No, I just wanted to say, you know up until this point I want to say education has to be part of this because up until this point. It's you know signs You got your your your city City ordinances and basically the people left trying to enforce it are the police officers And we all know police officers can't be everywhere. So, you know, especially evergreen park when it when it when the roads closed You know, they they can't even just jump in there and drive around Because it's literally locked up But you see it everywhere. I mean there's so much of it. It's going to take a lot of different types of education There's hardly a time that I drive that by the land where they're not on the beach walking And and you know, they're in evergreen park and and is You know at this point is on the leash in evergreen park when it's closed. Is that such a bad thing? Maybe maybe not, you know, right now. It's against the ordinance. Um, so It's got to be more than what we're doing now So anything we can do social media Newsletters papers, uh, I think it really needs to be hit pretty hard and a couple times a year So I guess around that like part of my question is You know as as committee members do we Have the license to use the to help educate people can we say that there's a cast group working on these issues and ask for feedback Like where is our role on that and You know, is that just something that we all share? Oh, you Do something with it or does it have to be more central message or I'm not sure I like I I like that. Um I was wondering And I mentioned the newsletter. I mean Would it be possible for a few of a few people on the task force perhaps to get together and work on a newsletter that could go out like At least maybe a few times a year maybe initially just letting people know that we're working on these issues Maybe get some feedback from people Another avenue I was going to ask the mayor about was could we maybe bring this up during the neighborhood Mayor's neighborhood leadership cabinet meetings Um get that information out to the neighborhood association so that they in turn can turn it over to residents and let people know what we're working on I think that would be fine and we have uh one coming up Early this next month At quantus park so we could add that to the agenda terrific. Thank you And then and then I just want to add to that but Maybe we need to come up with something very specific that To to present in that way So that we're not just kind of Throwing ideas out or I wonder if that can almost be like a collaboration with the community society in terms of you know, there's different aspects that are all related to owning a pet in the city And you know here's places you can go here's activities you can do I don't know if there's a shelter dog that you can feature I mean, I don't know what that looks like, but Yeah, I like the idea of a um a conventional script that everybody would follow So it's not just okay. This that or the other thing and might get people confused. So Yeah, because even we shall add there's a lot of confusion of whether or not we shall exist in the city or not Half the people say there is So when when somebody adapts an animal from the humane society, we give them a packet of information And you know, if we had like a one page flyer You know, we could certainly include that And that just kind of gave you the The rules the laws the ordinances I don't know if we do anything. I haven't seen that packet lately. I mean, I can double check if there's anything in there Currently and let you know But we'd certainly be willing to do that in the future Thanks, michelle Where you can go and here's What can happen if you don't follow that? Like I said, it just seemed like a really what about um, I was just thinking what about like the um, the shawagan dog club the shawagan akc um, you know, they also could Either help with or at least distribute information to their members um If we can put together I don't know if I mean I You know, I've never done anything like this before but I question Making it like that connected with the society thing because not everybody gets their pets from the humane society And so maybe like all any organizations where pets are Are bought or sold or even when like the humane society goes to say I don't know pets supplies plus is coming in. I don't know pet stores could have these flyers as well um But it seems like it should be kind of like a shawarian like a couple For all residents of shawarian who own pets I'm a repeat adopter from the shelter and that's the only place I get my animals And I can tell you the last one that I adopted was in april of 2020 And the packet that you guys give has like a sheet that has all of the veterinarians that are in the area So I think that putting in a sheet about here are the leash laws when you're adopting your animal It would be a great idea That way people understand what the rules are before they are you know, when they finalize their adoption I mean, even though I've adopted many animals through there I still always read my welcome package because there might be something new every time So, you know, I think that through that way It would be a great idea if we could have just like a little fact sheet or something to give people And maybe um with the adoption counselors that they would be able to just go over that list and say here Just so you know We have this list and these are some of the rules in the city just so that you can prevent any issues For your new adoptee When we move into our new building and we have a nice community room Then we're hoping to get into some more like educational classes for the community One of our ideas was to have a You know for a kid who wants to adopt a dog or begging his parents for an animal that we would have like a Good good citizenship class that the kid could learn like the responsibilities of having an animal and you know Maybe that's something we could introduce in there as well You can't just let your dog run free and those subjects But that's in the future But that's another great example of how we need to approach this problem from a variety of not problem But opportunity from a variety of perspectives Um, some people just aren't going to read whatever is given to them some people Feel uncomfortable about going to meetings, but the more options that we have for people The more likelihood they're going to get something from us so We got some work Anyone else So I guess I would just ask where we go from here with all of this Like we're you know if we're we're on next door. We're talking to somebody and there's questions about what the ordinances or there's all this discussion about An incident happening happening. Are we As committee members like how are we responding to that or are we or In the meantime, I guess I think like we did our subcommittees anybody'd like to sit down and really put some thought into this I don't think it'd be many meetings, but you know because there are a lot of different ways of Advertising this make a list Fires and and You know a few people sitting down and really Working on it can go a long way and bring it back to the committee. I will volunteer to do that I'd like to be a part of it. I will volunteer to do that I would too So we have four people that would like to do that anyone else like to join that group I think hopefully maybe one of us could reach out to kevin non the pd and try to get one of them on that too I can do that after this meeting Great stuff anyone else Well, the next item on the agenda is just the announcement of our next meeting date, which is wednesday april 28th and Can I just say really quickly so scott was nice enough to do a recurring Invite for that so everybody should have meetings through the end of the year And a little bit beyond that but if you didn't get it for some reason if you want to let me know I'll resend it to you, but it'll be the same credential information Should be on your calendars now moving forward And I think well one other thing about that if for some reason folks are now feeling like they need to step back from attending our meetings Feel free to let us know There's no, you know, oh my goodness gracious no Cost involved in that so If that's an uncomfortability if you need to move into other directions just let us know Okay, I'd like to let's make a motion to adjourn the meeting I'll make a motion to adjourn second I'll second second Thank you all for your attendance and your great input And uh happy easter coming up Thank you, Mike. 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