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Resolution Authorizing Cooperative Service Agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS) (NTE $35,000)
Memorandum
Council is requested to authorize a Cooperative Service Agreement between the City of Ann Arbor and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS) for deer culling.
Pursuant to Council's August 17, 2015 decision to conduct a deer cull within Ann Arbor in Winter 2016, the recommendation is to contract with the APHIS WS. The recommendation is based upon research with communities that have implemented and successfully completed culling. The recommendation is for an initial (pilot) culling program in 2016. The City Administrator's October 15, 2015 Deer Management Program Update, copy attached, provides in detail the reasons for staff recommendation for contracting with APHIS WS.
APHIS WS will coordinate with the City and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to inspect, propose and certify culling areas within City-owned property within wards 1 and 2 of the City. The cull will be conducted in accordance with the required permit from the MDNR.
APHIS WS will provide deer culling, assist in obtaining the MDNR permit, transport deer carcasses for processing, and other necessary actions of an approved MDNR permit and Work Plan.
APHIS WS will prepare and provide the City with a report identifying the number of deer culled, the locations of the individual deer shot, and other information required by the MDNR and the City. The report will provide Council with necessary information for decision-making on future culls or other wildlife management actions regarding the urban deer population within the City limits.
Approval of the resolution will authorize the cooperative service agreement with the APHIS WS for performing deer cull and cull associated tasks in FY 201...
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