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Urban Wildlife Management Plan Presentation at City Council Meeting – August 19, 2019

The Pasadena City Council convened on August 19, 2019, to discuss the Urban Wildlife Management Plan. This plan aims to guide city staff in addressing wildlife concerns while ensuring public safety and promoting wildlife protection. It focuses primarily on coyotes but applies to all wildlife that may pose health risks. The plan includes public education on coexisting with wildlife, enforcement of feeding regulations, and a coordinated approach with state and local agencies. An environmental analysis determined that the plan would have no significant impact, leading to the adoption of a negative declaration under CEQA.

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Urban Wildlife Management Plan Presentation at City Council Meeting – August 19, 2019

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  1. Urban Wildlife Management Plan City Council Meeting August 19, 2019 Item# 12 Ying-Ying Goh, MD, MSHS Director and Health Officer Pasadena Public Health Department

  2. URBAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN • Purpose of the Urban Wildlife Management Plan • Provide guidance to staff when responding to wildlife concerns with the aim to protect wildlife and prevent injury, disease, and disability in the community • Apply a preventive approach to reduce or eliminate conditions that attract wildlife • Establish response protocols when human and wildlife interactions occur • Focus is on coyotes, but guiding principles apply to all wildlife types that have the potential to pose health or safety hazards to human populations

  3. URBAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN Three-prong strategic approach • Public education designed around co-existence with wildlife • Enforcement of laws and regulations prohibiting feeding wildlife • Ensuring public safety by implementing a tiered response to wildlife and human interactions

  4. URBAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN • Coordination • All actions will be in coordination with all State and local regulatory agencies • Pasadena Humane Society • Currently tasked with enforcing laws related to domestic animals • Limited services related to wild mammals (including skunks, raccoons) and peafowl • Injured or ill • Immobile • No changes to existing services or contract terms • Proposed edit to Appendix D: Yard Checklist • Change recommendation on fencing to “Property fencing of appropriate height; constructed without gaps or spaces.”

  5. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS • Initial Study prepared pursuant to CEQA • Concluded that the Plan would not have a significant effect on the environment • Preparation of a Negative Declaration • Notice of Intent to Adopt Negative Declaration • Published May 13, 2019 • LA County Clerk • Pasadena Star News • City website • Sent to all interested parties • Public review period closed June 3, 2019 • No comments were received on the CEQA document

  6. RECOMMENDATIONS • Find that the proposed project would not have a significant effect on the environment and adopt a negative declaration per California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 21080(c) and Sections 15063(b)(2) and 15074 of the State CEQA Guidelines; and • Approve and adopt the Urban Wildlife Management Plan.

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