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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - June 6, 1994 Page - 3 - PUBLIC COMMENTS (continued) G. Elliot Katz, Veterinarian and President of In Defense of Animals, said the City should prepare a full EIR and conduct a public hearing on this - matter. He said the signs say the squirrels will be artificially reduced, but people do not understand this wording and do not realize the ramifications of their acts. He said the sign should say, if the squirrels are fed, it may result in their being killed or poisoned. He said the City should take stronger measures in educating people. He suggested the use of repellents in the burrows to eliminate the • problems with undermining and to irrigate the land, which would drive the squirrels away. H. Raymond Dittum, 1148 Teajen Drive, Hayward, said irrigation would bring back the natural grasses and would also help immensely in driving the squirrels away. He said those feeding the squirrels should be fined with a misdemeanor. He said animals.other than the squirrels will also be poisoned. I. Susan Riskind-Poulsen, 182 Sunnyside, spoke regarding the dangers of pesticides. She said children and animals eat pesticides. She said the City should look into wildlife contraception or a more humane means of reducing the population that would not endanger other life forms. J. Michael Jacobowitz, 825 Collier Drive, said he thinks it's important that San Leandro has a place where people can feed the animals; and, if there were a specific location, the animals would go there. K. Dana Johnson, 343 Farrelly, requested the Oro Loma Agreement be removed from the Agenda. He said recycling trucks will place a triple burden on City streets and require more repairs. He quoted a Daily Review article regarding scavenging problems in Richmond and an increase in burglaries and said the City should have anti-scavenging laws. He said the City would suffer a lose of revenue because there would be a decrease in the tonnage taken to the Davis Street Transfer Station. He also spoke regarding the squirrels and said they are rodents; and, if it were a rat infestation, people would not object to it. He said, if irrigation is used and drives the squirrels away, they will just go somewhere else.