Chickens in the Meeting

Here's a copy and paste from the Salem Locavore group concerning backyard chickens.

A reminder about tonight's big Public Hearing on chicken-keeping in  Salem, from C.I.T.Y.

They have worked very hard for many months to get to this point, so hope you can make it to City Hall tonight to support them.

WHEN AND WHERE:
The Public Hearing regarding backyard chickens is at 6:30 on Tuesday night, May 26th, at Salem City Hall, 555 Liberty Street.  Take elevator to second floor, head north, Room 240 (overhangs the parking structure).

CITY STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
If you have not yet seen the proposal by city staff on this issue, you can view it at: http://www.cityofsalem.net/Pages/home.aspx.  In the upper right under “What’s New?” click on “Public Hearing for Keeping Urban Chickens”.

LENGTH OF MEETING:
There are a lot of items on the agenda.  You can view it at the following website.http://www.cityofsalem.net/MeetingAgendas/default.aspx

 .  However, since this is a Public Hearing, it can start no later than 7:30.  This means they will skip agenda items, if necessary, and jump to the public hearing, and then go back to the missed items after the public hearing ends.   Don’t assume it will start at 7:30 though, because the Mayor can decide to hold the public hearing first, especially if there are a lot of people (with children) in the audience.  She has done this before.  The public hearing could be lengthy, plan on about 3 hours.