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WHEREAS, cats and dogs provide companionship to and share the homes of thousands of individuals in Orange County; and WHEREAS, spayed and neutered animals are less likely to have certain health problems or exhibit certain undesirable behaviors that can create community-wide problems and use community resources; and WHEREAS, the problem of pet overpopulation costs the taxpayers of Orange County hundreds of thousands of dollars annually through animal control and sheltering programs aimed at coping with the unwanted and homeless cats and dogs; and WHEREAS, humane societies and shelters throughout the country have to euthanize approximately four million cats and dogs each year, although many of them are healthy and adoptable, due to lack of critical resources such as money, space, and good adoptive homes; and WHEREAS, the Animal Services Advisory Board and the Animal Services Department have made correcting pet overpopulation a priority, and prepared Managing Pet Overpopulation: A Strategic Plan for Orange County; and WHEREAS, the County has established a Community Spay/Neuter Fund to address the issue of pet overpopulation in the County; and WHEREAS, spaying and neutering cats and dogs, among other animal companions, has been shown to drastically reduce overpopulation; and WHEREAS, Animal Services has partnered with AnimalKind and the Department of Social Services to offer "low cost" and "no cost" spay and neuter through The $20 Fix in Orange County; and WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal welfare organizations, and private citizens work together each year to ensure the spaying or neutering of thousands of companion animals through "Spay Neuter Day USA"; and WHEREAS, veterinarians, animal care and control organizations, national and local animal welfare organizations, and private citizens have joined together again this year to advocate and support the spaying and neutering of companion animals on "Spay Day USA 2010;" Now, Therefore Be It Resolved by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that February 23, 2010 is declared "Spay Neuter Day USA", and the Board of County Commissioners calls upon the people of the County to observe the day by having their own cats or dogs spayed or neutered or by sponsoring the spaying or neutering of another person's cat or dog. THIS THE 16th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2010. 4. Consent Agenda A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve those items on the consent agenda as stated below, with the exception of item 4-g, which was pulled at the beginning of the meeting.