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Bob Marotto said that in 2012, 60-70% of the animals were brought to the shelter by a member of the public who found them and the rest are found by their animal control officers. Chair Jacobs asked about the next steps. Bob Marotto said the desired plan is to bring forward amendments to their ordinance during this upcoming budget process. 2. Conceptual Facilities Use Analysis & Presentation Chair Jacobs again referred to information at their places: Pink sheet- Breakdown of Attachments Yellow sheet- Draft Minutes from 11/13 work session Blue sheet—Information from Commissioner Gordon Frank Clifton gave some background on this process and he said the county has built new facilities over the past few years, moved different county departments around with consolidation, moved away from facilities with higher operating costs and offset long range costs where they can. He said at one time the county contemplated purchasing the Wal-Mart shopping center for county operations but ended up with just a portion of it for Department of Social Service offices. He noted that the Board of Elections has been moved and he reviewed the departments in the Revere Road facility and noted the significant maintenance needs of this building. He said that the building next door has housed several different departments, but parts of the building are in a flood plain and it has several issues with HVAC and electrical. He noted that the area being used for this meeting was at one time conceived to be a future meeting room for the County Commissioners. He said that financial requirements of adapting the space put this on hold. He reviewed some of the facilities that were toured earlier in the day: Link Government Services Center, Annex, Agricultural Building and the Whitted Building. He said, with Whitted, the Cultural Arts organization approached the county for sharing use of the vacated library space in that building. He said there was question of cost of renovations and the issue of continued operations of other county facilities in the building and the need to be compatible with that. Frank Clifton said currently the Board of County Commissioners move around to various meeting facilities, especially in the northern part of the county. He said that there is a need to have a permanent meeting facility, not for the staff, but for the public and for the sake of technology and presentation issues. He said that even if it's an interim step, there needs to be a permanent place to locate the County Commissioners. He said the goal is not to make a decision tonight but to give a thorough analysis of these buildings and their potential and to gather feedback. Jeff Thompson, Asset Management Services director introduced himself and Ken Redfoot, architect. Frank Clifton noted the fact that much of the discussion would reference the maps and drawings included in attachments of Item 2. Jeff Thompson said there are three scenarios with Whitted. He said that the first is the meeting room and he referenced the space study, which resolves several issues, but what remains unsolved is the permanent meeting facility. Attachment C: Ken Redfoot noted the current setup of the Whitted Center on the blueprints. He said the ground level is the medical clinic of the Health Dept. The mid/first level is the former library with large open spaces that are very accommodating for meeting room and theater type venues. He said that the site and the parking are adequate for the use. Margaret Hauth, Planning Director from Hillsborough said that depends on the event. Ken Redfoot said that if there is a