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The outcomes include: • Spaying and neutering a total of 472 cats and dogs on the basis of the partnership between Animal Services and AnimalKind (which offers The $20 Fix); • Spaying and neutering 373 dogs and cats belonging to clients of the Department of Social Service (DSS) on a "no pay" basis; • Helping reduce the number of animals admitted to Orange County's Animal Services Center from an annual average of 4,315 for 2005 -2009 and an average of 3,419 for 2010 -2013 to 3,207 in 2013. This year, Animal Services is working with Spay Neuter Assistance Program - North Carolina (SNAP -NC) to spay and neuter cats and dogs on "Spay Neuter Day" from families who receive service from the Department of Social Services. In addition, Animal Services will continue ongoing outreach efforts around the theme of "Beat the Heat" to sterilize cats and dogs before they procreate and add to the number of "surplus" pets that enter the Animal Services Center during the summer months when the animal shelter population peaks. Staff has rented billboards on Highway 70 in Hillsborough for seven (7) weeks starting February 10 and running through March 31 for the "Beat the Heat" campaign FINANCIAL IMPACT: Events and outreach in conjunction with this year's Spay Neuter Day USA involve budgeted expenditures from the County's Community Spay and Neuter Fund. The FY 2013 -14 operating budget for the Community Spay and Neuter Program is $76,600. In addition to spay and neuter days with SNAP -NC, these funds are used to subsidize "low cost" and "no cost" sterilization of cats and dogs belonging to Orange County residents; promote spay and neuter through advertising and direct mailings; and provide staff support for the program. See http:// orangecountync .gov /AnimalServices/ documents /2013CommunitySpayNeuterReport 000. pdf for more information about the program and its operation last year. Presently, the fund balance for the Community Spay and Neuter Program is $85,310.54. The primary sources of funds have been the $20 pet licensing differential for intact cats and dogs and reimbursements from the North Carolina Spay Neuter Reimbursement Program. Additional funding has come from donations made through the Orange County Community Giving Fund and in conjunction with we- licensing. Funds are being utilized to sustain, support and promote the sterilization of cats and dogs that likely otherwise would not be spayed or neutered in order to control medium and long -term animal care and control costs and limit the county's use of euthanasia as a means of population control. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board adopt the proposed resolution and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution.