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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 8, 2014 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 2 <br /> SUBJECT: Decision Items for the Unified Animal Control Ordinance <br /> DEPARTMENT: Animal Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> A) Summary of Recommendations Bob Marotto, Animal Services Director, <br /> B) Work Sheets 919.968.2287 <br /> 1. Livestock & Public Nuisance Michele Walker, JD, Chair, Animal <br /> 2. Appeal Process Services Advisory Board, <br /> 3. Trespass & Vicious Animals 919.448.8029 <br /> 4. Watch Dogs Susan Elmore, DVM, Past Chair, Animal <br /> C) School of Government Documents Services Advisory Board, <br /> 1. Trespass in Animal Control 919.541.3474 <br /> Ordinance <br /> 2. Trespass Decision Diagram <br /> 3. Parental Responsibility When Dog <br /> Bites Child <br /> D) ASAB My Dog Scenarios <br /> E) Excerpt from Approved October 1, <br /> 2013 BOCC Meeting Minutes <br /> F) Excerpt from Approved June 4, 2013 <br /> BOCC Meeting Minutes <br /> G) Clean Draft Unified Animal Control <br /> Ordinance <br /> PURPOSE: To consider recommendations from staff and the Animal Services Advisory Board <br /> regarding the most challenging issues arising from prior discussion of the proposed unified <br /> animal ordinance and to provide direction to the County Attorney in making revisions in the <br /> proposed ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Board most recently discussed the proposed unified animal control <br /> ordinance at its October 4, 2013 meeting. There was appreciation for the effort of Animal <br /> Services staff and the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) and the overall effort to create a <br /> more coherent and comprehensible animal control code for Orange County residents. <br /> At the same time, the Board asked staff and the ASAB to further consider several particularly <br /> challenging issues arising from the ordinance and to return to the Board with recommendations <br /> for addressing and ideally resolving these issues. These issues are: <br />