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o. ~ ~., <br />a~°' <br />-'J ~ '~ . <br />Orange County Animal Services <br />~~ <br />501 W. Franklin St, Suite 106, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919) 968-2287 <br />Animal Control Robert A. Marotto, Animal Shelter <br />PO Box 8181 Director 1081 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd <br />304 Revere Rd Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 (919) 967-7383 <br />(919) 245-2075 <br />Animal Services Tethering Committee Meeting <br />June 13`", 2007, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. <br />Unapproved Meeting Summary <br />Location: Conference Room, John Link Government Services Center, 200 South Cameron <br />Street, Hillsborough. <br />OCTC Members and Staff Present: Jean Connerat Austin, Kristine Bergstrand, Mary Dow, <br />Commissioner Mike Nelson, Animal Services Director Robert Marotto, Animal Control Manger <br />Irene Phipps, and Office Assistant Lisa Smith. <br />OCTC Members Absent: Margie Huggins and Kelly Strowd <br />Agenda Review: Review and adoption of meeting agenda <br />The supplemental notes from the April 11`", 2007, meeting summary and May 7`" 2007, meeting <br />summary were reviewed and approved. <br />Discussion: Committee members discussed the information that had been gathered throughout <br />the committee meetings. The purpose of this discussion was to provide a preliminary set of <br />recommendations and framework for the final report and recommendation of the Tethering <br />Committee: It was understood that staff would prepare a draft report on, the basis of this <br />discussion. <br />Committee members recalled the interviews with North Carolina Animal Control authorities in <br />counties with more restrictive tethering ordinances. From those interviews, staff learned that <br />tethering ordinances seemed to work well; they did not appear to have any extra-added cost; and <br />negative or unanticipated outcomes were few and far between. They also learned that any such <br />change should be phased in over a long period of time in which there was considerable <br />education, and that it must be an enforceable change. <br />Committee members also discussed the possibility of having hunting dogs, dogs that are difficult <br />to confine and dogs participating in sporting events exempted from any proposed tethering <br />restrictions. Each of these potential exemptions was discussed in detail and it was agreed that <br />their exemption should be part of the draft report and recommendations. <br />