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9 Bonnie Hammersley said the new icon will be displayed wherever it can be or is allowed to be. She said staff is assessing how quickly this can be done and will follow up with a memo. Commissioner Jacobs said at the work session last week, the Board discussed advisory boards, and the size of the HRC board came up. He said he wanted to give Rollin Russell a heads-up. Rollin Russell said they are aware of the issue and look forward to the Board's recommendations. A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Price to approve the implementation of the new wheelchair Accessible Icon Project for Orange County. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 6-b: Fiscal Year 2016-17 Budget Amendment#3 The Board considered approving budget, grant, and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2016-17. Commissioner Price said she had a question on the Nature preserve item. She asked if the funding source could be identified. Paul Laughton, Finance and Administrative Services, said the Board approved this item on October 18th, and as a part of the resolution the Board failed to pass how and where to move the funding. He said this amendment is to officially approve the funds and moving this from finance to pay-as-you-go funding. He said this amendment is just to create the approval of the capital funds ordinances that were approved on October 18th A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Dorosin to approve the budget, grant, and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2016-17. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 6-e: Unified Animal Control Ordinance Amendments The Board considered adopting the proposed Unified Animal Control Ordinance amendments and approving and authorizing the Chair to sign the Resolution of Amendment, "A Resolution Amending Chapter 4 of the Orange County Code of Ordinances". Commissioner Jacobs said he wanted some clarification about the second item on the abstract, which states: "The Animal Services Advisory Board has determined that the word "vicious," found throughout the ordinance, is leading to some determinations being appealed, not based on the facts of the determination, but based on dislike of the word "vicious". In order to avoid this situation in the future, the Animal Services Advisory Board recommends the word vicious be changed to dangerous. That amendment is made throughout the attached document." Commissioner Jacobs asked if clarification could be provided on who disliked the term vicious. Bob Marotto, Animal Services Director, said the concern is the way in which dog owners understand the declaration of their dog to be vicious. He said the Animal Appeals pool has discussed this issue, and it was referred to the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) for consideration. He said the ASAB and staff concurred that removing this inflammatory term made good sense.