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Orange County Animal Services 1601 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 919 - 942 -PETS (7387) ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD (ASAB) 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2016 Meeting Summary MEMBERS PRESENT: Warren Porter (Chair), Judy Miller, Caroline Green, Maureane Hoffman (Vice- Chair), Michael Stewart, Beth Grooms, Dewana Anderson MEMBERS ABSENT: Susan Elmore, Aviva Scully, Michelle Walker, Molly Mullins STAFF PRESENT: Bob Marotto (Animal Services Director), Drew Brinkley, Jasmine Johnson Agenda: Warren calls the meeting to order at 6:33pm. Beth moves to accept the agenda as is; Caroline seconds. All vote in favor. Summary of February 17, 2015 meeting: Judy moves to accept the minutes as is; Mike seconds. All vote in favor. General Public Comments on items not on the agenda: None. ASAB Affairs (A) Follow -up with Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager Bonnie wants to make sure the ASAB has a good relationship with the BOCC, and will work to accomplish that. Mike asks whether the BOCC had any reaction to our letter; Bonnie said they were concerned and she'll be attending ASAB meetings regularly as a result. Judy asks whether there's a way to measure the effectiveness of the new Potentially Dangerous Dog Appeal process versus the old. Bonnie says that should be based on how such data was collected previously, and should be decided by the ASD director. There's discussion about how the new process will work, and ultimately we concluded that this will be a learning process, but ASD staff will be in charge of selecting the three officers of the hearing panel. Warren thanks Bonnie for her concern and participation. (B) Potentially Dangerous Dog Appeal progress • Bob gives an update; four applications have been received from the public, and the three members of the ASAB that have volunteered have also had their appointments requested. For the time being, ASAB will handle any incoming PDDA requests. Old Business (A) Animal Welfare Grants Program Honoring Pat Sanford • A donation of $5000 will be made by the Friend of Orange County Animal Shelter, assuming that it will be used to fund animal welfare grants honoring the work of Pat Sanford, Founder and Inaugural ED of the APS of Orange County. Bob would like to form a task force to determine how to proceed; Judy volunteers, and Warren will talk with Susan, Michelle, Aviva and Molly to see whether they are interested. (B) Free - Roaming Cat Initiative • Bob and Maureane give an update on the free - roaming cat initiative. Conversations are ongoing with the relevant parties, including IAR. There's an effort to seek fostering homes for the offspring of feral cats. They