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1 <br /> <br />Orange County Animal Services <br />1601 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />919-942-PETS (7387) <br /> <br />ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD (ASAB) <br /> <br />6:30 to 8:30 p.m. <br />Wednesday, May 20, 2015 <br /> <br />Meeting Summary <br /> <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Caroline Green, Arthur Sprinczeles, Michelle Walker (Chair), Warren Porter (Vice- <br />Chair), Susan Elmore, Aviva Scully, Michael Stewart, Molly Mullins, Maureane Hoffman, DeWana <br />Anderson <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Judy Miller, Beth Grooms <br />STAFF PRESENT: Bob Marotto (Animal Services Director), Sarah Fallin (Program Coordinator) <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Agenda: Motion to approve agenda passed and agenda unanimously approved <br /> <br />Summary of April 15, 2015 meeting: Reviewed and unanimously approved <br /> <br />General Public Comments on items not on the agenda: None <br /> <br />Partner Profile: AnimalKind, Martin Banning <br />• Past: $20 Fix & SpayNC Helpline funded primarily by iCare program (State of NC), but also grants <br />and ReTails thrift stote. Main outreach effort is tabling at events. <br />• Present: new, bigger ReTails space; unified marketing/branding. <br />• Future: Unified approach from many animal welfare organizations, as well as community <br />members, local government and animal control agencies. <br />• In Fall 2015, they will launch AnimalKind CARES program, based on HSUS’s Pets For Life. The <br />goal is to get one of their served counties to a state where they have no unnecessary <br />euthanasia. Like PFL, they will use targeted outreach without income qualifications. Eventually, <br />they’d want to implement ReTails stores in each county to fund the county’s spay/neuter effort. <br /> <br />ASAB Affairs <br />(A) Potentially Dangerous Dog Appeal Hearings <br />• Harley: A smaller dog was being walked by his owners, and a bigger dog who lives in the <br />neighborhood attacked him. The little dog was hospitalized for several days. There were no <br />disputes about the attack, and the declaration was upheld. <br />• Duffy: A young boy was walking his bike while bouncing a basketball on a sidewalk, and an <br />older woman claimed to be in her driveway preparing to walk her dog. For some reason, <br />the dog bit the boy twice, but the location where the bites occurred was not clear. Duffy’s <br />owner maintained that it occurred on her property, and the boy’s mother was not able to <br />sufficiently demonstrate otherwise. For that reason, the declaration was overturned. <br /> <br />