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Page 3 of 4 <br />ASAB Approved Summary <br />May 19, 2010 <br /> <br />Bi-monthly schedules— <br />Motion was made by Jean Austin and seconded by Kris Bergstrand that effective our next <br />scheduled meeting July 21st, 2010, that meetings will be held every other month instead of <br />monthly from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., the extra half an hour is in case more time is needed to <br />complete certain tasks. The intention is to be adjourned by 8:00 p.m. if possible. VOTE: <br />Unanimous <br /> <br />Animal Services Updates— <br /> <br />Brian Hare Lecture— <br />Mr. Hare’s lecture on dogs and evolution was very well received, approximately 45-50 people <br />attended and we are hoping to have him back in the future. This is the second public speaker <br />Animal Services has had this year. A third speaker is scheduled to come in the third quarter. <br /> <br />Rabies Clinic— <br />Mr. Marotto reported that a low cost rabies clinic was held on May 18, 2010, it was very <br />successful with a total of 71 vaccinations administered. This was the fourth clinic held this year. <br />There have only been two confirmed rabies cases through the end of April 2010. <br /> <br />Tethering Amendment— <br />Mr. Marotto reported that as of today it has been one year and we will be fully enforcing the <br />amendment starting tomorrow. Animal Control Officers will be following up on prior actions <br />that have been taken and will continue to work with citizens and start considering issuing <br />citations for those not working towards being compliant. In the first year Animal Control has <br />issued 125 warnings, 60 are requiring follow up. A review was done at 9 months and the <br />feedback from Animal Control Officer’s was that citizens were being referred to the Coalition <br />but were finding that they were not able to tap in to the resource in Orange County. <br />The expectation was that Animal Services would receive resources and assistance from the <br />Coalition as part of the Tethering Amendment. Suzanne Roy offered to research this further to <br />determine how we can get assistance to the citizens of Orange County. <br /> <br />Open House— <br />Jess Allison reported that the Open House will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 2:00-4:00 <br />p.m.. Those planning to participate will be Animal Kind $20 Fix, Pet Overpopulation Mobile <br />unit will be open for tours, Orange Counties CAMET, County Emergency Rescue, Equine Rescue <br />Group and lots more planned. There will be educational and informational materials available <br />as handouts. There will be artwork donated by local artist which will be raffled off, magician, <br />food and for those interested the opportunity to observe spay/neuter surgeries. Animal Services <br />will being doing lots of advertising and media releases in order to have a more successful Open <br />House event. <br /> <br />