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Animal Services Advisory Board January 14, 2009 Meeting--Approved Minutes Page 2 Activity Schedule 2009—Bob Marotto gave an overview of projected work activities for 2009. He indicated that Animal Services staff is already stretched, working very hard and at this time have no extra time to give to the ASAB in the form of support for ad hoc committees. He emphasized that staff should have manageable workloads and that he will manage their work loads very carefully given the impending transition to the new facility and budget preparation and review. Susan Elmore suggested to the board members that staff not provide support to the various Ad Hoc committees until workload and time allows. In order to keep the committees moving forward that the members would still continue to meet, take minutes and share the minutes with staff and provide input. Information would still come to the ASAB meetings for final review and discussion. Jean Austin suggested that something be written up to provide the guidelines of how committees would work without staff members present at meetings. Mr. Marotto stated that if there is a meeting of this body, there must be a public meeting notice posted 10 days prior to the meeting. Staff will take care of setting up meeting locations and the public notification. If items require legal review those must come to staff for coordination with the County Manager and County Attorney before anything is further processed for BOCC consideration. New Business— Tethering Public Relations and Evaluation Plan—Bob Marotto identified the need for community resources for residents who will need to transition from tethering to other means of keeping or confinement and that he would be talking with Amanda Arrington from the Coalition to Unchain Dogs but thought other resources would be needed and desirable. He stressed the importance of such resources when future reports were made to the BOCC regarding the implementation of the County’s new ordinance. Irene Phipps gave an overview of the evaluation process that has been set forth by the BOCC. Information of different kinds will be provided to the BOCC at six-month intervals over the next two years. Ms. Phipps also described how pertinent information would be gathered and noted that Animal Control Officers are currently posting flyers throughout the community. Andi Morgan reviewed the Public Relations Plan for the new Tethering Ordinance, noting its similarity to the plan for adjusted fees and fines that was recently implemented. The goal is to make everyone aware prior to enforcing, educate and identify resources available to help residents transition from tethering to other methods of confinement. She noted that there will be public service announcements, media releases, display ads, flyers, and that and that information is available on our website. Spay Day (and Nocturnal Neuters) Resolution and $20 Fix Outreach—Sarah Fallin has been meeting with the Department of Social Services (DSS) to determine the best way to serve DSS