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<br /> <br />Orange County Animal Services <br />501 W. Franklin St, Suite 106, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (919) 968-2287 <br /> <br />Animal Control <br />PO Box 8181 <br />304 Revere Rd <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />(919) 245-2075 <br /> <br />Robert A. Marotto, <br />Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Animal Shelter <br />1081 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br />(919) 967-7383 <br />Monthly Report <br />Orange County Animal Services <br />June 2006 <br /> <br /> <br />Departmental Highlights <br /> <br />1. The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) authorized staff to issue a request for proposals for <br />architectural and engineering services for Orange County’s new animal services center (aka <br />animal shelter). Proposals are expected to be received and reviewed such that a staff <br />recommendation is made to the BOCC at its first meeting in August. Also, the BOCC initiated <br />the creation of a twelve person Design Advisory Committee consisting of members of the Animal <br />Services Advisory Board, members of the general public, and BOCC Chair Barry Jacobs and <br />County Commissioner Moses Carey. It is expected that this committee will be formed as soon as <br />possible when the BOCC convenes again in August. <br /> <br /> <br />2. Pet Harbor, a website for records and photographs of animals at Orange County’s Animal Shelter, <br />was successfully implemented. Pet Harbor can be accessed directly through <br />http://www.petharbor.com/ , which requires entering a zip code or city name to produce a list of <br />participating shelters in the area – Orange County Animal Services can then be selected from the <br />list, and further criteria for an animal search entered. <br /> <br />Alternately, we reproduce the info on the Adoption and Lost & Found pages on our own website, <br />at http://www.co.orange.nc.us/animalservices/shelter/adoption.htm and <br />http://www.co.orange.nc.us/animalservices/shelter/lost.htm respectively, which presents the <br />information directly for those who are starting from the county website. <br /> <br />Pet Harbor, an integral component of Chameleon, the software used by the Animal Services <br />Department, is designed to make information available to people looking for a lost pet as well as <br />people looking for a new pet. In improving access to such information, it is expected to improve <br />our service to the public and to have a positive affect on the overall placement of animals that <br />come into the County’s Shelter. <br /> <br />Throughout the month, our department work team has been involved in the various activities <br />required for Pet Harbor implementation. Of special importance in June was making adjustments <br />in and refining the work processes required to take and upload digital photographs and properly <br />administer Pet Harbor as an integral component of the department’s website.