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Unified  Animal  Ordinance   <br />September  18,  2013   <br />   <br />3   <br />provide  additional  explanation  of  the  originating  source(s)  of  different  changes  and   <br />rationale  for  chosen  content  where  differences  among  existing  ordinances  were   <br />reconciled  and  (2)  consider  the  possibility  of  (to  the  extent  feasible)  providing  to   <br />the  BOCC  alternate  drafts  of  the  proposed  ordinance  with  the  three  controversial   <br />issues  of  trespass,  watchdog,  and  livestock  left  unchanged.   <br />   <br />   <br />   <br />As  can  be  seen  from  the  outline  above,  the  ASAB  has  been  very  involved  in  the   <br />process  of  developing  the  unified  animal  control  ordinance  for  consideration  by  the   <br />BOCC.      It  has  done  so  in  accordance  with  the  work  plan  that  it  submitted  to  the   <br />BOCC  for  2013  because  of  the  strong  belief  that  there  is  a  definite  need  for  such   <br />unification  and  that  now  is  the  time  for  it  to  be  achieved.    The  ASAB  has  remained   <br />unanimous  in  its  support  of  this  important  effort  during  each  process  of  review.    As   <br />this  outline  shows,  the  ASAB  has  heard  from  some  critical  stakeholders,  has   <br />considered  the  issue  of  “no  change”  versus  “critical  changes  only”,  and  has  remained   <br />unanimous  in  its  support  of  critical  changes  only.  The  belief  is  that  the   <br />recommended  changes  are  needed  in  order  to  make  this  ordinance  fair  and   <br />enforceable.     <br />   <br />