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<br /> <br />• Conducted potentially dangerous dog appeal hearing as part of the <br />ASAB’s basic charge from the BOCC in accordance with the <br />requirements of NCGS. <br />• Recommend ASAB applicants to the BOCC and orient new members <br />to the role and responsibility of the advisory board. <br /> <br />What are the concerns or emerging issues your board has identified for the <br />upcoming year that it plans to address, or wishes to bring to the Commissioners’ <br />attention? <br /> <br />Managing Pet Overpopulatlon: Work with staff to ensure that <br />organizational forms and practices responsible for the county’s success in <br />managing over population are recognized, supported and extended into the <br />future to ensure that the country maintains a proactive and cost-effective <br />approach to this significant community problem. Significantly, this effort <br />now includes a 5 year plan for managing free-roaming cats as a critical <br />component of pet overpopulation. The board is also committed to moving <br />forward pertinent ordinance amendments, namely, a differential recovery <br />rate for reproductive versus sterilized stray animals and a microchip <br />requirement for the recovery of stray animals. <br /> <br />Potentially Dangerous Dog Appeal Process: Work with department staff <br />the county’s staff attorney to ensure that there is sufficient and ongoing <br />training about the requirements and expectations of this appeal process. <br />In addition, work with staff to better elucidate some of the definitional <br />issues that arise in these hearings given the lack of clear definitions of <br />terms such as “vicious,” “terrorizing,” and “attitude of attack” in the <br />statute. <br /> <br />Exploring New Frontiers: Work with staff to see how cutting edge <br />developments in the field can be put into place in Orange County. These <br />include efforts such as Pet for Life oriented toward supporting pet <br />ownership in underserved parts of the county and related efforts seeking to <br />reduce animal intakes. Critical to this effort will be supporting the kinds of <br />partnerships staff are establishing with the Family Success Alliance and <br />RENA and the Roger’s Road Neighborhood Association. <br /> <br />School Partnerships: Continue to work with staff to explore opportunities <br />to collaborate with Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill Carrboro <br />Schools to promote responsible pet ownership among future generations <br />of county residents. One is to create stronger relationships with school <br />social workers to promote subsidized spay and neuter for pets belonging <br />to economically challenged families or families receiving public assistance. <br />Another opportunity is to support Kids4Kindness in offering pet education <br />to students in the fourth grade. It is hoped that other opportunities for <br />collaboration may emerge as well from such discussion of possible school