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<br /> <br />will work with staff to coordinate with the Agricultural Preservation Board <br />and other entities to advance the “working farm cat” program. The board <br />will also continue to work with staff to develop and sustain community <br />partnerships and resources for addressing the challenges presented by <br />free roaming cats. <br /> <br />More generally, the board will work with staff to ensure that organizational <br />forms and practices responsible for the county’s success in managing over <br />population are recognized, supported and extended into the future. This is <br />a critical commitment to ensure that pet overpopulation is managed in the <br />long run in Orange County in a humane as well as cost effective manner. <br /> <br />Easement Area Dog Walking Trails: The ASAB is continuing to support <br />staff in ensuring that dog walking trails are recreated in the area of the new <br />OWASA and Duke Energy Easements. The board also plans to continue to <br />support Animal Services working with other county staff to ensure that the <br />entrance and presentation of the Animal Services Center is not <br />compromised by these easements. Doing so is critical to the intent of <br />making the Animal Service Center an attractive and welcoming facility, an <br />actual destination for the community. <br /> <br /> Community Centers and Services: The board will continue to work with <br />staff to consider how to best implement community-oriented developments <br />in the fields of animal welfare and animal services in Orange County. It is <br />expected that Animal Services will continue to work toward partnering with <br />established community centers in Orange County to build stronger <br />community relations through which various services and resources can <br />become better known. This is an opportunity to provide these services to <br />underserved areas of the county in new and different ways that are <br />becoming more prominent in the field of animal services and animal <br />welfare. <br /> <br />Community Partners and Services: The ASAB plans to continue to support <br />staff in pursuing, developing, and sustaining community partnerships. As <br />mentioned earlier, these are varied. In the case of the working barn cat <br />program, they include Independent Animal Rescue as well as the <br />Agricultural Board. They also include the possibility of working with <br />Orange County Adult Care Home Advisory Committee to introduce pets <br />into assisted living facilities in Orange County, And they include assorted <br />community partners from diverse areas of service in the case of resources <br />for pets belonging to homeless individuals or people experiencing housing <br />crises. <br /> <br /> <br />Unified Animal Ordinance and Legislation: The ASAB will continue to <br />coordinate with staff to identify and address “issues” in the administration