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3. legislative agenda generally—including fighting dogs under the fighting dogs <br />legislative action—see Legislative Agenda Items—what has already gone to the North <br />Carolina Association of County Commissioners (might actually have been added to the <br />agenda already) (what ASAB has accomplished is moving the legislative agenda forward) <br />Board approved the draft document subject to Bob’s revisions in accord with our <br />discussion and Maureane and Molly’s subsequent review <br /> <br />Pat Sanford Animal Welfare Award <br /> Evelyn Daniel: described review process by review subcommittee <br />Review subcommittee selected Hope Rescue, which looks at older animals that cannot <br />be placed and would be euthanized if left in another facility; asked for funds to do <br />dental work (the group pulls from facilities around the Triangle, but the award would be <br />used on animals that have been pulled from OC Animal Services) <br />Subcommittee unanimous <br />ASAB voted to support the award selection <br /> <br />Old business: <br />• Unified Animal Ordinance Amendment accepted—went into effect Nov. 15 (FAQ out; <br />orientation has been held for all of our staff; specific orientation held for ACOs) <br />• Evaluation of Owner-Surrendered Animals: Per last meeting, Bob talked to County <br />Manager (Bonnie Hammersley) about whether it was okay to make the Animal Services <br />Director the last point of appeal; she supported it. <br />o Andi told us how things were going with the form thus far <br />o Maureane suggested that we get another report in 6 mos <br />• Legislative Agenda items—Placed all of our NC Dangerous Dog law proposed agenda <br />items in one sheet—includes § 67-4.1, which has already been added to County’s <br />legislative agenda; and §§ 67-4.5 and 67-4.2 <br />o Bob explained the process by which the legislative agenda is adopted <br />o Ed had concerns about the language of 67-4.5; that it would not function as we <br />wanted <br />o Looked at Bob’s original draft language—“Provisions for review and revocation <br />of declaration of a dog as potentially dangerous” <br />o Evelyn suggested that we expand on “Provisions for review and revocation of <br />declaration of a dog as potentially dangerous” language so that people would <br />understand the purpose of the proposed change <br />o ASAB approved the § 67-4.1 and § 67.4-2 as is; the expanded original version of § <br />67-4.5 subject to the addition of an elaborative sentence—to carry this forward <br />to manager’s office for consideration by the BOCC as part of the county’s next <br />legislative agenda <br /> <br />Meeting called 7:35 p.m. <br />