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New Business <br /> ■ Spay-Neuter Day <br /> o At Animal Service's request, approved motion to endorse the proposed <br /> declaration of February 26, 2019, as Spay-Neuter Day, in accord with World Spay <br /> Day <br /> • Division 5 of the Unified Animal Ordinance <br /> o Discussed whether to consider a request from a citizen to change Sec. 4-182 of <br /> Division 5 to allow African spurred tortoises and red-handed tamarins to be kept <br /> in Orange County <br /> o Agreed that the request was not properly before us because the citizen did not <br /> appear before the ASAB <br /> o Discussed various issues with Sec. 4-182 of Division 5—Keeping of Wild <br /> Animals Dangerous to Persons and Property—including clarity of the language, <br /> inclusion of specific species, and opaqueness of the criteria for deciding whether <br /> to add or delete species from the division <br /> o Bob Marotto explained that safety/health is the only ground on which the ASAB <br /> can exclude a species under Division 5, and that the ASAB would have to make a <br /> recommendation to the BOCC with respect to removal <br /> o Approved motion appointing a working group to review and clarify the language <br /> of Sec. 4-182, consistent with the group's best understanding of the ordinance's <br /> language as it currently stands and consistent with the ordinance's intent, for <br /> recommendation to the BOCC <br /> o Bryan Stuart(chair), Edmund Tiryakian, Amanda Schwoerke, Susan Elmore, Bob <br /> Marotto, and Irene Phipps were appointed to the working group, and were <br /> charged with reporting to the ASAB at its next meeting <br /> o ASAB members also proposed possible future projects with respect to Division 5, <br /> including recommending revisions to the exemptions in Sec. 4-183, and <br /> recommending amendments to the division to allow for excluding species based <br /> on criteria other than safety/health (e.g., animal-welfare concerns; conservation <br /> concerns; capacity to manage escapes, etc.) <br /> Adjournment and next meeting: <br /> • The meeting was adjourned at 7:58 p.m. The next meeting is February 20, 2019, at 6:30 <br /> p.m., Orange County Animal Services Center. <br /> Minutes taken: Amanda Schwoerke <br />