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