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DRAFT 1. On a monthly basis, provide a shelter report to the Board of Commissioners. This report will include: (a) Total number of intakes. (b) Number of Owner Surrenders. (c) Total Number Euthanized. (d) Total Number Euthanized due to severe health, safety, or behavioral issues. (e) Total Dogs /Cats removed from the shelter made available for adoption by private rescue organizations or directly to the community. (f) List of rescue organizations receiving dogs /cats from the shelter. 2. Take the necessary steps to allow any licensed animal rescue organization in good standing with the NC Department of Agriculture to receive dogs and/or cats that are taken into custody at the animal shelter. c) The Animal Protection & Preservation Advisory Committee will: 1. Meet at least monthly until a permanent program to facilitate the adoption and re- horning of dogs and cats has been established. 2. Discuss and provide to the Board of Commissioners a formal recommendation concerning whether the Cabarrus County Animal Shelter (a) is outsourced to an independent organization, who will be responsible for all aspects of a community wide rescue and adoption program, or (b) will be operated as a county department, with a position being created for shelter director. This recommendation should be provided to the Board of Commissioners by its regularly scheduled meeting in December 2010. 3. Review, and establish, using models such as the No -Kill Advocacy Center or the Asilomar Accords, an evaluation matrix to include medical and behavioral screening criteria that will be used to evaluate the adoptability of all dogs and cats surrendered or relinquished to the shelter. 4. Identify additional resources that may be needed to meet the established preservation goals for the Cabarrus County Animal Shelter, to include alternative sources of public revenue & grants, as well as additional space needs for the organization. -2- Attachment number 1 E -1 Page 26