[Animal Advisory Commission on May 18, 2023. ]
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ALL RIGHT YOU GUYS, LET'S GO AHEAD AND START THE MEETING.
SHE WAS GONNA TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FIRE SAFETY, SOMETHING WE NEED TO KNOW,
SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS MEETING, THIS IS NOT OUR TYPICAL MEETING ROOM.
WE'VE MADE SOME ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE, UM, TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT COMPLIANT.
SO WE ASK THAT NOBODY ENTER OR EXIT THROUGH THIS MAIN PORTION.
IF YOU NEED TO ENTER OR EXIT THIS SIDE OF THE STAGE, WE ASK THAT YOU DO THAT SAME THING WITH EASE HERE.
UH, REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ANY ISSUES.
SAME THING WITH OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
WE'RE GONNA ASK THAT YOU USE YOUR SIDE EXITS AND WHEN YOU NEED TO SPEAK IF, COULD YOU.
SO IN THIS RECESS AREA, UM, PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION AND YOU'RE ONLINE, YOUR MICROPHONE AND YOUR CAMERA ON ONE SPEAKING TO BE DEEMED, UH, UH, HERE IN ATTENDANCE.
AND THEN FROM HERE, I THINK OUR CHAIR'S GOING TO TAKE ROLL PAUL.
AND THEN WE'LL START WITH OUR PUBLIC.
CUTTING CUZ WE, UM, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE UP THERE THAT I CAN'T SEE THAT ARE HERE ELECTRONICALLY.
SO CAN WE GO AROUND THE HORSESHOE FIRST? SAY OUR NAME, OUR DISTRICT, AND THEN LET THEM SPEAK.
WE'LL HEAR HORSESHOE AND THEN WE'LL GO ON.
RACHEL GEARING COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
KAREN KENNEDY, DISTRICT THREE.
CASSANDRA BAVASI, DISTRICT SEVEN.
DISTRICT, UH, 13 WITH K WILLS.
AND THEN THE PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE HERE ELECTRONICALLY.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? THIS IS COMMISSIONER SAX, DISTRICT ONE.
WE CAN SEE COMMISSIONER MOS, BUT YES.
AND I SEE THAT COMMISSIONER HANSEN IS ONLINE, BUT WE CANNOT SEE HER CAMERA.
CAN YOU, UH, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE CAMERA WORK.
UM, I LOGGED IN EARLY AND IT WAS WORKING FINE AND NOW FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T, UH, JILL, CAN I ASK YOU, IS THE UH, RULE STILL IN PLACE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR UM, VIDEO ON? YES.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE VIDEO AND AUDIO.
SO RIGHT NOW FOR COMMISSIONER'S NOTES, HANSEN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON GETTING THAT UP.
THERE'S COMMISSIONER HANSEN'S ON.
SO AT ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE PUT YOUR, UM, SCREENS ON YOUR VIDEO SO WE CAN SEE YOU.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WE NEED TO SEE YOUR FACES.
WE'LL GIVE YOU JUST 15 SECONDS TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
WE SEE YOU AND WE CAN HEAR YOU.
JONATHAN, ARE YOU ABLE TO DO IT? OH, WHAT'S THAT? SO WE NEED TO SEE YOUR FACE.
MAYBE IT'S A, UH, NOT A STRONG ENOUGH SIGNAL OR SOMETHING.
CAUSE THEY KEEP COMING ON AND GOING ON BECAUSE WE CAN SEE.
CAN YOU SEE THEM JOANN FOR THE RECORDING? SO WE'RE NOT SEEING MS. HANSEN.
UM, IT'S HIDING ANY PARTICIPANTS WITHOUT VIDEO.
SO OUR PURPOSE IS HANSEN, MR. CALLING? NO, HE'S CALLING BACK.
OKAY, SO LET'S JUST, SO FOR PURPOSES OF THE ROOM SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, JILLIAN, YOUR SCREEN IS DIFFERENT THAN THE SCREEN THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE PRESENT ARE, IS WATCHING.
SO WHO DO YOU NEED TO GET ON THE SCREEN? UH, I NEED COMMISSIONER
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HANSEN'S VIDEO.AND THEN WE'RE TRY, I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH COMMISSIONER MOS ON GETTING HIS AUDIO.
SO, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE LIKE, UM, COMMISSIONER HELLO WAS SAYING THAT THERE I AM.
IS IT POSSIBLE THERE'S NOT A SIGNAL SO WE CAN'T SEE THEM? OR IS IT SOMETHING ON THEIR END TO ADVISE? HELLO? HELLO.
SO THE ONLY PERSON LEFT IT SEEMS LIKE IS COMMISSIONER HANSEN.
CAN YOU DROP AND CALL BACK COMMISSIONER HANSEN? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, WELL YOU GUYS, WE, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, THE ONLY PERSON YOU CAN'T SAY IS COMMISSIONER HANSEN.
I WOULD JUST ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER HANSEN THAT YOU JUMP OFF AND REJOIN US.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD ALL BE LOOKING AT THE SAME SCREEN, BUT I KNOW IT'S AGAINST YOUR, THIS ROOM.
THIS ROOM WAS VERY, VERY HARD.
IT WAS A LOT OF WORK TO GET, I'VE BEEN ON, I WAS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS COMMISSIONER MOSS WAS HAVING.
THE VOLUME WENT OUT AND IT, MINE WAS ON, SO I'M NOT SURE.
AND ONE OF OUR STAFF WAS HAVING ISSUES AS WELL, SO I KNOW.
YOU KNOW, WELL THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
WE HAVE, UM, TWO SPEAKERS THIS MORNING.
UM, SO REALLY QUICK, EVERYONE, FOR SOME OF OUR NEW, UH, MEMBERS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, THIS MORNING FOR SOME OF THE NEW COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR INDIVIDUALS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS, UM, ON ISSUES POSSIBLY DISCUSSED TODAY.
AND IT CAN HELP INFORM COMMISSIONERS, ADVISE, UH, THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON CERTAIN TOPICS.
SO IN ORDER TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEY HAVE TO SIGN UP BY A CERTAIN TIME.
UM, AND WE HAVE TWO TODAY THAT ARE PRESENT.
IT WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND THE TOPIC YOU'LL BE ADDRESSING.
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO DIALOGUE BETWEEN US AND THE SPEAKERS.
UM, BUT IT MIGHT COME UP LATER IN THE MEETING.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR, OUR, UM, SPEAKERS FOR SHOWING UP TODAY AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER IF YOU WANT TO CALL HER.
UH, MS. SHAW, I'LL JUST ASK IF YOU CAN STAND, YOU'RE READY.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME.
I'M JUST HERE SPEAKING ON, UH, GENERAL MATTERS TODAY.
THE FIRST THING I WANNA REMIND THE COMMISSION IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ADVISORY COMMISSION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT D A S IS COMPLYING WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS, NOT TO JUST RUBBER STAMP WHATEVER THEY WANNA DO AS HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
TWO, IT IS A CONFLICT, IN MY OPINION, FOR COMMISSIONER TO BE PAID TO BOARD DOGS BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR A COMMISSIONER TO BE OBJECTIVE AND UNBIASED WHEN STATING SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE AGAINST WHAT THE DS OR SOMEONE WANTS COULD IMPACT THEIR FINANCES.
AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ANYMORE, BUT I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
THREE, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS HAS A BREEDING LICENSE.
WHY? I THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO PUT BREEDERS OUT OF BUSINESS, NOT, AND THAT IS A CONFLICT TO ME BECAUSE IF THEY'RE HAVING A PROBLEM, THEN I DON'T FEEL THAT THE COMMISSION OR THE CITY WILL ACT, YOU KNOW? CAUSE THERE'S A CONFLICT, UH, TOO, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS IS OPERATING A BUSINESS THAT, IN MY OPINION, COULD BE A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC AND ANIMAL CRUELTY.
WHAT IS THAT BUSINESS YOU ASK? IT'S TRAINING BITE DOGS.
BITE DOGS ARE TRAINING DOGS TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND TO BITE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF LICENSE THEY ARE, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BITE.
WHEN DOGS GET OUT AND THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE OR THEY BITE OR HARM PEOPLE, THEN THEY GET KILLED.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE SANCTIONED BY D A S OR THE CITY AND IT IMPACTS QUALITY OF LIFE TO THE DOGS.
AND I HAVE SOME INTERESTING PICTURES HERE.
THIS IS A DOG THAT'S ON ONE OF THE COMMISSIONER'S WEBSITE, BLOOD ON THEIR BIKE.
AND I, I CAN LEAVE THESE WITH Y'ALL CUZ IN CASE THEY MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED OFF AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT AND I TOOK PICTURES OF THEM OR TABLET.
HERE'S OTHER PHOTOS OF DOGS IN AGGRESSIVE POSES IN ATTACKING PEOPLE.
THIS IS A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.
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THAT TRAINING DOGS TO BITE PEOPLE IS A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.UM, THE, UH, SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AND STOPPED.
THERE'S NO DAILY REPORT AVAILABLE TO THE CITIZENS, TO THE EUTHANASIA RATE.
I WAS TOLD THAT THE, UM, WEBSITE IS DOWN, BUT THEY COULD POST THEM ON FACEBOOK OR SOMEWHERE WHERE THE PUBLIC COULD GET THAT.
THAT'S JUST A WAY TO HIDE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TRANSPARENT AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE NUMBERS EVERY DAY.
ALSO, I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS ON JOB POSTINGS, WHICH PEOPLE JUST GET ANNOUNCED AS BEING HIRED.
THE POSTINGS DON'T SEEM TO BE ON.
THAT'S YOUR TIME FOR THREE MINUTES.
UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ED JAMESON.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ASS.
UM, I SAID I'M, I AM THE CEO FOR OPERATION KINDNESS AND FORMER DIRECTOR FOR DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES FROM FISCAL YEAR 2018 THROUGH 21.
THINGS HAVE COME TO LIGHT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT SUPPORT D A S USED TO RECEIVE, BUT NO LONGER IS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF ORGANIZATIONS NOT FALLING THROUGH ON PROMISES MADE TO D A S.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT AT LEAST AS FAR AS OPERATION KINDNESS IS CONCERNED, THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN ANYMORE.
AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AS TRUE PARTNERS.
I WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE 2018 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING ANIMAL CRUELTY BETWEEN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY, THE ANIMALS OF TEXAS.
FROM MY ROLE AS DS DIRECTOR, THE HOUSING AND THE CARE OF THE ANIMALS INVOLVED WITH CRUELTY WAS MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
D A S WAS NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THAT POPULATION OF ANIMALS THEN, AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT, UH, EQUIPPED TO HANDLE IT NOW.
OPERATION KINDNESS DOES NOT HAVE THE FACILITIES OR THE EXPERTISE TO HOUSE THAT SEGMENT OF ANIMALS.
HOWEVER, WE ARE SPECIALLY EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE VETERINARY FORENSIC COMPONENT AND HAVE HAD VETERINARY TEAMS WORKING INSIDE OF DS FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS TO ENSURE THAT ALL ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES CAN MOVE FORWARD AND THAT JUSTICE CAN BE SERVED.
OUR VET TEAM PROVIDE OTHER LIFESAVING SERVICE WHILE RAT DAS WHEN THERE'S NOT FORENSIC WORK TO BE DONE AND MAKE NO, NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
THE 2018 AGREEMENT ENDING IS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AGAINST D S'S LIVE RELEASE RATE.
BUT MY HOPE IS THAT THE NONPROFIT AGENCY IN DALLAS, THAT OUR EXPERTS IN ANIMAL CRUELTY WILL BECOME A PARTNER OF D A S AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
NOW A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM DIRECTOR WEBER.
SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT RESCUE SUPPORT.
IN HER PRESENTATION, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT OPERATION KINDNESS HAS BEEN THE TOP RESCUE PARTNER OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THIS FISCAL YEAR OPERATION KINDNESS IS ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY A QUARTER OF ALL DOGS AND CAT RESCUE POLES.
AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT OUR 24 HOUR KIT NURSERY HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO PULL NEARLY HALF OF THE D A S KITTEN RESCUE POLES THIS YEAR, HELPING THAT SEGMENT OF THE ANIMALS REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR D A S OF 83%.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND WAS SOMETHING WE NEVER DREAMED OF IN 2018 WHEN WE STARTED THAT NURSERY.
SO, AMAZING WORK DAS ON THAT, UH, SEGMENT OF ANIMALS.
LASTLY, I AM VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, OPERATION KINDNESS HAS ACQUIRED A FACILITY JUST A QUARTER MILE UP THE ROAD FROM D A S THE FACILITY.
OUR LIFE-SAVING PARTNERSHIP HUB IS DESIGNED TO BE A DIRECT ASSISTANT TO D A S.
THE FACILITY WILL SUPPORT OUR NEWLY CREATED OUT-OF-STATE TRANSPORT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING RESCUE PARTNERS OF DS BY PROVIDING VETERINARY CARE TO ANIMALS.
SINCE FEBRUARY OPERATION KINDNESS HAS REROUTED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PROGRAMMING DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT DAS.
AND WITHIN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS, OPERATION KINDNESS WILL HAVE INVESTED MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DIRECTLY INTO THE PEOPLE IN PETS OF DALLAS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING OUR PART ON DALLAS'S PATH TO ONCE AGAIN BECOMING DALLAS 90.
OKAY, THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC, UM, SPEAKERS PORTION OF TODAY'S MEETING.
UM, NEXT, WE ARE LOOKING TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
UM, EVERYBODY, YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES YOU LOOKED FOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND BE FOR, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION COMMISSIONER SANDS, UM, MOTIONS.
AND I DON'T, SORRY, IT'S NOT PHONETIC.
IT'S LIKE, SAY ED, SAY ED REALLY FAST.
UM, DO, UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION.
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SAY AYE.UM, UH, ANY NAYS? MOTION? SO CARRIES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND START OUR DIRECTOR'S PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT IN
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UH, FOR UPDATE MAY 18, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT QUARTER TWO.
AND FOR PURPOSES OF THIS, UM, MICHELLE, UH,
SO TODAY WILL BE GOING OVER OUR PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF SERVICE AND PERFORMANCE.
TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT QUARTER TWO AND PRINCIPAL FORWARD TO, UM, MEMBERS, WHICH IS JANUARY, 2023.
IN MARCH, 2023 BS PRINCIPLES, PUBLIC SAFETY, COMPASSION, NO SHORTCUTS.
THIS HAS BEEN, UM, WAS IMPLEMENTED YEARS AGO, AND WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THOSE AND THAT OUR VALUES IN SERVICE, AND I, I'M GONNA KEEP TALKING ABOUT THESE AT EVERY, UM, EVERY COMMISSION MEETING BECAUSE I REALLY WANT THESE TO BE DRILLED DOWN.
BOTH OUR, OUR PRINCIPLES AND OUR VALUES OF SERVICE.
WE, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT SHORT, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON A PLAN.
AND THESE ARE VALUES THAT WE'RE, ARE INFORMING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, DAS STAFFING UPDATE.
I WANT TO, SO TODAY I HAVE WITH ME, I HAVE OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MARY MARTIN.
MARY COMES TO US WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ANIMAL LAW, FIRE STUDIES, BOTH BEING A MEDICAL DIRECTOR, UH, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, AND A DIRECTOR FOR MAJOR, UM, LARGE SHELTERS SUCH AS MARICOPA COUNTY ANIMAL CARE CENTERS OF NEW YORK CITY.
SHE'S WORKED FOR BEST FRIENDS AS THE DIRECTOR OF THEIR SANCTUARY.
UM, WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.
WE DID DO A SEARCH PRIOR TO HER ONBOARDING.
AND, UM, WE ALWAYS POST OUR POSITIONS ON GOVERNMENT JOBS COM AND I HAVE PAUL RAMON, WHO IS NOT NEW, BUT PAUL RAMONE IS HERE WITH US TODAY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
AND I ALSO HAVE SARAH, SHE, OUR ASSISTANT, UH, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, UM, OVER COMMUNITY, OUT COMMUNITY IMPACT COMMUNITY OVER COMMUNITY, UH, OUTREACH PROGRAM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR, HE'S ALSO DOING DOUBLE DUTY AS THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER I SHELTER OPERATIONS.
I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT COMING SOON NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HAVE A NEW ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF SHELTER OPERATIONS SO THAT SARAH WON'T BE DOING DOUBLE DUTY AND I'LL HAVE THEM WITH US.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, AMANDA ATWELL HAS JOINED US.
BUT, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT NEW PURSES AND I WILL BE COVERING THE STAFFING UPDATES FOR THIS, FOR GLOBAL PRESENTATION.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO IMPROVE OUR EFFORTS IN RECRUITING AND, UH, ONBOARDING STAFF.
UH, WE'VE BEEN ATTENDING JOB FAIRS, HIRE AF, OFFERING HIRING INCENTIVES AND LOOKING AT OUR, OUR WAGE AND WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK TO INCREASE THAT FOR THE STAFF THAT ARE CURRENTLY HERE AND POTENTIALLY, UH, ENTICING OTHERS THAT WANNA JOIN THE ANIMAL, UH, WELFARE EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE AT DAS.
UH, A LARGE PORTION OF OUR VACANCY RATE, AS YOU CAN SEE IT, IT IS MORE GEARED TOWARDS FIELD, UH, OUR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RETENTION IN OUR FIELD OPERATIONS.
UH, WE'VE, UH, IN ADDED A RTO INCENTIVE, PRETON UP RETURN TO HOME QUARTERLY BONUS, UH, ADDITIONAL INTERNAL DATA AND OPERATIONAL DISCUSSIONS TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, INCREASED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS, AND OFFERED SOME INTERIM ASSIGNMENTS, UH, INCREASED ATTENDANCE TO LEADER OF THE PACK DISCUSSIONS AND INTERIM ASSIGNMENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AS THEY ARISE.
UH, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A UP TO DATE BECAUSE THIS IS AS OF MARCH.
UH, AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THESE ONE BY ONE AS FAR AS FIELD OPERATIONS GO.
SO WE HAVE ONE OPENING FOR A MANAGER.
UH, IT'S OPEN AND WE ARE LOOKING TO POST IT HERE PRETTY SOON.
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TOTAL OF FIVE POSITIONS.UH, WE HAVE, UH, 12 SUPERVISORS IN OUR FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM.
WE HAVE ONE OPENING, UH, OFFERS BEEN MADE, SO WE'RE WAITING TO GET A RESPONSE.
WE HAVE EIGHT LEAD ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS WITH CURRENTLY NO VACANCIES AT THE MOMENT.
UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 49 ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS AT THE MOMENT.
HOWEVER, NINE ARE PENDING THROUGH THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED, THREE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT WE'RE WAITING TO GET A RESPONSE.
AND THEN, UH, ONE WILL REMAIN OPEN.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, OF THE NEW HIRES THAT WE HAVE ONBOARDED, 17 OF THOSE ARE GOING THROUGH THE RE UH, UH, TRAINING PROCESSES.
UH, ONCE THEY'RE CLEARED AND PAST PROBATION AND, AND ATTEND THEIR CERTIFICATIONS, THEY'LL BE READY TO GO OUT AND APPEAL.
UH, WE HAVE THREE SERVICE AGENT POSITIONS WITH ONE OPEN.
UH, OFFERS BEEN MADE ON THAT POSITION.
WE'RE WAITING TO GET, GET A RESPONSE BACK.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, FIVE TRUCK DRIVER POSITIONS FOR OUR ANIMAL REMAINS RECOVERY UNIT, UH, WITH ONE OPEN.
SO IF ALL OFFICERS ARE ACCEPTED OR OUR PENDING HIRES GO THROUGH, WE'LL BE LEFT WITH ONLY TWO VACANCIES IN OUR, UH, FIELD OPERATIONS UNIT.
SO OUR TEAM HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVELY WORKING ON RECRUITING AND HIRING, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TO, WE TOLD YOU ALL, UH, ABOUT THE RECORDS.
OUR NEXT, UM, SLIDE IS OUR TOTAL INTAKE BY SPECIES.
YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR DOG INTAKE IS UP A LITTLE BIT OVER 20% COMBINED.
DOGS AND CATS IS UP A LITTLE BIT OVER 18%.
AND CATS IS UP JUST UNDER 8% LIVE RELEASE RATE BY SPECIES, WHERE AT 75% FOR DOGS, 85% WITH PER CATS.
AND I DO WANNA CALL OUT THAT 85% PER CATS 83, THE NEONATAL KITTENS THAT YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE BECAUSE OF THE CHAIR, BECAUSE THE NEONATAL KITTENS, THAT IS THE HIGHEST THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, UM, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE, THE NURSERY.
AND THAT REALLY CALLS OUT HOW THE RESCUE PARTNERSHIPS CAN REALLY HELP US ACHIEVE THAT LIFESAVING, YOU KNOW, THOSE NEONATAL KITTENS, THOSE WE CAN'T CON WE CAN'T ADOPT THEM OUT.
WE CAN FOSTER THEM, UM, FOSTER THEM OUT, BUT WE CAN IS OPT THEM OUT.
SO HAVING THE FOSTERS AND THE, UM, RESCUE PARTNERS ASSISTANCE IS WHAT HELPS DRIVE THOSE, THOSE HIGHLIGHT RELEASE NUMBERS, HIGHER LIVE RELEASE NUMBERS.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GROWING ON THAT IN THE FUTURE.
OUTCOME COMPARISON BY SPECIES, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR, UM, OUR LIVE OUTCOMES ARE, UH, NON-LIVE OUTCOMES ARE, BUT ALSO OUR LIVE OUTCOME THROUGHOUT.
AND FORGIVE ME FOR BEING A LITTLE BIT JUMPY.
I, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE RANSOMWARE CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD.
SO GETTING OUR DATA TOGETHER WITHOUT ACCESS TO OUR, UM, TO OUR DATABASE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING.
SO I'M NOT AS PREPARED AS I WAS OR PRACTICED AS I, UM, SO ANYWAY, OUR LIVE OUTCOMES ARE UP, UM, ON THE DOGS AND NEONATES WORSE DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THE CATS.
WITH OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE DECREASE IN NON-LIFE GUIDANCE OUTCOMES, OUR GOAL IS TO DECREASE ONLINE OUTCOMES BY 5%.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY INCREASED BY 70%.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT RESCUE PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE IN, AS WE GO FORWARD IN OTHER SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR LIVE OUTCOMES WE HAVE ADOPTIONS ARE 42% OF OUR LIVE OUTCOMES.
UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH ON EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN.
AND ALSO IN FOSTER TO GROW CAPACITY IN FOSTER, WE HAVE, OR AT LEAST BEFORE WE LOST OUR DATABASE, WE HAVE 347 DOGS AND 233 CATS IN FOSTER TO INCREASE CAPACITY.
AND THEN THE OTHER MEASURE THERE IS THE HOLD ONE ADDITIONAL FREE VACCINE CLINIC IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
AND WE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE HELD THAT IN QUARTER THREE.
NEXT, OUR NEXT DASHBOARD IS OUR LIVE OUTCOME FOR DOGS ON THE TOP AND ONLINE OUTCOME FOR DOGS ON THE BOTTOM WITH THE, THE GRAPHS SHOWING HOW MUCH OF IS OF EACH PORTION IS, IS HIGHLIGHTED ON, ON THE GRAPH.
YOU'LL SEE THAT ADOPTIONS IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE MAKING THE MOST IMPACT ON LIVE
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OUTCOMES.AND THAT'S WHY WE WANNA LOOK AT WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO.
SO WE'RE, WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON ADOPTIONS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO FOCUS AND FOSTER, BUT WE WANNA FOCUS ON THOSE RESCUE PLACEMENTS IN ADDITION TO RTOS.
AND THEN BELOW YOU'LL SEE OUR NON-LIVE OUTCOMES AND YOU'LL SEE
AND THAT'S WHY WHEN I SAY THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PETS IN FOSTER, WE'VE GOT MORE PETS IN FOSTER THAN WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD IN THE BUILDING.
SO, UM, SO WE, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR CAPACITY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY AND DO SO.
AND HERE'S THE SAME PICTURE FOR CATS.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR, OUR, AGAIN, THE ADOPTIONS IS UP, THE RESCUES IS UP FOR OUR LIVE OUTCOMES.
AND THEN BELOW YOU'LL SEE THAT THE HUMANE THAT I, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN SEE IT BECAUSE OF THE CHAIR, BUT, BUT THE BIGGEST BLOCK AFFECTING THE NON-LIVE OUTCOME FOR CATS IS THE HUMANE, UM, EUTHANASIA.
SO MANY OF THE CATS THAT COME TO US ARE, UM, EITHER SO SICK OR INJURED, THAT HUMANE EUTHANASIA IS THE APPROPRIATE THING TO DO.
SO THIS IS MAIN, OUR NEXT GOAL IS MAINTAIN LOOSE AND LOOSE TONE DOG BITES.
SO OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE A 0% INCREASE AND WE ACTUALLY DECREASED IT BY 8%.
AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO REPORT THIS POSITIVE DECREASE IN BITES.
UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH TO THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR RESPONSE RATES ARE WHAT WE, THEY WANT, WE WANT THEM TO BE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
OUR RESPONSE RATE, PRIMARY RESPONSE RATE IS DAN SET.
67% ARE RESPONDING TO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO RESPOND TO IN AN APPROPRIATE TIME.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE IMPACTING THAT.
UM, THAT BY NUMBER, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC, ONE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
ALSO, YOU'LL SEE OUR LOOSE AND LIZ OWN SERVICE REQUESTS ARE UP.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN MORE AND MORE OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, TOWN HALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS DOGS, WE'RE TELLING THEM TO CALL THREE 11 AND REPORT THOSE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE CALLS COME IN, WON'T THAT NUMBER INCREASE MORE? AND THEN OUR SERVICE REQUEST TYPE, YOU'LL SEE DOWN BELOW AND WHAT IT SAYS IS 30,356 EXTERNAL, UM, 3,558 PROACTIVE AND 5,575 FOLLOW-UPS.
NEXT ONE, OUR MEDICAL TREATMENT, OUR SPAY SURGERIES, SPECIALTY SURGERIES, OUR SPECIALTY SURGERIES.
THE ONLY REASON THE EARLY DOWN IS BECAUSE OF THE DISEASE THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO WE'VE HAD TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, NOT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE'VE HAD TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE ANIMALS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO SURGERY AND REALLY FOCUSING ON THE SPAY NEUTER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE NOT, UM, SPREADING ILLNESS IN OUR SURGERY SLEEP.
AND THEN OUR HEARTWORM TREATMENT, OUR HEARTWORM MEMBERS ARE DOWN.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, NOT WANTING TO BRING DOGS BACK INTO THE BUILDING WITH ILLNESS, WITH CONTINUING EVEN WITH C I B, BUT WE HAVE NOW STARTED TREATING THEM ON THE UNEXPOSED SIDE AND WE'RE BRINGING ALL THOSE DOGS BACK THAT LEFT WITH APPOINTMENTS PUSHED OUT IN THE FUTURE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LARGER NUMBER OF FOUR QUARTER THREE, BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THEM NOW ACHIEVE DOG 40% RETURN HOME RATE.
WE'RE HOPING WITH THE, UM, WITH THE OFFICERS BEING ONBOARDED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT NUMBER.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH PETCO LOVE LOST TO DEVELOP A ONE STOP PLATFORM.
AND WE WILL STILL OFFER THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN LOST AND FOUND, BUT WE'LL DRIVE EVERYBODY TO ONE PLATFORM LOOKING FOR THEIR LOSS PACK.
AND THAT WILL HELP AS WE IMPLEMENT THAT MORE.
I'LL SHARE IT WITH THIS GROUP.
UH, INCREASE IN DOGS AND CATS FOSTERED, WE'RE UP 35.3%.
I ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL BE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THAT THIS WILL BE OUR GOAL SINCE LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WE ACHIEVED IT BY LIKE 33%.
AND THEN THIS YEAR WE'LL GOING TO BE ACHIEVING IT.
I'M ANTICIPATING THAT NEXT YEAR WHAT WE'LL BE MEASURING IS RESCUE, UM, PLACEMENTS, OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
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SEE A LITTLE DIP IN OUR VOLUNTEER HOURS.THAT WOULD BE, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF C R B, THAT, UM, WE HAD TO CUT POSITIONS WITH ALYSSA IN THE BUILDING.
UM, BUT WE STILL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY STEADY AND VOLUNTEER INDIVIDUALS ARE UP.
AND THEN OUR VOLUNTEER RETENTION RATE, AGAIN, MAXIMUM ANNUAL NUMBER THAT WE'LL UPDATE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO HERE'S THE RESCUE GROUP NUMBERS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR RESCUE GROUP PULLS OUR UP 28%.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP WORKING ON THAT.
AND LIKE, UM, MR. JAMESON WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE RESCUE INVOLVEMENT, THAT COMMITMENT TO OPERATION KINDNESS IS MAKING TO HELP US WITH THE RESCUE PLACEMENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR DAS PARTNER POOL AGAIN, AND, UM, OTHER, OTHER STRATEGIES LIKE THAT, WE DO LOOK TO INCREASE OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE MUTE BY UTILIZING OUR RESCUE GROUPS.
AND THEN HERE'S OUR, THE DASHBOARD OF OUR TOP 10 RESCUE GROUP DOGS IN CATS BY AGE GROUP.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOP THREE ARE REALLY PULLING THE LIONS SHARE OF, OF THE PETS.
AND, UM, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
BUT EVEN HAVING ALL 10 OF THOSE ENGAGED WITH US IN A MEANINGFUL WAY IS ALREADY AFFECTING SO MANY MORE ANIMALS AND HELPING US TO, UH, MAXIMIZE MY CITY.
AND THEN HERE'S OUR MAP OF PROGRESS FOR C I V.
UH, AND BECAUSE THIS WAS ACCORDING TO PRESENTATION, THIS WAS OUR CLEAN BREAK ON MARCH 28TH.
WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THREE STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK, TWO STEPS BACK, FOUR STEPS FORWARD.
BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THIS PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP, WE CAN DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF ILLNESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITHIN OUR BUILDING THAT WE CAN KEEP INCOMING ANIMALS, SAFE DOGS FROM.
AND, UM, THE OTHER THING IS WE FIND, AND IT HAPPENED TO US TOO, WHEN WE'RE NOT MINDFUL OF THIS, YOU SEE C I V, WHICH IS A VERY TREATABLE ILLNESS, VERY SIMILAR TO HUMAN LOW CANINE INFLUENZA VIRUS IS VERY, UM, IT'S GLU TO THE DOG, LIKE HUMAN FLUIDS TO US, AND VERY RECOVERABLE.
BUT WHEN IT'S NOT BEING, UM, ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY WITHIN THIS SHELTER, YOU SEE IT EVOLVE INTO OTHER ILLNESSES AND IT CAN BECOME PNEUMONIA AND BACTERIAL ILLNESS.
AND WE DON'T WANNA HAVE THAT IN OUR BUILDING.
AND THAT'S WHY WE KEEP PUSHING FORWARD ON THIS.
AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MEANINGFUL RESCUE PARTNERS AND FOSTER AND ADOPTIONS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, TO STOP THIS THREAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE CONTINUE THIS WORK, SIR.
I WILL BE DISCUSSING THE CHANGES IN CRUELTY INVESTIGATIONS.
AS MR. JAMESON ALLUDED TO EARLIER, IN THE SEPTEMBER OF 2022, THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS STEPPED AWAY FROM THE TAPE.
DAS, UH, STEPPED FORWARD, UH, TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR DVD PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE INVESTIGATIONS THAT WERE ACTIVELY GOING ON AND THE CONTINUES WILL HAVE THAT SUPPORT.
UH, DAS PROVIDES VETERINARY SUPPORT CARE, TRANSPORTATION OF THE ANIMALS REGARDING ANIMAL CRUELTY.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY, AS MR. JAMES HAS SAID, WE HAVE A MEMO, UH, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP WHERE, UH, OPERATION KINDNESS PROVIDES FORENSICS, UH, MEDICAL NEEDS, TESTIMONY AND SUPPORT TO BOTH DIAZ AND D P D.
AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, D P D AND O BJ.
UH, REACHED OUT TO, UH, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND REQUESTED SOME CRUELTY INVESTIGATION TRAINING, UH, LEGISLATIVE UPDATES AND, UH, TECHNIQUES TO BASICALLY BE ALL ON ONE ACCORD AS IT RELATES TO ANIMAL CRUELTY.
AND THAT, UH, TRAINING, AS YOU CAN SEE, TOOK PLACE IN MID-MARCH.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE'VE HAD A HUGE EVENT THAT, UH, WAS, UH, ANIMAL CRUEL, TRIB RELATED.
I WON'T GO THROUGH FULL DETAILS CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE.
UH, DAS WAS PULLED IN AND, AND REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE ALONG WITH O PK AND B P D, UH,
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THE LEAD AGENCY.UH, WE REACHED OUT TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, STATE OFFICIALS FOR GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION.
AND THROUGH THE TIMELINE, YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS THROUGH THAT, UH, WORKING AND THEN SOME OF OUR FOLLOW UPS AFTER IT WAS, UH, COMPLETED.
AS PART OF OUR, UH, VALUE SERVICE THROUGH ENGAGEMENT, WE HAVE, UH, PARTICIPATED IN SOME OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.
UH, WE'VE ATTENDED SOME NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS TO PROVIDE DETAILS AND INFORMATION AND GET FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THE CITIZENS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.
THERE'S A, A LIST OF A FEW, A HANDFUL THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN THIS QUARTER.
UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, PARTICIPATING IN EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH.
WE'VE ATTENDED SOME SCHOOL FAIRS, SOME RECRUITING EVENTS, AND WE HAD A, UH, TOUCH THE TRUCK EVENT WHERE, UH, PD FIRE AND DAS AND VARIOUS OTHER CITY ORGANIZATIONS WOULD TAKE VEHICLES TO SAMUEL FARMS AND ALLOW THE KIDS TO SEE THE VEHICLES, TOUCH 'EM, ASK QUESTIONS, AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'RE USED FOR.
UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL ADOPTION EVENTS WITH SAMUEL FARMS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, TEAM DRIVING SAFETY AT AND T FAMILY, UH, WEEKENDS, HOLLYWOOD FEED ADOPTIONS, TURTLE CREEK, UH, TO REALLY PUSH AND BOAST, UH, UH, BOLSTER OUR ADOPTION EFFORTS.
AND TO DRIVE, UM, STAFF RETENTION, RETENTION AND, AND TEAM MORALE.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY MAKING, UM, MAKING OUR APPRECIATION OF OUR STAFF INTENTIONAL.
SO, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER APPRECIATION WEEK WAS IN APRIL.
WE HAD, THIS WAS JUST A SMALL SEGMENT OF THE FOLKS.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A LUNCH PARTY AND CAKE, AND THEN WE HAD THESE BACKPACKS MADE SO THAT THEY, UM, THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO CARRY THEIR, THEIR EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH, UH, TO THEIR TRUCKS AND THE SHELTER AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THIS IS, THE BACKPACKS IS ACTUALLY WHAT THEY WANTED, NOT WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE.
SO ENGAGING THEM, LIKE WHAT WAS MEANINGFUL TO YOU INSTEAD OF WHAT WE SOMETIMES THINK IS MEANINGFUL MIGHT NOT BE.
UH, SOME OF YOU PARTICIPATE IN OUR TASK FORCE, UH, MEETINGS AND WE DISCUSSED SOME ORDINANCE CHANGES OR IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UH, WE'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, COME IN THE FUTURE.
AND A FEW OF THOSE WERE AS, UH, WE CREATED, UH, INFOGRAPHICS ONE PAGERS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE CHANGES WOULD BE, UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE BENEFITS AND SOME OTHER INFORMATIONAL, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.
WE TOOK ADVANTAGE IN THESE ONE PAGERS TO PROVIDE, UH, AS WELL AS IT ADDING A COUPLE OF QR CODES TO MAKE IT EASY ACCESSIBLE TO OUR WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
AS, AS RELATIVE TO THESE CHANGES, UH, THE FEEDING ORDINANCE CHANGED THE, UH, CHAPTER 71 PAGER ON SOME OF OUR VERBIAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE CURRENTLY ARE RESPONDING TO AN AUDIT THAT WAS DONE OF OUR DANGEROUS STOCK PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENTING WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF GETTING THAT REPRESENTED AND APPROVED BY COUNSEL FOR ADOPTION BASED ON THOSE AUDIT FINDINGS IN RELA RELATION TO DANGEROUS DOGS.
AND THEN OUR OTHER SIDE OF THE TASK FORCE IS OUR SUPPORT TASK FORCE GROUP, UH,
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY ENRICHMENT, UH, THAT YOU SEE THERE.
UH, IT WAS A READING PROGRAM THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER AND, UH, SOME FOLKS PARTICIPATED IN WHERE WE BROUGHT KIDS INTO THE SHELTER TO READ TO THE DOGS.
AND STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT IN READING TO THE DOGS, IT LOWERS THEIR STRESS LEVELS WHILE THEY'RE IN CARE AND ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS TO IMPROVE ON THEIR READING SKILLS.
UH, SO WE HAD THE READING PROGRAM, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PIO O ON, UH, UH, PUTTING SOME VIDEOS TOGETHER WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER SCIS HELP AND, AND, AND OTHERS TO, UH, GET OUR, UH, UH, HIGHLIGHTS FOR SOME OF OUR ANIMALS ONTO THE NEWS MEDIA TO TRY AND, UH, UH, BOOST OUR, UH, ADOPTION NEXT.
AND THE DA, THAT'S THE, AT THE TEXAS LEGISLATOR, OUR OWN COMMISSIONER GEARING WENT TO AUSTIN AND TESTIFIED ON HOUSE BILL EIGHT 70.
UM, PREEMPTING HUMANE PET STORE BANS.
UM, AND, AND THEN HERE ARE ALL OF THE HOUSE BILLS THAT D A S THROUGH OUR, UM, OUR CITY OF DALLAS LEGISLATOR HAS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN, UM, OPINIONS.
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THEN OUR FINAL SLIDE IS OUR DIRECTOR'S FOCUS ITEMS. UM, I ALREADY MENTIONED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.I WANNA THANK ANY OF YOU WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY THAT WE SENT, THAT I SENT OUT THAT HELPED INFORM OUR PRE RETREAT WORK.
WE HAD OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
IT WAS REALLY, REALLY FANTASTIC.
UM, WE BROUGHT 20 PEOPLE, 20 STAFF MEMBERS FROM ALL UNITS AND ALL CLASSIFICATIONS TO HAVE AN OPINION AND LEARN.
AND IT WAS REALLY FASCINATING.
LIKE, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO I THINK THE WORK IS GOING TO BE REALLY MEANINGFUL.
WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, WITH OUR STRATEGIC TIME WORK GROUP WILL BE IN JUNE.
SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT WORK AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD NO, GO BACK,
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO SHARE UPDATES WITH YOU ALL ON THAT.
ALSO, I, AND, UM, THAT, AND THE, SO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR MASTER PLAN IS BEING MADE BY OUR FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL, UH, DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, WHICH HAS BEEN SUPER VALUABLE.
SO WE, WE WERE ABLE TO PIVOT AND ABLE TO IDENTIFY A GREAT, UH, GREAT PROVIDER FOR BOTH OF THESE THINGS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECT ON OUR MASTER PLAN, UM, AND WE HAD A REALLY QUICK TIME TURNAROUND ON THIS.
SO WE HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR, UH, PRESENTATION BY MAY 31ST THAT WE WILL PRESENT TO THE BOND TASK FORCE ON AUGUST 15TH.
UM, IF WE GET TO GO FORWARD, THEN IF WE BE A NEW FACILITY WILL BE ON THE BOND TO BE VOTED ON IN MAY OF TEACHING BEFORE.
SO I HOPE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND AGAIN, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TOO, I'LL SHARE EVERYTHING THAT I GET WITH THIS GROUP AND THAT YOU'LL HELP SUPPORT US IN GETTING THAT ON THE BOND.
AND THEN GETTING, UM, AND THEN ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE, LEADERSHIP AND TEAM BUILDING.
NOW THAT WE ARE, WE HAVE MARY ON BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR NEW SHELTER MANAGER, UM, WHERE OUR STAFFING IS GETTING BACK UP TO DATE, UP TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT, THAT TEAM STRUCTURE AND TEAM YOGA AND THEN RESCUE PROGRAM GROWTH, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT THIS MORNING.
THAT WAS, UM, A GREAT PRESENTATION.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO OUR POST PRESENTATION DISCUSSION.
UM, AND LIKE WE DID LAST TIME, WE WILL GO, UM, FOR EACH COMMISSIONER MM-HMM.
AND, UM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DISCUSS, ASK QUESTIONS, MAKE COMMENTS, HOWEVER YOU WANNA HANDLE IT.
I I WOULD LIKE THE PEOPLE, UM, ELECTRONICALLY HERE TO GO FIRST.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER SER, DO YOU MIND LEADING US OFF? FOR SURE.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? YES, SIR.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A SURPRISE, BUT I LOVE TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
I ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENT.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD TO COMMISSIONER MOS, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? THERE WE GO.
I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND WHILE HE'S GETTING READY.
UM, COMMISSIONER SCH RUFF, WHY DON'T, WHY AREN'T YOU ON DECK? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR WOULD LIKE TO USE YOUR THREE MINUTES? UM, I JUST WANNA SAY GREAT JOB MS. WEBBER.
UM, I LOVE THE PRESENTATION AND I FOLLOWED IT, AND THAT'S IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S IT.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S MUTE IF HE WANTS TO.
UM, COMMISSIONER MOS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? NOT HEARING, NO.
SO SHE CAN SEE, BUT SHE, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
UM, WHILE HE'S TRYING TO FIX HIS AUDIO.
COMMISSIONER HANSEN, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? WOULD
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YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT? SORRY, I'M HAVING TO USE MY COMPUTER AND MY PHONE.UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY THANK YOU, BUT I CAN SEE THAT COMMISSIONER MOS IS GREEN.
IT'S NOT SAYING THAT HIS SPEAKER'S OFF, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HIS VOLUME.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER MO WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY ELECTRONICALLY, SO WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AROUND THE HORSESHOE.
UM, WOULD YOU, LET'S START WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER, AMBASSADOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO, DON'T AT THIS TIME.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE INITIATIVES ARE GREAT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARD OF RESCUES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE OPK ALBERT FINE IS DOING A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING AND THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO STEP UP EVEN FURTHER.
UM, AND THEN SOME OF THESE OTHERS ARE JUST DOWN LIKE DALLAS THAT'S ALIVE.
UM, AND ROCKWELL PETS ARE, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO KIND OF ENGAGE SOME OF THOSE OTHER SISTER ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE MORE OR, OR HELP PICK UP MORE ANIMALS? SO WHEN WE HAVE STARTED OUR DAS, UM, PARTNER COALITION AND THEN ALSO WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM, UM, WE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UH, SARAH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS.
HER FOCUS HAS BEEN MORE FOR ROCKALL PETS AND LIKE'S MORE WORKING WITH THE PETS A LOT.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS CAN DO TO TRY AND HELP BRING IN OR EVEN OTHER RESCUES THAT AREN'T ON THIS LIST TO GET THEM MORE INVOLVED IN? ALWAYS ABOUT, UM, GO AHEAD.
IF, IF YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH S THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE ENGAGED WITH US CONNECTING THEM WITH DA OR DAS RESCUE TEAM, YOU CAN JUST EMAIL DAS RESCUE GOV AND WE CAN HELP THEM THROUGH THE ONBOARDING PROCESS.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT GETTING THEM ONBOARDED BEFORE THE DAY THEY WANNA ATTACK BECAUSE MM-HMM.
AND AS OF THIS MONTH WE'VE STARTED, UM, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT A NEWSLETTER TO ALL OF OUR RESCUE PARTNERS THIS WEEK.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A NEW QUARTERLY, WE'RE REINSTATING OUR QUARTERLY RESCUE MEETINGS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO POSE LIKE OUR TOP 10 AND HOPEFULLY, AND, AND, AND MONITOR THAT GROWTH IN THIS PRESENTATION.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COMPEL PEOPLE TO LIKE, HEY EVAN, COME ON MY NAME.
WELL, MINE IS MORE OF A GOODBYE SPEECH BECAUSE AFTER EIGHT YEARS I'LL BE TERMING OUT NOW.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY MY LAST MEETING.
I HAVE BEEN THROUGH, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT LEADERSHIPS AT DS.
UH, I'VE HAD PERSONAL ISSUES AS WELL, A CAR ACCIDENT, A LOSS OF EYES, AN, AH, I'M SORRY, 174 KITTENS FOSTERED SINCE 2016.
AND I HOPE I HAVE CONTRIBUTED.
UM, I STARTED VOLUNTEERING AT D A S IN 2012 AND I PLAN TO REMAIN INVESTED IN DS, BUT IT, FOR ME, IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE AND AS I HOPE I HAD CONTRIBUTED AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY EITHER, BUT I'M ALSO ON EIGHT YEARS, SO I'M PROBABLY TURNING OUT ALSO.
WE APPRECIATE, UM, BOTH OF YOU SO MUCH AS YOU HAVE, UM, GOTTEN US TO, UH, THIS POINT WITH SOME SAGE ADVICE AND SOME, UM, REAL HELP.
GOSH, I'VE GOT, I'VE ONLY HAD LIKE ONE MEETING, SO I HAVE LIKE EIGHT MORE YEARS.
I HAVE A, I RUN A SMALL RESCUE AND, AND I LOOK AT THESE LISTS OF THESE PEOPLE.
I BEEN PULLING HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS, WHICH IS SO INCREDIBLY FABULOUS AND IT MAKES ME WONDER IF OUR LITTLE, LIKE 10 DOGS A YEAR IS EVEN WORTH IT, BUT I GUESS THAT'S 10 DOGS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE DIDN'T HAVE TO PULL.
SO ANYWAY, AND I DO, I WILL SAY THAT THE STAFF REACHES OUT ALL THE TIME.
JASMINE IS LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I'M ON SPEED UP.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAY, I'M LIKE, HEY, HERE'S A REALLY HORRIBLE BITY DOG, CAN WE TAKE IT? BECAUSE THAT'S KINDA OUR THING.
UM, SO I MEAN, I THINK THE STUFF IS, I KNOW TO ME THEY, THEY REACH OUT OFTEN.
BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR PAUL ABOUT THE, UM, THE RETURN TO HOME BONUS.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT? THAT SOUNDS WHAT IT IS IS IT'S A QUARTERLY BONUS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF RETURN TO HOMES THAT AN ASO MAY HAVE.
AND BASED ON THAT PERCENTAGE, THERE'S A DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT THAT'S PROVIDED QUARTERLY.
SO THEY HAVE THE POT, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GET A THOUSAND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS A YEAR.
SO THEY DO 20% OF THEIR IMPOUNDS
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IN THE FIELD, 20% RETURN TO HOME, UM, IN THE FIELD.THEN THEY CAN GET $250 PER QUARTER, THEN THE NEXT YEAR IS 15%, $150 AND 10%.
AND DO THEY DO THAT BY JUST GOING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND ACTUALLY JUST PHYSICALLY LOOKING? UM, THEY, THEY CAN DO, THEY KNOW WHERE THE, A LOT OF TIMES THE CALLER WILL KNOW, KNOW WHERE THE ANIMAL CAME FROM, THE DOG CAME FROM, UM, MICROCHIP TAGS, WHATEVER'S AVAILABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM.
AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN ED WAS THERE, THERE WAS THAT, THERE WAS THE IDEA ABOUT PUTTING UP FLYERS ON THE CORNER, LIKE WHERE THE, WHERE A PET WAS PICKED UP AND PUTTING A FLYER ON EACH CORNER THAT LIKE PICKED UP HERE TODAY, WHO KNOWS WHO THE STOCK BELONGS TO.
DID THAT, WAS THAT EVER, DID THAT EVER GO ANYWHERE? I BELIEVE WE CONTINUED TO DO IT.
I DO SEE IT ON NEXT DOOR, SO, OKAY.
AND WE DO HAVE, AND THIS IST IN THE FIELD NECESSARILY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR, UM, OUR RETURN TO HOME COORDINATOR.
UM, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
I JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY, UH, TO MARY MARTIN SPARTA, NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WELCOME ON BOARD.
YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED THAT I
FIRST I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS, DEPAUL AND THE GROUP ON GETTING ALL THOSE FIELD OFFICERS, AND THAT'S GONNA BE SUCH A HUGE CHANGE, I THINK IN OUR CITY AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IT'S ALL THE TEAM, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN AGGRESSIVELY WORKING TO GET THOSE FILLED AND THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.
IT'S GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS, SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THEM AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN ANSWER ONE OF 'EM.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT JUST HOW LONG DO WE EXPECT A CLEAN BREAK TO GO ON? I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE AN IDEA, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS THESE ORDINANCE, UH, FLYERS ARE GREAT.
UM, CAN WE GET THOSE? MAYBE JILLIAN CAN SEND THOSE TO US.
YES, WE, WE, I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE THINGS AND IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT I CAN SEND OUT OR WHATEVER.
UM, AND THEN, UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON HB 360 60 FOR THE TNR.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW SHELBY WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET THAT INTO THE CODE AND THANK YOU.
OR HOPEFULLY IT PASSES, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE SPAY NEUTER THING, I JUST WAS CURIOUS ALSO IF YOU COULD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHEN, HOW SOMEBODY GETS FINED FOR NOT BEING COMPLIANT WITH THIS BAND NEUTER REQUIREMENT AND THEN HOW WE FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
I KNOW THAT THE FIELD OFFICERS ARE GONNA, THE ADDITIONAL FIELD OFFICERS ARE GONNA BE HELPFUL WITH THAT, BUT MAYBE GOING FORWARD, HOW CAN WE, UM, INCREASE BAND NEUTER? I THINK THAT WOULD HELP WITH A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE
SO YES, NOTHING WHEN, WHEN THE OFFICER GOES OUT IN THE FIELD AND IT'S IDENTIFIED THAT THE ANIMAL HAS NOT HAD THEIR VACCINATIONS, THEY'RE NOT, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR RABIES VACCINATION OR THEIR SPAYED OR NEUTERED, THEY'RE ISSUED A CITATION, BUT THEY'RE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THAT TI FIX IT TICKET TO OUR PARTNERS WITH SPAY NEUTER NET NETWORK TO GET SUBSIDIZED TREATMENT.
SO WE'RE, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO ASK TO EXPAND THAT AS WELL.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, I, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME SPAIN MOTOR NETWORK IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE IN LINE THAT CAN'T GET IN.
UM, BUT PEOPLE WITH CATS THAT THEY'VE TRAPPED, YOU KNOW, AND SPENT DAYS TRAPPING THEM AND THEN THEY WAIT IN LINE AND THERE'S NO FOR THEM TO GO.
CAN I ASK A CLARIFICATION? THEY CAN'T GET IN WHERE? TO DAS BAY.
SO NOT, SO THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY CATS FOR, UH, AND, AND IT'S EXPENSIVE AND TO GET THEM ANYWHERE.
AND THEN ALSO JUST TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH S AND M S, UH, S SPCA A USED TO DO LOW COST BAY NES, THEY DON'T DO THOSE ANYMORE AS FAR AS I'M AWARE.
SO THERE'S, I I MIGHT BE WRONG ON THAT, THAT CHANGED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
MAYBE SOMEBODY COULD, BUT THERE'S JUST LESS RESOURCES FOR LOW COST FA NEUTER.
UM, SO WE'RE GIVING OUT THESE CITATIONS, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO THEY GO? UM, AND IF FA NEUTER DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH APPOINTMENT SPOTS, THEN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, DO, ARE THEY REQUIRED TO SPEND THE $450 TO GET THEIR DOG? SO THE SPAN UNIT NETWORK DOES HAVE, LIKE, THEY, THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAN SHOWING UP WITH YOUR COMMUNITY CATS.
AND THERE'S ONLY NO, I DO KNOW THAT.
BUT THEY'RE, BUT THEIR APPOINTMENTS ARE LIMITED TOO, YOU KNOW.
BUT SO FAR WE HAVEN'T SEEN A CHALLENGE IN, IN FINDING THOSE FIXIT APPOINTMENTS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT MIGHT NEVER HAPPEN, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S NOT A CHALLENGE.
AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE WORKS TO TRY AND ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY CATS.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE, IT'S NOT THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED BECAUSE RIGHT.
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WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WHAT WE CAN, WE'RE ASKING FOR A BUDGET ENHANCEMENT TO BE ABLE TO FUND MORE SURGERIES.UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN RFP GOING OUT FOR THAT VILLAGE FAIR SPACE.
SO, SO THAT WILL BE, AND THAT'S LIKE RIGHT ON THE CUSP HAPPENING.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET INTO A BIG DISCUSSION.
I REALLY WAS JUST CURIOUS ON THE, YEAH, THE TICKING THE CITATION ISSUE AND HOW, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT AND THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS OF HOOK CURRENTLY TO WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THE COMMUNITY CAP POPULATION? CAUSE I, I KNOW THAT THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO YOU.
WELL, ESPECIALLY THE NUMBER OF NEONATES THAT ARE UP THERE.
I MEAN, I CAN SEE A DIRECT CORRELATION TO, AND ALSO TO, TO, TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND SPECIFIC ITEMS TO BE, CAN WE CHANGE OR HOW CAN WE, UH, GET SOME ASSISTANCE TO, TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN? SO THAT'S IN THE WORKS AS WE SPEAK.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN ON THE C I V, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE OVER.
SO IT'S, WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP TRUDGING ALONG.
AND I KNOW THAT'S REALLY HARD FOR PEOPLE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE, THE MILLWARE THING THAT'S GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE BEING PULLED WEEKS.
UM, A MILLION IS UP, BUT MANY OTHER THINGS AREN'T UP.
UM, AND BUT, SO C I B IS KIND OF THE SAME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING, PUSHING AHEAD BECAUSE IF WE JUST STOP, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE SEE IT HAPPEN.
WE SAW IT HAPPEN IN OUR SHELTER WHEN WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, WELL MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT ANSWER THEN THE, THE DISEASES THAT ESCALATE ARE MORE.
AND UM, AND WE DON'T WANT THOSE IN THE SHELTER OR IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE SEE IT HELPING WITH OTHER SHELTERS THAT AREN'T ADDRESSING IT REALLY IN THE DISEASES THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE AND THE PNEUMONIA AND THE, ANYWAY, I, SO THAT'S WHY WE KEEP PUSHING.
I KNOW THAT IT'S HARD AND IT'S HARD ON INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, BUT WE BELIEVE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
YEAH, I JUST, I KNEW IT'S HARD TO ANTICIPATE WHEN THAT WOULD BE.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD HOPEFUL, SORRY, COMMISSIONER SAID SORRY.
CONGRATS TO THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WORK.
UM, AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, BILLING, BRINGING MARYANNE BOARD, BRINGING
CAN YOU START OUR TIME OVER? OKAY, GO AHEAD.
UH, AM I GONNA HAVE TO KID KICK YOU OUT AND MAKE SURE PROTOCOL.
YOU GOT TAKE OF, I WANNA HEAR WHAT COMMISSIONER HAS TO SAY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THE POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE HIRED.
I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG, BIG OBSTACLE AND HEARING THAT YOU HAVE TWO FIELD POSITIONS LEFT, ONCE THIS IS ALL SAID AND DONE, IS BEYOND PHENOMENAL.
UM, I LOVE THE APPRECIATION EVENTS BECAUSE GOD KNOWS THAT WE DON'T DO ENOUGH OF THAT ANYWHERE.
AND SO, UM, I LOVE THE BACKPACK AND I THINK THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
UM, I WANT TO VISIT SLIDES 10 AND 11.
SO THE DECREASE IN NON LIVE DOG AND CAL PET OUTCOMES, THE GOAL WAS TO DECREASE THAT BY 5%, BUT WE WENT UP BY 70%.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A TOUGH
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, ON PAGE 11 WHERE WE HAVE, UM, HOW MANY THIS QUARTER, UM, WE'RE EUTHANIZED.
UM, WE STILL ARE EUTHANIZING FOR SPACE AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS, UH, THAT AS HUMAN BEINGS WE ARE EUTHANIZING ANIMAL BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPACE.
THAT JUST SEEMS CRUEL AND UNFAIR BECAUSE THAT'S ON US, NOT ON THE ANIMAL.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE GRANULAR DATA ON THAT PIECE? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER NOW, IF YOU NEED TO RESPOND BY EMAIL, THAT'S FINE, BUT JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WHERE, LIKE IF WE DO A HEAT MAP, WHERE ARE THE BULK OF THESE ANIMALS THAT ARE BEING EUTHANIZED FOR SPACE? WHERE, WHAT PART OF THE, THE CITY ARE THEY COMING FROM? ARE THEY STRAYS? ARE THEY SURRENDERS? ARE THEY COMING FROM RESCUE GROUPS? LIKE, JUST UNDERSTANDING LIKE THAT, THAT BLUISH GRAY BAR, JUST UNDERSTANDING, LIKE HAVING AN ENTIRE SLIDE WHERE WE UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE.
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UM, BECAUSE THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT WE ALL WANT TO REDUCE TO ZERO.UM, SO IF WE COULD, IF I COULD GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AS I'M SURE YOU'RE TRACKING IT, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT.
UM, BECAUSE THEN THAT GOES INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE COMMUNICATION PLAN.
UM, SO ALL OF THIS THEN FEEDS INTO TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO ADOPT.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A GOAL WITH THE MARKETING COMMUNICATION EFFORTS.
UM, I HAVE, UH, A FRIEND AT NBC FIVE AND WE WERE HAVING A SEPARATE CONVERSATION AND WE GOT ON TO THIS TOPIC AND SHE SAID THAT FOR CLEAR THE SHELTERS, THEY WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GO THIS AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, MM-HMM.
UM, BUT HER CONTACT WAS ED AND THEN HER CONTACT WAS WHITNEY.
AND THEN, SO SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO GO TO AND SO SHE WAS JUST GONNA WRITE DAS OFF.
SO I'VE ASKED HER TO NOT DO THAT AND TO PLEASE KEEP US IN MIND FOR CLEAR THE SHELTERS.
CAUSE THAT'S SUCH A BIG PRECEDENT AND THEY ADOPT SO MANY ANIMALS.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A ONE-OFF EVENT.
UM, THE BIGGEST THING SHE SAID WAS, UM, THAT IT TAKES SO MUCH WORK TO GET DS TO THE LOBBY TO LOOK PRETTY, UM, BECAUSE IT KIND OF HAS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A STERILE HOSPITAL FIELD TO IT.
AND SO I'M GONNA THEN CHALLENGE OUR, OUR COMMISSION AND OUR CHAIR THAT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS SHELTER MORE INVITING, LIKE WITH PAINT WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST WHATEV HOWEVER WE CAN THINK THROUGH MAKING IT MORE INVITING TO PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY COME IN THERE.
UM, JUST A CHALLENGE FOR US TO MAYBE FIGURE THAT OUT THAT IS NOT WHEN WE IDEAS, I THINK WE CAN CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TO THAT CONVERSATION.
FOX FOUR, I'M TALKING TO YOUR PIO THIS AFTERNOON, UM, TO DISCUSS THAT.
SO MEDIA IS NOT A STRATEGY, RIGHT? MEDIA'S ALWAYS PART OF A STRATEGY.
SO I'D STILL LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY? WHAT IS THE COHESIVE THREAD BETWEEN MEDIA AND BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT ARE THE METRICS THAT WE'RE SEEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE REACHING, UNDERSTANDING THE CONTENT.
SO REALLY JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT BECAUSE ALL THESE THINGS ARE GONNA HELP US ADOPT MORE DOGS.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
SO STRATEGIC PLAN IS VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS COMMUNICATION PLAN AND SOON.
UM, AND THEN ONE QUESTION I HAD IS WITH THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT WE'RE STILL EUTHANIZING FOR SPACE AND JUST IN GENERAL, THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT GET EUTHANIZED FOR MENTAL REASONS AND WHATNOT, IS THERE MENTAL CARE, HEALTHCARE THAT WE PROVIDE, MENTAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO DS EMPLOYEES? BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH HARD WORK FOR WHAT FIELD OFFICERS ARE GOING THROUGH AND WHAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE EUTHANIZING ARE GOING THROUGH.
SO REALLY I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES? I, GO AHEAD.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF, I'LL, I'LL START BACK AT THE BEGINNING ON, UM, SO D A S PIO O AT DALLAS DOT DOV HAS NEVER CHANGED.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ED OR WHITNEY'S EMAIL, P A S P I O NEVER CHANGES.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN REACH THE FOLKS THAT, UM, SO NBC FIVE CAN PICK.
OF COURSE YOU CAN GIVE THEM MINE AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU YEAH.
UH, AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY GOOD.
UM, THE THANK YOU ON THE LOBBY 100% BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT TOO.
AND ACTUALLY OUR FACILITY IS A PILLAR IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN MM-HMM.
UM, THE, OR AT LEAST WHAT WE ADOPTED IN, IN THE RETREAT JUST LAST WEEK MM-HMM.
UH, AND THEN ON THE COMMUNICATION PLAN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE AMANDA, WHO'S OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR, AND THEN SHE HAS A REPORT WHO, WHO HANDLES OUR SOCIAL.
UM, AND IF WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU, AMANDA AND I, AND PERHAPS HAVING MARY, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO, IF POSSIBLE, UH, LEAN ON YOUR EXPERTISE ON HOW TO CREATE THE MARKETING PLAN AND HAVE SOMETHING AND, AND I'M GOOD WITH SOON MM-HMM.
UM, SO THAT, SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP US GET THAT TOGETHER, YEAH.
UM, THAT WOULD BE SO APPRECIATED.
UM, AND I THINK I AND MENTAL HEALTH.
MENTAL HEALTH AND SO YES, WE, SO WE HAVE OUR CITY'S EAP PROGRAM, UM, THE, AND THAT PROVIDES CONTACTS FOR BOTH TELEMEDICINE OR, UM, OR IN PERSON.
WE, WHEN WE HAVE INCIDENTS SUCH AS THE ROOSTERS, WE ACTUALLY BRING PEOPLE ON SITE FOR CRITICAL RESPONSE.
AND THAT TIE IN WITH METROCARE, THAT'S OUR PROVIDER THERE FOR THE CITY.
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YOU KNOW, WITH THE ROOSTER INCIDENT WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BROUGHT IN, UM, THREE DIFFERENT, WE BROUGHT IN JESSICA DOLCHE, WHO'S A COMPASSION FATIGUE EXPERT WITHIN ANIMAL WELFARE SPACE.
UM, ANOTHER GAL, AND FORGIVE ME, I'M NOT REMEMBERING HER NAME.
WE'VE HAD JESSICA BACK, MULTIPLE MONTHS THROUGH THE YEARS.
THERE WAS ONE TIME SOMEBODY WANTED THIS OTHER PERSON TOO, SO WE BROUGHT THEM IN.
UM, SO IF THERE ARE FOLKS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ALSO WANT, WE'LL BRING THEM IN.
AND THEN WE DO PART IN ANIMAL WELFARE.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMPASSION FATIGUE WEBINAR TYPE THINGS THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE.
AND, AND IT ACTUALLY GOES OUT IN OUR WEEKLY, UM, NEWSLETTER TO STAFF.
SO WE ARE MINDFUL ALWAYS THERE'S MORE THAT WILL BE DONE.
IT IS AN EXTREMELY, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE IT, IT IS AN EXTREMELY HARD FIELD AND, AND I, I HAVE HEARD, UM, I HAVE HEARD IT SAID BY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION THAT THAT'S WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR AND THAT'S NOT, SO WE SIGNED UP TO ST.
SO ANYWAY, SO YES, THANK YOU FOR BEING MINDFUL AND JUST GOING OFF THAT, I LOVE THE IDEA.
UM, CAUSE I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS ABOUT BRINGING IN, I DON'T KNOW, MASSAGE CHAIRS FOR 500, MASSAGES FOR EMPLOYEES AND CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AS WELL.
WE DO, DO WE STILL DO THE THANKSGIVING DINNER? WE MM-HMM.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TAKE THAT OVER
UM, ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS ENJOY THE TACOS AND THE FRESH, UM, OR THE HOMEMADE FOOD, WE REALLY GOOD.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND I'M JUST, UH, I'VE JUST GOT SOME THANK YOUS TO GET OUT AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, I WANNA THANK YOUR TEAM, YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
UM, I, I'M NOT SURE EVERYONE, YOU GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES QUICKLY, UH, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO TAKE AWAY HOW MUCH YOU GUYS ARE DEALING WITH AT ONE GIVEN TIME.
SO YOU GUYS WERE
THEN YOU HAVE CANINE INFLUENZA.
YOU HAD HARVO INTO STAMPER IN THE BEGINNING, OR I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN.
THEN YOU HAVE TO DO THE RFP FOR VILLAGE FAIR, THEN YOU HAVE A MALWARE ISSUE.
AND THEN EVEN COMING TO SET UP THIS MEETING TODAY, WHICH I KNOW JILLIAN WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD AND THE EMAILS THANK YOU IN DALLAS.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TO THE SHELTER RECENTLY, BUT SOMEONE DROVE THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO WORK ON THE LOBBY, BUT JUST YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SPEND A LOT OF THINGS AT ONCE AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT, ESPECIALLY TAKING THE CANINE INFLUENZA AND PARVO AND DISTEMPER SO SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT.
I'VE SEEN IN SHELTER THROUGHOUT TEXAS, THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE IT BECAUSE FORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT CLEANING IT PROPERLY.
AND, AND YOU AND I MIGHT HAVE BUTTED HEADS, I SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, BUT YOU WERE LIKE, NO, WE'VE GOTTA DO THIS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT OPERATION KINDNESS.
AND ED JAMESON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING IN, STEPPING UP, ESPECIALLY ON THE POOL TEAM.
THERE'S NO WAY THEY COULD HAVE DONE THAT.
SO WITH, WITHOUT YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR FORENSIC VETS.
UM, ROCKWELL PETS, DALLAS PETS ALIVE, FRIENDS OF DALLAS, THE CONCERT FOR THE ANIMALS.
I MEAN THEY'RE, AND THEY HAVE SOME NEW MERCH TOO.
SO IF YOU GUYS GO TO FRIENDS OF DALLAS, THEY HAVE THESE REALLY COOL T-SHIRTS NOW.
UM, AND COMMISSIONER SANDRA ASIAH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT IDEAS.
I CAN'T WAIT TO FINALLY GET A DOG AT A TV STATION.
UM, AND ALSO EVERYBODY THAT WORKED ON THE, UM, ORDINANCE TASK FORCE BECAUSE THOSE, UM, ONE PAGERS ARE GONNA BE GAME GAME CHANGERS IN MY OPINION.
LOW COST BAY NEUTER RESOURCES, IS THERE SOMEWHERE ON THE DAS WEBSITE THAT LISTS THAT? CUZ I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
IF THEY CAN'T GET, UM, SPAY THROUGH DAS, WHERE DO THEY GO? BECAUSE I ASKED THIS AS WELL, LIKE, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING ON OUR WEBSITE? THERE IS SOMETHING ON OUR WEBSITE.
I I WILL SAY THAT IT IS THE, SINCE THE PANDEMIC, THE RESOURCES HAVE BROUGHT UP, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME FOLKS ON OUR, UH, WEBSITE THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD ARE INCREDIBLY HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH.
UM, SPAY NEUTER NETWORK RIGHT NOW IS THE, THE BEST CHANCE AT GETTING THAT I'M AWARE THAT I'M AWARE OF.
ARE WE, UM, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A VETERINARIAN OR WHAT, WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? SO WE DO HAVE VETERINARIANS, UM, IANS POSTED AND THEN, BUT WHAT WOULD HELP THEM IS, UM,
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PRIVATE OWNED ANIMAL, UH, STANDARD SERVICES IS WE HAVE THE RFP FOR A VILLAGE FAIR THAT'S GETTING READY TO COME OUT.AND, UH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THAT IS? JUST FOR REPEAT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL? SO VILLAGE, UH, THE S SPCA WAS IN VILLAGE FAIR FOR MANY YEARS PROVIDING LOW COST SERVICES.
AND UM, THEY HAVE VACANT OFFICIALLY MOVED OUT LAST WEEK, BUT THEY CLOSED MONTHS AGO.
SO, UM, THE RFP, IT'S BETWEEN DS REAL ESTATE AND THE PROCUREMENT TEAM TO GET THAT.
AND SO WE'RE LIKE THIS CLOSE FOR, IT'S BEEN A LOT, BUT WE'RE THIS CLOSE TO GET.
UM, SHE ASKED A GREAT QUESTION ABOUT A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND A MARKETING PLAN.
SO THE LAST TIME WE MET, UM, I REMEMBER AMANDA WAS BEING ONBOARDED OR HIRED OR I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF YOU SAID HER NAME AT THE MEETING CAUSE IT WAS PUBLIC, BUT SHE'S MORE OF A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER WHEN WE CAME REALLY? THE COORDINATOR.
SO I KNOW A LOT OF THE LARGER SHELTERS ACTUALLY HAVE A MARKETING POSITION AND I KNOW, UM, COMMISSIONER SANDERS WAS VERY PASSIONATE.
WE WERE TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE OR TRY TO HELP AT LEAST MARKET THAT POSITION.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT IN THE BUDGET WHERE THERE'S ACTUALLY A POSITION? BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS OVERLOAD SOMEONE.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT TO AMANDA, BUT IS THERE A PLACE THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE BOND TASK FORCE? SO THAT WOULDN'T BE A BOND, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT I'VE ASKED FOR.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A BUDGET HEARING TODAY.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ASKED FOR IS A TRUE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A COMMUNICATION IN MARKET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE PER WITH THAT KIND OF PROFESSIONALISM.
AND I'M, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO.
AMANDA COMES WITH A STRONG JOURNALISTIC BACKGROUND, SO SHE'S FANTASTIC AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, THAT'S WHY I SAID SHE'S A JUNIOR.
WELL AND ALSO IT'S A FULL-TIME JOB.
AND IT GOES BACK TO ADOPTIONS, FOSTER AND RESCUE BOND TASK FORCE AND BOND PRESENTATION.
YOU ASK FOR OUR HELP IF WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING BEFORE THE NEXT TIME.
WHAT IS COMMISSIONERS, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND WE MEET, TALK WITH OUR, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ASK THEM TO VOTE? YES.
WILL THERE BE ANY, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR PUBLIC MEETINGS IN NEIGHBORHOODS BEFOREHAND OR THERE WILL BE.
AND AS I GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, WE WILL SHARE IT WITH YOU GROUP, JIMMY.
AND THEN THE ONLY THING I I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, EVERYONE ALSO, IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT, MELISSA WAS REALLY KEY IN SOME OF THESE LEGISLATIVE SITUATIONS THAT WERE HAPPENING AT THE CAPITOL.
JUST GIVE EVERYONE A QUICK OVERVIEW.
UM, ALONG WITH ED JAMESON AND HIS LEADERSHIP WITH OPERATION KINEX, THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LAW THAT BASICALLY SAID YOU COULD NO LONGER DO TRAP NEUTER RELEASE AND IT WOULD BE SEEN AS ANIMAL CRUELTY.
AND THAT MEANS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CATS WOULD BE, UM, BE BE EUTHANIZED OR NOT PICKED UP EVEN WORSE.
SO, UM, MELISSA AND HER TEAM, UM, HELPED ON THAT BILL AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS, INCLUDING KEEPING THE DALLAS PET STORE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
AND I DO WANT TO TAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
WE BELIEVE IN RESPONSIBLE BREEDERS.
WE HAVE RESPONSIBLE BREEDERS IN DALLAS.
WE OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS WANT TO GO TO THE SHELTERS AND SEE THE DOGS THERE THAT WE CAN ADAPT.
BUT RESPONSIBLE BREEDERS ARE EVERYWHERE.
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A BREEDER, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHETHER YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE OR NOT.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM IN THE PAST.
UM, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I I HAVE ONE SMALL QUESTION.
THIS IS SO SPECIFIC, BUT I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT COURSE.
PEOPLE CALLING AND THEY WANNA REHOME THEIR JOB AND THEY HAVE LIKE IN THREE MORE DAYS AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE SHELTER AND THEN THEY CALL ME BACK AND THEY SAY THE SHELTER'S NOT TAKING IT.
SO GUYS HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR WHAT TO TELL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE DESPERATE FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT THEY NEED TO GET RID OF THEIR DOG AND AND YOU GUYS ARE NOT TAKING IN, YOU'RE NOT DOING INTAKE RIGHT NOW FOR FOR OWNER SURRENDERS, CORRECT.
SO, BUT, AND THAT WILL BE, THAT SHOULD BE OVER BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
SO WE HAVE, WITH THE MALWARE SITUATION, WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY RESTORED.
WHAT WE DO HAVE IS WE HAVE CHAMELEONS BACKUP, WE STILL NEED OUR PRINTERS.
WE HAVE TWO WEEKS WORTH OF PAPER, UM, DATA TO INPUT.
WE LOST TWO DAYS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO GET BACK UP AND RESTORED.
SO, UM, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY, AND THIS IS EVEN IF WE WERE DOING INTAKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CALL WITH THOSE THREE, THREE DAYS BEFORE THEY HAVE TO MOVE, YOU KNOW, DO BOGGING ON TO HOME TO HOME.
AND WE DO HAVE, ON OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE MANY RESOURCES
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ON HOW TO REHOME YOUR PET AND, AND WHAT TO DO.AND THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE BEST FIRST OPTION.
AND THEN, AND THEN MAKING YOU CAN MAKE, AND THEN THEY ALWAYS SAY THEY WANNA GET INTO OPERATION KINDNESS
SO THEY'RE, WE STILL HAVE THEM.
THEY AM SO SORRY THAT ALL THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
I JUST FEEL LIKE LOCUS AND NEXT, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, TO OUR TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE LEAVING, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND DON'T BE A STRANGER.
I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH, SO JILLIAN FINALLY GOT ME DOWN TO GO GET MY BAG.
HAVE YOU GOT JILLIAN COULD TAKE ME DOWN NOW.
WENT TO GET IT LAST TIME AND, AND I DON'T HAVE IT SO.