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A PART-TIME[*This meeting was joined in progress* *A portion of this meeting is without audio*]
VET WHO DOES OUR[Animal Advisory Commission on October 19, 2023.]
TELEMEDICINE FOR OUR FOSTER ANIMALS, AND THEY'RE DOING ITS OUTSTANDING WORK.ANOTHER THING, AND THAT'S NOT ON THE SLIDE THAT I DO WANNA CALL OUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING THROUGH C A I V, WE HAD TO DO SO MANY SNAP TESTS, SO MANY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TEAM THAT WAS DOING THOSE.
THIS IS THE TEAM THAT CONTINUES TO DO THOSE SAMPLE TESTING TO MEASURE SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING ANY ILLNESS QUICKLY SO WE CAN TRY AND GET A HANDLE ON IT AS IT COMES IN THE BUILDING.
WE'RE SEEING CONTINUED GROWTH WITH A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM OF FOSTERS, OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS, ANIMAL CARE, PICTURE TAKER EVENTS, ET CETERA.
SARAH MIGHT HAVE SOMEBODY TO ADD IN.
OUR COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND STAKEHOLDERS ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS.
YOU ALL ARE VOLUNTEERS, AND WE'RE SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THE, THE TIME AND EFFORT AND WORK THAT YOU ALL PUT IN TO HELPING D A S, UM, MOVE FORWARD.
WE, WE REALLY, WE COULDN'T DO THE, SO MUCH OF THE POSITIVE WORK THAT WE DO WITHOUT YOU ALL.
AND, AND REALLY, AND I'M INCLUDING THIS, THIS, THIS GROUP OF FOLKS.
NEXT SLIDE IS OUR RESCUE PLACEMENT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING TREMENDOUS GROWTH HERE.
UH, HEARTS AND BONES IS STEPPED BACK UP THIS YEAR.
AND, AND THAT'S THROUGH THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, UM, ENGAGING THEM.
WE SEE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF PERCENT INCREASE WITH OPERATION KINDNESS.
DPA IS APPROXIMATELY 160% ROCKWALL CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO D A S AND CONTINUED GROWTH WITH THE SMALLER ONES.
AND, AND I DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY FROM THE VALUE OF, OF EACH OF OUR RESCUE PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S JUST GROWING BY 10 DOGS, LIKE THAT'S 10 DOGS THAT ARE, ARE GETTING OUT AND FINDING POSITIVE PLACEMENT.
AND HERE'S OUR RESCUE GROUPS, UM, BREAKDOWN OF AGES AND SPECIES OF, OF PETS BEING PULLED FOR DOGS AND CATS.
'CAUSE WE, WE DO PLACE THE OTHERS TO WHERE POSSIBLE.
AND THEN YOU, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE DOING STAFF RESTRUCTURING HERE AND THERE AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT AND FOCUSING ON IS OUR FIELD OPERATIONS.
UM, CURRENTLY PAUL AND I DIDN'T INTRODUCE THE TEAM, SO PAUL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR,
AND WE HAVE MARY WHO IS CURRENTLY OVERSEEING MEDICAL AND SHELTER.
AND SARAH IS OUR ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND THAT'S, EVERYBODY'S REALLY WORKING REALLY WELL TOGETHER.
BUT, UM, PAUL HAS BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON GETTING FIELD STAFFED UP AND, AND IMPLEMENTING, UM, MEANINGFUL CHANGE TO MAKE US EFFICIENT AND PRODUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE.
UM, THE CONTINUOUS RECRUITMENT HAS PRODUCED A 17% VACANCY RATE.
THAT'S THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN SINCE I GOT HERE.
UM, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT OUR OPEN DISPATCH CALLS FOR SERVICE BEING BELOW A HUNDRED.
UM, OVERDUE IS AT 0.43%, AND THE ANIMALS RETURNING TO HOME AND FIELD ARE INCREASING.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, SEVEN OPEN POSITIONS WITH FOUR, FOUR OFFICERS ACTUALLY ONBOARDING.
SO THERE'S REALLY ONLY THREE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE HIRING FOR, WHICH IS JUST FANTASTIC.
OUR OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WE REALLY HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH.
WE PART, WE TRY TO PARTICIPATE WITH ANYTHING THAT THAT IS BROUGHT TO US, WHETHER IT BE A COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE, DOING A NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT OR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, WHAT WE WANNA GET OUT THERE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
HERE'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, WE JUST, LAST SATURDAY, WE ATTENDED ON SATURDAY, WE ATTENDED THREE EVENTS ON SUNDAY.
SO FOUR EVENTS IN ONE WEEKEND, WHICH IS A LOT.
AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY ADOPTIONS DID WE HAVE? WE HAD 10 ADOPTIONS, ONE FOSTER, TWO ADOPT, AND ONE ANIMAL LEFT TO FOSTER.
SO 12 ANIMALS FOUND OUTCOMES FOR THOSE EVENTS, AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MET US, INTERACT WITH US, AND HOPEFULLY CAME TO THE SHELTER AND ADOPTED AN ANIMAL.
AND THAT'S AN UPTICK FOR US TOO, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ATTENDING THESE EVENTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING A LOT OF ADOPTIONS FROM THEM.
SO, SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE EXPECTING TO
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SEE US, AND WE'RE HAVING THE ADOPTIONS FROM THEM.SO I, I, I SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THIS A LITTLE BIT AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA READ THE SLIDE.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT I THINK THAT WE, LIKE, WE CAN READ THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO, AND I'M GONNA ADD SOME WORDS.
IF A D P D PATROL OFFICER SUSPECTS CRUELTY, D P D, ANIMAL CRUELTY DETECTIVES ARE CONTACTED.
D P D ANIMAL CRUELTY DETECTIVES FILE A SEIZURE WARRANT FOR THE ANIMAL.
ANIMAL SERVICES WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORT TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, HOUSING AND CARE FOR THE SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY ANIMALS.
OPERATION KINDNESS PROVIDES VETERINARY FORENSICS EXAMINATION AND TESTIMONY.
DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKES FINDINGS PROVIDED BY OPERATION KINDNESS IN THEIR FORENSIC EXAMS AND TESTIMONY TO EITHER FILE A CASE IN COURT FOR SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY OR RELEASE THE ANIMAL.
DUE TO A LACK OF EVIDENCE, DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES DOES NOT HAVE THE POWERS TO ARREST OR SEIZE AN ANIMAL.
DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES DOES NOT HAVE THE POWERS TO ARREST OR SEIZE AN ANIMAL.
WE NEED DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR ANIMAL CRUELTY TASK FORCE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES PART IN THIS IS THAT WE PROVIDE THE HOUSING.
THE ANIMALS NO LONGER GO TO THE S P C A OF TEXAS.
THE ANIMALS COME TO US OR A PLACE THAT WE FIND FOR THEM TO BE HOUSED APPROPRIATELY.
UM, THEY COME TO US OPERATION KINDNESS.
IN THEIR VETERINARY EXAMINATION, THEY'LL PROVIDE A TREATMENT PLAN.
DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES VETERINARY TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOLLOWING THAT TREATMENT PLAN, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ADMINISTERING WHATEVER MEDICAL TREATMENT IS DEEMED NECESSARY THAT IS, UM, APPROVED BY DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO AS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE CASE.
AND WE PROVIDE THE HOUSING AND, AND ONGOING CARE.
AND THEN IF WE'RE ABLE TO FIND PLAN, WE, WE HANDLE THE OUTCOME TOO.
SO THIS IS A CASE OF SIX HORSES THAT CAME TO US.
D P D SEES THEM ON SEPTEMBER 8TH.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND HOUSING FOR THEM IN OUR DOG PLAY YARDS.
WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THESE HORSES WERE ABLE TO GO INTO THE PLAY YARDS.
NOT ALL HORSES WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS, UM, BUT THESE HORSES WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND, UM, OPERATION KINDNESS PROVIDED THE FORENSIC EXAM AND TREATMENT PLANS FOR EACH HORSE.
UH, IT WAS AN ONGOING, THEIR TEAM WORKED CLOSE WITH OUR MEDICAL TEAM AND OUR ANIMAL CARE TEAM AND OUR FIELD TEAM.
LIKE EVERYBODY HAD A PART IN KEEPING THESE, GETTING THESE HORSES TO A HEALTHIER STATE AND THEN HELP HEALTHIER STATE OF BEING.
AND THEN ALSO WE WERE ABLE, WE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES WAS ABLE TO SECURE RESCUE PLACEMENT FOR ALL SIX HORSES.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT WAS D P D DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT SEIZED THE HORSES.
UM, OPERATION KINDNESS PRO PROVIDED THE FORENSIC EXAM AND THE TREATMENT TREATMENT PLAN.
DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES PROVIDED THE HOUSING AND CARE AND FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT AND PLACEMENT OF THEM.
WE HAVE REALLY BEEN, UM, SUPER, SUPER FORTUNATE THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF, OF POSITIVE PRESS.
A LOT OF PRESS THAT'S WANTING TO HELP US SUPPORTIVE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, CLEAR THE SHELTERS.
SO WE WERE THE DALLAS FORT WORTH.
UM, ACTUALLY, UH, COMMISSIONER SED HELPED PUT THIS IN PLACE FOR US.
SO WE WERE THE, UM, WE WERE THE HUB FOR N B C AND TELEMUNDO FOR CLEAR THE SHELTERS DAY THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC.
YOU CAN SEE IT WITH OUR CAPACITY ISSUES.
UM, THE MEDIA INSTEAD OF BEING CRITICAL, HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON, ON HOW, HOW DO WE HELP, HOW DO WE GET, DRIVE PEOPLE TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES TO FIND THOSE LIVE PLACEMENTS.
AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT STORIES FOR OUR HORSES, AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY HEARD ABOUT LORENZO, THE TORTOISE AND
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REALLY BEEN A REALLY GREAT FLOW BACK AND FORTH FLOW AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH THE MEDIA WITHIN D F W.UM, THIS IS OUR BOND TASK FORCE AND AGAIN, OUR COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, UH, SO MANY OF YOU HAVE LIKE STEPPED UP AND, AND, UM, TESTIFIED AND ATTENDED THE TOWN HALLS AND HELPED GET US TRACTION TO, UM, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOND PROPOSAL.
UH, WE ARE STILL HAVING MEETINGS AND PUSHING FORWARD TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THE BOND PROPOSAL.
UM, THE COMMISSION TASK FORCE HAS BEEN AMAZING SUPPORTING D A S AND HELPING TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT OUR BOND PROPOSAL AND THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCE HAS TIRELESS AND IS MUCH APPRECIATED.
WE'LL TALK IT, I HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE BOND THAT I'LL BE DOING AFTER THIS PRESENTATION.
AND THEN HERE IS OUR QUARTERLY MEETING DATES FOR CONSIDERATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 MEETINGS, PROPOSED DATE.
THE MEETINGS WILL BE EITHER FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM OR 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM DEPENDENT ON ROOM RESERVATIONS.
AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, NOT THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE THREE HOURS, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANYBODY OFF.
UM, AND THAT IS THIS PRESENTATION.
I WILL, I DO WANNA POINT SOMETHING TO THE APPENDIX REGARDING THE BOND, UM, ON, I KNOW WHAT PAGE OF THE, IT'S THE THIRD APPENDIX SLIDE WITH THE HIGHLIGHTED THE HIGHLIGHT AND WHAT THE, AND I'M GONNA READ IT TO YOU.
A CITY OFFICIAL MAY NOT USE THE PRESTIGE OF THEIR POSITION WITH THE CITY ON BEHALF OF A CANDIDATE POLITICAL PARTY OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE.
THOSE WHO ARE CLASSIFIED AS CITY OFFICIALS, AND THAT'S ALL OF US.
UM, CITY OFFICIALS ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE AN APPOINTED MEMBER OF A BOARD COMMISSIONER BODY MAY HOWEVER LEND THEIR NAME SO LONG AS THE OFFICE HELD WITH THE CITY IS NOT MENTIONED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENDORSEMENT.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE BOND, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M MELISSA WEBER, I'M A RESIDENT OF DALLAS, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE A SHELTER BECAUSE, UM, I CAN'T, CAN'T SAY THAT I'M MELISSA WEBER, DIRECTOR OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES CENTER.
SO, AND, AND THAT IS, GOES FOR YOU ALL ALSO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, I GOT THAT CLARITY FROM CA A O YESTERDAY.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I SHARED IT ALL WITH ALL WITH YOU.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, NEXT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW COMMISSIONERS.
SO, UM, BASED ON ALL THE NEW RULES, GUIDELINES, PROCEDURES FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, JILLIAN HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, PAINSTAKING JOB OF FIGURING OUT, UM, HOW WE CAN ALL ASK QUESTIONS IN THE MOST SUCCINCT MANNER.
AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES TOTAL.
UM, THIS WILL CHANGE UP A LITTLE BIT IN 2024.
WE WILL DISCUSS THAT, UM, AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
AND SO THE FIRST, UM, COUPLE MINUTES IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK MELISSA QUESTIONS REGARDING, UM, HER PRESENTATION SHE JUST GAVE.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE A BOND, A SEPARATE BOND PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS THEN OKAY.
BUT THE ONE THING THAT I DO NEED EVERYBODY TO DO, UM, BEFORE THIS, THERE WAS A SLIDE ABOUT MEETING DATES FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE, WE NEED TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON MEETING DATES.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? YEAH.
SO YOU ALL, I JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS AND UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THINGS COME UP IN OUR LIVES, BUT IF WE CAN ALL, IF JILLIAN, I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THIS IS JUST ASK FOR A STRAIGHT VOTE AND THEN WE JUST MOVE FORWARD.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE QUORUM TODAY, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
UM, JUST PLEASE PUT THESE IN YOUR CALENDAR NOW AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO VOTE? THANK YOU JONATHAN.
BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION,
WHAT I APOLOGIZE FOR, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE EXTENDED THE
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MEETING FROM TWO HOURS TO THREE HOURS.SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THAT TIME MM-HMM.
AND THEN WE GET KICKED OUT OF THE ROOM.
UM, AND SO WE COULD BE DONE IN AN HOUR AND A HALF MM-HMM.
I'LL, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE ON THIS, UH, SCHEDULE.
ALL IN FAVOR WITH THESE STATES.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MOS AND TRUCK.
ARE YOU READY TO, ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO TAKE THE TIME AND WE'LL JUST GO AROUND? YES.
WE'LL DO A DISCUSSION AFTER THIS.
UM, WE CAN START AT EITHER TWO MINUTES OR THREE MINUTES.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT END ITEM.
UM, WE DID HAVE OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UH, ADVISE THAT THEY WERE TRAPPED IN THE ELEVATOR.
HAD TO WAIT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO LET THEM OUT.
SO WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THE CHAIR, SHE'S GOING TO ALLOW THE SPEAKERS TO SPEAK, BUT SINCE WE HAVE VOTED ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH BUSINESS.
AND THAT WILL BE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
OUR ATTORNEY OVER HERE, JILLIAN.
UM, COMMISSIONER SACKS, DO YOU WANNA START? SURE.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, FOR A WONDERFUL FISCAL YEAR 2023.
ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, UH, MOVING INTO 2024 WITH TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS, UH, FOR YOU, DIRECTOR WEBER, IS WHAT CHANGES TO POLICY OR PROCEDURES, UH, CITY OR STATE LAW AND ORDINANCES DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR CALENDAR THAT WE CAN START RESEARCHING? UM, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE ANY OF THOSE TO US AFTER THE MEETING TODAY, OR IF YOU WANNA DISCUSS IT NOW, THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE, UH, 2024 MORE PRODUCTIVE, UH, AND BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND TO D A S.
AND I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE AFTERWARD, BUT I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW ARE, THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE DANGEROUS AND AGGRESSIVE DOG THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE AUDIT THAT THAT'S A DONE DEAL.
IT JUST NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON BY COUNCIL.
UM, THE, WE ARE LOOKING AT REDUCING, UM, STRAY STRAIGHT HOLD TIME FOR CATS SO THAT WE CAN GET A POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR THEM MORE QUICKLY WITHOUT HAVING TO HOLD THEM THE THREE DAYS BEFORE ALTERING THEM.
THERE WAS ONE MORE THAT WAS CATS AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE.
AND, AND THERE'S, THOSE WERE THE PRIORITIES, BUT THE, THERE ARE MORE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO WITHIN THE YEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER ANOTHER GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I WANNA SAY IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE SOME REALLY POSITIVE TRENDS ON HERE.
I'M SEEING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE GREAT RESPONSE TIMES, WHICH IS THANKS TO AN INCREASE.
I KNOW, PAUL, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON HIRING, UM, PEOPLE IN THE FIELD.
LOOKS LIKE THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MORE FOSTERS, IF I'M READING THAT RIGHT, WE HAVE MORE FOSTERS.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, MORE SUPPORT FROM OTHER RESCUES AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I KNOW FOR THE LAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN KIND OF TALKING ABOUT LIKE, 'CAUSE FOR A MINUTE, I THOUGHT EARLIER LAST YEAR, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR, THE OTHER RESCUES KIND OF WEREN'T TAKING AS MANY.
SO I'M SEEING A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS.
UM, AM I, I MEAN, A COUPLE THINGS.
SO FIRST, DO WE HAVE A HEAT MAP FROM WHERE THE DOGS ARE COMING FROM IN THE CITY? SO I KNOW WE HAVE DROPOFFS, BUT DO WE HAVE A HEAT MAP FOR THAT? YES, WE DO.
AND THEN, UM, I GUESS MY OTHER KIND OF QUESTION IS WHERE I GUESS I, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS AND I'LL ASK THEM QUICKLY SO I CAN, I DON'T RUN OUTTA TIME, BUT FIRST IS THE MAIN PROBLEM, JUST THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT ADOPTIONS ARE DOWN.
OBVIOUSLY INTAKES COMING INTO THE SHELTER ARE STILL UP, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU ALL ARE TRYING DESPERATELY NOT TO HAVE PEOPLE BRING.
SO IS ARE WE JUST LOW ON ADOPTIONS OR HOW, WHAT ARE, WHAT CAN WE CONTINUE DOING TO GET THE LIVE RELEASE RATE UP AND THE EUTHANASIA RATE DOWN? AND THEN TWO, BECAUSE I, I AM GUESSING WE, WE MAY HAVE SOME PEOPLE, SOME SPEAKERS HERE, THEY'RE GONNA ASK THIS, DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR FUTURE REINSTATING OR FOR IMPLEMENTING SOME TYPE OF, UM, PROGRAM FOR THE SPAY DNAR FOR CATS, FOR COMMUNITY CATS? SO I DO WANNA ASK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM AND I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THAT HAS BEEN AND HOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD ON THAT.
SO I, UM, YOU KNOW, I ALREADY KNOW THAT, THAT THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THOSE TWO THINGS.
AND I, SO ADOPTIONS CONTINUED FOCUS ON
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ADOPTIONS.UM, THE R T O, LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT, LOOK AT THE, THE OUTCOMES, UM, GETTING, GETTING THOSE FIELD RTOS BACK UP IS REALLY, IS REALLY A MISSING PIECE.
THE RESCUES WE'RE STARTING TO GET BACK UP, BUT THOSE, THOSE ARE THE PIECES THAT LIKE THE RTOS IS REALLY GOING TO BE HELPFUL IN, IN FINDING THOSE LIVE OUTCOMES.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU KEEP HEARING ME AND I'M NOT GONNA STOP UNTIL WE GET THERE.
LIKE IF WE NEED TO, HOWEVER WE NEED TO, UM, PIVOT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THEM.
UM, AND THEN AND CONTINUING TO GROW OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE
I KNOW THAT, UM, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ARE DOING THINGS TO BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF B A S.
SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL TOO.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH OPERATION KINDNESS IS HUB RIGHT UP THE STREET THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT RESCUES.
TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PULL FROM US IS, IS GOING TO BE MEANINGFUL AS FAR AS THE CATS.
UM, SO WE DID GET THE $250,000 IN OUR BUDGET TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPAY NEUTER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SPAY NEUTER, UM, FUNDING DOESN'T RUN OUT.
WE WILL CONTINUE DOING, UM, SUBSIDIZING SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES WITH SPAY NEUTER NETWORK.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING TODAY TO SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL VEN VENDORS WE'RE GONNA BRING ON BOARD TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES WITH THIS MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS AND INCREASE THAT ASK, UM, YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A TEAM, WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN PLACE AND ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ONBOARDING RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY, THEIR WHOLE JOB IS COMMUNITY CAPS.
AND SO, I MEAN, IT'S ONLY A TWO PERSON TEAM IN A, IN A CITY OF 103 MILLION.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A START AND IT'S SOMETHING AND, AND I DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPER GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THAT INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET AND, UM, AND HAVING THESE TWO PEOPLE FOR COMMUNITY CATS, LIKE I REALIZE IT SEEMS REALLY SMALL, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CARING FOR THE OTHER 20 PLUS THOUSAND ANIMALS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE SHELTER TOO.
AND WITH THAT, UH, THAT WAS YOUR TIME COMMISSIONER GEARING FOR YOUR FIRST ROUND.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH D A S VERY CLOSELY FOR MANY YEARS AS A VOLUNTEER AND FOSTER.
AND I HAVE A ANIMAL ADVOCACY ADVOCACY COMMUNITY ALSO CALLED DALLAS LOVE BUGS THAT, UM, EDUCATES PEOPLE AND RECRUITS, FOSTERS VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT FOR THE SHELTER.
AND I WANTED TO ADD MELISSA TO SORT OF HAVE YOU SPEAK TO THIS.
UM, TO ME, I THINK PART OF THE R T O STRATEGY IS ALSO K W O, LIKE KEEP WITH OWNER.
SO KEEP, YOU KNOW, WE SEE A LOT OF RETURNS.
SO WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SHELTER, I'M IN THERE ABOUT ONCE A WEEK AND YOU SEE, YOU REALLY SORT OF SEE THE ANIMALS COME BACK AND YOU SEE THAT OLDER A NUMBERS COME BACK.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN DO.
IT'S SOME, IT'S HOUSING A LOT.
SOMEONE GETS SICK AND THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO PUT THEIR DOG OR, YOU KNOW, THEY LOSE THEIR HOUSING WHERE THEY CAN HAVE PETS AND THEY ONLY NEED A PLACE TO PUT THEIR ANIMAL FOR TWO MONTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE THEY'RE IN NEW HOUSING.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, ANGLE OF, UH, KEEPING THEM WITH THE OWNER.
SO THAT WOULD ALSO HELP WITH, UM, THE LOAD THERE.
AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION, MELISSA, FOR YOU, UM, JUST WITH THE S A C THAT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT, UM, BASED ON THE FLOWCHART, DOES D A S GIVE ANY EVIDENCE AT ALL OR THAT'S ENTIRELY D P D AND OPERATION KINDNESS AS FAR AS WHAT GOES TO COURT WHEN THEY'RE DECIDING IF AN ANIMAL CAN GO BACK TO THE OWNER? IT'S PRIM, PRIMARILY OPERATION KINDNESS.
SO WE REALLY ARE LEANING THAT TO DO THE FORENSICS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE A SS WOULDN'T DO A FORENSIC EXAM IF NECESSARY, BUT WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO EACH STAY IN OUR LANES.
AND, AND THAT'S MOST EFFICIENT.
AND I DO WANT TO YES, KEEPING PETS WITH THEIR OWNER AND I'D WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT, UH, TO DALLAS PETS ALIVE IN THEIR PAST PROGRAM.
AND, AND THEY'VE BEEN HAVING MEANINGFUL MEETINGS, MEANINGFUL MEETINGS WITH, WITH THE TEAM TO REALLY REINVIGORATE THAT AND SPAY NEW NETWORK ALSO, UM, ON OUR DIVERSION INTAKE DIVERSION.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I WILL BE QUICK AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN ANSWER QUICKLY.
UH, WHEN YOU SAY 135% AND YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE 400 AND SOME DOGS AND 300 SOME KENNELS.
IS THAT WHAT THAT 135% MEANS THAT YOU'RE DOUBLING UP THE DOGS? CORRECT.
WE'RE DOUBLING UP DOGS AND WE CURRENTLY, AS OF THIS MORNING, HAVE 51 TRANSFER DOORS DOWN.
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CURRENTLY? WE HAVE ONE FULL-TIME, ONE PART-TIME THAT WORKS FULL-TIME HOURS, ONE PART-TIME THAT DOES FOSTER TELEMEDICINE.AND WE'RE ONBOARDING ONE FULL-TIME.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE PART-TIME POSITIONS OPEN.
AND, AND IF WE WERE TO, BUT IF WE WERE TO FIND A FULL-TIME VETERINARIAN THAT WANTED TO COME TO D A SS, WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING THEM ON.
I, I WOULDN'T SAY FOR ANYBODY IN THE WORLD THAT'S LISTENING.
SO I SEE THERE'S 1,141, THAT'S AN INCREASE.
DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS? YES.
UM, WE INCREASED OUR VOLUNTEER, OUR GROUP VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THIS YEAR.
SO WE WERE BRINGING IN, UM, LARGE GROUPS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE ON.
HOW MANY OF THOSE TURN INTO DANGEROUS DOG CASES? YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.
WE, WE COULD PULL UP HOW MANY WERE DANGEROUS DOGS, UM, TURNED INTO DANGEROUS DOGS OR WERE SBIS.
DO YOU SEE THAT, UM, ONCE WE WORK ON THE ORDINANCE NEXT, UM, IN 2024 AND WORK ON THAT, DO YOU THINK THAT THOSE WILL GO DOWN? I MEAN, WHAT, UM, I, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S INCREASING OR DI DECREASING, BUT HOW DO WE GET THOSE DOG FIGHTS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY? 'CAUSE THAT NUMBER I'VE JUST SEEN THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AS WE KNOW IN SAN ANTONIO, THERE WAS ANOTHER MAULING.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE SO 3000 DOG BITE CALLS A YEAR.
SO JUST MAKING SURE, MELISSA, THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT.
AND, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BYTES ARE DECREASING.
I REALIZE IT'S STILL 700 BYTES.
UM, BUT IT, BUT IT IS DECREASING AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA OF LIKE, WHY IS IT DECREASING? SO HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUES? OKAY.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WAS ABLE TO PUT THAT HYPOTHESIS FORWARD.
THE DATA HAS US THINKING THAT THIS IS THE REASON.
UM, WE NEED EXAMPLES SO WE CAN BRING THEM TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE ON THE RIGHT TO FARM AND HOUSE BILL 1750.
SO THOSE HORSES IN DOG KENNELS IS INSANE AND IT'S ONLY GONNA GET WORSE.
AND THAT'S NOT DUE TO NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN.
SO, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND I CAN GET THOSE EXAMPLES WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY I RESPECTFULLY, UM, DISAGREE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I'M A PROUD DALLAS CITIZEN, BUT I AM HERE TO USE MY VOICE FOR THE BOND.
UM, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, I'VE LEARNED A LOT JUST IN ONE MEETING.
I DID GO BACK AND LISTEN TO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF ANIMALS THAT COME IN VIA THE FIELD OR AS STRAYS INTO THE SHELTER, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARE MICROCHIPPED? UM, AND IF WE HAD ANY PLANS ON HAVING FREE MICROCHIP CLINICS, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BEST WAY TO GET ANIMALS BACK TO THEIR HOME.
UM, AND IT IS AN ORDINANCE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT DONE.
UM, WANTED TO ALSO THANK THE PEOPLE WHO, UM, THE RESCUES HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE FOR US AND ARE PULLING THE ANIMALS NOW.
UM, AND WANTED TO FIND OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE, UM, OPERATION KINDNESS NEW FACILITY IS GONNA BE DOING AND HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT THE NUMBER.
ARE THEY GONNA BE PULLING MORE ANIMALS FOR US OR WHAT, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF, OF HAVING THAT RELATIONSHIP? AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO DO A SHORT LITTLE CAUTION, UM, TO PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, REALLY WANNA DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY CATS.
I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT $250,000 IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY
SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS AT SPAY NETWORK YEAR SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE WERE DOING 10,000 FERAL CATS A YEAR.
THAT $250,000 WOULDN'T EVEN COVER THAT.
SO THE EXPENSE TO DO A FERAL CAT AT IS AT A LOW COST CLINIC IS ABOUT A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SO JUST SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE NEED TO BE FIGHTING FOR MORE MONEY.
AND ON THE $250,000 ABSOLUTELY.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD IT IN OUR BUDGET SPECIFICALLY FOR SPAY NEUTER.
SO WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, AND I REALIZE THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS MILLIONS, BUT, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
RIGHT? UM, THE, ON THE MICROCHIPS WE CAN, WE CAN GET THE PERCENTAGE FOR YOU.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRACK IT, IT'S ON OUR MONTHLY FACT SHEETS.
UM, SO THAT'S WILL BE AN EASY GET FOR YOU.
AND THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT HAVING MICROCHIP CLINICS.
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OPERATION KINDNESS FACILITY? OH, OPERATION AND OPERATION KINDNESS.SO THE HUB IS GOING TO DO THINGS TO SUPPORT RESCUES PULLING FROM US, PROVIDING HEALTH CERTIFICATES, MAYBE SHORT TERM BOARDING, A HUB PRIOR TO TRANSPORT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ASKING WHY WE WEREN'T DOING TRANSPORTS.
AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PARTNERS WHO ARE REALLY STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE, PULLING OUR ANIMALS AND DOING THE TRANSPORT, WHICH REALLY MAKES MORE SENSE TO US.
AND SO THIS IS THE HUB WHERE THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO, TO MAKE THEM GO READY.
UM, AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT PETS COMING OUT OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
I MEAN, I'M SURE IT WILL DO MORE THINGS AND OPERATION KINDNESS TO, BUT I, RIGHT NEXT DOOR,
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE KIND OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO, BUT, UM, ALRIGHT.
THE, YOU SAID THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE, THE FREE SPAY NEWSERS ONCE A MONTH WITH SPAY NTER NETWORK.
HOW DO PEOPLE ACCESS THAT? IS IT THROUGH SPAY NTER NETWORK OR WHAT'S, AND IS IT ZIP CODE BASED OR? SO THOSE VACCINE CLINICS ARE ACTUALLY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN OUR PARKING LOT.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU DO THE OKAY.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE, WHAT ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, UM, SPAY NEUTER? SO THE SPAY NEUTER THAT WE DO WITH SPAY NEUTER NETWORK IS, UM, SO OUR CATS CAN GO MM-HMM.
SO, BUT ALSO THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DO THAT ISN'T MENTIONED HERE IS, UM, SPRAYED INTER NETWORK HANDLES OUR FIX-IT TICKETS OR VIOLATIONS OR CITATIONS FOR UNAL ALTERED ANIMALS.
UM, BECAUSE ONCE THE SURGE PROJECT ENDED, WHICH WAS INTENDED TO BE A FIVE YEAR PRIVATE, UM, PRIVATE PROGRAM, UM, PRIVATE FUNDS GOING TO NONPROFITS, NOT TO THE CITY AND WAS EXTENDED FOR A YEAR.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE GRANTS, BUT IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO GO FOREVER.
UM, WHEN THAT ENDED, WE DIDN'T WANT WHAT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO, TO GIVE PEOPLE TO ENFORCE SPAY NEUTER, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE A WAY TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE SO, SO SPAY NEUTER NETWORK IS HANDLING THOSE TWO.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT, UM, UH, RETURN TO OWNER, WHICH I'M ON AS I'M SURE A BUNCH OF YOU ARE ON A MILLION LOST AND FOUND DOG SITES BECAUSE THEN SOMEBODY I KNOW HAS A DOG ANYWAY, SO I'M LIKE, THERE'S SO MANY AND IT'S JUST SO CONFUSING.
AND YOU KNOW, IRVING PROBABLY HAS LIKE FIVE OF ITS OWN AND DALLAS HAS LIKE SEVEN AND YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE.
AND SO IS THERE SOMEBODY, IS THERE A VOLUNTEER THAT JUST GOES THROUGH AND I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS, THAT JUST GOES THROUGH AND GO LIKE, OH WAIT, AND, AND YOU PLAY LIKE CONCENTRATION.
LIKE I SAW THIS GERMAN SHEPHERD SOMEWHERE.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT'S SO THERE'S NOT ONE, NOTHING FILTERS TO ONE PLACE.
AND YOU CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY JUST GO, OH, HERE'S A MCKINNEY LOST AND FOUND DOGS.
WELL, OKAY, ACTUALLY I PICKED THAT DOG UP IN RICHARDSON, BUT I LIVE IN MCKINNEY.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, UM, I, ISN'T THERE ANYBODY, IS THERE A VOLUNTEER OR COULD THAT BE A VOLUNTEER POSITION? UM, IT IS.
WE HAVE A SMALL TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS, ONE IN PARTICULAR WHO IS VERY DEDICATED AND EVERY SINGLE DAY SHE'S ACTUALLY GOTTEN IN GOOD WITH THE ADMINS ON ALL OF PET PAGES.
UM, AND SHE WOULD LOVE MORE HELP.
SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO EMAIL THE A S VOLUNTEER.
BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO FROM HOME OR, OR FROM ANYWHERE.
WE SEND A LIST OUT DAILY, UM, WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO POST.
AND THEN IN, IN ADDITION ON THE LAWSON FOUND, WE REALLY DO WANT TO MOVE TO A DIRECTION WHERE THERE'S ONE PLACE TO LOOK.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH PETCO LOVE LOSS AND YOU'LL SEE US INCREMENTALLY CHANGE AND GET TO A PLACE WHERE, WHERE THAT IS THE MAIN PLATFORM THAT WE'RE DRIVING.
UM, PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR THEIR LOST OR PLACE, PLACE FOUND PETS ON.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GROW INTO, UM, THE WHOLE D F W WHERE WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR THE, LOOKING IN THE SAME PLACE FOR THE LOST PETS.
BECAUSE MY DOG DOESN'T KNOW IF HE CROSSES THE STREET.
HE'S GONNA BE IN, YOU KNOW, SO.
AND THAT'S THE END OF YOUR TIME FOR THE FIRST ASK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAVE QUESTIONS
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU GUYS, UM, AND SUCH INTELLIGENT QUESTIONS.
AND ALSO I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT RACHEL ASKED BEFORE ME, SO WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD ANSWERS.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE TO PROMOTE THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY CAT HEALTH AND FOR, UM, THIS NEW TWO PERSON TEAM.
AND I AGREE 250,000 WILL GO IN LIKE
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FIVE SECONDS.AND I HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF IDEAS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN INCREASE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THOSE SPAY NEUTER NETWORKS AND HOW WE CAN, UM, NEUTER PROGRAMS AND THEN, UM, HOW WE CAN GET SOME MORE RESOURCES DEVOTED TO THAT.
BUT THOSE ARE NOT QUESTIONS, THEY'RE JUST LONG-TERM GOALS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US WORK ON.
UM, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION, SO THANK YOU, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING FOR THAT, UM, FOR, FOR REALLY ALL YOUR HELP AND FOR PUSHING THAT AND ALSO FOR PAUL'S, UM, INCREDIBLE WORK ON GETTING THOSE FIELD OFFICERS OUT THERE AND GETTING THEM DEDICATED.
'CAUSE THAT'S A HUGE HELP FOR DOGS AND CATS.
AND I JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT, I CARE CARE ABOUT DOGS TOO, BUT I'M ALWAYS ASKING CAT QUESTIONS BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT COME TO ME BECAUSE ANYWAY, SO, UM, MY QUESTION IN RELATED TO, UM, COMMUNITY CATS AND UH, JUST CATS IN GENERAL IS, UM, IF I FOUND A CAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR CAT THAT'S DUMPED IN MY YARD, OR MY NEIGHBOR FINDS A CAT WITH KITTENS AND I TAKE THEM AND I CALL D T DT A S, WILL YOU A, TAKE HEALTHY CATS OR KITTENS AND B IF YOU, UM, IF THEY'RE NOT YOUR, YOUR OWN CATS? AND IF I, IF IT IS MY CAT AND I'M MOVING, I'M LOSING HOUSING OR SOMETHING, WHAT'S THE CURRENT WAIT TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE THAT ANIMAL? IS THERE A TWO WEEK OR THREE WEEK WAIT TIME? SO THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION IF YOU GUYS COULD ANSWER THAT.
SO IN TER AND, AND MELISSA, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I MISSPEAK.
WE ACCEPT OWNER SURRENDERED KITTIES FOR SURE.
WE ACCEPT, UH, SICK AND INJURED KITTIES.
SO BY, BY DEFAULT THAT MEANS IF YOU FOUND A HEALTHY CAT MM-HMM.
AND THE REASON WE WOULD NOT TAKE THAT CAT, AND ONCE AGAIN, MELISSA, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I MISSPEAK, IS THAT THE, THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM NOW AND WHAT, WHAT WE ARE BEING, WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THAT THAT CAT GENERALLY HAS A HOME SOMEWHERE NEARBY AND PROBABLY WAS NOT DUMPED.
BUT, BUT, AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER NOW AND WE'LL DO BETTER THERE THAN IT WILL IN THE SHELTER.
BUT THAT IS, THAT IS OUR POLICY AT THIS POINT.
IS THAT CORRECT? HOW CAN WE WORK ON CHANGING THAT POLICY
I MEAN, WHEN WE CAN HAVE A WHOLE COMMUNITY HAVE FRIENDLY CATS ARE GENERALLY FRIENDLY BECAUSE THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO ARE CARING FOR THEM AND HAVE THEM.
I MEAN, UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE, SORRY, COMMISSIONER SANDERS, THAT'S YOUR TIME FOR THE, I'M, I THINK I, I DO WANNA SAY THERE, IF SOMEBODY IS AN EMERGENT NEED TO, YEAH.
SO WE DO TRY AND DO OWNER SURRENDER APPOINTMENTS, BUT IF, IF, UM, IF THEY NEED TO LEAVE THE PET WITH US TODAY, WE WILL TAKE THE PET.
YEAH, WELL, YEAH, BUT I BUT THE RULES ARE IMPORTANT TOO, SO, SORRY.
THIS IS FIRST ROUND, RIGHT? YES.
WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO COME BACK.
SO LET ME GO RAPID FIRE MODE REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, WHAT IS OUR VOLUNTEER RETENTION STRATEGY? DO WE HAVE A STRATEGY FOR VOLUNTEER RETENTION? YES.
UM, SO THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY MIDYEAR WE SHIFTED THE WAY THAT WE'VE ONBOARDING SO THAT WE ARE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION UPFRONT ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO VOLUNTEER IN A SHELTER SO THAT PEOPLE CAN DECIDE IF IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR THEM BEFORE THEY GO THROUGH OUR ENTIRE VOLUNTEER ONBOARDING PROCESS.
UM, THAT HAS HELPED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH GETTING PEOPLE WHO MAYBE WEREN'T ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR A SHELTER VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE, UM, THAT INFORMATION BEFORE THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT IS THERE SO MORE OF A SUBSTANTIVE STRATEGY AROUND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO ONCE THEY COME IN, HOW ESSENTIALLY, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE A NONPROFIT, YOU'RE DOING DONOR STEWARDSHIP, RIGHT? SO WHAT KINDA STEWARDSHIP ARE WE DOING TO MAINTAIN THAT RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION? UM, SO WE ALSO HAVE MONTHLY, UM, VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT EVENTS SO THAT THEY'RE CONNECTING WITH EACH OTHER, UM, BUILDING COMMUNITY, UM, OUTSIDE OF JUST THEIR VOLUNTEER SHIFTS, UH, VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION, UM, AROUND THE HOLIDAYS.
AND, UM, SO WE COULD CERTAINLY EXPAND THE STRATEGY OUR TEAM GROWS.
OUR TEAM IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TEAM OF THREE AND IT'S CURRENTLY A TEAM OF ONE.
UM, BUT YES, WE DO HAVE VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT, UM, FOR, TO INCREASE RETENTION.
AND I GUESS THIS QUESTION'S ALSO FOR YOU.
UM, WHAT IS YOUR COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATION COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAN LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE EVENTS AND MELISSA, YOU WERE MENTIONING THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE ADOPTION RATES OR REALLY ANY METRICS THAT WERE COMING OUT OF THAT.
SO HOW ARE WE ADVERTISING THOSE EVENTS AND KIND OF PLAN IS AROUND
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THAT? YEAH, SO WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAN, LIKE A FORMAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAN, BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATING, UM, THE CLEAR THE SHELTERS.DO WE HAVE ANY METRICS FROM THIS? UM, AS FAR AS TURNOUT ADOPTIONS? AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS RIGHT NOW, WE CAN QUICKLY MOVE ON, BUT TURNOUT ADOPTIONS, FOSTERS DAY OF VERSUS THE MONTH.
DID WE, HOW MANY DOGS WERE ADOPTED THAT THEY DID? WE KNOW WE, WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.
UM, I WILL SAY, AND, AND WE SPOKE WITH THE TEAM AT N B C ABOUT THIS TOO, LIKE HAVING, HAVING THE CLEAR THE SHELTERS DAY AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
I KNOW THAT WE SAW TRACTION THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, BUT HAVING IT, HAVING, HAVING A WHOLE MONTH EVENT INSTEAD OF A ONE DAY EVENT KIND DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO THAT DAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN, WHEN YOU'VE BEEN ADVERTISING ALL MONTH, UM, TO BEING A SUCCESSFUL OF A ONE DAY EVENT.
WE, WE DID PROVIDE THEM TO THEM, SO, OKAY.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA SEE KIND OF HOW ALL THESE PIECES COME BACK INTO THIS PLAN FOR, FOR D A S AND I KNOW THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE CONTRACTING WITH SOMEONE TO PULL THIS PLAN TOGETHER, BUT ALL OF THOSE PIECES, THE MARKETING CONSEQUENCE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ALL THESE THINGS, REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW TO SOLVE PULLS 'EM TOGETHER BECAUSE WE STILL LOST MORE DOGS THIS YEAR.
AND, AND WE'RE, SO WE DO HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE ARE GOING TO, WE'RE CURRENTLY POSTING FOR A PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR AGAIN, UM, AND WE'RE MOVING A COORDINATOR, ANOTHER COORDINATOR POSITION OVER TO THAT.
UM, WE ARE FINISHING UP WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN I HOPE TO, TO, IF, IF THE PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T ONBOARD AREN'T CAPABLE OF CREATING A MARCO O PLAN FOR US, THEN WE WILL SEEK OUTSIDE, UM, CONSULTATION AGAIN.
SO YEAH, SO WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE.
SO WE NEED TO MOVE TO OUR ONLINE COMMISSIONERS.
UH, YOU WANNA START WITH COMMISSIONER MOSS? YES, SIR.
AND MELISSA, IF YOU DON'T GET TO THE, TO THE ANSWERS OF THESE QUESTIONS, THAT'S FINE.
I JUST HAD A, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
THE ADOPTIONS ARE UP, AND IT LEADS ME TO THE OBVIOUS CONCLUSION THAT WE STILL HAVE AN OVERSUPPLY OF DOGS.
AND I THINK WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR REMIT, OR SORRY, IT'S NOT WITHIN DA'S REMIT TO SEEK, UM, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, OUR, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OF.
WHAT CAN WE DO AS COMMISSIONERS TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE FACT THAT MAYBE YOU COULD USE MORE SUPPORT FROM OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS IN SUCH THINGS AS, UM, YOU KNOW, UPHOLDING THE LAWS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.
THE OTHER SIDE IS WHAT CAN WE DO FROM A LEGISLATIVE STANDPOINT? AND THIS IS A PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK IT'S TOO EASY TO OWN A DOG IF WE'RE SEEING THIS AMOUNT OF POST COVID, UM, STRAYS AND, AND, AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, SURRENDERS TO ME WE NEED TO RAISE THE BAR.
UH, AND THAT THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN AT A LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.
UM, YOU KNOW, APPROACHING ILLEGAL BREEDERS, UNLICENSED BREEDERS, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO IT PROBABLY FALLS QUITE LOW, UH, ON THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE BELOW, EDUCATION, SPAY A NEUTER, ALL OF THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT I STILL THINK THAT WE'RE BEING LET DOWN BY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THAT, I'D LOVE TO DO THAT.
SORRY, THAT'S THE END OF MY, UM,
UM, I, I REALLY, AS YOU WERE TALKING, I WAS LIKE, OOH, I THINK I NEED TO HAVE A MORE THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE.
I I DON'T HAVE AN OFF THE CUFF MEANINGFUL RESPONSE TO GIVE TO YOU NOW.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TAKE THAT QUESTION AND, AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THE RIGHT ANSWER.
AND, AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S USEFUL FOR, TO HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS SUPPORT YOU TO THINK MORE BROADLY? THAT THAT'S MAYBE A QUESTION? IS IT SOMETHING WE'RE WILLING TO DO IS THINK MORE BROADLY? MAYBE THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE START, RIGHT? IS THERE AN APPETITE TO EVEN DO THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT Y'ALL CAN DO AS COMMISSIONERS THAT I CAN'T DO AS A CITY, CITY STAFF MEMBER.
SO, UM, OR ABSOLUTELY TAKE YOUR TIME ON IT.
PUBLIC MORE, MORE PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT, THAT YOU HAVE TOO.
SO, SO THEY'RE REALLY, AND THAT'S WHY I REALLY, I, I LOVE THE QUESTION AND I, I WANT TO REALLY GIVE IT A MEANINGFUL RESPONSE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, IF, IF HOW DO ABSOLUTELY ENGAGE THAT DID NOT EXPECT AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE ON THAT.
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QUESTION.SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SHRIMP.
MELISSA, I THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND, UH, I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE TO WITH US TO DO THAT.
UM, I, I THINK I MISHEARD SOMETHING.
DID I HEAR YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA CLOSE THE NEONATAL KITTEN NURSERY FOR THE SEASON? JUST FOR, IT'S A SEASONAL, THE, THE NEONATAL KITTEN NURSERY IS THE SEASON WE OPEN IT.
WE'LL OPEN IT AGAIN IN SPRING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING THAT.
AND THEN, UM, YOU SAID YOU HAD 526 DOGS WITH 135 ADOPTION KENNELS.
WE HAVE 526 DOGS IN THE SHELTER.
THAT INCLUDES AN AVAILABLE ADOPTION KENNELS OF WHICH WE HAVE 300 IN QUARANTINE, PROTECTIVE CUSTODY HOLD AND INJURED BECAUSE QUARANTINE, PROTECTIVE CUSTODY AND INJURED ARE NOT PART OF THE 300 KENNELS THAT WE REPORT ON OUR REPORT CARD.
THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ADOPTION KENNELS IN OUR AVAILABLE ADOPTION KENNELS OF 300.
WE HAVE 405 DOGS, SO WE HAVE 405 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 121 IN OTHER AREAS.
AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER THING I WAS THINKING, WHEN, WHEN Y'ALL DO THE SPAY NEUTER OR THE SPAY NEUTER CLINIC DOES IT OR WHOEVER DOES IT, UM, DO THEY PUT MICROCHIPS IN THE DOGS RIGHT THEN? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S HOW MY DOGS GOT IT WHEN I FIX THEM.
UM, ON OUR SPAY NEUT, THEY'RE ALSO VACCINATED AND MICROCHIPPED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
THIS BARREL CATS DO NOT GET MICROCHIPPED AT S N N WITH THE, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO RESERVE THE QUESTIONS, SO WE GOTTA SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD WITH THE BOND PROPOSAL.
I WISH I WAS ONLINE NEXT TIME.
AGAIN,
WE READY? THE NICEST NUMBER, BUT THIS IS THE PRESENTATION THAT THIS IS THE ONE THAT, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE OKAY.
HOW MANY PAGES? IT, HOW MANY SLIDES IS IT? NINE.
WE CAN JUST SKIP THROUGH THE OTHER SLIDES.
UM, OR IF WE WANNA TAKE A MOMENT, WE CAN HAVE THE SPEAKER.
WHY DON'T, UH, WE CAN'T, UH, APOLOGIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE, UM, OUR COMMISSIONERS HEARD ONLINE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT PRESENTATION AND, UH, WE ALL LOVE TO BE EFFICIENT WITH OUR TIME, BUT DUE TO THE RULES, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES, CITY OF DALLAS, WE CAN'T CALL OUR SPEAKERS UP RIGHT NOW.
SO I, I, UM, SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION, WE CAN MOVE THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS TO THIS SECTION, BUT IT HAS TO BE
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED.UH, CHAIR, SO MAKES A MOTION TO CHAIR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS NOW.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD WITH, UM, OUR SPEAKERS.
WILL YOU, YOU BRING IN WITH AN SR NUMBER, JOANNE, WHAT I WILL ASK IS IF YOU THE S NUMBER.
SO THAT'S AS FAR AS YOU WANT ME TO DO THE RULES FOR WHEN THEY SPEAK? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.
SO THE FOUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, SORRY, COMMISSIONER SANDERS, EVERYBODY.
WE NEED THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS TO SIGN IN AT THE SIGN IN SHEET AT THE BACK, AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
DEBBIE RYAN, ARE YOU HERE? SHOULD JUST GOING AND WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SPEAKERS EARLIER, UH, IN ORDER TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE SPEAKER'S REQUIRED TO EMAIL THE CITY SECRETARY FOR BY 5:00 PM ON TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK.
IF YOUR NAME WAS NOT CALLED IN THE FUTURE, YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE NEXT MEETING.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT ALL SPEAKERS KEEP THE TIME LIMITS.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE TOPIC YOU'RE ADDRESSING.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DIALOGUE.
AND THAT IS, UM, DUE TO CITY RULES, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES, OUR JOB IS TO LISTEN FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS AND TAKE INFORMATION BACK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN, HAVE MY HANDOFF LAST TIME THE POLICE HAD TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
AND ALSO A CORRECTION TO WHAT CHAIR POKY SAID.
THE CUTOFF IS ACTUALLY 48 HOURS, UH, IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING.
MADAM CHAIR CAN NOT BE WAIVED.
IF THERE ARE OTHER SPEAKERS WHO CAME TO SPEAK TODAY, UM, WE CAN WAIVE THAT.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD THAT PROBLEM IN THE PAST, BUT YES.
MS. RYAN, ARE YOU READY? YEAH.
SO I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE T N R COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD, TRAPPING CAST.
THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE DO A LOT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T HERE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TRAPPED.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY WE'RE AN INDEPENDENT TRAPPER.
WE COVER ALL OF DALLAS, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST.
WE USE OUR OWN FUNDS, WE USE OUR OWN TIMES, OUR CARS, WHICH ARE STINKY, UM, AND ALL OUR RESOURCES TO GO TO EVERY KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE GO INTO RUNDOWN APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
WE GO INTO HORRIBLE TRAILER PARKS.
WE GO TO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, DRUG INFESTED NEIGHBORHOODS, CRACK HOUSES, METH HOUSES, YOU NAME IT.
ABANDONED HOUSES, NICE BUSINESSES AND NICE WAREHOUSES THAT WANT OUR HELP.
WE'RE NOT ASKING DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES TO GO OUT AND DO THE TRAPPING.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO GET A CITY RUN T AND R PROGRAM FOR US SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO RUN TO SPAY, NEUTER NETWORK AND HOPE WE GET ONE OF THE FEW SLOTS THAT ARE LEFT THAT DAY.
EVEN IF WE GET AN SSR FROM YOU, WHICH IS COMMON, WE RACE TO TCAP.
THE HANDOUT IS, I KNOW IT'S OVERKILL, BUT IT'S PICTURES OF US WITH OUR TRACKS AND OUR PARS AND OUR CAT STANDING IN LINE AT 4:00 AM TO WAIT TO GET A SPOT OF 12 FOR THE DAY.
AND THE POOR JOE PUBLIC WHO SHOWS UP AT EIGHT GETS TURNED AWAY.
HE'S TRYING TO DO HIS OWN THING.
HE'S TRYING TO HELP HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S GOTTA STOP THIS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP WITH SPAY NEWS NETWORK.
T N R LIKE GARLAND HAS NOT, WELL, GARLAND HAS ONE'S GRAND PRAIRIE.
YOU CAN BRING THE CATS IN TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 10 TO THREE.
WHOEVER THEY GET TO THAT DAY, YOU PICK UP THAT DAY.
WHOEVER THEY DON'T GET TO THAT DAY, YOU PICK UP THE NEXT DAY.
IT IS FUNDED WITH VOLUNTEERS, BUT ALSO THE CITY SHELTER.
UH, WE JUST CAN'T, I'M, I'M JUST SPEAKING OFF THE CUFF NOW.
WE DO THIS FOR EVERY SINGLE AREA IN THE TOWN.
UM, WE JUST WANNA KNOW IF GARLAND CAN DO IT.
GARLAND HAS A GREAT TE N R PROGRAM AT THEIR SHELTER.
IF GRAND PRAIRIE CAN DO IT, WHY CAN'T DALLAS DO IT? WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? WE CAN'T KEEP STANDING IN LINE AT TCAP AT 4:00 AM THOSE ARE THE PICTURES OF US IN THE HANDOUT.
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WE'RE WE MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK? OH, WE'RE AT HEARST.IT'S 4:00 AM SO THEN WE SCRAMBLE AND GO TO ALAN, THEN WE SCRAMBLE AND GO TO ANOTHER PLACE.
THOSE ARE SCREENSHOTS IN A MONTH.
I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING, WE'RE JUST TIRED.
UM, THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I THINK THE HANDOUT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING.
MESSAGING EACH OTHER, ALERTING EACH OTHER TO, TO LEAVE ONE LOCATION, GO TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A CITY RUN T N R PROGRAM.
PARTNERS LIMIT US TO 12 A DAY.
EVERYONE HERE WE CAN DO 12 TO 40 CATS A NIGHT.
WE DID A TRAILER PARK WITH 40 CAP.
WE'RE DOING YOUR AREA CASSANDRA, RIGHT NOW BY AUSTIN STREET SHELTER.
IT'S, IT'S A OVER HILL POPULATION.
IT'S OUT OF CONTROL IN DALLAS.
AND WE AS THE GIRL THAT DO T N R AND A PUBLIC DOLLARS,
AM I PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY? BRANDIS BRANDE.
THANK YOU BOTH THAT AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU SIGN IN BEFORE WE HAVE YOU SLEEP.
I'VE BEEN DOING T N R FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I USED TO DO REGULAR RESCUE BEFORE I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
HOWEVER WE CAN FIX 180 CATS NOW.
WE'RE NOT HAVING 180, 90 YEAR FEMALES.
UH, I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT GOES DOWN AND SITS IN LINE.
UH, TCAP WAS KIND ENOUGH THE OTHER DAY TO GIVE US A SPECIAL, THEY BROUGHT IN A NEW A ONE TIME VET.
THE PROBLEM IS WE COULD HAVE DONE IT THE NEXT WEEK.
WE COULD HAVE DONE IT THE NEXT DAY IF WE HAD ENOUGH TRAPS.
AND I HAD TO TURN LOTS OF PEOPLE AWAY.
WE, WE, IT'S A LOT OF COORDINATION, BUT ALL THESE LADIES THAT ARE HERE HAD CATS THERE.
UM, ONE OTHER THING, NOT JUST CATS.
I MEAN WE NEED T N R, WE NEED SPAY NEUTER.
WE ARE, WE CRY A LOT, BUT, BUT WE KEEP DOING IT.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT REALLY BUGS ME IS PUPPY SALES IN PARKING LOTS.
I KNOW IT'S A, I KNOW IT'S ILLEGAL.
I KNOW THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT.
I KNOW THERE'S ORDINANCE TO GET IN.
ARE THOSE, ARE THOSE PARENTS VACCINATED? ARE THEY MICROCHIP LIKE BY THE, YOU KNOW, LAWS, BUT IF YOU CALL ABOUT IT AND THEY CAN SEND SOMEBODY IN TWO TO THREE DAYS, THEY'RE NOT STILL THERE SELLING THEIR PUPPIES TWO OR THREE DAYS.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME SORT OF HOTLINE OR SOMETHING.
I KNOW THAT THE FIELD OFFICERS ARE SO BUSY, YOU KNOW, LOOSE DOG, DOG BITES AND ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT IT, THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY TO CALL IN AND IF YOU SEE THEM SELLING PUPPIES, GET OVER THERE, TAKE THEIR PICTURES, EXPLAIN THE LAW TO THEM, ASK FOR THEIR RABIES CERTIFICATE.
EXPLAIN THEM GOD, HAVE A BREEDER'S LICENSE.
SHOW THEM PICTURES OF TRASH BAGS FULL OF DEAD DOGS.
BUT, BUT TRY TO IMPRESS UPON THEM THAT SELLING PITBULL PUPPIES ARE SO CUTE, BUT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SEE 'EM IN TWO YEARS.
UH, AND THEY'RE NOT BREEDERS DO NOT TAKE THEIRS BACK.
WE USED TO PULL FROM THE DALLAS SHELTER A LOT.
WHERE DO DARLING GO? SHE CAN GIMME ENOUGH CATS TO RUN OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM.
AND THE THING ABOUT THESE FRIENDLY CATS NOT BEING TAKEN IN FRIENDLY CAT AFTER FRIENDLY CAT AFTER FRIENDLY CAT AFTER FRIENDLY CAT, YES.
THEY ARE NOT FIXED, THEY ARE NOT VACCINATED, THEY'RE NOT MICROCHIP.
AND WHEN THE PEOPLE MOVE, GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE NOT GOING WITH THEM.
SO JUST SAYING THAT A CAT IS FRIENDLY, SO WE DON'T WANNA INTAKE THEM.
IF WE COULD GET 'EM OFF THE STREET, WE CANNOT POSSIBLY AT DALLAS CAT LADY TAKE IN EVEN HALF OF THE CATS THAT SHE COMES IN INTO.
WE'D APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND WE DO APPRECIATE.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE KAREN BROPHY.
AND IF YOU COULD LET KNOW START MY TIME.
IF YOU ARE, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN, MY NAME'S KAREN BROBIE STEVENSON.
I'M AN INDEPENDENT ANIMAL WELFARE ADVOCATE.
I CURRENTLY RESIDE IN DISTRICT 11.