* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Call to order and roll call of members] [00:00:06] ALL HERE, UH, DR. ROBINSON WILL NOT BE JOINING US TONIGHT, BUT WE STILL HAVE, UM, ENOUGH TO MEET FOR A QUORUM. [2. Approval of minutes for August 14, 2024, committee meeting] AND THE FIRST, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE MINUTES AND APPROVE IT FROM AUGUST. I AM PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT IS ABLE TO VOTE ON APPROVAL. YOU CAN, WELL, YOU CAN STILL MOTION TO APPROVE IT. THEY CAN, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. A MOTION TO APPROVE. YES. SECOND, THANK [3. Statistics from calendar year 2024 and January to March 2025 from Lynette Bodmer] YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, GENERAL STATISTICS, UH, FROM LYNETTE. ALL RIGHT, SO, UM, THESE ARE ON YOUR SCREENS. YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, OVERVIEW OF LAST YEAR, THE CALENDAR YEAR, SINCE WE HAVE NOT MET SINCE JANUARY 1ST. SO, UM, JUST A LITTLE OVERVIEW. I WON'T READ EVERYTHING TO YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCREEN. UM, BUT WE DID PLACE ALMOST 1300 ANIMALS IN, UH, ADOPTION LAST YEAR. UM, WE SAW ALMOST 500 RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AND OUR FOSTER PROGRAM, UM, PLACED AT A LITTLE OVER 850 ANIMALS IN FOSTER CARE. UM, WE ALSO SAW OUR VOLUNTEER NUMBERS, UM, GO UP A BIT WITH 131 VOLUNTEERS GIVING, UM, OVER 11,000 HOURS. AND OUR PET RESOURCE CENTER OFFICIALLY OPENED, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR AND HAS CONTINUED TO KIND OF GROW FROM THERE. UM, THE, THAT PET RESOURCE CENTER IS, UM, A, UH, A ROOM IN OUR, OUR SHELTER THAT IS OPEN, UM, CURRENTLY SIX DAYS A WEEK. WE'LL BE MOVING TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK NEXT WEEK. UM, AND IT ALLOWS CITIZENS TO COME IN DAILY TO, UM, LOOK FOR LOST AND FOUND PETS AND SEEK HELP WITH THAT. UM, GET ACCESS TO OUR PET FOOD AND SUPPLY PANTRY AND GET PET IDENTIFICATION LIKE MICROCHIPS OR TAGS, AND GET INFORMATION ON PET, UH, REHOMING RESOURCES OR ANY OTHER RESOURCES THEY MAY BE LOOKING FOR. UM, OVERALL, LAST YEAR WE SAW 2,700 ANIMALS COME INTO THE SHELTER. 1400 OF THOSE WERE DOGS AND PUPPIES. AND, UH, A LITTLE UNDER 1300 WERE CATS AND KITTENS. WE SAW, UM, UH, ALMOST THE SAME NUMBER. LEAVE THE SHELTER WITH A LITTLE OVER 2,700 LEAVING AND 1400 DOGS COMING IN, AND 1200 CATS GOING OUT. THERE WERE 11 OTHER ANIMALS THAT CAME AND LEFT THE SHELTER, UH, OTHER SPECIES. UM, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE SUMMARY OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON, COMING AND GOING SINCE AGAIN, OUR LAST MEETING WAS CANCELED SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE. UM, WE WANNA KINDA CATCH YOU UP WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR INCOMING AND OUTGOING FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR, OR I'M SORRY, THIS BUDGET YEAR, WHICH STARTED ON OCTOBER 1ST. UH, SO WE'VE HAD 556 DOGS AND PUPPIES COME IN. UM, 55% OF THOSE WERE STRAY. UH, A LITTLE OVER 30% WERE FOSTER RETURNS, MEANING THAT THEY CAME BACK FROM FOSTER CARE. UH, ABOUT 6% WERE OTHER SERVICES LIKE, UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OR INVESTIGATIONS. UH, 5% WERE ADOPTER RETURNS, AND ABOUT TWO AND A HALF PERCENT WERE OWNER SURRENDERS WITH CATS. WE HAD 425 CATS COME IN. UM, ABOUT 60, A LITTLE OVER 60% OF THOSE WERE STRAYS. UH, A LITTLE OVER 25% WERE RETURNED FROM FOSTER CARE. ABOUT NINE CAME BACK, UH, OR CAME IN AS OWNER SURRENDERS 9%. UM, TWO AND A HALF PERCENT WERE RETURNED ADOPTIONS. AND NINE, UH, 0.9% WERE OTHER SERVICES, OUTGOING ANIMALS. WE'VE SEEN 577 DOGS LEAVE THE SHELTER. 40, 40% OF THOSE WERE ADOPTIONS. A LITTLE MORE THAN 30 WERE FOSTER. UH, ABOUT 25% WERE RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES. 2% WERE, UH, OTHER SERVICES AND ABOUT 2% WERE EUTHANIZED OR DIED WITH FELINES. WE HAD 429 CATS ENTER THE SHELTER. A LITTLE LESS THAN 50% OF THOSE WERE ADOPTED. UM, I'M SORRY, THAT WAS LEFT. THE SHELTER, I THINK I SAID ENTERED, UH, 25% WERE FOSTERED. UM, 18% WERE PLACED, UM, RETURNED TO HOME THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM. UH, ABOUT ABOUT 4% WERE EUTHANIZED OR, UH, DIED AND 2.8% WERE RETURNED TO OWNER, UM, DIRECTLY, UH, TO THE PERSON. AND ABOUT FIVE, UH, 0.5% WERE PUBLIC SAFETY RELEASES OR, UH, OTHER SERVICES. CURRENTLY WE ARE SITTING AT ABOUT 94% IN [00:05:01] OUR DOG KENNELS. SO WE HAVE GONE DOWN A BIT SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE WITH YOU GUYS, BUT WE ARE STILL, UH, AT A VERY HIGH CAPACITY. AND THIS WAS AS OF MONDAY. AND OUR FELINE KENNELS WERE ABOUT 6% BECAUSE OUR ADOPTIONS ARE GOING. FANTASTIC. MM-HMM . [4. General shelter updates from Amelia Nusbaum] ALRIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE UPDATES FROM MYSELF. NO. YEAH. UNLESS ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON THE STATS? OH, DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE STATS? NO. NO. OKAY. CLICK FOR EVENTS. UM, SINCE WE'RE BACKTRACKING A LITTLE BIT SINCE WE HAVEN'T MET IN A MINUTE. UM, FEBRUARY 15TH, WE HAD A FANTASTIC VALENTINE'S DAY EVENT. IT WAS PICNIC WITH A PUTT. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 16, UM, MEMBERS TO COME OUT AND SPEND THE DAY WITH A PUP. AND ALL 16 SPOTS WERE TAKEN. AND THEN WE HAD SEVERAL PAJAMA PARTIES AFTERWARDS AS WELL. SO IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. MARCH 8TH, UH, WE WENT TO MAGNOLIA CREEK ANIMAL HOSPITAL. IT WAS AN ADOPTION EVENT AND WE HAD TWO ADOPTIONS, AND WE'VE GOT SOME UPCOMING EVENTS, INCLUDES A VICTIMS ADVOCATES EVENT ON APRIL 10TH. SO WE'LL HAVE A TABLE THERE WITH SOME INFORMATION AND ADOPTABLE PETS, THEN PUPS AND PINTS. A LOT OF THE DETAILS ARE STILL PENDING, UM, THAT IT'LL BE A HUGE FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNITY EVENT. IT'LL BE GREAT FOR FAMILIES TO COME OUT AND ATTEND. WE CONTINUE WITH OUR MONTHLY MAKERS MARKET. AND WE HAVE, UM, WE HAD OUR OPEN HOUSE, UH, OR WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING OPEN HOUSE. WHAT'S TODAY'S DATE? THE 26TH? YES. WE HAD OUR OPEN HOUSE ON THE 26TH OR ON THE 22ND. AND THEN OUR NEXT ONE WILL BE ON MAY 10TH. UM, AND THOSE ARE OPEN TO ANYBODY INTERESTED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SHELTER AND COME OUT AND BECOME A VOLUNTEER GENERAL UPDATES, UH, STAFFING. SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW UPDATES FOR STAFFING. WE HAVE HIRED SINCE, UH, THE FALL. WE'VE HIRED THREE NEW ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS. WE HAVE FINISHED INTERVIEWS FOR THE LEAD ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN. UM, AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE MAKING AN OFFER SOON. WE MADE AN OFFER, UM, IN OUR ONBOARDING, OUR NEW A CT. WE HAD ONE OPEN POSITION AND HR IS IN THE VERY FINAL REVISIONS FOR OUR NEW MARKETING AND FUNDRAISING POSITION. WE HAVE, UM, IMPLEMENTED SOME YARD MAINTENANCE. UM, SO THE YARDS QUICKLY DETERIORATE WITH THE WEATHER, UM, AND DOGS GOING OUT AND HAVING A LOT OF FUN. SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH PARKS AND THERE'S GONNA BE A HUGE HELP TO US IN MAINTAINING THE SAFETY OF THE, UM, YARDS AS WELL AS KEEPING ALL OF OUR GRASS. SO OCCASIONALLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE YARD CLOSED OFF. UH, PARK IS GONNA COME IN, LEVEL OUT THE GROUND, FILL IN ANY HOLES, RESOD, AND DO ANY OTHER REGULAR MAINTENANCE THAT'S NEEDED. UM, SURGERY. SO WITH OUR NEW PARTNER FIXTURE PET, WE'VE NOW ELIMINATED THE BACKLOG OF ANIMALS THAT NEEDED TO BE NEUTERED. UM, AND SO ESSENTIALLY ALL BUT OUR NEWEST RESIDENTS, UM, ARE READY TO GO. WE MEET ALL OF THE STATE REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD IN MEETING THE, YOU KNOW, MEETING THE ASSOCIATION OF SHELTER VET VETERINARIANS GUIDELINES FOR STANDARDS OF CARE IN ANIMAL SHELTERS THAT WILL BE TAKING US UP A NOTCH PAST JUST STATE, STATE REQUIREMENTS. SO WITH THOSE GOALS IN MIND, UM, WE HAVE SOME STAFF AND VOLUNTEER TRAINING. IT'S GONNA ENCOMPASS COMPASSION FATIGUE AND ANIMAL HANDLING. AND THAT WILL BE WITH PAID CONSULTANTS. SO WE ARE ASKING THEM TO COME IN AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR TEAM SO THAT WE ARE STRONGER, UM, ADVOCATES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE ANIMALS ANIMAL STRESS REDUCTION MEASURES. SO IN THIS, UM, GUIDELINE FOR STANDARDS OF CARE, IT ALSO DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATIONS TO HELP REDUCE STRESS LEVELS, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME HANDLING TECHNIQUES THAT THE STAFF CAN USE FOR DOGS AND CATS TO HELP REDUCE STRESS. FOSTER UPDATES FROM JANUARY TO MARCH, UM, WE ARE BUSY PREPARING FOR KITTEN SEASON. WE HAD A GREAT, UH, GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR FROM MADDOX'S FUND. IT WAS ABOUT $10,000. SO WE ARE PUTTING A LOT OF THAT MONEY INTO PREPARING FOR OUR KITTEN AND PUPPY SEASON. OUR FOSTER COORDINATOR'S OFFICE WAS RELOCATED, SO NOW SHE IS IN A MUCH BETTER CENTRAL OR MUCH MORE CENTRAL SPOT. SO AS SOON AS VOLUNTEERS ENTER, THEY'LL BE ENTERING FOSTERS ENTER THROUGH THE RESOURCE CENTER. SHE IS RIGHT THERE. SHE IS MUCH CLOSER, EASIER ACCESS. UM, AND ALSO TO THE MEDICAL ROOM. IF THEY NEED VACCINES OR ANY CLICK MEDICATION REFILLS, THAT DEFINITELY HELPS WITH THE BUILDING FLOW. UM, AND WE HAVE NINE LONG STAY DOGS ADOPTED AND ALL OF THEIR NAMES ARE BELOW. SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING. VOLUNTEER UPDATES. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REVISING THE HANDBOOK AS WELL AS LOOKING INTO THE ONBOARDING FOR, UM, THE ONBOARDING PROCESS. IN ADDITION TO THE TRAINING THAT THE VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE, WE HAVE WALKIE TALKIES. I KNOW THAT MAY NOT BE EXCITING, UM, BUT IT IS FOR US [00:10:01] . UM, IT NOW ALLOWS US TO QUICKLY AND EASILY, CLEARLY COMMUNICATE ACROSS CAMPUS, UM, IF ANYTHING IS NEEDED AND, UM, ESSENTIALLY FUNCTION A LOT BETTER. IN REGARDS TO BUSINESS OPERATIONS. WE HAVE NEW TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOG AND CAT VOLUNTEERS, WHICH IS WHAT I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT AGO. AND VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION IS IN APRIL. WE ARE BUSY PREPARING FOR THAT. WE JUST SENT OUT A SURVEY TO OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR FEEDBACK AND HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE APPRECIATED, AND WE'RE PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER. UM, AND AN INCREASE, SO JANUARY TO MARCH OF 2024, COMPARED TO JANUARY TO MARCH OF 2025, WE HAVE DEFINITELY, UM, INCREASED IN VOLUNTEER HOURS, LOGGED. I SEE MANY NEW FACES AND I KNOW A LOT OF THESE HOURS ARE STILL, UM, FROM OUR DEDICATED LONG-TERM VOLUNTEERS AS WELL. WE WILL END WITH SOME HAPPY TALES. UM, WE LOVE GETTING UPDATES FROM ADOPTERS, FOSTERS ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS SOME EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE FROM ANY OF THE PETS, UM, THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED FROM US. SO I WILL NOT READ IT TO YOU GUYS. UM, ACTUALLY, I WILL GUNTHER, SO THE ADOPTER SAID WE ADOPTED GUNTHER AND HE HAS BEEN THE ABSOLUTE BEST BOY EVER. WE LOVE HIM SO, SO MUCH. AND HE HAS MADE HIMSELF RIGHT AT HOME. YOU CAN SEE HIM RIGHT UP AGAINST HER BLANKET. UM, THEN WE HAVE PAIGE AND SHE SAYS, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED US, UM, DURING THE EVENT, ESPECIALLY THE TWO WHO SAT WITH US IN THE ROOM. I'M TERRIBLE WITH REMEMBERING NAMES. I'M SORRY. WE WERE READY TO GIVE HER AS MUCH TIME AS SHE NEEDED. BUT PAIGE WARMED UP TO BOTH OF US IMMEDIATELY AFTER JUMPING INTO MY TRUCK, AND OUR DOGS ACCEPTED HER VERY QUICKLY. ALSO, SHE LOVES HER BROTHER AND SISTER ALREADY AND HAS BEEN RUNNING LAPS AND PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD WITH THEM ALL MORNING. MM-HMM . I THINK BOTH OF THOSE WERE ADOPTED DURING BLACK FRIDAY. WAS IT BLACK FRIDAY? MM-HMM . I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS THE, UM, OCTOBER EVENT. FLUFFY, FLUFFY. FLUFFY. OKAY. , FLUFFY. FLUFFY WAS AN OWNER SURRENDER ESSENTIALLY. UM, SO SHE CAME TO US, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE VERY FIRST PICTURE. SHE WAS, SHE WAS VERY TERRIFIED, VERY STRESSED OUT, UM, FEARFUL. AND SHE IS IN FOSTER CARE. AND SHE, SO THE NOTES FROM F FLUFFY'S FOSTER LET US KNOW SHE'S QUICKLY, UM, SHE'S COMING OUT OF HER SHELL SO QUICKLY AND BECOMING COMFORTABLE IN HER FOSTER HOME. SHE'S NOW ABLE TO BE PICKED UP AND SHE'S BEEN IN FOSTER CARE SINCE EARLY NOVEMBER. DEFINITELY A CHANGE IN THOSE TWO BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES. UM, AND ZOE. SO ZOE'S STORY IS NOTHING SHORT OF INCREDIBLE. THIS RESILIENT MAMA CAT FOUND AFTER A DRAMATIC FALL FROM A 15 FOOT TREE LANDING ON HER SIDE. DESPITE THE PAIN, SHE CRAWLED INTO A BUSH AND BEGAN GIVING BIRTH. WHEN ZOE ARRIVED AT THE SHELTER, SHE HAD ALREADY LOST ONE KITTEN, BUT MANAGED TO DELIVER TWO MORE. HOWEVER, IT WAS CLEAR SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. OUR FOSTER COORDINATOR IN VET TECH QUICKLY STEPPED IN AND ARRANGED AN EMERGENCY VISIT TO A LOCAL VETERINARIAN. X-RAYS REVEALED SHE HAD KITTENS INSIDE AN EMERGENCY SPACE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED. DURING THE OPERATION, THE VET DISCOVERED ZOE HAD SUFFERED A RUPTURED UTERUS DUE TO THE FALL. INCREDIBLY, SHE'D BEEN CARRYING 10 KITTENS AND THREE OF THEM SURVIVED. THANKS TO ZOE'S REMARKABLE STRENGTH AND THE SWIFT ACTION OF HER CARE TEAM, SHE'S NOW RECOVERING WELL AND IS LOVINGLY CARING FOR THREE TINY MIRACLES. THE BRAVE MAMA HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH, BUT HER RESILIENCE AND LOVE FOR HER BABIES SHINE THROUGH EVERY STEP OF HER JOURNEY. AND WE WANTED TO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY CAT CAREGIVERS. WE LOVE RECEIVING UPDATES AND, UM, PICTURES FOR ALL THE LITTLE SPOTS THAT THEY SET UP FOR 'EM OUTSIDE. UM, SOME OF 'EM ARE RECOVERING INSIDE, AND THEN SOME OF THEM LIKE TO ASSIST YOU WITH CRAFT TIME . UM, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO SHARED. WE'D LOVE TO JUST GET SOME MORE UPDATES TOO. TWO, UM, [5. Public comment] NOW IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE MS. KATHY LOPEZ. HELLO. UM, SO MY NAME'S KATHY LOPEZ, 2 9 2 1 BROADWAY COURT. AND, UH, IN FEBRUARY, I SAW A LOCAL SOCIAL MEDIA POST OF AN ORANGE CAT SOMEONE FOUND, AND IT REMINDED ME OF MY OWN CAT, ONLY THIS CAT HAD BEEN THROUGH THE RINGER. IT LOOKED EXHAUSTED AND DAZED WITH ROUGH AND CLUMPY FUR LIKE IT HAD BEEN DEHYDRATED OR IT WAS DEHYDRATED. THE POSTER SHARED THAT THIS CAT WAS FREEZING HUNGRY AND SO LOVABLE, AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE IT BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T. I CHECKED IN WITH HER DAYS LATER AND SHE HAD BROUGHT THE CAT TO THE LAKE CITY ANIMAL SHELTER. SHE HOPES TO GET IT ADOPTED, AND ALL THEY DID WAS CHECK IT, CHIP IT, AND DROP IT OFF IN FRONT OF THIS PERSON'S HOUSE WHO DIDN'T WANT IT? UM, NOW THE UPDATED LAKE CITY TRAP, NEUTER AND RELEASE COMMUNITY CAT PROCEDURE IS GOOD IN THAT IT PROVIDES CLEAR DEFINITIONS FOR DISCUSSING CATS, MEASURING MEASURES FOR EVALUATING CATS, AND A FLOW CHART FOR CONSISTENT [00:15:01] DECISION MAKING. AND AFTER REFLECTION, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES TO TAKE IN EVERY CAT. SO I CURRENTLY SUPPORT THE TNR OF WILD FERAL CATS. I RECOGNIZE PUTTING THEM BACK IN THE FIELD HELPS TO CONTROL THEIR POPULATION. YET IT DOES MEAN THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ENDURE HARSH WEATHER, STARVATION, INJURY, AND DISEASE WITH AN EXPECTED LIFESPAN OF ABOUT A COUPLE YEARS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND PUTTING FRIENDLY, UNKNOWN CATS, WHICH ARE FOUND BACK IN THE FIELD. THESE DOMESTICATED CATS WERE LIKELY SOMEONE'S PET THAT GOT OUT OR THAT WERE ABANDONED OR DUMPED BY THE OWNERS, AND THEY SEEM ADOPTABLE. IT DOES NOT SEEM HUMANE TO PUT THEM OUTSIDE TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES. WITHOUT AN OWNER COMMITTED TO PROVIDE REGULAR CARE AND SAFETY, I IMAGINE THEIR EXPECTED LIFESPAN IS LIKELY EVEN SHORTER THAN THAT OF THE FERAL CATS. AND THEY, AS THEY STRUGGLE TO GET WATER AND FOOD AND MORE EASILY FALL PREY TO OUR AREA PREDATORS LIKE COYOTES, DOGS AND HAWKS THAT WE SEE SO MANY, SO MANY IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. THE IDEA THAT THESE CATS MAY BE OKAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE UNKNOWN OWNERS PROVIDING HANDOUTS AND CARE. IT DOESN'T SEEM CREDIBLE. I KNOW, I, I KNOW THE FOLKS INVOLVED WITH ANIMAL CONTROL. ALL VERY CARING PEOPLE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST FOR THE ANIMALS. AND HAVING A PROCEDURE THAT DROPS THESE FRIENDLY UNKNOWN CATS AT THE CURB TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES WHILE THE NICE SHELTER REMAINS NEARLY EMPTY OF CATS. IT LOOKS ODD. IT LOOKS LIKE OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND, CONVENIENCE TO MORE EASILY MEET NO KILL STATUS GOALS. AS PEOPLE HAVE A HARDER TIME MAKING ENDS MEET NOWADAYS, THE NO KILL STATUS OF LEAGUE CITY MAKES IT A MAGNET FOR FUTURE PET ABANDONMENT. SHOULDN'T WE STRIVE TO HUMANELY CONTROL THE CITY'S ANIMAL ANIMAL POPULATION VERSUS AIMING FOR A NO KILL SHELTER STATUS? PLEASE CONSIDER UPDATING THE PROCEDURE TO MORE HUMANELY ADDRESS FRIENDLY UNKNOWN CATS, WHICH ARE FOUND BY FIRST TRYING TO ADOPT THEM OUT OR PROVIDE OTHER CARE OPTIONS AND USING EUTHANASIA AS A LAST RESORT. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER INITIATING COMMUNITY CAT COLONIES WITH OWNER GROUPS THAT COMMIT TO PROVIDING CARE AND SAFETY FOR THE OUTDOOR UNOWNED CATS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [6. Select next meeting date] NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS SELECTING A MEETING DATE. I MOTION TO CONFIRM THE JUNE 18TH, UM, DATE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SENT OUT, SECOND JUNE 18TH. IT IS. UM, WE ALSO NEED TO SELECT A CHAIR MEMBER. SO PLEASE KEEP IN MIND FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT POSITION OR NOMINATE SOMEONE. UH, WE WILL BE SELECTING THE CHAIR ON JUNE 18TH. AND THIS COMPLETES OUR AGENDA. I MOVE, WE ADJOURN. I SET IT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.