REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
June 25, 2024
FROM
JOSHUA DUGAS, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT
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Ordinance Relating to Changes to Existing Laws Necessary to Implement a Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Consider proposed ordinance relating to existing laws concerning control, impoundment, and abandonment of cats necessary to implement a Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return program.
2. Make alterations, if necessary, to the proposed ordinance.
3. Approve introduction of the proposed amended ordinance.
* An ordinance of San Bernardino County, State of California, to amend Chapters 1, 2, and 12 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the San Bernardino County Code relating to existing laws concerning control, impoundment, and abandonment of cats necessary to implement a Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return program.
4. SCHEDULE ORDINANCE FOR FINAL ADOPTION ON TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2024, on the Consent Calendar.
5. Find that the proposed amended ordinance is exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15061 - Common Sense Exemption.
6. Direct the Department of Public Health to file the Notice of Exemption in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act.
(Presenter: Joshua Dugas, Director, 387-9146)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Promote the Countywide Vision.
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The update to the ordinance will allow the Department of Public Health (DPH) to operate a Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return program, also known as the Community Cat Program. The Community Cat Program will allow residents to trap, spay/neuter, vaccinate and return to the community, cats living in the unincorporated areas of the county without violatio...
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