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          ARRIVED, SO WE WILL START THIS EVENING. SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH STARTING WITH OUR WORK 
          [I. Staff Discussion Items]
SESSION. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT AT FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES BY AUDREY SHOEMAKER. SHOEMAKER. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS ALL FOR HAVING ME. IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS, AND SANDY SPRINGS IS A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. BUT I DID GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH EDEN OVER THE SUMMER. 
          AND SHE'S A GREAT LEADER. SO JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ALL ON ON EVERYTHING THAT SHE SAYS ABOUT THE COUNCIL AND AND WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR INCLUDING ANIMALS, AND THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO I'M GOING TO GET STARTED TALKING ABOUT LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT AT FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES. THAT'S YOUR YOUR COUNTY ANIMAL FACILITY. THE ORGANIZATION WAS STARTED, FOUNDED IN 2002 WITH THE MISSION TO END THE EUTHANASIA OF IN THE EUTHANASIA OF HEALTHY, TREATABLE PETS IN THE METRO ATLANTA AREA. THAT HAS BEEN OUR MISSION THE ENTIRE TIME. OUR FOUNDER AND CEO HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH A DOG IN THE EARLY 2000, AND LEARNED HOW MANY PETS WERE LOSING THEIR LIVES JUST DUE TO SHELTER OVERCROWDING, AND SHE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. SO THAT REMAINS OUR MISSION. IN 2012, THE CONTRACTS FOR FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTY CAME UP, AND SHE REALIZED THAT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT MISSION WAS TO OPERATE THE COUNTY SHELTERS. SO WE TOOK OVER THE COUNTY SHELTERS AT THE BEGINNING OF 2013. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS IN LIFE SAVING BY STARTING A LOT OF SHELTER PROGRAMS. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON LIFELINE. WE DO WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS WITH WITH A MORE OF A COMMUNITY AND A BROAD APPROACH. WE HAVE THE TWO COUNTY SHELTERS, FULTON COUNTY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS JUST THROUGH THE SHELTER ITSELF. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC CLINIC FOCUSING ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS WELL. WE HAVE THAT IN DEKALB, AND WE ALSO HAVE A NO KILL SHELTER, AS WELL AS A FULL SERVICE AND SPAY NEUTER CLINIC IN CHAMBLEE, AS WELL AS A LOW COST SPAY NEUTER CLINIC IN COLLEGE PARK THAT STAYS VERY, VERY BUSY BECAUSE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RESOURCES FOR LOW COST SPAY NEUTER SERVICES, WHICH IS A BIG PART OF ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES. SOME OF OUR KEY PROGRAMS THAT WE FOCUS ON ARE THE ANIMAL SHELTER. WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. FOSTER PROGRAMS ARE MASSIVE IN MOVING ANIMALS THROUGH THE SHELTER SYSTEM AND EXPANDING OUR WALLS BEYOND JUST THE SHELTER WALLS. AFFORDABLE, LOW COST SPAY NEUTER SERVICES AND VETERINARY SERVICES, COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAMING AND AND OBVIOUSLY ADOPTIONS ARE A BIG PIECE OF MOVING ANIMALS THROUGH THAT SYSTEM, BUT WE ARE FACING A REALLY, REALLY HARD TIME. SINCE I HAVE BEEN AT FULTON COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES, I STARTED IN 2013, SHORTLY AFTER WE WERE AWARDED THE CONTRACT. THESE ARE SORT OF UNPRECEDENTED INTAKE NUMBERS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, LOOKING AT THEM, OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS REALLY DOGS. BUT WE'VE BEEN TAKING IN A TON OF CATS THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO WE'RE AND WE'RE NOT DONE QUITE YET. THIS IS OUR THIRD QUARTER. WE DON'T HAVE OUR FOURTH QUARTER YET. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE TAKEN IN 8000 ANIMALS JUST BY THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER. WE'RE PROBABLY SHAPING UP TO TAKE AROUND 10,000 ANIMALS IN THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR, THE SAME FOURTH QUARTER, I MEAN, THIRD QUARTER FOR 2024, WE TOOK IN JUST OVER 6600. SO IT WAS A MASSIVE INCREASE. AND LAST YEAR WAS A WAS A BIG YEAR FOR INTAKES THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING INTAKES BY JURISDICTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, SANDY SPRINGS MAKES UP ABOUT 2% OF OUR INTAKES. YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, AND FORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE FACING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT SOME OF THE LOWER INCOME AREAS ARE FACING. CITY OF ATLANTA OBVIOUSLY MAKES UP THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF OUR IMPOUNDS. HERE. OUR SHELTER OUTCOMES ADOPTIONS IS A MAJOR PIECE OF OUR ADOPTION AND OUR SUCCESS IN GETTING ANIMALS THROUGH THE SHELTER SYSTEM WE GO THROUGH. RETURN TO HOME. 
          THAT'S THE EARTH. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THOSE ARE WHEN PEOPLE COME BACK IN AND THEY RECLAIM THEIR PETS. WE'VE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF EFFORTS TO INCREASE THAT, RATHER THAN MOVE THEM FROM ONE HOME AND GET THEM BACK TO THE OTHER, IT'S BETTER TO ADDRESS WHERE WE CAN. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE BEEN DOING MUCH BETTER WITH OUR ADOPTIONS AND OUR PLACEMENTS THIS YEAR. 
          THIS IS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY ON TRACK TO DO TO TO DO QUITE A BIT BETTER THAN WE DID LAST 
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YEAR. BUT IT'S STILL BEEN A PRETTY BIG CHALLENGE WITH THE INTAKES WE'VE BEEN FACING. SO SHELTER PROGRAMS, WE HAVE SORT OF THE FOUR PILLARS. THE BASICS OF ANIMAL SHELTERING IS ADOPT, FOSTER, RESCUE AND VOLUNTEER. WE DID. THESE ARE OUR NUMBERS FOR LAST YEAR. SINCE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THIS YEAR'S NUMBERS YET, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA. WE DID OVER 4100 ADOPTIONS LAST YEAR. WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST FOSTER PROGRAM THAT I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. WE DID OVER 1300 FOSTER PLACEMENTS. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR DOG FOR THE DAY OUT OUTINGS, WHICH I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. AND ANIMALS THAT WERE RETURNED TO HOME WERE TRACKING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT THIS YEAR, BUT THEY WERE ABOUT 1200. SO RESCUE PARTNERSHIPS, THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A SHELTER LICENSE, THROUGH A KENNEL LICENSE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND THEY WILL ACCEPT ANIMALS INTO THEIR PROGRAM AND HELP FIND THEM NEW HOMES. SO IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO DEVELOP SOLID RELATIONSHIPS. A GOOD PORTION OF OUR RESCUE PARTNERS TAKE IN ANIMALS THAT ARE MEDICALLY FRAGILE OR WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED. THEY HAVE RESOURCES WHERE THEY CAN QUICKLY MOVE THEM INTO THEIR PROGRAM, GET THEM SETTLED, AND AND THEN GET THEM ADOPTED OUT. ONCE THEY'RE THEY'RE WELL ENOUGH. WE DO ALSO TRANSPORT PETS TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT ARE NOT FACING SOME OF THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE, AND THAT HELPS US WITH OVERCROWDING. 
          THE FOSTER PROGRAM WE HAVE. I CAN'T SPEAK ENOUGH ABOUT HOW AMAZING OUR FOSTERS ARE AND HOW NEEDED THIS PROGRAM IS. WE HAVE 699 ANIMALS IN OUR FOSTER PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS MORE THAN ANIMALS WE HAVE IN THE SHELTER FOR DOGS. WE HAVE MORE DOGS IN OUR FOSTER PROGRAM THAN WE DO IN THE SHELTER, WHICH IS IT'S A LOT ON OUR CLINIC, BUT IT IS A VERY NECESSARY PART OF OUR PROGRAM. SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT IN THE SHELTER. OUR FOSTERS DO ANYTHING WHERE THEY'LL KEEP THEM UNTIL THEY'RE READY FOR ADOPTION. IT COULD BE BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. THE LITTLE BABY BOTTLE BABIES CAUGHT HOLD FOSTERS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MOVE THOSE ANIMALS THROUGH THE SYSTEM AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. IT'S EASILY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST HANGUPS RIGHT NOW. AND KEEPING PETS IN THE SHELTER. THEY ALSO DO SPECIAL NEEDS FOSTERING AND HEARTWORM TREATMENTS. WE HAVE SOME SHORTER TERM FOSTER OPTIONS AS WELL, SOMETHING I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I DIDN'T PUT IN THIS PRESENTATION IS OUR FRIENDLY FINDER PROGRAM. THAT IS A PROGRAM WHERE WHEN YOU FIND A PET WITHIN FULTON COUNTY, IF THE PET DOES NOT HAVE A MICROCHIP OR A KNOWN OWNER, WE GO AHEAD AND PUT THEM IN OUR SYSTEM, GET THEM VACCINATED AND GET THEM READY TO GO. IF YOU NEED A CRATE, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HAVE YOU KEEP THEM IN YOUR HOME FOR A SHORT TIME, THEY WOULD YOU WOULD TAKE THEM AS A FOSTER AND IT'S MUCH BETTER. IT LETS THE VACCINES GET ON BOARD, AND IT ALSO LETS US GET TO KNOW THE PET A LITTLE BIT MORE, RATHER THAN HAVING THEM GO DIRECTLY INTO THE SHELTER. IT'S BEEN A REALLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. MOST OF THE FRIENDLY FINDER OPTIONS TURN INTO ADOPTIONS, SO WE DON'T MIND THAT DOG FOR A DAY AND WEEKEND WARRIOR, SOMETHING WE STARTED DOING AROUND 2016, I WOULD SAY, IS REALIZING THAT HAVING BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THESE PETS WASN'T HELPING THEM. YOU WANT TO TO LET PEOPLE GET TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN DOING SHORT TERM, LESS INTIMIDATING, GET TO KNOW THEM. 
          OUTINGS IS A GREAT WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED. IT'S IT'S ALSO 1 TO 2 DAY OUTING INCREASES THE CHANCES OF ADOPTION BY 14 TIMES. SO THAT'S A HUGE INCREASE TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY GET TO KNOW THESE PETS, ADVOCATE FOR THEM. SOMETIMES IF THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN ADOPTING OR FOSTERING THEMSELVES, THAT IT CAN AT LEAST GET THE WORD OUT. 
          IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL AND VERY POPULAR PROGRAM AT THE SHELTER. VOLUNTEERING. I CAN'T IMAGINE OPERATING AN ANIMAL SHELTER WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS. THEY ARE PILLAR OF EVERYTHING THAT IS IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE TO US. THEY SPEND TIME WALKING DOGS. IT'S INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE SPENT TIME AT THE SHELTER. IT WAS A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING SHELTER. FORTUNATELY, OUR OUR VOLUNTEER NUMBER AND OURS INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY WHEN WE MOVED INTO THE NEW SHELTER BECAUSE IT'S A MUCH NICER, EASIER PLACE TO BE. 
          BUT WE WOULD TRULY BE LOST WITHOUT OUR VOLUNTEERS KEEPING PETS WITH THEIR PEOPLE. SO, SO MUCH OF THE HISTORY OF ANIMAL SHELTERING HAS BEEN ABOUT FINDING NEW HOMES FOR ANIMALS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR THEIR CURRENT HOME. AND WE WANTED TO START ADDRESSING THE ISSUE AS OFTEN AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, WHICH IT IS UNFORTUNATELY STILL A VERY REACTIVE SYSTEM IN KEEPING THEM WITH THEIR PEOPLE IF IT'S JUST A MATTER OF RESOURCES. SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT LIFELINE RUNS, THIS IS NOT A PART OF THE FULTON COUNTY CONTRACT, BUT LIFELINE OPERATES AND IT'S ALL WITHIN. FULTON COUNTY IS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM. WE HELP PEOPLE WITH SPAY AND NEUTER VACCINES IF THEY NEED HELP WITH FOOD, ANY SORT OF RESOURCES THAT WE CAN 
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HELP PROVIDE TO KEEP PETS WITH THEIR PEOPLE, WE FOCUS ON THAT. IT'S A FOCUS IN SEVEN ZIP CODES 331 TEN, 303, 11, 303 12, 303 14, 303 15, AND 303 18. SO THESE ARE COMMUNITIES WHERE 38% OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT COMMUNITY ARE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. SO IT'S WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED MORE OF A RESOURCE DESERT. WE ALSO HAVE OUR HEALTHY PETS EVENTS. SO THESE ARE PRETTY INCREDIBLE EVENTS TO ATTEND. WE DO THEM FOUR TIMES A YEAR IN THE SPRING AND THE FALL IN FULTON COUNTY AND ALSO IN DEKALB COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH MEMBERS OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTIES ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. BUT WE OFFER WE HAVE SPAY NEUTER VOUCHERS, WHICH AGAIN, THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS. LOW COST VACCINES. AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THESE EVENTS, THEY'LL WAIT IN LINE FROM LIKE 6:00 IN THE MORNING. THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY TIME THEIR PET SEES A VETERINARIAN. WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS WHEN THESE ARE AS A TEAM THAT IS AT OR SHELTERS ACTUALLY AT BOTH SHELTERS. BUT THEY TRY TO HELP WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN AND MENTIONS THAT THEY NEED SOME RESOURCES FOR THEIR PET. MAYBE IT'S A TIME WHERE THEY FEEL THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO SEPARATE FROM THEIR PET AND AND GIVE THEIR PET UP FOR ADOPTION. WE DO TRY TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP ASSIST THEM WITH. IT'S A NON-JUDGMENTAL APPROACH TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP THAT PET WITH THE PERSON, RATHER THAN THAN SEPARATING THEM FROM THEIR HOME. FINALLY, OUR CLINICS. 
          THIS IS A BIG PART. WE DO HAVE A ACTUALLY A BEAUTIFUL CLINIC, WHICH I WOULD WELCOME. IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN A TOUR, I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE A TOUR AT THE SHELTER. WE DO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CLINIC. FINALLY AT THE NEW SHELTER. OBVIOUSLY WITH THE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS THAT WE ARE SEEING, IT STAYS QUITE BUSY, MOSTLY FOCUSING ON SPAY NEUTER SERVICES FOR THE SHELTER ANIMALS BECAUSE ALL ANIMALS ARE SPAYED OR NEUTERED PRIOR TO ADOPTION. BUT WE DO HAVE CLINIC HOURS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR WELLNESS VISITS ON TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS. THOSE ARE MADE BY APPOINTMENTS, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LOW COST CLINIC IN COLLEGE PARK, AS WELL AS A MOBILE VACCINE CLINIC THAT STAYS VERY, VERY BUSY. WE ARE HOPING THAT THERE IS A NATIONAL VETERINARY SHORTAGE. THAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT IS AVAILABLE FOR THESE SERVICES BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE REALLY NEEDED. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANKS, AUDREY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL DOCTOR KELLY? I WAS THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YEAH. THANK YOU. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THIS. I DON'T KNOW, SOME OF THE RECENT NEWS AROUND ANIMAL ATTACKS AND HOW YOU ALL ARE COORDINATING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. YEAH, YEAH, IT IS ACTUALLY, TOMORROW, THE FULTON COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE TAKING OVER FIELD SERVICES. SO THAT HAPPENS TOMORROW. CAPTAIN NICOLE DWYER IS GOING TO BE TAKING OVER. SHE HAS ALREADY BEEN AT THE SHELTER AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH US. BUT IT MOVES UNDER FULTON COUNTY PD TOMORROW. I THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR RESOURCES TO GET TO THE COMMUNITY. WITH THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND. THEY ALSO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR FULTON COUNTY PD ALREADY HAVING THOSE CONNECTIONS TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES. SO MANY OF THESE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO HAPPEN IN BETWEEN DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONG RUN. SO FULTON COUNTY PD IS GOING TO DO THE COORDINATING. 
          YES, AS NEEDED. AND THAT STARTS TOMORROW. WHAT ARE FIELD SERVICES? I MEAN, FIELD SERVICES IS SORT OF THE OLD YOU HERE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS OKAY. SO THESE ARE THE OFFICERS THAT GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PICK UP PETS. THEY ALSO DO BITE INVESTIGATIONS. THEY WOULD DO DOG ATTACK ANIMAL CRUELTY INVESTIGATIONS. SO SORT OF THE INVESTIGATIVE AND PICKING UP ANIMALS WHEN THEY'RE LOOSE IN THE COMMUNITY OKAY. THANK YOU MISS MUELLER. SO AS SOMEONE WHO'S ADOPTED PETS FROM BOTH DEKALB AND FULTON SHELTERS, IS THERE SOME WHAT WOULD YOU THINK WOULD BE OUR COMMUNITIES? WHAT COULD WE DO? IS THERE ONE THING THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP WITH THE MISSION? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, FUNDING, BUT JUST IS THERE ANYTHING FOR AWARENESS THAT I KNOW I DO IT MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. THAT'S SOMETHING. I MEAN, DO YOU WORK WITH COUNCIL OR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THINGS LIKE THAT? WE DO. AND I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO DO A LOT MORE OF THIS. I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO PRESENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND MORE OF YOUR MEETINGS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ADOPTING. I THINK THAT PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS SOME OF OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE FOCUSING ON ANIMAL ISSUES. THEY'RE VERY IN TOUCH, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME BREAKING THROUGH AND LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THERE REALLY IS A PROBLEM. AT OUR ANIMAL SHELTERS. THERE'S SERIOUS OVERCROWDING ACROSS THE 
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COUNTRY. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT JUST HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS IN CONNECTICUT NOW IS HAVING ISSUES WITH ANIMALS, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD HAD FOR A LONG TIME. 
          BUT WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH COMPANION ANIMALS, WHEN PEOPLE ARE HURTING, THEIR ANIMALS ARE STRUGGLING TO. SO I THINK I THINK A LOT OF IT IS LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT ADOPTION IS REALLY A GREAT OPTION. WE DO PUT YOU CAN GET YOUR ANIMAL ALREADY SPAYED AND NEUTERED WHEN YOU COME IN. SO I THINK JUST TALKING AND DOING SOME MORE OF THESE COMMUNITY EVENTS IS GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. YEAH, AND ONE OF THE DOGS I HAD IS A WEEKEND WARRIOR. OH YEAH. SO OH GREAT FOR EVERYONE TO IF YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE STILL DOING THE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. WE JUST COMPLETED THAT. YEAH. 
          OH, GOOD. YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR. YEAH. I'M CURIOUS, DID YOU ADOPT FROM THE SHELTER OR THE NEW SHELTER? ACTUALLY, I DID FROM BOTH. OH, OKAY. WELL, I COMMEND YOU. THE SHELTER WAS TOUGH. AND SO YOU SAW IT. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSIONS. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I WENT I MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE SHELTER BECAUSE WE HAD A PET WHO WAS A VAGABOND AND WE CONTINUALLY GETTING ARRESTED. OH, AND I WOULD HAVE TO GO BAIL HER OUT I SEE. YEAH. SO I GOT VERY FAMILIAR. HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF US. YOU KNOW, I GOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE OLD THE OLD SHELTER. AND I'VE DRIVEN BY SEVERAL TIMES OVER IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA TO SEE THE NEW SHELTER, WHICH LOOKS A LOT BETTER. SO I WOULD, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GIVE A TOUR TO COUNCIL, TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I CAN JUST TELL FROM THE OUTSIDE IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN THE OLD ONE. IT'S A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK
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