Regional Animal Shelter

PEP Coalition board member enthusiastically supported the regional shelter partnership and urged the county to learn from cities that have done this before.

PEP Coalition and Flying Bee Rescue board member asked that the draft agreement be made public, urged open intake, and suggested a satellite shelter to bridge the three-year build timeline.

42-year county resident and volunteer described having no shelter for decades, asked the county to make the partnership work, and promoted upcoming SPCA vaccine and microchip events.

Foster-based rescue volunteer stressed the need to incorporate affordable spay/neuter services into the shelter design, citing $200-plus costs and long vet wait times.

Flying Bee Rescue director reported her program fixed 1,300 dogs, preventing thousands more strays, and urged the county to fund spay/neuter during the two-to-three-year shelter build-out.

Urged the county to move faster on the animal shelter and include more stakeholders in the planning process.