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Orange County Grand Jury
• 2014-2015
The Orange County Animal Shelter: The Facility, The Function, The Future
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Findings 3 findings
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The 18 cities that contract with Orange County Animal Care for shelter services REPORT have not had an opportunity to contribute to capital costs for a new Animal 6 Shelter facility, or facilities, because they have not been shown any conceptual plans or drawings of planned projects with cost estimates. REPORT
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The County has not developed any viable conceptual plan for a new animal 7 shelter facility at the Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin, or at any other location, for presentation to the 18 contracting cities despite the cities’ need to see plans REPORT before committing to support the project. 8
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Multiple county animal shelters are the standard throughout California counties of REPORT similar geographic size and population. In the event of a shutdown at the Orange 9 County Animal Shelter because of quarantine, earthquake, or other disaster, animal-care services in the unincorporated areas of Orange County and the contract cities would cease. REPORT 10 RECOMMENDATIONS In accordance with California Penal Code Sections 933 and 933.05, the 2014-15 REPORT Grand Jury requires responses from each agency affected by the recommendations 11 presented in this section. The responses are to be submitted to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court. REPORT 12 Based on its investigation of Orange County Animal Care, the 2014-2015 Orange County Grand Jury makes the following four recommendations: REPORT
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R1Page 33The Orange County Board of Supervisors, County Executive Officer, and Director 13 of Community Resources should place a high priority on the design and construction of new, adequately sized, staffed, and funded animal shelter REPORT facilities; and should pursue this long overdue project until such time that 14 construction is completed. (F-1, F-4) REPORT R-2 The Orange County Board of Supervisors should investigate and analyze the 15 advisability and feasibility of selecting two or three sites for construction of animal care shelters to provide services accessible to all parts of the County. (F-4) REPORT 16 2014-2015 Orange County Grand Jury REPORT The Orange County Animal Shelter: the Facility, the Function, the Future 1
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R3Page 34The Orange County Executive Officer should seriously evaluate designating a REPORT staff member with the assignment of facilitating the construction of a new Animal 2 Shelter. This individual’s tasks should include negotiating with the contracting cities for their capital contributions, release of requests for proposals for building REPORT and site designs, coordination with the Board of Supervisors for the County to 3 self-finance the project, and any other project-manager tasks needed for the successful creation of a new shelter or shelters. (F-1, F-2, F-3, F-4) REPORT 4
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R4Page 34The 18 contracting cities need to review their long-term commitment to be part of Orange County Animal Care as opposed to pursuing animal-care opportunities on their own or joining with neighboring cities that have shelters. The contracting REPORT cities need to demand that the County provide them a viable plan with cost and 5 schedule estimates for a new facility or facilities to evaluate as part of their commitment review. (F-4) REPORT 6 REQUIRED RESPONSES The California Penal Code section 933 requires any public agency which the REPORT Grand Jury has reviewed, and about which it has issued a final report, to comment to 7 the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations pertaining to matters under the control of the agency. Such comment shall be made no REPORT later than 90 days after the Grand Jury publishes its report (filed with the Clerk of the 8 Court); except that in the case of a report containing findings and recommendations pertaining to a department or agency headed by an elected County official (e.g. District REPORT Attorney, Sheriff, etc.), such comment shall be made to the Presiding 9 Judge with an information copy sent to the Board of Supervisors. Furthermore, California Penal Code section 933.05 (a), (b), (c), details, as REPORT follows, the manner in which such comment(s) are to be made: 10 (a) As to each Grand Jury finding, the responding person or entity shall indicate REPORT one of the following: 11 (1) The respondent agrees with the finding. REPORT (2) The respondent disagrees wholly or partially with the finding, in which 12 case the response shall specify the portion of the finding that is disputed and shall include an explanation of the reasons therefore. REPORT (b) As to each Grand Jury recommendation, the responding person or entity shall 13 report one of the following actions: REPORT (1) The recommendation has been implemented, with a summary regarding 14 the implemented action. (2) The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be REPORT implemented in the future, with a time frame for implementation. 15 (3) The recommendation requires further analysis, with an explanation and REPORT the scope and parameters of an analysis or study, and a time frame for 16 2014-2015 Orange County Grand Jury REPORT The Orange County Animal Shelter: the Facility, the Function, the Future 1 REPORT the matter to be prepared for discussion by the officer or head of the 2 agency or department being investigated or reviewed, including the governing body of the public agency when applicable. This time frame REPORT shall not exceed six months from the date of publication of the Grand Jury 3 report. (4) The recommendation will not be implemented because it is not warranted REPORT or is not reasonable, with an explanation therefore. 4 (c) If a finding or recommendation of the Grand Jury addresses budgetary or personnel matters of a county agency or department headed by an elected REPORT officer, both the agency or department head and the Board of Supervisors 5 shall respond if requested by the Grand Jury, but the response of the Board of Supervisors shall address only those budgetary /or personnel matters over REPORT which it has some decision making aspects of the findings or 6 recommendations affecting his or her agency or department. REPORT Comments to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court in compliance with Penal 7 Code section 933.05 are required from: Requested Responses: REPORT 8 Responses to F-1 and F-4 are requested from the County Executive Officer. Responses to F-1, F-2, F-3, and F-4 are requested from the Director of Orange REPORT County Community Resources. Responses to Recommendations R-1 and R-3 are requested from the County REPORT Executive Officer. Required Responses: REPORT Response to F-4 is required from the Orange County Board of Supervisors. Responses to Recommendations R-1 and R-2 are required from the County Board of Supervisors. REPORT 12 Responses to Recommendation R-4 are required from the Mayors of the 18 Animal Shelter contract cities (listed below): REPORT 13 The City of Anaheim The City of Brea REPORT 14 The City of Cypress The City of Fountain Valley REPORT 15 The City of Fullerton REPORT The City of Garden Grove 16 2014-2015 Orange County Grand Jury REPORT The Orange County Animal Shelter: the Facility, the Function, the Future 1 The City of Huntington Beach REPORT 2 The City of Laguna Hills REPORT The City of Lake Forest 3 The City of Orange REPORT The City of Placentia 4 The City of Rancho Santa Margarita REPORT The City of San Juan Capistrano 5 The City of Santa Ana REPORT The City of Stanton 6 The City of Tustin REPORT The City of Villa Park 7 The City of Yorba Linda REPORT 8 See also Response Matrix below for summary of required responses. REPORT 9 REPORT 10 REPORT 11 REPORT 12 REPORT 13 REPORT 14 REPORT 15 REPORT 16 2014-2015 Orange County Grand Jury REPORT The Orange County Animal Shelter: the Facility, the Function, the Future 1 REPORT The Orange County Animal Shelter: The Facility, The Function, The Future 2 RESPONSE MATRIX REPORT 3 Findings Recommendations REPORT RESPONDENTS F1 F2 F3 F4 R1 R2 R3 R4 4 1 County Chief Executive Officer X X X X REPORT 2 Director of Orange County Community Resources X X X X 5 3 Orange County Board of Supervisors X X X REPORT 4 Mayor City of Anaheim X 6 5 Mayor City of Brea X REPORT 6 Mayor City of Cypress X 7 7 Mayor City of Fountain Valley X REPORT 8 Mayor City of Fullerton X 8 9 Mayor City of Garden Grove X REPORT 10 Mayor City of Huntington Beach X 9 11 Mayor City of Laguna Hills X REPORT 12 Mayor City of Lake Forest X 10 13 Mayor City of Orange X REPORT 14 Mayor City of Placentia X 11 15 Mayor City of Rancho Santa Margarita X 16 Mayor City of San Juan Capistrano X REPORT 12 17 Mayor City of Santa Ana X 18 Mayor City of Stanton X REPORT 13 19 Mayor City of Tustin X 20 Mayor City of Villa Park X REPORT 14 21 Mayor City of Yorba Linda X REPORT 15 REPORT 16 2014-2015 Orange County Grand Jury REPORT The Orange County Animal Shelter: the Facility, the Function, the Future 1 REFERENCES REPORT 2 Alphabetical List of California Counties. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from: REPORT http://www.alphalists.com 3 Orange County Grand Jury (2000). We Can Do Better…Improving Animal Care In Orange County. Santa Ana, CA. REPORT 4 Orange County Grand Jury (2004). The Orange County Animal Shelter—Are Improvements Needed? Santa Ana, CA. REPORT 5 Orange County Grand Jury (2008). Is Orange County Going To The Dogs? Santa Ana, CA. REPORT 6 Robertson, J., Aziz, C., Butler, V.(2014, June 16). Orange County Animal Care Shelter Consultation Summary June 16, 2014. JVR Shelter Strategies, LLC. REPORT 7 UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine (2007, February 2). The UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program: Orange County Animal Care Services Division REPORT U.S. Census Bureau (2010, 2013). Retrieved from: www.census.gov 2010 and 8 www.census.gov 2010 REPORT U.S. Census State & County Quick Facts (2013). Retrieved from: 9 www.quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html REPORT 10 REPORT 11 REPORT 12 REPORT 13 REPORT 14 REPORT 15 REPORT 16 2014-2015 Orange County Grand Jury
Agency Responses 2
Government agencies' official responses to this report's findings and recommendations. Click on a response to see the structured breakdown.