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I B. ANIMAL CARE SERVICES — COUNTY provides the following seven (7) categories of 2 Animal Care Services. Each category of service includes Service Details which may be added or 3 changed by ADMINISTRATOR upon six (6) months prior notification to CITY. COUNTY shall 4 provide to CITY the Animal Care Services specified on the most current, Animal Care Notice of Intent 5 for the Fiscal Year, signed in accordance with subparagraph II.A.2. of this Exhibit A to the Agreement. 6 1. ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES — Animal Control Services include, but are not limited 7 to, emergency response service; patrolling; impounding of stray animals and of owner -released animals; g animal cruelty investigations; animal bite investigations; citation issuance; field release to owner and 9 impound fee collection for impounded animals; quarantine activities including home checks of animals 10 involved in bites; site inspections required to comply with vicious dog ordinances; emergency 11 transportation of injured, impounded animals to a veterinarian; impounding of deceased animals for 12 disposal; responses to requests for assistance from law enforcement and CITY officials regarding 13 suspected criminal activities or zoning violations related to animals; advice to residents regarding 14 wildlife management or other animal concerns, not to include wildlife eradication or relocation services; 15 injured wildlife pick-up; animal license issuance and renewal, fee collection and payment services; 16 customer support regarding animal licensing; animal license billing; and delinquent animal license 17 follow-up; assistance to residents regarding potentially dangerous and/or vicious animals; impound data 18 entry; and impound animal photography. 19 2. ANIMAL CARE SPECIAL SERVICES 20 a. Animal Care Special Services include, but are not limited to animal license issuance 21 and renewal; fee collection and payment services; customer support regarding animal licensing; animal 22 license billing; delinquent animal license follow-up; animal field canvassing to locate and license 23 unlicensed animals; inspection of animal -related businesses in CITY jurisdiction in response to 24 complaints and in accordance with COUNTY established inspection schedules; and when applicable, 25 issuance of animal permits for private homes. 26 b. The number of hours of canvassing provided to CITY by COUNTY will be prorated 27 based on available canvassing hours and CITY percentage of costs of Animal Care Services received by 28 CITY during the previous Fiscal Year. At sole discretion of COUNTY, COUNTY may provide 29 canvassing services to cities that did not receive canvassing services in the previous Fiscal Year. 30 COUNTY may change its methodology for allocating canvassing hours upon six (6) months prior 31 notification to cities. 32 3. ANIMAL CARE SHELTER SERVICES 33 a. Animal Care Shelter Services include, but are not limited to, retention of impounded 34 animals at COUNTY's Animal Care Shelter (Shelter), public display of animals to allow owner 35 identification; contact of owners when animals are wearing identification; sale or release of impounded 36 animals to residents; animal evaluation for adoption; reasonable effort toward animal placement; public 37 education; volunteer services; rescue group coordination; euthanasia and disposal of animals that are Santa Ana 2 of 6 EXHIBIT A Z:\ASR\08-001795 OC Animal Care Master Agreement\ Animal Care Services Master.doc ACSICRAKKoo