Apple Valley City Council
June 11, 2024

ᶨᶩᶪᶫᶬᶭ Mayor Nassif and Town Council,
Please APPROVE the Amended SBC Contract on Today’s Agenda (6.15)! Also, please consider having AVAS provide Public Notice regarding the animals who are “Pending Euthanasia” Daily. This will give Rescues and Networkers a chance to focus on the animals who are MOST URGENT!
Finally, SBC no longer requires rescues to provide spay/neuter certificates, while AVAS not only still requires them, but they charge a $75 deposit to rescues and suspends them when the certificates are not provided w/in 90 days. Rescues are not the ones trying to breed dogs…the last thing most rescues want is more puppies to be responsible for. Sometimes it’s difficult to get spay/neuter appointments, or the animals are too sick for the procedures. You mentioned doing away with the spay/neuter certificates in Doug Robertson’s proposal on 4/11/2023. Why is that still an issue? It’s time for AVAS to work together with Rescues and Networkers, to help solve the current shelter crisis. ᶨᶩᶪᶫᶬᶭ
Thank you!
Tonya Madrigal