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MORNING.UM, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, PLEASE.
TODAY, MONDAY, FEBRUARY THE 16TH.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
FIRST, UH, ON OUR AGENDA WOULD BE APPROVAL MINUTES.I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
[2. Report on shelter statistics.]
NOW, UH, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY WOULD BE OUR SHELTER STATS AND JOSE.SO WE GOT TWO, UH, QUARTERS SINCE, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR.
UH, WE WERE MISSING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2025, WHICH IS JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
UH, BASICALLY, UH, ROBERT, THIS WILL BE A LITTLE PROCESS FREE, BUT, UH, JUST GOES THROUGH DOGS, CATS, AND WILDLIFE.
UH, SO FOR DOGS, WE WENT FROM 43, ADOPTED THROUGH 31 TO 31.
THAT 2025, UH, 44 ON 2024 TO 48 RETURNED, UH, ON 2025 EUTHANIZED.
WE DROPPED DOWN FROM 13 DOGS TO EIGHT, UM, RESCUED.
SO SENDING THEM OUT TO RESCUES WAS 12 TO 15.
SO WE WENT UP THAT YEAR FOR THAT.
IN THAT YEAR, IN THAT QUARTER, UH, WE SERVED.
SO SERVICE IS WHEN WE, UH, PICK UP DECEASED ANIMALS OR DECEASED DOGS.
WE WENT FROM TWO TO ONE AND TOTAL INTAKES, WE WENT FROM 101 TO 112.
UM, MOVING OVER TO CATS FOR THIS FOURTH QUARTER.
UH, EUTHANIZED WENT UP BY TWO FROM EIGHT TO 10.
UH, AND I, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE HAD A COUPLE, UH, OF HIT BY CARS THAT WE HAD TO EUTHANIZE THAT, UH, JUST WE COULDN'T DO NOTHING FOR.
UM, WE SENT, UH, FROM 14 TO 26 TO RESCUE.
SO IT WENT UP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
UH, TOTAL INTAKES ON CATS WENT UP FROM 60 TO 98.
UH, AND THEN THE WILDLIFE, UH, WE WENT UP FROM FIVE TO 13.
WE HAD A, WE SPIKE THERE, UM, WITH, UH, POSSUMS, UH, RESCUED, ADOPTED, UH, WE WENT FROM ZERO TO ONE.
UH, WE HAD ONE WILDLIFE, ONE BIRD.
WE TRANSFERRED OVER TO SOUTH, SOUTH LAKE ANIMAL HOSPITAL.
UH, RELEASED TWO WALLS FROM TRAPS.
WE WENT FROM 18 TO 14 AND SERVICED, UH, LIKE I SAID, PICKED IT UP.
DECEASED, UH, WILDLIFE WENT, WENT FROM 56 62.
TOTAL INTAKE WENT FROM 73 TO 79.
UM, OUR FIELD CALLS FOR SERVICES WENT UP AGAIN AND CONTINUES TO GO UP, UH, EVERY QUARTER.
UH, ON, IN 2024, WE RAN 915 CALLS FOR THAT QUARTER.
UH, IN 2025 WE RAN 1082, UM, TOTALS FOR THAT QUARTER.
WE WENT FROM 24, UH, FROM 20 24, 234 TO 2025 TO 89.
RETURNED TO OWNERS FROM 55 TO 55.
SO WE DID DROP IN ADOPTIONS, BUT WE PICKED IT UP IN OTHER LOCATIONS.
SO TOTAL RESCUED, WE WENT FROM 26 TO 42.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER PART WHERE WE WENT UP ON AND TOTAL SERVICE.
WE WENT FROM 50 60, 62, AND THAT IS THE FOURTH QUARTER FOR 2025.
UM, WE WENT FROM, FOR DOGS, WE WENT ADOPTIONS FROM 31 TO 21.
UH, RETURNED TO OWNERS FROM 43 TO 31.
EUTHANASIA FROM SIX TO SEVEN, UM, RESCUES FROM 28 TO 31.
SO WE DID GO UP THERE SERVICED.
UH, TOTAL INTAKE WAS 117 AND WENT TO 1 0 5 FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, AND THE INTAKE DID GO DOWN.
UH, WE'VE BEEN, AND, AND ROBERT ATTEST TO THIS, UH, ADOPTIONS FOR SHELTERS HAVE BEEN VERY HARD, ESPECIALLY FOR LARGER DOGS.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING THE BEST WE CAN TO TRY TO PUSH 'EM OUT AS BEST WE CAN.
UM, CATS, WE WENT FROM TOTAL ADOPTED FROM 34 TO 34, STAYED THE SAME, UH, RETURNED TO OWNERS.
UM, EUTHANASIA WENT FROM 67, UH, RESCUED ANIMALS, SO
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TOOK THEM OUT TO RESCUES.WENT FROM 68 TO 34 AND TOTAL INTAKE WENT FROM 110 TO 83 IN THE CATS.
UM, FOR WILDLIFE, WE HAD A SPIKE IN CAUSE FOR WILDLIFE.
EUTHANIZED, RESCUED, UM, FROM ONE TO THREE, UH, RELEASED TO WILD FROM 14 TO 10.
SO THESE ARE TRAPS THAT WE WERE JUST RELEASING BACK TO THE WILD.
AND THEN SERVICE, WE WENT FROM 52 TO 67.
TOTAL INTAKE ON, UM, WILDLIFE, LIKE I SAID, SPIKED FROM 71 TO NINE, FIVE.
UM, AND THE EUTHANASIA ON THE WILDLIFE, UH, I MEAN, WE, WE TAKE EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE WE MAKE THE CALL FOR THE WILDLIFE.
UM, BUT IF WE HAVE OR CAN'T TAKE 'EM, THEN WE, WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
UM, JOSE, YOU THINK THAT SPIKES ARE FROM ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON? YES, SIR.
UH, HEB, ALL THE, THE NEW PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE YES, SIR.
AND THEN, UM, JUST STAYING ON THE WILDLIFE JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT, UM, BRINGING THAT UP.
UH, WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE ACTION WITH THE COYOTES RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE WE'RE IN MATING SEASON, SO WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A LOT MORE CALLS ON THOSE JUST THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, JUST BECAUSE IT'S MATING SEASON RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY, HEY, I SAW A COYOTE OUT HERE AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON RUNNING AROUND.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE RABID, THEY'RE CONSIDERING A TORN ANIMALS, BUT REALLY THEY, THEY CAN BE OUT AT ANY TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE DENS.
THEY'RE BREEDING, MALES ARE MOVING AROUND TRYING TO FIND FEMALES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A UPTICK IN, UM, BOBCATS.
HAVE YOU GUYS, I DON'T KNOW, YOU CAT YOU, YOU PROBABLY HAD ANY IN THE SHELTER, BUT ARE YOU STARTING TO SEE ANY, GETTING ANY MORE CALLS ON BOBCATS? SO WE KIND OF, THEY, THAT THOSE KIND OF TAPERED OFF AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
UH, CLOSE TO NOVEMBER THEY STOPPED.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN BREEDING SEES FOR THE BOBCAT, BOBCATS KIND OF ENDS.
UM, SO THEY, THAT KIND OF TAPERED OFF.
IT IS JUST LIKE THE KYLES, WE'RE GONNA SEE THEM IN A PARTICULAR, UH, TIME OF THE YEAR JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE BREEDING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT GOING BACK TO SEEING THE WILDLIFE, IF WE CAN LIKE USE WHAT THE TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE ADVISES, HAZING TECHNIQUES, LIKE HAVING SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, LOUD NOISES, UM, IF YOU DO ENCOUNTER ONE HANDS UP SCREAM, THEY'LL RUN OFF.
THEY'RE MORE SCARED OF US THAN WE ARE THEM.
UM, WE DO NOT TRAP TO TRY TO REMOVE THESE, NO.
SO IF SOMEBODY CALLS IT THEY'RE IN THEIR BACKYARD, WE'RE GONNA ADVISE A HAZE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, IF THEY NEED SOMETHING IN THAT PARTICULAR MATTER, THEN WE DO ADVISE 'EM TO CONTACT THE CONTRACTING COMPANY FOR THAT.
UM, JOSE, IS IT A TRUE OR FALSE THAT, UM, COYOTES THAT THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO, UH, RODENT OR FOOD SOURCE, THAT COYOTES ENJOY A GOOD RODENT? IS THAT TRUE
BUT, UM, IF THEY HAVE A BOTTLE OF CHIANTI, MAN, IT'S OVER
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THAT'S WHY WE DO ADVISE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE NORTHERNERS ON THE NO FEEDING BECAUSE WE DO, WHEN WE DO SET FOOD OUT FRONT OR IN YOUR PATIO OR SOMETHING, YOU'RE INVITING THE WILDLIFE IN TO FEED TO.
SO THAT WOULD THEN, IN YOUR OPINION, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THEN TRASH.
MOVING ON TO THE FIELD CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UH, THIS PAST QUARTER, LAST YEAR IN 2025, WE DID 910 AND 2026.
FIRST FISCAL, UH, THE FIRST FISCAL QUARTER WAS, UH, 1100.
SO IT WENT UP AGAIN AND CONTINUES TO GO UP.
CAN I ASK THAT QUESTION? GO AHEAD.
CAN YOU GIMME A DEFINITION OF FIELD CALLS FOR SERVICE? DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU PHYSICALLY, YOU GET A CALL AND THEN YOU GO OUT THE DOOR AND YOU GO YES.
SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE JUST SITTING THERE CHATTING WITH, UH, CITIZENS ABOUT BOBCAT CO.
THEY DON'T NEED TO COME TO MY HOUSE.
DON'T BOTHER COMING TO MY PLACE BECAUSE THIS, AND THEN, SO WE, WE, WE DO HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME IN AND ANSWER PHONES.
AND, UM, MY, THE OFFICERS WILL BE OUT, UH, BEING PROACTIVE.
SO THE PATROL AND SELF-INITIATED CALLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST CALLS TO COME IN.
IT IS ALSO AS A SELF-INITIATED CALL THAT THE OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE BEING PROACTIVE, CATCHING THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM.
SO IF YOU HAVE FIVE CALLS ON THE SAME SITUATION, IT'S ONLY ONE CALL,
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IT'S A DISBURSEMENT, CORRECT.IF LIKE, THAT CALL COMES IN FIVE DIFFERENT DAYS, THAT'S FIVE DIFFERENT CALLS.
SO THIS IS JUST NOW SITTING CHATTY ON THE PHONE.
THIS IS GETTING UP OUTTA YOUR CHAIR IN YOUR VEHICLE AND ADDRESSING THE, THE
UH, TOTAL NUMBERS FOR THIS QUARTER.
UM, ANIMAL INTAKES 20 25, 1 FROM 2 98 TO 20 26, 2 83, RETURN TO OWNERS WENT UP FROM 46 TO 52.
UH, TOTAL ADOPTED WENT FROM 68 TO 57.
TOTAL RESCUED WENT FROM 97 TO 68.
UH, TOTAL SERVERS WENT FROM 52 TO 85.
AND THAT'S THAT SPIKE AND WILDLIFE, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEING.
UM, UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S IT WITH THE STATS AND THE SHELTER UPDATES.
[3. Shelter updates.]
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SHELTER UPDATES.UM, NEXT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE, IS, UH, SHELTER, SHELTER UPDATES.
SO THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE SHELTER, UM, WE, UH, RAN INTO ANOTHER LARGE SCALE ANIMAL SEIZURE, UH, FOR CATS.
UM, EVERYTHING WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN.
UM, AND I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT LIVE RELEASE RATE ON ALL THE ANIMALS THAT CAME IN FROM THAT HOUSE, UH, THAT WERE AT.
I BELIEVE WE TOOK 36 IN 35, UH, LEFT FOR RESCUE.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE AT THE SHELTER THAT WE'RE GONNA SETTLE FOR ADOPTION.
AND THEN, UM, WE ARE GONNA TRY TO GET MORE ADOPTION EVENTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
UH, I KNOW WE HAVE THIS SATURDAY, WE HAVE ONE AT THE PETCO.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE CAN, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE MOVE MOVING
UH, SO WE'RE, UH, MOVING HOPEFULLY BY THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.
UM, ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S GO OVER THIS.
HOPEFULLY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, MARCH, MARCH ONE? WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S MY GOAL IS TO BE MOVED OUT BY THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.
AND TODAY IS WHAT? THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY.
UM, MOLLY, WILL THERE BE ANYTHING IN THE NEXT BEDFORD CONNECTION REGARDING, I GOT IT.
SO MOLLY AND I ARE WORKING ON ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, TO GO OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. I WILL BRING YOU A LETTER, UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE INTERNET, UM, THAT WE'LL DISCUSS, DISCUSS.
YOU NEVER HAVE TO BRING ME IN LATER.
WE'LL DISCUSS ALL THE MOVES AND THE DATES.
UH, PART OF THE, AND TALKING ABOUT THE MOVE.
WELL, FIRST OFF, LEMME GO BACK TO THE, UH, INCIDENT THAT WE HAD IN BEDFORD.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT DETAILS 'CAUSE THERE ARE STILL, UH, PENDING, UH, INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON WITH THAT.
UH, WE WORKED WITH AIR ANIMAL INVESTIGATION AND RESCUE TO COME OUT AND ASSIST IN, UH, GETTING THESE 30 PLUS CATS OUT OF A HOUSE.
UM, AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO SIT BACK AND WATCH A SEAMLESS EFFORT PUT ON BY THE STAFF THAT WAS PRODUCTIVE, EFFICIENT, EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD WISH FOR.
THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB TO GET ALL THOSE ANIMALS OUT.
LOTS OF HOURS AND, UH, TRULY A PLEASURE TO WATCH.
AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SEE YOUR, UM, ANIMAL OFFICERS PUTTING ON TYVEK SUITS AND RESPIRATORS, UH, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THIS JOB AND TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS.
SO THAT WAS AMAZING ONTO THE SHELTER.
UM, AND THE PLANS THAT JOSE HAS DRAFTED AND, AND COME UP BECAUSE WE KNOW MARCH IS A BUSY TIME FOR EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE KIDS AND SPRING BREAK AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT COMING UP.
SO WE, WE HAVE, JOSE HAS CREATED A PROCESS TO PUT IN PLACE TO GET EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING OUTTA THE SHELTER.
UM, WE, WE ANTICIPATE AND HOPE TO BE ACTUALLY SHARING A SHELTER WITH ELI BEGINNING MARCH 1ST BEGINNING, YEAH.
THAT, THAT WAY WE'RE OVER THERE.
MAY MARCH 1ST OR IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH.
GETTING ACTUAL FAC UH, OPERATIONS RUNNING OUT OF THERE.
WE MAY STILL BE MOVING SOME STUFF OUT OF THE SHELTER BECAUSE WE WON'T START CONSTRUCTION UNTIL AFTER WE GO TO COUNCIL AND GET EVERYTHING APPROVED AND MOVE FORWARD THE END OF MARCH.
SO, SO WE DON'T WANNA ANNOUNCE WHEN DO WE WANT OUR CITIZENS AND AND COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THERE, THERE'S SOME MAJOR CHANGES HERE.
WHEN IS THAT COMMUNICATION GOING TO MAKE PUBLIC WHEN IT'S APPROVED? HOLD ON.
SO IT, THEN WE WE'RE, WE'RE GENERATING THE CONVERSATION SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT IT'S COMING, YOU KNOW, AND WE ANTICIPATE PUTTING THAT OUT THIS WEEK.
UM, WHAT WOULD, WHAT PUTTING OUT ON LIKE
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SOCIAL MEDIA, TALKING ABOUT, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, HEY, THIS IS COMING.THIS IS WHERE EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE LOCATED, BUT WE STILL NEED THE FINAL APPROVALS.
UH, AND EVERYTHING BEING SIGNED OFF WITH THE CONSTRUCTION BEFORE WE SAY IT'S GOING RIGHT.
WELL, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, I MEAN, EVERYBODY IS BUSY.
AND MY, MY MY CONCERN IS THAT, WHAT DO I WANNA SAY? A MASSIVE COMMUNICATION, BUT A, A A A MAJOR OUT TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT RELIANCE DRIVE IS NOT IN OPERATION.
BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN WAY TOO MANY TIMES THAT THEY WILL DRIVE IN.
IT'S CLOSED, THEY'RE NOT OPEN.
RIGHT? DROP IT OUT ON BEDFORD ROAD.
AND I, I JUST HOPE AND YOU ALL DO AN AWESOME JOB AND IT, I HAD HEARD THAT THIS LITTLE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD WITH THE 36 CATS, THAT YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB.
THAT THEY HAD THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEEDED FROM THIS COMMUNITY, THAT THEY NEEDED FROM THEIR SUPERIORS, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AIR, THAT IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS A SICK PERSON, THAT'S MY OPINION.
I SHOULDN'T BE OPINIONATED, BUT YA ALL DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
AND, AND CHIEF, CAN I ANSWER, UH, KAREN, ON, ON A SITUATION WITH THE SHELTER, OUR STAFF WILL DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
THEY DID AN INCREDIBLE ON, ON GETTING INFORMATION OUT AND DOING WHAT THEY CAN.
UH, WE CAN'T SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM UP FRONT, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES ADDRESSED.
'CAUSE THEY ARE JOHNNY ON THE SPOT TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
THEY TAKE A TON OF PRIDE IN THEIR WORK AND THEY DO MORE WITH LESS THAN ANY OTHER CITY I'VE SEEN.
SO WE CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM DROPPING ANIMALS OFF OR DOING WHATEVER, BUT WE'LL, BUT WE CAN BE PROACTIVE.
WE'RE NOT AT EVERY, EVERY, EVERY SPOT.
BUT WE CAN GET THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND, AND CHIEF AND THEIR STAFF DO A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO, TO, TO, WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, AS THEY SAY, THE VERBAL, SOMEBODY THROWS A, A, A WRENCH IN THE SYSTEM TO SCREW THINGS UP.
BUT WE'LL ADJUST AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS DO.
UH, THAT'S ALL THE SHELTER UPDATES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WELL HAD A VERY, VERY, VERY FULL PLATE.
LEMME FOLLOW THE AGENDA AND THEN I CAN APOLOGIZE.
[4. Discussion on future meeting dates.]
SO NEXT MEETINGS, UM, LOOKING TO GO AROUND APRIL, UM, AROUND APRIL 13TH AND OR APRIL 20TH.I WILL SEND AN EMAIL OVER TO, UH, DR. REED AND, AND SEE WHAT HER AVAILABILITY IS.
BUT THOSE, THOSE TWO DAYS WOULD BE TENTATIVE TO, TO HAVE THE MEETING.
BEFORE I ADJOURN THE MEETING, I NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU AND INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST MEMBER TO THIS BOARD.
I'M SO, NO, I AM, I AM SO SORRY.
ROBERT IS FROM ULI ANIMAL SERVICES.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR COMING AND VOLUNTEERING AND BEING ON OUR BOARD.
THIS IS MR. FARCO BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL AND IT'S GOING TO BE A PLEASURE, UM, WORKING WITH YOU, COMING TO YOUR FACILITY AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THIS IS WHAT I GET ABOUT THE STAMP.
SO WE'VE SET OUR NEXT MEETING.
ANYONE ELSE NEED TO SAY ANYTHING? THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR JUST, YOU MAKE ME SO PROUD THAT I AM, UH,
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A CITIZEN OF, OF, OF BEDFORD, ESPECIALLY OUR ANIMAL SERVICES.I DON'T WANT TO GO OFF AGENDA, BUT I DID HAVE A LITTLE CONCERN HERE ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS, HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE CONVERSATION REGARDING A SIX OFFICER WITH THE EXPANSION AND, UH, RENOVATION OF OUR SHELTER.
IF WE'RE EXPANDING, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE.
OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.