
{"id":414,"date":"2007-06-14T07:18:54","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T15:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2007\/06\/14\/county-approves-shelter-plan\/"},"modified":"2007-06-14T11:13:09","modified_gmt":"2007-06-14T19:13:09","slug":"county-approves-shelter-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2007\/06\/14\/county-approves-shelter-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"County approves shelter plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved plans to build a full-service animal services facility on Eubanks Road adjacent to the Orange County landfill.<\/p>\n<p>The facility, which is estimated to cost $6.5 million, will house the animal shelter, Orange County Animal Control and the administrative division of the Animal Services Department. The divisions are now located at three separate properties.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a whole package,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Bob Marotto, county animal services director. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It has so many elements, and they all relate to one another.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The plans include a large adoption area, which could accommodate as many as 264 animals. The current animal shelter can hold 166 animals.<!--more--><br \/>\nThe design also includes an onsite medical facility, which would enable animal services to spay or neuter animals at the center rather than send them to outside veterinarians for surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Animal services wanted a facility that was a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153community destination,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d designed to educate and promote visitation and adoption, according to Ellen Weinstein of Dixon-Weinsten Architects, the firm contracted to design the building.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the plans incorporate several sustainable design elements, including storm-water management, geothermal heating and cooling systems, energy-efficient lighting and maximum southern exposure to ensure the use of natural light.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein said the sustainable design elements are especially important for facilities like animal services centers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In this building in particular, [sustainable design] is of critical importance,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said, because animal services facilities are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153energy hogs.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The county is replacing the animal shelter because the current facility is located on the university\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Carolina North project and must be vacated by December 31, 2008. Animal services administrators had originally thought the shelter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lease would extend through 2009, so officials are working aggressively to ensure that the facility is completed during the shorter timeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really a breakneck schedule,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Marotto said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We really need to move forward.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Animal services hopes to begin construction on the facility in the late fall or early winter of this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved plans to build a full-service animal services facility on Eubanks Road adjacent to the Orange County landfill. The facility, which is estimated to cost $6.5 million, will house the animal shelter, Orange County Animal Control and the administrative division of the Animal Services Department. The divisions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}