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emergency veterinary services will be available in non -business hours, <br />through third -party contracts, and engaged if and when the County <br />determines necessary. <br />f. The County will take steps through its operating policies, codes, public fee <br />structures and partnerships to reduce the number of animals and their <br />length of stay in the Shelter, and may at times limit owner -surrenders and <br />field pick-ups, adjust fees and incentivize community-based solutions. <br />2. Other Shelter services <br />a. Dangerous animals will be confined as appropriate/necessary. <br />b. Disaster/emergency preparedness for animals will be coordinated <br />regionally through efforts of King County staff. <br />3. Shelter for Contracting Cities contracting with PAWS (Potentially including <br />Woodinville, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Kenmore ("Northern Cities")). For so <br />long as a Northern City has a contract in effect for sheltering dogs and cats with the <br />Progressive Animal Welfare Society in Lynnwood (PAWS), the County will not <br />shelter dogs and cats picked up within the boundaries of such City(s), except in <br />emergent circumstances and when the PAWS Lynwood shelter is not available. <br />Dogs and cats picked up by the County within such City(s) will be transferred by <br />the County to the PAWS shelter in Lynnwood for shelter care, which will be <br />provided and funded solely through separate contracts between each Northern City <br />and PAWS, and the County will refer residents of that City to PAWS for sheltering <br />services. The County will provide shelter services for animals other than dogs and <br />cats that are picked up within the boundaries of Northern Cities contracting with <br />PAWS on the same terms and conditions that such shelter services are provided to <br />other Contracting Parties. Except as provided in this Section, the County is under <br />no obligation to drop animals picked up in any Contracting City at any shelter <br />other than the County shelter in Kent. <br />4. County Contract with PAWS. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to preclude <br />the County from contracting with PAWS in Lynnwood to care for animals taken in <br />by County ACOs. <br />5. Service to Persons who are not Residents of Contracting Cities. The County will <br />not provide routine shelter services for animals brought in by persons who are not <br />residents of Contracting Cities, but may provide emergency medical care to such <br />animals, and may seek to recover the cost of such services from the pet owner <br />and/or the City in which the resident lives. <br />Part III: Licensing Services <br />Licensing services include the operation and maintenance of a unified system to license <br />pets in Contracting Cities. <br />Document Dated 5-29-12 <br />22 <br />